The cavalry of the Khitan Army felt as if someone was coming in front of them. Since it was pitch dark at the moment, they couldn't figure out how many enemy troops were coming, and they couldn't help but feel a little frightened. The Kingdom of Zhan Jin suddenly rushed into the middle of the Khitan Army, roaring like a tiger, and sweeping the spear in his hand.
I saw a flash of cold light, and the Khitan army's warriors and cavalry turned on their backs. The Khitan army soldiers were frightened, and they waved their weapons randomly. For a moment, it seemed like two armies were fighting in a melee. The killing continued until dawn. At this time, the Khitan army soldiers
I was surprised to find that after a night of fighting, it turned out that it was my own people who were beating my own people! There were corpses everywhere on the ground, and there were thousands of corpses. All of them belonged to the Khitan Army officers and soldiers, and there was not a single one from the Yanyun Army!
The Khitan army officers and soldiers looked at each other in shock and were about to cry. Then they checked all the casualties and results of the battle, and found that a melee last night only killed more than 400 people from the Xuanjia army, while the number of casualties on our own side exceeded 5,000.
The injured do not count.
Xiao Tieheqian rushed to Yeyi Guanyin's tent and knelt down to apologize. Yeyi Guanyin sighed with emotion: "Xuanjia Army!" He turned to look at Xiao Tieheqian and said, "Get up." Xiao Tieheqian stood up.
, with a look of shame on his face: "The general's incompetence has caused the military power of our Daliao Kingdom to be frustrated. Please punish the princess!" Ye Qi Guanyin said calmly: "The Xuanjia Army is a powerful force that is the most brave in the world. Such a result is not
It’s just as I expected! Although they failed to annihilate the Xuanjia Army this time, they also dealt them a big blow. I believe they will not dare to come out to harass our army’s rear easily again!”
Zhan Jinguo led the Xuanjia Army to retreat into Yuguan and reported the situation to Liu Zhiliang. Liu Zhiliang said happily: "Fortunately, you broke out of the siege! Otherwise, I would not be able to explain to my elder brother!" Zhan Jinguo said:
"Let's rest for two days and then go out to fight!" Liu Zhiliang waved his hand and said: "It's a must! I'm lucky this time, but I'm afraid we won't have such good luck next time! The Xuanjia Army is the most elite army of our army.
If something unexpected happens and you can't stand up to your commander, it will probably damage the morale of the whole army! You guys have a good rest, you don't have to fight again for the time being!" Zhan Jinguo was a little unhappy, but Liu Zhiliang was the commander, so he didn't
I wanted to disobey the military order, so I clasped my fists and agreed.
At this time, a messenger rushed in and presented a letter to Liu Zhiliang, "General, General Xiao Chen sent someone to send an urgent letter!" Liu Zhiliang quickly took the letter, opened it, and took out the letter paper.
He opened it and looked at it again, frowning, "Juehua Island is in danger!" It turned out that 30,000 Khitan troops, led by General Wolf Poison under the command of Ye Guanyin, stormed Juehua Island for several days, and the 5,000 Khitan troops guarding Juehua Island
Yan Yun's army had already suffered heavy losses and was unsustainable. Xiao Chen sent someone to send this urgent letter, firstly to report the situation, and secondly to ask for help from Liu Zhiliang.
Liu Zhiliang thought for a while and called Teng Kan, the commander of the Third Army, and ordered him to lead 5,000 infantry and a large amount of gunpowder to immediately reinforce Juehua Island. At the same time, on the sea a hundred miles east of Changdao in the south, Yan Yunshui
After a brief contact with the Goryeo Navy, the Korean Navy turned around and retreated. Seeing this, the officers and soldiers of the Goryeo Navy even regarded the legend about the Yanyun Navy as a joke. Wang Ri, the commander of the Goryeo Navy, smiled at the generals around him: "
The Khitans always talk about how powerful the Yanyun navy is, but I think the Yanyun navy is simply vulnerable!" A general said: "It's not that the Yanyun navy is great, it's that the Khitan navy is so bad! Dwarf
The shorter one naturally feels that the taller one is extra special!"
