Chapter 1194: Planning for a Rainy Day

After understanding Huangfu Jianshou's true thoughts, Huangfu Chaobo simply opened up the conversation and walked to the stone steps. He waved away the chamberlain who was following behind him, pointed to the stone steps and said: "Brother, come and sit down. Today My two brothers should talk to each other nicely. Alas, since the ceremony, I have..."

After hearing Huangfu Chaobo's words, Huangfu Jianshou was shocked and quickly stopped him: "Your Majesty, please don't do this. You are the king of a country, and Qi Ke is just like a country man. If the censor Zhongcheng knew about it, he would definitely kill him. Weichen..."

Huangfu Chaobo waved his hand and said: "Well, there are no monarchs and ministers today, only brothers. Brother, please relax. My brothers have not sat down and talked like this for a long time! Brother, don't worry, no one will spread the word." As he said that, Huangfu Chaobo glanced at the several chamberlains twenty steps away with cold eyes, making them lower their heads repeatedly and not daring to speak. They all listened to Huangfu Chaobo's words while standing twenty steps away. Be clear.

When Huangfu Jianshou saw this, he also knew that the matter had ended, so he had no choice but to walk to the stone steps, apologized, and then sat down far away from Huangfu Chaobo.

Seeing this situation, Huangfu Chaobo also knew that letting him sit here with him was the best result, so he smiled bitterly and stopped worrying about the matter, and then said: "I want to form a battalion of soldiers. The famous Tiger Camp, I wonder if my brother is willing to command this camp?”

After Huangfu Jianshou heard this, he looked at Huangfu Chaobo in surprise and said, "Your Majesty, does your Majesty allow me to go out and take charge of the army?"

Huangfu Chaobo smiled and said: "If brother doesn't want to, just pretend that I didn't say it!"

"Yes, yes!" After hearing this, Huangfu Jianshou hurriedly replied: "Where is the King's Tiger Camp prepared for?" After saying that, he pointed his hand to the north and asked carefully;

"Yes, if nothing unexpected happens, at worst we can capture Shangdang, but we need a veteran in the army to guard it in case of Zhao's counterattack, so I thought of my brother!"

"Please rest assured, Your Majesty, I will definitely live up to Your Majesty's trust and will never let the Zhao army cross the Leichi!"

"I believe in Brother Wang's ability, but it's hard to defend the Party! Does Brother Wang have a plan?"

Huangfu Jianshou fell silent. He knew that Huangfu Chaobo's question was equivalent to the assessment before taking office. If the answer was not satisfactory to him, the opportunity he had finally waited for would be lost. From then on, he never had the chance to leave the town.

Huangfu Chaobo didn't rush him, he just waited quietly for Huangfu Jianshou's answer.

After a long time, Huangfu Jianshou said: "Although Shangdang has always been under the rule of Bingzhou, the Shangdang Basin and Taiyuan Basin have always been inconvenient, so the connection between the two is not close. In addition, Shangdang is surrounded by mountains. It is inconvenient to enter and exit from any direction, so in fact Shangdang County is a completely independent place. In addition, Shangdang County has many mountains and little land, and people live in poverty. As the saying goes, poor mountains and bad waters lead to unruly people. If you want to go to Shangdang County It may be difficult for Zhao State to have the party in its hands, but it is not difficult for us, Tang State. "

At this point, he paused for a moment, collected his thoughts, and continued: "To make the people stable, it is nothing more than having enough food and clothing. We only need to mobilize a large amount of food from Hanoi and Hedong to appease the people first, and then clean up the thieves in the territory. Externally, it only takes three or two years to keep Zhao Jun out of Shangdang, and the people of Shangdang will surely follow him."

"Well, what my brother said makes sense, but if we want to defend the Shangdang, how many soldiers and horses do we think we need? Besides food and killing bandits, do we have any other strategies to appease the people in the county?" Huangfu Chaobo After pondering for a moment, he continued to ask;

"Weichen has carefully studied the geographical environment of Bingzhou, and also knows a lot about the situation around Shangdang. The connection between Shangdang and the outside world, except for Taihang Baxing in the southeast, is only to the northwest of Nie County in the north. A main road connects it to Taiyuan, and although there are some small roads in other places, they are all difficult to pass, let alone a large army."

