After receiving the news of the fall of Yizhou City, Li Chenghui was not surprised at all.

Since receiving the news that his own naval division was completely wiped out in Wuhuhai, Li Chenghui had already foreseen today's situation. For this naval battle, Li Chenghui could only sigh. The commander is brave and unscrupulous, and if he says it badly, he is an idiot general. In the face of such a huge enemy fleet, it chose to fight hard, which is no different from sending him to death. Such a large fleet could not be matched by even the naval divisions of Goryeo, and if all the civilian ships along the coast were mobilized, it might be possible to use the advantage of numbers and speed to seek a chance of victory, but this foolish commander chose to send valuable combat power into the mouth of the other side in vain, and now it only widens the balance of forces between the two.

As things stand, it would be difficult to achieve victory even if all the Goryeo ships were assembled, and it would take a lot of time to assemble all the ships. In this way, the enemy fleet could easily patrol the west coast of Goryeo, so it is not surprising that the city of Uiju was cut off by this naval division and besieged, and then suppressed by the ship's large number of catapults and ballistas. You must know that there were only 7,000 soldiers in the city of Uiju, and it was not fully prepared for defense as he had promised the king, and the food in the city was not enough to feed a larger army - King Choi Wende ordered that the main forces that came to support should be lined up along the Yalu River and fortified everywhere, and the city of Uiju was not the focus of defense at all.

Compared with this matter, Li Chenghui was more worried about the safety of the domestic city he was guarding. After the fall of Uiju, only domestic cities remained in the north of the Yalu River. However, if the enemy's naval division went up the river to cut off the connection between the inner city and the south bank, then it was only a matter of time before the inner city fell. What's even worse is that the defensive positions laid by the king are lined up along the Yalu River. Fortification everywhere is equivalent to defenselessness everywhere, once the country of silk concentrates its forces to attack a little. There is no way for your own army to rush to the aid quickly, and if you let the other side gain a foothold on the south bank, then this defense line is equivalent to a complete defeat, and there is a possibility that each unit will be divided and surrounded by the other side, and each may be broken. Once the opponent's naval division has completed the task of crossing the Yalu River, it is entirely possible to carry a large number of soldiers to land directly on the west coast of Goryeo, bypassing its own heavy concentration area and heading straight to the capital Pyongyang.

Thinking of this, Li Chenghui only felt that his head hurt, and he, the commander who was ordered at the brink of danger, was now completely hollowed out. Prime Minister Park Anzai's words were fulfilled, Ah Yi Zhi was controlled in the imperial court, and King Choi Wende was very dissatisfied with what he wanted to ask for. As a result, the Goryeo army, which mobilized the strength of the whole country to come to support, was almost completely under its own command, and they were all under the direct orders of the imperial court, and all they could do was to lead the remnants of the previous war to garrison the domestic city in Jiangbei.

Is it the king's intention to have me die in this city? Li Chenghui even had such suspicions. If the Goryeo army itself could not command at all, and he had the false name of commander-in-chief of the whole army, then he would inevitably bear the responsibility for the defeat of the defense line being breached. I'm afraid I'm going to fall into the hands of Ah Yizhi, right? In this way, he can ignore the last fiasco and once again assume the post of commander-in-chief of the Goryeo army. He may even count on me to die in the battle of Naikaseong, so that he will naturally become the number one military general in Goryeo. Is this false name really worth fighting for at the expense of the interests of the whole country? Is this guy in the back of his head broken? If the country is defeated, then what is the point of this false name?

Li Chengming shook his head vigorously and shook off these conjectures. After all, there is no real evidence for this kind of thinking, how can you put your own wingman. What does His Majesty's important minister want to be such a terrible person? But I don't even believe in this kind of explanation, if Ah Yizhi is not such a person, how can he transfer his military generals Cha Zhengxian, Han Wen and He Qianbing back to the south bank to deploy defenses? Even the general Cheng Yun was transferred back to the capital. The only generals he can use at hand are Lu Xuan and his two sons from the headquarters.

Li Chenghui stood up and walked back and forth in the hall a few times, but he never got rid of his indignation at what Ah Yizhi had done. At this moment, Deputy General Lu Xuan walked in. As soon as he saw Li Chenghui, he said with a heavy face: "My lord, I just received a holy message from Your Majesty. Ordered us to hold the inner city and hold back the main force of the enemy. ”

Li Chenghui sneered: "The main force of the enemy army? The enemy will still use the main forces against us? As long as you besiege this city, you will starve to death. The main force of the people was used to break through the defense line on the south bank. Can't Your Majesty even see that? ”

Lu Xuan frowned and said, "In my opinion, Your Majesty has been crushed by the pressure of the army of the Silk Country, and his current judgment ability is no longer the Majesty of the past." The heavy losses caused by the rash start of the war made His Majesty regretful, but His Majesty refused to admit his mistakes, and he will go further and further. ”

"You're right, but the king's order is hard to disobey."

A glimmer of light flashed in Lu Xuan's eyes, and he smiled: "That's not necessarily." The oracle states that we should hold on to the city and hold back the enemy's main force. However, we can interpret it in this way, it is to ask us to hold the domestic city and hold back the main force of the enemy. In this way, we only need to hold on to the city, and once we find out the movement of the enemy's main force, we can take the initiative to attack, and we will go wherever the enemy's main force appears, so it will not be considered a violation of the king's order. ”

Li Chenghui hid his smile under his white beard when he heard this, and said, "You ghost, you really know how to take advantage of loopholes." But we really don't need to fulfill Ah Yizhi's wish, just do as you say! Order the whole army to be ready to hold on, and at the same time reorganize the men and horses to be ready to attack at any time! ”

Lu Xuan smiled and bowed: "Obey orders!" ”

"Oh yes, you convey Li Yong for me, let him show me Li Kancheng's little ghost, this kid has been running around recently, don't let anything happen."

"Yes, sir." Lu Xuan hurriedly lowered his head, so as not to let his smile be seen by Li Chenghui. This Li Kancheng is exactly the same as Li Chenghui when he was young, he likes to observe the terrain everywhere and study the battle plan, but Li Chenghui was already a general in his thirties at that time, and this Li Kancheng was still a thirteen-year-old child, and this kid's future must be limitless. This can be regarded as the successor of the new generation of the Li family, no wonder the old general is so concerned about this grandson.

At this time, Li Chenghui's mind had already turned to thinking about the next plan of action, because his intuition told him that the war here was imminent, and the next move was crucial. (To be continued......)