The Goryeo king's army first sent Cui Quanchen to supervise Shaocheng, and built a navy with Baeryeong Mountain and Hejin Island as a barrier. This was to take into account the threat from the sea to the west flank of Hanyang, the capital of Goryeo, from the Haidong Camp Army and other troops of the Huaidong Army.
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Yeji Baishi led his troops to aid Goryeo and stationed 20,000 horse infantry mainly near Shaocheng. He also supervised Goryeo's left wing troops and horses, and also attached great importance to maritime defense.
The islands and reefs outside Shaocheng are criss-crossed, and most of them are shallow water shoals. Only the middle section of the Hejin Strait where Feiniao Mountain and Bailing Mountain on Hejin Island face each other is a rare deep-water area in the surrounding seas. Cui Quanchen and Ye Ji Baishi regard this sea area
It was the outer port of Shaocheng for the Goryeo Navy, with Bailing Mountain and Feiniao Mountain as the core. It dug trenches along the coast, built fortresses and long walls, and made it impregnable.
Before the Battle of Hejin, Cui Quanchen and Ye Ji Baishi's defense strategy of Bailing Mountain-Hejin Strait-Hejin Island was undoubtedly correct.
The Haidong Camping Army had organized warships to attack the Hejin Strait three times before, but they were all ruthlessly repulsed. Many warships and generals were damaged in this area of islands and reefs with complex water conditions.
The royal court of Goryeo also regarded Baekryeong Mountain as the "sea-locking defense line" of the Goryeo people. Yeji Baishi even planned to extend the defense line to Gimpo and completely protect the mouth of the Han River. Who would have thought of the so-called "impregnable" defense line?
How could Huaidong's new battleship be torn to pieces so easily?
When Bailing Mountain was attacked by artillery, Ye Ji Baishi, Cui Quanchen and others were at a loss and fled in panic; on April 2 and April 3, Huaidong used a total of eight warships to defend Bailing Mountain and Feiniao Mountain.
Despite the continuous bombardment, Ye Ji Baishi failed to resolutely send reinforcements to Bailing Mountain. It was not until the Huaidong Army tried to land that he dispatched two thousand soldiers and horses from Shaocheng to intercept them in confusion.
It was not until the Huaidong Army occupied Bailing Mountain and built a heavy artillery position on the northeast side of Bailing Mountain that Ye Ji Baishi realized that this was the biggest mistake he had ever made.
The Koryo Navy garrison located on the inside of the Baengnyeong Mountain Trench is just within the range of the heavy artillery position at the northeast corner of Baengnyeong Mountain. Since Haikouzi is blocked by shipwrecks, and there are Huaidong gunboats on the outside to blockade it, the Koryo Navy is stationed in Baengnyeong Mountain.
The more than 250 large and small warships inside the trench became living targets for Huaidong's heavy artillery.
Ye Ji Baishi organized soldiers and horses to counterattack Bailing Mountain three times, but all were defeated. More than two thousand corpses were abandoned at the foot of the eastern foot of Bailing Mountain. We have to admit that even if the Huaidong Army does not have sharp weapons such as ambushes and crossbows, the tightness of its defense formations is unparalleled in the world.
Few people can match it.
If Bailing Mountain cannot be recaptured, the Huaidong Army's attack on the naval garrison at the Bailing Mountain heavy artillery position cannot be interrupted - after two days of continuous bombardment, no ship was found intact inside the Bailing Trench.
An undamaged Goryeo warship.
From April 6, the Huaidong Army organized manpower and began to clean up the sunken ships on Haikouzi.
He was still at a loss to deal with Huaidong's heavy artillery and could not think of a powerful counterattack. Seeing that the Huaidong warship was about to sail into the inside of the Bailing Trench, Cui Quanchen could only bear the pain and scuttled all the remaining warships and abandoned the ship with him.
The Goryeo Navy generals who landed ashore followed Ye Ji and Baishi to abandon Shaocheng County and retreat eastward into Guiyang Mountain and Mani Mountain.
Shaocheng County is too close to the Bailing Trench and is within the attack range of the Huaidong battleship's broadsides with more intensive firepower. The only places to visit are the rugged hills and dense forests in the Guiyang Mountain and Mani Mountain areas to the east.
It may prevent the Huaidong Army from continuing to penetrate deeper.
Ye Ji Baishi's eyes were sunken, his beard and hair were messy, and his pupils were bloodshot.
Ye Ji Baishi stood on the peak of Mani Mountain and looked at Shaocheng County, which was more than ten miles away. Cui Quanchen, who was also haggard and looked exhausted, stood beside Ye Ji Baishi and saw the Huaidong Army landing in the county seat.
Digging trenches on the east side, he said: "It seems that the Huaidong Army has no intention of heading east, advancing, and approaching Hanyang in the short term..."
