Chu Tian returned to Xia Cheng and began to prepare for the crusade against the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army after the beginning of spring.

But before the beginning of spring, there are still a few counties in Langya that have not been beaten, especially Xihai County (Rizhao Port), which is close to the sea.

Xihai County is located in the east of Ju County, and if it is captured, Chutian's power will expand to the coast of the Yellow Sea, and there will be the first outlet to the sea.

The sea means fish, salt, seaborne trade.

The salt is produced in the depression of the sea, the tide has receded, and men and women are like hemp.

"Xue Rengui, you lead 5,000 people to capture Xihai County and occupy Xihai County before the end of winter."

Chu Tian intends to train Xue Rengui and raise Xue Rengui's level as soon as possible, so that he can take charge of himself.

"My lord, will I go on the expedition alone?"

Xue Rengui never thought that Chu Tian would hand over the task of attacking a county to himself.

"Your experience and ability are enough, Yin Li serves as your lieutenant. There is a lord of Xihai County who once promised to be loyal to me, and if you enter Xihai County and join it first, he will assist you in occupying Xihai County. ”

Chutian handed over 5,000 men to Xue Rengui and let him take command of the expedition.

As for the other generals, they are still defending all over the place.

Taishan thief Yin Li was recalled by Chutian and served as Xue Rengui's lieutenant. The Taishan thieves are not suitable to be alone, and it is useful to use them as deputy generals.

5,000 people need to reach Ju County, pass through the coastal hills to the east, and take the mountain road to resist Xihai County by the sea.

Yin Li was once defeated by Xue Rengui alone, and he was convinced by the young Xue Rengui, so he was willing to serve as a deputy general.

"Xia Cheng is moving again!"

"There is a group of soldiers and horses that have left Xia City, and I don't know which lord is unlucky this time."

Players living in Summer City find that Summer City's soldiers and horses are moving again.

Every time Xia Cheng made a big move, it meant that Chutian's power expanded again.

However, in the next cold winter, Chutian planned to focus on defense and digest the occupied counties, and only sent small troops before the spring crusade against the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army.

Xue Rengui's 5,000 men consisted of 200 Tang elite archers, 500 light cavalry, 1,000 archery battalions, and 3,500 infantry archers.

Chu Tian temporarily assigned some of his direct troops to Xue Rengui.

When Xue Rengui set out on the expedition, he could not only gain experience himself, but also help Chutian's shooting battalion gain experience, making it a division of a hundred battles.

A level 100 Sound Battalion Archer is more elite than a level 10 Sound Battalion Archer.

Xue Rengui set out from Xiacheng and went north to Juxian to join Zhou Yafu.

Zhou Yafu was crusading against the lords and bandits in Ju County, and heard that Xue Rengui was going to take command of Xihai County alone, so he reminded him: "There is a cottage on the mountain road leading from Ju County to Xihai County, and you destroy it by the way." ”

Zhou Yafu's tone was light, and it seemed that with the number of troops led by Xue Rengui, it was a matter of course to destroy the cottage.

"Hmm."

Xue Rengui nodded.

There are still a large number of bandits and remnants of the Yellow Turban Army in Langya Kingdom, and there are more than a dozen cottages that have been leveled by Xue Rengui alone. Without the bandits, there would be no current Xue Rengui.

5,000 soldiers and horses marched east to the hills and mountains to the new army.

In Xihai County, three lords are vying for control of the county seat.

The villages and towns of Xihai County have been encroached upon by three lords, one of whom occupies the county seat. The other two lords were not reconciled, and jointly sent troops to meet the largest lord under the county seat of Xihai, but they were defeated.

Wars between lords abounded, and even in a small coastal county like Xihai County, there were a large number of lords chasing after each other, and in the end, only three lords remained.

After the lord Sui III was defeated and returned to his territory, he couldn't help but be depressed. Now Xihai County has changed from a three-legged tripod to a single one, and it is estimated that Xihai County will soon be unified by the big lord.

"Chu Zimou is planning to enter Xihai County?!"

Sui III received news from Chutian, who asked him to act as an internal response for Xue Rengui's troops to march into Xihai County.

Sui III was once captured by Chutian's army in the battle of Yangdu County, and later Chutian released him back to Xihai County out of consideration for balancing the lord of Xihai County.

Now Chu Tian finally asked for repayment and release of his kindness.

"I only have two choices, one choice is to assist Chu Zimou's army to occupy Xihai County and make a contribution. The second option was to join forces with the other two lords to fend off Chu Zimou's army. As long as our three lords join forces and hold the hills and mountain roads, it will be difficult for Chu Zimou to occupy Xihai County. ”

Sui III thought twice and finally chose to serve Chutian and occupy Xihai County. He is not the biggest lord in Xihai County, and even if he blocks Chu Tian's army, he is not the lord who has the greatest profits. What's more, if Chu Tian was angered, Chu Tian would mobilize the forces of six counties to attack Xihai County, even if the lord of Xihai County had coastal hills as a barrier, it would be impossible to block the continuous attack.

