"The generals from Lingcheng in Ju County repelled the cavalry from Xiacheng and are less than twenty miles away from Battle Spirit Town!"

"Who is your general in Lingcheng? Who can actually defeat the historical generals in Xia City?"

"Xu Sheng, the general of Soochow."

"Xu Sheng who often appears with Ding Feng in The Romance of the Three Kingdoms?"

Qi Xiaobai, who was struggling to resist the great lord Chu Tian in the town, finally heard the good news.

Hua Mulan and Xue Rengui, who were responsible for blocking reinforcements from approaching Battle Soul Town, were repelled by Xu Sheng, and Hua Mulan was injured as a result.

"It seems that the rumor that the lord of Ju County recruited Xu Sheng is true. For us, this is a good thing. Why is my Wu Sangui's performance not as good as the other party's Xu Sheng?"

Qi Xiaobai learned about Xu Sheng's performance and was dissatisfied with Wu Sangui for the first time.

Wu Sangui's reputation should be higher than that of Xu Sheng, but he did not achieve any results under the historical generals of Xiacheng.

Xu Sheng became famous in Langya Kingdom because he defeated Hua Mulan and Xue Rengui's Xia Cheng cavalry in a battle.

The morale of the Anti-Chutian Alliance was greatly boosted as a result, and reinforcements from all walks of life began to advance at a faster pace, approaching Battle Soul Town.

In Xiapi City, a scholar-bureaucrat in his fifties summoned all the civil and military officials of Xuzhou to discuss important matters.

The military officers include Cao Bao, Mi Fang, and Lu You, and the civilian officials include Mi Zhu, Chen Deng, Wang Lang, Zhao Yu, and others.

"Qidu Lieutenant Zang Ba is my general and has the credit for defeating the Yellow Turban Army in the state. Now Lord Yiren claims that Kaiyang County Lieutenant Chuzi plotted to capture Langya City and capture Zang Ba, which embarrasses me. What do you think?"

Tao Qian put down a document and looked around at the civil and military officials present.

Each state and county has become its own force. Many matters do not need to be reported to Luoyang, but are left to the discretion of the governor and prefect.

"Please give an order from the Governor. I, Cao Bao, can lead 50,000 troops and go north to suppress the Kaiyang County Lieutenant!"

A military general volunteered for military service.

Tao Qian trusted Cao Bao quite a lot and was interested in him.

But he is from Yangzhou, so it also depends on the attitude of the big families in Xuzhou. The Cao family is one of the big families in Xuzhou, in addition to the Mi family, Chen family and other big families.

Mi Zhu leaned forward slightly and said calmly: "My lord, the Taishan bandits are entrenched in the Langya Kingdom. They not only harm the counties of Langya Kingdom, but also attack Donghai Kingdom and Pengcheng Kingdom from time to time. The people have suffered greatly. Your Majesty, the Taishan Bandits"

In order to defeat the Yellow Turban Army, we had to use the Taishan Bandits. Now the Kaiyang County Lieutenant is exterminating the Taishan Bandits and guarding the northern part of Xuzhou for you. Isn't it better than the Taishan Bandits?"

"Chen Yuanlong, do you think so too?"

Tao Qian saw that Chen Deng, the captain of Diannong School, had his eyes closed and nodded slightly. He couldn't help but pay attention to the attitude of the disciples of these aristocratic families in Xuzhou.

If you don't get the support of Xuzhou aristocratic families and you lack the force, you will easily be replaced by the aristocratic families.

Chen Deng managed Xuzhou's agriculture, while Mi Zhu was rich. Their attitudes were very important.

"The governor should ensure the safety of the country and the people, and provide sufficient granaries. It is not advisable to engage in large-scale wars and plunge the people into fire and water. Moreover, using Taishan thieves to defeat the Yellow Turban Army is actually driving away tigers and devouring wolves, which is not advisable."

Chen Deng finally expressed his opinion.

Tao Qian was silent. He could see that except for the Cao family represented by Cao Bao, the scholar-bureaucrats in Xuzhou did not want to fight. War would not do them much good.

"Does Tao Qian have any intention of sending troops?"

"If Tao Qian doesn't send troops to destroy Chu Zimou as soon as possible, how can Tao Qian be his opponent when Xiacheng's power develops?"

A group of players who had taken refuge with Tao Qian were worried about him.

Only they know the potential of the First Lord.

Tao Qian's generals are not very strong. His advantage lies in having the support of the Xuzhou family and a large number of troops in the early stage.

Now the various lords are targeting Chu Tian. If Tao Qian raises troops, Chu Tian will definitely be unable to resist.

However, this group of players who have taken refuge with Tao Qian will not be able to become Tao Qian's staff within one year.

One characteristic of Tao Qian's appointment of staff is that he basically only selects people from the Xuzhou family, so that no player can influence Tao Qian's decision-making.

"There is news. Tao Qian has decided to rest his troops and does not plan to send troops to attack Chu Zimou!"

"It's over this time. Give Chu Zi some time to develop. Who can stop him?"

"I heard from players who are followers of the Mi family that this is the view of several aristocratic families in Xuzhou. They want Chu Zimou to replace Zang Ba and guard the north gate of Xuzhou. The Yellow Turban Army in Qingzhou was very violent, and the Yellow Turban Army general Guan Hai defeated Beihai.

Xiang Kongrong may threaten Xuzhou at any time."

"The change of owner in Xuzhou will not affect the interests of the aristocratic families. It is not difficult to understand their approach."

"I think we should seek refuge with other princes or lords. If we are not from a noble family, it will be difficult for us to be reused by Tao Qian."

