After the Mid-Autumn Festival, the entire Hedong area was in full swing, and the four armies were like arrows on the strings, and the situation became increasingly dangerous and complicated.
An imperial guard from Tokyo crossed the Yellow River and went to Luzhou, Hedong. The specific force was unknown and the formation was very large.
It was learned from all sources that the coach appointed by Tokyo this time was not an old general, but the coach was a young man in his twenties, Dong Zunhui, deputy generals Zhou Tong, Deng Fei, and Li Jilong. Li Jilong was the son of Li Chuyun, the founding Duke of the Kingdom, and was only in his teens.
But this also proves from another perspective that the Tokyo court is very guarding against civil strife and dare not use a general with too high prestige!
Yang Ye of the Hedong Army ordered the withdrawal of troops from Yunzhou to retreat to Yanmen, gathering tens of thousands of main forces in Daizhou, and rebelling was obvious; Daxu's imperial guards in Luzhou should have come to him.
The Liao army was deployed in Fengzhou and Yunzhou. The Privy Councilor Xiao Siwen and the Prince-Confucius of the Northern Court, Xiao Duli (the uncle of Emperor Yelu Xian of Liao) led the main force to Yunzhou and forced Yanmen.
Gao Yanqi's troops in Wuzhou (Zhangjiakou) also gathered troops and were ready to move, with unknown purpose.
The situation is complicated, but the main characters in Daizhou all have some clues and judgments in their minds.
In the eyes of Fan Zhongyi and others, it was only a matter of going to Yanmen to assist the Hedong Army in the uprising, and a big thing could be accomplished.Yang Ye and the others just waited for the Liao army to enter Yanmen to close the door and beat the dogs.
August 28th!
Yang Ye, Fan Zhongyi and others agreed that on August 28, this general ordered his second brother Yang Chongxun to withdraw his troops from Yanmen on the grounds of changing defense, and the Liao army would take the opportunity to enter Yanmen on the same day!
Unexpectedly, Yang Gun suddenly said: I suggest that you kill all the people in the front camp military palace on the evening of August 26th to avoid any trouble during the uprising.
After hearing this, Yang Ye was stunned and said calmly, "What if you kill me after the matter is done?"
Yang Gun said nothing and looked at Yang Ye's expression with interest. After a while, he said that the general had done this. The troops who suppressed the rebels in Tokyo had arrived. His face had been torn apart long ago. Sooner or later, he would be killed. What are you still having hidden dangers?
At this moment, Yang Ye suddenly laughed and said, "What General Yang said is so true, almost a hundred secrets."
Yang Gun also smiled, but she smiled very deliberately, just as she was just a slutty smile.Fan Zhongyi also laughed with him, "Don't worry, the general, everything is ready, but the east wind is not available!"
After seeing off the two, Yang Ye immediately went to the front yard to meet Lu Duosun and Yang Chongxun waiting there.
Yang Gun demanded the killing of the officials of the former camp military office.Yang Ye said straight to the point when he met.
Lu Duosun and Yang Chongxun were both shocked, and Yang Chongxun hurriedly asked: Did you agree to him?
Yang Ye nodded and said yes.
Yang Chongxun immediately slapped his thigh: Wouldn’t he be exposed now?
If you don’t agree to him immediately, you will be exposed on the spot!Yang Ye frowned and said, "As soon as Yang Gun talked about this, I suddenly understood that he had already become suspicious, and he had planned it for a long time."I did two things before: First, look at the detained military officials, not only to verify the authenticity of the officials, but also to remember their general appearance so that they can compare them when killing people; second, when sending the letter, there was an understatement in the letter, asking them to return to Yunzhou to meet Xiao Siwen, and the Liao army entered Yanmen again.
Yang Chongxun said: So, whether to kill or not will reveal flaws?
That's right.Yang Yedao, if you don’t kill, you will be considered a plan by Yang Gun, and if you try to kill those dead prisoners according to the original plan, you will also be seen through.
Yang Chongxun asked unwillingly: What if Xiao Siwen didn’t see the sentence in the letter (the army only entered the pass after the person returned)?
Alas, we neglected the person who sent the letter, and that guy probably brought Yang Gun's oral message.Yang Ye raised his head and sighed.
The three of them looked at each other and sat there in a very dull manner without moving.
Lu Duoxun finally spoke: Yang Gun, this guy, has no trace of tricks, and does not show any signs of dew...
Yang Chongxun cursed: Damn it!Did you watch the flesh flying to your mouth?
