On the morning of the fourth day of the fifth month, the three armies of Goguryeo launched a fierce attack on the north bank of the Dading River.

Anton's Ma army also dispatched all of them, taking advantage of their own advantages, attacking half-crossing, and doing their best to kill the enemy.

At noon, Li Fengyun ordered all units of the Ma army to feign exhaustion and slowly retreat to lure the enemy deeper.

In the afternoon, the Goguryeo people finally seized the tidal flats and landed on the north bank of the Dading River. The Goguryeo people attacked for four days in a row, and they were also exhausted, especially the two divisions of Shaomurin and Quanbaicao, with thousands of casualties and a sharp decline in combat effectiveness, so after crossing the river, it was difficult to continue, only the division Xin department that came to support yesterday was full of morale and physical strength, and it was decided to fight again, the soldiers were full of spirits and made a fierce attack, and Shi Xin issued an order to pursue the victory and make persistent efforts to kill Huicheng before dark.

Almost at the same time, on the hill more than ten miles outside Huicheng, Li Fengyun and Fengchen came to Han Shige and Luo Yi to rendezvous, and when Li Fengyun told Han and Luo about his encirclement and annihilation deployment, he saw Ashina Duer galloping with a team of light horses.

Li Fengyun's face suddenly gloomy. He had already ordered Ashina to lead his army across Sashui, go deep into the periphery of Pyongyang to burn, kill, and plunder, and try by all means to raise some food and grass for the army to relieve the urgent need, but Ashina Tar obviously refused this order, and not only did not cross Sashui, but returned to the battlefield of the Dading River.

Ashina Tar is the Khan canonized by the Emperor of Middle-earth, an ally of Li Fengyun, not a subordinate of Li Fengyun, so he has the right to refuse to carry out Li Fengyun's order, and Li Fengyun's order is indeed unfavorable to the Turks.

Ashina'er's excuse is very simple, the battle of Dading River is very important, if it is fought well and won, it can not only achieve the goal of nourishing the war with war, effectively alleviate its own grain and grass crisis, but also control the initiative of the entire war situation, and can even determine the victory or defeat of this Eastern Crusade. On the contrary, once Pyongyang was frightened, made a miscalculation, and ordered the Qingchuan defenders to retreat on all fronts, wouldn't it seriously affect the battle of Dading River and affect the overall plan?

At this point, Li Fengyun has no intention of pursuing it, and has made the contradiction public, and in front of Han Shige and Luo Yi, it is bound to damage his authority and destroy internal unity.

Near dusk, Shi Xin led his army to the mountains fifteen miles away from Huicheng, and collided head-on with Anton's tiger army, which had been waiting here.

Guo Ming gave an order, and the tiger roared out, like a blade in the sky, chopping it down with a knife, and the mountain collapsed and the ground cracked.

The Middle-earth Banner flew in the air, the Middle-earth battle flag was all over the mountains, and the Middle-earth division finally showed its fangs after several days of fierce fighting.

Shi Xin was not afraid, ordered the drums of war to be beaten, and ordered the soldiers to move forward bravely, fight bloodily, and fight to the death.

He also urgently reported that Shaomuro Lin and Izumi Baicao, who were following him, collided head-on with the Middle-earth army and fought fiercely, so please come with quick support.

The sun sets over the horizon, twilight falls, and the sky gets darker.

The Fengyun army appeared, and fought on the left flank of the division; The Leopard cavalry appeared and attacked wildly on the right flank of the division; The Beiping Army appeared, and Luo Yi commanded the elite to go down the mountain and penetrate directly into the enemy's rear, cutting off the enemy's retreat.

It was dark, and Shi Xin's department was surrounded on all sides, and Shaomur Lin and Quan Baicao had just received Shi Xin's alarm and request for help, although they reacted at the first time, ordering their soldiers to rise up and fight forward, break through the enemy's resistance at any cost, and join the division Xin at the front, but it was too late, Andong's army had already dug a trap, and more importantly, Andong's troops were several times that of the enemy, and the Goguryeo people were outnumbered, and they were exhausted after a long battle, and it was difficult to continue.

