Nearly a thousand Yanyun infantry suddenly appeared in the Xixia Army's field of vision, and rushed forward with swords and guns raised, shouting. In the blink of an eye, the two sides collided and fought fiercely, with swords and guns flying everywhere, and the Yanyun Army officers and soldiers looked like they were crazy.
The beast desperately killed his enemies, but he himself fell into a pool of blood one by one.
The Yanyun army fought with all their strength and did not hesitate to die together with the enemy. They were like wolves and tigers, and they fought bloody battles without retreating. However, the number of enemies was so great that they seemed to be inexhaustible, but the number of Yanyun soldiers was
The force quickly decreased, and more and more Yanyun soldiers fell on the blood-stained hillside. In less than two quarters of an hour, all the thousands of Yanyun soldiers were killed. The Snow Mountain Army crossed the hillside full of corpses of soldiers from both sides and rushed up the mountain.
.At this time, the Yanyun Army, which was blocking the enemy forces on the left and right sides, had no choice but to give up blocking the enemy forces in the front and shrink into the military camp, preparing for a final desperate resistance!
Three Snow Mountain troops from the left, center and right entered the ridge and surrounded the Yan Yun army that had retreated into the barracks from three sides. Fan Long glanced at the enemy troops with wide eyes and murmured: "Damn it, these bastards saw through it.
Master Yang’s plan!” He turned to an officer beside him and asked, “Where is General Ma Kuang?” The officer replied, “General Ma and his five hundred warriors are trapped at the foot of the mountain and are surrounded by enemy troops, unable to escape!”
Fan Long couldn't help but feel a little worried, but this worry was instantly forgotten. When he thought about it, since he became a soldier, dying on the battlefield was no big deal! He glanced at the soldiers and saw that they were panting.
They looked tired, but their eyes were firm and their faces were fierce, without any hint of fear. They couldn't help but feel very proud in their hearts! Fan Long shouted loudly: "Brothers, we must defend Changcheng Ridge for the final victory! We are Yan
Yun's man must not be underestimated by Xixia dog thieves!!" The soldiers roared in unison, becoming even more powerful!
Wuwuwu..., Xixia's horn sound came from outside the camp, and three Xixia soldiers and horses were seen attacking from three directions at the same time, coming like a tide.
Fan Long raised his ax and shouted sternly: "Bow and arrow!" All Yanyun soldiers loaded their crossbows with arrows and were ready to go. Their eyes were coldly staring at the enemy who was getting closer and closer.
Seeing the enemy troops rushing to the fence, Fan Long pointed his ax forward and shouted sternly: "Fire the arrow!" Yan Yun's soldiers immediately fired the arrows, and there was a sudden sound of arrows, like a dense swarm of locusts plunging into the enemy army.
In the tide, I saw the tide surge, and many Xixia Army soldiers at the head were shot to the ground by powerful arrows. However, the ferocious Xixia Army was not afraid at all, and still rushed up and chopped down the wooden fence crazily! Yan Yun Army kept firing arrows.
, after several rounds, only a loud noise was heard, and a large wooden fence was pushed down by the soldiers of the Xixia Army, and then the soldiers of the Xixia Army surged in like a flood from a collapsed embankment.
Fan Long roared: "Come with me!" While roaring, he urged his horse to charge towards the enemy's tide. Yan Yun's soldiers abandoned their bows and crossbows, pulled out their long knives, picked up their spears and axes, and also roared and charged forward.
In the blink of an eye, the two sides collided and started a melee. There was a roar and thrilling sounds. Swords and guns were flying and colliding in the air. Blood was flowing. Soldiers from both sides fell into a pool of blood. The frantic Yan army soldiers had no one to defend them and they just risked their lives to attack.
, completely ignoring the enemy's weapons that were attacking him. The enemy's scimitar cut open his body, and at the same time, his own long knife also cut the enemy in two. His blood-stained eyes were extremely fierce. He was fighting for blood with his life.
, General Yanyun has put life and death aside and just wants to kill more enemies before dying in battle!
Fan Long swung his battle ax desperately in the crowd, raising blood all over the sky, killing the enemy's corpses everywhere, just like a monster; the surrounding Yanyun soldiers were fighting for their lives in a way that they would die together, and they would fight as long as they still had breath.
Kill an enemy!
