Song Taizu returned to the camp and asked people to check the number of people and horses, with ten thousand casualties, and he could not help but sigh. Fortunately, in addition to the three partial generals who were killed, the main general was only injured and could masturbate slightly. While ordering the sergeant to bury the pot and make rice, he summoned the generals to discuss military information. Taizu said, "If you want to rob the camp tonight, what do you think of Aiqing?" Wang Quanbin said, "Since Yang Jiye is resourceful, he must be on guard when he wants to come." Your Majesty please think twice. Song Taizu smiled and said, "Shuo is asking him to be on guard, so he will take care of it." Qing waited for careful thought: Yang Jiye wanted to prevent me from robbing the camp, but he just left the camp and ambushed me in secret, and when I went deeper, he would just go back to the counter-encirclement. The soldiers were divided into two teams: the first team attacked, if unguarded, hit him unprepared; if it was an empty camp, quickly released three letter cannons, and counter-attacked, and the second team heard the letter cannon, killed from the outside, and attacked from the inside and outside. In this way, whether he is defensive or not, our soldiers will surely win. At this time, Pan Renmei had taken the gun medicine, and it was not very painful, he was anxious to repay the revenge of killing the son and the hatred of a dart, afraid that the crowd would block Song Taizu's plan, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty's plan, the gods are unpredictable." Yang Jiye used the general's plan to break His Majesty's ambush plan. His Majesty used the general's plan to break his empty camp, which is called tit-for-tat, and also let Yang Jiye know the strength of His Majesty. Although Song Taizu was a wise emperor, he also liked to wear a high hat, and after listening to Pan Renmei's sweet words, his heart was very comfortable and increased his self-confidence. So he ordered Cao Bin. Gao Huaide led 5,000 troops as the first team, And Dang Jin and Tian Chongjin led 10,000 troops as the second team, and set off on the second day. The generals were ordered to order their men to feast on the battlefield and wait for the second change to arrive.
When Song Taizu dispatched troops, Yang Linggong was not idle. He secretly thought: "Although the Song army lost today, it has not been seriously injured, and in order to avenge the defeated soldiers, it will come tonight to rob the camp." That Song Taizu's wisdom could not be cao Cao, and he would also prevent our army from taking precautions, so he might also have a plan. Why don't I make a ploy and let him come back as badly as he did during the day? "If you want to stop, calmly raise the account, and order your relatives to gather the generals to enter the account." After the generals had finished seeing it, Yang Linggong issued an order: "Yan Zhao and Yan Si will lead five thousand troops, and tonight the second will set off and take a detour to rob the Song camp." Yan De and Zhang De led four thousand troops, and Yu Erqian ambushed in the middle of the road, if the Song army came, there was no need to be alarmed, and when it was defeated, intercept and fight. The lady took five daughters-in-law and led five thousand troops to ambush after the camp; Yanping and Yanlang led three thousand troops and ambushed on the left side of the south gate of the camp: Yanding and Yanhui led three thousand troops and ambushed on the right side of the south gate of the camp. If the Song soldiers came, let them enter the camp. They fire your cannons, they shout you, they shout, they just don't go to war. Wait until dawn, but listen to my letter cannon, and then kill them all together. The engagement of troops in the dark of night should be kept secret and there must be no mistakes. "The generals were ordered to lead the troops into an ambush. Yang Linggong took Yan Shun and his soldiers to a high post to sleep on the ground and wait.
