Chapter 309: The Dog with a Human Head, Its Head is Stolen

August 5th, night.

After Yang Chang deployed the city defense, he returned to the Zhizhishisi.

Just now I saw Shi Qian returning with the Hu people. According to the practice in the Liangshan period, he would have waited at the city gate to ask questions. However, as the territory becomes larger and larger, personal "quality" must be improved.

Yang Chang never puts on airs, nor does he have the arrogance of a superior. He can be sincere to others, but he cannot be without the slightest cunning.

Wen Huanzhang had reminded him of this last year, and when Su Yuanjing came to Taiyuan to attend the wedding, he also secretly gave him suggestions, which only then did he take seriously.

Of course, since Yang Chang defeated the Jin army and recovered Fenzhou and Taiyuan in one go, Su Yuanjing saw a bright future, so he sent his family from Linfen to Weisheng, and he returned to Bian Jing to be an official, taking the initiative to serve as an internal supporter of the Western Court for Yang Chang.

Continuing with Shi Qian's words, the Hu people he brought back might have had their tongues grabbed, or they might have had other habits.

In short, this is like the approval process, which should be done one level at a time.

Even if the process is streamlined, the Night Owl Army should interrogate first, followed by Wu Song, and finally report to himself.

If you do everything yourself, your ending may be like Zhuge Liang. Not only do you work hard and devote yourself to your work, but you also deprive those around you of opportunities to train. All matters, no matter how big or small, are decided by the prime minister.

Of course, Yang Chang has reached the fifth level of Qi Refining, and if he continues to pick up the items, he will reach a higher level. Even if he does it himself like Zhuge Liang, he doesn't have to worry about any problems with his body. It's just that he doesn't want to see that result.

Soon after returning home, dinner was served.

Yang Chang liked the lively folk way of dining together, and abandoned the custom of eating at separate tables that showed hierarchy at home. The whole family, young and old, gathered around a large round table, sharing a few plates of simple food. The happy scene was so heartwarming.

In addition to his three wives and sons, his sister-in-law Zhao Fujin also ate at the same table every day. In fact, her mansion was next door to Wu Song's, but it was not as lively as Yang Chang's, and the food did not seem as delicious with so few people.

During these two days, the Jin army invaded the border. Wu Song had the important task of guarding Yangqu and seldom stayed at home. He also encouraged his newly-married wife to go to the next door more often.

After all, if we really encounter any danger, we still have Hu Sanniang and Zhao Fujin to protect us, and they both have double attack capabilities of physical and magical attacks.

In the middle of summer, Yang Chang had a light meal at night and only drank two bowls of porridge.

"Huang'er is growing up, don't just follow your father and drink porridge. You also have buns, okay?"

"Brother-in-law."

Yang Chang was about to reach out to take the buns, but Zhao Fujin happened to pull the steamer towards him, and then he pushed it away out of embarrassment.

"It's okay, little sister, take it first. If you like, eat more. If not, steam more."

"enough."

"It's okay. I need to steam some more. My second brother hasn't come back yet and he has a big appetite."

Before he could finish his polite words, he felt a familiar presence in the backyard. Turning back, he saw Wu Song hurrying over.

"Second brother?"

"Consort."

"Sanlang is eating. Then I'll let Shi Qian wait."

"do not."

Yang Chang stepped forward, grabbed Wu Song and said, "I have finished eating. I will go to the front hall to meet the guests. You can stay for dinner."

"How can I stay alone when Sanlang is not here?"

"Little sister. Bah, my sister-in-law is here too, why are you being so polite?"

"Sanlang should call her little sister, and we should all call her that as usual. It will be confusing if we call each other by our own name."

Wu Song was pressed on a stool by Yang Chang, and looked at Zhao Fujin opposite him with a smile, thinking to himself, if you call your wife sister-in-law, will she call herself sister or brother-in-law?

"Haha." Yang Chang smiled and patted his shoulder, saying, "Whatever Second Brother says, the main course tonight is Yanggu steamed buns. Although I didn't make them myself, the taste is not much different. If you don't have enough, there are more in the kitchen. I'll leave first."

