Chapter 124: The Verge

In the city of Pyongyang, a former mansion of a local wealthy businessman, the front yard. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Sukh Saha sat on one of his chairs with a grim face, and the various furnishings scattered on the ground around him showed how bad his mood was.

Kneeling in the hall were two disheveled Jurchen officers and several servant army officers in Korean court uniforms.

Suke Saha looked at a few people and scolded angrily, "More than 5,000 people were cleaned up piecemeal, and I won't say anything, after all, they are all outnumbered, and they are in the wild, but what is going on in Shun'an?" 3,000 troops defend a city, but they can't even hold it for half a day, is this still my Dajin's Eight Banners powerhouse? โ€

"Master, among the 8,000 dead and wounded, only 1,500 are my Jurchen warriors, and the others are despicable."

"Shut up." Before the other party finished speaking, he was interrupted by Sukh Saha, at this critical moment when the great enemy was not eliminated, he actually dared to blatantly curse the Koreans who occupied the majority of the army, Sukh Saha simply wanted to open the head of the person in front of him to see what was inside.

Looking at Sukh Saha's gloomy eyes, the Jurchen officer who was kneeling on the ground knew that he had said the wrong thing, how could he say something discriminatory against the servant army at such a moment when the war was about to start.

The man suddenly panicked, and stammered to explain, "Master, the slave doesn't mean that, the slave means to say, it's to say..."

Another Jurchen officer next to him smiled apologetically at several servant army officers next to him, and then stepped forward to relieve the siege and said, "Master, Tara means that the army under Chen Xin's command is also the elite of my Jurchen Eight Banners, and it is normal to win more than few, as long as we are cautious and wait until the army is in full force, this kind of thing will not happen again." โ€

When Suke Saha heard Chen Xin's name, he was a little stunned, and a moment of memory appeared in his eyes, and then he was replaced by anger and hatred, and refuted, "Nonsense, where did he Chen Xin come from, he started with 20 Aha, and later promoted all the way to supplement, but with hundreds of yurt clothes and Han clothes, what kind of Eight Banners elite is his subordinates." โ€

The officer never thought that the master actually knew so much about the situation of that Chen Xin's fortune, and he was surprised, but he did not show it at all, and explained, "Returning to the master's words, it was indeed like this before, when Amin's reflexes have been revealed, the Great Khan has already received the secret reports of the lords of Jierharang, Angbulu, and Yuetuo, and the lords have obtained the holy words of the Great Khan, and when they rushed to the camp of the army of the Imperial Dynasty, the Great Khan also personally led the army towards the Yalu River.

At that time, Amin's internal instability was unstable, and he didn't even have complete control over his own blue flag, not to mention that there were people with red flags, white flags, and white flags in the army, and in the eyes of most people, it was almost impossible for Amin to complete self-reliance at that time.

When Amin was desperate and ready to cancel the rebellion plan, it was this Chen Xin who stood up and personally led his troops to the Yalu River, not only annihilating the vanguard army of the Great Khan in a battle, killing the Yellow Flag Lord Haoge on the spot, but also firmly blocking the Great Khan on the other side of the Yalu River, not allowing an inch to advance.

It was at this time that Amin handed over to Chen Xin the 3 Niu Lu and about 1,000 Jurchen horses that his subordinates could send, and now Chen Xin's army has expanded from the original more than 1,000 Jurchen elites, so it is not wrong to say that Chen Xin's army is also a strong force of the Eight Banners. โ€

This person told the story of the early days of Chen Xin's expansion, and the few people kneeling in the hall were surprised, many people didn't know this allusion, the first time they heard it, plus the continuous raids in the past few days, they couldn't help but rise a few steps in awe of Chen Xin.

Sukh Saha's face was gloomy, since Chen Xin handed over the vanguard's errand, the two had a lot less chance to meet, and they only knew a rough idea of what happened to Chen Xin, and later as the first Jurchen nobleman to be imprisoned by Amin, the later things were not very clear, he had heard that Hauge died at the hands of Chen Xin, but he never knew that Chen Xin had actually fought with the Great Khan.

Sukh Saha asked curiously, "When intercepting the Great Khan at that time, how many men did Chen Xin have?" โ€

The man recalled it carefully, and affirmed, "There are less than 1,000 soldiers under his command, about 1,000 Jurchen warriors, 3 Niu Lu, plus more than 1,000 people, and there are more than 3,000 people in the sky." โ€

"And what about the Great Khan? How many people were brought with you at that time? โ€

"Well, this, about fifty or sixty thousand cavalry."

Sukh Saha's face sank again, with the arrangement of the Great Khan in Korea in recent years, and the complete destruction of South Korea with a thunderous blow this time, it can be seen that the Great Khan is definitely a rare strongman in the world, but this Chen Xin can firmly block the Great Khan's army with less than one percent of the inferior troops, and he has always thought that Chen Xin is a brave general, and it seems that he is greatly underestimated.

"This time, I'm afraid it's not easy to fight." A bad feeling rose in Sukh Saha's heart.

