Ji Han Da Sima

Chapter 557 Huo Du returns to Beijing
In the fifth year of Zhangwu, winter.

Guangling, Jianghuai Governor's Mansion.

Huo Jun sat in front of the case and wrote the last volume of the book of war, "Governing the Army".

Since he went to Jianghuai, he began to write military books. In the early years, he put too much energy into the first volume of "Military States" and often revised and revised it until he was satisfied.

The first volume, "Military State", discusses the relationship between the military and the state, as well as China's major geographical sectors, and analyzes specific war cases, with a total of 120,000 words.

The second volume, "On Art", uses Thirty-Six Strategies as an outline, uses cases to describe strategies, and is supplemented by explanations of specific strategies based on the content of Sun Tzu's Art of War. Later, due to discussions with Liu Bei and Fazheng, I simply added content related to nature and climate, with a total word count of about 70,000 to 80,000 words.

The last volume, "Governing the Army," takes the three arms of cavalry, infantry, and water as the summary, and details the selection, use of generals, military discipline, golden drums, and other specific contents, as well as how the three armies coordinate operations.

The last volume is relatively simple. It just discusses his many years of experience in running the army. There is no need to consult too much information or deduce the battle process based on historical books.

A person's life is mostly filled with fame and fortune. Huo Jun is not a saint, nor is he a person without desires and pursuits. He is also trapped by the word fame.

At present, he has become a prosperous minister, with many wives and concubines, and many children. As you move forward in life, if you consider your reputation after death, you can imitate Guo Ziyi; if you don't consider your reputation after death, you can imitate Sima Yi.

But with how well Liu Bei treated him, he was destined to be unable to imitate Sima Yi as a person. From now on, he can only follow Guo Ziyi's path and become a famous official who will leave his name in history.

If you want to leave a name in history, in addition to your merits, military books are an auxiliary product for him to leave a name in history. Not only can it spread his military thoughts, but it can also allow future generations to remember you through the book.

"Commander, Your Majesty is here to envoy!"

While Huo Jun was writing the military book, Huo Xiong brought Guo Youzhi in.

"Meet the Governor!"

"May I ask the angel, what is your Majesty's business?" Huo Jun put his pen down on the case and asked.

Guo Youzhi submitted the letter and said: "Back to the Governor, Your Majesty heard that the six counties of Xuhuai are temporarily in peace. Now that the Governor has not returned to the capital for a long time, he specially ordered his servant to pay homage to the Governor with a letter and ask the Governor to return to the capital to report on his duties so that he can be reunited with his family."

"Angel, sit down!"

Huo Jun asked Guo Youzhi to take a seat, and then opened the letter.

In the letter, Liu Bei didn't say much. He talked about his children and his joy at being a grandfather. Let Huo Jun return to Beijing to see his grandson.

Huo Fan had been married to Princess Hanyang, Liu Bei's concubine, for many years, but they had no children. Princess Hanyang was not pregnant until last year, and she was just born not long ago.

Reading the content of the letter, Huo Jun thought about his current age and felt dumbfounded. He is only forty-six years old, and he is already a grandfather. In later generations, the son would probably have only reached adulthood.

Of course, if Huo Jun hadn't adopted Huo Fan as his adopted son, his biological son Huo Yi would have been only sixteen or seventeen years old.

After closing the letter, Huo Jun gathered his thoughts and asked, "How is your Majesty's health?"

"Reporting to the Commander-in-Chief, Your Majesty is suffering from an old illness. He suffers from swelling and pain in Taicang. He relieves himself many times in one day. Du Du, the imperial physician, has difficulty in diagnosing the disease and the medicine prescribed by Your Majesty is of no use."

Guo Youzhi pondered for a while and said truthfully: "Your Majesty said that he had an old hidden disease, which occurred many times in his early years, but it was not serious. Since last year, his condition has worsened, and he has the above symptoms."

People who can live sixty or seventy years are rare in agricultural societies. In his early years, Liu Bei charged into battle and went through many battles, suffering only a lot of wounds from swords and swords. After sixty years, he was still able to accompany the army on an expedition to Guanzhong and patrol eastward across the Yangtze River and Huaihe River. He was considered a monarch in excellent health.

With the decline of immunity, the relapse of old diseases, and the current backward medical level, it is not surprising that such symptoms appear.

Huo Jun thought for a while and said: "Your Majesty has ordered to recruit someone, how dare you not go? Angel, just wait for a few days, let me tell you the important things, and return to Wuhan with you."

"promise!"

Guo Youzhi bowed and left, while Huo Jun invited Jiang Ji to come to the study hall.

After a while, Jiang Ji came over in a hurry, wiping the sweat on his head with a towel.

"Captain, what's the emergency?"

Huo Jun sorted out the manuscripts on the desk and said: "Your Majesty has sent me a letter to summon me and ask Jun to return to the capital to report on his duties. The affairs of Xu Huai will be discussed and resolved by you and Shi Yuan." "Is there something important in the capital?" Jiang Ji asked.

"It shouldn't be a big deal!"

Huo Jun was a little uncertain and said: "According to the envoy, although His Majesty is trapped by illness, there is nothing serious. Now it may be the same as in the old days. Let me return to the capital and stay temporarily for a few months."

