Tsushima Island is located at the east entrance of the Koryo Strait, just a hundred miles away from the south coast of Shannan County. Since the Zong family surrendered to Koryo sixty years ago, Tsushima Island has always been the southeastern gateway of Koryo.
Compared with Danluo Island located at the west entrance of Koryo Strait, Tsushima Island directly separates Koryo from Kyushu Island and Honshu Island in Fuso. In the eyes of Koryo people, Tsushima Island's strategic position is much more important.
Nah Azig ran in and said that the Saga clan and the great pirate Chizhou's coalition forces had captured Tsushima Island. Qin Zitan was shocked when he heard the news, and the pen slipped from his hand, splashing half of the ink on Qingpaozi. He hurriedly removed the pen from the brick
He picked it up from the ground and asked Azig: "Is the news true?"
Qin Zitan felt his fingers go numb. This news surprised him. This meant that the Saga clan and the great bandit Chizhou had allied with the Huaidong Army, so they chose this opportunity to capture Tsushima Island.
Goryeo declares war!
Qin Zitan would not be surprised that the great bandit Chizhou, who was entrenched in the Five Southern Islands, came to the Huaidong Army to recruit troops. However, the Saga clan had just forcibly ceded Matsuura, Hirado and other places to the Huaidong Army, so he probably did not feel any sense of humiliation in his heart.
How could they change their attitude, make peace with the Huaidong Army, and collude with the Huaidong Army?
Qin Zitan subconsciously doubted the accuracy of the source of the information, and suspected that the Huaidong Army was using its time to spread false news!
"The Prime Minister of Korea sent an urgent message by ship from Uiju. He was afraid that it would be intercepted by the Huaidong warship, so he sent three groups of people to deliver the message! The three groups of people successfully crossed the sea," Azig said. "It seems that Xiyeyuan
A war must be fought."
Lin Fu assigned Matsuura, Hirado, Minami Goto and other places to the supervision of the Danluo Kingdom, and established the Dongzhou Governor's Office. When the policy of restraint was officially implemented in the Haidong region, Qin Zitan had already borrowed the road from Honshu Island with She Feihu.
, crossed the sea and arrived in Goryeo.
In order to ensure that the joint forces of Chi Zhou and the Saga clan could launch a surprise attack on Tsushima Island, both the Huaidong Army, Chi Zhou, Yang and the Saga clan strictly controlled the leakage of information.
Whether it was Qin Zitan, Azige, or Goryeo's monarchs and generals, it was normal that they failed to get the news in time across hundreds of miles of vast sea.
Qin Zitan hurriedly took another topographic map of Haidong from the pile of books and spread it out on the desk.
This is a military map of the Haiyang County Army and Horse Division. It is relatively accurate. Tsushima Island, Danra Island, as well as Iki Island, Hirado Island, Goto Islands and other large islands in the northern part of Kyushu Island are all marked.
The Saga clan and Chi Zhou's coalition forces captured Tsushima Island and declared war on Goryeo, which was undoubtedly a blow.
The Huaidong Army forcibly took away Matsuura and Hirado from the Saga clan. Qin Zitan had deduced the situation of the conflict between the Saga clan and the Huaidong army, and was quite clear about the strength of the Saga clan.
The Saga clan has about 2,000 elite warriors under its control, and through military mobilization of civilians under its rule, the force can be expanded to a maximum of about 15,000 people in a short period of time.
The Saga clan's infantry was strong, but its navy was weak. On land, it was suppressed by the Taira clan and the Kingo clan. It was not strong enough to cross the sea and attack Tsushima. Chizhou's troops made up for this shortcoming of the Saga clan.
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"The Huaidong Army actually used Tsushima Island to weaken the Saga clan's resentment!" Qin Zitan felt a sense of powerlessness in his heart.
Qin Zitan has always been conceited, but since his confrontation with Huaidong, he has often been thrown into chaos by Huaidong's unexpected tricks, which has made it difficult for him to maintain his former self-confidence.
After the Saga clan captured Tsushima Island, the pirate forces occupying islands such as Iki Island, Oki Island, and Jiku Island between Tsushima Island and Kyushu Island had no choice. Either surrender, or leave the Kaito region and find another way to make a living.
, otherwise we will wait to be exterminated.
If these islands and Tsushima Island are all assigned to the Saga clan, it can almost mortgage the Saga clan's cession of Matsuura and the loss of the administrative areas of Hirado, but there is still more leftover - this is the Saga clan's final choice to make peace with the Huaidong Army.
The basis of!
For Goryeo, if Tsushima was lost, if a reaction could not be organized immediately to allow the Saga clan to gain a foothold on the island, it would be difficult to recapture it.
