In Xiakou, Yingzhou, the tax bureau camp outside the north of the city was covered with flames and thick smoke, and the ground was in a mess.

Although there were catapults that kept firing artillery attacks, the camp was still not broken, and the tax soldiers could not hide, like a turtle with their heads.

Not only that, the soldiers attacking the camp suffered heavy casualties, and even no matter how many times they climbed to the camp wall, they would be repelled in the end.

At the top of Xiakou City, the governor of Jingzhou and the king of Anlu, Xiao Dachun, was uneasy when he looked at this stubborn fortress.

What's going on with this camp? No matter how you use a catapult, you can't break it?

Thinking of the current situation, Xiao Dachun became even more depressed.

His elder brother, Xiao Dalin, the king of South China Sea, led a large army to advance eastward, so Xiao Dalin led his troops to Xiakou to defend the city for his elder brother and allocate food and grass.

As a result, Xiao Dalin suffered a defeat in Pengli Lake and lost a lot of money. He escaped by chance, but the Zhou army was almost wiped out.

However, the camps of Xunyang Taxation Bureau are still there, and the tax officials, tax collectors, and tax soldiers in it are stubborn and do not intend to surrender.

The same is true here in Xiakou.

Because the tax bureau's camps were like a thorn in his throat, Xiakou Port was not running smoothly, and the same was true for Jiangling.

Since its initiation, the camps of tax bureaus in various places have been like iron nails, firmly nailed to the key points everywhere, making the kings' fleets unable to be berth calmly and the material transfer has become slow.

The troops were also assigned to stare at these camps, because there were hundreds of tax soldiers stationed in the camps of the tax bureaus in various places.

It was nothing at first, but now with the unfavorable war, these tax bureau camps are like death talismans, making Xiao Dachun feel restless.

Xiao Dalin was defeated and could only defend himself, but the "fish bones" stuck in his throat could not be pulled out. Once Li's troops attacked, it was very likely to use these camps to break the city.

Now that things are coming, it is useless to think too much. Xiao Dalin decided to defend Xiakou City to the death and was incompatible with Li Thief.

Although he didn't know how to fight, he had read books and knew some past events. If Xiakou City was well guarded, it would not be a problem for the past year.

At that time, his grandfather raised an army as the governor of Yongzhou, Qi State, and set off from Xiangyang, took a boat to the Yangtze River along the Han River, and then attacked Xiakou City.

As a result, the Xiakou defenders were very tenacious and took more than half a year.

Now, Xiao Dalin also wants to rely on Xiakou City and fight with the attacking Li bandits, but the tax bureau camp in front of him is very dazzling and is also a major hidden danger to Xiakou City's defense.

With Xiao Dachun's current military strength, he could not break the camp. However, the governor of Sizhou and the King of Changsha, Xiao Shao, had sent troops to assist in the battle.

Calculate the days, the reinforcements of Sizhou soldiers should cross the river to reach Xiakou.

Xiao Dachun looked at the river, but saw many ships sailing towards Xiakou waters opposite the river.

Sizhou Prefecture's public security is on the verge of Jianshui. Sizhou soldiers and horses took a boat south to enter the river, which is very convenient. Now, Sizhou soldiers and horses should be crossing the river.

Seeing that the fleet was about to berth at the port, Xiao Dachun dispatched people out of the city to respond so that the troops in Sizhou could land on the shore as soon as possible.

Just as the east gate opened and the Sizhou fleet began to "unload people", the tax bureau camp suddenly burst into flames, and countless firebirds roared into the air and then flew towards the port area.

Land on the dock, on those berthing ships, and ignite them.

The port area became chaotic, and a large number of people fled in scattered areas.

At the same time, a wall of the Taxation Bureau camp suddenly collapsed. As the dust was flying, nearly a hundred cavalry rushed out of the smoke and came to the east gate where the hole was opened.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the people who left the city wanted to turn around and retreat, but there was no such smooth progress between advancing and retreating. While the city gate was in chaos, the cavalry rushed out of the Taxation Bureau had already rushed to the door.

