Ji Han Da Sima

Chapter 69 Epilogue
In the Chaisang County government office, Huo Jun was directing the surrendered officials to present the household registration documents in Chaisang City and the surrounding dangerous mountains and rivers.

Upon entering the city, Huo Jun took the lead in ordering people to seal off the treasury, and then led people to rush to the county government office to recruit Chaisang's subordinate officials to see if he could find important military maps.

As a county-level city, Chaisang will not store important geographical maps. However, as a military town on the east and west borders of Jiangxi, it will 100% store military maps.As for what kind of military map it is, it's like opening a blind box.

In the absence of satellites in ancient times, military maps were extremely rare.Before going to Jiangdong this time, the map of Yuzhang County was produced by Huang Zu, but it was only a rough topography, and the detailed topography was really lacking.The details of the topography of Chaisang were discovered only after Gan Ning led his troops to sneak into Yuzhang.

Touching the map, Huo Jun had a smile on his face.With this map, he has all the counties around Poyang Lake under his control.

The official wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "General, this is the household registration document of Chaisang."

Huo Jun took the household registration slip and saw the population of Chaisang County. He couldn't help but sigh to himself. Yuzhang is really rich. The population of Chaisang County alone is between [-] and [-], and there are about [-] or [-] households.

"Do you know how many people there are in Yuzhang County?" Huo Jun asked.

The senior planner wiped his sweat, raised his hands and said: "General, I am only a minor official in the county. How can I know the latest number of household registrations in the county? However, the official once heard from the old planner that during the Yonghe period, there were more than 170 households in Yuzhang, with a population of [-] million. Although the distance has been decades, and the war has gone through many twists and turns, a lot of people have been lost, estimated to be one million people."

In Huo Jun's three-step strategy, the first step is to let Liu Bei gain a firm foothold in Yuzhang, not only from geographical factors, but also from population factors.

If we can find from the census of Yonghe in the Eastern Han Dynasty, the population of Yangzhou is as high as more than 400 million.If Yuzhang County is excluded, the combined population of Wu County, Danyang and Kuaiji controlled by Sun Quan would only reach 180 million people.If Kuaiji County, which has a weak foundation, is excluded, the population of Danyang and Wu County is only about 130 million.

In fact, Liu Bei was able to arm-wrestle with Sun Quan by integrating Yuzhang's power.If Danyang is captured and the second step of the strategy of going to Jiangdong is realized, Liu Bei's power will be overwhelmingly superior to Sun Quan.

Huo Jun was lost in thought while looking at the maps and documents.The sound of hurried footsteps was heard. Huang She pressed his sword and burst into the hall angrily, shouting: "Huo Zhongmiao, you are using me as a bait to get firewood. You are so cruel!"

Huo Jun raised his head and saw Huang She entering, stood up to greet him, and said in surprise: "Brother Bo Zhong, where do we start talking about this?"

Seeing Huo Jun's behavior, Huang She sneered and said, "Zhongmiao, your talk of being lost can deceive others, but not me. If you were really lost, how could you send two detachments to seize the water gate of Xicheng and the dry road of Nancheng?" . In this battle, thousands of people were killed and injured, and Zhong Miao should be blamed!"

To be honest, Huo Jun had no hope of being able to deceive Huang She. After all, not even a fool could figure out that someone who got lost in the lake and then ran to the south gate of Chaisang,
However, Huo Jun was not afraid of Huang She. He snorted coldly and said, "Bo Zhong must be ignorant of good and evil. Jun worked hard to capture Cai Chai Sang for General Huang, but now he blames me for killing your sergeant. It's really a shame." reason."

Huo Jun walked up to Huang She, with an angry look on his face, and said, "I dare to ask Bo Zhong, who commanded these more than a thousand people killed and injured, me or you; who killed this, it was me, Huo Zhongmiao, Or those Jiangdong soldiers?"

Hearing this, Huang She fell silent. Huo Jun's question really touched his heart.Who else could command these thousands of people besides him? The reason for the death and injury of the soldiers was no one except Jiangdong soldiers.

Huo Jun was indignant and said: "If it weren't for me, Huo Zhongmiao, you, Huang Bo Zhong'an, would be able to join Chaisang. The more than a thousand soldiers under your command have been killed and injured in vain. How can you still recruit Chaisang soldiers to serve as elites?"

"This~"

Listening to Huo Jun's rebuke, Huang She calmed down. He realized that Huo Jun had deceived him and seemed to be using him. Coupled with the incident of kidnapping him last time, he instantly became angry and angrily went to Huo Jun to argue.

But listening to Huo Jun's words, he felt as if he was in the wrong.He made a mistake in commanding his troops, causing more than a thousand casualties among his subordinates. Fortunately, with Huo Jun's help, he was able to join Chaisang, but he always felt weird.

Seeing Huo Jun being so angry, Huang She restrained his tone and said, "Then how can Zhong Miao explain that your two troops appeared at the west and south gates, and took advantage of the enemy's unpreparedness to attack the two gates and capture Chaisang City."

