Tai Shici's defeat, the person who benefited the most can be said to be Liu Bei.

There were more than 10,000 people in Taishici, and there were more than 5,000 people who surrendered. Liu Bei took more than 2,000 people from it, and ate more than 1,000 people left by Tai Shici, and the number of surrendered was nearly 4,000 people, plus the three or four thousand soldiers and horses recruited by Gan Ning, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei before.

Liu Bei's account quickly swelled to more than 13,000 people, and if Zhao Yun's troops who guarded Peng Ze were included, the number of troops was as high as 15,000. Regardless of the quality, it has been three times larger than the 5,000 soldiers and horses when it entered the Yu Chapter.

Liu Bei awarded 3,500 soldiers and horses to Guan Yu, 2,500 soldiers and horses to Zhang Fei, and Gan Ning 2,000 soldiers and horses. He commanded more than 7,000 people, and asked Chen Zhi to select 500 people as elite soldiers. entrusted Tai Shi Heng as the halberd bearer, and guarded the big tent with his son Liu Feng.

After a few days of rest, the army entered Yuzhang County to govern Nanchang and confronted Sun Ben and Sun Fu's two armies.

In the camp, Liu Bei sat cross-legged on the high platform, looking at the soldiers practicing on the school ground, doing his old job quite boredly, weaving yak tails in his hands.

Weaving yak tails is also a habit that Liu Bei newly dyed, and when he first arrived in Jingzhou, someone gave him the yak tail. Liu Bei remembered the craftsmanship of weaving mats and selling shoes when he was young, so he used it to weave, but unexpectedly it was uncontrollable. In his spare time, he always wants to use yak tail to weave into ornaments. (Note (1))

"Yuan Zhi!" Liu Bei kept busy in his hands and asked, "Do you say that Zhong Miao likes this felty or not!" ”

Xu Shu commented on military affairs, did not raise his head, and said perfunctorily: "The lord's knot is exquisite and unique, Zhong Miao will definitely love it." ”

Liu Bei knotted his tail and sighed: "This time, under the Yuzhang, we can have today's situation, all thanks to Zhong Miao's work. Offering strategies to take Peng Lize, attacking Chaisang, and then out of the divisive plan, so the three plans should be used to show merit. However, Beishang sent people under the fence, and could not show merit for it, and could only take the felt tail as a gift. ”

Xu Shu's pen walked like a dragon and said: "My lord, the eldest son has been the general of Zhongmiao Jingbei Zhonglang, which is enough to make a contribution!" ”

Liu Bei sighed and said, "This is exactly what you are worried about, Zhong Miao's weapon of the world, which is very human. Today, Jingzhou can be given an official position, but Bei cannot. Under the two, I am afraid that Zhong Miao has a thought in his heart. ”

Hearing this, Xu Shu stopped his pen and asked, "The lord thinks that Zhong Miao is a person who is greedy for small profits?" ”

Liu Bei shook his head and said, "Zhong Miao is not such a person! ”

Xu Shu said helplessly: "Then why is the lord worried? ”

Liu Bei looked dazed and said, "Bei is just worried!" ”

After a pause, Liu Bei knotted his tail and said, "If you say it at the beginning, Zhong Miaoyin will work for Liu Jingzhou. However, in the future, Zhong Miao will do things in preparation. Afraid of idlers discussing, how could Zhong Miao be wronged by this. ”

Obviously, Tai Shici's observance behavior made Liu Bei think crankily and worry about Huo Jun's reputation in the future.

Xu Shu picked up the pen again and said: "Zhong Miao is not Ziyi, his wisdom is outstanding. can serve Liu Jingzhou, presumably his own method is not burdened by fame. ”

Chen Zhi arched his hand and asked: "Lord, five hundred elite soldiers have been selected, I don't know what the name is?" ”

"Huh?"

Liu Bei's thoughts were still on Huo Jun's body, and he was stunned by Chen Zhi's question, then looked at the white yu in his hand, and said perfunctorily: "You can call it a white soldier, and use it as a decoration." ”

"No!"

Liu Bei continued to weave the white yul and asked, "There is a daughter under the knee, but unfortunately Zhong Miao does not have a parent, otherwise he can get married." ”

Liu Bei and Xu Shu chatted without a word, and it was not until the military report came that they stopped chatting and called Liu Qi, Wen Ping and others to discuss the matter.

