Han Bing looked at Chai Yonghui and said: "There have been rumors circulating in various places recently. It seems that someone is deliberately spreading rumors that are unfavorable to us, Yan Yun."
When Chai Yonghui heard what happened, she couldn't help but feel waning and said: "I don't understand these things, sister, there is no need to tell me." Only then did she notice the other people around her, and couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed, and said apologetically: "
I'm disturbing your discussion!" Everyone bowed quickly and said, "Your Majesty, you are serious!" Chai Yonghui smiled slightly and said to Han Bing: "Sister Han Bing, I won't disturb your discussion!" Then he turned around and walked outside, and Han Bing hurriedly walked out.
After sending Chai Yonghui out of the hall, he bowed and said, "Good go, sister." Chai Yonghui nodded and walked towards the backyard. Han Bing watched Chai Yonghui walk away, then turned back to the hall, with his head bowed in thought, suddenly faint
He sighed.
Zhang Xiang said: "General Manager, don't worry, it's just some rogues and gentry literati spreading rumors, nothing will happen!" Zhang Jimeng smiled and said to Zhang Xiang: "Han Bing is not worried about this matter!" Zhang Xiang revealed
With a look of confusion, Han Bing's face turned slightly red, she glared at Zhang Jimeng and said angrily: "You know again!" Zhang Xiang and the other men looked at each other, then understood and started laughing.
Han Bing said angrily: "Stop chatting, let's talk about business!" He turned around and walked up to the top, sat down. He looked up at everyone and said: "These rumors have become more and more serious recently, although I don't believe these people.
What kind of trouble can it cause, but the impact is very bad, and it must be dealt with severely! I mean, arrest those Confucian scholars and gangsters who dare to openly talk and spread rumors in taverns, teahouses and other places!" Zhang Xiang said with some worry: "
Such a big move will probably cause social unrest!" Han Bing said flatly: "If rumors are allowed to spread, social unrest will become even greater. We must take decisive action to stop the spread of rumors!"
Zhang Jimeng said: "We can also publicize the battle situation ahead. I believe it won't be long before the rumors can be stopped!" Han Bing said: "That's it!" Looking at Zhang Xiang and Huang Guang, he said: "The arrests will be carried out by local governments.
Execution, if necessary, you can ask nearby troops for help!" Zhang Xiang and Huang Guang clasped their fists and promised, Zuo Mou said: "I will immediately send orders to all places to comply with the execution!" Han Bing said: "That's it, you go!" Everyone bowed to Liang Hanbing.
He said goodbye and left the hall.
The sight turned to Xiping Mansion. Li Qingxia, who had just fallen asleep, was woken up by the maid. Li Qingxia felt her head was dizzy and felt very unhappy. She asked in a deep voice: "What's the matter?" She sat up from the bed.
Seeing Li Qingxia's unswerving look and tone, the maid felt frightened and said hurriedly: "The Generalissimo said that there is an urgent matter to report to His Majesty!" Li Qingxia's heart moved and she immediately said: "Call him in!" But the maid was stunned on the spot, with a look on her face.
She looked at a loss. When Li Qingxia saw this, she felt angry, but then she felt relieved. She understood the reason why the maid looked like this. She was only wearing light clothes. Although it was indecent and her beauty was leaking, how could she meet the foreigner?
Chen, let alone a man.
Li Qingxia got off the bed, and the maid immediately fetched a dress and helped Li Qingxia put it on. After that, the maid prepared to dress Li Qingxia. Li Qingxia raised her hand and said, "No, you go ask the Generalissimo to wait in the study. I will follow
We'll be there soon." The maid bowed in agreement and retreated.
A moment later, Li Qingxia, neatly dressed but without makeup, walked into the study. Seeing this, Li Zongdao quickly bowed and saluted: "I have met your Majesty!"
Li Qingxia walked quickly to Li Zongdao and asked urgently: "Is there any news about Li Cunxiao?" Li Zongdao said: "It's not news about Li Cunxiao, it's an urgent report from Prime Minister Zuo from the capital!" He said with both hands.
The letter was handed in. Li Qingxia took the letter, unfolded it, read it over, frowned slightly, turned her hands behind her back, walked to the desk, pondered for a moment, smiled coldly, and murmured: "A bunch of clowns are simply wishful thinking!"
Turning around, he looked at Li Zongdao and said calmly: "What I am concerned about now is not the situation of these clowns, but the situation of Li Cunxiao!"
