After Xu Kuang finished doing this, he immediately ordered the scouts to conduct reconnaissance day and night, and report immediately if there was any disturbance.

Henry also heard the news that there was going to be a war in Mushroom Ridge. He found Xu Kuang and expressed his strong desire to participate in the war.

Xu Kuang looked at Henry in astonishment and asked:

"Is it the Viscount I want to deal with? Although I know that your brother has a distinguished family background and doesn't care about his title, I still think I need to remind you that this influence may not be good."

Henry smiled and said:

"Don't worry, I don't care about these things.".

Xu Kuang nodded, and he said to Henry:

"Then I understand. In that case, I will assign you to the staff department. How do you feel about the atmosphere?"

Henry refused, and said to Xu Kuang:

"I want to go to the front lines and see how your soldiers fight with this thing.".

Xu Kuang sighed secretly, knowing in his heart that Winston must also go. It was because such a great expert just watched but did not take action, which made him somewhat unhappy.

Xu Kuang said:

"Since Brother Henry wants to go to the front line, it's hard for me to refuse, but I would like to ask Brother Henry to take care and pay attention to safety."

Henry nodded, and he said to Xu Kuang:

"I understand, don't worry, Brother Xu, I will pay attention to safety."

Time passed day by day, and the urgent news from Baihua City came first.

Xu Kuang was already familiar with Wang Xikui's handwriting, but he was still a little surprised when he saw the specific content.

"Viscount Bai Hua has assembled 18,000 horse and infantry soldiers, and 22,000 soldiers and civilians, a total of 40,000 people, and will head to Moguling soon."

Xu Kuang passed the news to Zhuge Duan. After Zhuge Duan saw the content, he was also surprised and said to Xu Kuang:

"Viscount Bai Hua is quite willing to pay the price. These nearly 20,000 people should be the majority of his army. Is the lord really so difficult to deal with in his heart?"

Zhuge Duan had doubts about himself for the first time.

…

And the real situation is this.

After Viscount Baihua saw the head of the messenger who was sent back, he immediately had a plan. He called his generals and held a meeting in the mansion that day.

"What do you think of Xu Kuang?".

One person said to Viscount Baihua disdainfully:

"I know this man. His father is Xu Yun. He was my subordinate before and was later sealed to Mushroom Ridge. That boy is an alchemy priest, but he has no talent. If he does such a thing now, he will be dead."

But this was obviously not the answer Viscount Baihua wanted to hear.

Another person understood Viscount Baihua better:

"Xu Kuang sold cloth and made a lot of gold coins in a short period of time. The army he maintained has exceeded the standard of a baron. In addition to this incident, I suggest that we send troops to eliminate it immediately and let him do something to the dead messenger. compensation.".

Viscount Baihua looked at the man with admiration, nodded, and said to the others:

"The reason is already there. I don't care what your opinions are. I only have one opinion, that is, Xu Kuang has provoked me and he can no longer survive. I am also interested in the cloth business and I hope he can give way." .

A group of generals looked twitching. They didn't expect Viscount Baihua to be so... straightforward.

"Then how many troops should we send?".

"I think we need to send at least three thousand troops."

"No, I think it's at least six thousand.".

"No, at least nine thousand...".

Viscount Baihua snorted coldly and said:

"Stop fighting, 18,000. Send 18,000 soldiers and horses, plus the civilians, to make up 40,000 people. By then, all the food will be provided by the nearby baron."

Everyone was overjoyed when they heard this.

This Viscount Baihua actually wanted to eat one nest at a time.

…

Zhao Congfeng lay bored on the crooked neck tree in the military camp.

He really has nothing to do. Although he knows about training, he is no longer needed. Dozens of professional instructors seem to have fallen from the sky and can do these things much better than him.

As for Xin Jian, he also followed Chen Xiaohu to Hulu Town and seemed to be able to make great achievements. However, he was the only one who was still lying here, bored, while Xu Kuang seemed to have no intention of arranging tasks for him.

Zhao Congfeng stood up suddenly and murmured:

"I can't just be so decadent. I have to go find the lord."

As soon as he jumped down from the crooked neck tree, he saw Zhang Da Miao coming to him:

"Brother Congfeng, the master calls for the two of us."

When Zhao Congfeng heard this, his heart became hot and he said:

"Hurry, don't let the lord wait in a hurry.".

