Fortunately, Brother Weimingxiu is a veteran general on the battlefield who is calm in the face of danger, and Weiming Huxiong and others are all strong choices. Although Yanyun's army is coming menacingly, he is not afraid. Brother Weimingxiu noticed the mentality of his own soldiers, and
He raised his voice and shouted: "Anyone who dares to retreat will be killed without mercy!" The hearts of all the soldiers were frightened. The thought of escaping that had just arisen in their hearts disappeared instantly. They looked at the rushing Yanyun cavalry and tightened their grip.
Weapons in hand.
Yan Yun's cavalry rushed to the city, immediately turned around, and ran along the city wall. At the same time, they raised their cavalry crossbows and fired arrows at the city wall. The arrows flew over the wall with a roar. Many Xixia soldiers were shot to the ground; Xixia soldiers fired back with crossbows.
, some Yanyun cavalrymen were hit by arrows, and some fell off their horses. The Yanyun cavalrymen who followed immediately dragged their fallen comrades onto their own horses.
Yan Yun's war cavalry rode under the city and shot a lot, then returned behind Shi Ping. Seeing that there was no opportunity to take advantage of it, Shi Ping stopped attacking and led his war cavalry to retreat. Shi Ping did not come out for a long time because he had not been here recently.
For more than a year, Yang Peng asked him to study at the Military Academy. The old man who went to study with him was Yang Xiong. Yang Peng had high hopes for the two of them, so he specially took them out of the army and put them into the Military Academy to study.
In one year, after a year of study, the two reckless heroes have been transformed. Now Shi Ping is the commander of the light cavalry of the directly affiliated legion, while Yang Xiong is the commander of the rear army of the directly affiliated legion.
When the Xixia soldiers saw Yan Yun's army retreating, they couldn't help but heave a sigh of relief. Brother Wei Mingxiu turned to Wei Ming Hu Xiong and Zhang Yuan: "How did the ferry get lost? Why did the ferry get lost after just one night?"
Lost it?" Brother Weimingxiu looked very annoyed. It's no wonder he was angry. The ferry was lost, and Wulahai City lost its outer defensive barrier and could only rely on city defense. If the city defense failed again, the entire Wulahai area would be lost.
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Weiming Huxiong and Zhang Yuan looked at each other, both with lingering fears. Weiming Huxiong said with emotion: "The Yanyun Army is really well-deserved, the firearms are extremely sharp, the soldiers are not afraid of death, and only less than two thousand people rushed ashore.
Come on, our army tried its best to fight for more than half an hour but failed to annihilate or repel them!..." Zhang Yuan continued: "At this time, 10,000 Yanyun warriors have sneaked across from dozens of miles upstream.
They crossed the Yellow River and launched a surprise attack on us. Our army was caught off guard. Although we tried our best to resist, we were ultimately defeated!"
Brother Wei Mingxiu frowned and remained silent as he listened to the two men's narration. When the two finished speaking, he raised his head, looked outside the city, and murmured: "You are not to blame for this!" He turned to Wei.
Ming Huxiong said: "Send out scouts to find the defeated soldiers and find them all. Now every soldier is extremely precious!" Weiming Huxiong agreed and ran down the city wall. After a while, only dozens of soldiers were seen.
The cavalry ran out of the city and scattered in all directions.
Yang Peng crossed the Yellow River and came to the ferry surrounded by generals. Li Hu led his soldiers and escorted two Xixia officers to Yang Peng and shouted: "Kneel down!" The two Xixia officers were already frightened.
Seeing the majestic Yanyun generals in front of them, and hearing Li Hu's shout, they couldn't help but kneel down, with a look of fear on their faces.
Yang Peng glanced at the two of them and said, "Answer my questions honestly, and I will spare your lives." When the two officers heard this, they felt as if they suddenly saw a ray of sunshine in the dark cave, and they couldn't help but
Di said anxiously: "The villain must tell the truth, the villain must tell the truth!"
Yang Peng asked: "Is the guard of Wulahai City the brother Weiming Xiu?" The officer on the left rushed to say: "Yes!" Seeing that his companion had taken the lead, the officer on the right nodded quickly. Yang Peng asked again: "
Who was the person who led the army to resist our army at the ferry?" The officer on the right rushed ahead of his companions and said, "It's Weiming Huxiong, the younger brother of General Weiming Xiuge, and also the number one in our Daxia.
Warrior!" The officer on the left nodded in agreement.
