Three thousand miles in exile

A winter is fleeting.

Spring begins in March, and the Cangxia Plain, which has a warmer climate than the mountains, is the first to start plowing.

Liu Zhan planned to attack Yan in early summer, and Qi Yun's army was surrounded by a tense atmosphere of preparations. Every day, Qi Yun's cavalry could be seen galloping in the wilderness between Qiyangguan and Jinyang City, rehearsing various formations.

Naturally, such a big movement could not be concealed from Yan Jun, and the news of Qi Yunjun's change was quickly passed back to the royal court.

"Qi Yunjun's purpose is clearly revealed, I implore the King of Yan to send troops to the south to support!"

King Yan, who was once high-spirited on the throne, now had a gloomy expression on his face. "Where is this king going to send you troops?"

King Yan choked on the leader of the Ugancha Department occupying Fanyangguan with a word.

"What's your majesty's intention?" the leader of the Wugancha Department asked angrily, his face extremely ugly. "How many warriors of our Ugancha Department have died for the king to expand the territory, and now we are in trouble, the king doesn't care about it?"

The Xianbei Hu people invaded the grasslands of Yan State, and they fought a battle before winter and couldn't drive them away. They will definitely fight again in the spring of this year.

Because of the arrival of the Xianbei Hu people, the king of Yan had already lost his face. At this time, the Cangxia Plain in the south said that he would increase his troops.

These tribal leaders all have their own little calculations. In fact, they all have reserve troops in their hands. They always want to ask King Yan to send troops to support them to preserve their own strength.

"What I mean by this king is that it is your city, and you Wugan Chabu will find a way to defend it yourself!"

The head of the Ugancha Department was shocked. "Before going south to attack Chu, the old King Yan promised that we would defend the city together."

"Then you go and ask the old King Yan for soldiers, why ask this king!" King Yan didn't want to say much and walked away.

Other leaders who came to ask for soldiers were also rejected.

King Yan has [-] elite soldiers in his hands. This is the king's army. The leaders of each tribe also have their own tribal private army. Some large tribes had more than [-] troops at their peak, such as Yelu Longji.

Ever since the Qi Yun army wiped out Yelu Longji's [-] soldiers and horses, Yelu Longji has been reduced to the last of the eight tribes, and he has not been able to recover for several years.

The leaders of all the tribes saw all this, and no one wanted to follow in Yelu Longji's footsteps.

The leader of the Ugancha Department is like the bottom of a pot. Now Fanyangguan is a hot potato.

In May, Yan State was still arguing about dispatching troops, and the forward of Qi Yun's army had already arrived outside Fanyang Pass.

Li Xiaolian led [-] infantry to besiege Fanyang Pass, Jiang Changlin led [-] Modao cavalry to guard outside Fanyang Pass, and the remaining [-] troops stayed at the Yangbeiao Central Army Camp to support at any time.

Song Fenglin, dressed in azure blue Confucian uniform, was sitting firmly outside Fanyang Pass in the temporary Chinese army tent overseer.

"Pass down our military order, encircle but not attack, and the soldiers work in two shifts, camping on the spot and taking turns resting."

The arrival of the Qi Yun Army made the Yan Army in Fanyang Pass feel as if they were facing a formidable enemy, and the second son of the leader of the Ugancha Department was in a hurry.

"Why hasn't my father sent back the news, and now the enemy is besieging the city and our people can't get out, what should we do!"

"Second son, don't worry, the leader will definitely bring troops to help, we just need to stick to it." The deputy general didn't see the slightest panic. "Our food and grass can last for two months, enough for reinforcements to arrive."

The second son of Uganda Chabu barely managed to calm down.

For the first seven days, Qi Yun's army only besieged but did not attack. At the beginning, the Yan army's defenders stood in full battle every day, but later on, they gradually relaxed, thinking that Qi Yun's army should be just putting on airs.

On the eighth day, Song Fenglin issued the second military order.

"The Shenji camp is ready to attack the city after dark."

Liu Zhan named the battalion driving catapults and crossbow beds the Shenji Battalion, designated them as technical arms, and enriched and improved the catapults and crossbow beds.

Now the trebuchet is not just as simple as throwing stones, and Yan Jun soon saw Qi Yunjun's "biochemical weapon".

After nightfall, hundreds of trebuchets and crossbow beds were erected in front of the two city gates of Fanyang Pass, guarded by shield soldiers and gunmen.

It was pitch black at night, and the dots of light from the torches were not enough for Yan Jun to see Qi Yunjun's movements clearly.

