Ji Han Da Sima

Chapter 117
Chen Yue and Ding offered their troops to surrender. Huo Jun accepted it without any doubt, and said that Chen Yue was the captain of the bandit camp and offered good words to appease him.The reason why Huo Jun accepted it was not only that Ding Feng was among them, but also that the core soldiers under Chen Yue were almost from Lujiang people from Jiangbei.

Lujiang is located to the north of the Yangtze River, and Dabie Mountain is located in Lujiang County.In the future, if the northern expedition to the Yangtze River and Huaihe River is carried out, the first city that must be destroyed is Hefei.Hefei is located to the north of Chaohu Lake, within Jiujiang County of Yangzhou, and Lujiang County is to the west of Jiujiang County. Dabie Mountain overlooks Hefei on the Huainan Plain.

Therefore, if you want to capture Hefei, Lujiang County must take the lead and take the lead in occupying the Dabie Mountains to compete with Cao Wei by relying on the dangerous mountain terrain.However, Lujiang County, which is a chaotic territory, is home to a large number of powerful sect commanders, such as Meicheng, Chen Lan, Lei Xu and others. They all control tens of thousands of men and women, and they obey orders but not propaganda under Cao Cao's rule.

Among them, Chen Yue had an old relationship with Lei Xu. If Huo Jun hadn't defeated Chen Yue, Chen Yue would have led his troops to join Lei Xu because he was unwilling to serve the Sun family.Thinking of planning for the future, Huo Jun not only appointed Chen Yue as an official, but also commanded the sergeants of his headquarters to serve under his own account.

This battle not only surrendered Chen Yue, Ding Feng and others, but also captured more than 8000 old and weak water bandits.However, Peng Hu, as the commander-in-chief, was escaped. It was probably because he saw that the situation was not good and he withdrew early.

But Huo Jun was not without backup plans. He ordered Su Fei to take advantage of Peng Hu and his troops to fight against him, and lead his three thousand elite troops to attack his old camp in Peng Lize.

In fact, Huo Jun originally wanted Gan Ning to attack the old camp, but Gan Ning thought that Su Fei had been kind to him and now that he was returning to Jiangxia, it would be better to give him a great contribution.I strongly recommend Huo Jun. Su Fei has outstanding ability and benevolence, so he is qualified for the job.

So Huo Jun arranged for Su Fei to lead a crowd to attack the old camp, and Su Fei lived up to expectations and successfully occupied the old camp.With all the troops out, the old camp entrenched on the island in the lake was empty, so Su Fei succeeded easily.After Su Fei led his troops to break through the stronghold, he followed Huo Jun's military orders and strictly prohibited the soldiers from plundering in order to appease the old and weak in the stronghold.Peng Hu, who abandoned the army and fled back to his old camp, was shot dead by Su Fei on the spot, and the rest of his troops surrendered.

Su Fei checked the population of the camp and found that there were about [-] men and women, and more than [-] old and weak people captured on the battlefield, a total of [-] men and women. After this battle, Peng Hu was almost completely wiped out. The power in Peng Lize.

In the Jingzhou military camp, inside the Chinese army tent.

Huo Jun sat on the tent and asked: "Although Peng Hu's troops are destroyed, there are still bandits entrenched in Pengli Ze. To avoid future troubles, what are your plans?"

Although Peng Hu is the overlord of Peng Lize, it does not mean that Peng Lize does not have other water pirates.After all, the water area of ​​Penglize is too large, with criss-crossed waterways and many islets.For the sake of local peace in the future, Huo Jun hopes to completely eliminate the long-standing Penglize water bandits.

Gan Ning thought about the situation in Peng Lize and said: "Peng Hu's tribe, under Sun Quan's military orders, occupied Daze and caused chaos in Yuzhang. Now the general came with his army, defeated the enemy bandits and surrendered everyone. Although the thieves were afraid of ambush, Hu is powerful, but there are still disobedient thieves in Ze. If we don't severely punish the thieves, how can we show the power of our army? I would rather not kill Peng Hu's family and his gang members together, and build a base for the capital to let others know what they are afraid of and come out. Ze Xian surrenders."

Huo Jun shook his head and said: "Peng Hu's generation was originally a businessman. Because of the chaos of the world, he entered the river as thieves and harmed living beings. The rest of the disciples were forced by life to save their lives and gathered together to escape. Today Peng Hu They have been executed, and the remaining members are all common people of the country. Wouldn't it be a loss of grace to kill them, and what is the benefit?"

"There is a saying in the art of war that those who subjugate the enemy without fighting are good and good. This is what a military strategist values. Peng Hu's family members and those who have done evil can be made slaves. The rest of the water bandits are mostly Peng Lize's people. If they are slaughtered, It might be counterproductive!"

With that said, Huo Jun turned to look at Chen Yue and said, "Colonel Chen has lived in the swamp for a long time. I wonder if he has any plan to appease the lake bandits."

Chen Yue pondered for a while and said: "General, apart from Peng Hu as the leader, there are thousands of people gathered in Peng Lize, and there are also hundreds of people gathered, so there is nothing to worry about. During this period, there was a thief named Zhong Lifei, who showed his kindness He believes in the world and has a prestigious reputation in Daze, which is admirable."

