Although everyone had expected it, they couldn't help being surprised after hearing Yang Peng's words. Yang Jing laughed and said: "So, Xixia is completely finished! Xixia has merged with our Yanyun! Haha, we are nothing compared to Tang Dynasty.
Emperor Taizong and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty were even more powerful!"
Yang Peng smiled and said: "That's not right. During the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, this was our territory. Even the land to the north and the Western Region to the west were also our lands. We can't compare with them now.
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty is looking for Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty!"
Yang Jing scratched his head, looking confused, and asked: "Since it is our territory, how could it become someone else's?" Yang Peng said jokingly: "It's not the Confucian morality of benevolence and righteousness that is causing trouble!
"Yang Jing didn't quite understand, but since the eldest brother said that the disaster was caused by Confucianism, wouldn't it be enough to just throw it away? As soon as he thought about it, he said: "Since Confucianism is not good, then we don't want it.
It’s Confucian!”
Ye Qi Guanyin smiled and said, "Isn't this what eldest brother is doing?"
Yang Jing looked at Yang Peng stupidly and asked: "Is there any? Why don't I, Yang Jing, know?" Yang Peng laughed and joked: "You are a black guy, you only know how to kill people to eat and drink, what about other things?"
You will know!" Yang Jing grinned and said: "Brother understands me and knows that I am not interested in those bullshit things! Anyway, my eldest brother, sisters-in-law, and military advisers have to worry about those troublesome things, so I don't
It’s so hard to worry about, but there’s no point in worrying about it anyway!” Everyone laughed.
Yang Peng thought for a while and said: "If nothing else happens, the war against Xixia is basically over. Next, we have to solve the problem with the Tubo people." Yedi Guanyin immediately realized what Yang Peng was thinking and asked
Said: "Brother, do you want to capture the Snow Mountain Fortress?"
Yang Peng frowned and said: "The Daxue Mountain lies between Tubo and the Hexi Corridor. It is the choke point to prevent the Tubo people from invading the Hexi Corridor. But in the hands of the Tubo people, it is a sharp knife at our waist. We must seize it as soon as possible.
Snow Mountain Fortress, otherwise the Hexi Corridor will involve too much of our energy!" Yeli Guanyin nodded with deep sympathy and said: "Brother is right, but capturing the Snow Mountain Fortress is not an easy task.
, At present, the Tubo people have gathered more than 200,000 troops in the Snow Mountain Fortress. With the natural dangers of the Snow Mountain, although our army is strong, it is difficult to break through the Snow Mountain Fortress! "
Yang Peng showed a thoughtful look and murmured: "We have to think of a way. If we can attract all the Tubo troops, it would be easy! In a field battle, even if the Tubo people are twice as many as our army, our army can still defeat it."
them!"
Yeqi Guanyin thought: "But the Tubo people themselves know this very well, I'm afraid it will not be easy to lure them out."
Yang Peng suddenly smiled and said: "Put this matter aside for the time being, and then consider this issue after the Xixia issue is completely resolved." Ye Qi Guanyin nodded, remembered something, looked at Yang Peng, and said, "There is also
Things in the Liao Kingdom must be taken seriously!" Seeing Yang Peng looking at him in surprise, he immediately understood what he was thinking, glared at him, and said angrily: "Although I am a Khitan, I can't marry a chicken.
When a chicken marries a dog, he will follow the dog, so naturally he has to consider his husband's family!" Then he raised his eyebrows and said decisively: "If a war breaks out between Yanyun and Daliao in the future, I will definitely help my eldest brother!"
Yang Peng was so moved that Yang Jing couldn't help but praise: "Sister-in-law is really a good sister-in-law!" Ye Guanyin rolled her eyes at Yang Jing and asked teasingly: "According to Yang Jing's opinion, none of your other sisters-in-law are good sisters-in-law!"
"Yeah?" Yang Jing thought, he didn't know that Ye Qi Guanyin was joking with him, and he didn't understand why the sister-in-law said that, and said: "Most of the other sisters-in-law are good sisters-in-law!" Then he raised his eyebrows,
Somewhat angrily: "Those Zhao Jinxi and Yang Tong, I don't think they are good people. I heard that every time the eldest brother goes back, they change their ways to seduce him!"
Everyone snickered, and Yang Peng touched his nose in embarrassment. Yang Jingwu did not think there was anything wrong with the setup, and continued: "They are so inconsiderate, and they don't even think about it. The eldest brother worked so hard from the outside.
When we come back and talk to them again, how can my body bear it?"
Ye Qi Guanyin chuckled, Yang Peng glared and said: "Yang Jing, stop talking nonsense!" Yang Jing glared and raised his eyebrows: "Why am I talking nonsense! What I said is all true! Everyone is worried that my eldest brother has so many sisters-in-law.
