Chapter 663 Gongsun Zan Invites
The fighting in the city was still going on. Although it was not intense, when Dian Wei's soldiers attacked the county government office, they found that the place was deserted. At this time, Shi A also received news from the shadows that a large number of soldiers and horses broke out of the south gate and then headed west.
At this time, the two of them realized that Xiongba had led his troops away. Later, when Shi A was counting and interrogating the prisoners, he got the news that the Yiyang County magistrate, the Survivor, was also in Lu County. Coupled with the fact that there were a large number of craftsmen among the prisoners, the two of them knew that they had stopped a wave of Personnel being transferred.
Later, while sending messages to Luoyang to report the situation of the war in Lu County, the two arranged for troops to go to Yiyang to temporarily take over the city.
Five days later, Yiyang was brought under control. At the same time, the officials and soldiers sent by Luoyang to take over Yiyang had also arrived in Yiyang.
The news that Huangfu Chaobo suddenly sent troops to kill two players and county magistrates caused a huge quarrel in the forum. Xiongba and Leftover King invited a large wave of navy to build momentum in the forum, hoping to create public pressure on Huangfu Chaobo.
Huangfu Chaobo didn't want to pay attention to them at first, but seeing that the scolding of the navy was really unpleasant, he also said something on the forum: "You are allowed to slander people behind their backs, but I am not allowed to hit you? What kind of bullshit theory are you talking about? I will destroy you. If you have the guts, just send troops to fight. If you don’t have the guts, stop nagging."
For a moment, the trolls on the forum suddenly went dark.
For Huangfu Chaobo, these were just some minor episodes, and he didn't pay much attention to them.
It's December, and the game is already covered in snow everywhere, especially in the areas north of the Yangtze River. There is a rare period of silence in the game that is full of wars. The current situation is just the time for everyone to take a rest.
On December 10, Huangfu Chaobo received the news from Laoting. After more than a year of recovery, Gongsun Zan finally regained his breath and trained a total of 40,000 cavalry in two counties.
You must know that the two counties of Youbeiping and Liaoxi have a combined population of less than one million people. Now Gongsun Zan actually has 40,000 cavalry alone, and there are nearly 80,000 infantry in the two counties combined. Gongsun Zan actually supported more than 100,000 troops with millions of people from nine cities, and there were nearly 40,000 cavalry among them. After hearing this number, Huangfu Chaobo couldn't help but secretly smacked his lips.
The Xianbei invasion more than a year ago ended with both Gongsun Zan and the Xianbei people suffering losses. Although Gongsun Zan finally succeeded in blocking the Xianbei people from the Great Wall, Gongsun Zan's army also lost nearly 30,000 soldiers, all of whom were under Gongsun Zan's command. The elite soldiers, but fortunately, the losses were mainly infantry, and the losses of the white-horse Yicon and ordinary cavalry did not exceed 30%, which made Gongsun Zan heave a sigh of relief.
Taking advantage of the Xianbei people's retreat, Gongsun Zan and Guan Yu joined forces with Gongsun Yue and Huang Xu. The three families combined nearly 20,000 cavalry to tear off a piece of flesh from the Xianbei people, and finally Su Li had to leave them behind. Only some old and weak people and tens of thousands of cattle, sheep and horses retreated to the Xianbei royal court in the east.
Gongsun Zan selected thousands of these captives and incorporated them into the cavalry. He then selected nearly 10,000 war horses from the captures, increased the number of white horses to 10,000 cavalry, and then recruited more than 30,000 ordinary cavalry. In this way, he recruited A total of 40,000 cavalry were recruited, and a total of 80,000 infantry soldiers were recruited.
Afterwards, Gongsun Zan worked hard on his internal skills and spent a year training 40,000 cavalry. At the same time, he stocked up on supplies and weapons, half of which he bought back from Luoyang where Huangfu Chaobo lived.
Now the entire Han Dynasty knows that Gongsun Zan and Huangfu Chaobo have an extraordinary relationship. Otherwise, Baima Yi, a special unit under Gongsun Zan, would never suddenly appear in Hanoi, which would lead to a shocking reversal in the plot of the three-way princes attacking Luoyang. In addition, Although the relationship between the two families was already known to everyone, Gongsunzan still stuck to his original promise and did not announce that Longhua was Huangfu Chaobo's enclave city.
Therefore, whether it is from the perspective of the security of Longhua City or the relationship between the two families, Gongsun Zan will send troops if he invites Luoyang this time.
Moreover, the only candidates to send troops were Zhao Yun and Baima Yicong. However, this time Huangfu Chaobo was prepared to accompany them again, mainly to arrange things in Longhua.
In February 193, two generals, Huangfu Chaobo and Dianwei Zhaoyun, led a 3,500-strong guard battalion and 5,000 white-horse rebel troops from Luoyang, heading to Youbeiping to prepare for Gongsun Zan's grassland hunt.
However, this time, Huangfu Chaobo did not arrange for the soldiers to go there on horseback. Instead, he arranged for all the soldiers to abandon their horses and go directly from Luoyang to Shuanghe City in Beihai, Qingzhou by water, and then from Shuanghe directly to Laoting Town of Zhou Wen in western Liaoning. There Huangfu Chaobo had arranged for Longhua to send 4,000 horses and 5,000 white war horses.
In the eyes of others, this is Huangfu Chaobo’s white horse Yi Cong sent to Youzhou to sponsor the war for Gongsun. These nearly 10,000 war horses are Gongsun Zan’s thank you gift to Huangfu Chaobo. No one knows that these are actually Huangfu Chaobo’s own war horses. .
On February 15, Huangfu Chaobo's army arrived at Leting Port. After receiving the news, Gongsunzan sent his second brother Gongsun Yue to greet Huangfu Chaobo and his party at Leting. After meeting and chatting with Zhou Wen and Zhang Zan, Huangfu Chaobo and Gongsun Yue went to Lulong Fortress together.
As early as the beginning of February, Gongsun Zan began to mobilize troops and horses, not only his own cavalry, but also the cavalry under players from Youbeiping and Liaoxi counties. For a time, soldiers and horses continued to gather towards Lulong Fortress.
The army did not move fast along the way, so it took two days to reach the Lulong Fortress. After handing over the troops to Zhao Yun for arrangement, Huangfu Chaobo led Dian Wei and the 100 Iron Wall Guards and went directly to the General's Mansion in the fortress with Gongsun Yue.
As soon as he arrived at the front of the General's Mansion, Huangfu Chaobo found that the door of the General's Mansion opened with a rumble, and then a group of people hurried out from inside, led by Gongsun Zan. Seeing this situation, Huangfu Chaobo knew that Gongsun Zan came out to greet him.
After the meeting with Kong Zhu, Huangfu Chaobo also knew that the situation between him and the original princes might be a little awkward, after all, his official position was promoted a little too fast.
For example, now, his relationship with Gongsun Zan is average. He is the General of Pingdong and the governor of Sizhou, while Gongsun Zan is only the General of Fenwu and the governor of Youbeiping. Whether it is a civil or military position, he is one level higher than him. It stands to reason that Gongsun Zan should come forward to pay homage to him. However, if this is really the case, Gongsun Zan will not say anything on the surface, but the relationship between the two families will definitely be affected.