Shaocheng is the western gateway to Hanyang, the capital of Goryeo. It is only 120 miles away from Hanyang City to the east. Shaocheng, which was heavily garrisoned with 30,000 troops, was easily lost. The navy in Shaocheng accounted for half of Goryeo's entire navy.
More than that, the entire army was wiped out so easily - one can imagine how shocked they were to the nobles of the Goryeo royal court and Hanyang City.
Prime Minister Zuo Jing urgently transferred 10,000 reinforcements from Hanyang to strengthen the defenses of Guiyang Mountain and Mani Mountain. He also built ships in the Han River to prevent Huaidong warships from directly attacking Hanyang from the Han River——
Cui Quanchen knew that all this struggle was in vain. Even if they could barely hold on to the front line of Guiyang Mountain and Mani Mountain, the elite main force of the Huaidong Army would advance to less than a hundred miles away from the country - hundreds of miles away.
After hearing this news, the hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses on the Yashan defense line still had the morale to fight Zhen's Haiyang rebels to the death?
Once the Asan defense line is defeated and penetrated by the Haiyang rebels, the old thief Zhen Feng leads 100,000 Haiyang troops to attack Hanyang from the south and form a pincer attack with the Huaidong army. How much room for struggle will they have?
Cui Quanchen looked tiredly at the Goryeo soldiers behind him, and had no time to think about whether his second son Cui He was alive or dead on Hejin Island. Many people regarded the Huaidong Army's Fuhuo Crossbow as a magical weapon given by the gods.
I lost the courage to fight against it - at this time, the Huaidong Army stopped in Shaocheng and stopped advancing eastward, which undoubtedly allowed them to breathe a sigh of relief at the critical moment.
Even in the future, even in the future - Cui Quanchen can't control that much.
The Huaidong Army stopped at Shaocheng and stopped advancing eastward, which allowed Cui Quanchen and other Goryeo generals to breathe a sigh of relief, but made the clouds in Ye Ji Baishi's heart thicker.
After capturing Shaocheng, the Huaidong Army had no intention of attacking Hanyang immediately, which meant that the Huaidong Army was likely to concentrate all its efforts on attacking the sea-locking defense line. The Huaidong Army rushed to attack Shaocheng. To put it bluntly, it wanted to attack the city of Shaocheng.
The Korean navy in the city was defeated to eliminate the threat on the rear flank; although this threat seemed so insignificant, the order of using troops could not be reversed.
In the past few days, Yeji Baishi sent dead soldiers to sneak into Hejin Island several times. He only saw that the Huaidong Army that occupied Hejin Island was stepping up its efforts to drive prisoners of war to build a temporary dock at the northern foot of Feiniao Mountain, possibly as a
A temporary garrison where the naval forces of the Haidong Marching Army can be stationed to increase the ability to attack the sea-locking defense line.
Ye Ji Baishi really didn't know how many days the Suohai defense line, which he once thought was impregnable, could sustain under the attack of Huaidong's new warships?
Ye Ji Baishi dragged his tired body back to the temporary tent set up behind the cliff.
Inside the tent, several painters were using charcoal to faithfully draw the fire-fighting crossbow and the firing conditions of the fire-fighting crossbow on white paper. There were also several solid iron bullets burnt black by gunpowder on the long table.
and lead pellets that can cause great damage at close range.
Ye Ji Baishi doesn't believe in the theory of gods and ghosts. There is no essential difference between the Fuhuo Crossbow and the Flame Crossbow. It's just that the Huaidong Fuhuo Crossbow has a terrifying range and a terrifying power.
If there are only one or two of this type of war equipment, it cannot change the battlefield situation. However, a new warship in Huaidong is equipped with up to hundreds of such war equipment. The tactical advantage formed on the local battlefield is beyond human power.
It can be reversed.
The Goryeo naval force in Shaocheng was completely destroyed, and it was unable to damage Huaidong's new warships at all. This is proof of this.
Ye Ji Baishi couldn't think of it for a moment that he could restrain Huaidong's Fuhuo Crossbow in such a way, but he also wanted to record the Fuhuo Crossbow he had seen in the past few days in more detail and more realistically, and send it to Yanjing.
Let the tribesmen be somewhat prepared so that they will not be caught off guard.
However, the biggest headache for Ye Ji Baishi right now is that the sea route has been completely blocked by the Huaidong battleship.
Hanyang did not agree, and was reluctant to send only a few large warships to force Huaidong and blockade it in the Hanjiang Bay. It was difficult for a small fishing boat to even confirm its direction on the vast sea. Even if there was a chance to escape from the blockade, it would not be possible in time.
Send the information to Dengzhou and Yanjing - and by land route, it will take half a month at the earliest before it is possible to deliver the news to Yanjing.
Half a month, is there enough time?
The fundamental purpose of the Shaocheng assault was to eliminate the flanking threat of the Goryeo Navy in one fell swoop.
