Chapter 1326: The Movement of Yuan Shao's Army
| | | -> -> In early August, Huangfu Chaobo returned to Luoyang smoothly. However, Huangfu Chaobo, who returned to Luoyang, did not relax easily, but devoted his energy to heavy government affairs.
Not only that, but disappearances from all over the place are also constantly reaching his hands, and most of them are not good news.
Although the major princes in the Central Plains have not made any big moves, it can be seen that they all seem to be planning something. Although there is currently no definite news from the Tang Army Shadow Guards, Huangfu Chaobo can tell from the actions of each family. , there is definitely nothing good going on here.
"Your Majesty," Guo Jiayang said to Huangfu Chaobo after presenting the information compiled in his hands: "From the intelligence coming back from various places, Jia concluded that the Wei State is likely to launch an attack on the Yan State next year."
Huangfu Chaobo nodded, he also saw some clues. Now Yuan Shaojun is mobilizing troops and horses everywhere. It seems to be without any rules, but the shrewd Guo Jia and others still see the problem from the middle. Wei Jun is mobilizing troops and horses. In terms of arrangement, the deployment of troops and horses in the southwest and northeast directions was obviously strengthened.
Not only that, King Cao Cao of Qi's army also showed obvious signs of continuing to strengthen its focus to the southwest. As for Wu State, Sun Quan also strengthened the defenses of Xiapi and Jiujiang counties after barely stabilizing the internal situation of Wu State.
After gathering all these pieces of information, even Huangfu Chaobo knew that the three major princes in Guandong should have reached some kind of agreement, not to mention attacking themselves together, but at least they had some degree of alliance with Tang State. If the army of King Zhao Lu Bu is added to the attack, the four princes will attack together. Even if the Tang army has many soldiers and generals, it will be difficult to cope with it.
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Wei Wangcheng, Nanpi, Wei Palace, Wei Wang Yuan Shao is summoning his subordinates to discuss matters. Although the number is not large, they are all Yuan Shao's confidants.
In terms of civil officials, Guo Tu, the Prime Minister of the Three Dukes, and Zhongcheng Shenpei, the Yushi, are at the top of the case. Below them are Guang Luxun Fengji, Taichang Chen Lin, Dahong Xunchen, and Tingwei Xu You among the nine ministers. , together with Xin Ping, the governor of Hejian, Yuan Tan, the governor of Anping, Guo Yuan, the prime minister of Zhongshan, Yuan Xi, the governor of Qinghe, Gao Gan, the governor of Changshan, and Yin Kui, the governor of Zhuojun.
On the other side, the military generals are led by Guowei Xinpi, followed by Hebei Beitingzhu Pingxi General Yan Liang, Pingbei General Wen Chou, Zhengjun General Han Meng, Zhenjun General Ju Yi; Hebei Fourth General Xiaoqi General Cavalry Commander Jiang Yiqu, Zhongjian General Zhu Han, General Jiao Chu of the Left Army, guerrilla general Zhang Nan and other generals are all Yuan Shao's confidants.
Sitting on the throne, Yuan Shao looked at the civil military officers gathered together with great righteousness. He couldn't help but feel proud, and a sense of having all the heroes in the world at his palm rose in his chest.
"uh-huh……"
After everyone sat down, Yuan Shao coughed lightly on the throne, attracting everyone's attention, and then slowly said: "My lords, during this court meeting, I would like to discuss with you how to send troops next year. thing."
Having said this, he glanced at everyone present with a stern look, and then said: "However, no one is allowed to spread the word about today's court discussion. If there is any mistake, I will definitely punish you."
"We respect the king's order!" After hearing this, everyone stood up and fell to the ground, and replied in unison;
Seeing this, Yuan Shao nodded with satisfaction, then turned to look at the Imperial Lieutenant Xin Pi and said, "Please Xin Aiqing, please explain something to everyone!"
"Wei Chen takes orders!" Xin Pi heard the words and stood up quickly. He first saluted Yuan Shao, then turned to look at the rest of the people.
He said: "My lords and generals, I believe you all know that in recent months, the Prime Minister and I have been deploying troops and horses from various counties. At the same time, we have also ordered each county to replenish the troops and horses that have been mobilized and step up training. I believe you all have guessed that the king wants to go to war with other countries. "
As he said that, Xinbi slowly walked to the side hall where a giant spoke map was hung, pointing at the map and continuing to introduce it to everyone.
Since the Wei army captured Handan, Yuan Shao felt more and more that his cavalry had become a shortcoming limiting his development, so he ordered to purchase another 40,000 horses from Bingzhou to replenish his cavalry as quickly as possible. , he summoned his subordinates to discuss again, and decided to defeat Gongsun Zan as soon as possible and control Youzhou. This would not only enable the Wei State to have a stable source of war horses, but also cut off the Tang Army's source of war horses. It could be said to kill two birds with one stone.
Afterwards, the Wei army began to recruit soldiers from all over the country, and at first they only selected those who were good at riding. Soon after, elite soldiers and horses were recruited from the county soldiers, and those with vacancies quickly recruited new soldiers and horses to replenish all the soldiers.
Not only that, among the generals of the Wei army, General Ju Yi, who had not been reused for many years, was also reused. He was named the general of the town army by Yuan Shao and ranked among the four pillars. Although he was only the last, Ju Yi was the only one. It is already very rare to be demoted to this position.
After the troops and horses were mobilized, under the arrangements of the Prime Minister Guo Tu and the Guo Wei Xinpi, the troops and horses mobilized from various counties quietly gathered towards Zhuojun and Julu counties without knowing it. If someone hadn't observed carefully, It is almost impossible to notice that these two counties have each assembled tens of thousands of elite Wei soldiers.
Of course, Ju Yi's 20,000 Xiandeng dead soldiers and Jiang Qi's 30,000 Hebei cavalry are still in Nanpi, waiting only about a month before the war begins before quietly sending out troops.
According to the results of the discussion between Yuan Shao and others, Wei will launch a fatal attack on Yan in March next year. At that time, 50,000 cavalry and 100,000 infantry will be dispatched to capture Guangyang and Yuyang counties in one fell swoop, and control the three richest counties in Youzhou in the hands of Wei. Then, depending on the situation of the war, whether to continue to send troops to Youbeiping.
It took more than an hour for Xin Pi to explain the arrangements for next year's war to everyone. As soon as he finished speaking, General Pingxi Yan Liang said: "General, will the Tang army allow my army to kill Gongsun Zan?"
"General, don't worry. In this war, Tang will definitely send troops to help. Therefore, the king intends to arrange 50,000 troops in Julu County, led by the general, to resist the attack of the Tang army." Xin Pi stroked his beard and replied;
"But..." Yan Liang had just retreated, and Yuan Tan stood up and asked: "Master Xin, if the Tang cavalry went deep into the hinterland of Hebei and destroyed it like a few years ago, If the war breaks out, won't this year's grain harvest be affected?"
"What the eldest son said is very true. We have already considered this situation." Xin Pi said with a smile; "So once the war starts, the king will order all counties and prefectures across the country to be on high alert. This winter, beacon towers must be built in all cities at the border between our country and the Tang State. Once the Tang cavalry appears, the beacon fire will be lit to warn. As for those cavalry, although we don't have many ways to deal with them at present, it is impossible for them to capture our city. As for the grain problem mentioned by the young master, let Lord Xu You answer it."