When Chutian's army arrived at Mount Tai, he immediately built siege equipment and prepared to attack the city.

Fenggao County relies on the steep terrain of Mount Tai to build a city, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

However, being easy to defend and difficult to attack does not mean that it cannot be captured, it is just the size of the price to pay.

A large number of catapults, ladders and siege towers took shape, and the Leyi army prepared to storm the city under Mount Tai.

Chu Tian saw Hua Mulan and Joan of Arc who had broken through all the way to Fenggao County, and commended them slightly, the latter of whom basically adapted to the roundabout combat methods of cavalry used in the East.

It was only a matter of time before Fenggao County was captured, and Chu Tian was more worried about the two battlefields of Langya and Peiguo, where the defenders were facing pressure from Zhao Gongzi and Yuan Shu respectively.

Tai Shi Ci once again organized an offensive against Zhucheng County, and soldiers all over the mountains flooded the city.

Zang Ba and Sun Guan's resistance was tenacious, they were responsible for defending the northern part of Langya for a long time, and they usually produced a large number of equipment to defend the city, so they were able to hold on to the present.

"The lord and the two lords, Dolgon and Wu Sangui, have arrived!"

When Tai Shi Ci could not be attacked, Dolgon and Wu Sangui captured Linzi City, the seat of Qi State Governance, and after receiving the order, they led a large number of cavalry and infantry back to Beihai State to assist Tai Shi Ci in capturing Zhucheng County.

At the same time, Zhao Gongzi personally conquered Zhucheng County and personally supervised Dolgon and Wu Sangui.

In order to prevent Dolgon and Wu Sangui from betraying, he took the Eight Banners Cavalry and the Guanning Iron Cavalry in his hands, and only in peacetime battles were Dolgon and Wu Sangui temporarily commanded.

A team of white flag cavalry appeared, numbering thousands, brave soldiers, and strong horses.

Wu Sangui's Guanning Iron Cavalry was almost the opposite color of the White Banner Cavalry, holding a three-eyed firearm and well-armored.

Wu Sangui, who has the Guanning Iron Cavalry to deploy, finally has confidence.

From the Battle Spirit Town to Qingzhou by Chutian, Wu Sangui was quite embarrassed. He got the Guanning Iron Cavalry and regained the courage to fight, although because of Zhao Gongzi's limited financial resources, there are currently only 700 Guanning Iron Cavalry.

"There are more and more enemies under the city, and this time it may not be able to stop them."

Zang Ba ascended to the city and looked at the Qingzhou army, which was growing in number below, and frowned.

"There are at least sixty or seventy thousand enemies under the city, and the number is still increasing."

Sun Guan also came to the city wall.

As Zhao Gongzi dispatched the main force south, the pressure on Zang Ba and Sun Guan increased.

Zang Ba lost an eye in the previous battle of Xuzhou, and Sun Guan also left a hidden disease, and the two cooperated with each other to still block the pressure brought by the Qingzhou army.

However, as there are more and more enemies, I am afraid that it will be difficult to continue to hold on.

"The Qingzhou Army already has elite cavalry."

Zang Ba pointed to the two armies brought by Zhao Gongzi, one black and one white, one Guanning iron cavalry, and one Eight Banners cavalry (positive white flag).

"I don't know how it compares to our elite cavalry in Xuzhou."

Sun Guan couldn't help but compare the two cavalry with the elite cavalry in Xuzhou.

"It is Zang Ba and Sun Guan who guard this city, and it is a miracle that they, as second-rate generals, can hold this city for a long time."

Zhao Gongzi came to the city with several generals to observe the city defense, and was very surprised by the performance of Zang Ba and Sun Guan.

He also thought that Tai Shi Ci could easily capture this city.

"They prepared a lot of supplies to defend the city, so they were able to hold on. It can use a large number of Yellow Turbans to deplete its troops. ”

Dorgon suggested that cheap Yellow Turban soldiers be consumed.

"I'm afraid that's not right."

Zhao Gongzi hesitated.