"Come on, follow me to the mountain roads of Ju County and Xihai County, and we will welcome the army of Xia City!"

On the hilly mountain road, Xue Rengui was besieging a cottage, and he took the lead and led a team of foot soldiers to attack the snow-covered cottage!

The archers of the Shooting Battalion followed behind him, using a rain of arrows to suppress the cottage's wooden arrow tower.

Xue Rengui pulled out his longbow with both hands and shot three arrows in a row, and the three bandit archers of the wooden arrow tower were shot and killed, falling from the towering wooden arrow tower!

The dense rain of arrows from the Sound Battalion shoots the wooden tower into a hedgehog. The wooden fence of the cottage is also full of sharp arrows.

If Chu Tian was present, most of them would feel distressed about the arrows consumed in attacking the cottage, these are all silver taels of white flowers.

The deputy general Yin Li held a big knife and a shield, and when he saw that Xue Rengui's arrow was not missing, he couldn't help but shudder.

The bandits did not dare to rise under the dense rain of arrows, and several groups of foot soldiers set up hooks and ladders and climbed up. As a deputy general, Yin Li climbed the city wall first and cut down the bandits on the cottage with a big knife.

He was not Xue Rengui's opponent, so he had to bully ordinary bandits.

Yin Li used his shield to block the spears stabbed by the bandits, and slaughtered all sides among the bandits. He is a gold-level historical general, and he can still find a sense of existence among the bandits.

Yin Li killed the thieves who defended the walled gate, and then opened the walled gate to welcome Xue Rengui's army into the cottage.

Xue Rengui replaced the longbow, equipped Fang Tian's halberd, rushed into the city, and killed more than a dozen bandits on foot, unstoppable!

Soon, hundreds of bandits were killed, and the remaining bandits were forced to surrender under the pressure of Xue Rengui and Yin Li.

Xue Rengui captured a total of more than 800 bandits and villagers, and then sent 100 soldiers to escort them to Ju County.

Under the premise of abundant land, population is the most important resource. More than 800 bandits and villagers can feed dozens of professional soldiers.

After burning down the cottage according to custom, Xue Rengui and his team continued to march eastward. Yin Li followed Xue Rengui, which can be regarded as picking up a bargain and gaining a lot of military merits from it.

The distance from Ju County to Xihai County is about 200 kilometers in "Lord", and if you take the hilly and mountain road, it will take about ten days to reach Xihai County.

Xue Rengui observed the surrounding hills: "If there is an army guarding the hills and mountain roads, we will run out of food, and we will be in a dilemma. ”

"General Xue, when you say that, I'm scared......"

Yin Li heard Xue Rengui say that the enemy might camp nearby, and immediately sweated.

Because it was a small road, Xue Rengui's army did not carry a large number of carriages, and once it was blocked in the mountain road, it might really be defeated.

The scout in front came back and reported: "Two generals, there is an army camped at the exit of the mountain road ahead!" ”

Yin Li's face turned pale at this time, he didn't expect the other party to really station troops in the mountain pass.

Xue Rengui said: "Go to negotiate with the other party, maybe it is the internal response that the lord said." ”

After waiting for a while, the cavalry scout returned: "General, the other party claims to be the lord of Xihai County, Sui III, who has come to meet our army!" ”

"Set his army back five miles."

Xue Rengui couldn't tell if the Inhuman Lord was really willing to act as the vanguard of the expansion of Xia Cheng's forces to Xihai County, so in order to prevent the other party from setting up an ambush, he was cautious.

Sui III decisively ordered a retreat, and Xue Rengui's 5,000 men were able to line up at the mountain pass.

"Xue Rengui? Chu Zimou sent such a fierce man to conquer Xihai County, who could stop it? ”

When Sui III learned of the identity of the main general sent by Chutian, he did not dare to have two hearts.

The deterrent power brought by Xue Rengui is too great, and he is currently ranked first in the hero ranking of the Eastern Han Dynasty with a force limit of 99 points!

Although the hero leaderboard only measures individual attributes, it is already intimidating.

Sui III came to meet Xue Rengui with two personal soldiers, and when he saw Xue Rengui, who had not yet reached the crown, he couldn't help but show a little envy: "Chu Zimou, that guy is really lucky." ”

"How many lords are there in Xihai County?"

"Including me, there are three lords, one of whom occupies the county seat of Xihai, occupying two important resources of fish and salt, and about 8,000 soldiers and horses. If it weren't for the fact that I was defeated by you in the battle in Yangdu County, and I lost my troops, I wouldn't have let him become bigger. A month ago, I joined forces with another lord with 7,000 troops to fight him in Xihai County, and I was defeated. ”

"Let's go and get Xihai County, you are responsible for supplying food, and sending 2,000 troops."

"Whoa."

After Sui III heard that it was Xue Rengui in front of him, he obeyed his orders.

