Early spring February.

Liaodong in the north is also gradually melting the ice and snow, and the mountains and fields are gradually getting some green.

Cangyan Mountain City.

In the city lord's mansion, Luo Cheng was roasting a fire.

"How's it going on in the new city?" He asked.

Wei Zheng sat on the kang with his sleeves crossed, and said with a smile, "Since that day, we successfully ambushed Yang Wanchun halfway and killed his 3,000 men, and Yang Wanchun was defeated and returned to the new city, there has been no movement. It's a pity that the general only cut off Yang Wanchun's arm that day and let him escape, otherwise, if he could behead Yang Wanchun that day, then he would be wiped out that day, and maybe Xincheng would also take advantage of the trend. ”

Luo Cheng shook his head, that Yang Wanchun was a ruthless character, that day he bet that Yang Wanchun would not come to save Cangyan City but would return to Xincheng, so he led thousands of elites to ambush halfway, and sure enough, he waited for Yang Wanchun.

However, after Yang Wanchun was attacked with 7,000 men and horses, he was still able to bear the impact of the vanguard army of 5,000 men and horses, and fought fiercely for a long time. When the fight was at its worst, Luo Cheng took Siye and Shixin to break the formation with heavy horses and cover up with light horses, and finally killed under the banner of Yang Wanchun's generals, but Yang Wanchun's troops did not collapse.

Luo Cheng cut off one of Yang Wanchun's arms with a knife, but his own soldiers desperately came up to snatch him, those personal soldiers were not afraid of death, and used their lives to block Luo Cheng's knives and guns, and finally rescued Yang Wanchun by force.

Five thousand against seven thousand, more than 3,000 were killed in the first battle, and one of Yang Wanchun's arms was cut off, but in the end, Yang Wanchun still returned to the new city with more than 3,000 people.

That battle, it can be said that it was a great pity, just a little bit.

If Yang Wanchun could be killed at that time, then this army would indeed collapse, but there was nothing to do.

After Yang Wanchun was defeated in the new city, Luo Cheng did not go to fight the new city, but turned around and went to fight Nansu City, which was another mountain city thirty miles away from Cangyan City. Luo Cheng wanted to force Yang Wanchun to come to help, but this guy was also ruthless, no matter how Luo Cheng besieged the city, he just didn't send a single soldier.

In the end, Luo Cheng spent ten days to break through the Goguryeo mountain fortress with 2,000 defenders. However, his own left vanguard army also suffered a lot of damage, the vanguard army lost 300, while the township soldiers lost 1,000, and the tribal soldiers lost 1,000, and the losses even exceeded those of the Goguryeo people who defended the city.

But after the fight, it's still worth it.

After capturing Nansu, Luo Cheng connected the three cities of Xuansu, Cangyan, and Nansu into a line, forming a triangular defensive situation. Even if Gaimu and Xincheng have not been built, now Luo Cheng has completely gained a firm foothold in this area.

"Since crossing the river into Liaodong, we have won many battles, first the wind and snow flew to capture Xuansu City, and then the Sifang Fort broke the Goguryeo Pioneer Army, and then the Dadonggou broke the Xincheng Army, captured the Yuan and built the soil to seize the Shuai Banner, and then attacked Cangyan, ambushed Yang Wanchun, and then fought hard in Nansu, counting, we are seven battles and seven victories, killing 13,000 Goguryeo troops before and after, and capturing and surrendering 3,000 Goguryeo soldiers." Wei Zheng smiled and gave Luo Cheng a calculation, "I crossed the river on the first day of the first month, and now it is just the end of February, and the two months have not yet arrived. ”

Luo Cheng looked at a casualty statistics in front of him, "I'm looking forward to when the part of our Eighth Army will arrive, in two months, although we have won seven battles and seven victories, we have lost a lot of soldiers, and the number of dead, seriously injured, frostbitten and so on has been as many as two thousand, and the attrition is serious." ”

Wei Zheng said, "But our strength is not decreasing but increasing, now our left vanguard army alone has 5,000 tribal soldiers, not to mention 8,000 county soldiers and township regiments, when we crossed the river, there were 10,000 22 soldiers and 8,000 auxiliaries, but now there are 31,000 men and horses." ”

"Not to mention, we still have three cities and six forts, this strength, east of the Liao River, is the only one, and even outside the Guan, it can be regarded as the first one."

