Tubo. The Emperor of Tubo has been a little annoyed recently. The Songhe system and the Zanbutai system are accusing and criticizing each other. The ministers and nobles in the court are also divided into two factions. They blame each other and curse each other every day, making the court a mess.
Just like the vegetable market, the Tubo Emperor was very irritable, but didn't know how to solve this problem. Today, Songhe and Zanbutai started making noise in the lobby again. The content of the noise was still the same thing. Songhe accused the army of conquering
The huge losses in the Western Region and the failure to return were all due to the generals of Zanbutai's line disobeying orders. Zanbutai accused Songhe of being arbitrary and arbitrary, and his improper command and exclusion of dissidents were the root cause of the army's failure. The two quarreled red-faced, and soon
Later, noble ministers with good relations between the two parties also joined in the quarrel, and the court turned into a quarrelsome vegetable market.
The Tubo Emperor was also used to it and just pretended that he didn't hear or see and let them make noise.
At this moment, a guard rushed in and knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, there is an urgent military situation!" As soon as these words came out, the court hall suddenly became quiet. The Tubo Emperor said to the guard: "Xuan
!" The guard agreed and ran down. A moment later, he saw an officer walking in quickly. He knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, we have just received urgent military information from Yanyun. A sudden attack occurred in the north of the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun.
A major earthquake occurred, causing the mountains to collapse and turn into plains. The 600,000 Khitan army took this opportunity to suddenly attack and invaded the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun. Now, except for Yanjing, the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun is still struggling to resist.
In addition, the rest of the states and counties have basically fallen!"
The Emperor of Tubo and his ministers and nobles were all shocked after hearing the officer's report, and immediately showed expressions of infinite joy. Songhe said anxiously: "Your Majesty, Yanyun is in great trouble. We Tubo can take this opportunity to raise an army.
Capture the Hexi Corridor, and then seize the entire Hetao and Ningxia areas!"
All the nobles agreed one after another and seemed very enthusiastic, because if the army captured new land, they nobles would be the biggest beneficiaries. The emperor was also very tempted, but he had just suffered a big defeat, which made him a little undecided.
Zanbutai feels that in the past few years, his side has suffered successive defeats, and has suffered heavy losses in terms of troops, food and grass. Although it is a great opportunity now, it is actually difficult for our side to mobilize the army on a large scale. Judging from the current situation, at most we can only
Being able to mobilize an army of 150,000 people to go on an expedition, this number of soldiers and horses has no strength advantage against the 150,000 Yanyun Army guarding the Hexi Corridor. However, the Yanyun Army's combat power is the best in the world. It is obvious to all that our own army of 150,000 people
If he went out on an expedition, let alone seizing the city, only a few would be able to come back alive! However, although Zanbutai thought so, he did not say it out loud, because he knew that he would definitely offend those words once he said them.
In order to protect all the nobles and the emperor who are eager to get the land, he will naturally not do such a stupid thing. In fact, he hopes that Songhe will lead the army to attack the Hexi Corridor, because once the army is sent, nine out of ten will be defeated.
At that time, the emperor and all the nobles would not forgive him, and he would have to spend his life in prison even if he did not die!
When Zanbutai thought of this, a sinister smile appeared in his eyes.
The emperor said: "This is a great opportunity, I have decided to send troops!" All the ministers and nobles worshiped together: "Your Majesty is wise!" Then Songhe suggested: "Your Majesty, the reason why the previous attack on the Hexi Corridor failed was all because of Duo
Sang and others disobeyed orders, and they had to be used in the attack on the Hexi Corridor. Therefore, the general felt that in order to prevent similar incidents from happening again and to realize his majesty's grand plan, General Zanbu should be reactivated.
As the commander-in-chief, lead the army to attack the Hexi Corridor!"
Zanbu was shocked, but the emperor and a group of ministers and nobles felt that Songhe's words were very reasonable, and they also felt that it was really commendable that he could say such a thing. Everyone really thought that Songhe was
He only recommended Zan Butai for the sake of the overall situation. How can you imagine the sinister intentions behind him!
The emperor looked at Zanbu Tai and said: "General Songhe recommended General Zanbu. It can be seen that General Songhe has no personal grudge against General Zanbu. The rumors will be self-defeating! Zanbu Tai, what do you think?"
