Chapter Ninety-Five: Zhou Yafu Sets Out
In Snow Moon Town, the six town-level lords of the Wolf Guild gathered, as well as a group of village chiefs and freelancers.
They accepted the War Spirit Guild's declaration of war.
The guild is actually more like a power alliance in a certain region, the Wolf Guild is in the northern part of Kaiyang County, and the War Spirit Guild is in the southern part of Yangdu County.
The two sides started the war on the border of two counties.
"I bought a freelancer from the War Spirit Guild, which has gathered 8,000 troops and 5,000 auxiliaries and is marching towards Snow Moon Town. Qi Xiaobai, the president of the Battle Spirit Guild, served as the commander. This battle is completely unwarranted for our Wolf Guild. ”
Snow Moon, who carried a giant sword on her back, unfolded the map on the wooden table, indicating the direction of the Battle Spirit Guild's attack.
"President, is it possible for us to stop their attack? That's an army of 8,000 people...... There are only 6,000 of us in each town of 500 people. ”
"If they dare to take the initiative to declare war, they must have nothing to fear, so let's use the means of negotiation to negotiate peace with them."
The members of the Wolf Guild lack the will to fight in the face of the pressure of the enemy army.
There are only a few hundred soldiers in a town, but a guild can gather thousands of soldiers. Player lords have gradually developed the ability to fight on a large scale.
"Surrender means being left to the mercy of all of you, and you will all be taken prisoner. With the walls of the town, we can definitely hold off 8,000 with a force of 6,000 men. Moreover, the top ten lords of the Eastern Han District have promised to support us. As long as we hold on for a month, he will lead the army to this side as soon as possible. ”
"4,000 soldiers are guarding Xueyue Town, and another 2,000 soldiers are stationed in Linyin Town, and they are horns of each other."
Xue Yue's crisp and neat deployment temporarily stabilized the determination of the other five Great Lords.
There are many lords in the Wolf Guild, and there are only a handful of lords who can really develop to the town level, and the other lords are either annexed during the village period, or the territory is attacked by the rogue or other lords.
Hearing that the top ten lords in the Eastern Han District would lead troops to support Xueyue Town, the members of the Wolf Guild were a little relieved.
The top ten lords in the Eastern Han District, just the strength of an individual, may be equivalent to all the strength of a small and medium-sized guild. There is also an advantage, Chu Tian can have full command of his army, while the guild leader needs to coordinate the interests of various lords, and may even be betrayed by the guild members.
The reinforcements mentioned by Xueyue had not yet set off at this time, and Chu Tian was discussing the route of the march with Fang Xuanling and Zhou Yafu.
The Xiliu battalion has not yet come out, and the first batch of vanguard troops will go north.
It is said to be supporting Snow Moon Town, but it is actually expanding its territory and solving the financial crisis.
"Starting from Lingyan Town, there are about four or five towns on the way that are neither enemies nor friends, and you can capture these towns one by one, join forces with Xueyue Town, and jointly resist the strong enemy."
Chu Tian's plan was also very simple, advancing all the way to the north, steadily and steadily, establishing a supply line connecting with Xueyue Town, and besieging half of Langya City by the way.
"Zhou Yafu and Liu Sandao, the two of you will set out in three days to start the Northern Expedition, with the goal of capturing four towns within a month. Each village and town will send an additional 1,000 villagers as auxiliaries. ”
Chu Tian asked his two subordinates to lead a thousand professional soldiers and a thousand village warriors to attack the lord who was sandwiched between Xia Town and Xueyue Town.
These lords were scattered lords and did not have a large guild, so Chu Tian judged that when Zhou Yafu appeared outside the town with 2,000 soldiers and village warriors, they would most likely surrender.
"Once the training of the Willow Battalion is completed, I will personally lead the Willow Battalion to join you."
Chutian served as the commander of the second batch of Northern Expeditionary Forces.
This was the first time that Xia Zhen carried out the Northern Expedition in a planned way, using all his strength.
Although the seemingly vast Northern Expedition actually took place only in Kaiyang County......
This does not affect Chutian's enthusiasm, even Kaiyang County can't be occupied, how to chase the Central Plains in the future.
Zhou Yafu and Liu Sandao glanced at each other: "The subordinates obey the order." ”
Two of his subordinates prepared to lead their troops into battle.
Hua Mulan was left in Xia Town by Chu Tian to continue training cavalry and try to improve the level of cavalry. The role of cavalry in the storming was not too great.
After the training of the fine willow battalion was over, she led the cavalry to the north with the fine willow battalion.
The cold winter has not completely passed, but the beacon fire ignited by the Battle Spirit Guild has already made Chu Tian have to fight.
"Try to persuade the towns along the way, and after capturing a town, annex the soldiers of that town and strengthen your ranks."
Before Zhou Yafu set out on the expedition, Chu Tian told him to go down, and he believed that Zhou Yafu would make proper arrangements.
Unless other lords also have historical generals or far more troops than Zhou Yafu, it is possible to block Zhou Yafu's offensive.
"In this battle, we must move forward!"
Zhou Yafu led five hundred light infantry out of the town, followed by Liu Sandao with five hundred Xuzhou archers. Behind them was a group of village warriors, who carried improvised ladders and food.
Chu Tian witnessed Zhou Yafu leave on the city wall and continued to be busy building the town.
Upgrading to a city requires not only the population, but also the prosperity of the main town.
This means building more buildings, or expanding the size and grade of existing buildings.
"The spring offensive is about to start so soon?"
In summer, Liang followed Chu Tian to count the buildings that needed to be built, expanded, and upgraded.
"Time is running out, and now everyone is speculating about the timing of the first national war, thinking that it is likely to start after the appearance of the world's first city. With a city, you can recruit more soldiers. ”
"The First National War ......"
"Our Eastern Han region is also the suzerainty of the Eastern Continent, if we even lose the national war, the blow to the entire civilization area will definitely be very great, and the civilization areas of Goryeo, Dongying, Annam, Donghu, and Asan will definitely be ready to move after the border is opened."
"Yes, it's only two or three months before the borders of the different civilizations open."
"In two or three months, maybe the border will be in flames...... But I don't think there will be large-scale friction unless the lords of the border can gather tens of thousands of troops. ”
The player liege enters the lord world in May of the first year of the lord calendar, and the civilization border opens one year later, which is the first day of May in the second year of the lord calendar.
Liaodong County will face pressure from the Wuhuan and Xianbei civilizations at the same time.
Theoretically, the lords of the Goryeo civilization could attack the lords of the Eastern Han region across the Yalu River.
But theory is theory, in fact, they do not yet have the ability to attack in a big way across the civilization zone, at most they are fighting small battles on the border.
However, after the opening of the civilized area, goods began to circulate.
"Dumping silk, porcelain, and tea to Dongying, Goryeo, and Annam, to make their money, and then use the money earned to beat them."
Summer's cool eyes are bright, and he seems to be very keen on trade.
When Chu Tian heard such an idea, he immediately became interested: "What are you going to do?" ”
"Occupy Donglai County, which is adjacent to Jiaozhou Bay and corresponds to the port of Qingdao. Or Xihai County in Langya Country. You know Xihai County, right? Corresponding to Rizhao Port. Opposite these two harbors are the civilized areas of Sticks and Wokos, whose players are difficult to deal with, but can dump goods on their NPC forces. Moreover, the coastal areas can boil the sea for salt, enrich the country and strengthen the army, and the Qi country is famous for salt production during the Warring States period. ”
"You're ...... It's a talent. ”