Chapter 790 Han River Estuary

The Dingguo army coerced Chuncheon City, this move can be said to be beyond everyone's expectations, today's Chuncheon City can not be compared with later generations, it is just a city connecting the north mouth of the Zhaoyang River and the Han River, hesitating that Goryeo is poor and weak now, and most of the materials flow from Liaodong, so today's Chuncheon City is more like an inland poor city, far from the prosperous trade scene of later generations. The people of Chuncheon are poor, and with decades of war, the situation near Chuncheon is worse than that of Nagasaki, Japan, during the Warring States period. It's such a rotten city, I'm afraid that except for Li Qinghao who uses him as a foundation, no one else will be interested. Because of this, no one guarded against the Dingguo Army, but the Dingguo Army came.

Chuncheon Fortress is not a strong city, especially the eastern city wall, because the royal capital army and the former Silla rebels fought for the northern estuary of the Han River 20 years ago, Chuncheon Fortress was repeatedly damaged, and the eastern city wall was also torn down at that time, although 20 years have passed, Li Qinghao also thought about vigorously strengthening the city after entering Chuncheon Fortress. However, due to the fact that it was too poor, and Chuncheon City was not a strategic location, it was pulled down after a few years of repair, and to this day, Chuncheon City Defense is still dilapidated, just having the appearance of a city wall. After Hu Cheng led his troops to arrive twenty miles outside Chuncheon City, he discussed with Geng Yi a siege plan. The Dingguo army marched in a hurry, the people were sleepy and the horses were tired, and they should have rested according to common sense, but the order was to surprise Chuncheon and not give Li Qinghao more time to react. Since it was a surprise attack, Hu Chengcheng had to strictly follow the order, and after only half a day's rest, the army gathered outside the city. It was midnight now, and most of the people in Chuncheon City were resting, and even Li Qinghao was hiding in the house and napping, because there were few people attacking the city at night. Unless the man is missing a string in his head.

"Brother Hu. Zhao Yunhong has just sent back the news. After investigation, the weakest direction of Chuncheon Fortress should still be the eastern city wall. Although it has been repaired, it is mixed with a lot of yellow mud, but there is a layer of stone wrapped on the outside, if it is blasted by thunderbolts, it should be easy to open a gap, so Geng feels that he still focuses on the east. Just open the notch. You will definitely be able to take Chuncheon City. ”

Geng Yi was very confident when he said these words, Hu Cheng frowned, obviously considering Geng Yi's suggestion, "Well, what General Geng said is very true, the main attack on the east is certain, wouldn't it be a tyrannical thing to put this weak point in place?" However, we can't be in a hurry, General Geng must not forget that our goal is not to simply occupy Chuncheon City. Rather, it is to drive Lee Kyung-ho out of Chuncheon. If you rashly enter the city and get entangled with Li Qinghao's army, I am afraid that you and I will not be able to afford the casualties at that time. ”

The Great War is approaching. Hu Cheng still maintained that kind of clear sanity in his mind, and he clearly knew that the Dingguo Army did not have many troops in Goryeo, and he could not afford to fight a war of attrition at all. And street fighting with the enemy, it is precisely the most unpredictable way, Li Qinghao has occupied Chunchuan for more than ten years, and his soldiers and horses are very familiar with Chunchuan City, but it is the first time that the Dingguo Army has arrived, and he plays street fighting with others, isn't it his own shortcomings to attack the other's strengths? The best way is to force Lee Kyung-ho to leave Chuncheon and not to have a large-scale fight.

He touched his chin and thought about it, and then clicked on Chunchuan City on the map, "General Hu, in the early years, Geng Mou personally experienced the bloody battle of Wuzhou City with His Royal Highness, and His Royal Highness said at that time that if the enemy comes out, he must attack it and save it." General Hu, please see, although it is the middle of winter, the Zhaoyang River is frozen, but the Han River is not frozen, if we send troops to garrison the Han River estuary and dig the north bank of the estuary, what do you say will be the effect? ”

Hearing Geng Yi say this, Hu Cheng's eyes suddenly lit up, and after thinking about it, he patted Geng Yi's shoulder and smiled, "Old Geng, I didn't expect you to come up with this trick, just dig the mouth of the Han River, if Li Qinghao doesn't come out, as soon as he comes out, he will use the water of the Han River to rush him in and feed Wang Ba." Hey, that's wonderful, how did you come up with this idea? ”

Geng Yi arched his hands and said modestly, "Brother Hu, in fact, there is nothing strange to put it bluntly, these tricks were all used by His Highness back then, at that time, in order to let the troops in Wuzhou City come out and weaken the troops defending the city, His Highness asked Yue Pengju to dig up the embankment of the Gray River. The Khitans ran over to stop it, but Yue Pengju did not dig the river and rush the city, but magnified the water and drowned the more than 10,000 Khitan elites who left the city. ”

