"Zhuge Liang is only about 7 to 8 years old, his father, Cheng Zhuge Jue of Taishan County died not long ago, and he is still stranded in Taishan County, and is being detained by the lord of Taishan County."

Soon Chu Tian learned Zhuge Liang's whereabouts.

The current Zhuge Liang is still a child, and Chu Tian is qualified to be a figure of his father's generation.

Zhuge Liang fell into the hands of the lord of Taishan County, is it necessary to fight Taishan County for the sake of a future talent?

Chu Tian thought it was necessary, because the lord of Taishan County had participated in the coalition forces besieging the Langya Kingdom.

Taishan County belongs to one of the eight counties of Yanzhou, and Xuzhou has only five counties, if Taishan County to the west of Langya Kingdom can be taken down, Chutian's territory will change from five counties to six counties.

"Take Guangling County, and then covet Taishan County."

Chutian's army was fighting on two fronts, fighting Cao Cao on the one hand, and promoting Lingjun on the other.

Only when the forces attacking Guangling County are vacant, Chu only dares to attack Taishan County, otherwise it will be a three-front battle.

The consequence of a three-front battle is that as long as one line goes wrong, the foundation is threatened, and the other two lines of troops and horses will be forced to retreat.

"Lord Governor, there is a French envoy asking to see you!"

When Chu Tian was dealing with internal affairs, someone suddenly came to report.

"French envoys? How could they come here after all this journey......"

Chu Tian quickly understood that most of the French used the teleportation array of the world trade node to come to Nanhai County in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and then came to Xuzhou through the teleportation array of Nanhai County.

The purpose of their arrival must have been to redeem the representative heroes of their own civilized districts.

In order to make them die, Chutian decided to meet with the French envoys.

Soon several blonde envoys arrived.

With Zhao Yun by his side, Chu Tian was not afraid.

"Chu Zimou, we are players of the French Paris Guild. Our hero, Joan of Arc, has been captured by you, hoping to redeem her with gold and silver. Her abilities are not suitable for you Eastern Han Dynasty, but they mean a lot to us in France. How much gold and silver do you want? A thousand pounds of gold? Or three thousand pounds? Or, 10,000 pounds? ”

The French envoys went straight to the point and explained their intentions directly.

Chu Tian was indifferent: "Joan of Arc has pledged allegiance to me, she is now my subordinate, not a captive, I can't allow others to buy my subordinates with money." How do my other subordinates perceive me? ”

One of the French envoys exclaimed: "Impossible! How could she possibly be loyal to the lord of the Eastern Han Dynasty! ”

"If you pay attention to the news of the Eastern Han Dynasty next, you will soon know that she is fighting for me and expanding the territory for me."

Chu Tian deliberately stirred up a relationship between them.

There were still French envoys who did not want to believe that the spiritual symbols of France would be allegiance to another civilization: "We need to question her." ”

"She has just pledged her allegiance to me, and it is impossible for you to shake her resolve. Forget your hero, she is already a free citizen of the Eastern Han Dynasty. God will bless her, and she will begin a new life in a new Garden of Eden. ”

When Chu Tian dealt with the French envoys, he deliberately carried an interpreter's tone.

The French envoys did not know whether it was true or not, and Chutian forbade them to contact Joan of Arc, so they could not understand the real situation.

"You can leave, don't come to fight the idea of our Eastern Han freedmen."

Chutian drove away the French envoys and decided that Joan of Arc was a free citizen of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

Regarding Chutian's hegemonism, the French envoys gritted their teeth with hatred, and they were helpless against Chutian.

Chutian's territory is equivalent to one-quarter to one-half of France, and even the largest lord of France is just a marquis, controlling one-fifth of France's territory, which cannot be compared with Chutian.

Moreover, the distance between the two sides was too far, and the French expedition to Xuzhou was just a castle in the air and unrealistic.

"If you meet on the battlefield of the national war in the future, you will regret it, all our lords of France regard you as an enemy."

Faced with the threat of the French envoys, Chu Tian was indifferent: "You France, you better ask for more blessings." Julius Caesar of Rome will conquer Gaul, isn't your predecessor in France Gaul? If France can't even resist Rome, how can they be my enemies? ”

The French envoys were driven out, indignant.

This lord of the East was simply a devil who was so thick-skinned that he regarded the heroes of France as the freedmen of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

While they hated Chutian, they were also shocked by the prosperity of Xia City.

After Li Kui's governance, Xiacheng has a popular heart, stable public order, developed economy, agriculture and culture, and a gradual increase in population, with a current population of 300,000.

All kinds of special buildings were piled up in Xia City by Chu Tian, and different effects were superimposed layer by layer, so that the development speed of Xia City was very fast, and it was not far from becoming a large city.

During this period, Chutian returned to Xia City.

He ordered Zhou Yafu to drag Cao Cao and Pang Juan to be responsible for interfering in Dongping Kingdom, so that Cao Cao's development slowed down.

