After Xu Kuang did this, he immediately ordered the scouts to reconnoiter day and night, and report as soon as there was any trouble.

Henry also heard the news that there was going to be a big battle in Mushroom Ridge, and he found Xu Kuang and expressed his strong desire to join the war.

Xu Kuang looked at Henry in amazement, and he asked:

"I'm dealing with the Viscount? Although I know that your brother comes from a prominent family and doesn't care about any titles, I think I still need to warn you that this may not have a good effect. ”。

Henry laughed:

"Don't worry, I don't care about these things.".

Xu Kuang nodded, and he said to Henry:

"Then I know, in that case, I'll arrange you to the staff, how do you feel the atmosphere?".

Henry refused, and said to Xu Kuang:

"I want to go to the front and see how your soldiers fight with this thing.".

Xu Kuang sighed secretly, and knew in his heart that Winston would definitely go too, but such a big master just watched, but didn't make a move, which made him a little unhappy.

Xu Kuangdao:

"Since Brother Henry wants to go to the front, then I can't refuse, but I also ask Brother Henry to take care and pay attention to safety."

Henry nodded, and he said to Xu Kuang:

"I know, don't worry, Brother Xu, I will pay attention to safety."

Time passed, and the urgent news from White Birch City came first.

Wang Xikui's handwriting Xu Kuang was already very familiar, but he was still a little surprised when he saw the specific content.

"Viscount Bai Hua has gathered 18,000 Mabu soldiers, and 22,000 soldiers and civilians, a total of 40,000 people, and will go to Mushroom Ridge on the same day."

Xu Kuang passed the news to Zhuge Duan, and after Zhuge Duan saw the content on it, he also said to Xu Kuang in surprise:

"This Viscount Bai Hua is quite willing to give up his book, these nearly 20,000 people, it should be most of his troops, is the lord really so difficult to deal with in his heart?"

For the first time, Zhuge Duan had doubts about himself.

……

And that's really the case.

When Viscount Shirakira saw the head of the messenger who had been returned, he immediately had a plan, and he called his generals to hold a meeting in the mansion that day.

"Do you guys have any thoughts on Xu Kuang?"

One of them said disdainfully to Viscount Birch:

"I know this person, his father is Xu Yun, he was my subordinate before, and then he was sealed to Mushroom Ridge, that kid is an alchemy priest, but he has no talent, and now doing this kind of thing is a dead end."

But this is clearly not the answer that Viscount White Birch wants to hear.

The other person knows Viscount Birch better:

"This Xu Kuang sold cloth and made a lot of gold coins in a short period of time, and the army under his command has exceeded the baron's standard, and with this incident, I suggest that troops be sent to clear it immediately, and at the same time let him make compensation for the dead messenger."

Viscount Birch looked at the man with admiration on his face, nodded, and said to the others:

"The reason is already there, I don't care what you think, I only have one opinion, that is, Xu Kuang provoked me, he can't live anymore, and I also fancy the cloth business, I hope he can give way."

The faces of a group of generals twitched, they didn't expect Viscount White Birch to be so ...... Straightforward.

"Then how many soldiers and horses should we send?".

"I think we should send at least 3,000 troops."

"No, I think it's at least six thousand."

"No, at least 9,000 ......."

Viscount Bai Hua snorted coldly and said:

"Don't fight, 18,000, send 18,000 soldiers and horses, plus the people, get together enough for 40,000 people, and when the time comes, all the food will be given to the nearby barons."

When everyone heard this, they were overjoyed.

This White Birch Viscount actually wanted to eat one litter at a time.

……

Zhao Congfeng was bored lying on the crooked neck tree in the barracks.

He really has nothing to do, although he also understands the training, but now he is not needed, dozens of professional instructors seem to have fallen from the sky, and these things are much better than him.

As for Xin Jian, he also followed Chen Xiaohu to Hulu Town, and it seems that he can also make contributions, only he is still lying here, bored, and Xu Kuang does not seem to have the slightest intention of arranging tasks for him.

Zhao Congfeng stood up suddenly, and he muttered:

"I can't just be so decadent, I have to go to the lord."

As soon as he jumped down from the crooked neck tree, he saw Zhang Dameow come to him:

"Brother Congfeng, the lord called us two."

When Zhao Congfeng heard this, his heart was hot, and he said:

"Quick, don't let the lord wait in a hurry.".