"Fukouxing in the southeast is connected with Handan in Wei County in my country.

Baixing connects Hanoi to the east and Hedong to the west. Taihangxing is also connected to Hanoi. These places are all connected to the Tang Kingdom. There is no need to worry about safety issues. Therefore, if you want to defend Shangdang, the most important thing is to defend Nirvana. county. "

"If you defend Nie County, Shangdang will be safe. If a weak minister guards Shangdang, at least three schools of soldiers will be needed to deal with Zhao Jun's attack. One school is stationed in Nie County, one school is stationed in the eldest son, and the other school is used to clear the county. If there are thieves inside, the troops of the three schools will be rotated every few months. It will only take one to two years to win the hearts of the people of the Shangdang. "

"In addition to food and the elimination of thieves, Wei Chen feels that the most important thing is to repair several roads leading to and from Shangdang, especially the section connecting the western section of Baixing and Hedong. Once this road is connected, the connection with Hedong will be stronger. If there is a change in Shangdang, the speed of help coming from the other three places will be greatly accelerated. "

As soon as Huangfu Jianshou finished speaking, Huangfu Chaobo sighed secretly in his heart. His brother still underestimated Shangdang. Even though Shangdang's environment was bad, among more than 90 cities in 9 counties in Bingzhou, Shangdang was... The county ranks third, after Taiyuan, the state capital, and Yanmen, an important town in the north. Shangdang has always been the most difficult county to stabilize in Bingzhou, just because it has too many mountains. The four mountain ranges of Taihang, Taiyue, Wangwu and Zhongtiao surround it.

The consequence of the dense forests and mountains is that there are many bandits and thieves. Shangdang has always been the most difficult county to stabilize among the counties in Bingzhou. Therefore, Huangfu Jianshou's idea of ​​using a military camp to pacify the bandits in Shangdang is simply a pipe dream. However, the road construction he proposed is a good suggestion. Once several roads are connected and the connection with the three surrounding counties is opened, Shangdang will have more abundant supplies. If the supplies are abundant, it will be easier for the people to stabilize.

In addition, once Shangdang is controlled, for the Tang Dynasty, the benefits are more than a little bit. The troops that can be drawn from the passes such as Tianjing Pass, Mengmen Pass and Fukou Pass alone are more than 10,000. Most of them are elite soldiers.

After listening to Huangfu Jianshou, Huangfu Chaobo looked at him and said, "I can give you four schools of infantry, two of which will be formed in Sizhou, and the other two schools can be recruited in Shangdang. It doesn't matter if the requirements are slightly lowered. However, I think the troops in Shangdang should be stronger than those in Sizhou."

"Also, after you are no longer the chief of the clan, who can take this position?" Huangfu Chaobo asked again;

"Uncle Huangfu Heng is the youngest son of great-uncle Huangfu Gui. He has never been an official, but he has assisted his father in handling clan affairs over the years. If he is allowed to take the position of chief of the clan, he will definitely live up to the king's expectations." Without even thinking about it, Huangfu Jianshou proposed a person.

Huangfu Heng? The figure of a little old man suddenly appeared in Huangfu Chaobo's mind. Although he had seen him many times, he was no longer interested in looking at his four circumferences, none of which were above 60. He was not even as good as the generals he trained.

However, the position of Zongzheng is different from other positions in the Three Dukes and Nine Ministers. It only needs to be a respected person in the Huangfu family. It does not necessarily have to have achieved many meritorious military achievements. After all, he only handles some personnel matters within the royal family, just like the elders in ordinary clans. Therefore, Huangfu Chaobo agreed to Huangfu Jianshou's recommendation.

"Okay, you can start preparing from now on. On the one hand, let Huangfu Heng begin to familiarize himself with the affairs of Zongzheng. On the other hand, discuss with the Taiwei and others and start to quietly form the Hujie Camp. The king's order will be handed over to you later."

"Yes! Your humble servant respects the king's order!" Huangfu Jianshou stood up excitedly and accepted the order.