Although Sun Guan's death was bizarre, his death made the soldiers under his tent who were confused by the attack completely lose their organizational power, and they could no longer resist. Under the sword of the cavalry, the sergeants of each division surrendered either to death.

After Huo Jun led his cavalry to clear all the departments in the city, the Suishui camp outside the city had also been solved by Huo Fan and Yu Shao. During this period, there were many defeated troops who tried to escape by boat, but they were solved by the cavalry stationed on the riverside.

Wearing armor, holding a bow, riding a horse, the mobility and combat effectiveness are all ready, under the dawn of the morning glow, almost blockading the surroundings, most of the Wei army defeated the armor and surrendered. Even though a small number of sergeants fled to the hinterland of Henan, they lost the army structure due to lack of food and clothing, which could not affect the overall situation.

By sunrise, Huo Jun had roughly controlled the situation.

On the city tower, Huo Jun greeted the morning glow, looking at the Suishui, on the sparkling river, the ships moored one by one, not only the boats before Huo Jun, but also the ships used by Sun Guan for marching, although the size is not large, but there are many of them, and they are very spectacular.

Footsteps sounded, Huo Fan came with his sword and said: "My lord, the Wei army was killed and wounded, the Wei army was killed and wounded, more than 3,300 people were killed, and there should be as many as 1,000 escapees. However, the fugitives were pursued by the cavalry and scattered among the mountains and fields, and it was difficult to achieve the climate. ”

"Good!"

Huo Jun showed an appreciative gaze and said: "In this attack, Shi Zai has made many contributions, no matter how good he is, or he has achieved martial arts, this should live up to his father's expectations." ”

Although Huo Fan's expression was delighted, he said modestly: "Fan is still deficient, and he still needs more teachings from adults." ”

Huo Jun patted Huo Fan's shoulder and said with a smile: "If the jade is not cut, it will not be a weapon." Tunnong has been successful in the past few years, but it can continue to be a big thing! ”

Knowing that he was going to move up, Huo Fanan couldn't resist his curiosity and asked, "I don't know what the big deal is?" ”

Huo Jun blinked his eyes and said with a smile: "I'll know in the future!" ”

Seeing that Huo Jun didn't say anything, Huo Fan had to be patient and said, "My lord, there are too many enemy soldiers who have been captured, and there are not many soldiers in our army, I am afraid that it will cause defection." And in the future, how should the prisoners be placed when they go east? ”

The placement of captives has been a difficult problem since ancient times. The captives were not allowed to fight, and they were left to act on their own, and most of them would scatter and flee, so they needed to be guarded by non-commissioned officers, and the army had to provide food and drink, which was very troublesome.

Because the captives are too troublesome, this is why the killing of prisoners often occurs. Killing prisoners is to deter the enemy and to reduce the occurrence of trouble.

Of course, Huo Jun didn't like to kill prisoners, these captives were not from other races, they belonged to the same race, and had the same culture and language. In this chaotic era when the population is declining sharply, the captives can be completely converted into labor force and enrich the sparsely populated Jianghuai.

Huo Jun pondered for a while and said, "After the army arrives, its captives and soldiers will be dispersed, divided into various departments, and guarded by each department. And march by boat, and the trouble of captives will be eliminated! ”

After a pause, Huo Jun said: "Our army turned back and marched eastward, if Cao Cao knew about it, it would be difficult to achieve the plan. Now send an order to the army, let them speed up to Fuli, and arrive at Fuli as soon as possible. ”

"No!"

After Chu Stable Fu left the situation, Huo Jun not only sent people to guard the soldiers, but also sent scouts to return the same way, informing most of the foot soldiers who were hurrying and asking them to speed up.

When Jiang Ji and Gao Xiang received the news that Huo Jun's soldiers had broken the run, they had already led most of the distance with their foot soldiers. In order not to delay time, Jiang Ji ordered the whole army to have only half a month's ration, except for the first soldiers, even the tent was abandoned.

In the middle of the night of the same day, the infantry army, which had been driven for almost two days, finally arrived at Fuli under the leadership of the generals of various departments.

The tired foot soldiers set up a simple camp by the Suishui River, and after a simple meal, the soldiers who left the night vigil fell to the ground and fell asleep.

Most of the sergeants lay asleep on the ground in the open air because they abandoned their tents and marched, and the snoring and breathing of the sergeants in the camp came and went.

"Governor!"

"Shh

Under the firelight, a sergeant saw Huo Jun and was about to get up to say hello. However, Huo Jun signaled him to be quiet, so as not to disturb the rest and hurrying sergeant.

Looking at the little bonfire that released light in the dark night, the soldiers lay crookedly lying by the bonfire to rest, Huo Jun felt distressed.

Pointing to the camp, Huo Jun commanded: "There is no camp tent to avoid the cold today, and the soldiers are tired, let people add more bonfires, and if the fire is small, add firewood, and don't let the soldiers suffer from the cold." ”

"No!"

Junior sergeants can rest, but senior generals and colonels in the army cannot sleep and rest because they have important matters. For example, since Huo Jun left the city from the attack talisman, he did not fall asleep and rest, but sat on the city tower to avoid accidents.

Now that the army is leaving, Huo Jun will meet with the generals to discuss the next steps for tomorrow's march.

In the big tent, when the generals saw Huo Jun entering the tent, they all stood up to greet him.

"Governor!"

"I've seen the Governor!"

"The monarchs led their foot soldiers to Fuli, and it was a lot of hard work!"

Huo Jun pressed down with both hands, signaled that everyone didn't need to be polite, and said: "After today's military discussion, you can go back to the camp to rest, recuperate, and wait for tomorrow's march." ”

"Please command, the governor!"