Zhang Damiao was stunned. He thought to himself, "It takes less than five minutes to get from the camp to the conference room. How can we wait in a hurry?"

Before Zhang Damiao had time to think, Zhao Congfeng had already pulled him and ran out.

Three minutes later, the two appeared in the conference room.

Xu Kuang looked at the two of them and said:

"Let's take a look at this battle report.".

After Zhang Damiao read it, his expression turned ugly. He looked at the two of them and expressed his thoughts:

"Brothers Chen Xiaohu and Xin Jian took away 1,500 people. Now we only have 3,500 people including the navy, plus six or seven artillery pieces of various types, and six heavy machine guns... Besides, the enemy this time It’s not like those coalition forces who shrank at the first blow last time. If it’s a real army, I’m not sure.”

Xu Kuang said:

"The second batch of one thousand guns is ready, and the remaining more than fifteen hundred guns will be given to you within three days. I have only one request: win this battle."

Zhang Damiao felt relieved when he heard that the guns would be available in the near future.

He said to Xu Kuang:

"With these things, it is naturally easier. We can also rely on the favorable terrain to prevent their cavalry from taking advantage. But the problem is that the defense line of Mushroom Ridge is too long, and if the enemy has a very powerful general, so do we. There is no way."

Xu Kuai smiled and said:

"This requires Congfeng to take action. I believe that no matter how strong the opponent's general is, he will not be stronger than Congfeng. What do you think, Congfeng?"

Zhao Congfeng smiled and said:

"Since the lord believed in Congfeng, Congfeng dedicated the head of the enemy commander to the lord.".

Xu Kuang laughed and said:

"No, the enemy commander will definitely shrink back like a bastard. You just need to kill the enemy generals who rush into the formation."

Zhao Congfeng still respectfully agreed.

Zhang Damiao couldn't help but take a second look at Zhao Congfeng. In his opinion, Zhao Congfeng's ability was too mysterious and he didn't like it very much.

Xu Kuang smiled. He didn't quite understand the twists and turns between the two people, and he didn't want to think too much about it. Just a few words of advice to the two of them.

The merchants in Mushroom Ridge quickly left Mushroom Ridge, and a few chose to stay. Xu Kuang asked Ryan to remember these people, and he planned to reduce taxes for these people.

…

eight days later

Viscount Baihua's 5,000 cavalry and 12,000 civilians have arrived at the outskirts of Mushroom Ridge and have commandeered Baron Green's garrison to the west for garrison purposes.

Xu Kuang used his telescope to see the rolling tents in the distance, sighed and said:

"After this battle, not many people will die."

Zhuge Duan did not answer. He was very secretive about this kind of question.

Xu Kuang sighed. He felt bored. He sighed and asked:

"Sir, when should we attack?".

Zhuge Duan smiled and said:

"Don't worry, let's wait until the local infantry arrives in Tomato Town."

Xu Kuang immediately understood Zhuge Duan's intention. If the fight starts now, the opponent will not attack rashly until they know Xu Kuang's strength. By then, by the time they settle down, it will be too late.

Xu Kuang looked into the distance and asked:

"Then when will the opposing cavalry test us?".

Zhuge Duan smiled bitterly and said:

"There is a high probability that they won't. They should send cavalry to maneuver on a large scale. This type of attack is not good and will lose too many people."

Xu Kuang nodded, he also believed what he said, so he waited with peace of mind.

After another three days, Baihua City's infantry finally arrived.

Xu Kuang took a look and saw that the opponent's tents were all set up where mortars could not attack them, which made him quite distressed.

Zhuge Duan smiled and said:

"Lord, don't worry, they will attack in the next two days."

Xu Kuang asked in astonishment:

"Why?".

Zhuge Duan smiled and said:

"Since Viscount Baihua is here in person, this battle must be resolved quickly, otherwise Baihua City will be cannibalized by Viscount Baihua's brother."

When Xu Kuang heard this, he couldn't help but feel a little sad. He didn't expect that Viscount Bai Hua was at odds with his brothers.

Of course, he didn't say much.

…

The next day, Viscount Baihua launched the first round of attack.

In the first round of attack, Viscount Baihua showed no intention of probing, and directly sent out 5,000 infantry and 1,000 cavalry to fully attack. However, relying on the favorable terrain, the side of Mushroom Ridge built a line of defense. Various automatic and semi-automatic weapons took turns, and with artillery support, they successfully repelled Viscount Baihua's first round of attack and wiped out more than 700 enemies.

