Lai Hu'er commanded 40,000 elite navy troops to chase them all the way, and those who blocked them were invincible. However, the Goguryeo people were defeated and defeated. At the last moment, they were incredible that they even gave up the city gate and allowed the Middle-earth people to break into the outer city of Pyongyang without any obstacles.

At this time, let alone come to protect the enemy, even the generals such as Fei Qingnu knew that this must be the Goguryeo people's plan to lure the enemy. Once the 40,000 navy army entered the outer city of Pyongyang, they would definitely be surrounded by the Goguryeo people and would be wiped out of the entire army.

Lai Zheng and Fei Qingnu immediately found Lai Hu'er and warned him.

This is Pyongyang, the capital of the Goguryeo people, the most solid city in Goguryeo. It is the most elite army in Goguryeo, and it cannot be as fragile as paper. However, Goguryeo King Gaoyuan and Goguryeo's powerful minister Edge Wende planned for a long time to resist the attacks of the Middle-earth people. Pyongyang had been built into a wall of iron by them. They had already prepared to block the attacks of the two armies of Middle-earth, water and land. Unless a miracle occurs, unless Pyongyang collapses due to internal strife, the Goguryeo people will never be able to give up Pyongyang.

At the critical moment, Lai Hu'er hesitated. If he fell into a trap, 40,000 soldiers would be wiped out and buried in a foreign country. The Middle-earth Navy would be devastating. All the consequences and heavy pressures caused by thousands of people, as well as the shame that the entire Lai family has been borne in the future, are unbearable.

Is Pyongyang really collapsed? Did a miracle really happen? If this was the Goguryeo people's treacherous plan, how many Goguryeo troops were ambushed in Pyongyang at this moment? Can 40,000 soldiers use their plans to destroy the Goguryeo people's treacherous plan and conquer Pyongyang with high fighting spirit and courage? This possibility still exists. If the land army attacks like a tide and restrains all the elite Goguryeo army on the front battlefield, then the number of troops in Pyongyang at this moment is very limited. The dozens of miles of blocking battle formation placed by Gao Yuan was a bluff, and most of them might be pretended by ordinary civilians, so that morale would collapse and defeat them would fall when faced with setbacks.

But then Lai Huer overturned his assumptions.

In order to guard against the attack of the Middle-Turkish navy, the Goguryeo people would not turn Pyongyang into an empty city no matter how much pressure they underwent on the front battlefield. If they had no choice, they would rather give up the front battlefield than gather all their strength to defend Pyongyang City, and block the land-to-land attacks of the Middle-Turkish army at all costs, and never let the defense of Pyongyang City show a slight flaw. Without Pyongyang, the Goguryeo people would lose their faith and courage, and Goguryeo would be destroyed, so the Goguryeo people would do their best to defend Pyongyang, their kingdom, and their homeland.

To take a step back, even if the Goguryeo people exposed their flaws under heavy pressure, they lost the outer city incredibly, then it would have an inner city and an imperial city, and could still resist stubbornly. The Goguryeo Navy outside the city would soon be able to support it. In addition, the main Goguryeo army, which was blocking the Central Earth land army on the front battlefield, could also retreat quickly at the fastest speed, and in turn surrounded the 40,000 army of the Central Earth Navy in the outer city of Pyongyang. In this way, the 40,000 soldiers would still be unable to escape the disaster of the entire army being wiped out.

If the miracle in front of you is real, but the navy's weak power cannot conquer Pyongyang, unless the miracle comes more violently, not only will Pyongyang collapse, but even the Goguryeo army on the front battlefield collapsed and did not have time to retreat, and there was no time to encircle and annihilate the Middle-earth Navy, and the navy could conquer Pyongyang.

Just when I was undecided, an accident happened.

The grassroots officers and ordinary guards of the navy were stimulated by the defeat of the Goguryeo people, attracted by the armor and equipment discarded by the Goguryeo people, and were tempted by the credit for the capture of Pyongyang City and the huge benefits brought by the result. They were even blinded by the amazing wealth that could be captured after being killed into Pyongyang City. Their morale was like a rainbow, holding their weapons high, shouting wildly, and rushed into the city gate like a roaring hurricane.

