The implementation of the matter was not as simple as planned, and the outpost of the Goryeo army Gaodingbian paid heavy casualties, but fortunately, in the end, Gaodingbian got his wish and left the Goryeo pursuers behind.

Leading the cavalry team all the way to gallop, Gao Dingbian approached the Qingchuan River ferry, but the news he received was depressing - Wang Hanxin had not yet taken the Qingchuan River ferry.

"What's going on!" Gao Dingbian couldn't help but feel anxious when he heard the news, and urged his war horse to run forward, and soon he saw clearly that Wang Hanxin's troops did not take the Qingchuan River ferry, to be precise, they couldn't take this ferry at all, because there were as many as 3,000 defenders here, and quite complete fortifications were built, this was not a ferry at all, it was simply a small fortress!

Gao Dingbian scolded when he saw Wang Hanxin's first sentence: "Are you crazy? Can you take this ferry with 2,000 men? What's the use of fighting hard like this? ”

Wang Hanxin was covered in mud and blood, so far he had entered the enemy's defensive positions several times, and each time he had to retreat because the follow-up troops could not keep up, at this moment he heard Gao Dingbian's scolding, Wang Hanxin couldn't help shouting: "Big brother, we have been tricked!" The enemy has known for a long time that we are coming! That's why so many troops have been arranged, and their army will soon be covered, and if we can't take this crossing, there is no coast around to retreat, and we can't retreat to the sea at all! ”

Wang Hanxin is not bad. All this was arranged by Li Chenghui and Lu Xuan, and after they judged the target of the Tiger Guard Battalion, they deployed elite troops along the coastline, but Lu Xuan concluded that the Tiger Guard Battalion would not rashly attack Anzhou even if it landed successfully. Instead, they will turn around and take the Qingchuan River ferry. For this reason, he specially arranged for 3,000 men and horses to wait for the Tiger Guard Camp here, and then cooperate with the follow-up army. Prepare to annihilate the Tiger Guard Battalion in one fell swoop and never suffer in the future.

In fact, Wang Hanxin didn't understand what Gao Dingbian said. He had figured this out since he saw the real situation at the ferry, but now even if he attacked with all his might, he would not be able to conquer this place before the enemy reinforcements arrived, and then he would be attacked by the enemy. Wang Hanxin was also desperate to attack because he was afraid of causing this situation. At that moment, Gao Dingbian held Wang Hanxin's head with both hands and said, "Brother, calm down!" You should know in your heart that we won't be able to capture this ferry for a while, so it's better to find a way out as soon as possible. Do you understand? ”

"Of course I understand, but now we have no way out, you know the situation around you best." Wang Hanxin was so anxious that his eyes were red.

Gao Dingbian knew that Wang Hanxin was right, but now he couldn't mess up, a mess would affect the morale of the entire army. He tried to keep his mind at ease. Said: "Anyway, you withdraw the troops first, let's go west first, and then think about the rest of the way." ”

Seeing Gao Dingbian's expression, Wang Hanxin gradually regained his composure, he also realized his gaffe, nodded immediately, and then ordered the withdrawal of the army. The two soldiers joined forces and headed westward.

Hearing the news that the Huwei camp had suddenly abandoned the Qingchuan River ferry and fled westward, Li Yong didn't know whether he was happy or worried. As the actual executor of this combat operation, Li Yong knew that his father's expectation for him was to annihilate the Tiger Guard Battalion. For this reason, his father gave him a full army of 30,000 troops, and if you add the troops deployed along the coastline and the troops to defend at the Qingchuan River crossing, then he has as many as 40,000 troops at hand. Moreover, these 40,000 people are all veterans of the Goryeo Army, and it can be said that Li Chenghui entrusted all the best parts of the Goryeo Army on the Western Front to Li Yong. Now the Huwei camp has abandoned the Qingchuan River ferry. On the one hand, it shows that his father's judgment is completely correct, and the actions of the Tiger Guard Battalion so far are completely expected by his father; On the other hand, the Tiger Guard Battalion escaped in time before its encirclement was completed, which was somewhat unexpected by Li Yong. Originally, he thought that the nearly 10,000 people of the Tiger Guard Battalion would attack the ferry with all their might.