"Those who achieve great things are not informal. If we don't capture this city as soon as possible, once Chu Zimou's reinforcements arrive, we will all be taken prisoner. ”

Dolgon was persuading Zhao Gongzi to use the Yellow Turban Army general Guan Hai to recruit a large number of Yellow Turban Army as cannon fodder, and the army suddenly became restless.

Dorgon looked at the restless arrival of the army, only to see an elite cavalry appear in the distance.

At the foreground was a group of cavalrymen on white horses, hunting in white robes, morale was high, and their spears shook with the bumps on their horses!

"The white-robed army of Xuzhou!"

Zhao Gongzi discovered the legion establishment of Xuzhou, among which the white-robed legion was the largest cavalry corps in number and had been mobile for a long time.

"I have the Eight Banners Cavalry, coupled with your characteristics, it is enough to defeat the opponent's white-robed army."

Dolgon reorganized the Eight Banners cavalry of 1,000 men and prepared for battle.

Zhao Gongzi has the characteristics of Huang Taiji, which can improve the ability of the Eight Banners Cavalry.

As a result, Dolgon's combat capabilities were strengthened by Zhao Gongzi.

"They will not use light cavalry to engage our heavy cavalry. Unless we can force the opposing cavalry to fight a decisive battle with us. ”

Zhao Gongzi didn't think that Xue Rengui and Zhao Yun would be impulsive enough to use light cavalry to attack the Eight Banners cavalry and the Guanning Iron Cavalry.

When the white-robed army arrived, Zang Ba, Sun Guan and the defenders in the city couldn't help but be overjoyed. Once you see the sign of the white robe, it means that there is basically no need to worry.

"What kind of cavalry is that?"

Xue Rengui was somewhat surprised to see a white-armored cavalry on the opposite side, as well as a cavalry using suspected stick weapons.

Zhao Yun said: "The lord has a word, Qingzhou Zhao Gongzi may have formed the Eight Banners Cavalry and the Guanning Iron Cavalry. The white-armored cavalry may be the cavalry with a white flag, and the Guanning Iron Cavalry has a weapon with a three-eyed firearm. ”

Although Chu Tian had never seen the Eight Banners Cavalry and the Guanning Iron Cavalry, the intelligence work had undoubtedly been done sufficiently.

"Let me put it to the test."

Zhao Yun led a thousand ordinary light cavalry to test the Eight Banners Cavalry and the Guanning Iron Cavalry.

Intelligence may not be accurate, and intelligence may not be the same as actual combat.

Wu Sangui didn't expect that Zhao Yun would directly lead his troops to rush towards him, so he immediately organized the Guanning Iron Cavalry to defend.

Zhao Yun used a horn bow and led the light cavalry to use cavalry tactics, and a round of arrows fell into the Guanning iron cavalry.

"Attack!"

Wu Sangui relied on the heavy armor of Guanning's iron cavalry, allowing the rain of arrows to fall, with few casualties.

Guan Ning's iron cavalry attacked forward, and after the light cavalry close to Zhao Yun, ignited the three-eyed fire gun!

There was a dense sound of firearms, white smoke filled the air, and dozens of light cavalry were shot by the three-eyed firearms!

The sound produced by the three-eyed fire gun had a deterrent effect, and it was suitable for both men and horses, and Zhao Yun's cavalry panicked for a while.

The Guanning Iron Cavalry did not have time to reload the gunpowder again, and swung the Three-Eyed Fire Gun as a blunt weapon to kill Zhao Yun's light cavalry.

The earth is shaken, the iron rider stands out, and once it is hammered by the heavy three-eyed firebolt, most of them will be killed or injured because they can't withstand the huge impact force!

"Retreat!"

Zhao Yun just came to test it, and at this time he found out the combat method of Guan Ning's iron cavalry and retreated decisively.

More than a dozen light cavalry couldn't retreat, and were caught up by the Guanning Iron Cavalry, and the three-eyed fire bolt smashed on the head, and they died instantly!

Wu Sangui rarely won a small victory, and he did not pursue to prevent being fooled.

