On the morning of the sixth day of the fifth lunar month, Quan Baicao and Xiangxian Buyi saw the battlefield full of corpses again, and their hearts were greatly afraid.

They can't afford to lose this battle, and if they lose Goguryeo, they will be destroyed, so this battle can't be fought like this, and if they continue to fight like this, they will inevitably be eaten clean by the opponent with superior troops. If they did not immediately change their strategy, the two armies of Quan Baicao and Quan Xianbu were also in danger of being destroyed.

The spring grass and the first do not seem to retreat. After continuous fighting, the enemy is tired and needs to rest, which is the best opportunity for their own side to withdraw to the south bank of the Dading River.

But at this moment, the order of Yizhi Wende was delivered, and Gai Baowen was sent to lead the army to support, asking them to stick to the north bank of the Dading River and fight to the death with the enemy.

Quan Baicao and Xiangxian immediately cut off the idea of retreating, and led the men and horses of the headquarters to line up against the Dading River, confront the enemy, and wait for reinforcements.

On the sixth day of the fifth month, in the afternoon, Li Fengyun received an urgent report from the scouts that another enemy reinforcement had arrived in the direction of Qingchuan.

At this time, don't talk about Li Fengyun, even an ordinary general with the surname of Anton Han and Han, he also knows what the purpose of the enemy's continuous reinforcement is, that is, to drag his own side with the technique of adding oil, continue to consume his own strength, and wait until his side is exhausted, the food and grass are cut off, and it is difficult to continue, the enemy will launch a fierce counterattack, and the blow will be fatal.

"How many defenders are there in Qingchuan?"

This is Li Fengyun's doubt, and it is also what the generals are puzzled about. Qingchuan certainly did not have 50,000 defenders, but the fact in front of him was that during these five days, Qingchuan sent a support army every day, and each support army was 10,000 people, which was enough to show that the number of Qingchuan defenders far exceeded previous expectations.

So, where did this far more unexpected army come from? It must have been Pyongyang, Cheongcheon was reinforced by Pyongyang. At present, the defense line of Yalu Water is very tight, and the warring sides are facing each other across the river, and they are unable to take care of Cheongcheon at all, so only Pyongyang can provide strong support to Cheongcheon.

If this inference is correct, the current defensive force of Pyongyang is not as strong as imagined, which will undoubtedly help Li Fengyun to rush to Pyongyang with the Election Front Ma Army, and help the Andong Army to capture Pyongyang.

"How many enemy troops are there in Qingchuan City now?"

Li Fengyun's entanglement on this issue attracted the attention of Han Shige, Luo Yi and Ashinaduer, and the three of them pondered intently, and a little later, Luo Yi, who was more familiar with the Goguryeo people and the Liaodong battlefield, was the first to discover the crux of the problem.

"The enemy continues to increase troops in Dadinghe, and it seems that he wants to fight with us at any cost, but in fact, he has another backhand, and his purpose is to drag us down, and then eat it in one bite, lay down the victory in one fell swoop, and decide the winner in one battle." Luo Yi said, "Just like the Sashui Battle the year before last, the enemy kept retreating, continuing to consume and fatigue us, and when we ran out of food and grass and retreated in a hurry, we suddenly struck a blow and killed us. ”

Speaking of this, Luo Yi looked at Li Fengyun and said solemnly, "Now it is certain that Yizhi Wende is in Qingchuan City, except for him, no one dares to practice the technique of adding oil, and no one dares to risk the danger of the loss of the Qingchuan defense line to pour out of the nest, and the technique of Yizhi Wende to add oil is definitely not mediocre and incompetent, but to throw bait, set traps, and wipe us out, the method is nothing more than to show the enemy weakness first, to sacrifice the Qingchuan defenders to consume and drag us down, and at the same time transfer troops from other places, set up ambushes on all sides, just wait for us to run out of food and grass, it is difficult to hold on." When we had to withdraw, we suddenly launched a fierce counterattack, surrounded and intercepted, and put us to death. ”

"Xiangyang is reasonable." Han Shige nodded again and again, agreeing with Luo Yi's analysis, "When the troops of Qingchuan are exhausted, in order to encircle and annihilate us, Eji Wende can only transfer more reinforcements from Pyongyang, and even draw troops from the Yalu Water Defense Line, so the situation is very favorable to us." ”

Speaking of this, Han Shige looked at Luo Yi with a mocking look in his eyes, "Could it be that the Xiangyang Public has a way to persuade Yuwen Shu to do his best to cross the Yalu River and join my Andong army in Pyongyang?" ”

Luo Yi ignored Han Shige's cynicism and continued to say to Li Fengyun, "If the speculation is correct, this battle will be easy to fight, and we will be able to take the initiative and always control the development of the war." ”

Li Fengyun shook his hand, "A certain tomorrow will lead the army to cross the Sashui eastward, and the day after tomorrow will be killed under the city of Pyongyang, and the enemy's Qingchuan defense line will immediately fall into the dilemma of being attacked by the enemy on the back of the belly. Will he do his best to fight our army in a decisive battle at the Dading River? ”

Luo Yi hesitated for a moment and said, "Yizhi Wende will never give up the Qingchuan defense line. Once the Cheongcheon defense line is lost, the Yalu water defense line will also lose support, then our Eastern Expeditionary Army will be able to rush to Pyongyang before the rainy season and win enough time to attack, and Goguryeo will definitely be destroyed, so even if Eulji Mundeok is in a desperate situation, he must defend Cheongcheon. ”

Speaking of this, Luo Yi suddenly understood why Li Fengyun was worried. If Eulji Wende defends Qingchuan and Yuwenshu does not attack, the Goguryeo army of the Yalu water defense line will inevitably support, so the battle situation will be very unfavorable to the Andong army, because the Andong army has a fatal point, that is, the grain and grass weapons will soon be cut off, unless Li Fengyun leads the Xuanfeng Ma army to create a miracle, capture Pyongyang with lightning speed, and give Goguryeo a fatal blow, otherwise the Andong army will definitely be trapped in the grain and grass crisis, and finally can only hate the Dading River and go away.

