Just as Su Chengdong was fighting in Goryeo with the Liaodong Army, Abichilir, who was far away in Mobei, had already gotten the news. This was the opportunity he had been waiting for for a whole year, an opportunity to snow the shame of the fall of Dragon City last year.

Thanks to his meticulous work, Abicheril now received a qualitative leap in information compared to the past, which gave him more time to make battle plans and prepare for war. After receiving the news that the Liaodong Army was marching into Goryeo, almost overnight, the Tuqi cavalry scattered all over the mountains began to move.

In the autumn, a large number of signs of the activities of the Tuqi army were found in the western Liaoning region. In order not to add to Su Chengdong's worries, the veteran He Ling faced this situation alone. But he soon realized one thing, that is, the attack of the Raid was not trivial, and the preliminary estimate of the enemy's strength was about 100,000. This shows that Tuqi's intelligence system is very accurate and effective, and if it were not for the first time to intercept the intelligence of the main force of the Liaodong Army, it would be impossible for Tuqi to respond in such a short time. This was much worse than the old general had expected. Therefore, he had to write a letter to the imperial court to report urgency, and at the same time repair a letter to inform Yang Lian, the defense envoy of Youzhou, on the one hand, asking him to prepare for the enemy, and at the same time asking him to send troops in time to assist in the defense.

Tuqi's attack was as swift and sudden as ever, and large areas of western Liaoning were broken one after another, and letters asking for help flew like snowflakes in front of He Ling's desk. If there is any advantage of the veteran He Ling, it is that he knows very well how many catties and taels he has. After he entered his old age, he deeply realized the extraordinary performance of his juniors, and he understood that his ability to command an army for thousands of miles was not as good as Chang Miao, Xue Boren; On martial arts, it can't compare to Gao Dingbian. Lu Qinghan; In terms of wit and cunning, it is not as good as Wang Hanxin and Su Chengdong. His current opponent, Abichellil, is a true hero, and he can be said to have all the virtues of these characters. And he has no superior forces at his disposal. There are no generals who can compete with him, so his biggest weapon lies in the old and steady accumulated over the past few decades.

Therefore, He Ling was not anxious about the current disadvantage, but just commanded as usual. He had only one word for his subordinates: protect the people, rely on the city wall to hold on, don't mess up your own position, don't attack easily, and wait for reinforcements.

If such an order is spoken in the mouth of others, it is inevitable that some people will ridicule it as fearing the enemy like a tiger. He was hesitant, but the weight of what He Ling, the elder protector of Liaodong, said was very different, not to mention that his composure was not something that could be pretended to be, so people's hearts stabilized because of this. In terms of results, it is the best one. Because if it were to be commanded by fierce generals like Hua Meng and Gai Yanxiao, I am afraid that they would not be able to help but rescue their trapped subordinates and fall into the dilemma of having to fight a field battle with the Tuqi cavalry.

However, the thinness of the force is also a fact that cannot be ignored, and the troops that hold on to all parts of western Liaoning are all caught in a bitter battle without exception, if it is not because the Tuqi army is not good at attacking cities and villages, then the entire western Liaoning region will have the possibility of falling. And yet at this very moment. A new situation changed the tide of the war, that is, reinforcements from Youzhou arrived.

After receiving He Ling's emergency document, Yang Lian strengthened her vigilance and discussed the coping strategy with Zhu Tianshun. Zhu Tianshun thought that it would deal with the extremely mobile Tuqi cavalry. The best way to do this is to hold on to the city, so it's a top priority to defend yourself first. Fortunately, in the past few years, the defense work in the Youzhou area has never stopped, so this aspect of the work can be said to be very familiar. However, Zhu Tianshun also pointed out. It is a fact that the Liaodong Army is insufficient, and a considerable part of the Youzhou soldiers also followed this Zheng Menglong to assist Su Chengdong in his actions. Therefore, the number of troops is not abundant, but it is still necessary to organize an army to be ready to respond to the Liaodong Army at any time.

Of course. This force was not necessary to be used when it was not in a critical situation, and it could only be used when the Turkic army was likely to cut off the Liaodong army from the Youzhou army -- it was necessary to ensure the smooth passage of land between the two armies, because most of the ships on the waterway were now fighting in Goryeo.

Yang Lian completely agreed with this, he was originally a civilian official, and he was almost completely appointed to Zhu Tianshun and Zheng Menglong in the military. Zhu Tianshun immediately set about mobilizing a 10,000-strong special force from everywhere, as well as related supplies, to be on call at any time.

However, the development of the situation was just as Zhu Tianshun feared, although the offensive of the Tuqi army was very spread, but as long as you carefully analyzed, you can see that the focus of their attack was precisely to cut off the contact between the Liaodong Army and the Youzhou Army. Finding that the situation was serious, Zhu Tianshun immediately asked Yang Lian for permission, and then personally commanded the Einsatzgruppen to reinforce Liaodong.

It's a pity that this happened to be Abicheril's plan, and the Turkic army is opening a big net waiting for Zhu Tianshun to throw himself into the net. Soon after leaving the customs, Zhu Tianshun's troops encountered the siege of the Tuqi cavalry, but fortunately, Zhu Tianshun commanded properly and relied on the terrain in time to hold on to it so that it was not all eaten, but it was surrounded by the Tuqi people and could not get out.

Abicheril's goal is not to eat Zhu Tianshun's 10,000 people in one bite, in fact, eating these 10,000 people will not really help the entire battle situation, and Abiciel's actual goal is Zhu Tianshun himself. Trapping Zhu Tianshun is equivalent to depriving the Youzhou Army of its mind, Yang Lian is a person from a civilian background, no matter how much he has a military command mind (Abicil still thinks that Yang Lian of Youzhou is the Wu Sicheng he met back then, and always thinks that this is a strong enemy), his prestige in the army will not be as high as Zhu Tianshun, and his mastery of the army cannot be as easy as Zhu Tianshun's. Therefore, once Zhu Tianshun was trapped, his combat focus immediately shifted to Youzhou. A few days later, when He Ling noticed that the offensive of the Tuqi army had slowed down, the main force of the Tuqi had already moved south to start the attack on Youzhou.

Faced with this situation, Yang Lian was indeed a little overwhelmed. Although there are already various countermeasures for Tuqi's attack, Yang Lian himself is not a brainless person, and he can apply it flexibly when it comes to implementation. However, as a literati, Yang Lian lacked the courage and composure to make a decisive decision, so even if there was no mistake in the orders he issued, the confidence of his subordinates in this defensive envoy was not high, and their morale could not be boosted. As a result, Yang Lian did not lose in command, but lost in morale, and the situation began to become more and more difficult.

Once the battle situation evolves beyond the scope of the previously formulated plan, then Yang Lian will not be able to make the most effective judgment, and his generals will not have enough confidence in the commander's command, then the situation will get out of control. At this moment, reinforcements finally arrived, and that was the army of Xue Boren, the commander of Taiyuan and the loyal general. (To be continued......)