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.
To be continued...