Chapter 920: Issues in Bingzhou and Qingzhou

Huangfu Chaobo nodded and told Huang Zhongxu his thoughts. Firstly, it is indeed because none of Ge Yang's generals have the experience and ability to command an army of hundreds of thousands. Secondly, Huangfu Chaobo really wants to train Zhang He. This is closely related to the subsequent arrangements of the Anton Army.

Huang Zhong will basically be stationed in Yuzhou from now on, mainly commanding the military camps of the three counties of Yuzhou. In the future, it is estimated that Lujiang County will be added, that is, the military troops of the four counties, with more than 100,000 troops. As for the original Huben Army, they had no choice but to appoint another general. After much deliberation, Huangfu Chaobo felt that Zhang He was the most suitable. Now the only thing that restricts him is his military merit.

Now that Huangfu Chaobo is personally in charge of Yulou, he just leaves it to Zhang He to arrange defense in order to prepare for his promotion to a general in the army.

In fact, Huangfu Chaobo was unable to complain about the issue of commanding troops under his generals. He himself is currently the third-rank Anton general. According to the rules of the game, he can appoint generals two ranks lower than himself. However, the number of generals at the highest level is only 40,000, which is far from the requirements of the Anton army. .

You must know that both Huang Zhong and Zhao Yun Xurong have more than 40,000 soldiers and horses. Xu Rong, who commanded the smallest number of troops among them, had two battalions and ten schools in the Qianniu Army, totaling 50,000 troops. Not to mention the two armies of Huang Zhong and Zhao Yun. Huang Zhong's original number of soldiers and horses was more than 70,000. If the three counties of Yuzhou and Lujiang are added, the four counties will have nearly 100,000 troops. If added together, it will be almost the same. There are two hundred thousand troops.

Now the three generals in charge of the Anton Army are all typical small horses and carts. Fortunately, the command values ​​of the three are relatively high. For example, Huang Zhong has a minimum basic command of 88. Because he has followed Huangfu Chaobo for many years, he basically has He is the one who leads the troops, which has risen to 90. Zhao Yun and Xu Rong both have basic command values ​​of 91. Xu Rong is also a veteran on the battlefield, and now it has risen to 92. They can use this to make up for it. If they encounter a command value If it's a little low, I probably won't be able to pull it even if I try.

Part of the reason why Huangfu Chaobo valued Zhang He so much was because his basic command value had reached 90. In addition, Zhang He was originally one of the five good generals and was not weak in military skills and combat power, so he focused on training him so much.

If you want to fundamentally solve this problem, you have to use promotion. The number of troops commanded by the third-grade miscellaneous generals has reached 80,000, which is twice as many as the fourth-grade miscellaneous generals. But the problem is that Huangfu Chaobo My official position is not enough, so I can only stare.

However, it doesn't make much sense to consider these now. With Huang Zhong's ability, an army of 100,000 can completely control about 50,000 soldiers. The remaining defenders can only lead the troops to march without any combat bonus to them. .

Huangfu Chaobo then discussed with several people and decided to let Huang Zhong rush to Geyang this afternoon under the escort of a thousand cavalry, so as to get familiar with the general as soon as possible.

After discussing the reinforcements, Huangfu Chaobo said again: "What do you think of the Bingzhou issue? Firstly, it was to resettle the descendants of the Qin people, and secondly, it was also to help the allies control Wuyuan and Shuofang counties as soon as possible, so as to We need to contain the soldiers and horses of Bingzhou, so the enclave of Xianyang exists. Now Lu Bu has the idea of ​​sending troops to march westward. Let's brainstorm what to do about Xianyang or Bingzhou. Disposal?"

Everyone present was lost in thought. The matter of Xianyang or Bingzhou is indeed a relatively tangled issue. If you want to give up, a county with tens of thousands of people, plus a middle town with thousands of people, give up easily. It's a bit flippant indeed. But if they don't give up, the Anton Army will have no more troops and energy to take care of this city thousands of miles away.

If Lu Bu really wanted to bring the western counties of Bingzhou under his control, he would send at least 50,000 troops, and with so many generals in Lu Bu's army, Zhang Liao alone would be enough to handle Huangfu Chaobo's allies. What's more, there is Lu Bu, the strongest general in the world, and Bingzhou Langqi, one of the most elite cavalry in the world. It can really be said that I can't fight again and again, and I can't escape. I'm almost in a dead end.

If we give up, how will tens of thousands of people be resettled? You must know that there are more than a hundred miles in the middle of the Yellow River waterway where it is impossible to sail at all. Otherwise, you can directly take the waterway to send all the people back to Sizhou for resettlement. Moreover, giving up directly would not be good for Huangfu Chaobo's reputation, which would be equivalent to abandoning his allies and ignoring them.

After a long time, Huang Zhong's heart moved and he said: "My lord, can you move the population of Xianyang from the grasslands outside the Great Wall to Longhua? Longhua just happens to be short of population, so moving these people there will kill two birds with one stone."

Pang Tong shook his head: "This plan is inappropriate. Firstly, with tens of thousands of people traveling thousands of miles away, the journey must be difficult. There are countless difficulties and obstacles along the way. It is estimated that less than half of them will be able to reach Longhua smoothly. Secondly, move to Longhua. Transformation is not much different from moving back to Sizhou. The issue of the lord’s reputation still needs to be considered.”

Guo Jia nodded and said: "It is more than 1,500 miles from Xianyang to Longhua via the grassland. However, it is also nearly 1,500 miles from Xianyang to Hedong. The distance between the two sides is almost the same, but it takes more time to go south. Walking hundreds of miles is a dilemma."

After discussing for a long time, Huangfu Chaobo could not make up his mind on how to deal with Xi Anyang. However, he still secretly made up his mind. If things were serious, Ma Xuan and Hao Jian would definitely not suffer any losses.

"Well, I will think about Xi'an Yang again and not make any arrangements for the time being. Then the next thing is about the arrangements for Qingzhou. According to the news sent back by the Shadow Guard, the Night Fragrance of Langya has been in frequent contact with Cao Cao's army recently. What do you think about this?" Huangfu Chaobo changed the subject again;

"Can this be confirmed?" Guo Jia said;

"Nine out of ten." Shi A answered affirmatively: "Since the Cao Cao army's attack plan was determined last year, Wei has sent people to pay close attention to the Cao Cao army and the Night Fragrance army. A few days ago, Shadow sent a pigeon letter from Langya. , they have discovered that three waves of Cao Cao's army envoys have entered Ye Lai Xiang's general's mansion. "

"It seems that they do have some connections. If the two families really unite, Ye Lai Xiang's target will definitely be Qingzhou. However, since Cao Cao can persuade Ye Lai Xiang to attack Qingzhou, the lord can also persuade him to attack Donghai. You know, Donghai is twice as rich as Donglai." Guo Jia said;

Huangfu Chaobo nodded and said, "Who should be assigned to be responsible for this matter?"

"This matter must be handled by Gongda." Guo Jia said;

Huangfu Chaobo looked at Pang Tong again, and he also nodded in agreement.