Yang Peng smiled and said: "You should feel lucky. If you hadn't had a civil strife and our army had captured each city so smoothly, I'm afraid the casualties among your soldiers and civilians would have been many times what they are now! Countless people would have been killed and injured.
, but it can't change the result, so why bother!" Li Xianqi said with excitement: "The kindness of King Yan is really a blessing to all the people in the world!" All the surrendered officials followed and praised him one after another.
Ao Daochong could not deny what Yang Peng said. After a moment of silence, he suddenly raised his head and asked: "Did King Yan arrive in the west early? Could it be that what my people saw in Tianjing New City were all fake?"
From the moment Yan Yunjun appeared, O Daochong's heart was filled with doubts. He couldn't understand why Yan Yunjun suddenly appeared.
Yang Peng nodded with a smile and said: "They are all fake, they are all made for you to see!" Aodao frowned tightly and asked in disbelief: "Could it be that you have seen through all my plans?
"?" Yang Peng said with a smile: "Your calculation is very clever, you almost deceived me, but the fake is fake after all, as long as you think carefully and observe carefully, you can always find some clues!" Ao Daochong was very unwilling and asked
Said: "I wonder where exactly I showed my flaws?"
Yang Peng smiled and said: "There are no big flaws, just two." O Daochong frowned and said: "I thought I planned carefully, but I didn't expect that there were two flaws. I would like to hear the details."
Yang Peng said: "First, your previous attitude towards the Tibetan envoys and our envoys. You pretended to be willing to surrender to the envoys of both sides, but you never talked about the actual issues. Generally speaking, this seems to be no problem. After all,
Two forces have offered you an olive branch. This is like doing business. Since there are two buyers who want to buy the goods in your hands, you naturally have to take the price. But the current situation is different from ordinary situations.
It is clear to everyone who is stronger between Tubo and Yanyun, and who is weaker. There is no need to choose at all, and there is no room for bargaining. Therefore, we judge that you are not trying to surrender to us, Yanyun, and certainly not to surrender to Tubo.
"
"Since you have no intention of surrendering, what on earth do you want to do? Haha, since you have no intention of surrendering, then you just want to fight until the end. You want to provoke Tibet and our army to fight, so as to gain a breathing space for yourself and then raise food and grass.
Recruit troops and prepare for a decisive battle with our army next year. In your imagination, as long as it can be postponed until next spring, you will have enough strength to fight against our army!"
O Daochong looked defeated and said dejectedly: "I didn't expect, I didn't expect that all the calculations I thought were clever were actually figured out by you!" He smiled bitterly and said in a self-deprecating tone: "I thought I was smart, but it turned out that I was just
What a big fool! I thought I had deceived you, but I didn’t expect that you would use your trick to deceive me. Even without Li Dingkun’s mutiny, we would have been defeated without any defense!"
Then he kowtowed respectfully to Yang Peng and said with great sincerity: "The guilty minister really admires the King of Yan! If the King of Yan does not dislike it, the guilty minister is willing to serve the King of Yan, and he will do the work of the dog and the horse behind him!"
Everyone was lying on the ground, humble to the extreme.
Yang Peng looked at Ao Daochong and said calmly: "You are a rare talent, just be a staff member by my side." Ao Daochong was overjoyed and kowtowed: "Thank you so much for the grace of King Yan, I will serve you with all my heart and soul."
King Yan’s great kindness!” “Get up.” “Thank you King Yan!” He then stood up and walked to the last position on the right to stand.
Yang Peng said: "Our army has been running for many days and is very tired. We need to rest for a few days." He looked at Aodaochong and shouted: "Aodaochong!" Aodaochong came out immediately, bowed and said: "My subordinates are here.
Please give your orders to the King of Yan!" Yang Peng said: "Currently, all the remnants of Xixia are huddled in Heishui Town, Yanjunsi and Xipingjunsi. Can you persuade the remnants of Xixia to surrender in these two places?"
Ao Daochong thought for a while, then bowed and said: "Some military and political officials in these two places are familiar with my subordinates, and I am willing to write letters to persuade them to come to King Yan!" Yang Peng nodded and said: "Very good." He turned to him.
A guard next to him said: "Take Mr. Ao Daochong to the study to write a letter." The guard responded and stepped forward to invite Ao Daochong down.
