Of course, Li Chenghui would not retreat because of this sudden attack, and he chose to give up the victory in front of him for his own reasons.

At the beginning of the attack, Li Chenghui turned the horse's head and asked why.

"Lord Marshal! It's a catapult on the opposing ship! ”

"Our rearguard was attacked by ballistas!"

"Report! The army of the Silk Country has appeared in the rear! ”

"Report! A part of our army was cut off on the north bank! The enemy seized the shoals where we crossed the river! ”

Hearing these reports, Li Chenghui couldn't help but feel excited, and hurriedly said, "Li Yong! Isn't he in the aftermath? ”

"General Li Yong is nowhere to be found!"

It turned out that all this was a temporary response strategy decided by Xue Boren. When Xue Boren realized that the other party's intention was not to flee to the north shore in the first place, but to flee to the south bank and support friendly forces at the same time, a temporary plan came to his mind. On the one hand, he ordered people to find out the location of the enemy's swim crossing, and on the other hand, he sent people to contact the sailors and ask them to cooperate with the operation. He took all the troops in ambush with him all the way to the swimming point.

Most of Goryeo's soldiers had already crossed the Yalu River, and the few remaining troops had not had time to cross the river, but they were attacked by the Tiger Guard Battalion led by Xue Boren. The lack of troops was not the most fatal, because General Li Yong was not in the command position behind the palace, the soldiers' psychological fear and sense of defeat were the real weaknesses, and Xue Boren's rapid attack magnified it. The Goryeo army, which had lost its command, quickly dispersed, but instead of pursuing the drowning and fleeing, Xue Boren had a more urgent purpose, which was to rescue friendly forces. After quickly crossing the Yalu River, Xue Boren immediately launched a formation and attacked the rear of Li Chenghui's department.

So. Li Chenghui's department became a situation where it was sandwiched between Xue Boren and the Juanzhiguo Naval Army, as well as Gai Yanxiao's department. In the face of this unfavorable situation. Although Li Chenghui has the advantage in terms of troops, he will attack the flank of Gai Yanxiao's department again. It would be very difficult to stop the Silk Country from crossing the river. Since this was the case, Li Chenghui immediately ordered to move directly closer to the friendly forces, and after converging with the friendly forces, he concentrated his forces and counterattacked.

Because of Li Chenghui's decision, Gao Dingbian and Wang Hanxin walked back from the front of the ghost gate. Later, when Xue Boren asked about the battle, the two unanimously said that it was the most dangerous confrontation with the Goryeo army since the battle.

Just when Xue Boren and Gai Yanxiao barely maintained their foothold on the south bank, Chang Miao led his army into the domestic city.

Although Li Chenghui can be said to have poured out of the nest, in fact, there are still about 1,000 troops left in the city to buy time for the large army. And these people are very clear that they are definitely dead or alive, so the bravery of the battle is far beyond ordinary people, and the army of the Silk Country has paid five times as many casualties as the enemy in the process of conquering the inner city. The heroic performance of the Goryeo army in the face of the enemy's excellent siege equipment is enough to be written into the history of the war as a model.

Chang Miao, who entered the city, looked at the dead corpses everywhere and the flames that had not yet been extinguished, the soldiers of the Silk Country carried water back and forth to put out the fire, and some people looked for survivors in the pile of corpses, showing a sad look. He could see this battle clearly outside the domestic city, and in the end, almost all of the Goryeo army died heroically, and his performance was worthy of respect. Suddenly, someone shouted, "There's a living one here!" ”

After entering the city for so long, this was the first survivor to be found, so even Chang Miao couldn't help but ride his horse over. The survivors were dressed in Goryeo soldier clothes, but they looked to be only thirteen or fourteen years old, and they were already dying. Therefore, no one wants to escape the blood debt of their comrades on this child at all.