"If the governor returns to Beijing this time and Xiahou Shang raises his troops to attack Xia Pi, what should we do?" Jiang Ji asked.

Huo Jun thought for a long time and said: "Stick to the strategy. Like a large number of thieves, Xiapi can guard and defend, but cannot guard and abandon. If there are few thieves, let the governor of Xiapi stand firm and wait for help. The most important place now is not Xiapi City, but for Zhongli and Huaiyin cities."

"Especially when Huaiyin is guarding Sikou on the upper side and Hangou on the lower side, it is the key point of Huaidong. Therefore, the two cities of Zhongli and Huaiyin are the barriers to the Yangtze and Huaihe Rivers. If the two cities are defeated, the Yangtze and Huaihe Rivers will be lost."

Huo Jun paced up and down and said, "Previously, I ordered Xu Sheng and Quan Cong to guard Zhongli and Huaiyin respectively. Now that I'm gone, Zitong should ask them to strengthen the city defense and gather grain and grass. If the two cities are besieged, I will be in charge of the east. After returning, Zitong can lead his troops to Huaiyin first to wait for the troops on the left side of the Yangtze River."

"promise!"

Not to mention that after Huo Jun arranged Jianghuai affairs, he followed Guo Youzhi back to Beijing to report on his duties. In Cao Wei Kingdom today, Cao Pi was feeling sad for Jia Xu, who died of illness.

After Jia Xu became the Taiwei, due to his status, he often practiced behind closed doors and did not ask too many questions. Unless Cao Pi took the initiative to ask questions about politics, Jia Xu almost never took the initiative to answer.

This year is coming. Before his death, Jia Xu told his son not to be a die-hard loyalist to Cao Wei. If there is a crisis in China, it is time to change the master. Don't worry about him serving the Cao family and his son.

Before his death, Jia Xu, in order to be worthy of Cao Pi, asked his son to present a deathbed memorial to Cao Pi, urging him to close the country and recuperate, and not to march south easily. Cao Pi naturally did not listen to Jia Xu's deathbed memorial, and was still ready to march south at any time.

"Hey!"

On the couch, Cao Pi looked at the empty seat, sighed, and said sadly: "First, Du Pushe was shipwrecked in Mengjin on a trial ship, and then Taiwei Jia Gong died of illness at his house. Now that the two kings have passed away, I will be the last to leave. Arms too!”

Following Cao Pi's orders, Du Ji and Zhuge Dan supervised the construction of boats and boats in Mengjin after relieving the victims in Jizhou. However, this year it rained for more than a hundred days, flash floods broke out, and the wind and waves were too strong. Du Ji drowned in the Tao River, but Zhuge Dan survived.

"Your Majesty should express your condolences!"

Pen pal Chen Qun sat on the table, cupped his hands and said: "Now that the north and south are separated, and barbarians are harassing the border, your majesty should give top priority to state affairs."

Cao Pi calmed down and asked, "What's going on between the Southern Territory and the Northern Territory today?"

"Your Majesty, Liu Bei used Zhuge Liang to govern the country. He neglected corvee and paid little in taxes, and searched for the population. It is indeed a sign of great prosperity."

Sun Zi worriedly said: "As for the northern border, Kebi Neng has sent troops to annex the Xianbei tribes in the border areas, and now he is attacking each other with Suli and Budugen. General Qianzhao and Tian Yu are mostly worried about Kebi Neng, fearing that he will be like Tan. The Shihuai incident led to the unification of Monan and led the people who controlled the strings to go south and harass the frontiers. "

"I'm just going to tell you now, please reinforce the northern border and unite the tribes to prevent them from invading each other, so as to ensure the peace of the border!"

"Kebineng?"

Cao Pi frowned and said: "Ke Bineng came up to beg for surrender and became the righteous king of our country. He first sent horses back to the people and our country, and then sent cavalry to the south for aid. How can he be so respectful now as he did in the past of Tan Shihuai ”

"Your Majesty doesn't know something!"

Seeing that Cao Pi was deceived by Ke Bineng, Sun Zi said: "Ke Bineng admires Han affairs. The reason why he is obedient is that his strength is not as good as that of China. For example, during the time of the first emperor, Ke Bineng secretly cooperated with Daijun Wuhuan to rebel, and later Liang If King Wu leads his cavalry to defeat him, he will be afraid of China."

"If China is not strong enough and Kebi is able to unify Monan, then he will follow the story of Tanshihuai and harass the border areas, thinking it is a big trouble!"

Xianbei emerged from the Tanshihuai period and plundered the states of Bing, You, Ji, and Hebei, forcing the Eastern Han Dynasty to abandon Hetao. If Tanshihuai hadn't been stabbed to death, I don't know what would have happened in the troubled times of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

Sun Zi, Tian Yu, Qian Zhao, etc., who are now frontier people, are all worried that someone like Tan Shihuai will emerge from Xianbei. At that time, there were Xianbei in the north and Han in the south, so the Wei Dynasty was probably in danger.

"You must be careful!"

Cao Pi smiled and said: "Xianbei has a skin disease, and water thieves have a heart and lung disease. If we go to water thieves first, we will have no worries on the border!"

(End of this chapter)