Liu Bei led his troops to hold on and withstood the pressure of Tai Shici. In the next few days, Gan Ning took the lead in the camp by boat, and then Zhang Fei and Guan Yu arrived. With three tiger generals and seven more soldiers, Liu Bei's waist in the army has hardened a little.

Huo Jun, who was the farthest away, was the last to arrive. But when it arrived, the pomp and circumstance of greeting was also the largest. As the nominal commander of the army, Liu Qi not only greeted him personally, but Liu Bei, the actual commander of the army, also came to greet him, and even Liu Pan came to join in the fun, wanting to see where Huo Shenjun's sacredness was in Liu Qi's mouth.

Huo Jun is dressed in a heartfelt armor again, with both civil and military spirit, coming with a sword, heroic, and can't help but admire a few words.

Seeing Huo Jun appear, Liu Qi stepped forward to hold Huo Jun's hand and said happily: "Since Chaisang was broken, in the past 20 days, Qi has been thinking about Zhong Miao day and night, and now it has finally arrived." ”

Huo Jun also let Liu Qi hold it, and said with a smile: "It took a few days to recruit troops in Xuncheng, and I have the son of Lao Chang to worry about it!" ”

Liu Qi held Huo Jun's hand, quite incomprehensible, and said: "There are also soldiers and horses under Qi's account, Zhong Miao can divide the troops and command them if he needs, why do you work hard to recruit troops?" ”

Huo Jun naturally wouldn't say that Jingzhou's soldiers and horses were generally useless, he wanted to train an iron army that he was looking forward to. Therefore, in the face of Liu Qi's words, Huo Jun only smiled and did not speak.

This picture of the harmony between the monarch and the minister made Liu Bei feel a little sour in his heart for some reason. But it quickly disappeared, after all, Huo Jun was essentially working for him.

"I've seen Xuande Gong!"

"Zhong Miao is well!"

After Huo Jun and Liu Bei said hello, Liu Qi took Huo Jun to introduce Liu Pan and said: "Brother Pan, this is Huo Zhongmiao, who joined the army under Qi's account and led the Zhonglang general." Known as the talent of civil and military affairs, Jing Chu scholars, Jingzhou scholars praised Wu Qi. ”

"Zhong Miao, this is my Jingzhou General Liu Guoan, the official general, the shock of Changsha, and the people of Jiangzuo dare not attack. Yiqi's younger brother, and a certain relative like a brother. Liu Qi introduced.

"Liu Bi will be famous, and Jun has never heard of it. It is a great honor to see you today. Huo Jun said.

"The strategy of joining the army to get Chaisang is very exciting!"

Liu Pan first saw Huo Jun's extraordinary appearance, and then saw that he had such a close relationship with Liu Qi, and he loved the house and Wuxia, and he also had a good impression of Huo Jun.

For the battle to capture Chaisang, Huo Jun and Huang Shot were of the same caliber, and they both said that this was a strategy proposed by Huo Jun, so that Huang Shot could attract Xu Sheng's firepower in the front, and then arrange for the main force to attack Chaisang. In this way, since he has all the face of Huang Jian, he has given the credit of Huang Jian's strategy for Chaisang, and Huo Jun has received the credit for offering advice to break Chaisang.

After some greetings, Huo Jun asked, "How is the war going today?" ”

Liu Qi shook his head and said, "Don't hide it from Zhong Miao, the enemy is strong, and it is difficult to defeat him." And the enemy general Tai Shi Ci is skilled in arching horses, and his archery skills are comparable to those of ghosts and gods, which is really admirable. ”

Obviously, Tai Shi Ci shot an arrow and broke the flagpole, which made Liu Qi remember it deeply, thus leaving a psychological shadow. Afterwards, he was lucky that he didn't show his head, in case he showed up, wouldn't it make Tai Shici hit his head with an arrow.

Huo Jun held his hand on the hilt of the sword and said with a smile: "Tai Shi Ci is only brave, and our army is still related to the prince and General Zhang, whose power is in the Central Plains, and he is known as the general of the tiger and wolf." Tai Shi Ci District is good at archery, although it has the ability to be brave, but ten thousand troops are in it, and the army fights in formation, and the ability of one person is not to be feared. ”

The cavalry is divided into two kinds, one is the assault horse, the long lance iron armor is charged in battle, and the enemy is killed, Zhang Liao of Wei, Guan Yu of Han, and Wen Yang of Jin is like this. Zhang Liao crossed the horse in front, and the White Wolf Mountain fought a battle, with a small number of enemies, and killed Badun; Guan Yu led the crowd to break through, the battle of the white horse, and took Yan Liang's head; Wen Yang rode into the battle alone, and in the battle of Shouchun, more than 100 riders were killed and wounded.

