Chapter 1248 Wars Are About to Break Out in Various Places

In this way, Huangfu Chaobo had to be forced to train Tian Yu and others. Huang Xu had been leading troops in Yanbei all year round, and he had gradually accumulated experience. Zhang He had also led troops to fight alone several times, and had gained a certain level of experience. Foundation. Only Tian Yu, the battle with Shangdang can be said to be his real first battle, but it has also achieved a good response among the Tang army. It just so happened that this time he sent troops to Shangjun, it was considered that he would leave it to Tian Yu to practice.

In order to avoid making any mistakes, Huangfu Chaobo specially sent Pang Tong to sit in the central army to check for Tian Yu's mistakes and fill in the vacancies. With a veteran like Hua Xiong, it should be foolproof.

In fact, there are still two generals that can be trained, namely Zhao Yu and Huang Wudie. However, Huangfu Chaobo felt that he did not have no generals to train, so he did not focus on the two generals for training.

"Your Majesty," Guo Jia raised a stack of information in his hand and said, "Based on the situation of the Zhao army during this period, King Zhao has assembled more than 20,000 infantry in Yanmen County, and the soldiers and horses in Yunzhong are also there. During the mobilization, intelligence came back that there were only 10,000 troops stationed in Xianyang City, and some food and grass had been gathered in the city. These 10,000 infantry were more than enough to defend the city, but not enough to attack. Some grain and fodder are already on the way and should be sent to Yunzhong for storage in preparation for the next round of attack. "

"Have Lu Bu's cavalry made any moves?" Huangfu Chaobo raised his head and looked at the map of Bingzhou.

"Not yet. The Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry is still in Jinyang. They should be waiting for the weather to improve. After all, the cavalry will be dispatched very quickly. And Cao Xing's 20,000 cavalry are still in the clouds for the time being and have not moved eastward. sign."

"Even if Cao Xing's cavalry marches eastward, they will definitely leave at least 10,000 cavalry behind." Xu Shu said from the side;

Guo Jia nodded and agreed: "Well, what Yuan Zhi said is reasonable. Even if he knows that Wuyuan is unlikely to send troops, Lu Bu will still have a sense of precaution."

"However, I have a question," Lu Su said suddenly: "Since the Zhao army sent troops to Youzhou, Wei, as his ally, did not respond. Is there any unknown secret in this? "

While the others were talking, Shi A asked to see him from outside, and Huangfu Chaobo immediately motioned for him to come into the palace to see him.

Soon, Shi A entered the palace with a happy face, saluted Huangfu Chaobo and said: "Your Majesty, General Tian Yu sent a message back. The army has captured Hukou Town on the west bank of Caisangjin, and is now on the river. A pontoon bridge has been erected on it, and the army and supplies will be able to cross the river starting tomorrow."

"Okay!" Huangfu Chaobo was very happy when he heard this: "How much did the army lose?"

Hearing this, Shi A handed the pigeon letter in his hand to the poet next to him. After Huangfu Chaobo approached, he looked at it carefully and then breathed a long sigh of relief. The loss was only a few hundred people, which was okay. Regarding this expedition, Huangfu Chaobo was most worried about the soldiers and horses of Shangjun blocking his army in the east of the river. Over time, it would be the most disadvantageous to him. Now that the connection between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait is opened, it means that all the army's food and grass can be transported across the river before the Peach Blossom Flood. This way, there is no fear that the army will be short of food in the next two months.

Of course, crossing the river is only the first step, and the next step is a more difficult battle. It's just that the generals are outside and the military orders are not in check. I can't control how they fight.

After Huangfu Chaobo finished reading, he looked up and saw that Shi A seemed to have something more to say, and said, "Is there anything else? Let's talk about it together!"

"Back to the king, intelligence came from Hebei. The Wei army has assembled tens of thousands of troops, and there seems to be signs of sending troops to Youzhou."

As soon as this news came out, everyone in the palace looked at Lu Su who had just spoken with a smile.

Lu Su smiled and said, "It seems that it's not that Wei Jun didn't move, but that Lu Bu was too impatient."

"How many soldiers and horses have the Wei army gathered?"

"Not many, with 30,000 to 50,000 infantry, 20,000 to 30,000 cavalry, plus the auxiliary soldiers, civilians, and craftsmen, there should be less than 100,000 troops." Shi A replied;

"It seems that Yuan Shao has no intention of fighting. In this case,

Even if our army takes action in Wei County, it will be of no avail. "

"Okay, let the Yan State ignore him. Everything we can do has been arranged beforehand. Judging from the intentions of Wei and Zhao, they basically focused on one county of the Yan State and didn't even think about it. If they want to fight, I believe Gongsun Zan can handle it." Huangfu Chaobo gave them the final say on Yan State's affairs, and everyone turned their attention elsewhere.

"To the east, Qi State and General Qingche are also mobilizing troops. There should be a big battle after the spring plowing. In the south, Wu State is also gathering troops and horses in Jiangbei. It seems that all three families are actively doing so. Get ready." Guo Jia continued;

"How is the situation in Qi?" Huangfu Chaobo paid close attention to this hero of the Three Kingdoms in troubled times as always.

"Based on the information we collected last year, Qi State has suffered from successive wars in recent years, and its strength has been seriously damaged. Especially after losing Qiaojun and other counties, the population has been greatly reduced, and the land of Qingzhou has been greatly reduced because of the people. It has been moved away by us, causing it to lose a large number of people. Then it lost most of Xiapi and Donghai. Its strength is almost half of what it was before the previous war." Guo Jiaxiao. road;

"In my impression, before Cao Cao became king, he should have had a population of nearly eight million. So, now the population is only about four to five million?"

"Yes, the population of our country is now about 16 million, which is more than twice that of Qi." Xu Shu replied from the side;

"We can't be careless. You know, the combined strength of Wu and Ye Lai Xiang is not as great as Qi. In addition, the two countries need to unite to fight against Qi. If they are attacked by Qi separately, the chances of winning for both countries are slim." Huangfu Chaobo said in a deep voice;

Although everyone didn't know why their king valued Qi so much, after all, the combat effectiveness of Qi's army and generals was obvious to everyone, so no one said much. Lu Su said: "Your Majesty, should we continue to increase the sales of equipment to the generals of light vehicles so that they will not be too disadvantaged when facing Qi?"

Huangfu Chaobo shook his head: "No need to increase, just follow the existing arrangements, even the sales of crossbows must be reduced. First, there is a big gap in the demand for crossbows in our army, and second, we must prevent ourselves from raising tigers to harm others."

"Yes, crossbows can be reduced, but war horses can be maintained or even increased, and ordinary equipment can also be increased in large quantities." Xun You added on the side;

According to the statistics of the Tang army itself, the number of crossbows that have flowed into the hands of Tuberose has exceeded 4,000. If they are added to what they have obtained from other channels, it is estimated that they should be able to form a school of crossbow soldiers. Although they must use them on the battlefield several times, it is also a considerable force.

What's more, the Tang army's crossbows are indeed in short supply now, and allies such as Zongheng Tianxia are in urgent need now, so no matter from which aspect, it is imperative to reduce the sales of Tuberose crossbows.