Tsushima Island is located at the eastern mouth of the Goryeo Strait, just 100 miles away from the south coast of Sannam-gun. Tsushima Island has been the southeastern gateway to Goryeo since the Jong clan annexed Goryeo 60 years ago.

Compared to Danluo Island, which is located at the western mouth of the Goryeo Strait, Tsushima Island directly separates Goryeo from the Kyushu and Honshu islands of Fuso, and the strategic position of Tsushima Island is much more important in the eyes of the Goryeo people.

Nahe Azig ran in and said that the Saga clan and the Dakou Chi Zhou coalition had captured Tsushima Island, Qin Zitan was shocked, the pen slipped from his hand, splashed half of the green robe with ink, and hurriedly picked up the pen from the brick floor, and asked Azig: "The news is true?" ”

Qin Zitan only felt that his fingers were numb, this news surprised him too much. This means that the Saga clan and the Great Kou Chi Zhou are all allied with the Huaidong Army, so they will choose this opportunity to declare war on Goryeo in the form of capturing Tsushima Island!

Qin Zitan will not be surprised that the big Kou Chi Guan, who is entrenched in the southern five islands, will recruit security to the Huaidong Army, but the Saga clan has just forcibly cut off Songpu, Hirado and other places for the Huaidong Army, probably the sense of humiliation in his heart has not cooled, how can he change his attitude and make peace and collude with the Huaidong Army?

Qin Zitan subconsciously doubted the correctness of the source, and suspected that the Huaidong Army was using his death to spread false news here!

"The urgent letter sent by the Prime Minister of Goryeo from Yiju was afraid that the Huaidong warship would intercept it, so he sent three groups of people to deliver the letter! The Sanba people have crossed the sea without any problems," said Azig, "and it seems that the battle of Keinohara has to be fought." ”

Lin Jian assigned Songpu, Hirado, Nangodao and other places to the supervision of Danluo State, and established the Dongju Governor's Office, and when the policy of restraint was officially implemented in the Haidong region, Qin Zitan had already crossed the sea to Goryeo with the luxury flying tiger from Honshu Island.

In order to ensure that the combined forces of Chi Zhou and the Saga clan could carry out a surprise attack on Tsushima Island, whether it was the Huaidong Army, or the Chi Guan, Yang or Saga clan, they all strictly controlled the leakage of information.

Whether it is Qin Zitan, or Azig, as well as the generals of the Goryeo monarchs, it is normal that they have not been able to get the news in time across the vast sea of hundreds of miles.

Qin Zitan hurriedly took another topographic map of Haidong from the pile of books and spread it out on the bookcase.

This is a military map of the Terracotta Division of Haiyang County, which is relatively accurate, and is marked with Tsushima Island, Danra Island, and large islands such as Iki Island, Hirado Island, and Goto Islands in the northern part of Kyushu Island.

The combined forces of the Saga clan and Chi Kan captured Tsushima Island and declared war on Goryeo, which was undoubtedly a blow to the head.

The Huaidong Army forcibly cut Matsuura and Hirado from the Saga clan, but Qin Zitan deduced the conflict between the Saga clan and the Huaidong army, and was quite clear about the strength of the Saga clan.

The Saga clan has about 2,000 elite samurai, and the military mobilization of the civilians under its rule can expand the force to about 15,000 in a short period of time.

The Saga clan was strong, but the navy was very weak, and it was suppressed by the Taira clan and the Onsago clan on land, which was not enough to cross the sea to attack Tsushima Island, and the Chi Kan Sho made up for this shortcoming of the Saga clan.

"The Huaidong Army actually used Tsushima Island to weaken the resentment of the Saga clan!" Qin Zitan felt a sense of powerlessness in his heart.

Qin Zitan is conceited, but since the confrontation with Huaidong, he often gives Huaidong unexpected tricks a mess, which also makes it difficult for him to maintain his former self-confidence.

The Saga clan captured Tsushima Island, and between Tsushima Island and Kyushu Island, the pirate forces that occupied the islands of Iki, Okishima, and Kikushima had no choice. Either surrender, or leave the Haidong region and find another way to survive, or wait to be exterminated.

If these islands and Tsushima Island are all assigned to the Saga clan, it will almost be possible to mortgage the loss of the territory of Matsuura and Hirado that the Saga clan ceded to Matsuura and Hirado, and there is still excess - this is the basis for the Saga clan to finally choose to make peace with the Huaidong army!

As for Goryeo, if Tsushima Island is lost, it will be difficult to recapture it if it is not possible to organize a reaction immediately and let the Saga clan gain a foothold on the island.

