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When Chu Tian's army arrived at Mount Tai, they immediately built siege equipment and prepared to attack the city.

Fenggao County relied on the steep terrain of Mount Tai to build a city that was easy to defend but difficult to attack.

However, being easy to defend and difficult to attack does not mean that it cannot be captured, it just means the price you pay.

A large number of catapults, ladders and siege towers were formed, and Le Yi's army prepared to storm the city under Mount Tai.

Chu Tian saw Hua Mulan and Joan of Arc who had broken through all the way to Fenggao County, and commended them a little. The latter had basically adapted to the roundabout combat method of the Eastern cavalry.

It was only a matter of time before Fenggao County was captured. Chutian was even more worried about the two battlefields of Langya Kingdom and Pei Kingdom. The defenders faced the pressure of Zhao Gongzi and Yuan Shu respectively.

Taishi Ci once again organized an offensive against Zhucheng County, and soldiers all over the mountains and plains flooded the city.

Zang Ba and Sun Guan's resistance is tenacious. They have been responsible for defending the northern part of Langya Kingdom for a long time. They usually produce a large number of defense equipment, so they can hold on until now.

"My lord, Dorgon and Wu Sangui are here!"

When Taishi Ci failed to attack, Dorgon and Wu Sangui captured Linzi City, the seat of Qi State. After receiving the order, they led a large number of cavalry and infantry back to Beihai Kingdom to assist Taishi Ci in attacking Zhucheng County.

At the same time, Mr. Zhao personally conquered Zhucheng County and personally supervised Dorgon and Wu Sangui.

In order to prevent Dorgon and Wu Sangui from betraying, he took the Eight Banners Cavalry and Guan Ning Cavalry into his hands. Dorgon and Wu Sangui would only temporarily command them during peacetime wars.

A group of white flag cavalry appeared, numbering in the thousands, with brave soldiers and strong horses.

The colors of Wu Sangui's Guan Ning cavalry are almost opposite to those of the Zhengbai Banner cavalry. They hold three-eyed fire blunderbuss and are well-armored.

With Guan Ning's cavalry at his disposal, Wu Sangui finally felt confident.

Wu Sangui was driven all the way from War Spirit Town to Qingzhou by Chu Tian. He got Guan Ning's cavalry and regained his courage to fight. Although Mr. Zhao currently only has 700 Guan Ning's cavalry because of his limited financial resources.

"There are more and more enemies under the city. We may not be able to stop them this time."

Zang Ba ascended the city and looked down at the increasingly numerous Qingzhou Army, his brows furrowed.

"There are at least 60,000 to 70,000 enemies under the city, and the number is still increasing."

Sun Guan also came to the city wall.

As Mr. Zhao dispatched the main force southward, Zang Ba and Sun Guan were under increasing pressure.

Zang Ba lost an eye in the previous battle of Xuzhou, and Sun Guan also suffered from a hidden illness. The two of them cooperated with each other and still blocked the pressure brought by the Qingzhou Army.

However, as the number of enemies increases, it may be difficult to continue to hold on.

"The Qingzhou Army already has elite cavalry."

Zang Ba pointed at the two armies brought by Mr. Zhao, one black and one white, one Guan Ning cavalry and one Eight Banners cavalry (Zhengbai Banner).

"I don't know how it compares to our elite cavalry in Xuzhou."

Sun Guan couldn't help but compare the two cavalrymen with Xuzhou's elite cavalry.

"The people guarding this city are Zang Ba and Sun Guan. As second-rate generals, it is a miracle that they can hold on to this city for a long time."

Mr. Zhao brought several generals to the city to observe the city's defense, and was surprised by the performance of Zang Ba and Sun Guan.

He also thought that Taishi Ci could easily capture the city.

"They have prepared a large amount of materials to defend the city, so they can hold on. They can use a large number of Yellow Turban troops to consume their troops."

Dorgon made a suggestion to consume the cheap Yellow Turban soldiers.

"I'm afraid this is inappropriate."

Mr. Zhao hesitated.