Everyone laughed. Wang Ri said confidently: "I don't think the Yanyun Army is anything special. Our Goryeo Army can definitely sweep Yanyun! We don't need the help of the Liao Army!" Everyone agreed.
Wang Ri ordered: "Send the order and pursue the Yanyun navy. Don't let them escape!" The flagman immediately sent the order, so the huge Goryeo fleet chased after the Yanyun navy. Behind the Goryeo fleet, they followed
A huge fleet carrying 100,000 Korean army troops.
The Goryeo army pursued them all the way to the vicinity of Changdao, but the Yanyun navy actually escaped to the north again. Seeing that the Yanyun army was avoiding the battle, Wang Ri was too lazy to pursue it, and ordered the land and sea army to enter Changdao to rest and then attack Dengzhou.
Goryeo's land and sea army entered Changdao and found that the island had long been empty. Yan Yun's army had not left anything behind. Wang Ri wrote a letter reporting the victory and ordered the herald to send it back to the country immediately. This is what Wang Ri said in the victory report
It was written: Our army has made great progress in recent days, has severely damaged the Yanyun Navy, and captured Changdao, an important island off the coast of Dengzhou. I decided to launch an attack on Dengzhou after two days of rest. I believe that the more than 10,000 defenders of Dengzhou can take it in only half a day.
Come on! The military power of our Goryeo army will surely spread far and wide to the Central Plains. People of all ethnic groups in the Central Plains will tremble when they hear the name of our Goryeo army!
At about the same time, Brother Ye Qianxiu of the Central Plains ordered the 800,000 Jin Army and the main force of the Goryeo Army to attack the Yanyun Army. The more than one million troops on both sides were divided into four lines of attack, and the 200,000 Liao Army was led by General Xiao Qian.
Bu Li led the attack on Chengtian Army Stronghold, followed by 200,000 Khitan troops and 200,000 Goryeo troops led by generals Dalan and Liu Lin to attack the forks of the Yellow River. General Liu Kui led 100,000 Goryeo troops along the way to attack Yingtian Mansion.
Brother Ye Ganxiu personally led 400,000 Khitan troops to attack Cizhou.
According to Brother Ye Qianxiu's expectation, the direction of Chengtian Army Stronghold and Yingtian Mansion is mainly to contain the Yanyun Army, while the real breakthrough direction is the Yellow River Fork and Cizhou. As mentioned above, there is currently only one Sixth Army at the Yellow River Fork.
There are only 100,000 soldiers and horses guarding the Cizhou direction. In terms of military strength, the forces in these two directions are far inferior to their opponents. All they can rely on are the bravery of the Yanyun Army and the two rivers of the Yellow and Zhanghe Rivers. Nothing.
There is no doubt that the battle in these two directions will be very fierce. Even Yan Yunjun himself is not sure whether he can hold it.
There are 400,000 Yanyun troops in various parts of Hebei and Shandong, and they are ready to meet the enemy. The Central Plains is covered with war clouds, and an unprecedented large-scale fierce battle is about to begin.
Han Bing handed over the important task of defending Chengtian Army Stronghold to Yang Jiumei, and she led 50,000 troops to help Cizhou. As soon as she arrived in Cizhou, she immediately felt the tense atmosphere of the impending war. Various supplies were constantly transported into Cizhou and then
It was then transported to the Zhanghe River in the south. Troops were mobilized frequently while the people of Cizhou were retreating northward one after another.
Han Bing walked up to the top and all the generals paid homage together: "Meet the General!"
Han Bingyang said: "Generals, no courtesy!" Then he sat down and asked: "What is the situation over there with the Khitan Army?" Chen Jie clasped his fists and said: "I just received a report from the scouts that the Khitan Army is collecting civilian ships everywhere, and at the same time, it also
We are working hard to build bamboo rafts and wooden boats, and we estimate that we can launch an attack within three days!"