Zanbutai was helpless and could only say: "There is indeed no personal grudge between the general and General Songhe. They just have different political opinions!" The emperor nodded in approval. Zanbutai continued: "General Songhe recommended the general.
I am grateful to you for looking up to me! However, I am self-aware and know that it would be more appropriate for General Songhe to take on this post of commander! I would like to ask Your Majesty to appoint General Songhe as the commander-in-chief and have full authority to preside over the battle of the Hexi Corridor.
We will definitely be able to sing a triumphal song early!"
The emperor looked at Songhe, who quickly said: "General Zanbu is so humble! Most of the troops in the northeast are General Zanbu's old troops. The general's command is obviously inappropriate, so the general can only thank Zanbu."
I appreciate the kindness of General Bu, and please Your Majesty to appoint General Zan Bu as the commander-in-chief, which is more appropriate!"
The emperor saw that the two of them were evading each other, as if they were pushing a hot potato, and he couldn't help but feel a little weird. Seeing that Zanbutai was trying to evade again, he said angrily: "This post of commander-in-chief will be held by Zanbutai.
Mrs. Bu, please stop refusing, otherwise your excessive modesty will become an affectation!"
Seeing that the emperor had said this and could say nothing more, Zanbutai could only bow down and accept the promise, feeling miserable in his heart...
Later that day, Song He was drinking and enjoying himself, with two young and beautiful concubines sitting next to him. At this moment, the housekeeper suddenly ran in and bowed: "Master, the imperial envoy is here!" Song He
He Da was surprised and thought to himself: How come an imperial envoy suddenly came to the door?
With this thought in mind, he stood up, walked quickly out of the back hall, and came to the hall. He saw the imperial envoy standing in the middle of the hall holding the imperial edict high. He quickly stepped forward, knelt down, and said, "General Songhe respectfully welcomes the imperial edict."
!" The butler behind him naturally also knelt down and worshiped.
The imperial envoy opened the imperial edict and began to recite it. Like the edicts of other countries, the first paragraph was full of nonsense praising virtues. It took a while to get to the main topic, and he was only heard to read: "Because General Zanbu suddenly contracted a bad disease and fell into a coma.
If you don't wake up, I specially change General Song He to be the general marshal of the expedition." When Song He heard this, he was so surprised that he didn't hear the rest of the words.
The imperial minister finished reading the imperial edict, closed it, and said: "General, I accept the edict and thank you."
Songhe came back to his senses, kowtowed twice, stood up, accepted the imperial edict, and asked hurriedly: "Sir, how did General Zanbu suddenly contract a nasty disease? Not long ago, he went to the court, and he was obviously well at that time.
"Yes!" said the imperial envoy: "I don't know about this subordinate. I heard that the great witch doctor went to see it personally and found that General Zanbu was indeed infected with an inexplicable emergency and fell into a coma!"
Songhe was speechless. The imperial envoy bowed and said: "Since the general has accepted the order, I will go back to the palace to resume my orders!" Songhe sent the imperial envoy out of the gate, said goodbye, returned to the hall, and took the
He looked at the imperial edict, with a dumbfounded expression, and murmured: "Damn it, I wanted to plot against Zanbutai, but who knew that humans are not as good as God, but in the end, I was included in it! If I had known this,
, I won’t say that nonsense!” However, there was no use regretting it now, the deal was already done, so he could only bite the bullet and go ahead.
Songhe paced back and forth, thinking about what to do. He felt that attacking with 150,000 troops would definitely lead to death. However, it was no longer easy to say this to the emperor and the nobles. Everyone was now fully looking forward to expanding their territory. If
If you go and pour a basin of cold water on yourself, I'm afraid the result will be more miserable than defeat! What should I do? Songhe is very anxious.
Suddenly, Songhe had an idea, stopped and said excitedly: "My army is not good, so I can find helpers! Xiliao has already enmity with Yanyun, why not send envoys immediately to persuade Xiliao to send troops? Now Yan
Yun is in a critical situation, and there is no reason for Xiliao not to send troops! I will station troops in the snow mountain fortress and not attack at the moment. After the Xiliao army attacks, I will then attack with my troops. Then I will be sure of it!" At this point, Yan Nian couldn't help but laugh out loud.
