Ji Han Da Sima

Chapter 183: Soldiers and Horses Meet at Chaohu

Danyang, Jingkou.

In the yamen of General Zuo's mansion, there was no one on the middle couch. Mi Zhu was sitting sideways on the small couch. Zhuge Liang, Jian Yong, Liu Yan, Lu Fan, Lu Dai, Sun Shao, Sun Qian, Zhao Yun and more than a dozen civil and military officials were sitting separately.

Mi Zhu coughed slightly and said, "My lord is not in Jingkou now, but far away in Jingzhou. According to Huo Poyang's letter, a large number of Cao's troops have gathered in Jianghuai, and Lu Qian, Zhang He, Yu Jin, Zang Ba, Sun Guan and other tribes have all appeared in Shouchun. Now Huo Poyang has led the navy to Chaohu Lake and set up a formation in the Ruxukou area. In your opinion, what should we do?"

After Huo Jun stationed troops in Jiangbei, he sent a large number of scouts to Shouchun to gather information.After all, any Cao army soldiers who want to go south to attack Jiangzuo must gather in Shouchun, without exception.

Gan Ning couldn't understand and asked: "There are enemy troops in the north of the Yangtze River, and they are planning to attack us on the left side of the Yangtze River. Why do you have any doubts about sending troops to help them now?"

Mi Zhu patiently said, "My lord is not at Jingkou now, Zhu has no right to mobilize troops, and General Yide has not yet arrived at Jingkou, so he is worried about him."

For a monarch of any power, the right to dispatch generals and troops is taboo and cannot be touched by ministers.Even the favored Zhuge Liang had no military power and could only send five hundred troops.

It was not that Liu Bei left without making arrangements for military power. He placed the military talismans in a brocade box and handed them over to Zhao Yun for safekeeping.There is also a letter inside the box stating the authority and scope of use.

Jian Yong stroked his beard and said, "Prefect Mi, my lord has left a brocade box. If there is a military turmoil today, you can open the box, check the letter, and use military talismans to mobilize."

“Wait a minute!”

Zhao Yun, holding his sword with one hand, said: "My lord has said that when opening the brocade box, five people including Prefect Mi, Military Advisor Zhuge, Chief Xu, Jian Zhi, and General Zhang must be present. If one person is missing, the box cannot be opened. Today General Zhang is still on the way, please wait for now."

With Zhao Yun's words, everyone had to wait patiently for Zhang Fei.After another half an hour, Zhang Fei, who came from Yishan, finally arrived late.

"You guys have been waiting for a long time!"

Before entering the hall, Zhang Fei's voice reached everyone's ears.Then he walked into the hall, Zhang Fei sat on the couch, and then Zhao Yun made a move.

Zhao Yun brought the brocade box up, and under the attention of everyone, he took out the letter from the brocade box, opened it himself, and read: "The bandits on the left side of the Yangtze River are causing trouble, General Yide will take care of himself, and Zhuge Jun will supervise it. Cao's army from the north of the Yangtze River is attacking, and there are few soldiers. , then he will assist the general of Beifu to control them, and Xingba and Ziming will be controlled by him; there are many bandits, Yide will lead the troops, the military advisor will supervise them, discuss the army with Beifu, and Zilong will guard the entrance of the capital."

After speaking, Zhao Yun let everyone read Liu Bei's letters.

"So there are many soldiers today, but there are few soldiers?" Jian Yong asked.

Zhuge Liang shook his feather fan lightly and said with a smile: "The thieves have sent six armies with about 3 troops. They are already a large army. How can they be called a small army?"

With that said, Zhuge Liang raised his hands and said: "Now we can let General Gan and Lieutenant Lu lead the navy to Chaohu and obey Huo Poyang's dispatch. General Yide gathered troops at Jingkou to observe the situation in the north of the river. If the thieves are more powerful, they will cross the river, and if there are few thieves, they will Defend the city. Liang went to Chaohu to visit Huo Poyang and discuss military strategy with him."

"Then I'm sorry for bothering Military Advisor Zhuge!" Mi Zhu said in return to Zhuge Liang.

Zhang Fei received the tiger talisman and said with a smile: "I am gathering troops at Jingkou to wait for news about Kong Ming."

"promise!"

……

When Zhuge Liang was crossing the river by boat, Huo Jun was discussing with everyone the arrangement of the army at Ruxukou.

On Ruxu Mountain, Huo Jun looked at Qibao Mountain to the west and said: "Wen Xiang, lead your sergeants to Qibao Mountain on the west side, and set up camp and build forts at key points, echoing the Dongguan."

"promise!"

