In the early morning of the next day, Huo Jun ordered the sergeants to destroy the river weir, led the army to withdraw from the camp, and took the boat down Surabaya.

On the city wall of Xiapi, when the Xuzhou sergeant saw Huo Jun pulling out the camp and withdrawing the army, he cheered and cheered.

Zang Ba patted the city wall vigorously and said happily: "The soldiers surround the city for more than a month, the embankment will be completed, and Huo Jun will finally leave." ”

Sun looked at the boat that was walking away, let out a long breath, and said: "Huo Jun took the boat away, when he wanted to break through the mouth of the boat and enter the Huai, he would fight with Zhao Yan, Xu Huang and others. It is expected that the siege of Xiapi has been lifted, and whether to let Lu Taishan return to the army, there is no need to go south to help me. ”

The Lu Taishan in Sun Guan's mouth is none other than Cao Cao's old general Lu Qian. Lü Qian served as the Taishou of Mount Tai, as the core figure of Cao Cao's arrangement to monitor the generals of Mount Tai in the east.

Taishan County belongs to Yanzhou, adjacent to Langya County and Dongguan County, and can condescendingly monitor Zang Ba, Sun Guan and other generals, and there is Donghai County separated from Xiapi County.

Under Cao Cao's strategy of encircling and suppressing Huo Jun, he asked Lu Qian, who was outnumbered to go out on an expedition, to mobilize troops, and ordered him to supervise the soldiers of Jinan, Lu, Shanyang and other counties with the post of Taishan Taishou, and draw out six or seven thousand local armed people, and follow him to support Xiapi to prevent Huo Jungou from jumping over the wall and storming Picheng.

As for how Sun Guan learned the news, Liu Ye, who preemptively struck, sent scouts to infiltrate Xiapi City in advance, and informed the two of them the news that the army was blocking Sikou and the news of Lu Qian's southward movement, so as to prevent Zang Ba and Sun Guan from surrendering in fear.

At this time, I have to say that Huo Jun pulled out the camp in time, if he hesitated, Cao Wei's reinforcements would be surrounded from all sides, with Zhao Yan and Xu Huang in the south, Zang Ba and Sun Guan in the city, reinforcements led by Lu Qian in the north, and the sea in the east.

Zang Ba hesitated for a while, and said: "I'm afraid that the king has other arrangements, just send someone to inform Lu Taishan, and let him make a self-determination and use troops to arrange." ”

"Good!"

Sun looked at the river weir outside the city, and said: "Now that Huo Jun led his troops to retreat to Sikou, did our army send an army to pursue it to cooperate with Zhao Yan and Xu Huang?" ”

After a pause, Sun Guan said: "If you don't send an army south, once Huo Jun breaks through Sikou and enters Huaishui, I am afraid that he will be punished by the king's edict, or be played by Zhao Yan, Xu Huang and others." ”

Zang Ba stroked the hilt of his sword and said in a deep voice: "What the baby said is true, no matter what, our army should send an army to pursue, so as not to prevent Huo Jun from breaking through Sikou and being punished by the king." And if Huo Jun is blocked in Sikou, this army can also cooperate with the flanking attack. ”

Sun Guan patted Zang Ba's shoulder and said, "Xuan Gao is the main general, and you can't leave Picheng in person." Today, the army should be led south by Guan and pursued Huo Jun. ”

"Hmm!"

Zang Ba nodded, and said, "Huo Jun should not be underestimated, the baby should be careful, and must not chase too closely." ”

"Please rest assured!"

Sun Guan was more confident, and said with a smile: "Huo Jun's soldiers, I will chase after me, and I will never pursue too deeply." ”

"Good!"

With Zang Ba's consent, Sun Guanguan rode 5,000 in unison, and at about noon, after Huo Jun left for a while, he dared to go out of Picheng and go down Surabaya by boat.

At this time, Huo Jun, who withdrew his troops along Surabaya, was when the boat traveled to the mouth of Suikou, Surabaya. Suddenly, Huo Jun ordered the fleet to turn to the northwest, go against the water, and move towards the worries.

On the boat, Ding Feng saw the fleet going deep into Suishui, his face was puzzled, and asked: "Governor, Surabaya is in danger of being blocked today, and the governor doesn't lead the army to withdraw quickly, how can he lead the fleet deep into Suishui?" ”

Standing in front of the map, Huo Jun thought about it, but he didn't answer Ding Feng's words.

