Outlaws of the Marsh

Chapter 528 Stretched (please subscribe!)
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Artillery fire continued.

Arrows rained like rain.

Although there are shield soldiers protecting Liu Huiniang and Li Cun's mother and son, the artillery fire and arrows have no eyes, so stray arrows and shells fly from time to time.

Several times, Liu Ya flew past Liu Huiniang and Li Cun's bodies.

And this is not the most thrilling.

Once, a boulder thrown by the coalition's trebuchet almost hit Liu Huiniang and Li Cun.

But despite this, Liu Huiniang still took Li Cun to sit on the city wall, advancing and retreating with the guards.

Although Liu Huiniang and Li Cun couldn't help at all, and spent a whole army of shield soldiers protecting them, because they were on the walled city, the morale of the soldiers of the Liangshan Army was unprecedentedly high!
Taking advantage of this morale, Lin Chong, Zhang Qing, Suo Chao, and Yang Zhen led thousands of cavalry out of the city, and then rushed left and right. They retreated temporarily, giving the soldiers of the Liangshan Army guarding the city a little time to breathe.

pity!

The good times didn't last long, and another [-] Korean troops marched to the city of Seoul the next day.

After that, the offensive of the coalition forces of Goryeo and Taifeng became more violent.

Seoul is at stake again...

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Yanjing City, Long Live Hall.

Li Yan was silent for a long time before asking: "Why haven't Han Shizhong and the others rescued Seoul yet?"

Xu Guanzhong replied: "Li Jun sent back news this morning that they landed at Mokpo Port yesterday."

Hearing that Li Jun and the others landed in Mokpo Port, Li Yan frowned!
Mokpo Port is almost at the southernmost point, and it will take five days at the fastest to land from there and return to Seoul, and there is still no obstruction.

Seeing Li Yan frowned, Xu Guanzhong explained: "Li Jun and the others have no choice. The army and more than 2000 sailors died, and Mokpo Port has also been occupied by the Koryo army and the Taepong army."

Hearing what Li Jun said, Li Yan's heart immediately "crashed", and then asked: "Did the Korean army and the Taifeng army bypass Seoul and attack our hinterland?"

Xu Guanzhong stammered: "Yes... Lelang County has been greatly damaged, and..."

Seeing Xu Guanzhong, who has always spoken and acted neatly, hesitated, Li Yan knew that something was wrong, and asked, "What else?"

Xu Guanzhong sighed, and then said: "The Gaoli army and the Taifeng army, especially the latter, have corrupt military discipline. They have committed all kinds of crimes in Lelang County, such as burning, killing and looting. The people have suffered a great disaster this time... Moreover, the Gaoli army The Hetai Feng army hates our officials in Shuibo Liangshan very much, once our officials are captured by them, most of them will be tortured to death by lighting sky lanterns and boiling oil."

Li Yan listened, and said coldly: "If you don't take revenge, I, Li Yan, will not be a human being!"

When Li Yan's mood calmed down a little, Xu Guanzhong continued: "According to the latest news, there are no less than 40 Korean, Taifeng, and Japanese allied forces who have violated the border. Only the Korean army and Taifeng who are besieging Seoul There are nearly 20 troops."

Li Yan asked: "So many? Then Han Shizhong and the others can't rescue Seoul?"

Xu Guanzhong said truthfully: "The disparity in military strength is too great."

Li Yan thought for a while, then said: "Then call the fourth chamber back for help."

Xu Guanzhong shook his head and said, "It's still not enough."

Li Yan asked: "Then how much more troops do we have to deploy?"

Xu Guanzhong said in a deep voice: "At least one hundred thousand troops must be mobilized."

Li Yan asked: "Do you have to transfer so many troops?"

Xu Guanzhong said: "If you don't wipe out the Koryo, Taifeng, and Japanese allied forces with the overwhelming force of Mount Tai, this battle may turn into a tug of war. When this happens, it will definitely cause extremely serious damage to the two counties of Lelang and Zhenfan. Commander, your six or seven years of hard work may be in vain..."

Li Yan's complexion was very bad, and he said, "If another 10 people are sent back to aid, what will Yanyun do here?"

The soldiers and horses that Li Yanxian has now:
The first compartment, the second compartment, the third compartment, and the fourth compartment, each compartment has about 4 to 15 horses, and these four compartments add up to a total of about [-] people.

First Army Sequence.

The eleven infantry armies are: Jiefan Army, Han Shizhong Army, Yue Fei Army, Wu Jie Army, Liu Qi Army, Zhang Xian Army, Wang Yan Army, Liu Min Army, Fang Xuedu Army, Li Xuan Army, Fang Qifo Army, each army has 3000 people About 15 people in total.

The sixteen armies of the horse army are: the first battalion, the Xiefan horse army, the Tiefutu, the left army of the kidnapper, the right army of the kidnapper, the volunteer army, and the ten horse troops scattered among the ten infantry armies including the Yue Fei army. About 7 people.

In addition, special forces such as the White Army, the Secret Special Forces, the Shenji Army, and the Amphibious Army, as well as special departments such as the Staff Department, the Political Department, the Intelligence Department, the Medical Army, and the Communications Army.

The First Army had about 26 horses.

In total, Li Yan currently has more than 40 regular troops.

In addition, Li Yan also has [-] elite reserves (which can be converted or supplemented with regular troops at any time).

Not to mention the first, second, third, and fourth compartments. Except for the fourth compartment, the other three compartments have already participated in the war—the first and third compartments have been damaged by nearly half, and they are in a semi-disabled state. The situation of the second compartment It is better, but there are also losses of nearly ten thousand horses.

The key now is not the first, second, third, and fourth compartments, but how many troops will be transferred from the first army series to help?

At present, Li Yan has transferred nearly 5 troops from Han Shizhong's army, Fang Qifo's army, and Fang Xuedu's army to help.

If another 10 people are transferred back to aid.

Then there are only more than [-] horses left on Yanyun's side, how to defend Yanyun who is about to be besieged by the Jin army, Song army, and Xixia army?
It's just too tight.

To be honest, Li Yan already regretted it a little. He came out to make troubles before his hometown was stable.

If he had known this was the case, Li Yan must have found a way to destroy Goryeo and Taifeng first, or at least destroy Taifeng first.

In addition, Li Yan still needs to review one more thing—his diplomacy is so bad that he doesn't even have a single ally and is surrounded by enemies.

but--

Regret and self-criticism are meaningless now, the key is how to solve the problem in front of me?
suddenly!

Liang Hongyu came in and reported: "Governor, General Wang Yan has sent a message that the envoy of Song is asking to see him."

Considering that receiving and sending intelligence is very important, if you are not careful, you will be taken advantage of by the enemy, so Li Yan simply handed over this task to Liang Hongyu and Fang Baihua, and the place to receive and send intelligence is the Jiefan Army's garrison.

Hearing that the envoy Song came to see him, Li Yan didn't think much of it, and said, "Kill him."

"This……"

Liang Hongyu hesitated.

Seeing Liang Hongyu's hesitation, Li Yan thought for a while and asked, "Who is the Song envoy?"

Liang Hongyu said: "Cai You, Wang Qing, Ma Kuo."

Li Yan raised his eyebrows slightly, and said, "Zhao Ji is quite good at selecting people...Let Wang Yan send someone to send them over."

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(End of this chapter)