"The Guanning Iron Cavalry is a heavy cavalry that cost me a lot of savings to build, and in order to buy the Three-Eyed Firecracker, Mingguan has cheated me with a lot of gold and silver."

Zhao Gongzi saw Guan Ning's iron cavalry kill and wound dozens of light cavalry on the other side, but he didn't have many casualties, so he felt that it was worth it.

Building high-level heavy cavalry is more expensive than building ordinary heavy cavalry, and Zhao Gongzi built 1000 Eight Banner Cavalry and 700 Guanning Iron Cavalry.

At present, Zhao Gongzi has three counties: Beihai Kingdom, Donglai County, and Qi Kingdom (newly occupied), so he can only take out such a small number of high-level heavy cavalry.

"Guan Ning Tieqi's three-eyed fire gun has a deterrent effect, and I was also scared just now."

Zhao Yun was also affected by the deterrent effect of the Three-Eyed Fire Bolt.

"The Guanning Iron Cavalry shoots from the front, and then engages in melee combat...... Dealing with the Guanning Iron Cavalry head-on, you can only accelerate the impact and step forward for close combat. Or use the longbow of the infantry with a longer range and shoot with a dense rain of arrows. The opponent is a heavy cavalry, and the defense against the rain of arrows is high, and the damage of mounted shooting to them is too low. ”

For the first time, Xue Rengui faced a special heavy cavalry with a deterrent effect, and coupled with the heavy armor of the Guanning Iron Cavalry, Wu Sangui became a difficult opponent.

There were other types of troops next to the Guanning Iron Cavalry, and the mobility of the light cavalry was limited.

On the premise of not having infantry support, Xue Rengui and Zhao Yun did not rashly launch an attack.

Their combat goal was to support Zhucheng County, prevent Zhao Gongzi from going south to Langya State, and achieve the combat goal.

Xue Rengui and Zhao Yun's calmness made Zhao Gongzi a little irritable.

Taishan County is being attacked by Chutian's invasion and plunder, and within a month or two, Taishan County will fall.

At this point, he regretted not using Dorgon's advice.

"Call all the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army to arrive, and the cavalry is ready to expel the white-robed army."

After hesitating and struggling, Zhao Gongzi finally decided to force Xue Rengui and Zhao Yun to fight a decisive battle.

The baits are Zang Ba and Sun Guan.

"The situation has not changed. If the number of Qingzhou troops continued to increase to 100,000, Zhao Gongzi could completely attack the city while expelling Xue Rengui and others. ”

Zang Ba saw Zhao Gongzi's thoughts.

Under the premise that the other party has the advantage of troops, Xue Rengui and Zhao Yun are actually on the passive side, because Zang Ba and Sun Guan have to be saved.

Losing the city garrisoned by Zang Ba and Sun Guan, the gate of the northern part of Langya Kingdom will be opened, and the Eight Banners Cavalry and Guanning Iron Cavalry will take advantage of the trend and move south, unstoppable.

Sun Guan's mood was also heavy: "We can only see how Xue Li and Zhao Yun deal with the enemy, we just need to hold on to the city as much as possible and delay time." ”

Zhao Gongzi decided to use the strength of the three counties of Qingzhou to completely capture Zang Ba and Sun Guan, he sent Guan Hai back to the rear town, forcibly recruited the Yellow Turban Army, and used the corpses of the Yellow Turban Army to pile up at the same height as the city wall, and captured Zhucheng County where Zang Ba and Sun Guan were located.

At the same time, the Eight Banners Cavalry, Guanning Iron Cavalry, and other low-level cavalry were ready to expel the white-robed army.

……

"Catapult, stone projectile!"

"One, two, three, pull!"

The Qingzhou army captives pulled the rope of the catapult together and threw huge stones out!

Hundreds of stones roared and fell on the city walls!

Rumble!

A stone struck a corner of the gatehouse, causing the eaves to crumble and stones and mud to fall.

The archers on a stone tower were hit by a stone and fell from the tower, dying a horrible death.