The fierce battle continued until dusk. There were mountains of corpses on the Great Wall Ridge and blood flowed into canals. Thousands of Yanyun soldiers were all killed on the battlefield, and around their bodies were the corpses of more Xueshan Army soldiers. Many of the corpses were still intact.
The way he fights in front of his body is like a thrilling statue.
A seriously injured Yanyun officer limped back to the top of the pile of corpses with a bloody spear in hand, panting, and coldly looking at the surrounding enemy troops with blood-red eyes!
Li Chongshan rode out, stood a dozen steps in front of the Yan Yun officer, and shouted: "You are the only one left, surrender!"
The officer smiled and said, "I'm the only one left, why should I live?" Yuluo suddenly roared, raised his spear and threw it at Li Chongshan with his last strength. Li Chongshan saw the spear flying towards him and turned sideways to avoid it.
, the spear flew over and shot down an officer behind him. The Xixia soldiers were so angry that they wanted to go forward and cut him into pieces, but saw him pull out and insert it into a corpse next to him, almost
Yan Yun's sword, which had turned into a saw, suddenly hit his neck and shot out a blood arrow! All the Xixia soldiers were shocked, and then saw his body falling backwards! Li Chongshan frowned and couldn't bear it.
He cursed: "Fuck!"
At this time, an officer galloped to Li Chongshan, reined in the horse, and reported: "General, that Fan Long escaped down the Great Wall Ridge under the escort of dozens of Yanyun troops!" Li Chongshan was very angry.
"Damn it, I actually let him run away!"
At this time, dozens of scarred soldiers and officers were protecting Fan Long, who was seriously injured and unconscious, running wildly through the barren mountains and ridges. If it hadn't been for these officers and soldiers' desperate rescue just now, Fan Long would have been killed in the enemy. A group of
The people ran to a three-way intersection and stopped. One of the officers said: "We can't just escape back to Yan'an Mansion, we have to report the news to the general manager!" Another officer said: "I will report the news, and you will go back.
Yan'an Mansion!" The officer who spoke in front nodded, "That's it!" Then dozens of people separated at the three-way intersection, one person galloped towards the east on horseback, while the others continued to protect Fan Longchao, who was seriously injured and dying.
Rush to Yan'an Mansion.
The officer who went east to report the news met Ma Kuang on the way, and couldn't help but feel pleasantly surprised, "General Ma, we thought you had..." Ma Kuang shook his head, "It was almost over!" He pointed to the person behind him.
Dozens of cavalry covered in blood, "These are the only ones left of my five hundred war cavalry!" The officer couldn't help but feel sad. Ma Kuan asked, "Where are you going?" The officer replied: "Changcheng Ridge.
The defense has been lost. I'm going to report to the general manager!" Ma Kuang said: "Let's go together." The officer responded. Ma Kuang turned his horse's head and ran towards Yinzhou, and everyone followed him.
Li Cunxiao stood on the Great Wall Ridge, looking at the vast land to the south. He couldn't help but feel excited. He turned around and ordered: "Without further delay, leave five thousand people to guard the Great Wall Ridge. The rest of the troops will follow me to attack the back of Yinzhou!" The generals
They agreed in unison. That night, Li Cunxiao led tens of thousands of Snow Mountain troops to outflank Yinzhou.
At noon the next day, the Snow Mountain Army hurriedly arrived outside Yinzhou City. Li Cunxiao saw that the direction of Yinzhou City was very quiet and the general's army had not yet arrived, so he ordered the army to station on the spot and at the same time sent scouts to the surrounding areas of Yinzhou and beyond.
Yinzhou Northern Investigation Situation.
In the big tent, Li Cunxiao stood in front of the map, his eyes fell on Yinzhou, his brows furrowed tightly. The generals felt strange when they saw that their general seemed to be preoccupied. Li Chongshan said: "General,
We have already conquered Changcheng Ridge, and this battle has basically been won, what is the general still worried about?"
Li Cunxiao said: "It's hard to say who will win until the last moment, not to mention that our enemy is still a powerful and fierce enemy like Yan Yun!" The generals did not think so. They felt that the current situation was very obvious, and Changcheng Ridge was defeated.
After our own side broke through, Yinzhou was cut off from the retreat. It was only a matter of time before the main force of the Yanyun Army in the Yinzhou area was annihilated! Although they thought so in their hearts, their respect for Li Cunxiao made them not express their thoughts.
