Chapter 268: The Three European Lords
A city besieged by troops led by the lord of the Great Yue Kingdom was besieged by the Eastern Han army and the servant army.
"Circumference three is missing one."
In order to capture this city as soon as possible, Chu Tian was already familiar with the road.
As long as there is a glimmer of life, they will not die.
This was the seventh city he had conquered.
Whether he is fighting for first place or continuing to maintain his advantage, he needs to capture as many cities as possible.
"Zhang Dao and several other lords' points are rising too fast."
Chu Tian saw the leaderboard, on the 45th day of the national war, several lords sprung up behind him.
1st place, Catherine, lord of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, with 10549 points.
Second place, lord of the Eastern Han Empire, I just want to farm well, with 10365 points.
The third place, the leader of the Eastern Han Empire, has a score of 9957.
Fourth place, the last Romans of the Lords of the Roman Republic, with 9900 points.
Fifth place, the lord of the Kingdom of France never surrenders, 9850 points.
Sixth place, the lord of the Eastern Han Empire, Lao Qin, with 9158 points.
Seventh place, a small soldier at the border pass of the late Ming Dynasty, the lord of the Eastern Han Empire, with 8956 points.
Eighth place, Hohenzollern, Lord of the Holy Roman Empire, with 8934 points.
Ninth place, commander of the undead army of the lords of the Persian Empire, with 8483 points.
10th place, Umayyad, lord of the Arab Empire, 8325 points.
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After the death of Kshatriya, four of the top ten lords were lords of the Eastern Han Empire.
Hanzhong led the Dao to emerge suddenly, almost catching up with Catherine in first place and Chutian in second place.
Lords of the Roman Republic, Lords of the Kingdom of France, and Lords of the Holy Roman Empire also rise rapidly.
Zhang Dao must have used the tactic of recruiting peasant rebels to make his army expand rapidly, so the later he went, the faster the points rose. As for the other lords, it is very likely that they killed and captured a large number of peasant rebels during the battle with Zhang Dao, so the points rose quickly. β
Chu Tian could speculate on the situation of other lords through changes in the rankings.
When Zhang Dao's own points rose, his peasant army was killed and wounded by other lords, which indirectly caused the points of other lords to rise.
Zhang Dao brought variables to the national war rankings.
If this continues, it may be that Zhang Dao or the lord who is fighting with Zhang Dao at this time will get the first place.
"I didn't expect the peasant army to be used like this. After conquering the seventh city, it is necessary to go south as soon as possible and occupy more cities in order to retain its position. β
Considering that the leading position is not guaranteed, Chu Tian must speed up the speed of capturing the city.
Three days after the seventh city was besieged, the lord of the Great Yue Kingdom, who felt invincible, abandoned the city and fled.
The Eastern Han legions were able to capture the city.
Next, Chu Tian sent people to the valley in the south to reconnoitre, preparing to move to the south.
In order to prevent the army of the Grand Duchy of Moscow in the north from moving south, Chutian still detained Catherine as a hostage and let the other party throw a rat into a trap.
Chutian was able to go south with peace of mind.
"We have to find a way to escape."
Although Catherine received preferential treatment in Chutian's camp, she was also depressed by her continued detention, and she feared that she would be taken by Chutian to the Eastern Han Dynasty, so that she would lose her territory of millions of people.
Instead of being a canary in a cage, it is better to be an eagle on the prairie.
"Eagle?"
Catherine saw a war eagle fall into the camp and suddenly realized why her camp was attacked by the Eastern Han Legion in the first place.
Mulan was recruited by Chutian to reconnoiter the southern part of the valley, and the war eagle landed on her shoulder, which made Catherine firm her judgment.
When Mulan saw Catherine who was still in the camp, she was extremely indifferent to her and had a faint hostility.
Catherine had a feminine instinct and was aware of Mulan's hostility towards her, which was somewhat peculiar.
She thought of a way to force Chu Tian to release her.
"I didn't expect your lord to be quite sturdy, not as strong as he looked."
Ekaterina said a word, intentionally or unintentionally.
Hua Mulan frowned, resisted the urge to pull out the Tang knife, and came to Chutian's tent.
"You sent the Iron Eagle Scout Cavalry south to reconnoiter a hundred miles, and I want all the information in the south of the valley."
Chu Tian used the Iron Eagle Scout Cavalry, which was suitable for reconnaissance.
"The last general...... The last will obey. β
Mulan's expression was strange.
Probably thought that Chu Tian was mixed up with that wave girl.
