Li Bingchang praised: "This is a great plan! In this way, I'm afraid there won't be many Yanyun troops left in Hexi!" Then he frowned, "But if the Yanyun army in the south learns that Suide has been captured, they will
I’m afraid I won’t be so eager to come to support, what should I do?”
Li Yuanzhong said: "Don't worry about this. Even if the Yanyun Army in the south learns that Suide has been lost, they will definitely come in force!..." Li Bingchang understood and nodded: "Yes, the loss of Suide is a big deal for Yang Yanzhao.
It is an unacceptable failure. He cannot explain it in front of King Yan, so he must go out in full force in order to regain Suide!" Isn't it Yang Dezheng who guards Hexi? Why did he become Yang Yanzhao? It turned out that Yang Peng had done something not long ago
According to the order, Yang Yanzhao and Yang Dezheng were switched, and Yang Dezheng guarded Henan, while Yang Yanzhao was responsible for the defense of Hexi.
Li Yuanzhong nodded and said: "What your Highness said is absolutely true!" His eyes returned to the map, "After annihilating Yang Yanzhao's army, we can take advantage of the trend to capture Danzhou and Tongzhou, and then cross the Yellow River eastward to attack Shanxi. At that time,
Yang Yanzhao's army was destroyed, and Shanxi's flanks were empty. Our army could march straight in! By the time the Yanyun army in Shanxi reacted, they might have captured Bingzhou by our army! At that time, the morale of the Yanyun army was greatly reduced, and our army was in Bingzhou.
A decisive battle with Yanyun's army below the city will definitely lead to a great defeat! If this battle is successful, the entire Shanxi will be in the hands of Xixia! At that time, we will not encounter too many difficulties when moving eastward or southward! If the Song Dynasty at this time
There is nothing better than sending a large army to the Northern Expedition!"
"By the way, there is something that must be reported to Your Highness. Prime Minister Right has sent a secret envoy to the Song Dynasty to persuade them to send troops to the Northern Expedition. If this happens, we will have another chance of winning!"
Li Bingchang couldn't help but sigh: "With the right prime minister and the general giving advice, I have no worries, just do as the general said!" "Yes!" Li Bingchang thought for a while and said to Li Yuanzhong: "
My troops should also be handed over to the general, who will command them uniformly!" Li Yuanzhong thanked him with great joy.
His eyes turned to Bianjing.
Wang Qinruo turned out from behind the screen and entered the hall. When he glanced at the hall, he saw a middle-aged man in Hanfu standing in the hall. He had just received a report from his subordinates that he was a big businessman with a big gift.
Wanting to dedicate himself to the prime minister, Wang Qinruo thought he was another big businessman who was interested in doing business in the south of the Yangtze River, but he didn't pay much attention. The middle-aged man saw a middle-aged man in luxurious clothes and elegant manners walking out from behind the screen, followed by
Several of the entourage immediately knew that the person coming was the Prime Minister Wang Qinruo, a dignitary of the Song Court, so they clasped their fists and worshiped: "Young man, Ye Lirong, pays homage to the Prime Minister."
Wang Qinruo walked up to the top and sat down, with several followers standing on the left and right. Wang Qinruo looked at the man and asked, "Aren't you a Han?"
"The villain is from Xixia." When Wang Qinruo heard that he was from Xixia, he couldn't help but murmured in his heart and said with a smile: "I didn't expect Xixia merchants to want to come to Bianjing, thousands of miles away, to make a living!" Ye Lirong said.
"Just because there is big business to be done here, we businessmen are only interested in profit, so naturally we don't want to miss it." Wang Qinruo asked, "I wonder what big business you want to do, sir?" Ye Lirong looked at the entourage around Wang Qinruo, "
I dare you, the villain, to ask the adults to stand aside."
Wang Qinruo squinted his eyes and looked at Ye Lirong, feeling that he might want to say something confidential, but he didn't dare to shun the people around him because of this. If Ye Lirong deliberately assassinated him, wouldn't it be a mistake to shun the people around him?
Seeking death? He has done a lot of bad things, so he is very sensitive to personal safety and will never stay alone with strangers. "If you have anything to say, just say it! Everyone here is my confidant, you
There is no need to be apprehensive.”
Ye Lirong hesitated for a moment, then reached into his arms and took out a small wooden lacquer box, holding it up with both hands, "It's just a deposit, please take a look at it, Prime Minister." Wang Qinruo winked at a Marquis Yu next to him, who immediately
He went down to take the wooden box and came back and presented it to Wang Qinruo. Wang Qinruo did not reach out to pick it up and said: "Open." Yu Hou dragged his left hand on the bottom of the wooden box, and with his right hand opened the button on the edge of the lid and opened the lid.
