251 Fear
The people in the Goryeo royal court all thought very well, but they didn't expect Lin Jianyue's determination and sufficient preparations, crossing the sea to Goryeo and attacking Liaodong was not a temporary decision, Wu Zhong's Huaiyang army had already been gathered in Dengzhou, and the supplies were piled up, and the navy was ready to go. Although there were only 20,000 people in the first batch, when the troops in Goryeo were ready, the troops that landed in Goryeo had already exceeded 80,000, and tens of thousands of war horses were sent one after another.
Coupled with the military horses deployed from Nanjing Annan, Li Zhensheng's military strength has exceeded 50,000, Wang Jian thinks that the soft-footed shrimp of the Ning Dynasty is enough, and it doesn't matter if it is Lin Jianyue's troops, after all, they are more than twice as much, and it is a big deal to seek peace immediately after the battle. Wang Jian felt that he had to show his military ability, and he wanted everyone to know that this place in Goryeo belonged to his royal family, and it was not easy to bully, and he didn't come just when he wanted to.
Anxi City, more than two hundred miles west of Kaijing, Li Zhensheng was full of ambition, watching the endless army continue to drive westward, the ambition in his heart involuntarily popped up, this time he drove the Ning army into the sea, there was a military merit, the army was also expanded, and the price of groveling and betraying his sister and daughter finally had a chance to return, and Anxi was his base.
Well, you can't kill all the Han people, you have to stay some, so that you have an excuse to stay here all the time, and then bribe and bribe some people, and after a few years, the king can't do anything about himself, right?
Wu Zhong attached great importance to the first battle at sea, although he felt that 20,000 heavy infantry regiments were enough, but for the sake of insurance, he still brought all the troops that came over.
Outside the earthen walled city of more than 30 miles northwest of Anxi City, there is a huge open field, when Li Zhensheng led the army to swagger and push it over without any scruples, he met Wu Zhong leading the army.
The Enemy Intelligence Division has been lurking in Goryeo for a long time, and there has been no progress in the rebellion, the terrain of this area is still familiar, and the Tucheng Walled City is the only way to go, and there are not many places like this suitable for the battle of the large army, and it is a battlefield that the Enemy Intelligence Division has long chosen. The Huaiyang Army was not familiar with the terrain, and it was more suitable for fighting in the plains, and it really entered the mountains and forests to fight mountain warfare, Wu Zhong felt that the problem was not small, and this was also what Wu Zhong had specially explained to the enemy intelligence department.
Li Zhensheng was a little afraid, is this still a soldier? It's Iron Man! In addition to the eyes outside, they are almost covered by iron armor, and the key number of people is not right, it seems that there are more than themselves, looking at the neat and murderous countless military formations, Li Zhensheng scolded in his heart, and regretted it very much, if it is based on the terrain of the mountains and forests, it is not without the power to fight back.
Goryeo is mainly mountainous, the Goryeo army is better at mountain warfare, and the cavalry is not so easy to train, especially after the Mongols occupy Liaodong, in order to weaken the combat power of Goryeo, the control of war horses is very strict, except for Wang Jian's imperial forest army, other troops basically have no cavalry.
Li Zhensheng listened to the sound of horses' hooves like thunder in the distance, and his legs became even weaker.
Li Zhensheng is also decisive, this is all face-to-face, the enemy still has a large number of cavalry, it can't be done without fighting, you can't turn around and run, right? I can't run. Li Zhensheng has also fought and knows that he will only die faster.
Fighting a dozen, just to show that he still has some ability, seeing that such a large and elite army has been gathered in a short time, Li Zhensheng feels that this world may be about to change, who to be a slave or not? Li Zhensheng was already very admired and longed for the central country across the sea, maybe he could be a high-ranking Han nobleman! It's just a pity to give it to Wang Jian's sister and daughter.
Li Zhensheng was very cunning, and the first troops sent out to engage in the battle were the troops of Nanjing Annam, and to his surprise, the more than 20,000 troops could not even rush the opponent's forward army, as if the sea had hit a reef.
This is also a frustrated courage, barely hardened, and has no determination and willingness to die, how can it be an opponent who has faced the fierce and brutal Hu Huaiyang Army after many battles.
