On April 23, 1215, the commander-in-chief of the Eastern Front of the Chengtian Empire's army, the veteran "Pulsatilla" Dadali, led the Far North Army and the Tianlong Army to cross the border with Beihai and launched a full-line attack on Mulan County. The 200,000 cavalry of its vanguard team, under the leadership of the commander of the Celestial Dragon Legion, Da Luo General Haravi, tore through the defenses of the Beihai Kingdom with lightning speed. In order to ensure victory in the first battle, Haraway decided to charge into battle himself.

In the early morning of April 23, the cavalry of the Celestial Dragon Legion crushed the defense line painstakingly managed by the Mulan Legion in the border area. Although as early as half a year ago, the king of Beihai, Haitian, had ordered the construction of pillboxes and fortifications in military important places throughout the country. However, after all, the army of Beihai had not experienced a real war, and its various temporary fortresses were completely vulnerable to the various siege equipment of the Chengtian army. Especially the border area between the Beihai Kingdom and the Chengtian Empire is a plain with a flat river, and the Chengtian cavalry is simply like a fish in water in such an environment. Soon, in less than two hours, the 27th Army of the Mulan Army guarding the border line was defeated by the Chengtian army, and the army commander Fang Dajue was picked out by Haraway with a single shot.

At noon on April 23, Haraway led 200,000 cavalry troops to Liucheng, a major border town in Mulan County. As soon as the front foot arrived, Haraway immediately gave the order to siege the city. The war drums sounded, and countless Chengtian warriors took off their strong bows and fired at the head of Liucheng City. In front of each of the four city gates in the southeast and northwest of Liucheng, there were dozens of Chengtian soldiers carrying cloud ladders and howling towards the city gates. However, the Chengtian cavalry, which had been pushed all the way, finally encountered its first trouble since the start of the war. Just as countless ladders were set up at the top of the city, and the Chengtian soldiers began to climb up excitedly, the four cauldrons hanging from the southeast and northwest of the city head tumbled over at the same time.

A Chengtian figure chief was holding a dagger at the moment, and climbed lightly down the ladder to the city tower. I saw that there were five more steps to climb the city wall. Suddenly, a hot liquid poured on his body, and the Heavenly Leader immediately let out a scream that was not like a human voice, and the skin on his body almost completely festered in an instant.

"It's the smell of fire oil, hurry up!" Another Chengtian Tu Chang, who was lucky enough to avoid the boiling liquid, smelled the smell of fire oil, and hurriedly shouted a warning, and jumped directly from the ladder without his life, just smashed on the Chengtian Tu Chang who was burned to death by the fire oil, crushing the unlucky companion into a meat patty, but he escaped the catastrophe. However, the other Chengtian soldiers who were besieging the city did not have such good luck.

At the same time as the four cauldrons were tumbling, the Beihai soldiers who had been suppressed by the Chengtian archers suddenly sprung up. A black-faced general pulled out his sword at his waist and shouted, "Arrows!" As soon as the words fell, countless rockets flew from Liucheng City to the four city gates. The ladders that had been glued to the fire oil instantly turned into fire dragons. Before the soldiers could retreat, they were consumed by the merciless flames. After three rounds of arrow rain, the siege force of Chengtian was left with not one in ten, leaving thousands of charred corpses behind. The Beihai army cheered loudly at the head of the city, and kept shouting and scolding the Chengtian army, provoking and demonstrating.

"General, the first wave of the enemy's attack has been repelled by our army, and the next move, please ask the general to instruct!" a lieutenant general dressed in white ice armor said respectfully to the black-faced general who was standing on the city wall and directing the battle just now.

When the black-faced general heard this, he said majestically: "Brothers, everyone did a good fight just now. However, we cannot afford to underestimate the enemy. According to the news of the return of the White Bird Legion, the 27th Army guarding the border of Mulan County has been completely wiped out, and Commander Fang died tragically, unfortunately sacrificing his life for the country. Otherwise, those rabbit cubs under our city would not have appeared under Liucheng so soon. Now, with my command, the gates of the city are to be guarded and the fortifications to be repaired. After nightfall, torches are lit on the top of the city, and every half an hour, death squads are sent out of the city along the city walls to reconnoiter the enemy situation and prevent the enemy from sneaking up!"

"The last general obeys the order!" After the lieutenant general received the order, he immediately began to nervously start patrolling the defense of the four gates. The black-faced general looked at the Chengtian army in the distance with a solemn expression.

At this time, the Chengtian army had retreated ten miles and set up camp. The entire barracks was filled with the screams of the soldiers who had just been burned by the fire oil.

"General Haravi, I don't know why you forced your attack just now? After all, Liucheng is an important border town in Mulan County, with high walls and sufficient troops. Since the early morning, our army has forcibly marched for more than 400 miles, and although the soldiers are full of fighting spirit, they are also sleepy and tired, so they should take a short rest and wait for the arrival of the follow-up troops and siege equipment, and then attack!" In front of him, a middle-aged general with a spear in his hand and a wolf's tooth helmet was standing proudly in the big tent of the Chinese army, with a look of joy and sadness on his face.

"General Curry, how long do you think it would take for our army to take Liucheng under normal circumstances?" Haraway did not make any answer after hearing Curry's question, but asked rhetorically.

"This? The last general thought that the black-faced general at the head of the city just now must be Zhang Suo, the general who defended the city in Liucheng. In order to delay the offensive of our army, the Beihai army stationed 50,000 troops in Liucheng. Although quite a few of them are recent recruits. But if you just defend the city, it is still a great threat to our army. In my opinion, it will take at least five days for our army to conquer Liucheng!"

Hearing this, Haravi smiled slightly, and with a disapproving look on his face, he said easily: "As the general said, under normal circumstances, it would take five days for our army to conquer Liucheng. However, the world is unpredictable, and if Liucheng cannot be taken within five days, it will inevitably damage the morale of our army. Therefore, Fang deliberately stormed Liucheng and paralyzed the Beihai soldiers defending the city with the lives of thousands of my warriors. ”

Curry was stunned when he heard this, and said puzzledly: "I don't know why the general is like this?"

Haravi looked in the direction of Liucheng and said, "The Battle of Liucheng is the first battle of our army's attack on the North Sea. Therefore, tonight, our army must take Liucheng, completely annihilate the enemy army, and give Beihai a great dismount! The fiasco just now is precisely to make those Beihai soldiers who have just set foot on the battlefield feel proud of the enemy. According to General Ben's understanding, although the black-faced general has a lot of seniority in the Northern Navy, Han Youxin left him with only 20,000 troops with real combat effectiveness. In other words, the soldiers in Liucheng City who are more than ordinary are new recruits. In the battle just now, there were significantly more soldiers returning from the east and north gates than the other two gates. Therefore, it can be concluded that the soldiers at the east and north gates were mainly recruits. Tonight, these two gates are the main direction of our army!"