Yang Peng said to Li Xianqi: "General Li must do a good job of appeasing the local people." Li Xianqi bowed and agreed. Yang Peng thought for a while and felt that nothing happened, so he said to everyone: "If you have nothing to do, all go down
Let's rest." Everyone looked at each other and bowed one after another: "I'm resigning!" Then they filed out of the hall, but Li Xianqi did not leave.
After everyone left the hall, Yang Peng asked: "Do you have anything else to do?" Li Xianqi walked up to Yang Peng, bent down, and whispered: "I would like to report to King Yan, I don't know whether I should say something or not...
..." As soon as Yang Peng saw him like this, he knew that he was going to make a report, and said: "Speak directly if you have something to say, don't hesitate!" "Yes. King Yan, my subordinates feel that King Yan is not interested in using good offices to rush.
Should you think about it again?"
Yang Peng didn't speak and waited for the next sentence. Seeing that Yang Peng didn't show any displeasure, Li Xian became more courageous and continued: "The King of Yan may not know something. Ao Daochong is very keen on power and previously provoked the prince.
The rebellion and later the rejection of Mr. Li Tongren all originated from this. Li Dingkun and others launched the mutiny, which can be said to be forced by him to a large extent. Although this person is talented, he lacks publicity. I'm afraid
, I'm afraid that once he takes power, he will have endless troubles!" Then he added: "The words of the general Mo are completely out of public motives, and he is definitely not trying to get into trouble with the good office. King Yan knows this!"
Yang Peng looked at him and said with a smile: "You still have something to say, I'm afraid that's the real reason." Li Xianqi was startled and did not dare to look into Yang Peng's eyes, and murmured: "Subordinate, I am not
I understand, I don’t understand what King Yan means.” Yang Peng snorted coldly and said, “Don’t you understand? No one understands better than you. The main reason why you said such things to me is that you
He captured it and presented it to me. You and he have already become enemies. If he climbs to a high position in Yanyun, I'm afraid he won't let you go! Am I right?"
Li Xianqi's face suddenly turned pale. He hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed: "Subordinate, I deserve death!" Yang Peng held his arm with his right hand and helped him up. His tone softened and he said: "
It is human nature for you to have such thoughts, and it is understandable. I don’t blame you..." Li Xianqi was so moved that he choked up and said: "Subordinate, subordinate..."
Yang Peng patted his shoulder and said: "Our Yanyun is different from other places. Any gossip is useless. Rewards and punishments all depend on merit and demerit! Therefore, even if Odaochong really climbs to a high position in the future, I think
If he wants to take the opportunity to retaliate against you, unless you really do something wrong and he catches you, no matter what he says or does, he can't harm you! On the contrary, if he dares to frame you, he will be severely punished!"
After hearing what Yang Peng said, Li Xianqi's original worries couldn't help but fade a lot. Yang Peng said: "Do your job well, follow the rules and don't do anything wrong. As long as you do this, it will be impossible for anyone to harm you.
!" Li Xianqi bowed and said: "I will remember it." Yang Peng smiled and said: "Okay, you can go down." Li Xianqi bowed and said: "My subordinates leave!" and then left.
Yang Peng frowned slightly. He vaguely felt that the huge bureaucracy behind him seemed to be getting more and more undercurrent. He sighed and put the matter behind him for the time being.
Yang Peng felt a little tired, took a deep breath, left the hall, and came to the backyard. Suzhou was just a small town, the official offices were very simple, and the backyard didn't have much scenery. There was only bare dirt and a simple octagonal pavilion. Yang Peng felt that
There was no point in walking here, so he called Wang Kai and asked: "I want to take a bath, is there water here?" Wang Kai quickly clasped his fists and said: "There is no running water brought in from this official office, only two wells.
Yang Peng sighed helplessly and said: "Forget it, let's just go and fill up the bathtub for me." Wang Kai responded and ran down to greet a few secret guards, and they started busy together, fetching water.
After washing the basin, a large basin of clean water was ready in Chen Xiao's temporary bedroom.
Yang Peng walked into the bedroom, and the guards went out and closed the door. Yang Peng smelled the sweat on his body, frowned, took off his clothes in two or two, jumped into the bathtub, and the cool water suddenly enveloped his whole body,
Yang Peng felt so comfortable that he began to sing softly. After washing for a while, he leaned against the wall of the tub and closed his eyes to rest.
