In the Western Regions, Huo An returned to the capital and began to arrange expeditions to Wusun and Dawan, and marched into Central Asia.

According to the agreement between him and Chutian, he and Catherine opened the teleportation array between the Western Regions Protectorate and St. Petersburg, opening up the land Silk Road.

After the teleportation array was opened, a team of merchants and horses from the Grand Duchy of Moscow came to the Western Regions Protectorate to trade, led by Sophia, whom Huo An had seen during the war, as well as a hundred-man guard, and hundreds of Don River stallions.

Sophia paid a special visit to Huo An, gave him thirty Don hippos, and then went to Xuzhou through the teleportation array of the Western Regions Protectorate.

"Chu Zimou, this guy is really lucky, there is a way to let Catherine send hundreds of horses from a distance of thousands of miles......"

Because of his relationship with Chu Tian, Huo An got thirty Don hippos, and he couldn't help but be envious.

Catherine was undoubtedly a rich woman, with the vast steppes of the Don Valley, which was a large stallion of hundreds of good horses that could be used to improve the breed.

"This is the East?"

Sophia and a hundred soldiers of the Grand Duchy of Moscow arrived in the summer city, along with good horses from the Don River.

The surrounding residents of Xiacheng looked curiously at the Muscovites who suddenly appeared in Xuzhou.

The Han Empire had a lot of servant troops, and there was no shortage of captives from the west, but Sophia and others who arrived were obviously not captives.

Sophia also looked curiously, she had come to the city of the Han Empire for the first time.

The defenders guarding the teleportation array immediately went to report to Chutian.

"I'm going on a campaign too?"

Summer Liang was a little unexpected, and Chu Tian added her to the list of expeditions.

"Those who are capable work hard, and they have the aura of the whole army, so they naturally want to go up."

Chu Tian went to war in order to kidnap his eldest wife, and let the summer cool out of the mountain again.

Originally, Liang was the one who defended the city in summer, but after Xuzhou stabilized, there was no use for cool in summer. Although the Shenji Battalion can't recruit yet, it's good to bring a group of soldiers and horses to experience it.

He handed over Mulan's reconnaissance corps and Li Xiuning's women's legion to Xia Liang to command.

Chu Tian himself commanded mainly the five schools of the Northern Army, as well as the heavy cavalry units as trump cards.

"My lord, the envoys from the Grand Duchy of Moscow are waiting outside the Lord's Palace."

Li Xiuning came to the backyard to report.

"Grand Duchy of Moscow?"

Summer Liang's eyes are not good, and the Mo Evil Sword on his waist is about to be unsheathed.

Chutian didn't expect that Ekaterina would send the promised Donhippopotamus so soon, so he went to meet Sophia.

When Mulan heard about the Grand Duchy of Moscow, she cast a suspicious look at Chu Tian.

She did not have a good impression of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, especially dissatisfied with Catherine.

"I'll go out with Xianggong to see who is coming."

Xia Liang secretly pinched Chu Tian and said in a low voice: "It's good now, people have come to the door." ”

"She shouldn't dare to come to the Eastern Han Dynasty......"

Chu Tian didn't think that a great lord of a foreign country would dare to run to the Eastern Han Dynasty.

If she came to the Eastern Han Dynasty, Chutian might detain her as a military general.

As the first prince of the Han Empire, Chu Tian has obtained a lot of characteristics, and Catherine is now a duke, and her own attributes will definitely not be bad.

When Chu Tian came out with Xia Liang, a blonde woman was waiting in the outer courtyard of the Lord's Mansion.

Xia Liang immediately compared her with herself, and was suddenly a little deflated, and said to Chu Tian in a low voice: "It turns out that you like this kind of obscene figure......

“……”

Chu Tian didn't see Catherine, and it was only Catherine's deputy who came to the Eastern Han Dynasty.

Sophia looked at Xia Liang, who was following Chu Tian, and there was a provocation in her eyes: "There are a total of 415 stallions, all of which are the best horse breeds selected by our Duke, and even for the Cossacks, they are worth a lot. ”

415 Pt Don River Stallions!

Chu Tian's eyes lit up.

Compared with the war horses that have lost their ability to reproduce, this batch of stallions from the Don River, plus a batch of stallions from Longxi, may be able to improve the horse breeds in the Central Plains.

Xia Liang quickly reacted, the person in front of him was not Catherine, and asked tentatively: "Your Duke, she doesn't plan to come here?" ”

"She swore to the Lord that she would never come here, and she would never see Chu Zimou again......" Sophia thought for a moment and added two more words, "Probably ......"

"I hope she won't regret it then."

The summer cold is also a little wary of Catherine.

After all, Catherine personally laid a huge territory, and it is basically impossible to say that there are no means. It's just that when she faced Chu Tian, she was a little weak......

Summer Liang is sure to get the support of Mulan, Joan of Arc, Li Xiuning and others, but Catherine is beyond the control of Summer Liang.

