Fourteenth year of Jian'an, April.

Li Tong was killed in battle, the Longzhong camp was broken, and the sailors marched in boats and ships, intending to carry tens of thousands of people in Hannan away. Cao Ren, who was stationed in Da Xian Mountain, learned that the Longzhong camp had been attacked and the people would be plundered, and wanted to send troops to rescue him.

However, Huo Jun had already prepared, and Zhang Fei, who came from the middle of the mountain, bluffed in the south of Da Xian Mountain, tied branches with a horsetail, and galloped back and forth, thinking that it was for bluffing. Let Gao Xiang go ashore in the western section of Tanxi, and use 5,000 soldiers and horses to form a moon formation to block Cao Ren's westward advance.

Shi Huo Jun led 10,000 people to land from Hannan, and confronted Gao Xiang and Zhang Fei from the multi-bread sandwich and Cao Ren. In the face of the enemy on many fronts, Cao Ren tried to send Niu Jin to the west to support Li Tong, but was repelled by Gao Xiang. After a half-day confrontation, Huang Zhong arrived with a boat and joined forces with Zhang Fei.

Seeing that Huo Jun's reinforcements continued to increase, and Zhouge also pretended to have tens of thousands of people retreating, Cao Ren finally gave up the idea of sending troops to support Longzhong, and instead strengthened the camp and city defense to prevent Huo Jun from raising troops to attack the city.

Huo Jun knew the details of his own family, and knew that with his own soldiers and horses, he could not defeat Xiangyang, and it was a skill to take away tens of thousands of people in Hannan. So on the night of the next day, Huo Jun led his sergeants to board the ship and retreat south, and the two generals Zhang Fei and Huang Zhong also burned the camp and left with the people.

Cao Ren was unwilling, and led his elite cavalry to pursue the path and defeat the retreating rear army. Zhang Fei asked Huang Zhong and the people to retreat first, and after leading the infantry and cavalry to break bravely, Cao Ren gave up the pursuit.

In this battle, Huo Jun plundered tens of thousands of people in Hannan, and more than 60,000 people were killed, with a total of more than 100,000 people. However, more than 100,000 people are not all the people of Hannan, there are tens of thousands of people in the mountainous areas of the upper reaches of the Han River and in the city of Xiangyang, and Cao Ren moved all the people to Ye and Wan.

After Huo Jun and Cao Ren operated like this, the hills and plains of two or three hundred miles from Dangyang to Xiangyang were empty, and in the days to come, there would only be scouts and sergeants in the area.

Xiangyang completely became a military fortress, and Cao Cao had a rare stronghold in Hannan. The hundreds of miles of Jianghan Plain south of Dangyang and Xincheng were plundered by Cao Cao's defeated army, but they still retained the essence of Nanjun. The land is fertile, the people are solid, and they have been recuperating for several years, and with the power of Nanjun alone, it is enough to raise tens of thousands of soldiers.

Hearing that Huo Jun led the army to return south, Liu Bei, who had nothing to do, took Lu Su and secretly set off to the north, wanting to see Huo Jun.

At this time, Huo Jun was inspecting the new city of public security, and the new city had not yet started, but the location of the city had been decided. On the construction site of the new city, the soldiers, farmers, and craftsmen were busy all the time, or the craftsmen used ink cartridges, vertical lines and other tools to measure the city; or a farmer with a shovel, hoe, and other tools, digging the foundation; Or the priests carried pen books, abacus and other things, and patrolled there and counted the materials.

Xu Sheng spread out the drawings of the city, pointed and said: "Governor, the new city of public security will be built on the mountain, and it will be near the Han River, more than 300 steps from north to south, and more than 200 steps from east to west. If you want to build three city gates, don't place the inner city, the urn city, the city is three zhang high, and the city is built with stone bricks. A few miles downstream of the new city, there is Boze to build a water village and stay in the boatman. ”

"When there is a battle, the north of the new city rejects the enemy, and the sailor can go up the river and harass the enemy's grain road, and the enemy should retreat without a fight!"

For this new city, Huo Jun did not hesitate to spend a lot of manpower to build a city based on mountains and rivers, and also built large and small cities to meet the enemy army. After all, Huo Jun had high expectations for Xincheng, who not only had to play the role of shielding Jiang Han, but also became the dagger that Wu Chu inserted into Xiangfan.

