The focus of the negotiation has been completed, and there are some small issues left, so it is much easier to negotiate.

Liu Tao had already asked someone to write to Lu Zhi on the front line and was ready to go south at any time. Therefore, it was impossible to stay in Zhongshan County and help Zang Min slowly recover the cities one by one.

Zhongshan County has thirteen counties under its jurisdiction, centered on Lunu, surrounded by a circle in the southeast, west and north. Even if Puyin and Wangdu counties are deducted, they will not be able to be defeated for more than a month. This is still a smooth attack.

Fortunately, Zang Min was also prepared and immediately replied: "This is nothing. Perhaps it is because he knows that Puyin County and Wangdu County have been revived. The county magistrates of Tang County, Beiping County and Shangquyang County have sent people to report, saying that the three cities have not yet fallen."

No one has not yet fallen, at most, like Puyin County, when the situation is not good, surrender first to avoid being liquidated. But at this time, it seems that even Zang Min is planning to pretend to be confused.

He paused and continued, "In other words, the north no longer needs to go over. The focus is on the six cities in the southeast and southwest... You can go downstream and attack Anxi County first, then Liwu County. After crossing the river, take Anguo County, go west and then Hanchang, and then attack Xinshi County. Finally, go south to Wuji County, and then you will be done!"

Liu Tao had probably seen the map of Zhongshan County and was very impressed by Zang Min's skill in this stroke.

He looked at Lu Yan in a hidden way, and the latter nodded slightly. This time he looked at Zang Min and replied: "We need to stay in Lu Nu for three or five days before going to war, can we go?"

"Good!" Zang Min certainly would not refuse. It was a good thing for more than two thousand people to help defend the city.

"Brother, the county magistrate asked us to go around like this. When will these counties fight?" When leaving, Zhang Fei had to step forward and asked in a low voice.

"About 300 miles or so, if you only march, you can complete it in six days..." Lu Yan was already very familiar with the map of Zhongshan County and had a rough understanding of the distance between each county. At that time, Zang Min finished speaking, he had already calculated the distance.

He paused and added: "The Han Dynasty established all counties, with 100 miles under the jurisdiction of Shangxian County, 75 miles in Zhongxian County, and 50 miles in Xiaxian County. Except for the border troops, the local county garrisons are all villagers who serve in the military, so combat effectiveness is basically impossible to count.

Therefore, the defenders of each county, after deducting Puyin, Wangdu and Anxi, count Wuji County at most. The number of troops stationed in these four counties exceeds a thousand, and the number of troops stationed in the remaining counties shall not exceed two hundred!"

"There are still a bit too many people with two hundred people. Most of the people who are being bullied have been taken to the front line. In the local counties, there is at most one hundred people guarding them, which is already considered to be the top." Liu Tao was more optimistic.

"If there are only one hundred people, let alone siege equipment, directly attacking, you can defeat the city." Guan Yu nodded thoughtfully.

The city in Xiaxian is about three to four meters long, and you can climb up with a long ladder, and you won’t be so easily injured when you fall. It’s just that the stones and logs thrown by the other party, or even boiling soup (boiled water) and gold juice (boiled manure water) are more troublesome.

Even the most primitive three-combination soil will not be invented almost two hundred years later. However, in this era, the city walls built with wood and stone mixed into the soil and using plates of rammed earth are not so easy to destroy.

Therefore, before the development of the Pili Car, the main method of siege was to hit the city gate and climb the city wall. However, the city gate was generally blocked in advance, so how to climb the city wall was a technical job.

"How long does it take to build a ladder truck, a well railing truck and a catapult truck?" Liu Tao asked.

"This is enough for the craftsmen, but I'm afraid that time will not be short. The fastest one is to rush to the city hammer and the long ladder!" Lu Yan shook his head. There were no craftsmen in their army who could build siege equipment, and this was also the biggest shortcoming of the army.

To put it bluntly, a city hammer can be made with the trunk of a tree. There is only one usage, that is, hitting the other party's city wall or city gate; a long ladder is a long ladder that is four or five meters long or even seven meters long. It can be accompanied by hook claws on the top to build the city wall, and then soldiers climb from bottom to top, which often appears in many movies and TV series.

Generally, these two siege weapons are actually enough when attacking Xiaxian. However, if there are no ladder trucks, or even catapult trucks, casualties will probably increase rapidly in the middle county like Anxi County.

"Ask first, since they know how to build siege weapons, they probably know the time to build it." Liu Tao felt that staying like this was not a solution, so he looked at Lu Yan.

"I'll ask later." Lu Yan nodded. Siege is not as good as field battles, so naturally the more cautious the better.

The next day, Zhang, Su and Zhen were active and sent three thousand soldiers to the barracks directly. One thousand of them were servants of the three families. They had already received some training and were very disciplined and obedient. Naturally, the commanding officers also came from the children of these three families.

The other two thousand people are young and strong people summoned by the three families in Lu Nu. Many of them are tenants of the three families. In addition, there are some craftsmen. In this regard, the Su family can be said to have suffered heavy bleeding.

At the same time, there were several children from the three families, saying that they were helping with documents, supplies, logistics and other trivial matters. Liu Tao also accepted them all and handed them over to Lu Yan to arrange them. The latter was relieved, he was short of staff!

"These 250 people here are all in the Zhang family's best equestrian servants." Zhang Shiping stepped forward and pointed to the cavalry unit beside him and introduced, "There are two more, the enshrinements of the Zhang family. They admire Sima Liu very much and are willing to come and join."

To put it bluntly, some rangers and other existences are just recruited by local wealthy families and become disciples. To be honest, they are senior bodyguards. They help train and govern the servants as the family's protective power.

The names of these two people reported. Among the more famous people in Liu Tao's memory, there were no names of these two people. They should not be historical celebrities, but they still pretended to be enthusiastic and came forward to say hello.

The servants of the Su family were all very strong. Liu Tao selected 100 people to be organized into the crossbow soldiers.

In the end, there were 1,500 spearmen, Liu Tao and Liu Ge, respectively, and 200 crossbow soldiers, and Shangguan Yu, and 300 cavalry troops, and Zhang Fei, and 300 sword and shield soldiers, and Guan Yu.

The baggage, firehead and craftsmen have three thousand, and this part is left to Lu Yan to take charge. The organization is directly dismantled and mixed with the original baggage force, and strive to be the officer of Liu Tao's old subordinate. After all, it is to strengthen control of this army.

"I didn't expect that after a few days of going south from Zhuo County, my troops had already reached 5,300." Liu Tao sighed.

"Although that's the case, there are only 2,300 soldiers... and after the scattering and mixing, the combat effectiveness of the troops has decreased." Lu Yan must have reminded him. The baggage troops have some combat effectiveness, but after the war soldiers are killed, they basically do not expect the baggage troops to resist stubbornly to the end.

"Then fight a few more battles. Once you get used to it, your combat effectiveness will increase!" Liu Tao was not so worried.
Chapter completed!