Chapter 37 3 Miscalculation

Receiving this news, Li Yong's head buzzed. This means that Chang Miao's speed of action is faster than expected. Originally, his father Li Chenghui deduced that Chang Miao would not be too obsessed with the siege of Dingzhou City, since his troops had an advantage, then it was his real purpose to besiege Dingzhou without attacking, and then attack Anzhou by way south. It's just that Li Chenghui decided to take a gamble, preemptively destroy the Tiger Guard Battalion, and then go all out to deal with Chang Miao's attack after pulling out this nail. For this reason, Li Chenghui almost handed over all the elite troops at hand to Li Yong's command, in order to solve the Tiger Guard Battalion as quickly as possible. But I didn't expect Chang Miao to come faster than expected, although the number of defensive troops around Anzhou City is still nearly 30,000, but almost all of them are newly recruited soldiers, these people's combat ability is probably not worth 5,000 veterans, if it comes to the will to fight is even worse, let his father command this group of weak soldiers to fight against Chang Miao's Liaodong Army It would be very bad, so Li Yong made up his mind to solve the battle here as soon as possible and then quickly return to Anzhou City.

At this time, the formation of the Tiger Guard Battalion became scattered, and Li Yong was no longer as steady and steady as before, but personally led the troops to quickly break through the center of the opponent, as for the small forces on both wings, he could no longer take care of them, he must win this battle as soon as possible.

However, this decision caused the worst result, and it was impossible for Li Yong not to notice the other party's move if he was originally sitting in the rear. The Tiger Guard Battalion seemed to be retreating from the central part of the army because of the scattered formation, but in fact, it was a rapid counterattack towards the left and right flanks of the Goryeo Army in two directions! Originally, if the Goryeo army was advancing step by step, this move would have been noticed at once, but because Li Yong's rapid central breakthrough tactics were too violent. This made it seem as if it had been completely cut from the center by the Goryeo army, so much so that neither Li Yong nor the other generals of the Goryeo army noticed the change.

"Enemy forces appear in the rear!"

When the news reached Li Yong's ears. He just happened to lead his troops to completely break through the central front of the Tiger Guard Battalion. Before he had time to be happy, he was poured a scoop of cold water on this head. Li Yong couldn't believe his ears.

"What! What did you say! Li Yong grabbed the horse's head and asked.

"It's an ambush of the Tiger Guard Battalion! They are behind us! The herald's frightened voice pierced Li Yong's heart like a steel knife.

Li Yong made a fatal mistake. The scout troops he sent failed to fully detect the enemy's situation, and Wang Hanxin led 800 cavalry to lurk in a depression on the peninsula, where the reeds were overgrown and muddy, and the scouts hurriedly returned to their lives without looking deeply, and it was this erroneous mistake that made Li Yong put the back of the entire army in front of the enemy.

The Goryeo army, which was attacked in the rear, immediately panicked, and Li Yong shouted angrily: "What is there to panic about!" Just go back and kill back! There are four times as many of us as each other! ”

At the same time that Li Yong was so motivating the soldiers to fight, the Goryeo army's offensive stopped, and Li Yong realized that the cavalry of the Tiger Guard Battalion was advancing towards his flanks at full speed! Li Yong understood in an instant - the other party was going to go around behind him, and then catch up with his troops on this tidal flat!

This is the other party's strategy! Take the initiative to retreat first to attract yourself to attack with all your might. Then the two flanks went against the ground and attacked from the rear together with the ambushed troops, driving their own army into the tidal flats where it was difficult to move, which was planned from the beginning!

Li Yong hurriedly ordered the army to turn around and counterattack, but at this time, the numerical advantage of his army turned into a disadvantage, and this huge formation had to be flipped over to relaunch the offensive, which became difficult in this small space, not to mention that Gao Dingbian and Wang Hanxin of the Tiger Guard Battalion would not give him this opportunity!

Wang Hanxin rode on a horse like a clay man, lurking in this mud all day long, making him and his 800 subordinates all a virtue. As the mastermind of this near-crazy battle plan. Wang Hanxin personally asked Ying to serve as the commander of the ambush. Because this is a gamble, once the other party finds out, 800 people will only be swallowed by the other party. But Wang Hanxin had no choice, and the Tiger Guard Battalion had been cornered deep behind enemy lines. If they didn't risk their backs, the situation would be unimaginable, and the heavens seemed to favor them very much, and this time he won the bet with Gao Ding. By this time, the operation was close to success. The cavalry of the Tiger Guard Battalion launched a full-scale attack on the Goryeo Army in a half-moon shape, while the Goryeo Army stretched its formation due to the previous attack. Now it is necessary to reopen it, but the space is too narrow, coupled with the fierce attack of the Tiger Guard Battalion. This makes the situation more and more untenable. And every time he takes a step back, the space around him becomes narrower, people are crowded together and can't be used, chaos and disorder are staged every moment and every moment, at this time, Li Yong, who was originally in the lead, is at the end, he wants to control the front line but suffers from poor command. At this moment, the defeat of the Goryeo army was already doomed.

Gao Dingbian rode his horse and raised his gun, stabbing the Goryeo soldiers who were blocking him to the ground one by one, and at this time he fell into a state of complete selfless excitement. The painful torture of the whole army being cornered almost crushed him before, and even the always heroic Wang Hanxin uncharacteristically stormed the Qingchuan River crossing, not to mention him as the main general. It's just that he can't show the pressure of Gao Dingbian, so as not to affect the morale of the whole army. After going through these tortures, they finally succeeded in completing the battle plan and forced the Goryeo army into a dead end, and if they did not work hard, once the Goryeo army regrouped, the numerically inferior Tiger Guard Battalion could still fall into passivity. Therefore, Gao Dingbian threw all his strength into the enemy formation like a tiger entering a flock of sheep, and wherever he went, the formation of the Goryeo army was immediately torn out of a wound, and the subsequent cavalry immediately cut through this wound to expand it.

As Gao Dingbian and Wang Hanxin continued to advance, the Goryeo army became more and more unable to support it, and was finally completely forced into the tidal flats.

As soon as he entered the tidal flats, the Goryeo army seemed to be forced into hell: the troops behind were stuck in the mud and had no time to retreat, and they were immediately squeezed down by the flow of people who retreated from the front, and then countless feet stepped on his body, and new unfortunate ones continued to arise, and every time the Goryeo army took a step back, new victims appeared, and suddenly screams, cries, and curses rang out. However, this is not the most terrifying thing, the real hell is still waiting for them. When the Goryeo army was completely forced into the tidal flats, Zheng Menglong, who was at sea, used the catapult on his battleship to give the Goryeo army the final blow! The flying stones rained down on the Goryeo army on the tidal flats, with the spears and bows of the Tiger Guard Battalion in front of them, and the flying stones in the back, the luckiest people at this time were those who were directly hit in the head by the stones, and they died silently at once, and the people who were hit by the other parts of the body suddenly broke their bones and tendons, and rolled and wailed on the ground one by one, while the comrades around him were nervously challenged by the boundless screams, and the entire tidal flat was dyed red. (To be continued......)