"There is a light cavalry that has entered the hinterland of Yangdu County, and the Taishan thief Changfeng has been broken, you must be careful!"

As the leader of the alliance, Qi Xiaobai reminded the lords who came to support.

"It's too late, my army has been attacked......"

A lord of Xihai County in Langya Kingdom climbed the hillside with his own soldiers.

Below, the 3,000 soldiers and horses he brought with him were being attacked by the opposing cavalry.

The silver-level martial artist was stabbed to death by a white-clothed young general on the other side and raised high.

Such a terrifying scene made this lord unable to recover for a long time.

Three thousand soldiers and horses were killed and scattered by the other side, and many horses were plundered.

The speed of the various lords of the anti-Chutian Alliance had dropped greatly, and they all knew that Chutian had sent a team of cavalry to defeat Chang Xuan and a lord of Xihai County one after another.

This group of cavalry only killed and wounded more than 1,000 coalition troops at a time, and did not inflict a devastating blow on the coalition army, but it made the reinforcements from all walks of life frightened and did not dare to advance.

When Hua Mulan and Xue Rengui crossed the Battle Soul Town to block the reinforcements, Chu Tian's main force had already approached the Battle Soul Town, and more than 20,000 people surrounded the Battle Spirit Town.

Fang Xuanling held a map in his hand: "If you want to break the Yang Capital, you must first take the Battle Soul Town." ”

"Prepare for a storm."

Chu Tian was ready to storm the Battle Soul Town.

He didn't think that Qi Xiaobai would surrender, after all, Qi Xiaobai still had 100,000 reinforcements behind him.

Although the 100,000 reinforcements were cautiously advancing for fear of being ambushed by Hua Mulan and Xue Rengui, they were still slowly gathering towards Battle Spirit Town.

Chang Xuan, who was hiding in Yangdu City, was also echoing Qi Xiaobai.

"I'm not worried about Qi Xiaobai and Changyun uniting, but I'm worried about Xia Cheng and Langya City."

Chu Tian voiced his concerns as the army prepared to attack the town.

Fang Xuanling continued to give advice to Chutian: "The lord can surround three and lack one, and no soldiers and horses will be deployed in the north. In the event of a rapid attack, the defenders are likely to flee through the north gate. ”

"Makes sense, so be it. Zhou Yafu attacked the west gate, Xueyue attacked the east gate, and I personally attacked the south gate. ”

Chutian's three-pronged approach made Qi Xiaobai uncomfortable.

In any case, the nail of War Spirit Town must be removed. It has caused itself trouble one after another.

The war drums were beating, the shooting battalion and the Xuzhou archers fired thousands of arrows in unison, and the foot soldiers carrying the cloud ladder launched an attack on the battle soul town!

A group of 5,000 soldiers was marching rapidly towards Battle Spirit Town, and it was not hindered by the activities of Hua Mulan and Xue Rengui's cavalry in Yangdu County.

The team was led by a military general wearing Han Xuan armor, and the army was under the banner of Lingcheng.

He suddenly stretched out his hand and stopped the troops of five thousand men from moving on.

In order to prevent being attacked by the Xia Cheng cavalry, Xu Sheng sent dozens of cavalry to scatter in all directions, continuously transmitting information from the front.

A scout cavalry returned and reported to Xu Sheng: "General, there are dense horseshoe prints ahead!" ”

Xu Sheng pondered for a while, and finally ordered: "Crossbowmen get ready." ”

A thousand Xuzhou crossbowmen pulled their crossbow arrows and ambushed Xu Sheng's army.

Xu Sheng continued to advance, deliberately making the forward soldiers and horses untidy.

When the 5,000 soldiers and horses marched forward for two miles, a cavalry came out and wanted to cut off Xu Sheng's army!

The horse's hooves are rolling, and the wind is galloping!

Xu Sheng's soldiers looked nervous, and they couldn't help but feel panic in the face of the cavalry charge.

