Water Margin Survival

In recent days, the situation in Lelang, a border county bordering the Kingdom of Jin, under the management of Liangshan Andong Duhufu has become more and more serious.

It is said that although the Koryo Peninsula is famous for its mountains, most of the plains are located on the long strip of landform from north to south on the west coast of the peninsula.The important cities that played an important role in Koryo, such as Pyongyang, Kaijing, Wangjing, Jeonju, Gwangju, and Naju, were all distributed on these small plains separated by hills and low mountains.

As for Liangshan Lelang County, which was restored and reset by Wang Lun, nearly half of its territory belongs to this mixture of plains and hills (the other half is various mountains that get higher and higher as you go east. Xuantu to the east of Lelang The county is tightly wrapped by mountains).

If placed in peacetime, this is a cornucopia for developing agriculture and accumulating national power, but in wartime, it provides the greatest convenience for foreign enemies to drive straight in.After all, although low mountains and hills can divide the plains, it is undoubtedly self-deception to regard them as natural dangers.

It was under such circumstances that the foreign bandits brought in by Dawei Guogou this time invaded the peninsula for hundreds of miles, eating away the newly re-established Lelang County until only the incomplete four counties remained.Moreover, the Jurchens' soldiers have already arrived at Nianchan County (formerly Anzhou, Korea), which is only a mere [-] to [-] miles away from Cao County, Lelangshou County (formerly Pyongyang, Korea), and they can approach the city in two days.

At this time, on the pontoon bridge built in the Caoxian section of the lower reaches of the Datong River, an endless stream of fleeing people were flocking southward in panic.Officials of the county and city led the defenders to resettle refugees and identify spies on the side of the pontoon bridge non-stop.Refugees who are confirmed to be innocent will be used by the government in the form of work-for-work relief, compiled into an organizational system and sent to Cao County to repair the city.

Looking at the people fleeing in panic by the river, Wang Huan, the envoy of Lelang Jiedu, the head of the ten Jiedu, turned his head to his partner and sighed:

"Take it easy! Seeing how the battle has turned out like this, I'm afraid I have no place to hang my old face. Sooner or later, those old guys will laugh me to death!"

As the first person in charge of Lelang County's guardian, Qiu Xi was also in distress at this time, but facing the self-mockery of the elders, he still showed considerable demeanor:

"The old general needs to drive more! This junior and Ye are all damaged now. If the reinforcements from the Duhu Mansion don't come, I, the prefect, might become the first sinner who lost his territory since the establishment of Liangshan Mansion." !" Qiu Xian gave a wry smile, "Using the words of our Jingdong people, I'm almost naked!"

Wang Huan was about to laugh at what Qiu Xian said, but the smile was a wry smile: "You said that we are all damaged, since you are all naked, I, a warrior who is responsible for guarding the land, have no choice but to kill myself To thank the world?"

Qiu Wenyan didn't answer any more, just looked at Wang Huan and smiled wryly.At this time, Li Ming, the prisoner who accompanied the two of them on inspection, said: "My lords, if the Duhu government sends reinforcements, we have to fight. Even if we don't send reinforcements, we still have to fight! Once the foreign invaders come, we should fight to the death. There is nothing to say! If the danger of the Datong River is lost, there will be Pingchuan wilderness to the south, and then there will be no danger for Seoul to defend, and the world will definitely be shaken!"

Li Ming's words are true, Cao County is the gateway to Seoul, if Cao County is lost, the gate of Seoul will be opened wide.

But at this time Wang Huan and Qiu Qian hadn't spoken yet. Ma Wanli who had withdrawn from the front line answered, "Where did we not fight to the death? The [-] frontier army lost more than [-], all of which were lost in the battle of defending the city! Can you say we didn't try our best?"

Li Ming was kept by Wang Huan's side, and he didn't command the front like the other three prison guards. He couldn't say anything at this time, but said: "The defenders of the city have been guarded in such a miserable state. If there is another field battle, wouldn't it be for Jurchen? Barbarians delivering food? I think these Koryo native soldiers are carefully selected, not ordinary people who have put down their hoes for two days! Besides, there are three guards like you, how did you achieve such a record?"

"At the beginning, I thought the same as you. I thought that Shi Wengong led Fan Luojun all the way to cut melons and vegetables. These soldiers should be of good quality. Later, it was not like that when they fought! After thinking about it, I finally understood. Firstly, Shi Wengong picked all the good seedlings away, and secondly, he led the Koreans to fight the Koreans, the situation is completely different. If we simply compare him with him, it will be taken for granted!" Ma Wanli did not show any resistance this time. So big, just calmly discussing the matter:

"In all fairness, the Jurchens are really fierce in battle! If you say charge, you charge, and if you say siege, you attack the city. I saw it with my own eyes on the city. Occasionally, if they retreated halfway due to timidity, their own cavalry would run after them. Tsk tsk, that method is so fucking ruthless! One more thing, it's weird, these savages who emerged from the mountains are not stupid at all, they can use siege equipment to win a battle, and the defenders Worse than the city siege, Duan Duan was almost captured by Jurchen alive, how do you think this battle will be fought?"

It's okay not to mention Duan Pengju, but when Duan Pengju was mentioned, he jumped out and said, "Old Master, give me five thousand Han soldiers, and the Jurchen barbarians will not be able to stick to cicadas (counties) one step further in the end! "

Seeing this, Ma Wanli knew that he had slipped his words, stepped on Duan Pengju's painful foot by accident, and lowered his head in embarrassment.To be honest, he also lost the city. If we really want to talk about it, everyone is a brother in need, let alone the second brother.

