Chapter 261: No Miracles

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Laihu'er commanded the elite of 40,000 sailors to chase all the way, and the blockers were invincible, and the Goguryeo people were defeated like a mountain, and they could not form an army, and at the last moment, they even gave up the city gate unbelievably, and let the Middle-earth people enter the outer city of Pyongyang unimpeded.

At this time, not to mention Laihu'er, even the generals such as Laiquan and Fei Qingnu knew that this must be a plan by the Goguryeo people to lure the enemy, and once the 40,000 troops of the naval division entered the outer city of Pyongyang, they would definitely fall into the siege of the Goguryeo people, and the whole army would be annihilated.

Lai Cheng and Fei Qingnu immediately found Lai Hu'er and warned him.

This is Pyongyang, the capital of the Goguryeo people, the strongest city of Goguryeo, with the most elite army of Goguryeo, it is impossible to be as fragile as paper paste, and the Goguryeo king Gowon and the Goguryeo minister Eulji Wendeok have been planning for a long time to resist the attack of the Middle-earthers, Pyongyang has long been built into an impregnable wall by them, and they have long been ready to block the attack of the two armies of the Middle-earth-water6, unless there is a miracle, unless Pyongyang collapses due to internal strife, it is impossible for the Goguryeo people to abandon Pyongyang City.

At the critical moment, Lai Hu'er hesitated, if he was successful, the 40,000 soldiers would be wiped out and buried in a foreign country, and the Middle Earth Sailor would definitely be hit by the destruction of the country, and all the consequences of this and the heavy pressure that Qianfu pointed out, as well as the shame that the entire Lai family would bear for generations in the future, were all unbearable for him.

Is Pyongyang really collapsing? Is a miracle really born? If this is a trick of the Goguryeo people, then how many Goguryeo troops are ambushed in Pyongyang at this moment? Will the 40,000 soldiers be able to destroy the Goguryeo people's treacherous plan and capture Pyongyang with high morale and indomitable courage? If the 6th Route Army was on the offensive and pinned down all the elite troops of Goguryeo on the frontal battlefield, then the number of troops in Pyongyang City would be very limited at this moment, and the previous dozens of miles of blocking battle array set up by Gao Yuan was a bluff, and most of them might be impersonated by ordinary civilians, so that the morale would collapse and the army would fall like a mountain in the slightest setback.

But then Laihu'er overturned his assumptions.

In order to guard against the attack of the Middle-earth Naval Division, the Goguryeo people would not let Pyongyang become an empty city, no matter how much pressure they endured on the frontal battlefield, and they would rather abandon the frontal battlefield as a last resort, but also gather all their forces to defend Pyongyang City, and stop the Shui-6 attack of the Zhongtu army at any cost, and never let the defense of Pyongyang City show the slightest flaw. If Pyongyang is lost, the Goguryeo people will lose their faith and courage, and Goguryeo will lose their country, so the Goguryeo people will do their best to hold on to Pyongyang, their kingdom, and their homeland.

Taking a step back, even if the Goguryeo people were under heavy pressure, Pyongyang's defense showed flaws and lost the outer city incredibly, then it still has an inner city and an imperial city, and it can still resist stubbornly, and the Goguryeo naval division outside the city will soon be able to support it, and the main Goguryeo army that is blocking the 6th Route Army of Middle-earth on the frontal battlefield can also retreat as quickly as possible, and in turn surround the 40,000-strong army of the Zhongtu Naval Division in the outer city of Pyongyang, so that the 40,000 soldiers will still be unable to escape the disaster of the entire army.

If the miracle in front of us is real, but with the meager strength of the naval division, it will still not be able to capture Pyongyang, unless the miracle comes more violently, not only the city of Pyongyang will collapse, but even the Goguryeo army on the frontal battlefield will collapse, and it will be too late to retreat, and it will be too late to encircle and annihilate the Middle-earth naval division, then the naval division will be able to capture Pyongyang.

Just when Laihu'er was undecided, an accident was born.

The junior officers and ordinary guards of the naval division were stimulated by the rout of the Goguryeo people, attracted by the armor and capital discarded by the Goguryeo people, tempted by the credit for the capture of Pyongyang City and the huge benefits brought by it, and even more blinded by the astonishing wealth that could be captured after entering Pyongyang City.

