Chapter 594: Soldiers Arrive at Tiger Prison
According to Gao Shun's requirements, although the heavy armor of the heavy-armored soldiers is good, it is still too heavy for the trapped camp, and the soldiers' mobility is not good after wearing the armor, which is not conducive to the soldiers' defensive counterattack.
Then, Gao Shun pointed out the parts that needed improvement in the heavy armor one by one, while several master craftsmen kept recording on the side. When they finished, Huangfu Chaobo looked up and couldn't help being surprised. Let me go, you are not an improvement at all. You have clearly changed the heavy armor you brought before.
Regarding the materials for the trap equipment, Huangfu Chaobo’s original idea was to use black iron ore, but he found that although he was now fully purchasing black iron ore, it was still far from enough to gather the equipment needed for a thousand people, so Recently, the focus is still on refined iron level equipment. However, after several improvements made by Gao Shun, the weight is still much lighter.
After the armor was determined, it was a question of the weapons they used. Black iron ore may not be enough for making armor, but it is still enough for making weapons, so for their weapons, after several people discussed it, they decided that the spear body of the spearman would be made of refined iron, but the spear tip would be made of dark iron.
The main parts of their knives and two-stone yellow crossbows are made of black iron. After all this, Huangfu Chaobo had almost consumed all the black iron ore he had accumulated over the years.
After dealing with the problem of weapons and equipment trapped in the camp, Huangfu Chaobo joined the general's mansion. Huangfu Chaobo will only arrange for Zhao Yun to lead the troops to Hulao Pass tomorrow when he sets out for the expedition tomorrow, while Huangfu Chaobo will need to finish the backlog of government affairs in Luoyang before rushing to Hulao Pass to join the army.
On the sixteenth day of the first month of the third year of the Han Dynasty, at the beginning of the hour, it was not yet bright. In Luoyang City, the school grounds in the east of the city were already bustling with people. The military camp of Long Xiang camp was arranged here. At this time, the cooks in the army had already prepared the morning meal. OK, 20,000 soldiers are dining.
A quarter of an hour later, the soldiers finished their meal, and as the Chinese army's gathering drums sounded, all the soldiers headed towards the middle of the school field. The two drums did not stop, and the army had been assembled.
Looking at the 20,000 dragon-mounted soldiers and the 5,000 white-horse followers in the school field, Huangfu Chaobo nodded with satisfaction. After several months of training, he had indeed become a strong army.
Of course, it’s not that Huang Zhong’s military training dissatisfied Huangfu Chaobo, it just means that everyone’s energy is limited. At that time, Luoyang’s hundreds of thousands of troops were managed by Huang Zhong alone. Although there were other generals to assist, Huang Zhong and Zhao Yun were not the same. The effect of each leading tens of thousands of elite soldiers is very different.
Just when Huangfu Chaobo was secretly happy, Zhao Yun had already finished reorganizing the army and led the deputy general Zuo Xiao and the leading captains of each school in Long Xiangying to the general platform.
"My lord, the troops of Long Xiangying have been prepared. Please give me your order!" General Zhao Yun saluted in front of Huangfu Chaobo;
"Okay, general, let's go. The conduct of the army can be decided by General Hua Xiong. There is no need to repay me for everything. I would like to wish the general a victory and return with a great victory. At that time, I will have a big banquet in Luoyang City. The three armies!" Huangfu Chaobo said to General Zhao Yun;
"Thank you, lord, I will definitely live up to my lord's trust!" Zhao Yun's generals responded loudly;
"Okay, let the army set off!" Huangfu Chaobo nodded and waved his right hand;
The generals Zhao Yun bowed again, then stood up and walked down the general platform, took the reins of the horses from the guards, everyone got on their horses and rode up to the front of the army. Zhao Yun drew his sword and pointed to the sky, shouting loudly: "The general has given the order, the army is setting off! "
“Wonderful victory, Wonderful victory, Wonderful victory!!!”
Immediately afterwards, Baima Yi started with 5,000 cavalry as the vanguard, followed by 20,000 dragon-mounted troops, and finally 15,000 defenders. A total of 40,000 troops marched toward the east in neat steps.
Three days later, at the beginning of the Youshi period, the army arrived at Hulao Pass. At this time, Hua Xiong, the guard general of Hulao Pass, had been waiting outside the pass for a long time. He couldn't help but be overjoyed when he saw the army coming in a steady stream. Shaking the horse's rein, he ran to Zhao Yun, turned over and dismounted, walked quickly to Zhao Yun, cupped his fists and saluted: "Hua Xiong, the guard of Hulao Pass, has seen General Ying Yang!"
"General Hua, no courtesy!" Zhao Yun turned over and dismounted, helped Hua Xiong up and said;
"General Zhao,
The Hulao Pass army has been prepared and the food and fodder have been prepared. Will the army set off today? "Hua Xiong said impatiently after he stood up. You know, he has been suppressed to death in the past two years. Every time there is a war in Luoyang, he has to guard the retreat of Hulao Pass for the army and cannot participate in the war. So this time I heard He said he can't wait for him to fight for a long time.
Zhao Yun smiled slightly and said: "There is no rush. The soldiers have been marching for days and need a day's rest. Moreover, Yun still needs to discuss with the general carefully how to arrange the movement of the army. Also, please ask General Hua to send someone to pass the Sishui Pass to General Zhao." Please come, let the three of us have a good discussion."
When Hua Xiong heard this, he also knew that he was not in a hurry. He touched his head in embarrassment and said: "General, please forgive me, Hua is too impatient. Please go to the pass first and send someone to capture Zhao Cen immediately." General, please come."
After that, he led the generals towards the garrison's mansion inside the pass. As for the army, they had already built a camp a mile outside the pass. Now Hulao Pass has a school of war barracks, a school of garrison barracks, plus a school of Xiliang cavalry commanded by Hua Xiong himself, a total of 15,000 troops.
If Zhao Yun's 40,000 troops all enter the pass, the military camps in the pass will be packed. It is not war time, so there is no need for a large army to be stationed in the pass.
Zhao Cen came very quickly. When Zhao Yun and his men were about to have dinner, he led two hundred guards and hurried to Hulao Pass. Hua Xiong laughed at him and asked if he had run to his place to eat because there was not enough food in the pass. Zhao Cen did not care. After bowing to Zhao Yun and his generals, he found a seat with a smile. Zhao Yun stood up and returned the greetings. After that, everyone sat down to eat.
After dinner, Hua Xiong led all the generals to the meeting room. This was where Hua Xiong usually gathered the generals in the pass to discuss matters. There was a detailed map of Sizhou inside.
After asking someone to prepare the map, Hua Xiong introduced the situation of the counties in Luoyang east of Hulao Pass to Zhao Yun and his generals. The ten counties in the east of the pass were basically occupied by Yuan Shao or Yuan Shu. Because they relied on the support of the Yuan family, they did not take Luoyang's orders seriously at all.
For example, Xingyang County was ruled by Yuan Shu's trusted generals Qiao Rui and Li Ling, with a garrison of 10,000 soldiers. Because it was the grain and grass station for the allied forces when the princes attacked Dong Zhuo, there were nearly one million stones of grain and hundreds of thousands of weapons and equipment. Because Nanyang had sufficient money and food, and Yuan Shu had always had ideas about Luoyang, he did not transport the supplies here to Nanyang.