Since Xiao Jinghuan went out with the cavalry, the 20,000 Boliao Army infantry army was naturally commanded by Gao Wei, after Xiao Jinghuan and Li Bingchang and Li Wu set out to fight, Gao Wei immediately began to reform the 20,000 Boliao Army, first of all, all the officers were replaced by Xia Jun's people, and all the original officers were concentrated in the name of organizational learning; After completing the removal of officers, Gao Wei was able to preliminarily master the army; Of course, there were rebellions in the process, but all of them were suppressed by Gao Wei.
Li Bingchang, Li Wu and Xiao Jinghuan led 15,000 cavalry, after separating the Xiali Road from the Gaowei Infantry Army, they did not dare to take the coastal road, but chose to walk through the mountains, and went out day and night along the way to go to the sparsely populated places, the purpose of this is to prevent the Goryeo army from being discovered, the population and economic center of gravity of the Goryeo Kingdom are all concentrated in the western region, which is limited by the terrain, the entire Goryeo Peninsula is high in the east and low in the west, the east is mountains and hills, and the west is a plain area.
Because the tentacles of Yipintang have not yet reached Goryeo, so Li Bingchang and others did not have a map of Goryeo in their hands, Li Bingchang and others walked through the Miaoxiang Mountains for more than ten days from the mountains, and slaughtered all the villages and towns of Goryeo along the way, plundering their grain and grass as logistics supplies, and when the fifteen thousand cavalry walked out of the vast mountains, they basically became called Hanako; Along the way, there were a lot of non-combat attrition, and I finally came to the bank of the Datong River.
The coalition army repaired on the banks of the Datong River for a day, and in the big tent of the Chinese army, Li Bingchang said to Li Wu and Xiao Jinghuan: "According to the confession of our captured villagers, this should be the Datong River, as long as we go down the river, we will soon be able to reach Xijing in Goryeo and complete our first strategic goal." ” "Big brother, we don't have much food and grass, we must be replenished, otherwise let alone fighting Xijing, even survival is a problem."
Li Wu pursed his lips and said.
Li Bingchang looked at Xiao Jinghuan and said, "General Xiao, now that our army is deep into the hinterland of Goryeo, it may be surrounded at any time, so we must be united; Therefore, this king decided to send you and Li Wu as the main and deputy vanguard of the whole army, leading 3,000 soldiers and horses to open the way, and this king led the rest of the army to follow behind. ” "Then how to send these 3,000 soldiers and horses," Xiao Jinghuan asked Li Bingchang.
"Fifteen hundred men from each of the two armies."
Li Bingchang said to Xiao Jinghuan.
"Yes, the last general commands."
Xiao Jinghuan commanded.
After Xiao Jinghuan left, Li Bingchang said to Li Wu: "Second brother, you must keep an eye on Xiao Jinghuan in this battle, and remember not to let him die, in addition, during this time, I will slowly infiltrate the Boliao cavalry and completely master this army." ” "Don't worry, big brother, little brother understands."
Li Wu said with a smile.
At noon the next day, the allied cavalry of the allied army set off, and the first to set off was the three thousand forwards led by Li Wu and Xiao Jinghuan, and the army went down the north bank of the Datong River, and all the villages and towns along the way were slaughtered, and all the property, grain and grass were all concentrated by Li Bingchang, who followed up, that is to say, now all the grain and grass of the coalition army are in the hands of Li Bingchang, if Xiao Jinghuan dares not obey orders, Li Bingchang can cut off his grain and grass at any time.
The coalition army marched for two days to a large city in the hinterland of Goryeo, Suncheon, because Suncheon Castle is located in the hinterland of Goryeo, the defenders here did not think that it would be attacked, and the main force of the Goryeo army has gone north, and there is only a garrison army of less than 1,000 people stationed here, when the defenders of Suncheon Castle saw the dust billowing in the distance, they were still very puzzled, and they were all stunned, and they did not think about closing the city gate at all.
