For Lu Xuan, who is already determined to fight to the death, there should be no news that can make him slump, because the worst-case scenario has already been rehearsed in his mind. But when the reality comes, the impact is still hard to bear.

The first news came that the capital of Hamgyong Province, Hamhung Province, had been lost, and the defender Han Wen had been martyred.

Although Han Wen was a military general of the Ayi faction, when faced with the crisis of the collapse of Goryeo, he still put aside his factional views and resolutely accepted Lu Xuan's appointment to take on the defense of eastern Goryeo. In terms of Hangeul's ability, he can be regarded as a general who can take charge on his own, and he is also one of the only remaining veterans in the Goryeo army. It's a pity that he only has more than 30,000 troops at hand, which is already the limit of what Lu Xuan can deploy. Han Wen is not like Lu Xuan, who always insists on only mastering the most elite troops in his hands, and only regards the motley troops composed of ordinary people as a force to attack and harass behind enemy lines. Therefore, after Han Wen took office, he temporarily recruited rebel warriors to fill the shortage, but due to the attacks of Wang Hanxin and Gao Dingbian, the population of this area was reduced, and it was almost impossible to recruit soldiers. The troops, barely cobbled together from the rear, also lacked training. It turned out that what he was doing was just what he was doing. Far from being as effective as they should be, these untrained troops and improvised armies of civilians dragged down Han Wen himself.

Gai Yanxiao of the Liaodong Army soon found out about this, luring the inexperienced recruits out of the city to attack, and then surrounded them, but deliberately let go of the soldiers who asked for help and let them bring the news to Hangul. Due to the huge number of troops besieged, Han Wen would not be able to maintain the battle line if he did not save him. Therefore, troops had to be sent to the rescue. At this time, Gai Yanxiao dispatched heavy troops to surround Han Wen's reinforcements.

Hanwen is said to have died quite a heroic death. When there were only more than 100 people left around him, he still fought with his wounds. Launched a decisive assault towards the Liaodong Army, and successfully broke into the position of Zhong He, the deputy general of the Liaodong Army. Later, Han Wen tried his best to seriously injure Zhonghe, and he himself died in the chaos. Later, Zhong He died of this serious injury, and it can be regarded as Han Wen who pulled a senior general of the Silk Country as a backing when he was dying.

Han Wen's death was a happy one for him personally, as a military general died with the enemy generals at the last moment, and at the same time avoided seeing the fall of Goryeo. However, as far as the overall situation of the war between Goryeo and the country of Silk is concerned, it was disastrous, because his death caused the defense system of Hamgyong Province to collapse, and finally the fall of Hamgyong Province, almost all of which were directly or indirectly related to his death. And if it weren't for Gai Yanxiao's efforts to capture White Wolf Mountain and open up the communication between the eastern and western armies, then the land lost by Goryeo would not only be Hamgyong Province.

The loss of Hamhung Province meant the collapse of the armed forces on the eastern front of Goryeo. For Roh Hyun, the gates of Goryeo's east coast were completely open. Although the loyal and brave army organized by King Fu Cui Jianjiang blocked this gap in time and stopped the rapid southward attempt of the army of the Silk Country, this was not known to Lu Xuan at that time.

Immediately after the second bad news followed, the navy army of the Silk Country, which had been silent, finally showed its fangs, Zheng Menglong led 20,000 sailors into the Datong River, successfully landed on the south bank after burning all the iron chains of the Hengjiang River, and built a pontoon bridge for the Liaodong army to pass through with boats. The city of Pyongyang was already directly exposed to the enemy.

While receiving these two bad news, Lu Xuan himself was also under the onslaught of the Silk Country. The success of the Qingshan attack allowed Gao Dingbian to free up more forces to attack the Goryeo troops in the middle lane at Chaijing from the flank, and Su Chengdong's attack became more fierce at this time. It became increasingly difficult to maintain a defensive formation. Lu Xuan simply couldn't afford to send troops to rescue the friendly troops trapped in Qingshan.

Faced with the crisis, Lu Xuan had to convene the generals to discuss whether to continue to fight to the death or go south to defend the capital.

