Ji Han Da Sima

Chapter 12
The next day, when the sky was dim and the military drums were not ringing, Huo Jun got up from his sleep under Chen Dao's call.

"Uncle, could it be that Mr. Xuande has called me for something?" Huo Jun asked, yawning and washing himself with cold water.

Chen Dao, wearing armor, said: "Huo Jun, according to reports from the scouts ahead, Cao Cao sent Xiahou Dun as commander, Li Dian and Yu Jin as generals, and led an army of [-] people. They came south from Xuchang to face our army. "

Hearing this, Huo Jun's mind became much clearer. After a brief wipe, he said: "Jun is not a general, nor is he a civil servant in the army. If Jun is consulted on military secrets, I'm afraid it will offend you."

Huo Jun's current status is embarrassing. He is not loyal to Liu Bei. He is not Liu Bei's subordinate, let alone a military lieutenant general.It is inappropriate to go to attend a meeting.If coach Liu Bei approves, the situation will be different.

"My lord has something to say. Huo Jun has great talents and it will be helpful to go to discuss matters." Chen Dao said truthfully.

Huo Jun pretended to hesitate a little and said, "In that case, Jun should follow suit."

With the permission, Huo Jun quickly packed his clothes and left the camp under the guidance of Chen Dao.

When I walked out of the tent, I found that it was still sunny today, and the sun had been shining for several days in a row.

"It's hot again in the afternoon!" Such thoughts passed through Huo Jun's mind, and then he thought about the upcoming war.If nothing goes wrong, Liu Bei will burn the fortress as he did in history, then withdraw his troops and pretend to defeat the enemy.

Approaching the big tent door, I saw a burly general with a beard longer than his chest, also arriving at the tent door.

"I've met Hou Ting of Han Dynasty!" Huo Jun took the lead in greeting him and saluted him.

Guan Yu frowned slightly when he saw Huo Jun participating in the discussion.He roughly thought that this was the person invited by his elder brother, so he returned the favor to Huo Jun without saying anything.

After entering the camp, Liu Bei sat high in the center, with the civil and military generals on both sides sitting side by side, with Guan Yu in the chief position and Mi Fang in the second place.Huo Jun, on the other hand, took his seat at the side seat where the army was discussing matters, close to Liu Bei and far away from everyone.

When everyone arrived, Liu Bei looked around and asked, "Now Cao Cao sends Xiahou Dun to fight, with Li Dian and Yu Jin as deputy generals, and his [-] soldiers are far superior to us. How do you think we should defeat the enemy?"

Liu Hu, who came from Liu Biao's tent, had a worried look on his face and said: "General Zuo, our army does not have more than [-] soldiers. We have already gained something by defeating Duyang and approaching Yecheng. Therefore, it is better for our army to retreat to avoid it." Edge.”

"My lord, Cao Cao has a great victory over Hebei. The morale of the soldiers is at a high level. You still need to be careful against the enemy." Zhao Yun reminded.

Zhang Fei snorted softly and said: "What is there to fear about the blind Marquis of Xia? His army has not won a single victory so far, but he is the general with the votes of his people!"

Xiahou Dun in history is different from the one in the novel. Xiahou Dun in history almost lost many battles, losing to Lu Bu and Gao Shun, with almost no victories.In a battle with Lu Bu, Xiahou Dun was kidnapped by the enemy and his men as a hostage (Note ①).

However, the person Cao Cao trusted the most was Xiahou Dun. In the early days when he went out to fight, he almost always stayed with Xiahou Dun to guard his home.Xiahou Dun said he was a general, but in fact he was more of a governor.

"What's Yun Chang's opinion?" Liu Bei asked.

Guan Yu stroked his beard and said, "Xiahou Dun is nothing to worry about. Li Dian and Yu Jin are powerful enemies. My brother may be able to lure Xiahou Dun, let him attack with troops, and then find an opportunity to defeat him."

Xu Shu also responded and said: "My lord, the enemy is outnumbered and we are outnumbered. Lure the enemy deep and attack them separately. This should be the strategy to defeat the enemy."

Listening to what everyone was saying, Liu Bei already had a plan in mind. While he was thinking, he glanced at Huo Jun and asked thoughtfully: "Zhong Miao is good at judging the situation and is also known as knowing soldiers. Don't you know that he has a strategy to defeat the enemy?"

Liu Bei saw Huo Jun's ability to see the overall situation.But Liu Bei wanted to see Huo Jun's tactical abilities. After all, Wang Can had boasted that he was as capable as Wu Qi before.

As soon as he finished speaking, Huo Jun felt the eyes of everyone in the tent, especially those of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, who were the most enthusiastic.

Huo Jun, who didn't want to speak at first, had no choice but to speak when he saw this situation. He raised his hand and said, "Report to Liu Yuzhou that Xiahou Dun led his troops to win a small victory and wanted to avenge his shame. Now we can let our army pretend to be afraid of war and lure them deeper. If you set an ambush in a dangerous place, you can break it."

Liu Bei raised his eyebrows slightly. Huo Jun's strategy to defeat the enemy was exactly what he thought. He didn't reveal it to outsiders!
However, in order to prevent Huo Jun's blind cat from stepping on the dead mouse, Liu Bei asked again: "How can Zhong Miao predict that Xiahou Dun will underestimate the enemy and advance quickly? You must know that he has Li Dian and Yu Jin to assist him."