This was an uncontrollable accident. Because the Goguryeo people were suddenly defeated, the 40,000 navy troops suddenly launched a pursuit. As the pursuit speed became faster and faster, the distance between the military administrations and brigades became larger and larger. The order of Hu'er could not be passed on normally. In this case, the target of each military administration was only one, killing Pyongyang, until they saw the Pyongyang city gate. If the city gate was closed, the pursuit naturally stopped. But if the city gate was wide open, the military administrations and brigades rushed in uncontrollably.

In such a chaotic situation, there are not many generals who keep their minds clear. Some generals have seen the crisis ahead and want to slow down the pursuit, but the orders can no longer be conveyed. The generals in the navy who do not respect Lai Hu'er saw that Pyongyang City was right in front of them, and their minds were dizzy and people were impulsive, and they ran faster. At this time, even if they received the order to retreat from Lai Hu'er, they would not obey it.

Man's plan is not as good as God's plan. When Hu'er comes to Hu'er, he has no choice or a way out. He can only fight to the death, either annihilate the entire army or create miracles.

Lai Hu'er ordered her to guard the city gate. Fei Qingnu responded outside the city and followed the army into the outer city of Pyongyang.

There was no miracle or luck. Trap was trap, death was death, everything was real. The Goguryeo ambushed out and fought bloody battles with the Middle Earth Navy. The Goguryeo Navy on the fishing water quickly joined the battlefield. They landed outside the city and tried to cut off the Middle Earth retreat. Fei Qingnu and his soldiers fought hard to block the attack, and both sides fought so hard that they flew with blood. Soon, tens of thousands of Goguryeo army retreated from the front battlefield and joined the Pyongyang battlefield, giving the Middle Earth Navy a fatal blow.

With Lai Chung'er's support, Lai Hu'er broke out of the outer city of Pyongyang, and then, with Fei Qingnu's support, broke out from the siege of Goguryeo Navy and broke through.

The Central Earth Navy soldiers who were trapped in the outer city of Pyongyang were wiped out, and Lai Zheng and Fei Qingnu's army lost most of the time during the breakout. At the critical moment of life and death, Zhou Fashang led his army to support him and successfully rescued Lai Huer and more than 2,000 soldiers from the encirclement of the Goguryeo people.

At this point, the failure of the Eastern Expedition has been a foregone conclusion.

The navy suffered a devastating blow in the Battle of Pyongyang and had lost the power to fight again. At this time, even if the land army reached the city of Pyongyang, the navy could not cooperate with them to implement the strategy of land and land attack. The land army lost the support of the navy, and the food and weapons were difficult to support, so they had to give up the attack and retreat.

Lai Hu'er was very calm. At this point, he could only wait for the verdict of fate. Although he suffered the greatest failure in his life in military affairs, he won rich bargaining chips for Lai. Perhaps after returning to Middle-earth, he would be hanged to thank the people of the country, but he believed that the Holy Lord and the Central Committee would give him the reward, and that the descendants of Lai could still enjoy wealth and glory.

Zhou Fashang is no longer angry, his heart has turned into ashes in his anger. Although the blood of more than 30,000 navy soldiers extinguished his burning anger, the heart-wrenching pain knocked him down and completely knocked him down.

Cui Junsu came to visit Zhou Fashang.

In this battle, the Jianghuai army loyal to Lai Hu'er was wiped out. Jiang Zuo Erlang, loyal to Zhou Fashang, lost half of it, and the remaining 20,000 Jiangzuo soldiers wanted to eat Lai Hu'er alive. The entire navy was like a gunpowder barrel and would explode at any time. Lai Hu'er had lost control of the navy, but the navy's mission had not been completed yet, so Zhou Fa could not fall yet. Even if he had only one breath, he would still take the army across the sea and go home.

"Duke Qiao, now the morale is gone and the morale of the army is in chaos. Duke Rong's authority is completely lost and he can no longer command the navy." Cui Junsu sighed sadly, "Duke Qiao, you can't fall down."

Zhou Fashang lay on the couch, describing his withered eyes, as if he was a soulless puppet.

"Duke Qiao, the navy is in danger. You must cheer up and turn the tide."

"Retreat, withdraw the fishing water immediately." Zhou Fashang finally spoke, "Send scouts to the Sashui area day and night, trying every means to find Yanshou Gong (Yu Zhongwen) and inform Pyongyang of the latest war situation."