At this time, Huo Jun has a lot of gratitude to Zhu Guang in his heart, and the Xu Huaiyu map in his hand is from the Xu Huaiyu map presented by the general Zhu Guang in Huaiyin. Although the map is simple, it has marked rivers and castles. If there is no map, the difficulty faced by Huo Jun will be a few points higher.

Jiang Ji smiled: "Does Cheng Yuan know Suishui?" ”

"I don't know!" Ding Feng shook his head and replied.

"Suishui bears the girder chasm water, and goes down to Surabaya. Walking Suishui, close to the Suiling, far to Xiangxian, Daliang. If you want a detailed water map, you can even enter the chasm, and out of the chasm, you can join the big river. ”

There are many changes in the river waters in the Huaibei region, and the rivers in the late Han Dynasty can be said to be very different from today. For example, the Yellow River seizes the Huaibei River, causing sediment accumulation in the Huaibei River, or changing the course of the river.

Suishui connected the chasm with Surabaya in the Han Dynasty as a tributary of Surabaya. However, in later generations, Suishui no longer communicates with Surabaya, but flows into Hongze Lake from the Sihong area.

Jiang Ji stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Today, turn northwest and go to Suishui, the soldiers enter Suishui, and they can run to the water." If you can enter the water, search the boat widely, go down the river, you can go to Huainan. ”

"Today, the governor of the river weir and take advantage of the water to travel by boat, not to cross the Huai from the mouth of Surabaya, but to confuse Zang Ba and Zhao Yan's two armies, so as to buy time for our army."

It is very critical to confuse the two armies of Zang Ba and Zhao Yan, and Huo Jun's department only has more than a month of grain and grass, and now it is blocked between the Surabaya Valley, deep in the enemy's territory. If you insist on breaking through to Sikou and being bitten by the enemy, the army will be in danger.

In any case, if Huo Jun wanted to escape, he could go with cavalry. He now wants to preserve the army, and does not want to abandon the army.

Today, the river weir was broken, and the boat was quickly driven by the water momentum, so that Zang Ba thought that the army wanted to leave Sikou, and took the opportunity to lead the army to the northwest, so as to achieve a surprise move.

Ding Feng's eyes lit up and he said, "In this way, the governor confuses the Wei army and turns westward. The army left the boats and sailed, down the river, and joined the Huaishui to ensure that the army withdrew to Huainan. ”

"I'm afraid it's not that simple!"

Jiang Ji sighed slightly and said, "The army left the boat and ran to the water. Today, I am afraid that there will be no boats available in the water, and there will be no boats to travel, and when our army marches to the pass, I am afraid that the enemy has already gone to the mouth to block the attack. ”

"Governor, how should this be?"

Ding Feng looked at Huo Jun's tall back worriedly and said.

Looking at the map hanging on the cabin, Huo Jun looked calm and said: "The enemy has a large army along the Huaishui, and the hinterland of Huaibei is empty. ”

"And there must be a road before the car reaches the mountain, and the boat will naturally reach the bridge. If you want to protect the army now, how can you stick to the ordinary art of war. ”

"The Governor is wise!"

Although Ding Feng didn't understand what Huo Jun said next, he was respectful and listened to the teachings.

In the cabin, Huo Jun pondered the next strategy, while the Nanhan boat traveled along Suishui, and its target was Fuli, which was about 200 miles away from Suikou.

Although it was sailing against the current, it had to be helped by the southeast wind. Two hundred miles of waterway, along the wind and against the water, although it is difficult to reach one day by day, but under the starry night, the next day by day will be able to reach Fuli.

Needless to say, Huo Jun's department was in a hurry, on the other hand, the Surabaya Wei army, because Huo Jun took advantage of the water level in Surabaya to go, and Sun Guan did not dare to chase closely, when Huo Jun turned into Suishui, Sun Guan did not know that Huo Jun changed the course, and thought that Huo Jun broke through to Surabaya, so he went straight down Shun Surabaya.

When Sun Guan was on the way, Zhao Yan and Xu Huang led the soldiers to stand by and stepped up the blockade of Sikou in order to prevent Huo Junqiang from breaking through Sikou.

Huo Jun's expectations were not bad, not only did there be Zhao Yan, Xu Huang and others in Sikou today, but Cao Cao also sent Xiahou Shang in order to encircle and suppress Huo Jun. Xiahou Shang commanded 5,000 elite infantry to support Sikou, arriving slower than Zhao Yan on the second day.

Of course, not only the Wei army in Sikou was on alert, but even Xu Sheng was deployed on the south bank of Sikou with all his elite troops, waiting for Huo Jun to break through from Sikou at any time.