Six hazy white lights immediately appeared in front of Wang Qinruo's eyes. Wang Qinruo originally looked careless, but at this moment he couldn't help showing a very amazing expression. In his experience, he had never seen such a natural and natural look.
The very huge luminous pearl is really a rare treasure!
Wang Qinruo came back to his senses and looked at Ye Lirong. At this time, he had put on an amiable expression, "Sir, you are so polite! But I don't know what big deal you want to discuss?" Ye Lirong cupped his fists and said, "Seriously.
To be honest, I am not a businessman, but the deputy envoy of the Privy Council of Daxia."
Wang Qinruo was very surprised, stood up quickly, bowed and said: "It turns out that I am a noble Xixia man. I have missed my welcome from afar. Please forgive me!" Ye Lirong returned the salute and said, "Prime Minister, you are welcome! I am actually here to ask for something.
, Your Majesty the Prime Minister is a very influential figure in the Song Dynasty. If you can get your Majesty the Prime Minister's help, this matter will be done! After it is completed, not only will the Song Dynasty get countless benefits, but the Prime Minister's work will naturally not be in vain!"
Wang Qinruo smiled, but did not comment, "Thank you, sir! I just don't know what your country needs?" Ye Lirong said: "To be honest, our country is preparing to counterattack Yanyun in a large scale. I hope that the Song Dynasty can send troops from the male side to coordinate with you and me.
Let's destroy Yanyun together. We, Xixia, will only take Shanxi and Henan, and the rest of the land will belong to the Song Dynasty. I wonder what the Prime Minister wants?"
When Wang Qinruo heard that such a thing had happened, he couldn't help but hesitate. It wasn't that he didn't want to destroy Yan Yun, on the contrary, he really wanted to destroy Yan Yun so that he could claim credit from his masters, the Khitan people. However, he tried to persuade him several times in a row.
The emperor sent troops to the Northern Expedition, which was not only in vain, but also suffered heavy losses. The emperor no longer trusted him that much. The emperor now trusted Shen Yuqiu the most. Wang Qinruo felt that it was not impossible to lobby the emperor to send troops, but he was worried that this time it would not be possible.
Just like the previous times, his efforts were in vain and even suffered heavy losses. If there was another big defeat, his status in the Song Court would be completely shaken.
Seeing that Wang Qinruo was silent, Ye Lirong thought that the other party was asking for a price, so he said: "Of course we will not let the Prime Minister be angry in vain! As long as the Prime Minister can leave the city and make this covenant, we are willing to give the Prime Minister one hundred thousand taels of gold.
, twenty beauties from Xixia, if the Prime Minister has any other requests, you can put them forward!"
Wang Qinruo was very moved. After hesitating for a moment, he cupped his fists and said, "Your Excellency is so kind and generous, so I should try my best!"
Ye Lirong was overjoyed and thanked you: "Thank you, Prime Minister!" Wang Qinruo added: "But I can only do my best on this matter. I can't guarantee whether your Majesty is willing to form an alliance."
Ye Lirong thought to himself: If you, Wang Qin, have the power to dominate the government and the public, there is no reason for you to take action! Ye Lirong only thought that Wang Qin was as humble as him, so he was happy to pretend to be generous. He laughed and said: "Master Prime Minister
I promise to work hard on this matter, and I will be very grateful!" Wang Qinruo smiled slightly. Ye Lirong clasped his fists and said: "I won't disturb the Prime Minister anymore. I will come to visit the Prime Minister tomorrow!" What he meant was that he would come back tomorrow.
To inquire about the progress of the matter, Wang Qinruo did not comment, smiled and cupped his hands, turned to a Yuhou next to him and said, "Send your Excellency off for me." The Yuhou stepped forward and led Ye Lirong out.
Wang Qinruo looked thoughtful and frowned slightly, not knowing what he was thinking.
His eyes turned back to Yan'an Mansion.
After receiving Li Bingchang's advice, Li Yuanzhong immediately began to make arrangements. Soon after, his most powerful general Baduo led tens of thousands of troops disguised as Han people as a forward to Suide. Li Bingchang and Li Yuanzhong stood on the city wall
, watching the tens of thousands of horses gradually go away, Li Bingchang suddenly remembered something, and his expression changed, "No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, General Baduo doesn't have the documents from the court, I'm afraid he will be exposed!" Li Yuanzhong said with a smile:
"Your Highness, don't worry. The relevant documents have been prepared, and the general has sent people to Suide in advance. People in Liang Yanyun will never find out about the trap!" Li Bingchang felt relieved.
