Chapter 849: Cao Cao's Army's Unusual Movements
Like this time, it was Wu Jun's Yanhan who approached Zhao Zilong and wanted to buy a batch of war horses from Huangfu Chaobo through him. The number of war horses entering Jiangdong was originally limited, and now Sun Cejun has controlled Dantu, so he can The number of war horses flowing out is even more limited.
So Yan Han thought of going to Huangfu Chaobo directly, hoping to buy a batch of war horses. The number didn't need to be too many, just a few hundred horses, even if it was 10% higher than the price in the hands of the Gu family.
Although Jiangnan cannot use cavalry on a large scale, hundreds of cavalry can sometimes act as surprise troops. Another reason is that because Yanhan has limited funds, occupying several new counties and recruiting troops will require a lot of funds.
After thinking about it, Huangfu Chaobo said to Zhao Zilong: "You tell Yan Han, they don't have to pay more, but these war horses will still be handed over to the Gu family, and then the Gu family will transfer them to them, and let them buy them from the Gu family at the market price. Well. I have promised the Gu family that they will be responsible for the war horses in Jiangnan and cannot go back on their word."
Zhao Zilong also understood what Huangfu Chaobo meant, nodded, and said no more.
As a prince in the game, Huangfu Chaobo understands how much the various forces in the game show their credibility. If he doesn't want to break his trust in front of the Jiangdong family, he can't go around them and trade with Yan Han, and this kind of transaction can be done easily. Can't be two.
Therefore, after ending the communication with Zhao Zilong, Huangfu Chaobo immediately sent a letter to Jiangdong, asking the person in charge of Dantu to make a special trip to the Gu family to explain the situation, and repeatedly stated that this time was a special situation. This will not be done in the future.
After receiving Huangfu Chaobo's explanation, the Gu family didn't say much. The war horse was still traded through his own hands, and Huangfu Chaobo also specially sent someone to explain, which made the Gu family not dissatisfied.
After dealing with Zhan Yi's affairs, Guo Jia called again and had something to report to Huangfu Chaobo: "My lord, from the news we received from the shadows, it seems that Cao Cao's troops in Qiaojun and Qingzhou have The unusual movement is actually not called a strange movement, but it seems to be stepping up military training. Zai Jia estimates that Cao Cao's army is making some preparations. "
Ever since Guo Jia joined, Huangfu Chaobo has put all the intelligence of Shi Ah Shadow in his hands, and he has managed the intelligence analysis. Unexpectedly, he is really a natural intelligence leader, always able to solve complex mistakes and traces. Useful clues emerged from the information.
After hearing Guo Jia's words, Huangfu Chaobo was stunned. Ni Ma, a few days ago he told Zhao Zilong and others that Cao Cao was making moves again, but he didn't expect that his words turned out to be true.
Thinking of this, Huangfu Chaobo couldn't help but reveal a wry smile. Fortunately, under Guo Jia's suggestion, he was already preparing for war against Cao Cao. Otherwise, he would have been caught off guard again.
"Fengxiao, it seems that we need to be more prepared."
Guo Jia nodded, and then said: "There is one more thing, please pay attention to it, my lord."
"What's the matter? You can speak out as a filial piety."
Guo Jia walked to the map, pointed at Langya in the southwest of Qingzhou and said: "Here, Langya is now divided into Langya County and Langya Kingdom, but it was actually the original Langya Kingdom in Xuzhou. It is said that the relationship with the lord is not bad. ,only..."
Huangfu Chaobo was moved in his heart and said: "Fengxiao means that Cao Cao will persuade Tuberose? Then directly attack the two counties of Qingzhou from two directions?"
"It's not possible. If it is Jia Lai's plan, it will definitely be like this. I believe they will be tempted by the promise of one county in Qingzhou. As for the future, we only need to eliminate our Andong Army. These counties will still be Can we compete with Cao Cao’s army from several states?”
Huangfu Chaobo nodded and fell into thought again. Guo Jia's words did make sense, and he could also be sure that Ye Laixiang would be tempted, because he had Xi Zhicai, a top strategist, and now Ye Laixiang could be said to be a general with many soldiers. Guang, especially after surrendering some of Xuzhou's soldiers, horses and generals.
"In the spirit of filial piety,
How to deal with it? "
Guo Jia shook his head and said: "No need to pay attention, we just need to wait and see what happens. The Lord has already mobilized the troops and horses in Qianqiu and Qingdao. We only need to tell General Meng to be careful. If we do too much, it will be dangerous." Make the other person wary.”
"Yeah." Huangfu Chaobo thought for a moment, and it was indeed true. His troops had already been deployed. Qingdao and Qianqu each had their own school battle barracks. Together with the guards in the two cities, it should be enough. You know, although Tuberose seems to have two counties, in fact, the actual number of troops that can be mobilized is estimated to be only 30,000 to 50,000. However, it is impossible for him to completely trust Cao Ren of Donghai and Cao Jili of Mount Tai, so the number of troops he can mobilize is There won't be many horses.
Thinking of this, Huangfu Chaobo added: "From Fengxiao's perspective, how should Yuan Shu's army's sphere of influence be distributed? Or how many places can we occupy?"
"These days, Tianjia is analyzing intelligence from various places, and occasionally discussing this matter with Shiyuan, Yuanzhi and Gongda. Our current idea is to capture Lujiang and let the Cao and Sun families go to the other three counties. After all, with Judging from the current situation in Yuzhou, the power is expanding too fast and it will not be taken into account. "
The winter of 195 was spent in peace. Not long after the New Year, in early February, Huangfu Chaobo's allies began to take action. First, the knights of Guangmu City, led by Fu Xun, led several transferred military generals to Guangwu and Shuofang cities. He himself, Gao Lan and Qubei, used the more than 8,000 horses of various levels that he had collected to lead 8,000 troops to go to war.
Taking advantage of the fact that the grassland had not yet completely thawed and the tribes were still wintering in several abandoned cities, they traveled more than 200 miles and blocked all the tribes in Woye City. After besieging and killing hundreds of people, they captured all the remaining more than 10,000 in the city.
Afterwards, the knight arranged more than 1,000 troops to guard the prisoners, and led the troops to fight again. In more than ten days, they occupied all the cities of Woye, Linrong and Sanfeng, and captured about 40,000 people of the miscellaneous Hu tribe, as well as countless money, food and supplies.
After the knight took control of the three counties, he ordered Gao Lan to select the best and most capable men from the captives and reorganize them into the army, and at the same time he sent a message to Fu Xun to send thousands of guards to take over the counties. At the same time, he sent a letter to Ma Xuan, the county magistrate of Xi'anyang, asking him to send the navy to Linrong to transport some money, food, materials and personnel back to Guangmu and Shuofang after the river thawed.
Reminded by Huangfu Chaobo, he decided to focus the defense on Guangmu County, which had been in operation for the longest time, and Shuofang County, which had just been captured last year. However, these three counties would not be abandoned for the time being.