The army of the overlord of Guanzhong, Lao Qin, and Chu Tian's sphere of influence were separated from Yuzhou, which brought a lot of threat to Chu Tian.

In order to strengthen his own power and maintain the advantage of being ahead of Lao Qin, Chu Tian specially purchased excellent war horses from Youbeiping County and recruited white-robed cavalry for Chen Qingzhi.

Xia Cheng has a rare seventh-level cavalry battalion that can recruit seventh-level cavalry and below. Previously, the seventh-level cavalry battalion in Xia Cheng already had experience in recruiting Xiliang Iron Cavalry.

[Class]: White-robed army

[Rank]: Seventh-order light cavalry/light infantry

[Base Attack]: 24 [Base Defense]: 9 [Base Speed]: 23

[Skills]: Advanced Reconnaissance, Advanced Mounted Archery, Advanced Gallop, Special Long Drive, Advanced Gun Array (Step), Advanced Shield Array (Step), Advanced Fen Xun (Step), Advanced Siege (Step), White Robe (The more people, the faster the enemy's morale drops, up to 25%)

[Characteristics]: White-robed God of War (When Chen Qingzhi is the main general, marching speed +5%, bow and arrow damage, melee damage +15%)

[Military salary]: 10 taels/month

[Must Equip]: Gold-level spear, gold-level horn bow, gold-level light armor/leather armor, gold-level shield, diamond-level light cavalry war horse

[Training period]: 2 months

[Maximum number]: 7,000

The equipment needed by the white-robed army was expensive, and it could be used for foot combat or horse combat, and it was more practical.

With the white-robed army and Chen Qingzhi's ability, then the white-robed army can exert a more powerful combat effectiveness.

Chutian recruited two thousand white-robed troops for Chen Qingzhi, and almost bankrupt.

The white-robed army is well-equipped from top to bottom, so it's no wonder that the white-robed army's combat effectiveness is so strong.

Two months later, the first batch of white-robed troops could be recruited and driven by Chen Qingzhi.

Chu Tian had already thought about the training object of the white-robed army, and two months later, he sent Chen Qingzhi to crusade against Hou Jing and take Shouchun and Jiujiang County. In this way, troops can be trained before the start of the Battle of Mobei.

"As long as there are two thousand white-robed troops, once Hou Jing leaves the city, the last general can take his head."

Chen Qingzhi was grateful to Dade for Chu Tian's recruitment of 2,000 white-robed troops for him and his plan to crusade against Hou Jing.

"Two months later, I will personally supervise the capture of Huainan, and the five colonels of the Northern Army, the White Robe Legion, and the Invincible Legion will enter Hou Jing together."

Chu Tian considered a candidate to crusade against Huainan, and the infantry commander seemed to be lacking again.

Zhou Yafu's defensive corps was dealing with Cao Cao, Le Yi's offensive corps was dealing with Qingzhou Thorn Shi, and Chu Tian had no suitable infantry commander and legion.

He can only call on the defending legions of the various counties.

The Defensive Legion had a large number of infantry and archers, such as Chen Deng's Guangling Defensive Legion and Mi Fang's Donghai Defensive Legion.

"Zang Ba and Sun Guan's Langya Defense Corps are heading south."

After Chutian captured the Beihai Kingdom, it no longer made sense for Zang Ba and Sun Guan's Langya defensive corps to be stationed in the northern part of the Langya Kingdom, because the Langya Kingdom was surrounded by the territory occupied by Chutian and did not pose any threat.

Therefore, Zang Ba and Sun Guan's Langya Defense Corps can be used to crusade against Huainan.

"We may be able to see you again in the battle of Mobei."

Huo An presented nine top-grade Dawan horses to Chu Tian and prepared to return to the Western Regions Protectorate.

From Langya Kingdom to the Protectorate of the Western Regions, it takes 30 taels of silver to teleport once, and even Huo An, who has become the Protector of the Western Regions, feels distressed.

"The civilization of Central Asia may not be weaker than the protectorate of the Western Regions, you have to attack from afar, otherwise you will not be able to stop the civilization of Central Asia."