Lu Duosun said: The officials thought that before the matter reached the last step, they would report to the officials immediately!First, release the pigeon, and then send someone to express the message.
Yang Yedao: There is no other way to do this for now.
... At the end of Yunzhou City (near Datong City), Xiao Siwen sat on a chair on the wall, looking at the endless wilderness in the south for a long time, not talking or moving.
There are crops of harvested fields and weeds, and occasionally villages, and the terrain on the south is very open and flat.
But at the end of the sight, Xiao Siwen knew that there was a tall mountain barrier, which was Yanmen Mountain; the most important pass between the east and the north of the river was in this mountain.
Standing next to him was Xiao Duli, and the prince-in-law could only stand in front of Xiao Siwen. Now, the only one who must be the one who has the highest rank of Xiao Siwen in the Liao Dynasty is Yelu Xian.
Xiao Duli's deceased first wife was the sister of Yelu Jing, the late emperor of the Great Liao Dynasty. Judging from the royal faction, this person was considered a member of Emperor Taizong of Liao; but he himself was also a member of the Xiao clan, and his wife had passed away. He immediately joined Xiao Siwen's party during the coup in Shangjing, so Xiao Siwen still trusted him very much... The people from the Yelu Jing family were conducive to winning over and appeaseing Emperor Taizong's lineage.
It is difficult to clarify the internal struggle of the Liao Dynasty. One of the reasons is like Xiao Duli's situation, and the marriage is very complicated.
On the wasteland outside the city, there was a very obvious sound of horse hooves, and a Liao cavalry was running back to the city.
Xiao Siwen looked at the group of horse soldiers with interest and said: This place in Yunzhou is thrown lightly and handled lightly.
Xiao Duli said: At that time, Youzhou was defeated, the Emperor of the Great Liao was assassinated, and the people were in panic. The garrison of Yunzhou fled without fighting.Mr. Xiao was kind and forgiven him.
Xiao Siwen said: No matter where the domestic chaos is, isn’t it unusual to lose the city and the land?
He spoke calmly and seemed very quiet, but his heart was already full of thoughts.
The movements of Gao Yanqi from Wuzhou should be rushing to Yang Ye from Hedong.
I reported to the Xu State to quell the rebellion and go to Luzhou, and then I will pass through Jinyang and plan to break through Xinzhou, which will take at least ten days later. But the time is too urgent, and Yang Gun and Fan Zhongyi have not yet returned any further news.
Xiao Siwen has great expectations for Yang Ye, but how could he not know the dangers when he was in the battlefield and officialdom?
He has not made up his mind yet, just waiting for Yang Gun to come back... and must wait until they both arrive in Yunzhou before entering Yanmen Pass!
...In late August, all cities in Hedong were martial law, and people did not see the enemy, but the atmosphere was already very urgent, as if it was so overwhelming that people could not breathe.
Yang Chongxun could no longer stay in Daizhou, so he had to leave and go to Yanmen to command troops.
On the evening of August 26, a group of people arrived in Yanmen Pass with the military orders of commander Yang Ye and escorted Yang Gun and Fan Zhongyi out of the pass.Yang Chongxun saw the general who delivered the letter first and took the letter from Qifeng.
When I opened it, I found that there were only a few short words: letting go, acting according to my plan.
When Yang Chongxun saw that the general who sent the letter was Yang Ye's personal military general, he asked in a deep voice: Did the general kill someone?Who is killing?
The general replied in a low voice: Those people I wanted to kill.
After hearing this, Yang Chongxun understood that there were dozens of officials from all over the front camp, and all officials were appointed by the court, so Yang Ye still dared not kill them. I am afraid that even the emperor would not dare to kill innocent officials easily. There were too many people, and the impact was too great.
Yang Chongxun asked again: Did those two people see each other with their own eyes?
The general replied: He was locked up and killed, but the two men went to see the corpse.It was a big night, bloody and fuzzy...
What?Yang Chongxun was immediately surprised.Since Yang Gun had already made plans, how could he easily deceive him?
Yang Chongxun saw the letter paper under the lamp and reread it three times, only a few words, which really looks good!
He walked from the city tower to the side of the female wall, and the people who were about to leave the city were on the main road, waiting to order the city gate to be opened.
Yang Chongxun looked at the two Liao envoys from afar and finally ordered: Open the door and let go!
When the defenders heard Yang Chongxun's order, they soon heard a heavy sound of opening the door.
The people below continued to move forward, and Yang Gun rode on the horse, looking up at Yang Chongxun on the top of the city as he walked.
The two of them looked at each other through the hazy firelight for a long time until Yang Gun walked into the corridor.
