Originally, the Japanese army set out from its homeland and landed in the southern part of Koryo Island. Although Koryo lost many large cities in the south and suffered heavy losses, because the entire northern part was not lost, many people were still able to defend the capital, reorganize the army, and then counterattack.
Southern expectations.
But since the Japanese army suddenly landed at Yeongcheon in the middle of Goryeo more than ten days ago, the entire Goryeo has been cut into two sections. All the defenders in the south have become isolated armies without food, logistics, and reinforcements. They have been completely wiped out.
Or starving to death is just a matter of time.
According to intelligence, the total number of Japanese troops who invaded Goryeo was about 200,000, and about half of them landed via Yenchuan and set foot on northern Goryeo. It was these 100,000 Japanese troops who launched continuous attacks in several days, causing the northern troops to attack.
Many dangerous passes and cities fell one after another, many Goryeo troops were annihilated, and the commander Li Yuanshun was killed.
Lu Jing looked at the map carefully and found that Longtuo City was located thousands of miles southwest of the capital, and its geographical location was not very important.
Zhang Shun seemed to understand Lu Jing's thoughts and said: "The Japanese army has won consecutive battles and will definitely despise us. That's why they sent 10,000 troops to attack us without capturing the capital. This is not very important."
Longtuo City. They thought they could capture it easily, but unexpectedly they encountered the Holy Spear Hero!"
Everyone nodded in agreement, and their eyes flashed with excitement. At this time, in their hearts, they all believed, or were willing to believe: Lu Jing was the legendary hero who saved Goryeo!
Lu Jing felt a little embarrassed, but he still nodded. Because he knew that if he did not admit his new identity now, it would have a big impact on Goryeo's military morale. As for how to deal with powerful enemies, he could only take one step at a time.
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Li Xianyi said: "The general situation now is: Japan's 100,000-strong army has formed a siege on the capital. Although the number of our troops in northern Goryeo is no less than 100,000, their combat effectiveness is not strong, and they have been divided, unable to fight against each other.
support."
Lu Jing could understand that the Goryeo generals did not have much hope of defending the country, but the expressions on their faces were not very depressed. Obviously, a very important reason was that they pinned their hopes of victory on their "holy spear".
"hero".
Lu Jing thought for a while and asked: "How many troops can we organize at most now?"
Zhang Shun replied: "In the past few days, all the people outside the city, except those who were killed, have fled into the city. Now the total number of people in the city is about 70,000, of which only less than one can be recruited as soldiers.
Thousands of people.”
Of course, Lu Jing would not pin his hopes of victory on recruiting new soldiers, so he said "hmm" casually. He pointed to a large city between the capital and Longtuo City on the map and asked: "What is this place?
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Cui Haiquan replied: "This is Pingdu City, which is several times larger than our Longtuo City. It has more than 20,000 defenders. The city wall is high and thick, easy to defend and difficult to attack. It is one of the most important barriers in the capital."
Li Xianyi looked at Lu Jing and said: "After the Japanese army invaded the northern part of Goryeo, we knew that Longtuo City would be extremely difficult to hold, so we planned to move all the soldiers and civilians into Pingdu City as soon as possible. However, we did not expect that the Japanese army's actions were faster than ours.
Much faster. If the Holy Spear Hero hadn't arrived in time, we might have..."
When Lu Jing heard this, he made a gesture towards Li Xianyi to stop her from continuing to say those words of thanks.
Li Xianyi understood what Lu Jing meant, her face turned red, and she stopped talking. Before the battle during the day, her attitude towards Lu Jing was arrogant, but after the battle, on the one hand, it was out of admiration and gratitude, and on the other hand, after the battle,
On the one hand, it is also to maintain the image of the "Holy Spear Hero", so he respects Lu Jing very much.
Lu Jing said: "Although the Japanese army was defeated today, compared to the total strength of 200,000 troops, this loss is nothing. Longtuo City is too difficult to defend, so we should move to Pingdu City as soon as possible.
Be prepared to stick around for the long haul.”
All the generals agreed deeply, and they were all happy to notice that when Lu Jing said "we", he also included himself, which meant that Lu Jing had combined his destiny with the Korean people.
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Next comes the discussion of the details of the retreat.
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After the meeting, Lu Jing just returned to the room to rest, but Zhang Shun came in with a few soldiers, saying that the room was too simple and unworthy of the status of "Hero of the Holy Spear", and forced Lu Jing to move to the VIP dormitory of the city guard.
. Lu Jing could not refuse, so he had to agree.
Although the VIP dormitory cannot be said to be very luxurious, it is much better than the room Lu Jing originally lived in. It not only has a clean and tidy bedroom, but also a rather elegant living room.
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Lu Jing was sitting cross-legged on the bed, and his palms were touching Lacey Beili's, who was also sitting cross-legged. The two of them were exercising their skills at the same time, feeling the internal energy rushing through themselves and the other's bodies.
During this period of time, Lu Jing unexpectedly developed the ability to track and observe, and use his mind to turn the Ruyi Golden Spear; at the same time, Lacey Beili's flying ability had been greatly reduced; this naturally made him think:
It couldn't be that Lacey Beili's internal energy flowed into Lu Jing's body unknowingly through some way. This aroused his curiosity.