This is an uncontrollable accident, because the Goguryeo people were suddenly defeated like a mountain, and the 40,000 troops of the water division suddenly launched a pursuit, and as the pursuit became faster and faster, the distance between the military regiments and brigades became larger and larger, and the order to protect the children could not be passed on normally, in this case, there was only one goal left for each military regiment and brigade, to kill Pyongyang until they saw the Pyongyang city gate, if the city gate was closed, the pursuit would naturally stop, but if the city gate was wide open, The military regiments and brigades rushed in uncontrollably.

In such a chaotic situation, there are not many generals who keep a clear head, and some generals even if they keep a clear head, they also see the crisis ahead, and they want to slow down the pursuit, but the order can no longer be conveyed, and those generals in the water division who do not respect Lai Hu'er, seeing that Pyongyang City is in front of them, their minds are dizzy, people are impulsive, and they run faster, even if they receive the retreat order from Laihu'er, they will not obey it.

People are not as good as heaven, there is no choice to come to Hu'er, and there is no way to retreat, only to go out and fight to the death, either the whole army will be annihilated, or a miracle will be created.

Laihu'er ordered to guard the city gate, Fei Qingnu answered outside the city, and followed the army into the outer city of Pyongyang.

There are no miracles, no luck, traps are traps, death is death, and all of them are real. The Goguryeo people ambushed their troops and fought a bloody battle with the Middle-earth Naval Division. The Goguryeo sailors of Yushui joined the battlefield, and they ascended from outside the city6 in an attempt to cut off the retreat of the Middle-earth. Fei Qingnu and his soldiers fought hard to block it, and both sides killed flesh and blood. Soon, tens of thousands of Goguryeo troops also withdrew from the frontal battlefield and joined the Pyongyang battlefield, dealing a fatal blow to the Middle Earth Naval Division.

Under the response of Laicheng, Laihu'er fought out of the outer city of Pyongyang, and then under the response of Fei Qingnu, he fought his way out of the siege of the Goguryeo sailors and broke through.

The soldiers of the Middle Earth Naval Division, which were trapped in the outer city of Pyongyang, were all annihilated, and the army of Laiji and Fei Qingnu lost most of them in the process of breaking through. At the moment of life and death, Zhou Fashang led the army to support and successfully rescued Laihu'er and more than 2,000 soldiers from the encirclement of the Goguryeo.

At this point, the defeat of the Eastern Crusade was a foregone conclusion.

At this time, even if the 6th Route Army was killed under the Pyongyang City, the Navy Division could not cooperate with them to implement the strategy of the Water 6 pincer, and the 6th Route Army lost the support of the Water Division, coupled with the difficult support of grain and grass weapons, so it had to give up the siege and retreat.

Lai Hu'er is very calm, the matter has come to this, he can only wait for the verdict of fate, although in military he suffered the biggest defeat in his life, but in politics, he has won a lot of bargaining chips for Lai. Perhaps when he returns to Middle-earth, he will be hanged to thank the people of his country, but he believes that the Holy Lord and the Central Center will reward him, and the descendants of the Lai clan will still enjoy the glory and wealth.

Zhou Fashang was no longer angry, his heart had been turned into ashes in the anger, although the blood of more than 30,000 sailors and soldiers extinguished his burning anger, but the heart-rending pain knocked him down, completely knocked him down

Cui Junsu came to visit Zhou Fashang.

In this battle, the Jianghuai army loyal to Laihu'er was annihilated, Jiangzuo'erlang, who was loyal to Zhou Fashang, lost half, and the remaining 20,000 Jiangzuo soldiers were eager to eat Laihu'er alive, and the entire sailor was like a powder keg that would explode at any time. Lai Hu'er has lost control of the water division, but the task of the water division has not been completed, so Zhou Fa can't fall yet, even if he only has one breath left, he has to cross the sea and go home with this army

"Qiao Gong, now the morale is gone, the morale of the army is also chaotic, and the authority of Rong Gong has been completely lost, and he can no longer command the sailors." Cui Junsu sighed gloomily, "Qiaogong, you can't fall. ”

Zhou Fashang was lying on the couch, described as withered, his eyes were blank, like a soulless puppet.

"Qiaogong, the sailor is in danger, you must cheer up and turn the tide."

"Withdraw, immediately withdraw from the fishing waters." Zhou Fashang finally spoke, "Send scouts, day and night, rush to the Sasu area, try to find Yanshou Gong (Yu Zhongwen), and inform Pyongyang of the latest war situation." ”

The crushing defeat of the Middle Earth Naval Division completely changed the tide of the battle in Pyongyang. With the original strength of the Middle-earth Naval Division, not only could the Goguryeo Naval Division, but also a considerable part of the main army of Goguryeo, but now that the situation of the war has changed, the Goguryeo people can concentrate all their forces to fight against the Middle-earth 6-Route Army on the frontal battlefield, which will definitely bring more and greater potential dangers to the Middle-earth 6-Route Army.

