Over the battlefield of the National War, the sky was hazy and the wind was howling, which was depressing.

A city stands on the Gobi Desert. The city wall is damaged, the outer bricks of the rammed earth wall fall off, and cracks appear in the rammed earth wall, spreading like a spider web.

Thirty thousand Han troops appeared in the city, and the civilians in the city looked at the incoming legions in panic. The neatly armored Yan Jia and Wei soldiers were holding halberds and shields, staring at them with eager eyes. The tiger troops and the Xiliang cavalry, with their men and horses, covered with iron armor, stood condescendingly.

,magnificent!

The soldiers of Xiliuying were light infantry, equipped with iron armor, but their armor was lighter than that of the three-layered armor of Wei Wu soldiers.

"This is the Gobi?"

Chu Tian looked around. The buildings in the city were mainly rammed earth houses. The sky was gloomy, visibility was not high, and the entire battlefield was dark.

If the place of birth is random and Chutian was born in the Gobi terrain, his luck is bad.

"Count the population and resources immediately! Zhou Yafu, lead your soldiers to climb the city wall to prevent the enemy from sneak attacks."

The Han army occupied the entire city. This city was their initial resource. Only with resources could they supply supplies on the battlefield of the national war.

Xiliu camp defended the city, and Chu Tian entered the somewhat dilapidated city lord's mansion.

"Ding! The third national war has begun and will last for six months. All civilizations are requested to compete for the five major cities as much as possible within six months."

"Ding! In order to protect weak civilizations, the cities of large civilizations with more than ten initial cities will be in a dilapidated state."

"Ding! The national war battlefield is surrounded by the ocean. The birthplace of a civilization with a navy is close to the sea, so naval battles can be conducted."

"Ding! The national war terrain map has been released."

A series of system reminders attracted Chutian's attention.

No wonder the city owned by Chutian is so dilapidated.

Chutian thought it was due to his poor luck, but it turned out that the national war favored weak civilizations. In short, the cities of large civilizations are difficult to defend and encourage attacks. The cities of small civilizations are strong, easy to defend and difficult to attack, which increases the number of small civilizations.

survival time. Otherwise, the princes of small civilizations will be eliminated at the beginning of the national war.

Chutian also obtained a map. This map was not detailed, but Chutian could basically understand the terrain of the National War battlefield.

The battlefields of the National War are two islands. The big island is surrounded by Gobi in the west, jungle in the south, grassland in the north, and plains in the east and middle. Four main cities are located on the edge of the central plain, forming a quadrilateral. There is also a main city in an independent small island.

island.

There is an ocean between the two large and small islands. In order to compete for the fifth main city on the small island, a naval battle may break out.

Chutian can confirm that the civilization of the Han Empire is in the Gobi to the west. This is not a very good terrain for the Han Empire. However, it is much better than being born in the jungle.

"Joan of Arc, send Iron Eagle scouts to conduct reconnaissance for hundreds of miles in four directions, southeast and northwest. If you encounter a Han army city, mark the location and terrain, and report back to me."

Chu Tian ordered Joan who was following him to go down. Hua Mulan could not participate in this national war, and Joan replaced Hua Mulan and was responsible for the investigation work.

"yes."

Eight hundred iron eagle scouts carried enough dry food and galloped in all directions to conduct reconnaissance.

Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui and other civil servants quickly took over the city.

Fang Xuanling held an account book: "The account book of the city lord's palace shows that this city has a total population of 300,000, and the military rations can be used by 100,000 people for six months. If war horses are included, the food consumption may be even greater. There are bows and crossbows in the arsenal.

five thousand

, three thousand pairs of armor, five thousand swords and shields, twenty thousand spears, five thousand horses, fifty thousand armor-piercing arrows, and one million ordinary arrows. The water source is well water, which comes from underground. According to records, in the city

Ten miles to the north, there is a river."

"This city has a lot of armaments and can recruit a group of low-level troops... Immediately recruit five thousand crossbowmen, led by Liang Hongyu. Twenty thousand low-level infantry, led by Cao Ren and Manchong generals. Low-level light cavalry.

Five thousand, led by Xu Rong, Xia Houyuan and others."

"Arrange military craftsmen to produce high-end infantry crossbows to recruit Jianyan crossbowmen."

"Select qualified soldiers from all over the city and recruit the Detachment of Women."

"Requisition all the city's military craftsmen and blacksmith shops to give priority to making arrows. In addition, build high-end equipment to recruit high-level troops."

"The rest of the strong men became village warriors and were responsible for escorting the grain and grass."

Chutian immediately mobilized resources, recruited troops on a large scale, and produced armaments. The entire city operated efficiently, and all residents joined the war.

This city does not need to be built, just squeeze out all the war potential and win! This is a national war!

Recruiting high-level troops often takes two or three months, and low-level troops recruit the fastest, so Chu Tian recruited 30,000 low-level soldiers in one go to tide over the early stage.

The folk customs of the National War City were fierce and there were many excellent soldiers. Li Xiuning selected a thousand suitable soldiers in the city and trained them into a women's army, which took two months.

"Unlike the main world, the initial level of soldiers recruited here is level 40."

Li Xiuning, who was in charge of recruiting troops, mentioned something to Chu Tian.

