Sixteenth year of Jian'an, September.

Zhang Fei broke Han Sui at Yangping Pass and became the general of Zhengdong; Ma Chao withdrew his troops from Hanzhong and entered Longyou to fight for land in the west; Liangzhou stabbed Shi Weikang, Yan Xing, and Yang Fu raised their troops and horses to meet Ma Chao.

Shi Wuwei guarded Zhang Meng too much to kill the Yongzhou assassin Shi Handan Shang to make a rebellion, and Xiahou Yuan led his troops into the pass on the grounds of conscripting Zhang Meng.

When Ma Chao heard this, he was horrified, and withdrew his troops from Longyou in a hurry and returned to Chencang. Letters and Hou Xuan, Cheng Yin, Li Kan, Zhang Heng, Liang Xing, Cheng Yi and other Kansai warlords, expounding the benefits and disadvantages, in order to protect Xiahou Yuan.

When the letter first arrived, Xiahou Yuanqi attacked and defeated Liang Xing, and Xu Huang broke Li Kan and entered Chang'an. The generals of Guanxi were afraid of Xiahou Yuan's troops, but only Yang Qiu, Cheng Yin, and Zhang Heng in the northwest responded, and Ma Chao and Ma Play two departments, and only five of them resisted Cao.

Ma Chao gave up all the money in Nanzheng, and recruited 10,000 people from the Qiang and Di people to join the army, with a total of 60,000 troops. Xiahou Yuan was invincible in the first battle of Ma Chao and retreated to Chang'an and Lantian.

Cao Cao withdrew his troops from Jiangxia, led 70,000 troops to enter the pass through Wuguan Road, and joined Xiahou Yuan with 100,000 troops.

The situation in Guanzhong has changed, and Wu Chu also has a plan.

Anhui City, the government office.

In the hall, Ma Liang sat on the side seat and informed Huo Jun on the couch of military affairs.

"Envoy, General Yide killed Han Sui, surrendered Zhang Lu, and has taken Hanzhong for my Wu Chu. General Gan robbed the camp with 100 horses, shocked the Cao army, and raised the prestige of our army. Today, due to the turmoil in the northwest, Cao Cao has withdrawn his troops from Jiangxia and entered Wuguanxi Pingguanlong. ”

Huo Jun bowed slightly, and said in admiration: "It is not easy for General Zhang to enter Hanzhong this time, and it is not easy to kill Han Sui. Congratulations to the lord for winning Hanzhong and getting a good general. ”

Ma Liang smiled and said, "The lord was overjoyed when he heard General Zhang's good news, and drank a few bottles with the generals. Today, he ordered people to enter Shu, worship General Zhang as the general of Zhengdong, and increase the number of thousands of households. ”

Saying that, Ma Liang asked the left and right to present the letter, saying: "Now the Jiangxia threat has been resolved, and the lord has heard that the king's wife and concubine have given birth to three heirs, and this Ming Liang sent some gold, silver, and red silk to celebrate. ”

Liu Bei and his close subordinates are not pure monarchs and ministers, but mostly monarchs and friends, so they often reward things and subordinates for some happy events.

Of course, Huo Jun's words, Liu Bei's way of treating it is different. Because Huo Jun was out of Zhenjiangbei, he couldn't keep in touch with his feelings from time to time. Liu Bei often asked those who were engaged in errands in the Great Sima Mansion, such as Ma Liang, Ma Yan, Zhou Budo and others.

When these people go out, they will more or less bring the items that Liu Bei rewarded Huo Jun, not only good horses, but also daily necessities such as honey, sugar cane, Shu brocade, fine wine, summer and winter clothes, etc., which is a kind of intimate sharing.

Huo Jun's wife and concubine gave birth to two daughters and a son, the son was born to Xiao Qiao, and the foot trainer and Li Qian gave birth to a daughter. The second son is named Huo Chang, and the two daughters are Huo Jie and Huo Wen.

Huo Jun put down the letter and said with a smile: "Lord Father-in-law's kindness, Jun is grateful. Traveling thousands of miles back and forth, Ji Chang has worked hard. ”

"Don't dare!"

Ma Liang replied: "Receiving the order of the lord, how dare you say the word hard." And chatting with the envoy, opening the mouth is beneficial, good benefits are great, and I am often willing to obey the orders of the envoy. ”

Ma Liang is better than his younger brother Ma Yan, and he almost follows other people's hair, so it is no wonder that Guan Yu has a very good relationship with Ma Liang. If it were Liu Ba, Pan Jun, and Zhang Zhao, Guan Yu would have had a conflict with them a long time ago, and these people were not as humble as Ma Liang.

