"Langya City was captured by the lord I just want to farm!"

"The administrative seat of Langya Kingdom, a large city, was breached in less than two years!"

Players living in Langya City immediately discovered that the largest city in Langya Kingdom had been captured by the player lord, and Chu Tian replaced Zang Ba as a minor prince entrenched in Langya Kingdom.

This news quickly spread among players, and soon the entire Eastern Han District knew that Langya City had been captured by Chu Tian's army.

There were beacon fires in Xiangping County. Li Chengliang and Zu Dashou attacked Xiangping County with clanging iron hoofs. Gongsun Zhao, the magistrate of Xiangping County, was defeated by Li Chengliang's Liaodong cavalry. Zu Dashou killed him during the battle, and the defenders of Xiangping County were wiped out.

All surrendered.

"Chu Zimou is actually half a step faster than me..."

Mingguan was very proud of having conquered Xiangping City. When he heard the news, he was a little depressed.

He used almost the same method as Chu Tian. He sent players from the Yan Cavalry Guild to disguise themselves as horse merchants to attack Xiangping County and seize the city gate. Then he sent Li Chengliang and Zu Dashou to lead the cavalry to attack. Zu Dashou killed Gongsun, the magistrate of Xiangping County with a single sword.

Zhao, defeated the defenders of Xiangping.

It's just that he captured Xiangping City half a day later than Chu Tian.

There is no additional reward for capturing the county in advance, and it doesn't hurt to be so late. However, Mingguan feels like losing.

Black smoke was rising from the burning wooden house, and charred wood was scattered all over the floor.

Zhou Yafu led his soldiers to put out the flames in the city.

When attacking a city, you can destroy the city without scruples, create chaos, capture the city, make it your own territory, and then appease the people.

Chutian did not make things difficult for the residents and players of Langya City, because they would have to collect taxes from them in the future. Only with a population can there be money and food.

By annexing the first Three Kingdoms power, Chutian gained unimaginable benefits.

This is a large city, the largest city in Langya Kingdom, with a large population and savings.

"A total of 15,000 soldiers surrendered to us, and thousands more fled from other city gates and disappeared without a trace. Among them, 500 were fourth-level soldiers, 3,000 were third-level soldiers, and the rest were all first- and second-level soldiers, including 7,000 Taishan bandits.

people."

Hua Mulan temporarily counts the number of prisoners.

Chu Tian frowned, he didn't expect that there were so many Taishan bandits in Zang Ba's army.

The Taishan Bandits do not belong to the regular arms, they should be special arms, but they are incomparable with special arms such as the Xiliu Camp and the Shesheng Battalion. They are similar to the Yellow Turban Soldiers, Yellow Turban Chang, Chuang Wang Refugee Army and other peasant military units.

"There is also a heavy cavalry force of 150 people and a heavy infantry force of 350 people, which we have not had time to use."

Hua Mulan reported something that made Chu Tian's eyes light up.

Zang Ba was different from other Taishan bandit leaders. He wanted to transform the Taishan bandits under his command into professional soldiers, and also formed a 500-man heavy armored regiment, composed of fourth-level Xuzhou heavy infantry and Xuzhou heavy cavalry.

It's just that Zang Ba never thought that he would be captured easily, and the heavy armored legion was useless. After Sun Guan surrendered, the 500-strong heavy armored legion also became Chu Tian's trophy.

"The 150-man Xuzhou heavy cavalry, plus the 147-man Goguryeo heavy cavalry, total a heavy cavalry squad of about 300 people. From now on, I finally have a force in my hands that can determine victory or defeat."

Chutian has not officially recruited a heavy cavalry yet, and all the existing heavy cavalry are relying on capture.

The salary of the Xuzhou heavy cavalry is 5 taels of silver per month, which is more expensive than the Goguryeo heavy cavalry.

Due to the high salary and equipment, the number of heavy cavalry was surprisingly small.

There is also a heavy infantry squad of 350 people, which Chu Tian gave to Zhou Yafu to command.

The heavy infantry's defensive power is astonishing, and coupled with Zhou Yafu's expertise in defense, it will become an unbreakable iron army.

Chu Tian went to the Lord's Mansion in Langya City.

The Lord's Mansion in Langya City is far more spacious and magnificent than the Lord's Mansion in Xia City.

There is a huge stone tablet in the Lord's Mansion, which records the detailed information of Langya City.

【Territory】: Langya City

【Lord】: Zang Ba

[Affiliation]: Langya Kingdom, Xuzhou, Eastern Han District

[Specialties]: Silver-level sleeve armor, high-quality sorghum wine, glutinous rice flour...

【Population】:387412/1000000

【Public support】:56

【Public Security】:34

[Prosperity of this city]:72112/150000

【Administrative efficiency】:41/100

【Agricultural efficiency】:71/100

【Economic efficiency】:62/100

【Cultural efficiency】:57/100

[City defense works]: high-grade rammed earth-brick city wall, large-scale city tower, high-grade stone arrow tower, intermediate horse face...

