The Karasuma people came to attack Liaodong Gongsun Du's troops, and they barely managed to gather 10,000 troops. But it made Guo Xin, who was stationed in Gaoxian's area, very difficult.

The reason is very simple, the Karasuma people are all light cavalry, although their combat effectiveness is not as good as the Flying Tiger Army and the Blue Wolf Army, but they are much higher than the Liaodong Han Army. The most important thing is that the Karasuma cavalry has strange and erratic whereabouts, often looting one place and then moving quickly, so that Guo Xin has no time to react and respond. This fighting style of the Karasuma people is very similar to a tactic mentioned by Crouching Tiger Shogun, that is, guerrilla warfare.

Gongsun Du has a total of 80,000 troops, which is already very strong and powerful in the eastern Liaodong region, but because the garrison front is too long, it inevitably causes the strength of each garrison point to be not superior, which is also an important reason why Guo Xin feels struggling.

Guo Xin's first department fought several battles with the Karasuma people near Gao Xian, but they did not achieve the expected results, which made Gongsun Du very annoyed.

There is also a reason why Gongsun Du is annoyed. Now Liaodong was at war with Goguryeo and Karasuma people on both the eastern and western fronts, and although the war had not yet become uncontrollable, the actual progress made him not happy at all.

Since Han Qi, who was stationed in the area of Xigaima, fought with Goguryeo, the other side sent 20,000 troops to participate in the battle, which was equal to Han Qi in terms of numbers, but it was obviously higher than the Liao army in terms of combat power. These Goguryeo soldiers were stubborn by nature, fierce and ferocious, as if they were a group of hairless savages, who were not afraid of death in the face of the Liao soldiers, fully demonstrating the tenacity and tenacity of the Goguryeo people.

When Han Qi's soldiers faced the Goguryeo people who wore animal skins and screamed, they were obviously intimidated by the opponent's lifeless fighting style, and often collapsed before the battle, losing the courage and confidence to fight head-on with the opponent.

The 20,000 men led by Han Qi fought hard with the Goguryeo soldiers for three months, but not only did they not capture the former capital of Goguryeo, Susheng Gucheng (now Wunushan City, Huanren County, Liaoning), but instead lost Sigaima and Houcheng, allowing the Goguryeo soldiers to come to Pinghe and Liaoyang.

Xiangping (now Liaoyang, Liaoning) is only more than 200 miles away from Goguryeo, and now most of Xuanwu County has been lost, and the Goguryeo people can surround Xiangping as long as they advance 120 miles to the south, which makes Gongsun Du in Xiangping very nervous, so he hurriedly found Guo Huai and Liao Hua to seek countermeasures against the Goguryeo people.

Guo Huai suggested that Gongsun Du recall Gongsun Kang, who was stationed at Linyu Pass, and let him lead 10,000 troops back to Xiangping, while Gongsun Du himself personally led the troops to battle.

Gongsun Du accepted Guo Huai's suggestion, and immediately asked Gongsun Kang to lead 10,000 cavalry to rush back to Xiangping, and then appointed Guo Huai as the vanguard general of the anti-Karasuma to take over Guo Xin's military power, and ordered Guo Xin to go to Linyu to command 10,000 troops, responsible for guarding against Xu Shu's army in the west of Youzhou.

Gongsun Du himself personally led 10,000 troops to Wangping to support Han Qi, which was tantamount to canceling Han Qi's military command in disguise. Gongsun Du appointed Liao Hua as the vanguard general of the anti-Goguryeo resistance, and went to Xi'an Ping to replace Gongsun Gong, the second son of some straw bales.

After such a temporary change of generals, the Han army in Liaodong actually miraculously withstood the attack of Goguryeo and Karasuma people, and began to counterattack after gaining a firm foothold.

After receiving the secret letter from Zhao Xing to return to Crouching Tiger City, Zhao Hu was very excited. He knew that it was time to launch a full operation against Liaodong, so he immediately arranged for Zheng Donglai, the chief treasurer of the Donglai Inn, to go to Gongsun Kang's mansion and secretly plot a business with Gongsun Kang that would be beneficial to both parties.

Zheng Donglai told Gongsun Kang that he had a way to get a batch of high-quality weapons and armor from the direction of the Jin Kingdom privately, but he could not transport them by land from the direction of Youzhou. If Gongsun Kang could find a way to mobilize the Liaodong naval army and send ships from the sea to Fuyang in Bohai County, Jizhou, then he could realize this lucrative and extremely beneficial deal for Liaodong.

Gongsun Kang is now facing the practical problem of competing for inheritance with his brother Gongsun Gong, and after listening to Zheng Donglai's proposal, he can't help but light up. Although he also had some doubts about Zheng Donglai's methods, after all these years of secret business dealings, Zheng Donglai proved his worth with excellent reputation and heart-warming returns. Gongsun Kang and Zheng Donglai have never suffered losses in business, and they can get very rich returns every time, which is why he finally chose to believe in Zheng Donglai.

While Zheng Donglai was secretly discussing with Gongsun Kang, Liu Fu, a fur merchant, was also secretly and actively in contact with Gongsun Gong, who had been deprived of military power.

Liu Fu told Gongsun Gong that now that the two fronts in Liaodong are using troops, and the logistics supply is gradually tightening, if he can find a way to get a batch of urgently needed military supplies for the Liao army, it will reverse the decline of the previous competition with Gongsun Kang.

Gongsun Gong, who was in a hurry to go to the hospital, hurriedly asked Liu Fu if there was any way to get a large amount of military supplies from elsewhere. Liu Fu then told Gongsun Gong very mysteriously that as long as he could find a way to ask Gongsun Du to let him serve as the governor of Lelang County, then in the future, Liu Fu could find a way to get a large amount of military supplies from the Sanhan area to support the Liao army's two-front operations.

Gongsun Gong thought about Liu Fu's proposal, and felt that it was very good, not only could he regain some military power, but also went to the far place of Le Lang, just to get out of the control of Gongsun Du, since he lived a good life in the east of Ma Zishui, so he went to look for Gongsun Du with tears and wept, begging his father to give him some military power and territory.

Gongsun Du was busy using troops against Goguryeo that had invaded Xuansu County, and he did not have time to fight Gongsun Gong's mushrooms, so he agreed to his youngest son's request and appointed Gongsun Gong as the commander of the capital stationed in Lelang County, commanding the 5,000 troops there.

Just sent away the second son, Gongsun Kang came to see Gongsun Du again. Gongsun Kang reported his suggestion that he planned to use water to smuggle weapons and equipment from the Bohai Sea in Youzhou to his Lao Tzu, and Gongsun Du did not speak after listening to it.

Gongsun Du asked Gongsun Kang: "Then what is the origin of Zheng Dongyun, and how can he get weapons and equipment from the Jin Kingdom?"

Gongsun Kang replied: "Zheng Donglai was originally an orphan, and he has been doing business in Xiangping for many years, and he has not made any moves that are unfavorable to Liaodong. The reason why he was able to get some equipment from the Jin State this time was only because these equipment were not standard equipment produced by the Jin State itself, but a large amount of booty captured after capturing more than 10,000 Northern troops by the Fenshui River last year. The equipment used by the Jin army was completely different from that produced by the imperial craftsmen's house, and these weapons became a burden in the Jin warehouse, so an important person in charge of managing military supplies thought of this way to make money. ”

Gongsun Kang's explanation was reasonable and dispelled Gongsun Du's doubts, so he agreed to allocate dozens of sailor ships to Gongsun Kang to transport the Jin equipment flowing out of the direction of the Bohai Sea.