Because the soldiers of the northern tribe were afraid of the bows and arrows in the hands of the dragons, they did not launch a sneak attack at night, and did not organize another attack until after dawn. Xiang Lin and Li Yu followed the emperor's instructions, decisively let go of a part of the cavalry to cross the trench and shoot them at close range with the emperor's crossbow.

Xiao Yiran's purpose in doing this is to give the other party a certain amount of deterrence, and at the same time, it can also more effectively destroy the other party's living force.

The northern tribes lost five or six hundred men for two consecutive days, especially the cavalry. This made the other party silent for a morning, and did not attack the dragon clan again. However, in the afternoon, the northern tribes changed their strategy, concentrated all their soldiers, selected a target, and carried out a concentrated attack. In an instant, the dragon defenders behind the trench were shot in a large area, and before the dragon clan sent troops to plug the gap, the northern tribes were covered by cavalry, and the infantry swarmed in, thus opening a passage to attack the Wangshan station.

Xiao Yiran saw that the situation had taken a turn for the worse, and immediately ordered Lin and Li Yu:

"The chariots were lined up in front of them, covering the five hundred hook-and-sickle troops, against the opposing cavalry, and only the opposing infantry was allowed to come. Set up a five-element bagua array to meet the enemy and destroy the opponent's infantry. ”

Xiao Yiran knew that using infantry to deal with cavalry, even if there was a Five Elements Bagua Array, would have to pay a lot of casualties, so he let the chariot cover the hook and sickle troops and block the opponent's cavalry.

At first, this tactic worked very well, blocking the opponent's cavalry from the chariot at the same time, it also killed and injured a lot of war horses, and the infantry who were intentionally spared were quickly wiped out after falling into the dragon clan's Five Elements Bagua Array. It's just that after suffering a big loss, the opponent's cavalry concentrated a little attack again, and after suffering hundreds of cavalry casualties one after another, they finally broke through the dragon clan's chariot defense line.

Seeing that the situation was in crisis, Xiao Yiran simply stood on a chariot, personally commanded the chariot, and quickly blocked the opening of the northern ethnic group. Due to the continuous attack, the cavalry of the northern tribe that had been rushing in front had been reduced from the initial two thousand people to less than one thousand, and after Xiao Yiran led the chariot in time to plug the gap, and cut off the cavalry of less than a thousand, the three or four hundred cavalry who had just rushed through the chariot defense line were instantly swallowed up by the Five Elements Bagua Array.

It is said that if you kill a thousand enemies, you will lose eight hundred. The casualties on the side of the dragon clan were not small, when the trench was breached, there were two hundred pairs of casualties, and the hook and sickle troops that blocked the cavalry, after the first stop just now, only less than 300 of the 500 people were able to participate in the battle. And the dragon soldiers in the Five Elements Bagua Array also continued to have casualties, but fortunately, there were enough reserves in advance and they could be replenished in time.

Because of the limited number of soldiers of the dragon clan, after setting up the Five Elements Bagua Array, they gave up the defense at the trench, which was equivalent to retreating to the last line of defense. If it is broken through by the northern tribes again, the Wangshan garrison will have to face the attack of the soldiers of the northern tribes.

The dragon soldiers were well aware of this, and everyone was fighting bravely to kill the enemy, especially the emperor's presence in the chariot to direct the battle, which boosted their morale. The power of the Five Elements Bagua Array was revealed for the first time. At the same time, because it was a hand-to-hand encounter, the power of the imperial crossbow made the soldiers of the northern tribes even more frightened. The nearly 400 cavalry and 500 infantry that were put in were wiped out in less than two hours. However, the dragons also paid for nearly three hundred casualties.

After the northern tribes were again frustrated in the defense of the chariots and the Five Elements Bagua Array, they had to retreat to the trench and temporarily suspend their troops. After more than two days of fighting, the 5,000 soldiers of the northern tribe now have less than 500 cavalry and more than 2,300 infantry left. The reason why they stopped was to wait for the 3,000 soldiers who remained behind to come and reinforce them. It's just that what they didn't expect was that only Xuanliang's eighty cavalry wiped out most of the three thousand infantry, and the soldiers who could come to reinforce were less than 1,500 people, and they felt it two days later.

In the two days that the northern tribe was waiting for reinforcements from the soldiers, Xiao Yiran did not command the troops to take the initiative to attack, and the soldiers of the Dragon Clan were still very tired after a few days of fierce fighting, although the casualties were not as large as those of the other party, Xiao Yiran also took this opportunity to let the soldiers recover as much as possible. And while repairing the Five Elements Bagua Array, Xiao Yiran has not forgotten Xuan Liang who is in a dangerous situation, but the east and west of the Wangshan station are all surrounded, although they can go around from the south, but they still have to go to the bank of the big river in the end, which will also be exposed to the eyes of the soldiers of the northern tribe. After all, the other side still has nearly 500 cavalry, and it is almost impossible to sneak across the river from the front of the cavalry.

During the armistice on the Western Front, the Eastern Front did not stop. Although the disparity in the number of troops over there was even greater, the hunting force of more than 100 people in Xiongshan, plus the more than 80 cavalry led by Wei Long, could only rely on the bows and arrows in their hands and the imperial crossbow to suppress the 2,000 soldiers of the northern tribe and prevent the other party from taking a step forward. Xiao Yiran considered that Xiong Shan's continuous intense battles must have reached the limit, so he had to let Xiang Lin send a company over to replace Xiong Shan, so that his hunting troops could have a good rest.

