Zanbu thought about it for a while and felt that Duosang's suggestion was very good. He would first retreat to the Slender waist to weaken his strength, and then wait for an opportunity to counterattack. Even if he could no longer move in, he could still hold on to the prefectures and counties that had been occupied. After thinking about this, he prepared
The order was passed, and at this moment, two officers who were in a state of embarrassment and were dead and wounded suddenly ran in and knelt down on the ground. Everyone was shocked when they saw this scene. Zanbu said angrily: "Don't you stay at Tonghui Gate?
,What are you doing here?"
The officer on the left raised his head. At this time, everyone noticed that there was a terrible knife wound on his forehead, which was still bleeding. It was obviously an injury he had suffered not long ago. "General, we are here to report the news."
, Tonghuiguan was captured by Yan Yun’s army not long ago, and all three thousand defenders were wiped out!”
When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but turn pale with shock. Zanbutai shouted: "Where did the Yanyun army come from to attack Tonghui Pass? Can they fly? You **** don't talk nonsense!"
The officer hurriedly said: "How dare you lie about the military situation! The enemy troops suddenly appeared, all wearing the uniforms of our Tibetan army. We let them enter the city without warning, and were immediately attacked by them! The brothers resisted with all their might, but
, but..." There was a look of fear on the officer's face, as if he remembered something that frightened him. The officer on the right said: "Those Yanyun troops are extremely powerful, and we often can't deal with even two or three of them.
They were alone, and soon we suffered heavy casualties and were defeated, and they occupied Tonghui Pass! After the two of us escaped, we traveled all the way to report the news, hoping that the general would be vigilant!"
Zan Bu didn't speak for a long time. The incident of passing through the Pass made him feel incredible and unbelievable. Duosang frowned, and there was a very bad feeling in his heart.
Zanbutai suddenly said: "We must retreat quickly! We must retreat quickly! Otherwise, all the prefectures and counties we have occupied may be taken away by Yanyun's army!" Looking at Duosang, "Immediately order the three armies to retreat to Lanzhou!"
"Yes!" Duosang responded and prepared to go down to deliver the order.
However, at this moment, a herald rushed in anxiously, knelt down with a plop and almost fell to the ground, "Report, report to the general, Gaolan Mountain, Gaolan Mountain has been lost!"
If the fall of Tonghui Pass made everyone very surprised and unconfident, then the fall of Gaolan Mountain made everyone feel cold. From the western states to Xizhou, one must pass through Gaolan Mountain or Tonghui Pass, and other places
It is a place with high mountains and wilderness and deep chasms. It is difficult for the army to move at all. Moreover, it is easy to get lost in the deep mountains and old forests and cannot obtain supplies. Therefore, if the army enters the unfamiliar deep mountains and old forests, it is very likely to end up being annihilated. Remember to retreat from the Savage Mountain
Is it a matter of the country? It was already the industrial age, and the result of the army entering the deep mountains and old forests was still so miserable, not to mention the vast land and sparsely populated ancient times where technology was still in the period of ignorance. Therefore, the two passes were sealed, which meant that their
The escape route has been completely cut off, and the current situation is like a turtle in a urn.
Duosang looked pale and said: "What a ruthless strategy! King Yan not only wants to defeat us, but also annihilate us! He first blocked our retreat, leaving us with no way to retreat, and then came to destroy us! Now this
In this situation, either we completely defeat the Yanyun Army, or we are completely annihilated by them!"
A general said anxiously: "We can take advantage of Yanyun's large army to turn around and attack Gaolan Mountain or Tonghui Pass before they arrive. As long as we break through one place, we can escape!" Several generals agreed one after another.
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Duosang shook his head, "This won't work. The enemy's main force is only more than thirty miles away from us. We don't have time to break through the two levels! If we turn around and try to win the level, we're afraid that the enemy will come from behind and kill us.
The consequences are disastrous!" A general said angrily: "This won't work, that won't work either, why don't we sit back and wait for death?"
Duosang looked at Zanbutai and said, "General, for now we can only stay on the spot, and then send people back to ask Your Majesty to send reinforcements as soon as possible! If the reinforcements are fast enough, we can not only resolve the current crisis, but maybe also
Can we turn defeat into victory!" Zanbutai nodded, "That's what I meant!" Then he said to Duosang: "Immediately select a hundred cavalry who are good at finding their way in the wilderness and will not lose their way, and let them quickly
Return home quickly and ask for help!" Duosang responded and ran down.
