Chapter 82: Goryeo descends to Liao

The morning sun was slightly dewed, and the torrential rain that had been falling for more than half a month was finally completely stopped.

The river is choppy, and more than 20 boats of various types are flowing down the grass river, and it is much faster to read than to go upstream.

Out of caution, Wanyan Haiya did not lead his troops and the Zhao army that broke through the siege and returned to the camp, which made the Zhao army commander who was outstanding from the encirclement breathe a sigh of relief.

The soldiers who broke through were leaning against the boat in a dejected manner, their faces full of exhaustion, their wet clothes stained with blood, and they didn't know whether it was their own blood or the blood of the enemy, or the blood of their comrades.

Although the Zhao army broke out of the encirclement and was reborn, the Zhao army suffered heavy casualties. Two thousand soldiers and four or five thousand young men broke through the siege, and only about 1,000 people finally boarded the ship alive, and the hope of survival of those who could not get on the ship was naturally very small.

He Tengxiao leaned on the railing and stared at the turbulent river, yesterday's experience was almost like a dream for him. Looking back now, he was incredulous about rushing straight through the Liao military camp with more than fifty horsemen.

"Let's drink porridge." Zhang Yuyang handed over a night's hot porridge, He Tengxiao took it, raised his head and poured it into his stomach in one go, and wiped his mouth.

"Just take a look at this river, after we leave, this river will no longer belong to Da Zhao." He Tengxiao's eyes fell on both sides of the Cao River, which were washed by days of rain, and the banks of the Cao River were full of wet mudflats.

After all, his personal ability is still limited, He Tengxiao was unable to turn the tide, and after this battle, Da Zhao fell into the hands of the enemy in the last remnant of eastern Liaodong. He Tengxiao couldn't help but sigh and sigh, at present, the Liao army forced to land on the Goryeo envoy sooner or later, after the surrender of Goryeo to Liao, whether the territory of the Great Zhao Empire in the western Liaoning region can still be held.

Zhang Yuyang just took a long breath and silently accompanied He Tengxiao to look at the scenery on both sides of the Cao River.

Lin Xin has lived in this land for six years, and his feelings for this land are profound, and he can't help but burst into tears at this time.

He Tengxiao patted Lin Xin's shoulder and comforted Lin Xin: "One day, we will call back." ”

Lin Xin smiled bitterly, he didn't feel that he was a very shameful thing when he cried at this time, only people who had deep feelings for this land would shed tears at this time.

Lin Xin didn't know much about the situation in the court, but he was deeply touched by the corruption of the town army system, the strength of the Great Zhao army was weak, and it was not possible to overkill the ministers, rectify the town army system, and train a strong army in a short period of time to have hope of defeating the powerful Liao army and recovering the homeland.

"Senho-sama." Ke Dinghai hurriedly ran over.

"What's going on in a panic?" He Tengxiao frowned and asked, they are now going down the river, the Liao army has no boats, it is impossible to catch up with them, why is Ke Dinghai panicking?

"The water level of the grass river has dropped sharply." Ke Dinghai looked nervous and pointed to the water line by the river.

Only then did He Tengxiao seriously notice that the water level on the riverside had dropped sharply, revealing a large area of mudflats soaked by the river. Not long after the heavy rain stopped, it was normal for the river to fall. But under natural circumstances, it is impossible for the river to fall so much, since it is not a natural phenomenon, it can only be human.

"You're saying there's someone upstream?" He Tengxiao quickly reacted, only by intercepting the river upstream will the river water level drop sharply. The only thing that could hold back the water in the upper reaches of the Caohe River was the Liao army, and the purpose of the Liao army in the upper reaches of the Caohe River was self-evident.

Ke Dinghai nodded: "Lord Qianhu is wise, and he is not afraid of storing and releasing river water upstream on weekdays, but now, each of our boats is full of people, and once the upstream releases water and impacts, the boat is very likely to capsize." ”

In the end, he was born as a sailor, and he paid special attention to hydrology, if there was no reminder from Ke Dinghai, He Tengxiao really ignored this. He Tengxiao thought to himself: A guy like Jinling Sailor who is a corpse vegetarian is really a tyrannical thing, and it is cheaper for him to abandon such an excellent sailor talent.

