April 8, sunrise.

Huo Jun led the sergeant to board the boat and went down the Suishui, intending to enter Surabaya from Suikou.

Compared to going downwind against the current, the speed of going down the river is faster. Taking advantage of the gap between the hurries, Huo Jun, who rarely rested, handed over the command to Jiang Ji and fell asleep in the cabin by himself.

Gai may know that his own governor is resting, and the Han soldiers on the flagship can't help but slow down, for fear of disturbing the rest of their own governor.

From Fuli to Suikou, about 200 miles in the meantime, under the water potential rises, although it is not as fast as the Yangtze River waves travel thousands of miles a day, but a day + night, plus the time to rest on the shore in the middle, the boat to Suikou is not a problem.

On 9 April, the sky was clear, and a large number of sailing boats entered Surabaya from Suikou.

On the banks of the Surabaya River, the fleet docked on the shore, and under Huo Jun's order, he led his soldiers to leave the boat, and landed on the shore and headed east.

On the way out, several sergeants accidentally dropped three army flags into Surabaya and went down the turbulent waters of Surabaya. At the same time, Huo Jun ordered the sergeant to cook on the spot, and the smoke was billowing up, which was clearly visible to the naked eye within a few miles.

The large-scale activities of 20,000 people, Huo Jun did not hide it, for fear that others would not see it. Liu Ye's waiting horses arranged in the north were not blind, and they were able to observe the movements of most of the Han army in the mountains and forests.

When Huo Jun's army marched eastward, the horsemen were not stupid, and immediately chose a small boat to carry the horses, went down Surabaya, and returned the news of Huo Jun's eastward march to the Wei army in Sikou.

Huo Jun led the army to set up a boat on foot, and after walking about thirty miles, he ordered the sergeants to camp on the spot by the stream to rest.

At the same time, the Wei army had arrived in Sikou and spread the news to Zhao Yan and Liu Ye.

Sikou, the camp of the Wei army.

Under the cover of night, ten iron cables float on the surface of the river, and the camps on both sides of the bank are based on soil and big trees as walls, like small fortresses, blocking the middle river from the left and right. Most of the sergeants in the battalion were armed with bows and crossbows, patrolling the banks of the rivers on both sides, and the garrison was very strong.

In the big tent, Zhao Yan, Liu Ye, Wen Ji and other civil and military officers sat on both sides of the big tent.

The scout stood in the tent and arched his hand and said, "Qi Overseer, I am equivalent to finding the traces of Huo Jun's army in Suikou, which entered Surabaya from Suishui in a boat, and then anchored at the shore. After taking all the food on board, the enemy left their boats and headed east. ”

Hearing this, the generals in the tent looked at each other, and their expressions were shocked.

As the military advisor said, Huo Jun turned back and killed Surabaya, broke the Fu Li first, and killed Sun Guan. Then take a boat into Surabaya, then give up the boat, cross Donghai County, go to Yuzhou, and return to China by floating in the sea. ”

Wen Ji thumped his fists and sighed, and said happily: "Huo Jun's use of troops is really insidious, if it weren't for the military advisor who noticed that Xu Sheng's department was different, he would send someone to Suikou to investigate." I'm afraid that now, we will still be kept in the dark by Huo Jun without knowing it. ”

Zhao Yan sighed and said, "Huo Jun is heading west, tempting our army to pursue and encircle. Then he withdrew and returned to Surabaya, so he lived up to the name of a famous general with military results. ”

The generals of Sikou were really glad to have discovered Huo Jun's traces at the moment, otherwise if Huo Jun returned to Huainan unconsciously, all of them would really be embarrassed.

In the past ten days, they have been tricked by Huo Jun, first wondering why he disappeared in Surabaya, and then being deceived by Huo Jun into thinking that he was going to cross Huai from Huan and Vortex Erkou. As everyone knows, Huo Jun played a horse pistol and turned back to the east, wanting to float to the south and return to the sea.

Zhao Yan stared at his eyebrows and said, "Donghai County is empty and unprepared, and there are few people. Huo Jun marched eastward, and it is expected that he has been out of the siege, so what should he do now? ”

"Chase!"