When I smiled, the gloom that had been weighing on my heart disappeared in an instant...
His eyes turned back to Yanjing.
After discussing the failure of a large-scale storm attack, the Khitan army rested their grain fields and continued their fierce attack. The battle continued for several days and the battle was extremely fierce. Although the Khitan army soldiers fought bravely to take the lead, the Yanyun warriors even fought bloody battles. After several days, both sides suffered losses.
Although the Khitan army was still unable to break the city, the situation in Yanjing was already very critical. This was not only reflected in the casualties and losses of the Yanyun army, but also in the damage to the city wall. In the past few days, the Khitan army
While attacking fiercely, they used artillery catapults and gunpowder bags to destroy the city wall everywhere. Now Yanyun's city wall has collapsed in seven or eight places. Whenever the city wall collapses once, the two sides will engage in extremely brutal and bloody battles around the gaps. Seven or eight gaps, seven or eight gaps.
After eight fierce battles, the armies of both sides killed mountains of corpses and rivers of blood. Fortunately, every time the Yanyun army relied on more fierce fighting power and a spirit of fearlessness to escape the danger. Now these seven or eight gaps are covered with a mess of debris.
The objects were temporarily stuffed, but this stuffing could not withstand a volley from the opponent's artillery.
On this day, the Khitan army bombarded many gaps in the city wall with artillery one after another, causing many gaps to collapse again. Then the Khitan army's tens of thousands of troops were divided into several attack waves and attacked these gaps respectively. At the same time, there were tens of thousands of other troops.
Various siege equipment were used to continue the fierce attack on the city wall. Arrows covered the sky, and bloody battles continued on the city wall at the gaps. Blood rain flew in the air, corpses accumulated on the ground, and the red-eyed soldiers of both sides fought fiercely. Suddenly the Jin army rushed into the gap, and suddenly Yan
The Yun army counterattacked. No walls, bricks or soil could be seen on the slope anymore. Only layers of corpses and flowing blood could be seen. The soldiers of both sides stepped on the corpses and roared in bloody battle. In an instant, the soldiers of both sides who were fighting just now were fighting again.
They turned into corpses and lay on the ground.
The soldiers on both sides fought endlessly, fighting one after another. The rapid gaps were like several huge mouths of blood, constantly devouring the flesh and blood of the soldiers on both sides. The Khitan army's offensive can be said to be extremely fierce. I am afraid that no army in the world can withstand such an attack.
In the fierce attack, when the Japanese were not at a disadvantage in terms of military strength, they were attacked by the Khitan army so fiercely that they lost the border cities they had recently occupied one after another! However, here, in front of the Yanyun army, the Khitan army
It’s unbelievable that the attacks like turbulent waves and tsunami were all ineffective! Yeli Hucheng’s eyes widened. He knew that his soldiers had tried their best. He was extremely proud of the bravery and fearlessness of his men, but
But he was extremely shocked at the same time. He really couldn't believe that after so many days, Yan Yun's army still retained such strong fighting power and fighting will, and could actually block the powerful attacks of his own soldiers, which were as powerful as the power of God!
The fierce fighting lasted from morning to noon, and then from noon to evening. The fierce fighting continued, but the Yanyun army still firmly guarded the city wall and guarded the gap. The Khitan army's offensive had obviously declined and was not as good as before.
Seeing that their soldiers were exhausted and their fighting spirit had waned, Yeqi Hucheng knew that continuing to fight would be a waste of time, so he reluctantly issued an order to retreat.
The Khitan army receded like an ebbing tide, and the noisy battlefield suddenly became quiet. At this time, there were mountains of corpses inside and outside the city wall, and the remains of various siege equipment were scattered on the battlefield. The afterglow of the setting sun illuminated the sky and the earth.
A bloody red, broken battle flag rustled in the wind!
The militiamen were cleaning the battlefield everywhere, collecting the corpses of their own soldiers, and throwing the enemy's corpses outside the city wall. No one spoke, and everyone felt as if they were holding a heavy stone in their hearts. The soldiers of the Second Army and the city defense army quickly
After entering the state of rest, snoring began to sound all over the city in an instant. The exhausted and bloodied soldiers hugged each other and fell asleep holding their swords. The fireman carried the food and came among the soldiers, not wanting to wake them up.
