Chapter 924 Huang Zhong's Arrangement

Although the Yuzhou Army is now under the command of Huangfu Chaobo, this matter is unknown to everyone except the dozen high-level historical generals under Huangfu Chaobo, not to mention the more covert planned war against Cao.

After thinking for a while, Zongheng Tianxia said: "Leave this matter to me. I will talk to Lao Zhao and the others. After all, even if they fail, the worst that can happen is that they will withdraw from Bingzhou, but you can't make any mistakes on your side."

Huangfu Chaobo nodded and said: "Except for the lack of support in terms of manpower, other issues are not a problem. I will try my best to support them with weapons, equipment, food and horses as much as they need."

After a pause, he said: "Lao Zhao and the others are okay, but the main thing is the knight. His entire fortune is staked in Shuofang. Alas..."

Zongheng Tianxia also knew that this was a tangled problem. After thinking for a while, he asked again: "How much did you lose this time?"

"Kong Jun and I dispatched a total of 100,000 troops, but now there are only a little over 40,000, which means that the loss has reached nearly 60%. Moreover, you have to know that there are 10,000 of my soldiers in the Yuzhou Army's combat camp. So..."

"Hiss, nearly 60,000 casualties..." Killing the wrong wolf scared him so much that he groaned. "Sure enough, this is a game that only the rich can play. Alas, we poor kids can only stand by and watch..."

The players saw the heavy casualties of the army, but no one knew the specific casualties, so when Huangfu Chaobo said this, they were shocked.

Huangfu Chaobo smiled bitterly and shook his head, saying: "The subsequent 100,000 troops are on the way, so you know..."

The two already understood what Huangfu Chaobo meant. Zongheng Tianxia said: "Leave this matter to me. I will go offline later and discuss it with them in the alliance. I will tell you their decision then."

Huangfu Chaobo nodded and said: "Okay, let's see how they arrange it."

Zongheng Tianxia and Shacuolang looked at each other, and then they both left the county government. Zongheng Tianxia had to explain Chen Dao before he could go offline.

After the two of them left, Huangfu Chaobo also left the county government office and headed towards the west wall. He had just heard the warning horn in the county government office. It seemed that Ji Ling's army had begun to prepare for the siege. In any case, he had to go to the city wall to inspect it.

When Huangfu Chaobo arrived at the foot of the city wall, he found that the battle on the top of the city was not fierce. It turned out that Ji Ling's army was still filling the river. Just as he was about to climb the city, Zhang He had led several generals down the city wall. As for Huangfu Chaobo's desire to go up the city at this time, the generals disagreed, fearing that he would be hit by arrows or stones on the city wall. In desperation, Huangfu Chaobo had to return to the county government office and wait until Ji Ling's army stopped attacking before going up the city.

In the evening of the same day, Ji Ling's army finally stopped attacking, and then to everyone's surprise, the cavalry sent back news that another 20,000 reinforcements had arrived at Ji Ling's camp in Anfeng City. In this way, Ji Ling's army once again reached nearly 100,000 people.

After half a day of attack, Ji Ling's army had already filled dozens of siege passages in the moat on the west and north sides of Yulou City. Now they just had to wait for tomorrow to start the formal siege.

That night, Huangfu Chaobo summoned Zhang He again and asked carefully about the defense of the city, the arrangement of the troops of various units, and whether there were any problems with the cooperation of the generals. After some inquiries, Huangfu Chaobo was relieved, and even Pang Tong and the two people next to him nodded repeatedly.

There was no conversation overnight. Early the next morning, the sound of the attack horn sounded in the camp of Ji Ling's army outside the city, and Ji Ling began to command the army to officially launch an attack on Yulou County.

When Ji Ling launched the attack on Yulou, Huang Zhong had already rushed to Geyang, 200 miles away. Huang Zhong was originally going to summon the remaining generals to discuss matters after arriving in Geyang. Who knew that before he entered the city, he saw that all the remaining generals came to the city gate to greet him. The leader was Zuo Chengzu, the governor of Lujiang. Behind him, Han Xian, Wang Ran, Kong Xin and Zhou Tai were all present.

"I have seen the general who is fighting against the enemy!"

"I will see the general who is fighting against the enemy!"

Seeing the arrival of Huang Zhong, escorted by a thousand cavalrymen, several people hurried forward to greet him.

Huang Zhong saw this and quickly stretched out his hand to order the cavalry to stop. He quickly turned over and dismounted, and quickly stepped forward to help several people up one by one and said, "Governor Liu, generals, please stand up!"

Huang Zhong has an extraordinary status in the Andong Army, and he is second only to Huangfu Chaobo. On the one hand, he is an old minister who started his career with Huangfu Chaobo, and on the other hand, he is Huangfu Chaobo's sworn brother, and he is loyal to Huangfu Chaobo. In addition, his official position is second only to Huangfu Chaobo. So when several people learned that Huangfu Chaobo would return to Geyang to preside over military affairs, they all rushed to Geyang to greet him and listen to his arrangements.

After everyone stood up, Huang Zhong smiled and said, "I was thinking of sending someone to invite you all to Geyang to discuss the reinforcements. I didn't expect you all to be here, so I didn't have to send someone to invite you. Everyone, please follow me into the city to discuss matters."

"General, please!" Everyone responded in unison;

Huang Zhong didn't say much, and under the guidance of Wang Ran, he entered the city and headed towards the county government.

After everyone sat down, Huang Zhong asked first, "General Wang, how is the reinforcement situation, how many troops have arrived in Geyang?"

Hearing Huang Zhong's question, Wang Ran quickly stood up and replied, "Reporting to the general, the reinforcements that have arrived in Geyang are only the 20,000 guards of Runan County, and the troops of the other two counties will take a few days."

Huang Zhong nodded, which was basically consistent with his inference. However, Huang Zhong had been thinking about reinforcements all the way. After careful consideration, he had made a decision, but he was not going to announce it immediately. Instead, he gave everyone a detailed introduction to the course of the war, so that everyone could have a clear idea.

It took about half an hour for Huang Zhong to tell everyone about the course of the war and the current situation of the army. Then, he said to everyone: "Considering that it will take a few days for all the reinforcements to arrive, I decided not to wait for the arrival of reinforcements in Geyang, but to lead some troops to set off first. There are two purposes. One is that the bridges in Guanshui have been basically damaged, so I will lead tens of thousands of troops to the west bank of Guanshui first and build all the floating bridges for crossing the river. When the follow-up troops arrive, they can cross the river directly without waiting for the bridge to be built."

Huang Zhong's words made everyone's eyes light up. Yes, this way, it can indeed save a lot of time.