"Die!"

With a Hebei accent, but with a hint of Jiaodong accent, Huang Rui slashed down with a fierce knife, cutting down the Goguryeo general in front of him who was fighting against him to the ground, and before the general fell to the ground, he aimed at an enemy soldier next to him who was fighting with his soldiers.

The whole battlefield was neighing and noisy, not only the soldiers could not hear the general's orders clearly, even the two soldiers who were closely connected could only rely on gestures and movements, as well as facial expressions to distinguish the meaning of the other party, but at this time the battle was fierce, where did the soldiers still have time to watch each other's movements.

Therefore, the more fierce the battle between the armies of the two sides, the more it will test the elite of an army, and the elite troops are not only brave generals and soldiers, but also need these generals and soldiers to hone a tacit understanding in ordinary life.

The Goguryeo army that fought with the Xia army was worthy of being the elite unit of the overlord of the East China Sea, and even in the case of attacking and defending, it could fight the Xia army in the East China Sea without winning or losing, although this was because Huang Rui's unit had too many new soldiers, but it still showed the strong combat effectiveness of the Goguryeo army.

Fortunately, the Xia army still has some fortifications that can be relied on to defend against the attack of the Goguryeo army, although these fortifications are so rudimentary, and the Xia army is very difficult to defend, but they can hold on to the attack of the Goguryeo army until now, and these fortifications play a significant role.

Of course, there is a very important reason, that is, the sturdiness of the Xia army's armor and the sharpness of the weapons also contributed to it, although the bow and crossbow and gunpowder weapons were not used at this time, but with the advantages of excellent armor and sharp swords, the combat level of the Xia soldiers was leveled to the same level as the elite troops of Goguryeo.

In the face of wave after wave of attacks by the Goguryeo army, Jiang Chuan, who was in charge of the whole army's operations at this time, did not panic at all, and after coming to Tongmen River, he took over the command of tens of thousands of troops here, and really played the level of many vicious battles he had experienced in the battle, and blocked the continuous offensive of the Goguryeo army for two days one after another, and severely suppressed the morale of Goguryeo.

After Jiang Chuan, Chu Honghang and his subordinates left the East China Sea by boat, they landed on the northern coast dozens of miles away from the mouth of the Tongmen River, and then quietly came to the camp of the Xia army under the cover of night, and began to build fortifications overnight.

Because they knew the strong strength of the Goguryeo army, even if they had Huang Rui's plan to attack the enemy's rear baggage, but the strength of the Goguryeo army on the opposite side was really strong, if they knew that they had lost all their baggage, they might come to a desperate attack if they didn't get it right, so they still had to make full preparations before the Goguryeo army retreated.

However, the number of Xia troops was too large after all, and even if it was kept secret, it was still discovered by the scouts of Goguryeo, and then the Xia army was supported and began to build fortifications on a large scale The news reached the ears of Etozhi Hui, which made Eulzhi Hui angry.

He led an army of more than 40,000 people to hide in this narrow mountain pass, and endured so much hardship, wasn't it just so that when Gawain and the Xia army were fighting, he could take the opportunity to attack and annihilate all the Xia troops at the lowest cost?

But I don't want to, when I don't know what's going on, my lurking army is exposed, and as a result, people quietly invite reinforcements, and I stay in this ice and snow like a fool for so many days.

When he learned that he had been deceived, Yizhi Hui was angry and hateful, and anyone who was put on a position like this would be angry, so he ignored the fact that the Xia army had tens of thousands of reinforcements, and launched a two-day uninterrupted attack on the Xia army's camp.

However, the commander of the Xia army on the opposite side was obviously also very high-level, and with nearly half of his own troops, he defended an extremely simple defense line like a Jincheng soup pool, so that nearly 2,000 Goguryeo soldiers fell in front of this defense line, and more were injured.

"General Gao, it's not okay to go on like this, there aren't many warriors in our Baishan Department anymore, for the sake of our loyalty to the imperial court, let's leave us some seeds!" A leader of the Baishan tribe in his forties cried and knelt down in front of Gao Wen and begged.

But as the general of the defeated army before, Gao Wen didn't dare to say anything at this time even if he had a friendship with Yizhi Hui, he could only helplessly glance at Yi Zhihui beside him, but he didn't even say a word, and Yi Zhihui didn't seem to hear anything.

In the past two days, Yizhi Hui's continuous attack on the Xia army is of course indispensable to the cannon fodder of the Baishan Division, plus the previous battles, these young and strong people of the Baishan Department have lost a lot, especially in the past two days, because it is a strong attack on the Xia Army, and the losses of the Baishan Division, which are not very good in weapons and armor, are even more heavy.

