At the foot of Lingcheng City, around the fourth watch, Hua Mulan led her cavalry to arrive. On the way, they attacked enemy villages at night, but no news was leaked.

The only thing stopping Hua Mulan is the city wall.

The dismounted cavalry dug a ridge into the ground, and everything went on quietly.

Hua Mulan hung two Tang knives on her waist to prevent one of them from curling.

As long as the mounds of soil are piled high enough, she can lead a group of soldiers to climb the city wall and seize the city gate.

"It's so cold. People are still fighting in such horrible weather."

"Fortunately, we are only responsible for defending the city and don't have to go to the river to fight, otherwise it will be even harder."

The defenders on the city wall gathered around the brazier to warm themselves over the fire.

Wu Sangui led the main force to leave Lingcheng, leaving only a small number of defenders in the city.

Wu Sangui thought that by holding back the opponent's main force, he wouldn't have to worry about Chutian's surprise attack. He never expected that in such a harsh environment, someone would dare to attack his rear stronghold directly by running sixty kilometers day and night!

Dozens of arrows were shot out in the darkness, and the defenders gathered around the brazier were hit and killed by the arrows.

The other defenders immediately drew their swords and were killed by Huamu's Iron Eagle scouts.

Except for the city wall defenders who gathered near the brazier and the city gate defenders who were sleeping soundly, they were all killed.

Hua Mulan dragged the Tang sword stained with blood out and ordered the soldiers to open the gate of Lingcheng.

The sound of horse hooves breaks the tranquility of the night and rushes into the city!

Starting during the day, they traveled 60 kilometers all the way, and arrived at Lingcheng at the fourth watch of the night, just for this moment!

The defenders in the city were awakened, but it was too late. They were greeted by the sabers of the cavalry!

The heads rolled down, the cavalry drove straight into Lingcheng, and Lingcheng with tens of thousands of people was controlled by Hua Mulan!

On the other side, Li Guang's cavalry was completely lost in the dark night and heavy snow, and Li Guang finally realized that he might have gone the wrong way.

It's too late to look back at this point.

The road back was covered with heavy snow, so Li Guang had no choice but to march northward.

From the fourth watch to the fifth watch, Li Guang has been wandering around.

"General, we seem to be back to where we were. The villain lost a dagger, but unexpectedly found it again."

A cavalryman reported to Li Guang.

"..."

Seeing that the surroundings were dark and the heavy snow continued, Li Guang really didn't know what to do, so he simply gave up and continued to march: "The whole army camped and rested. Wait until dawn and try to rendezvous with the front army."

Li Guang's cavalry numbered about 700. As a partial division and reinforcement, knowing that he was out of the team at this time and being able to survive was his greatest contribution to this battle.

Li Guang was depressed to no avail, so he had to recharge his batteries. Otherwise, the whole army would freeze to death due to the cold night, and Li Guang would not be able to explain to Chu Tian.

It's okay to get lost, but if you get lost and the whole army is wiped out, you are very unlucky.

After resting for about three or four hours, the sky turned slightly white. Li Guang urged the cavalry to get up and join Hua Mulan as soon as possible.

If Hua Mulan hasn't conquered Lingcheng yet, he can at least take over.

The horse archers of the Western Han Dynasty asked: "General, where should we go?"

Li Guang looked around. Because the sky was turning white, Li Guang could already clearly see that the nearby terrain was covered with snow and was so chilling.

"Where are we?"

Because Li Guang took the wrong path and was marching at night, he lost his reference and was unable to judge his position.

You can only treat a dead horse as a live doctor.

In order to avoid affecting the morale of the army, Li Guang said confidently: "Follow me!"

Langya State Prime Minister Xiao Jian led more than 10,000 soldiers to station in a village.

Yesterday's snowstorm seriously affected his marching speed, so he had to station himself in a nearby village to temporarily avoid the snowstorm and wait until the snow stopped before marching again.

"Assemble the entire army."

Xiao Jian personally took command and led more than 10,000 Ju County soldiers to leave the village.

When the Juxian soldiers reached the halfway point, heavy snow started to fall again.

"What the hell kind of weather is this!"

