"Zhuge Liang is probably only 7 to 8 years old. His father, Zhuge Gui, the Prime Minister of Taishan County, passed away not long ago. He is still stranded in Taishan County and is detained by the lord of Taishan County."

Soon Chu Tian learned of Zhuge Liang's whereabouts.

Zhuge Liang is still a child, and Chu Tian is qualified to be his father.

Zhuge Liang fell into the hands of the lord of Taishan County. Is it necessary to fight against Taishan County for a future talent?

Chu Tian thought it was necessary because the lord of Taishan County once participated in the coalition forces that besieged Langya Kingdom.

Taishan County is one of the eight major counties in Yanzhou, and Xuzhou only has five counties. If Taishan County to the west of Langya Kingdom can be captured, Chutian's territory will change from five counties to six counties.

"Take Guangling County, and then covet Taishan County."

Chu Tian's army is fighting on two fronts, fighting Cao Cao on one side and pacifying Ling County on the other.

Only when the troops attacking Guangling County are vacant can the Chu talents dare to attack Taishan County, otherwise it will be a three-front battle.

The consequence of a three-line battle is that as long as there is a problem on one line and the foundation is threatened, the other two lines of troops will be forced to retreat.

"Lord Zhou Mu, there is a French envoy asking to see you!"

While Chu Tian was dealing with internal affairs, someone suddenly came to report.

"The French envoys? They are thousands of miles away, how could they end up here..."

Chu Tian quickly understood that it was probably the French who used the teleportation array of the World Trade Node to come to Nanhai County in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and then came to Xuzhou through the teleportation array of Nanhai County.

The purpose of their arrival must be to redeem the representative hero of their own civilization zone.

In order to make them give up, Chu Tian decided to meet the French envoys.

Soon several blond envoys arrived.

Chu Tian had Zhao Yun as his guard and was not afraid.

"Chu Zimou, we are players of the French Paris Guild. Our hero Joan of Arc was captured by you, and you hope to redeem her with gold and silver. Her abilities are not suitable for you in the Eastern Han Dynasty, but they are of great significance to us in France.

.How much gold and silver do you want? A thousand pounds of gold? Or three thousand pounds? Or ten thousand pounds?"

The French envoy went straight to the point and explained his intention directly.

Chu Tian was unmoved: "Joan of Arc has pledged allegiance to me. She is now my subordinate, not a prisoner. It is impossible for me to allow others to buy my subordinates with money. How will my other subordinates view me in this way?"

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One of the French envoys exclaimed: "Impossible! How could she be loyal to the lords of the Eastern Han Dynasty!"

"If you pay attention to the news about the Eastern Han Dynasty, you will soon know that she is fighting for me and expanding my territory."

Chu Tian deliberately provoked the relationship between them.

There are still French envoys who are unwilling to believe that the spiritual symbol of France will be loyal to another civilization: "We need to question her."

"She has just pledged her allegiance to me, and it is impossible for you to shake her determination. Forget your hero, she is already a free citizen of the Eastern Han Dynasty. God will bless her, and she will start a new life in the new Garden of Eden."

When Chu Tian dealt with the French envoys, he deliberately acted like a translator.

The French envoys did not know whether it was true or not, and Chutian prohibited them from contacting Joan of Arc, so they could not understand the real situation.

"You can leave now and don't come to take advantage of us, the free people of the Eastern Han Dynasty."

Chu Tian drove away the French envoys and determined that Joan of Arc was a free citizen of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

Regarding Chu Tian's hegemonism, the French envoys gnashed their teeth in hatred, but they were helpless towards Chu Tian.

Chutian's territory is equivalent to one-quarter to one-half of France. Even the largest lord in France is just a marquis, controlling one-fifth of France's territory, which cannot be compared with Chutian.

Furthermore, the distance between the two sides was too far, and the French expedition to Xuzhou was just a castle in the air and unrealistic.

"If we meet on the battlefield of a national war in the future, you will regret it. All our lords in France will regard you as an enemy."

Facing the threat from the French envoys, Chu Tian said as if nothing had happened: "You France, you better ask for your own blessings. The Caesar of Rome will conquer Gaul. Isn't the predecessor of your France Gaul? If France can't even resist Rome, what's the point?

How can you be my enemy?"

The French envoy was driven out and was aggrieved.

This Eastern lord was simply a devil without leakage, and he was so thick-skinned that he regarded the heroes of France as free citizens of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

While they hated Chu Tian, ​​they were also shocked by the prosperity of Xia City.

After Li Kui's governance, Xiacheng has gained popular support, stable public security, developed economy, agriculture, and culture, and its population has gradually increased. It currently has a population of 300,000.

Various special buildings were piled up in Xia City by Chu Tian, ​​and different effects were superimposed layer by layer, so that Xia City was developing very quickly, and it was not far from becoming a large city.

During this period, Chutian returned to Xiacheng.

He ordered Zhou Yafu to hold Cao Cao in Dongping Kingdom, and Pang Juan was responsible for interfering with it, slowing down Cao Cao's development.

