Hua Meng's death in battle had a profound impact on the Andong Protectorate and even the entire Silk Country. The Liaodong Army, which was full of talents, seemed to have begun to wither with the departure of Chang Miao, and now only Zhu Tianshun, the defense envoy of Youzhou, and Sima Gai Yanxiao, the protector of Andong Prefecture, are still alive and well in the Liaodong Army, and others such as Su Chengdong, Xue Boren, Gao Dingbian, and Wang Hanxin are not the original team when the Liaodong Army was first established.

Due to Hua Meng's martyrdom, the vacancy of the Andong Protectorate was even more obvious, so that Liu Yan had to make up his mind to mobilize reinforcements to help the locality, and at the same time, the vacancy of the command staff also created the rise of Gao Dingbian, and he thus became the head of the Metropolitan Protectorate Shi and became Gai Yanxiao's deputy general.

The first thing Gojeong-bian did after becoming Changshi was to lead the Tiger Guard Battalion to attack quickly, and while the Goryeo Army had not yet come out of the joy of victory, he seized two key points of Tongchon and Wonsan, where the troops were empty, and strategically completed the complete encirclement of the Goryeo Army in Gangwon Province. The reason for Ko Ding-bian was clear: since he was no longer able to purge the remnants of the enemy in Gangwon Province, it was the best policy to effectively prevent them from fleeing back to the south to strengthen the Goryeo army, especially when this force had already experienced the excitement of a victory and the accumulation of actual combat experience, and it was even more necessary to prevent them from converging with the enemy in the south. Although the cost of this will inevitably make the strength of the Anton Protectorate weaker, but being on the defensive can save some troops after all, and the long-term blockade of the enemy army is also a last resort, not to mention that as long as the reinforcements from the imperial court arrive, he can use this new force to solve this enemy army. Gao Dingbian knew that the most important thing now was to prevent the Goryeo army from accumulating confidence in defeating the country of silk, so that it could defeat the country spiritually.

Gao Dingbian's military operations also paid a certain price, because he drew the forces of the Tiger Guard Battalion to launch a surprise attack. As a result, the mobile forces of the Andong Prefecture were vacant, and Mingyi brazenly launched an attack on Fushiri after relieving himself. As a result, due to the absence of the Tiger Guard Battalion, which was a mobile reinforcement force, Fushiri fell into the hands of the Koreans again. Although the loss of Fushiri did not cause any loss to the overall strategic pattern of the war between the Silk Kingdom and Goryeo. However, Myeong-yi himself accumulated prestige, and he used a small number of Goryeo troops to achieve successive victories to establish the confidence of the Goryeo army and people to resist to the end, and the impact of this was far more important than the gains and losses of Fushiri.

The days passed in the stalemate between the two sides. One day two months later, Gao Dingbian suddenly received a secret letter from Du Hu Yang Lian, asking him to immediately return to Pyongyang to discuss the next plan.

As soon as I returned to the Metropolitan Protector's Mansion, I saw Gai Yanxiao greeted him with a spring breeze on his face. Gao Dingbian has always respected this uncle, he knows that Gai Yanxiao is a person who has everything on his face, and he is so happy that it is definitely not as simple as seeing himself. There must be some good news behind this.

"My lord, is there any good news?" Gao Dingbian Shili asked.

Gai Yanxiao didn't return the salute, but leaned in and said softly: "The reinforcements sent by the imperial court are almost here, and the generals who led the army also arrived in advance three days ago, so you hurry up and go with me to see Yang Duhu." ”

"Great, how many reinforcements did the emperor send this time? Led by whom? ”

"When you see Du Hu, you will naturally know, come with me." Gai Yanxiao pulled his arm and pulled it inside.

Gao Dingbian was confused when he heard it, he was surprised that Gai Yanxiao was not such a secretive person usually, what happened today. Enter the lobby of the Metropolitan Palace. Yang Lian was already sitting in the center, and there was a person standing on her right, not tall, with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes. He was dressed in silver-white armor, and a white tiger skin cloak was draped behind his back, and the inner lining of the tiger skin had been stained bright red with blood. It's just that the blood has long since darkened. Just by looking at the high edge of this cloak to know the identity of the person who came, it was his sworn brother. General Anyuan Wang Hanxin!

Gao Dingbian took a few steps forward and hugged Wang Hanxin in his arms, and the two brothers couldn't say a word when they reunited after a long absence. Yang Lian and Gai Yanxiao looked at the two young generals and smiled.

I don't know how long it took, Gao Dingbian let go of his hand, punched Wang Hanxin and said, "Why did Your Majesty ask you to bring troops to support?" ”

Wang Hanxin rubbed the place where he was beaten and said with a smile: "If you want to fight against Goryeo, who is more suitable for the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty than me?" We laid down half of Goryeo together, and I don't worry about handing over the remaining half to you alone, besides, this time I'm here to save you, isn't it a very painful thing for you to owe me a favor? Of course, I have to ask Your Majesty for my life. ”

Gao Ding snorted and said: "This is a business matter, you don't involve personal affairs!" Don't cause any more trouble this time, the trouble you caused last time made me worry for half a year, and I haven't settled accounts with you yet. ”

The two sat down holding hands as they spoke, and Gao Ding continued: "Why did you come so fast this time? I thought it would take at least three or four months to arrive. ”

Wang Hanxin looked at Yang Lian and Gai Yanxiao, then turned back and said with a smile: "Yang Duhu and Uncle Gai already know, I'll say it again." If you want to send troops from the imperial court, firstly, it is impossible to draw troops for the war against Tuqi, and secondly, the distance is long, so I suggest to Your Majesty that the garrisons from Xuzhou and Yangzhou be drawn directly from the waterway to help, so that the time can be saved by half, and it will not affect the imperial court's operational layout for Tuqi. ”

"Xuzhou and Yangzhou?" Gao Dingbian looked embarrassed when he heard this: "There are not many troops there, and the soldiers there are ······."

Wang Hanxin smiled: "I know what you're worried about, big brother. True, the soldiers there lacked real combat experience, and their numbers were already small. But don't worry, this time I brought the elite inside, although they are not as good as the combat ability of the Liaodong Army, but the training they usually receive is how to defend against pirates from the water, these soldiers may not be qualified to fight, but it is more than enough to maintain local law and order and resist enemy attacks, use them to replace the soldiers of the Liaodong Army, and liberate our elite soldiers from the station, don't you have enough combat strength? And I didn't just bring these troops, do you remember last year's brother's conquest of Weizhou and Yingzhou? Although that cavalry unit is not as easy to use as the Tiger Guard Battalion, it can be regarded as a combat test, and their mobility ability is relatively high, so I brought it with me this time, and took this opportunity to let them see the tactics of the Tiger Guard Battalion, which is also an incentive for them. ”

After listening to Wang Hanxin's words, Gao Dingbian nodded and said, "In this way, it can be regarded as embarrassing for you, brother." It's just that these forces are still a little weak, and I'm afraid it's still a bit stretched to launch a full-scale war against Goryeo. ”

Wang Hanxin blinked mischievously and said with a smile: "This is the real reason why Yang Duhu and Uncle Gai want to call you back, how to make the most effective use of these troops is the key to our next discussion." Brother here's a plan, I want to discuss it with all the adults, is it feasible? ”

Gao Ding looked at Wang Hanxin's eyes, and understood in his heart that whenever Wang Hanxin showed this kind of expression, it must be when he came up with some ghost idea. (To be continued.) )