Chapter 954: Wanting to Form an Alliance with Sun Ce's Army

Pang Tong's words made everyone present burst into laughter. Huangfu Chaobo also smiled and said: "Okay, I will leave it to Shi Yuan to persuade him to surrender. The next step is to arrange the troops and horses. Now that the war is over, the army will still be here." Shouchun rested for three to five days. All ministries stepped up their time to reorganize their troops. Wounded soldiers, prisoners, and surrendered soldiers could be incorporated into the army. All qualified soldiers could be incorporated into the army. First, meet the needs of each ministry's military camp. If there are still good sources of soldiers, they can be retained. To Kong Xin’s Xuanwu Army, General Huang Zhong will be responsible for arranging this matter, and the other generals will cooperate.”

"The general has not accepted the order!" All the generals promised to accept the order in unison.

"Filial piety..."

When Huangfu Chaobo was about to continue speaking, Shi A suddenly hurried in from outside and reported: "Your Majesty, urgent report from Jiujiang!"

With that said, he handed an urgent report to Huangfu Chaobo.

Huangfu Chaobo looked over at a glance, and then his mouth suddenly opened in shock, and he didn't close it for a long time. When everyone in the room saw this, they all focused their attention on the emergency report in Huangfu Chaobo's hand.

Seeing everyone's appearance, Huangfu Chaobo raised his head, handed the emergency report to Pang Tong, and then explained to everyone: "Yesterday morning, Ji Ling, Yuan Yao, Chen Lan, Li Ling, and Yuan Si , mobilized a total of 50,000 soldiers and horses from Dongcheng, Fuling, and Quanjiao, and almost wiped out all 30,000 soldiers and horses of Sun Ce's Lu Dai army at the foot of Fuling City. Lu Dai only led less than 5,000 remaining soldiers and horses to escape into Li. In Yangcheng, it is said that Lu Dai himself was seriously injured. Yuan Shujun, oh, it should be called Yuan Yaojun now, also suffered heavy casualties, with only about 20,000 soldiers left."

"After Yuan Yao's army rested for a day in Fuling, they mobilized all their troops to protect thousands of family members and supplies of food and grass, and headed west. Currently, the cavalry has arranged for the army to keep an eye on Yuan Yao's army's movements."

"My lord, before the general asked for orders, he led an army of 20,000 people south to assist General Zhang." Upon hearing this, Wang Ran hurriedly went out to ask for orders;

While everyone was talking, Pang Tong and the others had already read the urgent report. When Huangfu Chaobo was about to speak, Guo Jia stopped him and said, "My lord, please wait!"

Everyone's eyes immediately turned to Guo Jia, and they saw Guo Jia slowly stood up, saluted Huangfu Chaobo and said: "In Jia's opinion, the lord does not need to pay attention to Ji Ling's troops. The reason why they sent troops is The purpose of advancing westward is just to leave Huainan. If our army sends troops to intercept it, Cao Cao and Sun Ce's army will learn from their mistakes. "

"Yes, don't pursue the enemy when you are poor. The disastrous defeat of both Cao Cao and Sun Ce's troops is proof of this. Moreover, the subordinate also agrees with the military advisor. The goal of Yuan Yao's army should be the Dabie Mountains or even Jingzhou. Instead of risking the pursuit, it is better to wait and see what happens. If Yuan Yaojun dares to capture Lujiang City, he will definitely be defeated when our army returns, so there is no need to return in such a hurry." Lu Su also stroked his beard and said in a deep voice;

The words of a few people made Huangfu Chaobo's eyes light up. Yes, with Ji Ling's ability, how could he not know that staying in Lujiang was a dead end, and if they wanted to leave Huainan, they could only go west into the Dabie Mountains or even Jiangxia in Jingzhou. Going one way can explain why Ji Ling rushed to Fuling to join Yuan Yao's tribes after breaking out of Shouchun, then defeated Lu Dai's army, and then turned westward.

