Later, before eating at noon, Tang Ye and the group of generals who had just surrendered chatted for a long time in an atmosphere that was very relaxed compared to when they came in the morning, from various past events to imagination of the future, and gradually let everyone know each other and understand each other in this intimate way.

The overall atmosphere in the military conference building has also become relaxed because of the hot topic.

Subsequently, Tang Yi suddenly proposed to invite everyone to Chengli's tavern to drink at noon, after all, he probably didn't expect this city to be attacked so quickly.

There are still many ordinary people in this city or rich and noble families with big businesses who are reluctant to leave, so naturally some people continue to open some shops, and Tang Ye said that he went directly to the most expensive restaurant to invite them to drink and eat and brag.

When everyone heard this, they immediately became excited.

And just after such a meal, the generals of Sugar Industry and Mingzhou City quickly narrowed the distance, and the loyalty of the generals to Tang Ye naturally rose.

However, Tang Ye didn't think that just one meal could completely win them over, and then he gave this group of people the positions they deserved, and let some of them continue to guard Mingzhou City.

The rewards and greetings that came one after another basically disintegrated their psychological defenses, and everyone felt that this was a real master after such a day of getting along with Tang Ye.

Because Tang Ye's actions do not have any traces of showmanship, he can really mess with them, and he doesn't care about the so-called status, everyone talks and laughs, and even occasionally makes Tang Ye's jokes, and he will not be punished and hold grudges by the other party.

Such lords are not like superiors, but more like their brothers.

also used this way to shorten the distance between each other, which also made Tang Ye himself have more power to speak in Mingzhou City, so that the generals would be more obedient to him.

And since the attack of Mingzhou City, Tang Ye's fifty-seventh city has been in his hands, and now after rough statistics, his total strength has now reached more than 2.2 million.

Although the consumption of soldiers on this front line has always been relatively large, it has begun to develop rapidly in the rear and middle of his forces, and new recruits will join from time to time, and under the temptation of high welfare, the number of soldiers that can be recruited every month is not a few.

For example, for every month he can recruit a thousand soldiers, then his current fifty-seven cities are equivalent to fifty-seven thousand soldiers per month.

Since then, Tang Ye's consumption on the front line can basically be completely replenished by the rear.

After all, the more cities, the more people, the more people, the higher the production, the higher the productivity, the more resources will be harvested, forming a virtuous circle, and the stronger will become stronger and stronger.

This is also the time when Cao Cao occupied the Central Plains and obtained a large area of territory and resources, so he was fully qualified to attack Sun Quan and Liu Bei in the south.

If it weren't for the mistakes in strategy and the lack of expertise in water battles, if Cao Cao had gone south to defeat Sun Quan at that time, there would have been no so-called Three Kingdoms, and China would have been unified by Cao Cao long ago.

Even if that one was lost, Cao Cao relied on sufficient supplies from the rear.