"Joan of Arc of France has been captured. Now France's strength will drop a little. For me, that may be a good thing."

When the German lord Hohenzollern learned that the French lord had lost a core hero, he was surprised and even gloated a little.

France is a great enemy of Germany, and it may be a good thing for France that its hero is captured.

After their defeat, the three European lords retreated to the rear and joined the Roman lords.

The French lord was furious. He tried to negotiate with Chu Tian and demanded to redeem his hero, but Chu Tian insisted on asking for 300,000 taels of gold. He could not redeem Joan of Arc at all, nor could he use force to get it back.

The Roman lords learned that the three European lords were defeated, and knew that one would be prosperous and one would suffer, so he lifted the siege of Jiujiao Laoqin and went on the defensive with the European lords.

The Roman lord also knew that Joan of Arc was captured, but he remained indifferent. France's strength was damaged, which was not necessarily a good thing for Rome.

"If we fight head-on, our French knight will not be defeated. He uses sneak attacks to suddenly attack our flanks, which is why we fail. We should join forces to defeat the lords of the Eastern Han Dynasty, defeat 'I just want to farm well', and

He was knocked off the first position!"

The French lord was very upset about his defeat, and he tried to persuade other European lords to take action against Chu Tian and recapture Joan of Arc.

But several European lords turned a deaf ear.

Chutian's army now has eleven cities, and in the nearby area there is another city of Zhang Dao, and six cities of Jiujiao Lao Qin. The Eastern Han Dynasty camp is very powerful, with a total of 18 cities.

The strength of the European lords is not bad either. The Roman lords have seven cities, the French lords have six cities, the German lords have five cities, and the English lords have four cities, for a total of 22 cities.

The two sides really fought, and in fact no one could do anything to the other.

"Focus on defense."

The Roman lords finally made the decision.

After the defeat of the three major European lords, the Roman lord was the strongest, and the other three lords were not allowed to listen to his opinions. Whoever was stronger had the right to speak.

In the Eastern Han camp, Chu Tian found that his expansion seemed to have reached its limit.

Facing his threat, the southern European lords formed a strong alliance. Twenty-two cities supported each other, making Chutian difficult to capture.

The greatest threat to Chutian was the Roman legion.

The Roman legions had more than one emperor-level commander. Even Jiujiu Lao Qin had to temporarily avoid the Roman legions despite the lack of an emperor-level commander.

Jiujiu Lao Qin learned that Chu Tian was heading south, so he took the initiative to lead his army to join Chu Tian.

Jiujiu Lao Qin was followed by Lu Bu, Gao Shun and other generals who had hatred against Chu Tian. When Lu Bu saw Xue Rengui, Zhao Yun, Li Guang and others brought by Chu Tian, ​​his face was gloomy. Under Hulao Pass,

He still remembers Li Guangfang's cold arrow that hurt him.

"I didn't expect you to borrow Lu Fengxian."

Chu Tian was guarded by a group of fierce generals and was not worried about Lu Bu.

He looked at Gao Shun, the general beside Lu Bu. Gao Shun was also a loyal and stubborn general who followed Lu Bu all the time.

Gao Shun's expression was calm, and he didn't understand why Chu Tian's eyes were looking at him randomly.

"I lack a strong general, but fortunately Lu Fengxian came to my aid. The territory in the southern valley has been divided up, and it doesn't make much sense for you to come again."

As soon as Jiujiang and Lao Qin met, he talked to Chu Tian about the points that concerned him most.

The north was divided between Chutian and Yekaterina, and the south was divided between Jiujiang Laoqin and the European lords. According to Jiujiang Laoqin, if Chutian wanted to expand again, it would have to turn to Jiujiang Laoqin, Zhang Dao and Europe.

The three factions of lords captured the city.

The city of Chutian in the Eastern Han Dynasty camp must not be moved, and they can only seize the city from the European lords.

But there were twenty-two cities on the opposite side, which could muster more than two hundred thousand troops. The two sides fought fiercely, and it was a lose-lose situation.

"There are still two months until the end of the national war. I only need to suppress the European lords and let them maintain their current scale. I will be the first..."

Chutian alone has eleven cities and produces 3300 points every ten days, while the Roman lord has seven cities and produces 2100 points every ten days. Chutian does not need to continue to expand, and no one can surpass him.

The biggest competitors are all right in front of us. If the number of their cities does not increase, Chutian will be number one.

In other words, Chutian only needs to delay the European lords here for the next two months.

"I heard that you captured Joan of Arc of France. I haven't seen this hero yet. I wonder if I can take a look?"

Jiujiang Lao Qin couldn't help but be surprised when he learned that Chu Tian had done such a shocking thing.

Every civilization has several very popular heroes. It is strange that the French heroes were captured by the Eastern Han Dynasty.

"She is still under house arrest by me."

Chu Tian did not show off Joan of Arc. This matter should have been as low-key as possible, but the French lord escaped and could not hide it, so Chu Tian admitted it generously.

Joan of Arc was still considering whether to be free after serving the Eastern Han Dynasty for five years and return to her loyal France.

"Zhang Dao is inseparable from them, but in the end, you took advantage. It's really unpredictable."