Lu Jing first tried to absorb the internal energy from Lacey Beili's body, and then injected his own internal energy into the little fairy's Dantian... After repeated attempts many times, he gradually discovered that although he could not retain the little fairy's internal energy
In her own body, her internal power caused some magical changes in the nature of her original three internal powers of King Kong, Black Ice and Black Witch...
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After practicing internal energy for an hour, Lu Jing was about to go to sleep when he heard a quick knock on the door.
After Lu Jing opened the door, he found that standing outside the door were all the generals in the city: Li Xianyi, Cui Haiquan, Zhang Shun... All of these people had extremely anxious looks on their faces.
Lu Jing quickly said: "What happened? Come in quickly!"
A young general he had never seen before looked at Lu Jing blankly and said, "Is this the hero of the holy spear?"
Lu Jing felt embarrassed, but Zhang Shun and Cui Haiquan immediately replied: "Exactly, the Japanese army was defeated today during the day, all thanks to the Holy Spear Hero!"
The unfamiliar young general said "Oh". Although he felt unbelievable about this matter, it was obvious that the attitudes of Zhang Shun and Cui Haiquan also deeply moved him.
Li Xianyi looked at Lu Jing, pointed at the young general and said, "This is General Sun Wei from Pingdu City. He has brought very bad news!" Li Xianyi's voice was obviously trembling when she spoke.
, but the eyes looking at Lu Jing were full of eagerness.
Sun Wei said: "Just this morning, the Japanese army surrounded Pingdu City and launched a fierce attack. Only two hours later, the outer city was breached!"
Lu Jing was shocked in his heart, but his identity as the "Hero of the Holy Spear" forced him to suppress his shock immediately and show a calm look on his face. Because he knew that these people who came to him late at night were doing harm to him.
He has placed great hope, or even his only hope, but if he reveals his true fear, the entire army's morale will probably collapse immediately.
Lu Jing made a gesture to invite him in, and the generals immediately walked in and took their seats one after another.
At this time, Sage Tianzhi also walked in, and everyone present immediately stood up and paid attention to the old man. As soon as Sun Wei saw the old man, he immediately walked to him, knelt down on one knee, and said: "
Sage, I need your prayers!"
The sage Tianzhi gently pressed his palm on Sun Wei's head and said loudly: "My child, the Holy Spirit is with you!" After the blessing, the sage Tianzhi took the seat first. Although he also knew that Pingdu City was under siege
news, but his expression remained calm, in sharp contrast to the other generals. This shows that Sage Tianzhi believes more than others that the prophecy that has been circulated for three hundred years will be fulfilled by Lu Jing.
Seeing the calmness of Goryeo's "most intelligent" Sage Tianzhi, the generals' originally high-spirited hearts were relieved a little, including Lu Jing himself, who was regarded by everyone as the "Hero of the Holy Spear".
Lu Jing suppressed his nervousness and asked: "How many people are there in the Japanese army besieging Pingdu City, and who is the commander?"
Sun Wei immediately replied: "There are two troops, with a total of 50,000 people. The commanders are the "bloodthirsty ghost" Kuroki Tsuyoshi and the "man-eater" Ashikaga Mitsuru!"
Lu Jing said "hmm" and then added: "It is said that the walls of Pingdu are thick and thick, and there are as many as 20,000 defenders. But why was the outer city breached only two hours later?"
Sun Wei showed a very sad look on his face and said: "That's because most of the former defenders were transferred to the capital. Now most of the guards guarding Pingdu City are newly recruited soldiers. Once they encounter a strong enemy, they will immediately panic."
Lu Jing sighed and said slowly: "So, I'm afraid that Pingdu City may have been lost during the time you came here!"
As soon as these words came out, although the generals looked extremely ugly, they did not show any surprise, because they had also thought of this.
Li Xianyi's pretty face turned pale, she took a long breath and asked Lu Jing, "What should we do next?" She spoke in a very respectful tone.
Although Sun Wei already knew Lu Jing's identity as the "Holy Spear Hero", he had never seen a battle in the daytime, so he always felt that Li Xianyi, a city guard, was "shamelessly questioning".
Lu Jing frowned, thought for a long time, and then said: "Let's keep our plan unchanged and continue towards Pingdu City!"
As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked except for the sage Tianzhi who remained calm.
Cui Haiquan thought for a moment and then said: "I understand, the Holy Spear Hero means: sneak around the capital at night and go to the capital."
Zhang Shun said: "How to make a detour? Pingdu City is located in a valley basin, which is the only way to the capital. Apart from this, there are almost no roads to go, so?" Obviously, he thinks that the feasibility of a detour is very high.
Low, but the tone is very tactful.
After hearing Lu Jing's words, Li Xianyi had a slightly disappointed look on her face.
Lu Jing looked at everyone's expressions, and then said slowly: "No, I'm not talking about a detour! What I mean is: we have to march directly to defeat the 50,000 Japanese soldiers led by the "bloodthirsty ghosts" and "cannibal ghosts"