"Dismount and prepare to attack the city!"

Yang Ye was unwilling to let Hefei be snatched away by the soldiers and horses of other princes, so he ordered the cavalry of the invincible legion to dismount and fight on foot, and stormed the ruined Hefei city wall.

The current Hefei city wall is severely damaged, and it is not difficult to capture Hefei. Otherwise, once Hefei is built into an iron wall by Huan Wen, Jiangnan's troops can attack Shouchun through Hefei, posing a huge threat to Huainan and even the Central Plains.

"No matter which of Xuzhou Mu's generals is on the other side, they will all be beaten to death in front of me, Huan Wen."

Huan Wen ambushed the crossbowmen. When Yang Ye led the dismounted cavalry to attack the city, the crossbowmen who were ambushing behind the female wall fired thousands of arrows and killed hundreds of dismounted cavalry. Yang Ye's offensive was frustrated!

Yang Ye considered that he would suffer heavy losses, so he temporarily retreated.

"Dismounted cavalry are indeed not good at siege. Hefei's defender seems to be good at using infantry and archers."

After Yang Ye lost hundreds of cavalry, he immediately gave up the attack on Hefei.

Seeing that Yang Ye's invincible army stopped attacking the city, Huan Wen showed an expression of surprise.

The role of cavalry in the Huainan area is limited, let alone siege warfare.

However, Yang Ye did not completely withdraw, but was waiting for the arrival of the servant legion. Joan of Arc's servant legion had a group of soldiers who were not afraid of death, and could give the proud Huan Wen a surprise.

"Why hasn't he left yet? Is he waiting for reinforcements?" Huan Wen guessed Yang Ye's intention, "Although there is no time to repair the city wall of Hefei, even if 30,000 more people come, it is impossible to capture Hefei, which I, Huan Wen, guard."

When the Xuzhou Army attacked Huainan, the sky gradually became gloomy, black clouds rolled over the city, and soon it started to rain continuously.

Yang Ye planned to wait for the arrival of the servant army and use it to break through the city, but the continuous heavy rain had a huge impact on the attack on Huainan, and the march of the grain transport team was greatly slowed down.

Joan of Arc's legions of servants arrived in Hefei despite the rain, and the water levels in the surrounding rivers and lakes rose sharply.

"With this kind of bad weather, if Hefei can be attacked by force, the defenders of Hefei will be caught off guard and Hefei can be easily captured. Is the morale of your servant army available?"

Yang Ye knows that bad weather is also a fighter opportunity.

Joan of Arc replied: "My encouragement to the Legion will not be affected by adverse circumstances."

"Then it can be done."

Yang Ye is already confident.

Heavy rain made the roads muddy, and Chutian's rear army finally reached Shouchun City.

Zang Ba, Sun Guan's Langya Defense Corps, and Mi Fang's Donghai Defense Corps arrived and obeyed orders under Chu Tian's tent.

"Carry out a siege and attack immediately as soon as the rain stops."

If Chutian wanted to capture the fortified Shouchun City, he would probably have to pay a high price.

"I don't know if the infantry and cavalry attacking Hefei can succeed."

It was raining continuously in Chutian. The army composed of Yang Ye and Joan of Arc to attack Hefei would probably be affected by the rainy weather.

Weather is also important to marching operations.

Chutian is considering taking advantage of the rising water level in the Huaihe River to see if Shouchun City can be flooded.

However, using water to attack is a big project, and it takes a lot of time to dig river channels. Moreover, after Shouchun City is submerged, the damage caused to the city and the impact on the people's hearts are the price of destroying the city.

Chu Tian hesitated whether to use the double-edged sword of water attack. Unless he had a better way.

In Hefei City, the defender Huan Wen inspected the city defenses and saw that there was no movement in the enemy's camp. He thought that the enemy had given up attacking Hefei, so he returned to the county government with confidence.

In the rain, Joan of Arc held up a battle flag that was soaked by the heavy rain, and led an army of servants to launch an attack in the heavy rain!

Tens of thousands of servants carried ladders, feverishly climbed the city wall, and started to break through from the northeast corner!

The defenders of Hefei did not expect that there was still a legion that could launch an attack in such bad weather. They were caught off guard and fought on the city wall with the legions of servants who had climbed onto the city. Soldiers who died in battle continued to fall into the water!

Full-armored knights holding long-handled axes can break through the defenses of most types of soldiers. They are like ghosts in the heavy rain, knocking down a defender with a long-handled axe, and then swinging the battle ax to chop it down!

In the heavy rain, bows and crossbows were almost useless. Soldiers from both sides fought hand-to-hand with swords and spears. Hundreds of people died!

Joan of Arc holds a knight's sword and fights several defenders besieging her.

A large shield hit Joan of Arc, causing her foot to slip and she almost fell from the wall of Hefei City.

The city wall of Hefei is at least eight meters high. It is almost impossible to survive a fall from the city wall.

Several defenders stabbed Joan of Arc with spears. The latter hurriedly used her shield to block three spears, but one spear stabbed her in the shoulder!

Joan of Arc cut off a spear with her knight's sword and blocked it with her shield. Blood flowed down her shoulder. She stabbed three defenders to death by herself.