Looking at the few people kneeling below, Sukh Saha said softly, "Okay, get up, go down, you will each be fined for half a year, minus a future, and you must strictly abide by your duties in the future, and also, gather the rout as soon as possible and wait for the army to go out." โ€

"Tsk. The minions retired. โ€

Seeing that several people had retreated, Sukh Saha asked a man dressed as a scribe sitting on the side, "Mr. Fan, how much time is the food and grass of our army enough to consume?" โ€

"Marshal, the students have calculated, at least they can supply the needs of the whole army for a month."

"The military rations stored in Shun'an in front were robbed and could only be re-transported, this time, the commander is going to send 10,000 pioneers to be stationed in the area near Shun'an, hoarding grain and grass on the front line, and supplying the army that is about to depart, and the heavy task will be handed over to Mr."

"Students must do their best, and they will never live up to the cultivation of the handsome. It's just..."

"Sir, please say it directly, this handsome man is not intolerant."

"Yes, the students have always admired the handsome, and the students believe that the top priority now is not to solve that Chen Shin, but to consolidate our Daikin rule in Korea.

Now that more than 100,000 troops are gathered in one place, the defense of all parts of South Korea is empty, and ambitious people will surely flock to it.

I think that Chen Xin is only a mere tens of thousands of troops, as long as he sends 20,000 strong troops, it is enough to firmly contain him. Taking advantage of the fact that there are no strongmen in various places now, our army can easily control South Korea and achieve twice the result with half the effort.

When our army has completely mastered this land, it will be easy to turn around and clean up Chen Xin. โ€

Mr. Fan said that Ben Shuai also thought about it, but before killing the rebellious Amin, the Great Khan sent a holy message, demanding that after killing Amin and controlling all the Korean armies, he must march along the Yalu River as soon as possible and capture Chen Xin alive. The Great Khan's order cannot be violated. โ€

Mr. Fan lowered his head and pondered for a while, and also understood that things could not be done, the Great Khan and Chen Xin had a grudge against their sons, and the Great Khan was able to endure more than two years, almost three years before launching the subversion of Korea, which was already very forbearing, and if he wanted to slow down the time to arrest Chen Xin, I am afraid that he would anger the Great Khan.

So Mr. Fan could only salute and say, "The student knows, so he will leave for the front." โ€

"Then Mr. Hardship."

"Before the student leaves, there is another piece of advice, I hope the big man can think twice."

"Sir, please."

"This Chen Xin should not be underestimated, dozens of coastal areas were attacked at the same time, which shows that this person has strong sea power, so the students suggested that for the safety of our army's flanks, I hope that the commander can divide the troops into two routes, with the left side to defend the coast, and the right side to attack."

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On 15 November, Sukh Sakha divided his troops into two routes and officially marched into the Yalu River.

In addition to the 5,000 troops stationed in Thuan'an, which is an important transit point for military rations, and the 5,000 troops stationed in Pyongyang, the military grain distribution center, 2,000 troops are stationed in other places. There are about 14,000 people in total.

The right side led the remaining large army, set out from Pyongyang, took the Pyongseong route, and went all the way north.

Sukh Saha originally had an army of 120,000 people, but minus the more than 35,000 Korean officers and troops sent to Shangjing and held back by the guerrilla detachment, minus the 14,000 people who were responsible for the supply of grain and grass on the left flank, and the 5,000 people who were wiped out piecemeal by 18 raid detachments, and the 3,000 people who were wiped out by the rangers and militia troops in the Thuanan raid, the right army was only 63,000 people.

Although more than 60,000 enemy troops were still a huge number that the Xuan army had never encountered, it was still much better than the desperate number of 120,000.

On the Xuan Army's side, there are 12,000 people in 6 mixed infantry brigades, 4,300 people in 16 infantry squadrons of militia units, 6,000 female soldiers in the armed guard force, 5,000 marines, plus more than 2,000 people directly under the General's Palace, the total combat strength can reach more than 30,000 people, plus the 20,000 reinforcements sent by Amin before his death, Chen Xin has a total of 50,000 combat power.

Originally, the enemy had been weakened to such an extent, and if the Xuan army could gather all the troops, it was not impossible to have a decisive battle.

However, most of the commanders of the 20,000 reinforcements sent by Amin were secretly arrested by the Xuan army at this time, and the 20,000 army was also being reorganized under the supervision of the two brigades.

The 3rd Mixed Brigade needs to be stationed in Kyushu to prevent the occurrence of emergencies in the Japanese Kingdom.

A portion of the Marine Corps was stationed at overseas bases to guard against pirates and smuggling merchant ships bound for the Japanese nation.

As for the female soldiers, it is no problem to fight bandits and small-scale rebellions in normal times, but now it is a decisive battle of more than 100,000 people, and the men are not dead, how can Chen Xin let them go.

In the entire Xuan army system, there are only more than 14,000 troops who can participate in the decisive battle in a short period of time.

In desperation, Chen Xincai decided on a bold plan to use himself as bait to attract the enemy to attack the fortress outside the administrative region of northern Han.

The core of the whole plan was to rely on the powerful firepower and strong fortresses of the Xuan army to drag the war on until the enemy showed a flaw, or until the reorganization of the 20,000 reinforcements in the rear was completely completed, and then waited for an opportunity to launch a counteroffensive.

On November 25, after a 10-day trek, Sukh Saha finally led his army to the vicinity of the three forts built by the Xuan army, located between Bochuan and Akutagawa.

War is on the verge of breaking out.