"The whole army must not panic, shoot in a crossbow array!"

Xu Sheng ordered, and the soldiers who looked loose on the periphery stepped back, revealing three rows of crossbowmen!

Three rows of crossbowmen are either half-crouching or standing, holding strong crossbows in their hands, and eight hundred crossbow arrows are fired!

A sharp crossbow arrow hit Mulan's shoulder armor, and the impact sent her body shook!

Mulan snorted, she knew that she had encountered a difficult opponent this time. The opponent's ability to govern the army is not comparable to the previous people.

A volley of crossbow arrows was fired, and the hussars in the front rows lost dozens of people and fell from their horses.

After the crossbowmen fired, the spearmen and shield men appeared, and the spears two or three meters long were mounted on the shields at an oblique angle to block the light cavalry assault!

Once the light cavalry collides with the pike-phalanx, they will surely fall on their backs!

"Retreat!"

With her superb riding skills, Mulan turned in front of the spear phalanx, and could also stab an opponent's infantry to death with a horse lance.

However, the light cavalry that followed Mulan did not necessarily have good equestrian skills, and more than a dozen light cavalry did not have time to dodge, crashed into the gun forest, and were pierced by spears!

"Shoot the enemy general!"

Xu Sheng commanded in battle, and the longbowmen threw a rain of arrows at Mulan and her cavalry!

Another arrow hit Mulan's armor!

At this time, Xue Rengui, as before, led the light cavalry to attack Xu Sheng's flank, and encountered the same predicament as Mulan.

On the premise of discovering that Hua Mulan and Xue Rengui were ambushed, Xu Sheng prepared in advance and did not leak.

In addition to losing hundreds of light cavalry in vain, Hua Mulan and Xue Rengui could not break the formation.

If Hua Mulan and Xue Rengui forcibly attacked the enemy formation, they might not be able to defeat Xu Sheng's army, but the cavalry would suffer heavy losses.

Hua Mulan holds almost all of Xia Cheng's light cavalry in her hands, and if all the light cavalry are buried here in order to defeat Xu Sheng, Xia Cheng will have no light cavalry to use.

In order to consider the lord, Mulan still gave up the idea of attacking Xu Sheng's army.

"General Mulan, are you alright?"

Xue Rengui saw that there were two arrows in Mulan's armor, and as the captain of the guards, he knew that the lord favored this general, and he couldn't help but worry that Hua Mulan would die in battle and would not be able to substitute for the lord.

"Let's retreat."

Mulan was unwilling to withdraw her troops.

Xu Sheng saw two thousand cavalry circling around his army and then leaving, his expression was a little solemn.

He realized that the opponent's generals were not easy to deal with.

"General, what are we going to do?"

"Continue south to support Soul Town."

20,000 soldiers stormed the Battle Soul Town, and Li Guang shot and killed the ordinary generals of the Battle Spirit Town one after another, covering the Xiliu Battalion to attack the city wall!

Wu Sangui led a small number of elite infantry to fight with the Xiliu Battalion, wanting to drive the Xiliu Battalion down.

Several soldiers of the Willow Battalion leaned close together, holding shields.

Wu Sangui, who could usually slash and kill ordinary light infantry, found that it was very difficult to fight with the Xiliu Battalion.

"This is a high-level class?"

Wu Sangui was blocked by a soldier of the Fine Willow Battalion, and the halberd of the infantry of the Fine Willow Battalion even stabbed Wu Sangui's armor. He understood that the Xiliu Battalion was a special class of troops like his Guanning Iron Cavalry, and it was still a high-level class.

"Drive them down!"

Qi Xiaobai personally brought a team of soldiers over to reinforce and stormed the dozen or so fine willow battalion infantry who had landed in the city!

Chu Tian, who supervised the battle, finally understood how difficult it was to attack the city.