At this time, it seems that Xian Buyi had led the army to the south bank of the Dading River, and was about to send people across the river to inquire about the military situation, but saw the letters of Shaomurin and Quan Baicao asking for help flying in.

Hearing that the Middle Earth Division appeared, and surrounded the Division Xin, and the Shaomurin and Quan Baicao Divisions were blocked by the Yan Ya and Donghu Gongxian, it was difficult to advance an inch, and they could not tear apart the enemy's defense line to rescue the Division Xin, and the Division Xin Division was in danger, and it seemed that the first Buyi was very surprised, and while ordering the soldiers under his command to prepare to cross the river, 100,000 troops were urgently reported to Qingchuan City.

Late at night, Eulzhiwende received an urgent report from the front. He was very calm, the sudden change in the battle situation was expected, it was normal for the forward troops to fall into the enemy's trap, and the next thing was to entangle and fight, whether it was a defeat or Goguryeo defeated the opponent, the opponent fled in embarrassment, the battle situation was under his control, Goguryeo could successfully destroy the enemy's two-way flanking strategy, so as to ensure that the Yalu water defense line held until the rainy season came, which could buy Pyongyang enough time to defend and win valuable life for Goguryeo.

The first goal is to kill a large number of enemy living forces at any cost, followed by the rescue division of the Xin Division, if the battle situation permits, it can be combined with the division and the outside to form a counter-encirclement of the enemy and inflict heavy losses on the enemy.

He also urgently reported to Gao Jianwu in Pyongyang, the war has begun, the war situation is changing rapidly, at this critical moment, Pyongyang's security is of paramount importance, please Gao Jianwu must be vigilant and do his best to protect the city.

He also urgently told Jiang Yiwei of the Yalu Water Defense Line that the main army of Middle-earth may cross the river to attack at any time, so he must be careful and prepare for war with all his might, and not be careless about the enemy.

He also reported to the king Gao Yuan, the current situation of the war is favorable to me, but I want to fight a quick victory, once the delay is too long, the enemy's main army forcibly crosses the Yalu water, I will suffer from the enemy on my back, and the consequences are worrying.

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On the fourth day of the fifth month, on the night, Li Fengyun received an urgent report that Qingchuan had reinforcements arriving on the south bank of the Dading River, so that in a battle tomorrow, more than 60,000 soldiers on his side would have to fight with 40,000 elite enemy troops, which was very unfavorable to the Anton army.

Li Fengyun urgently summoned Han Shige, Luo Yi and Ashina to discuss specifically.

"The enemy's intention is obvious, that is, to entangle us and drag us down, and we are short of food and grass, and we are short of weapons, and once we fall into a stalemate, we will definitely be defeated in the end." Li Fengyun's expression was grim, and he shook his head again and again, "We must fight quickly, otherwise this battle will definitely be lost." ”

Li Fengyun looked at Han Shige, then at Luo Yi and Ashina, and waved his hand vigorously, "Let the soldiers eat and drink enough, after midnight, the army of Tiger Ben, Fengyun, Leopard Cavalry, and Xiangyang Gong (Luo Yi) were all thrown into the battlefield, and they launched an encirclement and annihilation overnight, and when it was dawn, the enemy was scarred and dying, and then the horse army charged from all sides, and it was decided to fight." Only in this way can we free up our hands to confront the enemy's main force, otherwise the situation of the battle is very likely to get out of control, and once it gets out of control, our previous efforts will be in vain. ”

Han Shige nodded and agreed with Li Fengyun's suggestion, "King Qi and Li Zixiong are leading the army to come day and night, if we calculate at the fastest speed, the eighth day of the first month should be able to rush to the battlefield, even if all the delays, the tenth day of the first month will definitely be able to arrive, so that we can get more than 40,000 fresh troops, and our total strength can exceed 100,000." The 100,000-strong army fought with all their might, and even if both sides were defeated in this battle, the final victory would be ours, and Pyongyang would be just around the corner. ”

As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere suddenly became cold. Luo Yi was expressionless, as long as he won, don't say that both sides will lose, even if his men and horses are finished, he is willing, but the key is, is Li Fengyun willing? Are the Turks, the Tatars, and the Donghu willing? Han Shige said this kind of thing at this moment, I don't know what the intention is, is it to warn Li Fengyun, or is there another intention?