All the soldiers and civilians in Xizhou City made up their minds to live and die with the city. Everyone relied on each other and sat on the city wall. No one spoke, quietly waiting for the enemy to come up. Loud noises kept coming from the doorway, which was the signal of Yan Yun's army and the enemy.
The common people were using stones and house beams and door panels to block the door openings. On the city wall, someone suddenly hummed a song. It turned out to be the song "Jiangshan North Look" from Yang Peng. The tragic melody rippled and immediately aroused everyone's attention.
People resonated, and those who could sing and those who couldn't sang all started humming along.
When the Tibetan scouts came to the city, they heard heroic and tragic singing from above and below the city wall. They were shocked and hurriedly turned their horses and fled.
A sentry standing on the east wall suddenly saw the smoke and dust in the sky to the east, and couldn't help but be startled. He quickly patted his companion next to him and pointed in the distance. The companion looked in the direction of his finger, and his expression changed involuntarily.
, hurriedly ran to the gong nearby, picked up the mallet and banged it hard, and the loud "dang-dang-dang" sound was immediately heard in the distance. When the soldiers and civilians heard the siren, they immediately stopped singing and stood up to prepare for battle. At the same time,
, Xuanzan led a thousand Yanyun infantry troops and ran up the east city wall.
Looking far into the distance, he saw a large army approaching. Tianyou frowned, turned around and shouted: "Get ready, kerosene, gunpowder, rolling stones and wood!" The soldiers and civilians moved the kerosene, gunpowder, rolling stones and wood onto the wall one after another, and the archers came from behind.
He took out the wolf tooth arrow from the quiver on his body, and the crossbowman pulled up the bow string and loaded the crossbow arrows. Everyone stared at the smoke and dust in the distance. Neither the soldiers nor the people felt afraid. They were calm and just waited for the enemy.
Come up and kill a lot, then throw away this life and go to the underworld to meet General Chen Jin. We will die together and we will no longer be alone.
After a while, the army came closer. The soldiers and civilians saw that the flag fluttering in the wind was actually embroidered with the pattern of a two-winged flying tiger! Everyone was stunned, and then unspeakable joy surged into their hearts, and they all endured.
They kept shouting, and some even cried with joy. It was reinforcements. The reinforcements had finally arrived!
A total of 200,000 troops from the direct army and the first army entered the city. The soldiers and civilians crowded on both sides of the street and cheered loudly.
Tianyou led several generals to rush to Yang Peng's horse and said, "General, please pay homage to King Yan!" The scarred soldiers of the Ninth Legion and the people all over the city knelt down and said, "Pay homage to King Yan!"
Like Hong Lei, it contains an indescribable determination.
Yang Peng and the first legion, the cavalry officers directly under the legion got off their horses one after another. Yang Peng stepped forward to help Tianyou, patted the back of his hand, "Thank you for your hard work!" Tianyou shed tears of excitement; at this time, the first
The soldiers of the legion and the legions directly under them all looked at the soldiers of the Ninth Legion with expressions of admiration in their eyes. The Ninth Legion ranked last among the Yanyun Army and had always been looked down upon by other armies. This time they relied on their
He single-handedly faced nearly 300,000 Tibetan troops in a bloody battle for so many days, causing the Tubo troops to suffer heavy losses and unable to make any progress. The strong combat effectiveness and fighting will they showed won the sincere admiration of other major legions. From now on, no one will look down on the Tibetan army.
The Nine Legions, this is the iron-blooded honor they earned with their own blood and will.
Yang Peng didn't see Chen Jie and asked, "Where is Chen Jie?" Unexpectedly, as soon as he said this, all the soldiers and civilians present started crying, and a bad premonition arose in Yang Peng's heart. Tianyou cried and said:
"General Chen was killed in battle!..." Yang Peng was stunned...
Yang Peng sat alone in Shi Jin's mourning hall. Yang Peng was lying on the wooden bed in front, wearing a military uniform. Although the soldiers wiped his armor carefully, the armor was still red, as if the blood had been soaked in it.