This was the first time that Chu Tian took the initiative to launch a tough battle, and the Battle Spirit Town was only a third-level town, but it blocked the offensive of Chu Tian's 20,000 people.

"If Langya City is stormed, it is estimated that it will be difficult to defeat without an army of 100,000."

Chu Tian was blocked by the Battle Spirit Town, and couldn't help but be glad that he didn't attack Langya City when he attacked it.

The offensive against Zhan Soul Town lasted for a day, but it still couldn't be captured, and Chu Tianming Jin withdrew his troops.

Chutian summoned all the generals, Fang Xuanling, and Xueyue to summarize the mistakes of the siege and the siege arrangements for the next day.

The existence of the town has caused countless lords and famous generals to sink into the sand.

A fortified city can even hold back a large army for more than a year. Therefore, Chu Tian did not feel frustrated because he couldn't capture Battle Spirit Town in one day.

If this is a setback, if he really encounters a large city guarded by a famous guard in the future, Chu Tian is estimated to be depressed to death.

Chutian set up a temporary camp under the city to prevent night attacks.

The sound of horses' hooves sounded, and the soldiers on patrol were immediately put on alert.

"It's our cavalry!"

Hua Mulan and Xue Rengui's cavalry returned.

Chu Tian knew that the two of them had made great achievements again, so he took the initiative to come out to greet them.

However, when he saw two broken arrows stuck in Mulan's body, he couldn't help frowning: "What's going on?" ”

"The last general was incompetent, and when he led the cavalry to assault, he was repelled by the enemy general."

Mulan reports on the process of the three battles.

At one time, he broke the Changfeng Taishan army of 30,000 and killed more than 1,000 people. Broke the army of the lord of Xihai County by 3,000 at one time and beheaded hundreds of people. An attack on Xu Sheng's army resulted in the loss of hundreds of light cavalry and the killing of dozens of Xu Sheng's troops.

When Chu Tian heard that there was an army of about 5,000 people, he not only discovered the traces of Hua Mulan and Xue Rengui's cavalry, but also set a trap to kill and wound hundreds of light cavalry in Xia City, and fell into deep thought.

He realized that the other party might be a historical general, or a lord with the ability to command soldiers and horses.

Chutian didn't blame Mulan.

Compared with the merit of breaking the 30,000 Taishan army of Changfeng, the loss of more than 100 light cavalry is nothing.

Unless Mulan insisted on attacking Xu Sheng's army, resulting in the annihilation of the Xia Cheng Light Cavalry, Chu Tian would blame her.

Chu Tian said: "Next time, you can't do this. ”

"Yes, I won't be easily deceived next time."

"I mean don't get hurt......"

Chutian arranged for the intermediate physician Li Lan to help Mulan heal her injuries.

Li Lan is now an intermediate physician and is accumulating experience and has the opportunity to be promoted to senior physician in the future.

Li Lan took Mulan to the camp tent.

"Is there a problem with the injury? If you need any herbs, just ask me. ”

Chu Tian was still not at ease, and originally wanted to ask Li Lan about Mulan's injury. However, when Mulan arrived in the military tent, she had already taken off her armor, and her white back was facing Chu Tian. When Mulan heard Chu Tian's voice, she hurriedly protected her front with her clothes.

Chu Tian withdrew from the military tent, a little embarrassed.

"Please don't worry, my lord. General Mulan was only injured in the shoulder, leaving no scars. ”

Li Lan's voice came from the military tent.

Fortunately, in "Lord", most of the injuries can be completely healed without any sequelae, otherwise it will be uncomfortable in the future.

Historically, many fierce generals rushed into battle when they were young, and they were prone to illness when they were old. Lords doesn't have this problem, not even scars.

Unless the injury is severe, it will result in disability.