"It's a good thing that I have a fate with Zhong Lifei. If the general trusts me, I can persuade Zhong Lifei to surrender for the general. And Zhong Lifei can recruit and surrender the remaining bandits in Da Ze, put down the rebellion in one fell swoop, and eradicate the bandits from Da Ze. How about that?"

"good!"

Huo Jun was overjoyed and said: "You can go as far as Feidu, Jun should show his merit for you. Zhong Lifei can also show his merit as a school captain, as a way to calm people's hearts."

"Thank you for your trust, General!" Chen Yue replied with cupped hands.

Liu Zhong considered the captured people and said, "General Qi, there are more than [-] people in Peng Hu's tribe. I wonder how the general wants to treat them?"

Huo Jun thought for a while and said: "Our army has surrendered more than [-] enemy invaders, but most of them are old and weak, and there are also those who are unable to serve. The captured men and women, old and young, will be given rice and grain each, and compiled into household registrations. Every household with strong and strong men will be sent out. Among them, they will be exempted from taxes and will be classified as water pawns, and the rest will be filled by all the vacancies from various departments."

"No!" Facing the task of forming a navy, Huo Jun didn't care about the quality of his troops, so he organized the navy first.The destruction of Jiangxia Navy had a great impact on the army, and Jiangxia Navy was not a reliable force.After all, Liu Qi and Liu Bei have been fighting in Jiangdong for a long time without a credible naval force. This is difficult to justify, and it is easy for Jiangdong to detect it.

These water thieves live on the water all year round to make a living. With training, they can quickly become water pawns.As for the naval ships, we will first use the small ships obtained from the seizure, and then slowly build the larger ships.Although it is not as good as the Jiangdong Fleet, it is at least capable of ordinary water transportation tasks.

After everyone retreated, Huo Du stayed alone and asked, "Zhongmiao, Chen Yue was defeated and had no choice but to surrender. If he takes the opportunity to leave, what should we do?"

Huo Jun smiled and said: "Chen Yue's headquarters are all in the army. If he takes refuge with the water thieves, how can he get in? And if Chen Yue really wants to leave, Peng Hu has been eliminated, and the water pawns are organized and trained with the water thieves as enemies. Figure it out slowly, it can be used for military training. Don’t worry, brother!”

With that said, Huo Jun showed Huo Du the letter sent to him by Liu Qi, and said with a smile: "According to the order of the eldest son, my tribe can move to Yuzhang. Now the soldiers may feel at ease."

Huo Du flipped through the letter and saw the end of the letter. He was shocked and said: "The eldest son is the governor of Yangzhou, and Biao Zhongmiao is the governor of Poyang."

Huo Du looked up at the smiling Huo Jun and asked with disbelief: "The official with two thousand stones is comparable to Jiuqing, is it fake?"

Huo Jun took the letter and said with a smile: "It's not false. It's just a county of eight counties. It's not as good as the governors of big counties like Lingling and Wuling."

Huo Du stood up excitedly and walked back and forth in the camp, as if he was the one receiving the reward.

Rubbing his fists, Huo Du said excitedly: "Zhong Miao is worshiped by the Lord. If my father knows about it, I will be happy."

Immediately afterwards, Huo Du sighed and said, "It's a pity that we are not in Zhijiang. Otherwise, we could have held a big banquet to entertain the villagers to enhance the reputation of my Huo family."

Huo Jun stood up, put his hands on his brother's shoulders, and said with a smile: "My brother also wants to be promoted, why should Nian Jun be the only one?"

A smile appeared on Huo Du's face and he said: "As my brother, I served under Zhongmiao's tent and obeyed orders. Zhongmiao made meritorious service and was promoted. Isn't it natural for me to take over?"

"Ha ha!"

However, Huo Du seemed to have discovered something, and said: "The Poyang Prefect is here to express his previous achievements, but this time he defeated the giant Penglize bandit, I wonder what kind of reward he will receive?"

Huo Jun smiled and said: "I have been promoted to prefect at the beginning of this year, how can I be granted the title again?"

"Pity!"

Huo Du changed the subject and said in a deep voice: "Since Zhongmiao worships the prefect, he has no wife or children so far. Wouldn't it make people laugh? Zhongmiao is now twenty-six years old. He is already old. He should find a daughter from a good family to marry. wife."

Huo Jun smiled bitterly and said: "It's not that I don't want to, but the military affairs have been busy in recent years. When the water bandits in Daze are gone, it will not be too late to find a lover!"

Huo Jun is not lying. Whoever is 26 years old, has a car, a house and status, does not want to marry a wife.I am really too busy, busy fighting wars, busy planning military strategies, I really don’t have time to entrust others to find a wife.

Huo Du sneered and said, "Zhong Miao is always busy with things. Now when Liu Yuzhou and Liu Yangzhou return, I will ask Yuzhou and Yangzhou to find a husband for Zhong Miao. Will Zhong Miao dare to delay?"

　I'm late
　　
　
(End of this chapter)