Yan Yun's army retreated into the city gate. The city gate was immediately closed and the suspension bridge was pulled up. The soldiers who escaped death felt as if their whole bodies were exhausted, and they were swaying and sitting near the city gate. Yang Jiumei, Wang Kai and others came.
When they came in front of Yang Peng, everyone's eyes were full of admiration, and Yang Jiumei's eyes showed even more anger.
Yang Peng handed the black dragon colt to Wang Kai and told him to take the black dragon down to feed it. Wang Kai promised and ran down. Yang Peng felt very tired and sat down on the ladder of the city wall.
Yang Jiumei stood in front of Yang Peng and said angrily: "You are so messy!"
Yang Peng raised his head and glanced at Yang Jiumei, and said with a smile: "Am I okay?"
Yang Jiumei's eyes suddenly flashed, and she said resentfully: "You are so kind to that princess! You really don't care about anything for her!" Yang Peng stretched out his right hand and held Yang Jiumei's delicate hand. Yang Jiumei was shocked.
Even though he wanted to retract his hand, an inexplicable impulse suddenly came to his heart and he did not take it back. Seeing this scene, several staff members looked at each other and turned around quickly, thinking in their hearts: I have heard this a long time ago
The relationship between the Lord and King Yan is not simple. I thought it was just a rumor at first, but now it seems that it may be true!
Yang Peng held Yang Jiumei's delicate hand, looked into her eyes, and said softly: "If you fall into the enemy's formation, I will risk my own life to rescue you!" Yang Jiumei's heart skipped a beat, and she couldn't help but think of what happened back then, and her eyes changed.
He became extremely gentle. He rolled his eyes at Yang Peng and gently withdrew his delicate hand. He turned sideways and said softly: "Thanks to you, otherwise I would have fallen into the hands of the Khitans! You have been extremely kind to me.
, I can only use this life to repay you!" Yang Peng couldn't help but be moved when he saw that she said it sincerely.
Yang Jiumei threw away her chaotic thoughts, thought about the matter in front of her, and frowned: "You saved more than 30,000 people at the cost of more than 3,000 casualties. Although it is worth it, the defense after Yanjing will be more difficult.
!" Yang Peng smiled and said: "Don't worry, we will definitely be able to hold on!"
When Yang Jiumei saw what Yang Peng said, she couldn't help but feel infinite confidence in her heart, and sighed: "With King Yan here, everyone is a hundred times more confident! However, with this confidence alone, I am afraid that we cannot make up for the huge gap in strength! We must
It takes a surprise attack, otherwise it would be impossible to hold on until reinforcements arrive!..."
Yang Peng nodded, frowned and said, "I'm also thinking about this matter." He looked up at Yang Jiumei and said with a smile, "I have an idea, maybe it can be of some use."
…
The Khitan army retreated into the camp, and the uninjured soldiers went back to rest, while the injured were recovering from their injuries. The sounds of pain and screams came one after another, making the quiet night a bustle.
West, Butler and other generals were sitting in the big tent. West and Butler were naked, and several old medical officers were cleaning their wounds, applying medicine, and bandaging them. Thanks to the protection of the armor, the two of them were
The injuries on the body were not serious, but the generals were still frightened by the sight.
The medical officer bandaged the wounds of the two of them, then bowed, tidied up, and retreated.
One of the generals couldn't help but said: "The King of Yan is really the bravest of the three armies! He is invincible with one shot! Fortunately, God bless these two generals, otherwise the consequences would be really unimaginable!" West and Butler were still frightened.
, Butler frowned and said: "I have fought with King Yan more than once before. I feel that King Yan is even more powerful now than before!" West also felt this way, and then said coldly: "He is just a tiger.
, can’t stand up to the endless pack of wolves! If he goes out to fight next time, all of us will go together, I don’t believe that even thousands of troops can’t kill him!” Everyone nodded with deep understanding.
West glanced at the generals and said: "We are all very tired tonight. Let's go down and rest. Early tomorrow morning, the entire army will attack Yanjing from all sides. We must capture Yanjing before sunset tomorrow!"