The disastrous defeat of the Middle-earth Navy completely changed the situation in Pyongyang. With the original strength of the Middle-earth Navy, it can not only restrain the Goguryeo's navy, but also restrain a considerable number of the main army of Goguryeo. But now the situation has changed, the Goguryeo people can concentrate all their strength to fight against the Middle-earth land army on the front battlefield, which will surely bring more and greater potential dangers to the Middle-earth land army.

Zhou Fashang's meaning was very obvious, so Yu Zhongwen used the excuse of the defeat of the navy and requesting the Holy Lord to withdraw his troops, while the Holy Lord could borrow a donkey to go downhill. Anyway, this is the purpose of the Holy Lord's secret edict.

Cui Junsu hesitated for a moment and asked, "Duke Yanshou commanded the elite troops of the 300,000 Weifu Palace to fight to the city of Pyongyang. How could he retreat without fighting?"

Yu Zhongwen might want to retreat without fighting, but how could the Holy Lord and the Central Master agree? Although withdrawing the troops is inevitable, the navy's defeat is a great humiliation for Zhongtu. The elites of the 300,000 Guards' Mansion should be shameless before they are brave. They will hit the Goguryeo people on the battlefield of Pyongyang. Even if they do not capture the city, they will at least have to win a few battles and cut off thousands of heads. It can be considered avenge for the navy's defeat and barely safeguard the face of the Middle-earth people. On the contrary, if the elites of the 300,000 Guards' Mansion face the shame of the navy's defeat, but do not fire a single arrow and turn around and leave, it will be a shame to the military. So if nothing unexpected happens, the Holy Lord and the Central Master will not order the withdrawal of the troops as soon as possible, and Yu Zhongwen and other military bosses will not take this breath. They will definitely fight a few battles under the city of Pyongyang to retaliate against the Goguryeo and earn some face for the military.

Zhou Fashang closed his eyes and sighed bitterly.

The defeat of the Navy not only inspired the morale of the Goguryeo people, but more seriously, it helped the Goguryeo people get rid of the dilemma of fighting on both sides. They could draw at least 50,000 main forces from the side battlefield in Pyongyang to enter the front battlefield to fight. In this way, the comparison of troops between the two sides on the front battlefield has changed, and these changes may affect or even determine the development of the battle situation at critical moments.

In other words, if the land army retreated on the frontal battlefield, the impact of the navy's defeat would be smaller. On the contrary, if the land army encountered an accident or even suffered a great defeat during the retreat, and suffered heavy losses, the impact of the navy's defeat would be greater. Perhaps it was precisely because the Goguryeo people added tens of thousands of troops to the frontal battlefield that the battle situation had a shattering reversal at the critical moment. At that moment, the navy's responsibility was heavy, and as the decision-making level of the navy, Zhou Fashang and Cui Junsu, the three of them, could not redeem their sins.

At the same time, the elite troops of the 300,000 Weifu Army were approaching Sashui.

The Sashui River is only more than 200 miles away from Pyongyang, and is the most important line of defense outside Pyongyang. The Goguryeo people are guarding Chen's army, fighting to the death to block the attacks of the Middle-earth people.

Cui Hongsheng's front-selling army took the lead, attacked bravely, and was invincible. He took the lead in killing Sashui, and then started the battle to cross the Sashui without stopping.

At this time, it was raining heavily and the river was turbulent, making the attack very difficult, but Cui Hongsheng was like a violent tiger. Not only did he supervise the army to fight to the death, but he also led the attack team again and again to the opposite shore position and fought in blood.

The Twelve Lady was very scared and begged Cui Hongsheng to cherish his life and not to go to the front line to fight.

Cui Hongsheng ignored it, "I won't die here, let alone die in a foreign land."

The Twelve Lady smiled bitterly and speechless. It was because of Li Fengyun's prophecy that she traveled thousands of miles to Liaodong to save her father, but Li Fengyun did not predict that Cui Hongsheng would die on the battlefield of the Eastern Expedition, but predicted that Cui Hongsheng would die in the political storm caused by the failure of the Eastern Expedition. However, the Twelve Lady never expected that his father would rush to the forefront without hesitation because of this prophecy.

