Chapter 445: Zilonghui’s County Resident Selection
In 191 AD, March 22, the second year of Han Chuping.
After a "rumbling" sound, the gates of the outer city of Luoyang opened again after being closed for 14 days, and Luoyang City once again resumed its pre-war reconstruction state.
"Ding Dong, congratulations to the player, successfully repelling the invasion of the Yellow Turban Army, defending Luoyang City, completing the fifth ring of the reconstruction of Luoyang mission, and getting 40,000 mission points reward. Please choose whether to accumulate or not."
After hearing this system prompt, Huangfu Chaobo was really relieved. After choosing to accumulate points, he focused on rebuilding and restoring the Luoyang army. After two defensive battles in Luoyang, everyone agreed that the reconstruction of Luoyang could no longer work hard. Not only can the reconstruction work not be stopped, but preparations must also be made for other things, such as the military strength in Luoyang City, the relationship with surrounding forces, and the construction of towns around Luoyang, etc.
The first is the problem of Luoyang's military strength. After the war, Luoyang's military strength plus the three passes and five cities totaled less than 55,000 soldiers, but these soldiers had to guard nine city passes. Thousands of soldiers and horses are far from meeting the requirements of defense, not counting the ten surrounding towns. And there are 16,000 soldiers below the C level, and these soldiers will definitely be transferred to ordinary people in the later stage. For this reason, it is imminent to increase the strength of Luoyang. After discussing with everyone, Huangfu Chaobo decided to recruit troops.
According to the plan discussed by several people, there must be more than 3,000 soldiers in the five county towns plus Sishui Pass, and 8,000 to 10,000 soldiers in Hulao Pass and Hangu Pass, plus no less than three to four soldiers in Luoyang City. Thousands of soldiers and horses, in this way, at least about 20,000 soldiers and horses must be recruited, but considering other unexpected situations, Huangfu Chaobo's idea is that the number of soldiers and horses in Luoyang City needs to reach 80,000 to 100,000, but the current situation is fundamental. will not achieve this goal.
Now that the goal has been set, the next step is to choose soldiers and horses. There are now 80,000 prisoners in Luoyang City, plus 45,000 people, and 20,000 civilian husbands in Changshe City. In the next time, Huangfu Chaobo will lead people to select a and b qualifications from the more than 100,000 people.
While Huangfu Chaobo was busy selecting soldiers, Zhao Zilong and everyone in Zilonghui were also busy. After receiving a definite answer from Huangfu Chaobo, Zhao Zilong took several high-level officials of the Zilonghui to investigate the twenty or so counties in Luoyang. After about ten days, several people finally walked all the counties around Luoyang. Then a dozen or so people spent the whole day discussing which county to choose. At the very beginning, someone said, whichever county is better. But Zhao Zilong knew that he couldn't have Longwangshu. Huangfu Chaobo said that he could choose the counties within Luoyang, but there was another sentence later, that is, he would discuss it with Huang Zhong and others.
The 20 counties in Luoyang can be said to be very comprehensive in variety. There are plain cities like Yanshi Zhongmu, mountain cities like Xincheng Goushi, and counties like Pingyin, Pingxian and Gongxian that are surrounded by mountains and rivers. Similar cities have their own characteristics and benefits, and of course they also have their shortcomings. Not only that, but Zhao Zilong also had to consider the location of this county. It should not be too far away from Luoyang, and it should not be too close. If it is too far away, it will be inconvenient to do things in Luoyang. Luoyang's defense problems may cause some unnecessary troubles.
In the end, everyone finally set their target on Pingyin County. Pingyin County is located on the edge of the Yellow River in the northeast of Luoyang. It is probably located a little bit downstream of Xiaolangdi on the Yellow River today. This is a small county town surrounded by mountains and rivers. , can only be regarded as a small county. According to regulations, a county with more than 10,000 households is a large county, and a county magistrate is granted, and a county with less than 10,000 households is a small county, and the county magistrate is the county magistrate. Pingyin City originally had 8,000 households, and based on five to six people per household, it would have a population of about 45,000 to 50,000. More than doubled.
However, after the event of Dong Zhuo's relocation of the capital, Pingyin county also suffered a lot of losses.
After Dong Zhuo left, Pingyin County, like other counties around Luoyang in Henan, was occupied by rebel forces. A while ago, it was occupied by the Baibo Army. The Baibo Army has now retreated, but the population in the county has decreased again. After Chaobo sent troops to settle in, there were only more than 5,000 people left in the county. Of course, now we have to add the 2,000 Luoyang soldiers sent by Huangfu Chaobo. This county is located near mountains and rivers, which is very beneficial for players. If you rely on mountains, there are all kinds of monsters on the mountains, as well as wood, stone, medicinal materials, and minerals. These are all necessary for players, and there is the county seat Being close to the Yellow River, Zilonghui can also develop water transportation. A large alliance like Zilonghui relies on doing business for a large part of its income, and doing business requires the exchange of commodities. If you want to become bigger and stronger, you must have a complete business route, and water transportation is the fastest and most convenient in the game.
Of course, in addition to Pingyin County, Zilonghui also looked at several alternate counties, such as Xincheng and Gong County, but either the location is too good and Huangfu Chaobo may not agree, or the location is slightly worse, and he is not very satisfied.
In fact, not only Zilonghui is considering the issue of the county seat, Huangfu Chaobo has also been considering this issue, which county can be handed over to Zilonghui. For this matter, Huangfu Chaobo also discussed with Jia Jing, Lou Gui and others for a long time. Finally, everyone reached a consensus that the cities on the line from Hangu Pass through Luoyang City to Hulao Pass cannot be handed over to outsiders, because This is related to the safety of Luoyang, and there is a word about Ping County, because Mengjin Port is under the management of Ping County, and this is where the Luoyang Navy will be stationed in the future, so it should also be excluded.
What's more, of the more than ten counties outside Hulao Pass, Xingyang, a large city, is controlled by Yuan Shu, and Yangzhai, Yangcheng, Mixian County, Jing County, have either openly or secretly joined Yuan Shu, while the other cities The cities are all secretly under the control of Yuan Shao and other surrounding forces, so it is impossible for these county towns to be taken down for the time being, let alone handed over to the Zilonghui. Calculated in this way, the only county towns Zilonghui can choose are Pingyin, Xincheng, Liangxian, and Goushi, and they can choose one of them. Now that the general direction has been determined, all we need to do now is to wait for Zilonghui to come to make a final determination. However, there is no rush for Huangfu Chaobo, and now the main energy is still in Luoyang City.