"Catherina, what hero did she get?"

Chu Tian thought that Catherine had captured the main city in the south, and the main city in the south should also have a legendary hero.

Sophia replied, "No comment, not even you." ”

Chu Tian didn't continue to ask, after all, the two sides are not one force, maybe Catherine was just looking for him to vent in the national war.

Summer Liang thinks that it is not so simple, if Catherine has no feelings, it is impossible to send hundreds of good horses all the way after returning to the main world.

In other words, Catherine is a duplicitous person and even very dependent on Chutian.

If you take advantage of this psychological ......

Summer Liang seemed to think of how to take Ekaterina and felt a little relieved.

Chutian gave Sophia a house in the summer city to live in when the Grand Duchy of Moscow came to live in the future.

The European countries usually do not give the Grand Duchy of Moscow a good face, so it is completely possible to use Catherine to suppress the European countries and delay their development.

Chutian went with Sophia to check on the stallions from the Don River. The Don hippopotamus was mainly suitable for equipping light cavalry, and the Cossack cavalry mostly used the Don hippopotamus as their war horse.

The high-level light cavalry units of Zhao Yun, Xue Rengui, Yang Ye, Zhang Liao and others can all be equipped with Don hippos.

After all, Catherine sent hundreds of good stallions, and Chutian used the player's system to express his gratitude a little.

"I'm just keeping my promise, and I'm not going to help you anymore."

Ekaterina's response was dishonest.

After Chu Tian got used to it, he ignored her.

He placed the Don hippopotamus stallions on a fourth-class pasture in Xuzhou.

In the Central Plains, fourth-level pasture resources are already very rare. High-grade pasture resources can reduce the cost, mortality and probability of quality decline of breeding war horses.

"If your Lord Duke needs help, feel free to let me know, she's a very dishonest person......"

Chutian said to Sophia.

"Yes."

Sophia, as Catherine's adjutant, felt the same helplessness as Chutian.

Catherine is gifted in other ways, but her personality is really a bit twisted......

There is one thing that Sophia thought about for a while, but still didn't explain it to Chutian.

Chu Tian got a new batch of horse breeds, and then gave a batch of silk to Catherine, and as compensation, Sophia brought it back.

……

Jiangdong, Huiji County, and Shanyin County are under siege by Yangzhou Mutongque.

Bronze Sparrow returns to the Overworld and immediately sends troops to complete the unfinished battle before the war.

Chen Ping, the military advisor, used a discordant strategy, and the internal guards of Shanyin County rebelled, opened the city gate, and let the Beifu army of Tongque enter the city.

The young Jiangdong overlord Sun Ce served under the command of Tongque, personally charged into battle, attacked the city, and killed more than ten people in a row, which was intimidating!

The Beifu army successfully occupied San'in County and beheaded the local lords.

"Tiger father has no dog!"

Seeing that Sun Ce could slash more than ten people at a young age, Tongque couldn't help but sigh.

Sun Ce is not far behind his father Sun Jian.

Now Sun Jian is leading the four generals of Jiangdong to attack Yuzhang County, and Tongque is attacking Huiji County, so he can control the six counties of Jiangdong as soon as possible...... To be precise, there are only five counties in Jiangdong, because Jiujiang County (治所Shouchun), one of the six counties in Jiangdong, fell into the hands of Chutian.

"As long as Huiji County and Yuzhang County are captured, then there are only three expansion directions left, one is Jingzhou, one is Jiangbei, and the other is Jiaozhou."

The bronze finch set its sights on a much larger area.

The five counties of Jiangdong are in hand, and the opponents he has to face are all princes who are not easy to provoke.

The small princes have no room for survival at all, and they have become a tough confrontation between the big princes and the big princes, and they all have to do with it.

To attack one prince is to face pressure from other princes.

Yuzhou Mu said that Tang asked Tongque for reinforcements, but Tongque politely refused, because his rear was not stable, and he had to take the five counties of Jiangdong first.

As for attacking Jiaozhou, it is not a good strategy for Tongque. First, Jiaozhou was too remote and remote, and secondly, the capture of Jiaozhou directly faced pressure from the Great Yue State.

……

"Yuzhou Mu plans to return Nanyang County to Jingzhou, begging us to send troops to Yingchuan, what do you think?"

Jingzhou, Xiangyang, Liu Biao asked everyone.

The officials of the family present all looked at Yang Shilang together.

Before Liu Biao landed in Jingzhou, Yang Shilang had already managed a good relationship with the families in Jingzhou, and married the Cai family, gaining the support of the Jingzhou family.

For this reason, Yang Shilang also sacrificed a lot and made a lot of compromises to the family.

In any case, he represents the interests of the Jingzhou family.