In addition, Chi Zhou and Saga occupy Tsushima Island, which is only 100 miles away from Shannan County and more than 200 miles by sea from the southeast corner of Haiyang County. Not only did it mean that the mainland of Goryeo would be harassed by pirates, but it also meant that the Huaidong Army had an additional sea force capable of blocking the waters between Haiyang County and Danluo Island.

If the pirate forces between Tsushima and Kyushu Island surrendered to Chikan or Saga on a large scale, the Koreans would have to bear greater risks and losses if they wanted to send grain and grass supplies from Haiyang-gun to Seogwipo.

The battle of Keinohara is imperative.

Whether it is Goryeo or Huaidong Military Division, they will not let the war on Danluo Island drag on, and it is the best choice for each other to have a decisive battle in Xino Plain.

In any case, the Koreans had to fight out of Seogwipo first.

The Goryeo naval forces assembled at Haiyang had lost more than a third of their forces and more ships.

If more than 15,000 Goryeo soldiers were trapped in Seogwipo City and could not get out, because the navy's ability to protect was limited, the point-to-point fixed supply and grain route would be easier to cut off the Huaidong water camp, and it would likely lead to a rout due to lack of food in the end.

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The wind blowing in the early morning of Seogwipo still has a biting chill, and the gate with heavy iron-clad copper nails rattles, and a group of Goryeo soldiers in red clothes and red armor rush out of the gate hole. Duan Dun raised his gun, reflecting the warm morning light, as if it was a sparkling wave.

From the east gate of Seogwipo Fortress to Keinowon, you have to pass through a narrow bottle-shaped section, and then cross the Baraka River to the open terrain of Keno Plain, with Black Rock Mountain in the southwest of Keno Plain, and White Bird Ridge on the northern beachhead of Keno Plain.

Even if Lin Jian was considered to use the water camp to defend Jeju City, and transfer the horse infantry of Huaidong and Danluo to the battle of Xiyeyuan, there would be only 9,000 men at most. As long as the Koreans can seize the Xiye Plain first and set up a position, they can limit the deployment of the Huaidong and Danluo coalition forces.

The first step is to fight for the Creno Plain, and perhaps the moment the army sets foot on the Keino Plain, the battle will be officially launched.

Qin Zitan followed Azig's Donghu team, and they moved to the southeast corner of Xiguipu City, taking charge of occupying a small hill in the southeast corner to prevent the Huaidong army from coming from Heiyan Mountain and attacking the East City Gate. Standing on the top of the mountain, you can clearly see that the Bailuo River in front of you is like a plain white ribbon, lying on the western edge of the Xiye Plain.

Behind the Bailuo River, there is the interception force of the Danluo Wang's army, and the banner is the first and second battalions led by the prince of Danluo. Although there are six battalions in Danluo Wangcheng, there are more than 1,000 soldiers in these two battalions if they have combat effectiveness.

The ice of the Bailuo River has melted, but the river is still shallow, and the river is only five or six zhang wide. The Koreans began to use swords and guns to force the Danra civilians in Seogwipo out of the city, forcing them to take soil to fill in the Baekla River and fill in the route for sending troops.

These civilians are adults, but more are old and weak, women and children.

The families of many old soldiers in the army of Danluo were trapped in the city because they did not have time to escape, and they were expelled at this time, and the Goryeo soldiers were brought guns and spears behind them, and they were coerced to take soil and fill the river.

The beating war drums were devastating, and the veterans of the Danluo Wang's army, who could not disobey the military order, could not bear to shoot arrows at their relatives, so they raised their arrows upwards one after another, wanting to throw them to kill the Goryeo soldiers who were coerced with knives in their backs.

No matter how good a bow is, the range is limited. Countless arrows shot diagonally into the air, and then fell diagonally and landed at the tail of the civilian ranks. A miserable and desperate howl suddenly filled the battlefield.

The civilians who were bound by the coercion saw that the arrows were shot in the air, and one person took the lead, and countless people followed, rushed down the cold Bailuo River, waded through the water and fled to the east bank. Thousands of Korean crossbowmen followed, and hundreds of civilians were shot on the river beaches and valleys. Some did not die on the spot, moaning and wailing, or struggling on the river beach, or in the cold water, trying to stick their heads over the water.

The smell of death pervaded, and the water of the Bailuo River was also stained with a sea of blood, and the river was also blocked by two or three hundred corpses. It can also be regarded as the Korean people who planned to fill the river with corpses from the beginning.