Li Yuanzhong said: "Your Highness, I am about to set off too!" Li Bingchang said: "General, please take care!" Li Yuanzhong said with a smile: "Your Highness, don't worry, just wait for the good news in Yan'an Mansion. I believe it won't be long before the news comes."
You can hear the news of our army's great victory!" Then he saluted Li Bingchang and strode away.
Baduo led 4,000 cavalry and escorted 40,000 false civilians towards Suide. One day later, the officer who had gone to inform Yanyun's army came back. When he saw Baduo, he saluted and said: "General, my subordinates have informed you as ordered.
He captured the Yanyun Army in Suide and handed over the relevant documents to them."
"What was the reaction of the other party?" The officer said, "General Fan Long from Yanyun was very happy." "The other party was not suspicious?" The officer shook his head, "No! It's just that he just said some sarcastic words about our Daxia.
!" Baduo smiled coldly, "Let him laugh. I'll see if he can still laugh in two days!"
At this time, there was a rapid sound of horse hooves from behind, and then a herald galloped to the front of Baduo, reined in the horse, and saluted: "The general sent a small man to inform the general that the army is behind, please follow the agreement."
March at a pace that is neither too fast nor too slow." Baduo smiled and said, "The general is cautious! You go back and tell the general that I will not change the marching speed without authorization. General, don't worry!" The herald said to Baduo again!
He bowed and rode away.
Two days later, this 40,000-strong army disguised as Han people had already seen a city, and that was Suide. Although the size and momentum could not be compared with many big cities, it was an extremely important throat in northern Shaanxi to the west of the Yellow River.
If the Yanyun Army occupies it, it can certainly wedge itself into the hinterland of Shaanxi-Gansu and make it difficult for the Xixia army in Shaanxi-Gansu. But if the Xixia people control this place, the Xixia people can also take advantage of its condescending terrain to catapult thousands of miles.
After attacking Shanxi, Suide was an extremely important strategic location in the eyes of Xixia and Yanyun armies.
Baduo glanced ahead and saw that the city gate was wide open, and many people were walking in and out of the city gate. Yan Yunjun was obviously unprepared, and he couldn't help but feel secretly happy. The team slowly arrived in front of the city gate, and suddenly saw the people at the city gate.
The people were all startled and ran into the city gate in panic, and then the city gate was closed. Baduo frowned and muttered: "Did they see through the trap?" After thinking about this, he couldn't help but feel worried.
He raised his head and shouted towards the city wall: "I am General Baduo of Daxia. I have been ordered by the imperial court to return the captives to you. Why did you close the city gate?"
General Yan Yun appeared next to the wall. He was tall, burly, with dark skin and a steel needle beard, just like Zhang Fei from the Three Kingdoms period reappeared in the world. Next to him stood a young general who should be his deputy. Young General Yang
He said: "It turns out that General Baduo has arrived. Just now we thought they were bandits or something. Please forgive me. General, please be patient. We will open the city gate immediately!" Then Baduo, who was under the city, heard the young general yelling, and then
He saw the city gate open. When Baduo saw this, he was secretly happy, and immediately led his soldiers to escort 40,000 "common people" into the city gate...
Li Yuanzhong led 200,000 Xixia troops to lurk in the old Huaide stronghold dozens of miles west of Suide, waiting for news. The old Huaide stronghold was originally a garrison for the Song army before the Khitan army went south.
Massively marching south to invade northern Shaanxi, the Song army of Huaide Army abandoned the camp and went south. Since then, this important military stronghold in northern Shaanxi has been abandoned. Not long ago, Li Yuanzhong led an army of 200,000 Xixia troops into this deserted place and lurked.
, waiting for news from Suide. As soon as the news of the city's destruction came from Suide City, they immediately rushed to Suide, and cooperated with the soldiers and horses who had invaded Suide in advance to annihilate the Yanyun army in Suide City.
After waiting anxiously for almost half a day, he saw a horse galloping from the east. It looked like he was a Xixia army. Li Yuanzhong couldn't help but become nervous, expecting and worrying at the same time, and couldn't help but hold the handle of the knife tightly with his palm.