The generals agreed in unison and then left the tent one after another.
Butler stood up, saluted West and said, "I'm going to rest too!" West nodded, and Butler left.
…
The noisy military camp gradually became quiet. Kill, ah... West, who had already fallen asleep, was suddenly awakened by the terrible sound of killing. He sat up quickly. He only heard the roar of horse hooves outside, and the sound of killing was shaking.
Yilin thought secretly: Could it be that Yan Yun's army came for a sneak attack? How is this possible? How dare they?
Without thinking about it, he quickly got up and was busy putting on his clothes and armor. At this time, the captain of the soldiers rushed in and reported with a panic look on his face: "General, Yan Yun's army has entered the camp and is everywhere.
There were flames and shouts of killing everywhere, as if there were countless people!"
West's heart trembled, he put on his armor, picked up his cross sword and ran out of the big tent. Looking around, he saw firelight everywhere. Under the firelight, there were longing figures, the sound of killing shook the sky, and the shouts shook the earth.
, the screams came one after another. West was frightened and unbelievable at the same time. He really couldn't believe that the Khitan army had just experienced a frightening moment, and they should still be frightened and exhausted. How could they dare to leave the city immediately to attack their camp?
?
Thinking that the enemy had few troops, he immediately ordered: "Send orders to all battalions, don't panic, don't mess up your position! Lead your subordinates to fight back!" The captain of the soldiers promised, called a few soldiers, and ran down together.
All the troops and battalions of the Khitan Army launched counterattacks one after another, and there was a loud noise of killing. However, although the scene was lively, no enemy was seen at all, they were just making noise. A group of Khitan Army cavalry came to a relatively remote place.
, another group of Khitan cavalry also came to this place. The leading officers of both sides looked at each other, nodded to each other, and then left in a staggered way.
At this moment, one of the officers suddenly pulled out his machete and chopped down another officer with a single blow, shouting: "Do it!" The sergeants under his command immediately launched a surprise attack on the other group of sergeants, and the other group of Khitan army sergeants were caught off guard.
Immediately, people were killed and their bodies were strewn on the ground. They were all killed in the blink of an eye. Immediately, this group of Khitan soldiers used torches to light all the surrounding tents on fire, and then quickly left the scene. There were Khitan soldiers.
The army heard the sound of killing and rushed over, but they only saw corpses on the ground and burning tents, but not a single enemy. They couldn't help but look at each other with chills down their spines. Many people thought they had encountered a ghost!
…
The Khitan army camp was noisy for a whole night before it calmed down.
Butler rushed to the tent and cursed angrily: "I didn't see an enemy, but thousands of people died!" West frowned and thought: "They must be pretending to be us.
It seems that the military camp was in chaos last night, so there was no way to find them!" Butler nodded with deep understanding.
At this time, the curtain was opened, and a general rushed in, kneeling and reporting: "General Qi, we have lost more than 10,000 horses, as well as food and grass..."
West was most concerned about the food and grass. If there was a problem with the food and grass, he would be in trouble. After listening to the general's words, he asked anxiously: "How is the food and grass? You didn't lose much, right?"
The general swallowed his saliva and said: "The food and grass are all destroyed!"
"What!?" Wester stood up suddenly, his face changed drastically. He said very annoyed: "It's too bad now, there is no food and grass, we have to retreat!" He glanced at the generals and said angrily: "You guys last night
What have you been doing? The enemy came in and killed people and set fires without even knowing it!" The generals looked at each other, lowered their heads, and remained silent. Butler said with infinite depression: "We raided Yanjing last night, and we almost captured Yanjing.
, who would have thought that the Yanyun Army would immediately raid our camp! We were unprepared and were caught off guard by them!"
West knew that the main responsibility for this neglect of precautions lay with him, and he couldn't help but feel depressed. He said angrily: "These Yanyun people are so cunning! Damn it! Damn it!"
West felt that Yanjing would be captured soon. It would be a pity to retreat now. He glanced at the generals and asked: "You all tell me, what should we do now? Is there any way to get food and grass? Continue.