"To achieve great things, don't stick to small details. If we don't capture this city as soon as possible, once Chu Zimou's reinforcements arrive, we will all become prisoners."

Dorgon was persuading Mr. Zhao to use the Yellow Turban general Guan Hai to recruit a large number of Yellow Turbans as cannon fodder, but the army suddenly became restless.

Dorgon looked at the incoming reinforcements that made the army restless, and saw an elite cavalry appearing in the distance.

At the front is a group of cavalry riding white horses, hunting in white robes, with high morale, and their spears shaking with the bumps of the horses!

"Xuzhou's White Robe Legion!"

Zhao Gongzi found out about Xuzhou's legionary organization. Among them, the White Robe Legion was the largest cavalry legion, and it fought on the move for a long time.

"I have the Eight Banners Cavalry, coupled with your characteristics, my lord, it is enough to defeat the opponent's white robe army."

Dorgon organized a thousand Eight Banners cavalry and prepared to fight.

Mr. Zhao has the characteristics of Huang Taiji, which can improve the capabilities of the Eight Banners cavalry.

Therefore, Dorgon's combat capabilities were strengthened by Mr. Zhao.

"They will not use light cavalry to fight our heavy cavalry. Unless we can force the other side's cavalry to fight us."

Mr. Zhao did not think that Xue Rengui and Zhao Yun would be so impulsive as to use light cavalry to attack the Eight Banners cavalry and Guan Ning cavalry.

When the white robe army arrived, Zang Ba, Sun Guan and the defenders in the city couldn't help but be overjoyed. Once they saw the white robe sign, it meant that there was basically no need to worry.

"What kind of cavalry is that?"

Xue Rengui was a little surprised when he saw a white-armored cavalry on the opposite side and another cavalry using what looked like stick weapons.

Zhao Yun said: "My lord has said that Master Zhao of Qingzhou may have formed the Eight Banners Cavalry and the Guanning Iron Cavalry. The white-armored cavalry may be the cavalry of the Zhengbai Banner, and the Guanning Iron Cavalry has the weapon three-eyed fire blunderbuss."

Although Chu Tian has never seen the Eight Banners Cavalry and Guan Ning Cavalry, the intelligence work has undoubtedly been done.

"Let me test it out."

Zhao Yun led a thousand ordinary light cavalry to test the Eight Banners cavalry and Guan Ning cavalry.

The intelligence may not be accurate, and the intelligence may not be the same as actual combat.

Wu Sangui did not expect that Zhao Yun would lead his troops directly towards him, so he immediately organized Guan Ning's cavalry to defend.

Zhao Yun used a horn bow and led the light cavalry to use mounted shooting tactics. A hail of arrows fell into Guan Ning's cavalry.

"attack!"

Wu Sangui relied on the heavy armor of Guan Ning's cavalry and allowed the rain of arrows to fall, with very few casualties.

Guan Ning's cavalry attacked forward, and after approaching Zhao Yun's light cavalry, they lit the three-eyed fire cannon!

There was a dense sound of firearms, white smoke filled the air, and dozens of light cavalry were killed by three-eyed blazing guns!

The sound produced by the three-eyed fire cannon had a shocking effect on both men and horses, causing Zhao Yun's cavalry to panic.

Guan Ning's cavalry did not have time to reload gunpowder, so they swung the three-eyed fire blunderbuss as a blunt weapon and killed Zhao Yun's light cavalry.

The earth shakes and the iron cavalry protrudes. Once hit by the heavy three-eyed fire blunderbuss, they will most likely be injured or killed because they cannot withstand the huge impact!

"retreat!"

Zhao Yun only came to test the situation. At this time, he found out the fighting method of Guan Ning's cavalry and retreated decisively.

A dozen light cavalrymen were unable to retreat in time, and were overtaken by Guan Ning's cavalry. They were hit on the head with a three-eyed fire blunderbuss and were killed instantly!

It was rare for Wu Sangui to win a small victory, and he did not pursue him to avoid being fooled.

