Yang Peng's expression softened after listening to Ma Jin's words, and he said to Xiao Yanke: "I am not guilty of escaping from battle, but I am guilty of framed colleagues! Come on, take Xiao Yanke back to Yanjing and wait for disposal!"
"Wang Kai promised and immediately ordered a team leader to escort Xiao Yanke back to Yanjing. Several secret guards came forward. Xiao Yanke kowtowed to Yang Peng several times, stood up, and was escorted by several secret guards.
Go down.
Ye Qi Guanyin led the guards and ran down from the mountain and said: "Yang Xiong is missing!" He glanced at Ma Jin and said: "It should be that he saw General Ma Jin coming back. His crimes could no longer be covered up, so he fled in fear of crime.
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Yang Peng said to Wang Kai: "Send orders to various places. Yang Xiong fled in fear of crime, and various places offered rewards for his arrest." Wang Kai agreed and immediately sent two secret guards to Yanjing to convey the order. Yang Peng said to Yeqi Guanyin: "You go to the mountain, the original plan was
It's inconvenient." Ye Qi Guanyin nodded, turned the horse's head, and led the Feifeng female guard under her to run towards the mountain. After a while, her figure disappeared into the mountain forest.
Yang Peng looked at Ma Jin and several other soldiers and said: "You are very tired and injured. Go back to Yanjing." Ma Jin cupped his fists and said: "I will be fine, I will stay with Yanjing."
Fight side by side with the king!" Several other soldiers also expressed their determination to stay and fight, and everyone looked resolute. Seeing this, Yang Peng nodded appreciatively and said, "Okay."
At this moment, a faint sound of thunder came from the distance. Yang Peng raised his eyes and looked into the distance, only to see a black line appearing on the horizon. The black line gradually expanded into a large area and surged towards this side. Yang Peng
With excitement in his eyes, he turned back to his horse and got on his horse. Ma Jin and others also got on their horses and entered the military formation. Ma Jin immediately stood beside Yang Peng.
Soon after, the faint sound of thunder turned into a loud roar of rolling thunder, and the earth trembled. I saw countless Khitan army cavalry coming overwhelmingly! Banners were like clouds, spears were like forests, cold light was like snow, and iron hooves were clanking!
Yang Peng ordered: "Raise the king's flag!" Wang Kai agreed and shouted, "Spread the flag!" The strong and tall flag bearer immediately raised the king's flag and waved it in the air. The big flag unfolded with the wind, hunting and hunting.
Sound.
Two hundred thousand Khitan troops, led by West Butler, came to a stop more than 300 steps in front of Yan Yun's army. When Butler saw King Yan's flag, he showed a shocked look and said to West: "
That's the king's flag of King Yan. Could it be that King Yan is here!" West stared closely at the heroic figure under the king's flag, frowned and said: "It seems to be really him!" Butler couldn't help but reveal.
With a look of fear, he said: "I didn't expect, I didn't expect that King Yan was here!" He paused and said, "He is more cunning than a fox and more ferocious than a tiger. He actually led only a few people to form an array. I'm afraid,
I'm afraid he has laid a big trap to deal with us!"
After hearing this, West couldn't help but feel this way. He saw several big mountains next to the other party and couldn't help but look towards the mountains. He saw dense forests and mist, but the cold light of the weapons was faintly reflected in them.
West was startled, and quickly pointed to Niulan Mountain and said to Butler: "The cold light is shining in that mountain, there must be a heavy ambush!" Butler looked towards Niulan Mountain, and sure enough he saw the cold light reflected from time to time in the dense cloud forest.
, his heart trembled, and he said urgently to West: "The enemy's ambush may not be limited to this place, we have to retreat quickly!" West took it seriously and nodded. Then the two of them turned their horses and shouted loudly
Shout: "Retreat! Retreat!"
The order to retreat came so suddenly that the 200,000-strong army suddenly became commotion and immediately crowded each other and ran towards the north.
When Yang Peng saw that the enemy troops were retreating to the north and the chaos was increasing, he immediately attacked them first and killed everyone in hiding. When Ma Jin and others saw this, they quickly shouted and rushed forward.
The retreating Khitan army was a little panicked when they saw the Yanyun army rushing up. Now they were even more panicked. They scrambled to get on their horses and galloped. Many people were knocked off their horses, and many people lost their front hooves. As a result, they were trampled by the surging hooves.
