The Li River is 100 miles, clear as a mirror, the reflection of the peaks, half hazy, half clear, it is a rare beauty in the world.

The boat floats on the river, goes down the Li River, the water turns with the mountain, the boat flows with the water, and the landscape painting scenery of a hundred miles is viewed.

The curtain of the boat was lifted, Huo Jun stepped out, breathing in the fresh air, looking at the moving mountains and rivers of the Li River on both sides of the river, and suddenly felt refreshed.

"The husband is cold, and he wears a robe!"

As he spoke, he saw that the beautiful concubine of Miao Ling was then beautiful, and her face was delicate and her appearance was outstanding. The body wrapped in brocade clothes and jade clothes can be seen in the small steps.

Liu Lanzhi put a brocade robe on her hand, draped it on Huo Jun's shoulders, and said softly: "How cold it is in the early morning, husband should be careful of catching a cold." ”

Huo Jun took advantage of the situation to hug the slender waist of the beautiful concubine, looked at the distant mountains and Qingdai, and said with a smile: "The beauty is in your arms, the beautiful scenery is in front, this is a beautiful thing in life!" ”

Liu Lanzhi leaned on Huo Jun's chest, her white and tender face was slightly red, smelling the smell of her own man, looking at the scenery of the Li River, it was really intoxicating.

Huo Jun left Wuhan in the name of supervising the Jiaoguang War, but in fact took his beautiful concubine to Shi'an (now Guilin) by boat, and played on the Li River for several days, enjoying a rare time of peace.

Gai or for a bowl of water, this time out of the town Jiaoling, Huo Jun specially brought Liu Lanzhi and asked her to serve herself, and at the same time enjoy the time between the two to enhance the relationship between her husband and concubine.

To be honest, having many wives and concubines seems beautiful, but it is really not easy to take care of each one. Huo Jun took pity on the fragrance and cherished the jade, and was reluctant to have a resentful woman in the back house, so he had to be a time management master and try to comfort his wife and concubine physically and spiritually. Therefore, it is often 'tight at the front, tight at the rear'.

Therefore, Huo Jun is often glad that he is full of energy because of the crossing, otherwise he really can't be a master of time management.

After half a ring, hearing the footsteps of the attendants, Liu Lanzhi hurriedly broke free from Huo Jun's arms, picked up the broken hair in her ears, and said, "The concubine prepares breakfast for her husband." ”

Huo Jun looked at the distant mountains and Qingdai, let go and let the beautiful concubine leave, and said with emotion: "The mountain is the eyebrows, and the water is the rouge." The landscape of the Li River is the best in the world, and there are few in the world! ”

As he spoke, stretching his waist, Huo Jun let out a turbid breath and said, "I don't know how the battle in Xiangfan is going now?" ”

The battle in Jiaoling was in the midst of anxiety in the official mouth, and Shixie confronted Lu Dai and Bu Qi. In fact, when Huo Jun went south, Lu and Bu combined forces to press Shi Xie and beat him, and the momentum was like a bamboo.

With Lu and Bu in commanding the battle, Huo Jun had no need to rush to the front line, so he stayed behind the Li River and supervised the grain and grass for the two while playing.

A few days ago, after Lu and Bu defeated the Southern Barbarian reinforcements, they asked for orders to destroy Shixie, but Huo Jun agreed, adopted Huo Fan's strategy, and Zhengqi cooperated in the battle. Ordered Huo Fan Fuhai to lead the elite south, rushed to attack the empty Jiaozhi Zhisu Longbian, and cooperated with Lu and Bu to fight and sweep Jiaoling.

"Governor, a letter from the king has arrived!"

Huo Xiong went up the ladder to the second floor and presented the letter.

"The King's Letter?"

Huo Jun smiled lightly at the corner of his mouth and said, "It's expected to be Xiangfan's good news!" ”

Xiangfan had their own suggestions for the war, and after Huo Jun planned the whole situation, he did not interfere in the detailed strategy because of the southward Jiaoling. Most of them learned about the progress of the war in Xiangfan through letters from Wuhan.

Reach out and break the ink, open the small wooden box, and take out the towel silk. Huo Jun spread out the towel and silk, and then read the contents of the letter.

Liu Bei's letter was about two or three hundred words, mostly describing the front-line war, talking about the staff angles of Fa and Ge on the war, and asking Huo Jun's opinion.

When he read that Guan Yu beheaded more than 10,000 soldiers of the thief army, almost annihilated Cao Ren's entire army, and surrendered to Hu Xiu, the assassin of Jingzhou, and Fu Fang, the Taishou of Nanxiang, forcing Cao Ren to live with a tree, it really made Huo Jun laugh.