The people of the Han and Wei armies in Surabaya waited until the night, and there was no trace of Huo Jun's soldiers and horses.

However, in the middle of the night, the Wei army in Sikou received the scouts sent by Sun Guan. Xiapi scout said that Huo Jun dug the river embankment early this morning, and the boat took advantage of the water momentum to go down.

When the Sikou Wei army received this information from Sun Guan, they fell into a daze. They thought that Huo Jun was camping and resting halfway through, preparing to break through the siege and fight tomorrow, but after checking with the scouts, they found that Huo Jun, who they had encircled, was missing and disappeared from the Surabaya River.

Zhao Yan waved his hand to let the scout retreat, and said in a daze: "According to Sun Donghai's words, Huo Jun broke the embankment today, and the boat took advantage of the surge in Surabaya to take advantage of the situation to sail. However, the scouts searched for it in every possible way, but they couldn't be seen, why did they suddenly disappear now? ”

General Xu Huang and Wen Ji were full of confusion, not to say that they were blocking the enemy here, why did Huo Jun suddenly disappear.

When Xiahou Shangchu arrived in Sikou, he didn't know the details, frowned and asked: "Could it be that there is a tributary in Surabaya, and Huo Jun has entered Huaishui from other places?" ”

Liu Ye shook his head and said: "In and out of Qingxu, the only one who can walk a big boat is Surabaya." Now block Sikou, if you take other roads, run and copy Lingshui. However, when he walked in Lingshui, Huo Jun should give up the boat, and our army has scouts in Lingshui, if he marches in Lingshui, he will be observed by our army. ”

"The enemy is longer than a boat, and shorter than a horseman. The army under Huo Jun's tent is strong, but our army raises the rank of horse to chase after it, and the enemy will be defeated. As a famous general, Huo Jun will never do anything to bring about his own destruction. ”

Wen Ji couldn't understand it, and complained: "Our sergeants blockaded the river in batches, and the sergeants were tired, hoping to make meritorious contributions and win. Now Huo Jun is not in Sikou, and he doesn't know where he is marching, isn't it a waste of his previous achievements! ”

Xu Huang looked at Xu Huaiyutu and guessed: "It is impossible for Huo Jun to go east, is it possible to go west." Today, the king is still confronted by Liu Bei, and the army has not yet advanced westward. Huo Jun often has insight into the reality and whether he will march westward today, and then go south, be met by the enemy's naval army, cross the Huaishui, and withdraw to the south bank. ”

"Huh?"

Liu Ye reacted suddenly, hurried to the map, and found Surabaya. Then, use your fingers to patrol up and find the water.

Knocking on the Suishui of the map, Liu Ye said excitedly: "Or as Gongming said, Huo Jun may go against Suishui and take advantage of the situation to go west." Then leave the boat and walk, drive to the water, and collect the boat along the way. Later, it went south along the river and crossed the Huaishui at the mouth of the river. ”

As he spoke, Liu Ye moved his finger down to Zhongli and said, "Zhongli City, Huo Jun left Zhongli Fei to guard it, and his troops have about 3,000 soldiers. With this department's response, Huo Jun's 20,000 troops could easily cross the Huaishui. ”

Listening to Liu Ye's analysis, everyone's eyes lit up.

Zhao Yan stroked his beard and asked, "If you follow what Liu Junshi said, you should lead the sergeants to the west, seize the mouth before Huo Jun's army, and not let the enemy cross the river." At the same time, a message was sent to the king to see if the king could go west and encircle and suppress Huo Jun. ”

"Exactly!"

Liu Ye looked excited, paced in the tent, and said: "In order to prevent Huo Junsheng from attacking the east and west, ten thousand people can seize the mouth, and the army can still be blocked by Surabaya." Then inform Sun Guan and Lu Qian of Huo Jun's whereabouts, and let them march towards the troops from the east and north to see if they can find Huo Jun's whereabouts. ”

"Huo Jun gave up the boat, and he has committed the taboo of soldiers. Now go deep into Henan, want to pass through Huai from other places, and do not know that there are few people in the water, and the people are few in the boat, which is the way to defeat. ”

"Good!"

Zhao Yan pondered for a long time and said: "Hukou can let Gongming and Boren raise troops to divide the 10,000 people, and I will supervise the troops in Sikou, so as not to Huo Jun from going and returning." If Huo Jun's movements are investigated, I will raise troops to the west to help. ”

"No!"

Xu Huang and Xiahou Shang got up and said.

(End of chapter)