Xiahou Zhang urged his horse to thrust his spear to the two armies, and then he yelled loudly to Pan Zhang: "Xiahou Zhang, General of the Cavalry of Jinluo Kingdom, please give me advice!"

After Pan Zhang saw Xiahou Zhang, his eyes lit up. The war horse that Xiahou Zhang rode turned out to be the best among the Eastern Barbarian horses - the Chitai horse.

The shoulder height of the Chitai horse is about 1.7 meters. Naturally, the height of the head can reach more than 2.2 meters. The weight can reach a thousand kilograms, and even the weight load of the Jonlu and Anpuma is greater.

Li Bin also got four Red Horses in Jinluo City, but unfortunately Pan Zhang was not assigned to the Red Horses. After Qin Qiong and other generals arrived in Fuzhen City, Pan Zhang only assigned to one Ronglu horse.

"Big Yan Pan Zhang, please give me advice!"

After Pan Zhang fought with Xiahou Zhang, he was a match for the opponent and was about to meet the good talent. The two soon fought for more than 60 rounds without deciding the outcome.

However, Xiahou Zhang knew in his heart that he was weaker than his opponent in terms of strength. The tiger's mouth of his hands had been shaken and he would have cracked open. If he continued to entangle, he would definitely lose in the end.

After Pan Zhang and Xiahou Zhang and the other two had another twisted the stirrup, Xiahou Zhang did not push the horses to continue to face Pan Zhang, but instead rode his horse back to the front of the Jinluo army.

When Pan Zhang saw Xiahou Zhang riding his horse and fleeing, he couldn't help but say a pity in his heart. Pan Zhang was very envious of the red horse under Xiahou Zhang's crotch. After the two fought for more than 60 rounds, Pan Zhang had a vague advantage and continued to fight. Pan Zhang was confident of winning, and even killed Xiahou Zhang and seized the red horse under Xiahou Zhang's crotch.

Pan Zhang then put the long sword in his hand and shouted loudly to the Jin Luo army's formation: "Big Yan Pan Zhang is here! Who dares to fight with me!"

On the side of the Jinluo army, even Xiahou Zhang, the master warrior, was defeated. Where could there be any general dare to fight?

Not long before Xiahou Zhang retreated to the Jinluo army, about 5,000 Jinluo cavalry began to slowly press towards the Yan army.

Pan Zhang shouted several times in front of the two armies. After discovering the abnormal movement of the Jinluo cavalry, he hurriedly retreated to the formation of his own army.

There are more than 10,000 cavalry among the First Guard of Congzhou, among which the First Brigade and the Second Brigade each have a cavalry battalion, and each cavalry battalion has three heavy cavalry and seven light cavalry teams.

However, Cheng Pu, the commander of the First Guard of Congzhou, did not allow the two cavalry battalions of the First Brigade and the Second Brigade to fight more than 5,000 Jinluo cavalry, and also allowed the two heavy infantry battalions of the First Brigade and the Second Brigade to stand in front to welcome the charge of the Jinluo cavalry.

The most famous thing about the Dayan Empire is the heavy infantry. It was precisely because of the heavy infantry that the Dayan Empire created the reputation of Dayan soldiers as the world.

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Of course, not all heavy infantry battalions are composed of heavy infantry. For example, only about half of the officers and soldiers are heavy infantry battalions under Li Bin are heavy infantry, and the remaining half are crossbowmen. The heavy infantry battalions among the Dayan Imperial Guard have been in this configuration for many years, and Li Bin has not made any sense of ingenuity.

The heavy infantry in the heavy infantry battalion is generally equipped with shields, spears, wide-blade machetes and javelins, crossbowmen are equipped with bows or arrows or strong crossbows, and there are also waist knives used in melee combat.

The 35th and 36th towns of the Jinluo Imperial Army sent more than 5,000 cavalry to rush into the battlefield. In fact, among the Jinluo army, they can be regarded as heavy cavalry, but the war horses they rode were equipped with leather vests, and only the knights wore iron armor.

The first guard of Congzhou was at the forefront of the two heavy infantry battalions. If it were the soldiers' personal martial arts, there should be a big gap compared with the inner guards, outer guards and front guards of the Dayan Imperial Guard. However, after being arranged in the battle formation, the combat power of these two heavy infantry battalions was not weaker than the four ordinary heavy infantry battalions of the Dayan Imperial Guards, outer guards and front guards after several months of hard training.

Of course, the reason why two people can top four is that the number of heavy infantry battalions under Li Bin is twice as high as that of the other guards of the Dayan Imperial Army.

More than 5,000 heavy cavalrymen in Jinluo include two heavy cavalry battalions in the 35th town of Jinluo Imperial Guard, and two heavy cavalry battalions in the 36th town of Jinluo Imperial Guard. When the four heavy cavalry battalions hit the two heavy infantry battalions head-on, the four heavy cavalry battalions were hit and could not break through the battle formation of the two heavy infantry battalions.