On the second day of the night, it happened to be cloudy, the stars and moon were lightless, and the five fingers could not be seen. The Song army of 15,000 men and horses, divided into two teams, set out one after another, the horses picked luan bells, and the ranks of soldiers quietly came to the south gate of the Yang family barracks. The five thousand men and horses led by Cao Bin and Gao Huaide shouted and rushed in to take a look, and sure enough, it was an empty camp. Cao Bin immediately ordered the release of three cannons. Immediately afterward, only three cannons were also fired behind the Yang family barracks. Cao Bin hurriedly led his troops out to kill. Dangjin and Tian Chongjin successively heard the letters of Cao Bin and Yang Jiabing, thinking that they had already engaged, and immediately led 10,000 horses to advance. Suddenly, but listen to the clash of knives and guns, people shouting horses, war drums whirring. When the sky was light, the Song army was surprised, and it turned out that it was not a battle with the Yang family soldiers, but a cannibalism between their own families and horses. Cao Bin shouted, "Stop! We've won the lottery, let's collect the troops! ”
At this moment, only listening to the three cannon sounds, Yang Jiabing protruded from three sides and surrounded the Song legion. The Song army had already killed and killed each other for half a night, killed and wounded most of them, and those who did not die or were not injured were already sleepy and tired, how could they be the yang family father and son soldiers! But seeing Yang Lingbo and her four sons and five daughters-in-law, a total of ten male and female generals, they all pounced on the Song bing group and rampaged, like chopping melons and cutting vegetables. After a long battle, Cao Bin and others killed a bloody road and fled with the defeated soldiers. Yang Jiabing chased after him.
Song Bing fled to the middle of the road, overheard a cannon, and a Biao Yang family soldier blocked the way again, and the leading general was Yang Wulang Yande. Only to hear him shout, "Our family has been waiting for a long time." Leave your head behind and go! The words did not fall, and he grabbed the axe in his hand and rushed straight to the Song Army. Cao Bin waited to see that there was a blockade in front of him, and there were pursuing soldiers in the back, and he had no intention of fighting, so he swung a few shots in vain, and fled south in time. The Song soldiers had collapsed into an army, and like sheep, each holding its head and scurrying around. Yang Jiabing bent his bow and arrow in unison, and whizzed towards the Song Army, and suddenly fell down again.
Cao Bin and the others were fleeing south, when they suddenly saw a pubi killing a puma on the other side, thinking that it was their own family and horses that came to meet them, and they were full of joy. Unexpectedly, when they got closer, they were surprised, and it turned out that it was still Yang Jiabing, and the leader was not another one, but Yang Liulang and Yang Qilang. They were ordered to rob the Song camp, which was defenseless, and the main generals had already gone to rob the Yang family barracks, so they stirred up the sea and overturned the river, killed for a while, and returned victoriously. Halfway to the road, I happened to encounter Cao Bin and other defeated soldiers. So there was another scuffle, and Cao Bin and others rushed out of the siege and fled back to the camp.
The Song army was defeated
Cao Bin waited to return to the camp, hurriedly checked the number of people and horses, lost another 10,000, and killed five partial generals. Before he could take off his armor, he went to Song Taizu's big tent with a blood stain on his body to plead guilty and report on the defeat of the soldiers. When Song Taizu heard this, he pounded his chest and looked up at the sky and sighed: "Yang Jiye uses soldiers, no less Zhuge Kongming!" He would rather not be in Taiyuan than to surrender this person. The will of the Transmission: In the future, when fighting, when encountering this person, no cold arrows are allowed to be secretly released, and no one is allowed to injure his life. Then he ordered the generals to go back to the camp to rest, Xu Tuliang, and then engage the Yang family soldiers. All the generals went away in despair.
For several days in a row, the two families each held their camps, stood still, suspended their troops, and prepared to fight again: Yang Linggong knew that although the Song army had lost twice, it had a large number of generals and strong strength, and it was not an easy task to completely defeat it. Therefore, he sometimes sat in a big tent and read the soldier's book, sometimes went to a high post to inspect the terrain; at night, he had to look up at the stars and grasp the climate change. Because he knew that the victory or defeat of the war depended not only on the strength of the soldiers and horses, but also on the favorable time and place.
Shortly after dark on this day, Yang Linggong walked to the top of the wilderness, only to see the crescent moon like a thing, and the sky full of stars. After watching for a long time, he suddenly lost his voice and shouted, "Not good! Immediately returned to the big tent, gathered the generals, and said, "After three days, the autumn rain will not stop." From tomorrow onwards, the soldiers will be divided into four stops: one stop and four to cut firewood, the more the better; one stop to carry grain and pay, store hay; one stop to inspect tents and build horse sheds; one stop to hold weapons in hand, drums and shouts. Be sure to do it within two days, and there must be no mistakes. ”
Yang Yanzhao asked, "Daddy, why do you want to beat the drum and shout?" Yang Linggong said, "This is to cover people's ears and ears, so that Song Jun does not know our intentions." "The generals went away, each preparing for it. The next day, the Yang family barracks was really busy.
