The common people, who were noisy at first, couldn't help but shut their mouths when they saw a group of general-looking people coming. The scene suddenly became quiet, and they all looked at those general-looking people eagerly.
Yang Peng and others came to the people. Yang Peng glanced around and found that there were hundreds of people, including men, women, old and young. Many people had frightened faces, as if they had been frightened not long ago. Yang Peng
Yang Jing, who was standing next to him, asked the people nonchalantly: "Where are you from? Are you really the people of Yanyun?"
All the people nodded and said yes, and one of the old men said: "General, we originally lived in Tanzhou, but the Khitan people came, so we fled into Yinye Mountain. We were going to hide in the mountains until our King Yanyun recaptured Tanzhou.
After returning to Tanzhou, he returned home. Alas!..." The old man suddenly sighed, with a look of sorrow on his wrinkled face. Yang Jing said angrily: "What are you sighing for? Don't you believe that we can take back Tanzhou?"
When the old man heard this, he was startled and waved his hands quickly: "No, no, no, I definitely don't mean this!"
Yang Jing's eyes widened, "Then what are you sighing for?" The old man sighed again, and suddenly realized that the dark-skinned, majestic and fierce general opposite him didn't like his sighing. He was shocked and quickly explained: "The little old man is doing it for you.
Myself, sigh for the neighbors and fellow villagers! We people may have committed a crime of Tai Sui. We were first driven out of our homes by the Khitan people and hid in the mountains. However, not long after we hid, the Khitan army actually found us! Everyone died and escaped.
If we can't escape, we are lucky!" Yang Peng's heart moved.
The old man bowed to Yang Jing and said, "General, please take us with you!" With his request, all the people began to beg, and the scene became noisy again! Seeing that Yang Jing did not speak, the people knelt down one after another.
He stopped and continued to beg.
Yang Jing curled his lips and said: "I can only kill people, but I can't save people!" As soon as these words came out, all the people immediately closed their mouths, their faces were pale, and their eyes showed fear. Yang Peng said loudly: "
Don't be afraid, everyone, my brother always likes to talk nonsense, everyone, get up!" The people looked at each other, the old man glanced at Yang Jing, and said tremblingly: "This general is really, really a fool of the little old man.
I'm scared!" Yang Jing opened his mouth, he was smiling, but in the eyes of the people, he was horrified, and they all looked away, not daring to look at him again.
When Yang Peng saw that all the people were still kneeling, he got off his horse, walked to the people, stretched out his hands to help the old man, and said to the people: "Fathers, please get up." When the people saw Yang Peng's kind attitude, they couldn't help but feel relieved.
They all stood up one after another.
The old man begged Yang Peng; "General, please don't leave us! Otherwise, we will be dead!" Other people also begged, and it took a long time before they became quiet again.
Yang Peng glanced at everyone and said to the old man: "Don't worry, old man. It is the bounden duty of the Yanyun army to protect the people of Yanyun. We will never abandon you!" After hearing this, the people couldn't help but be overjoyed.
People even cried with joy.
Yang Peng pointed to the south and said: "Not long ago, the Khitan army was defeated by us. Now the south is safe. You can go to Yanjing first. The local government will take good care of you. When we regain Tanzhou, you can
Return home." The people didn't know that the Khitan army had been defeated. After hearing Yang Peng's words, they were all pleasantly surprised. The old man asked excitedly: "General, is what you said true?" Yang Peng smiled.
He nodded and said: "Of course it's true!" The old man couldn't help but said: "That's great! That's great! Humph, I said those damn Khitan people couldn't grow tails like rabbits, and I was right.
Got it!"
Yang Peng asked: "Old man, did you just say that you were originally hiding in Yinye Mountain in the southeast of Tanzhou?" The old man nodded and said, "Yes, there are thousands of us hiding in Yinye Mountain," and then
With a look of grief and anger, he continued: "I don't know if we are guilty of Tai Sui. We are hiding in Yinye Mountain, and the Khitans can find us! Hey, the Khitans kill everyone they see, and we are the only ones who are more likely to die."
Escaped!" Other people also looked frightened, and some even began to cry.
Yang Jing said angrily: "Since the Khitans are coming to kill you, you should fight with the Khitans!" The people looked at each other, and the old man said bitterly: "General, we are just ordinary people, how can we be the opponents of the Khitans!...
