Chapter 597: Bridge Zhang Xiancheng

After listening to Zhou Tai's words, Huangfu Chaobo also secretly smacked his tongue, thinking, this is simply a long march of thousands of miles.

The knight did not think so much. He had discussed these with his two subordinates many times. All three of them agreed with Zhou Tai's suggestions, but there was a problem that the navy of Sizhou could not reach the upper reaches of Hukou, so how to arrange the ships in the upper reaches?

Zhou Tai had also thought about the knight's problem clearly. The soldiers responsible for exploring the waterway had contacted a merchant on Caisangjin. He was a merchant who specialized in the waterway from Hukou to the north. Because he often traveled between Wuyuan and Hukou, selling furs and various materials needed for the grassland, he was willing to take over this business and send the people of Luonan Town to Sufang.

However, the river above Hukou is not as wide as the river below Hejin, so the size of the ships is also too different.

There are less than 20 ships that can be used by all merchants in Caisangjin, and the number of people transported at a time is no more than 5,000 to 6,000. Therefore, Zhou Tai suggested that the population of Luonan Town should be divided into several times. In the early stage, only more than 10,000 soldiers and strong people can be sent. After controlling Guangmu City, the remaining people can be sent slowly.

Regarding Zhou Tai's suggestion, the knight said that he and the others needed to discuss it before making a decision. Huangfu Chaobo signaled that the others should discuss it clearly first. After that, he also called Zhou Tai and the others to the side room and told them that Leting could arrange a ship to transport goods. After the two arranged the navy in the near future, they would consider sending a fleet to transport supplies between the two places after Leting's ship returned.

When Huangfu Chaobo and the others came out of the hall, the knight had already finished discussing with Gao Lan and the others. Seeing Huangfu Chaobo coming out, the knight expressed his ideas.

The first dispatch of Luonan Town was 5,000 soldiers, 3,000 civilians and 5,000 strong civilians. Considering the need for defense, the knight handed Huangfu Chaobo the list of materials he needed to buy from Luoyang.

Huangfu Chaobo took a quick look and saw that there were 500 large yellow crossbows, plus spare crossbow strings and crossbow arrows, and another 1,000 war horses were purchased, and then there were other various materials. Huangfu Chaobo did not object to selling these things to him, but told him that these things would be delivered together when they boarded the ship, and he did not object to this knight and others.

The only thing left was the last thing, which was the problem of the people in Luonan Town. Since they could not be sent at once, they could only be sent in batches, so these people would need to stay in Luonan Town for about half a year, and this matter still needed Huangfu Chaobo's consent.

Huangfu Chaobo did not care about this problem. Although he was also short of people, the forced melon was not sweet. Since these people were willing to go to Shuofang with the knight, why should he be the villain?

After the two sides agreed on the time of departure, the knight led Gao Lan and the other two to say goodbye and leave.

When the knight and the others left, it was almost noon. Huangfu Chaobo ordered the preparation of meals in the mansion, and asked Zhou Tai and others to leave after lunch. As for how to arrange the naval forces, he would leave these matters to the two naval generals.

In the afternoon, Huangfu Chaobo asked people to summon Tian Feng, Lou Gui and Huang Zhong to discuss the arrangements of civil officials and military generals in the counties of Guandong. Now there are two sons of Zhu Jun, and Huangfu Chaobo had promised Lao Du and the other two that he would let them each manage a county, so now is the right time to fulfill this promise. However, how to arrange these counties still needs to be discussed with everyone.

After discussion, everyone decided that Xingyang City must be in their own hands, so Zhu Hao was appointed as the magistrate of Xingyang County, and Zhao Cen was transferred to the position of Xingyang County Lieutenant.

The garrison in Xingyang also became a special existence in the county, with one school of guards, one school of combat soldiers, and a cavalry unit, a total of 11,000 soldiers, as a force to deter the cities in Guandong, and also to echo the two passes of Hulao and Sishui. Zhu Fu was appointed as the magistrate of Dangyin County, and he and Mu Shun were stationed in Dangyin, ready to support their ally Han Fu at any time.

Lao Du and his men,

were to be arranged in Zhongmu and Kaifeng counties, and their troops could also be arranged with 3,000 guards and 2,000 combat soldiers, so that they could support another ally Zhang Miao at any time.

Another general of the Huangfu family, Huangfu Li, led a school of combat soldiers to guard Hongnong City with Yang Feng, ready to support the war in Hu County and Qin Hangu Pass at any time. In this way, the military arrangements of Henan and Hongnong counties have been perfected. After the army is in place, Huangfu Chaobo is ready to start to attack the counties in Henei, but this time will be at least half a year later.

In the next few days, Luoyang received Zhao Yun's battle reports almost every day. After Hua Xiong attacked Jing County, he captured Xinzheng County in one day on the third day, beheaded Xinzheng County Lieutenant on the spot, and the county magistrate was sent to Zhao Yun's camp again with other captives.

Both county magistrates were taken to the outside of Xingyang City and beheaded, along with the generals and officials of the two cities who had resisted. For a time, people were killed and blood flowed outside Xingyang City. The people in the city were frightened and their faces turned pale.

However, no one could accuse Huangfu Chaobo of killing innocent people, because among the various princes, no one wanted the city under their rule to disrespect the government orders. After holding out for a few days, Xingyang City finally couldn't hold on any longer. On the fifth day after Hua Xiong captured Xinzheng, Qiao Rui and Zhang Ling surrendered the city.

Unfortunately, Zhao Yun had already refused to admit his promise to let the two lead the troops back to Nanyang. Instead, he picked out all the soldiers who met the requirements of the combat soldiers from the 10,000 soldiers led by the two, and then took the remaining soldiers and the two generals Qiao Rui directly to Luoyang and handed them over to the general's mansion. After Yuan Shu delivered all the promised money and goods, he was sent back to Nanyang with Ji Ling and other generals.

When Huangfu Chaobo was busy, in Shuofang County, more than 2,000 miles away, there was a cavalry of thousands of people heading towards Guangmu County, Shuofang County. If Huangfu Chaobo saw this cavalry, he would be shocked. Yes, this cavalry was the knight's group.

The knight's group had only 5,000 soldiers when they set out, but this cavalry obviously exceeded 5,000 or 6,000 people, and the 2,000 cavalry in front were obviously Xiongnu cavalry skilled in archery and horse riding.

At this time, the army was only a dozen miles away from Guangmu County. With the order of the knight, thousands of troops and nearly 10,000 horses slowly stopped.

All the soldiers dismounted to rest, fed their horses with water and food, checked their weapons and equipment, and waited quietly for the report from the sent-out scouts.