Han Bing frowned and nodded, then asked: "Puyang, is there any news coming from the direction of Yingtianfu?" Zhong Min clasped his fists and said: "I just received news not long ago that the enemy troops from both directions have launched an attack on our army.
Well, the direction of Yingtianfu is fine, but fighting in the direction of Puyang is more difficult! There are only 60,000 defenders in Puyang, and the general is really worried about whether they can hold it!"
Han Bing said firmly: "Don't worry about the monk, he will definitely be able to hold on!" Han Bing's words immediately reduced everyone's worries by eight points. Han Bing looked at Zhong Min, "Is there any news about Song Ting?" The generals frowned.
Looking at each other, Master Zhong Min said: "I'm afraid the Song court can't count on it! According to the latest news, the envoys from the Liao Kingdom have arrived in Bianjing, and they have agreed to negotiate peace with the imperial court on behalf of the Liao Kingdom. They are now negotiating with the imperial court on specific terms.
Negotiation. The emperor and ministers are only thinking about negotiating peace, and have no intention of sending troops to the Northern Expedition!"
Han Bing frowned and cursed: "The emperor is so stupid!" He raised his head and said, "Ignore them, we will deal with the Liao Kingdom by ourselves! The Khitan Army and the Goryeo Army are just our defeated generals, and this time will be no exception!"
The general couldn't help but feel a hundred times more confident. Han Bing immediately assigned the task and the generals took the order and left.
The sight turned back to the port of Tianjing New City. The Khitan army rested on Chang Island for two days. On the third day, Wang Ri led the land and sea army out in full force and approached Tianjing New City. Then Wang Ri ordered the chief of Lu Division, Jin Wanzai, to lead 100,000 troops.
The Lu division disembarked.
Immediately, countless large ships carrying the army crowded into the bay, and the Korean army landed one after another. It was very noisy, and it was comparable to a vegetable market. At this moment, the Koreans saw an army coming from Tianjing New City. The number was not high.
There are many, more than ten thousand people, all cavalry. The leader is flying a double-winged flying tiger war cavalry, and here comes the Yanyun cavalry!
Seeing this situation, the Koreans did not panic. Jin Manzai ordered the more than 50,000 soldiers and horses who had landed ashore to form a formation, ready to fight. The 50,000 Korean troops formed a battle formation with their backs to the sea. It must be said that the Korean soldiers
The army is extraordinary. The formation is very neat. The six-story tower shield bearers are at the front, followed by the spearmen, and behind them are the longbowmen who are famous for the Goryeo army. The sword shield bearers protect the two wings. Nearby.
The huge phalanx formed by 60,000 troops is magnificent and extraordinary.
Huyan Chijin, the brave general of Yanyun, led 15,000 cavalry and galloped to the front of the Goryeo army formation. A Goryeo general galloped out of the formation with a spear, came between the two armies, reined in the horse, and raised his voice.
He shouted loudly: "I am Jin Duo, the general of Goryeo. Who dares to fight to the death with me!"
Huyan Chijin smiled coldly and galloped out. Jin Duo was very excited when he saw Huyan Chijin riding his horse, and quickly urged his horse to meet him. In the blink of an eye, the two horses crossed each other, and Jin Duo shouted and wanted to assassinate Huyan Chijin, but
Chi Jin was much faster than him, and the spear had already pierced his chest! With a click, the Koreans saw the hero they thought of spinning and flying into the sky, and then fell heavily to the ground.
There is no movement!
The Korean people were dumbfounded and horrified. They had never expected that the generals of the Yanyun Army would be so brave! Huyan Chijin reined in his horse, glanced at the corpse on the ground, and raised the corner of his mouth in a funny way. He shouted to the Korean army: "Return!
Is there anyone who is tired of life? Come out quickly, I will do a good deed and give him a ride!"