Zhang Da Meow was stunned, he thought to himself, "It won't take five minutes to get from the camp to the conference room, why should you wait?" ”。

Zhang Dameow didn't have time to think about it, Zhao Congfeng had already pulled him out and ran out.

Three minutes later, the two appeared in the conference room.

Xu Kuang looked at the two of them and said:

"Look at this battle report."

After Zhang Dameow finished reading it, his face was ugly, he looked at the two of them and said his thoughts:

"Chen Xiaohu and Brother Xin Jian took away 1,500 people, and now we only have 3,500 people in our hands plus the navy, plus six or seven artillery pieces of various types and six heavy machine guns...... Besides, the enemy this time is not the last time that the coalition forces shrank their necks in a single hit, and if it is a real army, I am not sure. ”。

Xu Kuangdao:

"The second batch of a thousand guns is ready, and the remaining fifteen hundred and a half hundred will also be given to you in three days, I have only one request, to win this battle.".

Zhang Dameow was relieved to hear that the guns would be available in the near future.

He said to Xu Kuang:

"With these things, it is naturally easier, and we can also rely on the favorable terrain to make their cavalry unable to play to their advantages, but the problem is that the defense line of Mushroom Ridge is too long, and if the enemy has extremely strong generals, we have no way."

The Void Vault loved that smile and said:

"This needs to be shot from the wind, I believe that no matter how strong the other party's generals are, they will not be stronger than from the wind, what do you say, from the wind?"

Zhao Congfeng said with a smile:

"Since the lord believes in the wind, the wind will sacrifice the head of the enemy commander to the lord."

Xu Kuang laughed and said:

"No, the enemy commander will definitely shrink like a king, you just need to kill the enemy general who is charging into battle."

Zhao Congfeng still respectfully agreed.

Zhang Dameow couldn't help but look at Zhao Congfeng twice, in his opinion, Zhao Congfeng's ability was too mysterious, and he didn't like it very much.

Xu Kuang smiled, he didn't understand the twists and turns between the two of them, and he didn't want to think about it. just exhorted the two of them a few words.

The merchants of Mushroom Ridge all left Mushroom Ridge quickly, and a few people chose to stay, Xu Kuang asked Ryan to remember these people, and he was ready to reduce taxes for these people.

……

Eight days later

Viscount Birch's 5,000 cavalry plus 12,000 men had reached the outskirts of Mushroom Ridge and requisitioned the garrison of Baron Grimm due west.

Xu Kuang used a telescope to see the rolling tent in the distance, sighed, and said:

"In this battle, not necessarily how many people will die."

Zhuge Duan didn't answer, he was very secretive about this kind of question.

Xu Kuang sighed, he felt bored, he sighed and asked:

"Sir, when are we going to attack?".

Zhuge Duan smiled:

"Don't worry, wait for the local infantry to come to Tomato Town."

Xu Kuang immediately understood Zhuge Duan's intentions, now that the fight starts, the other party will not attack rashly when they find out Xu Kuang's strength, and when the time comes, when they settle down, it will be too late.

Xu Kuang looked into the distance and asked:

"Then when will the opposing cavalry test us?"

Zhuge Duan smiled bitterly:

"There is a high probability that it will not be, they should send cavalry to maneuver on a large scale, this kind of attack is not good, and it will lose too many people."

Xu Kuang nodded, he also believed this, so he waited with peace of mind.

After another three days, the infantry army of White Birch City finally came.

Xu Kuang took a look, and the other party's tents were all set up in positions that could not be attacked by mortars, which made him quite distressed.

Zhuge Duan smiled and said:

"Don't worry, my lord, they will attack in two days."

Xu Kuang asked in amazement:

"Why?".

Zhuge Duan smiled:

"Since the Viscount of Birch is also here in person, then this battle must be resolved quickly, otherwise Birch City doesn't know what it will be like to be eaten by Viscount Birch's own brother."

When Xu Kuang heard this, he couldn't help but sigh a little, he didn't expect Viscount Bai Hua to be a brother.

Of course, he didn't say much either.

……

The next day, Viscount White Birch really launched the first round of attacks.

In the first round of attack, Viscount Bai Hua had no intention of temptation at all, and directly sent 5,000 infantry and 1,000 cavalry to press in an all-round way. However, relying on the favorable terrain, the Mushroom Ridge side built a defensive line, and various automatic and semi-automatic weapons took turns to play, plus artillery support, and successfully repelled the first round of attacks of Viscount Bai Hua, destroying more than 700 enemies.

