Chapter 1400: Taiyuan Matters Completed
"Three Kingdoms Online Game: Princes Struggle for Hegemony ()"
A conversation with Zhang Yan made Huangfu Chaobo breathe a sigh of relief. Although he could directly order Zhang Yan to move tens of thousands of households to Taiyuan, it was different from Zhang Yan's own willingness. Now that Zhang Yan himself has This means that it is the best.
After confirming the relocation, Huangfu Chaobo chatted with Zhang Yan about the defense of the cities in Leping County. After confirming that there were no problems with the defense of Jingxing and Tumen Pass, he ended the conversation.
Then he continued to travel south. Originally, Huangfu Chaobo wanted to reach Jinyang in one go, but he was afraid that his horse would be damaged, so he ended up spending the night in Yu County and ran nearly a hundred miles the next day. Only then did they arrive at Jinyang City.
At this time, the north gate of Jinyang City had been completely cleared by Huangfu Jianshou, who had already received the news. More than 2,000 cavalry and more than 6,000 horses did not stop outside the city gate.
The leading cavalryman had already held Huangfu Chaobo's royal flag, and while riding his horse at a gallop, he shouted loudly: "The king is returning to the city, and the rest of the crowd are waiting to get out of the way!"
Two thousand cavalry rushed directly into Jinyang City like a gust of wind, and then began to slow down. Fortunately, there were not many people in Jinyang City now, and the location of Jinyang Palace was exactly at the northwest corner of the North City. After the cavalry entered the city, After walking only a few hundred steps, they turned right and reached the square outside the gate of Jinyang Palace.
At this time, Huangfu Jianshou and Shi A, who had received the news, were already waiting outside the palace gate. When they saw thousands of cavalry coming like a gust of wind, they stopped outside the city gate. The hundreds of cavalry in front were divided into two parts. Second, Huangfu Chaobo, who was guarding the middle, was revealed.
The two hurriedly stepped forward to greet them. After more than three hundred miles of continuous riding, Huangfu Chaobo was exhausted at this time. When he saw Huangfu Jianshou and Shi A, he quickly turned over and dismounted because he had been riding for too long. When I dismounted, my feet didn't get used to it, I couldn't stand firm, I stumbled and almost fell to the ground.
Huangfu Jianshou and Shi A were so frightened that they rushed up quickly and helped him: "Your Majesty, are you injured?"
Huangfu Chaobo shook his head and said with a smile: "It seems that I haven't marched like this for a long time. I think back when I was traveling around the world, I could ride horses on the grassland outside the Great Wall for several months without any problems. Now it's only three hundred I can’t even stand still.”
"How can the body of the king be as good as before?" Huangfu Jianshou said;
"Okay, let's not talk about this anymore, Shi A, is there any new news from Luoyang?" Huangfu Chaobo turned to look at Shi A;
Shi A shook his head: "There is no new news yet."
"Okay, let's go in and talk while we walk." With that, Huangfu Chaobo walked into the palace. Dian Wei and Gao Shun quickly stepped forward and followed behind, while Shi A and Huangfu Jianshou stepped back. Half step.
"Brother, have all the infantry and horses in Jinyang City been completely reorganized now? How many soldiers and horses can be mobilized? And have the Yuan Rong crossbowmen and Iron Eagle warriors already set off?" Huangfu Chaobo walked inside , while asking Huangfu Jianshou;
Long before departure, Huangfu Chaobo had already sent out fast horses and ordered Zhao Cen and Lu Zhong to lead their own troops and horses to set off immediately to Pishi, Hedong, where he would return to Luoyang by boat, while he himself was trapped in the camp and Under the protection of Tiebei Camp, ride directly back to Luoyang. Currently, this is the fastest way to return to Luoyang.
As for the soldiers staying in Jinyang, there are still a lot of soldiers at present. First of all, although the Hujie Camp in Shangdang County has suffered some losses, there are still more than 10,000 infantrymen. Then there are the soldiers brought by Zhao Yun from Leping County. Fifty thousand infantry, these soldiers basically suffered no losses, and there were about 10,000 infantry who surrendered in Jinyang City and Nanguan of Zhao State. Calculated in this way, there were still about 70,000 infantry in Jinyang City.
As for the entire Bingzhou, apart from these, the counties north of Yanmen have even more infantry. Zhang Liao has 15,000 infantry in Guangmucheng, Song Xian has 20,000 in Fuyang City, and Wang He has two troops. In the end, more than 10,000 infantry soldiers surrendered to Huang Xu, and Cao Xing still had 30,000 soldiers at Yanmen Pass.
The entire Zhao Kingdom alone had 70,000 to 80,000 surrendered troops from the northern counties.
In addition, the Yingyang Battalion led by Tian Yu still has more than 30,000 infantry in Shuofang. If calculated in this way, the counties north of Yanmen still have nearly 100,000 infantry, plus the 70,000 to 80,000 infantry from various departments of the Tang Army. The cavalry is still quite sufficient in terms of strength.
In normal times, Huangfu Chaobo would not have dared to use so many soldiers from Zhao State, but now that Zhao State has been destroyed, and the families of these soldiers are basically in Taiyuan and Yanmen, so along the way, Huangfu Chaobo Bo thought twice and decided to integrate all these troops and horses, reorganize them and arrange defense.
However, according to Fa Zheng's original thinking, the northern counties needed to deploy nearly 100,000 infantry. However, Zhao's surrendered troops were already mixed, so Huangfu Chaobo's idea was to select tens of thousands of elites from them and arrange them in Important passes and cities, and the rest of the ordinary soldiers were assigned to various county towns.
As for the soldiers in Jinyang City, Huangfu Chaobo planned to select 30,000 elite soldiers among them and send them to Youzhou. The remaining soldiers were deployed in Shangdang and Taiyuan counties. In this way, the defensive forces of each county were basically equal. Once they are in place, as for Hedong County, they can only recruit again.
After arranging the soldiers, Huangfu Chaobo said to Huangfu Jianshou: "There is one more thing, that is, brother may need to stay in Taiyuan for a while. Now that Bingzhou has been newly established, almost nine out of ten houses in the territory are empty, so I have ordered General Pingnan to move 50,000 households from Leping to Taiyuan. Brother needs to handle this matter."
"After the 50,000 households of people enter Taiyuan County, they will be settled in the cities under its jurisdiction. The land will be allocated according to the number of people in each household. It must be ensured that all people must be arranged in place without any omissions."
"In addition, I will order General Zhao Yun to transfer a large number of oxen and horses from the counties north of Yanmen to Taiyuan, and brother will distribute them to each county. These oxen and horses are rented to immigrants for free, but there is one thing, all oxen and horses are only rented, and there must be no loss. They must be returned according to the number after the time."
Speaking of this, Huangfu Chaobo rubbed his forehead with his hand. He also knew that even if he explained this matter clearly, there would definitely be various problems when the officials below carried it out. After thinking for a while, he said, "Let's set it at three years, but within three years, all cattle and horses must be well fed. If there are calves or ponies born, they belong to the government. After three years, if the people need it, they can buy it from the government."
"As for other aspects, brother will discuss it with the officials under you, and then write the plan into a memorial and present it to me."
Huangfu Chaobo talked for a long time, and finally explained the things that needed to be arranged clearly. Then, 30,000 elite soldiers must set off south within three days and rush to Luoyang as soon as possible.
It took him most of the day to arrange these things. After confirming that everything had been arranged, Huangfu Chaobo took a short rest and set off again to Luoyang in the south.