At the same time that Liu Yan was struggling with how to deal with the aftermath of the Yellow River flood, something happened on the battlefield in Liaodong - the Huwei Battalion, which had not tasted defeat since its formation, suffered a major defeat.

Since the beginning of spring, Gao Dingbian and Wang Hanxin have led elite cavalry units, including the Huwei Battalion, deep into Goryeo to carry out their raiding plans, just like last year. The difference from last year is that after last year's raids, there is hardly a single village in the vast area of northern Goryeo from the north of the Cheongchon River to the west of Baewolf Mountain that has not been poisoned by them, and only the towns and cities with strong defensive capabilities can escape their attacks. During the year, a large number of people were displaced, and people poured into towns and cities for refuge, putting enormous pressure on the food reserves in these places, and those who did not have time to flee were almost invariably burned to their crops and homes, and they themselves became thumbless disabilities. The people who had lost their ability to work were even more destitute, and the overcrowded cities could no longer accept so many mouths to eat their few food stocks, so the refugees had to move south. As a result, the north of the Qingchuan River has almost become a no-man's land, and the Jiangnan region has also begun to run out of grain, and the situation will not improve until the south bank of the Datong River.

Under these circumstances, if Gao Dingbian and Wang Hanxin were still active in the original area, then there would be a crisis in their food supply; if they crossed the Qingchuan River to the south, it would be more dangerous to go too deep into the enemy's territory, second, the area south of the Qingchuan River had also strengthened their defenses, and the efficiency of their operations would be lower; and third, the existence of the Qingchuan River, a natural barrier. Once the Goryeo army cut off all the crossings on the river, it became very difficult for the cavalry to retreat. Therefore, Ko Dingbian and Wang Hanxin decided to point the finger at Hamgyong Province, even though it is vast and sparsely populated. There is also a stronger defense, but it is more suitable for the mobility of the cavalry.

It was natural to make such a choice in such a situation, but the reduction in tactical options gave the Goryeo army a chance, a chance to discover the pattern of their actions.

After a full year of forbearance, the cavalry trained by the Goryeo general Li Chenghui had completed their training. Although the cavalry unit formed this time almost exhausted all the horses that could be used in Goryeo, it was rare to be able to form a cavalry force of more than 10,000 men again after the original cavalry force was completely destroyed.

Lu Xuan, the commander of Goryeo, who was exhausted by this, and his old boss Li Chenghui carefully analyzed the laws of Gao Dingbian and Wang Hanxin's combat operations, and finally mastered their movements.

Although the movements of the troops of the Silk Country have been exposed. But this elite cavalry came and went like lightning and like the wind, and the infantry could only look at the ocean and sigh; And Wang Hanxin is scheming, and the possibility of an ambush is almost non-existent. The only cavalry unit that could adjust the deployment in time according to their actions was Li Chenghui's cavalry unit, and after Lu Xuan and Li Chenghui discussed, they decided to conduct a decisive cavalry battle, using their own cavalry superiority in numbers to overwhelm the opponent's mobility advantage. In order to solve this enemy army in World War I. Eliminate future troubles.

Faced with the mission, the morale of the Goryeo cavalry was high, and everyone was eager to send this enemy army that had killed their robes and mutilated the people to the grave. For this reason, Li Chenghui transferred his son Li Meng to the tent to listen to it, and the place of the battle was set in the area of Yexiong Ridge, about 200 miles northeast of Xianxing Prefecture.

On the other hand, on the side of the Liaodong Army, Gao Dingbian and Wang Hanxin made a big mistake: they divided their troops. Due to the rugged and complex terrain around Wild Bear Ridge, it would be too much time for a single army to completely raid the villages in this area, so Gao Dingbian led the men and horses of the Tiger Guard Battalion Headquarters to take the east road. Wang Hanxin led the main cavalry force to the west, and then subdivided these troops into several detachments. Attack each village separately. This gave Li Chenghui an excellent opportunity, he ordered Li Meng to concentrate 11,000 Goryeo cavalry to launch a fierce attack on the 4,000 cavalry led by Wang Hanxin, and he himself led the remaining 2,400 cavalry to ambush on the main road, preparing to intercept the rescue of Gaodingbian.

