The desert grassland, the wind and the grass, hundreds of thousands of people who control the strings.

Temujin returned to Mobei and convened a meeting of kings.

In this battle, the Mongol Empire gained a population of 10 million, which greatly supplemented the population of Mobei.

But at the same time, it has brought about a food crisis.

"Great Khan, tens of millions of people, food will be seriously insufficient, Mobei is not a place of farming, it is impossible to feed such a population, cattle and sheep will be eaten."

A Wenchen took the initiative to salute Temujin, and there was a little worry in his words.

The population that Temujin brought back to Mobei exceeded the environmental carrying capacity of Mobei. In short, with the nomadic way of Mobei, it is impossible to feed such a large number of people.

"Lead them to expand to Monan, the Western Regions, and Lake Baikal, and how much they can live depends on their own creation."

Temujin was also aware of the food problem, but it was not necessary to feed everyone, and the survival of the fittest.

Temujin captured the main city in the north and won the hero of the main city in the north.

A Khitan military general followed Temujin around, his eyes sharp. Temujin took him as a subordinate and entrusted him with important tasks.

The Mongol Empire began to expand to Monan, the Western Regions, and Siberia......

In the Dragon City of Monan, Prince Yan and Gongsun Zhan, allies of Chu Tian, drove the population of Monan into the city, and the population of the Dragon City reached a staggering 500,000 people, and the number is still increasing.

In Monan, nomadic tribes are the mainstay, and it is not easy to gather 500,000 people in the grassland.

"It is said that the Mongol Empire captured tens of millions of people during the national war, and now the population of Mobei may be more than that of Monan, and we will bear the brunt."

Prince Yan, Gongsun Zhan, Liu Hu, and several big names in Monan have been developing in Monan, and they feel the threat from Mobei.

Because of the rise of Mobei, their goals have also changed subtly.

Originally, Chutian asked them to build a large city in Monan, the purpose of which was to transport war horses to the Central Plains, but this city began to become a bridgehead to block the southward movement of the Mongol iron cavalry.

Prince Yan looked at Mobei, and the north was covered with black clouds.

"Dispatch grain, grass, and weapons to Peiguo and Chenliu."

Chu Tian returned to Xiacheng and transported the main troops, grain, grass, and weapons to several counties bordering Yuzhou.

Yuzhou is part of the Central Plains, and only by taking Yuzhou can the Central Plains be considered complete.

Under the mobilization of Chutian, the resources of various states and counties began to be transported to the above-mentioned places.

Not only that, when Chu Tian returned from the national war, he had already allocated the 3 million people and 200,000 army corps of the national war to Yanzhou.

His strategy is similar to that of Cao Cao in history, except that Yuzhou's Tang is a strengthened version of Zhang Xiu, which requires Chutian's full effort.

Cao Cao beat a Zhang Xiu, and his son and Dian Wei were also killed because of it, so they must not be taken lightly.

During Chutian's trip to participate in the national war, the number of the Guards Legion and the ten main army corps gradually became full. There was a war on the other side of the national war, but Chutian's territory never stopped developing.

"The Qingzhou Army guards the area of Gaotang, Yu Ban is the main general, and Li Kui cooperates to prevent the plain soldiers and horses from crossing the Yellow River."

"The Iron Wall Legion guards the Tiger Prison and Xingyang area, and is full of favor to cooperate to block the old Qin from Guanzhong."

"The defensive army assembled in Dongjun, and Cheng Yu cooperated to defend Zhao Long and Yuan Shao from Hebei."

"The offensive corps assembled in Chenliu, and the military corps assembled in Qiaoxian, and the troops were divided into two routes to attack Yuzhou."

After all the generals rested for three days, Chutian convened several commanders to discuss the annexation of Yuzhou and the dominance of the Central Plains.

If Yuzhou is occupied, Chutian's territory is almost the same as Cao Cao's sphere of influence in the Battle of Guandu, except that Guanzhong is missing.

In fact, Chutian's Xuzhou is currently the fattest territory in the Eastern Han Dynasty.