Closing the letter, Huo Jun said with a smile: "More than 10,000 people were captured, and Jingxiang was empty. When the army enters the siege of Xiangfan, it is necessary to observe the strategy of the general's troops! ”

More than 10,000 people were captured and the Jingxiang Wei army was emptied, and the results of this battle were not insignificant.

Perhaps due to the influence of historical records in the pre-Qin period, or the fact that historians did not know the relationship between soldiers, later generations were mostly vague about the number of soldiers and horses.

It can be said that the Southern Han and Northern Wei Dynasty gathered the world's soldiers at all, and they could not do the number of 600,000 troops launched by the Qin State as recorded in the historical records of the Battle of Changping.

In the battle of Yiling, Liu Bei gathered more than 50,000 soldiers and horses in Yizhou, and after being beaten by Lu Xun and only spared, Shu Han withered directly, and the country almost collapsed. It wasn't until Zhuge Liang moved more than 10,000 barbarians to Shu in the south, plus four or five years of cultivation, that Shu Han gradually eased up.

In the Battle of Shiting, Lu Xun and Zhu Huan attacked Cao Xiu and captured more than 10,000 Wei soldiers. In the end of Cao Rong's life, Cao Wei was unable to launch a southern expedition in Jianghuai. It was not until Sima Yi adopted Deng Ai's strategy that Jianghuai was revived by deep governance.

Therefore, since Huo Jun led the troops, re-reading the war history contained in the historical records, he felt that the number of soldiers and horses in the pre-Qin period was seriously false. Perhaps 20,000 or 30,000 people will be recorded as more than 100,000 people, and 780,000 people will be more than 400,000 through rendering, and the amount of water is too large to be discussed.

Among the historians, Gain Chen Shou was at the end of the Three Kingdoms, and when he wrote the "Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms", he was able to come into contact with first-hand war materials or understand the details of the army. Therefore, the number of soldiers and horses recorded in the "Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms" is mostly combatable soldiers.

For example, when Liu Bei rescued Xuzhou, there were only more than 1,000 soldiers and Karasuma horses, and there were thousands of hungry people. and Liu Bei to Runan period, thousands of people.

Today, Cao Cao's Jingzhou is only Nanyang County and Xiangfan, and through administrative splitting, four counties are obtained, and the number of registered population is not large. More than 10,000 people were beheaded, and Jing Xiang was not empty, this is fake.

Jingxiang was empty, and Cao Cao was bound to send troops and horses south to reinforce him. Guan Yu wants to defeat Xiangfan, and facing the reinforcements is the main event. If you are repulsed by reinforcements, your previous plans will be undone.

Back in the cabin, Huo Jun sat on the couch, read the content of the letter, thought about it for a long time, and took the pen to Liu Bei to send a letter.

In the letter, Huo Jun said that he could send reinforcements to Xiangfan to support, but the situation in Xiangfan is not clear now, and Liu Bei should not personally conquer Xiangfan.

If Liu Bei wanted to lead his troops on the Northern Expedition, Huo Jun suggested that Liu Bei use troops when the rain was abundant in summer. In summer, the rain was abundant, and the water level in Jianghan rose sharply, which was conducive to the Northern Expedition of the army and the blockade of Xiangyang by Guan Yu.

In the end, Huo Jun reported on the battle in Xiajiaoling, and only then did he stop writing and writing.

After the handwriting on the towel was dry, Huo Jun ordered someone to send the letter to Liu Bei.

After the messenger left the cabin, Huo Jun ordered: "Order the fleet to rush to Panyu as soon as possible!" ”

"No!"

Lifting the curtain of the boat, Huo Jun looked at the scenery of the Lijiang River, with a reluctant expression, and said with emotion: "Let's wait for the world to be unified, and then watch the scenery of the Lijiang River." ”

The years go by, people have aging, only the mountains and rivers remain the same!

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Not to mention that Huo Jun went south to Panyu, now Guan Yu and Lu Meng have led the sergeants, taking advantage of the emptiness of Xiangfan, the two armies of the waterway converged, and the soldiers reached Fancheng, and the soldiers of the Tun waterway were in Yuliangzhou.

Yuliang Island is surrounded by water on three sides and a peninsula with mountains in the north.

When the water rises, the low-lying land that communicates with the mountains in the north will be flooded by the rising Han and Huai two waters; During the dry season, passable roads are formed.

After the Battle of Jinkou, Huo Jun led his army north, occupied Yuliangzhou and coerced Xiangfan Ercheng, beheaded Li Tong, and moved the people of Han and Shui to the south.