"Guan Ning's cavalry is a heavy cavalry that cost me a lot of savings to build. In order to buy the three-eyed fire gun, Ming Guan cost me a lot of gold and silver."

Mr. Zhao saw that Guan Ning's cavalry killed dozens of the opponent's light cavalry without many casualties, so he felt that it was worth the money.

Building high-level heavy cavalry is more expensive than building ordinary heavy cavalry. Mr. Zhao only built 1,000 Eight Banners cavalry and 700 Guan Ning cavalry.

Currently, Mr. Zhao owns three counties: Beihai Kingdom, Donglai County, and Qi Kingdom (newly occupied), so he can only produce a few high-level heavy cavalry.

"The three-eyed fire blunderbuss of Guan Ning's cavalry has a shocking effect. I was also scared just now."

Zhao Yun was also affected by the shocking effect of the three-eyed fire gun.

"Guan Ning's cavalry shoots on the battlefield, and then engages in close combat... To deal with Guan Ning's cavalry head-on, the only option is to speed up the attack and come forward to fight in close combat. Or you can use an infantry longbow with a longer range to shoot with a dense rain of arrows. The opponent is a heavy cavalry.

Their defense against arrow rain is very high, and the damage done to them by mounted fire is too low."

Xue Rengui faced the special heavy cavalry with a shocking effect for the first time. Coupled with the heavy armor of Guan Ning's cavalry, Wu Sangui became a difficult opponent.

There are other arms supporting Guan Ning's cavalry, and the mobility of the light cavalry is limited.

Without infantry support, Xue Rengui and Zhao Yun did not launch an attack rashly.

Their combat goal is to support Zhucheng County and prevent Mr. Zhao from going south to Langya Kingdom, so as to achieve the combat goal.

The calmness of Xue Rengui and Zhao Yun made Mr. Zhao a little irritable.

Taishan County is under Chu Tian's fierce invasion and plundering offensive. Within a month or two, Taishan County will fall.

At this time, he regretted not using Dorgon's suggestion.

"Calling all the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army to arrive, the cavalry is preparing to expel the White Robe Army."

After hesitation and struggle, Mr. Zhao finally decided to force Xue Rengui and Zhao Yun to fight.

The bait is Zang Ba and Sun Guan.

"The situation has not changed. If the number of the Qingzhou Army continues to increase, to one hundred thousand, Mr. Zhao can attack the city while expelling Xue Rengui and others."

Zang Ba saw Mr. Zhao’s thoughts.

Under the premise that the other side had the advantage in military strength, Xue Rengui and Zhao Yun were actually on the passive side because Zang Ba and Sun Guan had to save them.

After losing the city where Zang Ba and Sun Guan were stationed, the northern gate of Langya Kingdom opened, and the Eight Banners cavalry and Guan Ning cavalry would follow the trend and move southward, unstoppable.

Sun Guan was in an equally heavy mood: "We can only see how Xue Li and Zhao Yun respond to the enemy. We just need to hold on to the city as much as possible and delay time."

Zhao Gongzi decided to use all the strength of the three counties of Qingzhou to completely capture Zang Ba and Sun Guan. He sent Guan Hai back to the rear town, forcibly recruited the Yellow Turban Army, and piled the corpses of the Yellow Turban Army to the height of the city wall to capture Zang Ba.

Zhucheng County where Sun Guan is located.

At the same time, the Eight Banners Cavalry, Guan Ning Iron Cavalry, and other low-level cavalry were ready to expel the White Robes Legion.

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"Catapult, throw stones!"

"One, two, three, pull!"

The prisoners of the Qingzhou Army worked together to pull the rope of the catapult and throw the huge rocks out!

Hundreds of stones roared and fell on the city wall!

boom!

A stone hit a corner of the city gate tower, causing the eaves to collapse and rocks and mud to scatter.

An archer on a stone arrow tower was hit by a stone, fell from the arrow tower, and died tragically.

Use the catapult to clear out additional defense facilities such as gate towers, arrow towers, and horse faces!

