Chapter 693: Sending Troops to Hedong
When the heads of the noble families heard this, they immediately said, "Brother Jian Gong, please speak!"
"It is exactly the opposite of what the head of the Zhao family did. Although we want to unite with Jiang Pei, we will not bring Jiang Pei into Henei, but send Huangfu Chaobo's army into Hedong, and then close the door and beat the dog!" Sima Fang made a gesture while saying this. "In this way, the battle will be held in Hedong, not in Henei."
The eyes of several people lit up when they heard this, and Song Shen, who was quick to react, immediately said: "Brother Jian Gong, this plan is very good. Let Jiang Pei and Huangfu Chaobo fight to the death, and we will sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight."
"Yes," Li Ping also reacted, "At that time, Huangfu Chaobo's army can be annihilated in Hedong. In this way, even if Huangfu Chaobo can return to Luoyang, he has no ability to take care of Henei. It is possible that the Henei troops will retreat to Luoyang for the safety of Luoyang, and then the whole Henei will belong to us. Hahaha..."
The others also looked excited, and their minds became active all of a sudden, thinking about how much benefit their families could gain from this.
Sima Yi glanced at the scene and remained silent. If someone could see his eyes, they could see that there was only infinite contempt in them.
A group of short-sighted people, do you really think Huangfu Chaobo is so easy to deal with? He also wanted to completely destroy Huangfu Chaobo's army.
The strategy of closing the door and beating the dog was proposed by Sima Yi. He knew that Huangfu Chaobo was not so easy to fool, so if they wanted to successfully introduce Huangfu Chaobo's army into Hedong, they would have to pay some price, so he discussed with his father and brother to drag all the families in Henei into the water and share the losses of the Sima family. By then, if everything goes well, the Sima family will become the actual controller of the entire Henei.
It only takes a few years for Hedong to be easily included in the bag. In Sima Yi's eyes, Jiang Pei is just a jumping clown. Thinking of this, Sima Yi's eyes flashed with a gleam of brilliance.
In Sima Yi's plan, if you want to successfully introduce Huangfu Chaobo's army into Hedong, you have to be prepared to invest a lot of money. Of course, this price may be money, food, and even personnel and soldiers. So in the face of the clamor of the people present, he just watched coldly. Sima Fang's words were meant to arouse the desires of the people. Only by arousing their interest could they implement their subsequent plans.
Sure enough, after everyone had been talking noisily for a long time, someone finally reacted. After Li Ping stopped everyone from making noise, he said, "Brother Jiangong, how can we lure Huangfu Chaobo into the hub?"
"Gentlemen, I have some thoughts about this matter. I want to discuss the specific matters with you this time." Sima Fang explained to everyone the ideas he and his two sons had discussed.
In fact, there was nothing else. The aristocratic families in Xihe were not really hostile to Huangfu Chaobo. They had always been at peace and had not shown any hostile emotions. So Huangfu Chaobo would not easily attack everyone this time.
According to the discussion of his father and son, once Jiang Pei rebelled, Huangfu Chaobo would definitely send troops. At that time, Sima and other aristocratic families would definitely be dragged into the water. According to Sima Yi's inference, it is estimated that at that time, in addition to the financial support, Huangfu Chaobo will definitely ask all the noble families to send troops to go on the expedition together.
So Sima Yi's arrangement is nothing else. The most important thing is to contact Jiang Pei as soon as possible. The two sides reach a tacit understanding. First, lead Huangfu Chaobo's army into Hedong, and then at the right time, the Henei nobles will cut off the retreat of Huangfu Chaobo's army, and then lead the army back to the east to attack Henei. The Huangfu Chaobo army in Hedong will be besieged for a period of time, and then the two counties will work together to destroy it.
Of course, in order to lead Huangfu Chaobo's army into the hub, the Henei nobles will definitely send some soldiers and horses. For these soldiers and horses, Sima Yi's meaning is that not only must they be sent, but they must not be old and weak. Take the opportunity to transfer all the guys with disloyalty in the soldiers and horses controlled by the noble families, and then the elite of each family will be ready. After the Sizhou army is trapped,
the coalition will attack Huai County.
After Sima Fang explained the detailed plan to the heads of the families, everyone quickly agreed to the plan. For each family, it is still clear which is more important, a little bit of money and food, or the survival of the family.
After everything was discussed, everyone left and returned home to make various preparations. First, there was an order to raise food from Luoyang. After complaining to the officials who sent the order to the county city for a long time, each family gradually raised some food. However, they basically did not meet Luoyang's requirements, but were short of some.
This was also Sima Yi's idea. Each family had to pretend to be reluctant, so that it would be in line with the current relationship between the aristocratic family and Huangfu Chaobo. If it was given too straightforwardly, it would arouse Luoyang's vigilance. Sure enough, after the news came to Luoyang, Huangfu Chaobo just chuckled and ignored it. In his opinion, these aristocratic families should be like this. But he didn't expect that someone had already calculated his reaction.
On the second day after summoning the noble families to discuss matters, Sima Fang sent his confidants to Hedong to meet Jiang Pei. As Sima Yi expected, after receiving the promises of the noble families in Henei, Jiang Pei became more determined to resist Huangfu Chaobo. After repeated communications with Chang'an and Henei, Jiang Pei began to make preparations.
On September 25, Jiang Pei appointed Xiongba of the Heluo Alliance as the magistrate of Linfen County, and Fengyun of Sizhou Fengyun as the magistrate of Jiangyi County. After receiving Jiang Pei's appointment, the two quickly took control of their respective counties. Then, they immediately prepared their troops and made preparations.
On September 28, the envoy from Luoyang who was urging for grain appeared again in the Hedong prefectural government. This time, the envoy's tone was much more severe than the last time. He clearly required Hedong to send the corresponding amount of grain to Luoyang before October 5, otherwise, he would be severely punished.
On October 5, the Hedong prefect summoned the county magistrates of various counties in the county to discuss matters. After listing Huangfu Chaobo's various atrocities and mistakes, Jiang Pei announced that he would raise troops to oppose Huangfu Chaoji's tyranny, and Hedong County returned to the rule of Chang'an.
On October 6, the news reached Luoyang. Huangfu Chaobo was furious and announced that Jiang Pei, the governor of Hedong, had started a rebellion. He would personally lead the army to Hedong to quell the rebellion. At the same time, he ordered the counties in Henei to mobilize 2,000 soldiers to fight with the army.
On October 8, Huangfu Chaobo, the governor of Sizhou and the general of Pingdong, swore an oath in the eastern suburbs of Luoyang. He gathered 120,000 troops, plus 40,000 auxiliary troops and craftsmen, a total of more than 50,000 people, claiming to be an army of 200,000 troops to go to Hedong to quell the rebellion of Jiang Pei.
After the oath, the army boarded the ship at the Luoyang dock and sailed down the Luo River to Henei Port.