Yang Peng asked: "How many defenders are there in Wulahai City?" The two said together: "There are 30,000 soldiers and horses!" After speaking, they couldn't help but look at each other.
Yang Peng smiled and said, "You two are very honest. Not only can I spare your lives, but I can also give you a house in Yanjing." The two were overjoyed and thanked them quickly. Yang Peng smiled and said, "Can you get this?"
Everything depends on your next attitude." The two said together: "We are willing to serve King Yan. We are Han people and have long wanted to defect to King Yan!"
Yang Peng nodded, "No need to kneel, stand up and speak." The two were flattered and did not dare to do so for a while. Li Hu on the side said angrily: "King Yan asked you to stand up, so just stand up!"
The two people quickly thanked them and stood up, but they bowed their heads and looked extremely respectful.
Yang Peng asked: "What are your names?" The officer on the left quickly clasped his fists and said, "Villain Zhang San!" The officer on the right followed up and said, "Villain Li Si!" Yang Peng was secretly amused and asked Zhang San: "
Are there many Han people in the Xixia army?" Zhang San nodded, "Almost half of them are Han people!" Yang Peng looked thoughtful, and then asked Li Si: "Do you know the defense situation of Wulahai City?" Li Si
He quickly said: "Originally there were 30,000 soldiers and horses, but now King Yan has destroyed almost 10,000, leaving only a little more than 20,000. Among them, 10,000 are led by General Wei Mingtai to guard Langshan Fortress. Now in Wulahai City,
There are only 10,000 troops! However, all men, women, and children in the entire Wulahai area have been mobilized. With these people, there are 60,000 to 70,000 defenders in the city." Suddenly something came to mind, "By the way, I heard that not long ago, His Majesty sent
A messenger came and said that 40,000 troops would be sent to reinforce us!"
Yang Peng frowned slightly and said to himself: "How can Li Qingxia send troops to reinforce? Is there something wrong with Tubo or Yang Yanzhao?" After thinking about this, he glanced at the two of them and asked: "Do you know the situation in the south?
"Zhang San said quickly: "I heard that there was a great victory in the south, and the situation is very good, but I don't know what the specific situation is!" Yang Peng looked at Li Si, and Li Si said quickly: "The villain knows only
so much!"
Yang Peng frowned, "Are you telling the truth?" The two of them were frightened when they saw Yang Peng's sudden change of expression. They hurriedly knelt down and said, "Everything the villain said is true. The general just summoned the whole army to say that the south
A great victory, reinforcements are about to arrive, but the specific situation was not mentioned. The villain has a low status and cannot participate in high-level meetings, so it is impossible to know the specific situation!"
Yang Peng actually knew that they were not lying, but only deliberately scared them to confirm his judgment. Now it seems that the two of them have indeed told everything they knew, without hiding anything. Yang Peng asked again
After asking some questions and seeing that he could no longer get any valuable information, he ordered Li Hu to take the two people down. Li Hu agreed and ordered his men to take the two people down.
Yang Peng turned around and faced the gurgling and sparkling Yellow River, with a thoughtful look on his face. Yelu Hanyu walked to Yang Peng's side and said softly: "The top priority now should be to understand the war situation in the south." Yang Peng nodded,
He frowned and said: "The battle situation in the south is a bit unexpected! I didn't expect that the Xixia people actually won a big victory! Who did they win a big victory against?"
Yelu Hanyu thought: "It shouldn't be Yang Yanzhao and the others. General Yang Yanzhao is both wise and brave, so he shouldn't be defeated by the Xixia people!" Yang Peng shook his head, "This is not necessarily true! Gods all have their naps, let alone humans! Although Yang Yanzhao is
He is the most outstanding general in the world, but there is no guarantee that he will not be careless, not to mention that Li Qingxia is by no means an easy opponent to deal with!"
Yelu Hanyu felt that what Yang Peng said was reasonable, and couldn't help but worry in his heart, thinking: "If we consider the worst case scenario, maybe the entire Xixia army will come over soon. Although it is difficult to deal with it with the strength of our army,
But it shouldn’t be difficult to escape unscathed. I’m afraid they won’t come with the whole army to counterattack, but will send one part of them to the north to resist us, and the other part to go south to invade Shaanxi and Gansu. That would be very bad!”
Yang Peng frowned and said: "I am also worried that this will happen. But the war has reached this point, we can only continue to attack forward! If the Xixia army comes with all its strength, we will fight and retreat and return to Datong Mansion; if they only
One of them came up north to fight us fiercely. Well, I will increase my strength and attack fiercely. We can still deal with half of his Xixia troops. If they want to invade Shaanxi and Gansu, I'm afraid they won't be able to!" He turned and glanced at Yelu Hanyu.
