Chu Tian benefited from it.

If you can force the opponent to surrender without a fight, there is no need to expend troops to attack.

Fang Xuanling said: "If it hadn't been for the battle for Xuzhou, the enemy's main force would have been defeated, and they would not have been able to besiege the city calmly."

Chu Tian came to the county government, added his name on the ownerless stone tablet, and officially occupied Tancheng.

In addition, Xue Rengui divided his troops to pacify various places, and the prosperous East China Sea fell into the hands of Chu Tian. With the support of the Mi family and others in the East China Sea, Chu Tian's foundation in the East China Sea gradually stabilized.

The Langya Kingdom is undoubtedly Chutian's most fundamental stronghold, because it was in the Langya Kingdom that he started and accumulated wealth, and the people's support in each town is very high. Next is the Donghai Kingdom, and the third is the Xiapi Kingdom, which is controlled by the Xuzhou family.

Fang Xuanling also suggested: "Xiacheng, Tancheng, and Xiapi are the core of the three counties, and they must be governed by their trusted people."

After securing these territories, Chutian had to consider the candidates for the chancellor of the three counties.

The Prime Minister is equivalent to the highest chief executive of a county. He has great military power in troubled times so that he can respond to invading enemies at any time.

Since you have military power, you need to consider who to send as the governor.

"Li Kui was appointed as Langya Prime Minister."

Chutian did not forget Li Kui who had been working silently behind the scenes. Li Kui had served as Prime Minister of Zhongshan and Wei, so there was no problem in taking up the post of Langya Prime Minister.

According to intelligence, Mr. Zhao of Beihai Kingdom is committed to unifying Qingzhou and will not go south to Langya Kingdom in the short term.

Chutian's main force will be stationed in Xiapi to attack Pengcheng Kingdom and Guangling County, two counties that have not yet surrendered. Li Kui can only be left to guard the most important Langya Kingdom.

"Zang Ba and Sun Guan returned to Langya Kingdom and garrisoned the counties in the north, Dongwu County, to guard against the Qingzhou Army moving south."

Although there are various signs that Mr. Zhao will not go south immediately, Chu Tian does not dare to relax, otherwise Mr. Zhao suddenly changes his strategy and Chu Tian will be caught off guard.

"The candidate for the Prime Minister of the East China Sea..."

Chu Tian originally wanted to appoint Mi Zhu to become the Prime Minister of Donghai, but considering that Mi Zhu himself was from Qu County, Donghai, it was really inappropriate to use local people to manage local aristocratic families, and it was easy to form an independent force.

Fang Xuanling said: "Chen Gui of Xiapi State can be appointed as the Prime Minister of the East China Sea. The Chen family has made great achievements in capturing Xiapi City. The lord must reward them, otherwise the people will not accept it. Using Xiapi people to govern the East China Sea can slightly change

The structure of aristocratic families can even cause conflicts between aristocratic families in different counties."

"Very good."

Chu Tian indeed wanted to enfeoff subordinate officials on a large scale after becoming the Mu of Xuzhou in order to win over people's hearts.

Chen Gui of the Chen family in Xiapi was idle at home and had made great achievements. Appointing him as the prefect could appease them and make the aristocratic families in Xuzhou feel at ease.

There is also the candidate for the Prime Minister of Xiapi. Xiapi was most influenced by Tao Qian's power, and it was not a county that Chutian conquered by force. The families of Xiapi State did not feel his martial virtue, and they did not know the terror of Langya State's army.

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Donghai Kingdom was conquered and was relatively easy to govern.

"If you make Miss Xia the Prime Minister of Xiapi, she should be able to suppress the local aristocratic families in Xiapi. Moreover, she has accumulated military merits, and only the Prime Minister can match her military merits."

"so be it."

Chu Tian didn't know if she could suppress the nobles of Xia Pi, but she had indeed accumulated a lot of merit. If these merits could not be promoted, then other generals would not be promoted either.

Fang Xuanling could not serve as prime minister because Chu Tian wanted to appoint him to manage the affairs of a state instead of a county.

The soldier who sent the order said: "Chen Gui and Chen Deng please ask the lord to move down to Pi City!"

"The army is marching south, and there are still two counties that have not yet been pacified."

Chu Tian gave Mi Fang 5,000 soldiers to guard Tancheng, and personally led the army to continue southward along the Yi River. The army going south included 30,000 Xuzhou surrendered soldiers, as well as the captured Le Yi. Chu Tian valued Le Yi, and in order to prevent him from escaping, he specially sent troops

A team of fifty people was sent to place Le Yi under house arrest, making it difficult for him to fly.

In Xiapi City, Chen Gui and Chen Deng saw the arrival of the Langya Kingdom army and led the Xuzhou officials out of the city to greet them.

According to Chutian's tactical plan, it was originally to dig up the Yi River water, flood Xiapi, and destroy the defenders' will to resist. But now it seems that there is no need to destroy Xiapi.

What Chutian got was a complete Xiapi City and a large number of surrendered soldiers.

"Tao Qian is not good at fighting, but his ability to recruit troops is really strong. There are actually 20,000 surrendered soldiers in Xiapi City."

Chu Tian could only lament that Tao Qian's accumulation was so strong that he was able to destroy armies one after another and continue to recruit troops.

But from today on, all Tao Qian's accumulation belongs to him.
Chapter completed!