In the ninth year of Jian'an, 204 A.D., the first month.

After Zhou Yu broke Chaisang, Sun Quan completely gave up the siege of Pengzecheng and transferred the army to Chaisang. Taking advantage of Liu Bei's southward attack on Sun Ben, Sun Quan led a large army to the south to conquer Haidu, and when he wanted to break Haichang, he was blocked by Mi Fang stationed in Jiaoqiu City.

Jiaoqiu City is located in the south of Ganshui, which belongs to the outpost stronghold of Nanchang City, and the road is the place to rush. In the past, Yuzhang was too guarded by Huaxin to resist Sun Ce, and built this city. Hou Yu succeeded in persuading Huaxin, and Jiaoqiu City was wasted. However, in the hands of Mi Fang, it became a tool to resist Sun Quan's army.

Liu Bei and Liu Qi led the army south, leaving Pan Jun and Mi Fang in Nanchang, Pan Jun governed the government, Mi Fang supervised the army, and stationed 1,000 troops. Since the news of Zhou Yu's destruction of Jiangxia Sailor reached Nanchang, the two took action. Mi Fang led thousands of foot soldiers to Jiaoqiu City to build fortifications. Pan Jun persuaded the strong and strong people in the city to send hundreds of strong men to Jiaoqiu City before Sun Quan surrounded them.

Sun Quan led a large army to besiege Jiaoqiu City and sent an envoy to persuade Mi Fang to surrender, but Mi Fang was cut down with a knife, saying that he would not surrender. Sun Quan had no choice but to build siege equipment and prepare to besiege the city. With the cooperation of Pan Jun and Mi Fang, Jiaoqiu City guarded for half a month.

Half a month later, the army of Shuangliu, who defeated Sun Ben's return, appeared south of Ganshui. Sun Quan and Zhou Yu found out the news, gave up the siege of Jiaoqiu City, and led the army to withdraw to the north of Ganshui.

After the siege of Jiaoqiu City was lifted, Liu Bei saw Mi Fang in the city.

"Zifang has worked hard!"

Liu Bei looked at Mi Fang, who looked haggard, couldn't help but hold his hand, and said with concern.

Mi Fang was quite excited to see Liu Bei, and said: "It's not hard, the lord has been adrift so far, and it is not easy to have such a foundation." Liufang is stationed in Nanchang, which is really important, and Fang You'an can not be effective to die! ”

Liu Bei patted Mi Fang's shoulder and said with emotion: "If you have a son who is so loyal, how can you be unstable after being prepared." ”

Mi Fang eased her feelings and said: "Sun Quan and Zhou Yu abandoned Pengze City and turned to attack Chaisang, Lianke Haidu, Yongxiu, Shangyu and other cities. Its troops were surging, Jiaoqiu City was dangerous, and fortunately the main army was relieved of the siege. ”

"How many soldiers are there?" Liu Bei asked, "What is the situation of Zhong Miao's department?" ”

Mi Fang pondered a little and said: "Lord Qiqi, there are about more than 15,000 soldiers and horses of the enemy, and the battleship Shuizhai is stationed outside Haichang City. ”

Zhong Miao learned that Sun Quan and Zhou Yu went around to capture Chaisang, and sent General Zhao to garrison Wuyang City and build a water fence outside the city to prevent the enemy from attacking. As Zhong Miao expected, Sun Quan sent Zhou Tai to take Wuyang City. When he heard that Zhao Zilong's soldiers were coming, he did not dare to attack and returned to Haichang. Mi Fang said with admiration.

Wuyang City is on the west bank of Peng Lize, and the sea is across Peng Lize, which belongs to the rear of Peng Ze City.

According to Zhou Yu's strategy, after the Jiangdong Army took Chaisang, it divided its troops to attack the counties and townships on the east and west banks of Peng Lize, making Peng Zecheng on the west bank an isolated city.

Zhou Yu thought that the strong attack could not take Peng Ze, and the army could use the river to transport supplies, so it was better to besiege Peng Ze City in another way. That is, to take the surrounding counties and townships, cut off Peng Zecheng's foreign aid, and use the water division to cut off traffic. Under the lack of food and soldiers, how long did Peng Zecheng hold out.