Catapults are powerful and clear additional defenses such as gate towers, arrow towers, horse faces, and more!

Once all the defenses are cleared, only the bare walls remain, and the siege agents can rush up and take the entire city.

There is no shortage of stones in the area of Mount Tai, so the Xuzhou army can prepare a large number of stones for siege.

The catapults bombarded for three days in a row, and a lot of bricks fell off, revealing rammed earth.

Ten tall siege towers were ready, each twelve meters high, and it would take a few hundred soldiers to push it.

Le Yi personally sat in the town and urged the army to attack the city.

Tens of thousands of people besieged from three directions, and even the captured Qingzhou army was used as cannon fodder and engaged in a tragic siege battle.

Cao Di, one of the few famous generals of the Lu State, personally defended the city and led the soldiers of Taishan County to defend it with the city wall.

The city walls are the only way to bridge the gap between second-rate and first-class players.

A large amount of fire oil and rolling stones poured down, and the Qingzhou army that was clinging to the city wall was injured and rolled down, and the corpses were scattered all over the field.

During this period, Li Guang, Hua Mulan, and Joan of Arc planned to lead the team to attack Fenggaocheng, but Chu Tian refused.

This city not only has 30,000 defenders, backed by Mount Tai, but also has a famous general to preside over the defense, which is more difficult than attacking Fei County.

It was impossible for Chu Tian to let his famous generals take risks for the sake of a city.

Thousands of troops are easy to obtain, but one general is hard to find.

Tao Qian and Yuan Shubing have a lot of food, but they lack famous generals.

Attacking a city that is not essential and sacrificing famous generals will have too much impact on the future.

If it was a big battle that would decide the life and death of the forces, Chu Tiancai would dare to gamble all the generals.

Le Yi's offensive was fierce, but he was unable to capture the strongest city in Taishan County in a short period of time.

Chu Tian asked Le Yi about how many soldiers would have to die to take the city.

"Requisitioning the people of the nearby villages, about 30,000 soldiers killed and wounded, and 20,000 or 30,000 people, can take this city within ten days."

Le Yi gave Chu Tian a specific price as a reference.

"This price is too tragic. After this battle, several of our legions will be greatly damaged. ”

"The northern part of Langya Kingdom only relies on the White Robe Legion and the Langya Defense Legion, about 30,000 troops, and it is difficult to resist Zhao Gongzi's requisition of half of Qingzhou's troops to the south. If Zhao Gongzi comes with all his might, then there will be at least 7-80,000 professional soldiers. He also has a Yellow Turban Army in his hands, and the number of Yellow Turban Army can reach 100,000 at any time as long as he wants. ”

"Therefore, we must take Taishan County as soon as possible. Do the two military advisors have ideas? ”

Facing the stubbornly resisting defenders of Taishan County, Chutian asked Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui for advice.

Many emperors are bent in siege battles, especially the city in front of them relies on Mount Tai to build, easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Chu Tian didn't want to expend too many troops for the siege, and he still had a lot of enemies to deal with.

Fang Xuanling said: "The lord remembers how we captured the Tancheng defended by Le Yi at the beginning? Even if Fenggao relies on Mount Tai to build the city, no matter how strong it is, it can be broken from the inside. ”

Du Ruhui and Fang Xuanling sang and harmonized: "The lord is very prestigious among the strangers, and when he attacked Tancheng, the lord rewarded the person who captured Le Yi alive with 1,000 taels of gold, which can be described as keeping his promise." It is only necessary to spread the news, if the strangers in the city surrender the city, not only will they be pardoned, but they can still retain their current status, they trust the lord, why worry about them not surrendering? ”

It's a scheming again......

It's an old-fashioned method, but it's very useful.

"Those who surrender the city will be rewarded with three hundred taels of gold, promoted to the county order, and will never be held accountable!"

"The one who captures Cao Di alive will have a reward of one hundred taels!"

Chu Tian took advantage of the prestige of the first lord and began to stir up the relationship between the defenders in the city.

There will be brave men under the reward!