Ye Qian Hucheng snorted, glanced at the generals, and said: "We are not defeated yet, we can still turn defeat into victory, and victory will belong to us in the end!" The generals were not as confident as him, and were only worried about another big battle.
Defeat, I am afraid that this life will be lost, but the king is so angry now, I am afraid that he will not listen to anything!
The scout rushed in anxiously and reported urgently: "The king is in trouble, Yanyun's army, Yanyun's army is coming to kill Shunzhou!"
Yeqihu City and others were startled, and the originally silent tent became noisy again. Everyone looked panicked, at a loss what to do, and terrified. This look was like a pheasant hearing the name of a tiger or a wolf.
Ye Qianhu City calmed down and asked the scout: "Who is leading the army? How many soldiers and horses are coming?" The scout said: "Yes, it is King Yan himself who leads the army. The army is huge, probably nearly 200,000.
Centaur!"
Han Chang exclaimed in alarm: "King Yan is planning to defeat us completely in one fell swoop!" All the generals agreed, looking very panicked.
Ye Qi Hucheng shouted: "Why are you panicking?" The generals' hearts trembled, and the scene became quiet. Ye Qi Hucheng stood up, walked to the middle of the tent, glanced at the generals, and said loudly: "We are the big army."
What do the warriors of the Liao Kingdom look like in such a panic!" The generals couldn't help but feel ashamed, but the fear still lingered in their hearts and could not go away.
Ye Qianhu said: "Although Yang Peng has taken advantage of him, the situation is still very unfavorable to them! The Japanese are attacking Yanyun on both sides of Hebei and Huaibei, while Xiliao and Tubo are attacking the Hexi Corridor. As long as we can
Hold on, Yanyun will definitely undergo a big change. At that time, our opportunity will come!" The generals felt that what Ye Qi Hucheng said was true, and they couldn't help but nodded. Zheng Shilong asked: "Your Majesty, but now we should
How to deal with the Yanyun Army? Our army has suffered a new defeat and suffered heavy losses. What's more serious is that the morale of the army has been greatly reduced, and a large amount of food and grass has been destroyed. I'm afraid, I'm afraid..." Zheng Shilong did not continue, but everyone understood what he wanted to say.
What to say, I couldn't help but feel worried.
Yeqian Hucheng frowned and thought for a moment, and said: "For the current plan, we can only avoid the edge temporarily!" He glanced at the generals and ordered: "Send the order, the cavalry is cut off, the army retreats to Tanzhou, and at the same time sends people
Ask the empress for help!" After hearing this, all the generals couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. They were originally worried that the king would be carried away by anger and would fight against Yan Yun's army. If that were the case, it would be unwise. Fortunately, the king was angry.
I'm angry, but my mind is still clear...
In the afterglow of the setting sun, the commanding horse galloped into the central capital of Liao Kingdom. Pedestrians on the street saw the fast horse galloping with the command flag on its back, and hurriedly gave way. After the fast horse galloped past, many people started talking.
When the Queen Mother of the Liao Kingdom heard that the troops in front had reported, she hurried to the study and saw a dusty herald waiting in the study. Seeing the Queen Mother come in, the herald quickly knelt down and said: "I pay my respects to the Queen Mother.
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The king walked behind the desk and sat down, and asked: "Did Yeqihu City send you here?" The herald replied: "Yes, I am the herald under Yeqihu City, and I have been specially ordered to present it to the empress.
Letter!" After saying that, he took off a cloth bag from his back, untied the cloth bag, took out a red lacquered wooden box, and held it up with both hands.
When the eunuch standing by saw this, he quickly stepped forward, took the wooden box, and handed it to the king. The king took the wooden box and checked that the sealing mud was intact, then he put the wooden box down and picked up a shining treasure from the desk.
He pulled out his dagger and opened the seal. Then he put down the dagger, opened the wooden box, and took out a letter. Seeing that there was nothing written on the envelope, he opened the envelope, took out the letter paper, unfolded it, and started reading.
Originally, Wang Jun's face was full of hope and expectation, but this expression soon disappeared without a trace, replaced by incomparable horror, as if he had seen a ghost, his face was pale, his eyes
His eyes widened, and the hands holding the letter trembled slightly. Wang Jun calmed down, quickly looked at the herald, and asked angrily: "You have suffered a big defeat?!"