Li Zongdao said: "Your Majesty, don't worry, nothing unexpected will happen! At this moment, Li Cunxiao and the others may have climbed to the Great Wall Ridge!" Li Qingxia frowned and nodded, "I hope so!"
The sight turned to Youzhou. Li Cunxiao led the Snow Mountain Army to attack Youzhou for many days, but was still blocked at the gate of Youzhou City. The sound of fighting gradually became silent, and the attacking troops retreated like a retreating tide. The generals were covered in blood.
Li Cunren plopped down and knelt in front of Li Cunxiao's horse, and said with a face of shame: "General, the last general is incompetent and failed to capture the city!" Li Cunxiao raised his head and looked at the soldiers behind him. The five thousand warriors who went up an hour ago were actually only
With so many people retreating, I'm afraid there are less than 2,000 people. Li Cunxiao frowned and said to Li Cunren: "You have done your best, go down and heal your wounds!" Li Cunren responded. He stood up with difficulty, but he didn't know that he had just half
When he stood up, his body stumbled suddenly, and he was about to fall to the ground. Fortunately, the soldier next to him quickly caught him with his quick hands. Li Cunren and others retreated.
Li Cunxiao looked up at the dilapidated city in the distance and saw Yan Yun's war flag still flying on the city gate tower. The city in front of him was very dilapidated, with the gates demolished and many city walls demolished.
The implementation of the tactic of fortifying the wall and clearing the country naturally did not leave the Yanyun Army with a strong city to rely on. After the Yanyun Army retreated to Youzhou, in view of the possible counterattack by the enemy, the Yanyun Army immediately retreated to the demolished city after retreating to Youzhou.
The city gate and wall were repaired, but after all, time was limited. Yan Yunjun could only use stones, wood, soil, etc. to block the gaps. After these days of fierce fighting, many places collapsed again. Li Cunxiao again
Angry and puzzled, he really didn’t understand how the Yanyun Army in front of him could block his continuous fierce attacks!? Suddenly his heart moved, and he couldn’t help but murmured: "Is it possible that the Yanyun Army in this city is not
The 10,000 people reported by spies before?" After being unable to attack for a long time and suffering heavy losses, Li Cunxiao couldn't help but doubt the intelligence he had obtained before.
However, Li Cunxiao may not know at this moment that there are actually very few Yanyun troops left in Youzhou City. There is only one general, Wang De, and two to three hundred scarred soldiers. After the battle has reached this point, they can actually retreat.
Yes, no one would blame them for retreating at this time, and no one would think that they did something wrong. However, none of these scarred soldiers wanted to retreat, because the order they received was to defend Youzhou to the death. Since they defended to the end, then
You must live and die with the city. As long as you are still alive, you must not allow the city to fall into the hands of the enemy. Otherwise, the mission will not be completed.
Wang De wrote a suicide note to his wife and children, handed it to a soldier beside him, and ordered: "Take it out and give it to my wife!" The soldier did not reach out to take the suicide note, but suddenly knelt down and cried: "My wife.
If I don’t leave, my subordinates and the general will live and die together!”
Wang De said angrily: "Nonsense! My general's order to you is to take this letter out, stop talking nonsense to me!" Then he put the letter into the hands of the soldiers and shouted: "Quickly leave!" The soldiers neither
He was willing to leave, but he didn't dare to disobey the order. He was in a dilemma for a moment, not knowing what to do. Wang De's eyes widened and he shouted: "Let's go!" The soldier's heart was shocked, and he stood up subconsciously and bowed to Wang De.
, got on his horse and galloped towards the south.
Wang De stood up with a broadsword, limped onto a collapsed wall, and looked outside. He saw that the Xixia army was moving the bodies of their own soldiers away from the battlefield. Wang De murmured: "
Damn it, we're going to attack again!" As if in response to his words, before he could finish his words, an earth-shattering horn sound came from outside the city, wuwuwu, heartbreaking, piercing the sky. Then only
Thousands of Xixia troops were seen rushing in like a tide.
Wang De turned to his scarred soldiers and shouted: "Get ready to fight!!" Hundreds of soldiers shouted in unison, their majestic fighting spirit rising into the sky, which shocked Li Cunxiao, who was watching the battle from a distance outside the city, and became confused.