Attack?" The generals thought to themselves: I am not a god, where can I get food and grass?
When West saw that all the generals were silent, he was very depressed. He sighed and said with great regret: "There is no other way, we can only retreat temporarily! Damn it!"
Yang Peng and others stood on the city gate tower and couldn't help but smile when they saw the Khitan army setting up camp and retreating towards the south. Yang Jiumei looked at Yang Peng with her beautiful eyes and said with great admiration: "Thanks to King Yan's plan! Who can
Can you imagine that under the circumstances like last night, our army would actually attack? The enemy was caught off guard, and their food and grass were intercepted, so they all retreated!" All the aides in the Yanjing Mansion began to flatter themselves. This one said: "The King of Yan Mingming
Seeing thousands of miles away, even if there are no strategies left, how can a small barbarian be the opponent of the King of Yan!" The man said: "The King of Yan is extremely wise and brave, and the 200,000 Khitan army is not strong enough to fight with the King of Yan! However, the King of Yan does not bother to fight with the barbarians, so he gives little advice to the King of Yan.
The trick was to make the Khitans run away with their tails between their legs!”…
What Yang Peng disliked the most was flattery. When he heard these horses, he couldn't help but get very angry and shouted: "Shut up!"
All the staff were shocked and closed their mouths. They couldn't help but think: 'Did I say something wrong? Could it be that King Yan doesn't like such words? So what kind of words does King Yan like?' Everyone racked their brains to think.
If the new one can satisfy King Yan, he secretly looked at Yang Peng's face, hoping to see some clues from Yang Peng's expression.
Yang Peng said angrily: "Who did you guys learn these flattery tricks from?" Everyone looked at each other in embarrassment, not knowing how to answer this question, and looked at Yelu Hanyu as if asking for help.
When Yang Jiumei saw her subordinates looking at her, she was very angry and said angrily: "What are you looking at me for?" The subordinates were at a loss and lowered their heads one after another, feeling very uneasy.
Yang Peng said to everyone: "You have nothing to do here, please go down." Seeing that Yang Peng did not punish him, everyone couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and bowed one after another: "My subordinates, please retire." Then they retreated.
Yang Jiumei said: "King Yan, don't get me wrong. I don't like flattery from my subordinates. It's just that these guys don't know what's going on. They always like to flatter you from time to time. At first, I scolded them, but later I got used to it.
I stopped paying attention to their flattery, but I didn’t expect these guys to flatter more and more, making King Yan laugh today!”
Ye Qi Guan said in a mocking tone: "I think Mr. Yang also likes flattery, otherwise these officials are better than each other. If they knew that you didn't like flattery, who would come to ask for such trouble?" Yang Jiumei was so angry that she didn't care.
The other party's identity as the princess was revealed, and she said angrily: "Everything I said is true. If the princess doesn't believe it, I can't do anything about it!" Ye Qi Guanyin didn't feel dissatisfied with Yang Jiumei's tone and attitude, and said with a smile: "Are you the only one?
I know very well that there is no need to explain this kind of thing to me." Yang Peng smiled and said: "Like to flatter, that is just a weakness, not a sin." Yang Jiumei rolled her eyes at Yang Peng, her expression seemed to say: Don't you also?
Don't believe me?
Yang Peng blinked at her, as if to say: 'Why don't I believe you?' Yang Jiumei and Yang Peng had a clear understanding, and they immediately understood and smiled slightly. Ye Qi Guanyin saw their expressions and thought
That rumor gave Yang Peng an annoyed look.
Yang Peng thought: "Flattery and flattery have always been a trend in official circles. After all, there are many people in the world who like to hear good things. Although we have made huge reforms in the bureaucracy, it is impossible to eliminate this trend. People who are good at flattery are good at flattery.
In the end, those who are more likely to be recognized by superiors and supervisory officials will have more opportunities for promotion. Those old scalpers who only know how to do things but don't know how to flatter others will have a harder time getting opportunities."
Yang Jiumei and Ye Qi Guanyin felt that Yang Peng's words were very reasonable, and they couldn't help but frowned. Ye Qi Guanyin thought: "I think our Yanyun bureaucracy is already very complete, but we have to worry about solving this problem.