It's a pity that Zhou Yu's strategy was good, but in the process of implementation, he encountered difficulties. In history, the rebellious duo, Mi Fang and Pan Jun, worked together to defend Nanchang and block the Jiangdong army in Jiaoqiu City.

Huo Jun saw through Zhou Yu's strategy and sensed the movement of Sun Quan and Zhou Yu attacking Chaisang. In order to ensure that his back road was not cut off, Huo Jun sent Zhao Yun to lead hundreds of soldiers to enter Wuyang City in advance. After the loss of Chaisang, he led the army to withdraw to Wuyang City to hold on.

Sure enough, after taking Chaisang, Zhou Yu sent Zhou Tai to divide Wuyang City. However, when Zhou Tai led the sailors to the city of Wuyang, he found that Zhao Yun had already arrived. Zhou Tai was afraid of Zhao Yun's bravery, and saw that Wuyang was guarded, so he had to return to Haichang to resume his life.

After receiving the news that Chaisang was broken, Huo Jun also led the sergeants to leave Pengze City as soon as possible and retreated to Wuyang City to hold on. After all, Chaisang has been broken, and the significance of holding Pengze City is not very great, so it is better to withdraw to Wuyang City and contain the Jiangdong soldiers and horses from the east bank.

Liu Bei heard what was going on, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion, and said: "The enemy is accurate, knows the details, and has far-reaching strategies, which is really the work of a famous general, so it's better to be prepared!" ”

If it is said that Huo Jun guarded Pengze City for nearly three months and caused a large number of casualties to the Jiangdong Army, it can be shown that he was an outstanding general.

Now, in the absence of outside intelligence, based only on the movement of the Jiangdong Army, it was guessed that Zhou Yu might take the military deployment of breaking Chaisang first and then taking Wuyang City, and made corresponding arrangements to prevent the slightest deterioration and protect the sergeants. This operation is enough to show that Huo Jun is not only an excellent general, but an excellent military commander.

After all, the biggest difference between a general and a commander lies in the grasp of the situation on the battlefield.

After Liu Bei and Mi Fang exchanged a few words, he asked: "Now Sun Quan has withdrawn to the north of Ganshui to line up, I don't know what it means?" ”

Xu Shu pondered for a while and said: "Lord Qiqi, as General Mi said, Sun Quan's soldiers are only 15,000 people, while our army has nearly 20,000 people. Sun Quan originally wanted to seize Chaisang, and with Sun Ben and Sun Fu brothers, they attacked our army in the north and south, but unexpectedly, our army defeated Sun Ben and waved his troops north. ”

"Now Sun Quan is outnumbered, worried about victory or defeat, and retreats to the north of Ganshui to line up, which has the intention of delaying time. He tried to cut off our army's food route with the help of water boats, and secretly communicated with Sun Ben. If Sun Benxing's troops attack us from the south, our army will fall into a state of being flanked from both sides. Therefore, it is time to fight quickly and not delay time. ”

At present, Sun Quan's state is quite embarrassing, he originally expected to cooperate with Sun Ben and attack Liu Bei from the north and south. Unexpectedly, Liu Bei took the lead in defeating Sun Ben, drove the two Sun brothers to Luling, and then waved his troops north to confront him.

Then the two cities of Nanchang and Wuyang were not taken, and the army was confined to the counties of Chaisang and Haidu. Fortunately, the Jingzhou Navy Division was destroyed, and if it was not destroyed, they would have fallen into a counter-encirclement.

In other words, Sun Quan's only way is to delay, contact Sun Ben as soon as possible, and let them go north to attack Liu Bei, so as to solve his embarrassing situation.

What Xu Shu meant was to advise Liu Bei to defeat Sun Quan as soon as possible and not fall into a state of two-sided attack.

Liu Bei frowned slightly and said, "Although Sun Quan has few soldiers and horses, he has the advantage of being a sailor. Today, across the confrontation between Ganshui, it is really difficult for our army to break through quickly. ”

Xu Shu stroked his beard and said, "Why don't you call Zhong Miao into the army and ask him if he has a strategy to break the enemy?" ”

"Yes!" Liu Bei instructed: "Xingba led the sailors to the east bank to pick up Zhong Miao through Daze, and let Zilong temporarily supervise his soldiers and horses." ”

"No!" Gan Ning replied.

PS: It's a bit of a card today, so let's take a look at it for the time being.

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