A whistle sounded from Shenji Battalion, which was Qi Yunjun's unique contact signal.

Soldiers began to fill the earthen jar, and lit the cloth covering the mouth of the earthen jar just before the launch. Looking out from Fanyangguan, they saw many dots of flames throwing them in a parabola.

"Spread out! Pay attention to dodge!"

Yan Bing hid with his head in his arms.

Then, under everyone's shocked eyes, some of those flames crossed the city wall and some fell on the gate tower. They exploded with a touch, and immediately ignited a flame, and a pungent smell accompanied by black smoke came out.

For a while, Fan Yang Pass was filled with exclamation, coughing, shouting for firefighting.

This is a new type of fire oil tank made by mixing fire oil and fire lime. It can not only ignite all combustibles quickly, but also produce pungent smoke.

Song Fenglin gave the order calmly. "Put five hundred cans at each hour tonight until dawn."

After giving the order, Song Fenglin went to rest on the bed behind the screen. After dawn, Qi Yunjun began to change his guard, and Song Fenglin walked out of Zhongzhang full of energy to look at Fanyang Pass.

The Yan army in Fanyang Pass was busy fighting the fire all night, and the black smoke filled the air for a long time, but it tossed the Guanzhong defenders enough.

"Order the infantry battalion to call the formation, the cavalry to circle the city, and let the crossbowmen shoot randomly every two hours." After giving the order, Song Fenglin returned to Zhongzhang to review the documents sent by Jinyang.

At night, Song Fenglin gave another order. "Put five hundred cans every hour until dawn."

In the daytime, they ordered to surround the city again, so repeated and continued to toss Fan Yangguan up and down until he was exhausted.

The second son of Wugan Chabu hadn't had a good night's sleep in the past few days, but he gradually got used to this rhythm. If Qi Yunjun only came and went with these tricks, at most he would just be a little tired.

Just when everyone in Fanyangguan thought that Qi Yunjun was just feigning an attack, Song Fenglin gave the order that night. "Heavily armored shield soldiers form a shield wall to cover the siege piles and hit the door."

The sound of war drums sounded in Qi Yun's army.

The Yan army at Fanyangguan immediately felt like a formidable enemy.

"Enemy soldiers attack the city!! The archers are in position immediately!! Throw stones! Add fuel to the fire!!"

With the sound of drums, Qi Yunjun's heavy armored shield soldiers advanced like a wall, and the rain of arrows fell on the shield with a tinkling sound but could not penetrate.

Another trebuchet threw flying stones on the shield, and the shield soldiers in heavy armor resisted stubbornly, but the stone rolled over the shield. Some people were shocked by the shield in the middle of the stone, so that the blood in the chest was surging, and they also resisted stubbornly. fall down.

The two siege posts arrived at the city gate under the cover of the shield soldiers, and the sound of bumping against the door resounded through the night sky.

Naturally, Yan Jun would not sit still and immediately poured fuel on fire.

"Okay, let's withdraw." Song Fenglin didn't like to fight, so he withdrew his troops when he saw that it was almost done.

The wounded soldiers who were withdrawn were immediately carried down for treatment, and those who were seriously injured were immediately brought back to the camp of the Chinese army, where medical officers and doctors were always waiting there.

Zheng Fengtian pushed Li Futian. "Why is the army withdrawn here? I think adding more troops can take it down."

"If you can take it, I'm afraid many people will die. Mr. Song's move is to kill the Yan army." Li Futian is the general who leads the Shenji Battalion. After observing these days, he also figured out Song Fenglin's intentions.

Zheng Fengtian put his hands together. "Tomorrow I will be changing shifts. It's Zhou Ziming's turn to lead the troops to replace me. If it's not my squad that is attacking the city, I will die. I would like to enter Fanyang Pass even in my dreams."

Li Futian laughed at him. "If you really attack the city, the whole army will be there."

After thinking about it, Zheng Fengtian thought it made sense.

The battle report of Fanyang Pass was continuously sent to King Yan every day, and the leader of the Ugancha Department came to the royal court every day to beg, but King Yan was indifferent.

In the choice of supporting Fan Yangguan or fighting the Xianbei Hu people first, King Yan chose the latter.

Naturally, the Wugan Chabu's city will be defended by the Wugan Chabu itself, but not an inch of Yan's land can be lost!

At the beginning of June, King Yan led an army of [-] kings to personally conquer the Hu people in Xianbei, and was about to defeat them in a single battle.

The news quickly spread back to Tongtianguan, and Liu Zhan was waiting for this day!