After a sudden rush, the cavalry crashed into the city, drove the defeated soldiers and advanced along the street.

The other soldiers who rushed over after hearing the news were rushed by their own defeated soldiers. Not to mention forming a formation, they could not stand firmly, and were swept away by turning around, attacking more friendly troops rushing along the streets.

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The city gradually became boiling, and the port area outside the city had already surged into the sky, and the soldiers and horses in Sizhou could not wait for the shore, so the ships had to leave in a mess in order to avoid the fire.

Seeing this, Xiao Dachun felt unbelievable. He didn't expect that the tax soldiers who had been hiding for so long had the courage to attack and even rushed into the city directly.

Just as they were about to mobilize troops to drive the rebels out of the city, the general who came hurriedly brought bad news to Xiao Dachun: "King! There are rebels in the city, and they will take advantage of the chaos to stir up trouble!"

As soon as he finished speaking, loud noises came from many places in the city, like a bolt from the blue, making Xiao Dachun pale. He looked up and saw thick smoke coming out of many places in the city, and the shouts gradually became connected.

In the city, it was like boiling water, boiling.

Some people came to report that after the enemy entered the city, with the assistance of the inside, they drove away the defeated troops and attacked the public camps and military camps, and the city was out of control.

The traitor is powerful, and Xiakou can't hold on!

"What? How could it be? How could it be!" Xiao Dachun fell to the ground. He didn't expect that it was just a fish bone stuck in his throat, which was actually a poisonous sting that could kill people.

The left and right advised: "King, don't stay here for a long time, retreat quickly, retreat quickly!"

"Retreat? Where to withdraw?" Xiao Dalin's face was pale, his mind was in a mess, and he could not think of a solution at all.

"King! Why not remove the troops in the opposite side of the Hankou, the Sizhou army, aren't it right in front of you?" Someone gave an idea, "Reorganize your team and take back Xiakou!"

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On the east side of the Shu River, on the official road, the soldiers of Sizhou marched northward. Not long ago, they received news that Li's troops advanced westward through Huaixi, passed through the three passes of Yiyang, and entered the boundary of Sizhou.

The troops are at the city of Anlu.

Therefore, the attempted landing in Xiakou and the soldiers of Sizhou who had just returned to Xiakou were not long ago. After obtaining this urgent military information, they immediately returned to Anlu.

The distance between Anlu was about two or three days away, not far, but the marching teams were very alert and sent scouts to guard against the enemy's ambush halfway.

Sure enough, the enemy came, but not the ambush, but the cavalry roaring.

The cavalry guarded on the periphery have bought as much time as possible for their infantry formations. When the enemy cavalry approaches, the various step formations have been initially completed.

Li Xin, who led the army to assault, saw that the Sizhou army's infantry formation had already been formed, and did not intend to give up. Instead, he went closer and observed himself and wandered around the periphery formation a hundred steps away.

From time to time, a raft of arrows flew over. Although Li Xin was wearing iron armor and an iron face, her mount was only facing armor. Once she was caught in an arrow and fell seriously injured, it would be dangerous.

But Li Xin still took his subordinates to circle the outside of the enemy formation, like a pack of wolves wandering around the sheep pen.

He had five hundred cavalry under his command. Although he was significantly less powerful than the enemy's troops in front of him, Li Xin felt that the chance of victory was quite good.

There is nothing else, a thousand cavalry can be divided into ten thousand people. The enemy troops in front of him are about three or four thousand infantry, most of them are infantry, and he has five hundred cavalry, which is enough.

As he was wandering around, suddenly the stairs broke out and hundreds of cavalry roared out to drive away the cavalry surrounding them.

The other party happened to come straight to Li Xin. Li Xin looked closely and was overjoyed: The flaw was revealed!