However, Li Yong was not too worried about losing the traces of the Tiger Guard Battalion, and even if they were out of the battlefield, they would have nowhere to go. Because he had placed all the troops on the beachhead that would allow them to withdraw to the sea, the Tiger Guard battalion had reached a dead end to the west. In that direction, at the mouth of the Qingchuan River and another small river, it was a small peninsula, where there was only a large muddy tidal flat, from which the soldiers would have to wade nearly half a mile to get on the boat, and this efficiency could not be quickly withdrawn, and he only had to suppress the Tiger Guard battalion to this tidal flat as soon as possible. Therefore, Li Yong sent scouts to the two flanks to investigate the whereabouts of the Tiger Guard Camp to prevent the Tiger Guard Camp from slipping away, and at the same time led the army to advance westward.

After about half a day, the scouts reported that they had not seen any trace of the Tiger Guard Battalion, and Li Yong was very satisfied with this, which meant that the Tiger Guard Battalion had driven itself to the end of the road, and immediately ordered the whole army to speed up the pace towards this tidal flat.

At dawn the next day, Li Yong's troops arrived at the battlefield. The Tiger Guard Battalion really opened a formation here, Li Yong found a small mound and observed the opponent's formation, and sure enough, as he expected, the Tiger Guard Battalion was cornered, and this formation was clearly going to fight to the death. Li Yong knew very well in his heart the combat effectiveness of the Tiger Guard Battalion, if this tiger was going to die and struggle, it would be very terrifying, and if he rashly attacked, he was afraid that he would be bitten hard by the other party. In addition, his own troops were infantry accounting for the vast majority, which was unfavorable to the cavalry operation, Li Yong decided to fight steadily and steadily, gradually squeezing the foothold of the Tiger Guard Battalion with a solid infantry formation, and finally forcing them to the tidal flats, where the advantage of the cavalry could not be brought into play.

The battle between the two sides showed a white-hot situation from the beginning of the battle, and compared with Li Yong's calm attack, it was the Tiger Guard Battalion that adopted a more active tactic. However, under Li Yong's tight infantry formation, the attack effect of the Tiger Guard Battalion was not good, and several attacks failed to work, but were pressed back by the opponent's thick formation.

The battle continued until the sky was completely bright, at which point a large shadow of sails appeared on the sea.

"My lord! It's the enemy's fleet! The subordinate shouted.

"Panic what! That's exactly what I want! Li Yong shouted. He was not pretending to be calm, he had already included this item in his plan in Li Yong's calculations, and the enemy fleet would never be able to see death without help, and would inevitably rush to help, but in this way, it would shake the belief of the Tiger Guard Battalion in a decisive battle. Once there's life, who wouldn't want to get on board first? Moreover, as the enemy troops boarded the ships, their formations would become thinner, and with the obstruction of this tidal flat, it would take at least a whole day for the Tiger Guard Battalion to get on board all of them, and they would have annihilated the enemy troops on the tidal flats long ago during this time. Therefore, the arrival of the enemy's fleet is doing itself a favor.

Just after Li Yong ordered an all-out attack, the Tiger Guard battalion really began to move backwards, and some of the troops even began to retreat backwards regardless of their formation, and Li Yong immediately ordered the troops to press and expand these openings.

Seeing that he was stepping towards victory, Li Yong gradually became excited-after all, this was the first time he had single-handedly commanded a large army to destroy the most elite troops of the enemy army, and the opportunity to win this honor was not something that could be met by touching it.

At this time, Li Yong suddenly received a report: The Liaodong Army is approaching Anzhou City! (To be continued......)