The disciples who took refuge in Tao Qian were disappointed because Tao Qian did not send troops to attack Xia City, and gradually left Tao Qian.

In Xia City, groups of soldiers came out of the military camp one after another. Although they were still level 10 recruits, they were more than enough to defend the city.

"Mainly focus on the first-level troops with a short recruitment period, and then the second- and third-level troops. You can get 3,000 troops in seven days."

Xia Liang calculated the recruitment time and recruited 3,000 recruits in Xia City in one go.

Each town with barracks also began to recruit a large number of soldiers. On average, each town had thousands of soldiers and warriors, and prepared stones, wood, and traps to try to block the coalition's advance.

"My lord, Wu Dun, the Taishan bandit from Qiu County, has led more than ten thousand troops and has begun to besiege Liangshan Town!"

When Xia Liang was calculating his troop strength and setting up defenses, an unfavorable news came.

"Liangshan Town only has 1,500 soldiers and warriors, and it is difficult to defend. Sun Liuwan is ordered to lead the navy battalion to reinforce Liangshan Town. It is necessary to use arrow towers and city walls to block the Taishan bandits. I will personally lead the troops to rescue. It is best to be there

The lords of Donghai Kingdom and Xiapi Kingdom defeated Wu Dun before the coalition forces arrived."

Xia Liang knew that there were two armies marching towards Xia City.

One army is the Taishan bandit Wu Dun from Jiqiu County, with about 15,000 people. The other army is a coalition of ten lords from Donghai and Xiapi Kingdoms, with 20,000 people.

In comparison, the coalition of lords poses a greater threat. As for Wu Dun, the Taishan thief, intelligence is his shortcoming.

"Sir, my lord has ordered you not to lead troops into war easily..."

"As long as the strategy is right, a few thousand people may not be able to defeat the Taishan bandits of more than 10,000 people. Let the cavalry general Gongsun Wu come to see me. We should have dozens of horses in Xia City for delivering government orders. In addition, requisition all the horses in Xia City

Civilian horses, especially horses belonging to strangers. After the enemy is defeated, they will receive additional compensation. If one horse dies, I will compensate them with two horses."

Following Xia Liang's order, the Lord's Mansion requisitioned horses in Xia City on a large scale, whether they were war horses or civilian horses. Some free players were able to purchase war horses, and there were two hundred horses requisitioned from free players alone.

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"Miss Xia, when will the closure of Xia City end? We horse dealers trusted you at the beginning, so we settled in Xia City. We have suffered heavy losses due to the war and chaos these days."

When the horse dealer saw Xia Liang coming to the horse market with soldiers, he couldn't help complaining to her.

"Masters, we in Xia City want to requisition all your war horses. Come and take all the horses away."

Xia Liang waved his hand, and a group of soldiers forcibly drove away hundreds of war horses of varying quality from the horse market.

"This, these war horses are worth ten thousand taels of silver. Miss Xia, you can't..."

"We have bought Xia City. After the war, you can go to the Lord's Mansion to collect the money."

Xia Liang made up his mind.

If he wins, it's easy to compensate the horse dealer with 10,000 taels of silver. If he loses, there is no need for Xia Liang to consider compensating the horse dealer, because by that time she has already become a prisoner.

Xia Liang gathered together more than 500 horses of various types, including war horses, pack horses, and dozens of carriages, and personally led 3,000 soldiers to drive the horses out of the city to reinforce Liangshan Town.

At this time, Liangshan Town was being attacked by the Taishan bandit Wu Dun.

The Taishan thieves were so densely packed with arrows that they rained down like rain, and many brave warriors holding single wooden bows and hunting bows did not dare to take the lead.

Professional archers climbed to the wooden arrow tower and shot arrows at the Taishan thieves below.

Liangshan Town is surrounded by mountains and rivers, making it easy to defend but difficult to attack. It is also covered by the naval battalion moving south, blocking the Taishan bandits' offensive.

In the past, when Chutian captured Liangshan Town, they only succeeded in sneak attacks through the back mountain trails. Now, it is quite difficult for the Taishan bandits to capture Liangshan Town.

"We are attacking the city day and night. I don't believe that more than 10,000 people can't capture a town without decent troops!"

Wu Dun, who had a scar on his face, rode a war horse and urged the Taishan bandits to attack the city.

"Report! There are two to three thousand soldiers and horses from the direction of Xiacheng rushing south to help! They also have hundreds of horses!"

"Xia City's troops are already empty, and you still dare to go out to challenge the city. You are really desperate! Get ready to fight!"

Wu Dun gathered 15,000 Taishan bandits to confront Xia Liang's 3,000 people from the north.

The two sides formed a formation along the Yi River, and Sun Liuwan's 500 naval battalion was on the bank to prepare for Xia Liang at any time.

This is the second time he has cooperated with Xia Liang to launch an offensive. The last time was against Wu Sangui.

Speaking of which, she relied on her agility to avoid suffering serious losses at the hands of famous historical military generals.

"If we are defeated later, we must rescue Miss Xia back to Xia City no matter what."

Sun Liuwan was not optimistic about this battle. The number of Taishan bandits was five times that of Xia Liang. Although the Taishan bandits were a low-level unit, Xia Liang led a low-level unit and were low-level recruits.

He has a small team of naval forces in his hands, using walking boats and sentry boats. As long as he can save Xia Liang, the Taishan bandits will not be able to catch up no matter what.

"With only two to three thousand soldiers and horses, how dare you not take Wu Dun seriously? Is it possible that I, Wu Dun, have no reputation?"

Wu Dun couldn't believe that the other party only sent so few people to call the formation.

Even if the opponent is a mid-to-high-level unit, with 3,000 men against 15,000 men, they may not be able to win.
To be continued...