The Xixia army roared and poured into the gap. Wang De shouted, brandished his sword, and charged into the enemy group first. The sword flew up and down, raising blood all over the sky. All the soldiers also roared and charged into the enemy group, fighting to the death, all of them were like
Crazy beasts, all risking their lives, completely ignoring the enemy's weapons, just killing the enemy, their own blood and the enemy's blood flying in the sky! Facing the Yanyun Army's crazy counterattack, the Xixia Army unexpectedly suddenly
Unable to move forward one step.
The fierce battle continued. After trying their best, the Yanyun Army soldiers fell into a pool of blood one by one. In the end, only Wang De was left. He still stood at the highest point of the gap and waved his sword desperately. The Xixia Army soldiers rushed forward one by one.
Being chopped down and rolled down one by one, Wang De suffered more and more wounds, but he did not fall down. He seemed invincible! The battlefield under the sunset was a tragic scene!
Xixia warrior Li Chongshan rushed out from the army, brandished a mace and hit Wang De on the head! Wang De was almost out of gas, but turned a blind eye to the mace that could kill him, with a big knife in his hand.
After a while, he moved towards Li Chongshan! Li Chongshan did not expect that the other party would actually die with him. He was shocked and hurriedly dodged sideways. The big knife flew past his chest, almost removing half of his shoulder. At the same time,
At the same time, Li Chongshan's mace also shifted due to his dodge action. It failed to hit Wang De's head, but hit him heavily on his left shoulder. There was a muffled sound and the armor shattered.
Blood and water overflowed.
Li Chongshan had just recovered from his shock. He glanced at Wang De with a complicated expression and found that he actually smiled!
I don't know why, when Li Chongshan saw this smile, he couldn't help but feel boundless anger in his heart. He yelled, raised his mace and hit Wang De on the chest. At this time, Wang De couldn't dodge at all.
I saw the mace hit Wang De's chest heavily, and with a loud bang, the whole person flew out like a kite with broken strings, and fell heavily into the city wall. Ten thousand soldiers arrived, except for one messenger.
Except for the personal soldiers, all were killed in the battle. There were mountains of corpses and seas of blood inside and outside the city. They faced an enemy army six times their size and relied on the demolished city to resist for six full days! Six days of bloody battles, and the 60,000 Xixia army could not advance even an inch.
, this is definitely an unimaginable miracle!
Wang De looked at the blue sky and flowing clouds, his consciousness gradually blurred, and he vaguely felt that the enemy army was swarming in. Wang De was a little unwilling and a little guilty. Yan Yunxiaorui was invincible in the world. Except for retreating on his own initiative, he had never lost an inch of land.
, but he failed to defend Youzhou! I'm sorry, General, I'm sorry, King Yan, I'm sorry, my brothers!...
Li Cunxiao climbed up the city wall and looked at the tragic scene in front of him. There was no joy of victory in his heart. Youzhou, which was originally expected to be captured in one day, actually fought for six days! Although the 10,000 Yanyun army was wiped out, his own side was also defeated.
It paid a huge price of 20,000 casualties!
Li Cunxiao couldn't help but sigh: "A miserable victory is like a defeat!" Li Chongshan on the side couldn't help but sigh: "The last general has fought with the Liao people, the Tubo people, and the Song people, but he has never encountered anyone like Yan.
An opponent like Yun Jun! Completely unafraid of life and death, stubborn and stubborn! If Yan Yun Jun were like this, we, we..." He did not say the next words, but everyone understood what he meant. He wanted to say,
If Yan Yun's army were like this, it would be impossible for Daxia to compete with Yan Yun!!
Li Cunxiao suppressed his chaotic thoughts, condensed his eyes, and said: "Now that Youzhou has been captured, it's time to march straight in and seize the Great Wall Ridge! Time is running out, and we must seize the Great Wall before the enemy's Sixth Army Corps arrives at the Great Wall Ridge.
Ridge, lock this lock!" He turned to the generals and said, "Don't rest, the army, leave the wounded behind, the rest of the troops will set off immediately! We don't have much time!" All the generals agreed in unison.
As mentioned earlier, the Yanyun 6th and 7th legions, as follow-up troops, will join the northern and southern battlefields respectively. However, since these two legions only set off after the war began, they are mainly infantry and also carry
Carrying a large amount of baggage, it has not yet entered the battlefield. The Seventh Army has not yet arrived at Yanmen Pass, and the Sixth Army has entered the northern Shaanxi border, which is why Li Cunxiao is so anxious.