In the handsome tent of Viscount White Birch

Viscount Bai Hua was pointing his nose and scolding the generals one by one, at this moment, they seemed to be the most damned people in the world.

Viscount White Birch even wanted to eat them raw.

"You...... How did you fight this battle? 6,000 against 2,000, more than 1,000 dead and wounded, what about the other side? Did you touch each other's hair? Hurry up and go home and eat! ”。

All kinds of swear words came out of Viscount Bai Hua's mouth, for no other reason, the loss in the first round was so great that even he felt a little distressed.

After he scolded, he knew that he still had to rely on this group of people, so he sighed and said:

"From today onwards, there must be more than two generals keeping vigil at night, be clear, beware of the other party's night attack, they have not done this kind of thing, don't take it lightly."

The generals replied in unison: "Yes!" ”。

He seemed to think of something, to the group of humanitarians:

"From tomorrow onwards, if you don't have anything to do, you can take the initiative to go outside and call the formation, remember, calling the formation is not the goal, forcing their people to come out of the turtle shell defense is the right thing."

Viscount Birch turned his head to look at the logistics officer and said to him:

"We only have enough food to eat for ten days, and eight days have passed, so hurry up and collect food, if you can't raise food, you will die."

The logistics officer didn't dare to slack off, and asked Viscount Bai Hua for a thousand soldiers and horses, and went to various noble territories.

Xu Kuang also got the information of his subordinates, and directly said to his subordinates:

"Send a letter to Hululing, just say that you can't give them a grain of grain, and besides, the time has come, the day after tomorrow dawn, we will attack on both sides."

This is the result of Xu Kuang's careful consideration, and he also asked Zhuge Duan for his opinion, and Zhuge Duan's opinion is no problem.

Two days is neither early nor late, and if they go on the first day, they must be prepared, but if they go the next day, the defense will drop by more than half.

Xu Kuang sighed, he really couldn't understand that Viscount Bai Hua was so rich, and he was still staring at his textile industry and didn't let go.

Xu Kuang sighed.

Zhuge Duan understood Xu Kuang's troubles, and he said to Xu Kuang:

"Lord, you need to understand that this Viscount Bai Hua is not a good person, he is a lustful and greedy person, this kind of person, no matter how much money he makes, will not be too much."

Xu Kuang nodded, and a thought was even more firm in his heart.

We must vigorously develop large-caliber artillery.

Now there are only two 75-caliber mountain guns in the whole Mushroom Ridge that can touch the opponent's position, and Xu Kuang has never let the two guns blow them up, in order to come in handy at a critical moment.

Hulu Ridge.

Wayne showed the letter to Chen Xiaohu and Xin Jian, and after reading the letter, both of them understood what Xu Kuang meant.

Chen Xiaohu said to Xin Jian:

"Brother Xin Jian, although I don't know how the lord arranged for you, I still hope to be able to divide into two ways with your soldiers, I will take a team of infantry and the infantry of the Hulu Town headquarters to press the formation in the rear, and you take the Hulu Town headquarters cavalry and the Mushroom Ridge cavalry to flank and harass the enemy, and cooperate with the friendly forces in front to block this group of people."

Xin Jian nodded, and he said to Chen Xiaohu:

"Brother Xiaohu's arrangement is extremely proper, I am relieved, I went.".

Chen Xiaohu nodded, he looked at Xin Jian, he didn't know what he was thinking.

It wasn't until Xin Jian disappeared from his sight with a group of people that he slowly exhaled a breath of turbidity.

Xu Kuang received a message from Xin Jian saying that he had already started to act.

Xu Kuang nodded, and checked his armed forces one last time.

After finding that there was no problem, everyone rested in advance, prepared for dawn today, and launched an attack.

And the Viscount Birch on the other side also noticed that something was wrong.

"Did you notice that the silence on the other side today is terrifying, could it be that something bad is brewing?".

"Please give it to the general."

Viscount White Birch sighed, and he said to everyone:

"Didn't you notice? The other side seemed to be resting, and I guessed that they were planning to attack my camp tonight, and that might be me. ”。

Everyone was shocked.

Viscount White Birch smiled and said:

"This guy doesn't know how to use soldiers, if I were him, I definitely wouldn't arrange it like this, he really thinks I'm a fool who can't do anything.".