Wang Hanxin himself didn't think it was a big deal about the sneak attack on Suzhou City, for him, it was just a chance to find the enemy's grain storage land, which happened to be captured by strategy, and then of course it was logical to burn the grain clean. But in fact, Wang Hanxin's destruction of the grain stocks in Suzhou City is of great significance, because of his accidental actions, nearly half of the military grain south of the Qingchuan River was destroyed, and these grain stocks are mainly transported from the Jiangbei region, which means that the Goryeo army will face the crisis of food shortage whether it stays on the north or south bank of the Qingchuan River. This gradually became apparent over time, and Wang Hanxin at that time was not aware that he had inadvertently made a great contribution.

On the other hand, on the side of the Goryeo army, Lu Xuan was so anxious when he heard the news that the grain in Suzhou City was burned, and he almost fell off his horse.

One day! It's just a day away! Lu Xuan cursed in his heart the gods in charge of the war, did these gods have to let Goryeo die? He gathered his troops as quickly as he could, and rushed to the starry night, but he was still a day short of travel, and watched Suzhou City being captured and burned by the enemy! Originally, he also hoped to be able to stretch the supply line of the Silk Country by retreating, and then rely on the first terrain to hold on for a long time and drag down the enemy army. But now that the Goryeo Army's own food will be in crisis, what are you talking about? If the Goryeo Army, which was at a disadvantage when it moved in, did not have the capital to fight for a long time, it was simply impossible to imagine how to face the enemy's attack.

But it has happened, and it is useless to regret it, and instead of regretting it, it is better to think of countermeasures and destroy this enemy army first.

The spies kept sending the enemy's movements to Lu Xuan, and Lu Xuan took a closer look. It was discovered that Wang Hanxin was really a goblin guy: despite being in enemy territory, he lacked intelligence sources. He shouldn't have known that his cavalry was approaching, but this guy had found out with his own feelings. At present, Wang Hanxin's troops turned into countless suspicious troops in front of him, and there was news from all over the country that the enemy cavalry troops had been discovered! This is simply more troublesome than completely losing the trace, if it is a covert march, then it is easy to deduce the trajectory of the other party's movement in this familiar place, but he deliberately creates suspicious soldiers to confuse the public, relying on the notoriety of his tiger guard battalion, the soldiers and civilians often flee in panic wherever they go, and the accuracy of the news is greatly reduced. It is a real trouble to distinguish the truth from the false in this disturbing intelligence.

In contrast, Gao Dingbian's detachment was very clear, and he plundered all the way south. Although it is far away from you, it is easier to master. Therefore, Lu Xuan decided to start with the Gaoding border first, and while he asked people to inform the infantry brigade led by Cheng Yun in the back to strictly prevent the attack of Wang Hanxin's department, he personally commanded the cavalry team to attack towards the south.

Speaking of this cavalry team, Lu Xuan's heart was also full of bitterness. Since the last battle of Wild Bear Ridge, the veteran Li Chenghui was unfortunately killed, and the cavalry team was reduced to more than 4,000 troops, but fortunately, in that battle, a lot of horses from the Silk Country were captured, and these horses were used to equip the newly trained cavalry. Together, they can be regarded as roughly restoring their original size, but the combat quality and morale of this unit cannot be restored to the past. The death of the commander in the first battle was a major blow to these soldiers, and Yi Sunghui's prestige in the Goryeo army was too high for anyone who took over could compare with him. Originally, Lu Xuan intended to appoint General Han Wen. However, Li Chenghui's second son, Li Meng, insisted on inheriting his father's career and avenging his father. According to Lu Xuan's thoughts, he really didn't want his beloved old chief's only son to participate in this war again. But Li Meng had made up his mind, and Lu Xuan couldn't persuade him. He had no choice but to appoint him as the commander of this cavalry. However, Li Meng is both martial arts and command ability. and his ability to respond to the enemy is not as good as his father, and his reputation is even more disastrous, so how much combat ability this cavalry team can have under the leadership of Li Meng, Lu Xuan really has no bottom in his heart.

Therefore, Lu Xuancai personally led this cavalry unit, which was valuable to the Goryeo Kingdom, and he believed that with his command ability to make up for it, this cavalry could still exert a certain combat effectiveness. He quickly marched south to collect Gao Dingbian's whereabouts, and soon he confirmed that Gao Dingbian had entered a dead end.

Originally, there was a large plain area between the Cheongchon River and the Taedong River, which was very conducive to cavalry maneuvering, and if the Gaodingbian was active in this area, it would be difficult for the Goryeo army to really encircle it. However, in order to improve efficiency, Gao Dingbian made a sweeping assault on the southern region from west to east, so that in the end, his forces would definitely converge on the eastern hilly area. Lu Xuan judged that Gao Dingbian did this in order to gather troops in the hilly area and then take advantage of the terrain to hide his whereabouts, so as to escape from the encirclement and interception of the Goryeo army, and then run all the way to the north to join Wang Han's new army, or flee directly west to the sea.

However, this has an obvious disadvantage, that is, entering the hilly terrain can certainly facilitate concealment, but if Lu Xuan has set up an ambush there in advance, it is conducive to a beautiful ambush battle.

At that moment, Lu Xuan carefully studied the terrain of this hilly area, and then estimated several places that Gaodingbian might go to, and finally he found one of the most critical points in the entire area - a mountain called Lao Badger Kou, no matter which direction Gao Dingbian moves, Lao Badger Kou is the only way to go. As long as you hold the mouth of the old badger, you will have a way to surround him and gather and annihilate him.

At that moment, Lu Xuan ordered Li Meng to lead two thousand elite horsemen to rush to the old badger's mouth to set up defenses, and no matter what, he must stick to this place to achieve the goal of completely annihilating the Gaoding border. When Li Meng heard that he was going to deal with Gao Dingbian, the enemy who killed his father, his eyes were on fire, and he happily accepted the order. Lu Xuan fully trusted Li Meng's fighting spirit, and told him not to act recklessly, not to fall for Gao Dingbian's plan to lure the enemy, as long as the old badger did not lose his mouth, Gao Dingbian would definitely be captured sooner or later. Li Meng thought about it and agreed.

Then Lu Xuan led the remaining 10,000 horsemen and horses to start a secret march - if Gao Dingbian wanted to act according to the original plan, he could not let him know the slightest rumor. The cavalry marched day and night, rushing to the predetermined battlefield.

Besides, Li Meng, if he can have the opportunity to avenge his father, the blood in his heart is like boiling. He kept urging his subordinates to hurry, hoping to reach the old badger's mouth a moment earlier and choke Gao Dingbian's throat. As a result of his urging, the 2,000 cavalry soon produced stragglers - the horses of the Goryeo army were collected from all over the country, not all of them were war horses, and even the war horses could not withstand Li Meng's high-intensity attack. Li Meng asked the stragglers to rest and continue to come, while he continued to move forward with a large army. After a day of rapid advances, he finally reached the mouth of the old badger before the sun rose. Seeing that the horses were exhausted and unable to ride up the mountain, Li Meng ordered all the horses to dismount and occupy the mountain on foot, leaving a few people to drive the horses up the mountain slowly.

The mountain in Old Badger's Pass is not steep or very high, and it is not easy to hold on to this place. Li Meng thought to himself while climbing the mountain. Look at the top of the mountain in front of him, at this time Li Meng suddenly saw a big flag erected on the top of the mountain, which clearly read: Captain of the Prison Gate of the Silk Country, Wang! (To be continued......)