Meat paste.
Yang Peng took the lead and charged into the middle of the enemy army. His iron horse flew up and down like a swimming dragon. The others followed and rushed into the middle of the Khitan army to kill them. For a moment, they saw blood flying all over the sky, and the Khitan army officers and soldiers fell on their backs.
Yang Peng waited for more than ten miles at a stretch before withdrawing his troops and returning, killing thousands of Khitan troops. After the Khitan troops ran for more than thirty miles, they saw that Yan Yun's army was no longer pursuing them, so they stopped one after another.
After landing, Bastwest received a report from the scouts and found out that the enemy that was chasing his army was actually less than a thousand cavalry. He couldn't help but look at each other, feeling depressed. Then he became angry and led the army to come back.
Rushing to the foot of Niulan Mountain, they found that Yan Yun's army had already disappeared. The two men immediately led 200,000 cavalry to rush south. After sunset, they captured Shunzhou without any blood. However, at this time, Shunzhou City had already become a city.
The Khitan army did not catch anything in this empty city, which inevitably diluted the joy of capturing Shunzhou. The Khitan army did not stop here and continued to Nanjing. They crossed the Wenyu River before midnight that day, and their troops were approaching Yanjing.
Mansion. Two hundred thousand cavalry galloped over the endless grain fields. The original peaceful and peaceful atmosphere had long been destroyed by the billowing smoke!
The next morning, a rolling wave of 200,000 Khitan army cavalry surrounded the city of Yanjing. The army immediately launched a fierce attack, and waves of attacks hit the city wall hard. The soldiers of the city defense army fought desperately to resist, and the majestic Yanjing
The capital remains unmoved! However, the situation is not optimistic at all. The city defense army is no better than the field troops. They have never fought a fierce battle with a strong enemy and their combat power is limited. They often suffer heavy casualties under the fierce attacks of the Khitan army. The morale of the army is shaken, and the Khitan army relies on ten
With twice the strength advantage, they attacked fiercely from all sides, which made the defenders, who were already short of troops, even more stretched.
After a whole day of fierce fighting, the Khitan army almost broke through the city defenses several times. If Yang Peng, Ma Jin, Xiao Feng, Ye Qi Guanyin and other soldiers had not taken the lead in fighting back desperately, the consequences would have been disastrous.
The Khitan army attacked fiercely for a whole day, but could not break through the city defenses. Their fighting spirit inevitably weakened, and the attacks were not as sharp and violent as before. Seeing this, West felt very sorry and ordered the army to retreat ten miles to the stronghold. The fierce battle
The battle came to an end, and the noisy battlefield suddenly became quiet. The exhausted defenders staggered around and rested in the blood on the pile of corpses. The top of the city was very quiet, with only the painful groans of the wounded echoing in the night sky from time to time.
Yang Peng was patrolling the city wall and unknowingly came to the west wall. He saw Ye Qi Guanyin standing behind the wall stacks in the distance and looking out of the city in a daze. Yang Peng's heart moved, he walked up and turned to look at the city.
Outside, he sighed and said softly: "Guanyin, it's really hard for you!"
Ye Qi Guanyin withdrew her gaze, glanced at Yang Peng, and said angrily: "Do you think I am the kind of useless woman who can't face this kind of thing?" Yang Peng looked at her in confusion. Ye Qi
Guanyin said calmly: "Since I have married you, I am yours. I am a Yanyun and a Han. It is natural for me to help you fight against foreign enemies. I have nothing to think about! Not to mention the internal relations among us Khitan people.
There were many civil wars back then! Didn’t you say that the Khitans and the Han people are both descendants of the Yan and Huang people? So the war we are having now is just a civil war between the descendants of the Yan and Huang people, and that’s nothing!" Yang Peng said with a smile.
"You can think so, I feel relieved!" Ye Qi Guanyin sighed, glanced at Yang Peng, and said quietly: "Who calls my man the King of Yan!" Yang Peng smiled softly and stretched out his right hand to hold his hand.
The left hand of Ye Qi Guanyin lives in it.
A gentle look flashed in Ye Qi Guanyin's eyes, and then he said jokingly: "There is still a war, and you, the commander-in-chief, can't have random thoughts." Yang Peng squeezed Ye Qi Guanyin's palm and said with a bad smile: "What if?
