Xuantu County maintained relative peace because Goguryeo sent all its troops to invade Liaodong County and was unwilling to divide its forces to weaken its own strength.

Liaoyang City is the closest place in Xuantu County to Liaodong County, and is only a few dozen miles away from Xiangping City.

Nowadays, the Fengtian Army that has withdrawn from Liaodong County is basically concentrated here for rest and reorganization, making this the new base of the Fengtian Army in Xuantu County.

Although Liaoyang City was a large city in Xuantu County, it could not accommodate more than 10,000 troops including Deng Mao's 8,000 soldiers and Xu Kang's 2,000 soldiers at once. Therefore, the Fengtian Army could only be stationed outside the city.

It has been five days since he arrived here. Xu Kang has completely gotten rid of the impact of the Battle of Houcheng and has become energetic again.

He took out the frost and snow knife that he had not used for a long time and started dancing in the courtyard.

Before she finished using a set of sword skills, Gong Yinglian hurriedly ran in and said: "Deputy Commander Deng has invited you to go to the big tent to discuss important matters."

"What's the big deal at this time?" Xu Kang muttered, but even so, he did not dare to neglect. He immediately went back to his room to change clothes, and then led more than a hundred guards to Deng Mao's tent.

When Xu Kang arrived, the tent was already filled with generals from the Fengtian Army.

When everyone saw Xu Kang arriving, they immediately stood up to greet him, and Xu Kang returned the greetings one by one.

Seeing that almost everyone had arrived, Deng Mao arrived belatedly.

"See you, Marshal." The generals stood up and bowed to greet him.

After Deng Mao sat down on the main seat, he said: "Generals, please take a seat without courtesy."

"Thank you, Marshal."

Deng Mao added: "I have just received the military order from Commander Cheng, and we are ordered to set off for Xiangping to help the Commander repel the Goguryeo army."

Everyone was talking about it for a while. Xu Kang first asked: "Commander, didn't you say that we should be given ten days to rest and recuperate? It has just been five days. Isn't it a bit urgent to go to Xiangping now?"

Deng Mao sighed and said: "I also know that it would be better to wait a few more days according to the plan, but Cheng Shuai fell into the enemy's trick by mistake and Xiangping City has lost all its elites. We can't hold on much longer."

The generals were shocked and asked why?

Deng Mao explained one by one this time that it turned out that Goguryeo wasted almost a month on the defense lines of the Great Wall and Houcheng due to the staged blockade by the Fengtian Army. Although compared to a national war, this point was

The time was not long, but it was fatal to Goguryeo.

However, they were already riding a tiger and could not retreat. After a brief rest, nearly 80,000 troops quickly rushed towards Xiangping City.

This time they launched a crazy attack as soon as they arrived at the city and refused to stop even at night.

However, Xiangping City, as the main city of Liaodong County, has been built since the Spring and Autumn Period of the Yan Kingdom. Although it was destroyed many times during the period, it was rebuilt many times due to its superior geographical location. As the political and economic center of Liaodong County, this is the capital of Liaodong County.

It is the most prosperous place, so the city is also built extraordinarily tall and tight.

If it weren't for the prefect Yang Qiu leading the army out of the city, resulting in an extremely empty defense in the city, Xu Kang would never have had the chance to capture the city.

Nowadays, various parts of Xiangping City have been renovated by Cheng Yuanzhi, and five thousand soldiers and 20,000 young men have gathered in the city, guarding Xiangping City like iron barrels.

Despite Goguryeo's frenzied attack for several days and the loss of more than 20,000 people, the city was unable to do anything.

In desperation, Goguryeo seemed to know that it had no hope of occupying Liaodong County, so it led its army to slowly retreat into the country.

If Goguryeo were allowed to retreat, the Fengtian army would not suffer much losses. However, after several days of fierce fighting with Goguryeo, Cheng Yuanzhi saw that the opponent still could not climb to the top of the city after tens of thousands of deaths, so he thought that the Goguryeo army was nothing more than this.