Li Cunxiao turned around and asked, "Has the scout come back?"
Li Chongshan saluted and said: "Not back yet!" Li Cunxiao said nothing, turned around and continued to look at the map. Li Chongshan couldn't help but asked: "General, should we attack Yinzhou?" The generals all said one after another.
Echoing, one of them said excitedly: "If we capture Yinzhou after conquering Changcheng Ridge, the first victory in this battle will be ours!" All the generals nodded and looked at Li Cunxiao eagerly.
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Li Cunxiao shook his head, "Don't be impatient. We'll talk about it after the scouts come back."
The generals felt that the general was too cautious, but no one dared to contradict him.
Li Cunxiao returned to his seat and sat down, closing his eyes and concentrating. The generals stood under the tent, looking impatient, but no one dared to make a sound.
Suddenly, the sound of rapid footsteps came, and all the generals looked towards the door. Li Xiaochun also opened his eyes. I saw a scout running in, kneeling on the ground, and reported: "General Qi, there is no one around Yinzhou."
abnormal!"
Li Cunxiao secretly breathed a sigh of relief and murmured: "It seems that I am too worried!" He stood up and said to the generals: "Immediately send someone to shoot an arrow book to Yinzhou City, saying that we have conquered it.
Changcheng Ridge and Yan'an Prefecture, Yan Yun are in danger. As long as they surrender, I can guarantee their current power status!" Li Chongshan saluted and said: "The last general will do it personally!" The other generals felt very sad when they saw that Li Chongshan had taken the lead.
Annoyed. Naturally, everyone wants to grab this job. Not to mention the credit, which is neither big nor small, the important thing is that it can show prestige in front of Yan Yunjun!
Li Cunxiao thought to himself: Yanyun's main force should have gone to the Wuding River to fight against the Generalissimo's main force. There must not be many defenders in this city. I have two options. One is to take the opportunity to attack the city, and the other is to use part of the force to contain it.
The main force of Yanyun's army in the city will bypass Yinzhou and attack the rear of Yanyun's main force. This should be able to defeat Yanyun's army in one go.
Li Cunxiao thought for a moment and felt that he should adopt the second strategy and annihilate Yanyun's main force in one go.
We put down our side temporarily and turned our attention to the outside of Yanmen Pass. The Liao army did retreat, but the retreat speed was very slow. The front and rear squadrons maintained a tight alert, obviously to prevent the Yanyun army from taking the opportunity to make a surprise attack. The Khitan army
With such a slow retreat, they could not cover dozens of miles in a day. At this speed, it would probably take them about twenty days to retreat to Baishan Mountain.
In the evening of this day, the Liao army set up camp in the wilderness almost three hundred miles away from Yanmen Pass. Under the reflection of the setting sun, the camp was bustling with smoke and smoke. In the big tent, Yeqi Hucheng was standing in front of the map.
He frowned, with a thoughtful expression on his face.
There were rapid footsteps at the door, and the generals came in. When they came behind Wanyan Gao, they stopped together and said, "Your Majesty!"
Ye Qian Hucheng turned around and asked, "What's going on with Yan Yun's army?"
Han Changdao: "The scouts just reported back. They saw on the top of the mountain that there were signs of large troop movements behind Yanmen Pass!" Yeqi Hucheng immediately asked: "Is it moving to the south?" "Yes. But the specific situation is not very clear.
Clear. In addition, the scouts monitoring Yanmen Pass outside Yanmen Pass reported back that everything at Yanmen Pass was as usual and there were no changes."
Yeqi Hucheng thought about it and murmured: "Yang Peng is very cunning. Even if he divides his troops and goes south, he will not show any signs! Are the signs of going south true or false?" Yeqi Hucheng was not sure.
At this moment, a personal officer rushed in, knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, the envoy from Xixia is here!"
Ye Qihu's eyes lit up and he immediately said: "Please come in quickly!" The personal officer responded and ran down. After a while, he led the Xixia envoy who had come before and came in. At this time, Ye Qihu
The city was already standing on the top, and the generals were on both sides. When the Xixia envoy saw Ye Qihu City, he did not bother to salute and asked urgently: "Why did the king withdraw his troops?"