Xuzhou has not been in war for a long time, and it has absorbed the surrounding population, so it can be said that it is very rich. So Chutian can let go of his hands and feet and take the initiative to stir up trouble.

He deployed five infantry regiments in the area of the Yellow River and Yuzhou. Then there was the main cavalry corps.

"The white-robed, fast, and invincible legions assembled in Chenliu; The Yulin Legion and the Hawpar Legion assembled in Peiguo. ”

"The Guards Legion, the Holy Maiden's Legion (First Servant Legion), and the Knight Legion (Second Servant Legion) are assembled in Chenliu."

"Huainan's troops do not need to move their defenses, and holding Huainan is the greatest contribution."

Chutian's deployment is also very simple, the Guards Legion (subordinate to the Fifth Colonel of the Northern Army, Huben, Xuanjia, Niangzi, Scout and other small legions), two servant legions, one infantry main legion, and three cavalry main legions are deployed on the Chenliu front, one horse Pingchuan; One main infantry corps, two main cavalry corps, and the Xuzhou defensive corps were deployed on the Peiguo front.

Obviously, the Chen Liu's front is the direction of the main attack on Yuzhou, Chu Tian personally served as the commander, with Fang Xuanling and Xun You as military advisors, and Du Ruhui sitting in the rear.

The strategic goal of the Chenliu direction was to recapture half of Chenliu County, which was said to be occupied by Tang, and to capture Xu County, which was occupied by Yingchuan.

Chu Tian took into account the issue of the aura of the whole army. In order to ensure that both battlefields have the halo of the whole army, Chu Tian brought all the talents who had the halo of the whole army, except for Mulan, which is currently inconvenient.

Xia Liang has the aura of the whole army that cooperates with Chu Tian, so this time Chu Tian brought Xia Liang to fight, which is also the first time that Chu Tian brought his eldest wife to fight......

In the direction of Chen Liu, those who provide the aura of the whole army are Chutian, Cool in Summer, and Le Yi.

Chu Tian suspected that Joan of Arc, as the most popular hero in France, also had the aura of the whole army, but he couldn't see the panel of Joan of Arc.

In the direction of Peiguo, Wei Qing was the main commander, Cao Cao was the deputy commander, Guo Jia and Lu Su were the military divisions, and the combat objectives were relatively simple, so as to prevent the Tang Dynasty from dividing troops to attack Xuzhou, and at the same time attacking the Liang State and Chen State in Yuzhou, and finally the two corps would join forces in Runan County, and attack Runan County, which was said to be the longest in Tang, and take the entire Yuzhou.

The aura of the whole army in the direction of Peiguo was provided by Wei Qing and Cao Cao, and the two aura of the whole army were not far behind.

Cao Cao, as a general, has Wei Qing, a great god, to suppress him, and he can't turn up any storms, and except for the Tiger and Leopard Army, Cao Cao can't command other soldiers and horses.

The local legion used to defend Xuzhou was transferred by Chutian to the command of Wei Qing, mainly for defending the city.

Chu Tian estimated the number of people, among them, there were not many troops in the Chen Liuxiang for attack, only 300,000, and Tang was already very merciful......

The army used for the offensive in the direction of Peiguo was about 100,000 people......

A total of 400,000 troops!

I'm afraid that there are not many princes in the Eastern Han Dynasty who can invest such a large amount of money.

Even in the Youzhou War, none of the princes who participated in the war could come up with an army of 400,000.

It's just that it takes time for the 400,000 army to assemble.

With an army of 400,000, there were millions of pack horses, mules, and donkeys used to transport grain, and millions of people who carried grain.

Therefore, the war is a competition of comprehensive strength.

Wei Qing, Le Yi, Zhou Yafu, Cao Cao and other commanders listened to the strategy, added a little, and then went down to deploy.

"Lord, Xu Fengnian from Longxi is visiting."

Chutian was busy gathering troops in the area of Yuzhou, and officials came to report to Chutian.

"He's finally here, please let him in."

Soon Xu Fengnian, the most powerful person in Longxi, arrived.

