Chapter 989: The Last Meeting Before the War (Part 2)

After Xu Shu finished speaking, Guo Jia began to report the movements of Cao Cao's army to Huangfu Chaobo. After analysis by several of them, everyone agreed that Cao Cao's army was likely to launch an attack on the Eastern Expeditionary Army. However, due to limited intelligence, the other party The direction of attack is still not completely determined. However, various circumstances show that Cao Cao's army has begun to gather supplies in the east and west directions since the end of the Huainan War last year.

Hearing this, Huangfu Chaobo couldn't help but sigh to himself. He was indeed a hero in troubled times. He was already taking one step at a time. Fortunately, he was a player and knew Cao Cao's character, so he made preparations early. If it were other NPC princes, they would definitely It will be swallowed up by him step by step, just like in history.

Is this what people often say about heroes seeing the same thing? Huangfu Chaobo couldn't help but moan.

Guo Jia continued to introduce that although he could not be sure of the specific direction of Cao Cao's army's attack, one thing was certain. His goal was definitely the Conquest of the Eastern Army, not other princes, so the Conquest of the Eastern Army in Yanzhou and Qingzhou battlefields would definitely endure It's a lot of pressure, but it's a good thing for the Yuzhou battlefield.

Huangfu Chaobo understood what Guo Jia meant. In the eyes of other princes, the Yuzhou Army and the Zhengdong Army were just allies, and no one realized that the two had become one.

Huangfu Chaobo suddenly asked Xu Shu: "How many troops have each of Qingzhou's two counties gathered to enter the county?"

Xu Shu thought for a while and said: "Beihai Kingdom has transferred a total of 6,000 people, and Donglai County has transferred 3,000 people."

"That is to say, in addition to Wu Anguo's 20,000 garrison troops and Mu Shun's 5,000 troops, Juxian County also has 6,000 newly recruited elite garrison troops? And Huang County has General Zongbao's 20,000 garrison troops and Liu Xian's troops. Yi’s five thousand soldiers, plus the newly recruited three thousand elite guards? "

"Yes!"

"The order is passed. All the newly recruited soldiers from the two counties of Qingzhou are sent to the city guarded by the two generals. The cities in Qingzhou are ordered to enter a state of emergency combat readiness. The war in Qingzhou should be left to Xu Rong and Lou Gui. However, Shuanghe City and Qingdao The city gates will be closed from now on, and all persons entering the city must be strictly screened. The county magistrates and county lieutenants in the two cities are informed that they have the right to shoot anyone they feel is suspicious."

Having said this, Huangfu Chaobo said to Shi Ad: "From now on, the Shadow Guards will set up strongholds directly under the headquarters in the two counties, and they will have daily contact with the headquarters every day without any interruption."

Several people involved in Huangfu Chaobo's order came out to receive the order: "The general has not received the order!"

Huangfu Chaobo stood up again and walked back and forth in the hall twice. After a long time, he suddenly stopped and said to Xu Shu: "The garrison soldiers recruited from the other counties are Hongnong, Hedong, Hanoi and Weijun." While training, the soldiers gathered in Luoyang, and the soldiers from the three counties of Yuzhou also began to gather in Chen County, preparing to take over the city captured by Huang Zhong's troops. "

Xu Shu bowed to accept the order, and then Huangfu Chaobo asked: "Is there anything else?"

Everyone shook their heads. Just as Huangfu Chaobo was about to end the discussion, Huangfu Li, who was listening on the sidelines, said, "Uncle, how should we arrange it?"

Huangfu Chaobo turned around and saw that all the young generals were looking at him expectantly. At this time, Huangfu Chaobo realized that several grown-up little guys had not yet made arrangements. Not only the three grown-ups, but also Zhou Xun and Hao Zhao, who were not adults next to them, also looked at him eagerly.