At this point, I'm afraid there is no way out... The elder brother was betting on Yang Gun and didn't see anything strange?
Yang Chongxun left the female wall in the south, walked to the north city, and continued to stare at the string of firelights that were gradually moving away.
He was simply unwilling to accept it!
This trick to lure the enemy for nearly a month has been going on, is that all?
It is unlikely that Yang Gun can’t see the clues, and the Liao army will not come again!
In war, you have to compete for strength from the front!Yang Chongxun sighed in a complicated mood.
He stayed in Yanmen Pass for two more nights in a low mood, thinking about that all day long, but he still couldn't let it go anyway.
On August 28, after Yang Chongxun got up, he tore open the secret order that Yang Ye signed in underwear: Yanmen Pass changed defense, the roads in the mountains were narrow and congested, and the garrison general Yang Chongxun first evacuated the main force from Yanmen.
He was about to finish the deployment in vain, but suddenly he slapped his forehead: Will the Liao army have a counter-arrangement after abandoning Yanmen?
The Liao people should have known from Yang Gun that it was a trick to lure the enemy, but they were very likely to use the trick and pretend that they had not seen through it. They mobilized their troops to find opportunities to attack some Hedong Army... Especially Yang Chongxun's troops, which had just withdrawn from Yanmen, not only faced the Liao army from both sides, but also could not deploy the army in the valley. Being attacked at this time was simply a disaster!
The more Yang Chongxun thought about it, the more likely it was. Anyway, after the Liao army entered Yanmen, the pass was in their hands, so as long as they were careful, it would be difficult to have any danger; and the Liao people knew that they had fallen into trouble, and would not be angry and take the opportunity to fight!
However, this plan was not only planned by his elder brother Yang Ye, but the person who presided over was the emperor.
If Yang Chongxun disobeys, he will have to bear the responsibility alone!
As long as you act according to military orders, even if something happens, it has nothing to do with him.
Yang Chongxun stood at the door of the house with a military order, and was very hesitant for a moment.
He knew that he could not hesitate for too long. If he delayed it, and waited until the Liao army arrived at Yanmen Pass as agreed upon, and then decided to abandon the guard, what would happen to the soldiers?
What will happen is Yang Chongxun’s heart is unsure... After all, ordinary soldiers don’t know any trick to lure the enemy.
Should I leave or stay?
An imperial guard from Tokyo crossed the Yellow River and went to Luzhou, Hedong. The specific force was unknown and the formation was very large.
It was learned from all sources that the coach appointed by Tokyo this time was not an old general, but the coach was a young man in his twenties, Dong Zunhui, deputy generals Zhou Tong, Deng Fei, and Li Jilong. Li Jilong was the son of Li Chuyun, the founding Duke of the Kingdom, and was only in his teens.
But this also proves from another perspective that the Tokyo court is very guarding against civil strife and dare not use a general with too high prestige!
Yang Ye of the Hedong Army ordered the withdrawal of troops from Yunzhou to retreat to Yanmen, gathering tens of thousands of main forces in Daizhou, and rebelling was obvious; Daxu's imperial guards in Luzhou should have come to him.
The Liao army was deployed in Fengzhou and Yunzhou. The Privy Councilor Xiao Siwen and the Prince-Confucius of the Northern Court, Xiao Duli (the uncle of Emperor Yelu Xian of Liao) led the main force to Yunzhou and forced Yanmen.
Gao Yanqi's troops in Wuzhou (Zhangjiakou) also gathered troops and were ready to move, with unknown purpose.
The situation is complicated, but the main characters in Daizhou all have some clues and judgments in their minds.
In the eyes of Fan Zhongyi and others, it was only a matter of going to Yanmen to assist the Hedong Army in the uprising, and a big thing could be accomplished.Yang Ye and the others just waited for the Liao army to enter Yanmen to close the door and beat the dogs.
August 28th!
Yang Ye, Fan Zhongyi and others agreed that on August 28, this general ordered his second brother Yang Chongxun to withdraw his troops from Yanmen on the grounds of changing defense, and the Liao army would take the opportunity to enter Yanmen on the same day!
Unexpectedly, Yang Gun suddenly said: I suggest that you kill all the people in the front camp military palace on the evening of August 26th to avoid any trouble during the uprising.
After hearing this, Yang Ye was stunned and said calmly, "What if you kill me after the matter is done?"
Yang Gun said nothing and looked at Yang Ye's expression with interest. After a while, he said that the general had done this. The troops who suppressed the rebels in Tokyo had arrived. His face had been torn apart long ago. Sooner or later, he would be killed. What are you still having hidden dangers?