The Xixia army only stopped briefly in the city of Youzhou, and then marched quickly towards the Changcheng Ridge in the south, with the cavalry in front and the infantry behind. All the heavy baggage and supplies were left behind, and the soldiers of the three armies hurried on their way.
That morning, Li Qingxia was discussing matters with Li Zongdao. Suddenly, a personal officer led a travel-worn messenger and rushed in, saying urgently: "Your Majesty, General Li Cunxiao has sent someone!"
Li Qingxia and Li Zongdao immediately looked at the envoy, and Li Qingxia asked anxiously: "Has General Li captured Youzhou?" The messenger knelt down and reported: "Replying to your Majesty, our army has captured Youzhou, and now the army is in a hurry.
On the way to attack Changcheng Ridge!"
When Li Qingxia and Li Zongdao heard this, a big stone that had been weighing on their hearts finally fell. Li Qingxia couldn't help but thank God: "God bless Daxia! God bless Daxia!!" Under the emotion, she couldn't help but burst into tears.
Suddenly realizing that he had lost his composure, he quickly turned around and wiped the tears from his face. When he came back to his senses, he excitedly said to Li Zongdao: "Generalissimo, the current situation is very favorable to us!"
Li Zongdao nodded and said: "I think Yang Yanzhao has also received relevant information. We have to prevent them from retreating!" Li Qingxia thought deeply, and then ordered: "Send more scouts, but don't let Yang Yanzhao and the others get in front of us.
He slipped away underground!" Li Zongdao responded and ran down.
Later that day, Li Qingxia summoned the generals to discuss a major counterattack. Li Qingxia planned to lock the key lock of Changcheng Ridge and trap Yang Yanzhao's troops. After the main force of the Yanyun Army in the south was eliminated, she left a group of
The troops guarded Yinzhou and Changcheng Ridge, and the main force went north to deal with Yang Peng! Thinking that there was a more ferocious battle waiting for them in the north, everyone who had just been excited about getting the good news couldn't help but become worried.
The scouts monitoring Yang Yanzhao's troops outside the city kept sending news, but Yang Yanzhao's troops never made any move. Li Qingxia and others were not surprised by this. After all, the Yanyun army outside the city were all infantry. If they left the camp rashly
Retreating will definitely give our own cavalry a chance to destroy them. The Xixia people are not in a hurry. The situation in front of them is beneficial to themselves. It is best for Yue Fei's troops to remain motionless forever, otherwise they will starve to death!
Two days later, Li Cunxiao sent another messenger. When Li Qingxia heard the news, she quickly came out from behind and walked into the hall. She saw a dusty officer standing under the hall. As soon as the officer saw Li Qingxia walking out from behind the screen
, hurriedly bowed: "I pay my respects to Your Majesty, little man!"
Li Qingxia stepped forward quickly and asked: "Has Li Cunxiao occupied Changcheng Ridge?" In the past two days, Li Qingxia had not thought about tea or food, but only thought about one thing, and that was Changcheng Ridge. As long as Li Cunxiao could occupy the first place in Yanyun
If the Sixth Army Corps occupied Changcheng Ridge before, Daxia would still have a chance to turn defeat into victory!
The officer showed grief and anger. When Li Qingxia saw his expression, she couldn't help but feel her heart skip a beat. She heard him say sadly: "Our army was ambushed by Yang Dezheng's troops in Helanyuan and suffered heavy losses!"
Li Qingxia only felt the world spinning, and her body staggered. She calmed down, looked at the officer, and asked in a deep voice: "Didn't I remind Li Cunxiao? Why was he successfully ambushed by them?" The officer said: "Our army has spent a lot of time.
It took a full six days to conquer Youzhou. The general was worried that the enemy's Sixth Army would enter Changcheng Ridge first, so he ordered the three armies to travel all the way and neglected to be vigilant. As a result, he was suddenly ambushed by the enemy in Helanyuan.
, their 20,000 war horsemen rushed our army to pieces in the blink of an eye. Although our army was unprepared and fought back, it was ultimately defeated!"
Li Qingxia was so annoyed that she closed her eyes, then opened them and murmured: "It's just this little, just this little! Is this God's will?" In fact, this is not God's will, but is all part of Yang Yanzhao's calculations.
