In the school field of Xia City, Mulan and Zang Ba went head-to-head, each holding a spear, and snowflakes fell in the air.

Chu Tian personally watched the battle, and Li Guang and Xue Rengui stood behind him. In addition, there is also the Taishan thief Sun Guan.

Zang Ba always thought that he was attacked by Mulan, so he became a prisoner. If it goes head-to-head, he can't possibly lose.

"Fight as fast as you can."

"Yes!"

Hua Mulan took the lead in attacking, and the red tassel gun trembled, stabbing at Zang Ba with a touch of bright red in the snow!

So fast!

Zang Ba gritted his teeth and tried to pick out Mulan's spear.

The marksmanship of the two people is fast and fast, and the flexible gun makes a whistling sound, and the spear is like a pear blossom in Mulan's hands, piercing, stabbing, tartting, slashing, winding, and ringing, Zang Ba can only defend passively.

"Zang Ba's strength is not high, why is the lord so insistent on wanting him to surrender?"

Li Guang always carried a big bow on his back, and he did not understand Chu Tian's insistence on obtaining the allegiance of Zang Ba and Sun Guan.

Chu Tian rolled his eyes, now Li Guang's strength has reached 95, but not all generals have the same high force as Li Guang.

With Li Guang's force, it is normal to look down on Zang Ba.

But the more good the generals, the better the nature.

The extra generals can guard the city and serve as the taishou or county commander.

Chutian was distracted for a while, and Mulan had already defeated Zang Ba.

Chu Tian's order to her was to fight quickly, so this time Hua Mulan did not give the opponent a face-to-head like Mi Fang, and directly defeated Zang Ba.

Zang Ba's red tassel spear was picked off, his face was pale, and he didn't expect that he would still be defeated in a head-on confrontation with Mulan.

"Now, are you convinced?"

Chutian persuaded Zang Ba for the third time.

Liu Bei just looked at the thatched house, and invited Zhuge Liang. Chu Tian invited the Taishan thief, and he used it three times.

Zang Ba finally understood the gap this time, and hung his head: "It's because I don't have the strength to do it, so I was defeated." I, Zang Ba, am willing to surrender. ”

Sun Guan saw that Zang Ba was finally willing to surrender to Chutian, so he hurriedly visited together: "Sun Guan is willing to follow the eldest brother and be loyal to the lord." ”

Chu Tian secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Finally took down the two Tarzan thief generals.

Zang Ba and Sun Guan contributed a lot to Cao Cao's destruction of Yuan Shao in Hebei.

[Name]: Zang Ba

[Talent]: Diamond-level military general (infantry)

[Level]: 80

[Identity]: Xuzhou Assassin of Wei State, General Zhendong

[Loyalty]: 75

[Commander]: 78 [Force]: 80 [Intelligence]: 52 [Politics]: 61 [Charisma]: 80

[Phase]: chivalrous

[Trait 1]: Fighting (Grade A trait, +7% Attack and +7% Morale, -7% morale of attacked enemy units)

[Trait 2]: Raid (B-level trait, infantry force march speed +7%)

[Special Class]: Tarzan Thief (ranging from 1st to 3rd order)

Zang Ba's ability is decent, and the special class Taishan thief must not be recruited, so it's better for Zang Ba to command ordinary infantry.

There are many generals of the cavalry department and the archer department under Chu Tian's command, but the infantry with the largest number lacks generals.

At present, the only infantry general who can be used is Zhou Yafu.

No matter how powerful Zhou Yafu is, he is only one person, Chu Tian ordered him to garrison Yangdu County, so there are no other infantry generals under his command to use.

Zang Ba just makes up for this vacancy.

Then there is Sun Guan, who is one grade worse than Zang Ba.

[Name]: Sun Guan

[Talent]: Platinum-level General (Infantry)

[Level]: 80

[Identity]: General Zhenwei of Xuzhou of Wei State

[Loyalty]: 75

[Commander]: 72 [Force]: 75 [Intelligence]: 51 [Politics]: 39 [Charisma]: 56

[Phase]: chivalrous

[Trait 1]: Vanguard (B-level trait, when you are a Vanguard, +2 attack and defense, morale +5%)

[Trait 2]: Sacrifice of Lives (B-level trait, when impacting the enemy formation, self attack +7, enemy morale drop rate +5%)

[Special Class]: Tarzan Thief

Unexpectedly, the initial loyalty of the two Taishan thieves was relatively high, and Sun Guan's loyalty depended on Zang Ba.

For the two Taishan thieves, Chu Tian did not plan to activate them directly, and observed them for a period of time.

So Chu Tian arranged: "You follow Xue Rengui to crusade against the bandits during this time. ”

Zang Ba and Sun Guan heard Chu Tian's arrangement for them and knew that this was a vote.

If you want to integrate into the forces of Xia Cheng, you must first make meritorious contributions to Xia Cheng.

Only by fighting hard can you get Chutian's approval.

"My brother Sun Kang, who has 20,000 soldiers and horses, is stationed in Dong'an County, and the last general can go single-handedly to persuade his brother to surrender."

Sun Guan offered Chu Tian an enticing suggestion at this time.