Jin Wanzai frowned. He really wanted his generals to go out and kill him, but even Jin Duo was not his opponent, let alone the others! What should he do? Suddenly, his heart moved, and he immediately raised his head and raised his voice:
"There is no point in fighting a war general. Why don't we fight to the death to separate the male and female armies? Our army is infantry and is used for defense, while you are cavalry and is used for offense. Why don't you attack us!
"
Huyan Chijin found it very funny, thinking that these Korean people were fighting like children playing games? When Jin Wanzai saw that Huyan Chijin did not answer, he thought that the other party was scared, and he couldn't help feeling a little proud, so he raised his voice and said: "You guys
Do the Yan Yun troops dare to attack the formation?" There was a hint of pride in his tone.
Huyan Chijin laughed loudly, "Okay! As you wish!" Then he turned his horse and ran back. Seeing that the other party agreed, Jin Wanzai felt that he was getting what he wanted! He said secretly: I must let you see the strength of our Korean infantry.
Awesome! After killing most of you and then launching a full-scale counterattack, I will definitely be able to annihilate this Yanyun army in one go. The first victory in entering the Central Plains must be mine!
Huyan Chijin returned to his own army and shouted loudly: "The whole army listens to the order and prepares to charge into the formation!" The soldiers in the army couldn't help but get excited, and the overwhelming fighting spirit made the Goryeo army a few hundred steps away couldn't help but be very frightened. However,
But they tell themselves in their hearts: Don't be afraid, this is an illusion!
"Armed cavalry, come out!" The cavalry immediately separated to both sides, and the Koreans only saw thousands of unique cavalry marching out. Those cavalry were very majestic and tall. The men were strong men and the horses were like giant dragons. They were hiding and hiding.
It looks like a row of mountains; the soldiers are dressed in heavy iron armor, and their bodies are covered tightly, with only a pair of cold eyes exposed; the huge war horses are also wrapped in iron armor, with only their four hooves hanging on the ground exposed.
When the Koreans saw such cavalry, their faces turned pale. Although they were unwilling to admit it, they could not help but feel fear in their hearts. Huyan Chijin raised his spear, and the war drums rumbled. These thousands of people
The formation-breaking cavalry equipped with King Yan's horses let out a loud shout and activated their horses. Thousands of formation-breaking cavalry were seen slowly accelerating, the earth shook, as if the mountains were surging, and the aura of divine power enveloped the entire battlefield!
The formation-breaking cavalry rushed toward the Goryeo army with an indomitable momentum. "Fire the arrows! Fire the arrows!" Jin Wanzai shouted hurriedly. The Goryeo longbowmen quickly fired arrows, and the rain of arrows covered the sky and flew towards the Yanyun army. They fell.
When they entered the middle of the armored cavalry, it was like raindrops hitting them, but it had no effect at all! The Koreans became even more panicked when they saw that their bows and arrows had no effect!
After three consecutive rounds of arrow rain, the formation-breaking cavalry like a torrent of steel had arrived in front of the Korean army's front! The Koreans opened their eyes wide and held their breath! Boom...a series of huge crashes suddenly sounded, and only the Koreans could see their
The tower shield players flew up one after another. What did they look like? It was like a strong wind blowing up countless dead branches of dry grass.
The collision of iron hooves instantly shattered the six-layered tower shield front that the Koreans thought was indestructible; the flying maces smashed each and every Korean soldier until their brains exploded and their flesh and blood flew everywhere. Ghosts howled like wolves. The armored warriors were unstoppable!
The Goryeo troops behind saw how terrifying Yanyun's cavalry was, and they turned around and ran away. The formation-breaking cavalry crushed them like a huge steel chariot, killing the Goryeo army corpses all over the beach and staining the water with blood. If you were lucky, you would be lucky.
I escaped onto the ship and kept thanking my ancestors and gods in my heart.
