In the sixth-level cavalry battalion of Xia City, a hundred high-level cavalry were finally trained, and the people were tall and large, and they lined up neatly on the plain.

This is a sixth-order cavalry exclusive to Mulan-the Northern Wei Iron Eagle Scout.

In order to build a cavalry of 100 people, Chu Tian invested nearly 10,000 taels of silver.

There are still a hundred Iron Eagle scouts who were recruited later, and they have not yet finished training.

One Eagle for every hundred Iron Eagle Scout Cavalry.

The War Eagle was a completely unfamiliar prop to Chu Tian.

A war eagle has become the pet of the main general, Mulan.

This is a black war eagle with bright eyes, its function is similar to that of a military carrier pigeon, and it also has a certain reconnaissance ability.

Mulan stroked its wings and seemed to be very fond of the warhawk it received.

With an eagle to assist in scouting, Mulan's cavalry has a wider field of vision. This way, she can better avoid enemy rangers when performing surprise attacks.

The presence of the war eagle increases the value of Mulan's cavalry by at least 20%.

"My lord, do you want to touch it?"

Mulan asked thoughtlessly.

Soon Chu Tian understood what she meant.

The War Eagle's wings are good to the touch, but the War Eagle doesn't seem to like Chu Tian's touch very much, and only has a good impression of Hua Mulan and the Iron Eagle Scout Cavalry.

Chu Tian looked at the attributes of the war eagle.

[Name]: War Eagle

[Effect]: Can be used to transfer notes; Can understand and respond to the owner's simple commands.

[Description]: It is said that this is an eagle used by the Iron Eagle Scout Cavalry to train to assist them in reconnaissance by drawing inspiration from the falconry culture.

[Restrictions]: Only obey the orders of the main general Hua Mulan and the Iron Eagle Scout Cavalry.

Chu Tian was amazed when he saw the ability of the war eagle.

The Iron Eagle Scout is a sixth-order cavalry with weak combat effectiveness, but his reconnaissance ability is amplified by having a war eagle.

In the future, this cavalry could not be used to scout and sneak up on the enemy from behind.

Among all the high-level cavalry, Mulan's one hundred Iron Eagle Scouts were the first to be recruited, followed by Li Guang's two hundred Western Han Dynasty archers, Xue Rengui's two hundred Tang elite archers, and finally Mulan's second team of Iron Eagle Scouts.

To crusade against Wu Sangui, Chu Tian wanted to use this batch of high-level cavalry.

Wu Sangui may have known that Chutian had the Fine Willow Battalion and the Shooting Sound Battalion, but he didn't know that Chutian had recruited a group of high-ranking cavalry.

This is Chutian's hole card.

The Iron Eagle Scout is equipped with Tang swords, short spears, horned bows, saddles and other equipment forged in Shangbi Town.

Expensive lances are not suitable for the Iron Eagle Scouts, who are equipped with light raids, which are the weapons of heavy cavalry and generals.

The war horse used by the Iron Eagle Scout is a gold-level war horse purchased from Yuyang in Youzhou by Xia Liang's entrusted horse dealer, and its speed and endurance are medium. Medium is already good, ordinary war horses, silver level war horses are inferior.

After waiting for a few days, Xue Rengui and Li Guang's cavalry were also recruited, except for Mulan's second team of Iron Eagle scouts, Xia Cheng had a total of 500 high-level cavalry and 230 heavy cavalry, becoming two powerful trump cards in Chu Tian's hands.

In Dong'an County, Sun Kang, one of the thieves of Mount Tai, received a letter from his brother Sun Guan and fell into hesitation.

Chu Tian proclaimed himself Kaiyang Commander and Cavalry Captain, took Zang Ba's position, and asked him to send the Taishan thieves in Dong'an County to Yangdu County, join forces with Zhou Yafu, and crusade against Wu Sangui who was entrenched in Ju County.

Sun Kang didn't know if Chu Tian would take advantage of this to take away his military power, and he was in a dilemma.