Before attacking Yuzhou, Chutian needed someone to contain Lao Qin.

As the second prince, Lao Qin has fierce generals under his command, and only Xu Fengnian, who is comparable to the King of Xiliang, can contain Lao Qin.

The relationship between Xu Fengnian and Chutian is not close, and it is not accurate to say that it is not close, it is more similar to the relationship between mutual market partners.

If there is a common interest, we can cooperate.

Xu Fengnian came to the Lord's Mansion and seemed to be in a heavy mood.

"The subordinates of the old Qin destroyed the stone monument of the main city in the east and obtained the Qin general Wang Qian. Dry, who would have thought that breaking the stone monument could get a powerful general. Before the national war, he had recruited 200,000 soldiers and horses, stationed troops on the right side of the wind, and prepared to attack Longxi. ”

Xu Fengnian took the hot tea, and as soon as he sat down, he vomited bitterness.

He was ready to deal with the Guanzhong Army, but as a result, he won Wang Qian, one of the four famous generals of the Warring States Period, which suddenly disrupted Xu Fengnian's plan.

Chu Tian asked, "What generals did you get from the national war?" ”

"Dugu Xin, the military general of the Northern Zhou Dynasty."

"Dugu Xin? Not royal? ”

Chu Tian remembered this person, a handsome man during the Northern and Southern Dynasties, and Li Shimin's ancestor Li Hu was the same as the Eight Pillars of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. Because Dugu Xin's genes are too good, he has three daughters who are queens...... Among them, the seventh daughter Dugu Jialuo was married to Emperor Wen of Sui Yang Jian, and Li Shimin had the genes of Dugu Xin's fourth daughter......

In addition to being handsome, Duguxin is also a good hand at fighting.

However, Dugu Xin is not Wang Qian's opponent, unless Xu Fengnian's national strength is stronger than that of Lao Qin. The old Qin has been operating Guanzhong for many years, occupying Qinchuan, and the population and resources in the area of Longxi really can't fight Guanzhong, otherwise the two Han Dynasty will not take Chang'an and Luoyang as the national capital.

"I can't get the rank of an emperor-level general. Liangzhou has not been completely pacified, Qiang people, horse thieves, the pressure on my side is not small, and a lot of gold and silver are needed. To put it bluntly, I need your funding. ”

Xu Fengnian got straight to the point, he needed Chutian's funding to stop Lao Qin.

"Yes, I need more high-quality warhorses here."

Chu Tian took this opportunity to buy a batch of war horses from Xu Fengnian.

Liangzhou was one of the best war horse producing areas in the Han Empire, and Chutian coveted the high-headed horses of Liangzhou.

Xu Fengnian needed money to fight, and Chutian needed horses, so they hit it off.

Xu Fengnian sold the war horse to Chu Tian at a lower price.

Chutian ate 20,000 war horses in one go, plus 50,000 war horses from Catherine, plus the locally bred war horses in Xuzhou and Yanzhou, Chutian believed that there would be no shortage of war horses in two or three years.

Chutian conspired with Xu Fengnian and finally signed the Xuzhou-Xiliang Alliance.

If necessary, Chu Tian could even teleport his troops to Longxi through the teleportation array to help Xu Fengnian fight.

Teleporting from Xuzhou to Longxi, each soldier needs 15 taels of silver, and 10,000 elites need 150,000 taels of silver. If Xu Fengnian paid the cost of the teleportation array and paid military salaries, grain and grass every month, Chu Tian could consider sending an expeditionary force to block Lao Qin for Xu Fengnian.

Containing Lao Qin is actually for Chu Tian himself, after all, Lao Qin is Chu Tian's biggest enemy so far. As for Mingguan, who was almost the same as the strength of Lao Qin, he was preparing to crusade against the Goryeo Kingdom and could not threaten Chutian.

"If you really can't stop Lao Qin's offensive, then ask you for a legion."

Xu Fengnian didn't dare to ask Chu Tian for reinforcements directly.

10,000 people, the cost of the teleportation array is 150,000 taels of silver, and for Xu Fengnian, he can form a legion of tens of thousands of people in Longxi.