The soldiers of the Goryeo Navy who were watching the battle from a distance were all stunned when they saw this situation. They had never seen such terrifying war cavalry in their dreams! In their feeling, those war cavalry were simply not human beings, just like
It's like the legendary devil's cavalry! Wang Ri, the commander-in-chief of Goryeo, felt his calves trembling a little, and there was clearly a look of fear in his eyes. He couldn't help but murmured: "It's so powerful! So powerful!..."
Huyan Chijin led the light cavalry and rode to the seaside. Looking at the Korean Army who were escaping hastily, he said angrily: "The real bastard can't help but fight!" Wang Ri was thinking about the next action, and Yan Yunzhan
The power of the cavalry far exceeded his expectations, which made him a little at a loss. It would be better to find the Yanyun Navy first and eliminate them.
Before Wang Ri could finish his thoughts, a lookout soldier pointed to the northwest sea and shouted loudly: "Northwest, Yanyun Army!" This was truly a wish come true! Wang Ri quickly looked toward the northwest.
Go, and sure enough, he saw the Yanyun fleet heading here at full speed. Wang Ri was not surprised, but was overjoyed and said excitedly: "It's good to come! We can destroy them in one go!" Then he ordered the entire fleet to fight. So the Goryeo army was huge.
The fleet turned around and faced the Yanyun navy. Wang Ri planned to have the fleet rush into the middle of the Yanyun fleet and rely on the powerful power of the turtle ship to completely defeat them. This move has always been unfavorable in the past!
Soon after, the warships of both sides approached to a distance of only a hundred steps. The stone cannons and crossbows on the Goryeo navy's warships began to fire. The sea surface on the Yanyun army's side immediately boiled, and occasionally stones and guns and arrows were fired.
Yan Yunjun caused damage.
To the surprise of the Korean people, the Yanyun warship on the opposite side did not attack like them, but turned the ship sideways. Just when the Korean people felt confused, they suddenly heard a series of loud noises like thunder from the blue.
, before he could react, he was shocked to find that countless water columns rose into the sky on the sea where he was, many warships fell over and broke through the walls, and the entire sea seemed to be boiling.
The Koreans had never encountered such an attack before, and they immediately panicked. Many warships hurriedly turned around and tried to escape. In the panic, they collided with their own warships, and both capsized. The sailors jumped into the water to escape.
The Yanyun gunboats continued to bombard, and the Korean warships fled in a panic. Seeing this situation, the Korean army did not dare to approach, so they quickly fled towards the vast sea to the east.
The one-sided water battle continued until the afternoon. The wreckage of Goryeo warships and the corpses of Goryeo navy were floating on the sea for dozens of miles. Many people who jumped into the sea to escape swam to the shore, but were guarded on the shore.
The Yan Yunzhan cavalry was able to stand upright.
The Yanyun navy was divided into two teams. The first gunboat team was led by Guanshan Guanping Luming to pursue the Goryeo navy. The tortoise-shell ships of the Goryeo navy were very slow and were buried under the sea one after another under the constant bombardment. The Goryeo people were rampant.
The turtle-shell ship now completely became a living target.
At the same time, Wang Hai, Wang Rong, Wen Shichong and others led ordinary warships to intercept the fleet carrying the Goryeo army. The warships faced the transport ship, and there was no suspense at all. Under the attack of the warships' small stone cannons and serial crossbows,
Under constant bombardment, Goryeo transport ships sank into the sea one after another with a ship full of Goryeo soldiers. This was a complete one-sided massacre. In the evening, densely packed corpses were floating on the entire sea surface, which was shocking. Countless vultures were seen in the sky.
hovering in the middle.
The Goryeo naval forces fled northeast until they stopped at the Changshan Islands. The Changshan Islands belonged to the territory of the Liao Kingdom and were under the jurisdiction of Zhenhai Prefecture. There were only 2,000 Khitan army defenders on them.
The Yanyun navy retreated temporarily. The Koryo people had just recovered from their shock. They quickly checked the losses and found that almost half of the 100,000-strong navy had been lost, and none of the turtle-shell warships that the Koryo people valued most was gone. The entire army was wiped out!