The herald showed fear and said: "Yes, yes." Then he briefly told the story of several battles.
The king was shocked and angry at the same time, but he wanted to rebuke Yeqi Hucheng, but he could not find a reason to rebuke him, because according to the description of the herald, Yeqi Hucheng's performance in these large accounts could be said to be...
He was very good. If he had had any other opponent, he would have been defeated and died! But that King Yan, not only was he not defeated, but he always expected the enemy to take advantage of the enemy's plan and use Ye Qi's strength to attack him.
Hucheng's own strategy defeated Yeqi Hucheng several times in succession, which can be said to be miraculous! It finally resulted in the current situation of easy attack and defense! Yeqi Hucheng did not do anything wrong, it was just his
The opponent is really too powerful, too powerful!
Wang Jun was silent for a long time, and couldn't help but murmured: "Is King Yang Peng of Yan really invincible? The 600,000-strong army was actually unable to defeat their 200,000-strong army, and instead ended up like this!
He is really a peerless hero who has been rare to see for hundreds of years!" Thinking of the current unfavorable battle situation, she couldn't help but feel a sense of fear in her heart, but then she calmed down again because she thought of the overall situation of Yan Yun. The Khitan Army
Although defeated, the Khitan army is still strong in strength. Although the Yanyun army has high morale, it is absolutely impossible to achieve a decisive victory in a short period of time. The Japanese, Xiliao, and Tubo are all attacking Yanyun.
The situation of the Yanyun Army on other fronts is definitely not good. At the same time, Han Derang's people are operating inside Yanyun, and it is said that they have achieved some results; there are also the Song people in the south. According to the news from Wang Qinruo, the Song Dynasty is moving
Gather the army and launch a large-scale offensive against Jiangbei in as soon as ten days!
Yanyun's main elite force is now on our side. As long as we contain Yanyun's main force, others can definitely threaten Yanyun's hinterland! In that case, the Yanyun army here will have to transfer support. We
The army can take the opportunity to counterattack! As soon as he thought of this, the king had an idea in his mind. He immediately ordered someone to summon Zhang Chang. He did not tell the content of the letter from Ye Qi Hucheng, but just asked him to quickly gather grain and grass and transport it to Tanzhou. Wait for Zhang Chang
After Chang left, the king sent an order to the general Xiao Tieheqian who was stationing troops on the Tokyo Road to lead his 150,000 troops to help Yeqihu City. At the same time, he sent an order to the Mongolian general Lakshen to lead the 100,000 Mongolian soldiers who were being reorganized to go south to Tanzhou, and then ordered the army to station troops.
The 150,000 soldiers and horses on the Shangjing Road returned to the capital. Up to this moment, except for a few trusted ministers of the king, no one in the court knew the situation of the battle in the south. They all thought that their own army was advancing in great strides and was in the midst of victory.
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Ye Qianhucheng led the army to retreat to Tanzhou. Soon after, he received a reply from the king. He learned that 250,000 troops from all walks of life were coming to support and that food and grass were already on the way. He couldn't help but feel reassured. He felt that again
Having the capital to turn over the money, he immediately ordered all the armies to step up repairs on the Tanzhou city wall, and assumed a posture of defending Tanzhou to the death.
Yeqi Hucheng and the generals planned a counterattack strategy: "I have sent people to give orders to Tiehegan and Lakshen, asking them not to come directly to Tanzhou, but to let Tiehegan lead his 150,000 troops to Tanzhou.
Yinye Mountain in the southeast of the state ordered Lakshen to go to Luoshan in the west of Tanzhou. Our army deliberately showed weakness and allowed Yanyun's army to attack, and then the armies of Heqian and Lakshen surrounded them on the left and right, encircling and annihilating Yanyun's army in one fell swoop!
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The generals felt that Yeqihu City's strategy was foolproof and couldn't help but nodded. Barron said excitedly: "No matter how cunning King Yang Peng is, he never expected that we would have 250,000 reinforcements arriving on the battlefield so soon.
Already!" Everyone nodded with deep understanding, and Han Chang said: "Your Majesty, you will win this battle if you have your heart calculated but not your heart!" All the generals agreed. Ye Qi Hucheng said fiercely: "This time I want Yang Peng to do the same.