As for the relationship between Huo Jun and Guan Yu you asked, it can't be said to be good, nor is it bad, it's just an ordinary colleague relationship. However, because of Huo Jun's outstanding achievements, Guan Yu was under a lot of pressure.

Guan Yu didn't look down on Huo Jun, but couldn't accept that his performance was too inferior to Huo Jun. He longs to be on an equal footing with Huo Jun, and even to surpass. After all, Guan Yu also has his own pride, and it is this kind of psychology that prompts him to continue to learn the knowledge of the navy, so as to make himself strong.

Huo Jun laughed a few times and asked, "Ji Chang came all the way from Wuhan, I don't know what the lord wants to do?" ”

Ma Liang said truthfully: "Liang is on the orders of the lord and asks the general if he can cut Hefei?" ”

Huo Jun asked rhetorically: "Does Ji Chang think it is possible to cut down now?" ”

Ma Liang pondered a little and said: "Now Cao Cao withdrew his army from Jiangxia, and the army went to Guanxi, or he could attack Hefei. However, Jianghuai and Xuzhou have heavy troops, and there are Zhang Liao, Li Dian, and Zhu Guang in Hefei City, and it is not easy to take Hefei. ”

Huo Jun held the hilt of the sword in his hand, got up on the couch, and smiled confidently: "How are Jianghuai and Xuzhou soldiers and horses?" Jun is regarded as grass mustard, broken Hefei, and the soldiers are in the Huai River, when in this time. ”

Seeing that Huo Jun was confident, Ma Liang showed surprise on his face and asked, "What the envoy said is true?" ”

"No!"

Ma Liang seemed to feel that he was questioning Huo Jun, and hurriedly said: "The good meaning is that the general has any plan to seize Hefei?" And can you ask the lord to help you? ”

Huo Jun held his sword and paced, and said with a smile: "There are only more than 20,000 soldiers and horses under the Jun tent, and in terms of today's troops, it is okay to besiege Hefei, but it is not possible to retreat reinforcements, let alone take Hefei." Ji Chang returned to the lord and asked the lord to give 25,000 soldiers to Jiangbei, Jun took Hefei for the lord, and the soldiers entered the Huai River. ”

Ma Liang excitedly recorded what Huo Jun said, and asked, "What else does the envoy have to ask for, such as the general school clerk, can he ask for something?" ”

Huo Jun stood in the hall and said, "Let the lord send Xingba to help me." And let the lord send the generals and me, and have the courage to be unstoppable, not ordinary fierce generals such as Wei Yan and Fu Wei. ”

"But face the enemy Zhang Liao?" Ma Liang asked.

"That's exactly what it means!" Huo Jun replied.

Ma Liang recorded Huo Jun's needs and asked, "Does the envoy have any other requests?" ”

Huo Jun looked at Ma Liang and said with a smile: "If Ji Chang wishes, he can join Jun's tent to join the army." ”

How could Ma Liang's emotional intelligence not know what Huo Jun meant, this was the merit that made him follow the expedition to Hefei.

Without hesitation, Ma Liang arched his hand and said, "Thank you envoy, how dare Liang not want to!" ”

Selling favors, Huo Jun has long been at his fingertips. Lu Su, Pang Tong, and Jiang Wan are appointed officials, which one of them does not have Huo Jun's personal relationship.

The ability is outstanding, but the relationship must also know how to do. Let Ma Liang, who is in an embarrassing period, rub his exploits and help him, which can make the relationship between the two go to the next level.

After chatting for a while, Huo Jun let Ma Liang out of the hall.

"What's the same, what is the season more often than the young?" Huo Jun asked.

Jiang Ji, who was silent on the side, said with a smile: "Ma's five constants, white eyebrows are the best." The words of this villager are not deceiving. ”

Brushing his beard, Jiang Ji commented: "Talking to Ma Liang is like drinking sake, the entrance is sweet, and drinking a lot is not drunk. It's not comparable to his brother Ma Yan! ”

"Hmm!"

Huo Jun said with emotion: "If the Ma family wants to prosper, it should be in the season, not in the young." ”

Ma Jian is valued by Zhuge Liang, and to be honest, it is inseparable from Ma Liang's relationship. In the Battle of Chrysostom, Ma Liang sent an envoy to Jingnan. Liu Xianju Changsha County helped the coalition army, and Ma Liang took credit for running in the middle. Therefore, after the war, he was valued by Liu Bei.