Liu Ye got up from the seat and said in a deep voice: "Huo Jun traveled from Hushui to Surabaya, during which he traveled hundreds of miles, although there were boats to travel, the sergeant must be tired. There are three or four hundred miles between Surabaya and Qu County, and Huo Jun is in a hurry. ”

"From a certain point of view, once you get out of the encirclement and have to escape, Huo Jun's army will inevitably relax. At this time, he pursued lightly, or he could intercept and kill most of Huo Jun before Huo Jun's troops arrived in Yuzhou. ”

Liu Ye looked at everyone and persuaded: "Huo Jun is running west and east, and the equipment and baggage he carries should be abandoned. I was prepared to win unprepared, and led the army to pursue in the middle of the road, waiting for work at ease, and being able to defeat the enemy. At this time, leading a heavy army to pursue may be able to break the enemy's opportunity. If the soldiers do not move, the previous achievements will be wasted, and they will also be rebuked by the king. ”

Liu Ye just deduced Huo Jun's possible marching movements from Xu Sheng's movements. Not long after the scouts were dispatched, Huo Jun led his army to Surabaya and then headed east. This left Liu Ye without any precautions, and the only chance to defeat Huo Jun now was to rush to Qu County before Huo Jun.

"Chase!"

Wen Ji was indignant and said: "Huo Jun fled to the seashore, he is already a rogue. Wouldn't it be a joke to lead the army to pursue today, but let Huo Jun easily escape from the encirclement? ”

As he spoke, Wen Ji bowed his hand to Zhao Yan and said in a deep voice: "Overseer, I am willing to lead the troops and horses of my headquarters to pursue and find an opportunity to intercept and kill Huo Jun's department." Even if you are invincible to Huo Jun, if you can inflict heavy damage on his army, don't let him look down on us. ”

"The last general is willing to pursue!"

With Wen Ji taking the lead, the rest of the generals stood up and asked for pursuit.

Seeing that everyone's attitude was clear, Zhao Yan, as an overseer, was not easy to refuse, and said: "Pursue Huo Jun, what I want." However, our army pursued, and the Sikou camp was not empty and unmanned? ”

Wen Ji stomped his feet and said, "Supervisor Zhao, the Sikou camp was originally used to encircle Huo Jun. Now that Huo Jun is flowing eastward, what is the use of sticking to the Surabaya camp? ”

Liu Ye pondered for a while and said, "The overseers are worried about the Sikou camp, so they can send a letter to Gongming and Boren, and let the two generals lead their troops back to the Sikou camp, or lead the army to follow our army." And at the same time, an urgent letter was sent to the king, so that the king could make the arrangement. ”

"Good!"

Zhao Yan got up according to the case and said in a deep voice: "All departments lead the elite to pursue, be sure to seize Qu County and intercept Huo Jun before Huo Jun." ”

"No!"

Zhao Yan, Liu Ye and other Wei army civil and military said that they would pursue it, and they raised troops to pursue Huo Jun overnight, and they did their best to kill the sergeants in the camp. The previously heavily guarded camp was only guarded by a thousand old and weak.

The scene of the Wei army pulling out the camp was seen by some people lurking in the night.

Upon learning of such an important military situation, the men gathered in the dark of night and ran along the banks of the Surabaya River.

On April 9, when the army was pulling out of camp, Huo Jun ordered the army to continue to rest in the confusion of everyone.

At dawn on April 10, the generals saw that Huo Jun still had no idea of pulling out the camp, and they all asked to see Huo Jun.

Santai Mountain, Han military camp.

Gain marched heavily and had few tents in the army. Fortunately, there were abandoned villages in the place where the Han army was encamped, and after a simple cleaning, the sergeants of each department moved in as needed.

In the small courtyard, the generals gathered in front of Huo Jun.

"Governor, why did you stop the sergeant?" Gao Xiang couldn't understand it, and said: "It's dangerous to be stationed in the enemy territory today. Our army should go to Yuzhou as soon as possible, rendezvous with Wenxiang, and return to Huainan. ”

"That's right!"

Ding Feng's face was full of anxiety, and he said: "There are many wise men in the Wei army, if he is allowed to find out the movements of our army, he will definitely pursue him, and it is better to withdraw as soon as possible, not for a long time." ”

"Governor!"

Jiang Ji snorted lightly, but he wanted to speak and stopped.

Huo Jun pressed down with both hands, signaled everyone not to worry, and said with a smile: "Let's wait for the report from General Gongli, I have my own opinions at that time." ”

Seeing that Huo Jun seemed to have other plans, the generals had to let go of their anxiety and wait for Yu Shao's military report to arrive.

After half a ring, Yu Shao rushed over and walked in front of Huo Jun from the road that everyone had left out.

"How?"

Huo Jun looked at Yu Shao with that expectant gaze and asked.

Yu Shao was excited, and said: "As the governor said, the enemy in Sikou left the camp overnight the day before yesterday, and now Sikou is empty, and it is easy to get down. Our army returned to the south by boat, broke through the Sikou blockade, entered Huaishui, and withdrew to Huainan. ”

"What?"

"The enemy camp in Sikou has pulled out the village to the east?"

