Ji Han Da Sima

Chapter 297 Beifu Northern Expedition
"Husband, Jianghuai is cold in winter, or there may be snow, so don't catch a cold."

Xiao Qiao packed Huo Jun's luggage, folded the cloak and felt, and put them into the box.Over there in the study room, Master Bu was packing up letters, pens, ink, and towels, and putting these daily necessities into boxes.The two women packed up at least five wooden boxes for Huo Jun.

While Xiao Qiao was bending over, Huo Jun reached out and patted his round buttocks, then put his arms around Xiao Qiao's waist.

Xiao Qiao glanced in the direction of the study, pulled Huo Jun's hand, and said with a blush, "Madam is still outside."

Smelling the fragrance of Xiao Qiao's hair, Huo Jun smiled and said, "Madam is kind-hearted, what are you afraid of?"

Having said that, Huo Jun still let go of Xiao Qiao's waist.

Xiao Qiao said bitterly: "My husband is about to leave, and I and my son will stay in the house. How can I not be afraid?"

The wife has a natural deterrent to the concubine. Although Bu Lianshi is a kind person, Xiao Qiao cannot guarantee that Bu Lianshi will not wear small shoes for her.After all, she had just given birth to a son. If Master Bu was jealous because of this, she would have nothing to say.

Huo Jun smiled and said, "After my husband leaves Wancheng, when you move to Wuhan, Mr. Kong Ming has already prepared a house for my Huo family outside the city."

"Why is this?" Xiao Qiao frowned slightly and asked, "But my husband is leading the army to go on an expedition, and the lord is worried that he has a heavy army, so he takes his family members as a threat?"

"When a general goes out to suppress the enemy, his family members stay behind in the capital. This is true for both Cao Cao and Duke Xuande. As a general, how can I not be the same as all the generals?"

Lifting Xiao Qiao's fine hair, Huo Jun said: "Xuande Gong is kind and benevolent, unlike Cao Cao. Moreover, Wuhan is noisy and prosperous, with treasures from the crossroads, brocade silk from Bashu, and everything you want. The prosperity is even worse than Jiangling. There are many noble ladies in Wuhan, Occasionally, you can also make friends and go on outings.”

With the expansion of Liu Bei's territory and the defeat of Cao Cao this time, his prestige was further established.Liu Bei promulgated the system that the generals would go out to the town and their families would stay in Wuhan.

Huo Jun is Liu Bei's No. 1 general and is also the commander of the Jianghuai Theater. If he does not take the lead and set an example, it will be difficult to carry out this order.

As for Wuhan being more prosperous than Jiangling, this is true.Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang and other top Wu and Chu officials moved to Wuhan, tens of thousands of Chinese troops were stationed outside Wuhan, and iron ore mines around Wuhan were excavated. All these brought a large number of people to Wuhan, and merchants gathered there.

Jiangling was burned twice by fire and lost its status as a political center. The economic situation is naturally not as good as Wuhan.

"promise!"

Listening to Huo Jun's arrangement, Xiao Qiao could only accept it weakly.

"Husband, Yi'er will come to the lord's residence to study Zen with the young master?"

Master Bu entered the bedroom from the study at unknown time and said worriedly, "I don't know what Gongzi Chan's character is like. If he is a playboy, he might lead Yi'er into trouble!"

"My lord is very strict with his son. After his mother, Mrs. Gan, passed away, he was raised by Mrs. Mi, and his discipline was good. Moreover, most of his teachers were famous people from Wu and Chu, such as Ge Jun Kongming, Zhang Junzi Bu, Wang Jun Zhongxuan, Hundreds of schools of thought, including Confucianism and Legalism, all teach it, so why worry about Yi'er not being able to master it?"

As he said that, Huo Jun held Bu Lianshi's catkins and said with a smile: "A good teacher imparts knowledge, and a madam teaches moral character. Why worry about Yi'er being incompetent?"

Huo Yi became Liu Chan's companion. Huo Jun was only happy but not dissatisfied.Not to mention that Liu Chan will most likely be the heir in the future, but just in history, Huo Yi was taken into the mansion by Liu Bei to raise him after his death.After going through hardships, he eventually became the governor of Nanzhong in Shuhan.Now that Huo Yi has become Liu Chan's companion, he will only be stronger than history, not weaker than history.

"hope so!"

Trainer Bu adjusted Huo Jun's collar and said softly: "My husband is on an expedition to the Jianghuai River and is stationed in the army. He should avoid arrows and not go into danger. My wife, concubines, and heirs will all be in Wuhan waiting for your triumphant return."

