"Capture Tancheng and capture Le Yi alive!"

Under the urging of the warlords, a group of captured Xuzhou infantry continued to attack Tancheng day and night, with two or three thousand casualties every day.

Tancheng faced the attack of the army of Langya State, and it was solid and immovable.

Li Guang led his soldiers to attack many times, trying to climb first, but was blocked by the ten-meter-high city wall, which was difficult to break.

Le Yi personally defended the city, prepared all kinds of equipment to defend the city, and had 30,000 soldiers to defend it, if he wanted to forcibly capture Tancheng, he needed at least 100,000 elites.

Military advisor Fang Xuanling looked at Tancheng, who had not been in place for several days, and frowned.

Li Guang and the Xiandeng team withdrew, discouraged, and complained to Fang Xuanling: "The opponent's defense has no flaws, and a strong attack is not the best strategy at this time." ”

Fang Xuanling nodded silently.

"I also asked the military advisor to persuade the lord to attack the heart and attack the city below. Storming Tancheng will only consume low-level soldiers, and it will also consume labor, and the morale of the army will drop because of repeated attacks. Once morale drops, the defenders of the city will come out of the city to attack. ”

Zhou Yafu, who has always been calm, also took the initiative to find Fang Xuanling.

At this time, only Fang Xuanling's words could be listened to.

"Half of the troops were lost in a battle, and all the generals were killed or wounded, even Miss Xia...... It is inevitable that the lord will lose control. Now that Tancheng has been stormed for three days, with six or seven thousand prisoners killed and wounded, the lord should calm down. ”

Fang Xuanling knew that when the husband was angry, blood was splashed in five steps, and the Son of Heaven was angry, and millions of corpses were ambushed, bleeding thousands of miles. Chu Tian, as a lord with a population of several million, was really angry, and it was not impossible for tens of thousands of people to die for it.

"Ordered to stop the siege and carry out the siege."

"My lord."

When the generals saw Chu Tian appear, his expression seemed to have regained his calm.

Chu Tian came out of the camp tent and looked at the generals who had been attacking Tancheng for three days, and saw that everyone was tired, so he gave the order to stop the siege.

In one go, maybe Tancheng can be defeated.

But now the storm has not been carried out for three days, which shows that Tancheng is really impregnable.

Chu Tian also took advantage of this time to calm down.

There was no need to sacrifice the captured Xuzhou infantry, because after Chutian became the Xuzhou Mu, they would become part of the new Xuzhou army and attack the city for him.

"Le Yi's offensive is sharp, and the defense of the city is equally impregnable, what a troublesome opponent."

Chu Tian surrounded Le Yi in Tancheng, but he was helpless to take him.

Tancheng has a series of fortifications such as strong city walls, city gate towers, arrow towers, and city gates, as well as sufficient defensive equipment and a famous general, even if there are 100,000 troops unable to conquer it.

What follows is an endless siege of the city, which will surrender only after the opponent's soldiers are cut out of food.

Coupled with the fact that Le Yi's army killed Chu Tian a lot, Chu Tian somewhat understood why Cao Cao slaughtered the city when he attacked Xuzhou.

Sometimes it's really irritating, and even the heroes lose their minds.

"Strategist, how can we break through the city as soon as possible?"

Chu Tian was unwilling to delay too much time in Tancheng, otherwise the Xuzhou coalition army would have plenty of time to regroup and organize the next offensive.

Fang Xuanling replied: "Attack the heart first, attack the city first." Try to lure some of the aliens and families besieged in the city and divide the defenders. ”

"Do as you say. In addition, shoot a note into the city, capture Le Yi alive, open the door to the city, and reward a thousand taels of gold. ”

Chu Tian followed Fang Xuanling's suggestion to divide the other party, and ruthlessly took out a thousand taels of gold to reward Le Yi.

You can capture Tancheng without a strong attack, and then capture the famous general Le Yi alive, even if you pay a thousand taels of gold, it is not much.

