Chapter 16 Four Encirclement, Encirclement

When Ah Yizhi saw the city built by the Tiger Guard Battalion, he couldn't help but be shocked.

He ordered the follow-up 27,000 troops to rush to the front line, originally wanting to reinforce Jin Yanxu, Cha Zhengxian, and He Qianbing, and then take advantage of the situation to launch a counterattack, attract the attention of the army of the country of silk, and cover the two strange troops on the left and right wings. However, the other side was able to build a city in half a day, and if this was to be attacked, the casualties would definitely increase greatly.

Therefore, Ah Yizhi had no choice but to cancel the plan of the night attack, and instead waited for the report of the sentinel in front to decide on his next move.

The report soon came back: the city occupied by the Tiger Guard Battalion was at the forefront; Its two wings are a total of 8,000 people led by Gai Yanxiao and Hua Meng, and it has also built defensive positions based on the terrain; After that, there were 12,000 cavalry led by Su Chengdong and He Ling, who also began to turn to the defense after fully expanding the results of the battle horizontally, and behind them was the frozen Liaoshui, and Zhu Tianshun led 5,000 people to connect these troops with Chang Miao's main team.

The enemy's forces for this attack were not strong, and the total number was less than 30,000. On the contrary, he had sent a full 50,000 men to outflank the enemy, and he had already gathered 42,000 men on the front of the enemy. Annihilating the army of 30,000 silk countries with 100,000 troops, once his cavalry defeated Zhu Tianshun's troops, he would complete the encirclement of this enemy army, and then this victory would be within reach. Even if Chang Miao sent troops to rescue, it was useless, as long as he left the support of the city wall, the army of the Silk Country would definitely not be the opponent of the Goryeo soldiers in the field battle.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for a new battle report to arrive, and Han Chi and Han Wen on the left and right flanks had already begun to launch a feint attack on the Liaoshui defense line of the Silk Country, and the two generals Jin Chengfu and Quan Binglie were also in place and were launching a fierce attack on the enemy Zhu Tianshun along the north bank of Liaoshui.

For the first time since the start of the war, Ah Yizhi showed a satisfied smile, and he rode on his horse and ordered: "Order all the departments to immediately attack the outposts of the Silk Country!" Be intense, be loud, but don't fight hard! Just grab their attention, and never give them insight into our intentions until we're done! ”

That night, the tide of battle began to change.

Han Wen, who was in charge of the feint, ordered his 20,000-strong army to take a full stance, and he asked each soldier to hold two torches and shout loudly, creating the illusion of 40,000 men attacking at once.

The army of the Silk Country, which was hiding in the fortifications, did not move at all, and Han Wen sent a tentative force to make a siege appearance, only to be shot back by the strong crossbow of the Silk Country. Han Wen was not impatient, and he continued to send infantry with reinforced shields and began to slowly approach the enemy - what he had to do now was to distract the local attention and buy time for the cavalry to encircle the army of the Silk Country.

"Report! General Quan Binglie has defeated the enemy army, and our army has reached a situation of encirclement! ”

Han Wen nodded, the plan was successful, then his next task was to launch an offensive against the encircled Silk Country army from the flank. He immediately ordered: "The whole army retreats to the south of Liaoshui and launches an attack on the enemy!" ”

The Goryeo army moved very quickly, and soon all the troops began to march towards the southern shore of Liaosu.

At this moment, a series of loud noises suddenly sounded in the sky, and Han Wen hurriedly looked in the direction of the sound, only to see several colorful sparks exploding in the sky. This is the first time in the lives of all the Goryeo troops that they have seen fireworks in Korean, but most of the Kinokuni troops have never seen such a new thing made of gunpowder.

Immediately afterward, Hangul heard countless sounds of breaking the sky. The experienced Hangul immediately heard that it was the sound of a large block of stones flying towards him!

"It's a catapult! Spread out! Hangul shouted. In fact, there was no need for him to remind them, the experienced officers around them were aware of this, and they shouted the same words almost at the same time. The soldiers reacted quickly enough to disperse as quickly as possible.

With a loud bang, a boulder was smashing beside Han Wen, and an unfortunate soldier was immediately smashed into meat sauce, and the flying pieces of meat and blood sprayed Han Wen's face! Han Wen immediately shouted, "Quickly put out the fire!" ”

The torch that made a lot of noise is now the easiest target for the enemy! Moreover, Han Wen knew in his heart that the Silk Country seemed to have been prepared for a long time, and so many catapults could not be deployed in place immediately, which must have been prepared a long time ago.

The continuous sound of breaking the air was exchanged for screams one after another, and what surprised Han Wen even more was that he saw the stones smashed on the ice surface of Liaoshui, and the ice cap suddenly shattered!

Worst! It's almost spring, and the ice has thinned out, and it can't withstand the attack of these boulders! Could it be ・・・・・・ that these are all in the enemy's calculations! In this case, Liaoshui will soon be smashed, and the soldiers will not be able to return to the other side of the river!

"Let's go! Hurry back to the South Bank! The enemy is going to smash the Liaoshui! ”

Han Wen's shout woke up the chaotic Goryeo army, although the ice sheet has become thinner this season, if it falls into the Liaoshui, it will not take a few minutes for people to freeze to death!

All the Goryeo soldiers suddenly turned into a state of rout, and Han Wen himself couldn't take care of his subordinates, so he rode his horse and galloped towards the south bank. There was a lot of whirring around him, and every stone would smash a big hole, and the cold water splashed on his face, and he couldn't care about it at all. The unfortunate infantry stumbled and fell into the ice cave, and the soldiers around them hurriedly dodged, but were squeezed back by their fleeing companions, screaming and falling into the icy water. As the dense boulders continued to fall, the holes in the ice sheet increased, and then began to crack, and finally the entire ice sheet shattered, and large swaths of soldiers fell into the water, and for a moment screams and cries for help filled the sky.

Han Wen, who barely rushed to the south bank, gasped, and looked back at his subordinates falling into the ice water one by one, the short walk just now was like a brush of death, and his face was as white as the snow around him, and the soldiers who fled back to the south bank were all the same.

"General・・・・・・ what should we do ・・・・・・ us?"

Han Wen's stiff voice was almost unrecognizable to him: "We are already very lucky, General Jeon Byungyeol and they are ・・・・・・ afraid ・・・・・・"