I must be thinking wildly?" There was a wild look in Ye Qi Guanyin's eyes. She held Yang Peng's palm with her backhand and said, "Since you, the commander-in-chief, are not afraid, what should I be afraid of?" Then he pulled Yang Peng's hand.
Peng walked under the city wall. Yang Peng was just joking. How could he be so leisurely at this time? Seeing that Ye Qi Guanyin was coming for real, he quickly grabbed her and said with a smile: "I'm really afraid of you.
Oh, how can I have such interest at this time!" Ye Qi Guanyin rolled her eyes at Yang Peng and said angrily: "It's you if I say yes, and you are also if I say no, you are really difficult to serve!" Yang Peng laughed.
Ye Qi Guanyin accompanied Yang Peng to inspect the city wall. What they saw made the two of them worried. After all, the city defense army was just a city defense army. Faced with the huge pressure in front of them, many people looked low in morale and low in fighting spirit.
It is completely different from the field troops, which become stronger and braver as they fight.
The two people came down from the city wall and were about to return to the palace to rest for a while. At this moment, they saw Yang Jiumei leading many subordinates running towards them, and the two people stopped. Yang Jiumei and others ran in front of the two people and saluted in unison.
, then Yang Jiumei said: "To inform King Yan, my subordinates have mobilized more than 100,000 young men in Yanjing City. These soldiers and horses are currently waiting for orders in various camps."
Yang Peng nodded, not particularly surprised, because although there were more than 100,000 young and middle-aged men, they had not received any training. They relied on a moment of bravery to fight, and they might risk their lives to fight for the enemy.
Before, they may suddenly become frightened and turn around to run for their lives. It is hard to say what role they can play on the battlefield. They may be able to turn the tide, but they may also collapse at the first touch and disperse the city defense army, resulting in their own defeat.
Faster! Therefore, Yang Peng had already made up his mind not to use these civilian troops unless it was absolutely necessary.
Yang Peng said: "There is no need for them yet." "It is too dangerous for them to go into battle without any training." He turned to Wang Kai and said: "Select two hundred secret guards to go to various military camps to train them. Although there is not enough time, but
If you sharpen your gun in battle, it will be bright even if it doesn’t shine brightly!”
Wang Kai responded and ran down.
Yang Peng asked Yang Jiumei: "When did you forward the troop deployment orders for the second and third legions?" In fact, Yang Peng had already realized that the Liao army might take the opportunity to invade after receiving the report of the earthquake that day.
At that time, Yang Peng sent an urgent order, ordering the second and third legions originally stationed in Luanzhou and Yingzhou to immediately rush to aid Yanjing. The entire Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures, the most critical one was Yanjing, even if the entire Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures
Everything has fallen. As long as Yanjing is still under control, the situation is not too bad.
However, the military order was issued from Tianjing New City to Yanjing, and then forwarded from Yanjing to Luanzhou and Yinzhou. After all, the journey was long and time-consuming, so the second and third legions may have just left their base at this moment.
After hearing Yang Peng's question, Yang Jiumei bowed and said: "I have something to apologize to King Yan!..."
Yang Peng looked at Yang Jiumei in confusion. Yang Jiumei continued: "After receiving the report of the collapse of the Gubei Pavilion, my subordinates realized that the Khitan army was very likely to seize the opportunity to invade, so they did not wait for King Yan's military order and immediately went to Yingzhou.
He and Luanzhou conveyed the order of the left-behind government, ordering the main force of the second and third legions to immediately rush to Yanjing's aid!"
Yang Peng was overjoyed and asked: "Does that mean you issued the order to Yingzhou and Luanzhou at least two days in advance?" "Exactly. My subordinate did not wait for King Yan's military order and then mobilized the army without authorization. It was a big sin.
Please punish the King of Yan!" Yang Jiumei was appointed by Yang Peng to stay in Yanjing and was in charge of the civil affairs of Yanyun Sixteenth Prefecture. Regarding military affairs, Yang Peng never gave her the power to mobilize troops, but he also did not say that she could not mobilize troops.
According to the tradition of this era, the person left behind in a place is often the local military commander, who has the power to mobilize troops.
