Peng Hu was destroyed, and more than 40,000 men and women surrendered, and Huo Jun organized more than 5,000 households for the rest of the people.

Chen Yue persuaded Zhong Lifei to surrender, and Zhong Lifei offered 3,500 men and women to surrender and pay homage to the captain. After Zhong Lifei surrendered, he relied on the military exploits of the army to destroy Peng Hu, and used his personal reputation to persuade the remnants of the bandits in Poyang Lake to surrender.

Under Zhong Lifei's persuasion to surrender and Gan Ning's soft and hard measures to go deep into Daze to suppress bandits, in only half a month, the water bandits in Poyang Lake surrendered to Huo Jun, and there were more than ten large and small bandits, totaling more than 10,000 people.

It took a month and a half, and the flood that Peng Lize had entrenched for more than ten years has since been eliminated, and Huo Jun has organized about 2,000 households for the returnees, plus more than 5,000 households before, and there are more than 7,000 new households. Selected men, 6,000 soldiers.

Huo Jun on the front foot solved the flood of Peng Lize, and Liu Bei and Liu Qi's uncle and nephew on the back foot arrived in Nanchang in Yuzhang County by boat. Huo Jun then went to Nanchang with the merit book and the civil book, and reported the military situation to the two and reported the work.

When he first entered the government, all the civil and military officials called Huo Poyang when they saw Huo Jun, and Huo Jun smiled and saluted everyone back.

"Jun pays a visit to the eldest son, envoy." Huo Jun walked into the hall and arched his hand and said, "Congratulations to the eldest son on receiving the position of assassin history." ”

Liu Qi, who was sitting on the couch, smiled and motioned to Huo Jun to excuse himself, and said: "If you can get the assassination position, Qi should thank Zhong Miao for your help." ”

As he spoke, Liu Qi clapped his hands and said, "Xi Qi went to Xiangyang, Jingzhou, and once told Zhong Miao to guard the position, and now he should live up to his words." Qibiao Zhongmiao is the Taishou of Poyang, with jurisdiction over eight counties such as Poyang, Pengze, Yuhan, and Guangchang, and does the work of herdsmen and soldiers. ”

Amid the applause, the maid came out from the side hall holding the ribbon.

"Bow to the eldest son!" Huo Jun bowed excitedly and said.

Although he had already prepared in his heart, when it was really time to lead the seal, how could Huo Jun not be excited. The position of Taishou seems to be like the number one leader of the prefecture-level city in later generations, but the actual power is far more than the number one.

Unlike a series of administrators in later generations, Taishou had the right to conquer his subordinates, and the politics, education, military, and culture of the county were all under the leadership of Taishou himself. In this chaotic era, there is a lack of supervision mechanism, and Taishou can be described as a local feudal monarch, and non-core personnel cannot serve as a non-core person.

Huo Jun took Liu Qi and presented him with a silver seal symbolizing Taishou, and let the maid decorate his waist with a green ribbon.

The Han Dynasty was different from the Ming and Qing dynasties, and the rank of officials was not divided into official uniforms, but on the seals and ribbons, which were divided into gold, silver, and copper, and the ribbons were divided into five types: green, purple, blue, yellow, and black.

If the print is the same, the color of the ribbon is also the same, and it can be distinguished from the length and quality of the ribbon. For the ministers, the highest is the gold seal and green ribbon.

Liu Bei looked at Huo Jun with a smile on his lips, and his heart was mixed. And that Huo Jun seemed to notice Liu Bei's strange gaze and bowed his hand to him, which made Liu Bei, who was gloomy in his heart, feel a lot more comfortable.

In fact, Huo Jun also had a headache, Liu Qi treated himself with great courtesy, but he served him in the shadows. He is not a ruthless person, and every time Liu Qi receives such a favor, he has a sense of guilt in his heart. In any case, it is his task in the future to ensure the harmony between Liu Qi and Liu Bei, otherwise once a conflict occurs, it will be himself who will be embarrassed.

After awarding the seal and receiving the ribbon, Huo Jun also restrained his mood and presented the newly compiled household registration book and the merit book, together with Liu Bei and Liu Qi.