In addition, the Chizhou and Saga clans occupy Tsushima Island, which is only a hundred miles away from Shannan County and more than two hundred miles away from the southeast corner of Haiyang County. This not only means that the mainland of Goryeo will be harassed by pirates, but also
This means that the Huaidong Army has an additional maritime force that can block the sea area between Haiyang County and Danluo Island.
If the pirate forces between Tsushima and Kyushu Island surrender to the Chizhou or Saga clan on a large scale, the Koreans will have to bear greater risks and losses if they want to transport grain and grass supplies from Haiyang County to Seogwipo.
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The battle of Kinohara is inevitable.
Neither Goryeo nor the Huaidong Military Division will let the war on Danluo Island drag on. A decisive battle in Xiyehara is the best choice for both sides.
In any case, the Koreans must fight out of Seogwipo City first.
The Goryeo navy assembled in Haiyang had lost more than one-third of its troops and more warships.
If more than 15,000 Goryeo soldiers were trapped in Seogwipo City and could not fight out, the fixed point-to-point supply route would be more likely to be cut off by the Huaidong Water Camp due to the limited escort capabilities of the navy. In the end, it would probably be because of
Lack of food led to a great rout.
The wind blowing in the early morning in Seogwipo was still bitingly cold. The heavy iron-clad gate with copper nails rattled open, and groups of Goryeo soldiers in red clothes and armor filed out of the city gate.
He raised his gun and reflected the warm morning sun, like sparkling waves.
From the east gate of Seogwipo City to Xiyewon, you have to pass through a narrow bottle-shaped section, and then cross the Bailuo River to reach the open terrain of Xiyewon. Black Rock Mountain is in the southwest of Xiyewon, and Baidu Village is on the northern beach of Xiyewon.
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Even if Lin Fu considers using the water camp to defend Jeju City and transferring all the horse infantry from Huaidong and Danluo to Xiyeyuan for the battle, there will only be 9,000 people at most. As long as the Koreans can seize Xiyeyuan first and set up their formation, they can actually limit the number of soldiers.
The Huaidong and Danluo coalition forces deployed their forces.
The first step is to fight for Xiye Plains. Perhaps the moment the army sets foot on Xiye Plains, the battle will officially begin.
Qin Zitan followed Azige's Donghu team. They moved to the southeast corner of Xiguipu City and were responsible for occupying a hilltop in the southeast corner to prevent the Huaidong Army from detouring from Black Rock Mountain and attacking the East City Gate. Standing on the top of the hill
From the top, you can clearly see the Shira River in front of you like a plain white ribbon, running across the western edge of Xiyehara.
Behind the Bailuo River is the intercepting force of King Danluo's army. The flags are the first and second battalions led by King Danluo's son. Although there are six battalions in King Danluo's city, the ones with combat effectiveness are only
There are more than a thousand soldiers in these two battalions.
The ice of the Baila River has melted, but the water is still shallow and the river is only five or six feet wide. It is not a natural danger that can be defended. The Koreans began to use swords and guns to force the Danlu civilians in Seogwipo City out of the city.
Come and force them to take soil to fill up the Bailuo River and create a channel for dispatching troops.
These civilians include adults and strong men, but most of them are old, weak, women and children.
The Danluo King's army had many family members of old soldiers who were trapped in the city because they had not had time to escape. At this time, they were expelled and the Korean soldiers held spears and spears behind them and forced them to take soil to fill the river.
The beating of war drums was heartbreaking. The veterans of the Danluo King's army could not disobey military orders, and they could not bear to shoot arrows at their relatives. They raised their arrows upward one after another, intending to throw them to kill Gao Li who was threatening him with a knife from behind.
Soldiers.
No matter how good the crossbow is, its range is limited. Countless arrows shot diagonally into the air, then were thrown diagonally down, falling into the back of the civilian queue. Miserable and desperate howls suddenly filled the battlefield.
The civilians who were surrounded all fired arrows into the air when they saw them. One person took the lead, and countless people followed. They rushed down the cold Bailuo River and waded to the east bank to escape. Thousands of Korean crossbowmen
Then they followed up, shooting random arrows, forming a hail of arrows, and hundreds of civilians were shot dead on the river beach and in the valley. Some people did not die on the spot, moaning and wailing, or struggling on the river beach, or
In the cold river, I tried to keep my head above the water.
The smell of death filled the air, and the water of the Bailuo River was dyed into a sea of blood, and the river was blocked by two to three hundred corpses. It seems that the Koreans planned to fill the river with corpses from the beginning.
