Chapter 37 6 Advance south to Pyongyang

The activities of the army of the country of silk are naturally under the orders of Chang Miao. Since Li Meng was on the Turtle City and Gai Yanxiao bars, the strength of the Goryeo army in the direction of White Wolf Mountain has obviously thinned. However, the Liaodong Army in this direction was not strong, and only the veteran He Ling and his 20,000 soldiers defended the broad defense line centered on the domestic city. It is enough to rely on this amount of troops to deal with the counterattack of the Goryeo army, but it is a bit stretched to take the initiative to take White Wolf Mountain.

As the tide of the battle quickly turned in favor of the Silk Country, Li Meng's troops were transferred to the front line of Turtle City and could not move, Chang Miao immediately ordered He Ling, who was stationed in the domestic city, to wait for the opportunity to move towards White Wolf Mountain, and only needed to make an appearance of attacking White Wolf Mountain was enough to put Li Meng in a dilemma - either abandon Turtle City and keep White Wolf Mountain, or abandon White Wolf Mountain and stay in Turtle City. As long as Li Meng is faced with this choice, then it is almost certain that he will choose to keep the former, because the strategic position of White Wolf Mountain is far more important than Turtle City, and if White Wolf Mountain is lost, not only will Turtle City be isolated, but also march from White Wolf Mountain to the south of Pyongyang, thus cutting off Pyongyang from southern Goryeo, then the defense of Daedong River will become meaningless.

The veteran He Ling gave full play to his wrists, and used a series of feints and a beautiful ambush to defeat the defenders of White Wolf Mountain who rushed to attack, thus creating an illusion that the Liaodong Army was going to attack White Wolf Mountain on a large scale, which confused the defenders of White Wolf Mountain and further confused Li Meng. When Li Meng received a letter of help from White Wolf Mountain, he really led more than half of his troops back to help White Wolf Mountain, so that Turtle City fell into the hands of Gai Yanxiao after holding out for forty-one days. The situation on the battlefield became more and more unfavorable for Goryeo.

Due to the fall of Turtle City. Li Chenghui of Anzhou City was under more pressure, and finally half a month later, Anzhou City lost all the surrounding defensive strongholds. Anju Castle is completely surrounded by the Silk Country. At this time, only Jeongju, Anju, Baekhaegsan Mountain, and the big fortresses of Hamgyong Province were still under the control of Goryeo, and almost all of the rest fell into the hands of the country of Juan.

Compared with the crisis in Goryeo, the Silk Country is immersed in an atmosphere of joy. After two months of absence, the Tiger Guard Battalion finally completed the task of cutting off the city of Anzhou and was able to join the main force.

Chang Miao held a grand celebration banquet for the soldiers of the Tiger Guard Camp to reward these warriors who had made great achievements. In this mission, the Tiger Guard Battalion and the 5,000 cavalry team also suffered more than half of the casualties. The horses lost four-fifths of them. The reason why the Tiger Guard Battalion was able to achieve unparalleled feats in the entire Liaodong Army was because of their blood and sweat, and it was precisely because of this. The officers and men of the Tiger Guard Battalion also won the respect of the Liaodong Army. What is even more enviable is the chief and deputy commander of the Tiger Guard Battalion, the commander Gao Dingbian is only nineteen years old, but he has already bowed to the captain of the school; And Wang Hanxin is even younger, only seventeen years old. These two teenage heroes are as dazzling as the stars in the night sky. Everyone knew that these two would undoubtedly become generals who could support the Silk Country.

"Huh. It's strange, why isn't Mu Yanping here, big brother? Wang Hanxin noticed that there was a familiar figure missing from Chang Miao's side, so he asked Gao Dingbian.

"The two of us came back together, and I naturally don't know if you don't know." Gao Ding replied while drinking. The reason why he answered Wang Hanxin so casually was because he knew that Wang Hanxin paid so much attention to Mu Yanping not out of good intentions, and I don't know why Wang Hanxin had a sense of competition for this Mu Yanping, who was highly anticipated by Chang Miao, perhaps because Mu Yanping was younger than Wang Hanxin, but his qualifications in all aspects seemed to be higher than Wang Hanxin and more loved by Chang Miao.