The texture of the armor can no longer be washed away.
Yang Peng felt as if he had gone back in time. The scenes of the fat man, the nigger, and the brothers who were killed in battle and the memorial service flashed before his eyes like a revolving lantern. Chen Jie seemed to have become one of them. He took back his thoughts.
, his eyes fell on Yang Peng, and he murmured: "Brother, have a good trip!"
At this time, footsteps came from the door, and Yang Erya, dressed in military uniform, came in. He looked at Chen Jie lying on the bed and couldn't help sobbing. Yang Peng said angrily: "You're crying! You are a general, don't
I cry at every turn!" Yang Erya wiped away her tears and sobbed: "You still say that others are not the same as you yourself!"
Yang Peng said: "I have confused Sha Sha!" Yang Erya bowed to Chen Jie three times and walked to Yang Peng, "Brother, the scouts reported that the Tubo army did not retreat, but reinforced in place.
Defense line!" Yang Peng frowned, "These grandsons are smarter than I thought! Stand firm and wait for reinforcements, huh, I want to see how long you can hold on!" He turned to Yang Erya and said, "Send someone to pass on the order.
Tonghuiguan and Gaolan Mountain, pay attention to Tibetan reinforcements, if the position is lost, military law will be dealt with!" Yang Erya responded and ran down.
Yang Peng stood up, glanced at Chen Jie again, turned around and left the mourning hall. He called the others and gave some instructions. Then he led a group of secret guards out of the city gate and sped towards the Tubo camp.
go.
More than a hundred people came to the outside of the Tubo camp. Yang Peng shouted: "I am Yang Peng, King of Yan. Please tell that Zan Bu Tai of yours to come out and see me!" When the soldiers of the camp heard the name of King Qin, they were startled.
Someone immediately rushed to the big tent to report Zanbutai. After a while, Zanbutai came to the camp gate surrounded by everyone, but did not dare to go out. He was worried that there would be an ambush. Looking towards Yang Peng through the camp gate, he saw the legendary
The world-famous King Yan is actually a young man who is less than twenty years old, which is very surprising.
Yang Peng looked at Zanbutai and asked, "Are you Zanbutai?" Zanbutai said: "That's right! Our Tibetan warriors would rather die than surrender, so you don't have to waste your words!" Yang Peng laughed loudly, "You think too much!
I’m here to tell you that since you dare to come, you will never want to go back! I will launch an attack on you today. If you can resist it before sunset, I will spare your life, otherwise I will use you
Come with my dog head to pay homage to my brother!" The decisive words were full of murderous intent, and the soldiers of the Tubo Army were frightened. If they had heard this before the official confrontation with the Yanyun Army, everyone would have yelled angrily, but at this moment it was
No one was speechless.
Yang Peng pulled the reins of his horse, turned its head, and led more than a hundred secret guards away.
Zanbutai looked at Yang Peng's retreating back, frowned, and turned around to go back to the tent. A group of people entered the tent. Zanbutai turned around and looked at the generals solemnly, and the generals also looked at them solemnly.
He Zanbutai said: "The King of Yan has come to give us an ultimatum!"
One general said: "I think he is just making false threats!" Several generals echoed his words. Duosang frowned and said: "I don't think he is just threatening with false words. Has King Yan ever threatened others with false words?" He glanced at the generals.
, "What we have faced in the past few days is just the Yanyun Ninth Army. How do you feel?" The generals couldn't help but shudder when they recalled the fierce battles in the past few days. These Tubo generals are not cowards, on the contrary.
Fierce men who kill without blinking an eye, but they still can't help but tremble in their hearts after the bloody battles in the past few days. The bravery of the Yan Yun Army deeply shocked them. It was only the ninth legion, the lowest combat power among the Yan Yun Army.
An army, and the 200,000-strong army that has arrived now is indeed the most powerful direct legion and the first legion in the Yanyun army. It is the elite of Yanyun, an army that has experienced countless fierce battles and has countless legends. Those legends,
In the past, these Tibetan generals only thought of it as a story, but now they feel shuddering when they think about it.
Duosang said: "Since King Yan has personally come to declare a war, tomorrow's attack will be extremely violent. It will be an extremely cruel and dangerous battle! If we want to survive, we must defeat the powerful enemy tomorrow. As long as we
If we resist their attack, the subsequent battle will be much easier!"
