Chapter 1128 Return
Seeing Meng Yi acting like a miser, Huangfu Chaobo couldn't help but smile bitterly: "You, you..."
Seeing that his little thoughts were seen through by Huangfu Chaobo, Meng Yi didn't take it seriously. With the gains from this war, Yanbei can feel much more relaxed in the past two years. He can recruit people to cultivate more fields. You must know that the Central Plains The people are strong in this. As long as they survive the first few years, the days to come will be much better.
"Okay, let's not talk about this anymore. Do you have any suggestions about the arrangements for horse training and horse breeding bases?" Huangfu Chaobo changed the topic and asked instead;
"Regarding this matter, my subordinates are also preparing to tell the lord. After the lord left with his troops, Huyanda had already returned to Longhua. He raised the matter with his subordinates. Now the control scope of Yanbei has expanded from Longhua. Huabei extends to Yisun, and the distance from Yisun to the prairie is only less than a hundred miles, so our opinion is to move the base of Longhua north to Yisun. My subordinates have carefully inspected Yisun and Yisun in the past few days. Looking at the situation around Siheyong, we found that the valley to the east of Siheyong is also a good place. The valley is about three or four miles wide and dozens of miles long. It is enough to house tens of thousands of domesticated horses. "
"Okay, you can arrange this. There is one more thing. You are the governor of Yanbei County, not the county magistrate of Yisun City. Your location is in Chengde, not here. Arrange someone to take over here as soon as possible. You'd better go back to Chengde will take charge of the overall situation. By the way, I will also arrange for Lou Jing's Shadow Guard to station their headquarters in Youzhou in Chengde to facilitate your contact with the Central Plains. Well, Yang Le will also arrange for the Shadow Guard to station in Chengde. You all know this. . Okay, go and do your work." With that said, Huangfu Chaobo drove Meng Yi out.
"Zilong, please make arrangements. Each of the Guards and Baima Yi will be equipped with three horses. We will set off early tomorrow morning and return to the Central Plains. We will march as fast as possible along the way and strive to reach Handan to rest within ten days. "After Meng Yi left, Huangfu Chaobo ordered to Zhao Yun: "By the way, Fengxiao, can you bear this thousand-mile ride? If not, you will stay in Yanbei until spring next year. Let’s take the boat back from Leting.”
As soon as he finished speaking, Guo Jia shuddered and shook his head repeatedly: "No, no, it's already so cold even before it snows. I'd better go back to Luoyang. I've been traveling back and forth with my lord in the past few months. My health is much better, and I should be able to ride horses for ten days and eight days without any problem.”
"Okay," Huangfu Chaobo saw this and did not force it. He looked at Zhao Yun and said, "Zilong, go down and prepare. The army will set off early tomorrow morning!"
"No!" Zhao Yun bowed and accepted the order;
Early the next morning, more than 20,000 cavalry and nearly 70,000 horses gathered in the square south of Yisun Town. This was among the hundreds of thousands of horses Zhao Yun captured from Yisun and Siheyong in accordance with Huangfu Chaobo's request. After selecting the horse, Huangfu Chaobo got on the horse and said to Meng Yi: "Everyone, I will leave Yanbei to you, please!"
Everyone bowed and saluted, and said in unison: "We will definitely live up to your master's trust!"
"Okay, let's go!" Huangfu Chaobo waved his hand, and 70,000 war horses rushed towards the south like a rolling torrent.
One day later, the army arrived in Chengde. Huang Xu and Zhao Yu, who had returned to Chengde, went to the outside of the city to greet Huangfu Chaobo and his party. After handing over the army to Zhao Yun for placement, Huangfu Chaobo prepared a place for himself next to the prefect's mansion. Huang Xu and the officials and generals who stayed behind in Chengde were summoned to the courtyard. After some encouragement, Huangfu Chaobo sent everyone out, leaving only Huang Xu and Zhao Yu.
Huangfu Chaobo first explained in detail the military expansion plans of Yanbei County and the Crane Control Army to the two of them.
Then he carefully explained to Huang Xu the main focus of the Control Crane Camp and the areas that needed attention. After both of them understood it, they sat down, picked up a cup of tea on the table, and sipped slowly. He took a sip and looked at the two of them with a half-smile.
Seeing the two of them bewildered, they were on pins and needles, and then they said: "Now that we've finished talking about official matters, let's talk about private matters. When will you two add children to the Huang family?"
When the two of them heard this, their faces turned red, and Huang Xu said in a low voice: "This...this...it's time to wait!"
"It's not urgent yet. Now Zhao Tong of the Zilong family is almost one year old, but you and Wudie haven't made any move yet. Your father doesn't appear to be in a hurry, but in his heart he is extremely anxious, beating around the bush in front of me. I've said it several times. Okay, I won't say any more. In addition to training my troops to defend Yanbei County, the two of you have another most important task, which is to give Huangfu Zhao a new life. One is never too many, two is never too few.”
After listening to Huangfu Chaobo's words, the two of them blushed and were speechless.
"Don't take it seriously, remember?" Huangfu Chaobo said seriously;
After hearing this, the two of them responded in a low voice, "Remember." Looking at the two of them, Huangfu Chaobo couldn't help laughing.
The army rested for a night in Chengde. When it got light the next day, they left Chengde and headed south. This time they did not take Lulong, but took the Junmi road. Although this road was slightly worse It's a little bit closer, but it's almost two days' journey closer than Lulong.
After the army entered the Great Wall, it began to snow lightly. The snowflakes falling from the sky made Huangfu Chaobo secretly feel lucky that he decided to set off immediately. If it was a few days later, the light snow would have turned into heavy snow. The army traveled all the way, and there was no need to worry about safety in Youzhou. So for safety reasons, Huangfu Chaobo also specially arranged for the army to rest for a day in Beixincheng, Zhuojun before leaving Youzhou, and then prepare to pass through Yuan Shao’s territory in one go. At least they had to wait until they reached the territory of the Black Mountain Army to be barely safe.
As Huangfu Chaobo expected, since the army entered the territory of Jizhou, the snow began to fall heavier and heavier. Fortunately, Huangfu Chaobo had contacted Zhang Yan through the Shadow Guard. In the end, the army rested for a day in Zhending City and continued on the road after the heavy snow stopped.
After leaving 10,000 war horses to Zhang Yan, Huangfu Chaobo led the army to continue southward. On the sixth day of December, after nearly ten days of marching, the army finally arrived at Handan City and entered the sphere of influence of the Tang army.
After arriving in Handan, Guo Jia said that he was in no hurry to return to Luoyang. Huangfu Chaobo had to leave him in Handan, and then left another thousand soldiers to guard him. After resting in Handan for a night, he once again led the army to Hanoi.