Chapter 881 Xia Pi City Is Broken (Thanks to the Local Xiao Lingtong for the Reward)

Shi A immediately went out of the tent and sent someone to pass on the message to the two places. After hearing what Huangfu Chaobo said, the people in the tent also reacted immediately. Pang Tong and Guo Jia quickly figured out the key, nodded imperceptibly, and did not speak.

Huang Zhong was obviously stunned for a moment and said: "Although Kong Xin can be trusted, his ability..."

Huangfu Chaobo said: "It's okay, brother, you know, I got a few more famous general cards in this copy, and I just want to give one of them to Kong Xin."

Huang Zhong suddenly realized and stopped talking.

After the personnel were arranged, the next thing was easy to handle. Several people discussed and decided that after the army returned and rested for a few days, they would split into two groups and attack the two counties of Geyang and Xiyang respectively. After the two counties were captured, Huangfu Chaobo's central army would be arranged in Geyang. If they settled in Geyang, the army's food and grass passage would be smooth, and if Geyang was safe, the cities in the west would be safe.

By the end of April, Kong Xin and Liu Chengzu, who received Huangfu Chaobo's order, arrived in Huainan one after another. After meeting Huangfu Chaobo, both of them were overjoyed, especially Kong Xin. Although he had received Huangfu Chaobo's promise, he had always been uneasy because of his limited ability. He did not expect that Huangfu Chaobo had already sent him a famous general card in just a few months.

When he got the famous general card, Kong Xin could not wait to express his loyalty to Huangfu Chaobo, and his loyalty reached 100% of the loyal state.

Then Kong Xin immediately used the famous general card given to him by Huangfu Chaobo. Huangfu Chaobo gave Kong Xin Wang Ling's famous general card. Although it was not as good as Bai Qi's diamond card, it was also a gold card. I believe that after Kong Xin's job transfer, he should be able to be competent as the commander of a battalion.

The final result surprised Huangfu Chaobo. Kong Xin's job transfer result was unexpectedly good. The four circumferences actually reached 81 command, 78 force, 65 intelligence, and 47 internal affairs. This data is already comparable to Tian Yu and Huang Xu, which is completely beyond Huangfu Chaobo's expectations. This is basically in the top ten in the Andong Army.

What surprised Huangfu Chaobo even more was that Kong Xin actually inherited Wang Ling's special unit, the Great Qin Sharp Warriors, which is the second-ranked special unit in Qin State after the Iron Eagle Sharp Warriors.

In addition to these, Kong Xin also inherited seven military skills and three formations. It can be said that Kong Xin is now an old hen turning into a phoenix, and has suddenly changed from a human-level military general to a heaven-level military general. Although it is only a primary level of the heavenly level, it is enough to be proud of.

Seeing Kong Xin's special unit, Huangfu Chaobo thought of Zhang He's problem again, so he immediately ordered him to come. As expected, Zhang He did have a special unit, the Great Halberd Warrior, but because the halberd he used needed to be specially made, and the weapon needed to reach the black gold level, and Zhang He felt that he had been in the Andong Army for a short time and had no great achievements, so he did not mention it to Huangfu Chaobo.

Zhang He's words annoyed Huangfu Chaobo greatly. He had not expected this to happen, so he immediately said to Zhang He: "Why didn't Junyi say it earlier? The special arms can be delayed!"

As he said this, Huangfu Chaobo ordered Zhang He to select soldiers immediately, and at the same time asked him to report the requirements for the weapons needed by the soldiers. He immediately ordered the Luoyang Weaponry Bureau to start making them, and sent 5,000 sets of equipment to Huainan as quickly as possible. It happened that Zhang He could use the war in Huainan to train 5,000 halberd soldiers.

After solving the problem of Zhang He's halberd soldiers, Huangfu Chaobo immediately asked Shi A to order the generals in the army. If anyone can train special arms, no matter how big or small the official position is, they can report it as soon as possible. The general's office will definitely arrange the training as soon as possible, so as not to waste so much time like Zhang He.

In early May, after leaving Zhang He's troops to guard the camp, Huangfu Chaobo divided the army into two and launched attacks on the cities of Geyang and Xiyang respectively.

Wang Ran's troops were responsible for attacking Geyang, with a total of 50,000 troops. Wang Yong's troops attacked Xiyang, also with 50,000 troops, and Huang Zhong led 20,000 troops to coordinate.

When the Andong army attacked the cities of Lujiang in two directions,

the situation on the battlefield in Xuzhou also changed. After more than half a year of attack, Cao Cao finally captured Xiapi City, which was second only to the state capital Tan County in Xuzhou. Liang Gang, a general of Yuan Shu's army, was killed, and tens of thousands of troops in Xiapi were almost all annihilated. Only Yuan Yin, the governor of Xiapi appointed by Yuan Shu, broke through under the protection of 3,000 remnants and retreated to Xutai to join Ji Ling.

At the same time, Sun Ce's army also achieved good results in Guangling. In more than a month, they almost conquered the entire Guangling. Only the two cities of Yuguo and Tangyi to the west of Guangling were still under the control of Yuan Shu's army.

The two counties of Xuzhou lost the battle, and the Lujiang defense line was also breached by the An Dong army. Ji Ling had received an imperial edict from his own emperor, asking him to return to Shouchun to preside over the war.

After repeated consideration, Ji Ling decided that Chen Ji would lead 10,000 soldiers to retreat to Huailing, and with the 8,000 soldiers under the Huailing County Magistrate Zhang Wang, there would be nearly 10,000 soldiers to defend Huailing. Chen Lan, a general under Ji Ling, led 10,000 soldiers to retreat to Dongcheng, and with the 8,000 defenders under the Dongcheng County Magistrate Tao Jiji, there would be nearly 10,000 defenders in Dongcheng.

As for the rest of the troops in Xuzhou, they were all led by Ji Ling and another deputy general, Lei Bo, back to Shouchun. There were about 20,000 soldiers in the combat battalions withdrawn from other cities, which played a significant role for the troops in Shouchun. You know, what Ji Ling brought back were combat battalions, not the so-called elite defenders that Yuan Shu had drawn from various cities in Huainan.

At the same time, under Ji Ling's suggestion, the remaining troops were also adjusted accordingly. The 20,000 imperial guards led by Prince Yuan Yao and Li Ling who were supporting Guangling retreated to Jiujiang, while the defenders of Guangling abandoned Yuguo County, which had already experienced several battles, and all the troops retreated to Tangyi County.

In this way, the defense of Tangyi County was reorganized, with 10,000 combat soldiers and 8,000 defenders, and was handed over to Guangling Governor Yuan Si and General Liu Xun for defense. The original Guangling garrison commander Zhang Xun retreated to Jiujiang with Prince Yuan Yao, and each led 10,000 imperial guards with Li Ling to garrison Quanjiao and Fuling respectively.

In addition to these troops, Lujiang Governor Yuan Huan and General Qiao Rui's 10,000 troops have joined forces to defend Lujiang County.

After Ji Ling's adjustments, Shouchun now has a total of 50,000 imperial guards, 30,000 combat soldiers and 20,000 garrison soldiers, plus the 40,000 city guards recently transferred from the cities in Huainan, and the 20,000 combat soldiers Ji Ling brought back from Xuzhou. If you count it this way, there are a total of 160,000 troops in Shouchun City, not counting Li Feng's 10,000 combat soldiers in Qisi City.