Chapter 410 won inexplicably
The Xia army that suddenly appeared, of course, was Xu Ning and Hu Bingchang's subordinates who were in charge of the Nanshui Basin, and there were also more than 2,000 soldiers from the grizzly bear troops and wolf tooth troops who specialized in the battle with Xu Ning and Hu Bingchang's subordinates who were operating in the surrounding jungle.
The four divisions of the Blue Wolf Army have their own Dryad Scout troops, and the first division of Zhang Hang's department still has the elite troops of the Blue Wolf Battalion that have been retained, so there is no need for these two armies to help, and Lin Jing's Viper Force has been mobilized by Wang Ze to obey the command of Han Zigao on the southern front.
The battle in charge of the guards in Jiangkou is even more procrastinating, like an old lady's footcloth, that is, Xu Ning and Hu Bingchang here because of the pressure they are facing is too great, and they need their assistance.
Gao Wencan stood on the wall of Xinmaru Mountain, looking at the 40,000 infantry troops (20,000 were Xu Ning's second army, and the other 20,000 were the newly added four infantry troops) that had gradually landed and gathered on the opposite bank, and his face was extremely solemn.
In order to prevent themselves from counterattacking, the Xia army also sent a naval army to destroy all the ships that the Goguryeo army was riding on when they came.
The Xia army and navy responsible for destroying all the ships of Goguryeo were of course Zhao Qin's subordinates, and after destroying all the Goguryeo ships, they also showed off their might and walked around the river near the mountain castle of Shinmarudu, and Gao Wencan, who was only angry, trembled all over.
In addition to the 40,000 infantry troops led by Xu Ning to land on the north bank, a large number of cavalry on the south bank of the north bank continued to come out of the jungle at the same time, and the number of these cavalry who came through the jungle was more than 10,000 horsemen.
Faced with the threat of this sudden Xia army, Gao Wencan immediately ordered everyone not to make noise again, but the whole army was ready to be stationed on the spot, ready to defeat this Xia army and then retreat, after all, at this time, the Goguryeo army still had a few days of food, and it could hold on.
Just when Gao Wencan finally suppressed all the opposition in order to carry out his order, an urgent order from the city of Pyongyang Gao Yangcheng burned all his efforts, and Gao Yangcheng actually ordered Gao Wencan to urgently withdraw his troops back to Pyongyang City.
The Junghu Army, which attacked Najin Fortress from the mouth of the Tongmen River, the troops of Jung Kui, who attacked Baekje's hometown, and the army of Han Zigao, who attacked Silla, the only subject state of Goguryeo, all made Goguryeo feel strong military pressure.
In particular, the two naval fleets of Qu Liulang and Sun Xing of the Xia Kingdom, after uniting with the Blue Wolf Army, became even more invincible, and they not only broke through many cities along the coast of Goguryeo, but even landed outside Pyongyang for a time to show off their might.
This greatly threatens the safety of Pyongyang City, Gao Yangcheng, who has never experienced a battle array, thought of Gao Wencan who led the army on an expedition in a panic, and he immediately grabbed a life-saving straw, and strongly asked Gao Wencan to withdraw the army and come back quickly, but he didn't know how much trouble it brought to Gao Wencan.
By the time Gao Yangcheng's letter was delivered to Gao Wencan, it was already a little late, and a cold snap went south the next day, which made Gao Wencan smile bitterly when he looked at the frozen water.
If he received a letter from Gao Yangcheng to urgently withdraw his troops at the same time that the grain route was cut off at the beginning, he would still have no problem, but now the other side of the river is a powerful threat from the tens of thousands of cavalry of the Xia army, as long as he retreats, they will inevitably cross the river and follow him as soon as he retreats.
If he wants to retreat to Pyongyang City safely, he must find a way to defeat the Xia army on the other bank, so as to ensure that the city in the Nanshui Valley will not be captured by the Xia army.
While Gao Wencan was pondering how to defeat the Xia army, he didn't know that Tudiji, who led the army of the Spirits, had quietly retreated, and the movements of the Heroes were so small that almost no one knew about them.
When Tu Di Ji saw the 20,000 troops composed of the Heishui Division, the Horn Room Division, the Kuyi Division, and the Ezo Division, which suddenly appeared in the Xia Army's camp, he knew that the 20,000 Martial Arts Coalition Army he led would definitely not be able to please this army.
The 20,000 people lost by the Tatar people at the beginning were the bravest warriors in their respective tribes, and if they were a powerful warrior, how could they be willing to stay in the tribe, so the more than 20,000 Tatars led by Tudiji now are far from being compared with the previous 20,000 Tatars.
According to Tudiji's analysis, this time the Goguryeo army is finished, and when the enemy army is pressing, it can't unite to resist the enemy, such a teammate is not what Tudiji wants.
Before, Tu Di Ji raised his vigilance, and under the pretext that the Tatar people did not know how to count etiquette and were afraid of making noise to the Goguryeo army, he moved the camp of the Tatar alliance army to a place ten miles away from the Goguryeo army, and soon after, he secretly ordered all the Tatar soldiers to enter the jungle that night and withdraw from the battlefield. Swift Reading.com
After all, the people of the Devil were born and raised in this land, as soon as they entered the jungle, it was like a fish entering the sea, they quickly broke away from this battlefield, although they also encountered some strange troops on the way, but at this time both sides were not in the mood to disturb each other, and they passed by tacitly.
