In the dungeon of Xiacheng, Hua Xiong, a military general who was captured in Luoyang, is about to be executed, and the supervisor is Fang Xuanling.

Hua Xiong was so frightened that his face turned pale.

He didn't expect that Chu Tian would really want to kill him.

He was one of Xiliang's fierce generals, and countless lords wanted him to be loyal, but Chu Tian wanted to kill him mercilessly. Isn't there any value for him to be used?

"General Huaxiong is loyal to Dong Zhuo, then I will fulfill General Huaxiong's reputation for loyalty and righteousness, and let General Huaxiong's reputation for loyalty and righteousness be known for generations."

Fang Xuanling came over with two knife and axe hands, sharpening the knife Huo Huo to Huaxiong.

Hua Xiong was even more afraid, he wanted to surrender, but he had insisted until now, if he surrendered like this...... What will Langya Xiang and General Fubo think of themselves in the future?

"Someone, send General Huaxiong on the road!"

Fang Xuanling had a straight face, and his tone was serious, not like a joke.

The two soldiers behind him had already held down Hua Xiong, who was tied up with five flowers, and the knife and axe hand gestured at the back of Hua Xiong's neck, and the cold axe blade made Hua Xiong tremble.

This time it's over.

"Strategist, what are you doing here?"

Chu Tian appeared in time with Mulan and Li Guang to stop Fang Xuanling.

Fang Xuanling said: "My lord, General Huaxiong is unparalleled in his kindness and righteousness, and his subordinates intend to fulfill General Huaxiong. ”

Chu Tianyi said: "It's ridiculous, General Huaxiong just didn't meet the Ming Lord, so he made the treasure bead dust." General Huaxiong's loyalty should be used in the right way, good birds choose trees to perch, and good ministers choose their masters. I believe that General Hua Xiong will one day understand my good intentions. Hurry up and loosen the ties for General Huaxiong. ”

"General Fubo......"

Hua Xiong was in a desperate situation, and his favorability towards Chu Tian skyrocketed, and he almost cried.

"General Huaxiong, please get up quickly. If you can get the help of General Huaxiong and command the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, then there is no need to worry about it. ”

Chu Tian personally helped Hua Xiong up, and Hua Mulan and Li Guang behind Chu Tian were always on guard to prevent Hua Xiong from killing Chu Tian.

Hua Xiong was already frightened by Fang Xuanling, and it was very difficult to stand up: "Thank you General Fubo, Hua Xiong is willing to serve the general and lead the Xiliang Iron Cavalry to defeat the strong enemy for the general!" ”

"Ding! You gain the allegiance of the king-rank warrior Hua Xiong. ”

[Name]: Hua Xiong

[Talent]: King-level military general (riding system)

[Level]: 90

[Identity]: Dong Zhuo's general, Liangzhou general

[Loyalty]: 70

[Commander]: 72 [Force]: 90 [Intelligence]: 41 [Politics]: 20 [Charisma]: 30

[Phase]: Reckless

[Favorability]: 65

[Trait 1]: Fighting Champions (S-Rank exclusive trait, self attack +12%, when killing an enemy general above the gold level, the enemy's morale drops +6% (up to 18%))

[Trait 2]: Heavy Cavalry Assault (A-level trait, when commanding heavy cavalry, heavy cavalry charge speed +5%, impact +10%)

[Trait 3]: Reckless General (Negative trait, the negative effect is strengthened when the troops are affected by negative effects such as ambush, chaos, suspicious soldiers, heart attack, fear, etc.)

[Special Class]: Xiliang Iron Cavalry (Seventh-Order Heavy Cavalry, up to 1,000) can be recruited.

Hua Xiong happens to be a king-level general, which is okay, and the most important thing is that Hua Xiong is a heavy cavalry general.

Using Fang Xuanling's strategy to subdue Hua Xiong, Chu Tian's conscience would not hurt at all. It's just that Hua Xiong's loyalty is a little lower, and he needs to have time to integrate into the small circle of Langya Kingdom.

