Xuzhou went down to Picheng, and Shi Taoqian received an order from the Han court, and the Han court supported by Yuan Shao asked all the soldiers and horses to go to King Qin of Luoyang to prevent Dong Zhuo from entering Beijing.

Xuzhou Thorn Shi Taoqian was one of the powerful princes. Xuzhou suffered relatively little loss in the Yellow Turban Rebellion, and Tao Qian's strength did not suffer much loss. However, not long ago, the 50,000 elite soldiers of Xuzhou led by Cao Bao and Mi Fang were ambushed and defeated by Dolgon in Beihai Kingdom, and only brought back more than 10,000 people, which made Tao Qian troubled.

He found Wang Lang, Zhao Yu, and Cao Bao, a general, to discuss how to deal with the dispute between Dong Zhuo and Yuan Shao, as well as the threat of Chutian in Langya State.

Langya State is located in the north of Xuzhou, and after the threat of the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army was lifted, Chutian, who guarded the northern gateway of Xuzhou, became Tao Qian's confidant.

"Langya plundered 800,000 Yellow Turban thieves in Qingzhou, placed in Kaiyang and Juxian, if he is indulged, he may bring 800,000 Yellow Turbans to the south in the future, coveting the entire Xuzhou, adults must not be guarded against."

Cao Bao told Tao Qian in detail about the suppression of the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army, especially Mi Fang's relationship with Chutian, which made Tao Qian frown.

"If there is a great chaos today, the generals under the command of the Prime Minister of Langya are extremely brave, and even the Yellow Turban Army that swept Qingzhou was defeated by him, how should I guard against him?"

Tao Qian thought that his subordinates were only used by Mi Fang and Cao Bao, and compared with Chu Tian's generals, they were not at the same level at all.

Chu Tian was able to plunder the 800,000 Yellow Turban Army with less than 50,000 people, but Mi Fang and Cao Bao's 50,000 people were defeated by Dolgon. No matter how mediocre Tao Qian is, he realizes the gap.

There is also an ambiguous Mi family.

Cao Bao saw that there was a look of worry in Tao Qian's eyebrows, and probably knew that Tao Qian was wary of Chutian, so he said: "The last general will return from the Beihai Kingdom, and he is trying to find a way to curb the development momentum of the Langya Kingdom. Our Cao family has a lot of disciples, and one of them thinks that Chu Tian, the minister of Langya, will definitely lead an elite army to defeat Dong Zhuo. As long as you don't participate in the Kwantung Alliance, concentrate your elite forces, and lead the troops to attack Langya by the last general, you can take advantage of the weakness and go straight to Xiacheng. ”

Tao Qian listened to Cao Bao's opinion and found that it was an immoral conspiracy, so he couldn't help but hesitate.

Chu Tian led the elite division to crusade against Dong Zhuo and save the Han family from fire and water, if he took this opportunity to attack Langya from Xiapi and Donghai, it may not be too unkind.

Wang Lang said: "My lord, by all means, all the assassins and Taishou should work together to support the Han family." Langya is a subordinate of the adult, how can he fight for the sake of interests? ”

Don't drive Zhao Yu shook his head as well.

Tao Qian dismissed his two subordinates and left Cao Bao alone: "Wang Lang and Zhao Yu are also famous soldiers, but they don't know the art of war, and it is useless to discuss them." You present in detail the strategy of the surprise attack on the Langya Kingdom. ”

Cao Bao said: "Adults can gradually add soldiers and horses to Tan County, so that Tan County soldiers and horses will reach 50,000 people. If it is snowing heavily, the last general will lead 50,000 soldiers and horses out of Tan County, forcibly march for 200 miles, and reach the bottom of Xia City within three days, and break the city in five days! ”

Tao Qian had no confidence in Cao Bao: "How can you alone be the opponent of everyone in Langya Kingdom?" Mi Fang and Chu Tian have too close contacts and can't be heavily responsible. ”

"Your Excellency can secretly contact the lords of the Donghai Kingdom, Pengcheng Kingdom, and Xiapi Kingdom to jointly carve up the Langya Kingdom, and the final general will think that they will definitely participate in the action."

