Chapter 236: Heavy casualties

   An hour before the end of the Battle of Xuzhou, the news that the army of the Langya Kingdom was about to be defeated came from Xuzhou, and the entire Eastern Han Dynasty was a sensation!

Everybody knows that Chu Zimou and Tao Qian snatched Xuzhou Mu, and Chu Zimou did not hide his ambitions at all, so the princes of the entire Eastern Han dynasty would pay attention to the outcome of the Xuzhou battle intentionally or unconsciously.

Therefore, when news of the defeat of the Langya nation's army came out, Chutian's competitors were in a mixed mood.

The prefect Mingguan of Liaodong has always regarded Chutian as a strong enemy. His ranking in the Eastern Han Dynasty has now fallen to fifth place, because the population of Liaodong is less than that of the gate.

Territorial ranking does not represent military strength. Mingguan, with a large number of cavalry and fierce general Chang Yuchun, thinks that its military strength is second only to Chutian.

He heard that his most powerful opponent had fallen under the onslaught of the 200,000 Xuzhou Allied Forces, and he couldn't help feeling: "Chu Zimou, I am here to defeat the lord of the Goryeo Kingdom, and I also want to join hands with you to destroy the Goryeo stick. Taking a Korean woman back, I didn’t expect that your race to the Central Plains would come to an abrupt end... It’s a blessing for us to fall down early, but it may also be a pity. Without a decent opponent, it will be really lonely in the future. ."

After hearing this news, Old Qin, the lord of Xianyang City in Guanzhong, couldn’t help shaking his head: “After all, the power of a county can hardly compete with the power of a state. If Chu Zimou is older, he will take advantage of the contradictions between the lords of each county. Breaking, instead of forcibly going south, he will not end up like this. I also want to play with you in the Central Plains in the future. In the future, without a strong opponent, life is really boring."

The Jiyin prefect of the Yanzhou Anti-Cao Cao Alliance heard that Chu Zi, who supported him behind Cao Cao, was defeated, and his mood was mixed. Without the support of Chu Zimou, it would be difficult for him to defeat the cunning Cao Mengde: "You support me in Cao Cao, but I haven't officially started it. Instead, you were beaten by the Xuzhou coalition..."

Huma, the lord of Taiyuan County in Binzhou, learned of Le Yi’s appearance in the Eastern Han Dynasty: "I don’t know if Le Yi’s ability is strong or my Lianpo’s ability is strong? Chu Zimou, originally I wanted to defeat you with Lianpo, but unfortunately Up."

The princes and high lords who used Chutian as their potential rivals were more or less relieved when they heard the news of Langya's defeat.

Chu Zimou brought tremendous pressure to the princes in the Eastern Han District.

All the princes who can rise have the ability and ambition, no one will make mistakes easily, they will see who expands faster. If Chu Zimou became the first foreigner, he would only need to farm in Xuzhou for a few years, and the accumulated money and food would be enough to support his army to sweep the area south of the Yellow River, unstoppable.

Therefore, the destruction of Langya Kingdom is a good thing for most princes.

What they regret is that they lack a terrible opponent in the future.

All the princes just breathed a sigh of relief. An hour later, the latest news came from Xuzhou-Langya's army turned defeat and defeated 200,000 Xuzhou Allied Forces, and the battle of Xuzhou ended with Langya's victory!

Damn!

All the lords who were still feeling sorry just now couldn't help but yell.

Not only did Chu Zimou not fall, but he would become a more terrifying competitor!

In   朐 County, Mi Zhu learned that the army of Langya Country under the command of Chu Zi had won the Battle of Xuzhou. He couldn't help but be fortunate to join the Langya Country camp ahead of time!

Judging from the current situation, the defeated Chu Tian is likely to go south to attack Tancheng and Xiapi, replacing Tao Qian as Xuzhou Mu!

The elites of the lords of Xuzhou suffered heavy losses, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to form a powerful coalition to resist the army of Langya.

"I said it a long time ago, I should give charcoal in snow."

Mi Fang is very proud of his own judgment, his judgment is simply accurate!

Mi Zhu seems to realize something: "We will go to meet Chu Zi as soon as possible. I think he will hope to get our help very much. He is very weak now."

The relatively simple-minded Mi Fang was puzzled: "What do you mean?"

Mi Zhu whispered: "He needs troops and money."

Mi Zhu and Mi Fang led the rebels to leave Qu County and took the initiative to join Chutian's army. Mi Zhu also asked to load boxes of gold and silver into a carriage. He knew that Chu Tian would need gold and silver now. The investment at this time can bring him huge returns in the future.

He Mi Zhu has nothing else but money.

Because of the victory in the Battle of Xuzhou, Chutian's reputation has swayed the East China Sea. The rebels and horse teams of the brothers Mi Zhu and Mi Fang went wild in the East China Sea and quickly approached Chutian's army!