.Yang Yanzhao gave special instructions before sending Yang Dezheng: If Youzhou is still in our hands, we will immediately attack Tiemenguan, seize Tiemenguan, and cut off the Xueshan Army's retreat. The crisis in Youzhou will be solved without a fight; if
Since Youzhou was lost, he set up an ambush in Helanyuan to ambush the enemy. Yang Yanzhao had long since thought of it. After Li Cunxiao defeated Youzhou, he would definitely rush to the Great Wall Ridge.
The only way to pass through the ridge is not conducive to an ambush but conducive to a cavalry charge. Li Cunxiao's army came all the way from Youzhou. When they arrived here, they should be the most exhausted and least prepared. Therefore, Yang Yanzhao concluded that the cavalry was ambushing here.
There is a high chance of success, and the result is indeed as Yang Yanzhao expected.
However, there is a very important premise for all this, that is, Wang De's troops must persist for more than four days. This is unimaginable in Yang Yanzhao's view. If they cannot persist, Yang Dezheng will not have time to set up an ambush, and Wang De and others will insist on holding on.
The six days in Youzhou far exceeded expectations, and they bought enough time for Yang Dezheng to set up an ambush, so that he could have a great victory, completely crushing Li Qingxia's attempt. Wang De and his ten thousand soldiers could rest in peace, they
His sacrifice was not in vain.
Li Qingxia slowly turned around, walked to the main seat and sat down. She said to the soldiers: "Summon the Generalissimo to come to discuss matters!" The soldiers responded and ran down. Li Qingxia looked at the officer and asked: "Li Qingxia
Where are Cunxiao and the remnants of the Xueshan Army now?" The officer said, "The army has returned to Youzhou after its defeat."
"How many people are left?" "There are about twenty-five to six thousand people!"
Li Qingxia felt angry and heartbroken for a while. At this time, there were rapid footsteps at the door, but it was Li Zongdao who came quickly. As soon as Li Zongdao entered the door, he saw the officer kneeling on the ground, and then he bowed to Li Qingxia and asked:
"Your Majesty, I am urgently summoning the general, but I don't know what your orders are?"
Li Qingxia said calmly: "Li Cunxiao failed to capture Changcheng Ridge..." Li Zongdao was surprised, "Did the enemy's Sixth Army enter Changcheng Ridge first? It shouldn't be!" Li Qingxia said: "Then Yang Dezheng's 20,000 warriors
He Lanyuan set up an ambush and Li Cunxiao was caught off guard and was killed and defeated. Now the remaining defeated soldiers have returned to Youzhou!"
Li Zongdao frowned and said: "Helanyuan? That is really an unexpected place. No wonder Li Cunxiao was unprepared!" Then he became worried and glanced at Li Qingxia, "Now the situation has taken a turn for the worse. The previous strategic goal was only
I'm afraid it won't be possible!" Li Qingxia frowned and looked out the window on one side, murmuring: "What else can we do now? What else can we do?"
At this moment, the guard captain Gao Feng hurried in and reported: "Your Majesty, Keyi Gate has been lost!" Li Qingxia felt her head suddenly explode and she stood up suddenly, then rolled her eyes and fainted.
The scene immediately went crazy...
When Li Qingxia opened her eyes, she found that she had returned to the bedroom. She felt a splitting headache and couldn't help but frowned. "Your Majesty, take care of the dragon body!" Li Zongdao's anxious voice came from the side.
Qingxia waved her hand, indicating that it was okay, and then she sat up with her body propped up. Seeing this, the maid on the side quickly stuffed a pillow behind Li Qingxia.
Li Qingxia leaned on the pillow and was about to speak when she suddenly heard waves of shouts coming from outside. It was clearly tens of thousands of people shouting at the same time, shouting: "Li Cunxiao's army has been wiped out, and Xixia's defeat is imminent.
If you want to live, run away quickly!" Just this sentence, repeated over and over again.
Li Qingxia frowned and said angrily: "Is it the Yanyun Army?" Li Zongdao nodded, "Shortly after His Majesty fell into coma, the Yanyun Army came out of the camp and approached the city, constantly shouting! Now the military in the city is in turmoil and the people are panicked.
!”
Li Qingxia shouted angrily: "That's too much!" Then she calmed down and remembered the fall of Keyi Gate. She looked at Gao Feng and asked angrily: "Why did Keyi Gate suddenly fall? Didn't we hear good news from time to time?
Was the Yanyun Army's attack frustrated with heavy casualties? How could it suddenly fall?"
What happened after all? Let’s look at the breakdown next time.