"A light cavalry has entered the hinterland of Yangdu County. The Taishan bandit Chang Xi has been defeated. You must be careful!"

As the leader of the alliance, Qi Xiaobai reminded the lords who came to support.

"It's too late, my army was attacked..."

A lord from Xihai County of Langya Kingdom climbed up the hillside with his soldiers.

And below, the three thousand soldiers and horses he brought were being attacked by the opponent's cavalry.

A silver-level military general was stabbed to death by a young general in white from the opponent's side and provoked.

Such a terrifying scene left the lord unable to recover for a long time.

Three thousand soldiers and horses were killed and dispersed by the opponent, and many horses were also plundered.

The march speed of the various lords of the Anti-Chutian Alliance was greatly reduced. They all knew that Chutian sent a group of cavalry to defeat Chang Xi and a lord from Xihai County.

This group of cavalry only killed and injured more than a thousand people of the coalition forces each time. It did not inflict a devastating blow to the coalition forces, but it made the reinforcements from all walks of life timid and did not dare to advance.

When Hua Mulan and Xue Rengui crossed the Battle Soul Town to block the reinforcements, Chutian's main force had already arrived below the Battle Soul Town, and more than 20,000 people surrounded the Battle Soul Town.

Fang Xuanling held a map in his hand: "If you want to conquer Yangdu City, you must first capture Zhanhun Town."

"Prepare a strong attack."

Chu Tian was ready to storm Zhanhun Town.

He didn't think Qi Xiaobai would surrender. After all, Qi Xiaobai had 100,000 reinforcements behind him.

Although the 100,000 reinforcements advanced cautiously for fear of being ambushed by Hua Mulan and Xue Rengui, they were still slowly gathering towards Battle Soul Town.

Chang Xi, who was hiding in Yangdu City, was also responding to Qi Xiaobai from afar.

"I'm not worried about the alliance between Qi Xiaobai and Chang Xi. Instead, I'm worried about Xia Cheng and Langya City."

Chu Tian expressed his worries when the army was preparing to attack the town.

Fang Xuanling continued to make suggestions for Chu Tian: "My lord, you can surround three and one is missing, and do not deploy troops and horses in the north. In the event of a sudden attack, the defenders will most likely escape from the north gate."

"It makes sense, so let's do it. Zhou Yafu attacks the west gate, Xue Yue attacks the east gate, and I personally attack the south gate."

Chu Tian used a three-pronged approach to make Qi Xiaobai uncomfortable.

No matter what, the nail in War Spirit Town must be removed. It has caused trouble for itself one after another.

The war drums beat, the shooting camp sounded, Xuzhou archers fired thousands of arrows, and the infantry carrying ladders launched an attack on Zhanhun Town!

A group of 5,000 soldiers marched quickly towards Zhanhun Town, and were not hindered by the activities of Hua Mulan and Xue Rengui's cavalry in Yangdu County.

The leader was a general wearing Han Xuanjia, and the army was under the banner of Lingcheng.

He suddenly stretched out his hand to stop the five thousand troops from advancing.

In order to prevent being attacked by Xiacheng's cavalry, Xu Sheng sent dozens of cavalry to spread out and continuously pass on intelligence from the front.

A scout cavalry came back and reported to Xu Sheng: "General, there are dense horse hoof prints ahead!"

Xu Sheng pondered for a while and finally ordered: "The crossbowmen are ready."

A thousand Xuzhou crossbowmen drew their crossbows and ambush Xu Sheng's army.

Xu Sheng continued to advance, deliberately disorganizing the forward troops and horses.

When the five thousand soldiers and horses marched forward for two miles, a group of cavalry rushed out, trying to cut off Xu Sheng's army!

The horse's hooves are rolling and the wind is galloping!

Xu Sheng's soldiers looked nervous and felt involuntary panic when facing the cavalry charge.

"The whole army must not panic, the crossbow array is firing!"

Xu Sheng ordered that the loose-looking soldiers on the outside retreated, revealing three rows of crossbowmen!

Three rows of crossbowmen either squatted or stood, holding powerful crossbows in their hands, and fired eight hundred crossbow arrows!

A sharp crossbow arrow hit Hua Mulan's shoulder armor, and the impact shook her body!

Hua Mulan groaned, knowing that she had met a difficult opponent this time. The opponent's ability to run an army was not comparable to those before.

A volley of crossbow arrows killed dozens of light cavalrymen in the first few rows, falling from their horses.

After the crossbowmen fired, the gun and shield soldiers appeared. Two or three-meter-long spears were placed on the shields at an oblique angle to block the light cavalry assault!

