There have been many changes in the country of silk, and Chang Miao, who is far away in Liaodong, has also heard of it. But he didn't pay much attention to these events. The reason is very simple, according to his understanding of Emperor Liu Yutong, no matter which faction in the court and China prevails, Liu Yutong will not be able to sit idly by, and will soon re-establish the balance between the two sides. Since the emperor had already decided to use troops against Goryeo, he would not easily change his course. Rather than worrying about the changes in the DPRK, it is more useful to focus on how to deal with the invading Goryeo army in front of you.

Since the encounter on Liaoshui, Chang Miao has strengthened the garrison on the north bank of Liaoshui, and Ayizhi's several attempts to cross Liaoshui have been thwarted by Chang Miao. After that, Ah Yi Chi changed his strategy, on the one hand, he kept asking King Choi Wende to increase his troops, and the number of Goryeo soldiers had approached 100,000 in a few months; On the other hand, it constantly sent troops to attack the city of Silk Country south of Liaoshui. Rather than reluctantly crossing the river to defeat Chang Miao's Liaodong army, it would be more in line with Ayizhi's own wishes to reap the actual benefits.

In the face of the powerful Goryeo army, the Liaodong defenders of the Silk Country lacked the necessary material preparations, insufficient food and grass, and the retreat route was cut off, so their options were very limited and frustrating: some defenders chose to retreat to the north bank of Liaoshui, so they lost the support of the city and became the prey of the Goryeo army in the field battle, and the people also fell into the hands of the Goryeo people and became the object of being **; Some of the guards surrendered because of Chengyun's persuasion; Others chose to hold on, and the result was clear: the cities were quickly breached by the Goryeo army. Ayizhi executed all the troops of the Silk Country who dared to resist, and even the inhabitants of the city were spared, and all these cities became dead cities. Not only did the city fall one by one, but the towns, villages, and villages around the city were not spared. In this way, almost all the south of Liaoshui fell under the control of the Goryeo army.

Faced with this situation, Chang Miao also felt very helpless. In terms of the current strength of the Liaodong Army, although it is more than 100,000, if all the troops stationed in it are gathered, it may be as high as 200,000 people, but the combat ability will not be improved much because of this, with the current combat effectiveness of the army of the country of Juan, it should not be a problem to hold the Liaoshui defense line, but if you want to take the initiative to attack, it will be very difficult to win. For those cities and people south of Liaoshui, Chang Miao also organized many rescue teams, but with little success. Less than 10 percent of the total number of people who have been successfully rescued. There were constantly scattered civilians and border guards who fled to the Liaoshui River, and the miserable situation made all the Liaodong troops indignant and asked Chang Miao for war. Chang Miao could only persuade him with good words, no matter how high the morale was, he couldn't let these soldiers die in vain.

During this time, Chang Miao's main job was to train his soldiers and familiarize them with the tactics of warfare against the Goryeo army. In addition, he had a plan to organize an elite cavalry unit to serve as the backbone of the entire army. Due to Chen Yunhai's unfortunate death on the battlefield, the formation and training of this cavalry was handed over to the veteran He Ling. Although He Ling is experienced, Chang Miao thinks that it is not suitable for such an old general to be the commander of this cavalry, so Chang Miao promoted Su Chengdong, who performed well in the last battle, as He Ling's deputy general, with the intention of testing Su Chengdong's ability to replace He Ling.

This morning, Chang Miao returned to the camp after watching the soldiers' morning exercises, and happened to meet Su Chengdong coming back to pay the order.

A few days ago, Yulongzhai was attacked by the Goryeo army, and Chang Miao ordered Su Chengdong to lead 3,000 cavalry to relieve the siege. Having said that, Chang Miao is actually not hopeful about this rescue operation, the reason is that Yulongzhai is remote, and it has taken five full days to send the letter to Liaoshui, even if the cavalry is immediately dispatched, it will take more than two days, and Yulongzhai is a very small village, and the defenders are only a hundred people, not to mention holding on for seven days, it is difficult to even one day.

However, the battle report brought by Su Chengdong surprised Chang Miao. When he led the army to arrive, not only did the Jade Dragon Village not be lost, but more than half of the 1,000 Goryeo troops who went to attack were killed or wounded, and as soon as Su Chengdong's cavalry arrived, there was no Goryeo army left under the internal and external attacks, and all of them were annihilated.

Chang Miao immediately became interested and ordered Su Chengdong to explain in detail the defensive layout of Yulong Village. When Su Chengdong was halfway through the demonstration, Chang Miao's face changed. Because he has already seen that this defensive layout is very reasonable and practical according to the topography, and the person who can put on this kind of defense is by no means an idle person.

"Who is the commander of the Jade Dragon Village? Run again, and bring this man to me!" ”

Su Chengdong smiled slightly and replied, "Returning to Lord Duhu, this person's name is Xue Boren, and he is a Bai Chang. The young general had already brought him and his remaining soldiers and was waiting outside the camp. ”

Chang Miao looked at Su Chengdong with interest and said, "How do you know that this governor wants to see this person?" ”

Su Chengdong clenched his fists and replied: "The young general is also surprised by this battle, so he feels that it is necessary to introduce talents to Lord Duhu. If Lord Tsugo-sama doesn't mean this, the young general will keep this person in his account. ”

"Hmph, with Bendu here, you don't want to fatten yourself. Let him in. ”

"Yes." Su Chengdong agreed and strode out of the tent. After a while, he led a person into the tent again.

Chang Miao saw that the person who came was of medium stature, with a tiger's back and a bear's waist, a dark complexion, and he looked like he was forty years old, and he was indeed an excellent martial artist.

"The villain Xue Boren has seen Lord Duhu." Xue Boren clasped his fists and saluted.

"No need to be polite," Chang Miao waved his hand and said: "Xue Boren・・・・・・ if I'm not mistaken, about twenty years ago, there was a martial champion named Xue Boren, I don't know if he is the same person?" ”

"Returning to the capital to protect the adult, it is the villain."

Not only Chang Miao, but even Su Chengdong was taken aback, how did the dignified martial champion become a small Bai Chang after 20 years? Chang Miao hurriedly stood up and said, "It turned out to be a senior, rude and rude." I don't know how I became a chief? ”

Xue Boren's voice was obviously a little trembling: "Back to the capital to protect the lord, the villain was sent to Liaodong by the military department after being admitted to the martial arts champion that year, although he did not make any great achievements, but he also achieved the position of the captain of the school, but one year there was a tribal rebellion near the Bohai Sea, when the villain was ordered to quell the rebellion with the army, after the rebellion was quelled, the then commander Cheng Yun ordered all the tribe members to be executed, the villain was unwilling to carry out this order, and contradicted Cheng Yun, so he was stripped of his military post and punished as a deserter. After that, Cheng Yun found an excuse to punish me for being a pawn raising horses. It took more than ten years to regain the position of Bai Chang. ”

"Such a thing! Cheng Yun really covered the sky in Liaodong, and let the dignified martial champion be buried here for more than ten years! Chang Miao couldn't help but get up when he heard this, took a few steps and grabbed Xue Boren's hand and said: "Lord Xue, today finally happened to let this governor meet you, please rest assured, this governor will definitely go to the court, and never let your skills go to waste!" I hope you will be loyal to the emperor regardless of your past suspicions. ”

"Yes, the villain will live up to the expectations of the Lord Protector!" Xue Boren said, two lines of hot tears could not help rolling down his cheeks.