It was not until the afternoon of the third day that the soldiers of the Song camp reported Yang Jiabing's actions to Song Taizu. Song Taizu wondered, "There must be a reason for Yang Jiye's move. He frowned and said, "Not good! Could it be raining? Why would Yang Jiye want to hoard grain and accumulate grass and cut firewood? "Song Taizu also understood astronomical geography, but because he had suffered defeats one after another and was distraught, he forgot to watch the celestial signs. That night, he also went out to look up at the stars, and couldn't help but be surprised, and it was going to rain tomorrow. Hurriedly passed on the message, ordering the sergeant to chop wood tomorrow. However, before leaving, he did not carry a sickle and axe, and could only use combat weapons to make up for it, and the efficiency of chopping wood was very limited. At noon, it began to rain, and the Song army only had half a day to cut firewood.
As the saying goes: "Spring rain wetland skin, autumn rain constantly silky." "The rain began to go on endlessly, big and small, tight and slow. Because the Yang family soldiers were camped on the plateau and made full preparations before the rain, the grain and grass were full and the people and horses were safe, and this gentle autumn rain became a good opportunity for them to rest their troops and recuperate. Although Zhao Sui's barracks was not prepared before the rain, it was very close to Taiyuan City and could be supplied from time to time, so it was not barely able to get by. But the Song camp twenty miles away was a different sight. Since the camp was embedded in a lower depression and not far from fenshui, the tent was either damp or water. The firewood was not prepared enough, and it burned out in a few days, so I had to cut some wet firewood in the rain, and the wet firewood was just smoke, and I couldn't burn the flames, so I could only eat some raw rice. The worst were far from the mainland, with muddy roads that made it impossible to transport food and grass. The soldier was reduced from three meals a day to two meals, and two meals to one meal; the war horse was drenched in rain all day, and only by nibbling on some weeds survived. Hunger combined with dampness, soldiers and horses gradually became sick, and later they died more and more, more and more. When Song Taizu saw this scene, he was so worried that he didn't think about the tea and dinner, and he was upset, and he regretted that he should not have gone on an expedition to Taiyuan at this time.
From the first day of the rain, Yang Linggong was considering the strategy of water attack. He personally braved the rain to inspect the Fenshui and various water inlets, and sent his soldiers to reconnoiter the terrain of the Song camp. The soldiers returned and reported: "The Song army is stationed on the ground, less than half a mile away from Fenshui. Yang Linggong listened. Smiling slightly, he said, "It is a pity that Song Taizu is clever, and if he is confused for a while, the whole army will become a fish turtle." Then he instructed his soldiers: "Pass on the orders of the generals." "When the time comes, everyone will arrive.
Golden Knife Yang Linggong
Yang Ling issued an order: "From tomorrow onwards, Yanping will take people to the place where the Fenshui River flows and the water inlets everywhere, build an embankment to block the water, 1,000 people a day, in shifts, rain or shine." Yan Zhao led people to build five hundred ships, and each ship had to sit ten people, day and night. Water jamming and shipbuilding must be completed within five days, and there must be no mistakes. This matter is confidential and must not be known to the Song people. Yang Liulang and the others were all clever, but they knew what was going on as soon as they heard it; the others who didn't know why they were natural only muttered in their hearts and didn't dare to ask questions; but Yang Qilang didn't know how high or low, and asked stupidly: "Daddy, why build ships when you hand over troops on land?" ”
Yang Linggong shouted, "Slave! Hugh asks more! Yang Qilang pouted, and he didn't dare to ask again. Out of the big tent, Yang Liulang quietly told him, and only then did he laugh happily.
The Yang family soldiers all understood that if Yang Linggong's plan could be successful, it could almost completely destroy the Song army, or at least drive it away, so as not to protracted and bleed and die. So everyone scrambled and worked hard. In less than five days, the water was blocked everywhere, and five hundred boats were built. Yang Linggong ordered the generals to rest. He himself was also leisurely, or reading military books, or playing Go, like no one else. Even Yang Yanzhao was confused, and they were all talking in private: Since everything is ready, why haven't they started the water attack?
