Han Hai Tang Ergui

Wang Jian can be said to be a natural hero bestowed on the peninsula by heaven.

Without what he did in the tenth century AD, the Korean peninsula would most likely be divided into three or four pieces and continue to be chaotic.

Without Wang's Goryeo, the later Lee's Joseon would have been impossible to establish, with neither legal principles nor vision.

Because before that, the northern part of the peninsula first belonged to Jizi Joseon, then Wiman Joseon, and then the four counties of Han and Goguryeo. It had nothing to do with the peninsula Sanhan in the south.

Even in Silla, at most, it has advanced to the south bank of the Datong River, and not all of it has a peninsula.

Only Wang Jian, the hero who claimed to be the descendant of the Le Lang Wang family, a wealthy Han family, turned his sights to the north after dominating the peninsula, and couldn't wait to recognize a father for the people of the whole peninsula.

As soon as the country was founded, Wang Jianjian immediately went on a northern tour and promoted Pyongyang to Xijing. He often said to the left and right, "The old land of the Eastern Ming Dynasty is my green felt, and it must be swept away." 'And immediately changed the name of the country to Korea.

The so-called Dongming is the name of the legendary ancestors of the Goguryeo people. Wang Jian’s words are to pull out Goguryeo, which disappeared in the wind and smoke more than 100 years ago, and bring it back to life. He found a father who was somewhat majestic.

Goryeo and Goguryeo are actually the same word, but the translation is slightly different.

At this point, more than 1000 years later, the most disgusting defense that the North and South sticks were thrown at the Chinese came into being.

Certain things, such as recognizing fathers and stealing culture, are really traditional!From this perspective, Wang Jian is also the real cultural ancestor of the great people.

But Wang Jian also knew very well that the name Goguryeo was not so easy to put on his head, and it might provoke the wrath of the thunder.

So in the tribute book to the Later Tang Dynasty, he said that he was a descendant of the Lelang Wang family, a wealthy family in Liaodong, and his ancestors came from Jianghuai.

This made the court of the later Tang Dynasty believe it was true, and praised him in the imperial edict for showing the beauty of the magpie's nest.

In China, in order to stabilize people's hearts and create a sense of identity, Wang Jian claimed to be a Goguryeo survivor, and said that his ancestor married Li Zhengji's daughter as his wife.

Li Zhengji is an orthodox Goguryeo survivor. His ancestors were moved to Shandong by the family. Li Zhengji began to rise when Li Zhengji was born. Among them, three generations of Li Zhengji, Li Na, and Li Shidao's father and grandson occupied Ziqingping Lu Jiedu for a long time. He also claimed to be the king of Qi, so he is very famous in the peninsula.

Wang Jian couldn't have the surname Li, so he found himself a maternal ancestor's family that was still passed on.

Under such circumstances, after Wang Jian's father and son tried their best to cover up, even if Wang Jian died only two or thirty years ago, it is still unclear who their ancestors were.

Wang Jian may be a descendant of the Han people in the four prefectures of the Han Dynasty, or he may be from Bohai, Xie, and Sanhan, but one thing is certain, he is a hero who knows how to survive.

Since he considers himself a descendant of Goguryeo, it seems to be a matter of course to go north and recapture Liaodong.

Wang Jian did indeed do this. After he established the country, Pyongyang and other places that had been occupied and abandoned by the Jurchens were gradually rebuilt.

He moved 10,000+ people from the southern part of the peninsula to Shibian here, and transferred his younger brother Wang Shilian to Pyongyang to serve as the left behind in Xijing.

After Wang Shilian took office, he actively organized the resumption of production, repaired the Great Wall of the Silla Period along the Taedong River in the north of Pyongyang, and built more than a dozen dangerous forts. Anbei Prefecture.

Anbei Prefecture, near Jiechuan City in later generations, is the most important anthracite producing area in North Korea.

Jiechuan's Jie, in fact, should be this price, and it is also pronounced Jie, which has the same word as the price of value and has a different pronunciation, meaning that it is very large.

Therefore, Xichuan is the intersection of very tall mountains and rivers, and it specifically refers to the Diyuling Mountains and Miaoxiang Mountains in the northwest of Anbei Prefecture.

Among them, the name of the Diyuling mountain range was translated by many people into the mountain range overturned by Chinese robbers in later generations, which is inaccurate.

