Chapter 37: Attacking the World’s No. Town (Part )
“The Yellow Turban leader is Zhang Mancheng!”

Wei Yan pointed at the Yellow Turban leader who had appeared, his eyes full of fighting spirit.

“Remember what he looks like.”

Li Qian asked his generals to remember Zhang Mancheng’s appearance.

As long as you kill Zhang Mancheng, you will not only gain military merit, but also get rewards.

It is probably impossible to capture the head of the enemy general from a million-strong army with only the troops brought from Tiance Village, unless…

Li Qian glanced at Xu Qiu, the governor of Jingzhou.

Xu Qiu was loyal to the court, and his first priority was to recapture Wancheng, so he would not be stingy with his military forces for this purpose.

“My lord, this Zhang Mancheng is not a simple person.”

Chen Qingzhi noticed that with the appearance of Zhang Mancheng, the Yellow Turban Army became fanatical, and the Jingzhou Army began to retreat.

Zhang Mancheng should also have the aura of a leading general.

Li Qian also noticed this.

Every time Zhang Mancheng appeared, the Yellow Turban Army around him became crazy and their combat power soared.

In the Yellow Turban Army camp, in addition to the three brothers Zhang Jue, Zhang Bao, and Zhang Liang, a small number of Yellow Turban Army leaders also had the aura of military generals, which allowed the Yellow Turban Army to capture cities and territories with great momentum.

Since Zhang Mancheng is the leader of the Yellow Turban Army in Nanyang, he should be one of the few commanders in the Yellow Turban Army camp who has the aura of a military general.

No wonder the Jingzhou army had such a hard time defeating the Nanyang Yellow Turban Army.

However, Zhang Mancheng’s aura as the main general of the Yellow Turban Army was obviously not as good as the aura of General Tiance of Emperor Taizong of Tang, Li Shimin. It could not cover the entire battlefield and could only affect the surrounding Yellow Turban Army.

“Quick, Ming Jin withdraws his troops!”

Seeing that the situation was not good, Xu Qiu quickly ordered his troops to withdraw.

The sound of bronze bells rang out, and the Jingzhou army retreated in turns. The archers in the camp fired a rain of arrows to prevent the Yellow Turban Army from attacking.

“Hahaha, the Jingzhou army is nothing but this! When we get back to the camp and have enough to eat and drink, we will destroy the Jingzhou camp tomorrow, and within ten days, we will be able to drink water from the Yangtze River!”

Zhang Mancheng defeated the Jingzhou army and laughed loudly towards the sky.

“Hahahaha!”

The Yellow Turban generals also laughed arrogantly.

If we capture Wancheng, repel the Jingzhou army in a field battle, and then capture Xiangyang, all of northern Jing will fall into the hands of the Yellow Turban Army!

Jingzhou Governor Xu Qiu, Nanyang Prefect Qin Jie and other Jingzhou officials all looked pale.

The Yellow Turban Army cannot be defeated in the wild, and attacking the city will only be more difficult.

“Sir Governor, we still have an elite force that we have yet to use.”

Li Qian broke the silence, surprising the bigwigs in Jingzhou.

Xu Qiu asked: “What elite troops?”

“Please ask the governor to hand over all the heavy cavalry from Nanjun and Jiangxiajun to me. I will take Zhang Mancheng’s head from among the thousands of soldiers!”

Li Qian looked serious.

He had noticed that Xu Qiong’s Nanjun troops and Qin Jie’s Jiangxia troops each had a heavy cavalry unit that had not been deployed, numbering 3,000 and 2,000 men respectively.

This is the Jingzhou army’s trump card.

In the early stage, no player can afford to maintain two or three thousand heavy cavalry, but large cities such as Xiangyang and Jiangxia can.

Xu Qiu and Qin Jie looked at each other and realized that handing over the Jingzhou army’s trump card to Li Qian was undoubtedly a risky move.

Should I agree to his request?
Xu Qiu and Qin Jie couldn’t help but hesitate.

The most elite corps of the Han Dynasty was definitely the five schools of the Northern Army under the control of the emperor. Unlike Dong Zhuo who commanded the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, the elite corps of the Jingzhou governors and prefects was the Jingzhou Navy. But as we all know, the combat effectiveness of the navy is often greatly reduced after landing. Sun Quan’s 100,000 Wu troops were defeated by Zhang Liao’s 800 warriors.