Zhou Fashang's meaning is obvious, let Yu Zhongwen use the defeat of the sailor as an excuse to ask the Holy Lord to withdraw his troops, and the Holy Lord can borrow a donkey to go downhill, anyway, the purpose of the Holy Lord's secret edict is originally like this.

Cui Junsu hesitated for a moment and asked, "Yeonshou Gong commanded 300,000 elite guards to kill under the city of Pyongyang, how can he retreat without a fight?" ”

Yu Zhongwen may want to retreat without a fight, but how can the Holy Lord and the Central Center agree? Although the withdrawal of the army is inevitable, but the fiasco of the naval division is a great shame for Middle-earth, the 300,000 elite of the Weifu should be ashamed and courageous, and give the Goguryeo people a heavy blow on the battlefield of Pyongyang, even if they do not capture the city, at least they have to fight a few victories and cut off thousands of heads, which can be regarded as revenge for the fiasco of the naval division, and barely maintain the face of the Middle-earth people. On the contrary, if the 300,000 elites of the Weifu face the shame of the defeat of the sailors, but they don't shoot a single arrow, turn around and leave, it will be a shame for the military. Therefore, if nothing else, the Holy Lord and the Central Committee will not order the withdrawal of the troops at the first time, and Yu Zhongwen and other military bigwigs will not swallow this breath, and they will definitely fight a few battles under the city of Pyongyang to take revenge on the Goguryeo people and earn back some face for the military.

Zhou Fashang closed his eyes and sighed bitterly.

The defeat of the naval division not only boosted the morale of the Goguryeo people, but more strictly allowed the Goguryeo people to get rid of the dilemma of fighting on two fronts, and they could draw at least 50,000 or more main forces from the flank battlefield of Pyongyang to fight on the frontal battlefield, so that the balance of forces between the two sides on the frontal battlefield changed, and these changes may affect or even determine the development of the battle at critical moments.

In other words, if the 6th Route Army retreats with all divisions on the frontal battlefield, the impact of the defeat of the Navy Division will be smaller, on the contrary, if the 6th Route Army encounters an accident in the process of retreating, or even a major defeat, and suffers heavy losses, then the impact of the defeat of the Navy Division will be greater, perhaps it is precisely because the Goguryeo people have increased tens of thousands of troops on the frontal battlefield that the battle situation has a shocking reversal at a critical moment. At that moment, the water master was heavily responsible, and the three people, Lai Hu'er, Zhou Fashang and Cui Junsu, who were the decision-makers of the water master, could not atone for their crimes by death.

At the same time, the elite of the 300,000 Weifu Army was approaching Sashui.

Sasu is only more than 200 miles away from Pyongyang, and it is the most important defense line on the periphery of Pyongyang.

Cui Hongsheng's Fengfeng army took the lead, attacked bravely, was invincible, took the lead in killing Sashui, and then started the battle of forcibly crossing Sashui.

At this time, the heavy rain was pouring, the river was turbulent, and the attack was very difficult, but Cui Hongsheng was like a violent tiger, not only supervising the army to fight to the death, but also taking the lead, leading the attacking team to kill the opposite bank position again and again, and fought bloodily

The twelve ladies were very scared and begged Cui Hongsheng to cherish his life and not to fight on the front line.

Cui Hongsheng turned a deaf ear, "A certain will not die here, let alone die in a foreign country." ”

The twelve ladies smiled bitterly and were speechless. It was precisely because of Li Fengyun's prophecy that she rushed to Liaodong to save her father, but Li Fengyun did not predict that Cui Hongsheng would die on the battlefield of the Eastern Crusade, but predicted that Cui Hongsheng would die in the political storm caused by the failure of the Eastern Crusade. It's just that the twelve ladies didn't expect it anyway, but their father rushed to the forefront without hesitation because of this prophecy.

The facts are even more speechless, Cui Hongsheng crossed the river again and again, charged again and again, and fought bloodily again and again, but he brushed shoulders with death again and again, and most of the soldiers who followed him to attack the fortifications either drowned or died on the battlefield, but he persevered, which is a miracle. This miracle greatly boosted morale, and the officers and men of the Xuanfeng Army followed Cui Hongsheng without hesitation, and launched round after round of fierce attacks on the enemy troops on the opposite bank in the heavy rain, in the loud horns, and in the frenzied shouts. This miracle also inspired the craftsmen and men who accompanied the army, who built and assembled nearly 100 large rafts in the shortest possible time, and finally sent more than 2,000 soldiers to the opposite bank at one time in the battle before dusk.

