"It seems that the main force of Hua Yunlong is really coming." Li Chenggui said, and couldn't help but be suspicious, "Could it be that this Hua Yunlong wants to learn from Xiang Yu, the overlord of Chu back then, and wants to make a desperate bet?" ”

Goryeo was a vassal state of the Central Plains Dynasty for most of the time, and was directly incorporated into the territory of the Yuan Dynasty during the Yuan Dynasty. Therefore, the culture learned by the local famous families is also the culture of the Central Plains.

"In my opinion, it must be." Military advisor Li Sui said, "Hua Yunlong is a famous general under Xu Da, and he has always been known for daring to fight. And his move was not a reckless act, but to concentrate all his forces, break through one place, and want to open a gap. ”

Li Sui is also famous in Goryeo.

Everyone in the world says that there is Li Sui in Goryeo and Li Chenggui in Wu.

"Since it is really Hua Yunlong's main force to attack, then I must send troops to support." Li Chenggui said, "As soon as the east is lost, the gate of Goryeo is opened, and Hua Yunlong can condescend and look down on my Xianzhou." ”

"Not bad." Li Sui said.

"Since we have decided to support, our strategic goal cannot just be to hold the east." Li Chenggui said, "I will personally lead the main force forward, and when I arrive, if Hua Yunlong has not broken the city, then his army of 20,000 will be tired." When the time comes, I will lead our main force to fight in a big way, and I will definitely be able to defeat Hua Yunlong's troops in one fell swoop. ”

Li Chenggui's eyes lit up: "Even, capture Hua Yunlong alive!" "Goryeo has always been a small vassal country, and the people naturally have an inferiority complex towards the Central Plains Dynasty. If Li Chenggui can defeat the famous Ming general Hua Yunlong in one fell swoop, he will definitely go down in the history of Goryeo in the future.

"That's exactly what it should be!" Li Sui said.

"You come with me." Li Chenggui said, "Li Fangyu, Li Fangguo, you two defend Xianzhou." Remember, you must defend the city, and you must not go out of the city at any time. ”

"Yes."

Li Chenggui took most of the main force of 40,000 troops to the east to help, leaving only 10,000 defenders for his two sons.

……

"Big brother, my father is too cautious. All of Hua Yunlong's main forces were in Hudong, and he actually left us with 10,000 defenders. After seeing his father leave, Li Fangguo said, "In my opinion, my father should bring all the elites over and annihilate Huayunlong in one fell swoop with the crushing momentum of thunder." We only need a thousand defenders in this place. ”

"I think so too, Hua Yunlong's main forces are all in Xiangdong, what's the use of leaving so many defenders in Xianzhou?" Li Fangyu said, "Take all the elites away without leaving any way back, that's called courage." As a general, the most important thing in marching and fighting is to have courage, courage, and blood, just like the overlord of Chu back then. Such a team can be like a wolf and a tiger on the battlefield. ”

"And a team without blood and courage is a sheep on the battlefield."

"My father is probably old, and he doesn't have the courage to fight when he was young." Li Fangguo said, "Think about all the feats that my father established back then, which one didn't dare to fight?" ”

"Second brother, what do you think we should do with these 10,000 defenders?" Li Fangyu said, "Are we just guarding it like this and not doing anything?" If you don't do anything and wait for your father to make a contribution, wouldn't it be too useless? ”

"It's not as good as us, one person leads 5,000 troops to defend the city, and one person leads 5,000 troops to garrison the mountain, and the two armies form a corner trend." Li Fangguo suggested.

"What about the formation of a corner, it's not that it has no achievements?" Li Fangyu frowned and said, "Hua Yunlong's main forces are all in the east, and we don't have any war here at all. ”

"I heard that there are quite a few bandits in the mountains near Xianzhou." Li Fangguo said, "If we exterminate these bandits, and then say that it is Hua Yunlong's attacking troops that are annihilated......"

Killing good and risking merit? A word suddenly popped up in Li Fangyu's mind.

Lee Sung-gye is known as the god of war in Goryeo, and the two of them are unknown and have always lived under their father's halo, so they have always wanted to prove themselves.

"Good!" The two hit it off.

……

A day later.

Hua Yunlong's day and night march has already landed in Xianzhou City. The nights in the Goryeo region were even colder, but they all wore heavy cotton clothes, cotton shoes, and dogskin hats, so that even if they were ambushed at night, there were basically no frozen deaths in the ranks.

Even frostbite is rare.

Based on their years of life experience, the local people have long summed up a set of valuable anti-frost experience. Cotton clothes are lined with animal skins, black ointment is used when frostbitten, and spirits are drunk to resist the cold.

If it is just on paper, simply using cotton clothes produced in Jiangsu and Zhejiang to resist the severe cold of Goryeo will not achieve such an effect at all. Talking on paper and the experience summed up in real life practice are completely different things.

Thinkers

The results make a world of difference.

"General Li, Hua Yunlong has sent troops to attack." In the city of Xianzhou, a small soldier rushed into the door to report.

"Finally have a chance to make a contribution to me!" Li Fangyu was overjoyed when he heard this, he had been living under his father's halo, and he was eager to make a contribution and become famous, so he asked eagerly. "How many people came?"

"There are only a few thousand." The pawn replied.

First, Hua Yunlong's 80,000-strong army traveled day and night every day, avoiding the eyes and ears of the enemy. Second, Li Chenggui took away all the generals who could fight well, and almost all of the soldiers left for his two sons were recruits with little combat experience. Third, the guards and soldiers in Xianzhou City thought that Hua Yunlong's main force was in the east, so their precautions and patrols were relatively lax.

There are three reasons why they have not figured out the enemy's situation.

An army of 80,000 could have attacked Xianzhou, but if it did so, it would inevitably suffer too many casualties.

In order to avoid casualties, Hua Yunlong sent a small force to lure the enemy.

"Only thousands?" Li Fangyu was overjoyed when he heard this, "Immediately gather the military horses, all of them go out of the city, and fight to the death with Hua Yunlong." The place came from afar, the division veterans were tired, and our side waited for work, just to give the enemy a thunderous blow. ”

"Moreover, if I defeat Hua Yunlong's vanguard troops, and its follow-up troops will come back, they will also be frightened and demoralized."

"Yes!"

Soon, Li Fangyu led his 5,000 troops out of the city.

"Kill!" Seeing that the other party only had thousands of soldiers, and each of them was in a state of exhaustion, like a defeated soldier who had been frostbitten, Li Fangyu was overjoyed, raised his knife in high spirits, and shouted.

In an instant, the Goryeo army rushed towards Hua Yunlong's headquarters.

Seeing this, Hua Yunlong's 'remnants' immediately fled.

"Hunt me down!" Li Fangyu shouted, he had to make a contribution.

"First team, firecrackers attack!" Seeing that the enemy had all rushed to his own encirclement, Hua Yunlong calmly commanded.

"Bang ......"

A group of musketeers burst out of the crowd, got down on one knee, and unleashed their firearms.

Countless iron bullets were fired, and the Goryeo army suddenly turned on their backs.

After firing a shot, the Musketers quickly retreated, constantly reloading gunpowder and iron pellets. Because the guns were so backward at this time, they could only fire one shot, and subsequent reloading took a long time.