If the city is not strong, once Cao's army goes south to break the city, how can the people on the Jianghan Plain be saved? How can Nanjun talk about strong soldiers and horses, waiting for the opportunity to go on the Northern Expedition.

As for why it is called Public Security City, it can be regarded as Huo Jun's bad taste. When sending a letter to Liu Qi, Huo Jun talked about the issue of Xiangfan City, saying that 'if the new city is built, the public can rest assured', so he ordered the new city to be a public security city.

Huo Jun condescended, looked at the construction site of the city, and said: "In the battle of Jinkou, Cao Cao's troops suffered heavy casualties and fled to the Central Plains. Although Cao Ren retreated to Xiangfan, he also lost his generals. In recent years, peace can be obtained, and Wenxiang can build a city with peace of mind. ”

The construction of such a large project cannot be completed overnight. The progress time of the project needs to be calculated by year and month.

After a pause, Huo Jun said: "Now that I am returning to Jiangling, Jun should be the governor of the Han water, train the Han water master, and shoulder the heavy responsibility of building the city. ”

"No!"

Just when Huo Jun and Xu Sheng were chatting in detail about the public security city and the duties of the Han water governor, Liu Bei and Lu Su also went outside the public security city.

"Drive!"

Liu Bei and Lu Su drove their horses along the Han River, and saw that the Minyi who had migrated south had been placed by Huo Jun on the banks of the Han River, and under the leadership of the scholars and rulers, they worked in an orderly manner, either to carry timber or transport stones for the public security city. Huo Jun used the method of cash for work to help the people who lacked food rations to overcome the difficulty of food shortage.

Liu Bei learned through inquiries that the people who moved south had asked the soldiers to prepare acres of land and let the people who went south cultivate their own territory, and couldn't help but sigh and said: "Everyone in the world says that Zhong Miao is good at using soldiers, but Bei thinks that Zhong Miao can also calm the people when he gets off the horse." Both civil and military, on the horse to govern the army, off the horse to settle the people, Zhong Miao's ability is far better than mortals. ”

The longer Liu Bei knew Huo Jun, the more he admired Huo Jun's talent. met Huo Jun for the first time, offered Bo Wang, and proposed the strategy of dividing the north and the south; When the troops entered Jiangdong, Huo Jun's military ability bloomed, he broke the enemy with his back to the water, took the Jingkou for thousands of miles, burned Kasawa, and built a water division; When fighting Chrysostom, the sky-high fire burned Cao Cao in a hurry.

A person who is so strong in using soldiers is also outstanding in governing the people. Since ancient times, there have been many generals who can fight, but generals who can enter and exit are really scarce, and there are fewer generals than Huo Junzhi. With such subordinates, even Liu Bei is worried, not to mention Liu Qi, who has a weak foundation and lacks fame.

Lu Su held the reins and sighed: "Su once heard that Zhong Miao practiced the method of rice and wheat rotation in Poyang, planting rice in spring and wheat in autumn; Wheat harvest in spring and rice harvest in autumn. When the people rotate their fields and do not waste farming, the yield has increased a lot. Ingenious and ingenious, diligent in farming, and good at managing military soldiers, he is a heroic man in the world, and he is very convinced. ”

Huo Jun's policy of rotating rice and wheat crops the year before last has already yielded results. In addition to the normal rice harvest, the wheat harvest has benefited the people.

In the past, they only planted rice in the spring and harvested it in the summer and autumn, but the people could only eat fish and shrimp and grow the rest of the vegetables.

However, after the implementation of rice-wheat rotation, the people can plant overnight wheat in autumn and winter, and harvest winter wheat in spring, which will increase the people's income in a real way. Under the wealth of the people, the tax revenue of the county can be increased, and the people are willing to have children. As the population increases, the number of soldiers increases.

The influence of Huo Jun's implementation of rice-wheat rotation is forming a positive feedback, and Lu Su, as a master of strategy, cannot see this.

Liu Bei bowed slightly, and recognized Lu Su's words. An idea was brewing in his mind, but he was still thinking about it.

