"Dismount and prepare for the siege!"

Yang Ye was unwilling to let Hefei be snatched away by the soldiers and horses of other princes, and ordered the cavalry of the invincible legion to dismount and fight on foot, and storm Hefei, where the city wall was broken.

Now the Hefei city wall is seriously damaged, and it is not difficult to capture Hefei, otherwise once Hefei is made into an iron wall by Huanwen, the troops in the south of the Yangtze River can attack Shouchun through Hefei in the future, causing a huge threat to Huainan and even the Central Plains.

"On the other side, no matter which military general of Xuzhou Mu is, in front of my Huan Wen, his head will be broken and bleeding."

Huan Wen ambushed the crossbowmen, when Yang Ye led the dismounted cavalry to attack the city, the crossbowmen who were ambushed behind the female wall fired thousands of arrows and shot hundreds of dismounted cavalry, Yang Ye's offensive was frustrated!

Yang Ye considered the heavy losses, so he temporarily retreated.

"The dismounted cavalry is really not good at attacking cities. The defenders of Hefei appeared to be adept at using infantry and archers. ”

After losing hundreds of cavalry, Yang Ye immediately gave up attacking Hefei.

Seeing that Yang Ye's invincible army stopped attacking the city, Huan Wen showed a sure expression.

The role of cavalry in the Huainan region was limited, not to mention siege warfare.

However, Yang Ye did not withdraw completely, but waited for the arrival of the servant legion. Joan of Arc's Servant Legion has a group of soldiers who are not afraid of death and can surprise the proud Huan Wen.

"Why hasn't he left yet. Waiting for reinforcements? Huan Wen guessed Yang Ye's intentions, "Although the city wall of Hefei has no time to be repaired, even if there are 30,000 people, it is impossible to capture Hefei, which is guarded by my Huan Wen." ”

When the Xuzhou army attacked Huainan, the sky gradually became overcast, black clouds overwhelmed the city, and soon heavy rain continued.

Yang Ye planned to wait for the arrival of the servant legion and use the servant legion to break the city, but the continuous heavy rain had a huge impact on the attack on Huainan, and the marching speed of the grain transport team was greatly slowed down.

Joan of Arc's legions braved the rain to arrive in Hefei, and the water levels of the surrounding rivers and lakes rose sharply.

"In this bad weather, if Hefei can be stormed, the Hefei defenders will be caught off guard and can easily capture Hefei. Is your minion legion morale available? ”

Yang Ye knows bad weather and is also a fighter.

Joan of Arc replied: "My encouragement to the Legion will not be affected by adverse circumstances. ”

"Then it can be done."

Yang Ye is already confident.

Heavy rain caused muddy roads, and Chutian's rear army finally came to Shouchun City.

Zang Ba and Sun Guan's Langya Defense Corps, and Mi Fang's East China Sea Defense Corps arrived and listened to orders under Chutian's account.

"Siege the city, and as soon as the rain stops, storm it."

If Chu Tian wants to capture the sturdy Shouchun City, it is estimated that he will have to pay a lot of price.

"I don't know if the infantry horse attacking Hefei will succeed."

Chu Tian saw that it was raining, and most of the troops composed of Yang Ye and Joan of Arc to attack Hefei would be affected by the rainy weather.

Weather is equally important for marching operations.

Chutian is considering taking advantage of the rising water level of the Huai River to see if he can flood Shouchun City.

However, the use of water attack is a big project, and it takes a lot of time to dig the river. Moreover, after the submersion of Shouchun City, the damage caused to the city and the impact on the people's hearts are the price of breaking the city.

Whether to use the double-edged sword of water attack, Chu Tian hesitated. Unless he has a better way.

Hefei City, the guard general Huan Wen inspected the city defense, saw that the enemy's camp did not move again, thought that the enemy had given up attacking Hefei, so he returned to the county government with confidence.

In the rain, Joan of Arc held a rain-soaked battle flag and led the miner legion to attack in the rain!

Tens of thousands of servants carried ladders and climbed the city walls fanatically, starting from the northeast corner to break through!

The defenders of Hefei could not imagine that there was still a legion that could launch an attack in such bad weather, and they were caught off guard and fought on the city wall with the army of servants who ascended the city, and the dead soldiers continued to fall into the stagnant water!

Full-body knights armed with axes can break through the defenses of most classes, and like ghosts in the rain, they take down a defender with their axes, then slash them with their tomahawks!

In the heavy rain, the bows and crossbows were almost useless, and the soldiers on both sides fought hand-to-hand combat, using swords and spears, and hundreds of people were killed!

Armed with a knight's sword, Joan of Arc engages several of the defenders besieging her.

A large shield slammed into Joan of Arc, and the soles of her feet slipped and she almost fell from the walls of Hefei City.

The walls of Hefei are at least eight meters high, and there is little chance of surviving the fall from the walls.

Several defenders stabbed Joan of Arc with spears in hand, who hurriedly used their shields to fend off three spears, but one more stabbed her in the shoulder!

