"Capture Tancheng and capture Le Yi alive!"

Groups of captured Xuzhou infantrymen, urged by the supervisory team, continued to attack Tancheng day and night, causing two to three thousand casualties every day.

Facing the attack of Langya Kingdom's army, Tancheng was impregnable and stood firm.

Li Guang led his soldiers to attack many times, trying to climb first, but was blocked by a ten-meter-high city wall and difficult to break through.

Le Yi personally defended the city, prepared various defensive equipment, and had 30,000 soldiers to defend it. If he wanted to capture Tan City by force, he would need at least 100,000 elite soldiers.

Military advisor Fang Xuanling frowned as he looked at Tancheng where rain had been falling for days.

Li Guang and the Xianden team withdrew, disgraced, and complained to Fang Xuanling: "The opponent's defense has no flaws, and a strong attack is not the best option at this time."

Fang Xuanling nodded silently.

"I also ask the military advisor to persuade my lord that the priority is to attack the heart first and then attack the city. Attacking Tan City will only consume low-level soldiers and consume labor force. The morale of the army will also decline due to repeated attacks. Once the morale drops, the defenders in the city will

There will be a surprise attack out of the city."

Zhou Yafu, who has always been calm, also took the initiative to come to Fang Xuanling.

At this time, only Fang Xuanling's words could be listened to by Chu Tian.

"Half of our troops were lost in one battle, and all the generals were killed and wounded, even Miss Xia... It is inevitable that the master will lose control. Now that he has been attacking Tancheng for three days, killing and wounding six to seven thousand prisoners, the master should calm down."

Fang Xuanling knew that when an ordinary man is angry, blood will be scattered five steps, and when the emperor is angry, millions of corpses will be laid down and blood will be shed for thousands of miles. As a lord with a population of several million, it is not impossible for Chutian to be really angry and tens of thousands of people to die in battle.

thing.

"Order to stop attacking the city and carry out siege."

"Lord."

When the generals saw Chu Tian appear, his expression seemed to have returned to calm.

Chu Tian came out of the camp and looked at the generals who had been attacking Tan City for three days. Seeing that everyone was tired, he issued an order to stop the attack.

If we work hard together, we might be able to conquer Tancheng.

But now the strong attack has lasted for three days, which shows that Tancheng is really indestructible.

Chu Tian also took this time to calm down.

There is no need to sacrifice the captured Xuzhou infantry anymore, because after Chutian becomes Xuzhou Mu, they will become part of the new Xuzhou Army and attack the city for him.

"Le Yi's offensive is sharp, and his defense is equally impregnable. He is really a troublesome opponent."

Chu Tian surrounded Le Yi in Tancheng, but there was nothing he could do about him.

Tancheng has a series of solid city walls, gate towers, arrow towers, city gates and other fortifications, as well as sufficient defensive equipment and a famous general. Even if there are 100,000 troops, it cannot be conquered.

What follows is an endless siege of the city. Only when the opponent's forces are depleted will they surrender.

Coupled with the fact that Le Yi's army caused a lot of casualties to Chu Tian, ​​Chu Tian somewhat understood why Cao Cao massacred the city when he attacked Xuzhou.

It's so annoying sometimes that even heroes lose their minds.

"Military advisor, how can we conquer the city as quickly as possible?"

Chutian was unwilling to waste too much time in Tancheng, otherwise the Xuzhou coalition forces would have enough time to regroup and organize the next attack.

Fang Xuanling replied: "The first priority is to attack the heart, and the second is to attack the city. Try to lure some of the strangers and noble families besieged in the city to surrender, and divide the defenders."

"Do as you say. In addition, if you shoot notes into the city, capture Le Yi alive, and open the door to dedicate the city, let the past be forgotten and you will be rewarded with a thousand taels of gold."

Chu Tian followed Fang Xuanling's suggestion of dividing the opponent and ruthlessly took out a thousand taels of gold to reward Le Yi.

You can capture Tancheng without a strong attack and capture the famous general Le Yi alive. Even if you pay a thousand taels of gold, it will not be much.

"Before they can internally divide, trenches were dug outside the city, earthen forts were set up, and they were heavily surrounded, not giving them a chance to leave the city for a sneak attack. The navy battalion blocked the water of the Yi River, making Tancheng completely an isolated city."

"It is somewhat difficult for our troops to completely surround Tancheng..."

"My lord, Mi Zhu and Mi Fang led the rebel army of the East China Sea to join us. There are more than 20,000 rebels!"

When Chu Tian was deploying troops to besiege the city, brothers Mi Zhu and Mi Fang fought all the way from Qu County in the East China Sea to Tancheng in the East China Sea, and finally joined forces with Chu Tian.

Regarding Mi Fang's claim to be the vanguard general of the rebellion and the unparalleled general of the Langya Kingdom, Chu Tian was free to do whatever he liked, as long as the Mi family provided financial support.

Following the victory in the Battle of Xuzhou, all counties in the East China Sea were frightened by the news. Mi Zhu and Mi Fang did not encounter any obstacles when they marched towards Tancheng, and the number of their troops increased from 10,000 to 20,000.