"Huh!"

Lu Su saw a familiar figure on the bank of the Han River and asked, "Lord, is that Deng Fan, the son of Zhong Miao?" ”

Liu Bei covered his eyes with his hands and said, "It should be a child of the Huo family, but I don't know what he's doing!" ”

"Let's go, and ask where Zhong Miao is!"

"No!"

At this time, Deng Fan sat on the bank of the Han River, holding a pen to outline the lines on the scarf, sometimes looking up at the mountains and rivers around the Gong'an City, falling into contemplation, and then carefully marking the scarf.

"Boom~"

The sound of horses' hooves sounded, and Deng Fan was also addicted to his own spiritual world.

"Boy, where is Huo Junan?"

"Huh?"

Deng Fan reacted, turned his head to look, but it was Liu Bei and Lu Su, and hurriedly arched his hand and said, "Boy, I've seen Liu Yuanjun, Mr. Lu." ”

Deng Fan's stutter since he was a child, but he had to enter Huo Jun's house. was cured by Huo Jun's doctor, and Deng Fan paid attention to himself again. After a few years, he now speaks like an ordinary person.

Saying that, Deng Fanyao pointed to the public security city and said: "Qi Yu envoy, my father-in-law is inspecting the construction of the new city." ”

"Good!"

At this time, a strong wind blew, and the towel broke away from Deng Fan's hand and floated to Liu Bei's feet. Liu Bei didn't dislike it, and bent down to pick up the towel and silk. Glimpse the graphics on the scarf, like the current landscape map around the public security city.

Liu Bei curiously spread out the map and said with a smile: "You made this picture?" ”

"It's ~ what the kid does~ do!"

Seeing Liu Bei browsing his map, Deng Fan couldn't help but stutter, quite nervous.

"Zi respectfully look!"

Liu Bei glanced at it a few times, and his heart had already hidden his contempt, and he carefully browsed the map drawn by Deng Fan. At the same time, he also shared it with Lu Su and asked him to come and have a look.

"Huh!"

Lu Su was surprised and said: "My lord, this map depicts the mountains and rivers of the city, and indicates the places where the camp can be completed, all of which are in line with the learning of the soldiers, rather than random scribbling. ”

Brushing his beard, Lu Su looked at the young Deng Fan, and said with emotion: "Zhong Miao's family education is so profound, and a boy with just a bunch of hair has such ability. If you practice more, the achievement should be not small. ”

Marching and camping is the basic skill of soldiers, but this basic skill is not so simple, such as camping, in addition to the solid arrangement of the barracks, there are a series of problems such as sergeant arrangement, camp site selection and so on. This kind of camping knowledge is not simple, even if it is an outstanding general, sometimes it is not good.

However, as a teenager, Deng Fan can actually know and understand the knowledge of camping and site selection, which is really impressive.

Of course, Deng Fan's map of the public security city is also eye-catching. Marching and fighting are inseparable from maps, and those who can make maps belong to fragrant buns.

Liu Bei bowed his head slightly and said: "The Battle of Chrysostom, the kid has an accurate order and quick thinking, I appreciate it." Now that I see this picture, I should underestimate it again. ”

Bragging, anyone will. But if you really look at ability, you have to be able to do it.

Deng Fan arched his hand slightly and said: "Thank you for your praise and Mr. Praise, Fan is ashamed and dare not be." ”

Deng Fan's ability was not born out of thin air, but he followed Huo Jun to learn and observe, and he was familiar with military books, so he could apply what he had learned. In the battle of Chrysostom, the number of troops reached more than 200,000, which is rare in the world. Such a large-scale war has benefited Deng Fan, who has been studying and observing from the sidelines.

Liu Bei patted Deng Fan and praised him: "Young people are smart, they should study quietly, don't be in a hurry, and don't be arrogant to others." ”

Saying that, Liu Bei sighed a few words and said: "The tiger father has no dogs, and I hope the boy will become a talent." ”

Seeing the young talent, Liu Bei thought of his old age, and inevitably felt sad and sad, and said words of comfort.

"Xie Envoy Jun admonished, Fan should remember it."

There is still a chapter in the evening, and today I am tired and the coding word is inefficient.

(End of chapter)