It turned out that Yang Linggong had long been thoughtful and thoughtful, and he had become a bamboo in his chest. He thought: "Although the Song army suffered from hunger and disease and suffered slight losses, it could still be supported; moreover, it was difficult to fight in the rain. Since the autumn rain did not stop, it was better to wait a few more days and let song jun suffer some more. When the rain came to the first sun, the Song army must have basked in the sun, taking advantage of the fact that they were not wearing armor and horses could not saddle, and they would make a surprise attack, and let it be completely destroyed and become a ghost in the water. "So I didn't move, but waited for the rain to clear.
The rain fell for half a month before it slowly stopped, and the sky was still dark and foggy. On this evening, the red clouds on the western peak revealed a sunny sky. Yang Linggong saw it and thought to himself, "Tomorrow the clouds will definitely clear and the sun will be shining." My strategy can be applied. He summoned the generals into the tent and ordered, "Yanping will lead a thousand troops, and at the end of tomorrow, they will all open the embankments everywhere." Yan Zhao led five thousand troops, and at the end of the day, he took five hundred boat rafts, but when the fenshui rose sharply, they all went down the river and killed the Song camp. Yanding and Yanshun led 4,000 troops and guarded the camp. The rest will follow the commander-in-chief and lead ten thousand troops to the Song camp by land; the horses' hooves will be wrapped in barrel cloth to avoid the slippery mud of the road. Destroy the Song army, in this one fell swoop, the three armies of all sizes must strive to be the first, and must not slacken off! The multitude rejoiced and agreed in unison, "Yes! "Calvary is ready to go.
The next day, it was indeed a rare sunny day, with clear skies, brilliant sunshine and a gentle breeze. Late blooming wildflowers, with crystal dewdrops, delicate and beautiful, dot the earth. Heavy ears of grain, squeezed and squeezed, nodded frequently toward the sun. All kinds of birds and finches, flapping their wings, flying up and down, gently arguing. When Song Taizu saw this scene, he couldn't help but cry out, "Shame." Thinking that the great difficulty has passed, it is possible to regroup, Xu Tuliang, and go to capture Yang Linggong alive. He concluded that the mud was everywhere, and the Yang family soldiers would not come to fight. So he ordered people to urge grain and grass on the one hand, and ordered the sergeant to dry his armor and sort out his war equipment.
Just when the Song army's horses were unloading their saddles, and the people took off their armor, even stripped off their upper bodies, and basked in the sun, they saw the waves of the water, roaring, and coming from the mountains and the sea. When the Song army saw the surprise, he shouted, hurriedly threw away his helmet and armor, threw away his shield, did not care for each other, and each of them desperately ran wildly to a high place. Suddenly, a large amount of water flooded the Song camp, and the flat water was deep. With the water potential, only hundreds of rafts were seen, from far and near, flying like arrows. Some of the Yang family soldiers on the boat, armed with bows and arrows, whizzed at the Song army that was running around; some held long guns and scratched their hooks, stabbing at the Song army in the water. At the same time, I saw a black pressure on a puppy horse, like a whirlwind rolling from the land. The general who rushed in the head, white helmets, white armor, and white war horses, with a red and beautiful flag on his back, his long hair fluttering on his chest, flying in the wind, no need to ask, this person is Yang Linggong. The 10,000 horses led by Yang Linggong, regardless of the Song army that fell into the water, only circled around a semicircle and surrounded the Song army that had fled to a high place. Then they rushed into the circle together, rampaged, slashed and killed indiscriminately. The Song army was starving for half a month, plagued by diseases, and in a hurry to fight, lacking armor and armor, and even naked. With bare hands, how can you resist! There is really no way to heaven and no door to the earth.
Yang Linggong rushed left and right in the Song army, looking at the six roads, listening to the eight directions, and concentrating on finding Song Taizu, but there was no trace. It turned out that Song Taizu was the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, and his diet and living were different from ordinary people, so although the autumn rain was half a month and the soldiers were hungry, he still had enough to eat. Even his Red Dragon Foal had special care, kept in a tent with plenty of hay. Therefore, when the water suddenly came, he still had time to put on armor and helmet, take a stick and get on the horse. In this way, he came to the squad a little late. He looked up, knew that the general trend had gone, and had no intention of fighting, sighed, and fled south on horseback. Yang Linggong suddenly saw a red horse galloping south, and saw that the armor of the general on the horse was clear and shining, and he concluded that it must be Song Taizu. Immediately urge the snowflake war horse to hurry up. Yang Linggong's snowflake horse originally could not run song Taizu's red dragon colt, only because the horseshoe of the flower horses sold were wrapped in cotton cloth, but they ran faster than the red dragon colt on the muddy ground.
