February 2nd.

At this time, five days had passed since Liu Hong's reinforcements arrived in Changchun.

Over the past five days, the people of the city, under the organization of Tian Feng, Ju Shou, and the construction team, have begun to rebuild Changchun City through a work-for-relief program.

As long as they were willing to work hard, they could earn money, buy the food they needed, and even have some left over. This was undoubtedly a great thing for the people of Buyeo, so they worked exceptionally hard.

Meanwhile, Xi Zhicai led the instructors from the Military and Political Affairs Department, moving systematically through various construction areas, continuously spreading knowledge and conducting ideological education among the people of Buyeo.

The most excited among them were none other than the cadets of the Royal Guard.

Although each of them was only assigned ten soldiers, this was still the first step for them to officially lead troops.

Therefore, the members of the Imperial Guard were particularly attentive, and during the day they reorganized and trained these Buyeo garrison troops according to the training methods of the elite Han army.

At night, the trainees would gather their soldiers together and, like the instructors, conduct ideological education work on the Buyeo army.

With ample food supplies, the Buyeo garrison did not complain at all about the intense training, and they held the learned trainees in high esteem.

Of course, what attracted them most was the various benefits offered by the Han army. In Cao Cao's words, the Fuyu garrison was lucky to have become part of the Han army so easily.

Therefore, these Buyeo garrison soldiers cherish their current status and hold the emperor, whom their squad leaders constantly mention, in high esteem.

Goguryeo camp.

These past few days, Li Xiao, caught between Changchun and Gao Shunjun, has also been in great pain.

Fearing a pincer attack, Li Xiao did not act rashly, but instead sent people to inquire about the situation in Changchun City and Gao Shun's army in the rear.

On this day, the two scouts dispatched by Li Xiao, after several days of careful investigation, finally returned to the camp.

"What? There are only 15,000 Han troops in the rear?"

Upon learning the details of Gao Shunjun's situation, Li Xiao couldn't help but stand up abruptly.

"Your Majesty, at first glance, the Han army seemed to number over 60,000, but after repeated confirmation, I found that the Han army in the rear only numbered 15,000. Moreover, their camps were disorganized and did not look like a regular army; rather, they resembled a group of laborers."

"Labourers?" Li Xiao was taken aback, then a look of panic appeared on his face: "Damn it, we've fallen for the Han army's delaying tactic."

"Your Majesty...?"

The people around looked at Li Xiao with puzzled expressions, not quite understanding the meaning behind his words. Only the Right Chancellor and Zhu Yao remained silent with their heads down.

Looking around at the crowd, Li Xiao said angrily, "This Han army came to Buyeo without any intention of fighting our army. They just want to keep us here."

Meanwhile, the other Han army must have already entered our territory. Once they capture the capital, we will have no way to retreat and will be trapped here to die.

"Your Majesty, we must return to the capital immediately to defend it."

"If the capital falls, we will become rootless people!"

The generals, realizing their homes might have been robbed, looked at Li Xiao with anxious expressions.

Seeing this, Li Xiao also abandoned his idea of ​​attacking Buyeo: "Issue my order that the entire army immediately break camp, defeat the Han army in the east, and then quickly return to the country."

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

The generals responded loudly and then quickly left.

Immediately, bugle calls rang out from the Goguryeo camp. Upon learning that the Han army had entered their homeland, the Goguryeo soldiers hurriedly began to pack up.

At noon, 48,000 Goguryeo soldiers gathered together. After leaving 3,000 soldiers to confuse the Han army in the city, Li Xiao led the remaining 45,000 troops straight to Gao Shun's camp.

As early as when the Goguryeo army began to assemble, the news reached Gao Shun. Gao Shun then led his troops out of the camp and dug a large number of tripping pits and various traps on the road that the Goguryeo army was bound to take. He then arranged his troops behind the traps, making it look like a battle was about to begin.

Soon, Li Xiao led his 20,000-strong vanguard cavalry force to reach within 500 meters of Gao Shun's army formation.

Seeing that the Han army's formation had neither large shields nor long spears, the only thing that Li Xiao felt threatened by was the five thousand archers in the front row, while the ten thousand infantrymen in the rear were completely ignored by Li Xiao.

After observing the situation, Li Xiao immediately dispatched 5,000 cavalrymen, who formed a loose formation and launched a charge in an attempt to deplete the Han army's arrows.

"Prepare!!"

Seeing the Goguryeo cavalry charging towards him, Gao Shun shouted without expression and then raised the command flag in his hand.

The five thousand archers in the front row immediately raised their crossbows and aimed them forward.

Although the warhorses of the Northeast region were not as good as those of Xiliang and the grasslands, they were still very fast. In no time, five thousand Goguryeo cavalrymen rushed to within three hundred paces of the Han army.

Just then, a Goguryeo soldier at the forefront rode his horse directly into a buried tripping pit. The horse's hoof broke instantly, and the horse's hind legs flew off, causing it to overturn and throw the rider off.

At the same time, the other Goguryeo cavalrymen in the front row were also hit and fell to the ground. Before they could react, they were trampled into a bloody pulp.

This sudden turn of events threw the Goguryeo cavalry into chaos, with only a very small number of men in the front ranks managing to get within 250 paces of the Han army.

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