The initial level of soldiers recruited in the main world is level 10. They are all new recruits and need to be trained for more than half a year before they can go to the battlefield. Different from the national war battlefield, the level of recruited soldiers is directly level 40, which is between recruits and veterans, and they can go directly into the war.

"Urgent report!"

The Iron Eagle scouts sent to the north for reconnaissance returned first and broke in through the city gate without stopping!

Chu Tian thought he would have to wait until the next day for the Iron Eagle Scout to obtain complete information. Unexpectedly, less than two hours later, the Iron Eagle Scout had already returned to report.

"There is indeed a river ten miles north, and on the other side of the river is a city. I waded across the river and found that it was not the city of our Han Empire!"

"Do you know which civilization it is?"

"I don't know, there are brothers investigating on the other side. We just want to find out and come back immediately to report to the lord. But...the other party also discovered our traces."

The news brought by Iron Eagle Scout is very shocking. The cities of other civilizations are only ten miles away from Chutian's city, separated by a river!

In this way, our city is located on the edge of the civilization of the Han Empire.

Chu Tian had a vague understanding of his position.

All the vassal cities of the Han Empire civilization were located adjacent to each other. There were 22 cities in total. Together with the troops and horses brought by each vassal, the population exceeded 7 million.

There are many cities, and there must be cities adjacent to other civilizations. Chutian's city is close to an unknown civilization.

"Macedonia, Persia, Germany, Mughal India, Ottomans, Arabia, North America...these are not civilizations that are easy to mess with."

Before Chu Tian participated in the national war, he had a rough understanding of various civilizations and knew that some civilizations were not easy to provoke.

For example, the Arab Empire, their imperial believers regard death as death, and even if they defeat them, they will suffer heavy losses. There is also North America. Although North America does not have any decent historical heroes, North America has very special troops and a large population, which is equivalent to a powerful barbarian.

The lords of each civilization carry reconnaissance units comparable to the level of Iron Eagle Scouts. When the Iron Eagle Scouts discovered the other party, the other party also discovered the Iron Eagle Scouts, and the two sides carefully spied on each other.

"Their armor style should be that of the cavalry of the Han Empire!"

"Damn it, why is the Han Empire to our south!"

Cui Zaishan, the lord of Goryeo, was familiar with the armor of the Han Empire, but when he saw the armor of the Eastern Han cavalry, his face turned pale.

The Goryeo Kingdom had only two cities, while the Han Empire had 22 cities. The two sides were not on the same level at all!

Although the initial city of Goryeo was stronger due to its protection mechanism, Cui Zaishan did not think that the two cities could stop the Eastern Han Empire's expedition.

Cui Zaishan looked at the heroes under his command, Eulji Mundeok who defeated the Sui army: "We are not the opponents of the Han Empire yet, but I am unwilling to leave the battlefield of the National War. What should I do?"

Eulji Mundeok replied: "The Han Empire is powerful and the surrounding civilizations are afraid of it. They can rely on other large civilizations to compete with the Han Empire. Once other civilizations know that the Han Empire is nearby, regardless of whether they have hatred against the Han Empire, they will always

Accept us."

"Send out scouts immediately and contact the surrounding civilizations! Tell Li Minzhe that we put aside our grudges for the time being and join forces. The other party is the Han Empire. I can't do anything on my own. If he helps me in this national war, I can spare his life in the main world.

Otherwise, once I unify Korea, I will kill him and his family!"

Cui Zaishan's eyes were fierce. He learned that the south of the river was the Han Empire, and he hated and feared it. Facing the Han Empire, the two cities of Goryeo were unable to withstand its military front!

Iron Eagle Scout brings back a prisoner.

"We ambush outside the city, capture this man alive, and according to torture, he is the lord of Koryo!"

"It's the Korean stick again..."

Chu Tian thought it was Roman, Macedonian, Mughal and other civilizations, but he didn't expect it to be the lord of Korea.

The Han Empire had already discovered before the start of the national war that Goryeo had only two lords, so there was nothing to fear.

At the beginning of the Second National War, Chutian crushed the second lord of Koryo, Lee Min-cheol. This time the enemies met on a narrow road, and Chutian encountered the lord of Koryo again.

"The other side is already on guard. Should I attack the city of Goryeo alone, or should I join forces with other princes?"

Chutian faces an important choice.

There may be two Goryeo cities to the north of the river, and there may be other civilizations. If Chutian went to attack the city alone, he would have to leave some troops to defend the city.

It also takes a while to recruit low-level troops. Chutian only has 30,000 troops available. If 10,000 troops are left to defend the city, only 20,000 troops are available. The two Goryeo cities have an initial army of 60,000 troops and the cities are strong.

Twenty thousand people versus Goryeo's 60,000 people and two fortified cities could become a meat grinder.

It would be very simple if we united with other Eastern Han princes and sent more than 100,000 troops to capture the city of Goryeo.

Should you go it alone or join forces with other princes?

Chu Tian summoned his counselors to analyze the pros and cons.

Xun You thought for a while and said, "My lord is unwilling to attack a fortified city and will suffer too many losses, so we can use the tactic of luring the snake out of its hole."

"How to lure a snake out of its hole?"
To be continued...