Chapter 1193

On August 13, Huangfu Chaobo and his party finally arrived in Luoyang. After a night's rest, Huangfu Chaobo began to gather a group of counsellors on August 14 to discuss sending troops.

At this time, Shi a had already returned to Luoyang, because he thought that he would return to Luoyang as soon as possible after touring the counties. Therefore, Huangfu Chaobo did not ask shi a to find himself, but was responsible for sorting out the information in Luoyang City, and then summarized and passed on the most important part to him.

At this time, all the people in Luoyang, including the three princes and nine ministers of the Tang Dynasty, as well as the people in Shangshutai, rushed to the side hall in the palace. Even Huang Zhong, the guard in Runan, came back. In addition, Shi a, who was in charge of intelligence, sat on both sides of the side hall.

"Shi ah, introduce the information of Bingzhou and Guanzhong in recent years to the public." Huangfu Chaobo ordered,

"no!" Shi a got up, first saluted Huangfu Chaobo, then turned around and saluted all the people around him. Then he said, "my Lord, the war in Bingzhou is on the verge of breaking out. Ten days ago, the cavalry of Lv Bu, king of Zhao, had returned to the boundary of Bingzhou, but according to our observation of shadow guards, the number of troops coming back should be less than 55000 It's getting late, so we can't get accurate information. "

"Well, where is Zhang Liao's army?" Guo Jia asked;

"what can be determined now is that Zhao has been constantly mobilizing troops to the cloud. The specific number is not very clear, but the total number should be about 50000." Shia shook his head and said,

"why is that so?" Huangfu Chaobo felt very strange. All the information that shadow guard sent back this time was a very vague quantity. Isn't there a more accurate quantity?

"Please forgive me Hearing this, Shi a knelt down and said: "this time when I was in Bingzhou, I specially ordered the shadow Bingzhou branch. However, according to the news, it is true that the state of Zhao had a very strict control over intelligence. It is said that Zhao Guoxiang started to set up an intelligence organization a few years ago, named wolf pack. After several years of development, it is still in the territory of Zhao It's on a small scale. "

"When Wei Chen was in Jinyang, he used to fight with several spies from the wolves. It's really very good. Although it's far from my shadow guard, he has some abilities. With these spies, shadow's activities in Zhao Guowei still have some influence. The news that came back this time shows that the troops of all the places in Taiyuan were mobilized in the name of transportation to the northern counties, so the accuracy in quantity is not so high. "

"What's more, it's said that the state of Zhao has already taken precautions against our country. The cities and passes in the south of Taiyuan and Shangdang counties have been strengthened to varying degrees, which makes intelligence collection more difficult than before."

After listening to Shi A's words, Huangfu Chaobo said: "now that countries have established their own spy organizations one after another, the difficulty of shadow guard will certainly increase. However, with so much time and money invested in shadow guard alone, can't it defeat the newly established spy?"

Huangfu Chaobo knows that all countries have paid more and more attention to intelligence work, which is inevitable. For example, Gongsun Zan envied his shadow guard, so he set up the eagle nest. The state of Qi also set up Yanling guards. In addition, the ant colony of the state of Wei, the wolf pack of the state of Zhao and the traitor guard of the state of Wu all have their own spy organizations. It is sure that it will be more and more difficult for the shadow guard to inquire about the situation.

Shi a Zheng wanted to speak, Huang Fu Chao Bo waved his hand and said: "no matter what the reason is, the value of shadow guard is to spy intelligence. If you can't send back reliable intelligence, what's the use of Gu's spending so much money and energy these years?"

"No!"

"Go on!"

Shi a continued the topic just now. After the information introduction of Bingzhou, he talked about the detailed information of Guanzhong. By the time he had finished speaking, more than half an hour had passed.

"Shi Aiqing has already told you about Guanzhong and Bingzhou. Now there are opportunities in both places. The reason why he recruited Zhongqing is to discuss where we should put our troops in order to get the most benefits. Although Gu said a few years ago that the state of Tang should have two or three years to recuperate, it is inevitable that time will never come again. Now there is such an opportunity. If we can't seize it, it's just natural that we can't accept it. " Huangfu Chaobo said;

"king!" Guo Jia went out and said, "I think we should take Bingzhou first."

Huangfu Chaobo knew that Guo Jia had always advocated taking over Bingzhou, so he was not surprised at his words. He nodded and said, "but it's OK to say that!"

"Bingzhou stands high above it and looks down from the south to the East. If we can get Bingzhou, Hebei will certainly be under its coercion. When we take Hebei again, we can't be compared with today's situation..."

"No!" Pang Tong objected: "on the king, although Bingzhou has the advantage of terrain, the state of Zhao is strong. Lv Bu, the king of Zhao, has the courage to be invincible. All his generals, Zhang Liao and Wei, have the talent of great generals. Moreover, Zhao and Wei are allies. If we are stuck with the war of Zhao, the state of Wei will certainly join in the war. At that time, the state of Qi will not stand by, such as As a result, the attack of the Three Kingdoms will be established. At the time of the battle, we will certainly be caught in the neck and be unable to cope with it. The king's plan to recuperate the newly attached counties will surely be gone. ""Huh?" The reason why Huangfu Chaobo didn't make up his mind all the time was that the two major military strategists didn't agree with each other. What they said had his reasons.

After listening to them, Huangfu Chaobo turned his eyes to the others.

Seeing that Huangfu Chaobo turned his eyes on him, Lu Su stood up and saluted, saying: "to the king, I agree with Pang Pu's shooting strategy. Guanzhong was originally a rich place, but it was only after being controlled by the people of Xiliang that it became such a scene. If we can seize Guanzhong, we only need to manage it carefully for a few years, and we will certainly be able to accumulate a lot of money, and then it will be like the destruction of the six states in the pre Qin Dynasty If we send troops to Kanto, we will be able to pacify the troubled times. "

"Otherwise," Lu Su's voice fell, and Xu Shu rose up and said, "if Guanzhong can manage it carefully, it will certainly be rich. But it is precisely because Guanzhong is vast and fertile. It will take too long to calm down. Moreover, the situation in Guanzhong is complex, and it will not be able to be settled in a short time. But Bingzhou is not. If the Zhao army calms down the two counties of Wuyuan and Shuofang, it will surely send troops to Hexi county. In this way, it won't take much time to calm down the state. At that time, Zhao can concentrate on attacking us. In addition, the state of Wei will send troops to respond. It will certainly restrain a lot of our troops and can't be ignored. "