Ruxushui connects Chaohu Lake and the Yangtze River. The so-called Ruxukou is the connection point between Ruxushui and Chaohu Lake.It is divided into two mountains on the left and right of the connection, Ruxu Mountain (Taihu Mountain) in the east and Qibao Mountain (today's Yinping Mountain) in the west.

Ruxukou, where Huo Jun's generals stationed troops, was on Ruxu Mountain. They built shipyards and forts based on the mountain and water conditions.The Battle of Ruxukou happened many times in history, surrounding Huo Jun's current location.

And the so-called Dongguan refers to the dock and fortress on Ruxu Mountain, while Xiguan refers to the fortress that Huo Jun ordered Xu Sheng to go to Qibao Mountain to build.

"Fenglu, you can lead three thousand soldiers as the front, take a boat into Chao Lake, and station yourself on the island as the front of the army. If the enemy comes from afar, you can lead the elite to attack them."

"No!" Gao Xiang responded with his hands raised.

"Report!"

The attendant hurried up the mountain, raised his hands and said, "General, Zhuge's military advisor has come from the south of the Yangtze River to inquire about the current military situation."

"Reinforcement is here!"

Huo Jun smiled and said: "Zitong, I'll leave the rest to you!" "No!"

Huo Jun handed over the arrangements in his hands to Jiang Ji, and he saw Zhuge Liang pacing in the big tent at Dongguan.

Seeing Huo Jun wearing Zhongjia entering the tent, Zhuge Liang went up to greet him and asked, "How is the military situation in Jianghuai?"

Huo Jun was confident and said confidently: "Now that the Chaohu camp is under great control, Cao's army in the Jianghuai area will not be afraid."

Seeing that Huo Jun knew what he was thinking, Zhuge Liang put aside his worries and said with a smile, "Could it be that Zhong Miao already has a strategy to defeat the enemy?"

Walking to the map, Huo Jun pointed out: "Today, Cao's army has gathered in Shouchun. It seems that they have the intention to go south. Although there are many soldiers, they have few large ships and navy. The spring water is rising and the summer water is coming. By then, the water level of Chao Lake will rise sharply. Fighting boats and stern boats can enter the lake. Cao Jun's small boats and few boats are nothing to be afraid of."

"If there is no navy available and Cao Jun wants to break through Ruxukou, he will attack the mountain by the river. I will order the navy warships to be on the Ruxu River with thousands of strong bows and crossbows. If the enemy attacks Dongguan, all the bows, crossbows and arrows will be on board. If we attack, the enemy will suffer many casualties. I can also order the boatmen to enter the river, disturb Cao's army's food route, and attack his soldiers and horses. What better?"

It is now the time when the spring water is rising, and the summer rain is approaching. The navy's large ships take advantage of the water's momentum to enter Chao Lake to help. Even if they cannot defeat the enemy, there is almost no problem in holding on to Ruxukou.

Zhuge Liang gently shook his feather fan and said with a smile: "Liang was originally worried about the difficulties in fighting in the north of the Yangtze River, and wanted to send Danyang's troops across the river to support him, but he didn't expect that Zhongmiao's military strategy was superior and he had already made arrangements."

"Ha ha!"

Huo Jun smiled bitterly and said: "Although we have a military plan, we are short of soldiers and it is difficult to implement a full strategy. Even if Kong Ming doesn't come, I will go to Jingkou to ask for troops."

"Gan Xingba and Lu Ziming can lead [-] naval forces to support Zhongmiao, but if it is still insufficient, General Yide is gathering more than [-] troops at Jingkou. He can cross the river at any time and arrange according to Zhongmiao's military plan."

Zhuge Liang pointed to the map and added: "Now Zhongmiao's army is gathering at Chaohu. If Cao's army goes to the hidden mountains to attack Wancheng and plunder the families of the sergeants, it will probably disrupt the morale of the army."

Huo Jun pondered for a while, then told the whole story of his plan, and said: "Our army of ten thousand people has gathered in Chaohu to prepare for Cao's army from Jianghuai to go south. Although there are no our troops stationed in counties north of the Yangtze River such as Wancheng, Xunyang, Songzi, etc. today, Jun has written to the two generals Guoan and Hansheng to request troops for assistance."

"General Guo'an has led eight thousand sergeants from Yuzhang to the north of the Yangtze River to protect the sergeants' families and control the flanks of our army. In addition to the two generals Xingba and Ziming, Danyang has added a thousand elite troops, and has gained five thousand troops, that is, We can stick to Chaohu and prevent Cao's army from going south. General Yide will lead his troops to garrison Jingkou, Moling and other Jiangnan counties to prevent Cao's army from sneaking across the river and attacking the key points of Jingkou."