The knight galloped down the hillside where Li Yuanzhong was standing, and was stopped by the guards. He turned over and dismounted, took out his command arrow and raised it high. The guard immediately let him go. The knight held the command arrow all the way and ran to Li Yuanzhong, knelt down and said: "Big
General, General Baduo has captured the city, and the Yanyun army is in chaos!" Li Yuanzhong's eyes widened. He was waiting for this news, and then he shouted: "The whole army attacks!"
The 200,000-strong army immediately mobilized, and the originally quiet Huaide Army Village immediately became lively, with people shouting, horses neighing, and iron hooves rumbling. The 200,000-strong army headed east at full speed, preparing to cooperate with Baduo's army to seize Suide in one fell swoop. Soon after, the army arrived
They arrived at the foot of Suide City. However, what they saw surprised everyone. Suide City was very quiet, and there was absolutely no movement as loud as they imagined. Seeing the Xixia war flag flying on top of the city, Li Yuanzhong
Feeling relieved, he laughed and said: "It seems that Baduo has won! I overestimated the fighting power of Yan Yun's army!" All the generals around him laughed. They originally thought there would be a fierce battle, but they didn't expect it.
Victory came so easily! A general named Li Feng laughed and said: "Everyone said that Yan Yun's army was so brave, but it turned out to be nothing more than that! It seems that the previous defeat of His Highness the Crown Prince was really unreasonable!" Everyone was deeply moved.
Take it for granted.
When the army came to the city gate, a general beside Li Yuanzhong rode out a few steps and shouted towards the city gate: "The general is here, open the city gate quickly!" Suddenly the thundering sound of war drums sounded on the city wall.
At the same time, countless crossbowmen appeared on the city wall, bending their bows and aiming arrows at the Xixia army below the city. The Xixia army suddenly saw this scene, and did not react for a while. They were stunned for a while.
"How, how could this happen?" Li Yuanzhong shouted in disbelief, and then turned to look for the messenger who came to report the news, but there was no trace of him, and he didn't know when he ran away! At this point, Li Yuanzhong was basically
He already understood that he had fallen into Yan Yunjun's trap, but he still didn't quite understand how the other party realized his intention and how he arranged it.
"Damn it, you're playing such a trick with us, you're too young!" A rough voice came down from the city wall. Li Yuanzhong followed the sound and saw a burly and majestic general who looked like Zhang Fei standing there.
On the city wall, he couldn't help but exclaimed: "Fan Long!?" Fan Long laughed loudly and said: "It's your Grandpa Fan!" Then he waved his right hand forward, and the crossbowman on the city wall immediately fired an arrow.
Arrows rained down immediately, and the Xixia troops under the city wall were unable to escape. They were shot to the ground one after another. For a moment, the flag was in chaos.
Li Yuanzhong shouted urgently: "Go back, go back!" Two hundred thousand people rushed to run backwards. At this moment, the rear team suddenly became chaotic, and there were screams and screams. Li Yuanzhong quickly reined in his horse and looked back.
Going there, I was shocked to see thousands of Yanyun warriors in black clothes, black armor and black cloaks, led by a fierce general, crashing into the middle of their own rear team like a black storm.
The cavalrymen were all killed and their horses were turned upside down. Everyone was frightened and saw the rear army in chaos.
Li Yuanzhong was shocked and shouted urgently: "Hold on, hold on!" Just at this moment, the rumble of horse hoofs came from the north and the south at the same time, and he saw the iron hoofs rolling under Yan Yun's war cavalry, two
The Yanyun cavalry came like lightning and wind. Li Yuanzhong hurriedly divided into two cavalry armies to fight separately. The two Xixia armies met the Yanyun cavalry coming from the north and south respectively. In the blink of an eye, the two sides collided violently.
, I saw cold light flashing, swords flying, and in the blink of an eye, the Xixia cavalry fell. These Xixia troops had never fought against the Yanyun army. At this moment, seeing the Yanyun army so brave and unstoppable, they were horrified and their momentum was frustrated.
The Yanyun Army became more and more courageous as they fought. The horses galloped and roared like thunder. The soldiers of the Yanyun Army, whose blood was already boiling, waved their weapons vigorously, raising the enemy's blood, flying all over the sky, breaking the army and destroying the formation. They were unstoppable!
Li Yuanzhong was horrified when he saw that his own cavalry was about to be unable to withstand it after just a moment. Just when he was not sure what to do, he suddenly heard someone beside him shouting: "Behind!" Li Yuanzhong was startled and turned his head quickly.
