Although Cao Jun had expected it, hearing the news suddenly was like a thunderbolt from the blue. He frowned and murmured: "Baifengshan and Datong Mansion were originally horns supporting each other. With Baishanshan's nail there, the Khitan
People cannot attack the city safely. Now that Baishan Mountain has been lost, it will be difficult to defend Datong Mansion!" He looked up at Sun Haocheng and asked angrily: "How did Baishan Mountain fall?"
Sun Haocheng said: "The specific situation is not very clear. I only learned some information from the captured enemy officers. The Khitan army general Gan Buli led a group of soldiers and horses to climb up the mountain from the inaccessible medicinal mountain road in the back mountain. Our army
Caught off guard, the whole camp was in chaos, and the enemy's main force had already been ambushing on the mountainside. As soon as they saw the chaos on the mountain, they attacked quickly! With such a two-pronged attack, our army finally couldn't resist it, and the whole army was wiped out!"
Cao Jun frowned, "Back mountain? Didn't I ask General Li Zheng to pay attention to the rear mountain and flanks? How could he let the enemy succeed?" Sun Haocheng curled his lips, "Then Li Zheng relies on himself to be the Yanyun Army.
I'm a veteran general, I'm afraid I didn't take the general's warning seriously. Huh, now I'm defeated and dead, I really deserve it!"
Cao Jun shouted sternly: "Shut up, how can you say such a thing?" Sun Haocheng knew that he had made a mistake, and his heart trembled, but he kept his promise. Cao Jun said sternly: "No matter how bad General Li Zheng is, he is still our brother.
, how can you gloat over his misfortune? I don’t want to hear a word like this again, otherwise military law will be dealt with!” Sun Haocheng quickly agreed.
Cao Jun frowned and thought: "If Baishan Mountain is lost, the enemy's next step must be to attack Datong Prefecture. If I were Yeqihu City, I would definitely divide my troops into two groups, one to besiege Bingzhou Prefecture, and the other to attack Yanmen Pass. In this way,
Datong Prefecture becomes an isolated city, and the Khitan army can safely attack the city! If the Khitan army is allowed to carry out such a plan safely, their momentum will become stronger and stronger, and it will become more and more difficult to defend Datong Prefecture! You have to find a way to thwart them.
Vigor!' As soon as he thought about this, he said to Sun Haocheng: "Immediately order all the war cavalry to assemble!" Sun Haocheng obeyed and ran down. There were 100,000 Yanyun troops guarding Datong Mansion, including a total of 5,000 light cavalry, and the rest were infantry.
military.
Soon after, Sun Haocheng ran up to the city gate tower. At this time, Cao Jun was standing on the city gate tower leaning on the railing and looking outside the city. Tens of thousands of Khitan troops led by Han Chang were arrayed outside the city to challenge, and behind them
, the main force of the Khitan army was crossing the river. Cao Jun watched very carefully, as if he wanted to see the enemy's flaws.
Sun Haocheng rushed to Cao Jun's side, clasped his fists and said: "General, five thousand war cavalry have gathered." Cao Jun nodded and said to his general Li Mu: "I will leave the city later. You must guard carefully. There must be no
Mistake!" Li Mu said decisively: "General, don't worry!" Then he said: "General, let the last general's cavalry raid the enemy's formation!" Cao Jun shook his head, "I have decided, you don't need to say more!" Then he said to Sun
Haocheng said: "Once I succeed, you immediately lead the army out of the city and attack frontally, without making any mistakes!" "Yes!"
Cao Jun quickly descended from the city wall, got on his horse, picked up the spear handed over by his own soldiers, and shouted to the five thousand warriors gathered at the city gate: "Brothers, the enemy attacked Baishan Mountain last night and killed our soldiers.
Brothers, I will lead you to avenge them now!" The five thousand warriors couldn't help but feel the same hatred for the enemy, and shouted: "Revenge! Revenge!..." Cao Jun pulled the reins and galloped towards the north gate, and the five thousand warriors saw it.
This scene felt strange, but he did not dare to delay at all and quickly followed. At this time, tens of thousands of forwards led by Han Chang were arrayed outside the east city gate, and the main force of the Khitan army was also crossing the Yuhe River in the east. Cao Cao
Jun led his troops out of the north gate, probably hoping to catch the enemy by surprise.
Sure enough, as soon as the five thousand war cavalry rushed out of Datong Mansion, they immediately turned back to the east.