"Pass my military order! Thirty thousand cavalry are ready to go!"

Cao Zhuang, Wei Chenggui, Guo Donghu and the others were overjoyed. They had been waiting for this day for a whole month!

Liu Zhan brought a total of [-] Modao cavalry and [-] Lancers in this battle, and [-] of the Modao cavalry were his personal guards, and the other [-] stayed beside Song Fenglin to protect him.

Liu Zhan stood in military uniform holding a sword. "Going down the mountain at noon tonight, everyone and every rider will bring five days of dry food. Except for your weapons and armor, you will not bring any other cumbersome burdens."

After receiving the military order, the cavalry shouted like mountains and tsunamis, and all of them were full of energy and complacent.

Thirty thousand cavalrymen rushed down the mountain in the dark, and because Qi Yun's army cleared the surrounding walls of Qiyun Mountain, the Yan army could not get effective news immediately.

The purpose of Liu Zhan's trip is clear. The tribe is the foundation of the Yan State, and only by cutting off these foundations can the Yan State truly decline.

Qiyun's cavalry ran all night and attacked the first tribe in the early morning.

Back then Liu Zhan led [-] cavalry and killed the tribes of the Yan Kingdom and fled with their heads in their arms. Now he led [-] cavalry to re-enter Yan, and destroyed everything he went.

For the sake of real peace in northern Xinjiang, Liu Zhan must be cruel. He cannot let these prairie wolves have room to breathe.

The next day the news reached the royal court.

"Prime Minister, our king's army is going to fight, and Qi Yun's army is indeed here!" The ministers looked flustered.

Medog quickly calmed down, and he ordered immediately. "Gather all the troops in Dadu to defend the royal court!"

But soon some tribal leaders came out to object. "My troops can't stay in Yan Dadu, Prime Minister, I'm leaving."

The tribal leader left without looking back after speaking, and the scene that happened that year was repeated.

The leaders left one after another. Some of them went back to organize troops to protect the tribe, and some small tribes simply left overnight and fled to the extreme north to hide for a while before returning.

Fortunately, this time the Yan army left [-] royal troops and [-] defenders stationed in Dadu, otherwise they would all run away like that time.

The biggest feature of the Yan Kingdom tribe is selfishness. The leaders of these tribes only have the tribe in their eyes, and the Yan Kingdom is just a symbol of royal power to them.

At the same time, the news also reached the ears of King Yan who was fighting on the front line.

"Your Majesty, do we want to come back?" Wu Sen, the new right general, asked.

"I won't return!" King Yan refused straight away, the original high-spirited and high-spirited has become the current vicious prey in the defeat after defeat.

"The main force of Qi Yun's army is attacking the city in the Cangxia Plain. There will not be many troops entering the grassland. This king has left enough troops to defend Dadu. If the enemy troops attack the city for a while, they will not be able to take it down. We have enough time to rush back."

"But those tribes..." Wu Sen didn't finish his sentence.

King Yan interrupted angrily. "Let them organize their own resistance. Most of these rats dared to leave behind and run away. Don't blame me for not helping them this time!"

But these tribes are the foundation of Yan State!

Wu Sen was about to speak up and tried to persuade him, but he finally gave up. King Yan's temper has become more and more irritable recently, and he couldn't listen to the persuasion.

For three days in a row, Liu Zhan led his troops to attack four tribes. A scout came back to report that King Yan's army was still fighting against the Xianbei barbarians and had no intention of returning to aid, while Motuo at the capital of Yan moved all his troops into the city and closed the city. .

Liu Zhan's eyes were full of fighting spirit. "Very good, the next target is the Qingsong tribe."

This is a large tribe with a population of more than 10, and the leader of the Qingsong tribe has more than [-] young and strong people.

The small tribes rushed to leave, and it was not easy for the big tribes to escape and mobilize the crowd. The leader of the Qingsong tribe chose to organize defense.

However, even the best iron cavalry of the Yan army couldn't stop Liu Zhan's pace, let alone a young and strong tribe?

The fire illuminated the night sky, and the Qingsong tribe was wiped out that night.

The Qingsong tribe is located in the east of the Wula River, and Liu Zhan spanned the entire Yandi grassland in just five days.

On the sixth day Liu Zhan made a decision.

"Wei Chenggui led 5000 people to stay and harass the small tribe. You fight back along this route and return to Tongtian Pass in three days." Liu Zhan pointed to the mark on the map.

"If you don't see us at Tongtian Pass in three days, you can join us along this route."

Wei Chenggui wrote down one by one.

