An hour before the end of the Battle of Xuzhou, the news of the imminent defeat of the Langya army came from Xuzhou, and the entire Eastern Han Dynasty was a sensation!

Chu Zimou and Tao Qian's snatching of Xuzhou Mu is well known, and Chu Zimou does not hide his ambitions at all, so the princes of the entire Eastern Han Dynasty will pay attention to the outcome of the Battle of Xuzhou intentionally or unintentionally.

Therefore, when the news of the defeat of the Langya Kingdom army came out, Chutian's competitors were in mixed moods.

Liaodong Taishou Mingguan has always regarded Chutian as a strong enemy, and his ranking in the Eastern Han District has now dropped to fifth place, because the population of Liaodong is not as large as that of Guannei.

Territorial rankings are not an indication of military strength. Mingguan, who has a large number of cavalry and fierce generals who often meet spring, thinks that his military strength is second only to Chutian.

When he heard that his most powerful opponent had fallen under the onslaught of the 200,000 Xuzhou coalition troops, he couldn't help but sigh: "Chu Zimou, my side repelled the lords of the Goryeo Kingdom, and I still wanted to join forces with you to destroy the Goryeo stick and rob the Goryeo woman back in the future, but I didn't expect your pace of chasing the Central Plains to stop abruptly...... It's a blessing for us that you fell early, but it can also be a pity. Without a decent opponent, it will be really lonely in the future. ”

When the city lord of Xianyang City in Guanzhong heard the news, he couldn't help but shake his head: "After all, the power of a county is difficult to compete with the power of a state. If Chu Zimou had grown a little older and used the contradictions between the lords of various counties to break through each other, instead of forcibly going south, he would not have ended up like this. I also want to play with you in the Central Plains in the future, there will be one less strong opponent in the future, and life will be really boring. ”

Jiyin Taishou Gongzi Wen of the Yanzhou Anti-Cao Cao Alliance heard that Chu Zimou, who supported him in Cao Cao, was defeated, and his mood was even more mixed. Without Chu Zimou's support, it would be difficult for him to defeat the cunning Cao Mengde: "You support me in Cao Cao, but I haven't officially started it on my side, but you were beaten by the Xuzhou coalition army......"

Hu Ma, the lord of Taiyuan County, learned of Le Yi's appearance in the Eastern Han Dynasty: "I don't know if Le Yi's ability is strong, or if my Lian Po is strong?" Chu Zimou, I originally wanted to defeat you with Lian Po, but it's a pity. ”

The various princes and great lords who had Chutian as a potential rival were more or less relieved to hear the news of the defeat of the Langya Kingdom.

Chu Zimou brought tremendous pressure to all the princes in the Eastern Han Dynasty.

The princes who can rise all have ability and ambition, and no one will make mistakes easily, and they will depend on who expands faster. If Chu Zimou became the first Yiren state pastor, then as long as he farmed in Xuzhou for a few years, the money and grain he had saved would be enough to support his army to sweep the area south of the Yellow River, and no one could stop him.

Therefore, the destruction of the Langya Kingdom was a good thing for most of the princes.

All they regret is the lack of a formidable opponent in the future.

The princes just breathed a sigh of relief, and an hour later, the latest news came out from Xuzhou - the army of Langya Kingdom turned defeat into victory, defeating 200,000 Xuzhou coalition troops, and the battle of Xuzhou ended in a tragic victory for Langya Kingdom!

Depend on!

All the lords who were still feeling pity just now couldn't help but curse.

Not only did Chu Zimou not fall, but he would also become an even more terrifying competitor!

In Qu County, Mi Zhu learned that the army of Langya State commanded by Chu Zimou won the battle of Xuzhou, and he couldn't help but be glad that he had joined the camp of Langya State in advance!

Judging from the current situation, it is very likely that the victorious Chutian will go south to attack Tancheng and Xiapi, replacing Tao Qian as Xuzhou Mu!

The elites of the various lords of Xuzhou have suffered heavy losses, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to form a strong coalition army to resist the army of Langya.

"I said a long time ago, I should send charcoal in the snow."

Mi Fang is very proud of his judgment, his judgment is simply accurate!

Mi Zhu seemed to realize something: "Let's go and join Chu Zimou as soon as possible, I think he will very much want our help, now he is very weak." ”

Mi Fang, who was relatively simple-minded, wondered: "What do you mean?" ”

Mi Zhu said in a low voice: "He needs troops and money. ”

Mi Zhu and Mi Fang led the rebel army to leave Qu County and took the initiative to join Chutian's army, and Mi Zhu also asked boxes of gold and silver to be loaded into the carriage. He knew that the current Chutian would definitely need gold and silver. The investment at this time can bring him great returns in the future.

He has nothing else but money.

Because of the victory in the Battle of Xuzhou, Chutian's reputation shocked the East China Sea Kingdom, and the rebel army and horse team of the Mi Zhu and Mi Fang brothers ran rampant in the East China Sea Country, quickly approaching Chu Tian's army!