The feeling of a disastrous defeat, and a feeling of irreversible defeat!"
Suddenly there was the sound of rapid footsteps outside, and everyone couldn't help but follow the sound, only to see a scout rushing in, kneeling and reporting: "Your Majesty, the Yanyun army has left Shunzhou and is coming towards us.
Got it!"
Ye Qi Hucheng laughed loudly, glanced at the generals, and said: "The prey is about to fall into the trap!" Han Chang immediately said: "The king has no plan left, so how can Yang Peng, the king of Yan, be the king's opponent?" Zheng Shilong
Then he said: "If your Majesty makes a little plan, then Yang Peng will be doomed!"
Yeqian Hucheng smiled and said to the generals: "All armies will act according to my orders. No one is allowed to attack without authorization. Anyone who violates will be killed without mercy!" The generals agreed in unison and exited the hall one by one.
In the next day, Yeqi Hucheng learned from the scouts that the Yanyun army led by Yang Peng was approaching, and he felt impatient. At the same time, he received a message from Xiao Tiehegan and Lakshen.
He received the news and learned that they had entered Luoshan and Yinye Mountain respectively according to his order. A big net had been opened, and now it was just waiting for Yang Peng to lead the Yanyun Army into the net.
This morning, Ye Qianhu City stood on the south gate tower and looked at the thousands of miles of mountains and rivers in the south. He was looking forward to the appearance of Yan Yun's army. He couldn't help but feel that soon, these beautiful mountains and rivers would turn into rivers of blood and corpses.
In the Asura Hell, he seemed to see mountains of corpses and mountains and rivers of blood, and he couldn't help but be extremely excited!
After a while, a black shadow appeared on the horizon. The black shadow quickly approached, and it was soon clear that it was a knight, riding a horse from a distance. Yeqianhu City saw that the person coming was not a scout.
It was the messenger who had been sent to the Japanese side before, and his heart moved involuntarily.
The herald rushed into the city gate, and then came to Yeqihu City, knelt down and said: "I pay homage to the king!" Yeqihu City asked: "Are you coming from the Japanese side?" The order was sent.
The official said: "Yes! I have urgent military information to report to the king!"
Ye Qian Hucheng asked anxiously: "Have the Japanese defeated the Yanyun army?" The herald shook his head solemnly and said: "The 200,000 Japanese army that landed in Hebei encountered the 200,000 Yanyun army led by Xiang Danian.
The Yun army counterattacked, defeated three times in three battles, suffered heavy losses, and retreated to the hill east of Yanshan County." The so-called "hill" is actually the name of a mountain, located fifty or sixty miles east of Yanshan, and the hill is only 10 meters away from the sea.
It is more than forty miles away, and there is a Xuanhui River next to it, which can lead directly to the sea.
Ye Qian Hucheng frowned, and the generals discussed in low voices. No one was surprised by this result, because their nearly 600,000 troops were defeated by Yan Yun's 200,000 troops. If the Japanese's 200,000 troops could
To be able to withstand 200,000 Yan Yun troops is really unreasonable!
Ye Qianhu City asked the messenger: "Are the Japanese retreating to the hill and preparing to retreat by boat?"
The herald said: "The Japanese had planned that before, but now I'm afraid they can't do it!..." Everyone was puzzled, and Ye Qi Hucheng asked: "What does this mean?" The herald said: "Because the Japanese have water.
The Japanese army was ambushed by the Yanyun navy and suffered heavy losses. They have already fled eastward!" Everyone was shocked. Barron shouted in disbelief: "How is this possible? Not long ago, the Japanese navy defeated Yanyunshui.
The army has occupied Changdao and is chasing the remaining enemies? Why did it suddenly encounter an ambush by the Yanyun Navy and was severely damaged and fled?"
Yeqian Hucheng frowned and said: "I'm afraid that the so-called defeat of the Yanyun Navy before was just a trap by the Yanyun people! They deliberately faked defeat, lured the enemy into an ambush, and then launched a sudden attack!"
The herald said: "Your Majesty is right, that's what happened!" Yeqi Hucheng looked at the herald and frowned: "But how was this ambush circle set up? According to the reports received before, Yan Yunshui
The main force of the army is all in the waters of Changdao, and the Japanese have been chasing them all the way. It is impossible to have time to set a trap that can defeat the huge Japanese navy!"