Then he ordered his followers to blow the horn and then go towards the cavalry that rushed out of the battle.

Because it was a light cavalry attacking, Li Xin and his subordinates did not carry too many super-long horse spears. The long soldiers had two-edged spears and Yanyue Sword. They were not afraid of the opponent's cavalry holding spears and directly hedging.

Li Xin rushed forward, holding the Yanyue Sword in his hand, and facing the sword force of the "Creamsky Heavenly Storm" named after his uncle: holding the sword in both hands, tilting forward with a flat end, so that the blade tip is upward, showing a striking momentum.

A cavalry approached the opposite side and stabbed the horse spear straight. Li Xin picked up the Yanyue knife, cut it into the spear pole and then leveraged the force to cut it.

With a "crack", the horse lance was cut off, and then a cold light flashed, and the blade penetrated into the enemy's cavalry.

The two horses intertwined, and the other party was cut by him.

In the bloody storm, Li Xin and his subordinates held spears and swords to penetrate the attacking enemy cavalry, and then rushed towards the "door" opened by the enemy cavalry when they attacked.

Before the "door" could be closed, Li Xin and his subordinates ran into it.

The staircase formation was shaken by, and several other cavalrymen flocked to the ground, followed the "breaking door" that Li Xin broke open, and directly broke the "door".

On the periphery, Duan Shao, who was named "Liang Xiaoyan", saw that one of the enemy formations had been broken, ordered other cavalry to follow up.

The torn stair formation was quickly broken, and the defeated soldiers fled in scattered areas, but was driven away by Li Xin and the light cavalry, attacking other stair formations.

Another insurgent formation was dispersed by the defeated soldiers, and more and more defeated soldiers were driven by Li Xin's cavalry and rushed to another insurgent formation.

Soon, the entire army collapsed, and the infantry ran towards the river with panicked cavalry, trying to jump into the river and escape.

But under the trampling of each other, the infantry were in chaos and could no longer run away.

Li Xin just asked his subordinates to surround him and did not intend to kill them all. After all, these Sizhou soldiers were also members of the official army. They were just because the kings were in trouble and they could not help but become traitors.

"Put down your weapons! Take off your armor and surround your lives. Let you go back to Anlu!!"

"A Lu will be recaptured by the court sooner or later. If you want to commit crimes and make meritorious service, what should you do? Think clearly!"

The shouts kept ringing. Seeing that the other party raised his hand, the soldiers of Sizhou surrendered without hesitation. They threw away their weapons, took off their armor, walked to the other side to gather, waiting for the fall.

Li Xin asked someone to put the weapons and armor on the seized carriage, and then fulfilled his promise and let the soldiers leave on their own.

This battle was won, but it was not easy to take Anlu, so he deliberately let these defeated soldiers go back to disrupt their morale.

So, what should I do next?

He looked at "Liang Junshi".

Duan Shao suggested: "Get out of the siege of Anlu, the infantry will go to Jiankou, and serve as a supporter with the Xiakou tax soldiers. The general can concentrate the cavalry and horses, march westward, and go directly to Jiangling."

"Go to Jiangling?" Li Xin was stunned when she heard this, and then she was overjoyed: Yes, the advantage of cavalry is to be fast. Assaulting Jiangling, with the help of Jiangling Taxation Bureau, the chance of success is high!

He immediately arranged the arrangements, and Duan Shao felt a little dazed when he saw these vibrant cavalrymen.

These people were ordinary soldiers or civilians who could not even ride horses a few years ago.

Nowadays, they are all very well-known.

This can be regarded as his "teaching achievement", but Duan Shao was mixed with emotions when facing his students.

He had been in prison for ten years. During this period, he had women and children, and his sister Duan Yuying also gave birth to several children for Li Li.

This time, Li Li was in charge of military affairs between China and abroad. The Liang royal family raised an army, so Li Li asked him to go to war with Li Xin and go out for advice.
To be continued...