Chapter 57 - Enemy Attack

When the news of the landing of the army of the Silk Country in Oushan reached Lu Xuan's ears in Anzhou City, Lu Xuan immediately jumped out of bed!

What I thought I wouldn't happen happened! Is the army of the Silk Country crazy? In this season, in the rear of Goryeo, the Ousan Mountain on the south bank of the Cheongchon River forcibly landed! This is possible in the summer and autumn, but in the winter, the hydrological conditions are so complex that it is almost like killing yourself!

Lu Xuan thought about it, it was precisely because of this that he would neglect to take precautions, Oushan was indeed the most difficult point to be noticed by the Goryeo troops on the entire Qingchuan River to the Datong River, and the army of the Silk Country saw this point and made it possible to insert a knife in his back! It seems that he still underestimates the ability of the Silk Country Water Army.

After stabilizing his mood a little, Lu Xuan carefully inquired about the number of the other party, the number of troops, and the actions taken after landing. As expected, it was the cavalry of the Tiger Guard Battalion who came again, and as soon as they landed, they began to move, again targeting weakly defended villages and towns, but this time they also launched an attack on poorly defended coastal garrisons.

Lu Xuan rubbed his temples, he did feel an incomparable headache: originally there was a fluke in his heart, that is, the Tiger Guard Battalion was scattered in all directions, and if it was like the original raid, then it would be possible for him to concentrate the troops stationed along the coast, cut off the Oushan landing point, and at the same time send troops to block all the places along the coast that could be approached by ships, so as to trap the Tiger Guard Camp in the area between the Qingchuan River and the Datong River, and then seek an opportunity to annihilate it. But the enemy's actions have already spoken for themselves, and the other side has already taken precautions against their own hands, and it seems that there is no other way than to mobilize a large army to destroy them.

In fact, what worries him even more is yet to come. Not long ago, he accepted Cheng Yun's suggestion and began to shift the focus of defense to the south. In order to feed a large army, he had to transport enough food there. But now that the food is gathered, the mobilization of the soldiers has not yet begun, but at this time, the Tiger Guard Battalion has attacked this area, if they risk attacking those cities that store food and are succeeded by them, Lu Xuan dare not imagine what kind of disastrous consequences will be.

At this moment, Adjutant General Cheng Yun hurriedly rushed in without waiting for anyone to report: "Lord Marshal, the enemy army has landed in Oushan and is rushing inland. The stakes are so high that troops must be sent immediately! ”

Lu Xuan nodded: "Ben Shuai also just got the news." Now it is known that the number of enemy troops is about 6,000 to 10,000, and the opponent is cavalry and good at guerrillas, and it is very difficult to fight it with infantry. Therefore, the commander wanted to personally lead the cavalry team to contend with it, and asked Cheng Daren to lead the infantry brigade to reinforce the various cities along the line to ensure food security in the cities, and asked General Han Wen to sit in Anju, and at the same time hold the Qingchuan River ferry so that it could not escape back to the north, and set up various obstacles in the eastern mountains to prevent it from passing. Limit the enemy's movement between the Cheongchon River and the Taedong River, and then seek an opportunity to annihilate it. ”

"The marshal is wise. I thought that I could immediately send someone to report the starry night from Hamgyong Road, and at the same time ordered our army's sailors to go to Oushan Mountain and cut off their escape route from the waterway. ”

"Trolls? I'm afraid this is not enough. Lu Xuan's face was embarrassed.

Cheng Yun disagreed: "I understand it below." Since the first battle of Wuhuhai, the vitality of our naval army has been greatly damaged, although in recent years to speed up the shipbuilding, but in terms of scale and actual combat ability, it is not the opponent of the navy of the country of silk. However, that doesn't mean that we can't make up for the gap with a trick. Besides, what we want is not to annihilate the navy of the Silk Country. As long as it can destroy the possibility of the enemy's escape from the sea, even if you take a step back. As long as we can slow down the withdrawal of the enemy troops, we can achieve our goal. ”

Lu Xuan listened and nodded repeatedly. Truly. It is impossible to defeat the navy of the country of silk, but if it can avoid the real and attack the weak, it is still possible to destroy the enemy's ability to transport troops, once the enemy navy cannot transport all the cavalry, then it can cause huge psychological pressure on the enemy, so as to create conditions for their own annihilation of the enemy's evil cavalry force. Lu Xuan immediately discussed with Cheng Yun how to send troops.

While Lu Xuan and Cheng Yun were busy sending troops to aid the south, the Tiger Guard Battalion's actions were not delayed at all. Gao Dingbian and Wang Hanxin knew very well in their hearts that this operation had to race against time, and only by expanding the results in the shortest possible time could they quickly retreat before the Goryeo army launched a counterattack, and once they were entangled by the Goryeo army, things would become very troublesome. Because this time, the cavalry of the Tiger Guard Battalion could no longer be as imaginative as before, coming and going with the enemy at will, and they had only one way to retreat, and that was to retreat from the sea. Because of this, he has a weakness, and the Goryeo army will definitely focus on this. To this end, Gao Dingbian and Wang Hanxin asked Zheng Menglong to lead the navy to establish a water village in the Oushan sea area to ensure the safety of the waterway. It is really not easy to build a water village in the Oushan sea area in winter, and if it is not for Zheng Menglong, I am afraid it will not be possible. In fact, the landing at Oushan was all thanks to Zheng Menglong's efforts, and in the course of Chang Miao's last invasion of Pyongyang, Zheng Menglong carefully surveyed the hydrological conditions of the Goryeo coast, and finally achieved unexpected success in this operation. At the same time, Wang Hanxin asked the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion to establish a Lu Village in Oushan relying on the terrain, with the defense of the sailors and the fire guns of the Shenji Battalion, even if the Goryeo Army attacked in a big way, it was not so easy to capture the Lu Village.

After arranging these two layers of security, Gao Dingbian and Wang Han's recruits split into two routes, Gao Dingbian was mainly responsible for plundering villages and towns, and Wang Hanxin began to attack various garrison bases along the coast. Wang Hanxin acted quickly, conquering more than ten strongholds in the southern Xinxing and Mali areas in just two days, and then immediately turned north to attack Huajin and Nanyang, all the way like a bamboo. Wang Hanxin's order was simple and rude, all the strongholds were burned down, and not a single person was allowed to survive. The soldiers under him are also well versed in the style of the commander, and along the way, they killed the Goryeo army crying for their fathers and mothers, and the corpses were all over the field.

While passing through Pingyuan Town, Wang Hanxinbu encountered a Goryeo grain convoy. This unfortunate Goryeo army encountered Wang Hanxin, a demonic enemy, and its tragic situation is self-evident. The battle soon came to an end, and the Goryeo army was almost completely wiped out, but Wang Hanxin was uncharacteristically unable to kill them all. Because Wang Hanxin noticed that the direction of this grain transportation team was peculiar, and it was very abnormal to transport grain from the north to the south. After the torture of the captives, the captives confessed that they had originally transported food from Anzhou City to Suzhou City, but they had lost ground when they heard the news of the attack on the Tiger Guard Camp, so they wanted to seize the time to enter Suzhou City to take refuge. And it has been transported many times before, and the grain and grass have been hoarded in Suzhou City.

Wang Hanxin's eyes lit up after hearing this, and he immediately checked the situation of Suzhou City on the map. (To be continued......)