Chapter 1067 Arrival at Leting

Although Guo Jia had been on a boat with Huangfu Chaobo several times, this was the first time he had stayed on a boat for more than half a month. He was already exhausted from seasickness. Fortunately, the fleet was already sailing on the sea. Over the years, the doctor on board the ship has been very good at seasickness. After his treatment, Guo Jia's discomfort has been much better. However, because his physical condition was not good to begin with, his energy is still sluggish every day. .

Hearing Huangfu Chaobo's words, Guo Jia breathed a long sigh of relief.

Looking at his relieved look, Huangfu Chaobo smiled and said: "Fengxiao is still too weak. It seems that this time when we return to Luoyang, we will have to ask Master Fan to nurse you back."

When Guo Jia heard this, his relaxed face suddenly fell down again. Huangfu Chaobo had asked him several times to go to Luoyang Academy to seek treatment from Fan A to recuperate his body, but he had avoided him several times with various reasons. , This time he had been on a boat at sea for twenty consecutive years, which really made him suffer a lot, and he did not backtrack on Huangfu Chaobo's suggestions like the previous times.

Just as Jiang Qin said, the fleet arrived at Laoting Port before noon. At this time, the port had been completely sealed by the Leting defenders. The ships parked on the pier were forced to leave the pier temporarily and could not dock until the Tang army's fleet docked. In fact, there was no such arrangement in the past. This time, there were too many ships in the fleet accompanying Huangfu Chaobo, and Zhou Wen had no choice but to order the fleet to be cleared.

Huangfu Chaobo stood on the bow of the ship and saw a group of people waiting for him on the dock. The leader was Zhou Wen, the owner of Leting, and beside her were her brother Zhou Qiang and several generals. One of them was Huang Xu. Before Huangfu Chaobo set off, he had ordered Longhua to send someone to respond, but he did not expect that Huang Xu would lead the troops.

After a soft sound as the building boat collided with the trestle, the building boat was firmly leaned on the trestle. Dian Wei and a group of personal guards quickly disembarked, taking over the surrounding guards, and then responded to Huangfu Chaobo Get off the boat with Guo Jia and others.

Seeing Huangfu Chaobo disembarking from the ship, Zhou Wen and his brother came up to greet him and said with a smile: "The big boss is getting more and more comfortable in traveling. The fleet and guards are all ready."

Huangfu Chaobo said with a smile: "There is no way. I wanted to travel lightly, but they didn't allow it. But Sister Mosquito's place is cleared, which makes me feel flattered!"

Zhou Wen glanced at him: "You think I am willing? Who asked you to come with so many ships at once? I don't clear the place. Do you think you can get all these people and materials down in half a day?"

Huangfu Chaobo was stunned. It was indeed true. One hundred thousand people plus the supplies on board the ship. If the dock was not cleared, it would probably take several days to arrange for all the people and supplies to disembark. Thinking of this, Huangfu Chaobo bowed to Zhou Wen repeatedly: "I'm sorry, I didn't think carefully. Please forgive me, Sister Mosquito."

"You have to figure it out yourself!"

After the two of them finished talking, Zhou Qiang stepped forward and said, "Brother Chao, if you come to Youzhou yourself, are you going to fight again?"

Huangfu Chaobo smiled and said: "What, you are now in a strong position and you are impatient?"

"Hey, don't underestimate me, Leting, now. We have five thousand infantry, three thousand cavalry, and several generals. If it weren't for Gongsun Zan, there would be no way we could capture this Liaoxi region." Zhou Qiang looked proud. said;

"Okay, let's talk about it later. I just have something to discuss with you." After saying that, Huangfu Chaobo turned to look at Huang Xu and his party.

Seeing Huangfu Chaobo looking at him, Huang Xu quickly led everyone in Longhua to come forward to salute: "I have met my lord!"

"Okay, excuse me, everyone has worked hard." Huangfu Chaobo waved his hand and said, "Xiao Xu, why are you here?"

"Back to my uncle, considering that there are too many people who need to be escorted on this trip, after discussing with Master Meng and Master Ma, we decided that I would personally lead the troops to come to meet them. Our ship has arrived at Leting, but Now there are people outside Hong Kong waiting for orders." Huang Xu replied respectfully;

"Um,

How prepared are the cities of Longhua now? "

"After receiving the news that a large number of immigrants were about to be sent to Longhua, we began to make relevant preparations. Especially after the arrival of the first two groups of young people, we built a large number of houses in the five towns. Now we can guarantee at least two With this batch of immigrants, the subsequent construction of housing for 100,000 people will be faster.”

"How prepared are we in terms of food and security?"

"Uncle, please rest assured. We have been stocking up on food and grass over the years. Now the soldiers and horses in each town have carefully inspected the surrounding situation. Moreover, the defense facilities in each town are also complete, so there should be no problem."

After hearing Huang Xu's answer, Huangfu Chaobo felt a little relieved. As for the specific things, now is not the time to discuss them in detail. We can only wait until we get to Longhua to understand them in detail.

"Okay, you can arrange for officials to deal with the situation of the people and supplies first. We will go to Laoting City first. There are some things that need to be discussed with everyone." Huangfu Chaobo said;

Huang Xu bowed down to accept the order and left the affairs of the people and the fleet to the officials he brought to deal with. However, he followed Huangfu Chaobo and Guo Jia, and left with Zhou Wen's sister and brother under the protection of Tiebei Camp. The pier of the port is heading towards Leting City on the other side of the river.

Along the way, Huangfu Chaobo walked while listening to Zhou Qiang talk about Leting's current situation. By the time they reached the city, Huangfu Chaobo already knew something about Laoting's situation.

Now, there are more than 50,000 people in Leting City, with more than 8,000 soldiers, including 5,000 infantry and 3,000 cavalry. Among the 5,000 infantry, there are 2,000 combat soldiers and 3,000 guards. As for the generals, there are Chen Wu, Xi Hong, Miao Shang, Xian Yu Yin and Xian Yu Fu. In terms of civil officials, in addition to Lin An, the military general who was transferred to serve as the deputy city lord, there is also Yu Fan, the former military advisor of Liu Bei, who is currently serving as Zhou Wen's military advisor.

What surprised Huangfu Chaobo was that this Chen Wu turned out to be the Chen Wu among the twelve tiger ministers of Jiangbiao. It is said that he is a fierce general, but it is unknown why he appeared in Youzhou and was finally recruited by Zhou Wen.

Among the 8,000 troops in Leting City, Chen Wu is the main general of the infantry, commanding 2,000 combat soldiers, while Xi Hong and Miao Shang command 3,000 guards. Zhou Qiang, Xian Yu Yin and Xian Yu Fu command 3,000 cavalry respectively. Huangfu Chaobo was very surprised that Leting could support 8,000 cavalry and infantry with a population of 50,000.

However, Zhou Wen also saw Huangfu Chaobo's doubts and said, "If there were no port here, how could I afford to support 8,000 troops. To be honest, I have to thank you very much."