Seeing Duan Pengju asking for a fight, Li Ming was eager to try.Song Jun, the glorious tradition of the past century is only left to defend the city. Who doesn't have two brushes?

Faced with the challenge from his subordinates, Wang Huan shook his head, "The Qingchuan River has been lost, all the Hu captives have landed, and Nianchan County is no longer safe to defend. Going there will only add fuel to the battle. Now the front of the Datong River is very difficult. In the end, we will have to rely on the [-] Han troops to sustain us! Our top priority at this time is to make preparations to resist the enemy north of the Datong River!"

Duan Pengju, who was eager to wash away the shame, was still a little unwilling to give up after hearing the words, but at this time he looked eagerly at Qiu Xian, hoping to get a different order from the prefect.Seeing Qiu Xian pondering for a moment, he said: "The land that can be defended must not be abandoned lightly, and the land that cannot be defended must not be reckless. We don't have much capital now, and we only have [-] troops left. It is already a bit difficult to defend the lower reaches of the Datong River. Now, at this time, we must not divide our own power!"

Wang Huan was very pleased that Qiu Neng was consistent with himself in terms of military views. At first, he was afraid that this supposedly arrogant young man would be too assertive in everything, and would randomly intervene in marching and fighting.But after getting in touch with each other during this period of time, not only did the two have quite the same views on the development of the war, but Qiu Xian was quite different from the rumors, and actually knew how to respect people.In Wang Huanrong's half life, he has partnered with countless civil officials and military supervisors, but he feels that Qiu Xian, who can be called the best partner, is rare in his life.

As soon as he was in a good mood, Wang Huan explained a few more sentences to his subordinates: "Wu Dujian is also a veteran of the military. He just saw that the natural danger of the sticky cicada had been lost, so he took the initiative to withdraw to Simang County (formerly Shunzhou, Korea) Guarantee the safety of our upstream. At this time, we have these two nails firmly stuck on the Datong River. Even if Jurchen is possessed by wild beasts, it will take a lot of trouble to cross the river. Either face us face to face, or they can only go to the river. Going east and west for hundreds of miles, we borrowed the way from Zhang Kai in Xuantu County. We don’t care how the Jurchen chooses, but if he only has his eyes on our county, we will fight him to the end. As long as we win the precious At that time, the reinforcements from the Protectorate's Mansion will be able to rush to the aid of Cao County! At that time, these barbarians will no longer have the final say on the battle situation!"

Wang Huan was able to reach the high position of the Jiedushi step by step in the Song Dynasty, and his mind was very clear in the face of the battle situation. He knew that his task was to buy time for the reinforcements, not to always act like the few subordinates he was eager to show. Thinking of stealing the show by myself.

You know, grabbing the show also requires strength.Although the menacing Jurchen made this veteran player feel itchy for a while, he was very clear about his cards.Although Duan Pengju was full of confidence in the Han army in the county, he knew that the new army formed by him was not only a little bit worse than the Jin army that had defeated the Khitan people without any power to fight back.

"Then we're just wasting time here?"

Duan Pengju was obviously persuaded by Wang Huan, but Li Ming was still a little unwilling: "My old man gave me three thousand Han soldiers, no, three thousand Korean soldiers, and I will meet these barbarians in the future!"

Because the other side is also a general with considerable qualifications, Wang Huan can't be as merciless as he reprimanded his former subordinates at this time. He just smiled bitterly and said: "I'm also a veteran of the Forbidden Army. Come on, will you make it?"

When Wang Huan talked about this, Li Ming immediately retreated, so he had no choice but to silence his drums, completely extinguishing his thoughts.At this time, I heard Wang Huan say again: "Three, we brought the Goryeo native soldiers to fight the battle like this. The above did not blame the old man, and the prefect Qiu did not blame the old man, but I am under a lot of pressure. Why do you say that? I have won battles in my life. I have fought many battles and lost many battles, but I have always been able to stand up to the brothers around me. But this time, if Cao County is lost again, I will be sorry for the trust of the leader of the king, and I will be sorry for the prefect Qiu Support. Just now the eunuch spoke plainly, and he was just one step away from becoming the bare-chested eunuch! This is simply a great shame for our soldiers!"

Ma Wanli and the other three couldn't help but blush when they heard the words. If Qiu Qian became the prefect with naked legs, then these soldiers would be the culprits, and they must be blamed.At that moment, everyone was about to confess, but they asked Wang Huan to stop, and only heard him say: "This battle still requires all of you to do your best to help the old man guard the line along the Datong River! If you are lucky enough to stop the barbarians' iron hooves, I also ask you to come up with some weapons in the future. Get the whole copy and train our frontier army to be strong and strong. In case the Duhu Mansion sees the situation of the enemy and us, it has already forgiven our defeat in the heart!"

yes!After the war was fought like this, the higher-ups didn't even have a word of blame. Thinking about it, it seemed that the higher-ups thought it was normal for the war to be fought like this.It's okay to be regarded as a big army by your own people?The crowd was immediately aroused by Wang Huan's few words to be competitive in the soldiers' bones, and they expressed their opinions one after another, vowing to wash away their shame.