Chapter 593: Negotiating the Ransom
At this time, the officers and soldiers on the field also heard Huangfu Chaobo's reward. No one expected that they would get so many rewards during today's drill. For a while, there were waves of neat shouts in the school field: "Thank you, General, for the reward!"
Amidst the deafening shouts of the sergeants in the school field, Huangfu Chaobo led everyone away from the school field and returned to the general's mansion. Ji Ling and others were sent back to the prison by the soldiers. Before leaving, Ji Ling said to Yuan Yin with a solemn face: "Sir, please advise your lord not to think of attacking Luoyang again. Sizhou has such a strong army, we cannot fight with it."
Although Yuan Yin was just a scholar who was not familiar with military affairs, he could see how powerful the trapped camp was. He did not need Ji Ling's reminder. He nodded in agreement and at the same time became more determined in his heart to redeem Ji Ling and others from Nanyang as soon as possible. idea.
Returning to the General's Mansion, as soon as he sat down, Yuan Yin came out again. When he was about to speak, Huangfu Chaobo interrupted him again and said: "If Mr. Yuan's matter is not urgent, please wait a moment. I There will be some things that need to be sorted out first.”
After speaking, Huangfu Chaobo turned to look in the direction of Gao Shun and said: "General Gao, I once promised you that if you can train elite soldiers in three months, all the equipment in the trapped camp can be specially customized for you, so After the meeting is over, you can go to the equipment center and let them customize the weapons and equipment needed for your trapped camp. However, Ben will ask you to expand the trapped camp to 10,000 people within half a year. By then, Ben will be of great use. , and the trapped camp not only needs to train defense, but also needs to train siege, because I hope that he is not only my safest shield, but also the sharpest spear in my hand, do you understand? , and even glanced at Gao Shun.
Gao Shun was stunned after hearing this. He had made it clear to his lord before that the maximum number of people trapped in the camp could only be a thousand people. Why did he suddenly say that he would train ten thousand people himself?
Although Gao Shun was loyal, he was not a rigid person. When he saw Huangfu Chaobo's look, and then thought about the fact that there was an outsider like Yuan Yin in the hall, he immediately reacted and said: "The general will take the order!" As for the leader! Only everyone in the Sizhou Army knew what fate he had, but Yuan Yin believed that Gao Shun had promised to increase the number of the trapped camp to ten thousand people within half a year.
Huangfu Chaobo nodded with satisfaction, then turned to Zhao Yun and said: "General Zhao, the expedition has been discussed. You can retreat first and go to the school field to make advance preparations. The army will set off at 00:00 tomorrow and rush to Hulao Pass and Hua General Xiong will join us, and I will come later. However, the specific battles in the cities east of Hulao Pass will be decided by you two, and I will not interfere. "
As soon as Zhao Yun heard this, he immediately stepped out of the queue and said: "General, take your orders!" After that, he saluted Huangfu Chaobo, then turned and left the meeting hall.
The changes in the meeting hall caught Yuan Yin off guard. He did not expect that Huangfu Chaobo was already preparing to control the war in Luoyang. You must know that Yuan Shu also occupies several county towns east of Hulao Pass. Thinking of this, Yuan Yin became anxious and said: "Is General Pingdong going to send troops to Hulao Pass?"
When Huangfu Chaobo heard this, he said: "Why, I am the Sizhou Mu and Luoyang Prefect appointed by the court. The counties east of Hulao Pass do not respect the government orders. Why do I need to ask your general's office to send troops to conquer?" With that said, he slammed the table, stood up and glared at Yuan Yin.
Yuan Yin was shocked and said quickly: "The general has misunderstood. How dare I interfere with the government affairs of General Pingdong. It's just that there are several counties in Guandong that were temporarily managed by the general leader Yuan Yuan. Because of the busy political affairs, my lord has not yet had time to transfer them." These county towns were returned to General Pingdong, and Yin came to Luoyang this time for this purpose. "
Yuan Yin, who finally got the chance to talk, dared to say anything else. You must know that in the cities east of Hulao Pass, Yuan Shu's army still has several generals and more than ten thousand troops there. If they don't discuss it as soon as possible, those soldiers will be killed. He was about to evacuate, and there was no way he would come back to redeem people in a while.
Originally, the cities in Guandong should have been handed back to Huangfu Chaobo a long time ago. However, because Yuan Shu has been unwilling to bow his head, they are still in the hands of Yuan Shujun.
Before coming this time, Yuan Yin had obtained Yuan Shu's consent to return these county towns to Huangfu Chaobo as a bargaining chip to redeem Ji Ling's generals. But under the current situation, how could Yuan Yin dare to use these county towns as bargaining chips? Come and use it, they are ready to send troops to attack directly.
Faced with the strength of Huangfu Chaobo and the powerful combat power of Sizhou Army, and Yuan Yin also wanted to redeem Ji Ling's generals as soon as possible, Yuan Yin made his intention clear without much argument. Huangfu Chao Bo Ye opened his mouth unceremoniously. In the end, after a lot of fighting, threats and abuses, the two sides finally negotiated the redemption conditions for Ji Ling and other generals: Yuan Shu paid Huangfu Chaobo 200,000 yuan in gold and 300,000 dan of grain and grass, and redeemed the captured Ji Ling and the following. , a total of 2,365 generals at all levels above the commander and his personal guards.
As for the other captured soldiers, civilians, husbands, etc., Yuan Yin only mentioned them briefly before Huangfu Chaobo sprayed saliva on his face. There was no other way. The situation was stronger than the people, so Yuan Yin had to give up these people. Fortunately, his lord had no intention of ransoming these people. On the contrary, Huangfu Chaobo also asked Nanyang to send all the family members of these soldiers and civilians to Luoyang. Yuan Yin did not comment on these. After all, tens of thousands of people had left Nanyang in the past few months and fled to Luoyang with their families.
After the negotiation, Yuan Yin hurried back to Nanyang, because his agreement with Huangfu Chaobo was that these things must be transported to Luoyang within a month before Ji Ling generals could be released and returned to Nanyang.
Another point is that the Sizhou Army has begun to send a large army to Hulao Pass, so he must rush back to Nanyang as soon as possible and ask Yuan Shu to give orders to the defenders of the cities in Xingyang to evacuate as soon as possible and return to Nanyang.
After Yuan Yin left, Huangfu Chaobo announced the end of the meeting, and everyone left the general's mansion and started to get busy. Huangfu Chaobo went to the workshop in the imperial city with Gao Shun and Dian Wei.
Along the way, Huangfu Chaobo kept asking Gao Shun about the situation of the trap camp. Of course, the most important thing is the weapons and equipment used by the trap camp. Gao Shun also knows everything and says everything. In Gao Shun's words, if the trap camp has some weapons and equipment, the combat power will be further improved.
Several people discussed the situation of the trap camp along the way and soon came to the workshop in the imperial city. After entering the workshop, Huangfu Chaobo immediately ordered several master craftsmen to come and let Gao Shun explain to them in detail the requirements for the equipment needed by the trap camp.