Chapter 1404 Warm Welcome

Zhao Guangyi was overjoyed when he heard that, and quickly rewarded him with brocade clothes and jade belts, and ordered him to set off immediately.

Seeing that the emperor was so happy, Yang Ye also felt that what he did was right.

He thanked the emperor for his grace, and then withdrew.

Now that he had the emperor's will, he didn't dare to delay, and he was eager to make contributions.

The next day, Yang Ye took his sons Yang Yanyu, Yang Yanzhao and others to Daizhou to go to work.

Yang Yanzhao is Yang Liulang. After returning to the Song Dynasty with his father, he was appointed as an official and changed his name to Yang Yanzhao.

Yang Ye once said that he is most like himself, so every time he goes out as a teacher, he will definitely take him with him.

When they arrived in Daizhou, it happened to be very cold, and Yang Ye personally supervised the repair of the city wall. Although the wind and snow were fluttering, he still did not relax at all.

In the blink of an eye, it was the fifth year of Taiping and Xingguo, and the winter went to spring, the grass slowly grew, and the army and horses of the Liao Kingdom were fat and strong, so they were ready to invade again.

The Lord of Liao sent Yelusha and Yelu Xiezhen to lead 100,000 troops to Yanmen Pass.

Yanmenguan is located in the north of Daizhou, and it is the gateway of Daizhou. Once it is lost, Daizhou will be in danger.

Yang Ye was very worried when he heard that the 100,000 troops of the Liao army were coming. He frowned and said to his sons Yang Yanzhao and Yang Yanyu:

"The Liao army is said to be one hundred thousand, but we only have ten or twenty thousand. Even if one is against ten, it may not be sure to win. We can only use tricks to give him a good reputation, lest the Liao people look down on us."

Yang Yanzhao's eyes lit up when he heard this.

"Boy, I have a trick. I can lead a strong army, go around the back of the Liao army from the trail, and give them a surprise. It will definitely succeed."

After hearing this, Yang Ye felt that this method was good, so he kept nodding his head.

"I think the same way. There are not so many soldiers and horses. You just need to go ahead and attack them in the dark, scare them, and let them flee in panic."

At the moment, Yang Ye selected several thousand elites, set off from the west opening of Yanmen Pass, and circled to the north of Yanmen Pass.

It happened to be midnight at this time, the moonlight was dim, and the wind was blowing.

Yang Yanzhao saw from a distance that the Yanmen Gate was closed, and the Liao army camp was stationed tens of kilometers in darkness.

Yang Ye ordered Yang Yanyu to lead 3,000 troops to enter from the left; he ordered Yang Yanzhao to lead 3,000 troops to enter from the right, and he led hundreds of cavalry to attack the Chinese army.

These three soldiers and horses took advantage of the night to attack the Liao army's camp, and when they got near the Liao army's camp, they shouted in unison, and the sound of charging and killing was loud.

Yelusha, Yelu Xiezhen and others were only wary of the soldiers in the pass coming out to attack the camp, but unexpectedly the Song army was so bold that they went around to the rear camp.

Just like the heavenly soldiers and generals falling from the sky, the Liao army was scared to hide in the east.

In the camp of the Liao army, there was Xiao Duoli, the son-in-law of the Liao state governor, who thought he was brave and invincible. He came out of the camp to meet the enemy with a big axe, and happened to meet Yang Linggong.

The two horses fought, and they hadn't fought ten rounds, only to hear Yang Linggong yell, and Xiao Duoli flew down under the horse with his helmet on his head.

Seeing Xiao Duo and Li's death, the Liao soldiers became even more panicked and broke up immediately.

Liao Prime Minister Yelusha, Liao General Yelu Xiezhen and others were frightened by the Song army and fled in panic.

The soldiers of the Liao army were in chaos, and countless people were trampled to death.

Yang Ye and his son bluffed, killed the Liao soldiers, organized the army and returned to Yanmen Pass, inspected the soldiers, and only injured a dozen people.

After resting for half a day, he returned to Daizhou and sent a good news to the imperial court.

After this defeat, the Liao people called Yang Ye "Yang Wudi". Whenever they saw the banner with the word "Yang", they would turn around and run away.

When the Lord of Liao heard that his army had failed and returned, he was furious, and even supervised the army himself, aggressively invaded the Song Dynasty again, and ordered Yeluxiu to be the vanguard to attack Waqiao Pass.

The soldiers guarding the pass heard that the Liao army had retreated twice, and they had no tricks to measure him. Brother Yeluxiu selected the elite and crossed the river from the south. The general of the Song Army bullied the few soldiers he led and let him ashore instead of intercepting. After all the Liao soldiers crossed the river, the Song and Liao armies began a fierce confrontation.

Who knew that Brother Yeluxiu's subordinates were all experienced in many battles, and they were extremely brave. Song Jun was not an opponent, and he killed them all in pieces.

In the end, even Waqiaoguan was lost, and the Song army scattered and fled to Mozhou.

Brother Yeluxiu chased to the city of Mozhou and ordered soldiers to besiege it, vowing to take it down.

The guards in the city rushed to report to the Song court for 800 miles. Zhao Guangyi ordered the conquest in person and mobilized all the generals to march north.

During the march, Zhao Guangyi received news of the defeat and quickly ordered to advance quickly.

When he arrived in Daming, he heard that the Lord of Liao had retreated, so Zhao Guangyi ordered Cao Han to deploy his generals to defend, and returned to Bianjing by himself.

A few days after returning to Bianjing, Zhao Guangyi wanted to launch a crusade against the Liao Kingdom. Most of the officials in the court catered to the emperor's wishes, and they all reported that Youzhou, Jizhou and other places should be seized first.

Zhang Qixian is a native of Caozhou. He is very courageous and known far and wide.

When Taizu visited Luoyang earlier, Zhang Qixian was just a commoner, and offered ten suggestions to Taizu, Taizu adopted four, and six were not satisfactory.

Zhang Qixian insisted on his own opinion, and insisted that ten items were all right, which angered Taizu, so Taizu ordered him to be beaten out with sticks.

Soon Taizu returned to Bianjing and said to Zhao Guangyi.

"I visited the Western Capital this time, and met a man named Zhang Qixian, who is very talented. You can let him be your prime minister in the future. You must keep it in mind."

Zhao Guangyi nodded, remembering it firmly at that time.

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Datang Chang'an.

In the temple where Tang Seng became a monk, the young monks were cleaning the yard and wiping the Buddha statues, their faces were full of joy.

"Have you heard? It is said that Master Sanzang has returned from learning scriptures, and the king of Tang will definitely reward our temple when the time comes!"

"That's right, this is a big event for Buddhism to go eastward, and it's a great contribution! We Master Sanzang have made great contributions to the Tang Dynasty!"

"Don't make noise here, Master Sanzang will be back soon, clean up quickly!"

A monk with big ears came over and urged several young monks.

At this time, the sky suddenly burst into golden light, and colorful clouds floated, setting off the whole sky incomparably beautifully.

Faintly, there is also the sound of drum music.

Several monks looked at the sky strangely, what's going on?

Could it be that Master Sanzang is back?

They coincidentally thought of this, and immediately went to report to the abbot in ecstasy!

Not long!

The courtyard of the temple is already full of monks, what a bald head with shiny tiles!

This kind of scene is also very rare to see, hundreds of bald people standing together can shine in the dark night!

Even this scene is really amazing!

An old monk with a wrinkled face stood in the front, his eyes full of anticipation!

This person is Tang Seng's master, that is, the person who rescued him from the river and raised him.

"Could it really be Jiang Liu'er?"