The Yangtze River in Jiangdong is thousands of miles long, and guarding Chaohu Lake alone is definitely not enough.In the lower reaches of Chaohu Lake, in the counties south of the Yangtze River such as Jingkou and Moling, there are also Jiangzhu suitable for landing in the south of the Yangtze River.Cao's army lacked large boats to cross the river, but it was not impossible to send a small force across the river to harass.

Stopping the feather fan in his hand, Zhuge Liang said: "Liang asked Wei Xiaowei to lead Wuhu soldiers and horses across the river. He was brave and good at fighting. He once killed Zhou Tai, a fierce general on the left side of the river. His troops were brave. Add Xingba and Ziming to the army, and we should have five thousand troops. How about five hundred elite soldiers?"

Huo Jun put his palms on his hands and said with a smile: "Three generals, De Xing Ba, Zi Ming, and Wen Chang, and more than five thousand elites, are not enough!"

Zhuge Liang pointed at Jiangxia with a map and asked: "Jiangxia is attacked by Zhang Liao today. Does Zhongmiao know how the war is going?"

Huo Jun's Poyang County is located next to Jiangxia County, and he knows more about the war in Jingzhou than Jingkou, thousands of miles away.

Based on the news from Jingzhou, Huo Jun said: "Zhang Liao attacked Jiangxia, but Su Fei, the commander of the army, was defeated and retreated to the three passes. Your Majesty ordered Chen Shuzhi to lead a thousand men to reinforce Wusheng Pass. Now he is stationed in Xiling City to watch the battle at the three passes. Now General Guan is ordered to lead ten thousand people by boat up the river from Luling, and will soon reach Sanguan."

Zhuge Liang frowned slightly and said: "Cao Cao ordered Zhang Liao to take Jiangxia and let Xia Houyuan supervise the troops, with the intention of intercepting Wu Chu and taking Jiangzuo. General Guan's attack will be enough to relieve the danger of Jiangxia. I am afraid that Cao Cao will attack the people in the north. , and the troops came to the left of the river."

Huo Jun held his long sword in his hand and analyzed: "Now the two Yuans fled outside the fortress, colluded with Tadun, and peeked at Youyan. When Cao Cao first went to Bingzhou, he hurriedly sent troops south to plot Jiangsu, but his intention could not succeed. If Wuhuan When the invaders invade Hebei, Cao Cao will send his troops north to solve the trouble behind him."

Zhuge Liang thought for a while and said, "Zhong Miao meant it, but Cao Cao didn't intend to use a large number of troops?"

Following this train of thought, Zhuge Liang understood clearly and said: "If we want to attack the left side of the Yangtze River, we need water masters. There are no ships today. Cao Cao ordered his people to rush south in a hurry, mostly to consolidate the Jianghuai intention. Unless Zhang Liao and Xia Houyuan are unstoppable, we will The army is difficult to control, otherwise Cao Cao will not go south easily."

"Maybe so!"

Huo Jun recalled the historical content and said: "Although the two Yuans were defeated and fled outside the Great Wall, their desire to spy on Hebei is still alive. If Wuhuan helps, the two Yuans will rely on the Yuan family's old favor and invade Hebei."

Historically, Cao Cao was not idle in his battle against Wuhuan. He led his troops one or two thousand miles deep into the western Liaoning from the Central Plains to face the powerful cavalry enemy Wuhuan outside the fortress.Something must have happened that forced Cao Cao to go north and lead his troops to conquer Tadun.After all, fighting means spending money. Leading an army in a battle is not a trip. People who know how to fight will generally not use troops easily when it is not an emergency.

After discovering this, Huo Jun was worried that he had changed the historical route at first, but later calmed down.Although he changed part of history and created a different historical plot, some things are still unavoidable.

Sighing, Huo Jun said: "No matter what, our army needs to be on alert. With the current strength of [-] troops and horses, we can defend the enemy in the north of the Yangtze River; if we have [-] troops and horses, we will abandon the north of the Yangtze River and retreat to the south of the Yangtze River. With the dangers of the river and nature, The advantage of the boat master is to compete with the people of the Central Plains."

Jiangzuo's forces have not yet been integrated, and the newly recruited soldiers are not strong enough.Unless it was absolutely necessary, Huo Jun really didn't want to face Cao Cao head-on.After all, the current Jiangdong military strength is not as good as the Sun-Liu coalition in history.

"Now that Liu Yangzhou will return to Wu County, he can still mobilize more than [-] soldiers and horses from Wuhui. Forty thousand soldiers and horses are stationed along the river, which is enough to stop [-] soldiers and horses." Zhuge Liang said with relief.

"Ok!"

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