"Prince Yan, Gongsun Zhan, and Liu Hu came to ask for a meeting."

"Invite them in."

While Chu Tian was waiting for Xu You, Chen Ji, Chen Qun and others to come to see him, the three lords from Mo Nan asked to see him.

Prince Yan and Gongsun Zan have long been working for Chutian, assisting Liu Hu, the lord of Monan, in developing Dragon City in Monan.

At this point, Monan Dragon City has been upgraded to a large city, and the teleportation array has been opened with Xia City, and as long as you pay a certain price, you can come directly to Xia City.

Chu Tian did not specifically summon Prince Yan and the others, but they took the initiative to ask for a meeting, which was enough to show that they had encountered a thorny problem, so that they could not solve it themselves, so they could only ask Chu Tian as the sect master for help.

Soon Prince Yan, Gongsun Zhan, Liu Hu and others arrived, their costumes were different from those of the Central Plains, and their faces were full of scum, Chu Tian almost couldn't recognize the two.

When Gongsun Zhan saw Chu Tian again, he was already afraid. At this time, Chu Tian was the general of Zhengdong and the leader of Yanzhou, and his status was far higher than him. Gongsun Chan is only hanging the official position of the Taishou of Youbeiping until now.

Moreover, although Chutian is only Yanzhou Mu, in fact, Xuzhou Mu, Qingzhou Thorn History, and Yuzhou Thorn History are all Chutian's people......

It's a pity that the Eastern Han Dynasty didn't have the official position of the governor of the four states.

As a local prince, Gongsun Chan still attaches great importance to respect and humility.

On the contrary, Prince Yan is not so restrained.

Liu Hu is the lord of Monan, and his development is not too good, so he directly took refuge in Chutian and obtained the help of Prince Yan and Gongsun Zhan, which led to his development.

His face was worried.

"We brought with us thirty diamond-level and five hundred gold-level and above war horses. Monan Dragon City has just been upgraded to a large city, and it has to spend a lot of gold and silver to build fortifications, so it is very poor...... It's not that there aren't enough war horses, it's that the teleportation array costs a lot of money......"

Prince Yan sent the first batch of war horses to Xia City.

This batch of war horses is enough to recruit high-level cavalry.

Chutian funded Prince Yan, Gongsun Zan and others to develop in Monan, the purpose was to save the cost of raising good horses. Even with the cost of transmission, the cost of raising good horses in Monan is lower than in the Central Plains. The Central Plains is suitable for growing crops, and raising horses means sacrificing income from farmland.

"If I just send the first batch of war horses, I shouldn't be so popular that all three of them will come to visit me."

Chu Tian's eyes swept over the three people, and he could see from their expressions that something was wrong.

Liu Hu said: "The Mongol cavalry in Mobei...... Some lords of Monan claimed to have seen the Mongol cavalry, and now the whole Monan is in chaos. After the war, everyone knew that Mobei was the Mongol Empire. You should know that Temujin is not a player, he acts according to his mental pattern, that is, there is a possibility of slaughtering the city......"

As the lord of Monan, Liu Hu usually has a fierce temperament, but when he mentions the Mongolian iron horse, he can't help but be afraid.

When the Mongol cavalry marched westward, there were many records of massacring cities.

The appearance of Mongolian cavalry in Monan was enough news for the Han Empire, which was full of internal strife, to cause an earthquake in the Han Empire.

"If Temujin intends to go south to conquer the Central Plains, then the problem is serious."

Chutian was unsure whether the chaotic Central Plains would be able to hold back the Mongol Empire's advances.

The entire Han Empire joined forces, and naturally it was possible to defeat the Mongol iron cavalry.

Prince Yan said: "The situation is not so bad. The Mongol cavalry only seized a small piece of pasture in Monan, and had no intention of moving south. It seems that they have brought too many people back from the national war, and the resources in Mobei are not enough to feed so many people, so they can only go south. ”

Liu Hu retorted: "But they have already threatened our lords of Mo Nan, and they are seizing our pastures!" ”

"The threat of the Mongol cavalry is indeed a big problem, but I can't interfere in the affairs of Monan now."

Facing the threat of the Mongol Empire, Chutian is currently unable to recover Mobei.

Chu Tian had participated in the Battle of Mobei and knew how harsh the Gobi terrain between Monan and Mobei was, and the Mobei of the main world was larger, and it was more difficult to conquer.