"Let me think about ......"

Tao Qian closed his eyes and recuperated, and Chutian secretly contacted the families in Xuzhou, which seriously affected his status in Xuzhou.

Chu Tian was considering the candidate to crusade against Dong Zhuo, as well as the candidate to stay in Langya State.

There were hundreds of counties in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and Chutian controlled one county and was qualified to be called a prince. After the family is big, he can't leave only a small number of people to take care of the house as before.

This time to defeat Dong Zhuo, the system will no longer provide protection to the lord's territory.

The defense area of Langya Kingdom has three places, located in Kaiyang County in the south, Ju County in the center, and Zhuxian County in the north. In other words, Chu Tian had to leave at least three guards.

Xihai County, located on the shore of the Yellow Sea, is difficult to control due to its remote distance, and also needs a garrison.

"Xu Sheng and Liu Sandao coordinated the defense of the southern regions such as Xiacheng, Langya City, and Liangshan Town, Xueyue, Sun Kang, and Wu Dun coordinated the defense of Juxian, Xueyuecheng, Yangdu County and other central regions, and Zang Ba and Sun Guan coordinated the defense of the northern regions such as Zhuxian County and Dongwu County. Yin Li guards Xihai County. ”

After Chu Tian has the trait "Great Sage and Good Teacher", the Taishan thief is more loyal to Chu Tian, and Chu Tian can rest assured that he can use the Taishan thief as a general to watch the family.

The most important Xia City was handed over to Xu Sheng for defense.

Although the military generals used by Chutian to defend the city were the second-tier generals of the Langya Kingdom, as long as they could not hold on, they were enough to block the offensive of the first-class generals.

The threat from the south came from Tao Qian in Xiapi and Tan counties.

Chu Tian was not very afraid of Tao Qian, Tao Qian lacked famous generals, in fact, he was a prince who was strong and powerful, and gave Xu Sheng more than 10,000 people, which was enough to hold the southern part of Langya State.

The threat in the north came from Zhao Gongzi and Kong Rong of the Beihai Kingdom, and they had two fierce generals, Tai Shici and Xue Wanche, who were more threatening than Tao Qian in Chu Tian's eyes.

However, Zhao Gongzi's main force is besieging Dolgon, Guan Hai, and Wu Sangui, and it is estimated that he will not even be able to participate in the crusade against Dong Zhuo, otherwise once Dolgon counterattacks, the Beihai Kingdom will fall again.

In this way, Zhao Gongzi's threat is not great.

Then there is the great lord of Taishan County, Donghai County, Xiapi Kingdom, and Pengcheng Kingdom.

"Only bring 20,000 people to fight against Dong Zhuo, another 30,000 people to defend the city, and recruit 10,000 Qingzhou troops at the same time, and when the crusade against Dong Zhuo is over, and then disband the Qingzhou army, the financial burden will not be too large."

Chu Tian was cautious, but he still kept a hand, temporarily selected the elite from the 800,000 Yellow Turban refugees, and recruited 10,000 Qingzhou troops to assist in defending the city.

"My lord, four hundred light cavalry horses from Youzhou have arrived, and a total of 29,121 taels of silver have been spent."

"Got it."

Chu Tian purchased excellent war horses to supplement the losses of high-ranking cavalry, and at the same time expanded the scale of high-ranking cavalry.

The suppression of the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army resulted in dozens of casualties among high-ranking cavalrymen.

If the high-level cavalry is killed in battle and the war horse is still alive, then it is necessary to re-select the appropriate source of troops and spend two months recruiting a new Iron Eagle Scout or Tang Archer (level 10).

If the horse dies in battle and the high-level cavalry survives, then only a new horse needs to be replaced, and the level will not be affected in any way.

It is difficult to say whether the horses are important or the cavalry is important......

When the cavalry is gone, it can be recruited again, but it is recruited, not the original veterans of a hundred battles.

Chu Tian expanded the high-ranking cavalry of Hua Mulan, Xue Rengui, and Li Guang to 300 cavalry each, which were used for special tasks, such as interspersing in detours, striking the opponent's flanks, cutting off the opponent's grain routes, and demoralizing the opponent.