Xiahou Ning, the commander of the 35th town of the Jinluo Imperial Army, and Xiahou Zhang, the commander of the 36th town, discovered that the 5,000 heavy cavalry that were charged in the two towns could not break through the heavy infantry formation of the Yan army. They immediately moaned Jin and retreated the four heavy cavalry battalions, but in the end, there were only less than 4,000 heavy cavalry left, and just one charge lost more than 1,000 cavalry.

Xiahou Ning asked Xiahou Zhang in a deep voice: "Debi, do you think we still need to continue fighting?"

Xiahou Zhang sighed and said, "Brother, although I don't know how the other troops under Li Bin's command are trained, the army that came to attack Dongcong City is an elite force, especially the heavy infantry that just resisted the attacks of four heavy cavalry battalions in our two towns. I almost thought it was the genuine heavy infantry unit of the Yan State Imperial Army. We must have a tough battle to fight next."

Xiahou Ning said flatly: "Then you will immediately retreat to Dongcong City. The two towns and the wing army transferred to Dongcong City have a total of 150,000 people. Even if Li Bin trained all his troops to elite troops, he would not have the intention to attack Dongcong City without leaving behind 3 or 400,000 lives!"

When the Jinluo army who had left the city retreated to Dongcong City, Cheng Pu and Pan Zhang did not take the opportunity to command the troops to launch an attack. After the Jinluo army who had left the city completely retreated into the city, Cheng Pu and Pan Zhang led the First Brigade and the Second Brigade of the First Guard of Congzhou, and then retreated to the camp ten miles west of Dongcong City. At this time, the camp had been almost completed by the other brigades left behind.

Before the first guard of Congzhou started to attack the city, another unexpected situation occurred. A large number of young and strong men who were driven out of Dongcong City by Jinluo's army learned that the Yan army had already arrived at Dongcong City, and they all defected to the first guard of Congzhou, expressing their willingness to help the Yan army attack Dongcong City together.

Cheng Pu and Pan Zhang discussed it and decided to accept the surrender of these young and strong men in the former Dongcong City. They transferred some Dongcong officers and soldiers from the First Guard of Congzhou and began to reorganize these young and strong men in the former Dongcong City. At the same time, they sent Li Bin a letter, hoping that Li Bin could send someone to transport a batch of weapons and armor to the First Guard of Congzhou to arm these young and strong men in the former Dongcong City.

When Li Bin received this letter from Cheng Pu and Pan Zhang, he had already led the First Guard of Fuzhou, the Second Guard of Fuzhou, the Third Guard of Fuzhou, the First Guard of Junzhou, the Second Guard of Junzhou and the Personal Guard Camp to outside Huaide City, Xiangzhou Prefecture of Jinluo State.

Huaide City is the county town of Huaide County, Xiangzhou Prefecture, and it is also the only way to get from the former Fujun State to the Xiangzhou Prefecture of Jinluo State.

The Xiangzhou Prefecture of Jinluo Kingdom is close to the northwest of the former Fujun Kingdom. The landforms are similar, with large ups and downs, with many valleys and hills. The terrain in many places is very rugged, which is not conducive to large-scale marching.

From the former Fuzhou Kingdom to the Xiangzhou Prefecture of Jinluo Kingdom, there is only one way to allow the army to pass through, and Huaide City is the first obstacle on this road. If the army led by Li Bin wants to invade the hinterland of Xiangzhou Prefecture, it must first conquer Huaide City.

In the commander's tent, after reading Cheng Pu and Pan Zhang's letter, Li Bin immediately said to Meng Tie beside him: "Tell me the order to Yuchi Gong of Fuzhen City, and ask him to immediately take out 150,000 sets of leather armor, 150,000 weapons and 50,000 shields from the arsenal of Fuzhen City, and send someone to the first guard of Congzhou."

Meng Tie led the order and said, "Yes, lord."

After Meng Tie turned around and walked out of the commander's tent, Li Bin asked the generals in the commander's tent to circulate each other for a while. Then Li Bin turned his head and said to Li Ba: "I will send the orders to the second guard of Congzhou and the third guard of Congzhou, so that the main forces of these two guards will arrive at Dongcongcheng as soon as possible, meet with the first guard of Congzhou, and strive to conquer Dongcongcheng."

After Li Ba also took the order and walked out of the General's tent, Li Bin asked the generals in the tent: "What are you good ideas about attacking Huaide City?"

At this time, in the commander's tent, in addition to the six generals of Li E, Li Teng, Fan Hu, Xu Tianhao, Xu Tiantao, Su Wencang, and the six generals of the guard camp standing behind Li Bin, there were also the five head coaches of the imperial guards, Xue Li, Yang Zaixing, Luan Bu, Gan Ning, and Zhou Tai, as well as the five deputy commanders of the imperial guards, Shi Wengong, Luan Tingyu, Bian Xiang, Shi Su and Yang Hong.