"Eh"

Wu Song nodded and looked at the steamer on the table. He picked up a bun and took a bite. His heart ached and the taste of memories came from the tip of his tongue.

When I look back, the person has gone far away.

Yang Chang was also curious about the Hu people, so he used the Centipede Step to move as fast as the wind and disappeared into the night in an instant.

When they reached the front of the hall, Yang Chang withdrew his magical powers and stepped over the threshold.

Shi Qian was born a thief and was extremely sensitive to the surrounding environment. When he saw Yang Chang, he hurriedly greeted him, "General, you are here."

"General Yang"

"Hu people? He is..."

Yang Chang looked at the man carefully and saw that he was dressed in Khitan clothes, which made him have some guesses in his mind.

"General, this is Han Funu, the secretary of General Yelu, who wants to see you for something important."

"Oh? Could it be Yelu Yudu's men? We are here? We lost the fight this morning, and now we are here to declare war?"

"You are joking, Commander. If it is not necessary, who would dare to challenge your majesty?"

Seeing Han Funu bowing and touching his chest, Yang Chang walked forward with his hands behind his back and said, "You dare not challenge my might? But you dare to surround my Yangqu City? Yelu Yudu sent you to make fun of me? Have you forgotten what happened to Salumu?"

"No, no."

Han Funu waved his hands in panic and explained excitedly: "If it weren't for the Marshal's coercion, how could my general be your enemy? The fight under the city this morning and the siege just now were all forced upon me. I came to see the commander privately now to ask for a way out for my general."

"So you came here without telling Yelu Yudu?"

Yang Chang walked to his seat and sat down, then looked at Han Funu and nodded and asked, "Yelü Yudu led his troops to besiege the city, and then asked me to let him go? It's a bit unreasonable, isn't it? His way of survival is not in his own hands? If he doesn't want to be beaten, he can just retreat."

"No, the Jin people sent Pucha Shi Jianu as the military supervisor, who was the commander of the army that was besieged and killed in Xiongling. This man had asked our general for help but failed, and then he became hostile to our surrendered generals. He holds the order of the commander-in-chief, so we have no way to evacuate."

"I see. But since you're asking for favors, how can you come to see me empty-handed?"

"You can trade me for information."

As soon as Han Funu finished speaking, he saw Yang Chang staring at him playfully, as if saying "Please start your performance".

So he briefly introduced the information of the 50,000 vanguards to Yang Chang: "Our vanguard has a total of 50,000 people, composed of four groups of soldiers and horses. In addition to General Yu Du's 18,000 people, the one who surrounded the east gate is Yelu Huaishan."

"Then the military supervisor Puchashi Jianu estimated that my Yangqu garrison had 10,000 people?"

"Yes, but I think it's more than that, maybe 20,000."

"hehe."

Yang Chang raised his head and smiled, muttering, "Don't worry about the 10,000 or 20,000 troops for now. If you dare to divide your troops into three groups to besiege the city, I will dare to send troops from three groups at the same time. In the end, I will definitely be the winner. What do you think?"

"Of course I believe it, but my general really has no hostility towards me."

"It would be a shame not to eat a delicious meal that has been delivered to my door, even including the 18,000 yuan that Yelu Yudu took. But since you are showing goodwill on his behalf, I can give him a chance. But the intelligence just now is not enough. I want to know the overall plan of the Jin people, as well as how many follow-up troops there will be and when they will arrive?" "I am of low status and the information I can know is limited. How can I know the overall plan of the Jin people? I only heard that Hebei has also moved." Han Funu bowed again to salute.

"The Jin army in the east? They are just a bunch of losers. I say they will never be able to defeat us." Yang Chang answered with a look of contempt.

Since the attack and killing of Wu Bubang in Xiangyuan, Yang Chang had fought with the Eastern Army several times. He could feel that their style was different from that of the Western Army. They were not brave enough to take risks and were cautious, so their losses had always been smaller than that of the Western Army.

