Chapter 1323 Arrival at Meiji
Two days later, in Baitu City, Huangfu Chaobo was preparing to inspect Meiji City under the protection of the trapped camp. However, he heard an urgent report from someone sent by Lu Zhong, saying that the knights of the former Shuofang prefect had led troops to Manbai, hoping to meet him. See yourself. Huangfu Chaobo was stunned for a moment and then asked someone to send an order: "Immediately send someone to reply to General Lu and the Xia Ke Prefect and ask them to wait in Meiji City. Gu can arrive in the next few days."
Immediately, an orderly soldier took the order and left. After the orderly soldier left, Huangfu Chaobo looked at Guo Jiadao: "Fengxiao thinks, what is the reason for this knight's trip?"
Guo Jia smiled and said: "Ruo Jia's prediction is correct. The knight prefect is here to serve."
Regarding the issue of knights, they have discussed it more than once, but the final result is that Guo Jia believes that knights will definitely come to vote, but Fazheng is skeptical about this, and Huangfu Chaobo is not sure either. After all, for For players, the variables are too great.
Upon hearing this, Huangfu Chaobo smiled and said nothing, and then said to Gao Shun: "General Gao, pass the order, and the army will set off immediately."
"No!" Hearing this, Gao Shun took the order and turned around and went out to assemble his troops.
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In the afternoon of that day, Huangfu Chaobo and his entourage of more than a thousand riders rushed to the outside of Meiji City. After receiving the news, Lu Zhong and Xiake had already led the military generals to wait outside the south city gate. When they saw Huangfu Chaobo arriving, they The two people hurriedly came forward to greet him.
"The last general pays homage to the king!" Lu Zhong led a group of generals from the Tang army to bow down and pay homage;
"I've met King Tang!" The knight changed his name to another name. If Lao Du and Lao Du were here, they would definitely call him boss. However, the relationship between the knight and Huangfu Chaobo is not that close, so he simply changed it to King Tang. A title.
Huangfu Chaobo turned over and dismounted, smiled and said to everyone: "Okay, everyone, please get up. It's getting dark now, let's go to the city first!"
With that said, he walked up to Lu Zhong and Xia Ke, helped them up and walked into the city.
Under the guidance of Lu Zhong, the group walked towards the city.
Along the way, Huangfu Chaobo didn't say much to the knight. He just looked at the royal court of the southern Huns through the remaining light of the setting sun.
Meiji City was the base for resettling the Xiongnu population twice in the Western Han Dynasty and the Eastern Han Dynasty. Especially during the Eastern Han Dynasty, it was the seat of the Shan Yuting of the Southern Xiongnu. When its tribes had the largest population, there were more than 230,000 people. The nomadic living area must be The territory is vast, and the nomadic tribes who make a living from animal husbandry are scattered in the surrounding area. Meicheng City is only the political and military center.
The city wall of Meiji City is about one foot and five feet high, about two hundred steps long from east to west, which is about 300 meters, and nearly three steps wide from north to south, about 410 meters. There are gates on the four walls. This kind of city is the size of a small town in the Central Plains, but in Henan, it is where the royal court of the Southern Huns is located.
There are not many buildings in the city. There is only a huge tent in the center of the city. This is the royal tent of the Huns. Now it has been cleared by Lu Zhong as the royal tent of Huangfu Chaobo. As for the surrounding area, there are dozens of tents. The tent is used to arrange the accompanying officials and escorting soldiers trapped in the camp.
Entering the tent, Huangfu Chaobo just took a brief look and asked about the situation of soldiers and horses in the surrounding cities and the arrangements for the captured foreign people. Lu Zhong answered them one by one seriously. Then, Huangfu Chaobo waved Lu Zhong to leave. Go and do your own thing.
