Chapter 688 Where to Go

Afterwards, Chen Gong did not let Lu Bu continue to go north, but persuaded him to manage the two counties he had captured first before making any plans.

What is strange is that Lu Bu actually agreed to his suggestion. Huangfu Chaobo was surprised when he heard the news and was puzzled. Later he had to attribute the reason to Zhang Yang's assistance and persuasion. In fact, Huangfu Chaobo's guess is somewhat reasonable.

Zhang Yang and Lu Bu were good friends. Although Lu Bu was arrogant, he was still able to accept his friend's opinions. In addition, Chen Gong also admired his talents, so the two of them calmed down the fierce tiger.

In fact, Lu Bu also had his own ideas. The Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry had been following him on expeditions for several years. If they were not allowed to rest for a while, problems would really arise.

After chatting with Huangfu Chaobo about Bingzhou's need to purchase a large amount of grain from Sizhou, Chen Gong raised another question: the ownership of Shuofang and Wuyuan counties.

In Chen Gong's view, Shuofang and Wuyuan had always belonged to Bingzhou. Although Lu Bu was not yet the shepherd of Bingzhou, Chen Gong had already classified these territories as his own. However, Huangfu Chaobo and his allies already occupied several cities in these two counties. Judging from the posture, it seems that the land in these two counties must be eaten without spitting out.

Therefore, the reason why Chen Gong came in person this time was indeed to purchase grain, grass and other supplies from Sizhou. Another important purpose was to find out Huangfu Chaobo's attitude towards Bingzhou. By then, Huangfu Chaobo will launch a north-south pincer attack on Bingzhou, and it's unclear whether Lu Bu can withstand it.

After several trials, Chen Gong finally felt relieved. Huangfu Chaobo, at least for the time being, had no idea of ​​trapping Lu Bu's army in Bingzhou. In fact, up to now, Huangfu Chaobo himself has not figured out the positioning of the two counties in Bingzhou. But in the end, he gave Chen Gong a reminder that Bingzhou was not peaceful either. In addition to the foreign tribes in the north and west of Bingzhou, there is also a tiger lurking there in the east, that is, the three brothers of the Liu family who defeated Lu Bu's power at Hulao Pass.

To be honest, Chen Gong's understanding of the situation around Bingzhou was not as detailed as Huangfu Chaobo's. When he learned that the Daijun of Youzhou adjacent to Yanmen of Bingzhou turned out to be the Liu Bu who fought against Lu Bu at Hulao Pass. When the three brothers died, Chen Gong also realized the crisis. It seems that after returning to Bingzhou, we must speed up the pace of action, Chen Gong thought to himself.

Time passed by in such a hurry, and soon it was the eighth day of September. This was the day when Xu Shu and Huang Wudie got married, and Luoyang City was bustling with excitement again. Originally, Huangfu Chaobo planned to let Huang Xu and the two of them rush back to Longhua after they got married, but then he considered Huang Wudie's wedding, so he simply asked them to return to Longhua after the wedding.

On September 15th, Huangfu Chaobo summoned the main civil and military officials of Sizhou and decided to hold a meeting at General Pingdong's Mansion in Luoyang on the 20th. The purpose of this meeting is mainly to discuss a charter for the entire Sizhou's domestic and foreign affairs, as well as future policy directions. Of course, this includes how to deal with the issue of Hedong County.

In fact, since returning to Luoyang from Youzhou this time, Huangfu Chaobo has been thinking about the issue of Hedong, and he has also discussed it with Pang Tong, Xu Shu and others, but they have not yet made a final plan. Therefore, after handling these family matters, Huangfu Chaobo simply summoned the main officials and generals to have a big discussion to finally determine Sizhou's next step.

According to Pang Tong's suggestion, Huangfu Chaobo also sent people to Hedong to convey orders and recruited Jiang Pei, the governor of Hedong, to go to Luoyang to discuss matters.

As the date approached, everyone rushed to Luoyang one after another. To Huangfu Chaobo's surprise, he was very disappointed. Although Jiang Pei respectfully replied a letter to Luoyang, he was using it as an excuse for being slightly ill recently. The doctor He said it was not advisable to travel far, so he could not come to Luoyang to attend the meeting.

On the 20th, in Luoyang, at General Pingdong's Mansion, Huangfu Chaobo's subordinates gathered together. Because it is a formal meeting,

So everyone's seats have been arranged. On the left are the civil servants of the prefectures and counties headed by Tian Feng, and on the right are the generals headed by Xu Shu and Pang Tong. Although Pang Tong did not officially become Huangfu Chaobo's subordinate, he and Xu Shu were both generals, but they were expected to return.

The civil servants were headed by Tian Feng, and under him were Huangfu Song and three others. Although Lu Zhi did not join Huangfu Chaobo, because his qualifications were equivalent to Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun, he also participated in the discussions as a guest minister. Further down are Lou Gui, Zaozhi, Mi Zhu and Dong Zhao.

Compared with the large number of talents on the civil service side, the generals side is a bit pitiful. Except for Pang Tong and Xu Shu, there are only three war camp chief generals who actually participated in the discussion. As for the three junior generals Huang Xu, Huang Wudie and Zhao Yu, Only eligible to attend. Two other generals, Tian Yu and Meng Gang, who were to be trained as key points, were not recruited because they were too far away.

As soon as the discussion began, Huangfu Chaobo ordered the Sizhou map, the map around Longhua, the map of Beihai, and the map of Wuyuan Shuofang to be hung up, and then he said: "The reason why we are calling for discussion today is because Chaobo has been thinking about it recently. I have been thinking hard about the future of General Pingdong’s Mansion, but I haven’t been able to figure it out, so I’ve invited you all here to discuss it together.”

After saying that, he nodded slightly to Tian Feng and stopped talking.

Seeing this, Tian Feng stood up, first walked to the center of the hall, saluted to Huangfu Chaobo and everyone present, then turned around and walked to the front of the map, then picked up a wooden pole placed there and saluted One by one, everyone introduced the situation of the territory under General Ping's Mansion and the situation of surrounding forces.

"General, gentlemen, generals, I have been given great importance by the general and have been entrusted to my subordinates to take charge of all the territories and people under the control of General Pingdong's Mansion. I would like to introduce to you the current situation of the territory under General Pingdong's Mansion." He said. Then Tian Feng raised his hand to everyone again and continued:

"So far, the territory under the rule of General Pingdong is 21 cities in Luoyang County, 8 cities in Hongnong County, and 18 cities in Hanoi County, plus the remaining cities, four cities and several towns scattered throughout the country. In the past two years, Over time, our army has used various methods to increase the population of various territories. So far, the total population of the entire territory under our control has reached 2.2 million. "

Having said this, Tian Feng couldn't help but look around at everyone with great satisfaction. You must know that these are all due to Tian Feng's contribution.