"Do you have a way?" He Tengxiao asked Ke Dinghaidao.

"The Cao River is a tributary of the Da Worm River, and not far ahead is the confluence of the tributary and the main stream, we will row the boat to the upper reaches of the main stream, and after the Liao army releases the water, we will return." Ke Dinghai thought for a while and said.

"It's a good idea." He Tengxiao nodded approvingly, "That's it." ”

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The next day, the Liao army easily captured Phoenix, which had less than 20,000 old and weak women and children, and raised a butcher's knife against the old and weak women and children in the city. The central government and opposition of the Great Zhao Dynasty were shocked, and almost no one expected that this isolated city, which was almost ignored by them, would be the target of the Liao army's march this time.

After the news of the Liao army's capture of Phoenix reached Jingshi, some ministers in the court suddenly realized that the target of the Liao army's operation was not only Phoenix, but also Goryeo east of the Yalu River. Song Yuren just laughed when he saw that he invited the Solos to send troops to Goryeo, and he didn't look at them carefully, and threw them aside directly. The Liao army has reached the Yalu River, and now send troops? I am afraid that the team to aid Goryeo has not yet been assembled, and the Liao army may have already reached the city of Wangjing (that is, Kaesong) of Goryeo. At this time, please send troops? Why did you go earlier?

As expected, after the Liao army went down to Phoenix, it then marched eastward, and nearly 3,000 iron cavalry crossed the undefended Yalu River and the soldiers took Yizhou on the Yalu River without blood. Before the Goryeo soldiers stationed in Uiju could react to what had happened, they inexplicably became prisoners of the Liao army.

The Liao army did not have the heart to settle these captives, so they unceremoniously tied up the 2,000 Goryeo soldiers stationed in Uiju into rice dumplings and threw them down the Yalu River to feed the fish, and went south along the official road.

Goryeo's surprise attack on the Liao army was unexpected, and after the fall of Xijing, the king of Goryeo was in a panic and fell into an unprecedented panic. The Goryeo army was even more unbearable than the town army of Dazhao, and the iron cavalry of Wanyan Haiya actually drove straight in, and there was almost no resistance from the Goryeo army along the way.

The king of Goryeo, Li Guiyuan, worshiped his relative Song Zhongwu as the general, and the crown prince Li Hao as the supervising army, led an army of 70,000 to the north to meet the Liao army. The two armies met in the area of Cibei Ridge north of Wangjing, and the Goryeo army was about to collapse in the first battle, the Goryeo general Song Zhongwu was captured by the Liao army, and the crown prince Li Hao led the remnants of the army to flee back to Wangjing in disarray.

In this battle, the crown prince Li Hao was beaten by the Liao army, and Li Hao, who held the military power, launched a palace coup d'état, kidnapped his father Li Guiyuan and went out of the suburbs to welcome the Liao army to confess.

At the suggestion of Chen Yankai, the chief assistant of the Liao State, Wanyan Haiya killed the king of Goryeo, Li Guiyuan, and appointed the crown prince Li Hao as the puppet king of Goryeo. Li Hao was grateful, and knelt down in front of Wan Yan Haiya in public in excitement, claiming to be the emperor.

Subsequently, the Liao army marched into the capital of the king of Goryeo and plundered it on a large scale, and the queen and concubines in the palace of the king of Goryeo were not spared. After the incident, the Liao army exclaimed: The country of Goryeo is so open that everyone is dressed in (dew) (breast) clothes.

The next day, Wanyan Haiya supported Li Hao to ascend the throne. At this point, the Goryeo Kingdom terminated its vassal relations with the Great Zhao Empire for nearly 300 years, and made the Liao State its suzerainty. Every year, the Goryeo Kingdom paid tribute to the new suzerain, the Liao State, 3 million stones of grain, 200,000 pieces of cloth, 1 million taels of silver, 100,000 taels of gold, and ginseng and animal skins

Dissatisfied with the puppet king Li Hao, he blindly curryed favor with the Liao State, and made the Goryeo people miserable, sending envoys to contact Zhao and asking Zhao to send troops to Goryeo, punish the tyrant Li Hao, and set up a new monarch to restore Goryeo. At the same time, the remnants of the Goryeo Kingdom secretly organized an underground armed rebellion against the rule of the puppet king Li Hao......

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