Li Wu personally led the army to raid, in the case of the city gate of Shunchuan City was wide open, in one fell swoop into the city, as soon as the city entered the city, the coalition soldiers saw people killed, the entire Shunchuan City became a hell on earth, the population of Shunchuan City is not much only more than 50,000 people, but here is close to the Datong River, Caoyun brought this large amount of wealth to Shunchuan City, when the coalition cavalry seized the ferry, but also captured a large number of Caoyun ships, this battle is just a small test for Li Wu, Li Wu and Xiao Tzu Rin led 3,000 cavalry to take control of the city in less than an hour, and their own losses were almost negligible.
After taking Suncheon City, the coalition army was equivalent to obtaining the first stronghold in the hinterland of Goryeo, in order to prevent the news from leaking Li Bingchang ordered all the Goryeo people to be executed, Li Bingchang also moved his battalion into Suncheon City, the grain and grass captured from Suncheon City was enough for the coalition army to use for more than a month, and the captured trough ships provided a means of transportation for the coalition army to cross the Datong River, at this time the Goryeo court did not know that there was an enemy army into their hinterland.
After taking Shunchuan City, Li Bingchang mixed all the Xia cavalry with the Boliao cavalry, and attacked the cities and villages around Shunchuan City in all directions, and for a time the blood flowed on the banks of the Datong River; After completely sacrificing the surroundings of Suncheon Fortress, the coalition forces began to prepare for an attack on Goryeo Seokyong along the river, but at this time the best fighters had been missed, and the Goryeo army stationed in Seokyeong had been strengthened by news from Suncheon.
The coalition army was divided into north and south by Li Bingchang, along the Datong River eastward, guarding the baggage trough ship in the middle, the army along the river and all the way up the momentum is like a bamboo, the Goryeo defenders around the country can not resist at all, it only took three days for the coalition army to kill Xijing City, Goryeo Xijing is located on the south bank of the Datong River, after arriving in Xijing, the Goryeo defenders of Xijing have closed the city gate, facing the tall city wall of Xijing, Li Bingchang did not immediately launch an offensive, but surrounded Xijing City.
At this time, the person who guarded Goryeo Xijing was named Wang Huan, this person was the second son of Wang Hui, the king of Goryeo, Xijing as one of the two capitals of Goryeo was quite important, the population of Xijing was more than 200,000, it was the political, economic and cultural center of northern Goryeo, such an important place Goryeo garrison was a lot, there were more than 10,000 people, in addition, after being besieged by the coalition army, Wang Huan urgently extracted the young and strong from the city to defend the city, and roughly estimated that the garrison strength in the city should reach about 30,000.
In the camp of the coalition army, Li Wu and Xiao Jinghuan came to Li Bingchang's big tent, and Li Bingchang said to the two: "You see, now we have surrounded Xijing in Goryeo, Gaochishen, the capital city of Goryeo, according to our intelligence, there are 10,000 regular troops in the city, plus the young and strong in the city, there should be 30,000 to 40,000 people defending the city, and both of you will talk about how to fight this battle."
"Big brother, in my opinion, we will surround Xijing for the time being, and now sweep away the surrounding enemy forces; This is the essence of Goryeo, and you will definitely get a lot of oil and water by sweeping it away.
Li Wu said to Li Bingchang.
"Okay, in that case, then I'll give you three days, and everything must be cleared within three days."
Li Bingchang gave a military order.
"The last general commands."
Li Wu said with a smile.
With Li Bingchang's order, the entire Goryeo people within a radius of 300 miles around Xijing can be regarded as unlucky, the cavalry of the coalition army attacked everywhere and killed people when they saw them, robbed things when they saw them, food, drink, play, women, gold and silver, jewelry, medicinal materials, leather goods, etc., as long as they were valuable, they were among the robberies of the coalition army, and through the mixed army, the Boliao army was being assimilated by the Xia army step by step
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