In the big tent, Liu Qi held the military newspaper in his hand and asked, "According to General Zilong's report, Sun Quan will raise 10,000 soldiers and horses to attack me Peng Ze." According to a report from Poyang County, Cheng Pu and Han Dang exterminated local thieves, totaling about 6,000 people. Today, in the Yuzhang of our army, although our army broke Taishi Ci, Sun Fu came again and confronted our army. ”

As he spoke, Liu Qi turned his head to look at Liu Bei and asked, "I don't know if my uncle has a strategy for him?" ”

Hearing this, Liu Bei groaned a little and said: "When the division of troops is the emperor, Cheng Pu and Han Dang are the generals on the battlefield, and they are quite brave in the southern and northern battles with Sun Jian and Sun Ce. Under the tent, the cloud chief can command the army, but his soldiers are few, and the eldest son can send the general to ask for the two. ”

Liu Qi bowed slightly, asked the Jingzhou generals, and asked: "Guan Junhou commands the army to resist the enemy, I don't know who wants to be his deputy general?" ”

Liu Qi has no opinion on letting Guan Yu serve as a partial army. In the audience, there was no one else with higher official positions than Guan Yu except Liu Bei and Liu Qi, not to mention that Guan Yu had already been powerful in the world, and others could not compare with Guan Yu at all.

Huang Zhong got up from his throne and arched his hand and said: "Zhongsu heard that Cheng Pu and Han Dang were brave, if Guan Junhou did not give up, Zhongyuan led his troops to go with the general." ”

"What does the prince think?" Liu Qi asked.

Guan Yu Danfeng's eyes were slightly raised, and when he saw that it was Huang Zhong who had saved his life, he arched his hand and said, "Hansheng can go with Yu." ”

"Good!"

Liu Qi saw that the first army had solved it, and asked again: "How should Sun Quan and Sun Ben's two armies deal with it?" Move troops to fight against Sun Quan, or fight against Sun Ben. ”

Huo Jun straightened his back, arched his hand and said: "The eldest son of Qiyu, there are results at the beginning of this Yuzhang, and when you are in a hurry, it is all according to Yuzhang." How could Sun Quan's soldiers turn to fight against him because of the arrival of his troops? Jun thought that it was to attack Sun Ben in the south and Sun Quan in the east. ”

Liu Bei nodded and agreed: "Yuzhang is separated from the mountains and rivers of Wujun, if you can eliminate Sun Ben and Sun Fu, you can concentrate on going east and wrestling with Sun Quan." Therefore, it should attack Sun Ben in the south from the words of Zhong Miao, and according to Sun Quan in the east. Although Sun Ben is a general, he has little strategy and is not a cause for concern. Bei and the eldest son are here, looking for opportunities to confront, enough to defeat the enemy. ”

"Then how can Sun Quan's ministry rely on it?" Liu Qi asked worriedly: "Although there are 10,000 soldiers and horses in the waterway, there will be heavy troops in the follow-up, which should not be underestimated." Is there a good plan for Uncle and Zhong Miao? ”

Not long after Liu Bei first arrived in Jiangdong, he only knew that Peng Ze would be defended on land, and he did not dare to speak for the time being. Liu Bei and Liu Qi looked at Huo Jun together, hoping to hear the solution from his mouth.

Facing everyone's eyes, Huo Jun had a calm face and said confidently: "As the eldest son said, although Sun Quan is attacked by 10,000 people, he will have a large army gathered later. Therefore, it is not possible to defend only a corner of Pengze, and it is still necessary to die in Chaisang. ”

Liu Qi straightened his back and asked: "The enemy water division is traveling from the east, and the water division is not tun Peng Lize, what is the reason for opposing Tun Chaisang?" ”

Huo Jun took out the map he had collected in Chaisang from his arms, let the left and right attendants spread it out, got up and pointed and said: "Peng Lize is divided into two lakes in the north and south, and the great river flows through the isthmus between the two lakes. The mouth of the South Lake is like a gourd mouth, which is narrow at first, and then suddenly opens up......"

During the Three Kingdoms period, Peng Lize was divided into two lakes, north and south, and the Yangtze River passed between the two lakes. Among them, with the changes of the times, the South Lake gradually invaded the land in the south and became the Poyang Lake known to later generations.

