Chapter 898 Eliminate Korea
The army of Li Chenggui, the lord of Goryeo, stormed a city guarded by soldiers of the Byzantine Empire. Although there were only 10,000 defenders in the city, the battle was extremely difficult.
After paying a price of 30,000 people, Li Chenggui won the city.
But soon, the city of Koryo was surrounded by the army of the Byzantine Emperor.
The Goryeo army fell into an unprecedented fierce battle.
"This national war is too difficult for us..."
Li Minzhe, a Korean player, was besieged by the army of the Byzantine Empire, and only then did he realize how difficult the national war was.
The Byzantine emperor's army numbered at least a hundred thousand, while the Koryo army only had 70,000 people left. Even recruiting low-level troops would take a certain amount of time.
The most feared are the two elite guards of the Byzantine Emperor.
Defeating the Byzantine Emperor was about as difficult as defeating the Persian King of Kings.
From the perspective of the diversity of civilized arms, the arms of the Byzantine Empire are more complete than those of ancient Persia.
The Byzantine Empire had armored cavalry that ancient Persia did not have.
Players in Korea know that the Byzantine Empire, also known as Eastern Rome, was once powerful.
Ekaterina's general Harald's Varangian guards came from the Byzantine Empire.
Li Minzhe saw the Varangian guards holding battle axes from the Byzantine Empire's army.
The army of the Byzantine Empire on the battlefield of the National War has surpassed its peak period.
I am afraid that the army of the Byzantine Empire in history could not achieve such a military strength.
This is also the reason why Li Minzhe, a Korean player, would feel terrified when he saw the army of the Byzantine Empire.
After the arrival of the Byzantine emperor, he immediately ordered the storming of the city occupied by the Goryeo lord, and the Byzantine soldiers scrambled to climb the city wall!
The catapults of the Byzantine Empire bombarded the city wall, and huge boulders fell down, making the city wall tremble!
Li Chenggui was also considered unlucky. After occupying a city in the territory of the Byzantine Empire, he was soon attacked by the Byzantine emperor.
Li Chenggui's Koryo army came from the Koryo army formed by Mingguan. Facing the fierce offensive of the Byzantine army, Koryo defenders were constantly shot and killed by random arrows.
The army of the Byzantine Empire stormed Li Chenggui for six or seven consecutive days, causing heavy casualties on both sides.
Relying on the majestic city walls, the Koryo defenders kept throwing stones down the city to kill the infantry of the Byzantine Empire.
The emperor of the Byzantine Empire was still unable to make a breakthrough, and he couldn't help frowning: "Use the Varangian guards."
Six thousand Varangian guards were mixed among the ferocious siege troops, among them the Viking berserkers were holding giant axes and striding forward!
Arrow rain covered the sky, and Viking berserkers ignored the casualties of their companions and braved arrow rain and stones to forcefully attack the city!
The Varangian Guards are the most elite infantry of the Byzantine Empire. When the Viking Berserkers in the Varangian Guards attack the city wall, they immediately go into a berserk state and kill all directions!
The elite military class of Goryeo was massacred by the Varangian guards!
Although they are also high-level units, the two legions are not opponents of the same level at all!
The Varangian guards are like killing machines, sweeping thousands of defenders on the city wall. The leader of the Biewu Squad, Yiguan, was killed by the Varangian guards with a giant axe!
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When Li Chenggui was besieged by the army of the Byzantine Empire, Chutian's army was resting and saving solid bullets for the Hongyi cannon.
"The legendary king of the Byzantine Empire dispatched an army to besiege Li Chenggui. Li Chenggui was defeated and gave up the city he occupied!"
When the Han army basically recovered its strength, news of Li Chenggui's defeat soon came.
This was expected by Chutian, because according to the account of the captured Byzantine scouting cavalry, the south was the territory of the Byzantine Emperor Basil II.
Basil II was the founder of the Varangian Guards of the Byzantine Empire. The Varangian Guards under his command had 6,000 people, which was stronger than Catherine's 500 Varangian Guards. Fastest update PC::/
Li Chenggui was no match for Basil II.
"Li Chenggui rebuilt the Goryeo Kingdom and jumped up and down in front of me all day long. Although he can't be killed in this national war, in order to avoid long nights and dreams, he must be eliminated as soon as possible."
Chutian personally led the army out of the city.
Li Chenggui's Koryo army was forced to withdraw from the city because it could not defend the city, and the Byzantine army still pursued it.
"Could it be that there is such a clear gap between our Koryo country and these powerful civilizations?"
Li Chenggui used the city wall to kill tens of thousands of people in the Byzantine Empire, but he was still defeated.
Now there are less than 30,000 Korean troops left.
The Koryo army was basically all wounded.
Li Chenggui broke away from the rule of the Han Empire. At first, he was full of confidence, thinking that he could become a generation of Mingjun, but when it came to the battlefield of the national war, he was defeated by the emperor of the Byzantine Empire, which frustrated Li Chenggui's confidence.
"It's nothing to lose in the national war, as long as we stay in the main world, unite vertically and horizontally, keep Koryo, and enjoy the glory and wealth for the rest of our lives!"
Goryeo player Lee Min-cheol and Lee Sung-gye have different ideas.
He knew that he was not the opponent of the Han Empire, and his only purpose was to keep Koryo from being annexed by the Han Empire.
Li Chenggui cheered up a little after hearing the words of this stranger who was worthy of his trust: "You are right, I would rather be a chicken head than a phoenix tail. Since I am the king of Koryo, I must lead my subjects to keep a corner place."