, said resolutely: "I am determined to continue the fierce attack!" Yelu Hanyu looked at Yang Peng with admiration and nodded gently.
The 220,000 Yanyun army crossed the Yellow River overnight and rested on the west bank until dawn. Then the army set off and drove directly to Wulahai City. A few days later, the army arrived at the foot of Wulahai City and formed an array outside the city. The Xixia army on the city wall saw
The Yanyun army outside the city was like a sea and a tide, their flags were like clouds, and their swords and spears were like forests. They couldn't help but feel dizzy, and their hearts were shaken. Even veteran generals like Brother Weimingxiu couldn't help but feel timid.
Brother Weiming Xiu turned to ask Weiming Shouzhong beside him: "How long will it take for the reinforcements to arrive?" Weiming Shouzhong said: "I received news this morning that the reinforcements have passed the Hue Fortress and should have arrived in Hue by now.
Crossed." Hue Fortress is located in the upper left corner of the Yellow River, close to the diversion of the Yellow River, and Hue Ferry is at the diversion of the Yellow River. Both Hue Fortress and Hue Ferry are on the east bank of the west flow of the Yellow River, along the
Hue Ferry is in the north, Hue Fortress is in the south, about eighty miles apart, and Hue Ferry is about one hundred, fifty or sixty miles away from U La Hai City.
Brother Weiming Xiu frowned and said: "There are still more than 150 miles to go. If we travel day and night, it will take three days." He turned to Weiming Shouzhong and said: "Choose sentries to pay close attention to the movements in the west. Once the reinforcements arrive,
Send a signal immediately and we will send troops to respond." Weiming Shouzhong responded.
Zhang Jiang said worriedly: "General, the enemy's army is powerful and murderous. If no measures are taken, the morale of our army will collapse without starting a war!" Weiming Huxiong said loudly: "Brother, let me go to fight.
! Killing a few of his generals will boost morale!" He spoke so loudly that he actually said that killing General Yan Yun was as easy as picking something out of a bag. However, he did have the arrogance to be the No. 1 in Xixia.
A first-class tiger general, he repeatedly performed extraordinary feats in the war with the Liao Kingdom, and countless Liao generals died at his hands.
Brother Weiming Xiu hesitated for a moment and nodded, "Okay, you can go and dampen their spirit!" Weiming Huxiong was overjoyed and said excitedly: "Damn it, I can finally say this.
!" After saying that, he was about to leave. Brother Weiming Xiu hurriedly shouted: "Wait a minute!" Weiming Huxiong stopped, turned around and looked at Brother Weimingxiu, and asked: "Brother, do you have any other instructions?" Weiming Huxiong stopped.
Brother Mingxiu walked up to Weiming Huxiong and solemnly reminded him: "Be careful and don't be careless! General Yan Yun has a great reputation, and he is by no means a person who has gained fame in vain!" Weiming Huxiong laughed and said, "I
But I don't think they are anything special!" He bowed to brother Wei Mingxiu and ran down quickly.
Immediately, the city gate opened and closed, and Weiming Huxiong was seen galloping out of the city with a sword in hand, came between the two sides, reined in the horse, pointed the sword at Yanyun's formation and shouted: "Yanyun's
You thief, who dares to come out to die?" He shouted in Xixia Dangxiang language, and the Yanyun soldiers almost didn't understand it, but just by looking at his posture, they knew he was out to challenge.
The generals asked Yang Peng to fight one after another, and the crowd was excited. Yang Peng thought for a moment and said to Huyan Chijin: "Huyan Chijin, you go out to fight!" Huyan Chijin was overjoyed, but the other generals felt a little disappointed. Huyan Chijin clasped his fists and accepted the promise, then rode his horse and charged.
After leaving the military formation, he drove straight to the Weiming Tiger Bear and stopped a dozen steps in front of the Weiming Tiger Bear. He shouted loudly at the Weiming Tiger Bear. The Xixia people could not understand what he was saying. They only thought he was shouting a challenge.
The soldiers of the Xixia Army on the city wall couldn't help shouting, cheering for Weiming Huxiong. Brother Weimingxiu asked Zhang Jiang next to him: "Who is this person?" Zhang Jiang frowned and shook his head: "I don't know, it doesn't seem to be one of those well-known people.