After Lu Zhong left, only the three of Huangfu Chaobo and the knight were left in the tent. Huangfu Chaobo smiled and asked the knight to sit down, took a sip of the tea in front of the table, and then said to the knight: "Back then, After receiving the news that Lu Bu's army suddenly attacked the east and west, I also thought about whether to send troops, but the situation at that time was already full of ambition and insufficient strength. Please forgive me, brother Xia Ke. "
"Boss Chaobo, you're welcome." The knight quickly replied: "I also know the situation at that time. Even if the Tang army sent troops, it would not be of much help to the situation of Wuyuan and Shuofang. The only reason is that Lu Bu's troops were too sudden. It passed everyone, and by the time everyone discovered it, it was already too late.
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"I wonder what the current situation of Shuofang Army is like?"
The knight shook his head and replied with a wry smile: "After several years of hard work, I returned to the pre-liberation period after the First World War."
With that said, he explained his situation to Huangfu Chaobo in detail without reservation, and then said: "This little brother came here because he has something to ask of Boss Chaobo."
"But it doesn't matter!" Huangfu Chaobo stretched out his hand to signal;
"Okay, little brother, let's get straight to the point."
Huangfu Chaobo heard this and made another inviting gesture.
"After this battle, I feel that I am not really qualified to be a boss, so I want to beg for a meal from Boss Chaobo. I wonder if Boss Chaobo is willing to reward me with a bite of food?" the knight said;
"Huh, huh?" Although Huangfu Chaobo had some understanding in his heart, he still didn't react after hearing the knight's words.
"Now there are nearly 10,000 troops in Shuofang City. Together with the accumulated money and supplies, it is enough to support the nearly 10,000 soldiers and horses and 40,000 to 50,000 people for half a year. In addition, Fu Xun, Gao Lan, Qi Zhou and Qubei I have already made an agreement with the four generals that they will join the Tang Kingdom together. I believe that Boss Chaobo will definitely reuse them." The knight seemed not to notice Huangfu Chaobo's expression and continued talking to himself. Only then did Huangfu Chaobo react.
"Brother Xia Ke, what do you think?"
"Oh, I don't know myself. When it comes to leading troops and settling accounts, there are many famous generals under Boss Chaobo. I think I am no match for these famous historical generals. In terms of internal affairs, I seem to be able to get by. However, I need a right-hand assistant," the knight said mockingly;
"As for Gao Lan, if he is willing, I would like to arrange for him to work with Xu Huang to organize a new military camp in Hetao. By then, this battalion will be the main force heading north to Shuofang. When the time is right, Gao Lan He should be able to lead a battalion of soldiers and horses by himself. If he goes to Bei, King Zuoxian of the Huns should still be quite capable, so my consideration is to let him command 10,000 Huns cavalry and return them to Huang Zhong's camp. There are no strong cavalry in Zhong's hands. As for Fu Xun, I wonder if Brother Xia Ke has any suggestions? "As for the generals in Xia Ke's hands, Huangfu Chaobo had some considerations in advance. After arranging the whereabouts of the two generals, He was not familiar with civil servants, so he asked the knight for advice;
"Fu Xun was originally a famous scholar in Jingxiang. Among his surroundings, his intelligence was almost 80, and his internal affairs was over 80, so there should not be many problems for the governor of a county. On the other hand, Qi Zhou, he was originally Liu Yu's job, but his surroundings were But he is a little worse than Fu Xun in terms of internal affairs and intelligence. I originally arranged for him to be Fu Xun's deputy. As for myself, Brother Chaobo can do whatever is convenient for him. "
"Let's do this. Brother Xia Ke will help me to sort out the affairs here in Hetao first. Not only you, but also Fu Xun and several others are like this. After the matter in Bingzhou is settled, Brother Xia Ke will be arranged to be a prefect. As for Fu Xun must be at least a prefect."
Having said this, Huangfu Chaobo paused for a moment and then said: "As for Qi Zhou, I will serve as your deputy and the county magistrate. In addition, I will convert the soldiers, horses, money, grain, and materials in Shuofang City into money. Exchange it into copper coins, then exchange it for real coins on the platform, and pay it to Brother Xia Ke’s account.”
When the knight heard this, he was overjoyed. He quickly stood up and bowed and said, "I pay my respects to the king!"