Chapter 35: Falling Flowers and Flowing Water

The torrent formed by the rebels swept towards the right flank of the Goryeo people. At this time, the beachhead outside the north gate of Seogwipo City also ignited the flames of war, and it was Azig and Qin Zitan who led 500 Donghu warriors to snatch the sea ships from the Goryeo people, and wanted to escape from Danluo Island first.

The Koreans have only a dozen or so sea boats in Tanwan, just outside the north gate of Seogwipo City, which is not enough for everyone to take away from Danla Island. Qin Zitan was even more worried that after the battle in Xiyeyuan ended, the Huaidong Army would be able to draw more troops to blockade the sea north of Xiguipu City, and it would be difficult to get out of Danluo Island at that time.

But the Goryeo people who fought fiercely in Xiyeyuan did not know the details, and they were even more frightened when they saw the flames of war burning over there and the sound of killing, only to think that the Huaidong Army had landed from Beitan and blocked their retreat. In a short time, the entire right wing was also scattered by the rebels, killing each other and trampling to death.

Zhen Feng and the generals and guards also dispersed the chaotic soldiers, and under the moonlit night of the chaotic army, he couldn't even control a team of more than 100 soldiers and horses, and he was even more powerless to save the current rout.

The Huaidong Army was more deployed along the east bank of the Bailuo River, cutting off the return route of the Goryeo people fleeing to Xiguipu City, and then in an orderly manner, they used a team of armored cavalry and armored soldiers to penetrate deep into the Xiye Plain, cut the Goryeo people and cut them again, completely scattered them, and there was no longer the possibility of gathering.

There was a sudden battle on the beachhead outside the north gate of Seogwipo City, and Lin Jian was quite surprised to see it while standing on the wall of the Black Rock Cottage.

Lin Jian did not arrange for the second water battalion to raid North Beach at this time.

At that time, there were no such things as wireless telegraphy, and it was difficult to communicate accurately and timely over long distances in wartime. If the coordination is not good, the second water battalion's attack is not timed properly, and it is likely that the main force of the Goryeo people will be evacuated to Seogwipo City ahead of schedule, and the entire battle plan will be ruined.

Besides, it is impossible for the Koreans to garrison Seogwipo without leaving their troops behind, and it is extremely unlikely that they will attack and capture Seogwipo Fortress by surprise. In order to ensure the victory of the Battle of Xiyewon, the Second Water Battalion was transferred to more than 1,200 soldiers to land and fight, whether it was a surprise attack to capture the city, or to find and destroy the Goryeo naval army at sea, there was no superiority in troops.

"I'm afraid it's a Korean infighting, and someone wants to take the ship and go to sea!" Song Jia looked at the movement on the beachhead outside the north gate of Seogwipo and guessed.

Lin Jian and Song Jia didn't know that Qin Zitan and Nahe Azig entered Seogwipo City with reinforcements, but they only knew that the ships left by the Goryeo people in Beitan were limited, and unless the Goryeo navy arrived in time, at most more than 1,000 Goryeo people would escape from Danluo Island. It is undoubtedly a good thing that the Goryeo people in Seogwipo City had infighting at this time. The scales of victory will be completely tilted in this direction.

"Since the defenders of Seogwipo City are also in turmoil, did they immediately send troops to seize the city from the south gate?" Li Ji, the prince of Danluo, asked.

Lin Jian looked up at the moonlight, the road from Heiyan Mountain down to the south gate of Seogwipo City, there were only confused traces in the field of vision, and said to Li Ji, the son of the king of Danluo: "You lead the fourth battalion of the king's army to seize the south gate with weapons, but you can't force it!" ”

Song Jia said on the side: "You can walk with fire." ”

The prince of Danluo was stunned, and Lin Jian was reminded by Song Jia and said: "Very good, just raise the fire and go!" "I couldn't contact Zhao Hu and Zhou Pu for a while, and I walked with fire here, and when I went down from Heiyan Mountain, Zhao Hu and Zhou Pu saw it, and naturally they could guess the intention of seizing the South Gate here.

