In Xiapi City, Xuzhou, the prefect Tao Qian received an order from the Han court. The Han court, which was supported by Yuan Shao, requested all troops and horses to go to King Qin of Luoyang to prevent Dong Zhuo from entering the capital.

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

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

The Kingdom of Langya is located in the northern part of Xuzhou. After the threat of the Yellow Turban Army in Qingzhou was lifted, Chutian, who was guarding the northern gate of Xuzhou, became Tao Qian's confidant again.

"The Prime Minister of Langya plundered 800,000 yellow turbans from Qingzhou and placed them in Kaiyang and Juxian areas. If he were to let him go, he might go south with 800,000 yellow turbans and covet the whole of Xuzhou. Your lord must be on guard."

Cao Bao told Tao Qian in detail about the suppression of the Yellow Turbans in Qingzhou, especially because Mi Fang and Chu Tian had a close relationship, which made Tao Qian frown.

"Now the world is in great chaos, and the generals under 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 only Mi Fang and Cao Bao were used by his generals. Compared with Chu Tian's generals, they were not at the same level.

Chutian could plunder 800,000 Yellow Turbans with less than 50,000 people, but Dorgon defeated Mi Fang and Cao Bao with 50,000 people. No matter how mediocre Tao Qian was, he realized the difference.

There is also the Mi family with an ambiguous attitude.

Cao Bao saw that Tao Qian had a worried look on his eyebrows, and probably knew that Tao Qian was taking precautions against Chutian, so he said: "I will return from Beihai Kingdom at the end of the day, and I am trying to find a way to curb the development momentum of Langya Kingdom. We have many guests in the Cao family. One of the foreign disciples believed that Chu Tian, ​​Prime Minister of Langya State, would definitely lead his elite divisions to attack Dong Zhuo. As long as you do not join the Kwantung Allied Forces, concentrate your elite troops, and lead your troops to invade Langya State from the last general, you can take advantage of the emptiness and enter. Go straight to Xiacheng."

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

Chu Tian led his elite divisions to attack Dong Zhuo and save the Han family from the fire.

Engaged Wang Lang said: "My lord, it is absolutely impossible. All governors and prefects should work together to help the Han family. Langya is a subordinate of the lord, how can we fight infighting for the sake of profit?"

Don't drive Zhao Yu to shake his head as well.

Tao Qian dismissed the two men and left Cao Bao alone: ​​"Wang Lang and Zhao Yu are famous scholars, but they are not familiar with the art of war, so it is useless to discuss with them. You will present your plan for a surprise attack on Langya in detail."

Cao Bao said: "Sir, you can gradually add troops and horses to Tan County, so that the number of troops and horses in Tan County will reach 50,000 people. If the snow is flying, the general will lead 50,000 troops and horses out of Tan County, and force an army of 200 li, and they will reach Xia within three days. Below the city, the city can be broken in five days!”

Tao Qian had no confidence in Cao Bao: "How can you be the opponent of everyone in Langya? Mi Fang and Chu Tian are too close, so you can't take on heavy responsibilities."

"Your Excellency can secretly contact the lords of Donghai Kingdom, Pengcheng Kingdom, and Xiapi Kingdom to jointly divide up Langya Kingdom. At the end of the day, you will think that they will definitely participate in the operation."

"Let me think about..."

Tao Qian closed his eyes and rested, Chu Tian secretly contacted the Xuzhou families,

Seriously affected his status in Xuzhou.

Chutian was considering who to attack Dong Zhuo and who to stay in Langya.

There are hundreds of prefectures in the Eastern Han District, and Chutian controls a prefecture and is qualified to be called a prince. After the family business is big, he can't leave only a small number of people to look after the family as before.

This time, the crusade against Dong Zhuo, the system will no longer provide protection for the lord's territory.

The defense area of ​​Langya Kingdom consists of three places, Kaiyang County in the south, Ju County in the middle, and various counties in the north. In other words, Chutian had to keep at least three guards.

Xihai County, which is located on the Yellow Sea, is difficult to control due to the remoteness of the road, and it 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, Wu Dun coordinated the defense of the central region such as Juxian, Xueyuecheng, Yangdu County, Zang Ba, Sun Guan Coordinate the defense of the northern regions such as counties and Dongwu County. Yin Li guards Xihai County."

After Chutian has the characteristic "Great Teacher", the Taishan thief is more loyal to Chutian, and Chutian can use the Taishan thief as a general to guard the house.