"If you can't hold it, you don't have to defend it, just drag the old Qin. If you can unify the Eastern Han Dynasty in the future, the lord of Longxi will still enjoy glory and wealth, and you can even be named the king of Xiliang. ”

Chu Tian made a promise.

In order to contain Lao Qin, he could give some privileges to the lords of Longxi.

For players in the Eastern Han Dynasty, even if they fail to chase the Central Plains, if they are crowned kings and marquis, it is already a great treatment.

"It's enough to be a marquis, forget about being a king, I still want to live a few more years......"

Xu Fengnian was blunt.

But all players know that being crowned king means that their lives are short.

A king with a different surname is a high-risk occupation.

After Liu Bang became emperor, Zang Di, King of Yan, Han Xin, King of Chu, Zhang Ao, King of Zhao, Peng Yue, King of Liang, Yingbu, and Wang Xin of Han were all liquidated......

When you are a king, you spend every day like a year, where is the nourishment of the princes.

"If it can be done, the lords of Longxi will all be liehous."

Chu Tian knew that Xu Fengnian had many lords under his command, and he needed to win over not only Xu Fengnian alone, but also dozens of lords in Longxi.

The verbal promise didn't cost money anyway, Chu Tian first stabilized the Liangzhou Lord Group and worked hard for himself.

The lords of Longxi are probably also waiting to see Chu Tian's attitude.

The two joined forces to form the Xuzhou-Xiliang Alliance against Lao Qin, and then Xu Fengnian hurriedly left the lord's mansion.

The fierce general Wang Yanzhang came to protect Xu Fengnian, and Chu Tian had seen Wang Yanzhang more than once.

Wang Yanzhang, like Zhao Yun, Guan Yu and others, are all famous for their loyalty and righteousness, and Wang Tie shot and killed several of Takeda Shinxuan's generals, which has shocked the Eastern Han Dynasty and terrified the people of Dongying.

If you want to recruit Wang Yanzhang, you must also take down Xu Fengnian.

"Lao Qin has Lu Bu and Yang Dayan as minions, and Wang Jian and Meng Tian as generals, you have to be careful."

Chu Tian pondered, Wang Yanzhang was not necessarily Lu Bu's opponent.

Wang Yanzhang was not afraid: "That Lu Bu, I want to see what he is capable of." ”

Xu Fengnian shook his head: "In the battle of Longxi, you can't fight head-on, you can only clear the wilderness and fortify the wall, cut off its grain route with cavalry, and drag down Lao Qin." ”

Chu Tian was also pessimistic about the Liangzhou army's frontal engagement with the Guanzhong army, and Xu Fengnian's insistence on tactics was the only way to hold back the old Qin.

Xu Fengnian secretly came to Xuzhou, and the Tang of Yuzhou was visiting Lao Qin in Xianyang City at this time.

"I want to borrow the soldiers and horses in Guanzhong, otherwise I won't be able to compete with Chu Zimou."

"The Guanzhong Army is about to crusade against Liangzhou, and I can only use a partial division to help and delay the soldiers and horses of Tiger Prison Pass. You can go to Liu Biao for help. ”

"Liu Biao has a false name, even if he has an army of 500,000, he is not Chu Zimou's opponent."

"Liu Biao has been set aside by the family, and the person who is really in charge of Jingzhou's soldiers and horses is Yang Shilang, the Taishou of Nanjun. Nanyang County is the northern gateway of Jingzhou, and if Chu Zi seeks to capture Yuzhou, he will definitely covet Nanyang. Yang Shilang will not sit idly by. ”

"It makes sense, it looks like I'm going to Xiangyang."

said that Tang discussed with Lao Qin and went to Jingzhou again.

Lao Qin looked at Tang and said to Jia Xu: "Liangzhou is uneven, we will lose Guanzhong if we meddle in Kanto, this time, Chu Zimou has the upper hand." Wenhe, how can I take Liangzhou as soon as possible? ”

Jia Xu squinted: "There are many powerful people in Longxi, and they can use divisive strategies." ”