If other Taishan thieves can be recruited through Zang Ba and Sun Guan, then half of the counties in Langya Kingdom will fall into the hands of Chutian.

You don't need to subdue the Tarzan thieves without a single soldier......

It's a tempting suggestion.

Not without its drawbacks, though.

Fang Xuanling whispered to Chu Tian: "My lord, please listen to what his subordinates say. If the Tarzan Thief is defeated, the Tarzan Thief will be at the disposal of the lord. If they surrender directly, they are willing to give up the soldiers and horses and the county town in their hands, but if they are unwilling, they will not lose their tails, but they will only surrender in name, and they will leave trouble after all. ”

Chu Tian thought so.

In history, Cao Cao subdued Zang Ba and then persuaded all the Taishan thieves to surrender.

But the Taishan thieves only surrendered nominally, and still entrenched in Qingzhou and Xuzhou.

Later, there were two incidents: the rebellion of Changfeng and the chaos of Taishan thieves after Cao Cao's death.

What Chu Tian wanted was to completely control all the counties and make all the Taishan thieves act according to his instructions, not just to make them submit in name.

After making up his mind, Chu Tian said to Sun Guan: "Can you persuade Sun Kang to disband all the Taishan thieves, hand over all the territory, and come to Xia City alone?" ”

"This ...... The last general is not sure ......"

Sun Guan didn't expect Chu Tian's appetite to be so big, and he directly asked Sun Kang to hand over all the soldiers and horses.

Even if he is Sun Kang's younger brother, it is difficult to say that he can let his brother come and surrender.

The leaders of this group of Taishan thieves each occupy the county seat, which is equivalent to a soil emperor, and it is too difficult for them to suddenly give up this position.

Zang Ba and Sun Guan lost their own territory, so they were willing to surrender.

"If you are not sure, then there is no need to try, and soon my army will wipe them out. When the time comes, life and death are unpredictable. ”

Chu Tian put down his cruel words, which shocked Zang Ba and Sun Guan in their hearts.

Chutian's sphere of influence is in the area of Langya Country, and there is no room for two tigers in one mountain, not to mention that there is more than one tiger in Langya Country.

The Taishan thieves of Langya Country also have Sun Kang, Yin Li, Wu Dun, and Langya Xiang Xiao Jian and Wu Sangui of Ju County. In addition to this, there are hundreds of lords.

"The two of you can ask someone to send them a letter, if they are willing to give up their soldiers and horses, hand over the county seat to be controlled by the officials of Xia City, and move to Xia City from now on, and still have the opportunity to reuse it in the future. Otherwise, you will break through the city and die for life. ”

"Yes......"

Zang Ba and Sun Guan found themselves following a ruthless person.

Chutian did not accept nominal submission, and only bandits who handed over their territory and soldiers and horses could be considered good subordinates.

"No, Zang Ba and Sun Guan have been subdued? Could it be that the entire Tarzan thief force is going to be co-opted? ”

"It must be the lords of Qingzhou, Xuzhou, or Yanzhou who have subdued them."

"Don't guess, it must be that I just want to farm well, that is, he captured Langya City, where Zang Ba was entrenched."

The names of Zang Ba and Sun Guan appeared on the hero list of the Eastern Han Dynasty, which shocked many lords, especially the lords of Langya Kingdom, who knew what it meant.

Zang Ba and Sun Guan were captured by Chutian, and it was most likely that Chutian recruited them.

All of a sudden, Chutian was in the limelight again, the Taishan thieves, like the Baibo Army and the Black Mountain Army, were all famous bandit forces in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and if they subdued any force, they would replace them and become a more powerful force.

"Why didn't Xuzhou Assassin Shi Taoqian send troops to attack Xia Cheng at that time? If he sends troops, along the Yi River, half a moon can be reached. I was one of his subordinates at the time. ”

Zang Ba was puzzled.

When opposing the Chutian Alliance, Tao Qian, the largest force in Xuzhou, was indifferent and sat back and watched the small forces in the north of Xuzhou fight among themselves.

Zang Ba was still nominally a cavalry lieutenant canonized by Tao Qian.

However, Zang Ba and Sun Guan, who had just integrated into Xia City, quickly understood what was going on - he saw the people of the Mi family carrying a few wooden boxes and going directly to the Lord's Mansion to visit Chu Tian.

Zang Ba understood why Tao Qian did not send troops, and the families in Xuzhou seemed to support Chutian to replace him as the separatist force stationed in Langya.

"I defeated the 100,000 Yellow Turban Army of the Yellow Turban Army Zhang Min for Tao Qian, and guarded the northern gate for him, do these families think that I can't resist the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army? Could it be that the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army has developed to the point where it cannot be stopped? What exactly is the North Sea Xiangkong Rong doing? Even the Yellow Turban Army can't be defeated, what's the use of reading those bullshit sage books! ”

Zang Ba muttered.

Although he is the leader of the Tarzan thieves, there are some differences.

Zang Ba and others helped Tao Qian suppress the Yellow Turban Army, nominally Tao Qian's subordinates.

Now he was forced to become Chu Tian's subordinate.