Ye Qian Hucheng smiled and said: "Messenger, don't be nervous, we are not withdrawing our troops, we are just retreating several hundred miles to get supplies."
The Xixia envoy said angrily: "Does the entire army need to retreat hundreds of miles to supply food and grass? Your Majesty, we should share the same hatred of the enemy, and we can't make small calculations!"
Xiao Yeqian shouted: "How presumptuous! Who are you, how dare you speak to our great protector of the Liao Kingdom like this!" The generals also shouted and cursed. In the hearts of the Khitan people, Xixia is inferior to them.
Yes, the Liao Kingdom has never even recognized the status of Xixia as an independent country. How could it tolerate the Xixia envoys talking to their protector king like this? Most people may not know it well. In fact, the status of Xixia at that time was very low. The Liao Dynasty
The Song State did not recognize the status of Xixia as an independent country, and Xixia often professed vassalage to these two countries, wavering between the two countries. The Xixia Emperor immediately professed vassalage to the Liao State, so strictly speaking, Xixia could only
It can be regarded as a vassal of the Liao Kingdom.
The Xixia envoy frowned.
Ye Qi Hucheng raised his hand and shouted: "Shut up!" The tent gradually became quiet. Ye Qi Hucheng said to the Xixia envoy: "Don't worry, envoy, our army will attack Yanmen Pass again soon!"
"The Xixia envoy sneered in his heart and said to himself: 'Do you think we are fools? You just want to pretend to retreat, so that Yan Yun can put the main force on our heads! Humph, now Yinzhou's side should be sure of victory.
, even if the Yanyun Army behind Yanmen Gate returns to rescue, it will not be able to save the day. However, this may hinder our army from crossing the Yellow River eastward. Although it can be broken through in the end, I am afraid it will waste a lot of time! In this way, the Khitan
If people break through Yanmen Pass and go south, I'm afraid Shanxi will be captured by them! Although the two sides have an agreement in advance, if the Khitans have bitten the fat into their mouths, they will probably not be willing to spit it out again!'
As soon as he thought about this, he said to Ye Qianhu City: "Your Majesty, when I came, I got reliable information that a considerable part of the Yanyun Army at Yanmen Pass has been transferred away! If your Majesty does not take this opportunity to attack Yanmen Pass, I'm afraid it will be a long night and many dreams.
!" Why do the Xixia envoys hope that the Khitans can capture Yanmen Pass as soon as possible? Wouldn't it be against the interests of the Jin people to capture Yanmen Pass so quickly? It is precisely because the Xixia envoys do not want this to happen that they urge Ye Qihu City to march to Yanmen Pass at this time.
, because although some Yanyun troops were transferred from Yanmen Pass, they had not gone far. As long as the Khitan army launched a large-scale attack at this time, those Yanyun troops who had been transferred would come back immediately. In this way, we could conquer Yinzhou.
, crossing the Yellow River eastward would eliminate the most powerful obstacle. At the same time, the Khitans are likely to still be blocked at Yanmen Pass, and then they can take the opportunity to take the entire Shanxi into their pockets. At that time, the overall situation has been decided, and the Khitans
Even if I don't want to do anything, I have nothing to say.
After hearing what the Xixia envoy said, Ye Qianhu City showed a look of joy on his face and hurriedly asked: "How can you be sure that part of the Yanyun Army at Yanmen Pass has been transferred?"
When the Xixia envoy saw the appearance of Yeqi Tiger City, he was secretly happy and said: "To be honest, we have a detailed ambush near Yanmen Pass. The intelligence they sent is absolutely reliable. According to the intelligence, at least half of the main force of the Yanyun Army is
We left Yanmen Pass and headed south. This is the time for your Majesty to capture Yanmen Pass. If you don't seize this opportunity, you may have long nights and many dreams!"
Ye Qianhucheng nodded: "Well..." glanced at the Xixia envoy and asked: "Is there any news from Tubo?" The Xixia envoy said: "I was about to inform the king that Tubo's 400,000-strong army has launched an attack on Qin Feng Road.
Attack, the battle is going very smoothly, Xining Prefecture and Jishi Fortress have been defeated by the Tubo army. Now the Tubo army is advancing straight in, and the Yanyun army is retreating continuously!"
