Chapter 343: The Helper Has Arrived
Huang Zhong nodded, and told the two of what he had gained in the county just now. There are more than 5,000 Yellow Turban soldiers and horses in Gong County, and 15,000 Yellow Turban civilians, but there is not much money, food and weapons. The money is less than 20,000 guan, and the food is less than 50,000 shi. As for the weapons, there are more than 3,000 pieces of ordinary knives and guns of the 20th and 30th ranks. However, the 5,000 soldiers suffered more than 1,000 casualties in the battle, and all the other 4,000 soldiers were captured, and no one escaped. Huangfu Chaobo's own soldiers lost more than 400 soldiers, basically sword and shield soldiers, mainly on the city wall, and then in the street fighting after entering the city. Generally speaking, the loss is still very small.
However, because there were more than 300 shield soldiers among the rebels recruited in Yanshi, so now, basically, the strength of the troops has not decreased but increased. In addition, there are 4,000 Yellow Turban soldiers and horses today. Huang Zhong selected some with better aptitude from them, and all of them were transferred to sword and shield soldiers. There were a thousand more soldiers than at the beginning. As for other soldiers and horses, in order to make up 3,000 junior soldiers and horses with Yanshi's 1,500 junior soldiers and horses, the next goal is to take down the valley city between Hangu Pass and Luoyang, open up the connection between the two places, and let These three thousand junior soldiers and horses stayed behind in Gucheng.
In this way, the only five cities and three passes negotiated with Lou Gui are Gucheng in the west of Luoyang and Xingyang City in the east of Guandong. In other words, when Luoyang could not be self-sufficient in the early stage, Huangfu Chaobo's Henan Junye was located in these places. After arranging these soldiers and horses, the rest of the soldiers were dismissed and became ordinary people. In other words, the ordinary people in Luoyang plus the 7,000 people sent back from Yanshi now total more than 23,000. However, there are only less than 5,000 young and strong people here, and the rest are just women and Children, as for the old and the weak, whether it is the rebels or the Yellow Turbans, there are basically very few of them.
After the soldiers who surrendered and the people in the city were arranged, the arrangements for the county seat were also very easy, just like Yanshi. As for the candidates for the county lieutenant, Huangfu Chaobo looked among the generals around him and said: "Wu Bin, I have appointed you as the County Captain of Gongxian County, leading 3,000 junior soldiers to guard the city. Just like Zhou Shi's Yanshi, it is enough to guard the city for this officer and train the soldiers well. The internal affairs are waiting for the reconstruction of Luoyang. The county magistrate will be arranged after it is formalized." Wu Bin immediately smiled when he heard it, and stepped forward under the envious eyes of several other people: "The last general obeys." After arranging the affairs of Gong County, Huangfu Chaobo asked everyone to retreat , As for the other soldiers and horses, after resting in Gong County for one night, they will escort the people and a lot of money and food back to Luoyang tomorrow.
There was nothing to say all night, and the next day, Huangfu Chaobo rushed to the camp of the princes early in the morning, preparing to send a few princes off. Don't think that Huangfu Chaobo sent so many things, but the army of the princes did not play any role. In fact, with the tiger skins of the tens of thousands of troops of the princes, the enemies in the two cities thought that the siege troops had tens of thousands of elite soldiers and horses. The most in my city is only five thousand, and the few are only three thousand, which has a great impact on the morale of the city defenders.
When two armies fight, morale is very important. A group of data parties once conducted an experiment. The morale difference between two teams of the same level and equipment was only five points. The difference in attack between the two armies was nearly 20%. If it reached ten points, the difference was almost half. So this is why the rebels in Yanshi City directly offered the city to surrender.
Huangfu Chaobo and several princes thanked each other,
Tao Qian and the others all expressed that they would send money and food for support to Luoyang as soon as possible. They also said that Luoyang would be handed over to Huangfu Chaobo, and Huangfu Chaobo thanked them one by one. When the army was ready to raise troops and prepare to leave, Huangfu Chaobo suddenly received a messenger from Hua Xiong from Hulao Pass. It turned out that Zaoyi and others who had come from Changsha had already arrived at Hulao Pass, because they didn't know what the situation in Luoyang was now. , Ask Huangfu Chaobo whether to send troops from Hulaoguan to escort him or wait for Luoyang to send troops to respond. Huangfu Chaobo thought for a while, and ordered Huang Zhong to take the infantry to escort the people and money and food back to Luoyang, while he himself took Dianwei and five thousand cavalry to Hulao Pass to meet Zaozhi, the civil officials brought from Changsha, and the accompanying people. artisan.
Only when these people have arrived can the construction of the entire Luoyang truly get on the right track. It is precisely because of this that Huangfu Chaobo has been waiting for Zaoyi and his party. Now that we have arrived at Hulao Pass, it is better for me to take five thousand cavalry to meet it. Although the road is open, except for a few cities that have been controlled in the entire Sili territory, other cities and almost all Villages and towns are under the control of hostile forces. These talents are the foundation of Luoyang's development, and Huangfu Chaobo absolutely does not allow any mistakes to occur. After Daoming with Kong Ni and other princes, Huangfu Chaobo didn't stay any longer, and directly led the cavalry to Hulaoguan. As for the army of the princes, it is estimated that it will take two days to reach Hulao Pass, fifty miles away, if they march without haste.
When Huangfu Chaobo arrived at Hulao Pass with his cavalry, it was only in the afternoon. In a house in the pass, Huangfu Chaobo met Zaozhi and the clerks and craftsmen who were with him. Seeing that it was still early, Huangfu Chaobo immediately ordered Zhao Cen from Sishui Pass to Hulao Pass. He felt that since he had already arrived here, he had to talk to Hua Xiong and Zhao Cen about future development. a bit. Especially for Hua Xiong, he is guarding his own escape route. If there is any problem on his side, then these people of his own will be locked up in the Heluo area, with no way to go to heaven and no way to go to earth.
Zhao Cen soon arrived at Dihulao Pass, and after Hua Xiong arranged for the cavalry and Changshe's party, they went to the General's Mansion inside Hulao Pass. After several people had arrived, Huangfu Chaobo explained to everyone what had happened during this period of time, and then explained the plan he had discussed with Lou Gui and Huang Zhong to several people.
Regarding Lou Gui's ability, Zaozhi has already admired Lou Gui's ability, so he has no opinion on the arrangement of the few of them, while Hua Xiong is more moved. For a newcomer, Huangfu Chaobo is so surprised Don't worry about leaving your back road to yourself, so after learning about Huangfu Chaobo's arrangement, his loyalty has also increased a lot, and he said that he will definitely guard the back road of Huangfu's army. As for Zhao Cen, he simply came over to make soy sauce Yes, if Huangfu Chaobo didn't think he was a historical general, he wouldn't bother to call him. For Huaxiong, Huangfu Chaobo not only asked him to guard the Hulao Pass, but also the money and food promised by the Kanto princes must be sent to Hulao Pass, so Hua Xiong was also responsible for transferring money, food, food and grass to Luoyang.
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