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

Although the generals Chutian used to defend the city were the second-tier generals of Langya Kingdom, as long as they could not defend the city, they would be enough to stop the offensive of the first-rate generals.

The threat to the south came from Tao Qian of Xiapi and Tanxian.

Chutian was not very afraid of Tao Qian. Tao Qian lacked famous generals. In fact, he was a lord who was strong in the outside and in the middle. He gave Xu Sheng more than 10,000 people, enough to defend the southern part of Langya.

The threat to the north came from Zhao Gongzi and Kong Rong of Beihai Kingdom. They had Taishi Ci and Xue Wanche two fierce generals, and in Chu Tian's eyes, they were a bigger threat than Tao Qian.

However, Zhao Gongzi's main force is besieging Dorgon, Guan Hai, and Wu Sangui. It is estimated that he will not be able to participate in the crusade against Dong Zhuo. Otherwise, once Dorgon is allowed to counterattack, Beihai Kingdom will fall again.

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

Another threat is the great lords of Taishan County, Donghai County, Xiapi Country, and Pengcheng Country.

"Only bring 20,000 people to crusade against Dong Zhuo, and another 30,000 people to defend the city. At the same time, 10,000 Qingzhou troops are recruited. When the crusade against Dong Zhuo is over and the Qingzhou army is disbanded, the financial burden will not be too large."

Chu Tian was careful, but he still kept his hand. He temporarily selected elites 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, spending a total of 29,121 taels of silver."

"understood."

Chutian purchased high-quality horses to supplement the loss of high-level cavalry, and at the same time expanded the scale of high-level cavalry.

The suppression of the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans resulted in dozens of casualties among high-ranking cavalry.

If the high-level cavalry is killed and the warhorse is still alive, then you need to re-select a suitable source of troops and spend two months recruiting a new iron eagle scout or a datang cavalry archer (level 10).

If the warhorse dies and the high-level cavalry survives, you only need to change to a new warhorse, and the level will not be affected in any way.

It's hard to say whether the horse is more important or the cavalry is more important...

The cavalry can be recruited again, but the recruits are recruits, not the original veterans.

Chutian expanded the high-level cavalry of Hua Mulan, Xue Rengui, and Li Guang to 300 cavalry each to perform special tasks, such as detouring, attacking the opponent's flank, cutting the opponent's food supply, and attacking the opponent's morale.

"There are also 150 heavy cavalry horses from Liangzhou to form a heavy cavalry squad. With the existing heavy cavalry, you will have a heavy cavalry squad of 300 people. The armor and horse armor of the heavy cavalry are on the way. Produced in Bizhen. The armor used by the heavy cavalry includes armor skirts, armor sleeves, etc. The armor is still used, but the price is several times that of the ordinary light cavalry and infantry. There are 190 horse lances in production, and it is expected that they will all be put into storage before December. 300 of them will be placed in the heavy cavalry squad, and 100 will remain in the warehouse as supplies or to expand the heavy cavalry in the future. Scale use."

"So far, 5,000 silver-level ordinary Tang knives have been produced, and the light cavalry is the priority, followed by the Xiliu Ying, and then the ordinary soldiers."

"The level of the Zhemu composite bow is gold, and it requires additional materials. The cost is high, and it is only equipped with a shooting sound 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. …”.

Each type of equipment costs at least 1,000 taels of silver.

Horses, lances, tang knives, composite bows of zhe wood, armor of heavy cavalry (cavalry and war horses)... and stirrups, reins, shields, military boots, spears, knives, arrows, cotton coats, quilts, tents, iron pot……

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

Chutian is already familiar with all kinds of materials, so it sounds effortless. The only thing that hurts is Bai Huahua's silver.

More than half of Langya State's fiscal revenue is used to expand the army and rectify its armaments. This is a troubled time, and everything is given priority to supplying the army to ensure sufficient military virtue. Farming and doing business are just to get money and food for the army.

After the world is at peace, military spending will gradually decline.

"Has Zhao Yun been loyal to me recently?"

"Sorry, I don't see any such tendency."

"This time I'm going to use my favor and invite Zhao Yun to join the expedition to Hulao Pass. Only by letting him return to the battlefield will he have the idea of ​​re-entering the mountain."

Chu Tian knew that Zhao Yun would be unwilling to be lonely.

The fierce general of the five tiger generals wants to disarm and return to the field, but Chu Tian does not believe it. Zhao Yun has been serving Shu Han until his old age, working hard without complaining. 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 his kindness? Or maybe he met Liu Bei because he got along well with Liu Bei, and then was kidnapped by Liu Bei? At the beginning, Zhao Yun worked under Gongsun Zan, but later he joined Liu Bei."

