Chapter 1075 Agreement
When Huangfu Chaobo received the invitation from Gongsunzan's personal soldiers, he felt a little uneasy. He thought that it would take a day or two to come up with the result, but he didn't expect that within half a day, Gongsunzan would send someone to invite him. , but I don’t know what the result will be. If Gongsun Zan does not agree with his strategy, then he will really have to find another way.
Unexpectedly, Huangfu Chaobo was stunned when Gongsunzan told him his arrangements after arriving at the Duke of Yan's mansion. It can be said that his original ideas were basically realized, but the city building of Laoting still did not receive Gongsunzan's approval. of consent. On the contrary, in order to ensure the safety of the port, Gongsun Zan decided to order Shan Jing to mobilize more than 20,000 people from the four western counties of Youzhou to build a city to the west of the port. The purpose of containment could not be more obvious.
As compensation, Gongsun Zan acquiesced to Leting sending troops to the Liaodong vassal state. Once Le Ting occupied the Liaodong vassal state, the garrison in Leting City must be greatly reduced, with a maximum of no more than 3,000 men and no more than 500 cavalry. Of course, Gongsunzan also promised that the number of troops stationed in the city to the west of Laoting Port would not exceed this number. In other words, the port was still jointly managed by the three families, and Gongsunzan had no intention of changing it.
After Huangfu Chaobo heard this, he was secretly happy. Although he could not build a city, he had Gongsun Zan acquiesce in sending troops to Liaodong, which can be said to be an unexpected joy. Huangfu Chaobo's original idea was to build the city first, and then mention to Gongsun Zan about sending troops to Liaodong when the time was right, but now he saved a lot of trouble.
Huangfu Chaobo did not object to this, but considering that Laoting had no advantage in military strength, he still proposed that he would arrange a group of immigrants to Laoting to increase Laoting's strength so that he could successfully capture the Liaodong vassal state. Of course, , these immigrants only stayed in the east of Leting City for a period of time. After the Leting Army occupied one or two cities in the Liaodong vassal state, these people would move to Liaodong. Gongsun Zan did not raise any objections to this. In his opinion, as long as Leting's military strength was limited to less than 3,000 afterwards, the temporary resettlement of ordinary people would not be a big problem.
After getting Gongsunzan's consent, Huangfu Chaobo couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief. The purpose of traveling north to Youzhou had been basically achieved. It was finally worth the few months he spent rushing to Youzhou. Gongsunzan took this opportunity to solve some problems that he had been having headaches for. For a while, the host and guests were all happy, and Gongsunzan immediately ordered a banquet to entertain everyone.
After the food and wine were served, Gongsun Zan first led the Yan army to toast Huangfu Chaobo with a glass of wine, wishing the two families a long-lasting friendship. Huangfu Chaobo and Guo Jia responded happily, and for a while the banquet was filled with joy.
While he was drinking heavily, Gongsun praised: "My dear brother, my brother's war horse matters need your full support!"
"Don't worry, brother, the younger brother over at Longhua will definitely tell them to try their best to tame the white horse, and first meet the training needs of the white horse Yi Cong over at You Beiping." Huangfu Chaobo replied fully. At present, the stronger Gongsun Zan is, the stronger he will be. Yuan Shao's threat to him is smaller, so Huangfu Chaobo will definitely not be careless.
However, Huangfu Chaobo suddenly thought of a problem. Huyanda once complained to himself about something. Although Longhua can also catch wild horses, firstly, Longhua is still a long way from the grassland. Secondly, they have been The hunting of horses around Longhua has caused the quality of the surrounding wild horses to decline.
It was different in the Chifeng area controlled by Gongsun Zan. Chifeng was originally on the edge of the grassland. The surrounding wild horses were much more numerous than those in Qilonghua, and the quality was much better. However, there used to be a large Xianbei tribe there, and Huyanda and the others did not. If they dare to go there, it belongs to Gongsunzan's territory now, and Huyanda and the others are too embarrassed to go. Although Gongsun Zan has also recruited several horse trainers, their levels are not high. Secondly, Gongsun Zan's approach to foreign races has changed from the original belief that dead foreigners are good foreigners, but their His status is still very low, so he is definitely not so dedicated in doing things, which is completely different from Huangfu Chaobo's approach.
In this way, in the eyes of everyone in Huyanda, such a good place was wasted. Now Gongsun Zan happened to need a lot of white horses, so he happened to mention it to Gongsun Zan.
Thinking of this, Huangfu Chaobo praised Gongsun: "Brother, regarding the war horses, I have an idea that I want to talk to my brother."
Gongsun Zan glanced at Huangfu Chaobo and said, "My dear brother, if you have anything to do, just tell me."
"Brother also has some horse trainers in Chifeng. I wonder how many horses can be trained every month?"
Gongsun Zan was filled with anger when he mentioned the horse training in Chifeng. Although he had several horse trainers, they could only provide him with a hundred or so horses every month. Among them, there were still mixed results. There are even fewer who are above the level of real war horses, and most of them are ordinary horse riding levels.
After listening to Gongsun Zan's complaints, Huangfu Chaobo said: "That's not right. I once heard Huyanda say that there are dozens of herds of wild horses, large and small, near Chifeng, and there are many good horses among them!"
At this point, Huangfu Chaobo deliberately paused and then said: "That boy often complained to me, saying that if he were allowed to go to Chifeng to catch horses, he would be able to tame three to five hundred more horses in a month. It’s a good horse above the level of a war horse.”
Gongsun Zan's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he slammed the table and said, "Yes, your boy is a master of horse training, and he can definitely train a lot of good horses, unlike the horse trainers I have in Chifeng, the highest level is only intermediate. I have always wondered why Longhua can produce hundreds of horses every month, and most of them are good war horses, while Chifeng only sends me a hundred or so rubbish every month. The source is here."
"Brother, you should understand what I mean. There is no end to the wild horses. After catching them, new wild horses will move in from other places after a while. Since the horse trainers in Chifeng are not good enough, and you need a lot of good horses, I plan to send Hu Yandu and others to Chifeng to try to catch more horses before winter comes and bring them back to Longhua. By tomorrow In the spring of next year, a large number of good horses should be delivered to Youbeiping. "
"Yes, this is feasible. You can arrange for them to go. I will send a military order to Wangmen to make it as convenient as possible. I have only one request. After the spring of next year, I want 10,000 white horses of war horse level and 2,000 good horses. As for other miscellaneous horses, it doesn't matter. Although I suffered heavy losses in this battle in Hebei, the cavalry of Yuan Shao, the little thief, did not get any benefits. However, if the time is delayed too long, Yuan Shao's strength will recover more. Therefore, I plan to send troops to Hebei again in April and May next year. At that time, the number of white horse volunteers must be more than 20,000. "
"Brother, rest assured, I will live up to your expectations!" Huangfu Chaobo replied with a cup of wine; saying that, he raised his wine glass to toast Gongsun Zan.