Chang Miao was about to order the soldiers to take good care of the child, when he heard the child's intermittent voice: "I am not a Korean, I was captured by them to be a soldier." ”

This is clearly the official language of the country of silk, and Chang Miao's heart moved when he heard this. Hurriedly jumped off his horse and approached. Looking at the young man covered in blood, he didn't know how many injuries he had on his body, but the blood on his face still couldn't hide his handsome face. This face can be considered beautiful even if it is a woman. What's more, a man? Isn't it the same as sending such a weak child to be forced to serve as a soldier by the Goryeo army? Luckily, God has eyes. This man should not be killed. Chang Miao immediately ordered his subordinates to send the boy to the camp to be carefully treated by the medical officer.

Then Chang Miao received the battle report from the front, and learned about the movements of Li Chenghui's department. Chang Miao did not immediately send reinforcements to support Xue Boren - instead of increasing his troops here, it was better to put his new forces into more valuable places. Chang Miao believed that Xue Boren's ability to deal with it could buy him enough time, and taking advantage of this time difference, Chang Miao immediately commanded the besieging troops to rush to the south bank of the Yalu River. The original siege equipment was dismantled and put into the Yalu River as bridge-building equipment, and the large army crossed the Yalu River in one fell swoop.

When Li Chenghui successfully joined up with the troops on the south bank and counterattacked Xue Boren's troops and Gai Yanxiao's troops, he suddenly received a battle report that Chang Miao's army had marched towards Hamgyong Province in Goryeo, and at the same time, the other part had begun to move to his flank. Li Cheng would be taken aback, if that was the case, he would be in danger of being surrounded. At the moment, he has a military advantage over the frontal Silk Country army, but if he is cut off by the other party, it will be completely different things. Li Chenghui could only grit his teeth and give up the attack, and instead retreated to the area of White Wolf Mountain in the rear, which was a dangerous place that could stop the army of the Silk Country from continuing to advance. And Xue Boren and Gai Yanxiao were finally able to survive the fierce counterattack of the enemy and stabilize their positions on the south bank.

In fact, Chang Miao was not ready to cut off Li Chenghui's back route, let alone attack Hamgyong Province, everything he did was just to create the illusion that he was going to attack, because the arrangement of his troops was too realistic, so that Li Chenghui mistakenly thought that Chang Miao's troops were enough for him to do so. As soon as he received the news that Li Chenghui had withdrawn his troops, Chang Miao immediately ordered his troops to stop advancing and instead attack the territory abandoned by the Goryeo army. As the war progressed, war reports continued to come from all over the country, and only two of the ten river crossing points failed to succeed because of fierce resistance, and the remaining seven points all successfully established strongholds on the south bank and were developing in depth. And the two Goryeo armies that successfully intercepted the army of the Silk Country from crossing the river also chose to retreat because they lost the flank of friendly protection, so they chose to retreat in order to avoid being encircled. Therefore, it can be said that the operation of crossing the river was basically successful, and the next step was to expand the results of the battle, build a pontoon bridge to keep the grain and straw unblocked, and then we could continue the offensive.

Compared with these, Chang Miao is most pleased that Su Chengdong, who is in charge of the westernmost road, is progressing very smoothly, and has hardly encountered much resistance, and this road is his real focus on the direction of attack, but at present, he cannot reveal this intention, and must continue to strengthen the offensive on the eastern front to attract the attention of the Goryeo army. After learning the news that Li Chenghui would retreat to White Wolf Mountain, Chang Miao couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief - as long as Li Chenghui could be crucified on White Wolf Mountain and at the same time make the illusion of attacking Hamgyong Province, the main force of the Goryeo army would definitely move closer to the eastern front. Then the operational intentions of the offensive on the western front and the further sea landing in Pyongyang will not be easily exposed.

It was already ten days before I had cooked all of this, and Chang Miao, who finally had a little free time, was half-lying on the chair and rubbing his temples. At this time, a military academy gently reported in his ear: "Lord Qiyu, the boy you rescued in the city wants to meet you, I wonder if Lord Duhu is willing to see him?" ”

In fact, Chang Miao was extremely tired at this time, but these few words reminded him of the young man's appearance, and he showed a tired smile and said, "Okay, then see you." (To be continued......)