"Are you tired? Need a different person to take over the reconnaissance mission? β
Chu Tian noticed that something was wrong with Mulan.
"The general will definitely complete the task smoothly."
Mulan leaves.
After Chutian decided to expand southward, Zhao Long and Hu Ma resigned, and they planned to attack eastward.
The four cities were all owned by Chu Tian, and in order to compensate them, Chu Tian divided tens of thousands of recruited low-level soldiers to them, so that they could have troops to expand eastward.
Zhao Long has no city, Huma has a city, they know that if they continue to follow Chu Tian, Chu Tian will basically occupy all the cities, so they can only part ways and set up their own doors.
The two of them joining forces to expand eastward was also a good thing for Chu Tian.
With the forest to the west, the Grand Duchy of Moscow legion to the north, which was forced to become allies, and the aggressively expanding Zhao Long and Huma to the east, Chutian could expand to the south without scruples.
A large number of Iron Eagle scout cavalry were dispatched to the southern valley, and the cavalry quickly interspersed across the valley to conduct reconnaissance.
In the plains outside the southern valley, the leader of the Eastern Han Empire suddenly sprung up, occupying five cities and an army of 250,000!
Because there is no need to think about construction, Zhang Dao can be a soldier for all people.
As for the food, Zhang Dao didn't think about it at all. The food in the city on the battlefield of the national war is just enough to support until the end of the national war.
That's enough.
When the war was over, he returned to Hanzhong with this group of peasant troops, and the food supply was not a problem, because he was already in Hanzhong to carry out tuntian.
In the later period, the peasant army still had to be transformed into a feudal regime in order to last.
"My lord, the lords of Europe are attacking again!"
When Zhang Dao was preparing to continue to expand and increase his soldiers and horses to 300,000, he was finally targeted as the current third-ranked man.
Zhang Dao's peasant rebel army tactics were too domineering, causing unease among the surrounding lords.
He had fought against several lords of France and the Holy Roman Empire one after another, and was awarded a lot of military exploits by the other party.
This time, he was attacked by three powerful European lords.
Zhang Dao had an army of 250,000 in his hands, and he didn't care in the face of the siege of three powerful lords.
"Now that the start of the national war is only 45 days away, they can't recruit senior troops to replenish their losses, because the recruitment cycle of senior troops is generally more than two months. That is, the elite they brought with them was actually less than 30,000 people. After many days of fighting, the elite may drop to 1-20,000 people. I have 250,000 men, and I can use them up with crowd tactics. They treat my army as points and want to destroy me, how can they let you succeed so easily? β
Zhang Dao sensed the other party's purpose.
The three great lords of Europe saw him as a threat and a way to earn points.
If the 250,000 peasant army can be wiped out, they may be able to squeeze into the top three, or even become the first.
"Have you already contacted Lao Qin?"
Despite his confidence in his 250,000 peasant army, Zhang Dao took the initiative to contact the Eastern Han lord Zhen Lao Qin, who was in the same area.
One of the two sides is a lord of Hanzhong and the other is a lord of Guanzhong, and they are quite acquainted, so Zhang Dao wants to find Lao Qin to join forces to deal with this group of European lords.
There is no deep hatred between the Eastern Han lords and the European lords at the moment, it is just an engagement under the rules of national warfare.
Chu Tian also defeated a Spanish lord.
"Old Qin rejected our request for help."
"Didn't you say that the lords of the Eastern Han Dynasty shared the same hatred during the National War?!"
Zhang Dao was moved, he didn't expect that Lao Qin, who presided over the first national war, would refuse his request for help, who was also the lord of the Eastern Han Dynasty.
"It's not that I don't want to save you, it's that I'm in trouble here."
Lao Qin looked at the Roman legions under the city, and the eagle flags of the Roman legions were in the sky.
He had given up on fighting the Roman legions, but the Roman legions still found him in trouble.
He was faced with a Roman legion of tens of thousands of men.
At that time, Rome and the Qin and Han dynasties were civilizations that dominated the West and the East respectively, so when fighting with the Roman legions, the old Qin was extremely cautious and unable to divide his troops to support Zhang Dao, who was also the lord of the Eastern Han Dynasty.
"Could it be that the Roman legions reached an agreement with several knight lords in Europe to deliberately come and delay me?"
Based on the performance of the knight lord and the Roman lord, Lao Qin judged that there was a connection between them.
It is difficult for a single European civilization to compete with the Eastern Han Dynasty, but if the whole of Europe acts together, it is difficult to say whether the winner will be defeated.