Because North Korea has always regarded itself as a small China in history, and has always despised the Jurchen, Xiong and other ethnic groups in the north of the peninsula, and called them Diyi Thief.

The origin of the word Di Yueling is not a mountain range that Chinese bandits crossed.

It was because the Khitan, the True Jurchen Jin Kingdom, and the False Jurchen Jin Kingdom all liked to climb over this mountain range to beat up the Koreans when they were strong back then, so the name Di Yueling came about.

Although this Di is also Chinese, but more specifically, it should refer to the various ethnic groups in Liaodong, China.

And this time, the main force led by Murong Nobunaga also followed the Daning River and crossed the Diyuling road to the south.

Wang Shilian is a man with great vision, which can be seen from the fact that he has devoted all his efforts to building Anbei Mansion.

Among them, Anbei Fucheng is sandwiched between Diyuling Mountains and Miaoxiang Mountains, and the Qingchuan River rushing down along Miaoxiang Mountains has become a natural moat for Anbei Fucheng.

This allowed Anbei Prefecture to not only hide behind the big river, but also blocked the almost only passage leading to Pyongyang from two steep mountains.

On March 22, after Murong Nobunaga agreed on the marching route, the army set out in three routes.

In fact, in the north of Anbei Prefecture, Wang's Korea has built many small forts.

They even captured a small piece of land in Ding'an during the Zhou Liao war, and established a town of Pinglu without shame, which was a key stronghold in the upper reaches of the Qingchuan River.

It's as if he is not a prisoner of Wang's Korea.

However, although the vision is there, the strength is still a bit weak.

There are only 150 soldiers stationed in this fortress in Pinglu Town, and dozens of them are Jurchens and Bohai people in the local forests.

Of course, the biggest function of Pinglu Town is not defense but warning, so it is also equipped with ten fast horses.

After discovering that Zhou's army was marching southward, the town general of Pinglu Town immediately let several Tang horses ride on their horses and galloped downstream, and then ordered several other soldiers to climb up the mountainside and light the smoke.

But Wang Jing had been prepared for a long time. Before the army arrived, he sent his son Wang Tingyi to lead a hundred cavalry first. The cavalry under his command were all Hexi dragon horses, and their explosive speed was far faster than these peninsula mountain horses.

The result is that the Tangma who reported the letter was chased and hacked to death by Wang Tingyi's Xiaoqi.

The soldiers climbing up the mountain were caught and killed one by one by more than a dozen Jurchen warriors in the forest. None of them successfully climbed to the top and lit the smoke.

Wang Jing frowned, and called Xiang Xun and said, "I didn't expect that there are also strongholds and beacons here. It seems that Wang Shilian is indeed a talent. Although he has passed away, the defense system along the river that he left behind can still be used. effect.

If we go down the river at a normal speed, I am afraid that when we reach Anbei Prefecture, the Korean army will be ready. "

Xiang Xun nodded, "Does the prince want a certain Qingqi to go south day and night?"

"That's right, Your Majesty is taking the Daning River. Although the water flow is gentle, the river is not deep. It is impossible for everyone to go down the river. Most of them still have to climb mountains and ridges, and then cross the river. It must be better than ours. Slow, so we can only go one step ahead.”

As he said that, Wang Jing used a few small stones to set up the terrain around Anbei Mansion, "According to the information, the Qingchuan River flows around the city of Anbei Mansion, and the north and west walls are only 23 steps away from the river bank, so the army cannot gain a foothold.

There is only a sandy beach in the south that is very large, and more than a thousand people can camp. The star people can lead a thousand riders to seize this place first, and guard the pontoon bridge on the river, waiting for the army to arrive. "

This Anbei Fucheng relies heavily on the Qingchuan River. The Fucheng is backed by mountains and surrounded by water on three sides. Except for the south side, it is impossible to gain a foothold on the riverside close to Anbei Fucheng.

If it can't occupy the large sandy land in the south, then it can only gnaw at the Qingchuan River, which is more than 200 feet wide.

After hearing this, Xiang Xun didn't hesitate, he just raised his hand, biting a dry biscuit, and went down to select the elite.

