Chapter 173

"There is Wu Sangui's army on the opposite side. I have to say that Wu Sangui's platoon is very important."

Zhou Yafu followed Chu Tian to the Bank of Yi River to observe the actual situation of Wu Sangui's army.

Fang Xuanling, as a military adviser, was also observing the opposite bank: "Wu Sangui had 30000 soldiers and horses. Originally, they were the Taishan bandits under changchen's command. If they were recruited in the name of Zang Ba and sun Guan, even if they did not surrender, their military morale would be shaken."

"Attack the heart and attack the city. It can build a floating bridge to cross the river and make Zang Ba and sun Guan the vanguard. If you encounter the opposite Mount Tai bandits, you can let them persuade them to surrender. "

Chu Tian soon understood what Fang Xuanling meant.

After a period of running in, Chu Tian and Fang Xuanling gradually agreed.

"But wait for the right time."

Chu Tian is not in a hurry to attack Wu Sangui. If he wants to, he can force the Taishan thieves to build a floating bridge to cross the river overnight.

Like the Yellow turban army, Mount Tai bandits are cannon fodder that does not need to pay salaries, and the hard work is also borne by them. The real elite troops can only be used at critical moments.

At this time, Yi Li is fighting with Xue Rengui, who is easily defeated by Xue Rengui and falls in the snow.

"It's a lot of strength. I lost."

Eli had to admit that Xue Rengui's force was far above him.

When Chu Tian sees Yin Li, he takes the initiative to find Xue Rengui. Isn't he uncomfortable?

In addition to Zang Ba and sun Guan, the others are gold level military generals, which belong to the same level as Zhang Kai and Mi Fang.

They have not yet submitted to Chu Tian, and want them to give up their military power, but also show absolute force to defeat Wu Sangui.

Wu Sangui was a little restless. Chu Tian gathered 50000 people and overthrew him in momentum.

However, Chu Tian never crossed the river to attack, which made Wu Sangui unable to judge Chu Tian's intention.

"How many of you go to Beihai and ask the Yellow turban army of Qingzhou to go south quickly. If Langya state is unified, it will be over!"

"You go to Jucheng and ask Xiao Jian, the Minister of Langya state, for help. Now his lips are dead and his teeth are cold. He can't help it!"

Wu Sangui sent two soldiers to ask for help.

Xiao Jian, a vassal of Juxian County, had 20000 professional soldiers in his hand. He received a letter from Wu Sangui asking for advice from strangers.

When the stranger heard that Chutian of Xiacheng was calling, he was silent for a moment.

They had never had a confrontation with Chu Tian, but they were greatly afraid to know that Chu Tian had captured Langya city and defeated the United forces in Yangdu county.

"Our prime minister, we might as well watch the changes."

"The Chu son of Xia City tried to raise the division of tiger and wolf, and could not fight with him."

"Li Guang and Hua Mulan, the great generals of Xiacheng, are all enemies. Even if we have 100000 strong soldiers, they are not our opponents."

The strangers, that is, the players who have joined Xiao Jian, are all talking. Most of them are advocating that Chu Tian is unstoppable. Xiao Jian is advised not to send troops to help Wu Sangui, so as to avoid being burned.

Xiao Jian doesn't know much about Chutian, but Chutian is very famous among the players. He won the first place in two epic campaigns. In addition, he recently occupied two counties and defeated the anti Chutian alliance, which is daunting.

Most players will not be enemies of a high-profile Lord unless they take a different stand.

Xiao Jian listened to a group of strangers touting Chu Tian, and was greatly displeased: "you can retire."

Considering Chu Tian's threat to Juxian, Xiao Jian decided to send more than 10000 troops to help Wu Sangui defend Juxian.

When the soldiers and horses of Jucheng were mobilized, the strangers found that Xiao Jian was bent on his own way and was disappointed.

Some princes can listen to the advice of others, but others can't. If all the princes can listen to the advice, then there is no saying that the monarch is fatuous.

"There is no famous general under Xiao Jian. How can he defeat Chu Zimu?"

"Now we are finished. It took me a year to get into the position of a doorman and live for nothing every day. Now Xiao Jian is looking for a way to die, and I don't know who to turn to. "

"It's better to go to chuzi, who has two counties and is more powerful than Xiao Jian. As the first lord in the Eastern Han Dynasty, he was already a small vassal

"He has a lot of talents and doesn't recruit customers. It's not easy for us to have a bite to eat with him."

"But not necessarily, as long as we have credit..."

A group of strangers are already looking for a way back for themselves. They did not expect Xiao Jian, who was not famous in the Three Kingdoms and was defeated by Zang BA in history, to compete in the Central Plains. He just wants to make a living and serve as a springboard for promotion in the future.

Xiao Jian led more than ten thousand Ju county soldiers to support Wu Sangui, and dozens of flags were displayed.

"This fool."

Qi Xiaobai murmured when he heard that Xiao Jian and his soldiers had reinforced Wu Sangui.

