Qian Song

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In terms of training and equipment, and even in terms of fighting will, it is obvious that the Beifu Army and the Nanfu Army are better.

However, the Beifu Army and the Nanfu Army are large-scale southern troops, and they do not have very good cavalry.

——Later, Li Cun deliberately downplayed the development of cavalry in the construction of the Great Southern Army. This was mainly because there were too many excellent cavalry in the Great Northern Army. It was time-consuming and labor-intensive for the Qiannan army to engage in cavalry, and the terrain in the south of the Dagan Dynasty was not suitable for cavalry operations. The key point, in the view of Li Cun, who is familiar with the process of modernizing the army, the cavalry will be eliminated sooner or later in the future. The Gannan Army took this detour.

In addition, it is also very laborious to get the war horse to cross the river at this time.

This makes the Beifu Army and the Nanfu Army basically have no cavalry at this moment, only infantry.

On the other hand, the Koryo Jing Army has cavalry with mobility and impact that can crush the infantry, and there are a lot of them.

In this way, the battle between the two sides became somewhat evenly matched.

As a result, as Sun He had expected, the battle turned into a blood mill, and the fight was about who had the stronger willpower to fight.

The two sides fought from noon to dusk, and the water of the Han River was stained red by the blood of the soldiers of both sides.

By the time the signal soldiers sent by Sun He to ask for help arrived at the battlefield with the lightly armed Xifu Army, the Gan Army and the Koryo Jing Army had already been killed indiscriminately, with countless casualties and corpses everywhere.

As far as the eye could see, the setting sun shone bright red on the severed heads, arms, legs and arms.The horses and mutilated corpses lying on the ground are scattered all over the place, and the blood-stained appearance is frightening.The dead soldiers of the Qianjun Army and the soldiers of the Goryeo Jing Army were lying together, and it was only from their clothes that one could tell which of them was the Qianjun Army and which was the soldier of the Goryeo Jing Army. bloody smell.

And Wu Xianqing had already aimed his cannons at the battlefield according to the order Sun He gave before going to the battlefield. In case the Beifu Army and the Nanfu Army were unfortunately defeated, he would order an indiscriminate cover attack on the battlefield to ensure that the Koryo Jing Army would never attack the battlefield. possible final victory in this battle.

Seeing that the battle was so fierce, the Xifu army was in control of Qi Fang, not daring to be negligent, he immediately ordered: "The whole army charges!"

Accompanied by the sound of horns unique to the dry army, the [-] Xifu troops (the other [-] Xifu troops are still slowly escorting supplies) all rushed into the Han River, and then crossed the river at the fastest speed, preparing to join the battle.

The soldiers of the Beijing Army of Goryeo, who had already been beaten with fear by the Army of the North and the Army of the South, saw that the Gan army had come to reinforce them. They all knew that the situation was over, and fled the battlefield one after another, and then fled in the direction of Kaijing...

The Beifu Army and the Nanfu Army won this difficult and crucial battle.

When Qi Fang saw Kong Lengzi and Sun He, Sun He was already lying in a pool of blood, not knowing whether he was alive or dead, and Kong Lengzi was also covered in bruises, with no less than five arrows stuck in his body.

Seeing Qi Fang coming, Kong Lengzi managed to squeeze out a hearty smile, and said: "You boy is really fucking lucky, I... I and my grandson, let... marry the bride... back, Daddy!" Fuck... I made a lot of troubles, and... I worshiped again, but... I ended up calling you a brat... but I called you a brat in the bridal chamber."

Qi Fang came to Kong Lengzi and saw that Kong Lengzi was seriously injured, but there seemed to be no fatal wounds on his body, so he said solemnly: "Next time I marry a wife, I will ask you and Sun He to enter the bridal chamber. Just take advantage of you and Sunhe once."

Kong Lengzi said weakly: "Okay, one word...one word is settled."

At this time, Sun He, who was already exhausted and exhausted, opened his eyes and said, "Don't let down...don't disappoint the officials' respect for me and my old brothers, and don't fall...to fall into the prestige of our Southern Army."

Qi Fang agreed without hesitation: "Don't worry, if we can't take down the capital city of Koryo and capture the king of Koryo, I, Qi Fang, will turn my head off and kick it for you two!"

After finishing speaking, Qi Fang said loudly: "The man who leads the Xifu army, the brothers of the Beifu army and the Nanfu army have already gnawed hard bones for us. The capital city of Koryo is in front. What should I do?!"

"Kill kill kill!"

"Tiger Tiger Tiger!"

"There is no enemy without me! There is no enemy without me!"

"..."

