The famous Northern Song general Yang Ye was very scheming when he was young, and the legend of his ice city retreating from the Khitan soldiers is still widely circulated in the folk.
That year, the Khitan had just established a country in the steppe, but the land of the Central Plains was chaotic, the smoke was everywhere, the warlords who supported the army and respected themselves were constantly killing and fighting each other, robbing each other of their territory, and the small court of the Central Plains was like a marquee, and every few years it was a change of one. The khitan lord Yelü Deguang also wanted to take the opportunity to send troops to Zhongyuan to share a piece of the pie, just after the Tang Hedong Festival, Shi Jingtang was sent a secret letter, asking the Khitan to send troops to destroy Tang, and Shi Jingyao did the internal response. After the fact, Shi Jingtang ceded Youyun Sixteen Prefectures to the Khitans, and if the Khitans were willing to recognize him as a son, he would be willing to be the son of the Khitan State after the founding of the country. After Yelü Deguang received the reward, he quickly summoned the group of ministers to discuss with joy, and the ministers had long coveted the rich and prosperous Central Plains, and when they heard that Yelü Deguang wanted to send troops to the Central Plains, one by one jumped up more than three feet high, and they all shouted and attacked Hou Tang. Yelü Deguang saw that the courtiers were rubbing their fists, their morale was high, and they were in the middle, so he looked up at the sky and laughed, and sent the Yelü oblique wheel as the grand marshal of the terracotta army, and Yelü Hugo as the vanguard, choosing an auspicious day, commanding 100,000 troops, and sending troops to the Central Plains. The Khitan army marched south on a prancing horse, brandishing a machete to kill the Central Plains. For a moment, the dust flew, the flag covered the sun, and the wolf smoke billowed out. At this time, the common people of the Central Plains were even more devastated, and where the Khitan soldiers passed, black smoke billowed out, the flames soared into the sky, chickens flew and dogs jumped, people shouted horses, the officers and troops collapsed at the touch of a touch, and the people scattered and fled. The Khitan army was invincible all the way, and soon reached Huotang Village, and the owner of the village stationed in Huotang Village was none other than Yang Ye's father, Yang Gun, the volcano king. Yang Gong had long known that the Khitan had gone south to the Central Plains, and the people who came were not good, and it was difficult for the people of the four sides to learn the road day and night. Seek self-preservation.
On this day, Yang Roll was teaching the villagers to learn boxing exercises in the open area, and a fierce horse of the Ichigo Yong Dye came rushing to the front of Yang Roll, and the Township Yong Roll fell off the horse and ran the fruit machine. Lord, things are not good, the Khitan soldiers have come to us! ”
Yang Roll led his people to quickly climb the parade platform, put on a pergola in his hand and looked into the distance, and saw the rolling yellow dust rising in the distance, and the black pressed Khitan iron horse rushed like a cloud.
The crowd changed dramatically, and some were so frightened that they wanted to run.
Yang Gong shouted, "Don't panic! Listen to me! Close the gate of the village and assemble urgently! The fire pit village sounded the gong of the emergency assembly.
Yang Gong led the group up the wall.
The Khitan army approached huotang village and lined up the position, and a Khitan general with a wolf's tooth stick rode to the gate of the village: "Yang Gong Lao'er, come and die quickly!" ”
Yang Gong said angrily, "Come and hugh will be rampant!" "After saying that, Zhang took the bow and took the arrow, and an arrow shot away."
Come and put the response down. The Khitan soldiers were horrified.
Yelü was furious, and the flag was waved, and the Khitan soldiers began to attack the cottage, fortunately, the terrain of the cottage was dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, the morale of the Yang Gun soldiers was strong, the arrows on the cottage were like rain, the durian wood, lime bottles, and rolling stones were constantly smashed into the Khitan soldiers attacking the village, and soon the corpses of the Khitan soldiers were piled up like mountains, and Yelü Hugo was the first soldier, taking the lead, jumping to the cottage, not wanting to be shot in the arm by the arrows, the blood flowed non-stop, and the defeat was defeated. Yelü Xiezhen led his army all the way south, and before he had suffered such a big loss, he quickly collected the troops and ordered the Khitan soldiers to retreat fifteen miles backwards, surrounded without fighting, and wanted to trap Yang Gong and others in Huotang Village.
This can make Yang I anxious, originally the enemy and I are in battle, a big war is inevitable, although the fire village is a small number of soldiers, but everyone does not hesitate to kill, fight with death, only Dan soldiers and many people, if you want to take the fire pond village also have to pay a heavy price. But now the situation has changed suddenly, the Khitan army has been besieged but not fought, and after a long time, the village is trapped at home and abroad, the grain and grass are cut off, and everyone not only can't catch the Khitan soldiers a little cheaper, but finally they have to nest and follow themselves to death. It was now the twilight of autumn, the grass was fertile and the grain was ripe, but the Khitan soldiers could send people and horses around to loot and replenish the military supplies, and in the end they were the only ones who suffered. Yang Gong sighed long and short, and for several days he frowned.
Mrs. Yang saw that her husband was in a sad mood, and she did not know how to persuade her, but just sat on the side and wept silently.
The most unseen thing about Yang Gong was that the woman shed tears, and he waved his hand irritably: "What are you crying?" If you can cry back a hundred thousand Khitan soldiers, you will cry hard for me. Suddenly, as if remembering something, he asked loudly, "What about karma, where is karma?" ”
"The two sons went out hunting in the morning and have not yet returned." The old butler Yang Hong shouted loudly.