At the heavy cost of nearly 10,000 casualties, the Xuanfeng Army tore through the Goguryeo Sasu defense line, paving the way for the expeditionary force to attack Pyongyang.

When Yu Zhongwen, Yu Wenshu and Liu Shilong arrived in Sashui with the headquarters of the expeditionary force, they saw the battlefield strewn with corpses, and while admiring the Xuanfeng Army, they also realized that they had lost the Xuanfeng Army. Cui Hongsheng and his army had lost the strength to fight again, so they could only stay in Sashui to recuperate, and were responsible for guarding the Sashui passage to ensure the safety of the expeditionary force's retreat.

Only then did the Twelve Ladies understand the Battle of Sashui, and understood why his father did not hesitate to rely on the strength of the Xuanfeng Army to break through the Goguryeo Sashui defense line by relying on the strength of the Xuanfeng Army, and his purpose was to stay in Sashui, and at the same time to protect the Xuanfeng Army at the maximum, he would defend this only retreat for the expeditionary force.

Since there is Li Fengyun's prophecy, since Pyongyang may lose the first battle, since Sashui is the life channel of the entire expeditionary force, and since Cui Hongsheng is determined to save his own political life by saving the expeditionary force at the moment when the prophecy comes true, then of course he must find ways to stay in Sashui, and the only way to stay in Sashui is to "self-harm", that is, to make the Xuanfeng Army temporarily lose its combat effectiveness and have to stay in Sashui to recuperate, so that he can win the initiative and play the greatest role at the critical moment of the future war.

The Ninth Route Army of the Expeditionary Force, of which Cui Hongsheng's troops stayed in Sashui, and the rest of the Eighth Route Army crossed Sashui and slaughtered Pyongyang with great momentum.

Yuwen Shu rushed to the front line, commanding the three-way army of Xin Shixiong, Xue Shixiong and Zhang Jin, and fought fiercely with the Goguryeo army led by Ulji Wende, and won seven battles and seven victories in one day.

Yu Zhongwen and Liu Shilong led the other five armies in the center and slowly advanced.

At this moment, the most concerned about the high command is whether the sailor has crossed the sea safely and whether it has arrived in the coastal waters of Pyongyang, for this reason, Yu Zhongwen sent a large number of scouts to look for the sailor along the coastline, and lit wolf smoke every ten miles to send out a message, but what Yu Zhongwen didn't expect was that the first person to get in touch with the sailor was Cui Hongsheng who guarded Sashui, and what he didn't expect was that the head of the sailor came to Hu'er to give him a bad news, a bad news that put the expeditionary force in a dilemma.

Cui Hongsheng, who was the first to hear the bad news, was stunned, he was really stunned, not because he was shocked by the fiasco of the water division, but because the water division dared to go against the operational deployment of the command headquarters and attack in advance without authorization in such a heavy battle, which is simply unbelievable.

Who gave the commander of the sailor to protect his children so boldly? According to the law and military discipline, this act is tantamount to complicity in rebellion, and the crime is unforgivable. Why didn't Zhou Fashang, the deputy marshal of the water division, and Shi Cui Junsu, the commander of the water division, stop it? If you don't stop it, you are an accomplice, and you are an accomplice who plots a great rebellion, and you are also an unforgivable sin.

Lai Hu'er and Zhou Fashang are both famous generals in Middle-earth, and they are both old commanders of the Twelve Guards, why would they make such a low-level mistake? Cui Junsu has a special status in the water division, in fact, he is the spokesperson of the Holy Lord in the water division, although Cui Junsu may be lacking in military affairs, but he is experienced in politics, why did he make such an incredible mistake?

Cui Hongsheng knew that there was only one person who could make Lai Hu'er, Zhou Fashang, and Cui Junsu make mistakes willingly, and that was the Holy Lord.

Why did the Holy Lord change the decision to attack privately and force the sailors to attack Pyongyang in advance? Cui Hongsheng could see clearly after a little thought, from the perspective of the Holy Lord and the center, this was just a political means for them to maintain their authority, and from the military's standpoint, this was a political conspiracy, a criminal conspiracy to play with the military in the palm of his hand, and a criminal conspiracy to disregard the lives of 300,000 soldiers of the expeditionary force.

Suddenly, Cui Hongsheng was convinced of Li Fengyun's prophecy, the expeditionary force was in trouble, and the lives of 300,000 soldiers were in danger.