Hearing these words, Huo Jun seemed to be even more angry and said dissatisfiedly: "Yesterday, Bo Zhong failed to seize the gate. He did not allow our troops to overwhelm him out of concern for his face. Jun was worried that Bo Zhong would not be able to break the city today, so he sent two troops to the west and south. I thought I would respond to Bo Zhong's attack at the gate. Unexpectedly, Bo Zhong was frustrated. Our troops made good progress in capturing the west gate, and broke through the city and captured Chaisang." "At that time, in order to take care of Bo Zhong's face, Jun Yan got lost and accidentally went to the south gate, hoping to join forces with the general to capture the west gate. City. After conquering Chaisang, Bozhong also captured Chaisang. He didn’t kill and wounded the soldiers in vain. How come it’s my fault now! Does Bozhong really think that Jun can count Bozhong’s defeat?” Huo Jun laughed angrily and said .

"Now Bo Zhong doesn't recognize my painstaking efforts, and the fate between you and me is over."

After saying that, Huo Jun was about to draw his sword and break the banquet.

Seeing this, Huang She didn't have time to think about the logical loopholes in Huo Jun's words, so he quickly stopped Huo Jun's hand and said, "Zhong Miao, don't be angry. It's Zhong Miao's fault for making the wrong shot. Today's soldiers suffered too many casualties. It's true that they misunderstood Zhong Miao in a hurry." It’s my fault!”

Seeing Huang She like this, Huo Jun seemed a lot relieved and no longer angry. He sighed and said: "Brother treats Jun with sincerity. Last time on the ship, Jun treated my brother like this. I am really sorry. You also owe me about Chaisang today." Once, from now on, you and I should treat each other with sincerity."

"Never bully each other!" Huang She said in a deep voice.

Huang She was really apologetic. In his eyes, Huo Jun took his face into consideration and secretly left the stronghold to assist him. However, he did not expect that he was not capable enough and was pushed back by Xu Sheng.Fortunately, Huo Jun's troops came on the scene, saved the defeat, and captured Chaisang.However, he misunderstood that Huo Jun was using him and argued with him.

As for whether Huo Jun could count on his defeat to Xu Sheng, he didn't think that Huo Jun could count on it.He has led troops to fight for so many years. With thousands of people, he cannot defeat Xu Sheng, who leads [-] troops. Normal people should not think that they are invincible, unless someone knows in advance how powerful Xu Sheng is, but is that possible?

Xu Sheng is unknown, not as famous as Ling Cao. If he hadn't lost to Xu Sheng today, I might not have known him.It can only be said that he underestimated Xu Sheng and his subordinates.

Changing the topic, Huang She took Huo Jun's arm and sat down, saying, "Now that Chaisang City has been destroyed, I wonder what Zhongmiao thinks our army will do next?"

Huo Jun pondered for a while and said: "You and I are marching continuously, breaking the stronghold and seizing the city. We should let the subordinates rest for a few days. Liu Jingzhou Biaojun received two thousand troops, but the team is not full now. He wants to move to Xuncheng to recruit troops. I don't know. Bo Zhong, are you willing?"

Xuncheng is under Chaisang County.Now that Chaisang belongs to Huang's grandfather's son, Huo Jun naturally needs Huang She's consent to recruit new soldiers.

The scale of the next war will become increasingly large. It is difficult for his 1000-man army to change the overall situation. He needs to recruit soldiers as soon as possible to prepare for the next battle.If what he expected was true, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, and Gan Ning were also actively recruiting troops to prepare for the next war.

"Zhongmiao and a certain brother are like brothers, how could they not want to!" Huang She pretended to be displeased and said: "Zhongmiao can go to recruit troops, She garrisoned Chaisang, diverted summer grain and grass down the river, and hoarded Chaisang in the city. "

After a pause, Huang She said: "Conquering Chaisang is Zhongmiao's contribution. Half of the money, grain, and equipment from the two treasury can be used for Zhongmiao's recruitment needs."

Huo Jun said gratefully: "Thank you Bo Zhong!"

"Why do I need to say thank you!"

After chatting for a while, Huang She left the room. Huo Jun looked at Huang She's back and sighed.As a friend, Huang She is really okay.This time I used Huang She to seize Chaisang and deceived Huang She. He seemed to be a bad guy, but in the end he did good things for the Huang family.

After all, without him, Huang She alone would not be able to capture Chaisang. Failure to capture Chaisang would slow down the progress of the war, and Huang Zu's hope that Chaisang would be incorporated into his Jiangxia County would be out of the question.

As for going down to Jiangdong and going up to Jiangdong, if Liu Bei and Liu Qi are not allowed to attack Jiangdong, the heads of the Huang family and his son will be chopped off by Sun Quan.

Next, as the number of soldiers and horses of his own increases, he will be able to open up the battlefield on his own, and there is no need to work hard to borrow troops and play this kind of routine.After all, if you play too many tricks, you will be spotted by someone no matter what you do.

(End of this chapter)