On the banks of the Datong River, where autumn is getting stronger, Lu Xuan, the commander of the Goryeo Army, has set up a position in the north of the river.

The Goryeo Army, numbering 81,500 troops, spread along the line of Cheongsan, Chayeong, and Sunyong, holding the choke point to Pyongyang. Lu Xuan's move was quite risky, because in addition to this front, he was equivalent to giving up all the defenses of the Taedong River estuary, and all he could rely on was dozens of iron locks and a very small number of shore defense troops across the Taedong River. He was making a big gamble, because if Su Chengdong sent some troops to contain it, and then the main force made a detour to the west road and forcibly crossed the Datong River from there, Lu Xuan would not be able to deal with it in time. There are four reasons why Lu Xuan would be so risky.

First, he judged that the Silk Kingdom intended to invade Goryeo in an all-round way, so they would definitely devote themselves to destroying the living force of the Goryeo army, and only by completely eliminating this force could they defeat the will of the Goryeo army and people to resist.

Second, the most elite force in the Goryeo army, except for the Hangul troops deployed in Hamgyong Province, had only more than 80,000 people left. This is already all the belongings of Goryeo, if you disperse the forces to deploy the defense, it will only be broken by the Silk Country, and every loss of a part of the personnel will be the actual loss of the Goryeo army, even if the troops are replenished later, it will not be able to immediately form the same combat effectiveness, and the Goryeo army no longer has such an abundant ability to replenish troops.

Third, Lu Xuan judged that due to the three-year destruction of the Silk Country and the resolute retreat of his own fortified Qingye, the hundreds of thousands of troops on the western front of the Silk Country had traveled all the way south to this point, and food supply should have begun to have difficulties. Therefore, it was not easy for them to make a detour to cross the river, and a decisive battle was a means they could accept.

The last point is that Lu Xuan did not dare to cross the Datong River south to organize defense. Because once the south crosses. He will inevitably be stationed along the city of Pyongyang, which is now completely under the control of Ayiji. In this way, it will be difficult for these troops to avoid being under the command of Ayizhi. Although Ah Yizhi is also a capable commander, Lu Xuan has no expectations for his character, and he can't imagine what this profit-hungry person will do. That's why he would rather line up on the north shore and fight to the death with the Silk Country.

Arraying against the water is a taboo for soldiers, but Lu Xuan has no more choice. Not only him, but almost all the Goryeo army understood the stakes, in their eyes, this was the last piece of land in Goryeo, and losing here would be equivalent to the death of the country. As a result, the morale of the Goryeo army was unprecedentedly high, and the previous 4,000 Goryeo soldiers fought to the death. From this point of view, it succeeded in arousing the will of all the soldiers to fight to the death. Lu Xuan can be included in the list of famous generals in Goryeo.

Although Lu Xuan's judgment was not all hit, he also hit the target. The food supply of the army of the Silk Country was far more complete than he had imagined, so it did not reach the point where it was impossible to maneuver and fight. But Su Chengdong's purpose was expected by him, that is, Su Chengdong was a relatively cautious person. His current strength is not overwhelmingly superior, and he has left a lot of encircled troops in important cities along the way, so the number of confrontations with the Goryeo army on the banks of the Taedong River is actually equal, in this case, Su Chengdong does not dare to bypass the 80,000 Goryeo army and directly attack Pyongyang City. If it were Chang Miao, the situation might be completely different.

Facing this 80,000 Goryeo army. Su Chengdong personally went to the front line and began to mobilize the army to advance, and the direction of his main attack was placed in the direction of Qingshan, as the westernmost section of the Goryeo defensive line. This is closer to the mouth of the sea, and it is more likely to be supported by Zheng Menglong's naval army, and it is also easier to break through the Datong River from here to cut off the back road of the Goryeo army. From this point of view. Although Su Chengdong is cautious, he is not lacking in strategic conception ability.