The Anton Army must break the situation, and it must rely on its own strength to break the situation, how to break it?

Counting on Li Fengyun to create a miracle and capture Pyongyang with lightning speed is tantamount to a fool's dream, so if the Andong army wants to break the situation, the key is still in the Dading River battlefield, or to defeat the enemy army, and also to fight quickly, forcing Pyongyang to do its best to support Qingchuan, and then create better fighters for Li Fengyun, even if it can't capture Pyongyang, it must sweep through the surrounding areas of Pyongyang, loot enough grain and grass to alleviate its own crisis, or force Pyongyang to abandon the Yalu water defense line, so that the eastern expeditionary army can cross the river, can give food and grass support to the Anton army.

However, Li Fengyun will cross the Sashui tomorrow, and he will be replaced by Li Zixiong, who came to the rescue, but can Li Zixiong absolutely control the command? The king of Qi and Li Zixiong came together, will the king of Qi compete for command? If the king of Qi insisted on fighting for command and formed a fierce conflict with the generals of Anton Han, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Luo Yi looked at the silent Han Shige, and then at the gloomy Ashina Er, and said, "Don't expect Yuwenshu, if you want to win this battle, we can only rely on ourselves." ”

Han Shige sneered and asked bluntly, "Tomorrow night at the latest, the King of Qi will be able to arrive at the battlefield, what if the King of Qi finds you first and asks you to accept his command and obey his orders?" ”

Luo Yi hesitated for a moment, and said tactfully, "Since the King of Qi is in danger and comes to the battlefield in person, his purpose is, of course, to win the battle, to defeat Goguryeo, and to make meritorious contributions. ”

"Well said." Han Shige laughed, "In this way, you can stand aside and watch the excitement, watch my Anton army fight bloodily, and the corpses are all over the field, and then the king of Qi will regain the trust of the Holy Lord with the merit of destroying Goguryeo and eradicating the Anton army, and you will also be promoted to the rank of knight because of your meritorious assistance, as for my Anton soldiers, I can only bury my bones in the wilderness and be wiped out." ”

Luo Yi glanced at Li Fengyun, who was expressionless, and finally couldn't help but sneer, "You can not listen to King Qi, and the Anton Army can do whatever it wants, but once this battle is lost, the King of Qi will certainly have to pay a heavy price, and it may also be wiped out, and how can the Anton Army be alone?" ”

Han Shige did not hesitate and-for-tat, "Because of this, I, Anton, have to control my own destiny, neither can I make wedding clothes for others, nor can I be framed by others." ”

"At the moment of the great enemy, the decisive battle is imminent, we must unite and work together." Luo Yi pointed at Li Fengyun and asked sharply, "At such a critical moment, why did you insist on leaving the Dading River and personally leading the Ma army to attack Pyongyang?" As long as you stay in Dadinghe, even if the King of Qi has the heart to fight for command, it will be difficult to achieve full success, which will undoubtedly help us win this battle. ”

Li Fengyun didn't say a word.

Ashina Err couldn't bear it anymore, and asked sharply, "Who can command Anton's army?" Can you? Can you command Andong Malaysia's army to attack Pyongyang? ”

As soon as these words came out, Luo Yi was speechless. The composition of the Andong horse army is very complex, there are Turks, Donghu races, horse thieves and robbers of various races, and nearly 10,000 people control the strings, these unruly barbarians and brave only recognize Li Fengyun and only listen to Li Fengyun's orders, and if they want to kill and kill the surrounding areas of Pyongyang to burn and kill, and plunder, this galloping and coming and going like the wind is the most suitable, so it is impossible for Li Fengyun to continue to stay in the Dading River battlefield.

So things are complicated, and if you want to make things simple, you must let the Anton people control the command, only in this way can the interests of Anton be protected to the greatest extent, and the Anton army can do its best to fight this important battle related to life and death, but in the current situation, if you want Li Zixiong, Han Shige and others to firmly control the command of the battlefield, Luo Yi's attitude is very important.

So Luo Yi was in a predicament. Supporting King Qi is equivalent to standing in line, and it is also a political team, in the future, Luo Yi is speechless, and Dongdu will not give him a chance to defend himself, and he will be beaten to death with a stick, on the contrary, not supporting King Qi is equivalent to supporting Anton, and the result is equally serious.

The more Luo Yi thought about it, the more angry he became, and he hated Cui Hongsheng who pushed him into the "pit".

However, the contradiction must be solved after all, this battle can only be won and not defeated, so Luo Yi can only choose the lesser of two evils, and a choice must be made, and the best choice is undoubtedly to support Anton, win this battle first, and get the practical benefits first, but if you are an enemy of the King of Qi, it will be difficult to guarantee the future interests, after all, the Holy Lord is such a prince, who dares to pat his chest and say that the King of Qi is not the future monarch of Middle-earth? It's just that in the current situation, if you can't grasp the immediate interests, there will be no future, so Luo Yi actually has no second choice at all.

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