Huo Jun, who was sitting on the side of the couch, said: "Peng Lize and Shuikou all surrendered to our army, organized more than 7,000 households, selected 6,000 people to join the army, and captured more than 500 large and small ships. If you want to set up a sailor today, dare to ask the eldest son and the envoy, should there be a fixed number of personnel rations? ”

Huang Zu and his sailors were all annihilated, and Huang Jie borrowed 5,000 sailors from Liu Biao to force Jiangdong back. After the war, Cai Mao transferred the 5,000 water division back to Nanjun on the grounds that Yizhou was uneasy.

Huang Archer had only 2,000 old and weak soldiers, and it was difficult to defend the four counties of Xiyang, Yuguo, and Pingchun near the Central Plains in the north.

The core territory of Jiangxia County is in the Hanshui and Yangtze River basins, but there are still four counties north of the Dabie Mountains and around Runan County. Huang Zu guarded Jiangxia not only with the task of resisting Jiangdong, but also with the responsibility of defending Cao Cao.

Huang Jie was appointed by Liu Biao as the Taishou of Jiangxia, in part because of Huang Jie's military ability in the conquest of Jiangdong. Liu Biao needed his military ability to defend the four northern counties of Jiangxia, echoing the Nanyang defense line left and right.

Su Fei's return to Xiakou meant that the Jiangxia Army represented by the Huang family and his son had completely withdrawn from the United Army sequence, and in the future, except for transporting grain and grass for the army, they would basically not participate in the Jiangdong War.

The Navy Division was destroyed, and the Jiangxia Army withdrew from the Combined Army, which meant that the Combined Army needed to rebuild the Navy Division to defend its own waters.

Liu Qi flipped through the list of merits, turned his head to look at Liu Bei, and said: "There is a lot of cooperation between the corporal of my department and the soldiers under my uncle's command, I don't know if my uncle is willing to unite the two armies and build a naval division together?" ”

After a pause, Liu Qi showed that he had no intention of annexing Liu Bei's tribes, and said: "If my uncle wants to build a water division alone, Peng Lize will return to the water bandits, and Qi will divide 2,000 people with my uncle." ”

Liu Bei smiled and said, "There is only Xingba Shanshui under the tent, and many of the rest are northerners. The two armies were divided into water divisions, and the strength was divided into two parts, so why did they compete with the Jiangdong Water Division? It was thought that a water division could be built together, led by Zhong Miao. Prepare Xingba and his subordinates, and hand them over to Zhong Miao to control. ”

Liu Qi's eyes fell on Huo Jun and said, "There are 2,000 soldiers in Gan Zhonglang, 6,000 water bandits, plus Zhong Miao's headquarters, can a water division be built?" ”

"It's enough!" Huo Jun arched his hand and said: "However, the formation of the sailor is not a day's work, it takes years and months to make achievements, and the construction of ships also takes time. Our army is temporarily unable to compete with the Jiangdong Naval Division, and I hope that the two gentlemen will understand. ”

Liu Bei bowed slightly, and said: "The sailor can control and defend the grain, grass and waterway, and there is no need to enter the river to compete with the Jiangdong sailor." Now Peng Ze Shui Kou has subsided, time is pressing, and a certain and eldest son want to lead a large army east into Yishan, fight with Jiangdong, and capture Danyang. Why is Zhong Miao like this? ”

Huo Jun thought for a little and asked, "Dare to ask the envoy, I don't know how the battle in Luling is?" ”

Liu Bei handed over Guan Yu's battle report to Huo Jun and said: "Yun Chang and Yide defeated Sun Fu's partial army in Shiyang, Sun Ben and Sun Fu did not fight with them, and withdrew to Gan County, fortified the wall, built the city wall, accumulated grain and surplus warehouses, and wanted to defend the city, which was difficult to break in a short time. ”

Sun Ben and Sun Fu were defeated by Liu Bei, and their hearts were already afraid. Sun Ben took Sun Fu's suggestion and prepared to defend the city and wait for Sun Quan to defeat Liu Bei. So they withdrew to Ganxian County, built a high city wall, accumulated grain and grass, and fought a protracted war with Liu Bei.

After Guan Yu conquered Shiyang City, he led Zhang Fei and Huang Zhong to drive straight into Ganxian County. In the face of Sun Ben and Sun Fu's persistence, Guan Yu was also helpless.