The governor and prefect of Jingzhou did not have the elite troops from the north such as the Western Liang Iron Cavalry, the White Horse Volunteers, and the Great Halberd Soldiers, nor did they have the soldiers from Yangzhou and Danyang.

Nanyang County is located north of the Yangtze River. People like Liu Biao could only rely on Zhang Ji’s Liangzhou cavalry and later Liu Bei’s northern troops to guard Nanyang and resist the threat from Cao Cao.

Apart from the Jingzhou navy, which they rely on the most, the heavy cavalry is already the most elite force at the disposal of Xu Qiong and Qin Jie.

This is still in the game. Only Xiangyang and Jiangxia can recruit heavy cavalry, otherwise the number of cavalry will be even smaller.

“How can we let outsiders command the cavalry of Jiangxia?”

A military officer beside Qin Jie had an unhappy look on his face.

After staying in the Jingzhou camp for a few days, Li Qian basically got to know all the Jingzhou generals.

Qin Jie was originally the commander of Jiangxia, and the person who refuted Li Qian was a general under Qin Jie, named Zhao Ci.

This person is unruly and does not seem to be convinced by Qin Jie. He only obeys his orders because Qin Jie is his immediate superior.

The Jiangxia army also had generals such as Zhang Hu and Chen Sheng, who were also troublemakers.

They actually controlled the military power of Jiangxia County, so naturally they did not want to hand over the most elite heavy cavalry to Li Qian.

If Li Qian exhausted all the heavy cavalry of Jiangxia County, they would be the ones who suffered the losses.

Qin Jie scolded: “When facing a powerful enemy, why distinguish between inside and outside? Among the Yellow Turban Army, Zhang Mancheng is the most difficult. If we can kill him, we will win!”

Xu Qiu also stroked his beard and said, “Although this plan is dangerous, it has no other choice. We have all witnessed the bravery of the generals, and perhaps it will succeed immediately.”

“Thank you, Governor, and Governor, for your trust!”

Li Qian was moved when he saw that Xu Qiu and Qin Jie, two important officials from Jingzhou, were loyal to the Han Dynasty and were willing to lend them their most elite heavy cavalry.

The fact that the Han Dynasty was able to quickly put down the Yellow Turban Rebellion shows that it had not yet lost the hearts of the people.

The death of Emperor Ling of Han, the internal strife between General He Jin and the Ten Eunuchs, and Dong Zhuo’s entry into the capital were the last straw that broke the camel’s back for the Eastern Han court.

Zhao Ci was scolded by Qin Jie and did not dare to refute, but there was hatred in his eyes.

……

In Tiance Village, Deng Zhi personally supervised the craftsmen and laborers to build the last section of the city wall.

Although Li Qian is not in Tiance Village, Tiance Village has been building various buildings according to Li Qian’s plan.

Today is the day when the two sections of the city wall of Tiance Village are connected.

Li Qian repeatedly reminded that there must be no mistakes, so Deng Zhi personally supervised the work.

With the joint efforts of the craftsmen, the work was finally completed by noon.

Tiance Village has defensive fortifications consisting of rammed earth walls and wooden arrow towers. As long as the entire village puts all its efforts into defending the city, thousands of Yellow Turban soldiers may not be able to capture Tiance Village.

“The city wall was successfully built, and I believe the lord has no faults. Fellow villagers, thank you for your hard work. I have prepared some wine for everyone to enjoy.”

“Lord Bo Miao is really a good person.”

Deng Zhi asked the soldiers to bring up several jars of good wine and some food. The craftsmen and laborers ate with relish, and the people’s morale inadvertently rose by two points.

“Ding, your territory, Tiance Village, has met all the requirements for upgrading the town. Do you want to upgrade it immediately?”

Li Qian, who was far away in the Jingzhou military camp, received a system prompt and could hardly suppress his excitement.

So far, no player’s village has been upgraded to a town. As long as you agree, the title of “the best town in the world” will be within your reach.

“Upgrade now.”

“Ding, your village has been upgraded to a small town, and you have completed the B-level achievement mission ‘The World’s No. 1000 Town’. Reputation +500, gold +5000 taels, food +2 shi, commander limit +2, force limit +2, intelligence limit +2, political limit +2, charm limit +1, and you have obtained second-rate talent recruitment order, and you have randomly obtained ten building blueprints and a famous horse.”

(End of this chapter)