"We will successfully complete the task of being the main bus agent!"

Hua Mulan led the cavalry out of the country to meet Chu Tian, ​​her cheeks turned white with cold. She must have been stationed at the city wall, worried that Ling City would be lost again. It was not until Chu Tian arrived that she felt a little relieved.

"You lead the cavalry and follow me to attack Jucheng."

Chu Tian just nodded. He could not reward Hua Mulan more now. He could only record the merits first, and then wait for Chu Tian's official position to be promoted before officially conferring an official position on Hua Mulan.

Some princes and lords can privately set up official positions to win over their subordinates. It is okay for Chutian to be king now, but if he does not have enough titles, he will be hostile to everyone, and even the people's support will decline.

Yuan Shu proclaimed himself emperor without sufficient strength, and as a result, everyone rebelled.

With his current territory, Chu Tian did not dare to risk the disapproval of the world. He would only call himself county magistrate, cavalry captain and other official positions in private.

"Sun Guan, you and Sun Kang are stationed in Lingcheng for the time being. You must not make any mistakes."

"yes!"

Sun Guan and Sun Kang understood that this was Chutian's test for them and immediately accepted it.

So Chu Tian was able to personally lead the main force to pacify Jucheng.

The five cities of Jucheng, Lingan, Pinglu, Ah, and Jimo were one of the "Five Capitals" of the Qi State during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Even in the Han Dynasty, it was a large city, so the Langya State governed Ju County.

Now that Langya Prime Minister Xiao Jian has been killed by Li Guang, this is actually a difficult matter.

The status of the Langya Prime Minister is very high, and he is on the same level as the prefect. There are only five prefectures in Xuzhou, which means there are only five prime ministers or prefects, and their status is second only to the governor.

Chu Tian's men killed a prime minister, but it was hard for him to explain to the governor of Xuzhou and the Eastern Han Dynasty court.

Although the world was in chaos and the Xiliang rebels and the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army killed many prefects and even governors, Chu Tian did not intend to become a rebel.

Therefore, we still need to explain to Tao Qian and the Eastern Han Dynasty court why Xiao Jian was killed.

Chu Tian doesn't have a good reason yet.

On the way to attack Jucheng, he asked the scheming Fang Xuanling: "General Li Guang killed the Prime Minister of Langya. This incident will definitely arouse the dissatisfaction of Xuzhou Governor Tao Qian and the court. How can I get away with it?"

"You can hand over General Li Guang to the court."

"No."

Chu Tian would not hand over Li Guang just to kill Xiao Jian, who was probably not even a gold-level hero.

Fang Xuanling just teased and finally made a formal suggestion: "My lord can forge a letter and falsely accuse Xiao Jian, the Prime Minister of Langya, of colluding with the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army and invading Xuzhou southward. The Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army has been invincible recently, and it is probably related to Xiao Jian."

"Wonderful."

Chu Tian was very satisfied with Fang Xuanling's strategy.

The Langya Kingdom is just south of the Beihai Kingdom. If Xiao Jian, the prime minister of the Langya Kingdom, is falsely accused of secretly having dealings with the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army, then Xiao Jian will be punished by death.

Chu Tian just needed a seemingly reasonable excuse. Anyway, Xiao Jian had been killed by Li Guang. Xiao Jian could not resurrect and defend Chu Tian, ​​so he could only bear the charge of colluding with the Yellow Turban Army.

"So, haven't I made great achievements?"

Chu Tian thought about it for a moment and found out that Xiao Jian was the Prime Minister of Langya, and Chu Tian's official official position was Kaiyang County Lieutenant, and Xiao Jian was Chu Tian's nominal boss. By killing Xiao Jian, Li Guang not only did not have to bear the crime of killing his boss, but also

Eradicating the evil in Xuzhou is undoubtedly killing two birds with one stone.

Fang Xuanling bowed to Chu Tian: "That's right. Not only is my lord innocent, but I can also ask for a reward from the court."