The generals of the Danluo royal army were blinded and shouted, and some of them ignored military discipline and could not contain their fury and tried to rush across the river to stop the massacre of the Goryeo, but they were all shot in the valley.

More civilians fled to the east bank, scattering the array of the Danluo army.

Although separated by the Bahara River, under the close range of the Goryeo bows and crossbows, the Danluo royal army suffered heavy casualties, and the Danluo prince was forced to withdraw from the east bank with his men and reorganize the formation 200 paces away.

The crossbowmen occupied the west bank and fired at the Danluo army, and the Goryeo swordsmen covered with shields, and filled the corpses on the river beach with mud into the Bak Luo River, which could only be submerged into the waist, and soon filled in the passage of troops nearly 20 zhang wide.

The soldiers of Haiyang County were trapped in Seogwipo City for more than two months, and the reinforcements came, and their morale soared.

Beyond the Baraka River is the Gyenowon, and the Goryeo people have enough troops, and if they push the battle line to the east, the terrain will be more open, and more troops will be able to throw more troops into it. The Danluo royal army only invested two battalions on the east bank of the Bailuo River, and the battle was gradually unable to resist at noon, and a soldier came out of the white bird and approached the battlefield from the northeast, while the Danluo royal army took the opportunity of the Goryeo soldiers to withdraw and rectify, and withdrew from the battlefield to the south......

Qin Zitan and Azig rushed to the west bank of the Bailuo River, and the Goryeo soldiers were crossing the river in groups.

In order to strengthen his determination to fight the Huaidong and Danluo coalition forces, Zhen Feng set up his Chinese army camp tent on the low slope on the east bank of the Bailuo River.

After fierce resistance in the afternoon, the Huaidong and Danluo coalition forces withdrew to the two camps of Heiyan Mountain and Bainiaoqi with three or four hundred casualties.

The Goryeo soldiers also centered on the camp of the Chinese army on the east bank of the Baekla River, placing six thousand troops on the left flank, facing the direction of Baekcho, and four thousand troops on the right flank, facing the Black Rock Mountain. Zhen Feng invested 10,000 troops in Xiyeyuan on the east bank of the Bailuo River in one fell swoop, and the focus of the deployment of troops was on the left flank. In addition, there are 3,000 troops deployed on the west bank, which can be regarded as a reserve force in the hands of the Chinese army. Seogwipo Fortress was defended by only 2,000 soldiers.

This is the classic battle formation of Goryeo, the butterfly wing array, the ancestor of the Goryeo Dynasty, it is this kind of infantry formation that drove the Donghu people to the north of the Cheongchon River. Qin Zitan has studied the Goryeo classics and knows that the Butterfly Wing Array, Zhen Feng is a Goryeo general, and he is also a disciple of the side branch of the Goryeo royal family, so it is not surprising that he can use the Butterfly Wing Array to deploy troops.

However, Zhen Feng focused his troops on the left flank to deal with the White Bird, and Qin Zitan was a little puzzled, but Zhen Feng was arranging a war with the Goryeo generals, and it was inconvenient for him to go over and disturb.

Azig was puzzled when he saw it, and discussed softly with Qin Zitan on the side: "Zhen Feng wants to pull out the white bird first?" ”

Qin Zitan pondered for a while, and speculated: "Lin Jian should be able to get the news in advance that the Saga clan and Chi Guan's combined forces have conquered Tsushima Island, and he did not withdraw Shiratori's forces to Black Stone Mountain, so he must have fought to the death with Goryeo in Xiyeyuan." Lin Jian kept the White Bird Stone, and in the event of a battle, he was able to send troops from the left flank to contain the Koreans. On the surface, the deployment of the Huaidong and Danluo coalition forces in Heiyan Mountain and Bainiao Mountain should be based on Heiyan Mountain and supplemented by Bainiao Mountain, but it is not certain that he will go off the rails and change to Baidao Mountain as the main and Heiyan Mountain as the supplement. Zhen Feng is so deployed, it can be regarded as old and spicy! ”

"No matter how Lin Jian plays with his sleeves, the soldiers he can fight in his hands are only four or five thousand soldiers brought from Huaidong. The two battalions of Danluo Wang's army, which had combat effectiveness, had just withdrawn to the camp of Heiyan Mountain, and the troops guarding Heiyan Mountain would naturally not be weak. No matter how much Lin Tie strengthens the White Bird Guard, there is a limit," Azig said, "but it is a good choice to pull out the White Bird Fortress first and then concentrate on fighting Black Rock Mountain." ”