At night, the efficiency of the command of the battle flag and the golden drum was extremely low, and the battalion commander could not control the troops well, and more often relied on the martial courage and tactical quality of the grassroots military attachés such as the sentry general, the commander of the capital, and the flag leader. In addition to improving their diet in peacetime, the soldiers of the Huaidong Army also had to conduct a lot of night combat training to have the ability to fight at night at the moment.

The night battle ability of the Danluo royal army was extremely weak, and Lin Jian did not even send them to take advantage of the chaos to attack the right flank of the Goryeo, but the civil strife broke out in Seogwipo City at this time, and it was indeed a good opportunity to take advantage of the chaos to seize the city. Lin Jian couldn't send someone to find Zhao Hu or Zhou Pu from the chaotic battlefield for a while, so he asked Li Ji to lead the troops to give it a try!

The Goryeo garrison in Seogwipo City consisted of only 2,000 men, and they also guarded the ships of Buktan.

However, the defenders of North Beach were limited, with only more than 200 men. Azig and Qin Zitan led 500 Donghu warriors to quickly relieve the resistance of the defenders of North Beach, seize the sea boats, and everyone worked together to push the sea boats from the shallows.

At first, the defenders in Seogwipo City thought that the Huaidong Army was attacking the back road, but seeing that there were not many troops there, they drew one of the only two thousand troops in the city to the north gate to intercept them. After leaving the north gate, he learned that the Donghu people were going to flee, and the commander who led the troops, urged Zongyu to vomit blood and hate, so he led the troops to attack directly, wanting to take the sea ship back, and the battle in Beitan suddenly became fierce.

More than 200 Donghu warriors who had not had time to board the ship were suddenly killed in a big mess, unable to resist, and retreated one after another, some fell into the water, some rescued the sea ship, and some were killed by random arrows, swords and guns.

Qin Zitan and Azig took the Donghu warriors on twelve brigs, and after sailing away from the shoal area, they dispersed to the sea and fled to Haiyang County......

Between the east gate of Seogwipo Fortress and the Bayla River, there are also Goryeo people and two thousand people. After the collapse of the East Bank, the two thousand-man teams did not immediately withdraw to the East Gate. I wanted to cross the river to the east bank to support, but the east bank was in chaos, and the shadows of the Huaidong Army's cavalry shuttling and galloping along the coast were all along the river, and the narrow river crossing channel had been controlled by a team of Huaidong Army soldiers, and it was difficult for them to go to the east bank.

Without clearer instructions from the senior generals, whether to fight or defend or retreat, the two commanders could not make up their minds. When the prince of Danluo led his troops to attack the south gate, they thought about the importance of holding Seogwipo Fortress and hurriedly fled to the east gate.

The army of the king of Danluo went to the south gate, and according to the plan, he carried fire. Four battalions of soldiers, only two battalions of veterans, it is difficult to ensure that the queue is neat on a moonlit night march, and there is no way to raise the fire.

Although there is no guarantee that the suddenness of seizing the south gate will arouse the vigilance of the defenders in the city in advance, on the road from Heiam Mountain to the south gate of Seogwipo City, hundreds of torches meander down for two or three miles, like a fire dragon, and undoubtedly tell the generals on both sides of the melee on the east bank of the Baikla River that the defenders of Heiyan Mountain have gone out of the camp to seize the south gate.

The Goryeo people on the east bank of the Bailuo River had no time to take care of themselves, but Zhao Hu and Zhou Pu were able to mobilize their troops in advance, and urgently organized two sentry guards, a sentry light cavalry, and a capital team of armor and cavalry to form a flower team, which was led by Zhou Pu to cross the Bailuo River and chase after the two thousand people of the Goryeo.

The Koreans have lost the law of advance and retreat, and they retreated in a hurry, and there was no force behind them to guard against the rear attack, and they were defeated in one blow, and nearly 2,000 people fled to the east gate and to the two wings, only hating that his father and mother did not give him an extra leg, and only hated that the third leg was short, and could not be used as a crutch......

At dawn, Seogwipo City was captured by Zhou Pu from the east gate, and then the prince of Dan Luo led his troops to capture the city from the south gate, and the Goryeo people only had more than 1,000 remnants of the army to retreat to the Dan Luo palace and the west city for the last stubborn resistance.