When Yanyun War Cavalry appeared in the sight of the Khitan army from a distance, the Khitan Army soldiers were not surprised at all. Lieutenant General Li Yanqi pointed at Yanyun War Cavalry running out from the far corner of the city and said with a smile: "Yan Yun Cavalry
Here they come! They probably want to raid our military formation!" Han Chang said with a smile: "With just these few thousand cavalry, it is really wishful thinking to break through our military formation!" The generals laughed. Although Han Chang said
It sounded easy, but in my heart I didn't dare to neglect it at all. I turned to the herald and said, "The whole army is ready to fight!"
The herald quickly issued the order, and tens of thousands of soldiers immediately prepared for the battle. The shield bearers were at the front, preparing to face the charge of Yan Yun's cavalry. After the shield bearers were the spearmen, who would cooperate with the shield bearers to block the cavalry.
After the spearmen came the crossbowmen, which were the main lethal force of the infantry formation. In addition to these arms, heavy armored infantry were also deployed near the central general's flag, and at the rear of the formation there were also heavy armored infantry.
Thousands of iron pagoda cavalry, these heavily armored troops will launch a counterattack against the Yanyun army at the right time. When defending, they are as strong as a mountain, and when they counterattack, they are like a volcano erupting. This is the combat characteristic of the Khitan army.
The Khitan army set up their formation and waited for the Yanyun army to attack.
However, things went beyond the expectations of the Khitan army. The five thousand Yanyun war cavalry led by Cao Jun did not attack them. Instead, they detoured far away and swept directly towards the ferry where the Khitan army crossed the river.
Go! This move greatly exceeded the expectations of the Khitan army. They had no idea that the Yanyun army would be so bold, daring to go around them and raid the ferry crossing of the large army regardless of the danger of being cut off from their retreat?!
Han Chang didn't think about it and quickly led his troops to catch up. However, how could he catch up with the Yanyun light cavalry that was rushing like a mad rush? In the blink of an eye, the five thousand Yanyun light cavalry rushed into the sky.
In the fortified ferry, the troops swept across and killed the Khitan army officers and soldiers until their corpses were covered with blood and scattered in pieces. This was far beyond the Khitan army's expectations. The Khitan army, which was more than ten times the size of Yanyun's army, was in chaos.
Unable to withstand their attack.
Han Chang led tens of thousands of infantry and cavalry under his command to hurry up. Seeing Yan Yun's army wreaking havoc on the ferry, he was really angry and furious.
However, at this moment, Han Chang and others suddenly seemed to hear a loud rumbling noise behind them. They couldn't help but feel strange and turned their heads to look. It didn't matter if they didn't look. They were shocked when they saw tens of thousands of Yanyun.
The infantry is rushing towards this direction with great momentum.
Han Chang was horrified and hurriedly ordered his troops to stop advancing and turn around to face the enemy. However, when tens of thousands of troops were running at full speed, how could they hear his order at once, and how could they immediately turn according to his order? Even if they heard the order,
, they started to act early and late, and all of a sudden, tens of thousands of troops were in chaos, with people shouting and horses neighing.
At this moment, a wave of 50,000 infantry troops led by Sun Haocheng crashed heavily into Han Chang's army. Only a huge shout was heard mixed with the sound of swords slashing hard. The scene was like a stormy sea crashing on the shore!
The Yan Yun army rushed into the middle of the Khitan army with all their strength, charging wildly and moving forward without hesitation. Their spears and axes raised a rain of blood all over the sky. Under the thrilling blood color was the crazy face of the Yan Yun army and the horrified expression of the Khitan army. The Khitan army was caught off guard and frightened.
After retreating continuously, the entire military formation was shaken, and the morale of the army was shaken. Han Chang shouted at the top of his voice in the midst of thousands of troops. However, who among the panicked Khitan soldiers paid attention to him? Who knows what he was shouting.
In just a few moments, tens of thousands of Khitan troops began to collapse, receding quickly like an ebbing tide, while Yan Yun's army continued to pursue and kill them. Screams could be heard one after another, and each Khitan army soldier was cut down by the chasing Yan Yun army.
On the ground, corpses were strewn all over the ground, and weapons and armor were everywhere.
Yeqihu City on the east bank saw that something was wrong, so they quickly led their 30,000 iron pagodas to cross the river, and 30,000 soldiers and horses waded through the fords to cross the Yuhe River. However, they were unable to launch a counterattack for a while, because their own troops were rushing down like a tide.
The defeated army completely blocked the attack route. Yeqi Hucheng was very angry and ordered his soldiers to step forward and guide the defeated troops away. At this moment, a group of several hundred Yanyun warriors who were capable of killing unexpectedly
The thirty thousand iron pagodas of Yeqihu City rushed towards them. Yeqihucheng laughed angrily, raised his right hand and waved forward, the thirty thousand iron pagodas launched a charge, and in the blink of an eye they killed the hundreds of Yanyun warriors.
