Chapter 970: Kindness and Power
However, He Ren's adjustment is indeed a lot more convenient. It is not obvious for large-scale battles. It is indeed much more flexible for guards or a small force of less than 5,000 people. This is why Huangfu Chaobo does not The reason why he was beheaded on the spot.
Soon, the duties of the thirty-level staff had been completed, and He Ren was dragged back to the crowd by several soldiers. Huangfu Chaobo said: "What else do you have to say!"
"I will thank my lord for not killing him!"
"Come here, He Ren, the commander of the Long Xiang Camp, is dedicated to military affairs. He is rewarded with a special reward of five thousand guan and promoted to the position of Army Sima. He orders the commander of the Long Xiang Camp, Zhao Yun, to transfer a school of soldiers and horses to make the adaptation. He Ren will assist in the adaptation. At the same time, Geng Wu, the commander-in-chief of the county, also transferred a school of infantry from the city’s garrison to observe the effects and report the results to General Zhengdong’s Mansion one month later.”
He Ren was stunned for a moment, feeling ecstatic in his heart. He thought he was finished just like that, but he didn't expect that things would turn out unexpectedly. He cried with joy and bowed to the ground, saying thanks: "General, thank you for your great kindness, my lord! I will do my best to help the two generals reorganize their troops. "
Zhao Yun and Geng Wu, who were standing next to them, both stepped out of the queue and clasped their fists to receive orders: "The final general honors your order!"
In fact, it was not just Huangfu Chaobo who saw the benefits of such a formation. Generals Zhao Yun and Pang Tong nearby had also seen it. However, everyone usually paid attention to battles involving tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of people. No one would notice this detail, so the army ignored this aspect.
Originally, several people were thinking about asking Huangfu Chaobo to try it out in the army later, but they didn't expect that Huangfu Chaobo decided the matter on the spot, and they were all very happy.
On the other hand, Guo Jiaju, who taught everyone, had a smile on his face. Combining kindness and power is the way to govern, and his lord is becoming more and more proficient in this way.
After everyone retreated, Huangfu Chaobo looked at Shi Adao again: "Shi A sent this matter to all the people under his control and all the armies, and informed the three armies that if anyone commits the crime again, I will show no mercy and will definitely kill him." No mercy!”
"The last general takes command!"
This episode was quickly dismissed. Huangfu Chaobo inspected various parts of the city under the leadership of the dismissed county magistrate and county lieutenant. After lunch, he headed to the next city under the escort of 10,000 troops. ——Leaving to Fanyang County.
Fanyang is located fifty miles east of Neihuang. Huangfu Chaobo did not stay in Fanxian for too long. He inspected the situation in Fanxian that day, and then informed the county magistrate and county lieutenant of the order to expand the army. The army was in Fanxian. After staying one night, we continued on the next day to Yin'an, which is more than eighty miles east.
Such inspections, although the time spent in each county was not long, gave Huangfu Chaobo a comprehensive understanding of the soldiers, defenses and material reserves of the cities under Wei Jun's rule, and there were two benefits. One was At least let the officials, soldiers and people in each city see Huangfu Chaobo, the general who conquered the east. Even if they meet him from a distance, it will have a very good appeasement effect on the people under his rule. The second is to give everyone The city officials and soldiers sounded the alarm. Whether they were increasing troops or inspecting the defense treasury, they were all telling everyone that they could not relax their vigilance, as the war could start at any time.
A few days later, when Huangfu Chaobo arrived in Handan, Zhang Yan's envoy arrived in Laiye County again. He said that Zhang Yan was on his way to Wei County, and the envoy came first to discuss the meeting place between the two parties.
Soon the two parties agreed on a place, a place called Hejin Town, located south of Zanshui, Wu'an County. There is a bridge on the other side of the river. After crossing the river, you can retreat directly to the Taihang Mountains, and leave here Wu'an City in Wei County is more than a hundred miles away from Sheguo, and the east is far away from Xiangguo controlled by Yuan Shao's army.
On the surface, Yuan Shao's army controlled the Xiang State and separated the Zhengdong Army from Heishan. However, in fact, the five cities of Zhao State, Zhongqiu and Bairen were occupied by Zhang Yan's army, and Handan City was occupied by the Zhengdong Army. Occupied by the Eastern Army, Yuan Shao's army only controlled the two cities of Xiangguo and Yiyang, and they were only two cities. The area ten miles west of the two cities was basically still under the control of Zhang Yan's army.
Like between Zhongqiu and Fangzhuang,
With the Taihang Mountains at their backs, Xintianyou and Huangjin Tianxia each established a territory with the permission of the Black Mountain Army, and then it took almost a year to quickly upgrade it to the city level, and they were at the horns of other surrounding cities of the Black Mountain Army. .
However, the two players who originally had the opportunity to become one of the princes have now been left far away by other players, and they no longer have the opportunity to participate in the game of princes competing for hegemony.
After agreeing on the meeting place, the two parties began to arrange people to arrange it. Huangfu Chaobo continued his inspection. According to time, Zhang Yan would still need a few days to arrive, so he was in no hurry to rush to the meeting place. Moreover, it was Zhang Yan who was anxious to form an alliance, not himself.
Handan, as the administrative seat of Zhao State, is on the scale of a county town, so it is at the level of a middle city. It is about seven miles long and wide. The city wall is about four feet high and three feet wide. There are about 50,000 people in the city, but it was later moved. It has a population of about 30,000, so the current population is about 80,000.
In addition to the 5,000 garrison troops stationed in the city, there is also a military camp led by the deputy general Zuo Xiao of the Long Xiang Army, totaling 10,000 troops. Originally, Huangfu Chaobo thought that an army of 10,000 would be enough for defense, but after inspecting the city, he decided to add 5,000 defenders to the city, increasing the number of defenders to 15,000.
After staying in Handan for a day, Huangfu Chaobo set off for Wu'an. By the time the army arrived at Wu'an, Zhang Yan had already arrived at Hejin Town, while Huangfu Chaobo slowly rushed to Hejin Town after inspecting Wu'an.
At this time, this small town called Hejin Town has been surrounded by two thousand troops. No one in the town is allowed to enter or leave. The meeting place agreed by both parties is in a small pavilion by the small river outside the town. All people within five miles around this small pavilion have been cleared, and the soldiers of both sides have checked the surroundings several times.
Zhang Yan stood in the pavilion, standing with his hands behind his back, looking at the white Taihang Mountains on the other side of the river in a daze. His thoughts have returned to the main camp of Heishan hundreds of miles away. Now it has begun to snow heavily, and the vast Taihang Mountains have begun to be covered with heavy snow. However, the food and grass of the entire Heishan Army are getting less and less. If they don’t find a way from other places, they will definitely not be able to harvest food by next year.
However, whether it is to the east or the west, the two powerful princes are not something that the Heishan Army can defeat, and they all look down on the Heishan Army, which was born from bandits. In this way, Zhang Yan can only think of a way from the south.