"Remember it for your husband!"

After exchanging love with his wives and concubines, Huo Jun took a boat from Wancheng, went down the river, arrived in the morning and arrived at night, and rushed to Ruxukou to prepare for the battle.Four generals, Zhao Yun, He Qi, Huang Zhong and Hao Pu, led [-] soldiers and also rushed to Dongguan to assemble.

The [-] soldiers sent by Liu Bei were both old and weak, and the numbers of the four generals were also uneven.For example, He Qi had the largest number of soldiers and horses, with as many as [-] people.Gai Yinhe Qi was a general who surrendered from Sun Wu. He had a lot of troops when he surrendered. In the past, he also expanded some of his troops when he conquered Shanyue.

As a former general under Liu Qi, Huang Zhong's number of troops and horses remained unchanged, with 7000 people under his jurisdiction.Haopu has the fewest troops, a standard battalion of 5000 men.Zhao Yun came with the Chinese army and commanded about [-] soldiers and horses.

Zhao Yun's troops and horses are not restricted. As he assists Liu Bei in commanding the central army, the number of troops and horses depends on Liu Bei's wishes.

Dongguan, Beifu Military Camp.

In the big tent, Ma Liang read out the appointment to Huo Jun, held up the talisman with both hands, and said: "This is the talisman. The generals hold the talisman as if the lord comes in person. Generals who disobey orders or violate the law do not need to be reported. The generals can take care of themselves." "

The talisman section is eight feet long and decorated with red feathers.Huo Jun was the first general under Liu Bei to cheat, and he is also the only one today. This shows how honorable Huo Jun is!

Although Zhang Fei, who led his troops into Hanzhong, was the commander-in-chief, he was constrained by his deputy general Lu Xun and military advisor Pang Tong, so he could not do many things he wanted to do.

Huo Jun stretched out his hand to take the talisman and said in a deep voice: "I will live up to my lord's kindness."

Ma Liang took a few steps back, cupped his hands and said, "Liang pays homage to the governor!"

With Ma Liang taking the lead, Mi Fang, Zhao Yun, He Qi, Gao Xiang, Huo Du and others will all bow their hands and salute to express their respect for Huo Jun.

Huo Jun sat on the couch, and Huo Fan stood behind him.

Looking around at the generals standing in the tent, Huo Jun said: "Cao Cao moved to Guanzhong and stayed away from Jianghuai. Now is the time to use force in Hefei. Following the order of the lord, I led more than [-] people to launch the Northern Expedition. I hope you will work together and don't neglect it. , if there is any slack, it should be dealt with according to military law."

"Promise!" All the generals responded solemnly.

"Sit down!"

Seeing that all the generals were available, Huo Jun called everyone to sit down and said: "Although Hefei is small, the city is strong and there are strong generals stationed there. Since I have thought deeply about it, attacking the city by force is the next best thing."

He Qi pondered for a while and then said: "Captain, if we can't attack by force, why should we break the city? Could it be that the general wants to lure the enemy into fighting and defeat the enemy's troops in order to gain strength." "Yes, no!"

Huo Jun smiled and said: "The city of Hefei is strong. The governor wants to surround Hefei with troops, defeat the reinforcements from outside, and demoralize the enemy in order to capture the city walls."

"Commander, Generals Zhang, Li and Zhu are not ordinary generals, they are all capable of conquering and fighting. For example, if our army surrounds Hefei and the enemy reinforcements arrive, there are enemy invaders outside and sharp soldiers inside, and they are attacked from both inside and outside. Our army may be defeated." He Qi said worriedly.

"Get on the map!"

"promise!"

At Huo Jun's instruction, the attendant opened the curtain, revealing the map of the Jianghuai region.

Huo Jun stood up on his knees, pointed to the map, and said: "Hefei is far away from the Jianghuai River. If Hefei is besieged, the Jianghuai River will send troops and horses to support it. Such as Runan, Qiaojun, Xiapi, Donghai and other counties, as well as the troops and horses of the three prefectures of Henan, Yanzhou, and Xuzhou When we hear the news, we will move south to support Hefei, with no less than [-] to [-] reinforcements."

"As General He said, reinforcements from the Jianghuai River have arrived, and there are sharp men in Hefei. If attacked from inside and outside, our army will be defeated. Therefore, our army needs to disperse the enemy's reinforcements, making it difficult to gather heavy troops in the Jianghuai area. At that time, Cao's army has few soldiers to come to the rescue, and our army can swallow them up; Even if the enemy soldiers come to help, our army can defeat them."