Ashina Duer's face was frosty, in his opinion, this battle can be fought, but what he is most afraid of is that the enemy will make a miscalculation, once Yizhi Wende believes that this is the Middle-earth partial division, it is the strategy of the two-way attack in Middle-earth, so he invested heavy troops on the battlefield of the Dading River, defeated this Middle-earth division at any cost, and did his best to destroy the two-way attack strategy of Middle-earth, then the final result will be bad, both defeats are secondary, the important thing is that Li Fengyun and Anton's army may decline because of this, and even be eaten by the Emperor of Middle-earth.

Li Fengyun's eyes flashed with struggle. He understood Han Shige's thoughts, Han Shige was not optimistic about the outcome of this battle, but Han Shige could not openly oppose Li Fengyun and attack Li Fengyun's authority, and was forced to fight this battle due to the serious shortage of food, grass and weapons, so he was very conflicted and worried, and warned euphemistically in desperation.

The opponent is too powerful, he will plan it, first attract the Anton army with 10,000 troops, and then invest 10,000 troops to tempt the Anton army, and when the Anton army makes up his mind to fight and falls into his trap, he immediately invests another 10,000 troops, this refueling tactic seems to be very low-level, but it is enough to push the Anton army into a dilemma.

To fight or not to fight? In fact, whether you fight or not, the initiative is on the opponent's side. Although the Anton army occupies the advantage of many generals and can win the final victory, but the Anton army has suffered heavy losses, its strength has been greatly reduced, and the gains outweigh the losses, Li Fengyun, Li Zixiong, Han Shige and even the king of Qi will inevitably pay an immeasurable and even the price of life because of the victory of this battle.

At this moment, Luo Yi broke the silence, "How many days can our grain and grass weapons last?" ”

"Grain and grass can last for five days, and weapons can be captured." Li Fengyun replied.

"After King Qi and Li Zixiong arrived at the battlefield three days later, can the grain and grass weapons they brought effectively alleviate this crisis?" Luo Yi asked.

Li Fengyun shook his head, "The crisis will be more serious. ”

Luo Yi smiled bitterly, "In this way, if we want to alleviate this crisis, there are only two ways, one is for General Cui to break through the Yalu Water Defense Line, join us in Qingchuan, and bring us a large number of grain and grass weapons, and one is for us to defeat the enemy and capture the enemy's grain and grass weapons to alleviate our own crisis." ”

Ashina Er immediately asked, "When General Cui received the news that we were fighting fiercely with the enemy at the Dading River, would he immediately cross the river and attack?" ”

Luo Yi rolled his eyes at him and scoffed, "Go dream." ”

"Why?" Ashina couldn't help but ask sharply, "Why don't you attack the heaven-sent fighter?" We are attacking from two sides, the enemy is attacked on the belly and back, and the battle situation is in our favor, why not attack? ”

Luo Yi sneered, pointed at Ashina, and said word by word, "Because you are not Yuwenshu." ”

Ashina was speechless. Yuwenshu is the supreme commander of the Eastern Expeditionary Army, without Yuwenshu's order, Cui Hongsheng can't cross the river to attack, and the grudge between Yuwenshu and Li Pingyuan, Luo Yi may not know, but Ashina is one of the parties, and he is clear. Now that the Anton forces led by Li Pingyuan have sprung up, seriously affecting and even threatening the interests of the political group in the Eastern Capital, the Holy Lord and Yuwen Shu are restless, and now they have finally seized an opportunity to attack and weaken the Anton forces, how can they miss it?

Li Fengyun stretched out his hand and patted Ashinadur, "So we have no choice but to fight, and there is no other way." ”

Han Shige shook his head and sighed, "The battle has developed to this point, we only have one battle, but we must strive for the best result." Perhaps, the enemy in front of us is all the forces that Qingchuan can put into the battlefield. ”

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(End of chapter)