Li Mu and others gathered in the open space in front of the iron mine. This place was originally a forest. After the large troops arrived at the iron ore area, they transformed the surrounding environment and cut down the ancient trees in front of the iron ore area.
The ancient trees fell down, leaving a large open space that became the current camp for soldiers in the iron ore area. They blocked the entrance to the iron ore.
The area around the mining area is full of Xiliang soldiers and sentry posts.
Li Mu and his party were fully armed and looked straight ahead. A troop walked out of the depths of the forest, with swordsmen at the front and spearmen behind them.
Looking at the greatly changed iron ore area, Li Xiang recalled that when he first arrived in the iron ore area, it was snowing heavily and there was only one deep entrance to the iron ore mine.
There are now more than a hundred people working in the iron ore area. The iron ore is not only limited to the caves, but there are also miners in the canyon on the other side. The output of the iron ore area can barely support the use of Xiliang.
This iron ore area can be called a vital gate of the Xiliang camp, but it is now protected by Xiliang soldiers. There is a military camp at the entrance of the iron mine.
The various sentries and traps outside the military camp are enough to eat a pot of intruders!
Li Xiang walked to the edge of the military camp, and Li Mu and others, who had been waiting with his soldiers for a long time, shouted in unison.
"Lord!"
Perhaps due to martial law, there were many soldiers outside the military camp from time to time, but only twenty or thirty of them. The remaining personnel performed their duties and guarded various parts of the mining area.
"Well!" Li Xiang nodded slightly and walked towards the military camp. Li Mu trotted next to Li Xiang: "My lord, the frontline scouts came to report. They found enemy reinforcements. The number of reinforcements is about the same as the troops stationed at Biyu Creek.
With the same number, the number of enemies may reach a thousand!"
Biyu Creek is the name Xiliang gave to the garrison location of the Third Army of Black Tiger City, because the stones in the stream are like jasper. There are not many big trees in Biyu Creek, but mostly shrubs and weeds.
"One thousand people!" Li Xiang turned to look at the people behind him: "This time I will bring another three hundred spearmen. We also have eight hundred warriors in Xiliang in the iron mining area. I remember that both sides of the Biyu River are quite flat.
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Li Xiang has also walked around the area before, and he still has some impressions of the surrounding environment, just a little impression.
"It's pretty flat!" Li Mu responded.
"Let your soldiers come back to repair, repair!" Li said to Li Mu: "We don't have much time to spend with them here. If we solve it early, we can develop in other directions!"
Spending time here with the Black Tiger City army every day is different from the strategy decided by the Xiliang camp. Li Xiang's goal is not the territory in front of him.
Beyond the Northwest Pass and beyond to the Western world!
"Yes!" There was a hint of joy in the corners of Li Mu's eyes. The lord decided to take action against the enemies on the Biyu Creek side. They had long wanted to take action on the Biyu Creek side, but without Li Xiang's order, they did not dare to take action.
Now that Li Xiang was personally going to lead them on an attack, how could Li Mu be unhappy, but he suppressed his joy.
"Go down and prepare, we will go out early tomorrow morning!"
"yes!"
The soldiers around the iron ore area retreated covertly and returned to the military camp to repair. The news that Li Xiang led the army to the iron ore area did not fill the scouts in Black Tiger City. After all, hundreds of people were quite a lot. As long as the people of Black Tiger City
Not even a blind scout can see this.
When Meng Xuan received the news from the scouts, he thought it was because the White Lotus Sect knew that their reinforcements were coming and urgently sent reinforcements. Even if the White Lotus Sect had more troops in the iron mining area, he would not back down.
All the men and horses of his third army are in place, and the wooden shields are enough. They only need to block the attacks of the White Lotus archers. They are not afraid of the White Lotus sect members in close combat.
The soldiers of their Black Tiger City's Third Army were not fighting out of a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood. The White Lotus Sect has rarely heard of those battles they fought in these years.
Moreover, a few years ago, the Great Wall Legion defeated the White Lotus Sect's main city outside the Northwest Pass in one fell swoop. Although the White Lotus Sect is still among the top forces outside the Northwest Pass at this time, it is just because no one has challenged it for the time being.
Nowadays, there are many copycats outside the Northwest Pass that can challenge the status of the White Lotus Sect!
How could a declining force be compared with their Black Tiger City force that was like the sun rising into the sky!
Meng Xuan asked his scouts to pay more attention, and focused on entertaining the soldiers who arrived. These soldiers marched for five days before arriving. The distance outside the Northwest Pass was really far enough from this place.
He didn't want to have long nights and long dreams. The White Lotus Sect was not something to fear from Black Tiger City, but there were many forces in the surrounding area that wanted to suppress Black Tiger City. The sooner the iron mining area was taken down, the sooner they would feel at ease.
Both sides are preparing for war.
Early the next morning, Li Xiang put on a black leather armor, held an iron spear, and led the swordsman at the front, heading straight for Biyu Creek where the Black Tiger City army was located.
There were 400 archers, 400 spearmen, and 100 swordsmen who went out to fight this time, a total of 900 people.
The scouts drove away the Black Tiger City scout troops in the forest. Although the militiamen had not yet changed their jobs, their combat effectiveness was no worse than that of the Black Tiger City soldiers.
The journey from the iron ore area to Biyuxi was only an hour. An hour after Li Xiang led his troops, Meng Xuanjiu received the news that the White Lotus Sect troops came out of the iron ore area and came to fight!
Meng Xuan didn't believe it for the first time, and then he was happy. If the White Lotus Sect members didn't come out, he would do a lot of damage if he led his army to kill them. But after the opponent came out, wouldn't it be easy to destroy the opponent's rabble with his army?
The soldiers in Black Tiger City are different from the rabble in other cities!
"Prepare for war!"
Meng Xuan didn't even think about facing the battle directly. Since the other party was coming, they would just sit back and relax here, waiting for the other party.
There are flat grasslands and some low bushes on both sides of Biyu Creek. Many animals usually come to drink water.
But now the grassland by the Biyu River has become the camp of the Black Tiger City troops. The camp of a thousand people is not big or small, but not many beasts dare to approach it. In the eyes of beasts, humans are also animals, but
There are more than them.
After breakfast, the Black Tiger City troops formed their formation and saw a black line appearing on the plains in the distance, and the Xiliang troops arrived.
The big flag of Black Tiger City was flying in the air, and the tiger on the flag seemed to be preparing for hunting. When he saw the big flag of Black Tiger City, Li Xiangcai suddenly realized that he didn't seem to have a battle flag yet!
Every force has its own battle flag, but there is no battle flag in his Xiliang camp. No wonder he always feels that something is missing. It turns out that there is no battle flag. He has to make one when he goes back, but he has to solve the previous problems first.
enemy!
The formation arranged by Li Xiang had spearmen at the front, swordsmen mixed in among them, and archers at the back. The army was not very fast and moved forward steadily.
The Black Tiger City side was a little surprised, because the members of the "White Lotus Sect" in front of them were not as they imagined...