…

"Ding! You have actual control over Langya City, and Langya City is within the control range of Xia City. The prosperity of Langya City will be included in the prosperity of your total territory. You can give orders to Langya City."

Chutian's Xia City is already at the city level, with no restrictions on the number or level of vassal villages and towns. As long as it is within Xia City's scope of influence and has actual control, Langya City can be turned into a vassal.

So Langya City became a vassal of Xia City.

Chutian still plans to build Xia City and regard Xia City as the main city. When Xia City reaches a large city and merges with Langya City, it will soon be upgraded to a state-level giant city.

After all, Xia City currently has six-level infantry battalions, archer battalions, cavalry battalions, and special buildings such as Zhongyi Temple, which Langya City may not have.

"Population 387,000..."

Chu Tian saw that the population of Langya City was actually 7 times the population of Xia City.

However, the public sentiment and public security in Langya City dropped significantly due to the war launched by Chu Tian, ​​and it would take a long time to recover. During this period, rebellions and uprisings were prone to occur in the city.

There is another shortcoming: the administrative efficiency of Langya City is not high under Zang Ba's governance.

"How much savings are there in the bank and granary?"

Chutian is more concerned about tangible interests.

The purpose of launching a war is to expand the territory, which is related to population, gold, silver, and food. Otherwise, no one would bother to launch a war for the sake of a false name.

Hua Mulan was counting military data, while Fang Xuanling was looking through Langya City's household registration, financial and other account books.

"All gold, silver, copper, silk, and jewelry...are worth approximately 420,000 taels of silver and 110,000 units of grain."

"It seems that Zang Ba has collected a lot of gold, silver and food."

When Chu Tian learned about Langya City's silver treasury and grain reserves, even he couldn't help but be impressed by the sheer quantity.

110,000 units of grain are equivalent to the annual expenses of 110,000 civilians.

Theoretically, it can feed 110,000 soldiers.

In fact, this is not the case. War horses and pack horses are big consumers of food. Soldiers consume more food than usual when fighting, and the warriors who transport food also need to consume food.

Another situation that will lead to a decrease in food is that the enemy attacks the food road or sets fire to the granary.

Coupled with the need to prepare surplus grain for city defense or disaster relief, 110,000 units of grain can barely feed 20,000 to 40,000 soldiers.

"I have obtained 420,000 taels of silver. Now I should be able to share the pressure of Xia Liang."

Chu Tian thought of Xia Liang, who often worried about accounts. 420,000 taels of silver was undoubtedly a huge amount of income for Xia Cheng. Even if 100,000 taels of silver were transferred from Langya City's bank to Xia Cheng's bank, it would still be a big loss.

It can alleviate the financial pressure on Xiacheng.

"In addition to gold, silver, money and food, there are also thousands of weapons of all kinds. The lord can use these weapons and captured soldiers to go north to attack Yangdu County."

Fang Xuanling supports Chutian’s plan for continuous expansion.

Capturing Langya City is the most ideal situation in Fang Xuanling's imagination. The various forces in Xuzhou have not yet reacted. Going north to attack Yangdu County at this time will definitely catch the various forces in Xuzhou by surprise.

"Take a rest for a day, gather the prisoners, and do not disturb the people. Hua Mulan, Xue Li, and Li Guang take turns leading the supervising team to patrol the city. If anyone disturbs the people, no matter who they are, they will be executed immediately."

Chutian will arrange it.

After annexing the army of Langya City, the number of Hua Mulan's light cavalry increased to 2,500. Most of them came from the families of Zang Ba and Sun Guan. After being absorbed by Chu Tian, ​​they became very impressive.

Suddenly having a force of 2,500 light cavalry and a force of 300 heavy cavalry, Chutian now felt like a rich man.

If it weren't for seeing the Tang army's tens of thousands of cavalry in the Battle of Anshi City, Chutian would have drifted away by now.

Compared with the Tang army, we still have a long way to go, especially because we lack elite cavalry.

Zang Ba and Sun Guan's cavalry can only see 150 heavy cavalry.

"These two men are escorting the army to show them that we can defeat the Taishan bandits head-on."

Chu Tian recruited Zang Ba and Sun Guan's troops, now he was more confident.

Before going north to attack Qi Xiaobai and the Taishan bandit Chang Xi, Chu Tian and Fang Xuanling had already calculated the forces they had collected.

"There is a group of Taishan bandits in Jiqiu County in the south, and Tao Qian from Xiapi may also go north. The offensive must be as fast as the wind and as fierce as fire. Leave 5,000 people to guard Langya City, 3,000 people to guard Xia City, and the remaining 15,000 troops are urgently taken.
To be continued...