The Yanyun warrior should be an unknown person!" Brother Weiming Xiu was relieved. What he was most worried about was that world-famous warriors such as Zhanjin Kingdom, Huyan Chijin and even Yang Peng would go into battle. Although Weiming Huxiong
It's powerful, but if you face these famous warriors, it's really hard to say. However, this person in front of you is just an unknown person. The famous tiger and bear can definitely kill the enemy and make achievements!
Just as he was thinking about this, Weiming Huxiong and Huyan Chijin were already fighting each other. Both of them used broadswords. They opened and closed each move with ferocious momentum! After more than ten moves, the two sides were indifferent to the outcome! At this time,
, the shouts of the soldiers on both sides went up to the sky one after another. Brother Wei Mingxiu frowned and said in a very surprised tone: "I didn't expect such an unknown general to be able to fight to a draw with Tiger and Bear!!"
The other generals around him were also very surprised, and then they felt horrified, thinking that if an unknown general in the Yanyun Army was so powerful, then how terrifying would those world-famous generals be!? Thinking of this,
Many people's faces could not help but change color slightly, and their expressions became unnatural.
Weiming Huxiong and Yang Xiong fought for more than twenty rounds, but the situation was still inextricable. Brother Xiu, Weiming, was worried that Weiming Huxiong had made a mistake, so he ordered the herald to withdraw his troops. The herald took the order.
, ordered his soldiers to ring the golden bell, and the loud bang echoed over the battlefield.
Weiming Huxiong, who was in the mood to kill, was startled when he heard the sound of the golden bell. At this time, Huyan Chijin on the opposite side yelled and slashed his head with a knife. Weiming Huxiong was distracted for a moment, and was frightened when he suddenly saw this scene.
He jumped and hurriedly raised his sword. Yang Xiong's sword hit his iron sword hard with a loud clang. Weiming Huxiong pushed up hard to push away Huyan Chijin's sword, and then swung his sword.
, Huyan Chijin quickly returned his sword to block the attack, but he didn't think that his opponent's move was a false move, so he took this opportunity to turn his horse's head and gallop out of the battle group.
Huyan Chijin saw that he couldn't catch up, so he didn't bother to chase him, and shouted: "Xixia cowards, don't run away if you have the guts!" Weiming Huxiong heard Huyan Chijin's cry, although he didn't understand it, he knew it.
It was not a nice thing to say, but he did not stop and ran straight towards the city gate. The city gate opened and closed, and Weiming Tiger and Bear came galloping in.
When Huyan Chijin saw Weiming Huxiong entering the city, he turned his horse and returned to the center of the military formation. He cupped his fists towards Yang Peng and said, "King Yan, this Huru still has two brushes, and the general failed to kill him!" Yang Peng said: "
This person's name is Wei Ming Hu Xiong. He is a tiger general as famous as Xi Xia and Li Chongshan. Naturally, he is not that easy to deal with!" Huyan Chijin suddenly realized. Wei Ming Hu Xiong ran up the city wall and saw his eldest brother Wei Ming Xiu. He couldn't help but feel angry.
He said authentically: "Brother, I was fighting happily, why did I suddenly call for gold and withdraw my troops?" Brother Weimingxiu looked at the Yanyun formation and asked calmly: "Do you know who he is?" Weiming had tiger-bear eyes.
With a glare, "I don't care who he is? Who is he? Am I still afraid of him even though I am a tiger bear?"
Brother Weiming Xiu glanced at Weiming Huxiong, "The person you are fighting with is not any famous general in Yanyun's army!..." Weiming Huxiong was stunned and couldn't help but said: "How is this possible, then?
A powerful general who is not a famous general in the Yanyun Army?" Brother Wei Mingxiu turned to look at the Yanyun Formation, frowned and said: "This man is just an unknown person in the Yanyun Army, yet he is so brave.
If those famous warriors come out to attack you, will you still have a way to survive?" Weiming Huxiong smacked his lips, his mind was a little confused, and he didn't know what to say for a moment.
In fact, Brother Weimingxiu was wrong. Although Huyan Chijin is not famous, that is because he has been studying at the Military Academy for more than a year and is not in the army. It is not because he is not brave enough. If we only talk about martial arts
In other words, there may be a slight gap between Huyan Chijin and Zhanjin Kingdom, Yang Gui and others, but the gap is very limited and should only be between brothers. However, the Xixia people do not know these circumstances. They only think that Yanyun is not the same.