It's hard to do!" Then he had an idea and looked at Yang Peng and said, "Brother, I have a way, but I don't know if it works?"
Yang Peng smiled and said: "If something works or doesn't work, tell me quickly."
Ye Qi Guanyin rolled her eyes at Yang Peng and said: "Our army holds various martial arts competitions every year, which are not only an important entertainment project in the military, but also one of the main ways to select junior officers. I want to
Can a similar method be used in the civil service system?" Yang Peng and Yang Jiumei's eyes lit up. Ye Qi Guanyin continued: "We set up various projects, anyone can participate, and the winners can be promoted according to their talents.
, Since then, the old scalpers who only know how to do things have a chance to get ahead!"
Yang Jiumei praised: "This method is good. I would like to add one more thing. The assessment of officials from various places at the end of each year can be improved. Today's assessment only assesses officials above the prefecture. Below the prefecture, officials such as county magistrates are not assessed.
There are hidden dangers if the local prefect is responsible. If the prefect is a little greedy, or not greedy for money," Yang Peng said with a smile: "Or greedy." Ye Qi Guanyin chuckled, and Yang Jiumei's face was red and her eyes were watery.
Looking at Yang Peng, Chen Xiao couldn't help but think of the unspeakable stories between the two people, and his heart skipped a beat.
Yang Jiumei came back to her senses and wanted to continue talking, but she forgot where she had said it. She asked Yang Peng angrily: "Where did they say it?" Yang Peng said with a smile: "You said that officials below the prefect are evaluated by the prefect.
, not very safe." Yang Jiumei nodded and said: "If these prefects have a good relationship with a certain county magistrate, the assessment will probably be biased. I think this can be improved slightly, for officials below the prefect
The assessment can be done by the supervisory departments in various places. These officials are usually under the jurisdiction of the prefects, but they are assessed by the supervisory departments. In this way, it will not be easy for the officials to protect each other and collude with each other. There should be much less cases like this, and the officialdom atmosphere should be
There can be some improvement.”
Yang Peng nodded with a smile, glanced at the two women, and said: "Your suggestions are very good. After this war is over, we will deal with this matter." He turned and looked outside the city. At this time,
The Khitan army was no longer visible, but the huge smoke and dust they raised still covered the sky and the sun. The earth was still trembling, and there was a faint thunder-like sound in his ears. Yang Peng frowned and murmured:
"This war has just begun!"
Nearly 200,000 Khitan army cavalry were forced to retreat because their food and grass were destroyed. In fact, they could have made a desperate move and continued to attack Yanjing Mansion. As long as they captured Yanjing Mansion, the food and grass problem would naturally be solved. However, West and Butler
They didn't dare to take this risk. It would be great if they could capture Yanjing Mansion in a desperate attempt, but if they couldn't capture Yanjing Mansion before the food and grass were exhausted, the consequences would be disastrous. At that time, the Yanyun Army took the opportunity to attack, and these two hundred thousand Khitans
I am afraid that more than half of the military cavalry will die here.
Two hundred thousand Khitan army cavalry hurriedly retreated to Shunzhou, and then prepared to retreat to Tanzhou to join the large army in Yeqihu City. In order to achieve an unexpected effect, the king ordered West and Butler to first lead the troops just now
The 200,000 elite cavalry who had withdrawn from the Mongolian grasslands went south to attack, while the commander Yeqi Hucheng gathered the army to attack later. Therefore, at this moment, Yeqi Hucheng's army may not have entered Yanyun territory yet.
Just when West and Butler decided to continue to retreat, a military report suddenly came from the herald, saying that the protector of the country, Ye Qian Hucheng, had led an army of 100,000 infantry through Tanzhou. Both West and Butler were eaten
Surprised, he immediately decided to station troops in Shunzhou and wait for the arrival of Yeqi Hucheng.
