Chapter 692: Hanoi Family
Regarding Pang Tong's opinion, Xu Shu nodded in agreement and said: "Yes, if the Hanoi family can send their children into the army, it will prove that they have no intention of turning back. In this way, those soldiers can also reorganize them all and hand them over to the army." General Commander, Jie Shi is also a great help in attacking the city.”
The rest of the people also nodded in agreement. Huangfu Song said: "Having said that, we still need to guard against rebellion in the cities in Hanoi, and everything needs to be done with caution."
Huangfu Chaobo nodded and said: "My nephew has remembered what my uncle said." Then he turned to the others and said, "Do you have anything else to add? If not, how should the troops and horses be arranged for this expedition?"
Pang Tong glanced at Xu Shu, who stood up and handed over a piece of paper full of handwriting. It seemed that he had already made preparations.
Huangfu Chaobo took it and took a look, but there was no arrangement for himself and the guard camp. Then he said to Xu Shu: "Since Yuan Zhi already has a plan, he might as well speak frankly. However, this general will lead the army personally in this battle. For the Chinese Army. Of course, the command before the battle is still left to Yuan Zhi or the leading general."
Xu Shu looked at Pang Tong helplessly, bowed his hands, and then said slowly: "General Huang is good at guarding, and the Huben Camp is the most elite troop under General Pingdong, so this time, General Huang still needs to be treated as a concubine." Guard Luoyang with Huben Camp to suppress Xiaoxiao."
Then, he looked at Zhao Yun again and said: "Although General Zhao's Long Xiang camp suffered losses last time, it has been replenished. In this battle, General Zhao's Long Xiang camp can be the front army and attack Jiguan. If it can It would be best to capture Jiguan before the Hedong army reacts. If not, wait for the follow-up army to arrive. "
"As for the other soldiers and horses, in my humble opinion, there is no need for the lord's personal guard battalion to send out tens of thousands of people to fight. Since the lord insists on going to war, he can just lead the personal guard battalion to fight with the Chinese army. The war barracks will be sent from Hanoi to Baotao A school of soldiers and horses was mobilized from the camp to join the battle, led by his deputy Su Zhi. This resulted in a total of 40,000 soldiers and horses in the camp, including 10,000 cavalry and 30,000 infantry. "
After a brief pause, Xu Shu continued: "As for the garrison camp, Luoyang garrison will mobilize 10,000 garrison troops, and each city under Luoyang's rule will allocate 1,000 garrison troops, for a total of 20,000 troops. In addition, Hongnong garrison troops will mobilize 5,000 troops, and Huai County garrison troops will be deployed." Ten thousand, each city in Hanoi will send one thousand garrison troops, totaling ten thousand, so there will be a total of fifty-five thousand garrison troops, with a total of about one hundred thousand troops."
"If you add in the 15,000 troops in the counties and cities west of Hanoi, then if you add our army's 95,000 troops, the total will be 120,000 troops."
"As for the generals who will go on the expedition, I think the commander-in-chief is Zhao Yun, the military advisor is Shi Yuan, and the other generals who will go on the expedition include Su Zhi, Yang Feng, Wang Yong, Zuo Xiao, plus the generals from the lord's personal guard camp."
The reason why he did not choose his father-in-law was because Xu Shu knew that among the generals under Huangfu Chaobo, only his father-in-law was the oldest, because if the lord had to go on an expedition, only his father-in-law would be the best in Luoyang.
Among the generals present, those who were called upon were definitely smiling, while those who were not called upon were dejected. Because everyone knows that if there are no special circumstances, the lord will usually agree to the candidate selected by the military advisor.
After an hour of deliberation, Huangfu Chaobo finally made the decision and followed Xu Shu's arrangement. However, they also came to the conclusion that no matter how fast they were, it would be difficult to capture Hedong before harvesting grain next month. In other words, it is very likely that Hedong will hold on to the city after collecting this season's grain into the city. As a result, Sizhou's army is likely to be unfit to attack the city in winter and return without success.
After hearing this inference, Huangfu Chaobo also sighed, but he still didn't have a good grasp of the time. However, he can't wait any longer. Other princes and forces are stepping up their actions, but now he has not even finished Hedong.
On September 21st, Sizhou Muhuangfu Chaobo ordered the four counties of Sizhou to collect varying amounts of grain and grass, requiring them to be transported to Luoyang before October 1st.
Two days later, the order was sent to Hedong. Although Jiang Pei accepted the order, he did not reply to the envoy, but remained silent.
That night, in Hanoi, more than ten miles southeast of Bo County, in a small town called Jicheng. In the largest manor in the town, there is a small courtyard that is brightly lit, but the situation inside cannot be seen from outside the town. Moreover, no one in the entire town is walking outside, but there are people everywhere in the town. You can see soldiers guarding the road.
Yes, the people gathered here are the heads of various aristocratic families who control the cities in western Hanoi. The reason why they are gathered here is because they were summoned by the Sima family.
In the small courtyard, Sima Fang sat on the main seat. The adult Sima Lang stood in front of him and was busy receiving the heads of the families. However, Sima Yi stood obediently behind Sima Fang, lowering his head and saying nothing, raising his head from time to time. At the beginning, he looked at the heads of each family and the families they brought with them.
After a long time, the noisy hall became quiet, and everyone sat down one by one.
Sima Fang coughed lightly and said slowly: "Family heads, I invite you to come here this time. I believe everyone already knows what is going on."
"Brother Jiangong, is it really like this?" Li Ping, the head of the Li family in Pinggao said;
Sima Fang nodded lightly and said: "You must have heard that General Pingdong ordered two days ago that all four counties need to raise grain and grass to send to Luoyang. This is to force Jiang Pei, the governor of Hedong, to rebel. Hedong rebelled , General Pingdong will definitely send troops to quell the rebellion, and with General Pingdong’s power, everyone here will follow.”
Everyone present is a smart person, but no one wants to admit it. After Sima Fang reminded them, they all nodded in agreement. Indeed, the reason why they can control half of the county in Henei is because the entire Sizhou or the entire Sili is not a monolithic entity.
But once Huangfu Chaobo pacifies Hedong, the cities in West Henei will become turtles in a jar. All of us will become fish on Huangfu Chaobo's chopping board, and he will let him slaughter us.
Chen Chu, the head of the Yewang Chen family, stood up and said in deep thought: "Since Jiang Pei will definitely rebel, Huangfu Chaobo will definitely send troops to redress the rebellion, so how should we act?"
"Hey, how can we act? Before Huangfu Chaobo's army is ready, we will lead Jiang Pei's army into Henei, capture Huai County together, and drive Huangfu Chaobo out of Henei." This time, it was Zhao Yi, the head of the Qinshui Zhao family, who spoke.
"No," said Song Shen, the head of the Heyang Song family, "This is like inviting a wolf into the house."
"How dare the Jiang Pei people call themselves wolves?" Zhao Yi snorted;
Just as Song Shen was about to speak, Sima Fang coughed again, and then said, "I have a plan here for your reference."