Xueyue Town, six town-level lords from the Wolf Walk Guild gather, as well as a group of village chiefs and free players.

They accepted the declaration of war from the War Soul Guild.

The guild is actually more like a force alliance in a certain area. The Wolf Walking Guild is in the northern part of Kaiyang County and the War Soul Guild is in the southern part of Yangdu County.

The two sides started a war with the two counties as the border.

"I have bribed a free player from the War Soul Guild. The War Soul Guild has gathered 8,000 troops and 5,000 auxiliary soldiers and is advancing towards Xueyue Town. Qi Xiaobai, the president of the War Soul Guild, serves as the commander. This battle is completely unpredictable for our Wolf Walking Guild."

Xueyue, carrying a giant sword, spread the map on the wooden table, indicating the attack direction of the War Soul Guild.

"President, can we block their attack? That's an army of 8,000 people... Each of our towns has 500 people, and only 6,000 people."

"They will definitely be fearless when they dare to declare war. We should use negotiation methods to negotiate with them."

Members of the Wolf Walking Guild face the enemy's army and lack the will to fight.

There are only a few hundred soldiers in a town, but the forces gathered by a guild can reach the scale of thousands. The player lord has gradually gained the ability to fight on a large scale.

"Surrender means that you can get mermaid meat, and you will become prisoners. With the city walls of the town, we can definitely block 8,000 people with a force of 6,000. Moreover, the top ten lords in the Eastern Han Dynasty have agreed to support us. As long as we keep for a month, he will lead the army to fight here as soon as possible."

"4,000 soldiers guard Xueyue Town, and another 2,000 soldiers are stationed in Linyin Town, making each other a supportive position."

Xueyue's quick and neat deployment temporarily stabilized the determination of the other five great lords.

There are many lords in the Wolf Walking Guild, and there are only a handful of lords who can truly develop to the town level. Other lords were either annexed during the village period, or were either attacked by bandits or other lords.

After hearing that the top ten lords in the Eastern Han Dynasty led their troops to support Xueyue Town, the members of the Wolf Walking Guild were a little relieved.

The top ten lords in the Eastern Han Dynasty, just their personal strength, may be equivalent to all the power of a small and medium-sized guild. There is also an advantage that Chu Tian can command his own army with full authority, and the president of the guild needs to coordinate the interests of each lord, and may even be betrayed by guild members.

The reinforcements mentioned by Xueyue had not set off yet. Chu Tian was discussing the march with Fang Xuanling and Zhou Yafu.

Before the Xiliu Camp came out, the first batch of vanguards were about to head north.

It is said to be supporting Xueyue Town, but it is actually expanding its territory and resolving the financial crisis.

"From Lingyan Town, there are about four or five towns on the way, and they can conquer these towns one by one, meet with Xueyue Town, and jointly resist the powerful enemies."

Chu Tian’s plan was also very simple. He advanced all the way north, made steady progress, established a supply line connecting with Xueyue Town, and surrounded Langya City by the way.

"Zhou Yafu, Liu Sandao, you two will go out to fight in three days and start the Northern Expedition. The goal is to capture four towns within one month. Each village and town will send an additional 1,000 township warriors as auxiliary soldiers."

Chu Tian asked his two subordinates to lead a thousand professional soldiers and a thousand townsmen to attack the lords sandwiched between Xia Town and Xueyue Town.

These lords are scattered lords and there is no large-scale guild. Therefore, Chu Tian judged that when Zhou Yafu appeared outside the town with 2,000 soldiers and town warriors, they would probably surrender.

"Once the training of Xiliu Camp is completed, I will lead Xiliu Camp to meet you in person."

Chu Tian was the commander of the second batch of Northern Expedition troops.

This is the first time Xia Town has carried out a planned Northern Expedition, using all its strength.

Although the seemingly huge Northern Expedition actually only took place in Kaiyang County...

This did not affect Chu Tian's enthusiasm, and even Kaiyang County could not be occupied, so how could it compete in the Central Plains in the future?

Zhou Yafu and Liu Sandao looked at each other: "Subordinate obey the order."

Two subordinates were preparing to lead their troops to the expedition.

Mulan was left in Xia Town by Chu Tian to continue training cavalry and try to improve the level of cavalry. The cavalry's role in the tough battle is not too great.

After the training of Xiliu Camp ended, she led the cavalry and Xiliu Camp to the north together.

The cold winter has not yet passed, but the beacon fire ignited by the War Soul Guild has forced Chu Tian to fight.

"Try to persuade the towns along the way to descend, after capturing a town, merge the soldiers of the town and strengthen their own ranks."

Before Zhou Yafu went to war, Chu Tian advised him that he believed that Zhou Yafu would make proper arrangements.

Unless other lords also have historical generals or have more troops than Zhou Yafu, they can block Zhou Yafu's offensive.

"This battle will surely move forward!"

Zhou Yafu led 500 light infantry out of the town, and Liu Sandao led 500 Xuzhou archers to follow closely. Behind were a group of township warriors, carrying simple ladders and food.

Chu Tian witnessed Zhou Yafu leaving on the city wall and continued to be busy building the town.

Upgrading to a city, in addition to population requirements, also requires the prosperity of the main town.

This means building more buildings, or expanding the scale and grade of existing buildings.

"The spring offensive is about to begin so soon?"

Xia Tianliang followed Chu Tian to count the buildings that need to be built, expanded and upgraded.

"Time is endless. Now everyone is speculating on the time of the first national war, thinking that it is very likely to be opened after the emergence of the world's first city. With a city, more soldiers can be recruited."

"The first national war..."

"Our Eastern Han area is also the sect leader of the Eastern continent. If we lose even the national war, it will definitely be a big blow to the entire civilized area. After the borders of Goryeo, Japan, Annan, Dongxu, and A San will definitely be ready to move."

“Yes, it’s only two or three months before the borders of different civilizations open.”

"There are two or three months left, and there may be wars on the border...but I don't think there will be large-scale friction unless the lords on the border can assemble tens of thousands of troops."

The player lord enters the lord world in May of the first year of the lord calendar, and the boundaries of civilization will open one year later, that is, May 1st year of the lord calendar.

Liaodong County will face the pressure from the Wuhuan, Xianbei and Goryeo civilization zone at the same time.

In theory, the lords of the Goryeo Civilized Zone could attack the lords of the Eastern Han Dynasty opposite the Yalu River.

But theory is theory, in fact, they do not have the ability to launch large-scale attacks across civilized areas, and at most they are making small fusses on the border.

However, after the civilized area was opened, the goods began to circulate.

"Dump silk, porcelain, and tea to Japan, Goryeo, and Annan to make money, and then use the money earned to fight them."

Xia Tianqi's eyes are full of vigor and seems to be very keen on trade.

When Chu Tian heard this idea, he immediately became interested: "What are you going to do?"

"Occupy Donglai County, which is adjacent to Jiaozhou Bay, corresponds to Qingdao Port. Or Xihai County of Langya Kingdom. Do you know Xihai County? It corresponds to Rizhao Port. Opposite these two ports is a civilized area of ​​Bangzi and Japanese pirates. It is difficult for their players to deal with, but they can dump goods at their NPC forces. Moreover, the coastal areas can boil seas into salt, enrich the country and strengthen the army. During the Warring States Period, Qi was known for producing salt."
Chapter completed!