Suddenly, the door creaked. Yang Peng opened his eyes and saw two beauties in gauze walking in. Their heads were lowered, their cheeks were flushed, and their eyes were gleaming. It had been a long time since she had opened her eyes.
Yang Peng suddenly felt a surge of love rushing up from his lower abdomen.
The two women took off their gauze and then their underwear. They walked into the basin naked and snuggled up to each other. Yang Peng felt his heart tremble, as if his bestiality was about to come out.
However, Yang Peng suppressed this impulsive animality and asked the two women: "Who are you? Who asked you to come?" The plumper girl on the left stared blankly, seemingly not understanding what Yang Peng said.
When asked, the slender and sexy girl behind said in unskilled Chinese: "We, we are, Lord Aodaochong, your concubine..."
Yang Peng was startled when he heard the slender girl continue: "Sir, your lord asked us to serve, long live the service! We, we are very honored!" When he said this, there was excitement in his eyes,
Obviously, as she said, this kind of thing is not a shame for them, but an honor!
Yang Peng thought to himself: 'In modern society, I heard that some ancient peoples had the habit of having wives and guests, that is, using their wives and concubines to entertain the most distinguished guests. I guess the Dangxiang people also have this custom.' Thinking of the people around him.
These two naked women were other people's wives and concubines, and they felt extremely stimulated.
Yang Peng thought that the two beauties around him who took the initiative to embrace were other people's wives and concubines, and passion suddenly surged into his heart. The two women leaned on Yang Peng's shoulders, raised their heads, and looked at Yang Peng with watery eyes.
, with an affectionate look. If they were treating others, the two women would have already started to make moves. However, King Yan's status is extremely noble, and although the two women wanted to flatter him, they did not dare to act rashly.
Yang Peng patted the buttocks of the two women and said with a smile: "I don't need your service, please step aside." The faces of the two women suddenly turned pale, and they left Yang Peng sobbing. Yang
Seeing this, Peng couldn't bear it and said: "I don't look down on you, but the customs of us Han people and Dangxiang people are different after all. Friends' wives cannot be bullied. Since you are my subordinates' wives and concubines, how can I do that with you?"
Such a thing." When the two women heard what Yang Peng said, their worries immediately disappeared, and a shy smile appeared on their beautiful faces. Yang Peng continued: "Go back and tell Aodaochong, just say his good intentions, I appreciate it.
But we Han people can’t do this kind of thing!”
The two women agreed, and there was a splashing sound. The two women stood up from the water, as if they were standing out of the water. They left the bathtub, dried themselves, put on their clothes, bowed to Yang Pengying, and then exited the room.
, and closed the door.
Yang Peng took a long breath and murmured: "His grandma is really terrible!" He couldn't help but think of his wife and concubines, and really wanted to put on a pair of wings and fly back to Tianjing New City. He sighed and put away these messy thoughts.
I put it behind my mind for the time being. I finished the shower in a few seconds, came out, dried myself, put on clean clothes and pants, took a deep breath, and felt extremely refreshed.
Bang bang! The door rang twice.
Yang Peng said loudly: "Come in." The door opened, Wang Kai came in, clasped his fists and said: "King Yan, Odaochong wants to see you." Yang Peng walked out of the room and saw Odaochong waiting not far away.
When Ao Daochong saw Yang Peng coming out, he hurriedly came forward and knelt down and said: "I have acted arbitrarily without permission, please forgive me, King Yan!" He had always heard about Yang Peng's lecherous nature, so he wanted to take the opportunity to offer himself to him.
The two beautiful concubines of Yang Peng wanted to win the favor of Yang Peng in order to open up a bright road for his official career. However, he did not expect that the other party would not accept this trick at all and kicked out the two beautiful concubines. Ao Daochong was shocked and doubtful, not knowing that Yang Peng
What is Peng's intention? That's why he looks so frightened.
Yang Peng smiled and said: "You have good intentions, but I don't like touching the women of my subordinates and friends, so I have to live up to your good intentions."
When Ao Daochong heard this, he thought to himself: 'Does King Yan mean that he wants me to find some other women?' He quickly said: "King Yan is really a humble gentleman, and I admire him very much!"