Joan of Arc slashed a spear with a knight's sword and parried with a shield, blood running down her shoulder. She single-handedly stabbed three defenders to death.

The soldiers defending the city probably sensed that this was the enemy's commander, so more defenders came to besiege Joan of Arc.

"Protect the General!"

The knights of the Servant Legion stood in front of Joan of Arc, and the knights' swords, axes, and broadswords and spears collided as they fought back the defenders.

The miner legions had a surprise advantage, and with high morale, the defenders were losing ground one after another.

"I didn't expect her ability to be really terrifying, this kind of bad weather can also boost morale."

Yang Ye was ready to enter the city. His division of labor with Joan of Arc was simple. Joan of Arc was responsible for using her ability to attack Hefei in the heavy rain, and after capturing the city gate, Yang Ye led the cavalry into the city and occupied Hefei!

The servant legion quickly occupied a section of the city wall, and killed the defenders of the city gate, captured a city gate, opened the city gate and let Yang Ye's cavalry enter the city!

"Kill!"

Yang Ye took the lead and led 10,000 cavalry to rush into the city, trampling the stagnant water with huge horse hooves and splashing!

"General, the enemy army has occupied the city gate, and the cavalry is driving straight in!"

Huan Wen was about to rest, when the shouts of killing broke out in the city, and Joan of Arc's servant corps had already seized the city gate and let Yang Ye's cavalry enter the city!

"The morale of their legions is unlikely to be strong enough to storm the city in the pouring rain! All my own soldiers, follow me to defend against the enemy! ”

Although Huan Wen didn't know why the enemy's morale was still high when it was raining, the enemy army had already entered the city at this time, and only by expelling them as soon as possible could it be possible to hold Hefei!

Hefei is lost, and the pressure on Lujiang will be unprecedented in the future!

Yang Ye's cavalry galloped through the streets of Hefei, and Yang Ye rushed to the front, stabbing with a red tassel spear, stabbing several Chaisang soldiers along the way!

"Swing the spear!"

Huan Wen led his own troops to form a spear formation in an attempt to prevent Yang Ye from capturing Hefei.

Both sides are aware of the importance of Hefei.

Yang Ye took advantage of the fact that Huan Wen's spear formation had not yet taken shape, and rode into the enemy formation!

Even light cavalry has the ability to charge the enemy head-on!

Yang Ye's cavalry followed the main general to advance, and the war horses knocked down the enemy troops on the opposite side, and the horses' hooves trampled past them!

Yang Ye held a spear, killed alone, and swept through!

The cavalry behind him followed the gap opened by Yang Ye, tearing apart the infantry phalanx blocked by the other side on the street!

In the case that the bow and crossbow were difficult to use, the cavalry did not have to worry about being attacked from a distance, they followed Yang Ye closely, and attacked the enemy formation one after another!

Huan Wen tried his best to maintain the formation and slow down the advance of Yang Ye's cavalry.

"All soldiers, only by fighting to the death can they survive!"

Under the encouragement of Huan Wen, the infantry, which had collapsed, regained its strength and slowed down the impact of Yang Ye's cavalry.

The two sides tug-of-war in the streets, and the narrow streets greatly limited the role of the cavalry. When the speed of the cavalry decreased, it turned into a hand-to-hand battle, hand-to-hand combat with the infantry armed with halberds and spears, and each suffered casualties.

The cost of cavalry was much higher than that of infantry, and Huan Wen took advantage of the narrow terrain to inflict a large number of casualties on Yang Ye's invincible legions.

There were dozens of infantry who died under Yang Ye, but there was a steady stream of infantry coming from the rear, stabbing at Yang Ye with spears.

In less than half an hour, hundreds of cavalry and infantry were killed!

Just as the two sides were at a stalemate, the Dongying warriors and Arab Imperial soldiers of the servant legion made a detour to the rear of Huan Wen and attacked Huan Wen with Yang Ye. This group of fanatical samurai and believers rushed into the enemy line at any cost, slashing with katana and Damascus swords, resulting in the death of dozens of Chaisan soldiers in the rear!

The front and rear attacks led to the collapse of the morale of the Huan Wen army, and the Huan Wen was defeated!

Huan Wen saw that the general trend was gone, and he did not know how many enemies there were, so he led his soldiers to kill a city gate and took the gate away.

The soldiers of the Huanwen Legion were numerous, and Huanwen wanted to retreat, but the pursuing Invincible Legion and Servant Legion were killed and injured by the Huanwen Legion.

"What a formidable opponent."

Yang Ye saw that Huan Wen could still inflict a large number of casualties on his cavalry when he was flanked, and his expression was solemn, and he let the rain fall down the armor in a pool of blood.

In the battle of Hefei, the casualties on both sides combined, at least two thousand people, Joan of Arc was wounded.

Huan Wen retreated in defeat, and a considerable part of the reason was that he did not know the strength of Yang Ye and Joan of Arc.

"I don't want to fail!"

Huan Wen withdrew from Hefei and suddenly felt that something was wrong. He may have overestimated the opponent's strength. The Dongying warriors and Arab Imperial soldiers who attacked his rear army just now may have only a few hundred people combined.