The facts are even more speechless. Cui Hongsheng crossed the river again and again, charged again and again, and fought bloody times, but passed by the god of death again and again. Most of the soldiers who followed him to attack the tough guy either drowned or died in battle. Only he persisted, which was a miracle. This miracle greatly boosted morale. The soldiers of the Selected Front Army followed Cui Hongsheng without hesitation. In the heavy rain, in the loud trumpet, and in the crazy shouts, they launched round after round of fierce attacks on the enemy on the other side of the shore. This miracle also inspired the craftsmen and civilians who followed the army. They made nearly a hundred large rafts in the shortest time, and finally sent more than two thousand soldiers to the other side at one time in the battle before dusk.

The Selected Front Army tore open the Sashui defense line of the Goguryeo people at a heavy price of nearly 10,000 casualties, paving the way for the Expeditionary Force to attack Pyongyang.

When Yu Zhongwen, Yuwen Shu and Liu Shilong arrived at Sashui with the Expeditionary Army Command. Seeing the battlefield full of corpses, they admired the Selected Front Army and realized that they had lost the Selected Front Army. Cui Hongsheng and his army had lost the power to fight again and could only stay in Sashui for rest and rest, and were responsible for guarding the Sashui passage to ensure the safety of the Expeditionary Army's retreat.

The Twelve Lady understood the Battle of Sashui and understood why his father tried to break through the Goguryeo's Sashui defense line at all costs. His purpose was to stay in Sashui, while protecting the Expedition Army to the greatest extent possible, while defending the only retreat for the Expedition Army.

Since Li Fengyun's prophecy, since the battle in Pyongyang may fail, since the Sashui River is the life channel of the entire expeditionary army, and since Cui Hongsheng is determined to save the expeditionary army at the moment when the prophecy comes true, he certainly has to find ways to stay in Sashui. The only way to stay in Sashui is to "self-harm", which is to make the electorate army temporarily lose its combat effectiveness and have to stay in Sashui for rest, so that he can win the initiative and play the greatest role at the critical moment of the future battle situation.

The expeditionary army had nine armies, among which Cui Hongsheng's troops remained in the Sashui River, while the remaining eight armies crossed the Sashui River and rushed towards Pyongyang with great momentum.

Yuwen Shu rushed to the front line, commanding the three armies of Xin Shixiong, Xue Shixiong and Zhang Jin, and fought fiercely with the Goguryeo Army led by Yizhi Wende. He won seven battles and seven victories in a day, and was unstoppable.

Yu Zhongwen and Liu Shilong led five other troops to the center and advance slowly.

At this moment, the commander's most concerned thing was whether the navy had crossed the sea safely and whether it had successfully arrived in Pyongyang's offshore waters. For this reason, Yu Zhongwen sent a large number of scouts to find the navy along the coastline, and lit wolf smoke every ten miles to send a message. However, what Yu Zhongwen did not expect was Cui Hongsheng, who was guarding the Sashui River, and what he did not expect was that the navy chief came to Hu'er to give him a bad news, and the bad news that made the expeditionary army go into a dilemma.

Cui Hongsheng, who first heard the bad news, was shocked. He was really shocked. It was not because of the navy's defeat, but because the navy dared to violate the combat deployment of the commander's headquarters and launch an attack in advance without authorization in such a major battle. This was simply incredible.

Who gave the navy commander the courage to protect the other? According to the law and military discipline, this move is like a complicity in a major rebellion, and the crime is unforgivable. Why didn’t the deputy commander of the navy Zhou Fashang and the navy commander of the navy, and the navy leader Shi Cui Junsu? If you don’t stop it, you are a complicity in a major rebellion, and you are also an unforgivable crime.

Let Hu'er, Zhou Fashang is both famous generals in the Middle Land and old commanders of the Twelve Guards. Why did he still make such a low-level mistake? Cui Junsu has a special status in the navy, but in fact he is the spokesperson of the Saint Lord in the navy. Although Cui Junsu may lack military experience, he is rich in politics, so why did he make such incredible mistakes?

Cui Hongsheng knew very well that there was only one person who could come to protect his son, Zhou Fashang and Cui Junsu were willing to make mistakes, and that was the Holy Lord.

Why did the Holy Lord change his attack decisions privately and force the navy to attack Pyongyang in advance? Cui Hongsheng could see clearly after a little thought. From the perspective of the Holy Lord and the center, this was just a political means for them to maintain their authority. From the perspective of the military, this was a political conspiracy, one played with the military in his hands, and the other was a sinful conspiracy that ignored the lives of 300,000 soldiers of the expeditionary army.
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