The cavalry from both sides roared and charged, with guns drawn and knives raised, with murderous intent. In the blink of an eye, the rumbling sound of horse hooves was mixed together, the hoofs were dazzling, the cold light danced, and the cavalry from both sides turned on their backs. It was a good killing, Yan Yun
The army was actually at a disadvantage. The combat power of the Xixia Snow Mountain Army was really unexpected.
Li Tian brandished his spear and fought hard, killing the enemy's cavalrymen and their horses, but none of them could join him. However, he was immediately surrounded by three powerful generals from the opponent and fought hard, creating a dangerous situation.
The Xueshan Army was powerful, fighting two against one. The situation of the Yan Yun Army was getting worse and worse. They saw the soldiers of the Yan Yun Army stained with blood on the battlefield. However, the Yan Yun Army had no intention of retreating, and still roared with all its strength.
During the battle, the right arm of a Yanyun cavalryman was cut off by the Xueshan cavalry. The spear in his right hand flew up together with his right arm. However, the red-eyed Yanyun cavalryman actually roared and pounced on the Xueshan cavalryman.
The cavalry threw themselves to the ground, and the two rolled around on the ground several times. The Yanyun cavalry was riding on the Snow Mountain cavalry. The Snow Mountain cavalry stretched out his hands to dig out the eyes of the Yanyun cavalry, and the Yanyun cavalry pulled out the long sword from his waist with his left hand.
, suddenly stabbed into the chest of the Snow Mountain Cavalry. And almost at the same time, a Snow Mountain Cavalry ran behind him. With a wave of his scimitar, the Yanyun Cavalry's head flew out.
The Yanyun Army was surrounded by the Snow Mountain Army and was about to be annihilated. At this moment, several arrows flew in one after another. Someone from the Snow Mountain Army who was intensifying the siege of the Yan Yun Army was hit by an arrow in the neck one after another, and the screams were heard.
If they don't come out, their horses will be killed. Immediately, the sound of horse hooves sounded, and a Yanyun War Cavalry of more than a thousand people rushed over the hills on the south side. The leading general was Li Tian's deputy general, Wan Chun, the one who fired a series of arrows just now.
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Wanchun led more than a thousand war cavalry into the enemy's thicket. The enemy was caught off guard and suffered heavy losses, which seemed a bit chaotic. However, after a brief period of chaos, the Xueshan Army immediately stabilized and continued to fight with the Yanyun Army.
Just when the two sides were fighting inextricably, large groups of soldiers and horses from both sides appeared on the battlefield one after another, and the flags of both sides appeared among the turbulent soldiers and horses. The Yanyun army relied on the hills to the south to arrange their troops.
The Snow Mountain Army formed a military formation relying on the hills to the north. Immediately, the horns of both sides sounded in unison, and the cavalry of both sides who were engaged in a fierce battle immediately broke away from the battle and returned to their respective armies.
Li Tian and Wan Chun rushed back to Yang Yanzhao. Wan Chun was okay, but Li Tian was covered in blood as if he had just been fished out of a blood vat, which was shocking. Yang Yanzhao asked with concern: "General Li, are you injured?
"Li Tian shook his head, glanced at the Snow Mountain Army's cavalry who had retreated into the military formation in the distance, and frowned: "The Snow Mountain Army is well-deserved, but its combat power is not inferior to the most elite troops in the Liao Kingdom!" Yang Yanzhao nodded and looked far away.
Looking around, he saw a figure under the commander's banner. Although he couldn't see it clearly from a distance, it was definitely a young man. He couldn't help but murmured: "I didn't expect that the famous commander-in-chief of the Snow Mountain Army of Xixia could actually
Such a young man!"
Wuwuwu... A long blast of horns came from the opposite side. Immediately, the infantry of the Snow Mountain Army slowly retreated, but the cavalry did not move.
Qiuxia said: "The enemy has retreated?" Wanchun immediately asked Yang Yanzhao: "General, are you chasing?" Yang Yanzhao shook his head, frowned at the retreating enemy, and said: "The infantry is retreating, the cavalry is behind, there are some
If there is no order, there will be no opportunity to take advantage of it." He turned to look at the very tired soldiers and ordered: "Send the order to all armies to retreat!"
The horns of the Yanyun Army also sounded. The infantry retreated first, and the cavalry followed.
Soon after, the noisy wilderness returned to calm. Yan Yun's army retreated to the Great Wall Ridge, and then Yang Yanzhao ordered his troops to march to the east of the river to win the victory, and then sent an army to move all the heavy supplies from the camp at the foot of the mountain to the mountain.