There was a fierce fighting, and hundreds of Yanyun war cavalry were wiped out. Immediately, Yeli Hucheng led 30,000 iron pagodas to kill the Yanyun war cavalry who were raging on the ferry. The 30,000 iron armor beat the earth, and the earth trembled.
!
Cao Jun saw the Khitan army's iron pagoda rushing towards them like a mountain, and immediately led his cavalry to break away from the battle. At the same time, he ordered the herald to send out signal arrows. Sun Haocheng, who was chasing Han Chang's army, heard a sharp sound coming from the ferry in the distance.
He immediately reined in the horses and ordered the entire army to return to the city. Officers and heralds shouted one after another, and the orders were quickly passed on. The 50,000 infantry troops turned around and ran towards the city gate.
Cao Jun led his war cavalry towards the north gate, with the purpose of diverting away the iron pagoda of Yeqihu City. However, Yeqihu City was also a veteran general on the battlefield and did not fall into his trap. He only chased him for a moment and then stopped chasing him.
He turned towards the retreating Yanyun infantry. Seeing that the distance between the two sides was getting closer and closer, the situation was critical. The Yanyun soldiers on the city wall were extremely anxious. However, the Khitan army finally slowed down a step and saw the Yanyun infantry rushing in.
Entering the city, the city gate slammed shut.
Ye Qianhu City reined in his horse and stared at the Datong Mansion in front of him. He could not vent the anger in his heart and shouted: "Han people in the city, if you have the guts, don't be a coward, come out and fight me to the death!"
Wang Fang couldn't stand the opponent's provocation and was about to go to war. Li Mu grabbed him and shouted: "The general has an order, no one is allowed to go to war rashly!" Wang Fang broke away from Li Mu's hand and pointed
He stared at Yeqian Hucheng outside the city and said, "I am a Han Chinese, so I will not be despised by these barbarians!" After saying that, he ran down the city. Then he saw Wang Fang holding a big sword and running out of the city single-handedly. Li
Mu slapped the wall angrily, turned around and shouted at the drummer: "Bang the drum!!"
The war drums on the city wall rumbled loudly. Wang Fang rode his horse to about ten paces in front of Yeqihu City, reined in his horse, raised his sword and shouted: "Grandpa is Wang Fang, the general of Yanyun, and he has come here to get this from you."
The head of a Khitan dog!" Ye Qianhucheng smiled coldly, clapped his horse and rushed towards Wang Fang. Wang Fang raised his sword and shouted as he rushed towards him. The soldiers on both sides couldn't help shouting.
In the blink of an eye, the two knights crossed each other, and Wang Fang swung his sword and slashed straight down. The sword tore through the air with a whirring sound, and it was so powerful! Ye Qi Hucheng flipped his wrist, and the mace hit Wang Fang from one side with a roar.
The broadsword made a loud clang sound, and the broadsword was knocked away. Then I saw Ye Qian Hucheng holding a stick with both hands. The mace circled around his waist and swept towards Wang Fang from the other direction! Wang Fang!
Fang Dadao had been swung away, and he couldn't take it back for a while. He saw the opponent's mace whizzing towards him, and it was too late to avoid it! Bang! The mace hit his chest hard, and he screamed.
He flipped backwards and fell off the horse on all fours!
There was silence on the city wall, and Li Mu slapped the wall with anger and annoyance; the Khitan army soldiers shouted in unison, with momentum like a rainbow. Yeqi Hucheng continued to raise its voice to challenge, and had just killed a Yanyun warrior.
It’s even more impressive!
Li Mu suddenly heard the sound of rapid and chaotic footsteps behind him. He couldn't help but turn his head and saw Cao Jun and others walking quickly. He couldn't help but feel happy. He hurried forward to pay homage: "General!" Cao Jun nodded and walked quickly.
By the wall, he looked outside the city. He suddenly saw the corpse of one of his generals lying outside the city. He couldn't help being shocked and asked angrily: "Who disobeys my order and goes to war without permission?" Li Mu said with a sad expression on his face.
"It's General Wang Fang!" He then apologized and said, "I failed to dissuade General Wang Fang, which resulted in General Wang Fang's death at the hands of the enemy. Please punish me, General!"
