On the night of the sixth day of the fifth month, Etoshi Wende received news from the front that the entire army of the Shaomuro Lin Division was annihilated.

The enemy has a large number of troops and a strong strength, and his own troops have been divided and surrounded by it continuously, and if he does not quickly adjust his countermeasures, he will inevitably repeat the mistakes of the past.

Eulzhiwende was unmoved. The enemy's "vital point" is clear at a glance, as long as your side entangles and fights with it at any cost, you will definitely be able to grasp the enemy's "vital point" and kill it with one blow, so the enemy will continue to fight and devote all its forces to continuously carry out encirclement and annihilation attacks, the loss will be very large, and it will definitely be difficult to continue.

Etoji Wende ordered Izumi Baicao, Seei Xian Buyi, and Gai Baowen, who had just arrived at the front line, to continue the attack tomorrow, but to be sure to hold together and advance together, not to make the same mistake again, and not to let the enemy divide and surround again.

On the morning of the seventh day of the fifth lunar month, Li Fengyun led the Xuanfeng Ma army to evacuate the battlefield of the Dading River and rushed to Sashui.

Han Shige took over the command and ordered all units of the infantry corps to confront the enemy according to the favorable terrain, and if the enemy took the initiative to attack, they would feint defeat and leave, and not engage in battle.

The Goguryeo people were defeated but not declining, turned their grief into strength, and attacked in a big way. In the morning, Gai Baowen led the army to cross the river and joined the two divisions of Quan Baicao and Seexian Buyi, and the three armies then lined up in the character of Pinzi and attacked and advanced.

The two sides fought, the Andong army had no intention of fighting and was ready to evacuate at any time, while the Goguryeo people were afraid of repeating the mistakes of the past, so they were cautious and a little forward-looking, so the two sides seemed to be fighting lively, and the drums and trumpets were noisy and killing like thunder, but in fact, the thunder was heavy and the rain was small, and the bluff.

On the seventh day of the fifth month, on the night, King Qi and Li Zixiong led their troops to the battlefield.

Han Shige led the crowd to greet him.

I heard that Li Fengyun led his army east to Sashui this morning, King Qi looked gloomy, Wei Fusi and Li Shanheng also had ugly faces, but Li Zixiong and General Anton knew very well that Li Fengyun intended to use this way to openly slap King Qi's "face", and solemnly warned Anton generals not to stand on the wrong side, asking them to ******** Anton's interests, grasp the military power in their hands, and never let King Qi "bully others" to snatch military power, jam Anton's neck, and endanger Anton's survival.

At the military meeting, Han Shige gave a detailed account of the current battle situation and conveyed Li Fengyun's order, "Deputy Daduhu requires that during his attack on Pyongyang, we must maintain a fierce offensive in the Dajeonghe battlefield to hold back the enemy troops on the front line of Cheongchon and not give the enemy a chance to rush to Pyongyang." ”

Wei Fusi immediately questioned, "The soldiers have traveled long distances, day and night, exhausted, and urgently need to rest, and the armies that rushed to the battlefield in advance, such as Huben and Fengyun, have also been fighting for many days in a row, and it is difficult to continue, and they also need to rest and recuperate, and they must not fight in a hurry, once there is an accident, it will be unimaginable." ”

"At the moment of the great enemy, when there is a fierce battle, how can there be any rest? You will rest, but will the enemy let you breathe? Han Shige sneered, "The battle situation is changing rapidly, and the slightest burnout may lead to annihilation, and tens of thousands of soldiers may be wiped out." You're not resting, you're committing suicide. ”

The purpose of Wei Fusi's questioning was to ask the generals of Anton to "put the position" and concede military power, but Han Shige was unceremonious and refused to give an inch, and his attitude was even tougher than that of Li Zixiong.