Before Huo An left, Chu Tian reminded Huo An to be careful of the civilization in Central Asia.

Central Asian civilizations can be divided into two levels, the Dawan Kingdom and the Wusun Kingdom are relatively weak, while the Seljuk Empire, Khorezm, Kushan Empire and other civilizations dominate one side in history and are difficult to deal with.

If the entire Eastern Han Dynasty joined forces, they would naturally not be afraid of Central Asian civilizations, but Huo An only had a population outside Yumen Pass, and the population was not as large as that of all Central Asian civilizations.

"When I conquer the thirty-six countries, and send the troops of the thirty-six countries and the Western Regions Protectorate to the west, the Seljuk Empire, Khorezm, and Kushan Empire will all be conquered by me."

Hoan was confident in himself before leaving.

If no one in "Lord" can unify the Eastern Han Dynasty in a few decades, or no one can unify the world, he Huoan is the overlord of Central Asia, the emperor of one side, and it seems that there is nothing wrong with establishing a khanate. As for what happened after death, no matter how monstrous the flood was, it had nothing to do with Huo An.

Prince Yan and Gongziwen each returned to their own territory, and they had their own troubles.

Of the group of lords who knew each other at the beginning, only Chu Tian and Huo An had the best development momentum.

"The Protectorate of the Western Regions...... Can Huo An really build a great empire similar to Western Liao in Central Asia? ”

Chutian knew that there was a Western Liao Empire in history.

After the Liao State established by the Khitan was wiped out by the Jin State established by the Jurchens, the Liao general Yelu Dashi fled to the Western Regions, established the Western Liao Empire, repelled the Jin army, defeated the Seljuk Empire coalition army, dominated Central Asia, and spread its prestige to Europe. The Uighurs of Khocho, the Western Karakhanate, the Eastern Karakhanate, and Khorezm were subjugated to the Yelu Dashi during the period of power.

If it weren't for the rise of the Mongol Empire, Western Liao would have existed much longer.

Even though Yelu Dashi was a Khitan, Huo An clearly wanted to imitate Yelu Dashi's trajectory.

When the East was too strong, he did not compete with the princes of Guannei in the Central Plains, on the contrary, he dominated Central Asia, and he could also become an emperor, and the Quartet came to the court, which was an opportunity to go down in history.

Especially in case the Eastern Han Dynasty fell into the situation of the Three Kingdoms and could not be unified for decades, the great empire established by Huo An in Central Asia may be passed on for several generations.

I have to say that the princes have their own ideas, whether it is the coercion of the old Qin to order Buchen, Huo An to dominate the Western Regions, Zhang Dao's peasant uprising, and Mingguan's army in Liaodong, it is all a road to rise.

Chu Tian's original purpose of choosing to establish a village in Xuzhou was relatively simple - Xuzhou produced a lot of grain, and at the same time, Xuzhou Thorn Shi Taoqian was incompetent, and it was less difficult to rise.

In Lujiang County, Hou Jing's sneak attack on Guangling County was unsuccessful, so he turned to attack this place.

When Hou Jing thought that he could easily occupy Lujiang County, the two famous generals of the Eastern Jin Dynasty who stayed behind in Lujiang, Huan Wen and Zu Ti, led the infantry and archers to defeat Hou Jing's cavalry, and Hou Jing took Guo Jia hostage and fled.

Hou Jing thought that Guangling County was already difficult to attack, but Lujiang County was even more dangerous, Zu Ti was good at attacking the heart, and Huan Wen was even more talented as a general, good at supervising the army to fight, attacking and riding with foot, and won a big victory.

Unable to capture Guangling to the east and Lujiang to the west, the depressed Hou Jing fled back to Shouchun and defended the city.

"Hou Jing, but Er'er."

Huan Wen, as a famous general of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, destroyed the Shu State and made three northern expeditions to the Central Plains, although he was not as good as Zhou Yafu, Le Yi and others, but he was better than Hou Jing and other second-rate commanders, killing more than 3,000 Hou Jing and capturing more than 2,000 people.

If it weren't for the fact that his main force was in Chaisang, he would have attacked Shouchun.