Everyone nodded. Zanbutai frowned and said: "I hope your Majesty's reinforcements will arrive in time!" The generals couldn't help but have such thoughts. Yang Peng led more than a hundred secret guards to the city wall. At this moment
, Yang Erya led 10,000 warriors and ran out of the city gate. When both parties saw each other, they immediately stopped. "Brother!" Yang Erya shouted with a happy face. Yang Peng asked with a smile: "You lead such a
Where are the cavalry going?" Yang Erya said: "I heard that my eldest brother went to the Tubo military camp, so I brought troops and horses to meet him." Yang Peng laughed, "The Tubo people don't have the guts to do anything!" Then he rode away.
Arriving at Yang Erya's side, the two of them rode into the city, followed by Yinsha and the cavalry.
Yang Erya said: "The soldiers all heard about General Chen's deeds and were very angry. They wanted to go and fight the Tubo people immediately!" Yang Peng said calmly: "I will settle this account with the Tubo people!
He glanced at Yang Erya and said with a smile: "But there is no need to rush this moment." Yang Erya nodded.
Yang Peng and Yang Erya entered the city. Yang Erya turned to the 10,000 cavalrymen behind him and said, "You can go back to the camp on your own." All the cavalrymen agreed in unison, turned to the left, and returned to the camp. Yang Peng and Yang Erya
Ya Ze walked to the camp followed by the secret guards. The soldiers he met along the way stopped and bowed to salute, while the common people he met knelt down and worshiped by the road. Yang Peng seemed to become a god among these people.
Generally speaking. I remember some scholars in the West said that the Chinese are a nation that worships heroes, and heroes are often deified. Now it seems to be really good.
Yang Peng and Yang Erya returned to the camp hall, and Yang Peng ordered Wang Kai to summon all the generals to come. After a while, Shi Liancheng, Ma Kuan, Yang Jing, Huyan Chijin, Meng Hu, Xuanzan, Tianyou and others quickly entered the hall and worshiped together.
He said: "I have met King Yan!" Then Yang Jing said anxiously: "Brother, are you going to kill those Tibetan dog thieves? I, Yang Jing, want to be the vanguard! His grandma, brother Chen died at the hands of those dog thieves
In my hands, I, Yang Jing, will definitely avenge them!" Shi Liancheng said loudly: "Yes, brother Chen Jiejin's blood revenge must be avenged, so let's use the heads of hundreds of thousands of them to commemorate brother Chen Jie!" Other generals agreed one after another.
Yang Peng waited for them to calm down and said: "The Tubo army has more than 200,000 people. It is not easy to destroy them! Although it has become a trap now, the trapped beasts are struggling to death. We only have to destroy them.
I’m afraid I’ll have to pay a big price!…”
When Yang Jing heard this, it seemed that he wanted to let the Tubo people go. He immediately became anxious, "Brother, you don't want to let them go, do you? I, Yang Jing, won't agree! Brother, if you don't want to avenge Dalang, I will
Yang Jing goes alone, Chen Jie must not die in vain!" The other generals did not agree with him. He was the only one in the world who dared to speak to Chen Xiao like this, Li Kui.
Yang Peng said angrily: "Shut up! I want revenge more than you!"
Yang Jing glared and said: "Don't be so careless with me. I think you are reluctant to fight the Tubo people!" Seeing that the generals were getting more and more stiff, they couldn't help but worry. Mu Chun, who was standing under Yang Jing, secretly stretched out his hand.
He pulled Yang Jing's sleeve. Yang Jing threw him away, glared and shouted, "Why are you pulling me?" Meng Hu was very embarrassed.
Yang Peng shouted: "Yang Jing, don't mess around!" Yang Jing shouted angrily: "If you don't avenge Dalang, I, Yang Jing, won't listen to you!" "Who said I won't avenge Chen Jie?" Yang
Jing glared and said, "Don't you accept what you just said?"
Yang Peng asked with a smile: "Did I say 'I won't avenge Dalang'?" Yang Jing said, "You didn't say that, but you are afraid that the loss will be too great, so aren't you unwilling to take revenge?"