Tancheng, where Le Yi was stationed, gained control of the 30,000 defenders of Tancheng. Tao Qian entrusted Le Yi to lead 30,000 soldiers to guard Tancheng and prevent the Langya army from retaliating.

Le Yi's ability is obvious to all, and only he can block the soldiers of Langya Kingdom.

"I didn't expect them to have a support army, and that support army seemed to boost the morale of friendly troops. If I had a better general at that time, or if my special troops could have been recruited, the Battle of Xuzhou would not have been like this. ”

Le Yi was angry about the collapse of the left-wing Song Jiang.

If it were not for the collapse of the left wing, the Chinese army and the right wing would not necessarily collapse. If you are not afraid of a strong opponent, you are afraid that your teammates will be weak.

"Chu Zimou's army will soon move south, and the fortifications of Tancheng must be strengthened. The reduction of the defenders in the city may be a good thing, and the food that used to be two months is now enough to eat for more than a year. Stick to it for a year, and many things will happen. ”

Le Yi is ready to stick to Tancheng for a long time.

If Chu Tian wants to attack the captive Tao Qian of Xiapi, then he must attack Tancheng.

If Le Yi knew that it was him and not Tao Qian that Chu Tian wanted to capture most now, I am afraid that he would not be able to defend Tancheng.

On the battlefield in the south of Liangshan Town, Chutian ordered the soldiers to clean up the battlefield, count the prisoners, and prepare to capture Tancheng in one go.

However, this battle exhausted everyone's physical strength, in order to prevent Le Yi from leading his troops back to sneak attack, Chu Tian and his party prepared to go to Liangshan Town or Qiu County to rest, and the next day their physical strength recovered and then marched to Tancheng.

A decisive battle will break the morale of the other side, and it will take a long time for the Xuzhou coalition army to regain its strength and restore its morale. And this period of time was enough for Chu Tian to surround Tancheng.

"The last general is incompetent, and he doesn't have the physical strength to pursue Yang Ye, please atone for his sins!"

Xue Rengui informed Chutian that Yang Ye had led the cavalry to escape.

"Don't blame yourself. Yang Wushu led 10,000 light horsemen deep into Langya Country, and we couldn't capture him alive. ”

Chu Tian knew that Yang Ye's cavalry had not been defeated during the battle, and he also eliminated Xue Rengui's 2,000 cavalry, which could be said to be a great enemy.

Le Yi was not captured alive, because Le Yi personally led the Danyang soldiers and about 20,000 soldiers to fight and retreat, while Zhao Yun and Hua Mulan's cavalry no longer had the physical strength to chase and kill Le Yi all the way. Not only were people sleepy, but there were also horses, and a large number of horses fell to the ground, foaming at the mouth.

Thinking of Le Yi, Chu Tian gritted his teeth with hatred.

This kind of commander falls into his own hands, and the enemy is uncomfortable, and in the hands of the enemy, he is uncomfortable.

"Lu Zhi's man is exhausted and falls to the ground!"

"Is it okay?"

"It's just a loss of strength, and it's not a big deal."

Chu Tian learned that Lu Zhi, the hero of this battle, was fine, and the stone in his heart fell to the ground.

Lu Zhi broke through Song Jiang's phalanx and almost overturned the tables with the strength of one person.

Even if he failed to turn the tables later because Le Yi personally arrived on the right flank to command, he also succeeded in dragging Le Yi and providing an opportunity for the Women's Army to break through the enemy's infantry left flank later.

Without Lu Zhi, Le Yi personally commanded the left flank, and the Women's Army still had no chance.

It can be said that Lu Zhi is one of the heroes who made the final comeback.

If Lu Zhi, who was famous in the Eastern Han District, died in this battle, then the families in the Eastern Han District would definitely be a sensation.

Chu Tian personally went to check on Lu Zhi's situation, and several pro-soldiers were taking care of Lu Zhi.

"Lord Lu has made great contributions, Zimou has nothing to repay, when he returns to Xia City, he will definitely build a mansion for Lord Lu, record his military exploits, and let future generations remember."

Chu Tian was grateful to Lu Zhi, who looked at death as if he were at home.

Lu Zhi is not the kind of pedantic and disgusting Confucian, but a Confucian who is upright and has military talents.

"Zimou doesn't have to go through a lot of work. Originally, I thought that I could make a difference in troubled times when I went out of the mountain. But this battle also let me know that my physical strength can't keep up with you young people, and I will live in seclusion in Langya in the future and be an idler. ”

Lu Zhi was also quite emotional.

He found that his physical fitness was far from what he used to be, and he became dizzy after leading his troops into a battle.

Heroic twilight.

"Well, when Lord Lu's hands itch in the future, he can go out of the mountain to serve as a military advisor again. I don't think we will encounter such a bad situation in the future, and we need Lord Lu to personally charge. ”

Considering Lu Zhi's old age, Chu Tian died shortly after Dong Zhuo's rebellion, and there was really no need to squeeze out his surplus value in the last years of Lu Zhi's life.

Lu Zhi is here to protect the Langya country, and the lord's mansion will worship Lu Zhi for free.

A hero, Chu Tian can still afford it.