"You must pacify Hebei and occupy Youzhou as soon as possible, otherwise you will not be able to join forces with us to resist the advance of the Mongol Empire. All the lords of Monan have formed an alliance because of the arrival of the Mongol Empire. If the Mongol Empire moved south, the Monan Alliance would temporarily resist its advances. At that time, south of the Great Wall, at least a few great princes will stand up and turn the tide. ”

"A prince from Youzhou, a prince from the state, and a prince from Liangzhou, marching together in three ways to crusade against Mobei."

Prince Yan had a good grasp of the overall situation, and he directly pointed out the strategy of crusading against the Mongol Empire. If it weren't for his opponent being Mingguan, Prince Yan would now become a great prince of Youzhou.

Gongsun Zhan said: "Brother Xian inevitably thinks too highly of the Mongolian cavalry, and my White Horse Righteous Sect will let them have no return!" ”

Liu Hu saw that Gongsun Zan was full of confidence, and he still said something to hit him: "The terrible Mongolian cavalry is probably the white horse righteous servant who specializes in dealing with foreign races, and it is not the opponent of the Mongolian cavalry." ”

Gongsun Zhan couldn't help but be annoyed when he heard that Liu Hu had grown up with other people's ambitions and destroyed his own prestige: "Wait for me to meet the Mongolian cavalry who will come to Monan in a while!" ”

"General White Horse, please don't be impulsive."

Chu Tian spoke out to stop the grumpy Gongsun Zhan.

Regarding Liu Hu's judgment, Chu Tian thought so.

Gongsun Chan and his white horse servants fought against the Wuhuan tribe, and they also suffered a little loss under the Wuhuan tribe, and were surrounded by the Wuhuan cavalry for several months.

It was the Mongol Empire, which repeatedly carried out westward expeditions and was at war with many civilizations, invaded Monan.

Temujin's cowardly Xue army was of a higher rank than the white horse Yicong as a light cavalry, and even Mu Huali's Tanma Chi was estimated to be able to defeat Gongsun Zhan.

Mu Huali is the hero who defeated half of the Jin Kingdom, and his performance is even more outstanding than Gongsun Zhan's performance in Youzhou.

Therefore, it was undoubtedly right for Prince Yan and Liu Hu to come to Chu Tian for help.

The number of people gained by the Mongol Empire because of the Third National War was no less than that of Mo Nan.

"You are actively involved in the formation of the Monan Alliance, focusing on defense, and the Mongol Empire should not have the ability to absorb tens of millions of people. They will be at least a year or two. ”

Chu Tian considered that the Mongol Empire had gained a large number of people at one time, and in order to appease these populations, it was impossible for Temujin to rush to start a war, otherwise this 10 million population would easily revolt.

"How many people and how many cavalry does Monan Dragon City have now?"

"Dragon City has a population of 570,000, plus the surrounding tribes, it has a population of about 900,000 and about 40,000 professional cavalry. If the herdsmen are gathered, they can get 60,000 new cavalry. This is the terrible thing about the south and north of the desert, the mobilization rate of conscription is far higher than that of agricultural civilization. However, the herdsmen's cavalry was not much different from the low-ranking light cavalry, and once they entered the battle and did not loot the spoils, their morale and loyalty would quickly decline......"

40,000 professional cavalry, 60,000 herdsman cavalry!

Chu Tian was surprised by Lord Monan's generosity.

The terrible thing about nomadic civilization is that every family has a war horse and grows up on horseback. Once a war is waged, a tribe of a million people can temporarily cobble together hundreds of thousands of cavalry!

"You're so ......"

Chu Tian instructed Prince Yan, Gongsun Zhan, and Liu Hu to go down and make arrangements.

Prince Yan listened to Chu Tian's deployment, there was brilliance in his eyes, and he nodded from time to time.

Liu Hu had ruthlessness in his eyes, and Gongsun Zhan also recognized Chu Tian's deployment.

"If necessary, I will send two or three horsemen to assist you."

Chu Tian played a chess piece in Mo Nanbu.

Since Prince Yan, Gongsun Zhan, Liu Hu and others came to the lord's mansion, in order to win over this group of lords who had taken refuge in themselves from a long distance, Chu Tian set up a banquet to entertain them and discuss the details.

The population of Monan is also more than 10 million, which is not much different from the current Mobei. However, there has never been a big lord in Mo Nan who can take charge alone.

