While Choi Jiangang and Myeong-yi were fighting Wang Han-sin under the city of Pyongyang, the situation in southern Goryeo had become uncontrollable.

Localities lacking garrisons were frequently lost, a large number of food and supplies were destroyed, and although some fortified cities were not lost, all the urgent documents they sent to the imperial court were like mud oxen entering the sea, and there was no news at all. This was a heavy blow to the Goryeo army, which was still holding out. Correspondingly, the army of the country of silk continued to spread rumors that the city of Seou had been besieged and that King Choi Jianjiang had been killed by stray arrows, doing everything possible to weaken the will of the Goryeo army to resist.

After getting the news of Cui Jianjiang's northward expansion, the person who took action the fastest was Gao Dingbian. On the one hand, it is because of his proximity to Xiou City, and on the other hand, because of the excellent mobility of the Tiger Guard Battalion. But Gao Dingbian's main problem was that his Tiger Guard Battalion had less than 2,000 men, and other troops could not keep up with the Tiger Guard Battalion. These 2,000 men alone could not save Pyongyang from the siege of Kaesong, but also could not pose a threat to the capital of Goryeo. Therefore, Gao Dingbian did not intend to fight with Goryeo at the beginning of his return to the army, and he used the mobility ability of the Huwei battalion to bypass the city of Xiou as quickly as possible, cutting off the connection between this city and the Goryeo army of the Northern Expedition.

Gao Dingbian's move hit the key point of the Goryeo army: the main force of the Goryeo army was far away in Pyongyang and Kaesong, and their food and grass materials were not endless, once the connection with Xioucheng was cut off, it also meant that it could no longer get follow-up support, if it could not quickly capture Pyongyang and Kaesong, then the army would be in a desperate situation, and it would not be long before it would be chaotic without a fight. What Gao Dingbian had to do was to constantly eliminate the Goryeo army that was trying to restore contact, and at the same time, he also deliberately hyped up his existence to increase the psychological impact on the Goryeo army.

In fact, just as he expected, the Goryeo army lost successive battles under the city of Pyongyang, adding many casualties in vain, but still unable to take Pyongyang. Although Wang Hanxin in the city was also struggling to support, the soldiers became more and more confident the more they fought. When the news of the cutting off of the supply line by the Gojeong-bian reached the Goryeo army. Like a plague, it spread rapidly, and the mood of the soldiers was extremely low.

Cui Jianjiang doesn't know the power of this, but at the moment he has no cards to play, if he withdraws his troops back to Xiou City at this juncture, then the heavy casualties these days will become meaningless, and he can only hope if he takes Pyongyang City. But he had less and less time on his hands.

After a few days of recuperation, Mingyi was able to go to the front line to direct the battle, but his lost eye would not open again. Cui Jianjiang couldn't help but sigh in his heart when he saw Mingyi's appearance, the main general was injured like this, he didn't dare to imagine how the soldiers felt after they fell in love, but now he had to let Mingyi come out to preside over the overall situation, because Cui Jianjiang had lost confidence in his command ability, and he felt that he could no longer improve morale just by sitting in the town, and the siege must have a more practical command to be effective.

After Mingyi went into battle again. The Goryeo army's offensive has improved greatly, but it is a pity that during the period when Myeongyi was recuperating from his wounds, the soldiers in Pyongyang had eased up, and Myeongyi finally opened a small gap in the southwest of Pyongyang after a full five days of attack, but the Goryeo army had just rushed in more than 500 people, and was led back by Wang Hanxin. Mingyi saw that the opportunity could not be missed, and immediately personally led the team to launch a fierce attack.

Wang Hanxin and Mingyi, the two rivals, met for the third time. When Mingyi saw Wang Hanxin, he hated it so much that the roots of his teeth itched. He didn't answer, but rushed forward with his stick. Wang Hanxin said with a smile: "You bald donkey is really big enough, the last time the gun actually didn't kill you, come on, come on, today General Ben will give you a good time!" ”

Mingyi suffered two losses in this battle, the first was that his new injuries had not healed. There is only one eye left, and the right side is not clear; The second is that he has lingering fears about Wang Hanxin's strange secret weapon, this kind of thing is launched quickly and is difficult to defend, and he is afraid that Wang Hanxin's old trick will be repeated. Therefore, there is always a precaution when fighting, so Wang Hanxin has taken the lead. If it weren't for the heavy stick of Mingyi's power, Wang Hanxin didn't dare to attack hard, but he was afraid that he would lose in his hands.

This time, the two fought to an equal footing, and Wang Hanxin's men withstood the frantic attack of the Goryeo army while hurrying to repair the damaged city wall. It was getting late, and the two sides were fighting endlessly. Cui Jianjiang knew that it was powerful, so he personally supervised the battle and vowed to take Pyongyang City in one fell swoop; Yang Lian also knew that she had to survive the current hurdle, and every extra day she survived, the chances of victory on the Goryeo side would be one point smaller, so both sides invested all their strength, and gambled on the fate of Pyongyang City on this small gap regardless of casualties.

This vicious battle lasted until the sky was completely dark, and it was still impossible to distinguish the winner or loser, but at this time, the battle situation between Mingyi and Wang Hanxin changed. No matter how Wang Hanxin said, his strength was far less than Mingyi's, and after a long time, Mingyi became more and more comfortable, and Wang Hanxin didn't have time to use firearms in the chaotic battle, Mingyi was still a little jealous at first, but later he also discovered the mystery and began to let go of his hands and feet to attack.

At this moment, someone in the rear of the Goryeo army's array suddenly screamed: "Enemy attack! Enemy attack! ”

This sentence was what the Goryeo army was most afraid to hear at the moment, and the nerves of all the Goryeo soldiers were tense, because they didn't know when the army of the Silk Country would come back in a big way. Today's Goryeo army is no longer the 40,000 army it had when it left Seooseong, and after the huge losses of Kaesong and the troops under Pyongyang Castle, there are only about 10,000 people who can be called combat effectiveness now.

In the entire Goryeo army, only Cui Jianjiang understood that there was a deception, because there was no information mentioning that the army of the country of silk was approaching, and it was impossible for a large force of the army of the country of silk to appear at this moment. But he thought so, the Goryeo soldiers were not so calm, and many people were frightened by these terrible shouts, and the whole formation suddenly became chaotic.

Cui Jianjiang killed several soldiers who fell into chaos in a row, but the scale of the chaos continued to expand, and soon swept the whole army.

At this time, Cui Jianjiang understood that the general trend had gone, and if he didn't withdraw his troops quickly, he would wait until the people in Pyongyang City understood and came over to start a pursuit, which would be a matter of heaven and earth.

Cui Jianjiang immediately led a group of guards to begin to retreat south, his subordinates were all cavalry, and soon surpassed those defeated soldiers, at this time there was a man and a horse in the oblique stab, Cui Jianjiang saw that it was He Jianyi, the general he personally sealed.

"He Aiqing, go and tell the national teacher to return to Xiou City quickly!"

"Who is your He Aiqing! I am He Jianyi, the captain of Wang Hanxin, the general of the Silk Country! Ordered by the general to get rid of Cheng Yun, today is just the right time to take you back and pay the first credit! (To be continued.) )