Cheng Yun saw that he couldn't miss the opportunity, and immediately danced the big knife to catch up, intending to hack Gao Dingbian to death, but at this time, he suddenly felt that his feet were soft, and his war horse had already knelt on his knees!

It turned out that Gao Dingbian had already adjusted the posture of his body at the moment of falling off the horse, and stabbed a shot before landing on the ground, piercing Chengyun's belly. This move was a sacrificial fight he learned from Wang Hanxin, and it came in handy in this fight.

Cheng Yun was overturned to the ground, and at this time, Gao Dingbian had already rubbed his body up, pulled out the sword on his waist and stabbed at Cheng Yun!

However, at this time, the fleeing Goryeo military general saw that the situation had changed and killed him again, and in order to avoid his attack, Gao Dingbian deviated his head a little and only stabbed Cheng Yun's right arm. The Goryeo military general missed a blow, and his heart was cowardly, and he turned his horse's head again to escape, but Gao Dingbian threw the sword in his hand and hit his vest.

But in this way, Cheng Yun was free, he flew and jumped onto the empty horse of the Goryeo general, and fled as if his feet were flying. At this time, Gao Dingbian had no weapon in his hand, so he could only watch him escape.

With the retreat of the main general, the Goryeo army also lost its fighting spirit and began to retreat. The soldiers of the Tiger Guard Battalion fought bravely against the enemy, and soon killed Cheng Yun's 2,000 men and fled in all directions. Gao Dingbian single-handedly fought seven generals, killed five people, and forced two people to retreat, which won him a higher prestige.

However, Cheng Yun's blocking still achieved part of the purpose, and Gao Dingbian, who was hit by an arrow in his body, could no longer stand on the front line of the assault, so the attack ability of the Tiger Guard Battalion was reduced a lot. However, Gao Dingbian still insisted on his subordinates to disperse the Goryeo army as much as possible, which bought a lot of time for Gai Yanxiao, who woke up, and finally managed to escape with only 8,000 Goryeo troops. The rest were either killed or captured. And after doing all this, Gao Dingbian couldn't support it anymore and fell. For the next two months, he was unable to command the battle due to his injuries.

During the period of recuperation from Gao Dingbian's injuries, Gai Yanxiao and Hua Meng were also able to meet up and readjust the combat plan. Originally, they planned to take Kaesong with one sentence. The capture of Choi Jiangang completely shattered the will of the Goryeo army and people to continue to resist, but this plan failed. Although Kaesong was easily taken, the biggest target, Choi Jianjiang, fled, and it is foreseeable that he will continue to organize the Goryeo army and people to resist in the south, so the objectives of the second phase of the operation must also be adjusted.

Gai Yanxiao's plan is to advance the plan of the third phase and implement it together with the second phase. Regardless of where Choi Jianjiang would flee, it would take him some time to organize his manpower, so it is conceivable that troops would be sent from all over Goryeo. That would mean that the rest of Goryeo would be empty of troops. Therefore, at this time, instead of following Chengyunbu to find Cui Jianjiang's foothold, it is better to send troops to sweep all over the country and occupy as much land as possible in Goryeo, so as to reduce Cui Jianjiang's military resources. To do this, it was necessary to use the forces of the naval governor Chung Mong-ryong, who could land on any beach in Goryeo and launch an attack inland.

This time, Gai Yanxiao and Hua Meng's judgment was correct, Goryeo's current national strength was on the verge of crisis, and with the arrival of Choi Jianjiang's edict. The defenders everywhere drew some of their already meagre forces to King Gyeon, so that almost every fortified city in Goryeo was severely undermanned. Gai Yanxiao, who led a small number of "main force" troops, slowly advanced towards the south with great fanfare, while Hua Meng swept all over Goryeo with the real main force in two months' time. Icheon, Fushiri, Kimhwa. Chuncheon, Wonju were all taken by Hua Meng. In particular, the victories of Kim Hwa and Wonju are extremely important. Because the capture of Gimhwa meant cutting off the retreat of the Goryeo defenders in the northern part of Gangwon Province; The value of Yuanzhou lies in the completion of the encirclement of Xioucheng from the side, of course, when Hua Meng attacked Yuanzhou, he did not know that Cui Jianjiang was in Xioucheng. It was a complete bonus.

At the same time, Chung Mong-ryong's navy also boldly moved south, posing a threat to Jeonju, Gwangju and Naju in southern Goryeo. This strategically formed a very unfavorable situation for Goryeo, because if these cities were lost, then it would mean that Jeolla Province had basically fallen, and from here the country of Silk could attack Chungcheong-do and cut off the connection between Choi Jiangang and Gyeongsang-do, so that Seokseong Seongseong had lost its way of retreat strategically and was completely surrounded.

If this feat can really be accomplished, then this battle will become a classic, and Gai Yanxiao and Hua Meng will probably become a generation of famous generals. It is a pity that they ignored one of the most crucial factors in the development of this plan, and that is the strength of the troops.

In terms of the total number of troops at the time of the war, there was not much difference between Goryeo and the Silk Country, which had lost nearly 20,000 men in the previous battles, while the Silk Kingdom had also suffered thousands of casualties. Now Cui Jianjiang has gathered nearly 50,000 troops in Xioucheng by collecting garrisons from all over the country, but the strength of the Andong Protectorate has not increased by one, and Huameng's rapid assault has indeed captured a large area of Goryeo's land, but it is impossible not to station troops in these areas to maintain law and order in order to ensure security, so in the strategic situation, the country of Silk has an advantage, but in terms of actual troops, it is obviously insufficient, and it is difficult to launch an attack on other areas of Goryeo.

At this point in the war, the two sides reached a stalemate. Although Cui Jianjiang's troops were large in number, they lacked unified command and training, and at the same time, there was a serious shortage of food and straw, so it was impossible for him to take the offensive; In the end, Jung Mong-ryong's troops were unable to continue their attack on Jeolla Province due to the lack of friendly support, and had to retreat to the sea, and the strategic advantage of the Silk Country was lost.

At this time, Cui Jianjiang was also faced with a painful choice: he did retreat to Xi'ou City as planned, and gathered a considerable number of troops, but he lost a large area of territory because of it, especially the loss of Yuanzhou, which made Xi'ou City once again the first line against the enemy. From this point of view, the current situation is almost not fundamentally different from that of Kaesong, but he has lost more land and people.

The retreat from Kaesong disgraced Choi Jianjiang's reputation, but Sung-woon fulfilled his planned plan and, although he still failed to return, established his place in the hearts of some Goryeo soldiers. After thinking about it, Cui Jianjiang felt more and more that it was not a taste, and when he saw Cheng Yun leading the army back, the most unhappy person in the entire Xiou City was probably himself.

If Goryeo still has available generals, then Cui Jianjiang will definitely replace Cheng Yun without hesitation, but unfortunately there is no military general who can replace Cheng Yun in Goryeo, which forces Cui Jianjiang to hate in his heart but can only continue to cooperate with Cheng Yun. In order to change this situation, he also sent people to look around, hoping to find decent talents.

On this day, when Choi Jianjiang was immersed in a pile of affairs, the waiter reported a distinguished guest, who had to retire from the position of prime minister because of a stroke. (To be continued.) )