"Alas, boy, it doesn't matter when you hunt!" Yang Gong scolded with chagrin.
"Lord of the village, Yang Gongzi, they are back!" Someone shouted outside the door.
Outside the door ran into two young generals, the one who ran in front of him was about fourteen years old, his face was like powder, his eyes were clear, his sword eyebrows flew obliquely into his sideburns, he was dressed in an apricot yellow coat, he pedaled high foundation boots, carried a strong bow and arrow barrel, and rushed to come, this son was Yang Gong's eldest son Yang Ye. The little hero in the back also hurried to come, he was Yang Ye's younger brother Yang Chongxun.
Yang Ye ran to his father: "Father, when we were hunting, I heard the villagers say that the Khitans had retired from the army, and their commander was called What Yelü Xieliang, fortunately he did not meet me, otherwise, I would have told him to return to the west with his life." ”
Yang Gong sneered, "Hmm, the ambition is not small!" ”
Yang Chongxun pointed to the prey outside the door: "Father, these prey were all fought by the eldest brother alone." ”
He then pointed excitedly to the two geese that had been pierced by an arrow: "The archery skills of the eldest brother are really gods, Father and Mother, you see!" ”
Yang Hong gave a thumbs up: "Lao Tzu hero is a good man!" Gongzi is really a young hero. Yang Fei was happy in his heart, but he immediately pulled down his face: "The Khitan people want to attack at any time, are you not happy to strengthen the cottage with everyone?" ”
Yang Ye and the others went down, Yang Gong alone began to feel worried again, and suddenly before the light, he immediately took up his pen and wrote a letter, sending jia Ding to sneak out of the fire pond at night to check, quickly horse and whip, rush to Fugu County, and move to his own relatives Yu Hong to rescue the troops. The family member who delivered the letter had just come out of the fire pond village, and was discovered by the Khitan soldiers, the Khitan soldiers were in hot pursuit, and the family Ding ran wildly on horseback, not wanting to be shot by the Khitan soldiers' random arrows, and planted his horse and was killed on the spot. The Khitan soldiers found yang gun's distress letter to She Hong from him, and quickly presented it to Yelü Xieliang, who was drinking and eating meat with the generals, and he read the letter and laughed: "It seems that Yang Gunpifu has a vain name, and he did not last for two days to move his troops for help, and the volcano king is just like this, no matter him, surround him for ten and a half days, see if he is rampant again." Come and come, everyone continues to drink! The Khitan generals staggered and chewed loudly.
Yang Gong's father and son built a pergola in their hands and anxiously looked at the official road outside the village, except for the endless tent set up by the Khitan soldiers, there was no one in the distance.
Yang Gong kept sighing, "Alas! I see that the messenger Ding is fierce and has fewer and fewer, there are no reinforcements outside, the enemy is outnumbered, and the grain and grass are getting less and less, so it will not work! ”
When the autumn wind first rose, Yang Gong couldn't help but feel sad in his eyes.
Xiao Yangye's eyebrows furrowed, he didn't say a word, and fell into contemplation.
The Khitan army surrounded huotang village for half a month, and Yelü Xie lightly estimated that the village was about to run out of grain, so he used a tooth stick to pick the meat shreds in the gap between his teeth, walked into the Chinese army tent, gathered the generals and officers to transfer troops to the generals, and prepared to step on the cottage early the next morning and capture Yang Gun alive. One by one, the generals and officers shook their fists and led the orders away.
One night of cold wind, the weather suddenly became cold, and the cold winter seemed to arrive early.
The Khitan soldiers were so cold that they could not camp in the tent, carrying weapons and constantly whimpering in the field. Brother Jericho was so angry that he scolded the heavens, and he gritted his teeth and shouted, "Brothers, copy the guys! Enter the fire pond village, capture the volcano king alive, and reward the gold with one hundred and two! ”
The marching horn whistled again.
Yang Gong simply went out, he was dressed neatly, leading xiang yong to fight, Yang Ye stopped his father and said, "Daddy, the child has a plan, he can retreat from the enemy!" ”
Yang Gong scolded, "What do you little children know, get out of the way!" ”
Yang Ye beckoned with a bucket of water: "Daddy, you come with me!" ”
Yang Gong followed Yang Ye to the courtyard in doubt.
Yang Ye kicked the bucket to the ground, and the water flooded the ground.
Yang Gong was about to reprimand Yang Ye when he saw the water on the ground instantly freeze into thin ice.
Yang Ye said: "Daddy, pour water on the village, the cottage naturally freezes." The cottage was frozen, how could the Khitan attack me? The Khitan could not attack me, the weather was cold, and the soldiers surrounded themselves. ”
Yang Gong was still hesitating.
Yang Ye: "Daddy can't hesitate!" The enemy is about to attack us! ”
Yang Gun: "Good! Carry water, freeze the village! ”
Brother Yelü Hu led the crowd to attack Huotang Village with red eyes, only to see that the villagers on the village carried buckets of water to split their heads and cover their faces, and as soon as the cold wind blew, the Khitan soldiers froze and shivered, their teeth fought, their weapons stuck to their hands, and they pulled a layer of skin, and over time, Huotang Village had become a silver shining ice city.
The Khitan soldiers could not take the fire pond village, and the Yelü oblique wheel had no choice but to lead the crowd to retreat and move the troops elsewhere.
The jubilant townspeople threw Xiao Yangye high.