At this moment, Yang Ye suddenly laughed and said, "What General Yang said is so true, almost a hundred secrets."
Yang Gun also smiled, but she smiled very deliberately, just as she was just a slutty smile.Fan Zhongyi also laughed with him, "Don't worry, the general, everything is ready, but the east wind is not available!"
After seeing off the two, Yang Ye immediately went to the front yard to meet Lu Duosun and Yang Chongxun waiting there.
Yang Gun demanded the killing of the officials of the former camp military office.Yang Ye said straight to the point when he met.
Lu Duosun and Yang Chongxun were both shocked, and Yang Chongxun hurriedly asked: Did you agree to him?
Yang Ye nodded and said yes.
Yang Chongxun immediately slapped his thigh: Wouldn’t he be exposed now?
If you don’t agree to him immediately, you will be exposed on the spot!Yang Ye frowned and said, "As soon as Yang Gun talked about this, I suddenly understood that he had already become suspicious, and he had planned it for a long time."I did two things before: First, look at the detained military officials, not only to verify the authenticity of the officials, but also to remember their general appearance so that they can compare them when killing people; second, when sending the letter, there was an understatement in the letter, asking them to return to Yunzhou to meet Xiao Siwen, and the Liao army entered Yanmen again.
Yang Chongxun said: So, whether to kill or not will reveal flaws?
That's right.Yang Yedao, if you don’t kill, you will be considered a plan by Yang Gun, and if you try to kill those dead prisoners according to the original plan, you will also be seen through.
Yang Chongxun asked unwillingly: What if Xiao Siwen didn’t see the sentence in the letter (the army only entered the pass after the person returned)?
Alas, we neglected the person who sent the letter, and that guy probably brought Yang Gun's oral message.Yang Ye raised his head and sighed.
The three of them looked at each other and sat there in a very dull manner without moving.
Lu Duoxun finally spoke: Yang Gun, this guy, has no trace of tricks, and does not show any signs of dew...
Yang Chongxun cursed: Damn it!Did you watch the flesh flying to your mouth?
Lu Duosun said: The officials thought that before the matter reached the last step, they would report to the officials immediately!First, release the pigeon, and then send someone to express the message.
Yang Yedao: There is no other way to do this for now.
... At the end of Yunzhou City (near Datong City), Xiao Siwen sat on a chair on the wall, looking at the endless wilderness in the south for a long time, not talking or moving.
There are crops of harvested fields and weeds, and occasionally villages, and the terrain on the south is very open and flat.
But at the end of the sight, Xiao Siwen knew that there was a tall mountain barrier, which was Yanmen Mountain; the most important pass between the east and the north of the river was in this mountain.
Standing next to him was Xiao Duli, and the prince-in-law could only stand in front of Xiao Siwen. Now, the only one who must be the one who has the highest rank of Xiao Siwen in the Liao Dynasty is Yelu Xian.
Xiao Duli's deceased first wife was the sister of Yelu Jing, the late emperor of the Great Liao Dynasty. Judging from the royal faction, this person was considered a member of Emperor Taizong of Liao; but he himself was also a member of the Xiao clan, and his wife had passed away. He immediately joined Xiao Siwen's party during the coup in Shangjing, so Xiao Siwen still trusted him very much... The people from the Yelu Jing family were conducive to winning over and appeaseing Emperor Taizong's lineage.
It is difficult to clarify the internal struggle of the Liao Dynasty. One of the reasons is like Xiao Duli's situation, and the marriage is very complicated.
On the wasteland outside the city, there was a very obvious sound of horse hooves, and a Liao cavalry was running back to the city.
Xiao Siwen looked at the group of horse soldiers with interest and said: This place in Yunzhou is thrown lightly and handled lightly.
Xiao Duli said: At that time, Youzhou was defeated, the Emperor of the Great Liao was assassinated, and the people were in panic. The garrison of Yunzhou fled without fighting.Mr. Xiao was kind and forgiven him.
Xiao Siwen said: No matter where the domestic chaos is, isn’t it unusual to lose the city and the land?
He spoke calmly and seemed very quiet, but his heart was already full of thoughts.
The movements of Gao Yanqi from Wuzhou should be rushing to Yang Ye from Hedong.
I reported to the Xu State to quell the rebellion and go to Luzhou, and then I will pass through Jinyang and plan to break through Xinzhou, which will take at least ten days later. But the time is too urgent, and Yang Gun and Fan Zhongyi have not yet returned any further news.