"Before they were divided internally, they dug trenches outside the city, set up earthen ramparts, and surrounded them so that they would not be given the opportunity to attack outside the city. The sailor battalion blocked the water surface of the Yi River, making Tancheng a completely isolated city. ”

"It's a bit difficult for our forces to completely encircle Tancheng......

"Lord, Mi Zhu and Mi Fang led the rebel army of the East China Sea Kingdom to converge, and there are more than 20,000 rebels!"

When Chu Tian was deploying troops to besiege the city, the brothers Mi Zhu and Mi Fang moved all the way from Qu County, Donghai Guoqu to Tancheng, Donghai State, and finally joined forces with Chutian.

Regarding Mi Fang's claim to be the vanguard general of the rebellion and the unparalleled general of the Langya Kingdom, Chu Tian is as happy as he is, as long as the Mi family supports him financially.

With the victory of the Battle of Xuzhou, the counties of the East China Sea were frightened, and Mi Zhu and Mi Fang did not encounter any obstacles when they marched to Tancheng, and the troops changed from 10,000 to 20,000.

A team of carriages transported gold and silver to Chutian's military camp, and Mi Zhu's keen sense of smell made him understand that Chutian was now short of money, very short of money.

Without money to recruit troops and horses, Chutian would not be able to consolidate the existing gains and occupy the entire Xuzhou.

At this time, the charcoal in the snow will be more rewarding in the future.

Mi Zhu and Mi Fang finally saw the victorious Chutian in Tancheng, and they couldn't help but feel a little afraid in their eyes.

By virtue of military exploits, the victor naturally has an invisible coercion.

In addition, Chutian now has the status of a family, and he is still higher than the Mi family in the chain of contempt of Shinong Industry and Commerce.

"I have prepared 100,000 taels of silver and 50,000 catties of salt to reward the army, which may be insufficient, please General Fubo don't be surprised, in a hurry, it is difficult to raise more."

Mi Zhu explained the meaning that one tael of silver is equal to one thousand copper coins, and one hundred thousand taels is a hundred million.

In a hurry, 100,000 taels of silver were raised, which shows the financial strength of the Mi family.

The main assets of the Mi family are still assets that are difficult to realize, such as goods, farmland, and shops.

"One hundred thousand taels is already a lot. The Mi family sent charcoal in the snow, and I will remember this kindness. ”

"There are more than 20,000 rebels, many of whom are slaves, and they will all be the property of General Fubo in the future."

Mi Zhu not only donated money, but also donated people, and his generosity even Chu Tian was a little afraid.

I almost didn't offer my sister.

The Mi brothers are a little worse than their military talents, and they really have nothing to say.

"The Mi family's losses in this battle of Xuzhou, I will try to make up for it in the future, please don't worry. If Brother Mi Fang does not give up, he will temporarily serve as the Sima of other departments to assist Xu Sheng in transporting grain. ”

Since the Mi family said that Chu Tian couldn't ask for benefits and snub them, considering that Mi Fang's ability was a problem, Chu Tian arranged for him to engage in things in the rear such as assisting in transporting grain.

After Mi Fang left, Chu Tian deliberately said in order to win over Mi Zhu: "If it can be done in the future, Brother Mi will not lose the position of general and marquis." ”

Anyway, it was a blank check, and Chutian, who was eager to get gold and silver to replenish the loss, tried to win over Mi Zhu.

Mi Zhu saw that Chutian made a promise and knew that he could get the status he wanted in the future, so he worked harder: "In the next two months, you should be able to raise another 100,000 taels of silver to supplement the army." ”

How rich is the Mi family, which is close to the sea......

Chu Tian found that Mi Zhu was 100,000 taels of silver at every turn, and he could almost buy a town.

"With Brother Mi's funding, why worry about big things. If ......"

Chu Tian has to inch in.

