The coalition army of the six towns in Hedong is still resisting Zhou Yafu's soldiers and horses of the three towns, and their strategy is to hold on and consume Zhou Yafu's patience.

However, as time went on, they gradually lost their hold.

"Someone has taken over my town!"

A mayor suddenly shouted.

He has received a prompt from the system that his town has been captured by Liu Sandao of Xia Town, and his status as a lord has been deprived by the system.

The territory is occupied, and he can still command his troops, but the morale of the soldiers will drop rapidly, and even deserters will appear.

The other five mayors looked at each other, and it seemed that Zhou Yafu besieged them in order to divide his troops and occupy the other towns.

The Six Towns Coalition concentrated its forces in one town in order to better deal with Zhou Yafu, but after Zhou Yafu was replenished with troops, he already had the ability to divide his troops.

"The other side divides its forces to occupy the towns, and we are too passive to continue like this. There is only one lonely town left, and it cannot be defended no matter what. Not to mention the grain harvest in a month's time, if they cut the wheat to replenish the army's rations, wouldn't we just stare dryly? ”

"Without food, thousands of civilians and 3,000 defenders in this town would starve to death."

"There's no way, I can only attack, see if I can defeat the historical generals on the other side. He divided his forces and occupied the land, and this was our only chance to win. If we can defeat him, we might be able to capture a historical general! ”

The six mayors were forced to fight.

If we don't fight again, this town will become a lonely town, and it will definitely be defeated.

The gate of the town opened, and the 3,000 coalition troops assembled to fight against Zhou Yafu's more than 1,000 people.

"What kind of formation are they?"

Zhou Yafu couldn't help frowning when he saw the six town lords on the opposite side lined up in six phalanxes, and the coordination was extremely poor.

This is also a common problem with improvised coalition forces.

The 3,000 coalition troops couldn't wait for a decisive battle with Zhou Yafu, and more than a dozen flags were unfurled, directing the coalition forces to launch an attack.

The archers on both sides fired at each other, and the infantry advanced, fighting for the land east of the river in the south of Kaiyang County.

The infantry of the Willow Battalion, dressed in two armors, had high morale, formed a phalanx with long halberds, and charged with shields, and could still maintain the formation.

The arrows fell on the shields and armor, and the soldiers of the Willow Battalion were killed by several arrows, and the halberd-wielding foot soldiers in the back row immediately made up for it.

The Hosoliu battalion collided with the light infantry on the opposite side, and the two sides fought hand-to-hand!

The strength of the sixth-order troops is vividly displayed at this moment, and the neat lineup is advancing vigorously, and soon there will be a tendency to chisel through the opponent's formation!

The morale of the coalition army of the six towns is declining rapidly, and Zhou Yafu's characteristic "governing the army" can maintain morale for a long time. Under the advantages of the other, the alliance of the six towns is in danger.

Zhou Yafu stood on a makeshift wooden tower and observed the situation on the entire battlefield.

He seemed to sense the weakness of the other side - there was a unit in the Six Towns coalition that had reached rock bottom in morale, and that was the soldiers of the mayor of the town who had lost territory.

"Hussars, make a detour to the right and attack the second enemy army on the right!"

"Yes!"

The hundred light cavalry sent by Chu Tian played a decisive role in this decisive battle, and when the two sides fought fiercely, Zhou Yafu sent light cavalry to surprise the opponent's demoralized troops, and the Six Towns coalition army completely collapsed.

"The general trend is gone, and it is not a crime of war......"

The six mayors saw that the small Hosoyanagi battalion had defeated their army instead, and lost the courage to continue resisting.

This battle can't be fought, they lack the ability to command thousands of people to fight, and the command of the coalition forces that were patched together at this time is chaotic, and in Zhou Yafu's opinion, there are flaws everywhere.

If there is also a famous general on the other side, he may be able to give Zhou Yafu a headache with his numerical advantage.

Before the decisive battle, the six mayors had prepared the white flags. found that he could not defeat Zhou Yafu, so he immediately put up a white flag to express his surrender.

Now there is no deep hatred between the two sides, just a normal battle between the lords, and they believe that the other side will not execute them.

Fortunately, it was Zhou Yafu who Chutian got instead of Bai Qi, otherwise their fate would be difficult to say.

Zhou Yafu accepted their surrender and did not tie them up, but put them under house arrest and demanded that they surrender ownership of the territory.

The six town mayors were depressed, their lordship career was over, and they couldn't even get out of Kaiyang County, let alone chase the Central Plains.

Most of the lesser lieges' territories were either destroyed in the previous Yellow Turban Rebellion or annexed by the great lords.

The lords who can really dominate a county are all one in a million.

"It's not a shame to lose to the lord who ranks third in the territory of the Eastern Han District, and it's not ashamed to spread it."

The six mayors comforted themselves.

Zhou Yafu asked, "What is the place further east?" ”

After he captured the nine towns in Hedong, he still seemed to be not satisfied.

Chutian's order was to capture the Hedong region of the Yi River, but did not specify where to stop. Hedong is still a considerable area.

"Further east is the Shu River, and it is difficult to continue expanding eastward without boats. Cross the Shu River, which is a hilly area with very few people. Further east, there is the area of Xihai County, which is a relatively narrow coastal zone. ”

A mayor of a town had clearly done his homework when it came to choosing a territory, and was well aware of the nearby terrain.

Zhou Yafu fell into a brief silence.

He is now located in the plain between the Yi River and the Shu River, and it is indeed difficult to continue to expand eastward with rivers and hills to the east.

"It seems that it can only expand here, and it will take time to digest this territory."

Zhou Yafu gave up the idea of continuing to expand to the east, because the cost of continuing to expand was too high.

The six captured mayors looked at each other again, and the general seemed to be dissatisfied. This is the nine towns in Hedong, and the nine towns plus the vassal villages, how can there be nearly 100,000 people.

A population of 100,000 is quite a large population in the early days.

"Escort them to Xia Zhen and wait for the lord's fate."

Zhou Yafu asked the soldiers of the Xiliu Battalion to escort the captives to Xia Town, while he personally sat in the Nine Towns of Hedong.

The nine towns of Hedong are newly conquered territories, and the people's morale is very low and unreliable.

Not only are players likely to take advantage of the people's will to cause trouble, but some townsfolk may also rise up against Chutian's "brutal" rule.

The six mayors were defeated and surrendered, and there was still a difference in the treatment of the mayors who surrendered without a fight.

Mayors who surrendered without a fight could even receive credit and serve in the villages and towns under the jurisdiction of Xia Town, while most of the lords who surrendered in battle were imprisoned for a period of time and then demoted to commoners. As for the lord who inflicted a lot of losses on Xia Town, the treatment may be even worse.

"Now the nine towns in Hedong have also been reached, and there are twenty-one towns in total. Twenty-one towns, is it possible to shake up a large city? ”

Zhou Yafu compared the strength of Chu Tian and Zang Ba, and shook his head slightly.

According to the usual siege tactics, twenty-one towns are really not as useful as one large city in Lords. Unless it's twenty-one third-level towns.

Large cities also have special teleportation arrays, and this building alone can make countless lords blush.

Zhou Yafu said to himself: "Lord, how do you take down a large city?" ”