"There are also 150 heavy cavalry horses from Liangzhou to form a heavy cavalry squad, plus the existing heavy cavalry, you will have a heavy cavalry squad of 300 people. Heavy cavalry armor and horse armor are being produced in Shangbi Town. The armor used by heavy cavalry includes armor skirts, armor sleeves, etc., and the armor is still used, but the price is several times that of ordinary light cavalry and infantry with two armor. Weapons use horse lance, currently stock 210 horse lance, another 190 horse lance in production, is expected to be in storage by December. Of these, 300 will be housed in heavy cavalry squads, and 100 will remain in storage for supplies or later expansion of heavy cavalry. “

"So far, 5,000 silver-level ordinary Tang knives have been produced, and priority is given to light cavalry, followed by the fine willow battalion, and then ordinary soldiers."

"The Zhemu Composite Bow is of the gold level, and it also requires additional materials, which is expensive to build, and it is only equipped with the Shooting Battalion. Xuzhou archers and Qingzhou archers are equipped with silver-level ordinary compound bows, and city defense archers are equipped with bronze-level single-wood bows......".

The cost of each type of equipment starts at least 1,000 taels of silver.

War horses, horse lances, Tang swords, Zhemu composite bows, armor of heavy cavalry (cavalry and war horses...... stirrups, bridles, shields, boots, spears, sword-piercings, arrows, cotton clothing, bedding, tents, iron pots......

Xia Liang reported to Chutian on the preparation of hundreds of strategic materials.

Chu Tian was already familiar with all kinds of materials, so it sounded effortless, and the only thing that was more distressing was the silver in vain.

More than half of the financial revenue of Langya State is used to expand the army and rectify the armament, which is the troubled times, and everything is given priority to supplying the army to ensure that the military is abundant. Farming and doing business are just to get money and food for the army.

After the world is peaceful, military spending will gradually decline.

"Does Zhao Yun mean to be loyal to me recently?"

"I'm sorry, I don't see such a tendency."

"This time, I plan to use favors and invite Zhao Yun to go to the Tiger Prison Pass together. Only when he is allowed to return to the battlefield will he have the idea of returning to the mountain. ”

Chu Tian knew that Zhao Yun would not be willing to be lonely.

The fierce generals at the level of the five tiger generals wanted to disarm and return to the field, and they didn't believe it when they killed Chu Tian. Zhao Yun has been serving Shu Han until he is old, working hard, and like Xue Rengui, he is a military general who can be used for decades.

"Aren't you afraid that Zhao Yun will leave after repaying the favor? Or did he meet Liu Bei, because he got along with Liu Bei, and then was abducted by Liu Bei? At the beginning, Zhao Yun served under Gongsun Zhan, but later took refuge in Liu Bei. ”

"That's because Gongsun Zan was destroyed by Yuan Shao, plus Zhao Yun had a friendship with Liu Bei. And so far, Zhao Yun and Liu Bei have not had any intersection. If Zhao Yun leaves with Liu Bei as soon as they meet, then I have nothing to say...... And I still have Xue Rengui on my side. ”

"Do you think Xue Rengui can keep Zhao Yun?"

"Don't underestimate the friendship between life and death between military generals. The death of a person who is a confidant is not just talking. Although the vast majority of people put their interests first, there will still be people who value loyalty. Ordered Xue Rengui to ask Zhao Yun to participate in the battle against Dong Zhuo. ”

In order to subdue Zhao Yun, Chu Tian decided to take an adventure and used his kindness to Zhao Yun to invite him out of the mountain to participate in the battle of Tiger Prison Pass.

Xue Rengui was called over by Chu Tian, and Chu Tian's order was very simple, he gave Xue Rengui 5 taels of silver, ordered him to get Zhao Yun drunk, and asked Zhao Yun to agree to follow Chu Tian to participate in the Kwantung Alliance.

Xue Rengui intended to join forces with Zhao Yun to command the cavalry to kill the enemy, so he agreed.

So Xue Rengui came to Zhao Yun with a few jugs of wine......