The result was no suspense, more than 20,000 troops were quickly defeated, running to death, the battlefield was chaotic, the Huaiyang army was more ruthless, and it did not chase and kill indiscriminately, still maintaining a tight military formation, and slowly pressed Li Zhensheng's Chinese army.
Weapons and armor are superior, martial arts are superior, battle formation experience is superior, Wu Zhong still has tens of thousands of elite cavalry on the side, Li Zhensheng did not hesitate to order the troops to drop their weapons and raise the white flag, and the rest of the combat effectiveness are his descendants, the panic of the collapse, Li Zhensheng can still control it, which is also what he has planned.
Looking at the tall Dingxi City, Wu Zhong was a little lucky, judging from the scene of the battle in Tucheng, it still caused him a certain loss in that situation, and the Goryeo army was actually able to fight, but unfortunately in this remote area with a small population, it was their homeland, but Goryeo did not pay attention to the military intelligence, and his ability was much worse than the personnel of the enemy intelligence department who had experienced a hundred battles.
If it was near this relatively densely populated Dingxi City, or in the mountains and forests that he was unfamiliar with, Wu Zhong felt that he would not win so easily, let alone attack Dingxi City, but what was going on with this Li Zhensheng? His knees were so weak, but as a general, Wu Zhong surrendered obediently before he could make a move.
The entire Goryeo only has more than 200,000 regular troops, and this time there are 50,000, Wang Jian also knows what troops he is facing, and Lin Jianyue's prestige is very clear from Goryeo, which is not far from the Central Plains.
When the news came, the royal court of Kaijing Goryeo was in a panic, and at this time, they couldn't take care of other thoughts, and unanimously decided that saving their lives and clothes was the first priority. Kaijing is only more than 80,000 troops that can fight, and it is not daring to continue the offensive, and it is impossible to mobilize the whole country's military strength to fill it! Shrink in the city to defend, and there is still the qualification to negotiate conditions.
Wu Zhong hasn't figured out whether to continue eastward and southward? Wang Qin, the prime minister of Goryeo's internal history, came over with a letter of peace, and if he couldn't beat it, he would first surrender to the courtiers, and then find an opportunity to bite back, which was their usual trick.
Regardless of whether he was surrendered or not, he directly sent someone to the Central Plains by boat, so that they could understand the situation clearly and then look at the prestige of His Royal Highness King Yan. Wu Zhong had to wait for all his troops to arrive, and then he would say that if he could not destroy Goryeo in the future, he would have to listen to His Highness's orders.
However, it will not give up after occupying Anxi City, which is not only a bridgehead for attacking Goryeo in the future, but also an important place for troops to settle food.
King Yan's army crossed the sea and quickly captured the city of Anxi, fearing not only Goryeo, but also Pu Jinzhong.
Pu Jinzhong hurriedly sent his son Pu Cunhao as an envoy to the south to ask to see Wu Zhong, he had to understand whether Lin Jianyue wanted to kill him or use him.
Wu Zhong is very anxious, there are a lot of Goryeo people in Dingxi City, and you know that they hate themselves very much by looking at their appearance, not some people, but most of them, doesn't it mean that they have always admired the Heavenly Empire? Don't they listen to Li Zhensheng? What's going on?
Wu Zhong asked Li Zhensheng to know that it was all Pu Jinzhong's fault.
At present, the essence of the whole of Goryeo is basically concentrated in Nanjing, Tokyo, Annam, Andong, and Jeonju south of Kaegyo, and the north not only has a small population, but also does not do much business, and many places near the Yalu River are no man's land.
If this were not the case, how could the Koreans allow Pu Jinzhong, a Han Chinese, to entrench himself in Pyongyang? Using Pu Jinzhong to resist Monghu was one thing, and gradually restoring the north through the power of the Han people was also the meaning of the upper class of Goryeo.
Anxi is close to Kaijing, but Pu Jinzhong also has to eat, Anxi City is sandwiched in the middle of Pyongyang Kaijing, Anxi City is not easy to fight, Anxi City is close to the vast villages and towns around the northern area of Pyongyang, there is no way, you can only hide in Anxi City to survive. The place is so big, who is not related to the past? By word of mouth, it is inevitable to hate Pu Jinzhong and hate the Han people.