"The Han Empire seems to be powerful, but because the territory is too large, once it falls into turmoil, it will be difficult to unify without decades or hundreds of years of war. Our generation has no chance to capture Liaodong, which does not mean that there will be no chance in the future."
Li Minzhe is familiar with the history of ancient China, and knows that long-term unity must be divided.
"Very, very!"
Li Chenggui's eyes were bright, and he seemed to have regained his confidence.
Suddenly, there was a commotion in the Korean army, Li Chenggui subconsciously looked towards the horizon, and a black torrent appeared!
The horses are galloping, and the dragon flags are hunting!
A huge cavalry attacked Li Chenggui's rout head-on!
"Get on the horse and fight!"
Li Chenggui's face twitched, almost in a tone of panic, and he ordered the cavalry under his command to mount their horses urgently.
"Could it be that the Byzantine Empire ambushed a cavalry in front?!"
Li Minzhe was also very panicked at this time.
He imagined the Byzantine emperor Basil II too terrifying, and thought he had been ambushed by the Byzantines.
"No, it's not the Byzantine Empire, but the cavalry of the Han Empire!"
When Li Minzhe slightly recognized the enemy's identity, he panicked even more.
If it is said that it was defeated by the Byzantine Empire, it is nothing to the Goryeo Kingdom.
However, Koryo was defeated by the suzerain just a few months after it announced its independence from the rule of the Han Empire. It was a sudden slap in the face.
Koryo has not completely recovered from the shadow of the Liaodong Army, but this time, the Central Plains cavalry who replaced the Liaodong Army came to kill!
The 30,000 remnants of Koryo were in despair. What they were facing was the cavalry of the Han army with strong physical strength and morale!
As the vanguard, tens of thousands of cavalry troops swept over!
The cavalry of the Goryeo Army had already dismounted, but before they had time to adjust their formation, Xue Rengui rushed to the front and beheaded the Goryeo General Jiang Hanzan!
Jiang Hanzan's body turned into a white light and disappeared in place.
When a general is killed in battle, he will be sent directly to the battlefield of the national war!
The iron cavalry crisscrossed, and the 30,000 Goryeo army was defeated!
Yang Dayan led a group of Northern Wei tiger-patterned cavalry, and charged straight at Li Chenggui!
"You take advantage of others' danger!"
The morale of Li Chenggui's legion was already low, unable to withstand the cavalry assault at all, and they were defeated one after another. He also recognized the army of the Han Empire, and he was very sad and indignant.
As the suzerain state, facing the vassal state, it also adopted sneak attack tactics!
The iron cavalry army formed by Chutian made it worse, and immediately launched a surprise attack after the Koryo army was defeated by the emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
With a bang, the saber in Li Chenggui's hand was picked up by Yang Dayan's horse. The next moment, Li Chenggui, king of Korea, was killed by Yang Dayan. The heart-piercing pain made Li Chenggui have a splitting headache!
Although the national war can be revived, there will still be a strong sense of pain when stabbed by a weapon.
Li Chenggui opened his eyes, sweating profusely and panting violently. He had already returned to Korea, the main world.
This also means that in the first month of the national war, Koryo has been eliminated.
"The army of the suzerain is so powerful. This cavalry should be the cavalry of King Xia of the Han Empire. What should I do?"
Li Chenggui's confidence was shaken.
He realized that he was a little overbearing and dared to betray the Han Empire.
King Xia of the Han Empire defeated the Liaodong Army that had terrified Goryeo.
This is not the first time that Li Chenggui has fought against Chutian. In the previous national wars, the two sides actually fought briefly. At that time, Li Chenggui had not betrayed Cui Zaishan, the first lord of Goryeo.
Soon, the entire Koryo army, except for a few captured soldiers, was eliminated and returned to the main world.
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"It's still comfortable to bully an opponent at the level of Korea."
Chu Tian reined in his horse and was very happy to see the battlefield full of corpses.
Chu Tian was very upset that the Koryo Kingdom jumped left and right. At this time, he conveniently wiped out the Koryo Kingdom's army and eliminated them, which was regarded as a little interest.
A total of 19831 military exploits were obtained.
Li Chenggui's ranking among all the lords is not high, and the points he can get for destroying the 30,000 Koryo army are limited.
This time, Chu Tian's goal was not Li Chenggui, but...
"If you defeat the Byzantine emperor and occupy three cities, you can recruit 200,000 troops."
Chutian's goal is to destroy the legendary king of Byzantium and take the three cities in the south into his pocket!
The city occupied by the Arab Empire in the north is located deep in the desert. Chu Tian temporarily avoided confrontation with it, but changed his target to the Byzantine Empire.
"Basil II of Byzantium, with the Varangian Guard at its peak, and..."
Chutian captured about a thousand weak-willed Goryeo soldiers.
Originally, the soldiers of the Goryeo Kingdom only needed to die in battle before they could return to the main world, so it was difficult to capture them.
But Goryeo was conquered by the Liaodong army for several years, so a group of local soldiers were afraid of the Han Empire and surrendered voluntarily.
This made Chutian finally have more than a thousand servants.
"Li Chenggui is the founder of the Lee Dynasty, and his ability is also very good. The Byzantine Emperor lost a lot in order to regain the city occupied by Li Chenggui. Most of his army will return to the main city for supplies. We can meet them halfway... ..."
Chu Tian couldn't help being excited when he thought that after defeating Darius I, he would confront a Byzantine emperor head-on.