Xia Cheng's sixth-level cavalry battalion, one hundred high-level cavalry has finally been trained, and they are lined up neatly on the plain.

This one is the Northern Wei Dynasty Iron Eagle Scout, a sixth-order cavalry that belongs exclusively to Hua Mulan.

In order to build a hundred cavalrymen, Chu Tian invested nearly ten thousand taels of silver.

There are still a hundred Iron Eagle Scouts who will be recruited later and have not yet been trained.

There is one War Eagle for every one hundred Iron Eagle Scout Cavalry.

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

A war eagle has become the pet of the general Hua Mulan.

This is a black war eagle with piercing eyes. Its function is similar to that of a military homing pigeon, and it also has certain reconnaissance capabilities.

Hua Mulan stroked its wings and seemed to like the war eagle she got.

With a war eagle to assist in reconnaissance, Mulan's cavalry has a wider field of vision. In this way, she can better avoid enemy cavalry during surprise attacks.

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

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

Hua Mulan asked confusedly.

Soon Chu Tian understood what she meant.

The wings of the war eagle feel 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.

Chutian checked the attributes of the war eagle.

[Name]: War Eagle

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

[Description]: It is said that this is an eagle that the Iron Eagle Scout Cavalry was inspired by the falconry culture and specially trained to assist in its reconnaissance.

[Restrictions]: Only obey the orders of the commander-in-chief Hua Mulan and the Iron Eagle Scout Cavalry.

Chu Tian was surprised when he saw War Eagle's ability.

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

In the future, this cavalry will be best used for reconnaissance and sneak attack on the enemy from behind.

Among all the high-level cavalry, Hua Mulan's one hundred iron eagle scouts were the first to be recruited, followed by Li Guang's two hundred Western Han Dynasty cavalry, Xue Rengui's two hundred elite Tang cavalry, and finally Hua Mulan's third cavalry.

Second team of Iron Eagle Scouts.

In the crusade against Wu Sangui, Chutian would use this group of high-level cavalry.

Wu Sangui may have known that Chutian owned Xiliu Camp and Shesheng Camp, but he did not know that Chutian had recruited a group of high-level cavalry.

This is Chutian's trump card.

Iron Eagle Scouts are equipped with Tang knives, short spears, horn bows, saddles and other equipment forged in Shangbi Town.

Expensive horse-steeds are not suitable for equipping lightly-armed assault iron eagle scouts, which are weapons for heavy cavalry and generals.

The war horse used by Iron Eagle Scout is a gold-level war horse that Xia Liang commissioned from a horse dealer to buy from Yuyang, Youzhou. Its speed and endurance are medium. Medium is good, ordinary war horses and silver-level war horses are inferior.

After waiting for several days, Xue Rengui and Li Guang's cavalry were also recruited. Excluding Hua 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 hand.

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In Dong'an County, Sun Kang, one of the Taishan bandits, received a letter from his younger brother Sun Guan and fell into hesitation.

Chu Tian proclaimed himself the order of Kaiyang and the captain of cavalry, replacing Zang Ba's position, and asked him to send the Taishan bandits from Dong'an County to Yangdu County to join forces with Zhou Yafu to attack Wu Sangui who was entrenched in Ju County.

Sun Kang didn't know whether Chu Tian would use this to take away his military power, and was in a dilemma.

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

Finally, Sun Kang decided to send troops.

Yin Li of Dongguan County and Wu Dun of Qiu County, the two Taishan bandits reacted exactly the same as Sun Kang, walking on thin ice in response to Chutian's call. Especially Wu Dun, who was defeated by Xia Liang with 15,000 troops last time.

With 3,000 people, he was as afraid of Xiacheng as a tiger, so he immediately counted his troops and assembled towards Yangdu County.

The three Taishan thieves own the territory of three counties, and Chutian has always been coveting their territory. If the territories of Sun Kang, Yin Li, and Wu Dun are annexed, Chutian's territory can be expanded from two counties to five counties.

Dong'an County, Dongguan County, and Jiqiu County are smaller than Kaiyang County, with a population of 300,000 to 400,000 in one county.

By annexing the Taishan bandits, Chutian would become a great lord with a population of two million.

The three Taishan bandits each sent 10,000 people, making a total of 30,000 people, marching toward Yangdu County in a mighty manner.

