After Cheng Yun was executed, Cui Jianjiang immediately raided Cheng Yun's mansion, and all his wives and concubines were put in prison for strict interrogation; At the same time, he rewarded the monk Mingyi who exposed this conspiracy, not only crowning him as the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses, but also rewarding him with gold, mansions and beautiful women. For He Jianyi, a traitor to the country of silk, Cui Jianjiang also crowned him as a general and ate thousands of households.

In this regard, He Jianyi thanked him on the one hand, and on the other hand, he also put forward his own requirements. According to him, he originally didn't plan to do such a thing for Goryeo, but since he did, he couldn't go back to his hometown, so he could only stay in Goryeo to enjoy the glory and wealth, so he didn't have a family in the past few years as a soldier, and he hoped to reward a few more beauties to him as wives and concubines to settle down.

Hearing this, Cui Jianjiang laughed and immediately agreed to his request. Mingyi on the side couldn't help nodding, sure enough, this He Jianyi was a smart person, he knew that his position was embarrassing, so he begged for a beautiful house in Liangtian, and there were groups of wives and concubines, so that the king could be more at ease.

Although he doesn't have much expectations for He Jianyi's martial arts Mingyi, this person has a good brain and should be able to become his right-hand man.

However, just when the monarchs of Goryeo were relieved that they had succeeded in getting rid of the traitors, the country of silk began to act.

This time the operation of the Silk Country shocked the entire Goryeo capital. Because according to the Goryeo estimates, the number of garrisons in Goryeo plus the number of reinforcements of the Silk Kingdom was not enough to launch a full-scale attack on the city of Seokou, but they were wrong. Not only did the Silk Country attack, but it was an attack on all fronts, the only difference was that they bypassed the heavily defended Seokou Fortress and placed their target in the entire territory of Goryeo!

Led by Zhou Siyi, 5,000 men and horses marched south along Gangwon Province and went straight to all parts of Gyeongsang Province; Gao Dingbian led the Tiger Guard Battalion from Wonju. bypassed Seokseongseong and directly attacked the front line of Chungcheong-do and went straight to Jeonju; Zheng Menglong led the naval army to attack Naju and Gwangju in the southernmost part again, and all the way to the northeast flanks; Gai Yanxiao led 30,000 men to advance south for the middle road, and cooperated with all divisions to attack at any time.

It is reasonable to say that this attack of the Silk Country did not have many troops. However, compared with Goryeo, where the whole country's troops are gathered in Xioucheng and other regions are very weak, it occupies a certain advantage, and more importantly, this operation is very sudden, and the whole country of Goryeo is taken by surprise, and many areas are directly occupied before they even have time to prepare for battle. In particular, Gao Dingbian and his Tiger Guard Battalion moved with incredible speed, advancing to the city of Quanzhou in just over half a month, and at that time, the defenders of Quanzhou had just received the news of the loss of the front.

The reason for this operation was unexpected. The main reason is that Goryeo originally calculated well, and every time the country of silk occupies an additional piece of land in Goryeo under the condition of insufficient troops, then they must allocate a part of their forces to garrison, then their forces will be even thinner, and the longer the battle line is stretched, the easier it will be to break through each of them, so according to Mingyi's estimate, the country of silk can still launch one or two battles at most, and it is already the limit to advance the battle line to the north of Chungcheong-do.

But the truth was completely unexpected. The army of the Silk Country did not divide its forces at all, but always concentrated its forces on the offensive. Every time a city is captured, it is set on fire, and everything that can be used to support the war is burned, except for the food and supplies that are needed. As a result, all the cities of Goryeo were reduced to ruins, and everything that could sustain the war was destroyed, so that even if the people wanted to resist, they had to use stones and sticks as weapons. Moreover, it is impossible to find the location of the opponent's army, and the army of the country of silk can turn around at any time and recapture these completely defenseless cities, and the army of the country of silk has made a clear order that the people of these once conquered areas will be executed if they dare to resist, and they will not be lenient. It's crisp and neat like this. Needless to say, the ruthless approach naturally came from Wang Hanxin's idea. Although everyone complained a lot about his approach, it was precisely because of his strategy that he was able to quickly take down Gangwon Province, and even Gao Dingbian admitted that his wisdom was better than his own, so in order to be able to achieve great results with such a small army, the battle plan of the army of Juannokuni was basically implemented according to his plan.

The war results of the Silk Country were remarkable, and it was a catastrophe for Goryeo. Even Mingyi was shocked by the speed of the other party's actions, in the face of such an attack, let alone sending reinforcements, the speed of his own side to report the message was not even as fast as the other party's advancement, especially when Mingyi learned about the other party's battle plan, he immediately understood that the other party was going to completely destroy everything that Goryeo continued to maintain the war, and their goal was to sweep the entire territory of Goryeo, even if there was a danger of being cut and surrounded, they would use the long coastal line of Goryeo to seek a way out of retreat from the sea. After this battle, there will not be a complete city in Goryeo, and the whole of Goryeo will be as if it is naked in front of the enemy. What made him feel even more helpless was that the enemy army did not occupy any location, but only advanced all the way, so his only way was to concentrate on destroying one of them, but with the current combat training level of the Goryeo army, it would be difficult for them to catch up with the pace of the enemy army, not to mention that the other side might use the advantage of mobility to deliberately drag down his own troops. Moreover, his army can only help in one place, and if he does so in the face of the enemy's four-way advance, it will be a drop in the bucket and will not be effective at all, and the enemy will try to avoid a decisive battle with him, because that is the last thing they want to see. He had to admit that his previous plans were all aimed at the other side's normal strategic actions, and the current actions were obviously beyond his expectations.

In the end, Myongyi proposed to Choe Jianjiang a last resort -- attacking Kaesong and Pyongyang.

According to the information that Mingyi has, this operation of the Silk Country used almost all their troops, so now the rear of the Silk Country is extremely empty, and their main forces are in the south beyond the reach of the whip, now if you can do your best to launch a fierce attack towards the front line of Kaesong and Pyongyang, it is entirely possible to succeed before the other side comes back, once Pyongyang, the seat of the Andong Metropolitan Protectorate, is recovered, then the morale of the people will be very boosted, if you can force the army of the Silk Country to return to fight a decisive battle with yourself according to this situation, Then you may also receive the effect of waiting for your work and win.

But the biggest weakness in this plan is the safety of Xiou City and the safety of King Cui Jianjiang, on the way back to the enemy's aid, Xiou City will first face the impact of the enemy, if this makes His Majesty the King have a mistake, it will be more than worth the loss. Therefore, Mingyi hoped that Cui Jianjiang would be able to drive the expedition in person this time, stay with his army, and use Xioucheng as a fortress to delay the movement of the army of the Silk Country.

Cui Jianjiang hesitated, but agreed to his request. First, it is because the clear approach is indeed relatively safe, and secondly, it is also because there is really no other way to do it. In this way, Choi Jiangang and Myeongyi began to march towards Kaesong with nearly 40,000 Goryeo soldiers.

Their move was already in Wang Hanxin's plan, and it was precisely because the other party's move cut into the weakness of Wang Hanxin's plan that Wang Hanxin took the initiative to stay in Kaesong to block the pace of the Goryeo army.

A fierce battle is about to unfold on the front line of Kaesong Pyongyang, known as the Battle of Kaipyeong. (To be continued.) )