..." Yang Jing wanted to say more, but was stopped by Yang Peng's eyes, feeling depressed.
Yang Peng asked the old man again: "When did the Khitan army appear in Yinye Mountain, and how many people were there?" The old man thought for a while, and said, "It was a day ago. How many people, it seems, they were all over the mountains and plains anyway!
"A young man behind the old man raised his voice: "There may be more than 100,000 people!" Many people agreed. Yang Jing said carelessly: "It's really strange. There are more than 300,000 people in Yeqihu City, and there are more than 100 people.
Why do thousands of people go to Yinye Mountain?"
Yang Peng thought for a moment and said to Jiao Ting: "Jiao Ting, take these folks down and send a team of soldiers to escort them to Yanjing." Jiao Ting clasped his fists and agreed. All the people thanked Yang Peng one after another, and then followed Jiao Ting down.
The people were grateful to Yang Peng, and the old man couldn't help but ask: "May I ask the general, who was that general just now?" Jiao Ting said: "Don't you know him? He is the Lord of Yanyun, King Yan!
"The people were stunned for a moment, and everyone was so excited that they couldn't express their feelings in words. Someone said with a trembling and infinitely excited voice: "I, I actually saw King Yan!"
The old man was a little worried and said: "General, King Yan personally leads the army to fight the enemy. This, this is too dangerous! If King Yan has any shortcomings, we little people will not live!" Other people were also very worried.
appearance.
Jiao Ting laughed loudly and said: "Don't worry, old man, no one in the world is the opponent of King Yan, and there is no enemy that King Yan cannot defeat! King Yan is the God of War from the sky and is invincible in the world! Not long ago, the protector of Liao Kingdom
King Ye Qian Hucheng led an army of 600,000 to attack Yanjing. King Yan led us in three battles and three victories, killing the Khitan people with corpses all over the fields and fleeing in embarrassment. Now only 300,000 horses are left and have fled to Tanzhou!"
When the people heard that King Yan led his army to defeat the 600,000-strong Liao army in three battles and three victories, they were really surprised, admired and admired. Everyone showed extremely excited expressions. Jiao Ting smiled and said: "So, the Khitan in front of me
The army is just a defeated general under King Yan, and is not worth mentioning at all!" The people felt that Jiao Ting was right, and nodded one after another.
Yang Jing came to Yang Peng and said, "Brother, what are you doing standing here? Let's continue marching." Yang Peng looked up to the northeast, pointed over there and asked, "Is Yinye Mountain in that direction?"
Yang Jing looked in the direction of Yang Peng's finger and said, "I don't know what the Silver Mining and Smelting Mountain is like. Brother, if you ask me, you are asking the wrong person!"
Yang Peng smiled, patted Yang Jing's shoulder, walked up the hillside beside the official road and looked northeast. Everyone followed him, wondering what he was thinking.
Yang Peng said: "Yeqian Hucheng sent hundreds of thousands of troops to Yinye Mountain. This is so unreasonable!" Yang Jing grinned and said: "I think he was fooled by us, so he did things erratically!" Everyone laughed.
.Yang Peng said with a smile: "Yeqi Hucheng has a strong will and is not easily fooled!" After a pause, he thought: "Yeqi Hucheng must be targeting us if it takes such action at this time!
"He turned to Wang Kai and said: "Bring the map." Wang Kai immediately called to the guards to bring the map and unfolded it in front of Yang Peng. The generals came to both sides of Yang Peng and looked at the map with Yang Peng.
Yang Peng pointed at Yinye Mountain and said: "Yinye Mountain is in the southeast of Tanzhou. If we deploy an army here, we can take advantage of our fierce attack on Tanzhou and cut off our retreat." The generals were shocked.
Yang Jing curled his lips and said angrily: "It's no use! His 300,000 troops are our defeated generals, can they surround us?" The generals were stunned, and they all felt that Yang Jing was right.
Reason. Meng Hu said: "Yang Jing is right." Pointing to the map, "This tactic of the Khitans is good, but based on the current situation, it is impossible for them to surround us! If they occupy
If you hold on to the city, you can still stand up to us. If you leave the city to fight in the field, wouldn't you risk your death?" All the generals agreed.