"Adults might as well just say it."

"It would be great if Brother Mi could contact other families and ask them to help me enter Xuzhou and become the new Xuzhou pastor. But there is no need to force it. The capture of Xuzhou is only a matter of time, and with the support of the family, it is just a matter of losing some soldiers and horses. ”

"Well said. Maybe the Chen family is willing to abandon the darkness and turn to the light. ”

Xiapi Chen's family?

The characters that Chutian knows are Chen Qi, Chen Deng and his son, both of whom are smart people and should know how to be flexible.

Tao Qian's elite went through three battles, the Beihai State suppressed the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army, Cao Bao invaded the Langya State, and the Xuzhou Battle, almost all the troops were wiped out, and their prestige was disgraced.

Even Tao Qian's Danyang soldiers lost a lot.

Now Tao Qian's rule in Xuzhou is in jeopardy, and the family that is willing to support Tao Qian may have to weigh the possibility of being purged by Chu Tian in the future.

"You go to contact the Chen family, if they are willing to respond, they will not lose their position as the prime minister in the future."

Chutian intends to recruit the Chen family.

The father and son of the Chen family are very capable, and serving as a party taishou is enough to reassure Chu Tian.

There are five counties in Xuzhou, and each county definitely needs talents to govern, and Chutian lacks talents in internal affairs.

Mi Zhu agreed to come down and sent someone to lobby the Chen family.

Mi Fang went to help Xu Sheng transport grain, and Mi Zhu stayed in the camp temporarily.

Mi Zhu and Mi Fang brought more than 20,000 people, of which 10,000 were professional soldiers and more than 10,000 were village warriors.

The professional soldiers were incorporated into the battalions by Chutian to replenish the troops, and Xiang Yong went to Xiacheng and transferred to professional soldiers.

The Chutian army, which had obtained the capture of Xuzhou and the reinforcements of the Mi family, was greatly strengthened, with 70,000 or 80,000 troops!

It seems that the more and more troops are fighting, only Chu Tian himself knows that half of the elite is indeed gone, and these extra miscellaneous soldiers are far inferior to the elites who died in battle.

He needs time to reorganize the legion, and then go through the baptism of war before he can really restore his roots.

In the future, when the strength is inferior, you must not confront the commander-in-chief hero head-on.

The Le Yi incident taught Chutian a lot of lessons.

There are also mistakes in intelligence.

Xiang Yan's true lord secretly contacted the players of the Snow Moon Guild and asked for a hundred taels of silver, so he got accurate information.

In the future, the identity of the opponent's main general needs to be confirmed repeatedly.

The lords who can survive are not good at it, and they will be calculated by them if they are not careful.

Especially when Chutian has the advantage, the other party is still competing with him for Xuzhou, which must be a little bold.

Beihai Kingdom, Jimo, the lord Zhao Gongzi besieged the Yellow Turban Army in Qingzhou for more than half a year, failed to persuade him to surrender, and finally couldn't hold it back, and recruited hundreds of thousands of villagers in Beihai Kingdom and Donglai County to attack Jimo.

During the siege, he had ordered the army to fill in all the moats and moats outside Jimo City one after another.

The next thing to face is the solid Jimo City itself.

After learning that Chutian had begun to attack Xuzhou, Zhao Gongzi accelerated his attack on Jimo.

Dolgon, Wu Sangui, and Guan Hai had held him back for too long, so much so that it seriously affected his development speed.

Qingzhou, like Xuzhou, has a weak local force, and Inhuman lords are popular.

Originally, Zhao Gongzi could sweep Qingzhou faster, but as a result, a Jimo City contained his main force, and the development speed was greatly affected.

"Chu Zimou has already won the battle of Xuzhou, and he will have Xuzhou in a year or two, if I can't break the game, Qingzhou will also become his bag."

Zhao Gongzi knew that Qing and Xu were not separated, and if someone occupied Xuzhou, he would definitely plot against Qingzhou.