Listening to Geng Yi's narration, Hu Cheng couldn't help but fall into deep thought, he had heard about the situation of the Wuzhou War back then, but he had never studied it carefully, and now he listened carefully, he really felt different, and he didn't know how many small games were included in this war. At that time, the Dingguo army was in an absolute weakness, and it was to attack Wuzhou City, a fortress in the western part of Daliao, which was much more difficult than today's Chunchuan City. If you think about it carefully, a battle of Wuzhou City can be described as luring the enemy, dividing troops, gradually encroaching, water and fire, geographical advantages, and even more used. To this day, it is still necessary to learn from the original tactics. Of course, Chunchuan and Wuzhou also have a lot of similarities, this time I came to defeat Chunchuan and eliminate the living force of the White Water Army as much as possible, if you dig the mouth of the Han River, you will definitely not really flood the city, but the problem is that Li Qinghao doesn't know. As soon as the excavation was opened here, Li Qinghao was so frightened that even if he was cautious, he would inevitably send a large army to stop the Dingguo army from digging the river, and it would be easy to say how to toss Li Qinghao when the time came.

Hu Cheng was a resolute person, otherwise he would not have gone to Shamen Island in a rage for revenge, he immediately ordered the people to go to the mouth of the Han River with great fanfare, digging the mouth of the Han River, but there were enough 3,000 people, as if they would dig a hole in two hours. At the same time, Geng Yi sent people to plant flags on the Wusong hills on the high ground north of Chunchuan City, as if the main force of the Dingguo Army was gathered here. On the sixth day of the first month, the sun pierced the clouds, Li Qinghao, who had been tired for a day, also yawned and reluctantly got up, just wanted to eat something, and saw his own guard chief Cui Lin running in in a hurry, Cui Lin ran hot on his head in the winter, saw Li Qinghao, didn't care about drinking saliva, held the door and panted, "General, it's not good, this morning the brothers found a large number of Han people running to the mouth of the Han River, looking at the posture, they seem to be digging the mouth of the Han River." There are also a large number of Han soldiers and horses in the Wusong Hills in the north, looking at the banners and camp tents, it should be the main army of the Han people. ”

"What?" Li Qinghao was holding the towel, his eyes were as big as copper bells, and his heart was up and down at this time. Completely out of ideas. The Han soldiers and horses went to the mouth of the Han River. His first impression was that the Han people were going to dig up the Han River and flood Chunchuan City, and if that wasn't enough, the main force of the Han people appeared in the northern highlands Wusong Hills verified his guess. If it weren't for the flooding of Chuncheon City, why did the main Han people run to the northern highlands to hide, and wouldn't it be better to camp directly on the riverbank northeast of Chuncheon? The people first hid in a high place to see how the water of the Han River rushed into Chuncheon City. Shameless Han people, shameless Han people, if you want to beat them, they will be beaten uprightly. Why use this kind of indiscriminate method to dig up the mouth of the Han River.

Li Qinghao is not a conspirator, or the situation he faces is exactly the same as the situation faced by Yerusha back then, and he simply does not have enough time to think, so he can only act on instinct. Li Qinghao made the same choice as Yerusha, Yerusha was dividing the troops, and Li Qinghao personally led the troops to battle. Just after the hour, in order to prevent the Dingguo army from digging up the mouth of the Han River, Li Qinghao took the lead and led more than 8,000 people under his command to leave Chunchuan City. This army swept towards the northern end of the Han River, from Chuncheon to the mouth of the Han River. In the middle, you have to pass through a valley called Shilong Valley. If Li Qinghao was careful enough, he would still have a chance to save himself at this time. If he can find out that there are ambush soldiers hidden in Shilong Valley, he will withdraw for the time being, and the Dingguo army will still have nothing to do with him. It's a pity that Li Qinghao's mind is full of the mouth of the Han River, and even the soldiers and horses under his command are just thinking about how to defeat the Han people and guard the mouth of the Han River, so more than 8,000 troops hurriedly crossed the Shilong Valley and directly cut off the last hope.

After the Shilong Valley, ten miles to the west is the mouth of the Han River, and the Shilong Valley is also the highest place in the east of the mouth of the Han River.

Hu Cheng is dressed in the black armor of an ordinary soldier, standing in the crowd, as long as others don't say anything, it is estimated that the Koreans will not be able to see that there is a great general standing at the mouth of the Han River. Hu Cheng didn't dare to reveal his identity, if Li Qinghao knew that he was here, he would definitely react, as the main general of the party, he would not go to Chuncheon City, but at the mouth of the Han River, he would be able to figure it out with a little thought. Li Qinghao is not a stupid person, if he knew that Hu Cheng regarded this place as the main battlefield, his first reaction would probably be to withdraw and fight an unprepared battle, and no one who led the troops would want to.

