The Khitan cavalry felt as if someone was coming towards them 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 crashed into the middle of the Khitan army. The tiger roared repeatedly, and the long spear in his hand swept upwards and saw a flash of cold light. The Khitan army's warriors and cavalry fell on their backs. The Khitan soldiers were frightened and waved their weapons randomly. For a moment, it seemed like two armies were fighting in a melee. The killing lasted until dawn. At this time, the Khitan army officers and soldiers were surprised to find that after a whole night of fighting, it turned out that it was their own people who were beating their own people! There were corpses everywhere on the ground, and there were thousands of corpses. All of them belonged to the Khitan Army soldiers, and there were none from the Yanyun Army!
The Khitan army officers and soldiers looked at each other in shock, wanting to cry but without tears. Then he checked all the casualties and results 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 actually exceeded 5,000, not counting the wounded.
Xiao Tieheqian rushed to Yeyi Guanyin's tent and knelt down to apologize. Ye Qi Guanyin sighed with emotion: "Xuanjia Army!" He turned to look at Xiao Tieheqian and said, "Get up." Xiao Tieheqian stood up and said with a face of shame: "The incompetence of the last general has led to the loss of our Daliao Army." If your power has been thwarted, please ask the princess to punish you!" Ye Qi Guanyin said calmly: "The Xuanjia Army is a powerful force that is the most brave in the world. This result is not beyond my expectation! Although the Xuanjia Army failed to be annihilated this time, it was It has also dealt them a big blow, and I believe they will not dare to come out to harass our rear easily again!"
Zhan Jin led the Xuanjia Army to retreat into Yuguan and reported the situation to Liu Zhiliang. Liu Zhiliang said happily: "Fortunately, you fought your way out of the siege! Otherwise, I wouldn't 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 necessary! I’m afraid I won’t have such good luck next time if I’m lucky this time! The Xuanjia Army is the most elite army of our army. If something unexpected happens, it will not be able to deal with the main force on behalf of others, and the most feared attack will be on everyone. The morale of the 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-in-chief, and he couldn't disobey military orders, so he clasped his 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 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, the Yanyun navy and the Goryeo navy turned around and retreated after a brief contact. Seeing this scene, the officers and soldiers of the Goryeo Navy regarded the legend about the Yanyun Navy as a joke. Wang Ri, the commander of Goryeo Navy, smiled at the generals around him and said: "The Khitan people always say how powerful the Yanyun Navy is, but I think the Yanyun Navy is simply vulnerable!" One of the generals said: "It's not the Yanyun Navy. The Yun Shui Army is great, but the Khitan water army is so bad! The shorter ones are taller than the shorter ones, so naturally I feel that the slightly taller one is particularly different!"
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: "Go down and pursue the Yanyun Navy. Don't let them escape!" The flagman immediately sent the order, so the huge Goryeo fleet pursued the Yanyun Navy. Behind the Koryo fleet was a huge fleet carrying 100,000 Koryo 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 Yanyun's 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.
The Goryeo land and sea army entered Changdao and found that the island had long been empty, and Yanyun's army had not left anything behind. Wang Ri wrote a letter reporting victory and ordered the herald to send it back to the country immediately. Wang Ri wrote this in the victory report: Our army has made rapid advances in recent days, has severely damaged the Yanyun Navy, and captured Changdao, an important island off the coast of Dengzhou. The minister decided to launch an attack on Dengzhou after two days of rest. I believe that the more than 10,000 defenders of Dengzhou can be captured in just half a day! The military power of our Goryeo army will surely spread far and wide to the Central Plains, and the 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 800,000 Jin troops and the main force of the Goryeo army to attack the Yanyun army. The armies of more than one million people from both sides were divided into four lines of attack. The Liao army of 200,000 was led by general Xiao Qianbuli to attack the Chengtian army stronghold. The Khitan army of 200,000 and the Goryeo army of 200,000 were led by generals Dalan and Liu Lin. To attack the fork of the Yellow River, General Liu Kui led one hundred thousand Korean troops to attack Yingtian Mansion, and finally Brother Ye Qianxiu personally led four hundred thousand 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 Yanyun Army, while the real breakthrough direction is towards the fork of the Yellow River and Cizhou. As mentioned before, there is currently only one Sixth Army Corps guarding the crossing of the Yellow River, and 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 less than their opponents, and all they can rely on is Yan Yun. The two rivers are the army's bravery and the Yellow and Zhanghe rivers. 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.