Gao Yanshou, the lord of the northern Gangsa, was the first Goguryeo officer to discover the withdrawal of the Tatar people, but he did not say anything, and after some thought, he also decided to preserve his strength, and only by ensuring his own strength could he occupy a high position in the power system of Goguryeo in the future.
This poor guy completely ignored that if Goguryeo perished, it would be impossible for him to even want to be his own Lord, and many people are like this, as long as it is beneficial to themselves, even if it is only for a while, they will be able to flood in the future.
After making a decision, Gao Yanshou also organized the army and retreated quietly, of course, his retreat could not be as unnoticeable as Tudiji, after all, Tudiji had distanced himself from them early, and Gao Yanshou's 10,000 army, how could he be quiet and not alarm others.
With Gao Yanshou's retreat, several city lords closest to him also discovered his movements, so these city lords were afraid that they would become substitutes for the dead, so they also hurriedly organized their own army to retreat in a hurry, anyway, Gao Yanshou was the first to take the lead, and it was not them who took the lead.
When these city lords all took action, the movement brought about by the chaotic organizational ability also alarmed the 60,000 troops under Gao Wencan's command not far away, and these soldiers looked blankly at the other armies that were chaotically withdrawing towards Buyeo City at dawn, and they were all stunned.
When Gao Wencan came to the city in shock and saw tens of thousands of troops from afar, he angrily smashed on the wall of Shinmaru Mountain City, these city lords actually ran away secretly like this, even if they retained their strength, they were not kept like this at this time!
Who would have thought that the army of more than 100,000 when he came would be scattered in front of tens of thousands of enemy troops, although there was a lack of food, but the biggest factor was because the army of Goguryeo no longer had the spirit of fighting to the death in the past.
Xu Ning, who led the army across the river, also discovered the retreat of the Goguryeo army, so he took advantage of the fact that the river was frozen, laid a large number of wooden planks on the river, and then began to slowly cross the river.
Gao Wencan originally wanted to take advantage of the opportunity of the Xia army to cross the river just now to attack in a half, after all, the army under his command was still on par with the other party, but the escape of the city lords of each city greatly dealt a blow to the fighting spirit of the 60,000 troops under Gao Wencan's command.
If Gao Wencan hadn't brought those city lords' armies at the beginning, I'm afraid they could still fight with the Xia army at this time, at least they could give the Xia army a powerful blow, but they don't have the will to fight now.
In the face of Gao Wencan's assignment, several generals who were sent fled back before they came into contact with the Xia army, even Gao Wencan could not stop the collapse of the soldiers' fighting spirit even if he killed several generals, and this depression of will became even more depressed with the increasing number of Xia troops crossing the river.
At this moment, more than 10,000 cavalry suddenly appeared in the jungle near the mountain city of Shinmaru on the south bank, and it turned out that Hu Bingchang had already arranged the cavalry on the south bank as a rear hand, in case Goguryeo attacked half-crossing, and in the face of the front and rear attacks of the Xia army, the Goguryeo army suddenly collapsed.
Xu Ning, who had just led the infantry army across the difficult waters, looked very dazed when he heard the news of the victory of the army, so he was victorious?
Seeing that the Goguryeo army still had tens of thousands of cavalry resisting, and the infantry army relied on the fortifications behind to defend, he also suspended his offensive, because the Xia army was not fully prepared for a large-scale attack, and even the cavalry had to have sufficient logistics.
The current achievements alone have made Hu Bingchang and Xu Ning very satisfied, not to mention the inexplicable retreat of the 20,000 troops of Goguryeo, and more than 20,000 prisoners of war have been contributed to themselves, these are all excellent labor forces!
In the following month, the original Goguryeo built the new Marudu Mountain Fortress became the Jiangzhou Fortress in the mouth of the Xia Kingdom, which would become the outpost of the Xia army's further offensive into the interior of Goguryeo, and Xu Ning also built a number of castles around the Jiangzhou Castle to further increase the defensive strength of the Jiangzhou Castle.
Because the difficult water suddenly froze, Zhao Qin's army was no longer useful, and the logistics of Xu Ning's department began to be transported by a large number of sleds, and Jiangzhou City was also the Xia army's grain and grass concentration here, and in the wilderness of more than 500 miles between Hecheng and Jiangzhou City, three or four castles would also be built for transit.
The road connecting Hecheng to Jiangzhou City also began to be built, and the main force of the construction could not be the 20,000 Goguryeo prisoners of war, in line with the long-term idea of the Xia Kingdom being enslaved in other places, these Goguryeo prisoners of war would be sent to the counties of the East China Sea, or Yizhou and Nanyang as slaves.
The road between Hecheng and Jiangzhou was built by more than 20,000 Japanese slaves transferred from the land of Beji and the counties of the East China Sea, and these slaves had already adapted to the customary methods of the Xia Kingdom, so they were very well-behaved and obedient, and the favorite slaves of the Xia Kingdom on weekdays were these Japanese people.