But he had to obey this order, otherwise Chu Tian might be angry and turn to crusade against him.

In the end, Sun Kang decided to send troops.

Yin Li of Dongguan County and Wu Dun of Qiu County, the two Taishan thieves reacted exactly the same as Sun Kang, and responded to Chutian's call as if they were walking on thin ice. Especially Wu Dun, who was defeated by 3,000 led by Xia Liang with a force of 15,000 troops last time, was afraid of Xia Cheng like a tiger, so he immediately counted his troops and gathered in Yangdu County.

The three Taishan thieves owned the territory of the three counties, and Chutian had always coveted their territory. If the territories of Sun Kang, Yin Li, and Wu Dun were annexed, Chutian's territory could be expanded from two counties to five counties.

Dong'an County, Dongguan County, and Qiu County are smaller than Kaiyang County, and there are still 300,000 or 400,000 people in one county.

Annexing the Taishan thief, Chu Tian is a great lord with a population of two million.

The three Taishan thieves each sent 10,000 people, a total of 30,000 people, and marched to Yangdu County.

Zang Ba and Sun Guan replied to Chu Tian, and they had successfully persuaded the three Taishan thieves to send troops to respond to Chu Tian's military campaign against Wu Sangui.

"You have done a good job, and you deserve credit for it. You two, go with me on the march. ”

Chu Tian rechecked the loyalty of Zang Ba and Sun Guan, their loyalty had reached 80, and there was basically no possibility of rebellion.

Unless Chu Tian loses to Wu Sangui, their loyalty will decline.

The defeat of the lord is a very serious matter, and his own prestige will be greatly damaged, and the courtiers are prone to distraction.

"Yes!"

Zang Ba and Sun Guan were finally regarded as his official subordinates by Chu Tian, and this time they were arranged to go on the expedition and be dispatched as military generals.

"This is the list of expeditions, please take a look."

Fang Xuanling presented the list of crusaders against Wu Sangui to Chu Tian.

A total of four troops formed a coalition to defeat Wu Sangui.

Zhou Yafu of Yangdu City, Xueyue City, Taishan Thief, and the main force of Xia City led by Chu Tian. About 50,000 soldiers and horses were assembled, of which 30,000 were the Taishan army led by Yin Li, Sun Kang, and Wu Dun.

The Taishan thief lacked combat effectiveness and was not Wu Sangui's opponent, but he could confuse Wu Sangui so that Wu Sangui could not judge where Chu Tian's main force was.

"Go to Yangdu City and meet Zhou Yafu."

Chu Tian gathered his army outside Xia City, and the hundreds of military flags of Xia City hunted in the north wind. As the size of Chutian's army expanded, the number of battle flags used naturally increased.

More than 8,000 soldiers and horses were assembled outside the city of Xiacheng.

The Mulan phalanx has 100 Iron Eagle scout cavalry and 2,000 light cavalry.

Li Guang's phalanx had 200 Western Han archer cavalry and 500 light cavalry.

Xue Rengui's phalanx had 200 Tang elite archers, 500 light cavalry, and 230 heavy cavalry.

The reason why Mulan was given more light cavalry was because Chutian needed Mulan to use the war eagle to carry out a surprise attack.

Xu Sheng replaced Li Guang as Chutian's subordinate general, commanding Chutian's 2,000-man shooting battalion. Xu Sheng is a water general and a bow general, and he can barely exert the effect of the shooting battalion.

Chu Tian's own abilities and characteristics were not strong enough. If one day Chutian has a four-dimensional like Li Shimin, Chutian will definitely personally command the battle of the shooting battalion, and there is no need to find a historical military general to serve as his deputy general.

Then there were Zang Ba and Sun Guan, who commanded 3,000 foot archers, of which Sun Guan led 500 people as the vanguard.

The light infantry sent by Xia Cheng was very small, even less than the number of cavalry, because the light infantry was concentrated in the hands of Zhou Yafu in Yangdu County. As long as it joins up with Zhou Yafu, Chutian will have a large number of light infantry at his disposal.