After passing the Han River, the Xifu Army took a brief rest and immediately continued to march towards Kaijing with the artillery battalions and supplies of the Beifu Army and Nanfu Army...

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The situation was so urgent that Wang Kai and all the civil and military ministers of the Goryeo Dynasty dared not go home. They simply worked and rested in the Goryeo Palace so that they could hold meetings in time, communicate the situation, study countermeasures, and wait anxiously. News from the front.

In the early morning of the second day of May, news came back that the battle on the front line was not good and that the Han River might be lost.

Upon hearing this, Wang Kai and his subjects were all shocked.

Immediately afterwards, more and more news came back.

At the time of Chou, the news of the defeat of the Goryeo Jing army and the fall of the Han River's natural danger spread to the Goryeo court.

The offensive of the Gan army was as violent as a storm, and it was now approaching the capital of the Goryeo Dynasty.

After hearing the news, the atmosphere in the Goryeo palace suddenly became extremely flustered.

Wang Kai and the civil and military ministers of the Goryeo Dynasty all became panicked!
Some people argued that Wang Kai hurriedly took the crown prince Wang Hao to leave Kaijing, or at least send someone to send Wang Hao to Xijing first.

Some people advocated that important officials should be sent immediately to negotiate peace with the Daqian Dynasty to prevent the Qian army from continuing to attack.

There are also those who advocate that the recruitment of troops should be accelerated, the city defenses strengthened, and the walls cleared.

Today, Wang Kai and his ministers all know that this may be the biggest challenge the Koryo Dynasty has faced in the past 200 years, and failure may mean the collapse of the Koryo Dynasty.

The reason why the Qian army launched the attack at this time is not clear, but it is clear that this is a long-planned war. The Qian army is fully prepared, trying to capture the capital of the Goryeo Dynasty in one fell swoop, and even destroy the Goryeo Dynasty.

Facing such a powerful enemy, Wang Kai knew clearly that if he did not deal with it properly, Yelu Yanxi, Zhao Ji, and Zhao Huan's father and son might be his lessons learned from the past.

It's not that Wang Kai doesn't want to run away, nor does it mean that he doesn't want to send his eldest son, Crown Prince of Gaoli, Wang Hao, to Xijing just in case, but the army is so close to the capital that their father and son have no chance to escape.

The key is still the same reason, if Wanyan Xian'er doesn't nod his head, Wang Kai and his son will not even be able to escape from the Koryo Palace, let alone escape from Kaijing City to Xijing.

In desperation, Wang Kai could only send important officials to negotiate a peace with the Dagan Dynasty to prevent the Dagan Dynasty from continuing to advance, and at the same time send people to mobilize the local army of the Goryeo Dynasty, the Western Army of the Goryeo Dynasty, and the Goryeo Dynasty who went to the Kingdom of Jin to help the war. The army came back to help the king.

That night, in the depths of the Goryeo Palace, the lights were brightly lit, and all the ministers of civil and military affairs of Goryeo sat around the room.

This night, they discussed repeatedly, studied every possible strategy, figured out the intention of the Daqian Dynasty, and found a way to fight against the Qian army.

And yet, despite their sleepless nights, despite their many thoughts, they were helpless.

The sky is getting brighter, but the lights in the palace are still bright.

At this time, the ministers of the Goryeo Dynasty were exhausted, but they still stuck to their posts, preparing to deal with the upcoming variables.

At the same time, a large number of military officers of the Goryeo Dynasty were sent out by Wang Kai to subdue the defeated soldiers of the Goryeo Jing Army, and led them into Kaijing City, where they stood together with the soldiers and civilians in Kaijing City and waited for help...

By ten o'clock at dawn, the rangers of the Qianjun had already appeared under Kaijing City.

The atmosphere of war immediately shrouded the sky above Kaijing City and the hearts of the people in Kaijing City.

Although there were almost 5 troops in Kaijing City at this time, including the Koryo Jing Army, the Dai Jin Army, and the Wang Army temporarily recruited by the Koryo court.

But the Koryo court was still worried.

In order to further grasp the initiative, just in case, Wang Kai, who was really confused, made adjustments to the ruling team of the Goryeo court without discussing with Wanyan Xian'er again this time.

Through this adjustment, Wang Kai promoted Jin Fushi and other royalists to the ruling ministers, and excluded Zheng Zhichang and other ministers who were close to the Jin people and listened to Yan Xianer's orders from the core ministers.

At the same time, Wang Kai also made adjustments to the garrison command organization, setting up the posts of deputy envoy of the garrison of the capital and below, and personally interviewed the main generals of the second army of the Korean army (i.e., the Yingyang army and the Dragon and Tiger Army) and rewarded them A large amount of gold, silver and jewelry won their hearts.