The generals in the courtyard were surprised and delighted, they didn't expect Huo Junming to go out of the East China Sea with the intention of Sikou.

"The name of the governor is to go east, and he floated down from Yuzhou, but in fact, he returned to the army by boat, and entered Huaishui from the south of Surabaya."

Gao Xiang reacted and exclaimed: "Divert the enemy to the west and disperse the troops in Sikou; Sharply turned back to advance, crossed Surabaya, and lured the soldiers of Sikou to pursue. In this way, Sikou is invincible to the Kou army, and our army can easily go south by boat! ”

Ding Feng's eyes widened, and he exclaimed: "After more than ten days of traveling, the governor led my troops to follow Sikou to the south. Who could have predicted such a use of soldiers. Even if the enemy is full of wit, he will also be played with by the governor in the palm of his hand. ”

Then, Ding Feng sighed and said: "When Sikou was sealed, Du Duyan brought all the generals and soldiers back to Huainan, and Feng felt a lot of doubts. Now it seems that the governor's words will come true. Such a use of soldiers can be known by non-meritorious people. ”

Compared with everyone's surprise, Jiang Ji asked curiously: "Dudu, how to mobilize the Wei army of Sikou to pursue our army eastward?" ”

Huo Jun touched his mustache and said lightly: "If the enemy can implement the strategy of blockading Sikou, there must be good planners in his army, so I specially ordered Wen Xiang to lead a large number of boats to the east, causing the vigilance of the enemy." ”

"When I arrived in Surabaya, I ordered the army to smoke at a high point, expose the traces, and march eastward in order to let the enemy scouts observe. However, the Wei army in Sikou had scouts arranged in Suikou, and after detecting the traces of our army, they went down Surabaya by boat. ”

"How did the governor know that the Wei army scouts were in Suikou?" Ding Feng asked.

Huo Jun looked at Yu Shao and said with a smile: "After the army marched eastward, I ordered Gongli to lead elite scouts to ambush around Zhouge, but unexpectedly, there were really Wei army scouts haunting Suikou. ”

"Later, Gongli sent people south to explore the Wei camp in Sikou to see if there was any pursuit movement?" Ding Feng asked.

Yu Shao smiled and bowed his head and said, "The scouts are late to return to the camp, so it's too anxious for the gentlemen to wait." ”

"It's not night!"

Gao Xiang shook his head and laughed, and said, "This is much faster than going east to Yuzhou, how can it be late!" ”

Saying that, Gao Xiang pretended to be displeased and said, "It's that the governor doesn't believe us and keeps us in the dark." ”

"It's not that I don't believe you, but if the Sikou Wei army is unaware and unwilling to pursue our army, this strategy will not work!"

Huo Jun stood up with his whip, looked around at everyone, and said: "The enemy is pursuing, Sikou is empty and unprepared, and now the plan will be successful." ”

"The herald ordered all battalions to pack up and return to Surabaya immediately, and take a boat south into Huaishui."

"No!"

Everyone bowed their waists and saluted, and their expressions were full of admiration.

Looking at the backs of the generals retiring, the corners of Huo Jun's mouth inevitably raised.

This feeling of mobilizing the enemy is really inexplicably comfortable. Even in the midst of enemy territory, he can also come and go freely, turning into nature.

"Dare to ask your lordship, where does this method of using soldiers come from?" Huo Fan asked.

The corners of Huo Jun's mouth raised slightly, and he said with a smile: "It has long been said in the book of war that those who are good at fighting are controlled by others and not by enemies. ”

"This is the essence of the art of war, boy!"

"No!"

Huo Fan was deeply admired and said: "My father crossed Surabaya three times, and no one can match him in the future!" ”

Hearing this, Huo Jun shook his head slightly, and sighed: "I only have the skin of my division to use the soldiers today. If the two are compared, how can the fluorescent light of the rotten grass be as good as the bright moon of the heart of heaven! ”

"The Master of Adults?"

Huo Fan was surprised and said: "Since my son read history, he can reach adults with soldiers, only Han and Bai Erjun. I don't know who the teacher of adults should be? ”

Huo Jun showed admiration on his face and said: "You just need to know that someone can put 30,000 soldiers across the 400,000 army, come and go freely, and no one can stop them. ”

"Thirty thousand soldiers across an army of four hundred thousand?"

Huo Fan was shocked and muttered, "There is such a god in the world, it is unheard of. ”

Huo Jun patted Huo Fan on the shoulder and said, "Since you are a god, you should not know it." ”

Huo Jun walked with a whip in his hand, only to leave an exclamation in the wind, 'Sandu is a famous general, and Sidu is a god'.

Huo Fan scratched his head, full of incomprehension of what Huo Jun said.

(End of chapter)