Li Guang finally had a hard time distinguishing north from south and took a road that he thought led to Lingcheng. However, it started snowing again and soon he could no longer distinguish between east and west.

He thought he was marching northeast, but in fact he was marching northwest.

A Western Han Dynasty archer galloped back and reported: "General, a large number of footprints were found in the snow ahead, which is not completely covered by the snow!"

After hearing this, Li Guang quickly understood that an army consisting mainly of infantry and archers had just passed by!

There were only two troops on the other side of the Yi River, namely him and Hua Mulan, all of whom were cavalry. If the traces of the march were dominated by the footprints of soldiers, it was likely that they were enemy troops.

"Follow immediately!"

Li Guang only has 700 cavalry on his side. Although he has the disadvantage of having fewer people, it also means that he has greater mobility and can quickly gather troops and launch surprise attacks.

The cavalry always takes the initiative on the battlefield.

Not only the general Li Guang felt depressed, but the cavalry under his command also felt depressed. Now they finally found the enemy, swept away the haze, and pursued them with all their strength.

Xiacheng implements a military merit system, and generals and soldiers who have achieved military merit can receive better treatment. Therefore, everyone from generals to soldiers are eager for military merit.

They had lost the military merit of capturing Lingcheng and had no choice but to find another way.

Xiao Jian's more than 10,000 Juxian soldiers formed a long queue and marched westward.

Suddenly, the soldiers walking behind the team heard a chilling sound.

"Horse hooves?"

"Are they our cavalry?"

The soldiers at the rear have not yet realized the seriousness of the problem.

They did not think that the enemy's cavalry had reached the rear and Wu Sangui was still confronting Chu Tian.

In the wind and snow, tall horses appeared. These horses were very powerful, and the cavalry on horseback raised their sharp sabers!

Bows and arrows were affected by the snowy weather. Li Guang's light cavalry directly drew their Huanshou swords to engage in close combat, broke into the opponent's rear, and slashed all the way!

A Juxian soldier had no time to dodge, and Li Guang took the lead and chopped him down!

The fifth-level Western Han Dynasty archers are equally powerful in melee combat. If the opponent's infantry is unprepared, they will be defeated in one battle!

A cry of death came from behind.

"Check immediately to see what happened!"

Xiao Jian was located in the central army. Due to the elongated shape of the army, it took time to transmit messages from the central army to the rear army.

"My lord, the rear army was attacked by the enemy's cavalry!"

"cavalry?!"

The soldiers around Xiao Jian turned pale when they heard that they were being targeted by the cavalry.

"Why are there cavalry behind us?"

"Master Prime Minister, please leave this place immediately under the protection of this villain!"

"No, as a general, how can I escape from the battlefield? Come with me and kill the thieves!"

Xiao Jian drew his sword and planned to lead his own soldiers to resist.

The soldiers around Xiao Jian were hesitant, but still followed.

Li Guang's cavalry took the fifth-level Western Han Dynasty cavalry as the vanguard, killing soldiers along the way.

In fact, not many soldiers were actually killed by Li Guang and others. Most of the soldiers saw that the situation was not good and fled to the surrounding fields and mountains.

When Xiao Jian arrived with his own soldiers, he was unable to contain the collapsing rear army.

Fleeing soldiers block the road.

"Kill them! To stabilize the morale of the army!"

Xiao Jian asked his soldiers to execute the two deserters, and the morale of the army was slightly stabilized.

However, the stability of the army's morale was only temporary, and soon Li Guang and his cavalry were in front of them.

Li Guang drove the broken troops to attack Xiao Jian and other undefeated troops, and then he attacked and killed them in the rear.

Some of Xiao Jian's troops that had finally stabilized were overwhelmed by the disintegrating soldiers from behind, and Li Guang drove straight in!

Li Guang, who was lost, became angry and showed off his power!

He knew that if he could defeat the army in front of him, then at least his merits and demerits would be equalized, and he would not be punished by Chu Tian.

"Master Prime Minister, the enemy's cavalry is fierce, retreat quickly!"

Xiao Jian's personal soldiers saw that Li Guangrui was unstoppable, so they forced Xiao Jian to leave.
To be continued...