"Why are the soldiers and horses in the city moving so frequently?"

The female military general, who finally bought an ordinary house in Xia Cheng, where the land price was high, saw that soldiers and horses came and went in the city from time to time, so she specially asked someone to inquire.

"General Dong Zhuo and Captain Si Li Yuan Shao are fighting in the area of Hangu Pass, Captain Si Li calls on the soldiers and horses from all over the world to enter King Qin of Luoyang, and our lord is estimated to send troops soon."

"Langya is planning to go to Luoyang?"

"Probably so. Our Langya country minister is upright, subduing the Taishan thieves, suppressing the Yellow Turban thieves, killing the Yellow Turban Army Qu Marshal Zhang Min, and the Yellow Turban Thief leader Zhang Liang, throwing his head and spilling blood for the imperial court, now that the Son of Heaven is in trouble, how can he not go! ”

"Langya is really a strange man."

The female martial artist heard all the positive comments about Chu Tian in Xia Cheng, and couldn't help but be secretly surprised.

Chu Tian really hadn't done anything crazy, and the forces he attacked were all forces with bad reputations such as the Taishan Thieves and the Yellow Turban Army. And he is the official minister of Langya, as long as the people under his rule can live, these people will sing praises to him. In troubled times, the lives of the people are as cheap as mustard, and living is already a luxury.

Zhao Yun was managed to get drunk by Xue Rengui, and finally agreed to follow the Langya army to participate in the crusade against Dong Zhuo.

Langya is a fierce general, Zhao Yun met Xue Rengui, Li Guang, Xu Sheng and other generals in Xiacheng, and gradually became friends, and has slowly fallen.

It is undoubtedly the right choice to use the friendship between the generals to leave Zhao Yun behind.

With Xue Rengui, Li Guang and others, Zhao Yun estimated that it would be difficult for Liu Bei to abduct him.

When Chu Tian was preparing for the crusade, other great lords were also frequently applying to the imperial court to serve as the Taishou and the Minister of State, and some even applied to be the State Assassin and the State Pastor.

Now that Yuan Shao and the Han League of the Inhuman Guild control Luoyang, it is easier to obtain official positions such as Taishou, General, and State Assassin than when Emperor Ling of Han was in power.

In the name of Emperor Shao of the Han Dynasty, Yuan Shao named himself the general of the chariot cavalry, declared Dong Zhuo a traitor, and then canonized officials to win the hearts of the people.

Yuan Shu was named Nanyang Taishou by Yuan Shao, Zhao Long, the lord of Jizhou, was named Taishou of Wei County, and Cao Cao was named General Fenwu......

Mingguan, the lord of Liaodong, used the teleportation array of Xiangping City to send 30,000 taels of silver and 700 Liaodong war horses to Yuan Shao, and Yuan Shao canonized him as the Taishou of Liaodong.

Some lords followed suit, and also sent gold, silver and materials to Yuan Shao, and obtained the position of Taishou and Minister of State.

As for the history of the assassin and the state pastor, Yuan Shao did not dare to seal it indiscriminately, and basically no stranger was named a big official at the level of the history of the assassin and the state pastor, and Liu Yu, the patriarch of the Han family, was named the Youzhou pastor, and Liu Yan was named the Yizhou pastor......

As a result, a large group of princes emerged in the Eastern Han Dynasty.

"Yuan Shao has gone too far."

Chu Tian learned that Yuan Shao was a feudal prince, and knew that Yuan Shao wanted to use his official position to entrap the princes from all walks of life, and asked them to enter Luoyang to resist Dong Zhuo.

But Yuan Shao went too far, and the number of canonized princes was large, and he went to the doctor in a hurry.

Chu Tian was originally the only Inhuman Lord who obtained the status of a prince, but now at least five Inhuman Lords have obtained official positions on an equal footing with Chu Tian, which has reduced the status of Chu Tian's Langya Minister.

This is how inflation emerges.

When everyone is a taishou and a general, the value of the taishou and the general decreases.

Chu Tianzheng wondered that his status as the prime minister of Langya had declined, and Yuan Shao's envoy had arrived in Xiacheng.