Yang Peng waved his hand and said: "As a left-behind, according to the usual practice, you have the right to mobilize the army. Therefore, you issued the order of the left-behind mansion to the two armies, which is not considered to be an overstep of authority!" Yang Jiumei bowed: "Thank you, King Yan, for not committing a crime."
kindness!"
Yang Peng frowned and murmured: "What I am most worried about now is whether the brothers of the two legions will refuse to carry out the orders of the left-behind mansion because I have not explicitly authorized it!" Yeli Guanyin said: "Very much.
It is possible that it is reasonable for them to refuse to carry out the order of the left-behind mansion." Yang Jiumei frowned and thought: "If this is the case, the two legions may not have received the order at this moment!" Then he said to Yang Peng: "My subordinate is the King of Yan who has arrived in Yanjing.
The royal military order received the night before was forwarded immediately!" Yang Peng nodded.
In the cell of the government office, Duan Yao and other rebellious scholars who were imprisoned here heard the loud killing sounds outside and couldn't help but be shocked and confused. Duan Yao ran to the door and shouted to the jailer sitting far away:
"My lord, my lord!" The jailer turned his head and shouted displeased: "What are you shouting for?"
Duan Yao felt very angry when he saw that a little jailer on the other side was so rude to him, but the smile on his face became even brighter. He took out a small piece of broken silver from his arms, raised it towards the jailer, and said
: "Xiaosheng, I have something to ask."
When the jailer saw the silver, he immediately stood up and walked over. He walked outside the cell door and looked at the silver in Duan Yao's hand. Duan Yao immediately put the silver into the jailer's hand. The jailer was in a good mood after getting the silver and put it in
In his arms, he asked with a smile: "How can I help Mr. Duan?" He thought that the young man might be tired of the prison food and wanted to improve the food, so he thought it was not a big deal.
Duan Yao clasped his fists and said, "Xiaosheng, please ask Brother Jailer, what's going on with the shouting of killing outside?" The jailer sighed and said angrily: "What else could it be? He's not a Khitan!..." Duan Yao clasped his fists and said.
After hearing this, Yao's heart moved, and then a ray of hope appeared in the bottom of his heart. The jailer continued to say angrily: "What the hell are the Khitan people! If we, Yanyun, don't go looking for trouble with them, they will
But they come to trouble us, we are really tired of living! These ungrateful bastards have forgotten that we, Yanyun, supported them in fighting the Japanese!" There was a hint of fear and worry in his angry tone.
Come.
Duan Yao asked: "I wonder how many Khitan troops have come? Can we hold it?" The jailer couldn't help but look worried and said: "I heard that an army of 200,000 people has come! But with King Yan personally in charge, I believe they can
You can hold it!" When the jailer said the word 'King Yan', he couldn't help but feel refreshed and his confidence greatly increased. He just felt that with King Yan here, no matter how big the difficulty is, it would not be a problem.
Duan Yao didn't know that Yang Peng had already arrived. He was startled when he suddenly heard the words of the jailer and asked hurriedly: "Is the King of Yan in Yanjing?"
The jailer nodded and said: "That's right! It hasn't been long since I came here, it's only less than two days." Seeing Duan Yao's strange expression, he thought he was thinking about his case, so he comforted him: "Since King Yan
When they come, they may summon the young master. If the young master has any grievances, just tell him directly. The king of Yan is extremely wise and I believe he can give you justice!" He didn't really think that Duan Yao was innocent, but since
After taking the other party's money, you have to say something nice. Anyway, it doesn't cost half a dime to say these words.
When Duan Yao heard the jailer say that King Yan could give him justice, he sneered in his heart. He cupped his fists towards the jailer and said, "Thank you, brother jailer!" The jailer smiled and said, "If you have anything else you want to know, just ask. In the words of you scholars.
, I know everything and can tell you everything!”
Duan Yao said: "No, thank you very much." When the jailer heard this, he turned and left.
When Duan Yao saw the jailer walking away, he immediately ran to the fence adjacent to the cell and shouted in a low voice: "Father!" Duan Wenrui was curled up and lying on his side on the straw. When he heard Duan Yao's cry, he sat up.
Looking at Duan Yao, he asked displeasedly: "What are you doing?" His tone clearly contained deep resentment. It turned out that the Duan family was imprisoned because of the rebellion, and their property was confiscated. Duan Wenrui blamed all the sins on his son Duan.