If Etoji Megumi used these soldiers of the White Mountain Division, who were good at jungle activities, as scouts, or even as a small force interspersed behind enemy lines to harass the rear of the Xia Army, it would be more effective, and the casualties of the White Mountain Division would not be too large. chamberlain

However, Eulji-hye was only a general of Goguryeo, and he only considered the interests of Goguryeo, even if the Baeksan Department was active in the past to Goguryeo, it was only a relatively independent alien force after all, and the growth of the Baeksan Department was not a good thing for Goguryeo.

Therefore, Otozhi Hui has been deliberately or unintentionally consuming the young and strong soldiers of the White Mountain Department during this time, and the war during this period of time has directly lost about one-third of the young and strong soldiers of the White Mountain Department, which is a heavy blow to the White Mountain Department that has not been able to recover for decades due to population growth.

"General Otoji, why don't you let the soldiers rest for a day, the sergeants are also very tired from taking turns attacking in the past two days!" At this time, a barnyard general finally spoke at the signal of Gao Wen, and many Goguryeo generals immediately echoed him.

The resilience of the Xia army is even very helpless for these Goguryeo generals, many times it seems that the Xia army's front can break through with more strength, but then in the face of many attacks, it is still firmly in the hands of the other party, and the continuous attack for two days and nights in a row makes these generals physically and mentally exhausted.

Yi Zhihui looked at several generals who suggested suspending the attack angrily and reprimanded: "The Xia army on the opposite side is only more than 30,000 people at most, while our side has a full 50,000 or 60,000 people. ”

Ulzhi Hui knew in his heart that as long as the Goguryeo army could continue to attack like this, after all, because the Xia army soldiers were far fewer than their own in number, the time for such a round of rest and recuperation would be far less than that of their own army, so if they continued to be consumed like this, the Xia army would hold on for ten days at most, and it would inevitably be impossible to hold on any longer.

In order to ensure the pressure on the Xia army on the northeast border, he said to Gao Wen: "General Gao, I will allocate you 10,000 Baishan Division, Beiwofu Division, and 2,000 sergeants, and ask you to build a fortress within ten days, and wait until the beginning of spring next year, you must build a small city that can accommodate more than 20,000 people here on the north bank of the Tongmen River Estuary!" ”

In Yizhi Hui's view, in the face of such a force in the Xia Kingdom, even if he expelled the other party from the Tongmen River Estuary, it would be difficult to take Zhenhai from the other party's hands.

Even on a few small roads in the nearby mountains where transportation is inconvenient, there are signs that the other side has begun to build fortifications, so it seems that the other side has long been prepared to defend itself, even if he wins this time, the mouth of the Tongmen River will be the northeasternmost border of Goguryeo in the future.

Therefore, Otozhi Hui also asked Gao Wen to build a city here at the mouth of the Tongmen River to station a certain army, and there are still large areas of plains along the river that can be reclaimed as arable land, which is enough to supply the military rations of a garrison with more than 10,000 people, which can greatly reduce the difficulty of supply in the rear.

As a confidant of Goyangcheng and a general of Goguryeo, Eulji Hui has begun to understand many things at the strategic level.

He believes that the difference in national strength between Goguryeo and Xia is not far from each other, and the main thing to fight in the future is to see the strength of their respective national strength.

Although the Xia Kingdom rose rapidly in just a few years, and it seemed to be menacing and had the potential to surpass Goguryeo, it was precisely because the Xia Kingdom rose too quickly that its foundation was even shallow, and the background was not as good as Goguryeo, which had been established for hundreds of years.

Even if the Xia army relied on the advantage of the naval army to occupy the convenience of the sea, Goguryeo's territory was vast, and it had the best cavalry, and its population far exceeded that of the other party, so as long as its own side concentrated on development, it would be able to achieve the final victory sooner or later.

As long as Goguryeo is given more than ten years, then there will still be a chance to defeat the Xia State in the future, so he formulated such a combat strategy, that is, to keep a large army stationed at the mouth of the Tongmen River all year round, in order to give the Zhenhai Xia army a strong military threat, forcing the Xia army to prepare for war every year, in order to exhaust the Xia army.

He thought so and did so, but because of the underdevelopment of the Goguryeo naval army, the strategic thinking of many Goguryeo generals still stayed on the combat mode of the Continental Army, and they still did not have enough understanding of the changes in the combat mode in the new era.

Just when Eulji Hui was about to re-launch an offensive against the Xia army on the opposite side, a group of cavalry led by a cavalryman with a red banner rushed into Eulzhi Hui's side, this is a messenger of Goguryeo, but such a scale of heralds is really rare.

Just as the Goguryeo generals were whispering, the cavalryman sent an urgent report to Euljihui's hand, which made Euljihui's face change dramatically after reading it.

After experiencing a burst of white, blue, and red, he gritted his teeth and glanced at the Xia army camp opposite, and then said fiercely to the generals: "Pass my military order, the front army will defend in situ, the rear army will transfer to the front army and follow me to Luojin City, and the Chinese army and the front army will follow!" ”