Jiujiang Lao Qin couldn't help but be jealous of Chu Tian's capture of the French hero. He didn't care about offending France. If he were allowed to capture a Roman commander, he would even dare to offend Rome.

Zhang Dao shook his head: "If Chu Zimou hadn't gone south, I would have been beaten to the ground by three European guys. Although I hate them, I have to admit that it is difficult for European tin cans to break through in a head-on confrontation. Chu Zimou is

Because we have strong generals, we can quickly clear out the plate knights."

"The production of iron cans in Europe is limited. Only nobles have such equipment, so there is nothing to worry about. Moreover, it does not have to be a head-on confrontation."

Chu Tian was equally impressed by the full-body plate armor.

Jiujiang Lao Qin drew a map of the nearby area: "This place is actually a basin, and there is a plain further south. Mingguan is on the plain further south. However, he seems to be at war with the lords of the Arab Empire and the Persian Empire and has too much time to take care of himself.

That's why I said that all the territory has been divided up, and the next battle is of little significance. If you want to destroy the European lords with twenty-two cities, you can't do it in two months, and even two or three cities can't be destroyed.

Can’t beat it.”

"Most other lords are also facing difficulties in annexing each other."

Chutian's southward expansion path was blocked by the Roman legions. He discussed with Jiujiu Lao Qin and Zhang Dao and finally decided to confront the Roman legions but not fight and maintain the current situation.

The Roman legions were restrained by them and unable to continue to expand.

The troops of both sides gathered in the city on the front line.

Chutian could see the eagle flag of the Roman legion opposite.

It is said that the commander of the Roman legions was Scipio the Great, who defeated Hannibal. In addition to Scipio the Great, there were several other famous generals of Roman civilization.

In a sense, the threat of the Roman lords was greater than that of Catherine, but Catherine used the mobility of the cavalry to break the situation faster. Catherine also had the characteristics of a tsar, possessing

His ability to control the servant army put him ahead of the Roman lords.

"As a civilization spanning three continents, the Roman Empire, together with the Byzantine Empire, has a history of thousands of years. It has fought in all directions and produced many commanders and famous generals. It may be our biggest enemy."

Chu Tian was somewhat afraid of Rome.

Rome can be said to be the civilization with the most famous generals besides the Eastern Han Dynasty.

The Mughal Empire had a huge population and fertile soil, but the quality of its heroes was not as good as that of the Eastern Han Dynasty and Rome, and even barely compared to Japan.

"Aren't you going to compete with the Roman legion? The most powerful legion in Europe in the classical era, the civilization that coexisted with the Qin and Han Dynasties at that time, was called the 'Great Qin' in Eastern Rome."

Catherine encouraged Chu Tian to attack the Roman legions.

"I am already firmly in first place, why should I take the risk to attack the Roman legions? In addition to the Roman legions, there are also knights from three European lords. Now that two months have passed, they should have recruited the first batch of high-level troops.

Replenish their losses. Once my attack on the Roman legions fails, your legions will break their promise and sneak attack my city in the north."

Chu Tian noticed the time point of two months. Chu Tian recruited a thousand infantry battalions (the fifth school of the Northern Army) in the first city, a thousand women's soldiers had been trained, and the first batch of knights recruited by European lords on the national war battlefield

It is very likely that it has already come out.

"cut."

Ekaterina found out that Chu Tian was not fooled, and felt somewhat resentful.

She had already seen that Chu Tian didn't want to let her go at all.

The Roman legions on the opposite side also noticed the intentions of the Eastern Han camp, and the Roman lords were in trouble. Chutian confronted him. He had no troops to expand and could only maintain the scale of seven cities, while Chutian had eleven cities. Both sides

The points will become bigger and bigger.

Sometimes containment is the best offense.

"The Oriental people are really cunning. After ensuring that they can get first place, they won't let me expand. If this continues, my points won't even reach the top five."

The Roman lords were furious with Chu Tian's tactics.

But he did not dare to take the initiative to attack Chutian. Chutian had a large number of servants under his command, and one lord was equivalent to several lords. Jiujiao Lao Qin also had a combination of generals such as Lu Bu, Meng Tian, ​​Meng Wu, Li Xin, Gao Shun, etc.

Most of the Roman legions could not please them. Therefore, the Roman lords could only choose to go on the defensive, thwart the Eastern Han legion's attack through defense, and then launch a counterattack.

Chutian's tactic of surrounding but not attacking made his defensive counterattack tactics ineffective.

"Let us Roman legions go to war and destroy the enemy."

The Roman commander Scipio requested to go to war.

"Joan of Arc has been captured alive, and I don't want you to be captured alive. We can unify the Mediterranean and then confront the Eastern Han Dynasty. There is no need to rush."

The Roman lords were worried that the imperial commander Scipio the Great would be captured by the Eastern Han Dynasty, and the consequences would be more serious than that of Joan of Arc.

In addition to the French lords, other European lords were also afraid of the Eastern Han Dynasty and were unwilling to go to war.

So time passed day by day in the confrontation between the two sides, and no one could do anything to the other. Chutian had eleven cities, and his points were getting higher and higher, surpassing Zhang Dao, who only had one city left, and the three European lords who were seriously injured.
To be continued...