"The rest follow this general to sneak attack on Yan's army!"

King Yan thought that Liu Zhan's [-] cavalry had just entered Yan to wreak havoc on various tribes?He was wrong again!

Liu Zhan led [-] cavalrymen around Wutan City and returned to the foot of Qiyun Mountain in the dark, and then walked westward along the foot of Qiyun Mountain, and after a day and a night, entered the grassland that Yan State and the Xianbei Hu people were fighting for.

At that time, the Yan army was confronting the Xianbei Hu people on the grassland. The Yan army's iron cavalry killed the Xianbei Hu people and retreated steadily.

Yan Jun Yuntai is right behind the battlefield, including King Yan's mobile palace, which is extremely conspicuous in an open prairie.

A cavalry with iron armor and red tassels suddenly appeared behind the battlefield.

Liu Zhan's eyes burst out with a fierce fighting spirit.

"The whole army is outflanking!! This battle must take the head of King Yan!!"

Qi Yun's cavalry immediately dispersed, and [-] cavalry spread out into a huge net and galloped towards the rear of the Yan army. The formation was astonishing.

The Yan army is in chaos!

King Yan was shocked!

The latest battle report was delivered last night, and Qi Yun's army was still raging near the Wula River, why did it appear in the northwest pasture in just one night?

King Yan soon understood that Qi Yun's army was divided!And their scouts didn't find out!

"King Yan! Please order the entire army to retreat!" Wu Sen's eyes showed panic. If the Qi Yun army and the Xianbei Hu people surrounded them, the tens of thousands of them would have no chance of winning.

What's more terrible is that King Yan is here, if King Yan makes a mistake!Wu Sen didn't dare to think about it.

The Xianbei Hu people are like foxes on the prairie, how clever they are. Seeing a foreign army enter the rear of the Yan army, they immediately counterattack with all their strength and attack the Yan army inside and outside with the foreign army, and the Yan army immediately falls into a disadvantage.

Right now there is no time to be angry with King Yan, saving his life is the most important thing.

"The whole army protects King Yan to break through!" Wu Sen shouted hoarsely.

However, the Yan army had to resist the counterattack of the Xianbei Hu people in front and the strangulation of Qi Yun's cavalry in the rear. How could it cope with it?

The Modao cavalry were invincible, and the Yan army cavalry could not resist at all.

Yan Jun's rhythm was chaotic.

At this moment, King Yan really felt the power of the Modao cavalry, and also felt the pressure of death.

"I can't break through! The opponent's long sword is too powerful!" The deputy general of the Yan army was terrified. Thousands of them surrounded King Yan to break through, but they were strangled layer by layer, and they couldn't break out at all!

"Kill out! Protect this king and kill out!!" King Yan panicked.

The Modao cavalry will kill with one move, and occasionally they will be fatally injured by the light armor. Small injuries are not a concern. Each of these Kongwu powerful Modao fighters has various arrow wounds on their bodies, but no one stop.

Liu Zhan waved the Mo Dao in his hand, leading his own soldiers to kill the enemy all the way, killing the Yan army's middle army layer by layer.

Cao Zhuang, Wei Chenggui, and Guo Donghu have been accompanying Liu Zhan all the time, and the strong men selected from a thousand miles of personal guards are closely following Liu Zhan. They are like Qi Yunjun's sharp spikes, sharply breaking through the defense of the Yan army's iron cavalry, and directly entering the king of Yan where it is.

"Take the head of King Yan! The whole army will enjoy ten acres of land!" Liu Zhan roared angrily.

The Yan army engulfed the king of Yan, and led the king of Yan to break out of the siege by exchanging his life.

"Chasing!!" Liu Zhan clamped his horse's belly and chased him out.

Suddenly the whistle sounded loudly, and all the Qiyun cavalry followed the order after hearing the order.

In the rest of the battlefield, there are Xianbei Hu people and the remnants of the Yan army. From the beginning, Liu Zhan's goal was not to help Xianbei Hu people win this battle, but his goal was King Yan!

"The Queen of Heavy Armor!" Liu Zhan ordered.

The heavily armored Lancers couldn't run fast enough to take charge of the rear of the palace and cut off the Yan army chasing from behind.

The Modao cavalry chased after them one after another, and the number of Yan soldiers who broke through the siege became less and less, and King Yan was soon exposed to everyone's sight.

Liu Zhan immediately threw the Mo Dao in his hand, and the Mo Dao broke through the wind and pierced King Yan's chest.

King Yan fell off his horse.

it's over!Chaotic times in Northern Xinjiang! !