They gently placed food next to everyone. Tens of thousands of women in the city spontaneously came to help everywhere, either to help treat the wounded or to help with laundry and cooking. Although it was getting late, they were all very busy.
Happy.
Yang Peng led everyone around the city before returning to the palace hall. Everyone sat down, and Yang Peng asked Ye Qi Guanyin: "What are the casualties of our army? How many troops are left now?"
Ye Qi Guanyin frowned and said: "Less than half of our army can still fight. Seven or eight gaps have been broken in the city wall. The Khitan army can attack from any gap. At the same time, they will attack the city wall. Our troops
It's obviously insufficient! During the day today, there was almost a big problem!" Ye Qi Guanyin was talking about a fierce battle this afternoon. When the Yan Yun army fought fiercely with the Khitan army in several gaps and city walls,
The Khitan army's artillery turned and suddenly bombarded a gap in the distance. After the blast, 10,000 Khitan troops rushed forward. At that time, the Yanyun army was short of strength and saw that the enemy was about to break through the city. At the critical moment,
Yang Peng's own commander secretly killed him, and Feifeng Female Guards and Xuanjia Army fought back desperately, finally driving the enemy out. At that time, Yeqihu City was not very clear about the situation in the city. If he knew the situation of Yanyun Army, he would use artillery
If a gap was opened, Yanjing City would probably be lost. Fortunately, the Khitan army was also exhausted, and Yeqihu City did not know the specific situation in the city, so it did not do that.
Yang Peng thought: "Now is the time to let the militia take the lead!" Everyone looked at each other, Yang Jiumei said: "After these days of fighting, the performance of the militia cannot be compared with the regular army! Trouble often occurs, if they are allowed to take the lead, I am afraid that the city will
It will be lost soon!" Everyone nodded.
Yang Peng said: "You may not have noticed that the performance of the militia is actually getting better and better. Although it is still not comparable to the regular army, at least it has seen the brutality of the battlefield and is no longer so afraid. I have no intention of letting the militia take charge alone.
My idea is that when the situation is not very critical, we will mainly use the militia and city defense forces to resist the enemy, and when the situation is critical, we will use the soldiers of the Second Army. In this way, we can use our hands more rationally
Of vitality!" Everyone felt that what Yang Peng said was reasonable and couldn't help but nodded.
Yang Peng stood up, and everyone stood up when they saw this. Yang Peng walked to the door of the hall, looking at the starry and moonlit night sky, with a thoughtful look on his face.
On the other side, the generals of Yeqianhu City gathered in front of the sand table and were re-planning the offensive strategy. He pointed at the Yanjing City on the sand table and said: "Although the fierce attack today failed to break through the city, the Yanyun Army must also be able to break the city."
We have reached the limit!" He glanced at the generals and said: "We will continue the fierce attack tomorrow, and the offensive will be strengthened on the basis of today!" Long Ba said categorically: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, we will definitely break through Yanjing City tomorrow!
The last general is willing to issue a military order. If you don't succeed, you will be benevolent!" Other generals also expressed their willingness to issue a military order, and they all looked eager to try and be full of confidence. Although these Khitan generals are brave, the reason why they dare to issue a military order is actually mainly because
Feeling that the Yanyun Army has reached the end of its strength, they judged based on experience that if they attack with all their strength tomorrow, the Yanyun Army in the city will most likely not be able to defend it, and they should be able to break the city in one fell swoop. This is the natural person who is the first to attack Yanjing.
Everyone wants it.
Ye Qian Hucheng smiled and waved his hand, saying: "Tomorrow, a frontal attack will not be a real killing move!..."
All the generals showed surprise and looked at each other.
Ye Qianhu City pointed to the line of the southern city wall and said: "We have been attacking this line and will continue to attack here tomorrow. After so many days of fierce fighting, no matter how cunning Yang Peng is, he will only focus on this. And I
But while continuing to attack the south city, they will send a team of elite troops to attack the north gate!..." The generals are all veterans on the battlefield. When they heard this, they all understood, and their eyes lit up and they became excited. Zheng Shilong praised:
"Even Sun Wu and Li Mu would never have thought of this move! Your Majesty's move will definitely exceed King Yan's expectations, and he will definitely succeed in one battle!" All the generals agreed.