Under Jin Fushi's suggestion, Wang Kai led the new ruling team to inspect the city and visit the walls of the city to ask for warmth.

After returning to the Goryeo Palace, Jin Fushi and others suggested to Wang Kai that the city defense leadership must be strengthened.

Therefore, Wang Kai ordered that an additional promotion official be appointed to each city wall, and a clan should be assigned to serve as the same promotion; for each city gate, another clan should be assigned to be responsible for opening and closing the gate.In addition, they also arranged to suppress the commanding officials at Zhucheng Gate. The number of people was too large to be defeated.

The official name of Kaijing City is actually "Luocheng". The base of the city is 22 steps and 30 gates. It was built by 400 people over many years.

For such a large defensive zone, it is obviously not enough to rely on 5 Malay guards in the city.

In a hurry, it is impossible for reinforcements from all directions to arrive immediately.

How to do?
How can anyone defend the city?
After research, Wang Kai and his newly promoted ruling ministers decided to grant additional official positions to those who had taken the martial arts examination and achieved excellent results, so that they could go to the city to defend; More than a hundred people were appointed as acting officials, and they also went to the city to defend.

There are already quite a few officials, but the number of soldiers is still insufficient, which deeply worries Wang Kai and his ministers.

After some research, Wang Kai and his ministers decided to temporarily recruit troops from Luocheng again, and recruit all the servants and maidservants from the families of nobles, nobles and gentry to go to the city walls, sort them into groups, organize and manage them, and then distribute them to each city wall.

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The Qian army is about to approach the city, and there are many rumors in the city of Kaijing, that is, the market in Luocheng, and the army and the people are in a state of turmoil.

The Koryo court was deeply troubled by this, and worried that after Luocheng was besieged by the Gan army again, the people's sentiments would change suddenly and there would be turmoil.

In order to appease the army and civilians and stabilize the situation, Wang Kai issued a special edict:

"I have repeatedly sent envoys to make good friends with the generals, and the envoys crossed the road. However, the enemy continued, and this was due to the failure of the generals to cooperate. I hope that the soldiers and people in the city will take this as a warning. I have summoned soldiers and horses from all towns to help and defend The royal family. The soldiers and civilians in Beijing should understand my wishes and do nothing to disturb them."

But at this time, Wanyan Xian'er, who had already fully understood the battle of the Han River, sent his confidant to secretly look for Wang Kai, and said to Wang Kai: "The general situation is over, the king should be under the protection of his cronies together with his concubines." Take your family members to the north, and there will be a glimmer of life."

It should be said that the people who persuaded Wang Kai to leave Beijing temporarily at this time were all clear-headed people.

Although Wanyan Xian'er is a girl, but she is also very clear-headed, when she knew that the situation was over, she proposed to leave with Wang Kai and take their family members.

But Wang Kai considered that the danger of leaving at this time was too high, especially with his family members. You must know that many of his concubines and children were not like Wanyan Xian'er, who grew up on horseback They don't know how to ride horses, even he himself, his riding skills are not so superb, and the Dagan Dynasty, which has already recovered the Yanyun area and Shaanxi Sixth Road, has many Xiaoqi who are good at riding and shooting. It is simply impossible to capture their family. It's as easy as turning the palm of your hand.

Also, now that the main combat faction of the Goryeo Dynasty has military power in their hands, if they object to Wang Kai leaving Kaijing, will Wang Kai be able to leave?
The key point is that Wang Kai still has a fluke and fantasy mentality.

——What he was lucky about was that with Luocheng's solid defense, the Gan army could not enter the city; what he imagined was that the people he sent to negotiate peace with the Daqian Dynasty could succeed in the peace talks, and then the Koryo Dynasty paid some price, and the Gan army would Returning to the country with a group of teachers, just like the Jin army that had already approached the city at the beginning.Or soon, King Qin's army of the Goryeo Dynasty will gather from all directions to form a confrontation with the Qian army, forcing the Dagan Dynasty to negotiate peace with the Goryeo Dynasty.

It was under such a mentality that Wang Kai gave up the last chance to escape.

At the same time, Wang Kai ordered that all the city gates of Goryeo be closed, no one is allowed to leave Luocheng, and vowed to live and die with Luocheng!
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Soon, the Xifu army arrived at the city of Luocheng one after another.

Qi Fang, who took over from Kong Lengzi and Sun He's squad, was going to fight when he came up, and directly bombarded the gate of Kailuo City with cannons, and captured Wang Kai alive.