The person in charge of the main attack is, of course, the pioneer officer Gao Dingbian. Wang Hanxin was still healed due to a stick injury. Therefore, Gao Dingbian resolutely refused to let him play immediately. The battle did not go smoothly at first, and the Goryeo army's will to fight was unexpectedly high. Faced with a tidal wave of attacks on the high-end edges. They were unwavering and gritted their teeth and held the line. No matter how many times Gao Dingbian broke into the enemy formation and caused great damage to it, the Goryeo army would sacrifice his life and death to make up for the torn hole, and the bravery of its combat was breathtaking. So much so that for the first time, Gao Dingbian felt that all the people he was facing were outlaws.

With the passage of time, the Goryeo army completely overwhelmed the soldiers of the Silk Country in morale, and the Huwei battalion led by Gao Dingbian was the most elite and fearless unit in the Liaodong army, but even the soldiers of the Huwei battalion were not able to achieve the level of fanaticism of the Goryeo soldiers. After three consecutive days of fierce attack, Gaodingbian made no progress at all except for causing great damage to the Goryeo army, and the Liaodong army itself suffered heavy casualties. At this time, Wang Hanxin came to the front line.

Seeing Gao Dingbian, who was tired because of the attack he led the team for several days, Wang Hanxin smiled and said, "Big brother has worked hard. ”

"How did you get here? You're not hurt yet, okay? Gao Dingbian wiped the blood stain on his face.

"This little injury is nothing, if it weren't for your insistence, I would have come with you a long time ago." Wang Hanxin said as he handed the kettle to Gao Dingbian, Gao Dingbian took it and poured a few large mouthfuls with a raised neck, and then used the remaining water to rinse the blood and sweat that had dried up on his face.

Wang Hanxin waited for him to catch his breath before asking, "I heard that the battle situation is unfavorable, so let's take a look." ”

Gao Ding took a sip, sat on the chair, and scolded: "These Koreans are crazy, they don't care about casualties at all, and they will fight you hard." Lu Xuan didn't know what ecstasy soup he poured into them, they all fought to the death and won't retreat, don't want to occupy a place if you don't kill them all, just occupy them and kill them back, and still snatch them back for you! If we continue to fight, we will lose more than half of these Korean soldiers when we kill all these Korean soldiers. ”

Wang Hanxin shook his head and said, "The Koreans are desperately trying to consume our living force, so that even if we win, we will no longer be able to attack Pyongyang City." But let me say, big brother, do you really want to act according to their ideas? ”

"What do you mean?" Gao Dingbian glanced at him unhappily: "Have you thought of anything again?" ”

Wang Hanxin grinned, squatted in front of him and said, "Big brother, have you noticed that the Goryeo formation here in Qingshan is quite reasonable, no matter where you attack, the Goryeo people can quickly launch a counterattack?" The Koreans will not retreat from the battle, but they will never attack rashly, which shows that Lu Xuan has given a death order, not to lose a single place, and will never be provoked by us to attack, so as not to destroy the existing formation. He did this in order to drain our strength little by little. ”

Gao Ding thought for a while, nodded and said, "That's it." But if our elite troops can't break through here, it will be even more difficult for friendly forces elsewhere to break the stalemate. ”

"Of course. But big brother, you forgot a little. There is no need for us to cater to Lu Xuan's concept. Lu Xuan knew that his generals couldn't deal with us, so he gave such a death order, which is difficult to deal with, but such an order is too inflexible. What would happen to them if we captured one of the support points? ”

"Fight back immediately."

"Yes, because the quicker we counterattack, the less likely we are to be prepared for defense, and in the end we will have to abandon this point and retreat. But what if we can hold on? ”

Gao Dingbian's eyes lit up and said, "You mean to use its persistence to attract more Goryeo attacks?" And then you can show the flaws? ”

"That's right!" Wang Hanxin stood up and said with a smile: "Before I came, I had already repaired a book for the marshal to borrow the magic machine for the battalion. ”

Gao Dingbian was overjoyed, stood up and patted Wang Hanxin on the shoulder and said, "You still have a lot of ideas." ”

This was the first time the tide of battle had turned. (To be continued......)