Ji Han Da Sima

Chapter 118 Meeting
Peng Hu was destroyed and more than [-] men and women under his command surrendered. Huo Jun organized the remaining people into households, totaling about [-] households.

Chen Yue persuaded Zhong Lifei to surrender, and Zhong Lifei surrendered [-] men and women and paid homage to the captain.After Zhong Lifei surrendered, he used his military exploits to destroy Peng Hu and his personal reputation to persuade the remaining bandits in Poyang Lake to surrender.

Under Zhong Lifei's persuasion to surrender and Gan Ning's soft and hard measures to go deep into Daze to suppress the bandits, in just half a month, more than ten groups of Poyang Lake water bandits surrendered to Huo Jun, totaling more than [-] people.

It took one and a half months to eliminate the floods that had plagued Pengli Zezhong for more than ten years. Huo Jun also organized the returnees into all households, creating about [-] households. In addition to the previous [-] households, there were more than [-] newly registered households. household.Select men and get six thousand soldiers.

After Huo Jun solved the flood in Penglize, Liu Bei and Liu Qi's uncle and nephew took a boat to Nanchang in Yuzhang County.Huo Jun then went to Nanchang with his merit book and civilian record to report the military situation and work to the two men.

When he first entered the government office, all the civil and military officials who saw Huo Jun called him Huo Poyang. Huo Jun smiled and returned the greetings to everyone.

"Jun pays homage to the eldest son, envoy." Huo Jun walked into the hall, cupped his hands and said, "Congratulations to the eldest son for accepting the position of governor."

Liu Qi, who was sitting on the couch, smiled and motioned to Huo Jun to excuse himself and said: "If you can get the position of governor, Qi should thank Zhong Miao for his help."

As he spoke, Liu Qi clapped his hands and said: "When Qi went to Xiangyang, Jingzhou, he once promised to grant Zhongmiao the position of prefect, and now he should live up to his promise. Qi appointed Zhongmiao as the prefect of Poyang, with jurisdiction over Poyang, Pengze, Yuhan, Guangchang and other eight counties were engaged in herdsmen and military affairs."

Amid applause, the maid came out from the side hall holding the seal ribbon.

"Jun, thank you, eldest son!" Huo Jun bowed excitedly and said.

Although he had been prepared in his heart, when it came time to receive the seal, how could Huo Jun not be excited about it.The position of prefect seems to be like the top leader of a prefecture-level city in later generations, but the actual power is far greater than that of the top leader.

The prefect is different from a series of administrators in later generations. He has the right to conquer his subordinates. All politics, education, military and culture in the county are under the personal leadership of the prefect.In this chaotic era, there was a lack of supervision mechanism, and the prefect could be described as a local lord, and non-core personnel could not serve.

Huo Jun took the silver seal from Liu Qi, which symbolized the prefect, and allowed the maid to decorate his waist with a green ribbon.

Different from the Ming and Qing dynasties, the Han Dynasty had specific styles of official uniforms. The hierarchy of officials was not based on official uniforms, but on seals and ribbons. There were three types of seals: gold, silver, and copper. Ribbons were divided into three types: gold, silver, and copper. The difference between green, purple, cyan, yellow and black.

Those with the same seal and the same color of the ribbon can be distinguished by the length and quality of the ribbon.For ministers, the highest thing is the golden seal and green ribbon.

Liu Bei looked at Huo Jun, who was smiling, with mixed feelings in his heart.And Huo Jun seemed to notice Liu Bei's strange gaze and extended his hand to him as a gesture of goodwill, which made Liu Bei, who was gloomy in his heart, feel much more comfortable.

In fact, Huo Jun also had a headache. Liu Qi treated him generously, but he was secretly serving him.He is not a heartless person. Whenever Liu Qi is so kind to him, he feels guilty in his heart.No matter what, it is his future task to ensure the harmony between the Liu Qi and Liu Bei groups. Otherwise, if there is a conflict, he will be in trouble.

After receiving the seal and ribbon, Huo Jun also restrained his emotions and presented the newly compiled household registration book and merit list to Liu Bei and Liu Qi.

Huo Jun, who was sitting on the side of the couch, said: "All the water bandits from Penglize surrendered to our army. They organized more than 6000 households, selected [-] people to join the army, and captured more than [-] ships, large and small. Now that we want to form a navy, I dare to ask the leader. Sir, envoy, should there be a fixed number of personnel rations?"

