Ji Han Da Sima

Chapter 34
Jiangxia County, Xiakou.

Xiakou, also known as Miankou or Hankou, is named because the Han River (Xia River) flows into the Yangtze River from here.As the intersection of the Han River and the Yangtze River, it is an important transportation thoroughfare and military center.

From the time when Huang Zu was guarding Jiangxia, in order to defend Jiangling and Xiangyang, he moved Xiling, the governor of Jiangxia County, to Queyue City in the north of the Yangtze River, as a military stronghold to resist Jiangdong.

Queyue City was built by Dai Jianjun in the Eastern Han Dynasty. It has a circuit of 180 steps and a height of 6 feet. It is located on Mount Lu (today's Guishan in Wuhan), directly adjacent to Miankou.

As for the city called Xiakou City in later generations, it has not yet been built.Xiakou City did not exist until Sun Quan's troops entered Jiangxia, abandoned Queyue City in the north of the Yangtze River, and built a city on Snake Mountain in the south of the Yangtze River.

Queyue City, the government office.

"If the time is right as expected, Huo Canjun will arrive in Xiakou today. I wonder if his base is ready?"

Huang She picked up his pen and stroked the ink on the cloth, and he was quite addicted to it. When the pen and ink gradually ran out, he picked up the pen and dipped it in the ink, and asked casually.

"what?"

Zhang Feng, the wandering chief bookkeeper, changed his expression slightly. He had embezzled part of the money for building the fortress. In addition, he was busy marrying a concubine recently, so he had forgotten about it.

In a short while, Zhang Feng had a countermeasure in his mind and said: "Major General, Feng has given instructions a few days ago. However, three days ago, the master transferred the sergeant and had to delay the construction. Now Feng thinks it is better to temporarily transfer a unit of our army to move in." In the old camp, the vacated camp will be occupied by Nahuo's army. After the construction of the camp is completed, everyone can return to the camp."

After hearing this, Huang She pondered for a while and asked, "The old camp is dilapidated. Which troops can be mobilized to move in?"

"Gan Ning is vulgar and cruel, and he is brave and aggressive. He lives in the camp and often has gaps with other troops." Zhang Feng said: "It is better to let those Jinfan thieves vacate the camp and let them settle in the old camp. There are 800 of his troops. People, Huo Shenjun has thousands of people, and they can live there."

When Huang She heard the name 'Gan Ning', he looked slightly disgusted and said, "Just follow Boyun's words."

"promise!"

After Gan Ning rebelled from Yizhou, he surrendered to Liu Biao. He first stationed troops in Nanyang. Feeling that Liu Biao was incompetent, he was ready to join Sun Quan, who was recruiting talented people. However, when he passed by Jiangxia, he was detained by Huang Zu and had to serve Huang Zu.Due to this factor, coupled with Gan Ning's banditry and dissolute behavior, people like Huang Zu and Huang She, who were born in the gentry clan, were quite disgusted. Although they were brave, they were alienated from the core army.

Zhang Feng breathed a sigh of relief and luckily got over it.

"If Huo Canjun arrives, let me know and a certain general will come out to greet you." Huang She replied.

"promise!"

As Huang Zu grew older over the years, Huang She, as the eldest son, became the second-in-command in Jiangxia, assisting Huang Zu in handling Jiangxia's military and political affairs.However, Huang She's prestige was not as good as Huang Zu's, and his power was not as great as Huang Zu's.

Those veterans who followed Huang Zu took advantage of this gap to deceive the superiors and deceive the subordinates, often greedy for military resources.His nature was so bad that even Liu Biao in Xiangyang knew about it and specially arranged for Pan Jun to be the postal supervisor to patrol Sha Xian.

After leaving the government office, Zhang Feng found his subordinate Lu Da, took the military order written by Huang She, and said: "Ask Governor Su to vacate the camp of the Jinfan thieves and give it to Huo Shen's army from Xiangyang."

"Where do Colonel Gan and the others live?" his subordinate Lu Da asked, holding the military order.

"Let the Jinfan thieves go to the old camp to stay temporarily, and build another camp to set up camp." Zhang Feng said.

Lu Da said in surprise: "Master, the old camp is dilapidated. It has not been inhabited for many years. It is overgrown with weeds and may be difficult to live in. And it is the middle of winter, which is also inconvenient!"

"Just give him some tents." Zhang Feng said.

"promise!"

……

"what!"

In the military camp, a burly general with bird feathers on his head was furious and said: "The camp has not been repaired, and the money has been embezzled. Now I am asked to vacate the camp and let Na Huo join the army to live there. How unreasonable!"

"Young boy Huang She is really hateful!"

With that said, the man pressed the long knife in his hand, and the bell on his body jingled, and he was about to walk out of the camp.

"Xingba, be careful what you say!"

Su Fei quickly grabbed Gan Ning and shouted: "You aroused the suspicion of Huang Taishou because you surrendered to the Sun family. If you had done some meritorious deeds, maybe things would be different. For the sake of someone's face, Xingba will tolerate it for the time being. If If you use weapons, you may lose your life."

Gan Ning held the long sword and said angrily: "Since Ning lived in Jiangxia, he has always been bullied. How can he endure it now?"

"Xingba!" Su Fei shouted sincerely: "Please feel aggrieved and stay in the camp for now. Tomorrow I will order the soldiers to build a new fort with your troops."