As Song Taizu ran away, he looked back from time to time. Suddenly, Yang Linggong rushed to the scene, was shocked, and secretly said, "My life is over!" So he desperately whipped the Red Dragon Foal. The Red Dragon Foal can understand people's feelings, when to run fast, when to jog, and has a complete number in mind, so it is never whipped. Today it knew that the master was in danger, and it had used twelve minutes of strength to run, and it could not imagine that it was still being beaten by the master, and it could not help but be angry, and it did not care whether the road was in front of it or not, it rushed straight to the south. Suddenly, the four legs fell into the mud pit, allowing Song Taizu to whip and could no longer move.
Taizu almost died under Yang Ye's knife
When Yang Linggong saw it, he was overjoyed in his heart, raised his long golden sword, and rushed towards Song Taizu. Song Taizu knew that he could not escape his life, closed his eyes, and waited quietly for death. However, after waiting for a long time, I didn't see the big knife fall, and I couldn't help but feel strange in my heart. Pinching one's own person with his hand causes pain; touching his own neck, there is also a feeling. So he opened his eyes and looked back, only to see that Yang Linggong had hung his large knife on the saddle and was smiling at himself. At this moment, the Red Dragon Foal had already cultivated enough strength, and with a long hiss, he jumped out of the mud pit.
Song Taizu turned his head back and bowed his hand to Yang Linggong: "Why didn't General Yang kill the widows?" Yang Linggong also bowed his hand: "For five generations, the country has been worried about internal and external troubles, and Li Min has been devastated. Since His Majesty ascended to the pole, he has conformed to the hearts and minds of the people of the world, while the inside is committed to reunification, and the outside is to resist the Liao state. If the last general kills His Majesty, he will go against the hearts of the people of the world and leave a name for all the worlds. Although the last general is not talented, he can still know a little righteousness, how can he try to be happy for a moment, and become a sinner of thousands of ages? ”
When Song Taizu heard this, he was deeply moved, and then he bowed his hand and said: "The general's great name, the widow has long heard of it, and today he saw it with his own eyes, and it is indeed worthy of the name." The general is not only outstanding in martial arts and wisdom, but also understands the great righteousness and has the world in mind. The widow was a defeated general under the general, and did not dare to persuade the general to submit to the fallen, but only asked the general to follow the general into the dynasty and jointly achieve great causes. I wonder what the general's dignity is? ”
Yang Linggong also bowed his hand: "The last general will be a human subject, and he should fulfill his duties." Lord Han treats me poorly, so how can I betray me halfway? Your Majesty need not say much, just do it yourself. Green mountains are not old, green water is long, if there is a fate, there will be a period later. After saying this, the horse reined back, and the legs of the horse flew away. Song Taizu watched Yang Linggong gradually go away, admired more than that, and secretly made up his mind that sooner or later he would recruit Yang Linggong to surrender.
Song Taizu wanted to subdue Yang Ye
Song Taizu waited for a long time, and the defeated remnants of the army gathered one after another. A little check, about thirty thousand. In this battle, a hundred thousand men and horses were lost, and eight members were killed, and five members of the main force were wounded. Song Taizu pinched his fingers, and when he set out from Bieliang, he lost 120,000 horses and horses, and he couldn't help but look up at Tianhao and sigh, silently, and immediately ordered the class. Yang Jiabing also did not come to catch up.
Yang Linggong sent people to report to the Northern Han Lord. The Lord of the Northern Han Dynasty was overjoyed, and sent out fat sheep and fine wine to engage the three armies. The soldiers rejoiced and thundered, and praised Yang Ling's god of public soldiers, such as Kong Ming's rebirth.
Yang Linggong learned that the Song army had left the Han territory, so he asked the Han lord to return to Dai Prefecture to guard the town.