After thinking about it, Huangfu Chaobo said: "For this expedition, the three of you, Zaoping, Dianman and Huangfuli, will go to Chen State. When Huangfuli joins your father's army, he will arrange for you. As for the others, wait until they reach adulthood. Talk about it later.”

The three people who were named immediately cheered happily, while the others were crestfallen, looking at Zaoping and the others with envy, but they did not dare to refute in front of Huangfu Chaobo.

After thinking for a while, Huangfu Chaobo said again: "After you three arrive in the army, you must strictly observe military discipline and are not allowed to fight recklessly!"

Later, Huangfu Chaobo ordered a set of level 40 black iron equipment for each of the three people as a gift for the first formation of the three, as well as a level 40 good horse as a mount.

After thinking about it, I still felt that it was not safe, so I assigned ten soldiers from the Iron Wall Camp to each of the three as guards, and then let the three of them retreat.

Early the next morning, when the sky was dim, Huangfu Chaobo set out under the escort of five thousand guards, preparing to rush to Chenliu. In the east gate of the inner city of Luoyang, the city gate has not yet been opened. On the streets of the city, five thousand cavalry are ready to go. All the civil and military personnel who stayed in Luoyang are at the city gate to see Huangfu Chaobo off.

Huangfu Chaobo sat high on his horse, clasped his fists and saluted Xu Shutian Feng and others: "Masters, I will leave, and Luoyang will be handed over to you!"

"We sincerely wish your lord a victory and immediate success!" Everyone bowed in unison;

Huangfu Chaobo nodded towards Dianwei, who understood and said towards the city head: "Open the city gate!"

"Squeaky!"

With a burst of sound, the inner city gate of Luoyang City was slowly opened. Five thousand cavalry escorted Huangfu Chaobo and his party in the middle, galloping towards the Dongyang Gate of the outer city. The east gate guard, who had already heard the news, had already opened the city gate when the army arrived. Then the army left Luoyang and headed east.

Two days later, Huangfu Chaobo's army arrived at Chenliu. Outside Chenliu City, tens of thousands of troops had already gathered one after another. After a few days of rest, they began to dispatch troops.

At this point, Huangfu Chaobo finally had time to rest. Not only him, but also the 5,000 guardsmen who were guarding him were exhausted, so they had to rest for a day or two before they could go out. Fortunately, although because of the unusual movement of Cao Cao's army, Huangfu Chaobo had sent a pigeon to Zhang He in Puyang when he left Luoyang, informing him that the time for the army to go out had been advanced to March 10.

Because considering that Huangfu Chaobo and Huang Wudie's army had to set out from Chenliu, it would take longer to reach Jiyin County than Puyang, and there was only one county town, Yuanju, west of Dingtao, while the army of non-Zhang He's army needed to capture Lihu and Juyang before they could meet Huangfu Chaobo under Dingtao City.

On March 10, Huangfu Chaobo, the General of the Eastern Expedition, the Governor of Sizhou, and the Marquis of Wenxi County, set up an altar to worship the sky in the eastern suburbs of Chenliu and issued a manifesto, announcing that Cao Cao of Yanzhou had become arrogant and domineering, plundering the people, and harming the virtuous and the good. Good at starting war, killing loyal and good people, and killing Xuzhou Mu Tao Qian. The General of the Eastern Expedition decided to send troops to attack and punish the people.

After offering sacrifices to heaven, Huangfu Chaobo ordered the three armies to march to Jiyin. The 15,000 soldiers of the Huben Camp gathered in Chenliu, the 20,000 troops of the Imperial Guards, plus 20,000 guards, and 10,000 civilians and craftsmen, a total of 65,000 troops, claiming to be 100,000 troops, began to march towards the westernmost county of Yuanju in Jiyin County.

In addition to the generals of the Imperial Guards and the main general of the Huben Camp Huang Wudie, there were also Qiao Rui and Li Gui, who had just joined the Eastern Expedition Army, and three military advisors of Huangfu Chaobo.