When Xiao Yiran found out that more than 1,000 soldiers from the northern tribe had rushed to reinforce him, his heart sank suddenly. Since the left-behind troops who surrounded Xuan Liang arrived, it means that Xuan Liang and his sixty-eight cavalry are already more than lucky. Xiao Yiran didn't plan to give up Xuanliang, and immediately came to Weilong.

"Wei Long, lead all the remaining cavalry, be sure to break through the enemy's encirclement, find a way to cross the river, and be sure to find Xuan Liang and them."

"Yes, Emperor."

After Wei Long left, Xiao Yiran came to Xuan Yi again.

"Organize the adults in the clan who will use bows and arrows, go to reinforce Xiongshan and them, don't take the initiative to attack, just block the enemy and leave enough time for this side."

Today's force ratio has not changed much from the beginning. On the Western Front, plus the 1,4500 infantry who had just arrived, the northern tribe had nearly 4,000 infantry, and nearly 500 cavalry. On the dragon side, there were less than 1,030 infantry left. On the Eastern Front, the hunting force of more than 100 people in Xiongshan, plus a company that had just been dispatched, totaled less than 250 men, but it had to hold back the infantry of 15,600 northern tribes.

"Xiang Lin, line up the chariots in a long snake formation, I am in the center, Xiang Lin is the first, and Lin Zhan is at the end. The Five Elements Bagua Array was handed over to Li Yu for scheduling. Don't let the enemy go beyond the mine. ”

After the reinforcements from the northern tribes arrived, they rested for another day, and the next day began to launch a more fierce attack on the dragons. At this point, all the soldiers of the Dragon Clan, including the clansmen, have clearly seen that the northern tribe has come this time with the determination to resolutely eliminate the Dragon Clan. Otherwise, the cavalry lost about 1,500, the infantry, and the eastern and western fronts also lost more than 1,000 people combined, and if you count the casualties left behind in the garrison and surrounding Xuanliang, there are also 2,4500 people, and the northern tribes still have no intention of retreating.

There is no need for Xiao Yiran to agitate them, the clansmen of the Dragon Clan, who can use weapons, have taken the initiative to join the battle. Even those elderly people automatically help transport the wounded, as well as arrows and weapons.

The war is becoming more and more fierce day by day, and the number of casualties among soldiers on both sides is increasing by triple digits every day. Because the dragon clan had a long snake formation with chariots, nearly 300 hook and sickle soldiers to deal with the cavalry of the northern tribes, Bagua array to deal with the infantry, and bows and arrows and imperial crossbows in their hands, the number of casualties was much smaller than that of the northern tribes.

In comparison, Bear Mountain on the Eastern Front is quite relaxed. Although Wei Long led more than 80 cavalry to break out of the encirclement and go to rescue Xuan Liang, after receiving reinforcements from a company of soldiers, Xiong Shan could lead more than 100 people from the hunting force to fight and rest in turn with a company that had just arrived. The point is that they don't have to take the initiative to attack, they just suppress the enemy, and if they block it, they will complete the mission. Therefore, relying on the large number of arrows that are constantly supplied from afar, they not only suffer few casualties, but also shoot many soldiers of the northern tribes every day.

Weilong, who rushed out of the northern tribe's soldiers in one go, went straight to the ferry where he had crossed the river, but the soldiers who stayed there had already been killed by the soldiers of the northern tribe, and the raft was dismantled and disappeared. Wei Long could only lead the soldiers to rebuild the raft, and when they crossed the river, it had already been delayed for a whole day.

This time, after Wei Long crossed the river, he marched day and night without pausing, and after a day and night, he came to the station of the northern tribe. Only a part of the wounded remained, the northern tribes were no longer able to stop the more than eighty cavalry of Weilong. Wei Long also didn't have the heart to deal with the wounded soldiers and clansmen of the northern tribes, and his first task was to find Xuan Liang.

No trace of Xuan Liang was found in the northern tribe station, and Wei Long had to let the cavalry disperse and search everywhere. He didn't believe that Xuan Liang and his sixty-eight people would all be wiped out. After two days of unsuccessful search in the northern tribes' stations and nearby, Wei Long followed the route he had taken from the steppe to the northern tribes, and galloped towards the steppe.

The only twenty-nine cavalry under Xuan Liang could not be said to be able to hide, and it took Wei Long more than two days before he was discovered by Xuan Liang's cavalry who came out to spy and brought Wei Long and his party to Xuan Liang's hiding place.

Xuan Liang was still unconscious, and he had a high fever. According to the report of the remaining twenty-nine soldiers, since Xuan Liang fell into a coma, they could only burn snow water, soak dry food into a paste, and feed Xuan Liang little by little, and there was not much food that could be fed into Xuan Liang's mouth every day. By the time Wei Long arrived, Xuan Liang had been in a coma for six days.

Wei Long looked at Xuan Liang in a coma, and knew that if he didn't send Xuan Liang back to Wangshan Station for rescue immediately, he was afraid that his life would not be guaranteed. However, Wei Long couldn't swallow this breath again. Today's northern ethnic group is really an empty nest, and it must not be let go so lightly.

"Tianli, Lin Wei led your soldiers to escort Lord Xuanliang and these twenty-nine brothers to rush back to the Wangshan station, and ask the emperor to send someone to rescue Lord Xuanliang. The rest stayed behind and followed me to attack the northern tribes' quarters. ”