Looking behind me, I saw that the city gate had been opened. Five thousand men and horses were extremely majestic. They were all wearing heavy armor. The formation-breaking cavalry poured out of the city gate with murderous intent. The formation-breaking cavalry were not only amazing in momentum, but also very majestic and tall. Compared with Xixia
The iron kites will continue to grow stronger for several more times. Seeing them surging forward, it feels like countless mountains are pressing down on them. The Xixia soldiers are frightened and are already frightened before they even engage in battle!
Li Yuanzhong was startled and shouted several times: "The front army turns around to fight! The front army turns around to fight! The iron kites attack! The iron kites attack!"
Tens of thousands of Xixia troops immediately turned around and hurriedly formed an array. At the same time, two thousand iron kites and eight thousand light cavalry under Li Yuanzhong shouted and rushed towards the iron cavalry that broke the formation. In the blink of an eye, the two sides were fighting, with maces and spears.
Flying in the sky, the mace hit the iron kite's heavy armor with a clanging sound. The heavy armor could not block the power of the mace's blow, and only flesh and blood flew everywhere and screamed repeatedly; while the iron kite was flying.
The spears and broadswords hit the heavy armor of the formation-breaking cavalry, but it was hard to do anything. There was a clanking sound and countless sparks were splashed. After such a fierce battle for a while, the iron kite and the Xixia cavalry suffered heavy losses, but the formation-breaking cavalry remained as before.
Same.
After fighting for a while, the Xixia army cavalry could not resist and collapsed. The formation-breaking cavalry took advantage of the situation and launched an attack on the Xixia army formation. The Xixia crossbowmen hurriedly fired arrows, and the Xixia soldiers saw Yan Yun breaking the formation under the flying arrows.
The cavalry came in waves and they didn't take it seriously at all.
Fan Long, who was in the lead, couldn't help shouting, and the five thousand cavalry who broke the formation also shouted. The roar was like a tiger's thunder, and the billowing hoofs of the horses rolled up smoke and dust. The Xixia army officers were so frightened that many turned around and ran away.
The wave of cavalry slammed into the Xixia army's defense line, and in an instant, the Xixia army's defense line collapsed! Yanyun's cavalry rushed into the Xixia army's formation, charging to kill, trampling with iron hooves, and smashing with maces.
The army could no longer resist, and they were killed until their corpses were covered with blood, and they rolled and crawled away in all directions! Yan Yun's iron cavalry broke through the formation, it was wind, lightning, and the unstoppable power of God! When Li Yuanzhong saw this, he was so frightened that he trembled all over.
He just felt like this was a nightmare, and he hoped it was a nightmare!
Just when Yanyun's cavalry rushed into the Xixia Army, more than 100,000 Yanyun infantry troops surged in from all directions and launched an all-out fierce attack on the Xixia Army. They killed one step at a time and made ten swings and ten battles. The Xixia Army had already been overrun by Yanyun's cavalry.
In such a thrilling and chaotic situation, they could not withstand the all-out attack of more than 100,000 Yanyun infantry troops. They were immediately defeated like a mountain and collapsed all over the mountains and fields.
Yan Yun's cavalry chased them from all directions, fighting until the sun set and then rising again. The killing and screaming never stopped. The next morning, the sound of fighting finally stopped. Yang Yanzhao stood on the city wall and looked around.
When I went there, I saw corpses littering the fields outside the city, and the originally green field turned dark red; groups of prisoners were coming here under the escort of Yan Yun's army.
A herald galloped into the city gate, then quickly ran to Yang Yanzhao's side, clasping his fists and saying: "General Qi, the Xixia army has been completely defeated. The 200,000 Xixia army has only escaped with less than 20,000 troops.
Yang Yanzhao nodded and ordered: "Send the order to Fan Long to sweep the battlefield and collect the prisoners, and the remaining generals and their armies will attack Yan'an Mansion!" The messenger agreed and ran down.
Soon after, Yang Yanzhao led the Yanyun troops who had just won a great victory to advance towards Yan'an Prefecture. The army was like a dragon, and the war cavalry surged into the Yan'an Prefecture. The murderous intent was approaching Yan'an Prefecture. Prince Li Bingchang, who was waiting for the report from the front in Yan'an Prefecture, heard that General Li
Yuan Zhong came back, feeling a little surprised, and hurried to the hall to meet him. When he was about to speak, he saw Li Yuanzhong and others covered in blood, shocked and in a state of embarrassment. The words that came to his lips were stuck, and he asked in shock with wide eyes.
: "You guys, what's wrong with you?"
Li Yuanzhong sighed and said nothing. There was obvious shame on his face. Several other generals also looked downcast.
What happened after all? Let’s look at the breakdown next time.