She is so beautiful that she will destroy her health. We Yanyun cannot live without our brother!" He then pointed at Zhan Jinguo and said, "When I was drinking with Zhan Jinguo, he also said that I, Yang Jing, was not the only one.
explain!"
Zhan Jinguo didn't expect that Yang Jing would shake him out, and felt a little embarrassed. He clasped his fists towards Yang Peng and said: "The younger brother did say it. Since Yang Jing said it, the younger brother took this opportunity to speak to the elder brother. I hope the elder brother can be as restrained as possible.
Don’t let your body collapse during sexual intercourse!” Yang Jing nodded vigorously and said, “That’s right! This womanizer is not a good thing!”
Yang Peng knew that these brothers were doing it for his own good, so he couldn't help but feel moved in his heart. He nodded and said, "I have taken note of the kind words of my brothers." He turned to look at Ye Qi Guanyin beside him, and said half jokingly and half seriously: "As long as
If your sister-in-law doesn't come to seduce me, you will have sex once every three days at most!" Ye Qi Guanyin smiled charmingly and rolled her eyes at Yang Peng. Zhan Jinguo saw Yang Peng and Ye Qi Guanyin flirting with each other and quickly lowered his head, but Yang Jing still stared at her.
A pair of bull's eyes looked at the two people.
One day later, news came from Shazhou (now Dunhuang) that Yang Yanzhao and Yang Gui led a large army to the city. The Xixia monarchs and ministers were desperate and asked to surrender. Shazhou fell without a fight. Yang Yanzhao left Yang Gui with tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to guard the city.
Shazhou took custody of the prisoners, and he himself led another 30,000 soldiers and horses towards Yumen Pass. Currently, there are still 10,000 remnants of Xixia stationed at Yumen Pass. The guard is Weiming Xiuge.
Brother Weimingxiu previously guarded the Weifu Army Division in Heishan, but was defeated by Yang Peng. The remaining defeated soldiers fled south. Later, Xingqing Mansion was captured by Yanyun's army. Brother Wemingxiu and others followed Aodaochong and fled to Xiliang Mansion.
, when they arrived at Xiliang Mansion, Ao Daochong entrusted Brother Wei Mingxiu with an important task, but he encountered Li Dingkun's rebellion. Brother Wei Mingxiu was unable to rescue Ao Daochong, so he could only lead the remaining troops to escape from Xiliang Mansion.
He fled to Yumen Pass, which was guarded by his younger brother Wei Ming Shouzhong. Later, he received the news that Yan Yun's army was attacking in large numbers and that all the military divisions in the states and counties west of Xiliang Prefecture had fallen one after another. He was worried and hesitant at the same time. He wanted to do everything possible.
He mobilized the garrison at Yumen Pass to support Li Dingkun and the others, but he was worried that the other party would launch an attack without warning upon seeing him. In this case, not only would they not be able to save Daxia, but they would actually help Yan Yun.
However, he did not expect that just because of his hesitation, the country fell at an unimaginable speed, and in the end he was the only one left guarding Yumen Pass.
In Yumen Pass, the soldiers have learned the news that Daxia has been lost. Everyone is grief-stricken, frightened and helpless. Cries can be heard from time to time in Yumen Pass. In the camp, Weiming Xiu brother is discussing matters with the generals.
Weiming Huxiong said loudly: "What is there to discuss? Let's mobilize all our soldiers and horses to fight against the Yanyun people. After we die, we will be worthy of our ancestors!"
The generals frowned and did not speak. Weiming Shouzhong sighed and said: "Daxia has died, and all the royal family members have surrendered to Yanyun. What's the point of us fighting anymore!"
Weiming Huxiong was furious and shouted: "You coward who is greedy for life and afraid of death!" Weiming Shouzhong did not refute, sighed, looked at Brother Weimingxiu, and said: "Brother, please say a word! Let's
These brothers listen to you! If you decide to fight to the death with the Yanyun people, my younger brother will live and die with you!" All the generals also looked at Brother Wei Mingxiu.
Brother Wei Mingxiu sighed and said: "Shou Zhong is right! Now that the matter has come to this, if we continue to fight hard, our sacrifices will be in vain!" When the generals heard this, their faces could not hide their joy, except Wei.
Ming Huxiong's expression changed, and he said in a trembling voice: "Brother, you, you, do you want to surrender?" Weiming Shouzhong said: "No matter what brother decides, we will all obey him!" Several other generals
The generals nodded in agreement. Weiming Huxiong frowned, looking very annoyed, but did not speak.
Brother Wei Mingxiu said: "Although it is meaningless to continue fighting, Yang Peng will destroy our country and family, how can we defect to him!"
As soon as these words came out, the faces of the generals changed, but Weiming Huxiong's face was full of surprise and he echoed loudly: "Brother, what you said is so right!"