Yang Peng laughed and scolded: "You are a cow, you are as impulsive as a cow! I only said half a sentence and you jumped up. At least you should wait for me to finish what I said!" Yang Jing thought for a while and looked towards
Yang Peng, "Then keep talking! Anyway, if you don't avenge Dalang, I won't agree and I won't recognize you as my big brother!"
Yang Peng ignored Yang Jing and repeated what he had just said to Zanbutai outside the Tubo camp. As soon as he finished speaking, Yang Jing shouted excitedly: "Brother is indeed the eldest brother! Enough courage! I, Yang Jing,
I'm so impressed!" Everyone couldn't help but laugh. Yang Erya joked: "Brother Yang Jing, aren't you going to scold me?" Yang Jing laughed sheepishly, "I, Yang Jing, said the wrong thing.
," He raised his hand and slapped himself. This was not an act. The slap was very heavy and made a crackling sound. Everyone was surprised when they saw that one cheek was swollen. Then they raised the other one.
With his hand ready to slap the other cheek, Yang Peng said urgently: "Okay, okay, don't take it out on your own face. You are already stupid enough. If you do this a few more times, you will become even more stupid!"
Yang Jing laughed and said: "Big Brother told me not to fight, and I listened to Big Brother and stopped fighting!" Everyone laughed, and Yang Erya said with a smile: "Actually, Brother Yang Jing is very smart!" Everyone burst into laughter again.
, but Yang Jing didn't seem to understand Yang Erya's words, and picked his big head in confusion.
Yang Peng said to the generals: "You go down and prepare, and you will attack with me at midnight today." The generals were stunned, and Yang Jing asked in confusion: "Aren't you going to kill them tomorrow? Why did you change the time?" This is what everyone said.
Yang Peng smiled and said: "Do you also believe what I said to the Tibetan people?"
It took the generals a while to realize that this was a trap set by King Yan to the Tubo people! Yang Erya said with some worry: "Then Zanbu is a famous Tibetan general, I'm afraid he will be on guard." Yang Peng said with a smile: "
It doesn’t matter, I don’t necessarily want to defeat them tonight.”
In the middle of the night, there was no light in the night sky, and the world was pitch black. Only the lights in Xizhou City and the lights of the Tubo people outside the city corresponded in the distance. There was darkness all around, as if it was endless. A knight ran into the city gate and saw him face to face.
King Yang Peng of Yan was standing not far ahead. Behind him stood tens of thousands of men and horses, but no torches were lit. He could only see a mass of shadows. The knight quickly reined in his horse, turned over, knelt down and said: "Qiu
Report to King Yan, the enemy’s scouts have been eliminated by us, not a single one has escaped!”
Yang Peng nodded, "Thank you for your hard work!" Then he waved his hand behind him and led the army quietly out of the city gate. The men were wearing titles and the horses were picking bells without making a sound. At the same time, the two gates in the north and south also
After opening it, a large army came out of the city gate.
Two hundred thousand Yanyun troops were divided into three groups, left, center and right, approaching the enemy camp. Among them, the middle army led by Yang Peng was at the forefront, while the left and right wings led by Shi Liancheng and Yang Erya were separated from the middle army by a certain distance.
This is to prepare for possible enemy ambush. Once the center army is launched and the enemy ambush appears, the left and right wings can implement counter-encirclement.
Yang Peng led 80,000 soldiers and horses in the middle to approach the Tibetan army camp and stopped. Yang Peng carefully observed the enemy camp in front and saw that the camp was dotted with lights, and the number of sentries and patrols was larger than normal.
More or less, other than that, there was nothing special about it. The whole military camp was quiet, as if all the Tibetan people had fallen asleep.
Seeing this scene, Huyan Chijin whispered: "There are several times more sentries and patrols than normal. It seems that they are already on guard!" Yang Jing on the side lowered his voice and shouted: "If you are afraid, just
Go back!" Huyan Chijin became angry, "When did I say that I was afraid? I was just talking about the matter! Could it be that what I said was not the truth?" Yang Jing snorted: "If you are not afraid, you are talking nonsense! Brother again
It's not invisible!" Yang Peng shouted in a low voice: "Shut up!" The two became quiet.
What happened after all? Let’s look at the breakdown next time.