The most important thing is that several of the most powerful lords in Europe are in this area, but Chu Tian, the first lord of the Eastern Han Dynasty, is nowhere to be found.
What Lao Qin didn't expect was that in fact, Chutian's forces were in the north of them, but the two sides were separated by a valley and didn't know each other's existence.
"Let me lead the wolf cavalry of the state to fight and kill them to the ground!"
LΓΌ Bu was fearless in the face of the Roman legions.
"If I have Bai Qi and Wang Qian, of course I will fight them head-on, but this time it is mainly defense."
Old Qin did not go to war because of Lu Bu's instigation.
The civilization of the Roman Empire was a great empire spanning three continents, and it gave birth to many excellent commanders and generals, and they suffered big losses when they were underestimated.
Moreover, Lao Qin faced the first lord of Rome and the imperial commander Scipio the Great.
After all, Lu Bu was brave and was suppressed by Cao Cao.
The old Qin may be facing an enemy who is more terrible than Cao Cao.
Three European lords are marching towards the city where Zhang Dao is located.
The noble knights of France possessed excellent armor, and among them there were knights with precious full-body armor.
A large number of retinues and baggage detachments served as auxiliary troops.
Cheap spearmen as cannon fodder.
Crossbowmen and longbowmen as ranged units.
The real decisive battle as the main force is still the knight master.
Joan of Arc is the heart of this noble French legion of knights, and she can turn decay into magic, giving great bonuses to the entire army.
"The lord with a large peasant army must be the leader of the Eastern Han Empire."
The French lord "never surrendered" had heard a little about this lord who had set off a peasant uprising in the Eastern Han Dynasty.
Before the start of the national war, they conducted additional intelligence collection on the lords of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and basically judged the identity of the opponent through the opponent's tactics and troop characteristics.
Because the Eastern Han Dynasty gave birth to the world's first lord, coupled with the strength of the Eastern Han civilization itself, the Eastern Han Dynasty had famous lords and surnames, and the great lords of Europe would pay attention to prevent them from being defeated during the national war.
"His army was numerous, but it was just a bunch of peasants. Once the powers of Joan of Arc and the noble knights are used, they will be completely defeated. Actually, I don't need to join forces with the lords of England and Germany, they may steal some of the points that should belong to me......"
The lords of France could see Joan of Arc's abilities, so they had confidence in the heroes of France and the noble knights.
This time, he joined forces with two lords, the lord of England "God will bless you", who has one of the most powerful bow classes in the world, the English longbowman. Hohenzollern, lord of the Holy Roman Empire, who has the ability to recruit knights of the Teutonic Order.
The three lords were all first-class lords in Europe, equivalent to the top five lords of the Eastern Han Dynasty.
It is still easy for the three of them to join forces to deal with an Eastern Han lord.
Moreover, their tacit understanding is better than that of the alliances of South Asia, Southeast Asia, Goryeo, and Dongying.
"The arrogant Gallic chicken will also come to us to join forces, is he afraid of the more than 200,000 peasant army? It was his honor that this lord of the Eastern Han Dynasty was surrounded and suppressed by the knights of our three civilizations. β
The Teutonic Knights were located about thirty kilometers from the French noble knights.
The mixed army of English knights and longbowmen was another thirty kilometers away from them, and the three legions showed a tendency to converge.
A black warhawk hovers above the English Legion, its sharp eagle eye for a bird's-eye view of the plains and the English legions marching on the plains.
This English legion used the St. George's Cross as its battle flag and was commanded by Edward, the Black Prince.
He noticed the eagle soaring in the air and stared at it for a full three minutes.
"Edward, the Legions of the East are about to be engaged. So feeling nervous? β
The lord of England "God will bless you" saw that his hero lost his mind, and thought that Edward, the black prince, was nervous.
"My lord, there's something wrong with that eagle, it seems to be spying on our marching path."
Edward, the Black Prince, is a legendary hero of England who is aware of danger.
Mulan's warhawks can hide from most people, but there are still some legendary heroes who notice that warhawks are unusual.
"Eagle?"
The lord of England looked into the air, and sure enough, there was an eagle circling?
"Maybe it's just a vulture. It's no surprise that they peck at the corpses of battle-dead. Thankfully, it's not the crow that brings misfortune, otherwise it's really disturbing. β
The common sense of the English lord influenced his judgment.
Who would have thought that someone would have the ability to rely on eagles for reconnaissance.
The black warhawk hovered in the air for a while before leaving north.
Edward, the Black Prince, frowned, and he seemed to have a sense of foreboding.