Tancheng, Le Yi was stationed here and gained control of the thirty thousand defenders of Tancheng. Tao Qian commissioned Le Yi to lead 30,000 soldiers to defend Tancheng to prevent Langya's army from revenge.

Le Yi's ability is already obvious to all, and only he can block Langya's military front.

"Unexpectedly, they still have a support army, and that support army seems to inspire the morale of the friendly army. If I had a better general or my special arms recruited, the Battle of Xuzhou would not be the result. "

Le Yi was worried about the defeat of Song Jiang on the left.

If it were not for the collapse of the left wing, the center and the right might not have collapsed. Not afraid of strong opponents, but weak teammates.

"Chu Zimou's army will soon go south, and it is necessary to reinforce the defensive fortifications in Tancheng. It may be a good thing that the number of defenders in the city is reduced. The food for two months can now be eaten for more than a year. Hold on for a year, Many changes will happen."

Le Yi is ready to stay in Tancheng for a long time.

Chutian wants to attack the Pirate captive Tao Qian, so he must attack Tancheng.

If Le Yi knew that Chu Tian wanted to capture him most now rather than Tao Qian, I am afraid he would not be able to defend Tancheng.

On the battlefield in the south of Liangshan Town, Chu Tian ordered his soldiers to clean up the battlefield, count the prisoners, and prepare to attack Tancheng in one go.

But this battle exhausted everyone's stamina. To prevent Le Yi from leading his troops to return for a sneak attack, Chu Tian and his team prepared to go to Liangshan Town or Jiqiu County to rest, and the next day they recovered their physical strength and marched towards Tancheng.

A decisive battle destroyed the morale of the opponent. It would take a long time for the Xuzhou coalition to regroup and restore morale. And this period of time was enough for Chu Tian to encircle Tancheng.

"The general is incompetent, and has no physical strength to pursue Yang Ye, please atone for the crime!"

Xue Rengui informed Chu Tian that Yang Ye led the cavalry to escape.

"Don't blame yourself. When Yang Wudi led Ten Thousand Qingqi into Langya Country, we couldn't capture him alive."

Chutian knew that Yang Ye's cavalry had never been defeated during the battle, and had eliminated Xue Rengui's two thousand cavalry, which can be said to be a major enemy.

Le Yi was also not captured alive, because Le Yi personally led Danyang soldiers and about 20,000 soldiers to fight and retreat, while Zhao Yun and Hua Mulan's cavalry had no physical strength to chase Le Yi all the way. Not only were people sleepy, but there were also horses. A large number of horses fell on the ground, foaming at the mouth.

Thinking of Le Yi, Chu Tian gritted his teeth with hatred.

This kind of commander falls into his own hands, the enemy feels uncomfortable, falls into the enemy's hands, he feels uncomfortable.

"Lu Zhi fell to the ground with exhaustion!"

"Can you be sick?"

"It's just a loss of strength, it doesn't matter."

Chutian learned that Lu Zhi, the hero of the battle, was fine, and the stone fell to the ground.

Lu Zhi broke through Song Jiang's phalanx and almost came back with his own power.

Even though Le Yi personally arrived at the right wing command and failed to come back, he successfully dragged Le Yi and provided an opportunity for the Women's Army to break through the left wing of the enemy infantry.

Without Lu Zhi, Le Yi personally directed the left wing, and the Women's Army still had no chance.

It can be said that Lu Zhi is one of the heroes who made the final comeback.

If Lu Zhi, who is well-known in the Eastern Han Dynasty, died in this battle, then the aristocratic families in the Eastern Han Dynasty would definitely be a sensation.

Chutian went to check on Lu Zhi's situation in person. Several soldiers were taking care of Lu Zhi.

"Master Lu has done a great job, and Zimou has nothing to do with it. When he returns to Xiacheng, he will definitely build a mansion for Master Lu and remember his military merits for future generations."

Chutian is grateful to Lu Zhi who regards death as home.

Lu Zhi is not the kind of pedantic to annoying rotten scholars, but an upright and military talent.

"Zimou doesn't have to spend a lot of time. I originally thought that I could do something in troubled times when I came out of the mountain. But this battle also let me know that my physical strength can't keep up with your young people. From now on, I will live in seclusion in Langya country. The idlers are all right."

Lu Zhi was also quite moved.

He found that his physical fitness was far less than before, and he was dizzy after a battle with soldiers.

The hero is late.

"It doesn't matter, when Master Lu's hands are itchy in the future, he can go out to serve as a military commander again. I don't think we will encounter such a bad situation in the future and require Master Lu to charge himself.

Chutian considered that Lu Zhi was old and he passed away shortly after Dong Zhuo's rebellion. There is really no need to drain Lu Zhi's surplus value in the last few years of his life.

Lu Zhi is here to fight to protect Langya, and the lord’s mansion will worship Lu Zhi free of charge.