Yang Peng thought: "Yeqihu City is not an ordinary man. Yang Jing can even imagine such a situation. How could he not think of it? But why would he do this?"
Yang Peng looked at other places next to Tanzhou and saw Luoshan Mountain to the west of Tanzhou. His heart moved and he murmured: "If this is a trap to lure you into a trap," he pointed at Luoshan Mountain, "
Then we should ambush another army here at Luoshan!" Yang Jing said with a smile: "I think Yeqi Hucheng may be tired of living! Brother, don't hesitate, hurry up and march!"
Yang Peng thought for a moment and said: "If you look at the 300,000 defeated soldiers in the hands of Yeqi Hucheng, doing this is really asking for death! But if a large number of reinforcements come from the Liao Kingdom, the situation will be different!" Everyone heard this
Yan was startled, Meng Hu's eyes widened and he said, "Reinforcements? Is this possible?"
Yang Peng thought: "As long as the king does not hesitate and sends reinforcements as soon as he receives the letter asking for help from Yeli Hucheng, it is absolutely possible! If there are reinforcements, then everything makes sense! Our scouts did not find out
What are the actions of the Khitan army in Tanzhou? This means that the Khitan army going to Yinye Mountain is not from Tanzhou, but reinforcements from China. This is why we did not find any clues! The Yeli Tiger City was laid down in Tanzhou
There is a huge bag waiting for us to get into!" He turned to Wang Kai and said: "Send two teams of scouts to investigate in the direction of Yinye Mountain and Luoshan Mountain!" Wang Kai responded and ran down, and then the two teams of scouts rushed out.
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Yang Peng sent out scouts and ordered the army to camp on the spot and wait. At this time, Yang Peng was still unable to determine the current situation. Although it was very likely that Khitan army reinforcements would arrive, it was also possible that the enemy had created a suspicious formation and deliberately set up a
Such a posture is intended to scare him back. If it is really Yeqi Hucheng's old suspicion formation, then retreating rashly will be laughed at by others. The most regrettable thing is to lose the opportunity to defeat the Khitan army and regain Tanzhou in one fell swoop; on the contrary, if
The speculation is true. A large number of enemy reinforcements have indeed arrived. Then a hasty attack will inevitably put oneself in danger or even a desperate situation. This is even more undesirable. Therefore, based on the current situation, we have to pause the advance and wait for the further progress of the scouts.
Report.
Yang Peng was sitting under the big locust tree on the hillside, holding a piece of grass in his hand and looking into the distance, as if he was thinking about something. Yang Jing was pacing back and forth, looking anxious. He stopped and said,
Looking at Yang Peng, he couldn't help but ask: "Brother, are we just waiting here?" Yang Peng smiled slightly and said: "Don't be anxious, this is like hunting, you must be patient and find the traces of the prey first.
So we can take action." Yang Jing curled his lips and sat down on the grass.
Suddenly there was the sound of horse hoofbeats in the distance. Everyone immediately looked in the direction of the sound and saw a fast horse turning out from behind the woods in the distance and galloping towards him. Yang Jing suddenly stood up and widened his eyes.
After looking at it for a moment, he said loudly: "It's our scout!"
After a while, the scout passed through the central army, ran up the hillside, and ran straight to the front of Yang Peng, seven or eight steps before he suddenly reined in his horse. The scout turned over and dismounted, rushed to Yang Peng, knelt down and said: "Qi Yan.
King, nearly 200,000 Khitan troops were found in the east, advancing rapidly towards our army's flanks!"
Everyone was startled, and Yang Peng asked: "What flag was used?" "Reporting to King Yan, the other party used the flag of Xiao Lahegan!" Yang Peng frowned and murmured: "It is indeed him!" He looked towards
Scout, "Continue the investigation!" The scout promised, stepped back, mounted his horse, turned the horse's head, shouted, and galloped away.
As soon as he left, two other scouts followed him. The scout who arrived first reported: "Report to King Yan, traces of more than 100,000 Khitan troops have been found in the west, and they are advancing towards our army's flanks and rear!"
The scouts followed and reported: "Report to King Yan, there is still no movement in Tanzhou!"