Yang Peng walked down the steps, glanced at Ao Daochong who was still kneeling on the ground, and said: "Stop kneeling, get up." Ao Daochong responded, stood up, held a few letters in both hands, and bowed
He said: "To report to King Yan, several letters written by King Yan's subordinates have been written. Please read them."
Yang Peng said: "You don't have to read it. I believe there will be no problem with the letter you wrote." Odaochong couldn't help but be moved when he saw that Yang Peng trusted him so much. Yang Peng turned to Wang Kai and said: "Wang Kai, send someone to take this letter."
Several letters were sent to the Xiping Military Division and the Heishui Town Yan Military Division. Everyone dressed up as a Dangxiang member and said they were O Daochong's family members." Wang Kai responded, stepped forward and took it from Ao Daochong.
He wrote the letter and ran down.
Yang Peng started strolling in the yard, and Ao Daochong bowed closely behind him. Ao Dao suddenly remembered something and reported: "There is something that I almost forgot," Yang Peng hummed and said
Chong looked frightened and said: "I dare not hide it from King Yan. Before King Yan launched the raid, my subordinates, my subordinates, had already sent people to the Liao Kingdom! At this moment, I am afraid that they have entered the territory of the Liao Kingdom!..."
Yang Peng stopped, turned around, looked at Ao Daochong, and said teasingly: "You are very smart. You not only want to use Tubo, but also Liao!" Ao Daochong was frightened and hurriedly said.
He knelt down and kowtowed: "I deserve death for my crime. Please punish me, King Yan!" Yang Peng said: "That's what you did before surrendering. I won't blame you. Get up." Odaochong couldn't help but relax.
He kowtowed and said, "Thank you King Yan for your kindness!" Then he stood up and stood with his head bowed, still feeling a little scared in his heart.
Yang Peng said: "Tell me your intentions, and why do you think the Liao Kingdom can help you?"
Aodaochong responded and said: "My subordinates' plan at that time was to surrender to the Liao Kingdom. In that case, if Yanyun attacks us in the future, the Liao Kingdom, as the suzerain state, will not be able to stand idly by and will definitely send troops to rescue. King Yan may
I don't know, but my subordinates once received news from the Yan Army Division in Heishui Town that the Liao army took advantage of the Mongolian tribes' fight for the position of the Great Khan and defeated two of the five Mongolian tribes in one fell swoop.
All the soldiers, horses and people of the Liao army have been taken back to themselves, and large-scale operations are being launched against the other three armies. The situation of the Mongols is worrying, and the Liao Kingdom seems to have a chance of victory!"
Although Yang Peng has not received a similar military report, he was not surprised when he heard the news. Before Yang Peng left Tianjing New City, he had already received a report that the Liao Kingdom took advantage of the civil strife in the five Mongolian tribes.
At that time, Yang Peng and others speculated that if nothing unexpected happened, it would only be a matter of time before the Liao Kingdom defeated Mongolia. What Aodaochong said now only confirmed his original speculation.
Yang Peng sat down on a stone pier and said: "This has been expected by me." Odaochong said quickly: "The King of Yan has a clever plan, and he can make every attack and defeat every battle!" Yang Peng said.
Waving his hands, he said: "Don't say these things in front of me in the future, I don't like to hear them!" In fact, it's not that Yang Peng doesn't like to hear it, he just doesn't want to be surrounded by these flattering words. The mediator was not happy to see Yang Peng,
I couldn't help but feel frightened and promised repeatedly.
Yang Peng said to Odaochong: "You don't have to worry about sending envoys to Liao. Sooner or later, Yanyun and Liao will have a big war, and it has nothing to do with you." Odaochong heard this.
He couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Thank you, King Yan Haihan!"
Two days later, 100,000 Yanyun infantry troops arrived in Suzhou. At the same time, news came from the Yan Army Division in Heishui Town that General Ejinashuai of the Yan Army Division in Heishui Town and his 5,000 soldiers surrendered to the King of Yan.
, Ejina and most of his officers and soldiers were on their way to Suzhou. Yang Peng was very happy when he received the news. Heishui Town Yan Army Division surrendered, so the only remaining Xixia remains were Guazhou and Shazhou of Xiping Army Division.