Hua Xiong's negative traits are also deadly, basically mindless, unable to take charge on his own.

Fortunately, Huaxiong's Xiliang Iron Cavalry only needs to obey the commander's orders and attack the enemy's phalanx without brains.

Huaxiong cannot be allowed to form an army alone, and must be commanded by a general who is higher than him.

Chu Tian wrote it down in his heart.

"There is still a group of Xiliang Iron Cavalry who have not surrendered, you go and persuade them to submit and make the first contribution."

Chutian quickly gave Hua Xiong the first task.

Hua Xiong said sharply: "The last general promises to persuade them to surrender to the lord!" ”

It seems that Huaxiong has broken the jar, and since he has surrendered, then he doesn't have to care about face.

Because Huaxiong came forward, all the 1,000 Xiliang Iron Cavalry surrendered and officially joined the establishment of Xia Cheng.

The number of Huaxiong's special classes is only 1,000, but it can already play a decisive role in small and medium-scale battles.

"Hua Xiong has decided to surrender, so Xu Rong should also surrender soon."

"Please don't worry, as long as you don't die, with Xu Rong's talent, you will definitely not be willing to spend your life in the dungeon."

Seeing that Fang Xuanling was determined, Chu Tian was not anxious.

If Xu Rong is unwilling to surrender, then he will have to ask him to sit in the dungeon.

Langya is full of talents, and even the dungeon is full of famous generals, isn't it beautiful.

Hua Xiong is tall and can be regarded as a fierce general. He had just surrendered to Chutian, and after recruiting all the Xiliang Iron Cavalry for Chutian, Hua Xiong was eager to express his loyalty to Chu Tian: "What else does the lord have to order, Hua Xiong is willing to go to the soup and fight the fire, and he will never betray until he dies!" ”

“……”

Chu Tian seems to have heard Hua Xiong show his loyalty to Dong Zhuo not long ago.

After all, loyal generals like Zhao Yun are still rare, and most generals may betray after being captured for a while.

Therefore, the best way to prevent the betrayal of his subordinates is to avoid them being captured.

"You train Xiliang Iron Rider and keep a low profile."

Chutian intends to use Huaxiong as the hole card for the decisive battle in Xuzhou.

At present, the average level of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry is level 65, which is considered a veteran among all the troops in Xia City, or an ironclad cavalry, and the iron hooves are invincible!

Hua Xiong re-commanded the Xiliang Iron Cavalry and stationed in Xiacheng, while Chutian temporarily ordered Li Guang to supervise Hua Xiong to prevent Hua Xiong from defecting with the Xiliang Iron Cavalry. If Hua Xiong defects, he will be beheaded.

Hua Xiong is still a strong general in Dong Zhuo's forces, but it is not enough in Xia Cheng. Li Guang can warm wine and kill Huaxiong.

Liangshan Town, as the stronghold of the Sailor Battalion, Liangshan Town needs a large population to support the Sailor Battalion and provide supplies for the Sailor Battalion. Because a large number of people are concentrated in Liangshan Town, Liangshan Town has been upgraded to a third-level town.

Xu Sheng, who had recovered his health, returned to Liangshan Town to preside over the expansion of the Sailor Battalion.

The number of sailors was temporarily expanded from 2,000 to 10,000, with 15 warships, 40 boats, a small number of sentinel ships, and a large number of grain carriers.

The cabin and planks of the ship are covered with cowhide, which can be fireproof. There are three decks above deck, each of which has crossbow windows and spear holes on four sides, which can be used to attack the enemy in all directions. Powered by wood pulp.

The Yihe Water Division was Chu Tian's attempt, and in order to fight for control of the Yi River and to transport grain during the attack on Xiapi, he had to have a water division.

After the area of the Yi River was expanded tenfold, the river surface was still considerable, enough to accommodate tens of thousands of sailors to fight together.

"There are 1,000 archers of the fourth-order Eastern Wu Naval Division, 3,000 infantry archers of the low-level Naval Division, and 6,000 Warriors."