Unexpectedly, everyone had little interest in Gongwei Capital. unanimously demanded that the war to the death with the country of silk be continued to the end. In this regard, the guest general Chengyun made the most popular explanation: "Now that the army is returning to Pyongyang, Su Chengdong will not give us the opportunity to cross the river at all, and our army will be completely defeated by the river." At that time, there will be no return. Take 10,000 steps back, even if we succeed in retreating south. The city of Pyongyang is no longer the Pyongyang city of the past. We are bent on defending the national capital, who can guarantee that Ah Yizhi will not use the crime of disadvantage against us? Rather than die under the sword of your own people. We might as well fight the enemy vigorously to the last drop of blood. ”

After listening to everyone's opinions, Lu Xuan nodded and smiled knowingly, and said, "All the princes have this heart, how can this handsome have other intentions?" Ladies and gentlemen, the city of Pyongyang will not be so easy to conquer, as long as we drag Su Sung-dong here for a day, Pyongyang will be safe for a day! Perhaps, Pyongyang will fall, and we will all die here, but we will show the people of Goryeo with our blood! The enemy can destroy our flesh, but they cannot conquer the will of our Goryeo people! The resistance of the Goryeo army and people will never be broken! ”

"Fight to the death! Fight to the death! The generals roared together.

The ensuing battle can be described in just two words, and that is fierce. The Goryeo army, which had been fighting for their lives, suddenly became more frenzied, and it was clear that they were in a disadvantageous situation everywhere, and their numbers were getting smaller and smaller, but the Goryeo army had no intention of backing down, and they pounced on the army of the Silk Country like wounded lions, wielding everything that could be used as weapons until they themselves were reduced to a pile of lifeless flesh and blood.

In the face of the frantic battle of the Goryeo army, the army of the country of silk obviously had the advantage, and the casualties were far less than that of the Goryeo army, but they lost in momentum, and many troops would even retreat unconsciously when they saw the counter-assault of the Goryeo army. At this juncture, there was only one unit that was not overwhelmed by the momentum of the Goryeo army, and that was the Tiger Guard Battalion.

The soldiers of the Tiger Guard Battalion are all carefully selected from the Liaodong Army, and their will to fight is much higher than that of other troops, and the hands of these soldiers in previous years can be said to be full of blood debts, and the Goryeo Army's hatred of this army is far greater than that of other troops, so this army is also merciless to the Goryeo Army. In fact, there is a more important reason in addition to this, that is, they have a terrifying commander - Wang Hanxin.

Since Gao Dingbian served as the vanguard officer of the crusade against Goryeo, Wang Hanxin, as the deputy vanguard, has actually become the supreme commander of the Tiger Guard Battalion. And this person, who even our personnel think is notorious, has always been particular about killing the Goryeo army. Under his command, the soldiers of the Tiger Guard Battalion were like wolves and tigers, and they were not afraid to face the Goryeo army.

The Liaodong Army's breakthrough in Qingshan can be said to be entirely due to Wang Hanxin's efforts, and it was he who offered his plan to capture Xianli, and it was also his persistence in Xianli that attracted the attack of the Goryeo army that finally achieved the tactical goal. When he was withdrawn from the clam lane, the casualties of more than 3,000 people under his command reached more than seventy percent, and even the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion, who had always been like treasures, lost three hundred people. Wang Hanxin himself frightened his brother Gao Dingbian, because he was full of arrows. As a result, when the armor was taken off, everyone felt unbelievable, and Wang Hanxin's body was unscathed except for the wound of the twenty military sticks beaten by Gao Dingbian, which once again confirmed his title of lucky general.

At the moment when the whole army of the Goryeo Army fought to the death, Wang Hanxin personally led the team into battle to stabilize the morale of other troops. He used his twin knives to turn one Goryeo soldier after another into corpses, slashing and slashing as he yelled, "It's useless to be ruthless!" Lao Tzu hacked him to death with a knife, and it wasn't a pile of meat! Just chop all the Korean dogs into pieces! You won't be ignorant of such a simple thing, right? Those who want to be hacked to death by goryeo dogs should retreat, and those who want to live will be killed with me! Kill all your enemies and you're done! ”

With his encouragement, most of the soldiers regained their will to fight, and Wang Hanxin, with his bravery and the notoriety he had accumulated over the peace, rampage through the Goryeo army, taking the heads of two generals, defeating several Goryeo troops, and finally tearing a hole in the Goryeo defense line in Chaijing. At this time, Gao Dingbian's follow-up troops filled in time and replaced the exhausted soldiers of the Tiger Guard Battalion, and the linkage between the two armies was just right, so that Lu Xuan had no time to launch a counterattack.

In the next two days, the linkage between Gao Dingbian and Wang Hanxin expanded the results. Although the will to fight of the Goryeo army has not weakened in the slightest, Lu Xuan knows in his heart that defeat is inevitable. (To be continued......)