Hefei was besieged, and the three states of Henan, Yan, and Xu sent troops to rescue them. The soldiers and horses from the Central Plains gathered no less than the number of soldiers under Huo Jun's tent.Coupled with the troops in Hefei City, it would be difficult for Huo Jun to win.Therefore, Huo Jun wanted to disperse the troops of the three states so that they could not form a heavy force and go south for rescue.

The generals looked at each other, they could understand what Huo Jun said.But how to cross the Jianghuai area, which is hundreds of miles away, and disperse the troops of the three states is a big problem.

Huo Jun seemed to be able to understand everyone's doubts. He drew an arc on the map with his hand, pointed at Yuzhou Island, and said: "Years ago, Jun crossed the sea to the north of Yuzhou Island and moved the people of Xuzhou back. He wanted to contain Zang Ba and Sun Yat-sen of Xuzhou. Guan, Wu Dun and other troops should float on the sea and head north."

"In this way, Xuzhou's troops and horses are restrained. In Hefei's emergency, only the troops and horses near the Jianghuai River are available. If Shouchun's troops and horses are defeated, and Hefei's defenders are defeated, the city can be conquered!"

Five years ago, when Huo Jun was just the governor of Poyang, he led his troops across the sea to the north, stationed in Yuzhou, and rescued Changxi in Donghai County.Now Huo Jun is moving to Zhenjiang and Huaihe in order to attack Hefei. It would be a pity not to use this route to contain Xuzhou's reinforcements.

Xuzhou's reinforcements were contained. In the short term, Cao Cao could only mobilize tens of thousands of troops from the Huaihe River Basin to go south to rescue Hefei. This was the number of enemy troops that Huo Jun could fight.Huo Jun took advantage of this time difference to capture Hefei City.

After a pause, Huo Jun ordered: "Where are Chang Xi and Mi Fang?"

"The end is here!"

The two of them came out from the table and answered with cupped hands.

In order to prevent Mi Fang from being timid, Huo Jun asked: "Donghai County is your homeland. I ordered you two to lead the army north to Yuzhou and use boats and boats to harass Xuzhou. Do you dare?"

Mi Fang was from Donghai, Xuzhou.He once went to Yuzhou with Huo Jun and led his army to open a sea route from Jiangdong to Liaodong; Chang Xi was the former governor of the East China Sea. Most of his sergeants were from Xuzhou and were familiar with the terrain of Xuzhou.The two of them went north to harass the Xuzhou seaside as a partial army. No one in the army was more suitable than them.

"Since it's the governor's order, how can Fang not dare!" Mi Fang said.

"The general is willing to go!" Chang Xi responded.

"good!"

Huo Jun issued a military order and said: "I order you two to float across the sea and go north to Yuzhou, use Yuzhou as a camp, harass the Xuzhou seaside, and contain Xuzhou's troops. However, you cannot fight a strong enemy. You should retreat when the enemy advances and we retreat when the enemy retreats. Strategy to advance. The army will be led by Mi Danyang, with Chang Guang Ling as the auxiliary."

Mi Fang took the military order and asked hesitantly: "May I ask the governor, how long will it last? Fang needs to prepare food and grass in the big ship."

Huo Jun pondered for a while and said: "Prepare enough food for half a year. For half a year, no matter whether Hefei is conquered or not, you two can just return south as scheduled."

During offensive operations, Huo Jun didn't like to get stuck in a long-term battle. In his eyes, once the war got stuck in a long-term battle, the morale of the sergeants would inevitably drop seriously, and the probability of victory would be low.And the enemy can also react and deploy strategies more calmly.

Therefore, Huo Jun admires the method of fighting without moving and surprising with one move, the core of which is to catch the enemy by surprise.

"promise!"

With the time limit in place, Mi and Chang felt at ease.

"Where is Zhao Yun?" Huo Jun ordered.

"The end is here!"

"This governor orders you to be the vanguard and clear the way for the army." Huo Jun said.

"No!" Zhao Yun received the military order and retreated.

"Where is Yu Shao?"

"The end is here!"

"I have ordered you to be responsible for the scouting arrangements of the army. You must find out the military situation in Shouchun clearly and make sure there are no mistakes!" Huo Jun said.

"No!" Yu Shao retreated with the military order.

Huo Jun stroked his sword and looked at everyone, and said: "The rest of the generals, follow this governor across Chaohu Lake and arrive at Hefei City!"

The generals stood up from their seats and responded in unison: "The last general takes orders!"

(End of this chapter)