Xu Sheng recruited troops according to the establishment, but still thought that the number of warships was too small, so he asked Chutian to increase the number of warships to thirty and the number of warships to sixty.

A large number of givers were conscripted to row and carry food, and each of them was paid less than a tael a month, which together was less than the salary of 600 high-ranking soldiers.

"In order to attack Xiapi City, there will definitely be a water battle, and it is necessary to improve the proficiency of the sailors."

The training of Governor Xu Sheng's 4,000 sailors and 6,000 warriors, as well as the training of their physique, can be experienced.

Tao Qian had already sent scouts to infiltrate Liangshan Town to observe the strength of Liangshan Town.

The originally unknown town of Liangshan became one of the key towns that Tao Qian paid attention to.

Both sides are sending scouts and players to spy on each other's forces and details.

When Chu Tian learned of Tao Qian's deployment, Tao Qian naturally sent scouts to spy on Chu Tian's troops.

"There are about three or four thousand soldiers in Liangshan Town, and thousands of people in Liangshan Town, please assassinate Lord Shi and guard against it!"

"Didn't you say before that there were only more than 2,000 soldiers and men in Liangshan Town? Why are there nearly 10,000 now? ”

Tao Qian was taken aback when he learned that Liangshan Town was expanding its water division.

Chutian's expansion of the water division was clearly motivated, obviously to attack south along the Yihe River and capture the two core cities of Tao Qian, Tancheng and Xiapi.

Chu Tian went upstream to crusade downstream, and went down the river, which can be said to have an advantage, while Tao Qian was located downstream and was at a disadvantage.

"I have 20,000 Yihe water divisions, and I should have ordered Mi Fang to lead them, but now there are no generals."

Tao Qian encountered a problem that had been bothering him - he had no famous generals in his hands.

Xiang Yan, the commander of the infantry archers, and Yang Wuvinc, the commander of the cavalry, are all military generals borrowed from the Inhuman Lord.

Originally, Mi Fang had a certain bonus of commanding the water division, but Mi Fang had a close relationship with Chutian, and Tao Qian did not dare to use it.

Therefore, Tao Qian had no choice but to let Cao Bao be the general of the water division.

Tao Qian recruited Zhizhong again, and Wang Lang, a native of Tancheng, acted together as Cao Bao's military advisor.

Wang Lang is also the famous Wang Situ, and his grandson Queen Yuanji married Sima Zhao, Emperor Wen of Jin, and gave birth to Sima Yan, Emperor Wu of Jin.

Although Wang Lang was not a good general, he was still a little resourceful, and gladly accepted Tao Qian's appointment to assist Cao Bao in commanding the Yihe Water Division.

Maybe the current Wang Lang doesn't know how tragic the real battlefield is, and his opponent with Cao Bao is the brave general Xu Sheng......

At the same time, General Xiang Yan and Yang Yeer officially took over Tao Qian's troops.

"The coalition army has a total of 1,500 heavy cavalry and 30,000 light cavalry."

Yang Ye counted the number of cavalry of the coalition army and found that he had a strong army.

30,000 cavalry, definitely a lot.

In addition to 30,000 cavalry, the coalition army also has more than 100,000 foot archers and 20,000 water divisions, and the troops gathered around Tancheng are large enough, in order to block the southward advance of Langya Kingdom.

"It is said that the Langya State has a standing reserve of 50,000 soldiers, and is currently expanding its army, and it is expected to maintain a maximum of 100,000 soldiers. Half of them are recruits, and they may be left by Chu Zimou to defend the city, so what we are really facing is Chu Zimou's 50,000 people, plus 10,000 new troops at most. We have a heavy cavalry of 1,500 people in our hands, and in the plains around the Yi River, we can break through Chu Zimou's military formation at a critical moment. ”

The lord of Guangling County, as the invincible lord of Yang, had no shortage of brains and could easily deduce Chu Tian's strength.

His speculation was also very close to the truth, it was impossible for Chu Tian to send all 100,000 troops south, and he would definitely keep new soldiers to defend the city.