Seeing that the opponent was timid and wanted to escape, he led an army of 10,000 to pursue him. However, he did not expect that he would be ambushed by Goguryeo. The army of 10,000 was surrounded by Goguryeo, and even Cheng Yuanzhi had to charge several times and was unable to escape. Just when it was extremely critical,

The cavalry battalion, which had been wandering around the periphery but had made no achievements, arrived just in time. Under the leadership of the commander Xian Yufu, the cavalry battalion launched a desperate attack and finally rescued Cheng Yuanzhi.

But this was an excellent opportunity that Goguryeo had bought at the expense of 20,000 troops. If Cheng Yuanzhi died, Liaodong would immediately fall into a leaderless situation. At that time, the entire Liaodong would not allow Goguryeo to run wild. Therefore, private soldiers were mobilized to stop it, so that

In the end, although Cheng Yuanzhi managed to escape back to the city, the Fengtian army suffered heavy losses. Less than 2,000 of the 10,000 infantry were left, and less than 400 of the 3,000 cavalry were killed or wounded in order to cut off the rear.

It can be said that after this battle, the elite Fengtian Army in Xiangping City suffered all casualties and was no longer able to defend the city.

Facing another siege by the Goguryeo army, Cheng Yuanzhi had no choice but to send a letter for help to Deng Mao in advance.

When the generals learned of this situation, they immediately became excited and without any complaints, they immediately prepared for war under Deng Mao's order.

So 10,000 Fengtian troops, plus 2,000 reinforcements from Xuantu County, marched south in a mighty manner.

At the same time, in Changli City, hundreds of miles away from Liaoyang City, the same army of more than 10,000 people had also assembled.

Its commander was none other than Liu Zheng, the current governor of Liaoxi County.

When the Fengtian Army invaded and occupied Liaodong, the imperial court ordered all counties in Youzhou to put down the rebellion.

However, all the counties in Youzhou Pass had just experienced the Yellow Turban Rebellion, and they had no intention of investing their experience in the distant Liaodong. Only Liaoxi County had to pay attention because it was close to Liaodong.

It's just that Liaoxi County is vast and sparsely populated, and the ethnic composition within the territory is complicated. Liu Zheng is completely powerless against the strong rise of the Fengtian Army. He can only occupy several counties in Liaodong as a defense against the Fengtian Army when they expand.

barrier.

Changli City was originally the county seat of the Liaodong vassal state and an important town connecting Liaodong and Liaoxi. However, with the fall of Liaodong County, it has now become the front line of Liaoxi County's resistance to the Fengtian Army.

This time Goguryeo's entire nation attacked Liaodong County, but Liu Zheng did not prepare in advance because he received the news late.

It was not until several days after the confrontation between Goguryeo and the Fengtian army in Houcheng that Liu Zheng hurriedly assembled his troops and obtained 10,000 infantry. He also received the help of Gong Qichou, the commander of Wuhuan School, who brought 3,000 cavalry.

This time, they wanted to take advantage of the fact that both the Goguryeo and Fengtian armies were losing their battle and capture Liaodong County in one fell swoop.

Liu Zheng has a white face and a young beard. Although he is wearing a military robe, he still looks like a civil servant. He was originally a noble young man from Luoyang, and it was only through the influence of his ancestors that he could reach where he is today step by step.

If he can successfully capture Liaodong County this time, he can be transferred back to the Central Plains and no longer has to suffer in this borderland. Therefore, he ignored the empty Liaoxi County and focused on attacking Liaodong.

Now he is riding a horse and standing on a hill, admiring the rare large picture scroll of ten thousand people going to war. He is thinking about whether to write a poem or an article to describe this rare scene.

You can also have the capital to show off when you return to Luoyang in the future.

Suddenly I saw Gong Qichou frowning and asked, "Master Gong is afraid of this trip."
Chapter completed!