The soldiers guarding the city probably realized that this was the enemy's general, so more defenders came to besiege Joan of Arc.

"Protect the General!"

The knights of the servant legion stood in front of Joan of Arc. The knights' swords, poleaxes, swords and spears collided, and they fought hard to repel the defenders.

The servant army had an unexpected advantage, and coupled with its high morale, the defenders were retreating steadily.

"I didn't expect that her ability is really terrifying. This kind of bad weather can also boost morale."

Yang Ye was ready to enter the city. The division of labor between him and Joan of Arc was simple. Joan was responsible for using her ability to attack Hefei in the heavy rain. After seizing the city gate, Yang Ye led the cavalry to attack the city.

Occupy Hefei!

The servant army quickly occupied a section of the city wall, killed the defenders at the city gate, captured a city gate, and opened the gate to let Yang Ye's cavalry enter the city!

"kill!"

Yang Ye took the lead and led 10,000 cavalry into the city. The huge horse hooves trampled the stagnant water and the water splashed!

"General, the enemy has occupied the city gate, and the cavalry is marching straight in!"

Huan Wen was about to take a rest when shouts of killing broke out in the city. Joan of Arc's legions of servants had already seized the city gate and let Yang Ye's cavalry enter the city!

"The morale of their legions cannot be enough to attack the city in heavy rain! All soldiers, follow me to defend the enemy!"

Although Huan Wen didn't know why the enemy's morale was still high despite the continuous rain, the enemy troops had already entered the city at this time. Only by expelling them as soon as possible could it be possible to defend Hefei!

If Hefei falls, the pressure on Lujiang will be unprecedented!

Yang Ye's cavalry galloped through the streets of Hefei. Yang Ye rushed at the front and stabbed several Chaisang soldiers to death along the way with a red tassel spear!

"Put up a spear formation!"

Huan Wen led his troops to form a spear formation in an attempt to prevent Yang Ye from capturing Hefei.

Both sides know the importance of Hefei.

Yang Ye took advantage of Huan Wen's spear formation before it was formed, and rode into the enemy formation!

Even the light cavalry has the ability to attack the enemy's formation head-on!

Yang Ye's cavalry followed the general and rushed forward. The horses knocked down the enemy troops on the opposite side, and the horses' hooves trampled over them!

Yang Ye holds a spear and kills alone, sweeping the area!

The cavalry behind him followed the gap opened by Yang Ye and tore open the opponent's infantry phalanx blocking the street!

When it was difficult to use crossbows, the cavalry did not have to worry about being attacked from a distance. They followed Yang Ye closely, attacking the enemy's formation one after another!

Huan Wen tried his best to maintain his formation and slow down Yang Ye's cavalry advance.

"Soldiers, the only way to survive is to fight to the death!"

Under Huan Wen's encouragement, the infantry, which had collapsed, regained their strength and slowed down the impact of Yang Ye's cavalry.

The two sides saw each other on the streets. The narrow streets greatly restricted the role of the cavalry. When the speed of the cavalry dropped, it turned into a hand-to-hand battle with the infantry holding halberds and spears. Each suffered casualties.

The cost of cavalry was much higher than that of infantry. Huan Wen took advantage of the narrow terrain and caused a large number of casualties to Yang Ye's invincible legion.

Dozens of infantrymen died under Yang Ye, but a steady stream of infantrymen came from behind and stabbed Yang Ye with spears.

In less than half an hour, hundreds of cavalry and infantry were killed!

When the two sides were in a stalemate, the Japanese warriors of the servant legion and the soldiers of the Arab Empire detoured to Huan Wen's rear and attacked Huan Wen with Yang Ye. This group of fanatical warriors and believers rushed into the enemy formation regardless of the cost, slashing with samurai swords and Damascus swords, causing the rear

Dozens of Chaisang soldiers died in battle!

The front and rear attacks caused the morale of Huan Wen's army to collapse, and Huan Wen was defeated!

Seeing that the situation was over, Huan Wen didn't know how many enemies there were, so he led his soldiers to a city gate, seized the gate and fled.

Huan Wen's legion had a large number of soldiers. Huan Wen wanted to retreat, but the invincible legion and servant legion that were chasing him were killed a lot by Huan Wen's legion.

"What a formidable opponent."

When Yang Ye saw that Huan Wen could inflict a large number of casualties on his cavalry even when being flanked, he looked solemn and allowed the rain to fall into a pool of blood along his armor.

In the Battle of Hefei, the casualties on both sides combined were at least 2,000, and Joan of Arc was injured.

Huan Wen retreated in defeat, partly because he did not know the strength of Yang Ye and Joan of Arc.

"I'm not willing to fail like this!"

Huan Wen withdrew from Hefei and suddenly felt that something was wrong. He might have overestimated the opponent's strength. The Japanese warriors and Arab Empire soldiers who just attacked his rear army may only have a few hundred people combined.

"General, our reinforcements have arrived!"

When Huan Wen was defeated, Zu Ti of Lujiang led 20,000 Lujiang soldiers and horses to support Huan Wen and joined Huan Wen's Chaisang soldiers.

"Why was Hefei lost?"

"I overestimated the enemy's military strength. Together, the two of us can retake Hefei!"
To be continued...