Occupying Hejin Island, Baengnyeong Mountain and Shaocheng, annihilating all Goryeo naval forces in Shaocheng, annihilating and capturing tens of thousands of enemy soldiers, forcing the Goryeo royal army to sink their ships and declare themselves Han River. This battle of Shaocheng assault
The goal is considered to be perfectly accomplished.
Ma Yigong's marching army to the east took over the garrison of Hejin Island, Baeryeong Mountain and Shaocheng, and was responsible for expanding to the northern flank, controlling Gimpo and Ganghwa and other islands outside Gimpo, completely blocking the Hanjiang Bay, and threatening Hanyang from the west flank.
, Yang Shi, Ge Yuan and Li Baidao led the First Task Force and the First Brigade of the Denhai Division to retreat to the northern foot of Asuka Mountain on Hejin Island for a short period of rest and ammunition supply.
Luo Wenhu stood at the temporary port at the foot of Asuka Mountain, looking at the Lin Zhengjun-class battleship temporarily stationed in the sea outside the port. The prominent words "301" were painted on the hull with white paint to show that it was a new type of three-class warship.
The first sequence of the main battleships, the warships are majestic, with thick iron chains connected to iron anchors weighing thousands of kilograms hanging down into the sea water, anchoring the ships tightly - Huaidong's military potential is in this ship like
The giant battleship is perfectly reflected.
Not to mention the other technologies on this battleship, even an iron anchor weighing four to five thousand kilograms cannot be easily forged by other forces.
"It's such a pity that we didn't get to see this super giant ship show off its power..."
Luo Wenhu turned around and saw Brigade Commander He Zongliang approaching. He also looked at the Lin Zhengjun-class ship stationed outside the harbor and sighed.
There is only an extremely narrow channel in the Hejin Strait that can accommodate the entry of the Lin Zhengjun-class battleship with a draft of six meters. Just waiting for the water channel to be measured, the Battle of Hejin ended with the total destruction of Goryeo's navy in Shaocheng; only twenty
The power of the four-pound heavy artillery has been demonstrated in the shelling of Bailing Mountain from Bailing Trench.
"Shuai Ma called you over. Did he ask for a fight and get a reply from the military department?" Luo Wenhu asked He Zongliang.
As the main force defending Bailing Mountain and thwarting the enemy's counterattack, He Zongliang's troops suffered certain casualties. After the main force of the Haidong Marching Army completely controlled Shaocheng, He Zongliang's troops withdrew to Hejin Island to rest - but it was obvious that
, He Zongliang and other generals had no intention of resting and recuperating, and they could not hide in the Bailing Mountain massacre attack at all.
At present, the military headquarters has instructed the Haidong Marching Army to consolidate the defense of Shaocheng. It has no intention of causing the Haidong Marching Army to deploy its troops eastward and attack Hanyang. The generals who do not want to miss the drama of the Northern Expedition naturally ask for battle and request to join the task force across the border.
Fighting at sea, I don’t want to wait on the battlefield of Goryeo and miss my opportunity.
"It's not that simple," said He Zongliang, who was a military commander in Huaisi and was very close to Luo Wenhu. "The military department asked us to formulate a more detailed plan. We were worried that excessive withdrawal of troops from the Haidong Marching Army would leave Shaocheng's defense empty.
Give the Goryeo King's Army and Ye Jibaekseok a chance to counterattack - ***, the Goryeo King's Army and Yeji Baekseok have been paralyzed, how can they have the ability to fight back? I think the people in Haizhou are not honest, and they want to
Take all the credit for the Northern Expedition..."
"Ye Ji Baishi has 20,000 elite infantry troops trapped in Goryeo. Isn't that enough for you?" General Chen Enze came over and listened to He Zongliang's grumble about his frustration in asking for battle. He retorted with a smile, and then said to Luo Wenhu, "The military department requires
He escorted Cui He to Haizhou and asked that a staff officer be sent to Haizhou to explain the division plan of the army marching to Haidong; be prepared, and a ship will be sent to Haizhou before dark..."
"You bastard," He Zongliang punched Luo Wenhu in envy and said, "When you go to Haizhou, try to find a way not to come back in a hurry. Maybe you have the opportunity to go directly to Jinhai to recover Yanjing, how many people are there in the world.
The man wants to experience that moment in person, so I want you to have the chance to catch up!"
"As escorting Jihe to Haizhou, does the military department not plan to fight a big war in Goryeo?" Luo Wenhu asked suspiciously.
"Well," Chen Enze nodded and said, "It's possible..."
Choi Hyuk was the second son of Choi Kwon-shin and was the defender of Gajin Island. After two days of bombardment at the Asukasan fortress, he saw that there was no hope of breaking out and led the remaining troops to surrender. At this time, the military requested that Choi Hyuk be taken to Haeju.
They probably won't capture him and torture him or anything like that.g!.