The Lujiang guard general Zu Ti said to Huan Wen: "The lord has captured Danyang County and is leading the Beifu army to attack Wu County, if you can take Yuzhang County, then we have three counties, or even four counties." ”

"Yuzhang County is too big, I'm afraid it will be difficult for my army alone to capture Yuzhang County."

……

"Report, Shouchun Hou Jing attacked Lujiang County and defeated Lujiang County Taishou!"

When Chutian was patiently in Tuntian, Xuzhou, the news of Hou Jing's defeat came.

Hou Jing turned to the princes of the Quartet, but could not win.

The territories of the princes around Shouchun have been solidified, and it is almost impossible to expand with the strength of a Jiujiang County.

"Lujiang is not a good stubble, and he will definitely leave important generals to guard Lujiang County, Hou Jing will go to fight Lujiang County, he will inevitably be too confident in himself."

Chu Tian couldn't help but shake his head when he learned that Hou Jing was going around provoking the princes from all over the world.

Even Chu Tian would not attack the Bronze Sparrow easily. Tongque is one of the best princes south of the Yangtze River, and the strength of the Beifu army is no less than that of any army under Chu Tian's command.

Hou Jing took the initiative to provoke two great princes, one of the great princes of Xuzhou and one of the great princes of Yangzhou.

It's a long life.

Chutian began to dispatch troops, preparing to pacify Huainan and include Huainan in his pocket.

To pacify Huainan, the five colonels of the Northern Army, the reconnaissance corps, the servant corps, the white-robed legion, and the invincible legion served as the main force. At the same time, the Guangling Defense Corps, the Langya Defense Corps, and the East China Sea Defense Corps served as auxiliary forces, and also called on a large number of villagers in Xiapi and Guangling County to transport grain, build pontoon bridges, and build siege equipment.

Shouchun City is strong, and if it is not raided, it will be difficult to capture.

Chen Qingzhi reported to Chu Tian that the strategist Guo Jia was in the hands of Hou Jing, and if Guo Jia was used, he might be able to easily capture Shouchun City.

"Let Shou Chuncheng's spies take action to see if Guo Jia can be contacted."

Chu Tian has already obtained Zhuge Liang of Shu State, Lu Su and others of Wu State, if Guo Jiayu can be captured, Chu Tian basically does not have to worry about the lack of strategists.

Guo Jia is very likely to be controlled by Hou Jing, and it may be difficult to use the spies of Shouchun City to contact Guo Jia.

A large number of legions began to gather in the area of Guangling County-Xiapi Kingdom, preparing to attack Huainan.

During the preparation of the army, Chutian continued to tuntian and peeked into the development of other princes.

Old Qin had become the overlord of Guanzhong, and Hongnong County was soon controlled by him. However, Lao Qin also has troubles, and there are forces such as Yiren Taishou and Baibo Army in Hanoi County and Hedong County.

Mingguan wanted to attack Youbeiping County, and Youzhou Mu Liu Yu temporarily reconciled with Gongsun Zan to support Youbeiping County, and the two sides clashed in Youbeiping County.

Yuan Shao was still attacking Liu Bei and wanted to expel Liu Bei from Jizhou......

In Runan County, the Yiren Taishou said that Tang ordered the generals to attack all parts of Runan County.

Runan County is a large county, and the territorial area of one Runan County is equivalent to 2-3 counties of Xuzhou.

Runan County was still under the control of many Inhuman lords, who jointly worshiped Yuan Shu, and Runan Taishou said that Tang's forcible unification of Runan County caused dissatisfaction among the other Runan County lords, and they protested to Yuan Shu of Yingchuan County.

Yuan Shu was defeated by Chu Tian, and his direct legions suffered heavy losses, and he was unable to control the situation, so he could only send people to Runan County to reprimand Runan Taishou.

Runan Taishou didn't care much about the envoys sent by Yuan Shu, and went in the left ear and out in the right ear, so he entertained the envoys, but continued to attack the counties of Runan County.