Huang Zu and his navy were completely wiped out. Huang She borrowed [-] navy from Liu Biao and forced them to retreat to the east of the Yangtze River.After the war, Cai Mao transferred [-] naval troops back to Nanjun on the grounds that Yizhou was uneasy.

Huang Archer had only [-] old and weak men, and it was difficult to defend the four counties of Xiyang, Biguo, and Pingchun in the north near the Central Plains. Remembering that there were [-] soldiers and horses in the Jingzhou army that Huang Zu supported Liu Bei at that time, he specially recruited Su Flying back to Jiangxia, he represented himself as the military governor of Jiangxia.

The core territory of Jiangxia County is in the Han River and Yangtze River basins. However, there are still four counties around Runan County to the north of the Dabie Mountains.Huang Zu's guarding Jiangxia not only had the task of resisting Jiangdong, but also had the responsibility of defending Cao Cao.

Huang She was appointed as the governor of Jiangxia by Liu Biao, partly because of Huang She's military ability in the conquest of Jiangdong.Liu Biao needed his military capabilities to defend the four northern counties of Jiangxia, echoing the Nanyang defense line on both sides.

Su Fei's return to Xiakou means that the Jiangxia army, represented by the Huang family and his son, has completely withdrawn from the coalition forces. In the future, apart from transporting food and grass for the army, they will basically not participate in the Jiangdong war.

The navy was destroyed and the Jiangxia Army withdrew from the Union Army, which meant that the Union Army needed to rebuild the navy to defend its waters.

Liu Qi flipped through the list of merit books, turned to look at Liu Bei, and said: "The soldiers under my army have many collaborations with the soldiers under my uncle's command. I wonder if my uncle would like to unite the two armies and build a navy together?"

After a pause, Liu Qi said to show that he had no intention of annexing Liu Bei's tribe: "If my uncle wants to build the navy alone, and Peng Lize returns to the water bandits, Qi will share 2000 men with my uncle." Liu Bei smiled and said, "Prepare the account." There is only Xingba Shanshui, and most of the rest are from the north. The two armies have separate naval divisions, and their strength is divided into two. How can they compete with the Jiangdong Navy? Bei thought that they could jointly build a navy, commanded by Zhongmiao. Bei had Xingba He and his tribe were handed over to Zhong Miao for control."

Liu Qi's eyes fell on Huo Jun and said: "Gan Zhonglang has two thousand soldiers and six thousand water bandits. If we add Zhongmiao's headquarters, can we build a navy?"

"That's enough!" Huo Jun cupped his hands and said, "However, the establishment of a navy cannot be accomplished in a day. It takes years and months to make achievements, and it also takes time to build ships. Our army is temporarily unable to compete with the Jiangdong Navy. I hope you will understand me."

Liu Bei nodded slightly and said: "The navy can control the grain and grass waterways, and there is no need to enter the river to compete with the Jiangdong navy. Now that the Pengze water bandits have subsided, time is running out. I and the eldest son want to lead the army east to Yishan to fight against Jiangdong. Capture Danyang. What does Zhongmiao think?"

Huo Jun thought for a while and asked: "May I ask the envoy, how is the war in Luling?"

Liu Bei handed Guan Yu's battle report to Huo Jun and said: "Yun Chang and Yide had a small victory over Sun Fu's partial army in Shiyang. Sun Ben and Sun Fu did not fight with them and withdrew to Gan County. They built strong walls and cleared the fields. They built city walls and accumulated many treasures. The grains are full and the warehouses are full. If you want to occupy the city and defend it, it will be difficult to break it in a short time."

Sun Bi and Sun Fu were defeated by Liu Bei, and they already felt fear in their hearts.Sun Bi adopted Sun Fu's suggestion and prepared to defend the city and wait for Sun Quan to defeat Liu Bei.So they withdrew to Gan County, built high city walls, accumulated grain and grass, and fought a protracted war with Liu Bei.

After Guan Yu conquered Shiyang City, he led Zhang Fei and Huang Zhong to march straight into Gan County.Faced with Sun Bi and Sun Fu's persistence, Guan Yu was helpless.