News of the loss of Changcheng Ridge reached the Xixia court. Although the Xixia people were somewhat numbed by the continuous bad news, the news still greatly shocked the Xixia court. You must know that the Great Wall Ridge was a natural barrier on the southeastern border of Xixia, and it was lost.
Changcheng Ridge meant that the most important defensive barrier in the southeast was lost, and Xixia's defense situation worsened.
The palace was in chaos. Some ministers suggested making peace, while others shouted to fight to the end. The emperor, who was sitting on the dragon throne, was flustered and agitated, but he didn't know what to do. At this moment, the palace officer rushed into the hall and reported
Report: "Your Majesty, envoy Yanyun is here!"
The noisy hall fell silent for an instant, and the change was so fast that it was very strange. The emperor hesitated and asked the two prime ministers: "What is the purpose of envoy Yanyun coming at this time?" The right prime minister said coldly: "What else can you do?
Why don't you come to demonstrate to us!" He bowed to the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, we should kill Yan Yun's envoy to show our determination to fight Yan Yun to the end!" Several ministers immediately agreed, all looking very excited.
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Prime Minister Zuo immediately objected: "No! As the saying goes, two countries do not kill the envoys when fighting. If we kill the envoys of the other side, it will be of no use to us firstly, and secondly, it will be justified. Why bother!"
The emperor felt that what Prime Minister Zuo said was reasonable, and nodded and said, "Prime Minister Zuo is right." Then he asked hesitantly, "Then should I see him?" Prime Minister Zuo said, "I might as well meet him, and
Let’s see what their intentions are, so we can formulate countermeasures!” The emperor nodded and said to the palace officer: “Xuan Yanyun is the envoy!” The palace officer agreed, ran down, and soon led Yan Yun.
The messenger Fan Yong came in.
Fan Yong walked into the main hall and nodded slightly to the emperor who was sitting high above him, "Your Majesty!" The emperor narrowed his eyes and asked in a cold voice: "Why do you want to see your envoy?" Fan Yong said: "Specially for this purpose.
Please bring peace to both of us!"
The right prime minister was furious and shouted: "What a peace! You Yan Yun are so treacherous and shameless. You talk about peace on the surface, but you hide the dangers and plots! Now you want to deceive us again?" Several ministers followed Fan Yong and started shouting and scolding.
Fan Yong was not moved at all, and asked the emperor with a bit of ridicule: "Your Majesty, I wonder if it is your Majesty who calls the shots in your country, or the Prime Minister? Your Majesty did not speak, why did the Prime Minister shout in the hall?
Damn you, this is clearly a treasonous act without a king among us!"
The Prime Minister You was shocked and angry, and wanted to scold him, but he swallowed his words as soon as they reached his lips. The Emperor glanced at the Prime Minister You with some displeasure, and said to Fan Yong: "Prime Minister You, he is just a little excited! Your envoy said yes.
What does it mean to come for peace?"
Fan Yong said: "We Yanyun have never dared to offend Xixia. We just want to regain our homeland. Now that we have recovered everything north of the Wei River, we Yanyun have fulfilled our wish and hope to make peace with Xixia!" Prime Minister You was so excited that he almost burst into tears.
The scolding came out. The emperor smiled coldly, "Yan Yun wants to get out after taking advantage of such a boss? Is there such a cheap thing in the world?" The right prime minister immediately agreed, "Your Majesty is right! Yan Yun tore up the peace treaty in
First of all, now I want to settle the matter, how can such a good thing happen!" The ministers shouted one after another, and they all looked excited. If their eyes were knives, Fan Yong would have been chopped into pieces by a thousand cuts at this moment.
Fan Yong looked at the right prime minister, "When it comes to tearing up the peace treaty, I'm afraid it's you!" His eyes turned to the emperor's face, "Your right general has been captured by us. He has already confessed everything, and he is the one who was ordered to do so."
After receiving the secret order from Prime Minister You, he led his 100,000 troops south to Yan'an Prefecture, and together with the army of Yan'an Prefecture, they attacked our army in the name of releasing the captive people! However, they failed in the end and were defeated by our army! This is the story of the entire war.
beginning!"
The Prime Minister Right shouted angrily: "You are spitting blood!!" Fan Yong took out a confession, held it up with both hands, and said: "This is Li Yuanzhong's confession, please see it." The Prime Minister Right said anxiously: "This, this must be
Fake!" The emperor ignored the right prime minister and winked at the eunuch beside him. The latter immediately went down, took the confession, and forwarded it to the emperor. The emperor picked up the confession, read it again, his face became very gloomy, and he turned his head
He gave Prime Minister You a sharp look. Prime Minister You panicked.