It's not that the Eastern Army's commander was timid, but that they treated each person differently according to their situation. They would be cautious when facing a tough guy, but would strike hard when facing a weak one. For example, Wuliebu traveled thousands of miles to attack Bianliang, which showed that he was extremely courageous.

Of course, the most important thing was the infighting among factions in the Jin Dynasty. Aguda's faction intended to preserve its strength, which led to complete disunity between the east and west routes, allowing Yang Chang to take advantage.

Although Yang Chang's words were arrogant, Han Funu did not dare to say a word in retort, but instead echoed and applauded.

Han Funu was just a small clerk. He said at the beginning that he came here without telling Yelu Yudu, so Yang Chang could not talk to him in depth. He asked a few simple questions and let Shi Qian send him away.

However, upon learning about the strength of the army besieging the city, Yang Chang immediately decided to defeat them as quickly as possible. He thought to himself that he already had 30,000 soldiers in the city. How could he allow others to surround him when he had so much on hand?

joke!

Since the enemy will not cooperate in the fight, then we will kill them all and then pick up their corpses. Although this may cause waste, the main force of the Jin army in the west has not arrived, and the battle situation of the Pingding army is unknown. Yang Chang does not intend to continue playing with them.

According to Han Funu's intelligence, Yelu Yudu at the South Gate had 18,000 infantry and cavalry, Yelu Tushan at the North Gate had 13,000 infantry and cavalry, and the two allied forces at the East Gate had 19,000 infantry and cavalry.

Now that Yelu Yudu has shown goodwill, a normal commander would start with a simple approach, that is, choose Yelu Tushan who has the least soldiers. In that case, even if 10,000 people are left to defend the city, the remaining infantry and cavalry can cooperate with the navy to go around the rear, and the total force can be more than twice that of the enemy, which will be a wealthy battle that has never been fought.

However, Yang Chang preferred to attack the enemy at the east gate, because the difference in troop strength was only 6,000, which was nothing in his eyes. He mainly wanted to force Yelu Yudu to cooperate with him.

Yang Chang had tried to destroy Liao nobles like Yelu Yudu several times but did not do so. However, he did not intend to bring such people under his command. He knew that it would be difficult for such people to convert. If he brought them under his command, he could at most use them like the Jin people. If he encouraged them to restore the Liao Dynasty, things would develop in another direction.

Yang Chang took such pains because he did not want to support the Liao army, but hoped to reap the benefits. It was a typical case of "wanting both". So he mobilized troops overnight and prepared to send out the troops the next morning.

On the sixth day of August, just after the fifth watch, the east gate opened wide.

Twenty thousand infantry and cavalry went out in the dark and slowly assembled their troops outside the city.

Every time Yang Chang went out to fight, Hu Sanniang would take Zhao Fujin and Qiu Qiongying to see him off early. Today, the enemy was only a few miles away, so she took the three ladies with her.

Of course, Zhao Fujin was only a scout before the battle. After 'finishing the first order', she had to go home to look after Yang Huang. She showed her skills at Fengyue Pass. Except for Lu Zhishen, who had high magic power to resist aliens, few people could resist flying swords now. She was no less capable than Hu and Qiu at home.

On the eve of dawn, there is only faint starlight.

In order not to alert the enemy, Zhao Fujin could not use the Wind Fire Wheels when moving, and relied on Yang Chang to dictate directions all the way. Normally, the movement speed would be affected, but the two of them cooperated very well and arrived at the outskirts of the enemy camp in a short while.

When Yang Chang arrived, he just took a glance and urged Zhao Fujin to return.

"Okay, let's go back."

"You used to be very durable, why are you so fast today?"

"Cough cough."

As soon as he put his arm around Zhao Fujin's waist, she said this, which made Yang Chang laugh and cry. He hurriedly interrupted her with a cough and corrected her: "My dear princess, it's better not to say these two sentences together, as it will be ambiguous."

"Hmm? What's the ambiguity?"

"We'll talk about it tonight. Let's go back first. This simple camp is no different from a send-off."

"Oh"

Zhao Fujin didn't like to keep asking, so he used his magic to return to the city.

