Lu Xuan's words made Li Chenghui fall into deep thought.

Indeed, judging from the current situation, although the defense of Anju City has been strengthened by the gradual return of those elite troops who have been transferred back from the coastline, this is only to keep it unlost, and more troops are needed if the situation is to be reversed. And his judgment at the beginning seems to be wrong, judging from Chang Miao's actions, there has been no movement above the white wolf so far, so the western front is his main direction of attack. If the original deployment of troops is maintained, then Li Meng and his 30,000 troops stationed there will be wasted. However, if the troops are transferred back from White Wolf Mountain, it will not only mean that the central defense will become empty, but at the same time, in the case of Anzhou City being besieged, this support army may also become the bait of the other party, after all, Chang Miao has an absolute advantage in terms of troops.

After thinking about it, Li Chenghui finally decided to order Li Meng to leave 5,000 men to hold on to White Wolf Mountain, and he led the rest of the troops to rush to Turtle City, and after joining up with the defenders there, he waited for an opportunity to reinforce Anzhou.

It's a pity that Li Chenghui is still a step too slow, and before Li Meng's reinforcements, he has waited for a new enemy situation: Chang Miao has already sent Gai Yanxiao to lead 30,000 troops to attack Turtle City!

The reason why Chang Miao did this was because Zheng Menglong had already informed him of the news of this great victory on the banks of the Qingchuan River in time. Hearing the news that the enemy's main force was annihilated, Chang Miao smiled like a child, and this unexpected victory was simply pie falling from the sky. In this way, Chang Miao's original two-to-one military advantage on the Western Front was expanded to three to one, and Chang Miao, who was originally only on alert for the threat to the direction of Turtle City, now has the spare strength to completely suppress the enemy forces here, so Chang Miao immediately decided to put this extra force into attacking Turtle City. And this step went ahead of Li Chenghui. Li Chenghui's horns have not yet taken shape, and they have ended in vain.

It was learned that the friendly forces on the front line of Guicheng had been trapped by the attack of the Liaodong Army and could no longer rush to the aid of Anzhou City. This is already another blow to Li Chenghui, but an even bigger blow is still to come. This is a close second. The Huwei battalion gained a firm foothold on the north bank of the Qingchuan River, not only suppressing the transportation line of the Qingchuan River ferry, but also establishing a temporary barge point on the coastline abandoned by Li Chenghui, from which Zheng Menglong's fleet could continuously provide resources and supplies to the Huwei battalion. Although the Tiger Guard Battalion had already suffered heavy casualties in the last battle, there was no armed force that could compete with him north of the Qingchuan River and south of Anzhou City.

Li Chenghui knew very well in his heart that Anzhou City was already strategically besieged. Although the walls of Anzhou City are strong and the food is sufficient, it is not a problem to support it for half a year or even eight months. But the problem is that staying in the lonely city will not help the whole battle, and now he must make a choice to reverse the situation.

Thinking of this, Li Chenghui turned his head to Lu Xuan and said, "The old man has something to ask you." ”

"Your Excellency, please speak." Lu Xuan seemed to have guessed something, lowered his head and quietly waited for the coach's words.

"I order you to immediately go out of the city and rush to the capital Pyongyang to ask for help, please be sure to explain to Your Majesty the danger of the battle situation, and ask him to quickly organize the army and deploy defenses on the front line of the Taedong River. Pyongyang's safety is up to you. ”

Lu Xuan's eyes widened and he looked at the veteran he had served for many years, and was stunned for a long time before he said, "My lord! What do you say! You're the boss! Let me stay here to defend, and you can go to the Datong River to protect Your Majesty and the capital! ”

Li Chenghui shook his head and said, "It is precisely because I am the commander that I can't leave my soldiers to escape alone." No, I'm here. Morale will be even lower, and the soldiers here know that the commander is still by their side to fight alongside them, and as long as Anzhou City is not lost, the defenders of Dingzhou City and Turtle City will have the faith to hold on. As long as these three cities are not lost. Then, even if the Liaodong Army marched south, it would not be possible to exert all its strength, so as to gain some favorable conditions for Pyongyang's defense. ”

"But, but you," Lu Xuan swallowed back as he spoke. Li Chenghui's stay here is actually equivalent to exchanging his life for time to prepare for Pyongyang City, and no matter how strong Anju City is, there will be a day when it will be breached. At that time, with Li Chenghui's character, he will inevitably live and die with this city and the remaining soldiers. Then the supreme military general of Goryeo will die on the battlefield. This loss would be irreparable for Goryeo.

Li Chenghui looked at Lu Xuan, who was unusually stammering, nodded knowingly, and said, "You have followed me for so many years, to be honest, with your ability, you are really more suitable than me to become the commander in command of the entire army of Goryeo." I'm just a veteran, and more is just some accumulated experience on the battlefield, but you are different, you have both civil and military skills, and you have strategy. Now is the time to entrust the fortunes of Goryeo to you young people, and the future of this country will be entrusted to you. ”

Lu Xuan's eyes couldn't help but turn red, Li Chenghui's words were like entrusting the future, it seemed that the veteran he respected was ready to die for the country. Lu Xuan immediately knelt on the ground, clenched his fists and said, "Please rest assured!" I will definitely complete the entrustment of the adults, defeat the invasion of the Silk Country, and rescue you and Anzhou City! Until then, please don't give up! ”

After saying that, Lu Xuan stood up, looked around at the generals, and said, "Everyone, please protect the marshal well, and wait for the reinforcements below!" See you in Anzhou City on another day! ”

"Please rest assured, Lord Lu, you will defend this city to the death! Protect the Marshal! The generals agreed in unison.

At that moment, Lu Xuan no longer hesitated, hurriedly prepared the application things on the road, and then rode out of the south gate of Anzhou City, all the way to the mountains.

Because of this move by Yi Sunghui, Goryeo was finally able to complete the defensive preparations along the Taedong River before Chang Miao's large-scale southward advance, and also strengthened the defense of Pyongyang City, which finally made Goryeo survive to the day when the turning point came.

But at that time, the situation was one-sided in favor of the country of Juan, Anju City was strategically surrounded, Dingju City was heavily besieged, Guicheng was also attacked, and the entire Goryeo army on the Western Front was completely passively beaten. At the same time, Zhu Tianshun on the Eastern Front also achieved considerable results in the offensive of Hamgyong Province, although the troops of those chieftains were not good at attacking fortified positions, but their power in the field was amazing, and even surpassed the combat effectiveness of the Liaodong Army, they raided the villages and small towns of Goryeo, not only robbed a large number of treasures and materials that satisfied them, but also obtained a large number of people as slaves. The defenders of Hamgyong Province could only hold on to the city, and if they dared to go out of the city to fight, they would be immediately attacked by the tribal army, and each time they ended in a crushing defeat. Therefore, in the third month after the start of the war, Zhu Tianshun had already advanced his troops to Hamhung Province, the capital of Hamgyong Province, and almost all the villages north of Hamhung Province were destroyed. In the course of this expedition to Goryeo, although Hamgyong Province was not the main direction of attack of the Silk Country, it suffered the greatest losses.

Li Meng's reinforcements fought with Gai Yanxiao's troops in Guicheng, but the only remaining 5,000 defenders of White Wolf Mountain had nothing to do every day, seeing that the battle situation was dangerous but they could not do their part, the emotions of this Goryeo army became more and more difficult to control.

At this moment, the northern border of White Wolf Mountain showed signs of the activities of the army of the Silk Country. (To be continued......)