The 5,000 people brought by Xue Rengui were enough to change the pattern of Xihai County.

In the county seat of Xihai, the alien lord Li Gang occupied this city. The county has a population of about 100,000, plus the surrounding villages and towns, enough for him to feed 8,000 soldiers and horses, or even more. Because the specialties of Xihai County are sea fish and sea salt, which is enough to bring him a lot of income.

Li Gang even used the income from selling fish and salt to build a green building in Xihai County for his own enjoyment.

"My lord, the Inhuman Lord Sui III is here to invite the battle again!"

His personal soldiers came to the Qinglou and found Li Gang who was in the gentle township, looking anxious.

"The defeated generals dare to come to fight again and again, and they really don't know whether they are alive or dead. I have a gold-level general, this time I want to completely unify Xihai County, and in the future, I may be able to compete with me for Langya Country. The outcome is unknown, but if I defeat him, I will be the first lord of the Eastern Han Dynasty. ”

Li Gang put on his armor without hurry, and gathered his troops and horses out of the city to fight.

Outside the county seat of Xihai, the 5,000 people of Xue Rengui and Yin Li and the 2,000 people of Sui III were lined up.

In order to lure Li Gang, the lord who occupied the county seat of Xihai, to go into battle, Xue Rengui used the banner of Sui III and disguised himself as Sui III's army.

"When did Sui III recruit another batch of soldiers and horses? Looks like there's a lot of people......"

Despite some doubts, Li Gang, out of the confidence brought by his previous victories, still ordered the military generals to go out of the city and defeat Sui III head-on. In his opinion, this was a civil war between the lords of Xihai County.

"Sui III, I let you go last time, but I didn't expect you to dare to come to challenge without knowing what to do! I have already occupied the county seat of Xihai, it is better to lead your territory to surrender to me, and I can appoint you as the county lieutenant!" ”

Li Gang rode out of the battle on a war horse, followed by a gold-level ordinary general.

"Li Gang, if you have the ability, we will each send a military general to fight alone."

Sui III also came out of battle, with a hint of insidiousness. He was now unafraid of the greatest lord of Xihai County. Behind him is Xue Rengui of the Three Arrows Determination Heavenly Mountain!

Even if Xue Rengui is not his general, it is rare to be a fox and a fake tiger.

"Last time, your military commander was killed by my general, haven't you learned your lesson? Well, I promise you! ”

Li Gang sent gold-level generals, and the force reached 64 points!

Xue Rengui responded to the battle on behalf of Sui III.

The two generals clashed in front of the two armies, Xue Rengui held a Fang Tian Painting Halberd, while the military generals on the opposite side held a Glaive Sword.

"Think you're Lu Bu holding Fang Tian's painting halberd? Then my generals will use the Glaive Sword or Guan Yu. ”

Li Gang scoffed when he saw Xue Rengui's weapon.

The two generals slapped their horses and swung Fang Tian's halberd and glaive sword at the same time, killing each other!

The scene of Li Gang's imaginary sword falling did not happen, and his gold-level military general was directly picked by Xue Rengui under the horse!

The difference in force between the two people is too big, and they are not one enemy!

"The enemy will be dead, kill!"

Adjutant General Yin Li took advantage of the low morale of the other party and killed his troops!

The Tang archers took the lead, heavy arrows were shot, and the infantry on the opposite side fell in a row!

Xue Rengui's exclusive cavalry used armor-piercing arrows, which could not be blocked by ordinary wooden shield leather armor, and even ordinary iron armor had a chance to be shot through.

After Xue Rengui killed the opponent's general, he flew to Li Gang again, and he was unstoppable!

Li Gang was frightened, abandoned the army and fled into the city, and the 8,000 soldiers and horses were leaderless.

The rain of arrows from the shooting battalion destroyed the morale of the opponent one after another, and the Tang archers used mounted archery on the flank, and when the infantry pressed on, the army of Xihai County completely collapsed.

Sui III was shocked to see that Xue Rengui's Eastern Expeditionary Army easily defeated the largest lord of Xihai County. Chutian just sent a partial division, and easily pacified Xihai County, which had not yet been unified.

Xue Rengui took advantage of the situation to occupy Xihai County, and Li Gang became Xue Rengui's prisoner.

Of the three lords of Xihai County, one lord became Neiying, the big lord was defeated and captured, and the other lord heard that Xue Rengui was on the eastern expedition and the big lord was defeated, and surrendered directly.

The lord of Xihai County, who surrendered directly, said to himself: "Just kidding, Xihai County is not unified, how can it be possible to stop Xue Rengui?" ”

So Xue Rengui decided to fight in the West Sea.

Xue Rengui could see the sea in the east from the city wall of Xihai County: "On the other side of the sea, I don't know if there is still land?" ”

As a player, Sui III naturally knows: "This sea is called the Yellow Sea, and on the other side of the sea is the Kingdom of Goryeo. ”