Huo Jun looked around at everyone and said: "Cao Cao will not know the news of our army's evacuation from Hukou, so our army should quickly evacuate Fuli tomorrow and enter Surabaya along Suishui east." After entering Surabaya, our army left their boats and headed east. Xu Sheng has been ordered by my letter to lead the boat east into the sea and march to Yuzhou. ”

Hearing this, everyone thought that they would be able to return to China in the near future, and their faces were full of joy.

"The general went west into the water, so that the Wei army did not know the depths, and they thought that our army wanted to cross the river from the mouth of the river and join the king."

Gao Xiang smiled and said: "I don't know that Cao Cao has fallen into our army's strategy, and our army has turned back to Fu Li, breaking Sun Guan. Take the boat to Surabaya, then take the east road, go to the seashore and return to China. ”

"The Governor's use of soldiers is unpredictable, and it is beyond Xiang's expectations."

Yu Shao praised everyone and said: "The governor is going west, and Xu Huai's troops are moving westward." Xu Huai was empty, and the governor led the army back, taking advantage of the enemy's unpreparedness, to attack Sun Guan. Traveling eastward by boat, when Cao Cao learned of Fu Li's battle report, he was afraid that our army had arrived in Qu County! ”

Although there is no Southern Han army stationed in Yuzhou, for the Southern Han Dynasty, which has a strong naval division, Yuzhou is an overseas base.

Under the auspices of Huo Jun, the sailors went out of Yuzhou twice and attacked the Xuzhou seashore. And the fleet that bought horses from Liaodong also docked at Yuzhou Island many times for replenishment.

Crossing Surabaya, passing through the sparsely populated Donghai County on his own, and leading a large army to arrive in Qu County, from Huo Jun's point of view, it can indeed be regarded as a road back to Huainan.

However, when you get to the Surabaya Valley, you need to abandon the boat and walk eastward, walking three or four hundred miles, through the sparsely populated Donghai County. For a sergeant, it may be a lot harder.

Jiang Ji stroked his beard and said: "It seems to be going west, but in fact it is returning to the east, and the governor is extraordinary in his use of soldiers." However, I am afraid that the Wei army in Sikou will learn that they will only pursue each department. Therefore, our army should move quickly to avoid being trapped in Tohae County. ”

Huo Jun touched his mustache and said confidently: "Today, if you have Wenxiang to help, our army will return to Huainaner!" ”

Saying that, Huo Jun stood up and said, "Listen to the order, before dawn tomorrow, all departments must assemble; At sunrise, the whole army set out by boat. ”

"No!"

Not to mention that Huo Jun and the generals seized the time to rest, and Liu Ye, who was fighting with Zhao Yantun, had doubts about Xu Sheng's use of troops.

Under the oil lamp, Liu Ye's delicate face pondered Xu Sheng's strange behavior.

In the past few days, Xu Sheng has led the sailors to the other side of Sikou every day, and it seems that he is ready to meet Huo Jun's subordinates at any time. However, today Xu Sheng strangely disappeared and led a large number of boats to the west.

To the east of Sikou, what else can there be besides Haixi, which is no longer inhabited?

To the east of Haixi, only Haier!

Thinking of the news from the vortex and the two mouths, Liu Ye always felt uneasy in his heart.

According to what the king said, Huo Jun wanted to join Liu Bei and cross the Huaishui from the two mouths of the river and the vortex. However, Huo Jun wanted to cross the Huai from Hukou, why did he order Xu Sheng to lead the sailors eastward? ”

Liu Ye lay on the bed, resting his head on his head, looking at the top of the tent, thinking deeply about the changes.

"Even if you cross Huai from the two mouths of Hu and Vortex, and Liu Bei's army responds, I am afraid that it will be difficult to cross lightly."

Liu Ye's mind came to mind, and the military reports that came from all over the world recently, his expression became more and more confused.

"Sun Guan went west into Suishui, settled in Fu Liyan, and Huo Jun went west."

"Leaving the boat to go west?"

Liu Ye reacted violently and said: "If Huo Jun pretends to cross Huai from the two mouths of Hu and Vortex, but actually turns back to Fuli, wouldn't it be that Sun Guan is in danger?" ”

Huo Jun went east, defeated Sun Guan, and regained the boat. When Xu Sheng entered the sea, the two armies converged. Could it be that Huo Jun wants to cross the East China Sea and return to the south. ”

The East China Sea, the place where Huo Jun used to send troops, Chang Xuan and his subordinates mostly had people from the East China Sea.

Now the East China Sea is empty, if Huo Jun breaks the Sun View, and the eastward seashore, it will be unimpeded.

If this is the case, the king is confused by Huo Jun and Liu Bei. Huo Jun went east to the seashore and returned to Huainan, so wouldn't all his plans be wasted?

Deduction here, Liu Ye's heart became more and more uneasy.

Liu Ye got up in his robe, walked out of the camp tent, and ordered: "Come here, send more people to inspect the upper reaches of Surabaya." and ordered to ride to Fuli and contact Sun Donghai. ”

"No!"

Looking at the bright starry sky, Liu Ye sighed slightly.

All this was just a conjecture he had guided according to Xu Sheng's movements, and if he wanted to prove whether Huo Jun was really marching like this, he needed proof of the other party's march. Otherwise, the army went east, and Huo Jun did not advance eastward, but crossed the Huai River from the two mouths of Hu and Wu, then his sin would be great.

If his speculation is true, he hopes it all comes in time!

(End of chapter)