"Xu Sheng and Zheng Zhilong, under the guise of Kong Rong, Prime Minister of Beihai, deceived Jimo City. Fubo Army has occupied Jimo. They led Jimo's troops to attack Jiaodong County!"

"Let them do what they want."

Chu Tian retreated to Ju County, the seat of the Beihai Kingdom. Hearing the actions of Xu Sheng and Zheng Zhilong, he couldn't help but be surprised by their performance.

Xu Sheng's power in Chutian was considered a second-rate general, and Zheng Zhilong was a first-rate general at sea, but only a second- or third-rate general on land. The two of them cooperated, and they were able to attack cities on land.

After Zhao Gongzi fled to Qi State, only a small number of defenders were left in Beihai State and Donglai County, and the Fubo Army was able to pacify the counties.

Currently, the Fubo Legion has no other combat objectives. It would be good to let Xu Sheng and Zheng Zhilong fight in Qingzhou to gain experience with the Fubo Legion.

Chu Tian prepared two things in the Beihai Kingdom. The first was to send people to guard the Beihai Kingdom and spy on the remaining four counties of Qingzhou at any time. The second was to capture Yingling County, which Taishi Ci was guarding, and capture Taishi Ci.

After preparing these two things, Chu Tian can return to Xia City to farm.

Chu Tian just wanted to farm in Xuzhou, but the restless princes around him came to provoke him one by one. Chu Tian was also helpless about this.

Linzi in Qingzhou was guarded by Tian Dan, and it took a long time to capture the city defended by Tian Dan.

"The reason why Mr. Zhao and Tian Qi joined forces is because the lord is aggressive and they are at odds with each other. If the lord stops the offensive, maybe they will fight among themselves."

This time it was not Fang Xuanling who persuaded Chu Tian, ​​but Lu Su.

After he knew that Chu Tian was easy to get along with, he began to put forward his own opinions. Although Lu Su was still very immature compared with Fang Xuanling, who had become a veteran, he was a malleable talent after all.

"That's what I have in mind. I order Leyi to quickly capture Yingling County and govern Beihai Kingdom. Fang Xuanling, you are responsible for levying rural warriors from all counties in Beihai Kingdom and using 200,000 rural warriors to completely fill up Yingling County."

Chu Tian was cruel.

Taishi Ci was unwilling to surrender the city, so he used the human sea tactics commonly used by the Yellow Turban Army to forcibly capture Yingling County.

Taishi Ci cannot be allowed to become a thorn in the side of Beihai Kingdom, otherwise Beihai Kingdom will not be able to stabilize and develop, and it will also hinder the military strength of a main army in Chutian.

Many counties in the Beihai Kingdom looked at the wind and surrendered. Fang Xuanling forcibly recruited 20,000 to 40,000 rural warriors from each county and gathered in Yingling County.

Le Yi Legion has ordered craftsmen to build hundreds of trebuchets during this period, using stones to bombard the tombs every day, destroying arrow towers, gate towers and other defenses.

Taishi Ci personally defended the city and used a long bow to kill the enemies who tried to get close to the city wall.

Le Yi observed Yingling City for several days and basically figured out Taishi Ci's defense.

When it comes to commanding soldiers and horses and attacking and defending cities, Taishi Ci is still far behind Le Yi.

"The Lord has issued an order to mobilize 200,000 people, and asked the general to capture Yingling within a month and capture the guarding general Taishi Ci alive."

Chutian sent Zhao Yun, who was more powerful, to serve as Le Yi's bodyguard and assist Le Yi in conquering Yingling.

Le Yi said: "If 200,000 people are in place, we can capture this city in less than fifteen days. As for Taishi Ci's life and death, there is no guarantee."

In Taishan County, the prefect Li Guang and the military advisor Du Ruhui led the temporarily formed Taishan Army to attack the Kingdom of Jinan.

The Taishan Legion is not the main army, but a defensive legion, similar to Zang Ba, Sun Guan's Langya Defense Legion, and Mi Fang's Donghai Defense Legion.