Cao Jun said: "This matter has nothing to do with you!" He stared at Yeqi Hucheng who was shouting loudly, and said solemnly: "We will definitely avenge General Wang Fang's revenge!" Then he said sternly to the generals:
"From now on, anyone who dares to go to war without authorization will be dealt with according to military law!" The generals were shocked and promised with clasped fists.
Yeqianhu City shouted outside the city for a long time. Seeing that no one from Yanyun's army went to fight anymore, he couldn't help but feel a little proud. He spat on the ground and cursed loudly: "You Han people are just a bunch of cowards without courage!"
"After hearing this, the officers and soldiers on the city couldn't help but get angry. They really wanted to rush out and fight him to the death. However, with General Cao Jun's strict order, no one dared to act rashly.
Seeing that it was in vain to stay outside the city and scolding him any longer, Yeqianhu City was worried that Cao Jun would repeat his old trick of raiding the ferry, so he led 30,000 iron pagodas back to the ferry. Back at the ferry, they saw that Yan Yun's army had been suppressed by the city just now.
The pride immediately disappeared, and I saw corpses strewn across the ferry, blood on the ground, raging fire, devastation, and heavy losses. Before, Yeqihu City was too preoccupied with chasing Yan Yun's army to pay attention, but now it noticed these situations.
, I was really shocked and angry.
Han Chang and other generals came to visit Yeqihu City. Seeing the gloomy face of Yeqihu City, everyone felt uneasy in their hearts.
Yeqi Hucheng asked in a deep voice: "How much is the loss?" Da Lan swallowed and said: "More than 10,000 people were killed and more than 10,000 injured in the port. The total number of casualties exceeds 30,000, and the specific number is still being counted!
"After a pause, I took a peek at Yeqihu City. I saw that Yeqihu City's expression became more gloomy, and I felt even more uneasy. I continued: "In addition to the loss of personnel, the loss of baggage and materials was also very serious. Specifically,
The number has not been calculated yet!”
Yeqi Hucheng snorted coldly, and the generals were silent and lowered their heads. Yeqi Hucheng looked at Han Chang, "How much did your army lose?" When Han Chang saw Yeqi Hucheng looking over, he was heartbroken.
He thumped for a moment, and when he heard the question, he quickly said: "Loss, more than half of the loss!" Ye Qi Hucheng was extremely angry and cursed: "How dare Cao Jun be so rude, I will cut him into pieces after the city is destroyed.
It will take ten thousand pieces to eliminate the hatred in my heart!" All the generals agreed, saying that they would cut Cao Jun into pieces with a thousand swords to relieve their hatred!
Ye Qianhucheng turned to the generals and said: "Send the order to the whole army to cross the river as soon as possible!" All the generals agreed in unison. Cao Jun saw that the Khitan army and its baggage were constantly crossing the river, while 30,000 iron pagodas and tens of thousands of war cavalry were crossing the river.
He divided into several battle formations to guard the ferry. Seeing that there was no opportunity to take advantage of it, he gave up the plan of subsequent raids. Cao Jun inspected the gates on all sides, gave detailed instructions to the guards everywhere, and then returned to the city to sit down in the camp hall.
Come down.
Thinking back to the dangerous victory just now, I can't help but feel thrilling. Thinking about Wang Fang's death, I can't help but feel a little sad. However, this feeling only fleeting in my heart. Since I have chosen the path of joining the army and fighting on the bloody battlefield, this
A life may be lost at any time. Everyone has foresight and there is no need to be too sad.
Cao Jun calmed down, stood up, walked to the map, looked at the map and began to think. He was considering the attack strategy for Datong Prefecture from the perspective of Yeli Hucheng. Various attack strategies were in Cao Jun's mind.
Flashed through.
Sun Haocheng ran in from outside, clasped his fists and said: "General, I have sent a quick horse messenger to deliver the military report according to your instructions!" Cao Jun nodded and sighed, "The King of Yan has entrusted me with a heavy responsibility, but the war begins
It didn't take long for Bai Shanshan to be thrown away. I'm really ashamed of King Yan!"
Sun Haocheng said: "General, you don't have to blame yourself. The loss of Baishan Mountain is all the responsibility of General Li Zheng. What does it have to do with the general?" Cao Jun shook his head, "That's not what you said. Since King Yan has given me full authority to defend here,
Responsible, I am responsible for the loss of Baishan Mountain! This cannot be shied away from, and it is not to blame for shirk! If I die in this battle, everything will be over, but if I am lucky enough to defend Datong Mansion, then after the war, I
I will plead guilty to King Yan!" Sun Haocheng felt extremely grateful after hearing Cao Jun's words.