The emperor put down his confession and said to Fan Yong: "Both sides hold different opinions on the cause of the war, and it's hard to tell who is right..." Fan Yong smiled slightly. The emperor continued: "The peace negotiation is a national matter, and I cannot make a hasty decision. Please.
When your envoy returns, I will discuss this with you."
Fan Yong said nothing more, cupped his fists and said, "Farewell." He then left the hall. As soon as Fan Yong left, the emperor immediately said to the ministers: "Since the Yanyun Army took the initiative to seek peace, I think we can take the opportunity to call off the war." Right Prime Minister
He seemed to have not heard the emperor's words; Prime Minister Zuo said: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid we can't make hasty peace with Yan Yun's army now!"
The emperor asked in confusion: "Why is this? Hasn't Prime Minister Zuo always advocated peace? Why is it so unusual today?"
Prime Minister Zuo said: "Your Majesty has forgotten Tubo?" The emperor was stunned, and then frowned, "This, this..." Prime Minister Zuo said: "At this moment, we are afraid that it is difficult to withdraw! If we withdraw, we will definitely
If we offend Tubo, it will be difficult to deal with in the future! Now it is hard to fight but not to make peace. We will try our best to not only defeat Yanyun, but at least we can stabilize the current front. This is an explanation to Tubo, and maybe we will.
Let us seize the opportunity to defeat Yan Yun, and then go south to recapture Weibei."
Several ministers agreed one after another. The emperor nodded thoughtfully. Fan Yong waited in the guest house all day but did not receive any news. He felt that things might not go as expected, so he sent his men to contact the bribed palace maid. That night, Fan Yong got
The news revealed that the Emperor of Xixia did not intend to negotiate peace and planned to continue the war. This shocked and puzzled Fan Yong. Then Fan Yong immediately asked his men to disguise themselves and leave the Xixia capital and go to Hedong to report the news.
At about the same time, Yang Peng, who was on the east bank of the Yellow River, received an urgent report from Shi Jin. The Tubo army suddenly appeared and invaded Qinfeng Road. Xining Prefecture fell, Jishi, Kuozhou surrendered, and Huangzhou was in danger.
Xining Prefecture is now Xining City. Jishi is to the south of Xining, Kuozhou and Huangzhou are to the east of Xining. These four military prefectures are the four westernmost military prefectures on Qingfeng Road in the original Northern Song Dynasty. During the Northern Song Dynasty, heavy troops were stationed there.
, after Jianyan crossed to the south, this area, together with the Shaanxi-Gansu area, fell into the hands of the Khitans, and was then handed over to Xixia by the Khitans. Not long ago, Yan Yun's army swept across Hexi, and these four military prefectures joined all the
The prefectures and counties in Weibei all submitted to Yan Yun.
Although these military prefectures in Weibei have changed hands several times, the county officials and prefectures in various places are almost all the same people from the Northern Song Dynasty. They just watch the changing situation and keep changing the flags on the city walls. It can be said that they are left to their own devices.
The rain blows and the wind blows, I feel free and happy, and the great changes in the world situation seem to have no impact on them.
Yang Peng was a little surprised when he received the news from Shi Jin. Before the war, he had not expected that the Tubo people would suddenly attack him. Han Bing frowned and said: "On Qingfeng Road, Chen Jie's regiment only has less than 60,000 troops.
I'm afraid I can't resist the Tubo people!" Yang Peng said with a smile: "You're too polite to say 'I'm afraid I can't resist them', I think they can't resist them at all! According to Chen Jie, Tubo sent three troops this time
One hundred thousand, it’s coming in a big way!”
Han Bing nodded and said to Yang Peng: "Brother, you should immediately transfer all the troops assigned to General Yang Yanzhao to the west, and defeat the breakthrough first!"
Yang Peng thought for a moment, "The 150,000 troops transferred from Yanmen Pass and the First Army Corps transferred from Henan, plus Chen Jie's Ninth Army Corps, should be enough. I'm just worried about Yang Yanzhao and the others.
What could go wrong?”
Han Bing: "Relying on Changcheng Ridge and Yinzhou, I believe we can resist the Xixia people." Han Bing's tone was not very sure, because he had just received a report not long ago that Xixia had devoted all its efforts to the south for a decisive battle, and it was estimated that they would be suppressed by then.
The total strength of the Xixia Army in Changcheng Ridge and Yinzhou will reach 800,000. Facing such a huge force, Han Bing and the others are too weak. No one is sure whether they can hold on.