However, Wu and Chu merged, and Liu Bei, in order to treat Liu Qi's subordinates well, suppressed Ma Liang's promotion. At present, Ma Liang is highly regarded by the chief official, but he lacks merit and is difficult to ascend to the throne. Now Ma Liang has some military exploits, and promotion is inevitable.

Looking at the map hanging on the wall, Huo Jun asked: "Now that Cao Cao is far away from Guanzhong, the Central Plains is empty, and it is the time to use troops, I want to conquer Hefei, can Zitong have a high opinion?" ”

Jiang Ji thought for a while and said: "General, Hefei is two or three hundred miles away from Shouchun, and Shouchun is close to Yuzhou and Xuzhou. At the beginning of the war, the general raised troops to attack Hefei, and the Jianghuai soldiers and horses rushed to help first. If you can't get to Hefei quickly, the defenders and reinforcements will cooperate inside and outside, and I'm afraid it will be difficult to get to Hefei. ”

After a pause, Jiang Ji said again: "However, there are three generals in Hefei City, Zhang Liao, Li Dian, and Zhu Guang, and it is difficult to get to Hefei quickly. Therefore, in the opinion of Ji, the general wants to take Hefei, and only by breaking the defenders in the south and reinforcing troops in the north can Hefei be broken. ”

"I don't know what the general means?"

Huo Jun picked up the brush from the desk, circled Hefei on the map, and said with a smile: "As Zitong said, I want to besiege the city and send reinforcements." ”

"Siege for reinforcements?" Jiang Ji listened to the unfamiliar words and said thoughtfully.

"Exactly!"

Huo Jun stroked his sword and said slowly: "Besieging the city to help, when the enemy army is besieged, it will save the city, build a barracks, besiege the city, and fight a protracted war." If the reinforcements do not arrive, the enemy will be afraid, and if the fear is easy. Take Hefei as such, Hefei city is narrow, lonely hanging in the Central Plains, there is no reinforcement outside, and the long-term code will be broken. ”

The siege of the city came from the mouth of the librarian of later generations. During the Three Kingdoms period, this idiom was not yet coined, but it does not mean that the Three Kingdoms did not have this kind of tactical thinking.

During the Battle of Xiling, Lu Kang adopted tactics similar to besieging the city and sending reinforcements, defeating the reinforcements and demoralizing the defenders, so as to break through Xiling City.

Now, in Huo Jun's view, Hefei is bound to face enemy rescue. If the reinforcements were not repulsed, Hefei had almost no possibility of taking it, so the only way to besiege the city and send reinforcements was adopted.

Historically, Sun Quan attacked Hefei several times, except for the first time to besiege Hefei, during the period of Zhang Liao's defense, it was almost impossible to besiege the city. It was impossible to besiege the city, let alone repel the reinforcements from the Jianghuai region, so as to take Hefei.

Zhuge Ke's new city failed fiascoly, and the strategic thinking was correct. That is, besieging Hefei New City, and then besieging the city to send reinforcements, you will be able to gain.

It's a pity that Zhuge Kezhong's strategy of guarding the general Zhang Te, when the city was about to fall, gave up attacking the city. Then he withdrew his troops under the torture of plague diseases and siege casualties, and was finally chased and defeated by Sima Fu's army.

Jiang Ji thought for a long time and said: "The general's strategy of besieging the city and sending reinforcements is very exquisite. However, the city is difficult to overcome, and the enemy army does not advance, so what should our army do? ”

This is Sima Fu's strategy, so that the enemy will consume energy under the city of Hefei, and when the army is withdrawn, he will be defeated.

Huo Jun looked at Hefei City, and said with a light smile: "If Hefei City is in a hurry, how dare the enemy lead troops in Shouchun?" ”

The kind of strategy to crack Sima Fu is to make Hefei urgent, and there is a possibility of being broken. In this way, it had to be saved, and it was necessary to rescue it as soon as possible, but then it was time to test the combat effectiveness of the army.

If you want to break the siege and send reinforcements, you can use the strategy of besieging Wei to save Zhao, or use the army to defeat the besieging army. There is no immutable reason for the world's strategies to restrain each other. It is almost impossible to try to eat all over the world with one trick.

"Ji follows the general's left and right, and when the general breaks the enemy!" Jiang Ji said with a look of anticipation on his face.

(End of chapter)