The other is represented by Tai Shi Ci and Gongsun Zhan, who are outstanding for their amazing riding and archery. Gongsun Chan is a knight who is good at shooting, and he is called a white horse; In order to save Kong Rong, Tai Shici rode alone to Beihai City and shot more than ten people.

Of course, it doesn't mean that the good rider can't shoot the bow, and the good shot won't fall into battle, but it can only be said that there must be a level gap between the two. After all, not all cavalry generals are Lu Bu, that is, they can be good at riding to break through the formation, breaking through Zhang Yan's army formation with dozens of horses, and defeating Yuan Shu with three hundred horses; He is also good at archery, known as a flying general, and then shoots halberds to resolve soldiers.

Therefore, compared with Tai Shici's courage in shooting, it seems terrifying and quite threatening. But in Huo Jun's eyes, the danger on the battlefield is not as great as Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Zhao Yun. If in the water war, Tai Shici is not as brave as Gan Ning.

Liu Bei inserted himself into the conversation between the two and said: "Zhong Miao, the difficulty now lies in the soldiers of Tai Shici and Sun Ben, and the soldiers and horses of Sun Fu's headquarters are also on the way. At that time, the three armies will be combined, and the enemy will be strong. Although our army is outnumbered by 30,000 people, the number of soldiers who can fight is less than 20,000. ”

Don't look at the number of Huang Zu, Liu Qi, Liu Pan, and Liu Bei's combined army is as high as more than 30,000 people, but Liu Qi, as the commander of the army, lacks ability, and Liu Bei, who is actually in charge of the army, lacks prestige and lacks prestige in speaking. Previously, Liu Pan pursued Tai Shi Ci and was defeated, but he didn't listen to Liu Bei's advice.

Looking at the soldiers and horses of the army, although Liu Bei has 10,000 soldiers now, nearly half of them are new soldiers, deducting the 2,000 people who Zhao Yun defended Peng Ze, but the soldiers who can fight are only 4 or 5,000 people. Huang Zu floated on Poyang Lake with a large army, and Huang Shot stayed behind to supervise the grain and grass of the army in Chaisang, and the army of 10,000 people was free from the army.

The real main force is still more than 10,000 people under the command of Liu Pan and Liu Qi, 4 or 5,000 people under Liu Bei, and more than 1,000 soldiers and horses under Huo Jun's command. This is the disadvantage of the United Army, the people are not aligned, each has its own mind, although it is a large number of people, but it cannot work together.

Huo Jun pondered for a while and asked, "Is there any change in Sun Quan?" ”

"Zilong wrote yesterday, saying that he had repelled Ling Tong. According to his investigation, after Sun Quan returned from Jiangxia, after breaking the Danyang Baotun thieves, he left Chen Qin, the overseer, and led thousands of people from various departments to besiege Matun. He led his headquarters back to Wu County, and scattered the generals to conquer the local counties and counties. Liu Bei said.

I have to say that the combined army entered Jiangdong at a very suitable time, and Sun Quan led his troops back to Jiangdong and broke through Baotun. In order to pacify the local thieves, Han Dang, Zhou Tai, Lu Meng and others all went out and served as county magistrates or county magistrates.

I thought that Tai Shi Ci, Sun Ben, Sun Fu, and Xu Sheng's nearly 30,000 soldiers and horses could repel the combined army to Chaisang, but I didn't expect the combined army to use the water division to divide troops and move quickly. Then Huo Jun and Huang Zhu only took two or three days to break Chaisang City, which caught people off guard.

When Sun Quan heard that the alliance had penetrated deep into the northern counties of Yuzhang, he wanted to lead his troops to help. However, the cronies in their hands sent the colonel out to recruit the thieves, and they couldn't muster many men for a while, and it would take a lot of time to re-recruit them.

Huo Jun knew in his heart that it was now the most difficult time in the initial plan, and he had to hurry up, make a time difference, defeat the combined forces of Tai Shici and Sun Ben, and then force Sun Quan and Zhou Yu back. Of course, the current situation is much better than he expected.