"Okay, Shi A, immediately send someone to give an order to General Zhang He and ask him to order the cities to close their gates and not go out to fight. If Yuan Yao's army attacks the county town, just let him fight. Wait for the army to turn back and settle accounts with them."

"promise!"

"Okay..." Just as Huangfu Chaobo was about to speak again, the guard's report came from outside the door again;

Let me go, can you still let me talk properly? Huangfu Chaobo cursed secretly in his heart.

After letting his personal guards in, Huangfu Chaobo realized that it was Sun Ce who had sent someone to see him. After thinking about it, Huangfu Chaobo still invited him in.

As soon as the man entered the door, Huangfu Chaobo was surprised. He turned out to be Mei Zhouling. Seeing this, Huangfu Chaobo quickly sat down and waited for Zhou Yu to enter. Then he came forward to salute: "Qi Duwei and Jianwei Zhongling General Zhou Yu under the command of Marquis Wucheng met with General Anton and Marquis Cangting!"

"Please get up!"

"Thank you, Lord Marquis!"

Please ask Zhou Yu to get up and

Huangfu Chaobo said affectionately: "I wonder what important business I have here?"

"Going back to the Marquis, my lord has just heard that the remnants of Ji Ling's troops have joined up with Yuan Yao's tribes in Fuling. After a big battle with our army Lu Dai's tribe, they fled towards the Lujiang River in embarrassment. Yu was specially sent to inform them; secondly, it's the Marquis who I once sent Zijing to my camp to discuss the alliance between our two families with my lord, so I sent Yu to ask when the Marquis will start discussing the alliance."

Huangfu Chaobo smiled and said: "The important princes are already aware of the remnants of Yuan Yao's army. Please reply to the Duke of Wucheng and express my gratitude on my behalf. As for the alliance agreement, I would like to send Zijing to Wucheng tomorrow. Marquis Cheng is discussing this matter in his camp, and I happen to be here, so I can inform Marquis Wu Cheng."

With that said, Huangfu Chaobo also briefly discussed some of the conditions for the alliance between the two companies that had been discussed long ago. In fact, there is nothing else. The alliance between the two families is mainly aimed at Cao Cao's power. Huangfu Chaobo means that next year or the year after at the latest, Anton's army will send troops to attack Cao, and Sun Ce's army must also send troops together. The specific time will be discussed after the alliance is successful.

As for how to distribute the territory of Cao Cao's army, Huangfu Chaobo generously handed over Xuzhou and Jiujiang to Sun Ce, while Yanzhou must be returned to the Andong Army, and the territory of Yuzhou must be returned to the jurisdiction of the Yuzhou Governor's Department.

Of course, the specific time for dispatching troops, the offensive route, the number of troops, and other details still need to be carefully discussed. That is the matter between Lu Su and Zhou Yu. Of course, in addition to Lu Su, the Anton Army will also have a major general participating, and Sun Cejun will see how they arrange it.

The reason why Huangfu Chaobo was so relieved to tell Zhou Yu his purpose was because Sun Cejun had already entered into a life-or-death situation with Cao Cao. If Sun Cejun wanted to develop into the Central Plains, either Xuzhou or Lujiang would be the choice. Huangfu Chaobo chose one of them. Bo believed that Sun Ce would not attack Lujiang at the risk of offending the Yuzhou and Anton armies, so the only option was to send troops to Xuzhou.

After Zhou Yu listened carefully, he did not express his position on the spot, but said that he would convey these details to Sun Ce. If Sun Ce agreed, they would reply to Huangfu Chaobo as soon as possible.

Huangfu Chaobo nodded and said: "I would like to inform the Marquis of Wucheng that in order to show my sincerity, I am willing to support your army to seize Shouchun. At the same time, Chengde County, which our Andong Army captured, will also be captured in a few days." It will be handed over to your army within a short period of time.”

When Zhou Yu heard this, he was overjoyed and quickly bowed to thank him.