Chapter 743 Cao Cao Sends Out Troops

Although Sizhou was peaceful, it was not calm, because the wars over the years, especially the big battle last year, had injured the Sizhou army, and it has not recovered yet. So although there was no war in Sizhou, the four counties had been reorganizing their troops, especially Hedong County, which had just been under control, and they were reorganizing the troops in various cities.

After discussing with his subordinates, Huangfu Chaobo made great adjustments to the officials and troops under Sizhou. First of all, in terms of combat troops, Huangfu Chaobo suddenly added several battalions of combat troops, Yingyang Battalion, Hekong Battalion, Hengjiang Battalion and Nutao Battalion.

Secondly, in terms of personnel arrangements, Huangfu Chaobo decided to appoint Lou Gui as the governor of Hedong, Zhu Hao as the county magistrate, Huangfu Jianshou as the commander, and the county city as Anyi City. Huangfu Chaobo also transferred General Pinglu Tian Yu to Hedong and set up Yingyang Battalion, with Tian Yu as the main general and Yang Feng as the deputy general. The troops were one cavalry and three infantry.

Meng Yi was transferred to be the magistrate of Longhua County, and Zhao Yu was transferred to be the county lieutenant. The two of them were in charge of Longhua and all the surrounding towns. The Crane Control Camp was set up, with Huang Xu, the general who smuggled bandits, as the main general and Zhang An as the deputy general, temporarily with one school of cavalry and one school of infantry.

Zhu Fu was transferred to be the county magistrate of Xi'anyang County, who actually managed all the affairs of Xi'anyang.

At the same time, the navy was expanded to 25,000 people, including two schools and four divisions of Hengjiang Camp. The main general Zhou Qin personally led two schools. In addition, Zhou Yi, the lieutenant of Hengjiang, Zhou Ran, Jiang Pei, and Zhu Ping each led a part of the navy. Hengjiang Camp was mainly responsible for the safety of the waters within Sizhou.

The main general of the Nutao Camp was Jiang Qin, who led two schools of navy plus one division, responsible for the safety of the caravans between Luoyang and Shuanghe City and Leting City. The station was Shuanghe City of Beihai State, and the garrison was Sun Lang, who led a part of the navy and was stationed in Shuanghe City.

After Lou Gui was transferred, the post of Luoyang County Magistrate was vacant. Huangfu Chaobo appointed Mi Zhu as Luoyang County Magistrate. Mi Zhu was Tao Qian's deputy when he was in Xuzhou, so it was no problem for him to be a county magistrate.

As for other aspects, Huangfu Chaobo did not think much about it for the time being. What he wanted to do now was to practice hard and wait for the opportunity to come. As for when the opportunity would come, he himself did not know.

Now there is another problem. Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun's bodies are no longer adapted to the pressure of government affairs. Huangfu Chaobo thought that he must find someone to replace them and let all three of them go to the academy. By the way, he also had a few experienced people who could make suggestions and make up for the shortcomings of Xu Shu and Pang Tong who were too young and had too little experience.

However, Huangfu Chaobo only had Dong Zhao in his hands except Zao Ji. Both of them were sufficient in terms of talent and qualifications. Even Mi Zhu was too short in time, so Huangfu Chaobo could not suddenly promote him to the position of a county governor. As for others, they were even less qualified.

In other words, there was a lack of successors in the civil service of Sizhou. Huangfu Chaobo was distressed and invited Pang Tong again to ask about his brother and the eldest brother of the Ma family. Since he met the two in Jingzhou a few years ago, Huangfu Chaobo has always wanted to recruit them. Unfortunately, he sent people to Xiangyang several times but failed to see them.

Two years ago, when the two were traveling, they passed through Changsha and then went to Luoyang. Unfortunately, Huangfu Chaobo failed to see them and finally missed them.

This time, Pang Tong brought him good news. The family letter sent from Xiangyang last month said that the two had replied to their families, saying that the two were traveling in Shu and should be able to return to Xiangyang before winter this year. Huangfu Chaobo immediately sent someone to send a message to the shadow in Xiangyang, and once they found that the two had returned, they would send a message to Luoyang immediately.

He had been planning to take a rest this year, but he didn't expect that the sudden death of Dong Feifei would disrupt his plan. Fortunately, he has finally pacified Hedong. Now it is the second half of the year. He hopes to be able to defend and steadily pass the six months so that Sizhou can really take a breath.

He originally thought that he would have the opportunity to enter the Julu dungeon again this year to see if he could get a few more famous general cards back. However, what caught Huangfu Chaobo off guard was that less than two months later, the war broke out again. This time it was not in the west, but in the east.

On October 2, Cao Cao, the governor of Yanzhou, suddenly launched a large army to attack Chenliu. Cao Ren, the governor of Jiyin, led a large army from Yuanju and captured Jiyang County within a few days. Another large army was led by Xiahou Dun, the governor of Puyang, who set out from Baima and headed straight for Changyuan, Chenliu.

Zhang Miao, the governor of Chenliu, arranged for his younger brother to go to Donghun County to defend against Cao Ren's army, while arranging people to quickly ask for help from Luoyang.

Huangfu Chaobo's plan to recuperate was interrupted again. At this time, Huangfu Chaobo finally understood a sentence: war will never happen after you are ready.

At the General's Mansion of Andong, Huangfu Chaobo, who received Zhang Miao's letter for help, immediately summoned everyone to discuss the matter. After an urgent discussion, it was decided to send Guo Daxian's troops to Pingqiu to assist the garrison in defending against Xiahou Dun's troops.

Huangfu Chaobo's order to Guo Daxian was that if Changyuan was not lost, the army would enter Changyuan, and if Changyuan was lost, it would enter Pingqiu. Huang Zhong, who followed closely, led the 20,000 troops of the Huben Camp to Chenliu as soon as possible for support. After the army arrived in Chenliu, the troops would be arranged according to the development of the war.

Pang Tong and Xu Shu both found it very strange that Cao Cao suddenly sent troops to Chenliu. Logically speaking, Cao Cao attacked Xuzhou last year, and there was no reason for him to send troops to Chenliu again this year when Xuzhou was not settled. Therefore, when Cao Cao's army sent troops to attack Chenliu, both of them felt that there was a strong smell of conspiracy, but they could not figure out where the problem occurred for a while.

What everyone did not expect was that Guo Daxian's 5,000 troops were ambushed by Cao Chun and Le Jin's 20,000 troops in a place called Pucheng, southwest of Changyuan, including 10,000 Qingzhou soldiers. Guo Daxian's army was completely destroyed and Guo Daxian was killed on the spot.

The news that Guo Daxian was ambushed and his army was destroyed made the generals of Sizhou extremely angry, especially the generals of Zhou Cang and Yang Feng. You know, Guo Daxian is the highest-ranking general who died in battle among Huangfu Chaobo.

At present, the Sizhou army is also divided into several factions. The largest faction is Huangfu Chaobo's relatives and some of the generals who followed him at the beginning. A group of generals represented by Huang Zhong, Zhao Yun, Huangfu family, Zhu family, and Mi family are called Yuancong faction.

Another part is the Yellow Turban faction headed by Zhou Cang, Yang Feng and Guan Hai.

Finally, there is a group of generals who surrendered to Huangfu Chaobo, including Hua Xiong and several generals from the Meng, Wang and Su families. Because they all came from Guanzhong, they are called Guanzhong faction.

Of course, personal guards like Dian Wei were not classified into any category at all.