Once all the defensive facilities are cleared, leaving only the bare city walls, the siege team can swarm up and capture the entire city.

There is no shortage of stones in the Taishan area, so the Xuzhou army can prepare a large number of stones for siege.

After three consecutive days of bombardment by catapults, many city bricks fell off, exposing the rammed earth.

Ten tall siege towers are ready. Each siege tower is twelve meters high and requires hundreds of soldiers to push it.

Le Yi personally took charge and urged the army to attack the city.

Tens of thousands of people besieged it from three directions, and even the captured Qingzhou troops were used as cannon fodder and put into brutal siege battles.

Cao GUI, one of the few famous generals in the Lu State, personally defended the city and led the Taishan County soldiers to defend the city wall.

The city wall is the only way to bridge the gap between second-rate heroes and first-rate heroes.

A large amount of kerosene and rolling stones poured down, and the Qingzhou army who clung to the city wall was injured and rolled down, leaving corpses everywhere.

During this period, Li Guang, Hua Mulan, and Joan of Arc planned to lead the team to attack Fenggao City, but Chu Tian refused.

Not only does this city have 30,000 defenders, it is backed by Mount Tai, and there is also a famous general in charge of its defense. It is more difficult than attacking Feixian County.

It is impossible for Chutian to let his famous generals take risks for the sake of a city.

A thousand armies are easy to get, but a general is hard to find.

Tao Qian and Yuan Shu had plenty of soldiers and food, but they lacked famous generals.

Attacking a city that is not necessary and sacrificing famous generals will have too great an impact on the future.

If it were a battle that determined the life and death of a force, Chu Tiantian would dare to bet all his generals on it.

Le Yi's offensive was fierce, but he was unable to capture the strongest city in Taishan County in a short period of time.

Chu Tian asked Le Yi how many soldiers would have to die to capture the city.

"Recruiting civilians from nearby villages, approximately 30,000 soldiers and 20,000 to 30,000 civilians were killed or injured, and the city can be captured within ten days."

Le Yi gave Chu Tian a specific price as a reference.

"This price is too tragic. After this battle, our legions will be severely weakened."

"The northern part of Langya Kingdom only relies on the White Robe Legion and the Langya Kingdom Defense Legion, with a strength of more than 30,000. It is difficult to withstand Mr. Zhao's troops who mobilized half of Qingzhou to go south. If Mr. Zhao comes with all his strength, there will be at least 70,000 to 80,000 troops.

A professional soldier. He also has a Yellow Turban Army in his hands. As long as he is willing, the number of Yellow Turban Army can reach 100,000 at any time."

"Therefore, we must capture Taishan County as soon as possible. Do the two military advisors have any ideas?"

Facing the stubborn resistance of the Taishan County garrison, Chu Tian asked Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui for their opinions.

Many emperors were defeated in siege battles, especially the city in front of them, which was built on Mount Tai and was easy to defend but difficult to attack.

Chu Tian did not want to use too many troops to attack the city. He still had many enemies to deal with.

Fang Xuanling said: "My lord, do you remember how we captured the Tan city defended by Le Yi? Even if Feng Gao relies on Mount Tai to build the city, no matter how strong it is, it can still be broken from the inside."

Du Ruhui and Fang Xuanling sang in harmony: "My lord is very prestigious among the strangers. He attacked Tancheng. My lord rewarded the man who captured Le Yi alive with one thousand taels of gold. This can be said to be true to his promise. He only needs to spread the news. If the strangers in the city surrender, they will surrender."

, not only pardoned, but also able to maintain their current status. They trust the lord, so why worry about them not surrendering?"

Another scheming...

Although this method is old-fashioned, it is indeed very practical.

"Those who surrender the city will be rewarded with three hundred taels of gold and promoted to county magistrate. They will never be held accountable!"

"Whoever captures Cao's executioner alive will receive a reward of one hundred taels!"

Chu Tian used the prestige of the first lord to start sowing discord among the defenders in the city.

There must be a brave man under the heavy reward!