Chapter 960 Discussing the Initial Strategy for Sending Troops (Part 2)
After listening to Guo Jia's words, Huangfu Chaobo also expressed his stance, turned to the others and said, "Do you all think so too?"
The rest of the people nodded thoughtfully, expressing their agreement with Guo Jia's suggestion.
"Combined with what Zijing said before, if Nocturne is really going to switch sides and attack, then the two counties of Qingzhou will need to be more tightly defended. In someone's opinion, Taishan Cao Charlie's army will probably take the opportunity to send troops to pacify Taishan County, and then go east Leaving Taishan County and heading towards the Xiahou tribe in the north, Qingzhou will be attacked from three sides," Pang Tong said again;
"Yes, what Shi Yuan said is true. Therefore, in Su's opinion, the worst outcome for the two counties of Qingzhou is the loss of both counties. In this case, the rest of the cities will be insignificant. However, Shuanghe City and Qingdao City cannot be lost under any circumstances. , so please make preparations early.”
"If Beihai and Donglai counties cannot be defended, Shuanghe and Qingdao will also be difficult to defend." Tian Feng shook his head and said;
"Otherwise," although Guo Jia was usually afraid of Old Man Tian's nagging, he was unambiguous on business matters. He retorted: "Both cities are port cities. Although they were built by themselves, they are not as tightly defended as the original cities. It is far from comparable to ordinary alien cities, and both cities are guarded by ports and naval forces. If the defenders defend it properly, they will not be able to capture it in three to five years. "
Everyone also nodded. Currently, among the princes in the world, the navy of Anton Army is also very powerful. Especially in the north, it is almost invincible, while the navy of other princes can be said to be invincible. It is worth mentioning that it is almost impossible to completely trap these two cities.
However, once the city is trapped for too long, the production of ships will be affected, and once the city is breached, both special-grade shipyards will fall into the hands of others. Of course, it's just a dock, and people can still be transferred in advance. It's just that the construction of this dock is not simple. It not only requires drawings, but also requires a lot of time, energy and materials.
Thinking of this, Huangfu Chaobo ordered Dian Wei and Shi A: "Instruct the Guards to set off for Qingzhou in three days. They are going to inspect the two counties."
"Wait!" As soon as Huangfu Chaobo's order was given, Xu Shu and Tian Feng jumped up to object.
Huangfu Chaobo looked at the excited two people with a blank expression, not knowing what was going on.
Xu Shu coughed slightly and said: "My lord started to go on an expedition in March this year, and it took him half a year to return to Luoyang. Although not many major events happened under the rule of Anton Army in the past half year, there was still a lot of official business to deal with, so I also asked my lord to return to Luoyang." Take care of your accumulated business before traveling!”
Speaking of which, Tian Feng and Xu Shu were quite miserable. They were moved by such a lord who didn't care about anything, but they were also exhausted to the point of death.
The territory under Nuo Da's rule has tens of millions of people and hundreds of thousands of troops, and there are countless government affairs that need to be handled every day. However, during the past half year or so, Xu Shu was in charge of military affairs and Tian Feng was in charge of civil affairs, handling all these matters in an orderly manner.
It's just that these government affairs must ultimately be confirmed by Huangfu Chaobo. Of course, some urgent matters were first reported to Huangfu Chaobo through pigeon letters, dealt with first after obtaining his consent, and then quickly sent to Huangfu Chaobo for personal instructions. However, in addition to the most important thing, which is the emergency instructions, there are many other things that the two of them handle, and these must be reported to Huangfu Chaobo. So when the two of them heard that Huangfu Chaobo was about to run away again, they became anxious and quickly came out to dissuade him.
Huangfu Chaobo saw this and said quickly: "Okay, five days!"
Xu Shu and Xu Shu knew how many government affairs needed Huangfu Chaobo to deal with, and three to five days would definitely not be enough, so they did not answer anything, and just stared at Huangfu Chaobo without speaking.
"eight days!"
Still silent.
"Ten days, ten days at most. It's already mid-October. If we don't hurry up, it will be more troublesome to sail on the river." Huangfu Chaobo gritted his teeth and said;
The two of them looked relaxed and stopped insisting. They both bowed and retreated.
The other three, on the other hand, watched Huangfu Chaobo and the others bargaining like ordinary people in the market.
They couldn't help laughing, and Pang Tong and Guo Jia even held their hands and laughed.
Xu Shu pointed at the three of them and laughed and cursed: "How come you are like this... How about if I go out with my lord on the expedition next year, Pang Shiyuan and Guo Fengxiao will stay in Luoyang?"
When the two heard this, they quickly stopped laughing, waved their hands and heads to express their refusal, and asked them to stay behind to handle government affairs. For the two of them, it was more life-saving than not letting them drink.
Seeing this situation, the other people also burst into laughter.
After a long time, everyone stopped laughing, and Huangfu Chaobo said: "So, since that's the end of the day, the general strategy has been decided, in the next period of time everyone will think about the details of sending troops, and wait for all the armies to return to their bases. Afterwards, I will gather everyone to discuss matters.”
"Also, Dian Wei Shi, make arrangements. I will go to Qingzhou in ten days. I will send 5,000 large yellow crossbows from the Luoyang treasury to Qingzhou, with two matching bow strings and four arrows." As he said that, Huangfu Chaobo looked at Xu Shu and asked with his eyes whether the number of crossbows in the treasury was enough. After getting Xu Shu's affirmative answer, he felt relieved.
"By the way, select four mid-level craftsmen who can repair crossbows and make crossbow arrows from the workshops in the city and send them to Qingzhou together. Arrange two in Shuanghe City and Qingdao City respectively, just in case. By the way, Shi A, send a pigeon letter to Mr. Xun, telling him that you agree to the territory request of Tuberose, but if it is just a crossbow, there are only one thousand standard one-stone rhubarb crossbows. I believe Tuberose will not be entangled in this detail."
After everyone received the order one by one, Huangfu Chaobo smiled and said, "Okay, everyone go their separate ways. This marquis has not been with his family for more than half a year, so don't bother me again today."
Everyone bowed and left the marquis' mansion with a smile, and Huangfu Chaobo also walked towards the backyard.
The next morning, Huangfu Chaobo appeared in the study room of the general's mansion to handle government affairs. After approving several government affairs that needed to be handled urgently, he did not immediately start to deal with the backlog of government affairs on his desk, but first sent someone to invite Shi A and Guo Jia Pang Tong to come, with the purpose of understanding the situation of some princes in the world in detail.
Although Pang Tong briefly explained the situation of various princes yesterday, some details still need to be understood.
For example, the situation in Bingzhou, Zhao Zilong and others in Bingzhou are now in the war with Lu Bu, so Huangfu Chaobo can't get much information about the allies, and Shadow also has a large number of people in Bingzhou, so Huangfu Chaobo can only get some information from Shadow.