Chapter 767 Intelligence and Responses From All Parties
After receiving Huangfu Chaobo's order, the Shadow Guard sent back all the intelligence about the generals and armies of the princes of several states around Sizhou in recent days. Although they have not been able to get detailed intelligence, after sorting out all the clues, they can still see a lot of problems from the movements of the generals and troops of each family.
Huangfu Chaobo believes that if Shadow is given a few more days, as more intelligence is gathered, everything should be basically clear.
In the next five days, officials and generals continued to return to Luoyang, and Huangfu Chaobo sent people to invite Huangfu Song and three veterans to the Marquis' Mansion. With the continuous increase in personnel and the continuous details of intelligence, the situation of each prince has slowly outlined a general outline.
On July 20th, except for Huang Xu and a few people who were far away in Longhua, everyone in Sizhou, plus a few people in Qingzhou, officials above the level of prefects and county commanders under Huangfu Chaobo, and personnel above the level of the commander of the war camp were all present.
Everyone in the hall gathered together, Huangfu Chaobo sat in the main seat, and there were a few tables on the left, where Kong Rong, Huangfu Song, Zhu Jun, and Lu Zhi sat. Others, such as prefects, were also arranged in a row on the left, sitting below the four people, including Tian Feng, the deputy governor of the Andong General's Mansion, Sima Fang, the prefect of Luoyang, Mi Zhu, the county magistrate of Luoyang, Dong Zhao, the prefect of Hongnong, Zhang Miao, the prefect of Henei, Zhang Chao, the prefect of Hedong, Zao Qi, the prefect of Chenliu, Lou Gui, the prime minister of Beihai, and Wang Xiu, the prefect of Donglai.
On the right is the military commander, led by Xu Shu, the military officer of General An Dong's mansion, followed by Huang Zhong, the general of Huben Camp, Zhao Yun, the general of Longxiang Camp, Hua Xiong, the general of Baotao Camp, Tian Yu, the general of Yingyang Camp, Huangfu Li, the general of Xiongqu Camp, Meng Gang, the general of Canglang Camp, Zhou Tai, the general of Louchuan, Jiang Qin, Huang Wudie, the commander of Luoyang, Mi Fang, the commander of Baguan, Pei Yuanshao, the commander of Hongnong, Huangfu Jianshou, the commander of Hedong, She Gan, the commander of Henei, Zhou Cang, the commander of Chenliu, Wu Anguo, the commander of Beihai, and Zong Bao, the commander of Donglai.
In addition to Pang Tong, the military advisor sitting next to Huangfu Chaobo, and Dian Wei, the commander of the personal guards, the hall can be said to be full of people.
After everyone sat down, Xu Shu stood up and took a stack of papers from Huangfu Chaobo's guard next to him. This was the intelligence about the princes around Sizhou that they had sorted out in the past few days.
"Everyone, I believe everyone already knows why the lord has called everyone here this time. According to the news from the shadow, we have concluded after days of analysis that Cao Cao is contacting other princes and wants to harm our Sizhou." Xu Shu said to everyone;
As he said, Xu Shu walked to the front of the map and explained to everyone the news he had received from the shadow in the past few days. According to their comprehensive intelligence from all aspects, Cao Cao has at least contacted Yuan Shao in Jizhou, Lu Bu in Bingzhou, Yuan Shu in Yangzhou, and Li Jue and Guo Si in Yongzhou, preparing to attack Sizhou.
After analyzing the intelligence from all aspects, Pang Tong and others concluded that this time, Cao Cao had at least dispatched 50,000 to 80,000 troops, and would launch attacks from Puyang and Chenliu. Yuan Shao's army must have exceeded 100,000, and Lu Bu's army, judging from the current mobilization situation, should be 30,000 to 50,000.
As for Yongzhou, if Guo and Li can reach a consensus, they should be able to dispatch an army of 50,000 to 80,000 people. Even if Yuan Shu only dispatches 30,000 to 50,000 people, Yuzhou will probably not be able to stop him.
After saying this, Huangfu Chaobo stood up and said, "Everyone, this time, it is the life and death of our Sizhou army. How should we act? Please speak freely!"
As he said this, Huangfu Chaobo glanced at Sima Fang and his son on the left. Both of them looked at each other and said nothing. According to the news sent back by the shadow, Cao Cao's two wars were proposed by a young strategist. Now it is basically certain that this young strategist should be Sima Yi.
However, Huangfu Chaobo did not say much about this. In this era, it is not uncommon for fathers, sons and brothers to serve several princes, just like a family working in several companies in reality.
Even though everyone present was a veteran of war, they were all shocked when they heard that the princes would dispatch 200,000 to 300,000 troops to besiege Sizhou. Although Sizhou has an army of 500,000 to 600,000, there are more than a hundred cities that need to be defended, plus the various passes and ports. If you count them, the actual number of troops that can be dispatched is only about 100,000, so Sizhou does not have enough troops.
However, fortunately, this battle is only about defending the city, not attacking. However, Han Fu and Kong Jun, the two allies, can never be taken care of, so they can only fend for themselves. It's not that they can't take care of it at all, Han Fu can still take care of it a little, but the final result is probably that Han Fu's army will be completely driven out of Jizhou.
As for Kong Jun, it really depends on fate. Of course, Huangfu Chaobo still hopes to at least defend Yingchuan as a barrier to the south of Sizhou.
Now that the troops of various princes attacking Sizhou have been roughly calculated, the next step is to arrange defenses against these attacks.
After a day of careful discussion, everyone found that the easiest place to defend was Hongnong. Although Hongnong had relatively fewer soldiers and horses, there were also fewer places that needed to be defended. The westernmost Qin Hangu Pass would be the focus of Hongnong's military defense. If the Yongzhou army could be stopped west of Hangu Pass, Hongnong would basically be safe.
Of course, if Hangu Pass is lost, then from Hangu Pass all the way to the east, we can only arrange troops to defend step by step. Only God knows how the battle will turn out. But Huangfu Chaobo has one request. Even if Hongnong is completely lost, the Yongzhou army cannot be allowed to attack Han Hangu Pass. In other words, Henan County, the foundation of Sizhou, must be preserved at all costs.
The second is Bingzhou. After the first battle of Hedong, the cities in Henei have basically been under control. Bingzhou and Henei are connected by Taihang Trail and Baijing, two of the eight paths of Taihang. As early as Lu Bu's army entered Bingzhou, Huangfu Chaobo had already controlled these two important passages.
Nearly 3,000 troops were arranged to defend the two passes of Tianjing Pass in Taihang Trail and Mengmen Pass in Baijing. Henei is the current grain-producing place of Sizhou, so Henei County must be preserved at all costs. After repeated discussions, Huangfu Chaobo decided to send another battalion of soldiers to strengthen the defense of the two passes. The road to Tianjing Pass was the most convenient, so three thousand soldiers were arranged there, while the road to Mengmen Pass was relatively more difficult, so two thousand soldiers were arranged there.