"That's because Gongsun Zan was destroyed by Yuan Shao, and Zhao Yun has friendship with Liu Bei. Up to now, Zhao Yun and Liu Bei have not had any intersection. If Zhao Yun left Liu Bei as soon as they met, then I have nothing to say... and I There is also Xue Rengui here.”

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

"Don't underestimate the life-and-death relationship between generals. The death of a scholar for a confidant is not just talk. Although most people put their interests first, some people still pay attention to loyalty. Xue Rengui asked Zhao Yun to participate in the crusade 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 mountains to participate in the battle of Hulao 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 drunk on Zhao Yun, and asked Zhao Yun to agree to follow Chu Tian to join the Kwantung coalition.

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 pots of wine...

"Why are the troops and horses in the city mobilized so frequently?"

The female military general who finally bought an ordinary house in Xiacheng, where the land price is still high, sees soldiers and horses coming and going in and out of the city from time to time, and specifically asks someone to inquire.

"General Dong Zhuo and Sili Commander Yuan Shao fought in the Hangu Pass area. Sili Commander called on all the troops and horses to enter Luoyang Qin King. Our lord is expected to send troops soon."

"The Prime Minister of Langya is planning to go to Luoyang?"

"Mostly so. We Langya state ministers are upright, we subdued the Taishan thieves, suppressed the Yellow Turban thieves, killed Zhang Kai, the Yellow Turban army commander Zhang Kai, and the leader of the Yellow Turban thieves Zhang Liang, throwing our heads and blood for the court, now the emperor is in trouble, why not go!"

"The Prime Minister of Langya is really a strange man."

The female generals heard positive comments about Chutian in Xiacheng, and could not help but be surprised.

Chutian really didn't do anything maddeningly bad, and the forces that attacked were all those with bad reputations, such as the Taishan Bandit and the Yellow Turban Army. Moreover, he is the official Prime Minister of Langya. As long as the people under his rule can survive, these people will sing praises to him. In troubled times, people's lives are as cheap as grass, and living is already a luxury.

Zhao Yun was drunk by Xue Rengui, and finally agreed to join the army of Langya in the crusade against Dong Zhuo.

The fierce generals of Langya Kingdom are like clouds. Zhao Yun met Xue Rengui, Li Guang, Xu Sheng and other generals in Xiacheng, and gradually became friends, and has gradually fallen.

Taking advantage of the friendship between the generals to leave Zhao Yun behind is undoubtedly the right choice.

With Xue Rengui, Li Guang and others, Zhao Yun is estimated to be difficult to be kidnapped by Liu Bei.

When Chutian was preparing for the crusade, other great lords were also frequently submitting forms to the court, applying to be prefects, state ministers, and even some people applying to be prefects and state shepherds.

Now that Yuan Shao and the Yiren Guild Han League control Luoyang, it is easier to obtain official positions such as prefect, general, and state governor than when Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty.

In the name of Emperor Shao of Han, Yuan Shao made himself a general of chariots and cavalry, declared Dong Zhuo a traitor, and then he wanted to confer officials to win people's hearts.

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

Liaodong lord Mingguan used Xiangping City's teleportation array to send Yuan Shao 30,000 taels of silver and 700 Liaodong war horses. Yuan Shao named him the prefect of Liaodong.

Some lords followed suit and sent gold, silver and supplies to Yuan Shao, and obtained the positions of prefect and prime minister.

As for the prefect and the state shepherd, Yuan Shao did not dare to seal it randomly. Basically, no strangers were named as the prefect and the state shepherd. However, Liu Yu, a relative of the Han clan, was named Youzhou Mu, and Liu Yan was named Yizhou. shepherd...

As a result, a large group of princes appeared in the Eastern Han District.

"Yuan Shao has gone too far."

Chutian learned that Yuan Shao was entrusting the princes, and that Yuan Shao wanted to use his official position to win over 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 panic.

Chu Tian was originally the only alien lord who had obtained the status of a vassal, but now at least five alien lords have obtained official positions on an equal footing with Chu Tian, ​​making Chu Tian's status as the Prime Minister of Langya somewhat lowered.

That's how inflation happens.

When all people are prefects and generals, the value of prefects and generals drops.

Chu Tian was wondering that his status as the Prime Minister of Langya had declined, and Yuan Shao's envoy had arrived in Xiacheng.

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