On the battlefield of Guangling County, there were 70,000 troops of Le Yi, Xue Rengui, Chen Deng, and Mi Fang.

Chu Tian led the remaining main force and servant army north to Langya State, and re-expanded with Langya State as a base.

Langya was the bridgehead for the attack on Taishan County and Qingzhou, and it was also the most important core area of Chutian.

Before dealing with Cao Cao, Chu Tian planned to take the lead in dealing with Cao Cao's allies. Otherwise, when Chutian was at war with Cao Cao, Zhao Gongzi suddenly attacked Langya State, and Chutian's rear would not be safe.

In Gaoyou County, Guangling County, Yang Ye gathered tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to defend it, and he couldn't attack it for a while.

After Yang Ye returned from the national war, he hurriedly organized a defense, but the defense line was broken by Le Yi and Xue Rengui, and he could only defend the city and wait for changes.

Even with Le Yi's siege bonus, siege is still a painful thing.

Le Yi and Xue Rengui inspected the city defense and said to Xue Rengui: "If you attack strongly, I am afraid that you will have to kill and wound 3-40,000 soldiers and people before you can take Gaoyou." ”

"I led the cavalry to bypass Gaoyou and attack Guangling, as long as Guangling Taishou is captured alive, Yang Ye will definitely surrender."

"Yes, with me here, Yang Ye doesn't dare to go out of the city. Your side is attacking the city below, and attacking the heart is the top. ”

Le Yi agreed to Xue Rengui's tactics.

Guangling is the seat of Guangling County, which is equivalent to the area of Yangzhou in reality. As long as Guangling is captured, the Chutian forces can drink the Yangtze River.

If Chutian's sailors are strong, it is not impossible to attack Jiangdong in the south.

However, Chu Tian's center of gravity was finally in the north where the cavalry was strong, and after destroying the powerful northern princes, he would go south to Chibi.

Xue Rengui only led part of his troops to bypass Gaoyou and directly attack Guangling, causing panic among the Taishou of Guangling and the people of the city.

"As soon as I came back from the national war, I was faced with a situation where the commander of the 70,000 army drove straight in, who could stop it?"

Guangling Taishou has a numb scalp.

Because Chen Deng knew the terrain of Guangling County, it was difficult for the defenders of Guangling County to take advantage of the terrain to block, so they had to retreat to the city.

"Xuzhou Mu has an order, surrender within fifteen days, and persuade Yang Ye to surrender, you can save your life, otherwise on the day the city is broken, all officials and lords will be executed!"

In order to get Yang Ye, Chutian also had to use Guangling Taishou, the lord of Yang Ye.

If even the lord surrenders, Yang Ye will definitely surrender as well.

Because the two sides do not yet have the concept of a kingdom, there will be no situation where the generals are loyal to a certain kingdom.

"Fifteenth ......"

Guangling Taishou struggled.

Although surrender can save your life, the days of being as nourishing as the current emperor are gone, and most of them will be reduced to civilians.

This is also the reason why many big lords have to gamble even if they know that they are invincible.

After gaining power, it is impossible to bear the gap of losing power.

When Le Yi and Xue Rengui struggled to conquer Guangling County, Chu Tian returned to Xia City ahead of schedule through the teleportation array and transferred the center of power to Xia City.

At the same time, he relieved Xia Liang of his post as the prime minister of Pi and appointed him as the minister of Langya, and at the same time appointed Li Kui as the minister of the lower pi.

Chen Deng, the minister of the East China Sea, went to Guangling County to fight, and Chutian sent Zhao Yu, a native of Langya, to serve as the minister of the East China Sea.

According to Chutian's plan, after the capture of Guangling County, Chen Deng will serve as the Taishou of Guangling and take a defensive posture against Jiangdong.

Chutian's expansion direction was in Qingzhou and Yanzhou, and it was firmly in the direction of Yangzhou and Yuzhou.

Chu Tian was not so arrogant as to attack four states at the same time.

After convincing Joan of Arc, Summer Ryo took her to the Lord's Palace.

"Your Lord, please keep your promises. In five years' time, if I have done enough for you, please let me return to France. ”

Joan of Arc carefully probed Chu Tian's tone.

"And rightfully so. During this time, you lived with Mulan. You don't try to leave the Eastern Han Dynasty on your own. There are several teleportation arrays and world trade nodes between the Eastern Han Dynasty and France, and if you leave on your own and are captured alive by other lords, especially in the hands of infidels, then this will not be the case...... You should know that people are sinister and there are not many people like us. ”

Chu Tian was worried that Joan of Arc would sneak away during her service and deliberately scare her.

"I know that you are a good person, so I am willing to help you defeat Cao Mengde. I heard that if you defeat him, you can shorten the period by five years. ”

"Cao Mengde?"

Chu Tian looked at Xia Liang, she made a look intentionally or unintentionally, and Chu Tian understood.

"Yes."

Chu Tian agreed.

