Chapter 963: Xuzhou's Beacon Resurrection

In Qu County, Xuzhou, warships of the Jiangdong Army appeared on the sea, and the merchants and civilians in Qu County panicked.

The number of ships of the Jiangdong Army has reached thousands!

The huge ship was undulating on the sea, and hundreds of soldiers stood on the decks of the ship, with a cold light.

Tongque, Zhou Yu, and Xie Xuan stood on the city wall, and they could see hundreds of merchant ships in the port of Qu County, as well as the panic-stricken people at the pier.

"Xuzhou is the basic base of Chu Zimou. His main force was transferred to the Central Plains to attack Jingxiang. This is a good opportunity to attack Xuzhou and Qingzhou."

Tongjak's Jiangdong navy is also rampant in the coastal areas.

Zhou Yu, Lian Li, and Lu Meng, as generals of the navy department, have bonuses to the fleet, improve the sailing ability of the fleet, and reduce losses during the voyage.

"Withdraw to the city!"

Mi Zhu, the patriarch of the wealthy Mi family in Qu County, is at the port, preparing to lead a merchant fleet to Japan for trade.

When he saw the Suzaku battle flag of the Jiangdong Army appearing, Mi Zhu's face turned pale.

Mi Zhu, as one of the senior officials of the Xia Army, naturally knew the flag of the Wu Army.

The Fubo army is attacking Korea at this time, so it is impossible to appear here.

The large merchant ship that was originally loaded with cargo was abandoned by Mi Zhu and a group of merchants, and the strong man had his arms cut off.

If he was captured by Wu Jun, he might be killed or blackmailed severely by Wu Jun.

As a commercial port, Qu County has basically no fortifications, because Chutian believes that offense is the best defense.

This is also the first time that Qu County was attacked by the enemy.

Facing the Wu army with at least 200,000 soldiers and horses, and the city defense army of several hundred in Qu County, they were completely powerless to defend.

It's not so much the city defense army, it's better to say it's just a government servant, usually maintaining law and order.

From the teleportation array in Qu County, the first batch of 500 Detachment of Women came out of it. Princess Pingyang Li Xiuning strode forward and led the Detachment Army to take over the county government of Qu County.

Li Xiuning was appointed by Chu Tian as the Central Guard Army, and was already a high-ranking member of the Imperial Guard. When a war broke out, Li Xiuning's rank was much higher than that of the county magistrate, and he could even order the governor.

"Master Central Guard, Wu Jun... Wu Jun has thousands of warships, at least 100,000 people! We only have 500 low-level soldiers in Qu County, and less than 100 horses, so we can't defend at all!"

At this time, the magistrate of Qu County was not only pale, but bloodless.

For a long time, the county magistrate of Qu County only needed to develop the economy, but this time a strong enemy attacked, and Qu County was in danger.

Li Xiuning came to reassure people: "There is no need to panic. The teleportation formations in Xuzhou's counties have been occupied by King Xia. Tens of thousands of reinforcements are gathering in Qu County. They will definitely keep this city."

Mi Zhu also came to the county government: "Our Mi family is willing to donate 1 million taels of silver for military supplies, and recruit another 3,000 strong men to defend the city."

The county magistrate of Qu County couldn't help being moved.

This is 1 million taels of silver!

Mi Zhu directly donated one million taels of silver to defend Qu County because Qu County where Mi family was located was threatened.

The arrogance of the Mi family is second to none in Xuzhou.

Mi Zhu and Mi Fang held high positions in the Chutian faction, and Chutian intended to hand over the business of Dongying to the Mi family, so the Mi family was as wealthy as an enemy, and even the county magistrate in Qu County had to look at the Mi family's face.

Since Li Xiuning is Xia Liang's bodyguard, she doesn't need to rely on the Mi family's breath, so she clasped her fists and said, "Master Lao Mi is here."

"Without King Xia, there would be no prosperity for the Mi family. It's only one million taels of silver."

Mi Zhu waved his hand.

Compared with Chutian's huge finances, the Mi family's one million taels of silver is really nothing. Chutian's monthly military salary and military expenditures amount to tens of millions of silver.

Li Xiuning came to defend the city in person, and the women's army came from the teleportation array one after another.

The teleportation array can transmit a limited number of people every day, about ten thousand people.

The merchant ships moored at the port were looted by the Jiangdong army, and a large amount of cargo was lost.

But compared with their own lives, although Mi Zhu and other businessmen feel sorry for their losses, they still think that their own lives are more important.

"Under the development of Chu Zimou, Xuzhou is really rich..."

Tongque saw the soldiers of the Jiangdong Army snatching the ships from Qu County,

And each ship is loaded with goods that are about to be shipped to Japan, and the goods of each merchant ship may be worth tens of thousands of taels of silver, or even more.

There is no doubt that Xuzhou is currently the richest state, because Chutian has built a lot of special buildings in Langya Kingdom, with various bonuses.

Chutian's ambition is not only to unify the Han Empire, but also to control Korea, Dongying, and the Americas from Xiacheng, so he never gave up Xiacheng.

Chang'an and Luoyang are located in the hinterland of the Han Empire. It is the best choice to control the Han Empire. However, as the importance of sea control rises, Chutian needs to take a longer-term view.

However, when the enemy turned into the Wu army with a huge fleet, the previously peaceful Xuzhou became a battlefield again.