A hero, Chu Tian can still afford it.

"The cavalry at the end, only 1341 remain..."

Hua Mulan took off the helmet, her hair was cape, her eyes were bloodshot, and there were blood stains on her face.

She came to report the loss to Chu Tian, ​​and she choked up.

She suddenly wanted to hug Chutian and cry, but the identity of the lord destined her not to dare to do so.

"There are only more than a thousand of four thousand people left..."

Chutian can pass the tragic loss than imagined the scene at that time. It must be Hua Mulan who led the light cavalry to attack the enemy line after time, otherwise it would be hard to imagine that the light cavalry, known for their agility, would lose so much.

"Thank you."

Chutian didn't know how to comfort Mulan.

He glanced at the gathered generals, everyone fought bloody, more or less wounded.

He saw that there were knife marks on Zang Ba's face, and one of his eyes was bloody.

was probably aware of Chu Tian’s sight, and Zang Ba said indifferently, “Isn’t it just missing an eye? It’s a blessing to survive this time!”

Sun Guan, who was also born as a Taishan thief, limped and survived a few arrows. As a military commander, his vitality was much stronger than that of civil servants. In addition, Sun Guan was an extremely tough general, so he survived.

Huaxiong grinned even more, with a blue nose and a swollen nose. He was wearing heavy cavalry armor and had a high defensive power. However, he was hammered by the Xuzhou soldiers and suffered severe injuries.

Zhao Yun and Xue Rengui were injured, and Li Guang was no exception.

The only general who was not injured was Zhou Yafu.

As the backbone of Langya Kingdom in the Battle of Xuzhou, Zhou Yafu couldn't put himself in danger.

Any fierce general can continue to fight if he is killed, but once Zhou Yafu is killed, no one can hold Le Yi's main infantry force. There is no suspense in this battle.

Le Yi also wouldn't let himself be shot, so even after winning, the army of Langya Nation would not be able to catch Le Yi.

The importance of the coach is second only to the lord. Sometimes, even the lord is the coach.

However, Zhou Yafu, who was not injured, is also very uncomfortable now. The continuous command and high pressure exhausted his spirit, and continued to soften his temples to relieve the feeling of weakness.

Fang Xuanling roughly counted the losses: "In this battle, the main force was 60,000 and the reinforcements were 11,000. Only less than 40,000 survived. The most lost were the cavalry, with only 4,000 cavalry left. Xiliang cavalry remained. Three hundred people..."

In a battle, all the generals were injured, and their strength was directly reduced by half. Chu Tian had never suffered such a big loss.

The thousand Xiliang cavalry that Chutian regarded as a treasure was targeted by Le Yi and was besieged by a steady stream of infantry, leaving only three hundred.

"The armor of the Xiliang cavalry can be reused, but many Liangzhou horses died in battle. You need to purchase Liangzhou horses used by heavy cavalry from Liangzhou to rebuild the Xiliang cavalry."

Chutian thought of re-recruiting seven hundred Xiliang cavalry, at least one hundred thousand taels of silver would be spent, and he couldn't help having a headache.

Together with other losses, it is equivalent to losing hundreds of thousands of taels of silver.

"Loss can be made up with spoils. Except for the spoils on the battlefield, the properties of the other four counties are our spoils!"

After the tragic victory, what Chutian first considered was how to make up for the loss.

The losses caused by the war must be made up in the form of war.

"Contact Mi Zhu and Mi Fang, and let them lead their troops to join us."

In addition to relying on plundering spoils to obtain supplies, Chutian also used all possible forces, including Mi Zhu and Mi Fang who were plundering villages and towns in Donghai Guoqu County at this time.

Mi's family's financial resources can help Chu Tian cheer up quickly.

There is no money or food, and it takes a lot of time to restore strength.

"Fortunately, no general was killed...Where are Miss Xia and Li Xiuning?"

Chu Tian counted the heroes this time, but the two men who led the women's army to turn the tide were not there.

Fang Xuanling replied: "They are still capturing captives. Only by using captives to replenish their troops can the size of the legion be restored as soon as possible.

"Collect all the prisoners and take them south to attack Tancheng with the army."

Chutian thought it was true.

Langya’s main force plus Xiacheng’s defenders were left with less than 40,000. With just this strength, it was difficult to besiege Tancheng, and the Xuzhou coalition's prisoners could only be used as cannon fodder to attack Tancheng.

The Detachment Army captured about four to five thousand prisoners and returned to the camp. The two main generals, Li Xiuning and Xiaxia Liang, were both alive.

Chutian personally brought people to greet him: "You have made your achievements in this battle, and I will make people write down your merits one by one, and each will be rewarded in the future."

"Lord Lord..."

Xia Xia Liang's face was pale. She saw Chu Tian, ​​her lips moved lightly, as if she wanted to say something, but her body shook and she fell to the ground. There are two arrow shafts stuck in the back.

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