Chapter 1172 Tuberose Gets What It Wants

Shu Zhao wanted to persuade him again, but Huangfu Chaobo waved his hand to stop him and said: "I already know the governor's intention, but I have discussed this matter carefully with the generals and military advisors, and there is no problem. I am here to inspect this time. The prefects of the counties in Hebei should be able to guess what Gu means. I wonder if the defense prefect of Hanoi has carefully confirmed it with the generals? "

"Please rest assured, Your Majesty, Wei Chen, General Hua Xiong and General Qiao Rui have inspected the cities and passes in Hanoi once before. Although they dare not boast that they are impregnable, they cannot be easily captured by the Zhao army. General Dong Fang Now they are stationed at Tianjing Pass and Mengmen Pass, and their defenses are constantly being strengthened every year," Shu Zhao replied;

"Well, the affairs of Hanoi will be left to Grand Administrator Shu and General Hua Xiong. I believe the Grand Administrator should understand the importance of Hanoi to the Tang Dynasty. If Hanoi fails, Hedong, Henan and Wei County will be unstable, and Hanoi will be unstable. , then all three counties are fine."

"I understand that I will definitely live up to the king's trust."

At this time, Gao Shun reported outside: "Your Majesty, General Anzhong Hua Xiong, the commander of Baotao Camp, is outside asking for an audience!"

"Pass!" Huangfu Chaobo said;

After a while, Hua Xiong entered the hall under the leadership of Gao Shun.

"The humble minister Hua Xiong pays homage to the king!" Hua Xiong, who entered the hall, quickly came to Huangfu Chaobo a dozen steps away, knelt on the ground and said respectfully;

"I love you!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

"The general has arrived just in time. Gu Zheng would like to ask, how is the recruitment situation of the Xiliang cavalry?"

"Reporting to the king, the soldiers have been recruited, but the horses..." Hua Xiong replied quickly;

"What's the problem with horses? If our Tang country still lacks horses, no other country in the world will have extra horses." Huangfu Chaobo said with a smile;

"Back to the king, it is true that we have a large number of horses in the Tang Dynasty, but these horses are not suitable for Xiliang cavalry." Hua Xiong's words surprised Huangfu Chaobo, and he quickly asked the reason for this.

Nowadays, there are many kinds of war horses in the Han Dynasty, and the most common ones are Youbing horses and Liangzhou horses. There is a big difference between these two kinds of horses.

The war horses of Youzhou and Bingzhou are actually what is called Mongolian horses. This kind of horse is characterized by easy breeding and super endurance. It is very suitable for long journeys with heavy loads. Therefore, whether it is Youzhou or Bingzhou, the cavalry is mostly based on Mainly flexibility.

However, Liangzhou horses are different from You Bing's two horses. Liangzhou horses are not good at leg strength, but they are superior in their ability to bear weight, and in terms of explosive power, they are much stronger than You Bing's horses. Therefore, Liangzhou horses The cavalry battles were also mainly direct confrontations, rather than wandering battles between cavalry from two states.

Hua Xiong's special unit is the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, which must be equipped with Liangzhou war horses. However, today's Tang Dynasty is mainly based on Mongolian horses, and there are very few Liangzhou horses. Hua Xiong's Xiliang Iron Cavalry has been suffering over the years. Fortunately, when Hedong was pacified, some Liangzhou war horses were obtained from Dong Zhuogao, but now it has been several years since horses were purchased from Xiliang.

This time Hua Xiong recruited Xiliang cavalry, but they lacked Xiliang war horses, so there was a shortage of war horses. Fortunately, although it was not possible to equip all Xiliang cavalry with two Xiliang war horses, one per person was more than enough. After discussing with Hua Xiong, Huangfu Chaobo decided that the 10,000 Xiliang cavalry would ride Mongolian horses when marching at ordinary times. When the war started, they would switch to Xiliang horses that were more suitable for charging into the battle. In this way, they would ride on Mongolian horses. The war horse problem is solved.

After solving the problem of war horses, Hua Xiong was very happy, but he said to Huangfu Chaobo with a shy face: "Your Majesty, the cavalry has been recruited in place. Next time, should we send the generals to lead the troops to fight? You know, these elites can be fought out." "

Huangfu Chaobo glanced at him sideways and said: "I don't know about your little thoughts. The so-called building the Xiliang Iron Cavalry into an elite force for me, the real purpose is that you can't be idle, right?"

"hey-hey,

The king has seen thousands of miles, and the general's thoughts were seen through by the king at a glance, and it turned out to be..." Hua Xiong laughed and continued to flatter him, but when the words came to his mouth, he didn't know how to say them.

Pang Tong watched with laughter, and Shu Zhao also smiled endlessly.

Huangfu Chaobo also laughed loudly, and after a long while, he said to Hua Xiong: "Don't worry, if there is a chance for this troop dispatch, your Xiliang cavalry will definitely be transferred. I just hope that your Xiliang cavalry will not disappoint me." That’s good.”

"Don't worry, Your Majesty. If any little brat dares to have diarrhea, a certain family will personally skin him off without Your Majesty asking. Hehe..." Upon hearing this, Hua Xiong immediately jumped up and swore;

Huangfu Chaobo also knew what Hua Xiong was thinking. As a general who had taken refuge with him before Zhao Yun, although there was a big gap in ability with Zhao Yun, now that Zhao Yungui is the Marquis of Xiguanting, he is still far behind even the Marquis of Guannei. There is no reason not to be impatient for such meritorious deeds.

The official position has been promoted a lot, but the title is far away. How can Hua Xiong not be in a hurry? This time, when Huangfu Chaobo came to Hanoi, he asked for a fight in front of him. It was Hua Xiong. The reason why he is anxious about his own achievements.

In fact, not only Hua Xiong, but also all the civil servants in the Tang Dynasty were holding their breath and wanted to make their wives Yinzi, Marquis and Prime Minister as soon as possible.

Seeing that Huangfu Chaobo finally agreed to mobilize him to fight, Hua Xiong could not be happy.

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Just when Huangfu Chaobo was discussing the defense and military issues of Hanoi with Shu Zhao and Hua Xiong, a war broke out quietly in Donghai State, far away in Xuzhou. General Ye Lai Xiang and King Sun Ce of Wu suddenly launched an attack on Donghai County of Qi State from the north and south. The governor of Donghai County of Qi State, who was caught off guard, did not react at all. However, within a dozen days, the two families successively captured Zhuqi, Ganyu, Licheng, Huaipu, Haixi, Quyang, Houqiu and Quxian in Donghai County, and the coalition forces of the two families approached Tanxian, the seat of Donghai.

At this time, Qi State understood that they had been deceived by Tang State. The whole country turned its attention to Tang State in the west. Who knew that Ye Lai Xiang and Wu State would join forces to stab them from behind.

Now, among the cities in Dongjun, only Tan County and several cities in the west are left. The rest of the cities have been captured by the two families. As a result, Tuberose, which was originally besieged in a corner by Qi State, has successfully become adjacent to Wu State. Later, it will not be as easy for Qi State to capture several counties of Tuberose as before.

Cao Cao, the King of Qi, was furious and prepared to recruit a large army to attack Tuberose, but was finally persuaded by his ministers, because the Tang army was still eyeing in the west. If he really marched eastward, it was hard to guarantee that Tang State would not take advantage of the situation. At that time, Qi State would lose more than it gained.

Therefore, the war in Donghai County broke out quickly and stopped quickly. The three families quickly stopped the war and entered into a strange confrontation. This result made Tuberose and Huangfu Chaobo breathe a sigh of relief.