The generals looked at Yang Peng with great admiration. Meng Hu said: "The King of Yan really got it right!" Yang Peng said: "After passing the order, the army immediately turned south and retreated, and the cavalry divided up to harass the enemy forces on the left and right!" All the generals shouted in unison.
As promised, the 200,000 Yanyun troops began to retreat. At the same time, the 20,000 Yanyun war cavalry divided into two groups and ran towards the east and west respectively.
Xiao Tieheqian led his 150,000 cavalry to rush southward. His mission was to work with Lakshen's troops to cut off the Yanyun Army's retreat. The army advanced for more than a day and came to a hilly area. Suddenly, there was a sound coming from the front.
There was a loud rumbling sound. Lao Hegan and others couldn't help but be startled. One of the generals asked with a confused look on his face: "What is this sound?" Lao Hegan's expression suddenly changed and he said anxiously: "No! It's the cavalry.
!The infantry immediately formed a formation and the cavalry attacked!"
The Khitan army panicked. At this moment, they saw a tide of cavalry rushing over the hills in front of them, shouting and roaring. It was like a surging tide, with murderous intent. Thousands of cavalry in the front hurriedly fought, but in the blink of an eye they were overthrown by the opponent.
They were rushed to pieces! Immediately, the tide of cavalry crashed into the front group of infantry. The iron hooves rushed like a tide, the blades were cold and snowy, and the Khitan army officers and soldiers fell one after another, a scene of blood and flesh flying everywhere!
The Khitan army's war cavalry rushed forward to fight. Gradually, the opponent's attack momentum was contained. After fighting for a while, the Khitan army's absolute numerical advantage came into play. Yanyun's war cavalry was gradually in a disadvantageous situation and was about to be defeated.
surrounded. At this moment, the leading Yanyun warrior suddenly whistled, and then the Yanyun warriors turned their horses and rushed out from the gap that the Khitan army had not been able to close. The Khitan army gave chase.
After a while, Yan Yun's cavalry ran further and further away, and it seemed that he could no longer catch up!
Xiao Tieheqian was worried that there was an ambush by Yanyun's army ahead, so he hurriedly ordered all the armies to stop pursuing. All the armies stopped, and the generals from all ministries rushed to Xiao Tieheqian one after another. One of the generals said in a surprised tone:
"How did Yan Yunjun know our whereabouts?"
Xiao Fuhe knitted his brows and murmured: "Something is wrong!" He raised his head and said to a general: "Immediately send all the scouts to explore the way ahead!" The general clasped his fists in agreement, turned his horse's head, and ran down.
Xiao Tieheqian said to a herald again: "Immediately report the situation here to the king!" The herald promised, turned his horse's head and ran away. Then Xiao Tieheqian said to the generals: "
Order all the troops to line up on the spot and be on guard!" All the generals agreed in unison and went down one after another. Soon after, hundreds of thousands of Khitan troops formed a huge formation centered on several small hills, ready to stand ready.
They looked like they were facing a formidable enemy! The Khitan army had suffered losses from ambushes and raids by the Yanyun army more than once, so everyone looked very nervous.
However, time passed by minute by minute, but nothing happened. The scouts who went to the front to explore the road continued to send news, and no enemies were found. However, the close awe of Chen Xiao and Yan Yunjun still could not
Don't worry, let the army array on the spot.
It was not until the next morning, under Wanyan Gao's strict order, that Lao Hegan led the army on the road again. At this moment, a military report suddenly came from the front, and one hundred thousand Mongolian cavalry led by Lakshen fell into Yanyun's army.
The situation was very critical during the siege. Laihe Gan was taken aback, and one of his generals said urgently: "General, let's rush to support!" But another general said: "No, no, no! Yan Yun's army is used to siege the city.
Call for reinforcements, who can guarantee that there will be no ambushes from Yan Yun on the way?" The generals looked at Xiao Tiehegan to see what he would decide. Xiao Tiehegan was hesitant, and for a moment he didn't know what to do. Friendly troops
They are surrounded and must be rescued. However, if they go there, they may be ambushed by Yan Yun's army, and the consequences will be disastrous!