It is okay to shorten the five-year period, but Chu Tian did not say how long it will be shortened.

Isn't shortening the period by one month also shortened......

Chutian tries to look at the panel of the legendary heroes of France.

Name: Jeanne Duck (Joan of Arc)

[Level]: 32

[Age]: 17

[Description]: A legendary figure of the Hundred Years' War between Britain and France.

Nope.

Chu Tian still couldn't see Joan of Arc's panel attributes.

Joan of Arc is now more like a partnership, and when the deadline is up, she will leave.

It was not the first time that Chu Tian had encountered such a situation.

Some generals are willing to serve, but not necessarily allegiance.

For example, Zhao Yun, who was wandering before, and Lu Zhi and Hua Tuo, who are still living in Xia City, are willing to lead troops to fight and contribute for one reason or another, but they are not monarchs and ministers with the lord.

"In the future, you will lead an army of servants and follow me on the expedition."

Only Chu Tian can suppress the servant army, so Chu Tian must be tied to Joan of Arc in order to exert the greatest effect.

"When will you hit Cao Mengde?"

Joan of Arc was already eager to attack Cao Cao and return to France as soon as possible.

"War is 90% of the time being prepared and only 10% of the time being engaged, so please be patient."

Chu Tian rejected her idea of going on an expedition immediately.

Chu Tian planned to defeat Cao Cao's allies one by one, making Cao Cao feel desperate, so he would not agree to attack Cao Cao immediately.

Then Joan of Arc lived in Mulan's house and acted with Mulan.

Chutian used Mulan to spy on Joan of Arc, and at the same time established friendships and forcibly sinicized Joan of Arc.

"Not to mention what you do with Joan of Arc, what are you going to do with Mulan? My lord. ”

After Xia Liang left Joan of Arc, he took the initiative to ask Chutian.

Hua Mulan was estimated to be the same as Joan of Arc, an ignorant girl who was abducted by Chu Tian.

"Do you and Mulan have some secret deals?"

Chu Tian was aware. After a summer of coolness, he was already dissatisfied, and with the addition of Mulan, Chutian felt the pressure.

"It depends on whether the lord wants to play more exciting."

……

Chutian decided to establish the Fifth School of the Northern Army and form his own Guards.

He needed to have a guard.

He already has the aura of the whole army "The Soul of the Han Army" and the cavalry characteristic "Blue Wolf and White Deer", which is much stronger than the generals such as Mi Fang and Liu Sandao.

The characteristics of the blue wolf and white deer make Chu Tian not much better than the king-level cavalry generals, but the disadvantage is that Chu Tian's basic commander is relatively low.

The five schools of the Northern Army are divided into five battalions: Tun Cavalry, Yue Cavalry, Infantry, Changshui, and Archery.

Among them, the Shooting Sound Battalion and the Infantry Battalion can already be recruited.

The tun cavalry battalion was also easy to recruit, because the cavalry battalion used the Han cavalry.

However, the Yue Cavalry Battalion and the Changshui Battalion were the Hun cavalry and Wuhuan cavalry that surrendered to the Han Dynasty, and the source of troops needed to be imported from Bingzhou, Youzhou and other places.

According to the setting of "Lord", the infantry battalion is light infantry, the Changshui battalion is the longbowmen, the tun cavalry battalion is the heavy cavalry, and the Changshui battalion and the Yue cavalry battalion are light cavalry.

The Fifth Colonel of the Northern Army, which has a complete range of arms, is capable of almost any military operation.

Chu Tian's "Tian Khan" trait also has a 10% attack bonus to the Xiongnu and Wuhuan cavalry, plus the "Blue Wolf White Deer" greatly strengthens the cavalry, the Changshui Battalion and the Yue Cavalry Battalion will be a trump card for Chu Tian to personally command.

As a heavy cavalry, the Tun Cavalry Battalion is given the bonus of "The Soul of the Han Army" and "Blue Wolf and White Deer", and it can also burst out with strong combat effectiveness.

"Try to recruit Huns in counties such as Bingzhou, or recruit Wuhuan in western Liaoxi."

The special nature of the five schools of the Northern Army forced Chutian to use the Huns and Wuhuan people as cannon fodder.

Fortunately, Chutian has the characteristics of a heavenly khan, and it is not easy to rebel.

The cavalry battalion of the fifth school of the Northern Army is a sixth-order heavy cavalry, which is a little different from the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, but with the cooperation of the five schools of the Northern Army, the effect is much more practical than that of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry.

A single Xiliang Iron Cavalry also needs the cooperation of other troops, otherwise it will be captured alive like Hua Xiong.

At the signal of Chutian, Chutian sent people to Bingzhou and Liaoxi to recruit or trade the Huns and Wuhuan people.

In "Lords", as long as there is money, criminal human transactions are not uncommon.

While recruiting the Huns and Wuhuan people, Chu Tian sent people to buy horses and expand the army in a big way.