Wei Fusi had no choice but to find allies, so he turned his eyes to Luo Yi and asked by name, "Xiangyang Gong has been fighting fiercely for days, have the soldiers under his account suffered heavy casualties?" Exhausted? Is there still room to continue fighting? ”

Luo Yi glanced at him disdainfully, pointed to the east, and said sharply, "Dozens of miles away is Sashui, 200,000 heroic spirits are looking at us, waiting for us to kill the captives, at this moment, we should have no hesitation, sacrifice our lives to the death, bloody fighting, even if we are broken bones." ”

Wei Fusi looked at Luo Yi in surprise, feeling that his brain was in water, even if you don't support King Qi, don't advance and retreat with Anton. With Luo Yi's status, self-protection is especially insufficient, how can he stand in line openly? Openly put yourself in opposition to the Lord and the Center?

King Qi couldn't hide his disappointment, he originally had expectations for Luo Yi, but now it seems that he is still too optimistic. What now? It would be detrimental to the war to continue the stalemate and confrontation with Anton's generals, but to compromise and retreat on this will inevitably deal a serious blow to his authority and be detrimental to his own interests.

King Qi was in a dilemma, so he could only grit his teeth and insist on resting for a day.

Li Zixiong, Han Shige, and Luo Yi simply "do the wicked to the end", anyway, they "tore their faces", and it is impossible to back down in command, if you want to rest, you can rest, we will beat us, you just stand by and watch the excitement.

On the eighth day of the fifth month, Anton's army attacked on all fronts and attacked fiercely.

It seems that it is difficult to resist the first and the first to show signs of defeat. Li Zixiong keenly seized the opportunity, threw the reserve army up, and ordered Zhou Zhong's feather cavalry to cooperate with Lu Xingxing's hussars and Yue Gao's fierce Japanese army, and besiege the troops on three sides.

It seems that he was worried that he would be divided and surrounded, so he retreated decisively and moved closer to the Gai Bao Wen Department that was dragging behind, but he and the Quan Baicao Department went hand in hand and supported each other, and his withdrawal was equivalent to pushing the Quan Baicao Department to the front of the battle array, and the result can be imagined, before Quan Baicao could figure out the situation, he had been surrounded by the Anton Army on all sides and became a turtle in the urn.

At dusk, the fierce battle gradually stopped, and the battle situation became clear again. It seems that the Buyi Department and the Gai Bao Wen Department retreated to the Dading River, lined up with the water, and fought against the water, while the Quanbaicao Department was surrounded and in danger.

Late at night, Eulchi Wende received an urgent report, realizing that he still underestimated the opponent, and underestimated the difficulty of this battle, but fortunately, at this moment, the 20,000 reinforcements sent by Gao Jianwu in Pyongyang have arrived in Qingchuan, and Jiang Yiwei of the Yalu Water Defense Line also knew that the battle of Dadinghe at this moment was related to the victory or defeat of the war and the rise and fall of the kingdom, and also gave strong support, and the 20,000 troops sent had also arrived in Qingchuan City, which gave Eulchi Wende the confidence and strength to win this battle.

Ulzhi Wende decided that tomorrow he personally led 30,000 troops to reinforce the Dading River, leaving 10,000 troops to defend Qingchuan City, and at the same time urgently reported to the king Gao Yuan, Pyongyang Gao Jianwu and Jiang Yiwei of the Yalu water defense line, the Dading River has entered the decisive stage, please Pyongyang and the Yalu water defense line must be on high alert, go all out to ensure that their own defense is foolproof, so as to give the best support to the decisive battle of the Dading River, otherwise even if their side has the chance to win, as long as Pyongyang is in chaos and Yalu Water is lost, even if this battle is won, the crisis cannot be fundamentally reversed.

On the ninth day of the fifth month, the king of Qi, who had rested for a day, saw that the battle situation was favorable to him, and was unwilling to be a bystander, so he led his army into the battlefield despite the dissuasion of Wei Fusi and Li Shanheng.