Yanyun's army, numbering 400,000 in various parts of Hebei and Shandong, is ready to meet the enemy. The land of the Central Plains is covered with clouds of war, 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 aid Cizhou. As soon as they arrived in Cizhou, they immediately felt the tense atmosphere of the impending war. Various supplies were continuously transported into Cizhou and then to the Zhanghe River in the south. Troops were mobilized frequently, and the people of Cizhou were retreating northward one after another.
Han Bing walked up to the top and paid homage to all the generals: "Meet the general!"
Han Bing raised his voice and 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, 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: "Is there any news coming from the direction of Puyang and Yingtianfu?" Zhong Min clasped his fists and said: "I just received news not long ago that the enemy troops from those two routes 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 categorically: "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 and looked at each other. Zhong Shimin said: "I'm afraid Song Ting can't be counted on! According to the latest news, the envoy from the Liao Kingdom has arrived We arrived in Bianjing and agreed to negotiate peace with the imperial court on behalf of the Liao Kingdom, and are now negotiating with the imperial court on the specific terms. 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 ourselves! The Khitan Army and the Goryeo Army are just our defeated generals, and this time will be no exception!" I can’t help but feel a hundred times more confident. Han Bing immediately assigned the task and the generals took the order and left.
His eyes turned back to Tianjing New City Port. The Khitan army rested on Chang Island for two days. On the third day, Wang Ri led all the land and water armies to approach Tianjing New City. Then Wang Ri ordered Jin Wanzai, the leader of the Lu division, to lead one hundred thousand Lu divisions ashore.
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 Korean people saw an army coming from Tianjing New City. The number was not very large, more than ten thousand people. They were all cavalry. The leader was a flying tiger cavalry with two wings. The one who came was Yan. Cloud Cavalry!
The Korean people did not panic when they saw this situation. Jin Wanzai ordered the more than 50,000 soldiers and horses who had landed to prepare for battle. Fifty thousand Korean troops formed a battle formation with their backs to the sea. It has to be said that Goryeo's army is extraordinary, and the army is very neatly arranged. The shield bearers of the six-story tower were arranged at the front, followed by the spearmen, and behind them were the longbowmen who were famous for the Goryeo military battles. The sword shield bearers protected the two wings. The huge phalanx formed by nearly 60,000 troops is magnificent and extraordinary.
Huyan Chijin, the fierce general of Yanyun, led 15,000 war cavalry and galloped to a stop three hundred places in front of the Goryeo army formation. A Goryeo warrior galloped out of the military formation with a spear, came between the two armies, reined in his horse, and shouted: "I am Goryeo general Jin Duo, who dares to fight to the death with me!"
Huyan Chijin smiled coldly and urged his horse to gallop out. Jin Duo was very excited when he saw Huyan Chijin coming on horseback, and hurriedly urged his horse to meet him. In the blink of an eye, the two horses collided. Jin Duo shouted and wanted to stab him with his spear. However, Huyan Chijin 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, then fell heavily to the ground, and there was no movement at all!
The Korean people were dumbfounded and horrified. They did not expect that the generals of Yan Yun Army would be so brave! Huyan Chijin reined in his horse, glanced at the corpse on the ground, and raised his lips in a funny way. He shouted to the Korean army: "Who is tired of living? Come out quickly, I will do a good deed and give him a ride!"
Jin Wanzai frowned. He really wanted his generals to come out and kill him, but even Jin Duo was no match for him, let alone the others! How to do it? Suddenly his heart moved, and he immediately raised his head and raised his voice: "There is no point in fighting against each other. Why don't our two armies fight to the death to separate the male and female! Our army is infantry and is used for defense, while you are cavalry and is used for offense. , why not just let you attack us!"