The reason why Yang Chang laughed at the simplicity of the enemy camp was that he saw no antlers or chevaux de frise around the camp, let alone sentry towers, walls, pits and other facilities. There were only large areas of bare tents in the open space.

This guy originally wanted to imitate the first battle of Yangliang Pass and raid the enemy camp while the enemy was asleep.

There are no fortifications around the enemy camp now. If we launch an attack at this time, won’t we just kill indiscriminately?

The current situation was probably caused by the fact that the Liao army arrived too late yesterday. They were worried that if they set up camp in a big way, they would expose their position and lead Yang Chang to rob the camp. They also bet that Yang Chang's soldiers were too few and would not dare to leave the city.

Zhao Fujin brought the commander to the city gate, and Yang Chang immediately led the army forward in the dark.

The enemy camp is in the east, and it gets brighter as we walk.

When the morning light shone on the flag of the central army, the 20,000 soldiers and horses of the robbery camp had already taken their positions.

"Army attack!"

"kill!"

"Come on!"

As soon as Yang Chang gave the order, the men rode their horses and rushed out.

Hu Sanniang and Qiu Qiongying followed closely behind. The three of them had fought side by side, just like when Yang Chang was stationed in Qinzhou three years ago. The two women couldn't stop getting excited, especially under the influence of the [Pojun] halo, their fighting will was unprecedentedly strong.

The couple led their troops to attack the front, Lu Zhishen and Liu Tang led their troops to attack the left wing, Lu Junyi and Yang Zhi led their troops to attack the right wing, and the Night Owl Army patrolled and guarded the periphery to prevent Yelu Tushan and Yelu Yudu from coming to support.

Although he met Yelu Yudu's confidant last night, Yang Chang still remained wary of him.

The 20,000-strong army attacked from three sides, and their shouts were like a flash flood, waking up the sleeping Liao army. Most of them had to pick up their weapons and were forced to fight before they could even put on their clothes.

A group of unarmored Liao soldiers were in a panic as they faced the enemy attack and their fighting power was greatly reduced. In addition, their total troop strength was not advantageous. They were completely unable to withstand Yang Chang's offensive and were defeated in an instant.

Generals such as Yelu Huaiyi and Yelu Gaoba had no time to command the battle after they were fully armed, and their soldiers were either dead or fled.

The military supervisor Pucha Shi Jianu, who was not leading any troops with him, saw that the situation was not good and immediately mounted his horse and took up his sword to flee to the north of the camp. Unfortunately, he ran into Liu Tang head-on and had to fight him head-on.

Pucha Shi Jianu had good martial arts skills, but in his haste to escape his sword skills often showed flaws, and he was nearly hit by Liu Tang in the fifth round. He then struggled to block the attack and turned around to escape.

As soon as Liu Tang saw the man's clothes, he knew that he was at least a small leader. How much military merit could he get by killing ordinary soldiers? I still prefer to kill famous generals, so I chased after this military supervisor relentlessly.

The shouts and cries of killing were deafening all around. Puchashi's slave was in a panic and didn't know where the exit was. When he turned a corner, he bumped into Lu Zhishen again.

The monk was in a killing mood at the time. He keenly sensed the enemy approaching from behind, so he quickly pulled the reins, turned his horse around, and raised his stick to attack.

"what?"

When Puchashi's slave saw King Kong's angry eyes, he remembered the scene of the fight in front of the battle yesterday. He was shocked and frantically pulled the reins to turn the horse, but he was nervous and used too much force, and the horse under him slipped and fell down.

When Liu Tang rode over, he just saw Lu Zhishen holding the saddle and dismounting, holding up his Zen stick and about to hit the enemy on the top of his head.

Arriving a step late, the head was snatched away by the master.
"Wait a minute, you can't kill me."

"What a joke! Is there anyone I can't kill? Grandpa despises cowards the most, but I have to kill them anyway!"

"Buddha! Are you a disciple of Elder Zhizhen? Are you or are you not?"

"You stupid dog, even if I bring up my master, it won't save you!"

"Kill me, and Elder Zhizhen will be gone!"

(End of this chapter)