Xue Li immediately said, "Lord, according to the information we have obtained, there are now three towns of the Jinluo Imperial Army in Huaide City, namely the 38th, the 39th and the 40th towns. There are also about 100,000 Jinluoxiang Army. The Jinluo army recruited no less than 100,000 strong men in the city to help defend the city. If we want to capture Huaide City, it seems that we will have to go through a bloody battle."

Yang Zaixing continued to frown and said, "Neither of the 38th, 39th and 40th towns of the Jinluo Imperial Army had participated in the last battle with our Dayan army. In this way, these three towns should have a total of 100,000 troops, plus the 100,000 wing troops and 100,000 strong men. The Jinluo defenders in Huaide City had 300,000 troops, and the five guards had a total of about 400,000 people. Although we were in an advantage in terms of military strength, the Jinluo defenders had the benefits of the city wall. If we attacked hard, the losses of our five guards would be very great."

Li Bin smiled slightly at this time, "There are no outsiders today, so I will tell the truth. The court just asked me to send troops to support the other three sieges to attack the army. It did not give me a clear combat mission, nor did it require me to lead troops to capture the entire Xiangzhou Prefecture. Besides, we can recover the three counties of Fuzhi Kingdom, which can also be said to the court. As for attacking Huaide City, I mean to focus on training troops. Of course, if we have the opportunity to capture it, we don't need to be polite, but we don't need to hurt the vitality of your five guards' imperial guards in order to conquer a Huaide City."

Li Bin's words immediately made Xue Li, Yang Zaixing and others breathe a sigh of relief. Huaide City can definitely be called a fortress. If you want to capture such a fortress, there is basically no way to take advantage of it and you can only fill in your lives.

If Li Bin is not prepared to conquer Huaide City, then the next battle will be much easier.

Lu Bu then smiled and said, "Lord is wise! This time, the three siege troops over there are the protagonists. We are just supporting roles. As long as the three siege troops can defeat the main force of the Jinluo army and capture Jinluo City, then the Jinluo army in Xiangzhou Prefecture will become the rootless Ping. At that time, maybe the Jinluo defenders in Huaide City will directly open the city and surrender."

Li Bin nodded and said, "What Fengxian said is the most important thing. Next, you five guards will slowly train troops in Huaide City, waiting for news of the other three routes of attacking the army. Only when we are strong in our own strength, after completely defeating the Jinluo Kingdom, we will not be controlled by the court at will. Even if the fifteen guards of the three prefectures cannot be controlled by us, I hope that at least the military power of the five and six guards will be controlled."

Gan Ning hesitated for a moment and couldn't help but ask, "Lord, what if the court's attitude is particularly tough at that time?"

A glimmer flashed in Li Bin's eyes, "Then our attitude will be stronger. If we cannot control enough military power and do not want to save the wealth in Fuzhen City that is as rich as the country."

On the walls of Huaide City, Xiahou Liang, the head coach of the 38th Town of Jinluo Imperial Army, Zhou Ci, the head coach of the 39th Town, and Jia Wei, the head coach of the 40th Town, looked at the Yan army camp in the distance, and the faces of the three of them looked a little solemn.

Xiahou Liang sighed and said, "Now, except for Huaide City, the entire Xiangzhou Prefecture has only the 37th town of our Jinluo Imperial Army. In other words, once the three of us cannot defend Huaide City, then the entire Xiangzhou Prefecture may soon fall into Li Bin's hands. At that time, the army under Li Bin's command could attack Yizhou Prefecture in the northwest and Guizhou Prefecture in the southwest. If the defenders of Yizhou Prefecture or Guizhou Prefecture could not stop it, the army under Li Bin could even reach the capital road."

To the west of Xiangzhou Prefecture is Yizhou Prefecture and Guizhou Prefecture of Jinluo State. The capital road of Jinluo State borders three prefectures. Except for Lingzhou Prefecture to the east, the remaining two are Yizhou Prefecture and Guizhou Prefecture.

The eastern part of Yizhou Prefecture and Guizhou Prefecture are adjacent to Luzhou Prefecture and Yingzhou Prefecture of Jinluo State respectively.

Xiahou Liang, the commander of the 38th Town of the Jinluo Imperial Guard, is also a son of the royal family of the Jinluo Kingdom.

Zhou Ci, the head coach of the 39th Town, said in a deep voice: "There are 300,000 defenders in Huaide City, and the wing troops and men from the 37th Town and the cities of Xiangzhou Prefecture can still support Huaide City at any time. I am still very confident in defending Huaide City, but I am worried that if the wars in Lingzhou Prefecture, Luzhou Prefecture, and Yingzhou Prefecture will be completely over."

Jia Wei, the head coach of the 40th Town, sighed and said, "The Ministry of War has hired millions of barbarian troops. I hope that good news can be heard from Lingzhou Prefecture, Luzhou Prefecture and Yingzhou Prefecture. Otherwise, even if we guard Huaide City, we will not be able to change anything."
Chapter completed!