Chu Tian temporarily dealt with the internal affairs in the camp and confronted Wu Sangui.

Recently, a large number of refugees, including players, came from Beihai state.There are too many yellow turban troops in the North Sea, and the people are in dire straits. Civilians either choose to join the Yellow turban army or flee.

For Langya, which is adjacent to Beihai state, this is a good opportunity to absorb the population of Qingzhou. According to the report of

, who managed the residence registration, the territory of Chu Tian has recently had about 20 thousand refugees from the North sea state. Chutian has placed all of them outside the summer city and slowly digested.

Xiacheng originally had a population of 50000. Later, 100000 people from Langya city were moved to enrich Xiacheng. In addition, 20000 refugees from Beihai state made Xiacheng the second largest city in the territory of Chutian.

He organized the refugees to reclaim wasteland, build water conservancy, and dig drainage channels and sewers.

The city planning is complicated. The scale of Xiacheng has been expanded to the point of digging more complicated urban sewers, otherwise the plague will spread quickly.

Fortunately, "Lord" has special construction drawings for open and underground canals, and the construction speed of urban sewers is also very fast.

But it costs money

Chutian soon lost all the windfall that the Xuzhou aristocratic family funded to Chutian.

More of Chutian's income came from spoils, land taxes, city taxes, land sales, and the economic buildings of the Lord's house.

"Lord, it's snowing."

Xue Rengui, who served as the guard outside the army tent, reminded Chu Tian after the snow according to Chu Tian's order.

Chutian put on his cloak and came to the tent. The sky was gray and snowy.

"Let the Mount Tai bandits prepare to build a floating bridge and cross the river to attack Wu Sangui."

Knowing that the decisive time was coming, Chu Tian mobilized the army to prepare.

Chu Tian's army had already prepared timber and wooden boats in advance.

The ice on the river is not firm, tens of thousands of people crossing the river will collapse, so only with the help of a floating bridge can we cross it.

Mount Tai bandits are regarded as cannon fodder by Chu Tian. The hard work of building a floating bridge falls on them.

"It's hard to come out and fight in winter and winter."

The thieves of Mount Tai, who were carrying boards and boats, complained incessantly, and their fingers were frozen.

Not many people are willing to March and fight in the cold winter.

Wu Sangui's scouts on patrol along the river found that the Mountain Tai bandits who had succumbed to the Chu Kingdom began to build a floating bridge. They were shocked and immediately reported to Wu Sangui.

"Send two thousand archers to camp on the shore. Once the pontoon built by the other side approaches, all the arrows will be fired."

Wu Sangui has his own way to deal with each other's floating bridge.

On the other hand, the morale of the Mount Tai bandits on the opposite side could not bear the rain of arrows fired by archers, and would soon collapse because the morale fell to the bottom.

Two thousand archers went out of the camp and camped on the opposite side, always keeping an eye on the Mount Tai bandits who set up the floating bridge.

"The enemy's pontoon will be found again?"

The bandits of Mount Tai are in a panic because of the archers on the opposite side and ask their leader Yin Li.

Yin Li also asked Chu Tian, the highest figure of Mount Tai bandits.

"Continue to repair until it is within the range of the opposite bow and arrow."

"Yes."

Although Yin Li didn't understand why Chu Tian suddenly devoted himself to bridge construction, Chu Tian's display of force forced him to act according to Chutian's arrangement.

So Mount Tai continued to build a bridge over the Yi River in the heavy snow.

"Is the man opposite you a fool? We didn't go home to hold my wife and children in winter. We didn't attack the river for several days. Until now, we built the bridge, and we found it. "

The archers sent by Wu Sangui should only watch jokes.

If there are archers stationed, the floating bridge will not be built at all. This is the danger of mountains and rivers.

The defending side can block a hundred thousand troops with only a few hundred thousand men.

The thieves of Mount Tai also understood this truth. Under the pressure of Chu Tian, they still had to build bridges.

When the pontoon bridge was more than half built and entered the range of archers on the opposite side, one Mount Tai thief was shot dead, and the rest scattered in a crowd.

Yin Li reported the matter to Chu Tian, and he also completed the task assigned to him by Chu Tian.

Chu Tian just arranged for Yin Li to lead his troops to guard the pontoon bridge, which had been repaired for more than half of the time.

Yin Li didn't know what to do, but he promised to come down.

"Hua Mulan's side has begun a surprise attack."

Chu Tian estimates the time. He only gives Hua Mulan one day to March 60 kilometers in a snowy day, from Chutian's sphere of influence to Juxian's sphere of influence, and attacks Lingcheng at night.

A black Warhawk hovers in the air, with sharp eyes reflecting the open scene below.

In its eyes, there is a village where hundreds of soldiers are stationed, and there are beacon towers for transmitting military information.