In the plan he envisioned, Sun Quan and Zhou Yu had already come to send troops, and he needed to rush to Pengze County, hold the city, and block the footsteps of Sun Quan and Zhou Yu leading their troops westward. And at the same time, Liu Bei must defeat Tai Shici and Sun Ben in order to gain a firm foothold in Yuzhang.

Huo Jun cheered up and said, "Xuande Gong, can you take it to the camp of Guantai Shici and Sun Ben." ”

"Please!"

In a few moments, as the camp gate slowly opened, Liu Bei, Huo Jun, and Zhang Fei rode out of the village and rode their horses. Far around Tai Shi Ci and Sun Ben camp.

Liu Bei raised his whip and pointed, and said: "The east is Sun Ben's camp, and the west is Tai Shici's camp." Tai Shi Ci's military camp is strictly organized, well arranged, and he was prepared to send Zhongye and Shu Zhi to attack the Ziyi camp, and they must not be restrained. ”

Huo Jun followed Liu Bei's guidance and saw that Sun Ben and Tai Shici did not join forces into one battalion, but lived in separate camps, separated by more than ten miles. Compared with the Taishi Ci camp with strict banners and complete horse antlers, Sun Ben's camp is slightly loose, the trench outside the camp is not deep, and the horse rejecting antlers are only arranged in dangerous areas.

Seeing that Huo Jun didn't speak, Liu Bei rode slowly with the horses, and said: "Ziyi soldiers and horses are mostly the old department of Zhengli Gong (Liu Xuan), Sun Ben and Zhengli Gong have a slight contradiction, in the past, the two sides of the army had a slight attack, and the two departments did not have much contact. In addition, the two armies are rarely deployed, so they live in separate camps. ”

Liu Bei has been fighting in the Central Plains for decades and has been fighting for half of his life, and it has long been a necessary lesson for listening to the enemy's intelligence. After more than 20 days, the contradictions between the two were basically figured out.

With Liu Bei's narration, Huo Jun gradually understood the problems between Sun Ben and Liu Xuan and Tai Shici.

The cause of the friction between the two sides is still due to Liu Xuan. In the past, Liu Miao was listed as the history of Yangzhou Thorn, and the state seat was in Shouchun, when Jiangbei was chaotic and could not live. Wu Jing and Sun Ben saw that there was a good opportunity, so they welcomed Liu Miao to Qu'a in the south of the Yangtze River and welcomed Liu Miao as the assassin of Yangzhou.

Liu Miao arrived at Qu'a, recruited his subordinates, and on the grounds that Yuan Shu was trying to rebel, he unloaded the mill and killed the donkey, and drove Wu Jing and Sun Ben to Jiangbei. Wu Jing and Sun Ben were not resentful, so they rejoined Yuan Shu. With the support of Yuan Shu, they fought against Zhang Ying and Fan Neng across the Yangtze River, and fought for more than a year, regardless of victory or defeat.

It wasn't until Sun Ce went south to Jiangdong that the balance of the war was broken. Zhang Ying and Fan Neng were defeated by Sun Ce, and Liu Miao was also driven to Yuzhang. After Liu Miao's death, Tai Shici surrendered to Sun Ce and took charge of Liu Miao's old department. In order to settle Tai Shici, Sun Ce carved out the six counties of Yuzhang and him, which formed today's situation.

Sun Ben and Liu Miao had an old grudge, and the troops on both sides had attacked and killed, Tai Shici inherited Liu Miao's military legacy, and actually inherited the problem between Sun Benjun and Liu Miao.

Tai Shi Ci and Sun Ben were in Yuzhang County, one of them led six counties, and was dispatched by the monarch; One person is Yuzhang Taishou and is also dispatched by the monarch. There are also old grievances, and Sun Ce's arrangement at that time also had considerations of checks and balances.

Looking at the Taishi Ci camp, Huo Jun narrowed his eyes slightly, and a plan was brewing in his heart.

At this moment, the gate of Taishi Ci's camp suddenly opened, and dozens of horsemen rushed out, pointing directly at Liu Bei, Huo Jun and others.

Tai Shi Ci held a lance and a horse in front of him, and shouted loudly: "Where is the Duke of Xuande, wait for Ci to take your head!" ”

"Let's go!"