Xiao Siwen has great expectations for Yang Ye, but how could he not know the dangers when he was in the battlefield and officialdom?
He has not made up his mind yet, just waiting for Yang Gun to come back... and must wait until they both arrive in Yunzhou before entering Yanmen Pass!
...In late August, all cities in Hedong were martial law, and people did not see the enemy, but the atmosphere was already very urgent, as if it was so overwhelming that people could not breathe.
Yang Chongxun could no longer stay in Daizhou, so he had to leave and go to Yanmen to command troops.
On the evening of August 26, a group of people arrived in Yanmen Pass with the military orders of commander Yang Ye and escorted Yang Gun and Fan Zhongyi out of the pass.Yang Chongxun saw the general who delivered the letter first and took the letter from Qifeng.
When I opened it, I found that there were only a few short words: letting go, acting according to my plan.
When Yang Chongxun saw that the general who sent the letter was Yang Ye's personal military general, he asked in a deep voice: Did the general kill someone?Who is killing?
The general replied in a low voice: Those people I wanted to kill.
After hearing this, Yang Chongxun understood that there were dozens of officials from all over the front camp, and all officials were appointed by the court, so Yang Ye still dared not kill them. I am afraid that even the emperor would not dare to kill innocent officials easily. There were too many people, and the impact was too great.
Yang Chongxun asked again: Did those two people see each other with their own eyes?
The general replied: He was locked up and killed, but the two men went to see the corpse.It was a big night, bloody and fuzzy...
What?Yang Chongxun was immediately surprised.Since Yang Gun had already made plans, how could he easily deceive him?
Yang Chongxun saw the letter paper under the lamp and reread it three times, only a few words, which really looks good!
He walked from the city tower to the side of the female wall, and the people who were about to leave the city were on the main road, waiting to order the city gate to be opened.
Yang Chongxun looked at the two Liao envoys from afar and finally ordered: Open the door and let go!
When the defenders heard Yang Chongxun's order, they soon heard a heavy sound of opening the door.
The people below continued to move forward, and Yang Gun rode on the horse, looking up at Yang Chongxun on the top of the city as he walked.
The two of them looked at each other through the hazy firelight for a long time until Yang Gun walked into the corridor.
At this point, I'm afraid there is no way out... The elder brother was betting on Yang Gun and didn't see anything strange?
Yang Chongxun left the female wall in the south, walked to the north city, and continued to stare at the string of firelights that were gradually moving away.
He was simply unwilling to accept it!
This trick to lure the enemy for nearly a month has been going on, is that all?
It is unlikely that Yang Gun can’t see the clues, and the Liao army will not come again!
In war, you have to compete for strength from the front!Yang Chongxun sighed in a complicated mood.
He stayed in Yanmen Pass for two more nights in a low mood, thinking about that all day long, but he still couldn't let it go anyway.
On August 28, after Yang Chongxun got up, he tore open the secret order that Yang Ye signed in underwear: Yanmen Pass changed defense, the roads in the mountains were narrow and congested, and the garrison general Yang Chongxun first evacuated the main force from Yanmen.
He was about to finish the deployment in vain, but suddenly he slapped his forehead: Will the Liao army have a counter-arrangement after abandoning Yanmen?
The Liao people should have known from Yang Gun that it was a trick to lure the enemy, but they were very likely to use the trick and pretend that they had not seen through it. They mobilized their troops to find opportunities to attack some Hedong Army... Especially Yang Chongxun's troops, which had just withdrawn from Yanmen, not only faced the Liao army from both sides, but also could not deploy the army in the valley. Being attacked at this time was simply a disaster!
The more Yang Chongxun thought about it, the more likely it was. Anyway, after the Liao army entered Yanmen, the pass was in their hands, so as long as they were careful, it would be difficult to have any danger; and the Liao people knew that they had fallen into trouble, and would not be angry and take the opportunity to fight!
However, this plan was not only planned by his elder brother Yang Ye, but the person who presided over was the emperor.
If Yang Chongxun disobeys, he will have to bear the responsibility alone!
As long as you act according to military orders, even if something happens, it has nothing to do with him.
Yang Chongxun stood at the door of the house with a military order, and was very hesitant for a moment.
He knew that he could not hesitate for too long. If he delayed it, and waited until the Liao army arrived at Yanmen Pass as agreed upon, and then decided to abandon the guard, what would happen to the soldiers?
What will happen is Yang Chongxun’s heart is unsure... After all, ordinary soldiers don’t know any trick to lure the enemy.
Should I leave or stay?