Huyan Chijin found it very funny. Why did these Korean people fight like children playing games? Seeing that Huyan Chijin didn't answer, Jin Wanzai thought that the other party was scared, and he couldn't help but feel a little proud, so he raised his voice again: "Do you Yanyun Army dare to attack the formation?" There was a sense of pride in his tone.
Huyan Chijin laughed loudly, "Okay! As you wish!" Then he turned around and ran back. Seeing that the other party agreed, Jin Manzai felt that it was exactly what he wanted! Secretly said: I must let you see the power of our Korean infantry! 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!
"Array-breaking cavalry, come out!" The cavalry immediately separated to both sides, and the Koreans only saw thousands of unique cavalry marching out. Those cavalry troops were very majestic and tall. The men were strong men and the horses were giant dragons, hiding high and high like a row of mountains. The soldiers were dressed in heavy iron armor, and their bodies were covered tightly. Only a pair of cold eyes were exposed; they were huge. The war horse was also wrapped in iron armor, with only four hooves hanging from 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. The thousands of formation-breaking cavalry equipped with King Yan's horses roared loudly and started their war horses. I saw thousands of formation-breaking iron cavalry 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 towards the Goryeo army with an indomitable momentum. "Fire the arrow! Fire the arrow!" Jin Wanzai shouted hurriedly. The Goryeo longbow soldiers quickly fired arrows, and the rain of arrows covered the sky and flew towards Yan Yun's army. Falling into the middle of the formation-breaking cavalry, it was like raindrops hitting them, with no effect at all! When the Koreans saw that their bows and arrows were ineffective, they became even more panicked!
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! Rumble... A series of huge collisions suddenly sounded, and the Korean tower shield hands flew up one after another. What did it look like? It was like a strong wind blowing up countless dead branches of dry grass.
The iron hooves collided, instantly shattering the six-layered tower shield front that the Koreans thought was indestructible; the maces flew, smashing each and every Korean soldier until their brains burst out, and their flesh and blood flew everywhere. Ghosts howled like wolves. The armored warriors are unstoppable!
The Goryeo troops behind saw how terrifying Yan Yun's cavalry was, so they all turned around and ran away. The formation-breaking cavalry crushed them like a huge steel chariot, killing the corpses of the Korean army until the beach was covered with blood and the water was stained with blood. If you were lucky, you managed to escape onto the ship, thanking your ancestors and gods in your heart.
The officers and 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 a terrifying war horse in their dreams! In their opinion, those war cavalry were simply not human beings, they were just like the legendary Demon God's cavalry! Wang Ri, the commander-in-chief of Goryeo, felt a little trembling in his calves, and there was clearly a look of fear in his eyes. He couldn't help but murmured: "So awesome! So awesome!..."
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 ride far exceeded his expectations, which made him a little overwhelmed. It is better to find the Yanyun Navy first and eliminate them.
Before Wang Ri had finished thinking about this, a lookout soldier pointed to the northwest sea and shouted loudly: "Northwest, Yanyun Army!" This is really called a wish coming true! Wang Ri quickly looked to the northwest, and sure enough he saw the Yanyun fleet heading here at full speed. Not only was Wang Ri not surprised, he was overjoyed and said excitedly: "Well done! We can destroy them all in one go!" Then he ordered the entire fleet to fight. So Goryeo's huge fleet turned around and faced Yanyun's navy. Wang Ri planned to let 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 from both sides approached to a distance of only a hundred steps. The stone cannons and crossbows on the Goryeo Navy warships began to fire, and the sea on the Yanyun Army's side immediately boiled. Occasionally, stones, guns and arrows caused damage to the Yanyun Army.
To the surprise of the Koreans, 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 sky. Before they could react, they were shocked to find that countless water columns were rising from the sea where they were, many warships were overturned and the walls were broken, and the entire sea seemed to be It boiled.