The 30,000 Taishan thieves are also mainly infantry archers, and they are not worried about the use of ordinary infantry archers.

Low-level infantry archers are always cannon fodder troops, and cavalry is the master, unless it is heavy infantry, it is qualified to compete with the knight master.

"Hua Mulan, Li Guang, the two of you lead the cavalry to the east of the river, everything must be careful."

Chutian specially recruited Hua Mulan and Li Guang to give instructions to the two.

"The last general will definitely live up to his mission!"

Hua Mulan and Li Guang should inherit at the same time.

The two of them, with a total of 2,800 cavalry, crossed the Yi River and arrived at the nine towns in Hedong, which had previously been occupied by Zhou Yafu.

Speaking of which, the taciturn Zhou Yafu was the general who captured the most towns under Chu Tian. After Chutian won the major battle, he basically handed it over to Zhou Yafu to deal with the aftermath and completely pacify all the villages and towns.

Hua Mulan and Li Guang left the team, and Chu Tian took more than 5,000 people to the north to meet Zhou Yafu and Xueyue.

There are not many troops directly controlled by Chutian, but they are elite, and the lineup of generals is probably the most luxurious in the Eastern Han Dynasty.

In Lingcheng, Juxian County, Wu Sangui learned the news that Chutian had summoned four armies to attack him, and immediately sent troops and horses to deploy along the Yi River.

As long as Chu Tian's soldiers and horses could not cross the river, Wu Sangui could guarantee that Chu Tian would not be able to eliminate him.

"Please go with me to defend against the enemy."

Wu Sangui was not worried that Qi Xiaobai would stay in Lingcheng, so he kidnapped him and came to the Yihe River to garrison and confront Zhou Yafu on the other side of the river.

He could already see the banner of Xia Cheng on the other side of the river, the battle flag of Xia Cheng was very simple, there was only one small seal of the word "Xia", but it made Wu Sangui feel frightened.

Every time he fought with Chu Tian, he would be defeated, and Wu Sangui already had a shadow in his heart.

On the other side of the river were Zhou Yafu's 8,000 men, of which 2,000 were the Xiliu battalion, which also patrolled along the river to avoid being attacked by Wu Sangui.

Both men are famous generals, cautiously testing each other.

Zhou Yafu was waiting for the arrival of other troops.

The first to arrive were the troops of the three Tarzan thieves.

30,000 Taishan thieves gathered in Yangdu County, and they met Zhou Yafu, who served as the lieutenant of Yangdu County.

Zhou Yafu was very strict in governing the army, everything was in order, Sun Kang, Yin Li, and Wu Dun came to Zhou Yafu's army and couldn't help but feel uncomfortable.

Zhou Yafu's style of governing the army is incompatible with the style of Taishan thieves, which is the gap between the regular army and the bandits.

"Please stop the three of them."

The guards in Zhou Yafu's barracks stopped the dozens of personal soldiers carried by the three of them.

Sun Kang, Yin Li, and Wu Dun glanced at each other, as if they were a little entangled in whether they should step into Zhou Yafu's barracks. They were worried that Chu Tian deliberately called them here under the banner of crusading against Wu Sangui, set up a Hongmen banquet, killed them together, and then seized their military power.

Their intelligence is not high, but they are not fools.

In the end, the three of them still chose to believe Zang Ba and Sun Guan, thinking that Chu Tian would not use such a means to kill the three of them. Among them, Sun Kang was more at ease, because his younger brother Sun Guan had already taken refuge in Chutian. If Chu Tian killed him for no reason, Sun Guan would definitely betray him.

The three of them walked into Zhou Yafu's barracks and saw two thousand elite soldiers of the Xiliu Battalion practicing.

In the cold winter, the 2,000 soldiers of the Willow Battalion were divided into two teams, one team practiced bows and crossbows, and the other team practiced halberd shields, and the military appearance was neat and morale was high.