Hua Mulan led 2100 light cavalry from the village 60 kilometers south of Lingcheng in Juxian County. They marched all the way to Lingcheng and raided Lingcheng, the stronghold of Wu Sangui, under the cover of heavy snow!

The cavalry marched 30 kilometers through the snow, and even the horses and soldiers froze to death.

There is a price to pay for the raid.The Warhawk landed on Hua Mulan's arm.

Hua Mulan stroked her wings. From the cry and behavior of the warhawks, it could be inferred that there was a village with garrisons 5 kilometers ahead.

Wu Sangui was careful and stationed a garrison in the village near Lingcheng to light the beacon fire and report the news.

Once someone wants to attack Lingcheng, Lingcheng garrison can react immediately, causing heavy losses to the attackers.

"Force! Wipe out the garrison of the village ahead

Hua Mulan ordered 100 iron hawk scouts and 2000 light cavalry braved the wind and snow to speed up the March.

Not everyone can force the army in a bad environment. It has something to do with the arms and generals.

If you are a group of Mountain Tai bandits, let alone march in a bad environment, even if you walk 30 kilometers normally, your morale will fall long ago and even mutiny.

However, Hua Mulan's "heroine" character can slow down the rate of morale decline.

That's why some soldiers are willing to fight for their masters.

The village, 25 kilometers south of Lingcheng, had not yet seen Hua Mulan's cavalry approaching.

The village set up a wooden fence and deployed hundreds of Mount Tai bandits. They were originally subordinates of changchen and later turned to Wu Sangui.

Wu Sangui had no time or money to turn 30000 Mount Tai thieves into professional soldiers.

Two patrolling Taishan thieves were shot by a stray arrow and fell into the snow.

Hua Mulan, carrying an arrow bag and holding a horn bow, attacked the village with dismounted cavalry.

Under her command, the dismounting cavalry dispersed and blocked all exits from the village.

The Mountain Tai bandits stationed in the village seemed to find something wrong. It was too quiet around.

Several Mount Tai thieves opened the wooden door and came out to explore.

A sharp arrow pierced the throat of one of the mountain bandits!

"There are enemies!"

The mountain bandits immediately cried out, but the oncoming rain of arrows!

A mountain bandit's wrist was pierced by a sharp arrow. The arrow's force was too strong, and even nailed his wrist to the wooden fence!

"Kill!"

Dismounting cavalry pulled out the bright Tang Dao, and rushed up to seize the village gate!

The Mountain Tai bandits in the village did not expect that the enemy would make a surprise attack in the snowy day. They were defeated by Hua Mulan and her cavalry, and were defeated and defeated.

The mountain bandit wanted to light the beacon fire and was killed by random knives.

Hua Mulan holds a Tang Dao in his hand and kills four Mountain Tai thieves. One of them even cuts down the other with armor.

"General, what should be done with the captured bandits of Mount Tai?"

"All killed."

Hua Mulan killed all the Mountain Tai thieves in the village to avoid the leakage of information about the surprise attack.

If there is a tip off from Mount Tai, the surprise attack will lose its meaning and will lead to a long-term stalemate in the war and more people will be killed and injured.

Hua Mulan's cavalry was replenished in the village and took a rest.

She has a volume of map in her hand, which is an important item provided by Xu Sheng of Juxian County.

According to the location of the village, Hua Mulan speculates that her army is 25 kilometers away from Lingcheng.

It was now dark.

It was more difficult to force troops at night, and she and her cavalry faced even worse weather.

The temperature at night will continue to drop, the cold can not be resisted by adding clothes, and the horses are more difficult to bear the cold.

"If you continue to March, you must arrive at Lingcheng before dawn, and then capture it!"

Hua Mulan finally decided to complete the surprise attack.

"Why hasn't General Li Guang's cavalry kept up with him?"

Hua Mulan arranged Li Guangdian as reinforcements when the surprise attack failed.

In order to annihilate the enemy in this village, she delayed a little time and calculated according to the marching speed of the cavalry. At this time, Li Guang should have caught up with her.

However, Hua Mulan took a rest in the village for half an hour, but still did not see Li Guang.

"General Li Guang will not be lost..."

Hua Mulan can only think of this possibility.

With Li Guang's reckless character, he doesn't look like a person who will be timid in front of the enemy.

"Well, our troops should be able to capture Lingcheng. If you keep waiting, it will delay time. "

Li Guang didn't show up. Hua Mulan gave up and joined Li Guanghui. He set out at night with light cavalry, braved the wind, snow and cold, and quickly marched to Lingcheng.

In the rear, Li Guang and Hua Mulan speculated that he was really lost.

On the way, there were two forked roads in a village. Due to the heavy snow covering up the horseshoe marks of the cavalry in front of him and Li Guang's misjudgment, he took a completely different road with Hua Mulan.

Li Guang has been on his way, but he can't catch up with Hua Mulan's cavalry. He can't help saying to himself: "I didn't expect Hua Mulan to March so fast that I can't even see her shadow. She's really a God in the world."

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