Charcoal was burning in the brazier of the Lord's Mansion, and the house was filled with incense. Chutian summoned the core figures of Xia Town to discuss Xia Town's strategic plan.

Chutian had talents in agriculture, economics, justice, administration, infantry, cavalry, and archers under his command, forming his first team.

Hua Mulan and Xia Liang were approaching, and the two women were talking to each other, while Zhou Yafu remained silent, Liu Sandao crossed his legs from time to time, Fang Xuanling was playing chess with Chu Tian, ​​and Li Kui was drinking tea.

Chu Tian held the black chess piece: "Sir, please formulate a Langya pair to plan for the development of Xia Town."

After Fang Xuanling learned about the current situation in Xia Town, Chu Tian asked him to propose the same Langya pair as Zhuge Liang's Long Zhong pair.

Facing Chu Tian's earnest eyes, Fang Xuanling couldn't refuse. After all, he was now Xia Zhen's mastermind.

"The lord can use his identity as Kaiyang County Captain to attack the disobedient forces in Kaiyang County, expel Zang Ba, Sun Guan and other Taishan bandits, and then use Kaiyang County as a stronghold to exile the Langya Prime Minister and occupy the land of Langya Kingdom."

"Tao Qian is weak and Kong Rong is in the north. With the land strength of Langya Kingdom, he can recruit tens of thousands of troops. The lord then used the excuse of attacking the Yellow Turban Army of Qingzhou and asked Zhou Yafu to send tens of thousands of troops into Beihai Kingdom. In less than a year, Beihai Kingdom can be annexed.

The lord controls the area between Qing and Xu. At that time, depending on the situation, the lord will compete for Qing and Xu states and ask the imperial court for the position of state shepherd."

"Once we have the land of the two states, we can unify Yanzhou and Yuzhou south of the Yellow River, move south to Huainan, attack Hebei to the north, and advance to Guanzhong to the west, dividing the world into three parts."

"Then we have to go to Long to look at Shu, go down the river, take the six counties east of the Yangtze River, and unify the world."

"Moving north to drive out the Xiongnu and Xianbei, and strengthening control over the Western Region Protectorate, he can be called a great emperor."

Fang Xuanling painted a bright future for Xia Town.

Chu Tian listened carefully. Isn't the first half of the strategic plan Cao Cao's development path?

The only difference is that Cao Cao used Yanzhou and Yuzhou as his bases to raise his troops, while Chutian's base was in Xuzhou and Qingzhou.

The second half of the plan is the Western Jin Dynasty's strategy to destroy Shu and Wu.

Fang Xuanling's Langya Pair is actually a combination of two ready-made routines.

But what Fang Xuanling said is indeed correct. There have been ready-made homeworks in history that can be copied. The homework will not be copied incorrectly.

To overcome the natural dangers of the Yangtze River, conquer Xishu first. You can be condescending and return thousands of miles of rivers and mountains in one day.

It's a pity... Xia Town now only has a population of more than 20,000, and hundreds of soldiers and horses. It is difficult to achieve the first step of Langya pair's domination of Kaiyang County.

Moreover, there may be great variables along the way, just like Zhuge Liang's Longzhong Battle lost Jingzhou due to Guan Yu's carelessness and was completely declared invalid.

The ideal is beautiful, but the reality is cruel. If you make one mistake, you will make mistakes every step of the way.

"I need some time."

Chu Tian knew that if a time point for achieving strategic intentions was not set, Xia Town would fall into the dilemma of developing too fast or too slowly.

If it develops too fast, it will be like the Mongol Empire, which only focuses on devouring the territory without digesting the territory. In the future, the territory will quickly split.

If they develop too slowly, they will be like Liu Biao and Liu Zhang, sitting back and watching Cao Cao grow bigger without doing anything. By the time Cao Cao develops, they will be unable to turn around.

"How about conquering Kaiyang County in one year?"

Fang Xuanling carefully proposed a time point.

The first epic battle, the Yellow Turban Rebellion, started in December, and it is already the first month of the second year of the Lord Calendar.

"One year?"

The area of ​​Kaiyang County must be tens of thousands of square kilometers, maybe more than 10,000 square kilometers. Chu Tian doubted whether Xia Town, which started as a second-level town, could build such a large territory in one year.