The grasslands of Monan are too large, and there is a lack of large cities as teleportation arrays. After a lord is defeated, he can take his tribe to migrate to other places, resulting in no lord being able to unify Monan.

The current lord, Liu Hu, has a population of 900,000 and is already one of the top lords in Monan.

The reason why it took Temujin several years to unify Mobei is probably also the reason.

Until now, there have been three or four large cities in Monan.

In other words, it is possible to unify the current Monan. It's just that the emergence of the Mongol Empire has made the lords of Monan form an alliance, and it is naturally impossible to merge with each other.

Prince Yan and the three of them talked about Mo Nan with Chu Tian again, and agreed to send a batch of war horses every month, and then they left.

"...... the Mongol Empire"

Chu Tian's eyes were ruthless.

Mobei, corresponding to Monan, sooner or later, he will recover Mobei and crush the Mongol Empire.

At this time, a child who had just turned one year old pulled Chu Tian's trouser legs and shouted in a milky voice: "Dad." ”

Chu Tian picked him up with one hand, while Xia Liang was holding Mulan's daughter, as if his son had fallen out of favor.

After the son acquires the characteristic of "I am born to be useful", he grows faster than ordinary people.

Xia Liang asked, "It should be the lord of the Monan area just now, right?" ”

Chu Tian replied: "The Mongolian iron cavalry has arrived in Monan, but the two sides are still testing each other. Our Han Empire united Rome and Macedonia in the Third National War and defeated the Mongol cavalry. The Mongol Empire seemed to be very jealous of our Han Empire, so it did not dare to go south directly. Otherwise, the lords of Mo Nan will not be able to resist, and in the end, it will depend on the princes of our pass to make a large-scale northern expedition. ”

Xia Liang said as a matter of course: "Then take Hebei and Youzhou as soon as possible, bordering Monan, in order to reduce the cost of sending troops." ”

"That's exactly what I mean. The prefectures and counties immediately recruited soldiers and horses to transport troops to Yanzhou, and within a year or two, they pacified Hebei and occupied Youzhou within three years. ”

"I'm with you."

"And my ......"

After the birth of her daughter, Mulan was eager to try again and wanted to join the war.

Chu Tian couldn't help but have a headache, the women he was looking for seemed to be very capable of fighting, one was a commander-type and the other was a general-type talent.

Xia Liang said: "My Shenji battalion needs gunpowder and arquebuses to be formed. According to the information I commissioned Xueyue to investigate, the Han Empire's technology in this area is currently monopolized by Mingguan. He was an enemy of Xianggong, and it was impossible for him to be willing to give up this precious technology to Xianggong. Perhaps ask Mi Zhu to go to Toei to see if you can get the corresponding drawings from the Daimyo of Toying. ”

"I'll tell Mi Zhu to inquire."

Chu Tian knew that the Dongying civilization was relatively weak, so some of the big names in Dongying had a special type of troops, the "Iron Artillery Team", and their equipment was almost the same as that of the Shenji Battalion.

As long as you have money, you may be able to take advantage of the contradictions between the Daimyo of Toei and maneuver around to buy the corresponding drawings.

In order to form the Shenji Battalion, the price of the drawings was below 100,000 taels of silver, which was acceptable to Chutian.

It's really not good, it's a big deal for the fourth epic battle of the year, and you can directly use points to redeem - provided that you have the corresponding blueprints.

As is customary, the start of the epic campaign should be in November. It's still some time before November.

In view of the threat of the Mongol Empire's troops to Monan, Chutian had to speed up his attack on Hebei.

So Chu Tian hurriedly summoned Xu Yu to see him.

In the Grand Duchy of Moscow, St. Petersburg, the always powerful Duke Catherine unexpectedly stopped expanding and recuperated.

This puzzled her old enemies, the lords of civilizations such as Poland, Lithuania, and Sweden.

They were ready to fight Catherine to the death with all their national strength, but now Catherine had no intention of fighting at all.

"Sophia, I'm going to kill him."

In Catherine's room, her voice was heard.

"Oh."

"Don't stop me."

"Oh."

“……”

Ekaterina finally sat back in her seat with her head down, stroking her slightly bulging belly, and she really couldn't do it.

Originally, she just wanted to take revenge on Chu Tian, but she didn't expect Chu Tian to be so capable......

"No matter what, I will never go to the Eastern Han Dynasty, this child only belongs to St. Petersburg."