Chapter 806

In the face of Huangfu Chaobo's inquiry, after pondering for a moment, Xu Shu first said: "Lord, when we send troops to Huainan this time, we need to guard against the surrounding princes attacking our Anton army while our army is outside. Therefore, we need to be careful when we send troops. Too many troops will lead to empty forces in the leader, and too few may not achieve the purpose of sending troops."

Everyone nodded in recognition.

"In order to minimize the threat to the surrounding areas, the subordinates suggested that the Lord should write to Chang'an, and his majesty ordered Cao Cao of Yanzhou, Zhang Ji of Nanyang and Kong Yu of Yuzhou to send troops. In this way, at least Cao Cao and Zhang Ji can be removed

"As for Lv Bu in Bingzhou and Yuan Shao in Jizhou, they can also order them to send troops. Even if they can't send troops because of their long journey, they can't openly send troops to our Anton army."

Huangfu Chaobo nodded his head and said: "this matter will be written to the imperial court immediately, and it happens that xuanzhi eunuch will take it back to Chang'an. But how many troops should we send? Do you have a plan for which troops and horses can be transferred to fight? "

After a little pause, Xu Shu said, "as for the arrangement of sending troops, my subordinates have considered it over and over again. They have some immature suggestions. I'd like to offer some valuable suggestions here for your reference."

with that, Xu Shu went to the map and pointed to it to explain one by one.

According to Xu Shu's idea, the guards, Huben, Longxiang and Qianniu of Anton's army could go out with Huangfu Chaobo. But for the rest of the three armies, Longxiang army is responsible for guarding Hedong and Weijun in Hanoi. Because it is estimated that neither Lvbu in Bingzhou nor Yuan Shao in Hebei will send troops to Huainan this time, Longxiang army must not be used. He must defend these two princes and prevent them from sending troops to attack Anton army.

The Qianniu army was in charge of the two prefectures of Qingzhou, but on the one hand, it was not long before it became an army; on the other hand, Qingzhou was not peaceful, so it was not suitable to move lightly.

In this way, in addition to the two armies, only the Huben army can send troops together. However, the pressure of Huben army is not small. Although Cao Cao in the East is likely to send troops to Huainan, there is no guarantee that he will not take advantage of the opportunity to attack Chen Liu, so Chen Liu's troops must be sufficient.

In the west of Guanzhong, although Li Xi and Guo Si have already turned human brains into pig brains, no one is sure whether they will suddenly send troops to the East, so Hongnong's troops can't move lightly.

In this way, apart from the guards, the only troops Anton could send out were the Huben camp under the Huben army. Huang Zhong's Huben camp is a five school camp with four steps and one ride. In addition to leaving two schools to guard Luoyang, the rest three schools can go to Huainan together.

After listening to Xu Shu's words, Huangfu Chaobo also felt that his arrangement was very comprehensive, but even the guards and the three schools of Huben battalion had only 33000 soldiers in total, and the number seemed to be a little too small. After thinking about it, Huangfu Chaobo decided to add more troops.

First of all, the Bao Tao camp in Huaxiong, Hanoi, is the establishment of the five schools, so it is decided to dispatch one of them to go south together.

Another is Shenwu camp of Chen Liu and Zhang Ying. At the beginning of Jizhou army's reorganization, it was composed of five schools with four steps and one rider. But later when Chen Liu was transferred, Huangfu Chaobo transferred one of the school soldiers to Xu Rong's Qianniu camp, so it became the establishment of three steps and one rider.

This time, Huangfu Chaobo is going to restore the establishment of the five schools, and let Zhang Ying add one more cadet, and then let Zhang Ying transfer one of them to fight in the south.

In this way, the troops of Anton's army going south this time are 18000 Huangfu Chaobo guards, 15000 Huben camp of Huangzhong, 5000 baotao camp of Huaxiong and 5000 Shenwu camp of Zhangying. In total, there are 43000 soldiers.

With more than 15000 auxiliary soldiers and craftsmen, there are nearly 60000 people in the army. Such troops are enough to face any army of Yuan Shu alone.

You know, according to the news from the shadow, Yuan Shu now has an army of nearly 300000. Except for the troops defending the cities, the army that can be mobilized should be about 150000. But he must face the attacks of Cao Cao, sun CE and Huangfu Chaobo at the same time, so the army that can be deployed in all aspects is about 50000.

Not to mention the army of 50000-60000, although the number of troops sent by Huangfu Chaobo this time is less than 50000, they are all elite soldiers, so even in the face of Yuan Shu's army of 60000-80000, Huangfu Chaobo will not be afraid.

After the arrangement of sending troops, Huangfu Chaobo also breathed a sigh of relief, but he did not let everyone leave, but threw out another problem, that is, over the past few months, he has been discussing with Pang Tong about the strategic direction of Anton's army in the future.

Huangfu Chaobo's territory has been surrounded by wolves since he took over Luoyang at the very beginning. After several years of development, although his strength is far greater than before, the surrounding environment remains the same. It can even be said that it is a bit more dangerous than before.

You know, Hanwei was originally an era when big fish ate small fish and small fish ate shrimps. Huangfu Chaobo was developing, but other princes around him did not stagnate.

Now around Anton's army, all the princes have grown from small fish and shrimp to giant crocodile. Whether it is Lv Bu in Bingzhou, Yuan Shao in Jizhou and Cao Cao in Yanzhou, or Zhang Ji in Nanyang and Li Guosi in Guanzhong, who has more than 100000 troops? Yuan Shao, for example, has more than 300000 or 400000 troops. Besides the garrison troops, there are more than 200000 troops available.You know, although Huangfu Chaobo clenched his teeth and supported 200000 soldiers, he needed to be arranged in all directions. Yuan Shao's troops were different, one south and one north were the key points, and there was no need to defend in the East, so his situation was much better than that of Anton's army.

There is also Cao Cao in the East. Although he tried several times to do harm to Anton's army, he did not get good results, but it is undeniable that Cao Cao's strength is beyond doubt.

Today, Cao Cao owns the states of Liang, Pei and Lu in Yuzhou, Dongjun, Jiyang, Shanyang, Rencheng, Dongping and Jibei in Yanzhou, Jinan, Le'an, Qi and the southern plain in Qingzhou, plus Pengcheng and Donghai in Xuzhou.

There are about 105 counties in the Han Dynasty, and Cao Cao has more than 10000. It can be said that his territory is quite abundant.

Fortunately, both Yanzhou and Qingzhou counties were swept by the yellow scarf army several times, and the population decreased greatly. Yanzhou is the largest city in the world, and many wars between them have led to a sharp drop in population.

The population of the newly occupied two counties in Xuzhou was nearly half less than that of Tao Qian because a large number of people fled to Yuan Shu's territory in the South and yelaixiang's territory in the north.