"..."

What else could Chu Tian say? Fang Xuanling looked elegant and graceful, but as a counselor, he still had bad intentions.

Fang Xuanling continued: "My lord can ask the aristocratic families in Xuzhou to prove this matter, so as to claim credit from the court and win the post of Langya Prime Minister. There are three reasons why the aristocratic families in Xuzhou will agree. First, the lord has already occupied Kaiyang and Yangdu.

, three fertile lands in Ju County, subdue all the Taishan bandits, and actually dominate the Langya Kingdom, it is a done deal. No matter how the imperial court sends other Langya Kingdom Prime Ministers, they will be ignored by the lord."

Fang Xuanling told the truth and spoke frankly in front of Chu Tian.

To put it bluntly, Chutian controls the core area of ​​Langya Kingdom, and it seems to have its own system. The imperial court parachuted a new Langya Kingdom Prime Minister, and when he comes to Chutian's territory, he still has to look at Chutian's face to act. Chutian currently does not have Langya Kingdom

The name of the prime minister already has the reality of being the prime minister of Langya country.

In the troubled times of the Eastern Han Dynasty, whoever had soldiers and food had the right to speak. As Xiao Jian was the prime minister of Langya, his power was not as powerful as Zang Ba who was stationed in Kaiyang, which can be seen from this.

"Secondly, the Xuzhou family is afraid that the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army will go south and cause damage to Xuzhou, and they want to rely on the lord to guard the northern gate of Xuzhou. They have to give the lord a title, right? It is not too much for the lord to ask them for the official position of Langya Prime Minister."

"Thirdly, the Xuzhou family does not care who rules Xuzhou, but cares whether the interests of their family can be ensured. The lord secretly showed favor to them, and they helped him obtain the official position of Langya State Minister. How could they refuse the lord?"

Fang Xuanling's analysis was so profound that Chu Tian couldn't help but nod secretly.

He originally planned to rely on his relationship with Dong Zhuo to secretly contact Dong Zhuo and request the position of Langya Prime Minister. Now it seems that maybe the aristocratic families in Xuzhou can help him achieve this goal.

As for Dong Zhuo, I will see if I can ask Dong Zhuo for the position of general of chariot and cavalry in the future.

Although he already has titles such as Tian Khan and Taishan Bandit Leader, Chu Tian also wants to hold the position of a general, especially a hussar general and a general of the Han Dynasty, which sounds enough to intimidate the opponent.

"After the capture of Jucheng, he contacted the Mi family, used the Mi family to build relationships with other aristocratic families, and sought the prime minister of Langya."

Chu Tian was still quite greedy for the position of Langya Prime Minister.

The prefect, governor level, can already be called a prince in the Eastern Han Dynasty.

In other words, Chutian could use his status as a prince to join the Kwantung Allied Forces in the crusade against Dong Zhuo.

Only lords who are officially canonized as governors or governors by the imperial court and have certain strength will be regarded as one of the heroes.

Thinking that he would have the opportunity to become one of the heroes of Guandong who crusade against Dong Zhuo in the future, Chu Tian couldn't help but look forward to the plot of the crusade against Dong Zhuo.

Chu Tian had some understanding of Dong Zhuo's development.

Dong Zhuo in "Lord" is very strong with the support of the lords of Guanzhong, Liangzhou and Bingzhou. Many lords know that Dong Zhuo's plot will start soon, so they try their best to dissuade Dong Zhuo and fish in troubled waters.

The benefits that Dong Zhuo can provide to players include, firstly, official appointments, and secondly, after Dong Zhuo's death, many lords may divide his territory, troops, and talents.

Chu Tian thought a little too far.

He led his soldiers and horses to the bottom of Jucheng, and was originally prepared to storm Jucheng. However, the gates of Jucheng were opened wide, and a group of players took the two thousand soldiers and horses left by Xiao Jian in the city and surrendered.