Brother Wei Mingxiu glanced at everyone and continued: "I have already thought about it. Since Daxia has been destroyed, we will surrender to Daliao! Humph, I have to provoke Daliao and Yanyun to fight to make me less worried.
Hatred!" The generals did not expect that Brother Wei Mingxiu would defect to Daliao, and they were all very surprised. However, after thinking about it, they felt that apart from defecting to Yan Yun or committing suicide, this was the only other way out. Wei Ming
The Daliao that Brother Xiu mentioned was not the previous Daliao, but Yelu Longqing, who defeated the Xizhou Uighurs and the Black Khanate. The Khitans were really amazing. Just the fleeing soldiers and civilians were able to establish a powerful empire in the Western Regions.
Xiliao.
The territory of Xiliao was very vast. The westernmost territory reached the east coast of the current Aral Sea. In this era, it was not called the Aral Sea, but the Khwarezm Sea. The easternmost territory went directly to Yumen Pass and ended in Dalinkul in the north, which is now Kazakhstan.
Lake Balkhash in Stan, extending to the Kunlun Mountains in the south of the desert and bordering Tubo. The territory basically includes all of the current Xinjiang, as well as Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and other countries. Even now it is definitely a big country.
, it was definitely a powerful empire back then.
After listening to Brother Weimingxiu's words, everyone felt that it would be good to defect to Daliao. Brother Weimingxiu saw that everyone had no objections, so he said: "Since everyone has no objections, the matter is settled." Everyone bowed together and said:
"Follow the instructions of the eldest brother (general)." Brother Xiu of Weiming looked at Weiming Shouzhong and said, "Shouzhong, you are thoughtful, brave and strategic, so I will let you be the envoy to Daliao." Wei
Ming Shouzhong bowed and promised.
Brother Weimingxiu stood up, walked to the map stand, ordered his soldiers to hang up the map of the Western Regions, pointed to a place called Husi'ur'er, and said: "The capital of Daliao was built in Husi'ur'er, which is located in Yi.
The south bank of Chuihe River to the west of Sike Lake is thousands of miles away from Yumen Pass. This trip will take at least a month. However, the Yanyun Army may attack the city within a few days, so we have no time to go to Hu Si'o.
We have to go here first,” Brother Weimingxiu said, pointing his finger at a place called Hamili. The Husi Won’er that Brother Weimingxiu mentioned is located in Tokmak, Chuhe Prefecture in what is now Kyrgyzstan.
Burana City and Issyk-Kul Lake are also in Kyrgyzstan, and Hamili is now Hami City in Xinjiang Province. At this time, Hamili was a military state in the easternmost part of Xiliao.
Brother Wei Mingxiu said: "We surrendered to General Hamili Mills first. This was a great achievement for him, and he must be very happy. After that, the Yanyun army came to attack Yumen Pass, and the Western Liao army must have thought it was the Yanyun army.
Invasion, the armies of both sides will inevitably break out into a war!" Having said this, Brother Wei Mingxiu's face showed an expression of excitement. After listening to Brother Wei Mingxiu's words, everyone also showed a look of gloating. I really hope that Xiliao and Yan Yun
Fight immediately.
Brother Wei Mingxiu said to Wei Ming Shouzhong: "You go to Hamili. If everything goes well, immediately rush to Husi Wour'er. No matter what the situation is, you must send someone to report it as soon as possible!"
Wei Ming Shouzhong bowed down and agreed. On the same day, Wei Ming Shouzhong took Wei Ming Xiu's official seal, a letter of surrender and a dozen trusted officers out of Yumen Pass and ran towards Hamili...
Mills hurried outside the hall and saw a dusty General Dangxiang sitting in the living room drinking tea, so he walked in. Weiming Shouzhong heard the footsteps and quickly looked towards the door, only to see a man with a majestic physique and imposing manner.
The mighty general with a big beard and blue eyes walked in accompanied by several subordinates. He immediately knew that the man who came in was General Hamili Mills. He quickly stood up and bowed to Mills: "Daxia
Weiming Shouzhong, a subordinate of General Weiming Xiuge, pays homage to the general!"
Mills smiled coldly and said sarcastically: "Daxia? Is there still Daxia now?" Weiming Shouzhong saw that the other party was mocking him as soon as he came up, and he couldn't help but feel angry. However, when he thought that Daxia was indeed destroyed,
He couldn't help but feel sad in his heart, and said: "The general is right, Daxia has indeed perished! We, the lonely ghosts, hope to join Daliao so that we can have a safe place to live."
Mills originally thought that the other party was here to borrow troops, but he did not expect that he was here to surrender. He couldn't help being secretly surprised, and said to himself: Yumen Pass is the key to entering the Central Plains. The strategic location is extremely important. If you can defeat Yumen Pass without fighting, then it will be terrible.
