Chapter 664: Sending Troops to the Grassland

This time, there was no need for Pang Tong to remind him. Huangfu Chaobo laughed, quickened his pace, and walked towards Gongsun Zan. He smiled as he walked and said, "Brother Bogui, I rushed here as soon as I heard the news that troops were about to be sent out." , It shouldn’t have delayed the march of the army, right?”

Gongsun Zan was stunned for a moment, then immediately reacted and said: "Brother Chaobo, you are so polite. My army has not come, but a certain family dare not send troops. Hahaha..."

Everyone behind Gongsun Zan smiled knowingly when they heard the conversation between the two, and then followed closely to pay tribute to Huangfu Chaobo. The eldest son of the family can be brothers to Huangfu Chaobo, the shepherd of Yizhou, but they still have to know how to respect others, otherwise they will be laughed at.

"The last general pays homage to General Pingdong!" Everyone stepped forward and bowed in salute;

"Generals, please rise. We are all acquaintances, so there is no need to be so familiar." Huangfu Chaobo smiled and looked at the generals and said;

It seems that Gongsun Zan was very determined in sending troops this time. Except for his two brothers, among the other generals, Gongsun Fan and Guan Jing guarded You Beiping, Yan Gang guarded Liaoxi, and Wang Men was originally Lu Long. The fortress guard was followed by the other generals Tian Kai, Shan Jing, and Zou Dan, who seemed to be preparing to lead the army.

I heard that Gongsun Zan had several sworn brothers, and it seemed that they were the people dressed as scribes behind Gongsun Zan.

Sure enough, while he was guessing, Gongsun praised: "Come on, brother Chaobo, let me introduce you. These two are Liu Weitai, Li Yizi, and Le Hedang, sworn brothers of a certain family."

Huangfu Chaobo quickly stepped forward and said: "Huangfu Chaobo has met several gentlemen!"

The three of them also came forward to see him, but compared to Gongsun Zan's generals, the three of them were obviously a little perfunctory. Huangfu Chaobo didn't care either. He thought to himself that history once said that Gongsun Zan obeyed the advice of his three sworn brothers, and these three people were also arrogant and favored. Could it be that Gongsun Zan has now started to listen and believe?

However, this thought only flashed through my mind and I didn't go into it deeply. After all, this is someone else's business. Moreover, Huangfu Chaobo really hopes that Gongsun Zan can do better. If he doesn't, he will not die. Once Gongsun Zan is killed, the chances of Gongsun Yue and Tian Kai will vote for him will greatly increase. Well, it's best to keep killing Lian Gongsunzan's sons.

After seeing the two parties greeting each other, Gongsun Zan quickly said to everyone: "Come on, brother Chaobo, let's go inside and talk."

With that said, he led Huangfu Chaobo to the general's mansion, and the rest of the people followed closely. After entering the hall, the two parties sat down separately, and the two chatted about the recent situation of their respective forces. Later, Gongsun Zan looked at Dian Wei behind Huangfu Chaobo and sighed with emotion, saying that Huangfu Chaobo turned out to be three peerless generals like Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong and Dian Wei, which was really enviable to others.

After hearing this, Huangfu Chaobo smiled faintly and said that everyone under Gongsun Zan's command was the best among men, so how could he envy others.

The two complimented each other again. Finally, Huangfu Chaobo felt that he couldn't bear to listen anymore, so he turned to ask: "Brother Bogui is going to send troops this time, how are you planning to send troops, and how will the army's movement be arranged?"

As soon as Gongsun Zan heard about the business, he quickly made a gesture to his second brother and waited for him to open the map of Beiping and Liaoxi outside the Great Wall. Then he said: "I'm about to explain it to Brother Chaobo."

As he spoke, he pointed at Lulong Fortress and told Huangfu Chaobo one by one.

Ever since the Xianbei army attacked last year, Gongsun Zan has been preparing to avenge this arrow. Therefore, during this year, while Gongsun Zan was training soldiers and horses, he constantly arranged for cavalry soldiers from various ministries to frequently go in and out of the fortress to conduct detailed explorations of the distribution of Xianbei tribes everywhere.

It can be said that this year's exploration has allowed Gongsun Zan to understand almost the situation outside the fortress. At least the area five to six hundred miles north of Lulong Fortress has been basically explored.

All the way north from Lulong Fortress, about a hundred miles away, we reach the edge of the grassland, a place called Pingquan. It was originally the gathering point of a tribe of Wuhuan people, but in recent years, Gongsun Zan has entered the grassland from here.

So no one dared to stay in this place.

Continuing from Pingquan to the north, you will reach the Laoha River Basin. If you continue along the north of Laoha, you can see that the range of the pasture is getting wider and wider, and then when you reach Xigou and Wulangou, There are two paths to choose from.

One of the roads is to continue along the Laoha River in the northeast direction. After about a hundred miles, you will reach Ningcheng. Then you will turn north and travel another hundred miles to reach Yuanbaoshan. You can also go directly along Weichanggou, pass Hushan and then head north and slightly east. After walking for nearly 200 miles, you can reach Yuanbaoshan.

After leaving Yuanbao Mountain, you have truly reached the grassland. This time Gongsunzan's destination is a Xianbei camp to the north of Yuanbao Mountain. This place is called Ulanhada among the Wuhuan and Xianbei people. According to Gongsun Zan, who sent troops to inspect several times, it was found that at least about 100,000 Xianbei people gathered here.

Looking at the location pointed out by Gongsunzan on the map, Huangfu Chaobo made a rough estimate and confirmed that it should be the location of Chifeng City in reality. No wonder Xianbei with a scale of 100,000 people could gather there. If calculated based on the population of 100,000, and considering the situation of the nomadic people, the number of combatable troops is about 40,000 to 60,000, and the elite troops are also about 30,000. It is no wonder that Gongsun Zan would try his best to invite Huangfu Chaobo to send troops together.

Seeing Huangfu Chaobo staring at the map in trance, Gongsun Zan waited for a moment and then said: "I wonder how many troops Chaobo is going to send out this time?"

Huangfu Chaobo thought for a while and said: "In addition to the five thousand white horse retinue, my little brother is sending troops this time, as well as my personal guard army of about 8,000 people. Now there are only 8,500 cavalry who have arrived at Lulong Fortress. There are five thousand cavalry as shock cavalry. After the army is dispatched, they will rush to meet outside the fortress. "

Gongsun Zan pondered for a moment, and then said: "This time our army consists of five thousand white horse rebels and twenty thousand ordinary elite cavalry. So our two families combined have nearly forty thousand cavalry, plus the two counties' stranger cavalry, about Twenty thousand, so the army has a total of nearly 60,000 people, which is enough to deal with the 100,000 Xianbei tribe."

"That's very good, but if we send troops on this trip, does Brother Bogui have any strategy on how to distribute the captured personnel and materials?" Huangfu Chaobo nodded, and then said;

Gongsun Zan raised his head and looked at Gongsun Yue beside him. When the latter saw this, he quickly stepped out and said: "I want Brother Chaobo to know that according to the result of our discussion, my right-hand Beiping Army will occupy 50,000 troops in this battle. Chaobo The brothers will take 30%, and the other two will be divided by strangers. It’s just that I haven’t agreed with my eldest brother yet, so I just want to hear what Brother Chaobo wants.”

Huangfu Chaobo didn't say anything after hearing this, and just fell into deep thought. In fact, he had discussed with everyone about this departure from the fortress as early as Luoyang, and it was mainly related to the development of Longhua.