"The cavalry of the last general, only 1341 people remained......"

Mulan took off her helmet, her hair was shawl, her eyes were bloodshot, and there were blood stains on her face.

She came to report the loss to Chu Tian, and her words were a little choked.

She suddenly wanted to hug Chu Tian and cry, but the identity of the lord doomed her to not dare to do so.

"Of the 4,000 people, only a thousand remained......"

Chu Tian can imagine the picture at that time through the tragic losses. It must have been Mulan's light cavalry that led the light cavalry to storm the enemy position again and again, otherwise it was hard to imagine that the light cavalry, known for its flexibility, would have suffered such heavy losses.

"Good work."

Chu Tian didn't know how to comfort Mulan.

He glanced at the gathered generals, all of whom had fought bloodily, and all of them were wounded to a greater or lesser extent.

He saw that Zang Ba's face was actually scarred, and one of his eyes was bloody and fleshy.

Probably sensing Chu Tian's gaze, Zang Ba said indifferently: "Isn't it just that there is no eye?" It's a blessing to survive this time! ”

Sun Guan, who was also born as a thief in Taishan, limped and was hit by several arrows without dying. As a military general, his vitality is much more tenacious than Wenchen, and Sun Guan is an extremely tenacious general, so he survived.

Hua Xiong was even more grinning, with a blue nose and swollen face, he was wearing the heavy armor of heavy cavalry, and his defense was very high, but he was hammered by the Xuzhou soldiers and suffered heavy losses.

Zhao Yun and Xue Rengui were injured, and Li Guang was no exception.

The only military officer who was not injured was Zhou Yafu.

Zhou Yafu, as the backbone of the Langya State in the Battle of Xuzhou, could not put himself in danger.

Any fierce general can continue to fight if he is killed, but once Zhou Yafu is killed, no one can carry Le Yi's main infantry, and there is no suspense in this battle.

Le Yi also wouldn't let himself be shot, so even after winning, the Langya army couldn't catch Le Yi.

The importance of the boss is second only to that of the lord. Sometimes, even the lord is the boss.

However, Zhou Yafu, who was not injured, was also very uncomfortable now, and the constant command and high pressure exhausted his spirit, constantly softening his temples and relieving his weakness.

Fang Xuanling roughly counted the losses: "The main force of 60,000 people and 11,000 reinforcements were invested in this battle. Fewer than 40,000 people are alive. The greatest losses were among the cavalry, with only four thousand horsemen left. There are three hundred people left in the Xiliang Iron Cavalry......"

In a battle, all the generals were injured, and the number of troops was directly reduced by half, and Chu Tian had never suffered such a big loss.

Chu Tian regarded it as a treasure of a thousand Xiliang iron cavalry, but because he was targeted by Le Yi, he was besieged by a steady stream of infantry, and there were only three hundred left.

"The armor of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry can still be reused, but many Liangzhou horses have been killed, and Liangzhou horses used by heavy cavalry need to be purchased from Liangzhou to re-establish the Xiliang Iron Cavalry."

Chu Tian couldn't help but have a headache when he thought of re-recruiting seven hundred Xiliang Iron Horsemen, and he would have to spend at least 100,000 taels of silver.

Coupled with other losses, it is equivalent to the loss of hundreds of thousands of taels of silver.

"The losses can be made up with the loot, in addition to the loot on the battlefield, the property of the other four counties is our trophies!"

After Chu Tian's disastrous victory, the first thing he considered was how to make up for the loss.

Because the losses caused by the war must also be compensated by the way of war.

"Contact Mi Zhu and Mi Fang, and ask them to lead their soldiers and horses to join us."

In addition to relying on plundering the spoils of war to obtain supplies, Chu Tian also had to rely on all possible forces, including Mi Zhu and Mi Fang, who were plundering villages and towns in Guoqu County in the East China Sea at this time.

The Mi family's financial resources could help Chu Tian cheer up quickly.

Without money and food, it takes a lot of time to regain strength.

"It's a good thing that no generals were killed...... Where are Miss Xia and Li Xiuning? ”

Chu Tian counted the heroes this time, but the two people who led the women's army to turn the tide were not there.

Fang Xuanling replied: "They are still capturing prisoners, and only by using prisoners to replenish their forces can they restore the size of the legion as soon as possible." ”

"Collect all the captives and take them with the army south to attack Tancheng."

Chu Tian thought that this was indeed the case.

The main force of Langya State plus the defenders of Xiacheng had less than 40,000 left, and it was difficult to besiege Tancheng with only this little force, so they could only use the prisoners of the Xuzhou coalition army as cannon fodder to attack Tancheng.

The women's army captured about four or five thousand captives alive and returned to the camp, and the two main generals, Li Xiuning and Xia Liang, were still alive.

Chu Tian personally brought people to greet him: "You have made achievements in this battle, and I will let people record your merits one by one, and you will be rewarded in the future." ”

"Lord Lord......"

Xia Liang's face was pale, and when she saw Chu Tian, her lips moved slightly, as if she wanted to say something, but her body shook, and the whole person fell to the ground. Two arrow shafts are stuck in his back.