What a great achievement!
As soon as he thought of this, a smile appeared on his face, and he said affectionately: "Since the general is willing to defect to our Daliao, our Daliao naturally welcomes him! But how do you plan to surrender?"
Weiming Shouzhong immediately took off the baggage on his back, opened it, took out the general's seal of Weiming Xiu brother and an autographed letter, held it up with both hands, and presented it to Mills.
Mills immediately stepped forward to take the general's seal and the letter from a general beside him, and returned and forwarded it to Mills. Mills picked up the seal and looked at it. He recognized the Xixia script and saw that it read "Great Xia"
The seal of General Zhen Guo was indeed the seal of brother Wei Mingxiu, and he couldn't help but be overjoyed. Then he put down the seal, picked up the letter, opened it, read it over, and burst into laughter. Putting down the letter, he said to Wei
Mingshou Zhongdao: "You are indeed sincere, which is great! In this case, I will immediately send 10,000 troops to take over Yumen Pass. You can go with me."
Weiming Shouzhong said quickly: "General, I want to rush to Hu Si'er'er to see His Majesty the Emperor immediately. The general's troops will take my brother's official seal and handwritten letter to take over Yumen Pass!"
Mills thought for a while, nodded and said: "That's fine, I'll send a confidant to protect the general and go to Husi Or'er'er!"
Weiming Shouzhong bowed to express his thanks. Later that day, Weiming Shouzhong and the trusted general named Mordo sent by Mills left Hamili and went to Husi Or'er. At the same time, Mills ordered his subordinates
General Niaz led an army of 10,000 men and carried the official seal and handwritten letter of Brother Weimingxiu to Yumen Pass to take over Yumen Pass.
At about the same time, the 30,000-strong army led by Yang Yanzhao had arrived at Yumen Pass. Yang Yanzhao knew that Brother Wei Mingxiu was not an easy man, so he did not immediately launch an offensive when he arrived at Yumen Pass. Instead, he set up camp and built siege equipment while sending out scouts.
Go to comprehensively investigate the situation in and around Yumen Pass. Some friends may wonder when they see this. Doesn’t the Yanyun Army have powerful cannons? Why does it need to build siege equipment on the spot? Haha, if you want to blame it, you can only blame it.
Yanyun's army is advancing too fast. Yang Yanzhao's troops have already reached Yumen Pass, but the artillery team from Xingqing Mansion may have only reached Xiliang Mansion now. The roads and transportation conditions in ancient times were very backward, and the cannons were extremely heavy.
Equipment, the next rain may cause the cannon to get stuck in the mud and be unable to extricate itself, so the artillery team will move very slowly. This is also a major drawback of the cannon!
The Yanyun army was actively preparing to attack the city, while the Xixia army behind the Yumen Gate was actively preparing to defend. Rolling stones, wood, and kerosene arrows were constantly being transported to the city. At the same time, Brother Weimingxiu and other generals could not help but say to the Xixia soldiers.
"Brothers, our fathers, wives, and children were all killed by the Yanyun people. Now they won't let us go and want to kill them all. We have no way to retreat and can only fight to the death with the Yanyun army!"
"The Xixia soldiers didn't know the truth. They thought that their parents, wives, and children were really killed by Yan Yun's army. They couldn't help but feel sad and angry. They just wanted to fight to the death with Yan Yun's army so that they could kill several Yan Yun's soldiers for their relatives.
Revenge. The Xixia army shares the same hatred with the enemy. I am afraid that this tough battle will not be easy to fight.
Yang Yanzhao sent an officer to persuade him to surrender. Unexpectedly, as soon as the officer arrived at the city gate, dozens of arrows flew down from the city wall. Before the officer could speak, he was shot into a hedgehog and fell off his horse. When Yang Yanzhao saw this,
Scene, frowned.
In the middle of the night, Yang Yanzhao led a group of soldiers to the vicinity of Yumen Pass to observe the defense of Yumen Pass. He saw brightly lit lights on the city wall, three posts, one post, five steps and one sentry, and there were patrol teams patrolling back and forth on the city wall.
Yang Yanzhao walked around Yumen Pass and found no flaws at all. He couldn't help but sigh in his heart: "This Weiming Xiu brother is really worthy of being a famous Xixia general! This arrangement can be said to be irrefutable! It seems that there is no other way to attack by force.
There is no other way!"
Yang Yanzhao returned to the big tent, immediately summoned his generals, had a heated discussion, and then slept in his clothes. Early the next morning, Yanyun's 30,000 soldiers and horses gathered outside the city wall east of Yumen Pass and formed a battle formation to prepare for the attack.
City. On the city wall, the Xixia soldiers were standing ready and ready for battle.