On the battlefield in Guangling County, there were 70,000 troops led by Le Yi, Xue Rengui, Chen Deng, and Mi Fang.

Chu Tian led the remaining main force and servants to the north of Langya Kingdom, and used Langya Kingdom as a base to expand again.

Langya Kingdom is the bridgehead for attacking Taishan County and Qingzhou, and is also the most important core area of ​​Chutian.

Before dealing with Cao Cao, Chu Tian planned to deal with Cao Cao's allies first. Otherwise, when Chu Tian was fighting with Cao Cao, Master Zhao suddenly attacked the Langya Kingdom, and Chu Tian's rear would be unprotected.

In Gaoyou County, Guangling County, Yang Ye gathered tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to defend, and it was impossible to attack by force for a while.

After Yang Ye returned from the National War, he hurriedly organized a defense. As a result, the defense line was broken by Le Yi and Xue Rengui, and he could only defend the city and wait for the situation to change.

Even with Leyi's siege bonus, siege is still a pain.

Le Yi and Xue Rengui inspected the city defenses and said to Xue Rengui: "If we attack by force, we will probably have to kill or injure 30,000 to 40,000 soldiers and civilians before we can capture Gaoyou."

"I will lead the cavalry to bypass Gaoyou and attack Guangling. As long as the Guangling prefect is captured alive, Yang Ye will definitely surrender."

"Okay, with me here, Yang Ye dare not leave the city. Your priority is to attack the city, and attack the heart first."

Le Yi agreed with Xue Rengui's tactics.

Guangling is the seat of Guangling County, which is equivalent to the Yangzhou area in reality. As long as Guangling is captured, Chutian forces can drink from the Yangtze River.

If Chutian's navy is strong, there is no need to go south to attack Jiangdong.

However, Chutian's focus was ultimately on the north where the cavalry was strong. After destroying the powerful northern princes, Chutian would then move south to Chibi.

Xue Rengui only led part of his troops to bypass Gaoyou and attack Guangling directly, causing panic among the prefect of Guangling and the people in the city.

"As soon as I came back from the national war, I faced a situation where 70,000 troops marched straight in. Who can stop me?"

The governor of Guangling felt his scalp numb.

Because Chen Deng knew the terrain of Guangling County, it was difficult for the defenders of Guangling County to use the terrain advantages to block the attack, so they had to retreat into the city.

"Xuzhou Mu has an order to surrender within fifteen days and persuade Yang Ye to surrender, so that he can save his life. Otherwise, all officials and lords will be executed on the day the city is broken!"

In order to get Yang Ye, Chu Tian also used Guangling Prefect, Yang Ye's lord.

If even the lord surrendered, Yang Ye would definitely surrender as well.

Because both sides do not yet have the concept of a kingdom, there will be no situation where military generals will be loyal to a certain kingdom.

"On the 15th..."

The prefect of Guangling was struggling.

Although you can save your life by surrendering, the days of being as prosperous as the current Tudi Emperor are gone forever, and you will most likely become a civilian.

This is also the reason why many big lords take a gamble even though they know they are losing.

After gaining power, one cannot bear the loss of power.

When Le Yi and Xue Rengui fought hard to conquer Guangling County, Chu Tian returned to Xia City in advance through the teleportation array and transferred the center of power to Xia City.

At the same time, he dismissed Xia Liang from his post as Prime Minister of Xia Pi and appointed him as Prime Minister of Lang Ya. At the same time, he appointed Li Kui as Prime Minister of Xia Pi.

Chen Deng, the Prime Minister of the East China Sea, went to Guangling County to fight, and Chutian sent Zhao Yu from Langya to serve as the Prime Minister of the East China Sea.

According to Chutian's plan, after Guangling County is captured, Chen Deng will serve as the prefect of Guangling and maintain a defensive posture towards Jiangdong.

Chutian's expansion direction is in Qingzhou and Yanzhou, and it sticks to the direction of Yangzhou and Yuzhou.

Chutian is not so arrogant as to attack four states at the same time.

After Xia Liang convinced Joan of Arc, he took her to the lord's mansion.

"Lord, please keep your promise. Within five years, as long as I have achieved enough military exploits for you, please let me return to France."

Joan of Arc carefully probed Chu Tian's tone.

"Of course. You are living with Hua Mulan during this period. Don't try to leave the Eastern Han Dynasty on your own. There are several teleportation arrays and world trade nodes between the Eastern Han Dynasty and France. If you leave on your own, you will be captured alive by other lords, especially in the

In the hands of infidels, the outcome will not be like this... You should know that people's hearts are sinister, and there are not many people like us."

Chu Tian was worried that Joan of Arc would run away secretly during her service and deliberately frightened her.

"I know you are a good person, so I am willing to help you defeat Cao Mengde. I heard that if you defeat him, you can shorten the five-year period."

"Cao Mengde?"

Chu Tian looked at Xia Liang, she made a look intentionally or unintentionally, and Chu Tian understood.

"Can."
To be continued...