His development speed is already slower than Chu Tian, and if he doesn't speed up his expansion, he won't be able to compete with Chu Tian in the future.

"Send envoys again to persuade Dolgon, Wu Sangui, Guan Hai and others who are trapped in the city, and I am willing to negotiate with them in person before the battle."

Tai Shici had broken away from the incompetent Kong Rong during this time and pledged his allegiance to Zhao Gongzi.

Kong Rong and a great Confucian like Lu Zhi can't be compared, he has been defeated by the Yellow Turban Army repeatedly, coupled with the stark contrast of Zhao Gongzi's repeated victories, Tai Shici still followed Zhao Gongzi after weighing it.

He heard that Zhao Gongzi was going to negotiate with Dolgon under Jimo City, so he stopped him: "My lord, they are like jackals, they are ambitious, recruiting them, it is difficult to control. ”

"They are human beings after all, and if they are human beings, they will have weaknesses, and if they have weaknesses, they will be controlled. Unlike their previous lords who didn't know how to use people, I have the ability to use them, and I have what they have always wanted but couldn't. ”

The envoys sent by Zhao Gongzi arrived in Jimo.

Dolgon, Wu Sangui, and Guan Hai were trapped in Jimo, and they were facing an Inhuman lord with means and strength, who was never able to get out of trouble after being besieged.

Although there is no shortage of food yet, after another year and a half of siege, food will eventually run out.

During this time, Dolgon and Wu Sangui wanted to get the seventh-order cavalry battalion, but they were never able to get it, and they were suppressed by Zhao Gongzi.

"Zhao Gongzi's army began to attack, indicating that he was already in a hurry. What made him so anxious? ”

"Hearing that Chu Zimou was attacking Xuzhou, he probably felt threatened by Chu Zimou. Last year, they joined forces to suppress us, but now they are going their separate ways, and it seems that there are no permanent friends, only permanent interests. ”

Dolgon stood on the city wall, looking down at the villagers under the city who Zhao Gongzi had sent to besiege the city, and the mountains were all over the wilderness.

Wu Sangui came over: "He persuaded us to surrender again, and planned to ask us to negotiate under the city." He claimed that there were seventh-class cavalry battalions in his territory. ”

"Promise him, we agree to negotiate. Chu Zi sought Xu Wangqing and continued to defend this fortified city, which no longer made much sense. ”

Dolgon held out for most of the year, waiting for changes, but Zhao Gongzi always sent the main force to besiege Jimo, and Dolgon couldn't find any chance to turn the tables. If it drags on any longer, he won't be able to develop.

The forces of the Beihai State represented by Zhao Gongzi negotiated with the forces of the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army represented by Dolgon under Jimo City.

The Han court lost its majesty, and the shocking Qingzhou Yellow Turban was no longer eye-catching, and the remaining remnants of the Qingzhou Yellow Turban negotiated with Zhao Gongzi, which did not cause a sensation in the entire Eastern Han Dynasty, but only caused a lot of turmoil within Qingzhou.

At this time, Chu Tian, who was besieging the city of the East China Sea Kingdom, learned that Zhao Gongzi was trying to recruit the remnants of the Yellow Turban Army in Qingzhou, and secretly ordered the northern towns of Langya Kingdom to recruit soldiers and increase the strength of the northern Langya Kingdom.

He and Zhao Gongzi are still allies, but the heart of defense is indispensable, in case Zhao Gongzi recruits Dolgon and others, and suddenly goes south to Langya Kingdom, Chutian will be very passive.

Alliances are based on common interests, and in the event of a conflict of interest, the alliance can disintegrate.

"Dolgon, Wu Sangui, Guan Hai, these are all fierce people, all of them fall into the hands of Zhao Gongzi, if he uses it well, it will be a troublesome ......"

Chu Tian was aware of the threat posed by his former allies.