Chapter 927: Zhao Zilong and the Knight's Decision

If a player wants to become a local lord, in addition to the two previous situations, there is another situation that is, you are still very powerful and have captured five or more county towns in one go, and then the other conditions are met, but your relationship with your superiors is average, or you simply have no superiors, then you can also establish yourself as a local lord under the system prompt. The consequence of doing so is that you have to consider whether you can withstand the crusade of your superiors. Of course, in the case of a knight, basically occupying an ownerless system city, you don’t need to consider the crusade of your superiors at all.

There is only one problem in this situation, that is, the number of cities. If the original number of cities in that county is only five or less, then you must occupy them all. If the number of cities in that county exceeds five, then the number of cities you occupy must exceed half of the total number of cities in the county. Note that it is more than half, not half.

This is the case with Zhao Zilong. There were originally eight cities in Shuofang County, but Zhao Zilong only had four, which was exactly half of the total. The last county, Manbo, was too far away, and there were tens of thousands of foreign tribes around it. Zhao Zilong could not capture it at all, so he had to give up.

It was for this reason that Huangfu Chaobo suggested that Zhao Zilong occupy the town of Fuyang and then upgrade it to a small city level, so that he could meet the conditions for the governor of Shuofang. Another reason is that Fuyang's location is too good, with Yinshan Mountain in the north and the river in the south, just stuck on the only way between Yunzhong County and Wuyuan County.

If Lu Bu's army wants to continue to attack Wuyuan after occupying Yunzhong, then Fuyang is the only way. If Fuyang is not taken, Lu Bu's army cannot attack Wuyuan. Of course, in addition to this, Lu Bu actually has another way to attack Wuyuan, that is, crossing the river and bypassing Fuyuan, but in this way, the army will have to cross the river again to attack the cities under Wuyuan. If two generals cross the river in succession, there will be many uncontrollable variables.

Another way is to take a detour from the northern foot of Yinshan Mountain, detour hundreds of miles from the grassland and then enter Wuyuan from Wuliangsuhai or Manyi Valley. In this case, the risk is no less than crossing the river, because it is unimaginable that tens of thousands of infantrymen enter the grassland, so neither Chen Gong nor Zhang Liao would suggest Lu Bu to do so, so there is only one way left, to capture Fuyang.

Now Zhao Zilong has recruited two famous generals, Mao Jie and Qian Zhao. Although they are not as good as Chen Gong and Zhang Liao, they are also relatively powerful generals. In addition, he has also used the job transfer card to transfer several generals, so Zhao Zilong is still somewhat confident about reaching Lu Bu's army. If Lu Bu can suffer a big loss in Qiyang, and then find an opportunity to surrender, several people think that the chance is still great.

Before that, Zhao Zilong must first take the position of Shuofang Taishou and become a vassal, so that he can have more capital to bargain with Lu Bu.

The situation of the knight is the same, so after the two discussed, they all decided to fight with all their strength.

Originally, the two thought that Huangfu Chaobo could send troops to support or contain Lu Bu's army, but after listening to Hengzong Tianxia's words a few days ago, everyone understood Huangfu Chaobo's situation.

Because of the foreshadowing of Zongheng Tianxia, ​​everyone was not so embarrassed when they talked about it. Huangfu Chaobo was also mentally prepared for the two men's decision to fight with Lu Bu's army with all their strength, especially the knight. On the one hand, when he gave up the territory of Luoyang and decided to start over, he did not have such a large family fortune at that time, and at that time, Shuofang was indeed a place that could be used as a base.

Another point is that among the six cities of Shuofang, only Dacheng County in the south is not under his control, especially Guangmu County, which has been carefully managed for several years. Although it is not as good as the county city in the Central Plains, it is definitely stronger than most counties in the world. Even within the entire Bingzhou, the development of the city is ranked among the top ten.

How could he be willing to let him go so easily? Moreover, he now has a population of nearly 200,000 and nearly 40,000 troops, plus three historical generals, several generals with transfer cards, and hundreds of warriors at all levels.

No one would give up easily with such strength.

The two of them discussed that after using the city to fight against Lu Bu's army several times, they would send people to contact Chen Gong and others, recognize Lu Bu's rule, pay taxes on time, and find someone to bribe Wei Xu, which should be able to get Lu Bu's consent.

After knowing their ideas, Huangfu Chaobo didn't say much. Everyone has their own persistence. Since they are willing to give it a try, he really has no other good way, so it can only be up to them.

However, Huangfu Chaobo still expressed his willingness to support them in other aspects. For example, in terms of weapons and equipment, Huangfu Chaobo promised to provide them with 2,000 to 3,000 one-stone large yellow crossbows, each crossbow machine is equipped with five boxes of crossbow arrows, that is, 500 crossbow arrows.

In this way, the two families will have one million to one and a half million crossbow arrows each, plus their own archers, they should be able to support Lu Bu's army for a period of time.

As for their ideas, Huangfu Chaobo is indeed feasible, but the degree is not very good, but if you don't try it, it is really unfair.

As for the war horses and cavalry, Huangfu Chaobo's opinion is that it is better not to show them off. Now in the whole world, except for Brother Yun who led an equal number of white horse volunteers to compete, it is estimated that only Gongsun Zan's white horse volunteers can barely fight with Lu Bu's Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry, and it is very likely that they will lose more than they win. Lu Bu is really too abnormal.

Lu Bu is not a fool. As long as the two can show enough combat power and then express their recognition of Lu Bu's status, Lu Bu is probably willing to accept the fact that the two control the two counties. You know, although these two counties have 14 county towns, the combined population is only 400,000, while the population of Taiyuan County has reached 2 million, and Shangdang has more than 1 million.

This is still in the game. There are such a large population. Historical records show that in the first year of Emperor Benchu ​​of Han Zhi (AD 146), Wuyuan County in Bingzhou had a total of 10 cities, 4,667 households, and 22,957 people. Shuofang County had 6 cities, 1,987 households, and 7,843 people. Therefore, these two counties were useless to other princes.

As for the support of soldiers and generals, Huangfu Chaobo was also unable to help. However, Huangfu Chaobo said that except for those who were willing to move back to Luoyang, the rest of the Xi'anyang soldiers could be dispatched by Zhao Zilong. If it was really impossible, he could even give up the ownership of Xi'anyang and hand it over to the people of Bingzhou for disposal.