Han Bing thought: "Perhaps Xixia will agree to peace talks with us. In that case, there is no need to worry about the northern front!"
Han Bing shook his head, "I'm afraid that won't be the case!" He glanced at Yang Peng, "Even if the Xixia people are willing to negotiate, once they know that the Tubo people have invaded Qinfeng Road, their attitude will definitely change immediately! Can they win the final victory?
, we have to rely on our own army!"
Yang Peng nodded, "You're right!" After a pause, "I want to go to Qinfeng Road in person!" Han Bing smiled and said, "I expected it a long time ago!" Yang Peng held Han Bing's delicate hand and smiled:
"That's why we became husband and wife!" Han Bing smiled sweetly, with tenderness in her beautiful eyes.
Yang Peng thought for a moment, "At present, there are several directions of war, and someone needs to sit in the Chinese army to coordinate." He looked at Han Bing and smiled, "No one is more suitable than Han Bing!" Han Bing couldn't help but feel very happy when he heard this.
Happy, "As long as you trust me, I will take on this burden, don't worry!" Yang Peng smiled and said: "You can send an order to the Xuanwei envoys of Shanxi and Henan to assemble the army immediately as a
The strategic reserve team is ready to provide reinforcements in all directions." Han Bing nodded.
Later that day, Yang Peng left Hedong Ferry and rushed to Fengxiang Mansion. At the same time, more than a dozen messengers rushed to all parties carrying Yang Peng's latest order.
After receiving the order, the 150,000-member direct army regiment that had crossed the Yellow River half a day ago immediately turned around and headed towards Qinfeng Road in the west. About a day later, the First Army Corps, which was heading north, also received the order, so it turned around and headed towards Qinfeng Road.
Yang Peng and his party traveled day and night, and arrived at Qishan two days later, where they received urgent military information from the front. Chen Jie led 30,000 troops to help Huangzhou, but was intercepted and killed by a 100,000-strong Tibetan army. The two sides fought five fierce battles, and Yan
The Yun army suffered heavy losses in two victories and three defeats, and was forced to retreat. Huangzhou was captured by the Tubo army that night. Now the Tubo army was swarming towards the east, divided into two groups, and attacked Hezhou and Lanzhou respectively. Chen Jie had already
He led the remnant army to retreat into Lanzhou, while Hezhou was only garrisoned by 5,000 Yanyun troops and 5,000 local soldiers. Whether it was Hezhou or Lanzhou, it would be difficult to hold on to the 300,000 Tibetan army.
Yang Peng felt that the situation was urgent and hurried on his way. He entered Fengxiang Mansion at midnight that day. Deng Jia, who was staying at Fengxiang Mansion, heard that King Yan was coming. He was overjoyed and went out to greet Yang Peng. When he saw Yang Peng, he hurriedly paid homage to him: "My subordinates pay homage to the leader."
!" Yuanjue is also from the Mingjiao system, so he calls Yang Peng the leader, and the generals of the Mingjiao system call Yang Peng the leader. This is also one of their characteristics.
Yang Peng walked into the hall quickly, followed closely by Yuan Jue and others. Yang Peng walked straight to the map and his eyes fell on Fengxiang Mansion. Fengxiang Mansion is now Fengxiang, Shaanxi. It was called Yong in the Qin Dynasty and was the birthplace of Zhou Qin.
It is a place with a rich historical and cultural heritage. It is also an important town in Weibei and a battleground for military strategists. Fengxiang Mansion belonged to Qinfeng Road during the Northern Song Dynasty and was close to Yongxing Military Road and Henan area.
"What is the defensive arrangement of your Ninth Army?" Yang Peng asked.
Yuan Jue hurriedly stepped forward and pointed at Huangzhou, "General Chen Jiejin led 30,000 soldiers and horses to rush to Huangzhou before, but failed and lost 10,000 people. Now the remaining soldiers have retreated into Lanzhou. Lanzhou was originally composed of 5,000 soldiers and horses of our 9th Army.
The total strength of the soldiers, including General Chen Jiejin's retreating army, is 25,000, and there are also 6,000 local soldiers, but I'm afraid these soldiers will be of little use." The finger then moved down and fell on the river.
Above the prefecture, "Hezhou has 5,000 generals and soldiers of our army and 5,000 local soldiers." The finger then moved to Xizhou, which is now Lintao, "Xizhou has 20,000 generals and soldiers of our army and 3,000 local soldiers, and the remaining
Thousands of soldiers and horses are here in Fengxiang Mansion."