Two places.
Yang Peng ordered the army to rest for another two days. On the morning of the third day, he took two Xixia generals, Ejina and Li Xianqi, who had surrendered as the vanguard, and raised an army of 120,000 to attack Guazhou, where the Xiping Military Division was based. This Guazhou
, located in the northwest corner of what is now Gansu Province, only a few dozen miles away from Anxi County in the northwest corner of Gansu Province. In this era, it was an important city in the west of the Hexi Corridor. There are currently about 30,000 to 40,000 troops left in Xixia, relying on Guagua
Prefecture, Shazhou and the Sanwei Mountains between the two prefectures resisted stubbornly and struggled to survive. Chen Xiao attacked with an army of 120,000, intending to use a thunderous force to quell the remaining enemies and completely pacify Xixia.
At the same time, at the Snow Mountain Fortress, Song He and the generals were debating whether to attack: "Even if the Yanyun Army goes to attack Xixia, there seems to be a lot of troops left behind. Although our army has more troops than them,
But if we take the initiative to attack, the outcome is unpredictable. If something goes wrong, I will not regret dying. I am afraid that I will lose the snow mountain fortress and be unable to explain to Your Majesty!" "That is true, but once the Yanyun army defeats Xixia,
, the next target must be us, we can't just sit back and watch Xixia be destroyed, we should take the initiative to attack, and we must make the Yanyun Army work in vain!" "This is easy to say, how can the Yanyun Army work in vain, I'm afraid that someone will not pay attention to it.
Let Yanyun's army counterattack and seize the Snow Mountain Fortress!"...
The generals were arguing endlessly and could not form a unified opinion at all. Song He, the general who conquered the west, was also in a dilemma. He felt that he should not sit back and watch Xixia be destroyed, but he was not sure that he could deal with Yan Yun Xiaorui, and he was afraid that he would be inadvertent.
They suffered heavy losses and lost their divisions and ground. They had previously sent 30,000 cavalry to pursue and intercept Yanyun's cavalry, but they were killed and were severely defeated. This is a lesson learned from the past.
Dong-dong-dong... Suddenly there was a rumble of war drums outside the big tent, accompanied by loud shouts, murderous intent rising to the sky. All the Tubo generals in the big tent were shocked, and one general exclaimed: "Could it be that
The Yanyun Army is coming to attack!"
At this moment, an officer rushed in in a panic and said in a hurry: "General, Yan Yun Army, Yan Yun Army is forming a challenge at the foot of the mountain. It seems that they are about to attack the mountain!" Song He frowned.
Wrinkle. Duosang said: "I don't think there is any need to argue about the issue just now. Since the Yanyun Army dares to take the initiative to attack, they must be confident about our army of more than 100,000 people. Otherwise, how could they take the initiative to attack? The generals nodded one after another, feeling that
What Duosang said makes sense.
Songhe stood up and walked out of the tent, and the generals quickly followed him. A group of people climbed onto the defensive wall outside the fortress and looked down the mountain. They saw about ten thousand Yanyun troops arrayed at the foot of the mountain, beating drums and challenging.
.This snow mountain fortress is located between two snow peaks. The two city walls connecting the two snow mountains are the defense support of the fortress. To the north, under a gap of several hundred meters, is a piece of green grassland hills, where the Yanyun Army's military camp is located.
On the hills.
Seeing that only ten thousand enemy troops came, Busang asked strangely: "Why are there so few troops? Do they think they can capture the snow mountain fortress with these ten thousand troops?" Zhan Dui said excitedly: "Let's rush down now.
Kill them without leaving a single piece of armor behind!" Awang said urgently: "No, no! The Yanyun people are fierce and cunning. I'm afraid this is their bait to lure our army to attack and then ambush our army. We must not be fooled.
!" Duosang echoed: "What General Awang said is absolutely true!" This General Awang was the envoy to Xixia on behalf of Tubo. He was originally under house arrest by Odaochong, but was released by Li Dingkun.
After he came out, Li Dingkun reached a secret agreement with the Tubo side through him. It was just that the mantis stalked the cicada and the oriole was behind. The secret agreement signed at the beginning did not know how effective it was now.
What happened after all? Let’s look at the breakdown next time.