Chu Tian was in the Lord's Mansion at this time, and when he heard that the Mi family had sent someone to come, he immediately regarded him as a guest.

The Mi family has been funded many times and is a big financier of Chutian. Chu Tian even had a good relationship with Mi Fang.

"I heard that Lord Kaiyang Wei has been besieged by the major alien lords recently, and the soldiers and horses are tired, and the master has sent people to send money, food and horses, please accept Lord Kaiyang Wei with a smile. Here's the list. ”

The steward of the Mi family presented a list.

Sure enough, it's funding again, and for this kind of funding, the more the merrier.

"30,000 taels of silver, 20,000 units of grain, 1,000 horses......"

Chu Tian flipped through the list, and his expression gradually felt a little wrong.

Compared with the previous funding of the Mi family, it is not too little, but too much!

Although it is said that the more funding, the better, but Chutian also knows that with a short hand and a soft mouth, with such a scale of funding, Chutian suspects that the Mi family wants to fund him to start a war.

It's just that the Mi family is a business family, why do they want Chutian to start a war?

"Your master has a lot of things to ask for, I don't know what to ask for?"

Although he knew that the Mi family had something to ask for, the Mi family gave too much, and it was impossible to return it, and he couldn't return it if he was killed.

The steward of the Mi family saw Chu Tian's upper way, so he said: "This batch of money, grain, and war horses is actually a little bit of the heart of each family. ”

"Oh? Do you have something to ask for? ”

Chu Tian was unmoved, but he was extremely surprised in his heart.

Tao Qian is a good assassin in Xuzhou, but he is a native of Yangzhou, and it is the local family that controls Xuzhou.

It's just that these families want him to do through the Mi family?

"Do you know that the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army has been making trouble recently, and hundreds of thousands of troops have swept all over Qingzhou?"

"It does."

Chu Tian had the impression that he had heard Xia Liang mention this matter, but he didn't care much about it at that time.

First of all, this is the Yellow Turban Army operating in Qingzhou, and there are lords and princes of Qingzhou who managed to suppress it.

Secondly, Chutian also longed for the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army to come to Langya and let him capture a group of laborers.

Chutian thought of Guan Hai, the general of the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army, who had a reputation for being the head of the Beihai Yellow Turban Army, and was repeatedly defeated by the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army: "Could it be that the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army wants to go south to Xuzhou?" ”

The steward of the Mi family replied, "It is true. ”

Chu Tian had already understood the intentions of the Mi family and other Xuzhou families related to the Mi family.

Zhang Min, the general of the Xuzhou Yellow Turban Army, was defeated by the Taishan thief Zang Ba, and was later killed by Mulan, so the Xuzhou Yellow Turban Army was not successful.

In contrast, the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army next door has become more and more fierce because Kong Rong and others are too incompetent, which has affected the safety of Xuzhou.

In order to protect themselves, the family in Xuzhou raised a batch of military supplies and wanted Chutian to replace Zang Ba to help them guard the door.

What is a little puzzling to Chutian is that Kong Rong has already recruited Tai Shici, and he was even defeated by the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army, and even the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army is about to fight Xuzhou.

The Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army went south to attack Xuzhou, and the first county to be affected would be Langya.

Even if Chu Tian didn't want to help the family guard the gate, for the sake of his own territory, he still had to block the momentum of the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army going south.

Therefore, Chutian accepted this subsidy with a clear conscience.

"There are 100,000 male soldiers under the command of Lord Thorn Shi, and there are fierce generals Cao Bao and Mi Fang, even if the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army goes south, there is nothing to fear."

Chu Tian thought that Tao Qian, with the help of the family, still had the ability to block the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army.

"Definitely. The Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army is invincible and devastating, I am afraid that Qingzhou has lost control. ”

The housekeeper looked worried.

Chu Tian knew that the current Eastern Han District was in chaos.

Don't look at the calm of the Langya country where he is located, that's because he can suppress various lords.

In fact, the rebels of Xiliang Ma Teng and Han Sui were huge, and the leaders of Hanzhong launched the Yellow Turban Uprising, which swept through Hanzhong, and the rebellion of the Wuhuan tribe in Youzhou had alarmed the two princes of Gongsun Zan and Liu Bei, and Sun Jian, the Taishou of Changsha in the south, was suppressing the local peasant uprising......

Now the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army is also in an uproar.

The steward of the Mi family continued: "The commander of the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army, Guan Hai, is brave and good at fighting, and there is also a general who leads the cavalry, and he is invincible, and even broke the Beihai Han army, and the Kong Rong general Tai Shici was also defeated by the other party. Please also ask Lord Kaiyang to be careful. ”

"And a general?"

Chu Tian didn't hear that the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army had any powerful characters besides Guan Hai.

"Exactly, that man's name is Dorgon, and I don't know where it came from."

"How could it be his ......"

Chu Tian had a headache, it must be which lord recruited Dolgon.

Dolgon, the regent of the Qing Dynasty, defeated the Ming army and broke the king Li Zicheng, and had an exclusive military under his command, the Eight Banners Army (Zhengbai Banner), but he was a more ruthless figure than Wu Sangui.