The Jiangdong Navy directly bypassed the Jianghuai defense line and approached Langya Kingdom.

If the Xia City of Langya Kingdom is captured, then, for the Chutian forces, not only will they lose a huge city, but the morale of all legions will also drop.

"The looted Xuzhou merchant ships are enough to make up for the military expenses of the Northern Expedition. The northern Jiangsu Plain is conducive to cavalry operations. Even if it is captured, it will be difficult to hold on. We will go to attack the hilly area in the east of Langya Kingdom, which is beneficial to our infantry and bows. Crossbow defense."

Tongque gave up attacking Qu County, thinking that the Subei Plain was easy to attack but difficult to defend.

This is also the most troublesome part of the Northern Expedition. Even if Xuzhou is captured, it will be difficult to hold it.

However, Tongque also has a choice, and that is the hilly terrain in Shandong.

The news that the Jiangdong Navy attacked Qu County and looted the merchant ships spread throughout Xuzhou, and people were panicked for a while.

There has been no beacon fire in Xuzhou for ten years!

In Xihai County in the east of Langya Kingdom, tens of thousands of Beifu troops landed, easily captured this defenseless county town, and threatened Xia City!

The county magistrate of Xihai County had already begun to migrate the population to Ju County before the arrival of the Soochow Navy. When the Soochow Navy arrived, the few low-ranking soldiers in the area fled without a fight.

The 600,000 imperial guards originally assembled in Xuchang had to withdraw to Langya Kingdom one after another, which interfered with Chutian's plan to capture Nanyang County.

"At the end of the Spring and Autumn Period, Wu State attacked Qi, and the two sides had already fought at sea. Tongque wanted to imitate the war between Wu State and Qi State, and attacked Xuzhou and Qingzhou from the sea, forcing me to return to the division for defense and give up attacking Jingzhou. All this It is almost the same as your judgment a few days ago."

After the Jiangdong Navy disappeared, the Jiangdong Navy had several possible attack locations.

Chu Tian, ​​Xia Liang, Sun Bin and others all imagined that the Jiangdong Navy would attack Xuzhou, but when Tongque really crossed the sea to attack Xuzhou and Qingzhou, Chu Tian was still shocked by his generous hand.

Today's Tongque has different courage from Sun Quan in history.

Tongque's offensive opened up and closed, swallowing Qingzhou and Xuzhou.

"On the Korean battlefield, Marshall of the United States sent the Fire Dragon Army, and the shogun Oda Nobunaga sent the Shimadzu family and the Tachibana family to support the Korean king Li Chenggui. The counterattack of the Korean country may be extremely fierce."

It wasn't just that the Jiangdong navy attacked Xuzhou across the sea, the war in Koryo country fell into a stalemate after the initial turmoil.

"Our understanding of the United States is limited. It seems that we need to buy a group of players from the United States to obtain the information we want. They may be powerful enemies in the future."

This is the first time Chu Tian heard about the Fire Dragon Legion.

In other civilized areas, Chutian can also roughly know their strength through the hero rankings.

But in the American Civilization Zone, there are no historical heroes, they only have powerful troops. Therefore, it is difficult for Chutian to grasp the strength of the American Civilization Zone.

The United States established legions such as Fire Dragon, Griffin, and Crusaders, among which the Fire Dragon Legion is a legion dominated by dragoons.

Tachibana Doxue and Shimadzu Yoshihiro are not bad generals, and Dongying warriors have the characteristics of "bushido", so the explosive combat power is not weak, at least stronger than the soldiers of Goryeo.

Chu Tian didn't take it seriously when Ta Dun was captured on the Korean battlefield, because Ta Dun's life and death were not important and would not affect the overall situation.

The injured Xu Sheng was transferred back to Qingzhou by Chutian to recuperate.

"Order Le Yi to capture Xijing as soon as possible, occupy the northern territory of Koryo, and confront Li Chenggui."

Because the United States and the Dongying shogunate strongly intervened in Koryo, Chutian would not be able to destroy Li Chenggui for a while, so he retreated and occupied the northern part of Koryo, dividing Koryo into two.

The premise of occupying half of the country of Koryo is that Le Yi can capture Xijing of Koryo as soon as possible, and use Xijing as the garrison of the Liaodong Army in Koryo.

The coalition formed by Li Chenggui, Brand, Tachibana Doxue, and Shimadzu Yoshihiro has begun to go north to support Jiang Hanzan, the defender of Xijing.

Uprisings broke out in Uiju City and the mountain city near Anju City in Goryeo, and Le Yi's retreat was unstable.

So Chutian ordered one after another: "Let Li Mu's Monan Army and Prince Yan's Mobei Army go to Koryo to support Le Yi."

Almost all the legions established by Chutian were dispatched to overwhelm all powerful enemies.

Chutian's 600,000 imperial guards were divided into two groups, all the way back to assist Xuzhou and Qingzhou, and all the way to stay in the Central Plains to attack Nanyang County with Wu Qi.

The fire at Bowangpo disappeared, and the armies of Wu Qi, Wei Wuji, and Cao Ren marched south to Wancheng.

The reinforcements from Xinye, Xiangyang, and Jiangxia also targeted Wancheng and supported Wancheng on a large scale.

There are hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses entering Nanyang County one after another!

Chu Tian recruited Wu Qi when he left: "The battle in Nanyang County will be entrusted to you. Take Wancheng and Xinye within half a year, and then report to me in Xiacheng."