White Wolf Mountain.

This mountain in northern Goryeo guards the junction leading to Hamgyong and Hwanghae-do. The reason why it is called White Wolf Mountain is because after winter, the top of the mountain looks like a wolf's head when it is covered with snow. But the real tactical value of White Wolf Mountain is not in the wolf's head, but in the undulating wolf's body and tail. Here Li Chenghui laid out a lot of defenses, ordered Li Meng to garrison the wolf's tail, and he set up camp on the main peak of the wolf's body, and Han Wen was arranged in the position of the wolf's head - although there is no tactical value, but it can overlook the surrounding situation, plus Han Wen is obviously not the same as himself, rather than putting him by his side to make trouble, it is better to arrange it from a distance, let him fight for himself. Besides, what Li Chenghui needs is to grasp the command of this Goryeo army and fight against the country of silk, and it would be too tiring to bother with the control of military power at this juncture. Han Wen inexplicably lost the command of most of the troops, needless to say the resentment in his heart, but at present, the enemy has no choice but to focus on the war first, and Han Wen always thinks in his heart that Ah Yizhi, who is far away in the capital, will not sit idly by.

Chang Miao's attack came as scheduled, and the fierceness did make Li Chenghui tired to deal with, but Li Chenghui still felt that this was definitely the full force of Miao's Liaodong Army, because he could handle it with ease, and Chang Miao's strength would not stop there, so he affirmed his judgment even more. After more than ten days of fierce fighting, it was reported that Chang Miao had sent Zhu Tianshun to lead 20,000 troops to attack the territory of Hamgyong Province.

Li Chenghui shook his head and said, "This is a feint, don't be fooled." ”

"What did the marshal say this. Our land is being ravaged by enemy troops, how can we allow enemy troops to attack at will? Besides, if Hamgyong Road is lost. Won't the enemy outflank the rear of Pyongyang City? ”

Li Chenghui still shook his head and said, "If White Wolf Mountain is lost, it is indeed possible to be outflanked by the enemy. Not now. If you want to achieve this strategic goal north of White Wolf Mountain, you will have to detour more than 700 miles, in that case, the enemy's logistics supply will become a huge burden, Chang Miao will not choose this, his purpose is to disperse the strength of our army, and you must not be fooled. ”

Han Wen still didn't give up: "But sitting back and watching our territory be occupied by the enemy army in vain, is it my duty as a warrior?" ”

Han Wen's aggressiveness angered Li Chenghui, and Li Chenghui stood up and said: "The duty of a warrior is to protect the family and defend the country, not to invade other countries without distinguishing between right and wrong!" The war we started ourselves, and now the flames of war are burning within our own borders, and we have provoked it ourselves! What is needed now is the army that will bring down the Silk Country. Force them to withdraw! If you win, then the lost territory can naturally be regained, but if you lose here, it will not only lose the current land! The victory that this commander wants! It's not a gain or loss of one city or one place! General Han Wen, as a military general, I appreciate your ability, but if you want to mix your strategic judgment with any other purpose, this commander will never agree! ”

The old general's angry rebuke revealed the momentum like a tiger coming out of the mountain. Han Wen was completely stunned by this momentum, and it seemed that what he was looking at in front of him was not an old man in his sixties, but the legendary military general who was invincible on the battlefield back then! Under the infection of this atmosphere. Han Wen lowered his head and silently accepted the reality.

This scene between the lieutenant generals and marshals of the Goryeo military camp was also being staged in another similar form in the Silk Country military camp at this time, and the starring roles were Du Hu Chang Miao and Wang Hanxin.

For more than ten consecutive days, the Tiger Guard Battalion could only stand by in the rear, and seeing a large number of wounded people being carried back to the camp, the soldiers of the Tiger Guard Battalion were filled with righteous indignation. But there is nowhere to vent his anger. Xue Boren also felt tremendous pressure for this, and a large number of officers came to him to express their willingness and dissatisfaction to fight, and even the deputy general Gao Dingbian also expressed the same will. But the thorn Wang Hanxin didn't come. Xue Boren was thinking it was strange when the bad news came, it turned out that Wang Hanxin went directly to Lord Chang Miao to ask for battle.