Du Ruhui organized the surrendered troops from Taishan County and temporarily formed the Taishan Army in accordance with Chutian's order. There were 40,000 people in total, making it the largest local army.

The defensive legion can be used to actively attack, and offense is the best defense.

Li Guang led the Taishan Army to invade Jinan and went straight to Dongpingling, the administrative center of Jinan.

The powerful attack by the Chutian forces caught the Qingzhou governor off guard.

He could not imagine that the Xuzhou Army was fighting on multiple fronts!

The Xuzhou Army was like a few greedy pythons, entangling and strangling the Qingzhou Army.

The governor of Qingzhou sent his most powerful general Tian Dan to successfully block the Xuzhou Army in Qi State, but the Taishan Army began to attack Jinan, causing the governor of Qingzhou to have a headache.

"You go to Jinan to support."

The governor of Qingzhou once again dispatched troops and generals from Pingyuan County to support the Kingdom of Jinan.

He sent almost all the elite soldiers and generals under his command to block Xuzhou Mu's attack.

The governor of Qingzhou and Mr. Zhao only had four counties left, while Chutian had the strength of eight counties. The huge gap in territory made the governor of Qingzhou feel somewhat desperate.

He could only adopt the same tactics as Mr. Zhao, holding the wall and clearing the country, waiting for the situation to change.

Sometimes if the delay lasts for a long time, no one knows what will happen. For example, if Mu Chuzi of Xuzhou dies due to excessive indulgence, the Xuzhou army's offensive against Qingzhou will naturally collapse.

As soon as Li Guang's Taishan Army entered Jinan Kingdom, the defenders from all over Jinan Kingdom immediately fled to Dongping Ling and joined the defenders of Dongping Ling.

"Flying General Li Guang attacks Jinan!"

"Xuzhou Mu Chuzi plans to capture Beihai Kingdom!"

"Beihai Prime Minister Kong Rong worked for Xuzhou Mu Chuzi to capture him alive!"

As the most powerful prince in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Xuzhou Mu's actions attracted the attention of various princes, and all princes were very concerned about the development of Chutian.

Of course, they were not caring in good faith, but they wished that Chu Tian could disappear out of thin air when they got up the next day.

Now Chutian's territory has changed from five counties in Xuzhou to eight counties, and it has become the largest princes south of the Yellow River.

The surrounding princes were suppressed by Chu Tian, ​​and none of them showed any improvement.

Zhao Gongzi was beaten until only one Qi state was left. Tian Ji, the governor of Qingzhou, lost 30,000 elite troops. Yuan Shu was defeated and vomited blood. The Taishan prefect fled, and the Jiujiang prefect was killed by his subordinate Hou Jing. Cao Cao was in pain.

struggle……

"Wen Ruo, Gongda, the situation is not good for me now, how can I suppress Xuzhou Chu Zimou?"

Cao Cao found Xun You and Xun Yu, and he was very worried.

Chu Tian suppressed the surrounding princes. Currently, the only princes around who are capable of resisting are Tian Qi, the governor of Qingzhou, and Cao Cao, the governor of Yanzhou.

Even though Xun You and Xun Yu were talented planners and kings, they remained silent in the face of the absolute disparity in national power.

Chutian has eight counties, Gongziwen has two counties, and there are ten counties in total.

Cao Cao only had three counties.

As the king's assistant, Xun You has a huge bonus to the territory, but Chutian also has Li Kui, who can bring a bonus to grain production every year, and has a large number of civil servants to govern. Therefore, the development speed of Xuzhou is faster than that of Yanzhou.

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"Even the two of you are helpless..."

Cao Cao's throat was dry.

If both Xun You and Xun Yu had nothing to do with Chu Zimou, Cao Cao would be unable to survive alone.

Cao Cao is now seeking refuge with Yuan Shao on the surface, but in fact he is unable to obtain effective support from Yuan Shao. The reason is simple. Yuan Shao is working hard to expel Liu Bei's forces from Julu County and has no time to distract himself from going south.