The herald said: "It is said that the ambushers are Yan Yun's cruise fleet!" The so-called 'cruise fleet', as the name suggests, is a fleet composed of Yan Yun's new type of cruisers. There are a total of sixty Yan Yun cruise fleets, and they are very powerful.
Ye Qian Hucheng and others were shocked when they heard the herald's words. Han Chang said: "This is impossible! Hasn't Yanyun's cruise fleet been blocking our coast all the time? If they leave, we can't help but
I know!" The generals nodded and agreed.
Ye Qian Hucheng looked at the herald and asked, "Are you sure it's Yanyun's cruiser fleet?" The herald thought for a moment and said, "According to the defeated Japanese sailors, their fleet pursued the Yanyun fleet and entered an island.
Behind the waters surrounded by reefs, countless large gunboats with pointed heads and high sails suddenly appeared from all directions. They were caught off guard and were bombarded indiscriminately by these gunboats. In an instant, they suffered heavy losses and became chaos! The slave thought, this 'pointed high sail'
The large gunboat can only be Yanyun's cruiser, so we judge that it was Yanyun's cruiser fleet that ambushed the Japanese navy!"
Ye Qianhu said: "You are right. If you say so, Yanyun's cruise fleet has already left our coast." He paused, frowned, and said with great confusion: "But why are the coastal security forces and
Why didn't the local officials report this important situation?" Thinking of the neglect of duties by the generals and officials, he couldn't help but feel angry and said: "This matter must not be left alone, I will make those who neglect their duties pay the price!"
Ye Qian Hucheng looked at the messenger and asked: "The Yanyun navy defeated the Japanese navy, and then where did it go?"
The herald shook his head and said, "I don't know about that!" Yeli Hucheng paced back and forth, thinking about the possible impact of the Japanese defeat on his own side: "Now that the Japanese navy has been defeated and fled, Yan Yunshui
The army can launch a fierce attack on our country's coast at will. However, although this will cause considerable losses to us, it will not cause any major harm. What would I do if I were on Yanyun's side?' Thinking of this, I can't help but
His heart moved, and he frowned and said: "Those Japanese are probably going to be doomed!" He shook his head, put the matter aside for the time being, and said to the herald: "Go back immediately and report any situation in time!" The herald promised,
He ran down, and after a while, he saw him riding a horse and running out of the city gate again, quickly going away.
Ye Qianhucheng said to a herald beside him: "Hurry back to Zhongjing immediately and report the defeat of the Japanese to the empress!" The herald agreed and ran down.
Han Chang said worriedly: "If the 200,000 Yanyun troops in the south wipe out the Japanese and then go north, our situation will not be good!" All the generals also became worried. Yeqihu City looked at the wasteland and mountains outside the city.
He raised his eyebrows and said with a frown: "I hope Yang Peng will attack the city as soon as possible! As long as this Yanyun main force is eliminated, there is no need to worry even if the Yanyun army from the south goes north for reinforcements!" The generals agreed deeply, and they couldn't help but yearn for it in their hearts.
Yang Peng led the army and marched directly towards Tanzhou. At this time, Yang Peng did not know the news that the Khitan army's 250,000 reinforcements had arrived, and thought that the Khitan army in front of him was the one who had just suffered a big defeat and escaped.
Of the 300,000 Khitan troops, although our own side only has 200,000, its morale is strong, and it is very possible to defeat the opponent's 300,000 troops!
In the evening of that day, the army arrived at Niulan Mountain, which was still fifty miles away from Tanzhou. The army set up camp here, preparing to rest for the night and then march to the city of Tanzhou in one go tomorrow.
It was late at night, and Yang Peng still hadn't rested. He was still standing in front of the map and thinking. Suddenly there was the sound of rapid footsteps behind him, and a young man's voice came: "Report to the King of Yan, the entire army of the Tiger City of Yeqi is huddled in Tan.
In the city, it seems that they have made up their mind to stick to Tanzhou City!"