Yang Peng looked at the map and thought for a moment, then ordered: "Immediately order the Lanzhou and Hezhou defenders to abandon the two places and retreat into Xizhou, and order the Xizhou defenders not to move rashly!" Yuan Jue said with some worry: "In this case, if
If the Tubo army marches from the north to the east, wouldn't it be like entering an uninhabited land?" Yang Peng looked at the vast land east of Lanzhou and said: "Hundreds of miles east of Lanzhou are full of wasteland.
It is inconvenient, logistical supplies are even more difficult, and there is not much oil and water. The Tubo people are interested in wealth, so how can they send their troops into the wilderness? If they really enter the wasteland, it would be better, wait for our army's backup troops to come up, and cut them off in one fell swoop
I want to find their retreat, and then use the cavalry to intercept and harass them. I want to see if they can go to the sky or to the earth!" Yuan Jue suddenly felt that his eyes suddenly became brighter, and his eyes lit up.
Yang Peng turned his head and glanced at Yuan Jue, "Go with the order!" Yuan Jue hurriedly agreed, then called the herald and conveyed the order according to Yang Peng's instructions. The herald agreed and hurried down.
When Lanzhou and Hezhou received Yang Peng's order, the Tubo army was already besieging the city. Although the Yanyun army fought bravely and defended it to the death, the situation was not good in the face of the Tubo army with an absolute advantage in strength. The Lanzhou garrison was taking over.
Upon receiving Yang Peng's order to retreat to Xizhou, they immediately organized a breakout at night. The Tubo people did not expect that the Yanyun Army, which had always been tough in style, would break out of the encirclement after holding for such a short time. Without taking precautions, the Yanyun Army broke out. When the Tubo people reacted
, became angry and immediately dispatched cavalry to chase. In order to get rid of the Tubo people, Chen Jie had to order a thousand soldiers to stop the rear and buy time for the large army to retreat.
The soldiers at the rear relied on the woods and fought bloody battles with the Tibetan cavalry for a whole day until they were all killed. Their sacrifices bought time for the retreat of the main force. The main force successfully retreated into Xizhou two days later. At the same time, the troops retreated from Hezhou.
The troops and horses also arrived, but most of them were lost in the process of breaking through.
Half a day later, the Tibetan vanguard arrived in Xizhou. There were more than 20,000 war cavalry. They lined up under the city, laughed and cursed loudly and showed off their power. The formation was loose and scattered. It was obvious that they did not take the Yanyun army in the city seriously.
At this moment, the Xizhou city gate suddenly opened, and Chen Jie personally commanded six thousand warriors who poured out of the city and rushed towards the Tubo warriors. Their momentum was like a rainbow and their murderous intent was soaring to the sky! The Tubo people had no idea that Yan Yun's army would dare to
He took the initiative to fight, and was stunned for a moment. It wasn't until Yan Yun's war cavalry slammed into the army that he came to his senses, and immediately ran around in panic. Yan Yun's war cavalry rushed forward, struggling to grab the soldiers in his hands.
Blade, in the cold light dancing, only flesh and blood were seen flying, people were on their backs, and in an instant, more than 20,000 Tubo war cavalry were dashed to pieces by Shi Jin's 6,000 Yanyun war cavalry. The leading Tubo general saw this.
I didn't know what to do in this situation. When I saw Shi Jin roaring and killing, I immediately braved it and faced him.
Chen Jie rushed to the Tubo general, roared angrily, and thrust the spear in his hand at him like lightning. The Tubo general was taken by Shi Jinshi and was startled. There was a click, and the spear actually pierced his chest! Shi Jin
After struggling hard, the huge corpse of the Tubo general flew up and fell heavily. Seeing this situation, the Tubo army became even more chaotic. All fighting spirit disappeared and they just wanted to escape.
Chen Jie led his troops in pursuit for a while. Seeing that the enemy's cavalry was running further and further away, it was difficult to catch up, so he immediately led his cavalry back into the city. The soldiers in the city shouted loudly, and their morale was like a rainbow.
When the Tibetan general Zanbutai learned that the vanguard had failed and that the vanguard general had been beheaded, he was shocked and angry. He roared angrily: "What a Chen Jie, you don't know what is good! When I conquer Xizhou, I will kill the men, women, old and young pigs of Xizhou."
Kill all the horses, cattle and dogs!" Then he ordered the army to speed up and march.
Before sunset that day, the Tubo army appeared at the foot of Xizhou City. Looking from the city wall, I saw an endless wave approaching the city! The city was about to be destroyed by the rain!
What happened after all, let’s see the breakdown next time