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Although Anbei Mansion sounds domineering by its name, it seems to be like the Anbei Protectorate's Mansion in the Tang Dynasty, but for Wang's Koryo at this time, Anbei Mansion is basically the northernmost tip of the country, which is not a good place.

Although the geographical location is important, the population is very small, and the surrounding states add up to only more than 1 households, a total of 8 to [-] people.

So in fact, Anbei Mansion is a purely military fortress, with 8000 troops stationed and [-] family members of officers and soldiers, totaling about [-] people.

The surrounding fields are basically cultivated by the families of the garrison soldiers, and the supplies are almost entirely dependent on Xijing Pyongyang.

The guard of the Anbei Mansion is the founding hero of Wang's Koryo, a relative, and now the second son of Park Shouqing, the key supporter of the king of Koryo Wang Zhaoneng.

Although this is not a second-generation ancestor, he is certainly not a prudent guard, and he is not even considered conscientious.

At least Park Seung-kyung did not seriously implement Wang Shilian's well-designed warning system for the Qingchuan River, as well as the strict military laws that accompanied it.

Xiang Xun went down the Qingchuan River, broke through the Koryo army camps along the way, captured and killed the generals in charge of warning, and could travel hundreds of miles a day.

When he rushed to a place less than twenty miles away from Anbei Mansion, the Korean defenders in Anbei Mansion still had not received a warning.

Xiang Xun made a decisive decision. Originally, the task Wang Jing gave him was to occupy the sandy land in the south of the city and guard the pontoon bridge so that the army would not be able to cross the river. But seeing the negligence of the Koryo defenders, he looked at the thousand soldiers behind him and said loudly:
"When we were in China, we followed the sages and kings to conquer the four directions. Neither the elite cavalry from the north nor the powerful soldiers from the Jianghuai could defeat me. Now that we are here in the wilds of Haidong, how can we lose our vigor instead?
I intend to select [-] pioneers to attack the north, drive away the thieves and slaves in the city, and show the majesty of my heavenly soldiers in the Central Plains. "

The soldiers under his command were excited by Xiang Xun's words, and they responded one after another.

Afterwards, Xiang Xun selected [-] people to climb first, ordered Xiao to lead Zhang Jianxiong, pretended to be merchants, and rushed outside the city of Anbei Mansion at night, then snatched the boats on the Qingchuan River, and rushed straight to the north gate of Anbei Mansion.

The north gate is only [-] steps away from the river, so only a small town has been opened. In addition, there is no way for the enemy to deploy a large army here, and the Koryo defenders do not pay much attention to it on weekdays.

Although Pu Chengjing practiced martial arts diligently and was familiar with military books, it was all on paper and had no experience in battle at all.

Seeing the sudden appearance of two hundred strange soldiers coming to seize the city, he was stunned for a while before remembering to issue orders.

The deputy general of the Anbei Mansion beside him did not realize the seriousness of the matter.

Because there are [-] defenders in the city of Anbei Prefecture, among them there are hundreds of people who are from the martial arts class alone.

At this time, Wang’s Koryo was first established, and the military system was in chaos. Each big family had a large number of private soldiers. The so-called king was just the one with the most private soldiers. It was not until 50 years later that the national military system of two armies and six guards was established. .

This led to a situation where only the private soldiers of the King of Korea and the nobles at all levels had the fighting power, while the army in the name of the country had no fighting power, just like the slaves of the nobles at all levels.

Therefore, Wang's Koryo army does not depend on the number of people, but on the number of nobles in the army.

Now Anbei Mansion has hundreds of lowest-ranking nobility-martial arts squads, not to mention Pu Chengjing was born in a noble family, and his military strength is not weak.

At this time, Wang's Koryo was only 34 years old, and these "elite soldiers" fought from the Three Kingdoms era on the peninsula have not yet completely decayed.

Hundreds of martial arts squads are all armored soldiers, and there are at least three or five people under their command, and as many as a dozen warriors. The warriors they brought from their hometown, plus Park Chengjing's hundred armored soldiers, are quite elite in Koryo. .

The lieutenant general looked from a distance, and although those who attacked the north gate looked majestic, they couldn't tell whether they were wearing armor or not because of their outer robes.

But judging from their running speed, even if they were armored, they couldn't all be armored. Immediately, his confidence was greatly increased. He said to Park Chengjing:

"Since last year, there have been rumors that the Liao Kingdom in the north intends to invade the south, but now it seems that it may be true.