Zang Ba and Sun Guan returned their orders to Chu Tian. They had successfully persuaded the three Taishan bandit leaders to send troops to respond to Chu Tian's military campaign against Wu Sangui.

"You have done a good job, and this matter will be counted among your achievements. You two, come with me on the expedition."

Chu Tian re-checked 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 a lord in battle is a very serious matter. His own prestige will be greatly affected, and his ministers will easily become disloyal.

"yes!"

Zang Ba and Sun Guan were finally regarded as his official subordinates by Chu Tian. This time they were arranged to go on an expedition and dispatched as generals.

"This is the list for the expedition. Please take a look, my lord."

Fang Xuanling submitted the list of people to attack Wu Sangui to Chu Tian.

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

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

The Taishan bandits lacked combat effectiveness and were no match for Wu Sangui, but they could confuse Wu Sangui and make it impossible for Wu Sangui to determine where Chutian's main force was.

"Go to Yangdu City and meet Zhou Yafu."

Chu Tian assembled his troops outside Xia City, and Xia City's hundreds of military flags were flapping in the north wind. As the scale of Chu Tian's army expanded, the number of war flags used also naturally increased.

More than 8,000 soldiers and horses gathered outside Xia City.

Hua Mulan's phalanx has 100 Iron Eagle Scout Cavalry and 2,000 light cavalry.

Li Guang's square formation has 200 Western Han Dynasty horse archers and 500 light cavalry.

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

The reason why Hua Mulan was given more light cavalry was because Chu Tian needed Hua Mulan to use the war eagle to launch a surprise attack.

Xu Sheng replaced Li Guang as Chutian's general and commanded Chutian's 2,000-man Shesheng Battalion. Xu Sheng was a water general and an archer general, so he could barely exert the effect of the Shesheng Battalion.

Chutian's own abilities and characteristics are not strong enough. If one day Chutian has a fourth dimension like Li Shimin, Chutian will definitely personally command the Shesheng Battalion to fight, and there is no need to find a historical general to serve as his deputy.

Then came Zang Ba and Sun Guan, who commanded 3,000 infantry and archers to fight, of which Sun Guan led 500 as the vanguard.

The light infantry sent by Xiacheng was very small, not even as much as the number of cavalry, because the light infantry was concentrated in the hands of Zhou Yafu in Yangdu County. As long as they joined Zhou Yafu, Chutian would have a large number of light infantry to use.

Thirty Thousand Taishan Bandits are also mainly infantry archers, and they don't have to worry about using ordinary infantry archers.

Low-level infantry and archers are always cannon fodder, while cavalry is the boss. Only heavy infantry can compete with the knights.

"Hua Mulan, Li Guang, you two are leading the cavalry to Hedong. You must be careful."

Chu Tian specially summoned Hua Mulan and Li Guang and gave them instructions.

"The general will definitely fulfill his mission!"

Hua Mulan and Li Guang agreed 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 that were previously occupied by Zhou Yafu.

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

Hua Mulan and Li Guang left the team, and Chu Tian led more than 5,000 people north to join Zhou Yafu and Xue Yue.

The army directly controlled by Chu Tian was not large, but it was elite. The lineup of generals was probably the most luxurious in the Eastern Han Dynasty.

In Lingcheng, Ju County, Wu Sangui learned that Chu Tian had summoned four armies to attack him, and immediately sent troops and horses to set up defenses along the Yi River.

As long as Chutian's soldiers and horses cannot cross the river, Wu Sangui can guarantee that Chutian will not be able to destroy him.

"My lord, please come with me to defend against the enemy."

Wu Sangui was worried about Qi Xiaobai staying in Lingcheng, so he kidnapped him and garrisoned him by the Yi River, where he confronted Zhou Yafu on the other side of the river.

He could already see the flag of Xia City on the other side of the river. The battle flag of Xia City was very simple, with only the word "Xia" in small seal script, but Wu Sangui was frightened.

Every time he fought against 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, 2,000 of whom were from Xiliu Camp, who were also patrolling along the river to avoid being attacked by Wu Sangui.

Both men were famous generals and they carefully tested each other.

Zhou Yafu was waiting for other troops to arrive.

The first to arrive were the three Taishan bandit troops.

Thirty thousand Taishan bandits gathered in Yangdu County. They met Zhou Yafu, who was the captain of Yangdu County.
To be continued...