Once the light cavalry collides with the spear phalanx, they will definitely fall on their backs!

"retreat!"

With her superb riding skills, Hua Mulan could turn in front of the spear phalanx and stab an infantryman of the opponent to death with her horse spear.

However, the light cavalry who followed Hua Mulan did not necessarily have good equestrian skills. A dozen light cavalry had no time to evade, ran into the forest of spears, and were pierced by spears!

"Shoot the enemy general!"

Xu Sheng took command on the battlefield, and the longbowmen threw rain of arrows at Hua Mulan and her cavalry!

Another arrow hit Hua Mulan's armor!

At this time, Xue Rengui, as before, led the light cavalry to attack Xu Sheng's flank, and encountered the same predicament as Hua Mulan.

On the premise that Xu Sheng discovered that Hua Mulan and Xue Rengui were ambush, he made preparations in advance without leaking anything.

In addition to losing hundreds of light cavalry in vain, Hua Mulan and Xue Rengui were unable to break the formation.

If Hua Mulan and Xue Rengui forcefully attack the enemy formation, they may not be able to defeat Xu Sheng's army, but the cavalry will suffer heavy losses.

Hua Mulan holds almost all the light cavalry in Xia City. If all the light cavalry are buried here in order to defeat Xu Sheng, Xia City will have no light cavalry to use.

In order to consider for her lord, Hua Mulan gave up the idea of ​​attacking Xu Sheng's army.

"General Mulan, are you okay?"

Xue Rengui saw that Hua Mulan's armor was hit by arrows in two places. As the captain of the Guards, he knew that his lord preferred this general, so he couldn't help but worry that Hua Mulan would be killed in battle and would not be able to tell his lord.

"Let's retreat."

Hua Mulan withdrew her troops unwillingly.

Xu Sheng looked a little solemn when he saw two thousand cavalrymen circling his army and then leaving.

He realized that the opponent's generals were difficult to deal with.

"General, what should we do?"

"Continue to go south to support Battle Soul Town."

Twenty thousand soldiers stormed Zhanhun Town. Li Guang shot and killed ordinary generals in Zhanhun Town one after another, and covered Xiliu Camp to attack the city wall!

Wu Sangui led a small number of elite infantrymen to fight against Xiliu Camp, hoping to drive Xiliu Camp down.

Several Xiliu Camp soldiers stood close together, holding shields.

Wu Sangui, who could usually kill ordinary light infantry, found it extremely difficult to fight against the Xiliu Battalion.

"Is this a high-level military unit?"

Wu Sangui was blocked by a Xiliu Camp soldier, and the halberd of the Xiliu Camp infantry even hit Wu Sangui's armor. He understood that the Xiliu Camp, like his Guan Ning cavalry, was a special unit and a high-level unit.

"Drive them off!"

Qi Xiaobai personally brought a group of soldiers over for reinforcements and stormed the dozen Xiliu Camp infantrymen who had boarded the city!

Chu Tian, ​​who oversaw the battle, finally understood how difficult it was to attack the city.

This was the first time Chu Tian took the initiative to launch a critical battle. Zhanhun Town was only a third-level town, but it blocked Chu Tian's offensive of 20,000 people.

"If we attack Langya City by force, it will probably be difficult to defeat it without an army of 100,000 people."

Chutian was blocked by War Soul Town, and he couldn't help but feel lucky that he didn't attack Langya City by force.

The offensive against Zhanhun Town lasted for one day, but still could not be captured, so Chu Tian ordered his troops to retreat.

Chu Tian summoned all the generals, Fang Xuanling and Xue Yue, to summarize the mistakes of the siege and the arrangements for the next day's siege.

The existence of towns has caused countless lords and famous generals to fall into disgrace.

A fortified city could even hold off an army for more than a year. Therefore, Chu Tian did not feel frustrated just because he could not capture Battle Soul Town in one day.

If this is a setback, Chutian will probably be depressed to death if he encounters a large city guarded by a famous general in the future.

Chu Tian set up a temporary camp under the city to prevent night attacks.

The sound of horse hooves sounded, and the patrolling soldiers immediately went on alert.

"It's our cavalry!"

Hua Mulan and Xue Rengui's cavalry are back.

Chu Tian knew that the two men had made great achievements again, so he took the initiative to come out to greet them.

But when he saw two broken arrows stuck in Hua Mulan's body, he couldn't help but frown: "What's going on?"

"The general was incompetent and was driven back by the enemy general when he led a cavalry attack."

Hua Mulan reports on the process of three battles.
To be continued...