This must be the vanguard sent by the Liao Kingdom to rob the pass. Please don't assign fifty martial arts squads and fifty armored soldiers to a certain family, and they will surely repel the thieves from the north.

Don't hold on to the southern city. If necessary, cut off the pontoon bridge, which is enough to defend. "

The lieutenant general was overwhelmed with confidence, because he never thought that there is any heavy armor in this world that only weighs more than 30 kilograms, let alone any country that can randomly gather 200 people who wear fifty or sixty kilograms of armor and can walk like flying.

Pu Chengjing had never experienced a battle before, and his heart was beating like a drum. At this moment, hearing that the deputy general was so confident, Pu Chengjing heaved a sigh of relief, and immediately agreed to his request, and then immediately sent people to the south city to warn Xijing to stay behind, and prepared to cut down the southern pontoon bridge .

The lieutenant general's surname was Liu, and he was born in the Liu family of Zhenzhou, a noble family in Gaoli. A cousin married Wang Jian, the founding king.

However, because he was relatively far away from the Wangfeitang, Vice General Liu didn't get much light, so when he saw that a real war broke out, he was keenly aware of the 'opportunity' coming.

As long as he led his tiger and wolf soldiers to block the first wave of Beikou's attack, he would have done a lot of credit. Fortunately, the Erlang of the Pu family was a little timid, otherwise he would not have been able to do this great work.

A Sige suddenly put down the long ax in his hand, held an iron shield in one hand, and slammed into the north city gate with a roar, because the Goryeo soldiers were about to close the gate.

A Sige weighed 210 kilograms, ran with all his strength and then slammed into it, the strength can be imagined!

His physique is extremely rare in this era of insufficient food, while the Korean soldiers on the opposite side are basically of normal size, about 1.6 meters or even lower, and weigh [-] to [-] catties.

With this kind of physical quality, no matter how many people there are, how could it be possible to withstand Asig's impact, there was a bang, and then there was a scream.

Although Asig, who was like a bull, was hit by three or four spears, the iron shield was strong enough, and he was fine. On the contrary, the Korean soldiers who were closing the city gate and using spears were directly knocked to the ground.

Afterwards, more Xiandeng Xionghu came galloping over. They picked up their long axes and cut a huge hole in the north city gate, which could not be closed at all.

Asig, who knocked down the Goryeo soldiers, did not stop, but directly raised the iron shield and smashed it.

These are just the lowest-level soldiers, and they can't stand a beating at all. It seems that there are dozens or hundreds of people, but under the collision of six or seven people from Asig, they were killed and ran around in less than a minute, and the city gate was completely destroyed. opened.

Vice General Liu rushed here, surrounded by hundreds of soldiers and soldiers, but when he arrived not far from the north gate, Vice General Liu's heart skipped a beat.

It's not because the city gate has been completely opened, but because the 200 people on the opposite side are not easy to provoke.

A Sige let out a wild roar, and the iron shield in his hand came out in response, whistling, it spun and flew towards the Goryeo soldier on the opposite side.

With a bang, three or five people were knocked over, and then he picked up a long ax that fell from someone, and rushed straight to the opposite side.

At this time, more than a hundred people from the two hundred Xiandeng had already rushed in. After seeing Asig and others rushing, the archers in light armor immediately occupied the roofs on both sides, and shot arrows at the Koreans on the opposite side like raindrops. .

The Koryo armored soldiers are actually quite elite, because they can stand firmly in formation, and they know that under such circumstances, those with excellent shooting skills should seize the high ground, but unfortunately, the gap between the armor of the two sides is too great.

At this time, the iron armor popular in Goryeo and Japan was a thing called hanging armor.

Although strictly speaking, it is also a kind of armor piercing, but they cannot create flexible armor pieces, nor do they have complicated weaving techniques.

Therefore, unlike the armor, which has high hardness and tight weaving, the armor only barely connects the leaves of the nails together.

This kind of armor usually looks like nothing, but on the battlefield, when it encounters armor-piercing capabilities or strong kinetic energy attacks, the armor blades of the armor will be punched out, resulting in armor-piercing even if it does not penetrate the armor blades. Case.