Gan Ning looked at his friend Su Fei's sincere look, sighed, threw down his arms, strode to sit on the couch, and said with a sneer: "I would rather not care about it, but my brothers cannot suffer this injustice. Sergeant Xiangyang can live in my camp. , it depends on whether they have this ability."

"Xing Ba?" "Don't worry, Ning knows what's going on."

Gan Ning interrupted Su Fei's words and said: "Qing Ning is never afraid of things, but this hatred will not go away, and it is difficult to understand the anger in my heart."

Seeing this, Su Fei gritted his teeth and said, "That person will try his best to vouch for you."

……

As the warship arrived at the shore, Huang She saw Huo Jun getting off the warship from a distance.

After being introduced by others, Huo Jun walked up to Huang She, raised his hands and said in greeting: "Jun pays homage to Huang Zhangling. Thank you for welcoming me."

According to common sense, Huang She didn't need to come out to welcome Huo Jun with his official position.However, as Huo Jun was a member of the Zhennan General's Mansion and was appointed by Liu Biao to support Jiangxia, it made sense for Huang She to come out to welcome him.Of course, there are also Wang Can’s letters. As Wang Can’s pen pal, Huang She also loves the house and the bird.

Huang She looked at Huo Jun, who was dressed in Zhongjia. He was both civilized and military, and his temperament suddenly came out. He couldn't help feeling a little fond of him, and said: "No need to be polite. Zhongxuan's friend is She's friend. Zhongmiao can just call me Bo Zhong." .”

The name "Huang She" is deceptive. It is not the "shoot" of an arrow, but the "shoot" (yi) in the rhythm.When Huang Zu named Huang She, he hoped that his son would be both civil and military.

Huang She held Huo Jun's hand and said with a smile: "A banquet has been set up in someone's house. Zhong Miao can go with me. As for his men, they can go to the camp with She's attendants to station themselves."

"Master Fu can go ahead, Rong Jun has given instructions to his men." Huo Jun said.

"Can!"

Huo Jun summoned Huo Du and Gao Xiang, took out the camp layout plan from his arms, and said: "Although Jiangxia camp exists, it still needs to be arranged according to this map. Jiangxia is adjacent to Jiangdong, and bandits occasionally attack, so we must not neglect our precautions. When we arrive, In the military camp, set up the camp according to this plan, and then you can rest. After returning from the banquet, you should check everything one by one."

During these years in the late Han Dynasty, Huo Jun deeply realized that his thinking was different from that of the ancients, that is, he would formulate his thoughts and experiences into a systematic and scientific way, instead of just relying on experience to deal with some things.

For example, when it comes to running an army, details are all important. When marching, you must be careful about ambushes. Soldiers must not fall behind. When camping, you must pay attention to hygiene and other important and trivial matters.

In other words, when it comes to building a fort, no matter what the terrain is, the layout of the fort is very similar. Therefore, he will draw a map of the fort in advance and ask his men to set up camp in this way to avoid encountering night attacks or camp roars.

In fact, Huo Jun's behavior is only the basic skills of a famous general, and it is also the quality that a general should have.After all, you can't be kidnapped in your own camp like Xiahou Dun!

"promise!"

After waiting for instructions, Huo Jun left Huo Du behind and warned: "After my brother enters the camp, ask Wen Ying to go and help Feng Lu in case Feng Lu doesn't understand the layout of the camp."

"it is good!"

Huang She's banquet was quite emotional, not in Queyue City, but on the boat.It can only be said that the warships are not used for fighting, but for drinking and having fun. It is no wonder that Jiangxia's military force is slack.

After coming to Jiangxia and walking around, I found that Jiangxia's war preparations were lax and the forts were uneven. As the eldest son, Huang She had long been friends with literati and relaxed his control over the army.Huang She can do well inside Jingzhou, but if he does this in a major military town, how can he defeat Jiangdong.

While everyone was feasting and enjoying themselves, Huo Hu came in a hurry and whispered in Huo Jun's ear.

Huo Jun frowned slightly, put down the wine bottle in his hand, cupped his hands and said, "Master Fu, something happened in Jun's army. I may need to return to camp."

Huang She pretended to be displeased and said: "At the beginning of this banquet, how can Zhong Miao return to camp? Is it possible that Zhong Miao's men can't solve it?"

"That's not the case. It's just that some people said that the camp belongs to them and there will be a conflict between the two parties." Huo Jun replied.

Hearing this, Huang She looked at Zhang Feng. Zhang Feng wiped the cold sweat on his head and said: "Gan Ning is arrogant and unreasonable, and he is not a good man. Now he is unwilling to give up the camp, so he has a conflict with Huo Canjun. Su Fei must be ordered to solve it."

Huo Jun got up from the couch and said: "When Jun first arrived in Jiangxia, he had a conflict with Lord Gan. If there is a gap between the Lord and his subordinates, Jun should feel guilty. If Lord Jun trusts Jun too much, Jun should handle the matter personally. The Lord of the Palace and all the wise men are here to continue the banquet."

"also may!"

Huang She pondered for a while and said, "Master Zhang is going with Zhong Miao and must help Huo Canjun resolve this matter."

"promise!"

After getting off the boat, Huo Jun took a small boat to the Jiangxia military camp and led the way to the camp.

In the empty camp, soldiers from both sides were divided into opposites. They were agitated and insulted each other. If Huo Du and Gao Xiang had not restrained themselves, a conflict would probably break out.

PS: Recently, some book friends have reported that my pace is slow, so I try to go as fast as possible these days.

(End of this chapter)