The unknown generals are so powerful, so what about the famous generals? They must be unimaginably terrifying. Originally, the Xixia people expected that General Yan Yun would not be as good as their own, but this idea is gone now.
Brother Weimingxiu asked Weiming Tiger and Bear to fight. He originally wanted to boost his own morale and dampen Yanyun's spirit, but he didn't expect that it would have the opposite effect.
Brother Wei Mingxiu ordered the generals: "The enemy will definitely take the opportunity to attack fiercely. Go down and supervise the troops to be on guard!" The generals agreed and ran down. However, Yan Yun's army did not turn out as he imagined.
Taking advantage of the momentum to attack, he slowly retreated, retreated more than ten miles, and set up camp. Zhang Jiang frowned and said: "The Yanyun army has great momentum, but why not take advantage of it to attack?"
Brother Weimingxiu thought: "Yan Yun must be very tired after a long march. Besides, they didn't see their siege weapons, cannons, in their military formation just now. I think Yan Yun's army must be waiting for the cannons to come up."
Then, let's go all out to capture our city! Hum, I'm afraid it won't be that easy!" He said this more as if he was cheering himself up.
Zhang Jiang asked for instructions: "General, do you want to bring back all the troops and horses from Langshan Fortress?" Brother Weimingxiu thought for a moment and slowly shook his head, "No! Langshan and Wulahai City are at the horns of each other.
, giving up any place will make the defense line incomplete! If the enemy is aware of our actions, does not attack directly, and only uses a few troops to contain it, but uses the main force to bypass our defense line, wouldn't we be self-defeating!"
Zhang Jiang thinks what brother Wei Mingxiu said makes sense.
At this moment, a sergeant nearby suddenly pointed to the distance and shouted: "Enemy Cavalry!" Everyone looked up and looked outside, and sure enough they saw thousands of Yanyun warriors rushing towards them, with the sound of hooves rumbling from far to near.
Brother Weiming Xiu raised his voice and said: "Get ready to fight!" The Xixia soldiers pulled out their spiked arrows one after another, put on their bowstrings, and prepared to shoot.
However, Yan Yun's war horse stopped very far away, and then dispersed, flying countless kites upwind of Wulahai City. Seeing this situation, the Xixia soldiers and civilians felt baffled. At this moment, those
The kite suddenly broke its string and floated straight towards Wulahai City in the direction of the wind.
Seeing this scene, Brother Wei Mingxiu immediately realized Yan Yunjun's intention, his expression changed, and he hurriedly ordered: "pass the order, no one is allowed to pick up the kite, otherwise he will be punished as a collaborator!" All the soldiers immediately ran down to convey the order,
The shouts quickly spread throughout the city from near to far. At the same time, the kites with broken strings fluttered into the city. Due to Brother Weimingxiu's strict order, no one dared to pick them up, but there were still many
People saw what was written on the kite. There was only one sentence on it: Han people should not sacrifice their lives for the foreign barbarians!
This sentence quickly spread among the military and civilians, and people were panicked. Although the Han people were in an awkward situation, people from other ethnic groups such as Dangxiang were full of suspicion. Brother Wei Mingxiu came to the military and civilians and repeatedly emphasized that whether they are Han people or Dangxiang people, they are all
The people of Daxia, Daxia treats all people equally and believes that all people are loyal to Daxia. Brother Xiu's statement temporarily stabilized the situation, but cracks have appeared and undercurrents are surging in people's hearts.
Two days passed in a tense atmosphere. According to the scout's report, Brother Weimingxiu learned that the Yanyun Army's cannons had been brought up. He couldn't help but wonder why the Yanyun Army hadn't launched an attack yet?
Brother Weimingxiu felt uneasy and sent out all the scouts to investigate. At this moment, the sentry in the distance in the west of the city saw dust rising on the horizon. It was obvious that a large number of soldiers and horses were coming. The sentry was so excited that he immediately blew the representative whistle.
The horn sounded as reinforcements arrived. The Xixia soldiers and civilians, who had been always on tenterhooks, were stunned for a moment when they heard the sound, and then couldn't help but get excited. There were cheers everywhere in the city. Weiming Huxiong laughed loudly: "Great! The reinforcements have finally arrived.
Come!" Then he saluted Brother Wei Mingxiu and said, "Brother, I will lead the army to meet them!"
Brother Weiming Xiu nodded, and Weiming Huxiong immediately led a thousand warriors out of the west city gate and faced the army on the horizon. Brother Weiming Xiu and others stood on the city wall and looked at it.
What happened after all? Let’s look at the breakdown next time.