Hu Cheng is really a little afraid that Li Qinghao won't come out of Chunchuan City, in that case, he really doesn't dare to dig the mouth of the Han River, otherwise he can't flood Chunchuan City and drown himself if he digs the hole? Fortunately, Li Qinghao seemed to be very cooperative, and even led nearly 10,000 troops to rush to the mouth of the Han River, looking at the vast depression in front of him, he sighed in his heart, and Li Qinghao didn't know if he could survive this battle.

"Report, General Hu, Li Qinghao's army is already five miles away from the mouth of the Han River, in addition, General Li sent a letter, Hanyang Cui Zhuo's troops are frequently mobilized, I am afraid that there will be movements, the general ordered our troops to solve the Chunchuan battle as soon as possible, in case Cui Zhuo uses troops against Tianwangzhai."

Nodding, Hu Cheng snorted, the situation is indeed very urgent, Cui Zhuo is a smart person, it is impossible for him not to understand the truth of cold lips and teeth, in order to protect himself, he will not watch the White Water Army being destroyed, the biggest possibility is to go north to attack Tianwangzhai and completely isolate Nanpu City. Cui Zhuo's involvement in is definitely not what the Dingguo Army wants to see, so the only thing he can do is to take Chuncheon as quickly as possible, and then coerce Hanyang City, so that Cui Zhuo has no time to care. Thinking of this, a trace of hideousness flashed in Hu Cheng's eyes, "Order Zhao Yunhong, see the blue flag as a signal, open the gap in the embankment, and then make a detour to the north, and the White Water Army must not be allowed to flee north." ”

"Oh" the guards led the order to go, at this moment, the soldiers of the Dingguo Army felt a heaviness, although this battle seems to be not a big problem, but there is no room for mistakes, if something really happens, and Li Qinghao fights head-on, then the consequences are unpredictable, after all, this place is not too far from Chuncheon City, and the Goryeo people can support at any time. Hu Cheng hugged his arms, his eyes looked at the east, this battle depends on how well he cooperates, the water will definitely not be able to flood Chunchuan City, it depends on whether Geng Yi can contain the remaining soldiers and horses in Chunchuan City in time. There are no reinforcements here, and I am still very sure that I will kill Li Qinghao.

Li Qinghao's face was flushed, he hurried all the way, he didn't even eat breakfast, even the iron-beaten man couldn't stand it, took out a piece of pancake from the partner, and ate it with cold water, his mouth was not idle, "Don't stop, brothers, work hard, when you drive the Han people away and return to the city, someone Li will take care of your meat." ”

As soon as I heard that there was meat to eat, the eyes of the people under his command suddenly lit up, and the Koreans in later generations regarded beef and mutton as treasures, and even an apple as a good thing, which was completely determined by the topography of the peninsula, and the mountainous terrain was destined to be unable to vigorously develop animal husbandry here, let alone planting, and the Koreans in later generations lacked meat and kimchi all day long, and now the Koreans are even more miserable, and some people may not eat some meat a year. Li Qinghao used meat to mobilize his soldiers, which can be regarded as a smart move, no, one by one does not feel tired, holding knives and guns and screaming. Thousands of troops rushed straight to the mouth of the Han River, and they were about to reach the bottom of the embankment at the mouth of the river, but they heard a loud noise in the distance, and the blue flag was waving, and there was a loud sound. Li Qinghao is a little confused, what the hell is he doing, just listening to the sound of cannons, but not seeing soldiers and horses, is it possible to scare people with empty cannons? Li Qinghao didn't think about it for too long, because someone in front of him was already shouting, "Look, the water is so big, mother, run."

It was almost a good discussion, and the person in charge of the giant shield in front didn't care what formation it was, and glanced at the shield and ran towards the high ground to the north, and now the thousands of troops were in chaos, Li Qinghao couldn't see the situation in front of him clearly in the middle, and when he saw the so-called big water, his whole face turned white. He understood that the Han people wanted to flood Chunchuan City, which was digging an opening and waiting for him Li Qinghao to lead the troops to drill into the depression. The water is ruthless, not to mention the surging Han River, the rushing water rushes down with a monstrous momentum, and the soldiers of the White Water Army at the front are directly swept up by the water, in the waves, they are like duckweed, no matter how they shout, they still can't resist the flow of water around them.

Flee for your life, now the rest of the people have only one thought, they desperately run to the north, because the terrain is higher, but what awaits them is a rain of arrows, and the wolf's teeth and arrows are mercilessly nailed to those who escape, and no one can cross the defense line formed by the soldiers of the Dingguo Army. Going to the high slope to the north was tantamount to killing oneself, so the Goryeo people retreated like a tide and turned to follow the current to the east. In fact, in order to ensure that the flood does not destroy Chunchuan City, the hole dug by the Dingguo army is not large, which also causes the water level of the depression to be not very deep, but you must know that it is still the first month of midwinter, it is the coldest time of the year, people are soaked in the cold river water, the consequences can be imagined, not to mention that there is an ambush waiting for them in the east Shilong Valley. (To be continued.) )