Just when Xiao Fuheqian was hesitating, the Mongolian cavalry in the encirclement was like crazy beasts attacking the Yanyun Army's defense line. Wave after wave, one after another, like waves, kept hitting the Yanyun Army's defense line, as if
He didn't care about his own life at all! His madness and bravery were eye-catching, something Yan Yunjun had never seen before! Yang Peng immediately stood on the hill, seeing the brave performance of the Mongolian cavalry, he was shocked in his heart.
Could it be: 'No wonder the Mongolian cavalry in history was able to traverse the Eurasian continent and lay down a huge empire that was unprecedented and unprecedented! This is really not a fluke! With such brave and wild cavalry, ordinary cavalry in our army will probably not be able to defeat them.
It's not as good as it is!'
The Mongolian cavalry howled wildly and kept hitting the Yanyun Modao Army's defense line. Although their attacks were wild and fierce, they were still unable to break through the Modao Army's defense line. The Modao Army was as solid as a mountain and remained motionless.
The sword kept raising a bright light, and flesh and blood flew everywhere where the light passed. The brave Mongolian cavalry suffered heavy casualties! The Mongolian cavalry is definitely the most violent tide, but the Mo Dao Army is the strongest dam. No matter how you wave,
It was so huge that it was all smashed to pieces in front of them!
Lakshen saw that he could not break through the defense line of thousands of Yanyun troops in front of him after more than a dozen fierce attacks. He was shocked beyond words. He only felt that the Yanyun army, which he had only heard of for so long, was indeed well-deserved!
Lakshen ordered the army to stop attacking in that direction, and instead rushed towards the 20,000 Yanyun light cavalry arrayed on the hillside on the left. One hundred thousand Mongolian cavalry howled and charged towards the Yanyun cavalry on the hillside, with an incredible momentum.
It's the same as it was at the beginning, and it doesn't seem to have weakened at all.
Seeing this scene, Yan Yun's cavalry had no choice but to charge head-on, taking advantage of the terrain to rush down the hillside. It was so impressive! At the same time, Yang Peng ordered the surrounding armies to tighten the encirclement and prepare to encircle and annihilate the Mongolian cavalry.
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The Yanyun warriors fired their arrows first, and the Mongolian cavalry rolled under their horses one after another. Most of the arrows fired by the Yanyun warriors missed. Then the Mongolian cavalry climbed on their horses one after another, bent their bows and set arrows to fight back at the Yanyun warriors.
Riding, Yanyun's war cavalry did not have the acrobatic skills of the Mongolian cavalry. They were hit by arrows one after another. In an instant, people fell on their backs, and the horses neighed and people screamed!
In the blink of an eye, the cavalry from both sides collided heavily with each other, roaring loudly, mixed with screams, and the light of swords flying, mixed with scarlet blood. The Mongolian cavalry waved their scimitars and charged and killed like bloodthirsty beasts.
, Yan Yun War Cavalry fought desperately, but there was a feeling of being unable to resist, which they had never encountered before! The Mongolian cavalry broke through the obstruction of Yan Yun War Cavalry in one fell swoop, climbed over the hills, and headed north in the dust!
Yang Peng and other Yanyun soldiers caught up and saw that the Mongolian cavalry had run far away and could not catch up, so they stopped chasing. The soldiers looked very annoyed. Meng Hu rode up to Yang Peng, got off his horse and stood alone.
He knelt on his knees, lowered his head and said with great shame: "King Yan, the last general is incompetent and failed to stop the Khitan cavalry. Please handle it with the military law of King Yan!"
Yang Peng looked at the billowing smoke and dust in the distance, shook his head and said: "This is not your fault, get up!" Meng Hu said gratefully: "Thank you King Yan for your kindness!" Then he stood up and said with a serious face: "King Yan
, The general has never seen such a fierce cavalry! Our light cavalry is probably inferior to them!" Yang Jing said carelessly: "These guys are really fierce! Damn it, these guys are attacking me.
The Mo Dao Army actually makes me feel more powerful than the Khitan Iron Buddha. We almost couldn't stop it!" The other generals also showed solemn expressions. They are all veteran generals in hundreds of battles, but like
This was the first time we encountered such a powerful enemy as the Mongolian cavalry. I felt that the combat power of these Mongolian cavalry was far superior to that of the Khitans, and even stronger than our own light cavalry.
What happened after all? Let’s look at the breakdown next time.