Li Zixiong, Han Shimo, Luo Yi and others were determined to fight a quick battle and do their best to annihilate the enemy forces in the encirclement, so that no matter whether the Goguryeo people retreated to Cheongcheon, confronted each other across the river, or even fought back frantically at any cost, the enemy forces in Cheongcheon were in fact unable to take care of Pyongyang, which obviously helped Li Fengyun to attack Pyongyang.

King Qi took the initiative to compromise and take the initiative to participate in the war, and Li Zixiong and Han Shige of course warmly welcomed him. After the consultation between the two sides, the king of Qi took the initiative to take over the task of blocking the enemy from preserving his own strength, while the main force of the Anton army was responsible for encircling and killing the enemy in the encirclement.

King Qi commanded 20,000 elite guards to enter the battlefield, quickly changing the tide of the battle, and the originally impressive fighting seemed to be the first Buyi and Gai Baowen troops as if they had hit a strong city wall, not only difficult to advance an inch, but retreating step by step.

At the same time, Li Zixiong and Han Shige commanded six armies, including Huben, Fengyun, Hussar, Scorching Sun, Leopard Cavalry and Feather Cavalry, which rushed towards the besieged enemy army like a tide, and in a short period of time, they broke the enemy's battle formation and began bloody killing.

The battle has entered the white heat, it seems that Xian Buyi and Gai Bao Wen have a bad premonition, worried that Quan Baicao will repeat the mistake of defeat, fortunately, Ulzhi Wende is coming with rapid reinforcements, as long as Quan Baicao persists until tonight, and until Wing Zhi Wende arrives on the battlefield, there is hope that the battle situation will be reversed, otherwise Quan Baicao's body will be collected.

However, relying only on the strength of Quan Baicao's army, it is obviously difficult to support, and it still needs the help of friendly forces, so it seems that Xian Buyi and Gai Baowen also let go. Now go all out, even if you finish beating the men and horses, even if you still can't rescue Quan Baicao and the besieged soldiers, at least you can give the enemy the maximum damage, and you can buy precious rescue time for Etozhi Wende.

In the afternoon, the battle became more and more intense, especially the blocking battlefield, Luo Yibu suffered great losses because of the continuous fighting, the physical strength of the soldiers was seriously overdrawn, and the combat effectiveness declined rapidly. As a last resort, Luo Yi had no choice but to ask King Qi for help.

Wei Fusi hurriedly dissuaded, how the battle situation will develop is not clear, whether he can win this battle depends on Li Fengyun to create a miracle, if he can capture Pyongyang with lightning speed, then the third eastern crusade can win the final victory, on the contrary, this long-distance Andong army may suffer a catastrophe, once the situation deteriorates to the point of no return, whether the king of Qi can retreat with all his divisions depends on the size of his own strength, so now he can't fight to the death, can't fight to the death, can't lose too much, like Luo Yi's reckless life, If you're not careful, you'll be done with yourself.

King Qi hesitated. The stakes are very high, if Luo Yi is not given support and the enemy breaks through the defensive line, it will inevitably affect the ongoing encirclement and annihilation battle, and even affect the development of the entire battle situation.

At this moment, Li Zixiong sent someone to send the news, the scouts from the north bank of the Dading River to find that the enemy reinforcements are coming quickly, and the number of troops, roughly estimated that there are twenty or thirty thousand horses, so the time left for their own siege is very small, if their own side can not completely annihilate the enemy in the encirclement before dark, they have to spit out the prey in their mouths, after all, their own losses are great, exhausted, and they can not fight again, once the enemy reinforcements arrive after the two sides fight into a stalemate, it is bound to lose both, and it is seriously unfavorable to their side.

The king of Qi no longer hesitated, nor did he accept Wei Fusi's advice, and resolutely ordered all the reserve forces to be thrown into the battlefield, supporting Luo Yi on the one hand, and strengthening the defense line on the other, and swearing not to retreat.

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