Yang Shilang said: "Regardless of whether or not Yuzhou can be successfully assisted, Nanyang County is the northern gateway of Jingzhou and must be recovered. Once Chu Zi plotted to attack Hebei, my Jingzhou army would go out of Nanyang, and the Central Plains would be at your fingertips. ”

Cai Mao saw her brother-in-law speak, so she also advocated sending troops to Nanyang: "Northern Expedition to the Central Plains, great things can be done!" ”

Liu Biao couldn't do anything about the Yiren lord who had the support of the family, and since Yang Shilang planned to march into Nanyang County, he would go with him.

"Please borrow Liu Pan and Huang Zhong from me and go north together."

Yang Shilang had already unified Jingbei and Jingnan, and his direction of expansion was also limited, attacking Nanyang to the north, Bashu upstream, and Jiangdong downstream.

The terrain of Bashu is dangerous, and it will take at least two or three years to capture Bashu.

Jiangdong has the Beifu army, and it is difficult for Yang Shilang to win.

The Central Plains changed, and he wanted to intervene.

Yang Shilang is not the same as Liu Biao.

Liu Biao came to Jingzhou alone, and he had to rely entirely on the strength of the family.

But Yang Shilang is not like this, he has his own team, Han Shizhong, Pan Mei, Wu Jue, Yang Yanzhao and others.

He had a greater degree of control over Jingzhou than Liu Biao.

It took a long time for Liu Biao to pacify Jingnan, and Yang Shilang could soon suppress it, and Sun Jian, the tiger of Jiangdong, and the four generals of Jiangdong were driven away by him.

With Jingzhou, you can sit back and wait for changes to occur in the Central Plains, and now is the time for the changes to begin.

"Yanzhou Mu Chuzi is planning to prepare grain and grass to attack Yuzhou, there must be all preparations, and Ming Gong still needs to wait for a better time."

A young strategist stopped Yang Shilang.

"Yuan Zhi doesn't need to say much, I should be cautious in this Northern Expedition. Bashu and Jiangdong had no time to take care of Jingzhou, which was an opportunity to occupy Nanyang. If Yuzhou Mu is defeated, he can also accept it for my use. ”

Yang Shilang not only coveted Nanyang, but also coveted the military generals of Tang.

After these princes returned to the main world, they were more ruthless than the other, and used each other.

"I'm afraid it won't go so smoothly......"

The young Xu Yuanzhi was not optimistic about the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains.

"Can Yuan Zhi go to Nanyang with me and see the soldiers of the Central Plains?"

Yang Shilang decided to take Xu Shu with him.

At this time, Xu Shu was still a fledgling disciple who had just fled to Jingzhou. In terms of age, Xu Shu is older than Zhuge Liang.

As a native of Yingchuan, Xu Shu is still somewhat tempted to march into Yingchuan: "I am willing to go with Ming Gong." ”

"Okay, with Yuan Zhi as a military advisor, he may be able to block Chu Zimou."

Yang Shilang didn't dare to say that he could defeat Chutian, he thought that if the troops of Jingzhou and Yuzhou were united, it would not be a problem to just block Chutian.

The other princes would not sit idly by and watch Chutian annex Yuzhou.

Any inhuman prince has an understanding of the Three Kingdoms, and Chutian is the enhanced version of Cao Cao, who has the most fertile land in the Han Empire at present, and let Chutian dominate the Central Plains, what the consequences will be, can be imagined.

"I'm going to use the Divine Arm Bow this time."

"The Taishou of Jingnan are not our opponents, I hope that when we get to the Central Plains, we can meet decent opponents."

Han Shizhong, Wu Jue, Pan Mei and other generals heard that their lords planned to enter Nanyang and meddle in the Central Plains, and they were all gearing up.

During their service for Yang Shilang, they exterminated the separatist forces in Jingzhou, unified Jingzhou, and made great achievements, and the local Jingzhou families were afraid of their prestige.

The only thing that can make the family succumb is military merit, so there is a saying that merit is high.

Liu Yu, who was born in the Hanmen clan of Jiangzuo, even overthrew the Jin Dynasty and became the emperor by virtue of his military exploits.

The Jingzhou army began to assemble in Xiangyang, and the target of their march was Xinye, then Wancheng.

The spies deployed by Chutian in Xiangyang quickly reported the movements of the Jingzhou army to Xiacheng.

"I didn't expect Jingzhou to also want to meddle in the affairs of the Central Plains."

Chu Tian was somewhat surprised when he heard the news.

Although Nanyang County belongs to Jingzhou, in the eyes of Chutian's group of players, Nanyang County is also part of the Central Plains in the narrow sense.

The Central Plains in a broad sense refers to the whole of China, and the Central Plains in a narrow sense refers to Henan.

"Is Zheng Zhilong in Huang County, Qingzhou now? Let him go back to Summer City to see me. ”

Chu Tian recalled Zheng Zhilong of the Fubo Legion.

The Fubo Legion didn't have much presence, but Chutian had to prepare for the future.