At the beginning of February in the fifth year of Jian'an in 200, after several months of rest and reorganization, all the troops and horses of the Tang State had been reorganized, and even the newly incorporated Shangdang party was basically on track. With the efforts of the Shangdang Taishou Tianzheng, the internal affairs of Shangdang Zhucheng have basically stabilized. Especially the people who have migrated from Shangai, after the Chinese New Year, continue to do so. After these people were resettled, they played a major role in the stability of the Shang Party.

After the beginning of the spring, Tian Zheng sent people to second thousands of healthy cattle and horses from the surrounding three counties, which made the people of the Shangdang party more secure. In addition, since last year, Huangfu Jianshou, Li Le, and Shangdang captain Zhou Shi have been making training horses while continuously sending troops to wipe out bandits and bandits in Shangdang.

Not only that, since the capture of Shangdang County last year, Huangfu Chaobo ordered continuous food and supplies to enter Shangdang from the surrounding three counties, plus several caravans under the control of the Shaofu and other caravans in the Tang Dynasty. They are also continuously transporting various materials to the Shangdang territory. After several measures were taken, the people of Shangdang soon recognized Tang's rule.

In the main hall, Huangfu Chaobo was discussing with several important ministers, but what they were discussing was about sending troops to the prefecture. This is a carefully discussed decision made by Guo Jiapang after returning from the Shangdang party last year. There are several reasons for the decision to send troops to the county.

The first reason is that after the Shangdang war, Chen Gong has blocked almost all possible ways of attacking around Taiyuan. If Tang Guo's army wants to attack Zhao, apart from attacking a few passes, they can only go. Go north to Shangai, and then to the west into the path of Taiyuan. However, one of the ways to go to Ai is that the road to the north is too difficult to walk. Entering Shang Ai from Shangdang territory, there are hundreds of miles of dangerous mountain roads. If it is a large army, it is very difficult. Another point is that Huangfu Chaobo didn't want to expose the fact that the Black Mountain Army had already taken refuge in him too soon.

And if Tang State sends troops to Shangjun, and if the Shangjun is even smoothly controlled, the entire Hetao area of ​​the Yellow River’s Jiziwan area can be controlled northward to support Wuyuan and Shuofang’s allies, and eastward can invade Taiyuan and Taiyuan in the hinterland of the merged state. Within the territory of Yanmen, if it goes south, it can threaten Zuo Fengxu in Guanzhong, while westward is the northern land of Bingzhou.

And the second reason is that the situation in Guanzhong is not clear now, so it is not appropriate for Tang to enter it prematurely, so as not to cause a joint opposition from the three, and before that, control this place that can be attacked from all sides. You can start the war on either side.

Of course, Shangjun also has his disadvantages, he can attack from all sides, but he is also attacked from all sides. However, Huangfu Chaobo didn't worry much, because he had never thought of operating here immediately after the occupation. After the Tang army occupied Hetao, they only used it as a springboard for sending troops. As for business development, it would have to wait for the peace of Guanzhong and Bingzhou.

"How is the army preparing?" Huangfu Chaobo looked at Xu Shu and said;

Although Xu Shu is Guangluxun, he still has another duty to be the deputy of Guowei Zhu Jun, assisting Zhu Jun to take charge of military affairs.

"The King of Return, the Yingyang battalion under General Tian Yu has all been prepared. According to the original plan, the soldiers and horses of the Yingyang battalion will be two schools of ordinary infantry, one school for crossbowmen and one school for cavalry, totaling two. Ten thousand soldiers. In the other places, the footmen of the two schools in Xiongquying, Hongnong County, personally led by General Shegan, have been secretly assembled in Hongnong City. Only after the river is stable for a few days, they can cross the river to Maojin. Crossing."

"And the 10,000 Xiliang cavalry and 5,000 foot soldiers of the Leopard Tao camp of the Huaxiong General in Hanoi County have now quietly arrived at Jiguan, but because the roads of Zhiguanxing have not melted, it is difficult to walk. Through Zhe Guanxing’s preparations, according to their itinerary, they should be able to reach Hedong smoothly before 20 days."

According to previous discussions, the three battalions of Yingyang Camp in Hedong Tianyu, Xiongqu Camp in Hongnong Shekang, and Baotao Camp in Huaxiong, Hanoi sent troops to attack Shangjun. Tian Yu was the main general, and She Gan and Hua Xiong were lieutenants. Considering that Jiang Shan had a powerful military teacher Fazheng, Huangfu Chaobo specially sent Pang Tong as the military commander.

As a result, there were 45,000 soldiers and horses, and then mobilized 5,000 soldiers and 10,000 civilian craftsmen from Hedong, totaling 60,000 soldiers and horses, and sent troops to the county.

Originally, among all the troops and horses, except for the soldiers and horses of Hedong County who crossed the river directly from Caisangjin, it is best for the rest of the soldiers and horses to be transported directly to Caisangjin by the Tang Army naval forces, but now the river downstream of Fenglingdu has just begun to thaw. The river north of Lingdu has not yet thawed, so it is impossible to sail directly. Even Hongnong’s soldiers and horses must choose a suitable time to cross the river.

According to the original plan, the army will be assembled before February 15 and cross the river from Caisangjin on the 20th. It is only the beginning of February, so there is still plenty of time.

Hearing that all the troops and horses could arrive on time, Huangfu Chaobo was also relieved, and turned to Guo Jiadao: "How is the situation of the three alien forces in Shangjun? What has changed?"

"Back to the king, after several months of detailed investigation, the situation in Shangjun has become completely clear. As we have learned before, Shangjun is still controlled by the three powers of Jiangshan, the leftovers are the king, and the hegemon. Jiangshan has the greatest power. Because he was originally the nephew of the former Hedong prefect Jiang Pei, he took away the most elite 20,000 soldiers and horses in Hedong when he left Hedong. In the past few years, he has occupied the Fushi, Gaonu and Turtles of Shangjun. There are a total of four cities in Xihe County and Xihe County. There is also a pass between Fushi and Qiuci, named Yulin Pass."

"According to the news from the shadow, Jiangshan currently has about 30,000 troops, including 10,000 cavalry, about 10,000 soldiers in the four cities and one gate, and the remaining 10,000 are elite soldiers... Strong."

"Only 30,000 soldiers and horses?" Huangfu Chaobo heard the words in a daze. You must know that Jiangshan had taken at least 20,000 elites from Hedong at the beginning. After these few years, the military strength is still only 30,000, which is indeed not much.

In fact, Huangfu Chaobo only viewed the situation in Jiangshan from the city under his own control. If you look at the city situation in Tang and even the entire Central Plains, Jiangshan has four cities with only 30,000 soldiers and horses.

But the actual situation is that the conditions of Shangjun are far from the Central Plains city. If it weren't for the help of a big cow like Fazheng, Jiangshan would not even have 30,000 soldiers.

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