The terrain of the Yangtze River section of Poyang Lake is quite special, it belongs to the gourd mouth terrain, and the river channel for boats to enter the lake is narrow, but when it enters Poyang Lake, it suddenly opens up, and the water and the sky are connected in the eye, and there is no end.

Due to the special topography of Poyang Lake, the entrance and exit are in the shape of a gourd mouth. Therefore, as long as the city guarding the mouth of the gourd is blocked, the passage into Poyang Lake can be stuck. The west of these two cities is Chaisang, and the east is Pengze. Previously, Zhao Yun did not lead the army back to the camp, but to guard the flank of the army and guard Peng Zecheng.

As for why the sailor was stationed in Chaisang, the reason is also simple. If Jiangdong wanted to bypass Pengze City and directly enter Poyang Lake, its large warships would have to enter and exit the narrow lake. At that time, the Jiangxia sailors living in the upper reaches can intercept the sailors down the river when the Jiangdong sailors enter the lake, so as to achieve the effect of half-crossing and attacking on land.

Therefore, unless the Jiangdong army can uproot Peng Zecheng and enter Yuzhang by land, if it wants to bypass Peng Zecheng, it must break through the sailors of Chaisang, enter Poyang Lake, and reach Yuzhang by water.

Listening to Huo Jun's analysis, Liu Qi bowed his head slightly and said: "If it is according to Zhong Miao's intentions, let Huangjiang Xia be stationed in Chaisang to deter Jiangdong Sailors." At the same time, don't send soldiers to reinforce Peng Zecheng and block the Jiangdong soldiers from the land. ”

"Exactly!"

Huo Jun stood up and arched his hand and said: "If the eldest son and General Zuo do not give up, Jun is willing to lead the troops and horses of his headquarters to reinforce and guard Pengze City with General Zhao." ”

Liu Qi looked at Liu Bei and asked, "Uncle, what do you think Zhong Miao's words are?" ”

Liu Bei groaned a little and said: "Zhong Miao has both civil and military skills, and the soldiers are better than others; Zilong is brave, no less than Yun Chang and Yide. The two of them were stationed in Pengze City, which should be feasible. ”

"Who is the Lord?" Liu Qi asked.

"Zhong Miao has the strategy of a general, and he sent a letter to let Zilong be controlled by Zhong Miao and guard Peng Zecheng together." Liu Bei said.

"Good!" Liu Qi patted the case and said: "In this case, Qi wrote a letter to Huang Jiangxia, and Mr. Lao Yuanzhi went, and asked him to move to Chaisang to prepare the Jiangdong Navy Division for our army." ”

After the military discussion was over, Liu Bei approached Huo Jun and asked, "Zhong Miao led his troops and horses to Pengze, I don't know if the soldiers are enough?" ”

Huo Jun stood with his sword in his hand and said with a smile: "General Zilong and my headquarters have more than 3,000 soldiers and horses, which is enough to guard against the Jiangdong army. If too many soldiers and horses are dispatched to Pengze today, it may affect the war in Yuzhang. ”

As he spoke, Huo Jun arched his hand slightly, and said in a deep voice: "Please concentrate on the battle in Yuzhang, and Peng Ze will be guarded by Jun." If the general ends the war in March, Jun can hold on to March; If Sun Ben is exterminated in half a year, Jun can also hold on for half a year. ”

Liu Bei held Huo Jun's arm and promised: "Please rest assured, Zhong Miao, for half a year, prepare to pacify the two counties of Yuzhang and Luling, and raise troops to the east." ”

Then, Liu Bei took out the whip that Huo Jun had knotted from his arms and said, "Zhong Miao has been running for a long time to prepare, and there is nothing to repay. Today, the special knot white felt is used as a whip for Zhong Miao to ride a horse. ”

Huo Jun took the unique white whip with both hands, the whip shaft was handled with ivory, and the whip body rolled into the white felt was about two feet long. When you gently stroke the whip with the same hand, you can feel that its texture is soft and white.

was silent for a while, although Huo Junxin had a thousand words to say, but in the end he only gave up his hand and said: "Zhong Miao will live up to the general's hopes." ”

"The sword has no eyes, please be careful!" Liu Bei patted Huo Jun on the shoulder and admonished.

"No!"

(1): "Wei Luo": Preparation is good, and when someone is fashionable with oxtail and preparation, prepare because of the hand knot.