Liu Bei then said: "A certain general has ordered Yun Chang to command Han Sheng's troops, recover the counties, encircle Gan County, and force the Sun brothers to surrender. After Yide returns to the army, a certain general will lead Guoan, Yide, Zhongye and other armies. , and advance into the counties of Yishan. However, we are worried that the Jiangdong Navy will take the opportunity to move up the Shuo River, advance into Yuzhang and Poyang, and harass our army's belly."

Liu Bei's worries were not unreasonable. Sun Quan and Zhou Yu had previously sailed up the Shuo River to defeat Chaisang, forcing him to lead an army back for reinforcements.Now that he is advancing on the counties of Yishan, Yuzhang and Poyang are empty. If Zhou Yu repeats his old tactics, he will be forced to return to the army.

Huo Jun pondered for a while and said: "Daze is divided into north and south due to the isthmus, with Leichi in the north and Pengze in the south. There is an islet in the middle called Sangluozhou. If you want to enter Pengze, you need to cross this islet. Station troops at the mouth of the islet, and in the east You can look toward Pengze City and see Chai Sang to the west."

"Let your troops enter Yishan. Jun will lead the navy to station troops on Sangluo Island, connect the north and south of the river with iron locks, and build fortresses on the island. If the navy from the east of the Yangtze comes to attack, it will be blocked by the iron locks and cannot enter the river. If Sangluo is captured, If we go to the island, the fortress will be destroyed. This arrangement can ensure the safety of Yuzhang and consolidate the grain road."

Sangluozhou is the Jiangzhou Island in Chaisang District, Jiujiang City in later generations. During the Han Dynasty, the island was not as big as in later generations, but there were initial clues.During the Three Kingdoms period, Zhou Yu, Cheng Pu, and Lu Kang all stationed troops in Shang. All armies going north or south basically needed to pass through here.

If you don't want Jiangdong Navy to enter Poyang Lake, just defend this island.It is not difficult to understand why Huo Jun previously suggested to defend Pengze and Chaisang cities separately and not Sangluozhou.

When they first entered Yuzhang, Liu Bei led an army south to attack the Sun Ben brothers. Huo Jun and Huang Zu needed to use partial troops to hold back the Jiangdong army. They lacked corresponding preparations at the time. If they easily stationed troops on the island, they would be outnumbered.

Zhou Yu can use the Jiangdong Navy to easily defeat the Jiangxia Navy, and then encircle it without attacking. The army on the continent will be defeated due to lack of food.

The current situation is different. Liu Bei will compete with Sun Quan and Zhou Yu for the counties in Yishan. The most troops sent to harass Yuzhang County are partial troops.The partial army stationed its troops on the island, and built a barracks with iron chains as a barrier, which was enough to stop the enemy.

Huo Jun continued: "The emperor will lead his army to the east to fight for the counties in Yishan. Jun can lead the navy to the north of the Lujiang River to capture Wancheng, Shuxian and other counties. He will occupy the north of the river and isolate Sun Quan from Liu Fu. Cao Zhixin.”

Lujiang County spans the north and south of the Dabie Mountains. The Lujiang County occupied by Sun Quan is located in the four counties of Juchao, Wancheng, and Shuxian south of the Dabie Mountains.Now Huo Jun suggested that he attack the four counties of Lujiang for the partial army. In addition to the idea of ​​​​severing the alliance between Sun and Cao, he also had the idea of ​​​​sharing the pressure for Liu Bei.

Liu Qi asked in confusion: "Sun and Cao form an alliance?"

"Exactly!"

Liu Bei explained for Huo Jun: "The Sun family and the Cao family are married to each other. Cao Cao has been thinking about the southeast for a long time. Sun Quan asked for help in a crisis. Cao Cao will send a partial army to rescue him. Zhong Miao will lead the partial army to the north to capture the four counties of Lujiang. It should be feasible."

Liu Bei and Cao Cao have been rivals for so many years, how could he not know Cao Cao's plan?Cao Cao has been spying on Jiangdong for a long time. He once sent people to secretly recruit Tai Shici to surrender, and also detained Zhang Hong in Xuchang, trying to make a stumbling block for the Sun family as much as possible.

Now that he has entered Jiangdong, Cao Cao is restricted to the north and may not personally lead his army to the south, but he will never be convinced that he has occupied Jiangdong. There is a high probability that he will send partial troops to support the Sun family.

　Zhongli Mu was changed to Zhongli Fei, I made a typo.I wonder if any brothers know who Zhong Lifei is?
　　
　
(End of this chapter)