"Look at the right vanguard again, the last time he was greedy for merit, he turned off three thousand and two light horses, and almost gave away four thousand light horses. Later, the turtle shrank for a while, and as a result, we even went down to Cangyan and Nansu two cities, and thought that the Goguryeo people couldn't hold on, so they couldn't sit still, okay, pull out the remaining 16,000 people, and fight a small mountain city guarded by 1,000 people, which has been fought for more than half a month, and the loss of troops and generals has been lost, and more than 3,000 people have been lost, but until now this small mountain city has not been laid, and now it is difficult to ride a tiger, and it is a dilemma. ”

"Don't mention that straw bag, let's compare with him, that's really self-defeating."

Yu Wenhua crossed the river with a patchwork of 20,000 horses, known as the right vanguard army, but the battle has been fought so far, 20,000 horses, only more than 13,000 remained, and 10,000 soldiers from World War II, only half of them remained. In addition to picking up Luo Cheng's cheapness that day, chasing and defeating soldiers and beheading two thousand heads, it can be said that he is incompetent to get home.

"Yu Wenhua has sent people here a few times, and he wants to ask us to send troops to support him in conquering that small mountain city, but do we still refuse?"

Luo Cheng snorted, "Don't pay attention to this kind of straw bag, since you don't have that ability, then retreat as soon as possible, he can't fight it himself, why should he ask us to support?" The last time I saved him, it was a critical situation, and Lao Tzu couldn't help it, but now, there is no door. ”

Wei Zheng smiled, and he didn't mean to help Yu culture and speak, in fact, now not only the left vanguard army looks down on the right vanguard army, but even the tribesmen and village warriors under Luo Cheng also look down on the right vanguard army.

In terms of fighting, they obeyed Luo Cheng, the general of the left vanguard.

"It's almost March, why hasn't the army from Zhuojun arrived yet?"

"The first, second, and third armies are taking the southern road, and the fourth, fifth, and sixth armies are taking the middle road, and the southern and middle roads have to cross hundreds of miles of Da Liaoze. Therefore, delays on the road are inevitable. ”

"The seventh, eighth, nineth, and third armies all take the northern road, and there is no Liaoze in the northern road, so you have to hurry." Luo Cheng also complained a little.

said that he would be a pioneer, but he had crossed the river and fought seven battles, and the army had not yet arrived.

From Zhuojun to Liaohe, it's not too far.

"Although the road in the north road is easier to walk, but now after all, it is still early spring, the spring in Liaodong is the same as winter, the ice and snow roads are slippery, there are many people and horses, the snow melts and ices, the road is pulped, and this army is carrying a lot of heavy grain and grass, so it is quite troublesome. The armies in front could not move fast, and the seventh, eighth, and ninth armies in the rear were of course also blocked. ”

"Do you know when you'll be able to arrive?"

"I don't know anything else, but our Eighth Army will not be able to reach Huaiyuan until the end of March at the earliest, and the first few armies are estimated to arrive in April."

"So, we still have to fight alone in Liaodong for at least two months?"

"It's not a lonely army, isn't there a right vanguard army?" Wei Zheng said with a smile.

"Hmph, that pig teammate, it's better if you don't." One said that these people are annoying. "Well, then let's just wait, let the brothers in each city and fort strengthen their vigilance, take turns to be on duty, and train more when they are not on duty. Each regiment and battalion dispatched some officers to help the tribal soldiers and village warriors strengthen their training and improve their strength, and if they really want to fight, they must also rely on their strength. ”

"It will be impossible to fight for a while, and now there is no movement in the new city Yang Wanchun, and although there are heavy troops stationed in Liaodong City, there are two armies of General Luo Yi and General Song Laosheng on the west bank of the river, and they don't dare to move lightly, and they will move the whole body, and it is such a stalemate for the time being."

Luo Cheng nodded, "But as soon as the Liaohe River thaws, this stalemate will be broken, and then the Goguryeo soldiers in Liaodong City and other cities will definitely have a wave of counteroffensive encirclement and suppression, and our army will not cross the river until April at the earliest, so we still have a dangerous period in the future!" ”