"General, our reinforcements have arrived!"

When Huan Wen was frustrated, Zu Ti of Lujiang led 20,000 Lujiang soldiers and horses to support Huan Wen and joined up with Huan Wen's Chaisang soldiers.

"Why is Hefei lost?"

"I overestimated the enemy's strength. Together, the two of us can regain the fat! ”

"Good!"

Zu Ti and Huan Wen joined forces, with thirty or forty thousand people, and turned around to storm Hefei!

Hefei is too important for them!

It may take 10,000 or 20,000 casualties to capture Hefei now, but if it is not taken now, Hefei may become a meat grinder in the future, and 100,000 casualties may not be able to be captured.

"The enemy is back!"

Yang Ye had just expelled Huan Wen, who occupied Hefei, and Huan Wen made a comeback. Yang Ye and Joan of Arc became the defenders, and they fought hard to defend Hefei.

The legions of servants and dismounted cavalry came to the city wall to hold on, and the two sides fought in the heavy rain!

Joan of Arc wrapped gauze around her shoulders and continued to fight with her sword.

Zu Ti and Huan Wen ordered the soldiers to set up a ladder, climb up, and attack Hefei while Yang Ye had not yet gained a foothold!

Although the great princes behind the two sides did not have the tendency to crusade against each other at this time, they had already fought for the sake of the crucial Hefei. Whoever can get Hefei will have the initiative in the future!

A large number of Lujiang soldiers and Chaisang soldiers climbed to the city from all directions. A soldier with a heavy hammer stuns a knight in full armor, and another hammer falls, and the knight who is a high-ranking soldier will also be killed. The warriors were stabbed to death with spears, and the soldiers of the Arab Empire were picked out.

In order to kill the fanatical servant soldiers, a large number of soldiers and horses of Lujiang and Chaisang were killed, and corpses were scattered all over the city.

"What is the origin of this legion of strange soldiers?"

Zu Ti and Huan Wen commanded the fierce siege battle in the heavy rain, and they were amazed at the combat effectiveness and morale of the servant legions.

What they didn't know was that this servant legion was all high-level troops, and only Chu Tian was willing to use them as cannon fodder.

Most of the soldiers of Zu Ti and Huan Wen were low-level soldiers.

Yang Ye swept the enemy with a gun on the city wall, and all the enemies who landed in the city fell under his red tassel spear.

In order to fight for Hefei, the two sides fought until nightfall, and the soldiers even struggled to swing their swords, so the war was stopped.

"Whew...... Whew......"

Joan of Arc supported her body with a long sword, and her physical strength reached the extreme.

When both sides realized the importance of Hefei, they attacked at any cost.

Hou Jing himself could not be protected, so he gave the ancestors of Lujiang and Huan Wen the opportunity to occupy Hefei, while Yang Ye and Joan of Arc were ordered by Chutian to go south to seize Hefei, and finally a tragic battle broke out.

The next day, the two sides rested a little and fought again in the heavy rain, and the battle continued!

……

Under Shouchun City, Chu Tian looked at the continuous rain, he had already received the news that Yang Ye and Joan of Arc were stationed in Hefei and were fighting with the legions suspected of coming from Lujiang. Among them, Joan of Arc was injured and drenched in rain, so the high fever did not go away. Chu Tian asked Li Lan, a physician with the army, to go to Hefei.

At the same time, Chutian sent Zang Ba and Sun Guan's Langya defense corps, 15,000 people, to the south to support Yang Ye and Joan of Arc.

Chu Tian didn't trust Mi Fang's ability very much, while Zang Ba and Sun Guan were still very reliable.

Zang Ba became a one-eyed dragon, and Sun Guan walked with a limp, but they were all generals who dared to fight hard.

The legion that has the ability to compete with Yang Ye for Hefei is obviously the legion left behind by Lujiang to defend Tongque.

"Tongque must know the importance of Hefei, so he did not hesitate to send the legion of the defenders to attack Hefei. Maybe if you capture Shouchun, I can easily beat Lujiang. ”

Although Chutian did not declare war with Tongque, but during the period of secession, all kinds of conspiracy and conspiracy were common, and Chutian could completely occupy Jiujiang County and then go to Lujiang to completely occupy Jiangbei.

Chutian besieged but did not attack, Hou Jing was worried that the Xuzhou army would take advantage of the heavy rain to sneak attack, so he sent people to patrol day and night, and even came to the city wall to guard it in person.

During this period, Hou Jing tried to lead his troops out of the city to attack Chutian's main army tent, but was repelled by Xue Rengui and Hua Mulan, and pursued them until the city, fearing that they would be ambushed by the defenders in the city, so they stopped.

Guo Jia followed Hou Jing on the city wall to look at the camp of the Xuzhou Army in the heavy rain, but his expression was relatively calm.

As long as the rain subsides, Hou Jing will soon die.

The reason why the besieging side under the city did not move was that they were unwilling to brave the rain to attack, and there were too many casualties.