Chapter 826: Transport Captain Yuan Shu
On July 1, Huangfu Chaobo, who received the news, rushed to Xincai on horseback early in the morning under the escort of the trapped camp.
Xincai City is a famous city in Runan. Historical data records that humans have thrived here in ancient times. During the Yao and Shun eras, Boyi was granted the title of Luhou Kingdom because he assisted Dayu in controlling floods. In the Spring and Autumn Period, Cai Pinghou moved the capital to this place and named it "Caizhou", later named "Xincai".
In 221 BC, Qin destroyed Chu, unified the country, abolished feudalism and established counties, and established Xincai County. At the end of the Western Han Dynasty, Wang Mang usurped the Han Dynasty and changed the name to the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty. Xincai was renamed Xinqian County. In the first year of Jianwu of the Eastern Han Dynasty, it was renamed Xincai County. For more than 300 years from the Western Jin Dynasty to the early Tang Dynasty, Xincai County was the seat of state and county administration many times.
Xincai has always been a relatively important city in Runan. After Yuan Shu's army occupied the southern part of Runan, it also attached great importance to this city. The other cities only arranged a maximum of 5,000 garrison troops, but Xincai arranged 8,000 troops to garrison it. Moreover, after Shouchun's reinforcements arrived in Runan, they also deployed heavy troops in Xincai as requested by Yuan Shu to serve as support for all the cities in southern Runan.
What I didn't expect was that Huangfu Chaobo not only wiped out Huang Yi's 30,000 army in one battle, but also occupied Xincai City. After entering Xincai City and listening to Wang Ran's report, Huangfu Chaobo realized how much he had gained from Huang Yi.
As soon as he entered the county government office, Wang Ran said to Huangfu Chaobo with a red face: "Master, I've made a profit, I've made a lot of money, haha..."
Huangfu Chaobo smiled and said to Wang Ran: "What makes General Wang so excited?"
"Lord, guess how much food and supplies are in Xincai City?" Wang Ran chuckled and joked with Huangfu Chaobo;
"Let me guess, Huang Yi has 30,000 imperial troops stationed in Xincai. How do you say that these 30,000 imperial troops should have enough money and food for half a year?"
Wang Ran shook his head and said: "My lord, you underestimated Yuan Shu. In order to hold back our army, he saved enough money and food in Xincai City for the 30,000 troops for a year. The general sent someone to do an inventory. , the food in Xincai City alone is nearly 800,000 dan, and the money is 1.2 million guan."
"There are also the spare weapons and equipment of the 30,000 Imperial Guards. To say that Yuan Shu is really rich, my lord must have noticed that the weapons and equipment of Yuan Shu's Imperial Guards are all level 40 Wujin-level equipment. According to preliminary inventory, there are There are 60,000 Wujin-level knives and spears, 10,000 bows, each equipped with two bow strings, one pot of armor-piercing arrows, and two pots of ordinary arrows.”
"In addition, there are 20,000 sets of black gold armor and 40,000 sets of refined iron armor. In addition to these, there are others that have not yet been counted. Please arrange for manpower to be counted as soon as possible."
Huangfu Chaobo and Pang Tong looked at each other and burst out laughing. They didn't expect that Yuan Shu would accumulate so much money, food and weapons in Xincai. It's a pity that he entrusted his idiot son-in-law to guard it. , if it becomes your own possession in the end.
"Yuan Shu has entrusted an unworthy person. If Huang Yi was not the general, even one of Ji Ling's subordinates, Chen Lanlei, would not have been so defeated." Huangfu Chaobo sighed lightly;
"Isn't it just right to start like this?" Pang Tong laughed;
All the generals present also burst into laughter. With these money, food and materials, the Anton Army does not have to consider logistics in the next war.
When everyone had almost laughed, Huangfu Chaobo stretched out his hand to calm everyone down and said: "Okay, since Yuan Shu is so enthusiastic and has even prepared money, food and materials for the army, how will we arrange the next war?
Otherwise, I would be very sorry for His Majesty's enthusiasm. "
Having said this, Huangfu Chaobo couldn't help but laugh again, and the generals also laughed again.
After a long time, the laughter in the lobby stopped.
Pang Tong walked to the map and slowly said to Huangfu Chaobo and the generals present: "My lord, generals, now that Xincai City has been captured, Yuan Shu's defense line has been broken by us, and next is the two cities of Ancheng and Ruyin. Strategy, only by capturing two more cities will our army be able to roam freely in Runan."
Everyone nodded, and Wang Ran said: "What the military advisor said makes sense, but Ancheng and Ruyin are not easy to fight. Now that Xincai has fallen, the guards of both cities are famous generals under Yuan Shu. I believe that the next war will be certain. It won’t be easy.”
"At the end of the day, General Huang has already begun to attack Ancheng, but judging from the end of the day, Lejiu's defense is indeed remarkable, far beyond the comparison of the defenders of the cities we captured earlier."
Huangfu Chaobo also knows that both Li Feng and Le Jiu are Yuan Shu's generals second only to Ji Ling. Although they are described as being very different in both the Three Kingdoms and the Island Kingdom games, history will always belong to Winners write.
Because Yuan Shu's proclaiming himself emperor almost became a matter of indignation among humans and gods, he was completely blackmailed, and no one who followed him seemed to be a good person. If Ji Ling hadn't been too strong in combat and couldn't be too shady, he probably wouldn't have survived more than two episodes before receiving his lunch box.
But Huangfu Chaobo knew that Yuan Shu was not so unbearable in fact. Although he defeated him twice, it could be said that it was very accidental. If it happened again, Huangfu Chaobo would probably not be able to achieve such a result, and he would need to mark it. Big question mark.
Then, Pang Tong said again: "In this case, the next war will mainly focus on these two cities. The lord can lead the troops in Xincai to support them, while the two generals Huang and Zhang will try their best to capture these two cities. Next step arrangements.”
Huangfu Chaobo thought about it and realized that this was the only way to deal with the current situation, so he said, "Okay, leave behind the Xianzhen Camp and Tiebi Camp, as well as two thousand Yuanrong crossbowmen and one thousand cavalrymen, and the rest of the troops will return to participate in the battles in the two cities. Each unit will rest for a day today, and they can return after the prisoners are delivered tomorrow."
"I will obey your orders!" The generals responded loudly;
After everyone else left, Huangfu Chaobo had time to sit down and check the intelligence sent from Luoyang that Shi A had handed over. Huangfu Chaobo had been in the midst of war for the past two days and had no time to read the intelligence. Shi A did not present the intelligence because there was nothing particularly important.
The first piece of intelligence shocked Huangfu Chaobo. On June 22, Gongsun Zan sent troops, and his target was the remnants of Liu Yu in Shanggu County.
On the 25th, Liu Bei in Dai County received a letter of rescue from Liu Yu. This time, Liu Bei did not give it much thought. He only prepared for a few days and sent troops to Shanggu on the 28th to support Liu Yu. He probably realized that after Gongsun Zan destroyed Liu Yu, he would definitely not tolerate him occupying Shangdai County.