Everyone was very surprised when they heard this. Xiao Yegan said in disbelief: "The Tubo people actually have such ability? Not only did they conquer Xining Prefecture and Jishi Fortress in one fell swoop, they actually marched straight in and defeated Yan Yun's army?" Others
The generals also felt the same way, and felt that this was too incredible. Han Chang and others, who were as thoughtful as the others, secretly doubted what the Xixia envoy said: "What the Xixia envoy said is so conclusive, but I'm afraid it's not entirely true!" Yan Yun
Is the army so easy to deal with? What ability does Tubo have? It can actually defeat Yan Yun's two legions in such a short period of time? By saying this, I'm afraid he wants to inspire us to fight against Yan Yun's army!'
Ye Qian Hucheng sneered and wanted to scold the Xixia envoy, but then he thought: 'Why should I expose him now! What good will it do to us to expose him!' After thinking this, he said: "The Tubo people are quite capable.
Ah!" The Xixia envoy said: "It's not that they are particularly powerful, they actually took advantage of the surprise attack!" He obviously felt that his words were unbelievable, so he added this sentence. Ye Qihu City was noncommittal and asked
: "What is your Princess Li Qingxia doing now?"
The Xixia envoy said: "After persuading Tubo to send troops, the princess went to the Song Dynasty and should have arrived in Bianjing by now!"
Ye Qi Hucheng and others couldn't help but admire this Xixia princess. Ye Qi Hucheng asked: "Your princess wants to persuade Song State to send troops as well?" The Xixia envoy nodded, "Princess, you hope that Song State can send troops to Jiangbei! Princess
I’m very sure about this!”
Ye Qihu City thought for a moment and said to the Xixia envoy: "You must be very tired after coming all the way. Just rest here for one night and leave tomorrow!" The Xixia envoy also had this intention, so he bowed and thanked me.
After passing through, Yeqianhu City called the soldiers and ordered the soldiers to take the Xixia envoy down to rest.
After the Xixia envoy left the tent, general Xiao Yeqian couldn't help but asked: "Your Majesty, are we going back to attack Yanmen Pass now?" The other generals also showed eagerness to try.
Yeqi Hucheng glanced at the generals and asked: "Do you all believe what the Xixia envoy said?" The generals uh-huhed and looked at each other. Dallan said: "I'm afraid only 50% to 60% of what the Xixia envoy said is the truth.
, but the news that part of Yan Yun's army at Yanmen Shuan has been transferred away should be true, because this fact corroborates what our scouts saw." The generals nodded. Han Chang said: "But it is obvious that he told us this news.
He has bad intentions." Looking at Yeqi Hucheng, "He just wants us to attack Yanmen Pass as soon as possible so as to attract back the Yanyun troops who have been transferred away! In this way, their Xixia army can break through.
There will be no obstacles to crossing the Yellow River eastward after Yinzhou! Then they will sweep through Shanxi. By the time our army enters the Pass, the whole of Shanxi will probably have fallen into their hands. By that time, the deal is already done. What else can we do?
"
After hearing Han Chang's analysis, the generals couldn't help but suddenly become enlightened, and then they became very angry and shouted one after another. For a while, the big tent was very noisy.
Ye Qihu City shouted: "Shut up!" The tent immediately became quiet, but the generals still looked aggrieved. General Long Ba said angrily: "How dare the Xixia people plot against us? How dare we plot against us?"
We can't just let it go!" Several generals with the most hot tempers echoed, and the big tent became noisy again. Yeqi Hucheng said angrily: "We are going to deal with Yan Yun now, not to grudge against the Xixia people!
"The generals were silent, but looked very unhappy. They knew that the king was right, but they felt very unhappy.
Ye Qian Hucheng sneered and said: "Of course I want to attack Yanmen Pass, but when to attack is up to me!" Then he said to the generals: "The army will still retreat slowly as before!" Many generals
They looked surprised and didn't understand why the king wanted to retreat, but Yeli Hucheng didn't explain and let them go back to their camps.
Early the next morning, the Xixia envoy was fully expecting the Liao army to march towards Yanmen Pass, but found that the Khitan army actually continued to retreat. While the Xixia envoy was surprised, he was also deeply worried. The confidant next to him asked: "Sir, do you want to continue?
Go and persuade the king?" The Xixia envoy slowly shook his head, "It's useless! He should have seen through my mechanism, and further persuasion will only make both parties look bad!"
What happened after all? Let’s hear the details next time.