After pondering for a while, Huo Jun said: "As General Zhang said, Xiahou Dun has no ability to lead troops and has not won a victory so far. Therefore, he often has a desire to avenge his shame, is blind, and is excitable and irritable. Our army burned the baggage. , make a look of fear, lead your troops to withdraw, and let them pursue them. If you pursue them, you can set up an ambush, and if you set up an ambush, you can defeat them."

"If he doesn't pursue him, there will be [-] enemies. Our army will go deep alone and it will be difficult to defeat them. We should retreat and send a message to Liu Jingzhou to ask him to send troops to support and then confront Xiahou Dun. The Art of War says: "Invincibility lies in Oneself can defeat the enemy. "That's it. The soldiers are few and weak. Invincibility should be the top priority, and victory should be the second priority."

Huo Jun's words are not difficult to understand. He believes that the current army does not exceed [-] people, and Xiahou Dun has [-] people. It is appropriate to make himself in an invincible position. The current army is deep and can retreat.At the same time, he took the opportunity to show fear and lure Xiahou Dun, who had never won a battle before, to pursue him.

If Cao Jun pursues, Xiahou Dun will give him a chance to defeat him; if Cao Jun does not pursue, Xiahou Dun will not give him a chance, and the army should receive follow-up support before using troops.

Listening to Huo Jun's discussion, Liu Bei looked at Huo Jun carefully, and the idea of ​​​​taking him under his command became more and more intense.He had been in the military for more than ten years and had many interactions with Xiahou Dun before he came up with this similar strategy.The young man in front of him was only in his 20s, and he was able to defeat the enemy in his first military use. He had an indescribable intuition, and Huo Jun's ability seemed to be far beyond his imagination.

Not only Liu Bei, but Guan Yu also squinted his eyes and looked at Huo Jun in amazement. He was still killing people in his twenties and taking refuge, but the young man named Huo Jun in front of him was already able to offer strategies to defeat the enemy!

After coming back to his senses, Liu Bei coughed slightly and said: "Zhong Miao's intention is also what Bei was thinking! Send an order to the three armies to burn the camp to show the enemy's weakness. The whole army will retreat and lure Xiahou Dun to go deeper."

Huo Jun shrugged in private. He didn't want to present Liu Bei's strategy. Considering the situation, Liu Bei's strategy seemed to be the most appropriate.It's a pity that Liu Bei's strategy was not snatched by Zhuge Liang, but used by himself.

"promise!"

……

A few days later, Cao's army, flying the "Xiahou" tooth flag, appeared in the burned-out camp.

One-eyed Xiahou Dun rode his horse and looked around Liu Jun's camp where the trees and fences were broken, and said with a sneer: "Liu Bei knew he was outmatched, but he was quick, burned his baggage, and left lightly without fighting our army."

"How many days has Liu Bei been gone?" Xiahou Dun asked.

"Back to the general, yesterday Liu Bei knew that most of our army was coming, so he ordered people to burn down the camp and lead his army to retreat south." The scout replied.

Xiahou Dun held the reins, looked at the south road, and ordered: "Choose elite soldiers to follow me to attack, catch up with Liu Bei, and take his head."

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Diance immediately stepped forward and said to dissuade him: "General, wait a minute! Liu Bei is not ignorant of the military. He has been fighting for many years and has used his troops boldly. Now that he is withdrawing his troops without any reason, Dian may have an ambush. The summer road in Fangcheng is narrow and the vegetation is dense, making it easy for an ambush. Don’t pursue it too deeply.”

Hearing this, Xiahou Dun hesitated slightly.

"General, the bandits left a letter!"

The soldier presented a letter. Xiahou Dun opened it and almost lost his breath and bled.This is a letter that Zhang Fei left for himself. In it, he not only called him a blind Xiahou, but also threatened to steal his daughter to be his wife next time.

He hated people most in his life for saying that he was blind to Xiahou Yuan, and it also made him feel even more humiliated that Zhang Fei took Xiahou Yuan's niece to be his wife.With the blessing of the two, Xiahou Dun became angry and strengthened his idea of ​​pursuing Liu Bei.

"Bastard!"

Xiahou Dun threw the letter to the ground and said angrily: "Wen Ze (Yu Jin) will follow me in pursuit. I will definitely kill Zhang Fei to avenge my Xiahou family's shame."

"promise!"

"General?"

Before Li Dian could speak, he saw Xiahou Dun riding away, and he shook his head helplessly.

He didn't know how to evaluate the prime minister's dispatch of Xiahou Dun as the general. Perhaps it was because Yuan Shao died of illness and the situation in Hebei changed drastically.In order to give Xiahou Dun military exploits, the prime minister arranged for himself and Yu Jin to assist Xiahou Dun and let him lead the army to fight against Liu Bei.

But who is Liu Bei?Who is Xiahou Dun?
One is Lao Ge who has moved to the Central Plains, and the other is a blind and often defeated general.

Considering that Xiahou Dun was a close confidant of the prime minister, Li Dian did not dare to let Xiahou Dun take such a risk. If he died in the battle, his career would probably be over.

"The old and the weak will set up camp, and the sharp soldiers will follow Dian." Li Dian ordered.

"promise!"

The old and weak soldiers of Cao's army camped on the spot, and Li Dian led his elite troops to follow Xiahou Dun.

①: "Three Kingdoms·Xiahou Dun Biography": "The cloth was returned, then entered Puyang, and attacked the Dun army's baggage. They sent generals to pretend to surrender, and jointly held Dun, and were responsible for the treasures, which shocked the Dun army."

Book group password: Huo Jun; the previous password was 'Liu Chan', who was the protagonist of the previous book...

　Xiahou Dun was defeated repeatedly in battles, and it was true that the general was given meat tickets.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)