He deduced that Chu Tian would lead 50,000 veterans and 10,000 recruits south, for a total of 60,000 troops.

The mistake made by the lord of Guangling County was that he did not expect that Chutian would have a combination of Huaxiong and Xiliang Tieqi, nor did he expect that Chutian would also have a historical general, Li Xiuning, the princess of Pingyang.

Li Xiuning's women's army is comparable to an open-hanging existence, as long as there is a qualified source of soldiers, you can recruit the women's army, even if it is equipped with the worst weapons, it is also a high-level army.

The third mistake is that Lu Zhi, who did not know that Lu Zhi, one of the "Three Masters of the Late Han Dynasty", had agreed to serve as Chutian's military advisor when needed.

Fourth Error ......

"We have a large number of troops, and we should take the initiative to launch an offensive, not a passive defense."

Yang Ye learned that he had 1,500 heavy cavalry and 30,000 light cavalry in his hands, so he took the initiative to attack.

He is an offensive general, different from Xiang Yan, a defensive general.

"Wrong, we have a lot of soldiers, but we won't be wide......"

The lord of Guangling County once counted the generals owned by Chutian, Xue Rengui, Zhao Yun, Li Guang, Hua Mulan, Xu Sheng, Taishan thief, and a foot general suspected of being Zhou Yafu.

The lords of the remaining four counties of Xuzhou were added together with Tao Qian, and only then did they piece together the combination of Xiang Yan, Yang Ye, Song Jiang, and Cao Bao, and even Wang Lang used it.

Yang Ye asked again: "The last general can lead a cavalry to invade Langya State, attract the cavalry of Langya State to go out of the city for reinforcements, and then ambush it." ”

"Are you sure?"

"Nine out of ten. Before the decisive battle, if you can defeat its troops, reduce its morale, and destroy its cavalry, the decisive victory rate can be 30% higher. ”

"Do what you think."

The lord of Guangling County thought about it, and finally decided to let Yang Ye interfere with the preparation of Langya Kingdom.

Yang Ye led 10,000 light cavalry to leave Tancheng and moved towards Jiqiu County to the north, threatening Liangshan Town and Xiacheng.

"Yang Ye took the initiative to lead 10,000 cavalry to attack!"

"Send a team of foot archers to respond, and if Yang Ye is defeated by the cavalry of Langya State, then respond."

Xiang Yan cooperated with Yang Ye for the first time, and out of prudence, Xiang Yan decided to send 20,000 infantry to meet Yang Ye.

Tao Qian still has a Danyang soldier in his hand, but he is always reluctant to take it out. This Danyang soldier is his main force, and it is also his power to deter the major families in Xuzhou, and it is estimated that he is afraid that after handing over the Danyang soldiers, he will be overtaken by us. ”

Xiang Yan's lord once asked Tao Qian for a special type of troops, Danyang soldiers, for a decisive battle with Langya State, but Tao Qian was unwilling to hand over the Danyang soldiers to the command of a different general.

Xiang Yan groaned: "If I can recruit thousands of special troops...... It is easy to destroy the country of Langya. ”

"Defeat Chu Zimou, occupy Langya Kingdom, and when my power expands, I will establish a high-level infantry battalion and recruit troops for you."

Xiang Yan's lord made a promise.

On the other side, Yang Ye led 10,000 light cavalry into the country of Koulangya, bypassing Jiqiu County and threatening Xia Cheng.

"Cavalry, the cavalry of Tao Qian's coalition army!"

There were 5,000 soldiers in Jiqiu County, most of whom were recruits, to defend the city, and when they saw the sand and dust rolling outside Jiqiu County, and the black cavalry passing by, they couldn't help but feel numb in their scalps.

Although there is no fear that the cavalry will attack the city, that is, Qiu County may be surrounded, or the other party has other plans.

That is, Wu Dun, the guard of Qiu County, immediately asked Yiren to inform Xia Cheng: "Inform the lord that about 10,000 enemy horsemen have entered Langya Country, and the purpose is unknown!" ”