"That idiot Xiao Jian doesn't know your reputation and is seeking death. We are willing to abandon the dark side and turn to the bright side."

"We have tried our best to persuade Xiao Jian to surrender, but unfortunately..."

As this group of players who were Xiao Jian's retainers expressed their loyalty, Chu Tian understood that these players had persuaded Xiao Jian's remaining generals in the city to surrender directly to the city.

Chutian accepted their surrender.

Chutian would naturally be happy if he could capture Jucheng without any bloodshed.

He also underestimated his influence in the player group. Chutian's reputation is enough to make ordinary small and medium-sized lords look down on him. The real enemies of Chutian are a group of large lords who are not weak in strength, or a group of lords who have joined forces.

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So Chu Tian led his troops into the city and brought Ju County into his sphere of influence.

At present, Jucheng has a population of 300,000.

Regardless of everything else, Xiao Jian's governance in Ju County was quite good, and the population did not drop drastically due to the Yellow Turban Rebellion. It is a pity that he was directly killed by Li Guang.

After occupying Jucheng, Chutian faced another problem. He needed a general to garrison Jucheng.

"The population of Ju County is larger than that of Yangdu County, and the grain reserves are abundant and have not been destroyed. Zhou Yafu is stationed in Ju County. As for Yangdu County, Zang Ba leads his troops to garrison."

Chu Tian ordered the reliable Zhou Yafu to move to Ju County.

A very simple principle is that the larger the population and the more important the city, the more trusted people should be stationed to garrison it. For minor cities, ordinary generals can be garrisoned.

When Cao Cao conquered Xuzhou, his stronghold was attacked by Lu Bu. He relied on three important cities, Juancheng, Fanxian and Dong'a, to successfully defeat Lu Bu.

Chutian sent Zhou Yafu to pacify the other lords in Ju County.

Xiao Jian did not attack the surrounding lords during his lifetime. There should be more than a dozen villages and towns in Ju County with small and medium-sized lords that have not surrendered.

Zhou Yafu has suppressed small and medium-sized lords more than once, and has rich experience in this area. The small and medium-sized lords attacked by Zhou Yafu all felt what is called despair.

Their generals were constantly defeated by the steady and steady Zhou Yafu, and Zhou Yafu had the support of Chu Tian. Now he brought thousands of people with him on every expedition, so he had no problem bullying small and medium-sized lords.

Among Kaiyang, Yangdu, and Ju counties, Yangdu County, which was at the back, was destroyed by the war and had a smaller population than Kaiyang and Ju counties, so Chutian handed over Yangdu County to Zang Ba for guarding.

"The general will lead his troops to garrison Yangdu County? My lord is not worried about the general..."

Not long after Zang Ba surrendered to Chu Tian, ​​Chu Tian confidently handed over the important task of guarding a county to him, which made Zang Ba flattered. You must know that Zang Ba has the greatest influence among the Taishan thieves. If Zang Ba raises his arms, maybe Taishan will be defeated.

All generals born as thieves will be betrayed by Chu Tian.

"Don't hesitate to employ people. You will lead three thousand infantry archers to garrison Yangdu County to protect the territory and the people and eliminate mountain bandits."

Chutian has disbanded all of Zang Ba's Taishan bandits and assigned them ordinary infantry archers.

The existence of Taishan thieves will reduce people's morale and public security.

Chu Tian reused Zang Ba mainly because he had little tendency to betray after surrendering to Cao Cao, so he was worthy of being used. Furthermore, Chu Tian was really not afraid of Zang Ba's betrayal.

With Chu Tian and Zhou Yafu attacking from both sides, Zang Ba's betrayal would only lead to death.

In the eyes of other Taishan thieves, Chutian's move greatly reassured them. Since Zang Ba can be reused, they should be able to too.

"I leave the matters here to you. I only leave 7,000 troops and horses for you. Is that enough?"

"That's enough."

Zhou Yafu's tone was calm.
To be continued...