The Koreans were completely defeated, countless people were annihilated or trampled to death, and thousands fled to the area east of the Gyenowon.

In the early morning, there is a fog, milky white mist, so that the view is not as good as at night. At this time, Lin Jian contacted Zhao Hu and Zhou Pu and asked them to gather troops along the east bank of the Bailuo River and the southern edge of the White Bird Valley. There was no possibility of a large-scale build-up of the Koreans, and the Huaidong Army should avoid unnecessary casualties.

Zhao Hu and Zhou Pu could only contact the commanders of the battalions and order them to gather their troops, but some of the sentry generals and commanders were so happy that they penetrated deep into the depths and could no longer be contacted, so Zhang Jiheng, the commander of the third battalion, also personally led a group of soldiers to the eastern edge of Xiye Plain, and could not return for a while.

Less than half of the forces were temporarily assembled, and it was impossible to estimate their own casualties for a while.

As the bright red morning sun climbed the treetops, the fog began to lift, and most of the Danra army entered Seogwipo Fortress to engage in street battles with the remnants of the city. Lin Jian also left the camp of Heishi Mountain, came to the east bank of the Bailuo River, and personally commanded the Huaidong Army to pursue the remnants of the Goryeo people in the Xiye Plain.

From the beginning of the armored light cavalry attack, Zhou Pu took the lead most of the time, killed happily, was shot by a stray arrow in the shoulder, and came to see Lin Tie wrapped in wounds. In addition to Zhou Pu's injury, Yao Xing, the commander of the second battalion of the pro-guard battalion, was seriously injured during the counterattack and died at night, making him the highest-ranking general of the Huaidong Army to die in this battle.

When Lin Jian first went to Jinchuan Prison Island, Yao Xing, Ma Po Monkey and others were selected from the prison guards to be Lin Lian's guards, and they followed Lin Jian for three years.

"Take the coffin first, send someone back to Chongzhou to ask his family's opinion, if you can, bury Jeju City, and erect a monument for the Huaidong Army in Jeju!" Lin Jian said sadly, but the war cannot avoid casualties, and this is not the time to be sad, to completely defeat the will of the Goryeo people to resist!

At this time, Zhang Jiheng, the commander of the third battalion, sent someone to report that Zhen Feng, the governor of Haiyang County, and more than 100 guards had sealed him in a col at the northeast foot of Sunrise Mountain in Xiye Plain, and asked him to send troops to support and storm the col.

"Tell Zhang Jiheng that if Zhen Feng escapes into Sunrise Mountain, this battle will be in vain!" Lin Jian said to the communication soldier sent by Zhang Jiheng, "Capturing Zhen Feng alive is his first credit!" "If Zhou Pu wants to sit on the east bank of the Bailuo River, if he is injured, don't run around, he and Zhao Hu are surrounded by a team of cavalry, cross the Xiye Plain, and go to capture Zhen Feng, the governor of Haiyang County.

When Zhang Jiheng blocked Zhen Feng, he did not have many troops, but he sent people to Bainiaoqi and the east bank of the Bailuo River to spread the word, and at the same time, he also went to gather the nearby Huaidong soldiers. There are a lot of soldiers and horses interspersed throughout the Xiye Plain at night, Zhang Jiheng was originally the highest-level general in this area, and he had the right to control the generals of the nearby battalions.

When Lin Jian rushed over, there were almost six or seven hundred armor soldiers, surrounding the mountain col where Zhen Feng led his troops to resist, and more than 100 armored light horsemen rode on the periphery, killing the Goryeo who wanted to come to the rescue.

Lin Tie dismounted, and Zhang Jiheng came to greet him.

Zhang Jiheng was originally a brave general under Ning Zechen, and Lin Jian expanded the guard camp in Huai'an and transferred him to Zhao Hu. This night passed, he led his armor to run in the wilderness, his clothes and armor were stained with blood, and he was not injured at all.

"You should also take it easy," Lin Lian didn't like his bravery, and reprimanded softly, "Yao Xing is dead, I am very heartbroken, and the Chinese army of the Infantry Division can't bear the loss of two brave generals killed in a night battle!" ”

Zhang Jiheng said in a muffled voice, leading Lin Jian and Zhao Hu to the front of the formation.