"Xia Liang told me an important piece of information. In Ju County, the lord recruited Xu Sheng, a military general of the Wu State, and Kong Rong, the minister of the Beihai State, recruited Tai Shici...... It is unlikely that the military general who frustrated Hua Mulan and Xue Rengui is Tai Shici. Then it may be Xu Sheng. It seems that the lords of Juxian also joined the coalition against me. ”

Chu Tian couldn't help but think of Xu Sheng, a famous general of Wu State. Xu Sheng worked for Sun Quan, fought against Huang Zu, Cao Cao, Liu Bei, and Cao Xiu, and was one of the famous generals in Wu after several major governors.

If it was really Xu Sheng, defended with 5,000 soldiers and horses, it was indeed possible to repel Hua Mulan and Xue Rengui.

The victory or defeat is not as simple as comparing data, but also depends on the situation, troops, resourcefulness, terrain, morale, formation, and number of the offensive and defensive sides...... There are also combined factors such as luck.

"This is a problem."

Chu Tian thought of facing Wu Sangui and Xu Sheng at the same time, as well as Chang Xuan, who was defeated but did not hurt the fundamentals, these were all historical generals, and the next situation was even more difficult.

The 5,000 people led by Xu Sheng may be the strongest soldiers and horses among all the reinforcements, and they are even more difficult than the 20,000 or 30,000 Taishan thieves.

After Hua Mulan stopped the bleeding by Li Lan, she came out of the tent, and when she saw Chu Tian, she was a little timid: "Lord, did you see something......

Usually Mulan's is always as cold as ice, and after the favorability rises, it is rare to have a time of shyness.

"No, absolutely nothing."

Chu Tian didn't look up, his attention was on how to break through Xu Sheng's army.

He sat on the ground, spread out a map on the ground, and observed the trails in Yangdu County under the candlelight.

He had already calculated Xu Sheng's march route, but it was difficult to ambush.

First, there is a lack of canyons and mountain forests; Secondly, it is very difficult to ambush a famous general.

If you can't lay an ambush, you can only fight head-on. It was not easy to defeat Xu Sheng in a frontal battle, and there were other lord armies of the Anti-Chutian Alliance, Taishan Thieves, around.

Hua Mulan sat on the ground: "The last general can lead a light cavalry to cut off its food route, and within seven days, they will retreat." ”

"Seven days is enough time for the other side to gather more than 70,000 troops around the town. They will start a battle before they run out of food. And there is also a coalition army of 35,000 men marching towards Xia City. Once Xia City is captured, we will be very passive. ”

Chu Tian expressed his inner worries.

Compared with the anti-Chutian alliance alliance, delaying time is even more detrimental to Chutian. Reinforcements from all walks of life are coming one after another, and Chutian will fall into a war of attrition.

Seeing Chu Tian's frowns, Hua Mulan volunteered: "The last general can lead the heavy cavalry and light cavalry to forcibly break the opponent's large array." For half the price, you can defeat that army of five thousand! ”

"Wait...... Heavy cavalry? ”

Chu Tian seemed to have thought of something, and his eyes lit up.

He almost forgot that he still had a heavy cavalry of about 300 men or so. This heavy cavalry will play little role in siege warfare, and will be a decisive force in the battle of the plains.

"Strategist!"

Chu Tian went directly to Fang Xuanling, leaving Mulan in the military tent.

“……”

Mulan has mixed feelings.

Chu Tian found Fang Xuanling and told him about his plan to deal with Xu Sheng.

Whenever Chu Tian had a plan, if Fang Xuanling was by his side to join the army, Chu Tian would inevitably discuss the plan with Fang Xuanling to prevent mistakes.

Fang Xuanling pondered for half a pillar of incense: "The lord has a fierce general, he can implement this plan, otherwise it is quite dangerous." ”

"Hua Mulan was injured, so she could only let Xue Rengui or Li Guang command the heavy cavalry. However, Li Guang's luck is not good, this battle is a matter of life and death, and it is better to be the commander of the heavy cavalry temporarily served by Xue Rengui. ”

(General Attribute Conjecture Phase VI: Great Qin Warrior Meng Tian)