In the handsome tent of Viscount Baihua

Viscount Baihua was pointing his nose and cursing each of the generals. At this moment, they seemed to be the most damned people in the world.

Viscount Baihua even wanted to eat them alive.

"You... how did you fight this battle? Six thousand people fought against two thousand people, with more than a thousand casualties. What about the other side? Did you touch a hair on the other side? Go home and eat shit!"

All kinds of swear words came out of Viscount Baihua's mouth, for no other reason than that the losses in the first round were so great that even he felt a little distressed.

After scolding him for a while, he realized that he still had to rely on these people, so he sighed and said:

"From today on, more than two generals must keep watch at night. To be clear, beware of night attacks by the other party. It's not like they have never done this before. Don't take it lightly."

All the generals responded in unison: "Yes!".

He seemed to have thought of something and said to this group of people:

"Starting from tomorrow, if you have nothing to do, you can take the initiative to go outside and call the formation. Remember, calling the formation is not the purpose, forcing their people to come out of the turtle shell defense is the real thing."

Viscount Baihua turned to look at the logistics officer and said to him:

"We only brought enough food for ten days. Eight days have passed. Go and collect food quickly. If you can't raise food, you will die."

The logistics officer did not dare to neglect, and asked Viscount Bai Hua for a thousand troops, and then headed towards the noble territories.

Xu Kuang also got the information from his men and said directly to his scouts:

"Send a letter to Hululing and tell them not to give them a grain of food. Besides, when the time comes, at dawn the day after tomorrow, we will launch an attack from two directions."

This was the result of Xu Kuang's careful consideration. He also asked Zhuge Duan for his opinion, and Zhuge Duan's opinion was no problem.

Two days is neither too early nor too late. If they go on the first day, they will definitely be prepared, but if they go on the second day, their preparedness will be reduced by more than half.

Xu Kuang sighed. He really couldn't understand that Viscount Baihua was so rich and still focused on his textile industry.

Xu Kuang sighed.

Zhuge Duan understood Xu Kuang's troubles and said to Xu Kuang:

"My lord, you need to understand that this Viscount Baihua is not a good person. He is a lustful and greedy person. This kind of person will never be too much no matter how much money he makes."

Xu Kuang nodded, and a thought became firmer in his heart.

We must vigorously develop large-caliber artillery.

Currently, there are only two 75-caliber mountain cannons in Mushroom Ridge that can reach the opponent's position, and Xu Kuang has never let the two cannons blow up them, just to come in handy at critical moments.

Calabash Ridge.

Wayne showed the letter to Chen Xiaohu and Xin Jian. After reading the letter, they both understood what Xu Kuang meant.

Chen Xiaohu said to Xin Jian:

"Brother Xin Jian, although I don't know how the lord arranged for you, I still hope to divide the troops into two groups with you. I will lead a group of infantry and the Hulu Town headquarters infantry to hold down the rear, and you will lead the Hulu Town headquarters cavalry. Go with the Mushroom Ridge cavalry to harass the enemy on the flanks, and cooperate with the friendly forces in the front to block this group of people."

Xin Jian nodded and said to Chen Xiaohu:

"Brother Xiaohu's arrangements are very appropriate. I'm relieved and I'm going."

Chen Xiaohu nodded. He looked at Xin Jian and didn't know what he was thinking.

It wasn't until Xin Jian and a group of people disappeared from his sight that he slowly let out a breath.

Xu Kuang received a message from Xin Jian, saying that he had begun to take action.

Xu Kuang nodded and checked his armed strength one last time.

After finding that there was no problem, everyone took a rest early and prepared to launch an attack at dawn today.

On the other side, Viscount Bai Hua also noticed something was wrong.

"Have you noticed that it's eerily quiet across the street today? Could it be that something bad is brewing?"

"Please tell me, General."

Viscount Baihua sighed and said to everyone:

"Didn't you notice? Everyone on the other side seems to be resting. I guess they are preparing to sneak attack my camp tonight, and the target may be me."

Everyone was shocked.

Viscount Bai Hua smiled and said:

"This guy doesn't know how to use soldiers. If I were him, I definitely wouldn't arrange it like this. He really thinks I'm a fool who doesn't know how to do anything."