Unless Yuan Shao destroys Liu Bei, it is possible to support Cao Cao.

This may be the worst situation for Cao Cao in history. When his opponent had eight counties, he only had three.

Finally, Xun You, the mastermind, couldn't stand it anymore: "My subordinates mentioned this matter to several strangers and asked them for advice on how to break the situation. Some strangers thought that they could annex Yuan Gongli's tribe and occupy Yuzhou.

Yuzhou and Yanzhou are the territory, and we can compete with Chu Zimou. This may be the last chance for the lord. If we continue to let Chu Zimou grow bigger, there will be no more opportunities."

After hearing what Xun You said, Cao Cao's eyes gradually became brighter.

Yuan Shukong had a huge territory, but he was mediocre and incompetent. He was beaten to death by Yang Ye with ten thousand men, and was taught a lesson by Chu Tian in Pengcheng. Cao Cao was dissatisfied with him.

"But, will strangers support me?"

Cao Cao sat on the ground and discussed the general situation with Xun You and Xun Yu.

This may be one of the few opportunities for their power.

There are four major states: Xuzhou, Qingzhou, Yanzhou, and Yuzhou. The representative princes are Chutian, Tian Qi, Cao Cao, and Yuan Shu. Among them, Chutian forcibly occupied Yanzhou Taishan County, Qingzhou Beihai Kingdom, and Donglai County, which is equivalent to occupying 1.5 states.

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If Chutian's sphere of influence exceeds two states, Cao Cao will have almost no chance of making a comeback.

Xun You analyzed for Cao Cao: "With the reputation of the lord, he has been echoed by hundreds of strangers. Yuan Shu has a group of powerful and ambitious lords of strangers under his command. Seeing that Yuan Shu cannot defeat Chu Zimou, they will definitely be willing to assist the lord in defeating Chu Zimou, and then

Fishing in troubled waters and taking advantage of the opportunity to rise.”

"I'm not boasting, I am indeed quite famous among strangers."

Cao Cao didn't know why he was sought after by a large number of strangers. During the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the strangers who came to visit Cao Cao every day could break through Cao Cao's threshold.

If not for the rise of Chu Zimou in Xuzhou, Cao Cao, who had a large number of foreign followers, might have unified the four states south of the Yellow River and prepared to go north to attack Yuan Shao.

Chutian's reputation has also attracted a group of strangers to seek refuge with Chutian, and the remaining ones who are unwilling to seek refuge with Chutian are all ambitious stranger lords. Or, perhaps, they are still unwilling to give up their status above ten thousand people in their own power.

Xun You said: "That's it. The lord replaced Yuan Gongdao and became the princes across Yanzhou and Yuzhou. He promised the foreign lords in Yuzhou to break the soil and become lords and not interfere with their territory, then the foreign lords can serve the lord. Xuzhou

Mu Chuzi has great ambitions, so why do the Yiren lords in Yuzhou not seek refuge with Chu Zimou, but with Yuan Gongluo? It’s just that they are unwilling to give up their existing power, status, and their ambition to compete in the Central Plains. The lord can use his ambition...

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"My lord and Wen Ruo are discussing important matters. Why don't you call your subordinates? Perhaps your subordinates are capable of taking care of your lord's troubles."

Counselor Cheng Yu interrupted the conversation between Xun You and Cao Cao.

After Cao Cao was appointed as the governor of Yanzhou by the emperor Jiujiang Lao Qin, Cheng Yu officially served Cao Cao.

Cao Cao's talents have been increasing, but Cao Cao's power has been maliciously targeted by Chu Tian, ​​making it seem that Cao Cao has never developed.

When Cao Cao saw Cheng Yu's arrival and heard Cheng Yu's tone, it seemed that he could break the deadlock for Cao Cao's forces, he couldn't help but be overjoyed: "If Zhong De has a clever plan, please tell him quickly."
To be continued...