"All we need to do is occupy Langya City, spread the word to all the towns, and ask them to surrender. If anyone refuses to accept it, order generals Zhou Yafu, Hua Mulan, and Liu Sandao to lead their troops to bring peace."

Fang Xuanling's words changed Chu Tian's thinking.

In Chu Tian's original idea, occupying a place meant conquering every village and town.

But in fact, as long as you occupy the county seat, the county seat, and the governor's office, it is basically equivalent to controlling this area. Most villages and towns are just grassroots, and they will obey whoever has the biggest fist, and only a few will really resist.

"But before that, we have to use up the quota of vassal villages and towns in Xia Town, try to occupy the villages and towns near Langya City, and realize the villages and towns surrounding the city."

Chu Tian supplemented Fang Xuanling's plan.

Langya City is a large city. After Xia Town is upgraded to a small city, it will take a group of villages and towns to capture the big city.

Zhou Yafu, who was silent, interjected: "My lord, you should also be careful about the movements of Tao Qian, the governor of Xuzhou. Once we plan to open Yang County, Tao Qian may mobilize his troops to attack us with Zang Ba."

Hua Mulan nodded: "It's not impossible."

Tao Qian is also a problem. Zang Ba is ostensibly the Cavalry Commander under Tao Qian, but in fact he is a force of his own in the Langya Kingdom. He also has Sun Guan, Yili and other Taishan thieves under his command. There seems to be another one in Ju County to the north.

Xiao Jian, the Prime Minister of Langya State, also had some soldiers and horses.

If Tao Qian, the governor of Xuzhou, Zang Ba, the captain of the cavalry, and Xiao Jian, the prime minister of Langya, knew that Xia Town, with less than a thousand soldiers and horses, was plotting against Kaiyang County and planning to capture Langya City within a year, they would definitely think that Chu Tian was crazy.

The Taishan bandit force represented by Zang Ba, even Tao Qian did not want to eradicate, and he wanted to use Zang Ba's reputation to control other Taishan bandits and deal with the Yellow Turban Army.

However, Chu Tian had this confidence. What he lacked was not generals, but territory and troops.

Zhou Yafu and Hua Mulan were invincible when they commanded tens of thousands of Han troops on the battlefield in Guangzong County, which was completely different from how they were in Xia Town.

A clever woman cannot make a fool of herself, and the gap in the overall strength of the territory cannot be made up by one or two generals. As long as the opponent's generals are not too bad and their national strength is ten times yours, just defense and harassment can kill you alive.

"Why not train your troops and horses in this cold winter, and attack the surrounding villages and towns as soon as spring begins? Wait until this year's harvest, collect the grain stored in various places, temporarily recruit tens of thousands of troops and horses, and quickly capture Kaiyang City. This plan can be divided into a spring offensive and an autumn offensive.

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Xia Liang put down the tea cup.

Only players would come up with the concept of "xx offensive".

"Spring Offensive, Autumn Offensive...that's a good name."

Zhou Yafu muttered words

With Chu Tian holding Heizi in his hand, Xia Liang's plan was divided into two steps, the spring offensive to conquer the villages and towns near Langya City, and the autumn offensive to capture Langya City.

Chu Tian thought for a moment: "There is another problem. If the autumn offensive starts in July, it must end before sowing in October, otherwise it will not only affect the sowing, but also the cold winter is coming."

"Lord, if Langya City cannot be conquered in three months, there is no need to continue the attack, because Tao Qian and other Taishan bandits will arrive soon, and we can escape."

"There's still someone you can use."

"who?"

"Xiao Jian, the Prime Minister of Langya Kingdom in Ju County. The Prime Minister of Langya Kingdom is equivalent to the prefect of the county. He should be the top leader of Langya Kingdom. However, now the most influential person in Langya Kingdom is the Taishan Bandit. Naturally, he doesn't have much favorable impression of Zang Ba. If possible,

To lead Xiao Jian and Zang Ba to turn against each other, Xiao Jian might be able to borrow troops."

In the not-so-large lord's mansion in Xia Town, the strategic plan to compete in the Central Plains was gradually improved through discussions among several people.
Chapter completed!