Ye Qian Hucheng smiled proudly, turned to look at Long Ba, and ordered: "I will leave the important task of the surprise attack on the North Gate to you. You go down immediately and select a team of elite daredevils!" Long Ba bowed excitedly and agreed.
, the other generals looked at Long Ba with envy, because judging from the current situation, the attack on the north gate was definitely possible. Breaking the city first would be the first step, and everyone was naturally jealous.
Long Ba hurriedly went down. Yeqihucheng returned to the top and sat down, while the generals returned to stand on both sides. Yeqihucheng lowered his head and thought about it. He was thinking about his actions after conquering Yanjing: 'After conquering Yanjing,
The first thing is to capture Yang Peng, King of Yan. If he can be captured, Yan Yun will become leaderless. Our army will take this opportunity to divide into three groups, attack Shanxi all the way to the west, and attack directly to the southwest.
Bianliang, the last way is south to Hebei. Shandong should be given to the Japanese. As long as the Song Dynasty in the south is not too bad, it will naturally raise troops, so the two Huaihe Rivers will be given to them. Tubo will definitely not sit back and watch, and will definitely send troops.
Just give them the Hexi Corridor.' In an instant, Yeqi Hucheng had already thought up a plan to carve up Yanyun.
At this moment, a soldier rushed in and reported: "Your Majesty, the Japanese envoy is here." Ye Qian Hucheng's eyes lit up and he said to the generals: "We have an appointment with the Japanese to send troops. I think the Japanese army will be huge."
We have crossed the sea!" All the generals also thought so. Zheng Shilong laughed and said: "Now Yan Yun is like a fat pig, and everyone wants to share a piece of fat!" Everyone laughed and laughed.
Laughing. Ye Qihu said to the soldiers in the city: "Please come in, the Japanese envoy." The soldiers responded and ran down. After a while, they led a middle-aged man dressed as a Han Chinese to come in and greeted Ye Qihu.
The city bowed and retreated.
The middle-aged man made a chest salute to Yeqianhu City and said: "I am a personal soldier of Shimazu Shigehao, the commander-in-chief of the Japanese navy, and I have been ordered to see the protector of the Liao Kingdom!"
Ye Qianhu said: "That's easy to say. Has your army launched an attack?"
The middle-aged man said: "I have been ordered to inform you that our Japanese fleet has defeated the main force of the Yanyun navy on Changdao, and now our Japanese fleet is in the process of chasing the remaining enemies! In addition, our 100,000-strong Japanese army,
We have landed on the coast of Chuzhou and are now marching towards Chuzhou! Our army is making good progress, and I came here to inform you. At the same time, we must also reach a preliminary agreement on the division of the land!" As soon as everyone hears about Chuzhou, they will definitely
Thinking of a place in Hunan, Chuzhou actually has nothing to do with Hunan. It is Huai'an City in the north of Jiangsu Province. It was called Huai'an in the Song Dynasty and Shanyang in the Tang Dynasty.
Yeqi Hucheng glanced at the middle-aged man and asked: "How do you want to divide it?" The middle-aged man bowed slightly towards Yeqi Hucheng and said: "The entire Central Plains, as well as the sixteen prefectures of Hebei and Yanyun.
, we absolutely dare not get involved. We just want you to agree to recognize that Shandong and the Huaihe River are owned by our Empire of Japan!"
Ye Qian Hucheng sneered in his heart: "What a big appetite for the Japanese Japanese! But you are still self-aware and don't dare to compete with me, the Liao Empire. The two Huaihe Rivers were originally planned to be handed over to the Song Dynasty. Since you also
If you want it, then let you fight with the Song people. This will also be beneficial to us, the Liao Kingdom!" After thinking this, he smiled and said: "We, the Liao Empire, naturally have no objection, but we are afraid that the Song people also want to take it.
Two Huaihe Rivers!" The middle-aged man showed pride and said: "The cowardly Song people are not qualified to compete with our Japanese army for the two Huaihe Rivers!"
What happened after all? Let’s look at the breakdown next time.