Liu Bei then said: "A certain has ordered Yun Chang to lead the Hansheng Division, recover the counties, enter the siege of Gan County, and force the Sun brothers to surrender. After Yide returned to the army, a certain general led the armies of Guoan, Yide, and Zhongye to enter the counties of Yishan. However, he was worried that the Jiangdong Naval Division took the opportunity to go up the river, entered Yuzhang and Poyang, and attacked the belly of our army. ”

Liu Bei's worries were not unreasonable, after Sun Quan and Zhou Yu went up the river, broke through Chaisang, and forced him to lead a large army back to help. Now that he is entering the counties of Yishan, Yuzhang and Poyang are empty, and if Zhou Yu repeats his old tricks, he will be forced to return to the army.

Huo Jun pondered for a while and said: "Daze is divided into north and south because of the isthmus, the north is Lei Chi, and the south is Peng Ze. There is an island in the middle, named Sangluozhou, if you want to enter Pengze, you need to pass this island. The troops are stationed on the mouth of the island, and the east can look at Pengze City, and the west can see Chaisang. ”

"Make the Jun soldiers enter Yishan, Jun led the water division to garrison troops on Sanglu Island, connect the north and south of the river with iron locks, and build a base on the island. If the Jiangdong naval division comes to attack, it will be blocked by the iron lock and will not be allowed to enter the river. If you take Sangluozhou, you will break the stronghold. Such an arrangement is enough to ensure the safety of Yuzhang and consolidate the grain road. ”

Sangluozhou is the Jiangzhou Island of Chaisang District, Jiujiang City in later generations, and the island is not as big as the later generations in the Han Dynasty, but there are also early clues. During the Three Kingdoms period, Zhou Yu, Cheng Pu, and Lu Kang all had troops stationed in Shang, and all the armies going north and south basically needed to pass through here.

If you don't want the Jiangdong Sailor to enter Poyang Lake, you can just hold this island. It is not difficult to understand why Huo Jun previously suggested guarding the two cities of Pengze and Chaisang, and not guarding Sangluozhou.

At that time, when he first entered Yuzhang, Liu Bei led the army to attack the Sun Ben brothers in the south, Huo Jun and Huang Zu needed to drag the Jiangdong army with a partial army, and there was a lack of corresponding preparations at that time.

Zhou Yu could use the Jiangdong Naval Division to easily defeat the Jiangxia Naval Army, and then besiege it without attacking, and the army on the continent would be defeated due to lack of food.

The current situation is different, Liu Bei will compete with Sun Quan and Zhou Yu for Yishan County, and the most people who will send troops to attack Yuzhang County are partial troops. The partial army against the partial army, stationed troops on Zhouyu, and there are iron chains as a block, and the camp is built, which is enough to block the enemy.

Huo Jun continued: "The envoy led the army to fight for the Yishan counties in the east, and Jun Ke led the water division north into the Lujiang River, captured Wancheng, Shuxian and other counties, and according to the north of the river, cut off Sun Quan from Liu Fu and cut off his heart with Cao. ”

Lujiang County spans the north and south of Dabie Mountain, and the Lujiang County occupied by Sun Quan is in the four counties south of Dabie Mountain, including Juchao, Wancheng and Shu County. Today, Huo Jun suggested that he attack the four counties of Lujiang for the partial army, in addition to the idea of cutting off Sun Cao's union, he also had the idea of sharing the pressure for Liu Bei.

Liu Qi asked suspiciously, "Sun Cao Hemeng?" ”

"Exactly!"

Liu Bei explained for Huo Jun: "The Sun family and the Cao family have a marriage with each other, Cao Cao has been thinking about the southeast for a long time, Sun Quan is in danger and asks for help, and Cao Cao will send a partial army to rescue him." It should be feasible for Zhong Miao to lead the army to the north to take the four counties of Lujiang. ”

Liu Bei and Cao Cao have been opponents for so many years, how could they not know Cao Cao's layout. Cao Cao has been peeping at Jiangdong for a long time, and once sent people to secretly recruit Tai Shici, and detained Zhang Hong in Xuchang, as much as possible to make a stumbling block for the Sun family.

Now that he has entered Jiangdong, Cao Cao is limited by the north, and may not personally lead a large army to the south, but he will never sit on his own to occupy Jiangdong, and there is a high probability that he will send a partial army to support the Sun family.

Zhong Limu changed to Zhong Lifei, I made a mistake. I don't know if there are brothers who know Zhong Lifei's people

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