When the three Taishan thieves saw the real elite of Xia Cheng, they couldn't help but shudder.

Their 10,000 Tarzan thieves are estimated to be no match for the 2,000 Willow Battalion.

"The troops that defeated me that day were only 3,000 recruits. If she had 3,000 such troops in her hands at that time, why use stratagems and directly cover up and kill, I will definitely be defeated. ”

When Wu Dun saw the Xiliu camp, he became more and more frightened.

Zhou Yafu was checking the map in the camp tent, and when he saw the arrival of the three Taishan thieves, he just said indifferently: "The three of you, please lead the troops to be stationed by the river, and wave out all your banners, stretching for dozens of miles, to confuse Wu Sangui." As for the grain, it will be supplied by Yangdu County. I hope that during the war, your soldiers and horses will not plunder the civilians of Yangdu County, otherwise they will be dealt with according to military law. Do you understand? ”

"Understood, understood."

The three Tarzan thieves hurriedly agreed.

According to Zhou Yafu's character, it's really not just a joke with them. In the event of Taishan thieves looting civilians, Zhou Yafu is likely to execute them all.

Military law is ruthless.

30,000 Taishan thieves camped by the river, and according to Zhou Yafu's instructions, they stretched for dozens of miles, and the flag covered the sky.

Zhou Yafu's fine willow battalion changed guards with Taishan thieves from time to time, and Wu Sangui on the opposite side was interfered with, and it was impossible to judge where Zhou Yafu's main force was.

So Wu Sangui did the same, and also ordered his Taishan thieves to line up for dozens of miles, and he hid among them with professional soldiers to compete with Zhou Yafu.

Taishan thief and Zhou Yafu were waiting for Chutian to arrive, during which Xueyue took 4,000 people to support and joined forces with Zhou Yafu, and the momentum was even greater.

Finally, Chutian's main force in Xia City arrived, and Zhou Yafu, Xue Yue, Sun Kang, Yin Li, and Wu Dun came out to greet them.

This is the first time that Sun Kang, Yin Li, and Wu Dun, the three Taishan thief leaders, have seen Chu Tian, and their original leader Zang Ba has become Chu Tian's general, which means that Chu Tian is already the new Taishan thief leader.

In order to show his strength to the Taishan thieves, Chutian specially ordered Xue Rengui to lead 200 Tang Dynasty archers and 230 heavy cavalry to walk at the forefront of the army.

High-headed horses, iron-armored horse armor, high momentum, and powerful Taishan thieves!

Sure enough, Sun Kang, Yin Li, Wu Dun and other Taishan thieves were terrified when they saw these two elite cavalry.

If the Chinese army was attacked by such a cavalry, the 30,000-strong Taishan thieves might collapse immediately.

The existence of high-level cavalry and heavy cavalry also showed the Taishan thieves Chutian's powerful financial strength. Without huge financial resources, it is impossible to afford such a well-equipped cavalry!

The elite cavalry led by Xue Rengui gave the Taishan thieves a dismount, and the exclusive class of Chutian in the back, the Shooting Sound Battalion, arrived, and everyone had a fine longbow on their backs, which was also imposing and unstoppable.

In the eyes of the low-level troops, the soldiers of the Shooting Battalion are marksmen.

After showing a little force to the Taishan thief, Sun Kang, Yin Li, and Wu Dun took the initiative to ask to see Chu Tian, and they were respectful.

The logic of the Taishan thief is very simple, whoever has the big fist will have the right to speak.

They saw Chu Tian as the new leader of the Tarzan thieves.

So behind a bunch of titles such as the first lord of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Tian Khan, Kaiyang Ling (self-styled), and Qidu Lieutenant (self-styled), Chu Tian had another title of Taishan thief leader.

Chu Tian was also very helpless, except for the Taishan thief Chang Feng who was killed by Wu Sangui, the other Taishan thieves seemed to have to surrender to him, and the title of the leader of the Taishan thieves was worthy of his name.