Wang Hanxin, who had an unusually keen sense of smell, sensed the danger and gave the order to assemble at the last moment. In Li Meng's remorseful curse, Wang Hanxin's cavalry troops completed the assembly with their super high mobility and avoided being defeated by the Goryeo army.

However, even so, the Goryeo cavalry still achieved a nearly three-to-one superiority in strength, and although the Wang Han Xinbu was surrounded by the enemy, although they were comparable to Goryeo in terms of the number of horses, two-thirds of these horses were not ridden by their owners. It's okay to confuse the enemy, but it can't be used as a combat force. The hardly trained Goryeo cavalry was in no way inferior to the battle-hardened elite cavalry of the Silk Country, and the battle between the two sides was tragic and unusually fierce from the beginning, the difference was that for every casualty of Wang Han's new army, the advantage of the Goryeo army over him increased by one point. Wang Hanxin knew that something was wrong, so he looked for an opportunity to break through, but Li Meng took the initiative and the advantage of the terrain, Wang Hanxin organized several breakthrough operations without success, seeing that the casualties of his subordinates were getting bigger and bigger, Wang Hanxin had to temporarily retreat to an unknown mountain to hold on, and at the same time raised wolf smoke to notify Gao Dingbian.

In fact, without Wang Hanxin's notice, Gao Dingbian had already gotten the news. Of course, this was deliberately revealed by Li Chenghui, in order to let Gao Dingbian lead the department to come.

The 3,000 cavalry led by Gao Dingbian galloped all the way and came to a place called Eagle's Mouth that night. Gao Dingbian was shocked after observing the surrounding situation: the terrain of Eagle Pass is dangerous, and if the enemy army sets up an ambush here, he will definitely be wiped out if he rashly enters!

At that moment, Gao Dingbian ordered the troops to stop advancing, and sent 500 people to patrol the path, while the large army stayed in place. It was because of Gao Dingbian's move that the Tiger Guard Battalion was saved. It didn't take long for the 500 cavalry sent out to scout to fight the ambushed Goryeo cavalry, and Gao Dingbian immediately launched a rescue when he heard the news, while Li Chenghui had to abandon the ambush plan and began to confront the Tiger Guard Battalion head-on.

The battle was fierce from the beginning, and the soldiers of the Tiger Guard Battalion were all battle-hardened, and their combat effectiveness was second to none in the Liaodong Army, while the Goryeo Army won because of their high morale, and their hatred for the Tiger Guard Camp stimulated their potential. Even if the soldiers of the Korean Army are injured by the Tiger Guard Battalion, as long as they do not die, they will continue to fight like crazy people, so the Tiger Guard Battalion also feels very tricky in the face of such an opponent.

Gao Dingbian quickly learned that the opponent's strength was close to his own, and the opponent's will to fight was so high, if he wanted to break through them, his side would inevitably suffer heavy losses, so even if he rushed to the battlefield, he might not play much role, how could he rescue Wang Hanxin's troops? Seeing that the war was at a stalemate, Gao Dingbian decided to go into battle in person, relying on his own martial arts to forge a way, and then rely on his own mobility advantage to get rid of the opponent.

After ordering his troops to follow their own pace and kill the opponent's horses, Gao Ding swung his spear and slaughtered into the enemy's ranks. The gun on the side of Gao Ding is like a black dragon, flashing the claw marks of death in the vital point of the Goryeo soldiers, each shot seems to be as soft as a dragonfly and water, but it pierces the vital parts of the human body, and the Goryeo soldiers are as fragile as babies in front of this embodiment of death, and can only let him continue to harvest human lives, and use blood to guide a passage for the Tiger Guard Battalion.

At this time, a figure appeared in front of Gao Dingbian, the pale beard in the dark night was particularly eye-catching, and Gao Dingbian recognized at a glance that the comer was the enemy general Li Chenghui who he could not defeat! (To be continued......)