It's a pity that Wang Hanxin's voice is too loud. This sentence drifted into Chang Miao's ears. Chang Miao looked at Wang Hanxin's cunning eyes, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart. Among the three young people he fancies, if he is calm and reliable, he is naturally Gao Dingbian, and if he is all-rounder, he is naturally Mu Yanping, but if he is bold and reckless, it is Wang Hanxin. At that moment, he said in a calm voice: "Mu Yanping, he couldn't ride a horse because he was sick, so he stayed in the army of Dingzhou City to recuperate, Wang Hanxin, do you miss him so much?" ”

Wang Hanxin saw that Chang Miao listened to it, stuck out his tongue and said: "The last general doesn't want that guy, the last general is just thinking that he is not old enough to go to the battlefield, but now our army is like a bamboo, and if we continue to fight like this, Goryeo will be pacified, and there will be no use for him at that time." ”

Chang Miao couldn't help but smile when he heard this, Wang Hanxin said that he had a lot of things that he didn't have, it was nothing more than to cover up his great achievements this time, and he was bound to achieve a higher official position, and he wanted to show off his careful thoughts in front of Mu Yanping. He said: "You don't have to be so happy, after the war in Goryeo is settled, the emperor can concentrate his forces on dealing with the invasion of Tuqi." Tuqi is not known how many times stronger than Goryeo, and it is impossible to say how many years this battle will take, but the stage is big enough for you chicks, and it will depend on your own efforts to see who is stronger than whom. ”

Seeing that his careful thinking was understood by Chang Miao, Wang Hanxin had no choice but to laugh and said: "Lord Du Hu is aware of everything, and he can't play with you." This kind of national affairs can be worried about by the Lord Protector, and it is enough for me to take care of the war in front of me. ”

Chang Miao smiled, stood up and said aloud: "Everyone! Now that Anju City has been encircled, it is time for our army to quickly lead the army south to attack Pyongyang! ”

Gao Dingbian immediately stood up and hugged his fists and said: "If Lord Du Hu wants to march into Pyongyang, please make the Tiger Guard Battalion the vanguard!" ”

Chang Miao shook his head and said: "The senior lieutenant is commendable, but you have been exhausted from continuous battles, and the lost personnel have not had time to replenish, so you can stay here to rest for the time being." ”

"That's not going to happen!" Wang Hanxin jumped up suddenly: "Lord Duhu, the good thing of capturing the capital of Goryeo, the Tiger Guard Camp can't give anything to others, we must participate in the battle to attack Pyongyang!" ”

"Exactly! Please think twice. Gao Dingbian bowed his head.

Seeing these two people like this, Chang Miao couldn't help but hesitate. Wang Hanxin saw Chang Miao hesitating and shouted: "Lord Duhu!" I don't want any reward for this merit, I don't want an official position, just exchange this merit for the qualification to participate in the battle of Pyongyang! ”

Seeing Wang Hanxin's monkey urgency, many generals couldn't help laughing, and Chang Miao himself couldn't hold it back, so he coughed twice to dispel the laughter before saying, "Nonsense!" Meritorious service is rewarded, and if there is a mistake, it will be punished, how can there be merit in exchange for something? Since you said so, so be it! The Tiger Guard Battalion rested in place for ten days, and then rushed to Pyongyang to participate in the battle, except for the wounded! ”

Wang Hanxin jumped up with joy: "Great! This time, we must slaughter the king of Goryeo and kick his head as a ball! ”

Chang Miao miscalculated one point about this matter, that is, ten days later, when the Tiger Guard Battalion finished resting and leaving, not a single wounded soldier in the entire camp remained, because all the wounded soldiers ripped off their bandages and claimed to have healed, and then all the members of the Tiger Guard Battalion rushed to the bank of the Datong River.

When the Liaodong army crossed the Cheongcheon River, they were greeted by an endless wilderness, the Goryeo people had taken away all the personnel, food, and materials that could be taken away, and those who could not be taken away were destroyed, when they advanced to the bank of the Datong River, they were greeted on the south bank by an endless camp of the Goryeo army, Lu Xuan had organized all the human resources that could be pieced together, Pyongyang City also opened the arsenal, and distributed all the weapons to everyone who could take up arms, although the Goryeo army deployed on the south bank of the Datong River was less than 50,000 people, But the number of armed civilians is as high as 270,000, and the entire city of Pyongyang is ready for a decisive battle. This put Chang Miao in a dilemma: due to Lu Xuan's implementation of a thorough fortified wall, the supply of materials for the Liaodong army became difficult, and a long-term battle was obviously not good for the country of Juan, but if it was attacked, not only would its own side suffer heavy casualties, but the people of Goryeo would also be killed and wounded, so it would be difficult to subdue the country. The war ended at a stalemate.

At this time, another large-scale war took place thousands of miles away from this battlefield, and the outcome of this war also affected the Silk Country. (To be continued......)