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 capsized. The sailors jumped into the water to escape.
The Yanyun gunboats continued to bombard, and the Goryeo warships fled in a panic. Seeing this situation, the Korean army dared not get close and fled towards the vast sea to the east.
The one-sided water battle continued into the afternoon. The wreckage of Goryeo warships and the corpses of Goryeo naval forces were floating on the sea for dozens of miles, and many of those who jumped into the sea to escape swam to the shore, but were killed by Yan Yunzhan who was guarding the shore.
The Yanyun navy was divided into two teams. The first gunboat team was led by Guanshan Guanping and Lu Ming to pursue the Goryeo navy. The turtle-shell ships of the Goryeo navy were very slow and were buried under the sea one after another under constant artillery bombardment. The tortoise-shell ships that the Koreans used to run rampant now completely became a living target.
At the same time, Wang Hai, Wang Rong Wen Shi Chong and others led ordinary warships to intercept the fleet carrying the Goryeo Army. There was no suspense when the warships faced the transport ships. Under the constant bombardment of the warships' small stone cannons and serial crossbows, the Goryeo transport ships sank into the sea one after another with all the Goryeo soldiers on board. This was a complete one-sided massacre. In the evening, the entire sea was filled with densely packed corpses, which was shocking. Countless vultures were circling in the sky.
The Goryeo naval forces fled northeastward and did not stop until they reached the Jangsan Islands. The Changshan Islands belonged to the territory of the Liao Kingdom and were under the jurisdiction of Zhenhai Prefecture. There were only two thousand Khitan troops 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 navy troops had been lost. The tortoise-shell warships that the Koryo people valued most were gone, and the entire army was wiped out! Wang Ri was about to cry, but he was very frightened when he thought of the sanctions he would face after returning.
However, the bigger bad news is yet to come! That night, Wang Ri, who was waiting hard for the army to return, only saw a few transport ships stumbling back. A bad premonition immediately arose in his heart, and he immediately asked the army soldiers who had escaped. The 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 heard this. , almost fainted!
It was known that the next morning, the army had returned only more than 5,000 people in total. Out of an army of 100,000 people, only this few frightened people are left! However, Army Commander Kim Man-jae escaped!
The Liao garrison of the Changshan Islands saw that the Koreans were defeated so miserably, and felt that the matter was serious, so he quickly sent someone to inform the court of Ye Qi Guanyin. Huyan Chijin and all the navy generals returned to Tianjing New City to pay homage to Yelu Hanyu. Yelu Hanyu was very pleased and said: "You generals risked their lives to achieve such a glorious victory! I will definitely report your contribution to King Yan!" "Thank you, madam!" Then they all stood up.
Yelu Hanyu asked: "What are the losses of each army?" Huyan Chijin clasped his fists and said: "The cavalry army injured more than a dozen people, and no one was killed!" Guanshan clasped 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 to hear that the losses were so small. After thinking 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, "Send the order, repair for a day, attack the Changshan Islands, and be sure to annihilate the Korean navy!" "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, what's going on with General Liu?" Yelu Hanyu smiled and said: "It's nothing!" When the generals heard that nothing happened, they were relieved. In fact, Yelu Hanyu did not tell the truth. The letter mentioned two defeats. One was the fall of Juehua Island. The five thousand defenders were wiped out and the leader Xiao Chen was killed. Almost at the same time, he led the five thousand infantry. Teng Kan, who rushed to Juehua Island for reinforcements, was ambushed by the Khitan army. 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 the army. The army retreated. During 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 bowed his head and left quickly.
Yelu Hanyu ordered the generals: "The rest plan is 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 shouted. Huyan Chijin turned around and clasped his fists and said, "What are your orders, madam?" Yelu Hanyu said, "The fifteen thousand riders under your command no longer need to act with us. Rush to Yuguan immediately and follow Liu Zhiliang's command!" Huyan Chijin said Chijin clasped his fists in agreement and left the tent.
What happened after all, let’s see what happens next.