Teams of carriages transported gold and silver to Chutian's military camp. Mi Zhu's keen sense of smell made him understand that Chutian was now short of money, very short of money.

Without money to recruit troops and horses, Chutian would not be able to consolidate the existing results and occupy the entire Xuzhou.

At this time, Chutian provides help in times of need, and Chutian's rewards will be even greater in the future.

Mi Zhu and Mi Fang finally saw the victorious Chu Tian in Tancheng, and they couldn't help but feel a little fearful in their eyes.

The victor naturally has an invisible coercion by virtue of his military exploits.

In addition, Chutian now has the status of an aristocratic family, and is higher than the Mi family in the contempt chain of scholars, farmers, industrialists and merchants.

"I have prepared one hundred thousand taels of silver and fifty thousand kilograms of salt to reward the army. It may not be enough. Please don't be offended by General Fubo. It is difficult to raise more in a hurry."

Mi Zhu explained his purpose, saying that one tael of silver is equivalent to one thousand copper coins, and one hundred thousand taels is equivalent to one hundred million.

One hundred thousand taels of silver were raised in a hurry, which shows the Mi family's strong financial resources.

The main assets of the Mi family are goods, farmland, shops and other assets that are difficult to realize.

"One hundred thousand taels is already a lot. The Mi family provided help in times of need. I will remember this kindness."

"There are still more than 20,000 rebels, many of whom are my servants. From now on, they will all be the property of General Fubo."

Mi Zhu not only donated money, but also donated people. His generosity even scared Chu Tian.

I almost didn't offer my sister.

The Mi brothers have nothing to say except for their military talents.

"I will try to make up for the losses suffered by the Mi family in this battle of Xuzhou in the future. Please don't worry. If Brother Mi Fang doesn't give up, he will temporarily serve as a commander in another department and assist Xu Sheng in transporting grain."

Since the Mi family had expressed their wishes, Chutian could not just ignore them just for the sake of benefits. Considering that Mi Fang's ability was a problem, Chutian arranged for him to engage in rear affairs such as assisting in transporting grain.

After Mi Fang left, Chu Tian deliberately said in order to win over Mi Zhu: "If things can be done in the future, Brother Mi will not lose his position as a general and a prince."

It was a bad check anyway, and Chu Tian, ​​who was eager to get gold and silver to make up for his losses, tried to win over Mi Zhu.

Seeing Chu Tian's promise, Mi Zhu knew that he could get the status he wanted in the future, so he worked even harder: "In the next two months, we should be able to raise another 100,000 taels of silver to supplement the military resources."

How rich is the Mi family, which is close to the sea...

Chu Tian discovered that Mi Zhu could easily buy a town with one hundred thousand taels of silver.

"With Brother Mi's help, there's no need to worry about big things happening. If..."

Chu Tian took advantage of the situation.

"My lord, you might as well say so."

"It would be great if Brother Mi could contact other aristocratic families and ask them to help me seize Xuzhou and become the new shepherd of Xuzhou. But there is no need to force this matter. It is only a matter of time that Xuzhou is captured. With the support of the aristocratic families, we can reduce losses.

Just some soldiers and horses."

"It's easy to say. Maybe the Chen family in Xiapi is willing to abandon the dark side and join the bright side."

The Chen family in Xiapi?

The people Chu Tian knew were Chen Gui and Chen Deng and his son. They were both smart people and should know how to adapt.

Tao Qian's elite went through three battles. The Beihai Kingdom suppressed the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army, Cao Bao invaded the Langya Kingdom, and in the Battle of Xuzhou, almost the entire army was wiped out and their prestige was ruined.

Even Tao Qian's Danyang soldiers suffered a lot of losses.

Now that Tao Qian's rule in Xuzhou is in danger, any family that is still willing to support Tao Qian may have to consider the possibility of being purged by Chu Tian in the future.

"Go and contact the Pi Chen family. If they are willing to respond, you will not lose the position of governor and prime minister in the future."

Chu Tian intends to recruit the Chen family.

The Chen family father and son are very capable, and being the governor of one side is enough to reassure Chu Tian.

There are five counties in Xuzhou, and each county definitely needs talents to govern. Chutian lacks talents for internal affairs.

Mi Zhu agreed and sent people to lobby the Pi Chen family.

Mi Fang went to help Xu Sheng transport food, and Mi Zhu temporarily stayed in the camp.

Mi Zhu and Mi Fang brought more than 20,000 people, of which 10,000 were professional soldiers and more than 10,000 were village warriors.

Professional soldiers were organized into various battalions by Chu Tian to replenish their strength, while Xiang Yong went to Xiacheng and transferred to professional soldiers.

With the capture of Xuzhou prisoners and reinforcements from the Mi family, Chutian's army was greatly strengthened, with an army of 70,000 to 80,000!

It seems that the number of troops is increasing as the battle progresses, but only Chutian himself knows that half of the elite soldiers are indeed gone, and these extra soldiers are far inferior to the elite soldiers who died in battle.

He needs time to reorganize his legion and then go through the baptism of war before he can truly restore his roots.

In the future, when your troops are at a disadvantage, you must never confront a commander-in-chief head-on.

The Le Yi incident taught Chu Tian a lot of lessons.

There were also errors in intelligence.
To be continued...