One day later, Ye Qian Hucheng led 100,000 infantry troops to Shunzhou. After listening to the reports of West and Butler, he couldn't help but feel annoyed, and immediately ordered the army to station in Shunzhou and wait for the follow-up troops to arrive. It turned out that
In order to rush on the road, Yeqianhu City did not expect that West and his two hundred thousand warriors would be raided by their opponents and their food and grass would be burned. Therefore, the food and grass they brought were limited, and now they had to bear West and his two hundred thousand more.
The food and fodder for the war cavalry became even more tense. Where could we attack Yanjing, we could only pause and wait for the follow-up troops and large quantities of food and fodder to arrive before attacking.
As a result, the Yanyun Army got a chance to breathe. Under Yang Peng's order, the people in the southern and eastern prefectures and counties moved towards Hebei. At the same time, grain and grass were continuously transported to Yanjing, and only the official roads were visible.
There was a constant flow of traffic, and the people did not appear to be too panicked. Everyone believed that King Yan and Yan Yun's army would be able to withstand the Khitan offensive. However, compared to the people's confidence, the current situation was not optimistic at all. Although the Khitan people because of food and grass
Unfortunately, the attack was suspended, but the food and grass would be shipped sooner or later, and the 300,000 heavy troops that had entered Yanyun were already difficult for the current Yanyun defenders to resist.
That morning, the streets of Yanjing were filled with cheers and cheers. The people of Yanjing, who had been frightened for a long time, cheered and were excited. They crowded on both sides of the streets to welcome the arrival of reinforcements. It turned out that the main force of the 50,000-strong Second Army led by Li Xu entered the city.
Already! Although these 50,000 troops are dusty, they are in full glory and powerful. Their arrival not only made the people of Yanjing feel relieved, but even Yang Peng and others could not help but breathe a sigh of relief. With these 50,000 troops
With the elite fighting force, it is somewhat certain to defend Yanjing. Although these 50,000 troops are still too thin compared to the 300,000 Khitan troops that have appeared near Yanjing, these 50,000 troops are not the previous city defense army.
Ah, they are not only Yanyun's main field force, but also the leaders in the field army. The soldiers of the Second Army have always been proud of themselves, and their combat power is one of the best even among Yanyun's army.
"Little brother meets big brother!" Li Xu paid homage to Yang Peng in the hall of the palace.
Yang Peng smiled and said: "You don't have to be polite!" Li Xu straightened up and walked to the left to stand next to Ye Qi Guanyin and Ma Jin.
Yang Peng looked at Li Xu and said with a smile: "Now that you are here, everyone will feel confident. Everyone was very worried before!" Everyone smiled. Yang Peng asked: "Where is Liu Zhiliang, his second
Where are the three legions?" Li Xu smiled, clasped his fists and said, "Brother Liu wants his younger brother to apologize to him on his behalf. He can't come to Yanjing for the time being." Yang Peng asked in confusion: "What's going on? Why did he
Can’t come to Yanjing?”
Li Xudao: "My younger brother discussed the current situation with Brother Liu, and Brother Liu has an idea," and then told Liu Zhiliang's decision. Everyone looked worried, and Ye Qi Guanyin said: "This move
Although clever, it is too dangerous! If the raid fails, with hundreds of thousands of Khitan army's war cavalry, Liu Zhiliang and the others may not be able to escape!" Yang Jiumei said: "What the Queen Concubine said is absolutely true!" Then she said to him
Yang Peng said: "King Yan, you should immediately send someone to intercept General Liu and order him to lead his army back to Yanjing City immediately!"
Yang Peng thought for a moment and said: "Now that the Khitan people have an absolute advantage, it is inevitable to underestimate the enemy. I know Yeqi Hucheng. He has a large army and will definitely be eager to capture Yanjing. He should not be too concerned about other things.
Pay attention, although Liu Zhiliang's strategy is risky, it is very likely to succeed!" He glanced at the generals and said: "There is no foolproof strategy in marching and fighting. Liu Zhiliang's strategy has about a 50% chance of success.
You can give it a try." Everyone saw Yang Peng's statement. Although some people still had some thoughts in their hearts, they stopped saying anything.
What happened after all? Let’s look at the breakdown next time.