Wang Ri was about to cry but had no tears. He was very frightened and uneasy thinking about the sanctions he would face when he returned.
However, the greater bad news was yet to come! That night, Wang Ri, who was waiting hard for the army to return, only saw a few transport ships staggering back. He immediately had a bad feeling in his heart, and immediately asked the army who had escaped
The soldiers and army soldiers were shocked and said: "We, we were intercepted and killed by the Yanyun navy, and the whole army was wiped out!" Wang Ri almost fainted when he heard this!
I learned that the next morning, the army only returned a total of more than 5,000 people. Of the 100,000 troops, only this few frightened people were left! However, the army commander Kim Man-jae escaped alive!
The Liao garrison of the Changshan Islands saw that the Koreans were defeated so miserably, and felt that the matter was serious, so they quickly sent someone to inform Yelu Guanyin to the court. Huyan Chijin and other navy generals returned to Tianjing New City to pay homage to Yelu Hanyu. Yelu
Han Yu was very pleased and said, "You generals risked their lives to achieve such a glorious victory! I will definitely report your contributions to King Ming Yan!" "Thank you, madam!" Then they all stood up.
Yelu Hanyu asked: "What are the losses of each army?" Huyan Chijin cupped his fists and said: "The cavalry army injured more than a dozen people, and no one was killed!" Guanshan cupped his fists and said: "More than 200 people were killed in the navy and 300 were injured.
There were many people, but they were able to annihilate all the Goryeo Army troops who fled to the sea and severely damage the Goryeo Navy!"
Yelu Hanyu was very happy when he heard that the losses were so small. He thought for a moment, "Our army has won such a great victory and its morale is high, but the enemy must have become a frightened bird!" He raised his head and said, "Give the order, repair for a day, and then attack.
The Korean naval forces must be completely annihilated in Changshan Islands!" "Yes!" All the generals agreed in unison.
A herald rushed in, holding a letter in both hands and kneeling to report: "Urgent military report from General Liu Zhiliang!" A female guard immediately stepped forward to receive the military report, turned around and presented it to Yelutri.
Yelu Hanyu took the letter, opened it, took out the letter paper and read it again, frowning.
Wang Rong asked curiously: "Madam, how is General Liu going?" Yelu Hanyu smiled and said: "Nothing happened!" When the generals heard that nothing happened, they were relieved. In fact, Yelu Hanyu did not tell the truth.
, the letter talks about two defeats, one was the fall of Juehua Island, the entire army of 5,000 defenders was wiped out, and the commander Xiao Chen was killed; and almost at the same time, the troops who led 5,000 infantry troops rushed to Juehua Island for reinforcements.
Teng Kan was ambushed by the Khitan army, and the two sides fought a bloody battle at sea. The Yanyun army still failed to break through the Khitan army at the cost of 3,000 casualties. Seeing that it was about to fall into a tight siege, Teng Kan had no choice but to lead his army back. In this battle,
Teng Kan was hit by an arrow and almost died. The Khitan army won two victories in succession, so the army gathered to prepare for crossing the sea.
Yelu Hanyu thought for a moment, spread out the letter paper, picked up a pen and wrote a letter, then sealed it and handed it to the herald, saying: "Send it to General Liu as soon as possible!" The herald stepped forward to receive the letter and faced Yelu Han.
Yu said goodbye and left quickly.
Yelu Hanyu ordered the generals: "The rest plan has been cancelled. After dinner, the entire army will set off to attack the Changshan Islands!" "Yes!" The generals clasped their fists in agreement and filed out. "Huyan Chijin!" Yelu Hanyu raised his voice.
shouted. Huyan Chijin turned around and clasped his fists: "What are your orders, madam?" Yelu Hanyu said: "Your fifteen thousand cavalry no longer have to move with us. They rushed to Yuguan immediately and followed Liu Zhiliang's command.
!" Huyan Chijin clasped his fists in agreement and left the tent.
What happened after all? Let’s look at the breakdown next time.