The generals of the Danluo King's army were so shocked that they were yelling and screaming. Some of them ignored military discipline and could not contain their rage. They wanted to rush across the river to stop the Korean massacre, but they were all shot dead.
In the river valley.
More civilians fled to the east bank, scattering the Danluo King's army.
Although separated by the Bailuo River, the Danluo King's army suffered heavy casualties under the close-range shooting of Korean crossbows. Prince Danluo was forced to lead his men to withdraw from the east bank and regroup two hundred steps away.
Adjust the formation.
The archers and crossbowmen occupied the west bank and fired at the Danluo King's army. The Korean soldiers with swords and spears used shields to cover the bodies. They filled the bodies on the river beach with the soil into the Bailuo River, which could only be submerged to the waist of a person. They quickly filled up a wide area.
There is a twenty-foot troop dispatch channel.
The soldiers of Haiyang County were trapped in Seogwipo City for more than two months. When reinforcements arrived, their morale soared. They had been very depressed before. They rode forward, yelled and crossed the Baila River, and fought together with the army of King Damra.
group.
Across the Bailuo River is Xiyeyuan. The Koryo people have sufficient troops. Pushing the battle line eastward will open up the terrain and put more troops into it. The Danluo King's army was only on the east bank of the Bailuo River.
Two battalions of troops were invested, but by noon the battle gradually became unstoppable. A group of armored soldiers came out from Bainiao Village and approached the battlefield from the northeast. The Danluo King's army took advantage of the opportunity of the Korean soldiers to reorganize after their withdrawal and retreated from the battlefield southward...
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Qin Zitan and Azige rushed to the west bank of the Bailuo River, and the Korean soldiers were crossing the river in groups.
In order to strengthen his determination to fight against the Huaidong and Danluo allied forces, Zhen Feng set up his Chinese army camp on a low slope on the east bank of the Bailuo River.
After a fierce resistance before noon, the Huaidong and Danluo coalition forces withdrew to two camps, Black Rock Mountain and Bainiao Village, with three to four hundred casualties.
The Goryeo soldiers were centered on the Chinese military camp on the east bank of the Bailuo River. Six thousand-man troops were placed on the left wing, facing the direction of Bainiao Village, and four thousand-man troops were placed on the right wing, facing the Black Rock Mountain. Zhen Feng was on the east side of the Bailuo River in one fell swoop.
A force of 10,000 troops was invested in Xiyehara on the west bank, and the focus of the force deployment was on the left wing. In addition, there were three thousand-man troops deployed on the west bank, which were regarded as reserve forces controlled by the Chinese army. Only 2,000 soldiers remained in Seogwipo Castle.
This is Goryeo's classic battle formation, the Butterfly Wing Formation. The ancestors of the Goryeo Dynasty used this infantry formation to drive the Donghu people to the north of the Qingchuan River. Qin Zitan has studied Goryeo classics and knows about the Butterfly Wing Formation. Feng Ben is a veteran general of Goryeo and a descendant of a branch of the Goryeo royal family. It is not surprising that he can use the butterfly wing formation to deploy troops.
However, Zhen Feng deployed his troops mainly on the left wing to deal with Bainiao Village. Qin Zitan was a little confused, but Zhen Feng was arranging war with the Goryeo generals, so it was not inconvenient for him to go and disturb them.
Azige didn't understand after seeing it, and discussed softly with Qin Zitan at the side: "Zhen Feng wants to pull out the White Bird Village first?"
Qin Zitan thought about it for a while and speculated: "Lin Fu should have been able to get the news in advance that the Saga clan and Chi Zhou's joint forces had conquered Tsushima Island. If he did not withdraw the troops from Bainiao Village to Black Rock Mountain, then he must have been there. Xi Yeyuan fought a decisive battle with Goryeo. Lin Fu retained Bainiaozhai, so that during the battle, he could send troops from the left wing to contain the Koryo people. On the surface, the deployment of the Huaidong and Danluo coalition forces in Heiyan Mountain and Bainiaozhai should be based on the black Yanshan is the main force, with Bainiao Village as the auxiliary, but there is no guarantee that he will go astray and change Baidao Village as the main force, with Heiyan Mountain as the auxiliary. Zhen Feng can be considered a veteran in deploying troops like this!"
"No matter what Lin Fu does, he only has four to five thousand fighting soldiers brought from Huaidong. Two battalions of the Danluo King's army with combat effectiveness just retreated to the Black Rock Mountain camp. Naturally, the troops guarding Black Rock Mountain will not be weak. No matter how Lin Fu strengthens the defenders of White Bird Village, there is a limit," Azig said. "But it is a good choice to remove White Bird Village first and then concentrate on attacking Black Rock Mountain. .”