Chapter 1165: The Helplessness of Tuberose
After getting Huangfu Chaobo's affirmative reply, Gongsun Fan did not stay in Luoyang any longer, but quickly set off back to Youzhou. Although Huangfu Chaobo agreed to his request and was willing to jointly send troops to attack Wei, he also After making his request, he asked Gongsun Fan and others to continue their original agreement and consolidate the defenses of Yuyang County and Youbeiping County in preparation for any eventuality.
Gongsun Fan left, but Huangfu Chaobo did not take any time off. Tang Guo hoped that he could have a few years of recuperation, but he did not hope that his opponent could also have a few years of recuperation. After Gongsun Fan left, Huangfu Chaobo met with Ye Laixiang and Yan Han successively. Yes, as lord players, they rushed to Luoyang in person to attend Huangfu Chaobo's king ceremony.
According to the strategy discussed by Huangfu Chaobo and a group of military advisers, after a few years of rest, the Tang army will send troops again. They will avoid Cao Cao's Qi State and Yuan Shao's Wei State, and turn their attention to Guanzhong.
In fact, this is also a helpless move. The strength of the Qi and Wei families is comparable to that of the Tang Dynasty. The previous war with Cao Cao can illustrate this point. Huangfu Chaobo had so many advantages and finally cooked a pot of rice. If the Tang army really If you want to fight one of these two countries with all your strength, you can indeed eliminate it, but the final result can only be a fight between cranes and clams, and the fisherman will benefit. In the end, the Tang State will be greatly damaged, and then it will be swallowed up by the other one. Lose.
So everyone's attention has been cast on Guanzhong. Now there are only two states and several counties in Guanzhong, but there are four princes. Leaving aside Jing Zhaoyin who Xiandi is unable to move for the time being, if the other counties can be controlled, the Tang Dynasty's The strategic depth will be greatly improved. In this way, it will be more certain to go back to fight one of the two countries, Qi and Wei.
During the period when the Tang State was recuperating, it was necessary to contain the development of other countries as much as possible. This is what Tang will do later.
The war between Yan and Wei should happen within the next year or two. Everyone in the Tang State believed that with the help of the Tang State, the Yan State should be able to maintain it for a long enough time.
But Qi is different, so Huangfu Chaobo hopes that Tuberose can fight Cao Cao for a longer time. This time, the purpose of Ye Laixiang coming to Luoyang was also to seek more support from Huangfu Chaobo. Tuberose now has four counties, with a population of nearly one million, and a military strength of more than 100,000, half of which are combat soldiers.
On the surface, it seems that Cao Cao is several times more powerful than Tuberose, but after a big battle with the Tang army, Qi's military strength has suffered heavy losses, and he still needs heavy troops to defend the two major princes of Tang and Wu, so Qi's The troops that could be used to attack Tuberose were really limited. In addition, Tuberose purchased a large number of fine weapons and horses from the Tang army, and the use of them made the two families evenly matched.
This time, Ye Laixiang rushed to Luoyang in person to seek help from Huangfu Chaobo, so Huangfu Chaobo had no reason not to help. Of course, it is necessary to be on guard against others, so Huangfu Chaobo is still wary of transactions between the two families. For example, in terms of the delivery of weapons and horses, Huangfu Chaobo asked Qingdao City to pay them batch by batch.
As for Yan Han, Sun Ce's help, well, it was indeed help. It was precisely because Sun Ce killed Wang Lang that Yan Han picked up a big basket and gained Kuaiji County at once, which greatly increased his strength. . Therefore, Huangfu Chaobo also hopes that he can last longer to contain Wu Jun's development.
Unlike Tuberose, who was always guarding the border, Huangfu Chaobo felt much more at ease with the transactions between the cold weather.
After more than ten busy days, the bustle of Huangfu Chaobo's king-making ceremony had completely subsided, and all the envoys from various princes had left Luoyang. Luoyang City finally calmed down again. At this time, it was the end of 198. Not only the Tang state, but also the princes from all over the world stopped fighting, and the whole world calmed down.
In Xuzhou, in Langya Kaiyang City, Ye Laixiang, who has rushed back from Luoyang, is gathering his subordinates to discuss matters. It is now approaching the end of the year, and the wars everywhere have ended.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Ye Laixiang called all the generals back to discuss matters.
On the throne, Ye Laixiang looked at her military advisor Xi Zhicai with a wry smile and said: "As expected by the military advisor, the King of Tang rejected the suggestion of sending troops to attack Qi."
Xi Zhicai nodded and said: "This matter was expected by Zhicai. Although the Tang army continued to expand its territory, it continued to fight, so it was expected that the Tang king wanted to rest and recuperate for a period of time. I wonder if my lord has ever interacted with Tang What agreement did the king make? Or..."
"Two thousand one-stone yellow crossbows, two thousand war horses, and five hundred thousand stones of grain. However, these things have to be delivered in four installments. The rest Huangfu Chaobo promised that the Tang army would meet at the junction of Chen Bing and Tang Qi, and would From time to time, small groups of soldiers and horses were dispatched to attract the attention of the Qi army. As for dispatching most of the troops, Huangfu Chaobo clearly told me that he has no idea yet. "
After hearing this, all of Ye Laixiang's subordinates were all ashen-faced. The strength of the Qi State was far stronger than their own. In this year's war, they tried their best to maintain an undefeated situation. They originally thought that next year the Tang State would be able to attack from the west. He wanted to attack Qi State face-to-face to relieve the pressure on his own country. Unexpectedly, Tang State refused so straightforwardly.
"Isn't the King of Tang afraid that Qi will have nothing to worry about after it destroys us?" Cao Bao said angrily;
"Because King Tang knows that Qi will not be able to eliminate us for a while," Xi Zhicai shook his head and said;
"In this case, we have no choice but to unite with Wu. We hope that the King of Wu will agree to join forces with us to attack the King of Qi. If we can establish contact with Wu, we will be able to get rid of the situation of being isolated and at the mercy of others!" Xu Sheng said in a deep voice;
Under Ye Lai Xiang, apart from the military advisor Xi Zhicai, only Xu Sheng has a stronger overall view and is the only general who can stand alone, but he is still a little young now.
"Well, I just don't know how the prefect Zhao is talking with the King of Wu in Jiangdong now." Xi Zhicai nodded;
When Ye Lai Xiang set out for Luoyang, he had arranged for Zhao Yu to quietly go south to Jiangdong to discuss a joint attack on Qi with Wu at the suggestion of Xi Zhicai. However, everyone was not very sure about this. Just as Xu Sheng said, if they could send troops together with Wu to attack the East China Sea and make the two families adjacent to each other, they would be able to get rid of the situation of being surrounded by Qi on all sides. Oh, it should be surrounded on three sides and facing the sea on one side, being isolated in one place. At that time, the situation of Tuberose would be much better.