Chapter 728: Allies Rescue
Zhang Wang was a lieutenant in the Xuzhou army. If he needed to mobilize the system's troops, he needed Tao Qian's order, so he could only mobilize his own 100 soldiers without going through the upper level, but these soldiers were not enough. So he sent someone to Huailing to find Zhang Wang, hoping that he would lead people to support him immediately.
Because they were waiting for Zhang Wang's troops, they arrived two days late. When they caught up with Zhao Kai, the guy had already killed old man Cao and was about to lead people to escape with property. Tao Jiji and the other two did not say a word, led the troops to kill all of Zhao Kai's troops, and the two divided the property.
Both knew that Cao Cao's attack on Xuzhou was inevitable, and God knew how many people would be killed this time. You know, in the current game, population is precious. If tens of millions of people were really killed by Cao Cao, everyone would be heartbroken.
Not only Tao Jiji and Zhang Wang, but all the players in Xuzhou were watching the every move of Cao Cao's army with trepidation, especially the players in the territory in the west of Xuzhou.
When Cao Cao's army swept through the west of Xuzhou like a storm, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, the bloodbath in Xuzhou in history did not happen after all. Although Cao's army killed many people along the way, the Three Lights Policy in history was obviously inconsistent.
On December 1st, Huangfu Chaobo's Western Expedition Army finally returned to the South Gate Wharf of Luoyang. As soon as he got off the boat, Han Fu and Tao Qian's messengers for help had already arrived in Luoyang. Huangfu Chaobo, who had not had time to rest, immediately summoned all the civil and military officials to discuss and discuss how to deal with it.
After everyone arrived at the general's mansion, they did not care about sorting out their own embarrassed retreating army, and first asked about the situation of the Jizhou army.
The one who came to ask for help from the Jizhou army was Min Chun. After Huangfu Chaobo asked, he explained the current situation of Han Fu's army to him in detail. Han Fu was now stunned by Yuan Shao's combination of punches, and his military talent was indeed limited, and he was good at planning but not decisive. Therefore, Julu was now able to barely stop Yuan Shao's army because of Zhang He's proper arrangement, but Qinghe State was in a miserable state.
According to Min Chun, it is estimated that Qinghe is now half-destroyed. Although Zhang He is strong, he is alone and has no spare energy to support Julu, so the people of Jizhou turned their attention to their allies.
After hearing this, Huangfu Chaobo comforted Min Chun with kind words and sent him to the post station, saying that he would definitely send troops, but the specific arrangements needed to be discussed before they could be decided.
Although Min Chun was reluctant, he felt helpless. After all, he had just returned from a great defeat, and he must have carefully discussed before he could make a decision, so he left with the guards. However, he did not return to the post station, but turned to the inner palace. He wanted to meet Han Xue and ask her to help persuade everyone in Sizhou.
The news that Min Chun went to see Han Xue after leaving soon reached Huangfu Chaobo's ears. Huangfu Chaobo just chuckled and didn't care. This was what he expected. But can Han Xue really change her mind? Min Chun thought too simply.
Regarding the question of whether to send troops, no one opposed to sending troops, but the question was how many troops, who would lead the troops, and what effect they wanted to achieve. This was the issue that everyone in Sizhou discussed repeatedly.
This time the army went out, and the losses were heavy. Nearly half of the troops were lost in Hedong, and nearly 20,000 troops were left in Pi's garrison, making the already stretched troops even tighter. Another point is that now it is not only Han Fu's army that is asking for help, but Tao Qian's messenger for help has also passed Hulao Pass.
After discussing for a long time, everyone did not come up with a satisfactory result. The main reason was that the battle of Huaxiong's army in Hanoi had not yet ended, so everyone did not dare to jump to conclusions about how to arrange the army.
It was getting late, so Huangfu Chaobo had no choice but to order a temporary end, and let everyone go back to think carefully and discuss it tomorrow.
Then,
Huangfu Chaobo returned to the backyard of the general's mansion. Jia Jing had already led a few people to wait behind. What surprised Huangfu Chaobo was that Han Xue and Mi Huan were already pregnant, which made Huangfu Chaobo feel a little dumbfounded. Is it so powerful in the game?
However, this is also good. Since these NPCs value the heir so much, one of them can always give birth to a son. Thinking of this, Huangfu Chaobo couldn't help but look forward to what it feels like to have two children in the game.
The family sat together happily. Well, this is just Huangfu Chaobo's feeling, Jia Jing certainly doesn't think so. However, even so, there is no way, fortunately this is a game.
Han Xue should have seen Min Chun, knew the situation in Jizhou, and told Jia Jing, and now tears are in her eyes. Seeing this, Huangfu Chaobo couldn't help but sigh and said to Han Xue: "Don't think too much about the things in Jizhou. The troops of Sizhou will set off soon. If nothing else, at least I can prove to you that the governor is safe."
How could Huangfu Chaobo say that Han Fu was his father-in-law? Besides, his wife was sitting next to him, so he still called Han the governor.
After hearing what Huangfu Chaobo said, Han Xue was relieved, stood up and bowed to Huangfu Chaobo, and then sat down again. After hearing what Huangfu Chaobo said, Jia Jing was very satisfied to see him call her that.
After the meal, Huangfu Chaobo sent the three back to their own courtyards, and then chatted with Jia Jing for a while before leaving the backyard and returning to the study.
Not long after sitting down, he heard Xu Shu and Shi A asking for an audience.
After inviting the two in, Huangfu Chaobo looked at Shi A, knowing that he must have received some news and came in to ask for an audience.
Sure enough, Shi A reported that Hua Xiong had sent a report from Wen County, saying that he had captured Pinggao two days ago, and the entire family of 156 people in Pinggao had been executed by him because they led troops to resist. After capturing Pinggao, he led his troops to attack Wen County directly. Perhaps the blood of the Pinggao Li family frightened the Sima family, and as soon as the army arrived, the Sima family opened the city and surrendered.
Now the army has entered Wen County, and Pang Tong has also rushed to the army. However, Sima Zhongda, the second son of the Sima family, had gone out to travel a few days ago, so the Sima family will start to move to Luoyang tomorrow.
Moreover, Sima Fang expressed his willingness to atone his crime with merit and to accompany the army in person to persuade the other cities. Hua Xiong estimated that by December 10, all the cities west of Huai County in Henei should be able to be brought under his jurisdiction. He had already sent a letter to Huai County, asking the prefectural government to send people to take over the cities, and all the troops in the cities would also be reorganized and in place.