When night fell that day, Cao Jun ignored eating and went to patrol the city wall to cheer up the soldiers. Cao Jun and his party came to the east city wall and saw several soldiers gathering together to talk. When they saw Cao Jun, they
He quickly stood up straight. Cao Jun walked up to the soldiers and asked with a smile: "Are you afraid of being trapped in the isolated city?" The soldiers shouted together without even thinking: "Not afraid!" Cao Jun was startled, and then
Asked: "Why are you not afraid?" One of the soldiers loudly said: "As a man, dying on the battlefield is the most glorious thing! After death, you can enter the Hall of Loyal Soul and be worshiped by the people for thousands of years. There is nothing more glorious than this.
What a glorious thing!" Another soldier said: "My father and mother are taken care of by King Yan, I have nothing to be afraid of!" The third soldier looked left and right, and said loudly: "They said everything I said.
It’s over, that’s what I thought too!”
Cao Jun couldn't help feeling a little emotional. He felt that the Yanyun Army and the Song Army were really two completely different armies. The Yanyun Army was eager to fight and was not afraid of sacrifice. It regarded being a soldier and dying on the battlefield as the most proud thing, while the Song Army regarded it as the most proud thing.
Joining the army and going to jail are treated equally. Soldiers have no dignity at all. They are greedy for life and fear of death on the battlefield. They simply don't have the spirit of Yan Yunjun to regard death as home. Cao Jun originally didn't have much confidence in defending Datong Mansion, but after meeting his men
After seeing this kind of demeanor among the soldiers, they couldn't help but gain a lot of confidence.
Cao Jun nodded appreciatively, patted the shoulders of the three soldiers, and continued to inspect the front. As he walked, he was thinking: 'Actually, King Yan has organized my original army into a direct army, which is really flattering to us. Their
There is still a considerable distance between the fighting will and the real direct-affiliated legion soldiers! This city defense battle must be very cruel and difficult. I must save the direct-affiliated legion officers as much as possible and only use them at the most critical time! Maybe I can also use them at a certain time
Use them at a favorable opportunity to launch a counterattack, which may have a miraculous effect in turning the situation around!'
He stopped and turned his head to look outside the city. He saw that the Khitan army had set up a huge camp outside the city with its back against the Yu River. It stretched for more than ten miles along the river, with strict barriers and fierce momentum. Cao Jun couldn't help but frown slightly.
Frowning, he could see from the momentum emanating from the Khitan army camp that his recent raid on the Khitan army did not dampen their fighting spirit. Cao Jun couldn't help but murmured: "I'm afraid this battle will be worse than mine."
Imagine it’s even harder and crueler!”
At the same time, Ye Qi Hucheng was actually in no better mood than him. Ye Qi Hucheng stood in front of the map in the tent and frowned. He was thinking about the strategy to defeat Datong Mansion, but his thoughts couldn't help but turn around.
In the previous Battle of Baishan Mountain, he used a small road to raid the Yan Yun Army on the mountain. The Yan Yun Army was caught off guard and eventually the entire army was annihilated. However, the Khitan Army's victory in that battle was not easy at all. The Yan Yun Army was in a desperate situation.
Still fighting back like crazy, both sides killed the mountains with corpses and blood flowed into streams. The 30,000 Yanyun army was finally wiped out. However, the price paid by the Khitan army was no less than that of the Yanyun army, and it made Ye Qihu even more miserable.
What shocked the city was that except for a few seriously injured and unconscious Yanyun Army prisoners on the mountain, none of the 30,000 Yanyun Army prisoners surrendered to them. However, the few seriously injured and unconscious Yanyun Army prisoners did not hesitate after waking up.
He committed suicide, so at the end of that fierce battle, the Khitan army did not even capture a single prisoner. They would rather die than surrender, and would die if they failed to win. This is something that Yeqi Hucheng has never encountered since he joined the army. Although Yeqi Hucheng said so
He didn't say anything, but his heart was filled with awe for Yan Yunjun.
Ye Qianhu City's thoughts returned to Datong Mansion, and he couldn't help but think: "We have lost so many soldiers and horses even if we hit Baishan Mountain or succeeded in a sneak attack. If we want to break through this Datong Mansion with its tall city walls, we will have to sacrifice more."
How many soldiers are there?" Ye Qihu City couldn't help but feel palpitations. He only felt that if this battle was won, his own side would also suffer unbearable huge losses!
Yeqi Hucheng took a deep breath, put these thoughts behind his mind, and his eyes became hardened. In the middle of the night, Yeqi Hucheng, who had fallen asleep, was suddenly awakened by a burst of killing and exclamations, and he crawled quickly