Chang Miao looked at the angry Wang Hanxin with interest to vent his dissatisfaction: "Lord Protector!" Is the Tiger Guard Battalion an elite unit of our army? Since the recovery of Liaodong, which battle of the Tiger Guard Battalion was not at the forefront? Now you don't need to put the elite troops. But let the other troops fight bloodily, which made the last general feel worthless! If it's because of the poor performance of the mid-general in the last battle of crossing the river, please punish me alone! Don't let the brothers in the Tiger Guard camp be left out in the cold! ”

Chang Miao propped up the table with his hand and smiled: "Wang Hanxin." You are really bold, you want to ask for war, but you don't tell your commander Xue Boren, and run to the governor to make a big noise. ”

"The last general would rather hit the golden bell than break the drum three thousand."

"Who do you say is the broken drum?"

Wang Hanxin immediately shrank his neck when he heard this, and when he looked back, it was Xue Boren who stepped into the handsome tent, followed by his brother-in-law Gao Dingbian.

Wang Hanxin, who was arrested, tried hard to search for words to justify: "This is just a metaphor, my lord." It's useless for me to come and ask the adults for war, don't the adults have to obey the command of the Metropolitan Protector? In the future, I am not to blame for what to blame alone, and not on the adults. ”

Xue Boren slapped Wang Hanxin's head fiercely, and said with a smile: "When you kid said it, it seems that you are quite selfless." Didn't you just come here to mess around so you could go to war? I said, why don't you kid do anything you don't dare to do? ”

Wang Hanxin touched his head and said, "The lesson of the adults is that as long as you can let the Tiger Guard Battalion go to the battlefield, you can say anything." ”

Chang Miao laughed: "Okay, okay, Wang Hanxin, it's good that you kid has guts, but you also have to pay attention to the rules and regulations." Everyone comes to me like you to make trouble, isn't my handsome account a bazaar? Thinking of your first offense, I won't pursue you this time. ”

Wang Hanxin raised his head and said: "Lord Duhu, whether you chase or not is secondary, you can give a word about whether the Tiger Guard Battalion can go to the battlefield." ”

Chang Miao couldn't help but turn around and glance at Mu Yanping, the guard behind him, then turned around and shook his head and smiled: "You thorn, don't worry, good steel is on the blade, how can this governor hide the tiger guard camp without it." Don't look at the attack now, while your Tiger Guard Battalion is on standby in the rear. That's because the time has not yet come when you really need your strength, so you can rest in the rear, and when the time comes, you will face the fiercest and hardest battles. ”

Wang Hanxin jumped up and said: "So that's the case, Lord Duhu, you said it earlier, I would have saved this trouble." The last will be retired. ”

Chang Miao smiled and watched Wang Hanxin retreat respectfully, Xue Boren shook his head and smiled and retreated. Chang Miao turned around and said to Mu Yanping: "If only this kid could have half of your courtesy." ”

Mu Yanping bowed his head and replied: "The villain thinks that Lord Wang's character is quite good, if you use etiquette to restrain him, I am afraid it will wipe out his sharpness." ”

"You're three years younger than him, but you talk like his brother, it's the other way around. Well, you have a point. ”

Chang Miao lowered his head and continued to think on the map. After a while, a flag officer hurriedly ran in and said, "Report, my lord, urgent report on the Western Front!" ”

Chang Miao hurriedly raised his head, took the urgent report from his hand and took a look, and was immediately taken aback: it said that Su Chengdong led his troops to be attacked by enemy reinforcements in Dingzhou City, suffered heavy losses, and the deputy general Wu Yuanlong was killed! (To be continued......)