Yang Peng's eyes fell on Tanzhou and murmured: "Yeqihu City, do you think that with the 300,000 remaining soldiers in hand, the defeated generals can compete with my 200,000 tiger and wolf troops with high morale?" Silence
After a moment, he turned around and saw the scout kneeling on one knee not far away, so he asked: "Have you noticed anything around Tanzhou?" The scout said: "Report to King Yan, within twenty miles around Tanzhou, except for
Except for the Khitan scouts, no unusual signs were found."
Yang Peng turned around and looked at the map again, thought for a moment, and murmured: "It seems that I have worried too much! In this situation, what other tricks can Yelihu City use? Now it is time to regain Tanzhou in one fell swoop and hit the Khitan hard.
This is a great opportunity for the army, so don’t miss it out of doubt!” Thinking of this, he threw away all the worries in his mind.
He turned around and said to the scout: "Continue the investigation." The scout agreed and exited the tent.
Yang Peng returned to the desk and sat down, then picked up the letters he had received not long ago and read them. These were letters sent from Tianjing New City. Yang Peng looked at them and couldn't help but express his sweetness.
He smiled. Although he was on a battlefield with a harsh environment at this moment, his heart had already flown to Tianjing New City thousands of miles away.
Yang Peng read several letters from cover to cover several times and smelled them again, with an intoxicated look on his face. He put the letters away, got up and walked out of the tent. The night wind blew in his face, and his whole body felt relaxed.
, couldn't help but take a deep breath and move his muscles.
At this time, there was the sound of horse hoofbeats, and a herald was seen running to the camp gate, reining in his horse and stopping. He then showed his token. Seeing this, the guard guarding the camp gate opened the gate immediately. The herald immediately galloped into the camp gate and went straight to the camp gate.
When he ran to Chen Xiao, he reined in his horse, turned over, knelt down and said, "This is to inform King Yan, Commander Wang Hai has sent someone to send an urgent military report!"
However, when he heard the herald's words, he couldn't help but his expression changed. The herald untied the bamboo tube on his back and raised his hands high.
Wang Kai stepped forward to take the bamboo tube and handed it to Yang Peng. Yang Peng took the bamboo tube, opened the seal, twisted open the lid, and poured out a letter. He handed the bamboo tube back to Wang Kai, opened the envelope, took out the letter paper, and
He unfolded it and started reading. A look of great joy suddenly appeared on his face, and he couldn't help but murmured: "Okay! Wang Hai, Wang Rong did such a beautiful job!"
Early the next morning, Yang Peng announced the news of the great victory of the navy to the entire army. The morale of the entire army was greatly boosted and they were excited. I don't know who took the lead in shouting: "Long live the King of Yan!" The entire army followed and shouted:
"Long live King Yan! Long live King Yan!..." The sound shook the sky and echoed between heaven and earth.
Immediately, the army set off and headed towards Yanjing. The soldiers were all holding back their energy and were determined to defeat the Khitan army and take back Tanzhou in one fell swoop!
At the same time, Khitan army scouts informed Yeqihu City of the movements of Yanyun's army. Yeqihu City was so excited that they immediately sent out heralds to send orders to the armies ambush in Luoshan and Yinye Mountains, asking them to wait until they received the news.
The order was given to immediately go south and copy the Yanyun army's retreat. At the same time, all the troops guarding Tanzhou were ordered to prepare for battle.
Laheqian and Lakshen, who were ambushing in Luoshan and Yinye Mountains, received the order from Yeli Hucheng and immediately mobilized all their troops to go south. At this time, Yanyun was still completely in the dark and had no idea that there were two Khitan armies.
They were outflanking them from the left and the right. At this time, the Khitan people had already set up a huge crab formation, and were preparing to clamp down on Yan Yun's army in one fell swoop and then destroy it.
Yanyun's army was marching. Suddenly, many ordinary people ran out of the bushes on the hillside in front, running and shouting, looking as if they were endlessly surprised. Upon seeing this, Yang Peng immediately ordered the army to stop. The forward troops stopped the ordinary people.
I saw an old man saying urgently: "We are the people of Yanyun! Please, save us!"
Meng Hu, the general of the forward troops and the commander of the left army directly under the army, rushed to Yang Peng, clasped his fists and said: "Brother, they are a group of common people, I hope we will take them with us!" Yang Peng glanced at the common people and said: "They should be from Tanzhou
"The common people," he then rode towards those common people, followed closely by the crowd.
What happened after all? Let’s look at the breakdown next time.