Yao believed that it was his wishful thinking of rebellion that had implicated the whole family, so he hated Duan Yao since he was imprisoned and regarded him as an enemy!
Duan Yao was very dissatisfied with his father's very hostile tone and attitude, and said to himself: "You blame me entirely now, but you didn't express the slightest objection at the beginning. You were the instigator of many things!" He suppressed his anger and asked
"Father, did you hear the sound outside?" Duan Wenrui naturally heard it and said angrily: "You heard it, what's the matter?"
Duan Yao glanced at the jailer in the distance and lowered his voice: "Father, maybe our chance will come!" When Duan Wenrui heard this, he immediately became interested and did not care about hating him. He quickly got up and ran to Duan Wenrui.
In front of Yao, he asked: "What did you say? Our opportunity has come?"
Duan Yao nodded and said: "I just heard from the jailer that the Khitan army is approaching with an army of 200,000 soldiers and horses!" Duan Wenrui's eyes lit up and he said excitedly: "Two hundred thousand?! Great, great!
There are only 20,000 city defense troops in Yanjing, so there is no doubt that it will be defeated! Maybe tonight or tomorrow, the Khitan army will be able to invade Yanjing City!"
Duan Yaoshen nodded in agreement and said: "It must be because the earthquake gave the Liao Kingdom a great opportunity, so the Khitans suddenly sent troops! Father, the Khitans suddenly launched a surprise attack, and Yan Yun was unprepared, and he heard
It is said that their food and grass have long been exhausted, so the Khitans will definitely be able to seize the Sixteen Yanyun Prefectures in one fell swoop this time! After they seize the Sixteenth Yanyun Prefectures, the urgent problem is how to manage the Sixteenth Yanyun Prefectures! If I don’t expect it,
If not, they will definitely choose suitable candidates from among the locals to manage the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun!"
Duan Weirui's eyes lit up and he said excitedly: "Among the sixteen states of Yanyun, who is more suitable to be the master of Yanyun than our Duan family?" Duan Yao nodded, "What father said is absolutely true! Khitan
People may invade Yanjing at any time, we have to think of a way to say it first, so as not to be caught off guard!" Duan Weirui nodded in agreement, glanced at Duan Yao, and praised: "Yaoer, you are really awesome.
So resourceful!" Duan Yao smiled proudly.
After Yang Jiumei and Yang Pengye Guanyin separated, they led their staff back to the government office. Just as they walked into the door, a staff member behind him said: "Sir, I have something I don't know whether to say or not?"
Yang Jiumei stopped and turned around. Seeing all the staff members looking strange, she asked in confusion: "What's wrong with you? If you have anything to say, just say it!" A middle-aged staff member said: "Sir, the Khitan Army
Two hundred thousand elites surrounded us, and we had less than twenty thousand city defense troops. Although the hundreds of thousands of temporarily mobilized civilians were large, they had little effect at all! In our current situation, it is impossible to hold on until the third
The second and third legions are coming!..." Other staff members nodded in agreement.
Yang Jiumei frowned and asked: "What exactly do you want to say?" The middle-aged staff member said: "My subordinates believe that there is no benefit at all in holding on to the current situation, and it is just sacrificing human lives in vain! It is better to abandon Yanjing and order all troops to retreat to Hebei.
Only in this way can the danger be turned into safety!"
Yang Jiumei glanced at the others and asked, "You think so too?" Everyone bowed and said, "We think so too."
Yang Jiumei said: "The King of Yan has already made it clear that Yanjing must be defended and Yanjing must not be lost! There are so many military orders. If you speak like this, you are clearly disobeying the military orders. What do you think I should do with you?" Everyone's hearts trembled.
, all worshiped: "Subordinate, I will never dare to disobey the military order at all. It's just that I will say what I think in my heart for your consideration! Please be careful!" Yang Jiumei's expression softened and she said decisively: "
Since King Yan has made up his mind, we must carry it out to the death, otherwise it will be disloyal! I just pretended that I didn’t hear what I just said, and I don’t want to hear similar words in the future!” Everyone promised tremblingly and wiped the scars on their foreheads.
Cold sweat.
What happened after all? Let’s look at the breakdown next time.