Not only was Runan County independent, but Nanyang County, which was originally subordinated to Yuan Shu, was also occupied by the Inhuman Lord, announcing its separation from Yuan Shu's forces.

The lords of Chen, Liang, and Peiguo saw that Runan Taishou and Nanyang Taishou took the initiative to betray Yuan Shu, so they no longer respected Yuan Shu as the master, and they were independent.

The territory actually controlled by Yuan Shu was only one county, Yingchuan County.

As the first prince of the Eastern Han Dynasty for a short time, Yuan Shu's power collapsed almost overnight, and Yuan Shu was so angry that he vomited three liters of blood and was sick on the bed.

Now Yuan Shu's military strength is not even as good as that of a Runan Taishou.

The lords of Yuzhou used Yuan Shu to get the official position and power they wanted, and no longer served Yuan Shu, but joined the Yanzhou assassin Cao Cao to fight against Chu Zimou in Xuzhou.

The collapse of Yuan Shu's forces was expected by Chu Tian, and Gongziwen, who was close to Yuzhou, had already reminded Chu Tian in advance, so Chu Tian was not surprised.

The various Inhuman Lords supported Yuan Shu, and they just wanted to use Yuan Shu. Yuan Shu became the most miserable tool man prince.

The changes in Yuzhou could not affect Chutian's plan to attack Shouchun for the time being.

During this period, Chutian tried to recruit Tai Shici: "In November, I want to participate in the Battle of Mobei, if I can get your help, I will definitely be able to defeat the Xiongnu." This time the enemy is the Huns, how can you stand idly by? ”

Because of the third epic battle "Battle of Mobei", Chutian could not send Li Guang to fight, so he wanted to recruit Tai Shici and temporarily replace Li Guang's position.

Tai Shi Ci is also good at riding horses and archery, similar to Li Guang. His strength is not as strong as Li Guang, but he is also a fierce general.

"Please let me think about it."

Tai Shi Ci did not directly agree to surrender.

But Chu Tian could see that this time he went to crusade against the Huns, and Tai Shi Ci had some intentions.

Big husband, be the wolf Juxu and Le Shi Yanran!

"Before November, if you want to go on a crusade against the Huns, inform the jailers, and they will tell me."

Chu Tian believed that Tai Shi Ci would be willing to follow him to Mobei.

The officials of various counties and states are in order, the military generals are training soldiers and horses, and the power of Xuzhou is developing rapidly.

During this period, Chutian handled internal affairs and recruited talents in Xia City, and at the same time accompanied Xia Liang and Hua Mulan.

Captain Dongdu and Don't Engage in Mi Zhu came back from Dongying Hirado Castle and made a lot of money for the lord's mansion and was rewarded by Chutian. At the same time, Mi Zhu explained to Chutian what happened on the island of Kyushu in Dongying: "There are three major forces in Dongying, the Ryuzoji Temple, the Otomo family, and the Shimazu family, but the Ryuzoji Temple was destroyed by the lord of Hirado Castle, and the lord of Hirado Castle Heiyoshi has the ambition to annex Kyushu Island. ”

"Ping Yisheng dared to take the initiative to come to Xuzhou to ask for trade, which shows that he is an enlightened hero. When going to Hirado to trade in the future, it is necessary to pay close attention to the development of this person. ”

Chu Tian did not know much about the development of other civilizations, and this time Mi Zhu personally went to Kyushu Island, one of the four islands in Dongying, to obtain important information for Chu Tian.

When Mi Zhu came back, Chu Tian appointed him as the city cao to replace Xia Liang.

Zhang Hongdai became Langya in the summer.

Two months later, the first batch of cavalry of the White Robe Army completed their training, came under the jurisdiction of Chen Qingzhi, and was incorporated into the White Robe Army.

At the same time, in two months, Chutian replenished the losses of the Fifth Colonel and other corps of the Northern Army in the previous campaign. The various legions gathered in Xiapi and Guangling County.

Shouchun City, Chu Tian's scouts here managed to contact Guo Jia.

"Xuzhou Mu wants to attack Shouchun ......"

Guo Jia learned that Chu Tian had attacked Shouchun City and fell into deep thought.