However, before Qi Fang could make a move, an order from the commander-in-chief Zhao Li who was still on the way came.

Zhao Li ordered Qi Fang to surround and not attack, and wait for the arrival of large troops to see if Luocheng can be taken down without bloodshed.

According to Zhao Li's words: "Go to the army to attack the plan."

There was no other way, Qi Fang could only use the Xifu army to block the way for the people in Luocheng to escape, and use his small number of cavalry to patrol around Luocheng, so that the people in Luocheng did not dare to leave the city.

Soon after, more and more soldiers came to Luocheng.

Soon, the real cavalry, including the vanguard battalion of the First Army of the Dagan Dynasty, also came to the city of Luocheng.

At this time, the people in Luocheng really couldn't leave.

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Evening on May [-]th.

Wang Kai went up to the city wall and looked down.

It can be seen that there are hundreds of thousands of soldiers densely packed under the city at this time, and they surrounded Luocheng.

——Actually, the real strength of the dry army at this time is less than 20.However, among the dry army, there are many civilian husbands composed of Goryeo civilians and Goryeo slaves mobilized by the Daqian Dynasty, and they also fill in the dry army.In addition, the main force of the Qian army gradually dispersed, and several military camps were set up on the four walls of Luocheng to seal off the surrounding area of ​​Luocheng.There are many military strongholds of the Qian army, large and small, which cannot be counted.The Gan army openly held up the banner in the field again, and went between the various army villages.In other words, the dry army put out a sparse formation.This makes it look like there are hundreds of thousands of people in the army.

The Koryo soldiers and civilians in Luocheng stood on the city wall, and they could vividly see the situation of the soldiers outside the city. They all had fear in their eyes, even Wang Kai was no exception.

At this time, Wang Kai suddenly received a report saying that the Dagan Dynasty had sent four envoys, and the leading envoy was named Wang Lun.

Wang Kai hurriedly asked Jin Fushi's younger brother Jin Fuzhe to serve as the accompanying envoy, and asked them to arrange the envoys of the Dagan Dynasty in the post house, and asked them to inquire about the attitude of the Dagan Dynasty.

Wang Lun and the others were sent by Yu Guang. They came to promote peace in name, but in fact they came to investigate the situation in Luocheng and the attitude of the Goryeo Dynasty.

After entering the city, Wang Lun and others discovered that although Goryeo was a small country in Dongyi, the streets in Luocheng, its capital, were wide and tidy, and the city life was very lively. From this, it can be seen that the country must be very rich.

But at the same time, Wang Lun and others also noticed the tense atmosphere in the city and the cautiousness everywhere.

Jin Fuzhe smiled and asked, "What advice does the ambassador have for you?"

Wang Lun withdrew his gaze and said to Jin Fuzhe: "I am the envoy of Koryo, Yu Xianggong, and I sent Lun and others to report that I am going to attack Koryo. Marshal Zhao Xianggong arrived last night. I want to invite the king of Koryo to go out of the city to talk about Koryo. Make me do something big."

Jin Fuzhe replied: "Previously, what I did in Koryo was forced by the Jin people, and it was not my intention in Koryo. You don't know, the Jin people attacked me under the capital of Koryo ten years ago, and I was forced to go to Koryo. I had to sign an alliance with him under the city, not to mention the woman who was extorted a lot of gold, silver and silk. The Jin people later abolished my queen of Goryeo and replaced her with the princess of the Kingdom of Jin. Xiaoqing, everything is decided by the golden man. Since then, my king has no right to be independent, so he can only promise to protect himself.

It is harmless to meet the Marshal of your country, but things are not going well, and it is difficult for everyone to know.People in the capital see that your country's army is approaching the capital, how can they allow my family's king to drive out of the suburbs?The marshal of your country came from afar, just wanting to keep each other's promises.However, if you agree to the marshal of your country, but you keep it under the cover of the common people and the residents, and you can't get out of the city by car, wouldn't you be dishonest to the marshal of your country?This is even more disturbing. "

After hearing this, Wang Lun said, "This is an inevitable thing. Otherwise, how can the two countries' affairs be resolved?"

Jin Fuzhe had no choice but to go to the palace to ask for instructions.

At this time, Wang Kai was secretly conspiring with Jin Fushi and other Koryo royalists to kill the Mengan Jin man in the city, completely regain Wang Kai's royal power, and then use this as a petition to negotiate peace with the Daqian Dynasty.

To put it bluntly, Wang Kai and his ministers are pointing their sword at Wanyan Xian'er, planning to take Wanyan Xian'er in exchange for Wang Kai's safety and Goryeo Dynasty's safety...

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