Chapter 163

He needed victory, a big victory to win back Jerejen's heart.

On the ninth day of the fourth month, early in the morning, Yelu Yuyu ordered the whole army to cross the river.

The 30,000-strong army looted the entire surrounding ships and planks, and in order to cross the river smoothly, Yelu Yuyu actually ordered the army to dismount, first pass the people, and then cross the horses.

As a result, the 30,000 Liao army fell into a state of annihilation.

At this time, Toyotomi Shixu had already assembled 120,000 Fuso troops to set up an ambush three miles from the shore, while the Fuso army in the south was rushing towards the Yalu River.

When the Liao army crossed the river and landed on the south bank, Toyotomi Shixu did not attack, allowing these Liao troops to operate on the shore less than three miles away from his ambush.

When more than half of the soldiers of the Liao army had completed the landing, and the remaining soldiers had already crossed the center of the river.

Toyotomi Shixu gave an order, and the whole army launched a charge.

With 50,000 Fusang troops as the first wave, 30,000 Fusang troops as the second wave, leaving 20,000 Fusang troops to suppress the formation.

Tens of thousands of soldiers spread across the entire riverbank, and the shouts of killing shook the earth.

The Liao army, which had just landed on the shore, was caught off guard and was confused by these incomprehensible shouts of killing.

The distance of less than three miles, a charge, is less than a quarter of an hour.

The Liao army didn't have time to prepare at all, and the two armies collided so quickly.

The Liao soldiers who got off the horse had nothing but the swords they were wearing, and some of them didn't even have time to put on their armor.

With deliberate defenselessness, the result can be imagined.

In an instant, the Fusang army broke through the thin depth of the Liao army on the shore and reached the shore.

The soldiers of the Fuso Army were red-eyed. After breaking through the Liao army, he left behind the Liao army that was fighting and quickly gathered the ships on the shore. Kill the Liao army that has not yet landed in Jiangzhong.

Yelu Yuyu was in the middle of the river at this time, and when he heard the shouts of killing, he already felt that something was wrong in his heart, if he ordered a retreat at this time, at least he could bring thirty percent of the Liao army back to the north bank safely.

But Yelu Yuyu did not order a retreat, and the army had already landed more than sixty percent, which were all his family background. His people, if he discards them, then he will also be abandoned by his people. What's more, without Jerujing's hands, his people could tear him apart.

In this way, nearly 10,000 Liao troops and Fusang troops fought hand-to-hand combat in the river.

Although the Liao army is fierce. But for the Liao army that does not know the nature of water. Naturally, this river cannot compete with the Fusang army.

In less than an hour, there were very few remaining Liao troops on the river.

It is not so much that he was killed by the Fuso army, but that he fell into the river and drowned because of panic or fighting.

The entire Yalu River is full of human heads, some are dead, some are alive, and some are injured and call for rescue from their companions.

On the south bank, less than fifty percent of the Liao army's landing soldiers who were struggling to support them were already in place.

And at this time. Toyotomi Shixu gave the order for the second wave of attacks without changing his face.

When the 30,000 Fusang troops rushed to the shore with a shout, the Liao army had no fighting spirit. Under the leadership of the generals, they began to abandon their weapons and surrender.

A large number of Liao troops abandoned their weapons and surrendered, which stunned the Fusang soldiers who were fighting, and also made the second wave of Fusang army charge, Toyotomi Shixu just picked up the flag around him and waved it lightly at this time.

The stunned Fusang army instantly rolled towards the Liao army like a wooden man suddenly having a soul.

When the Liao army, which had abandoned their weapons and surrendered, found that the situation was wrong, they hurriedly bent down to pick up their weapons, but more Liao soldiers had no time to pick up their blades, and they were already cut to the ground by the soldiers of the Fusang army.

This is no longer a war, this is a pure one-sided massacre.

After cutting down all the Liao troops who came ashore, the Fusang army began to cut their noses one by one, and by the way, they made up for the undead Liao soldiers.

Yelu Yuyu on the river understood that the general trend had gone, and looked at the soldiers with less than a thousand people around him, and the regret in his heart was hard to write.

In a moment's impatience, when the guards around him were distracted by the enemy, they plunged headlong into the Yalu River, and since then, the first war between Liao and Fusang ended with a complete victory for Fusang.

The 30,000 cavalry of the Liao Army, in addition to the hundreds of people who saw the opportunity quickly and escaped, also survived eight people in Toyotomi Shixu's tent.

Toyotomi Shixu left these eight people not out of mercy, but because he wanted to ask them about the movements of Yelujing's army.

When asked that Yelujing's army had arrived in Liaoyang Mansion yesterday, Toyotomi Shixu hurriedly ordered the Fusang army to cross the river and go north to occupy Laiyuan City.

Without a city to rely on, the Fusang army is like the corpse of the Liao army floating in the river in front of the Liao cavalry.

In this battle, Toyotomi Shixu got nearly 30,000 intact war horses for nothing.

Toyotomi Shixu felt a pity in his heart, how good it would be if he could be transported back to the Chu State, he didn't know that the Chu State was now the Ming State.

It's a pity, but it can't be wasted, so Toyotomi Shixu selected 30,000 soldiers and established the "cavalry".

Of course, this cavalry means soldiers on horseback, and fools know that the infantry puts on armor and rides on horses, so that if it is cavalry, then the cavalry in the north will not be so terrible.

But cavalry is better than no cavalry, and even infantry on horseback is far better than infantry on flat ground.

What's more, as long as he occupies Laiyuan City, he will have time to train these 30,000 cavalry.

On the 10th day of the fourth month, the Fuso army easily occupied the city of Laiyuan, which was guarded by less than 1,000 men.

At this time, Yelujing led 50,000 cavalry and 60,000 infantry, a total of 110,000 troops, had set out from Liaoyang and came south.

Toyotomi Shixu quickly deployed the army, ordered 50,000 Fusang troops to garrison Laiyuan City, mobilized bows and crossbows and food looted from Goryeo and sent them into the city, and issued a death order, that is, two words "Defend to the death".

It's really a stubborn defense, because the four city gates have been completely sealed, and you can't get in or out. Of course, if you really want to get in, climbing the city wall is a way, but climbing the three-zhang high city wall is not what the Liao soldiers are good at.

Laiyuancheng, in the north of the Yalu River, has four city gates, which are very easy to surround, but Laiyuancheng belongs to the military stronghold, the city wall is as high as three zhang, and it is very thick.

Toyotomi Shixu knew very well in his heart that coming to Yuancheng could not resist the footsteps of the Liao army going south, but as long as there was enough food and ordnance in Yuancheng, it was not difficult to hold on, so that as long as the Liao army went south, Laiyuancheng could become a nail, a nail in the heart of the Liao army.

Toyotomi Shixu didn't want to deploy heavy troops on the north bank of the Yalu River to defend, even if he wanted to defend, he couldn't defend it, and he came to Yuancheng until the north bank of the Yalu River, and there was no terrain to defend, so that the Fusang army could only fight against the Liao cavalry on the north bank, which could only be to find death.

Therefore, after Toyotomi Shixu arranged the defense of Yuancheng, he led all his troops to cross the Jiangnan and return to Uiju.

The 50,000 soldiers left in the far city, like an outcast, but it will never be useless, Toyotomi Shixu has already prepared for the death of these 50,000 soldiers in his heart, but Toyotomi Shixu needs to exchange these 50,000 soldiers for the lives of no less than 50,000 Liao troops, as long as it can be exchanged for the same number of Liao troops, it is a victory. (To be continued......)