The arrows shot by the Goryeo archer turned Asgar, who was wearing two layers of cloth armor, into a hedgehog, but did not really hurt him at all.

However, the arrows shot by the strong bows in the hands of the first warriors can shoot the so-called Koryo soldiers.

As soon as the two parties came into contact, a judgment was reached.

A Sige crashed into the formation of the Korean soldiers in the blood and flesh splashing all over the sky. The Korean soldiers who were relatively intact just now and could go up side by side suddenly became a group of termites whose nests were destroyed. Everywhere.

At the same time, although Asig is not moving fast with the long ax in his hand, when facing the Koryo soldiers who generally do not even reach his shoulders, he can hit their heads with just one axe, and immediately blood will spray from the iron helmet. out.

Most of the bones in the hands of the Koryo soldiers can only pierce Asig's waist, abdomen and chest, which is precisely the place with the best defense. In addition, Asig's collision is very fierce, few people can get close.

The two sides fought for less than a quarter of an hour, and immediately turned into a one-sided pursuit.

A Sige was fierce, and Zhang Jianxiong did not give up. He held a pair of fine steel spears at both ends and rushed to the front, surrounded by seven or eight people, all with long and short weapons.

These Xiandeng and Zhang Jianxiong formed a very flexible formation, and when Zhang Jianxiong made a strange cry, they rushed out together with swords, spears, axes and hammers.

No matter who or how many people were in front of them, they were quickly beaten to a pulp amidst strange screams.

Vice General Liu is not a timid person, but the scene in front of him made him realize that resistance is completely unnecessary.

He faced more than a hundred people, but he was completely powerless to fight back. Until now, the soldiers on the opposite side were shot like hedgehogs, but none of them fell down, while the soldiers under him had been beaten long ago. Hundreds of people were killed.

Thinking of this, Vice General Liu met his cronies, threw away the weapon in his hand, took off the cumbersome armor on his body, turned his head and burrowed into the surrounding houses, and disappeared immediately.

Pu Chengjing was still waiting for the good news from Lieutenant General Liu, but after a while, he heard the heart-piercing cries in a Korean accent, and countless Anbei Mansion soldiers ran wildly all over the city as if they were being chased by evil spirits.

Pu Shouqing showed Pu Chengjing's relatives a look, so don't struggle, and immediately ordered people to set up Pu Chengjing, turned around and went down the city to the stables.

run!Anyway, his task is to save Mr. Erlang's life. With only the Patriarch around, the charge of abandoning the city and fleeing is nothing at all.

And here, after Zhang Jianxiong's first climb took over the north gate, Xiang Xun immediately led the remaining 700 people to rush into the city, and immediately began a big chase.

Although there were thousands of soldiers in the city, they were not Xiang Xun's opponents at all. Hundreds of them were killed in a short while, and the rest knelt down like quails and begged for surrender.

On March 28, Wang Jing led a follow-up army to arrive and completely took control of Anbei Prefecture.

On the third day of April, Murong Xinchang led the main force of [-] troops and tens of thousands of civilians to arrive. Seeing that the city of Anbei Prefecture, which was originally scheduled to be captured before April [-]th, was captured by Xiang Xun so quickly, Murong Xinchang was overjoyed.

After greatly rewarding Xiang Xun, he ordered Chen Sirang to lead a light army to wipe out the scattered small towns and forts of Wang's Koryo north of Anbei Mansion, and at the same time began to interrogate the prisoners to find out the enemy's situation.

On the seventh day of April, Murong Xinchang stayed with Wang Jing to guard Anbei Mansion, and made this place where the two rivers meet into a rear area for the army to hoard food and supplies.

He himself led a [-]-strong army and began to march towards the Xijing Pyongyang City of Wang's Koryo.

Almost at the same time, Zhede Yuan led more than [-] pacers to advance from the coastline very smoothly. The main cities of Xuanzhou and Guizhou in Wang's Koryo here have almost only established their names. There are not many garrisons and even people, and the city walls are also They're all rotten walls.

After Zhe Deyuan took down Xuanzhou, he began to repair the port and build defenses according to Murong Nobunaga's order, and waited until Zhao Kuangyin and Chen Huo's navy arrived.

As for the great battle of the southern expedition to Koryo, it was only a prelude at this time, and it was only when the real chapter was seen under the city of Pyongyang.