Cao Ren learned a lesson, adopted Zhu Zhi's advice, and built a fortress on Yuliang Island to prevent the Southern Han Dynasty sailors from occupying Yuliang Island like Huo Jun. However, when Guan Yu and Lü Meng arrived, the fortress of Yuliangzhou was already empty and uninhabited, and it was directly occupied by the soldiers and horses of the Southern Han Dynasty and became the base camp of the Northern Expedition.

Obviously, in order to seek the three eastern counties, Cao Ren was less vigilant because Guan Yu was recuperating from illness, and transferred the garrisons on the periphery of Xiangfan, leaving only the troops guarding the two cities of Xiangfan.

Guan Yu and Lu Meng took their generals on a boat to observe the geography and water conditions of Xiangfan.

On the boat, Guan Yu stood with one hand on his sword, and his tall and burly figure was very eye-catching on the deck.

Guan Yu looked at the sword and said, "The waterway between the two cities of Xiangfan is narrow, only seven or eight hundred steps. When the water is dry, the thieves build a pontoon bridge, which can communicate with Xiangyang. Now you can camp in the south of Fancheng to prevent thieves and reinforcements from crossing the river. ”

Saying that, Guan Yu smiled lightly and said: "Camping in the south of the city can not only block the communication between the two cities, but also promote the strength of our army and threaten Cao Ren of Fan City." ”

"Where are Zhao Lei and Shiren?"

"The last general!"

Zhao Lei and Shiren stepped out of the ranks and gave their hands to answer.

"Shiren is the main general, Zhao Lei is the deputy general, and the two of you are ordered to lead the seven thousand cavalry and camp in the south of Fancheng."

"No!" The two were ordered to retreat.

"Ziming, how much is the food and baggage of soldiers and horses in Xiangyang City today, and who is guarding it?" Guan Yu asked.

"Qiyu Junhou, Xiangyang is for the thief Zhangling Taishou, and Pingdi General Lu Chang is in charge. He is a native of Nanyang Bowang, and there are about 5,000 soldiers in the city, and it is difficult to know how much food is needed. However, Xiangyang is an important town, Cao Ren and Zhu Zhi used to be here, and it was roughly estimated that it could last for a long time. ”

At the time of Liu Biao's rule, the population of Xiangyang far exceeded that of Jingzhou cities, and even Jiangling and Hanshou were not as strong. However, as Xiangyang fell into a military location and became a wrestling point between the Southern Han Dynasty and the Northern Wei Dynasty, Xiangyang had long lost its former prosperity and prosperity.

Lu Meng pointed to Xiangyang City and said: "In the past, there were many people in Xiangyang City, but because of the war, they were all moved to Hanbei by Cao Cao. There are few people in the city except the soldiers, and the city is for withering! ”

"The prince wants to blockade Xiangyang City, and Meng steals think that he can camp in the southwest of the city. At that time, the east of Xiangyang is Hanshui, the north of the city is the south camp of Fancheng, and the west is the camp of Da Xian Mountain. or though it is difficult to cut off the messengers, they may go into the city without food. ”

"Good!"

Guan Yu bowed his head slightly, and ordered: "And Ziming led 10,000 troops to camp on the top of Daxian Mountain, thinking that Xiangyang would be blocked." Whoever wants to cross the river must be struck at him. ”

"No!"

Lu Meng replied and said: "Prince, Fu Fang is the old Nanxiang Taishou, and Meng thought that he could make his letter to lure the officials of Nanxiang to surrender. ”

"Accurate!"

Through perennial cooperation, Guan Yu has been convinced of Lu Meng's talent, and he is at ease with his work and use of soldiers.

Guan Yu thought for a moment and asked, "Is there any change in Yan Xing's department?" ”

"Qi Yu Junhou, Yan Xing is afraid of the crowd of our army, and he is more than ten miles away from Fancheng and camps. It should be waiting for reinforcements from the thieves, and then the army will go south. Fei Yi said.

"Is there anyone who can find someone to help the lord?" Guan Yu asked.

"The main commander of the thief reinforcements will be the former general Yu Ban!" Fei Yi replied.

"Yu Wenze!"

Guan Yu narrowed his eyes slightly, and muttered a few times in his mouth.

Suddenly, Guan Yu stroked his beard and smiled, and said: "Although Yu Ban is majestic and resolute, he holds the army strictly, and he is the general that Cao Cao relies on. His subordinates are elite thieves, and you should be careful with them. ”

"No!"

Yu Ban led the troops strictly, and won the trust of Cao Cao, how could Guan Yu not know. Knowing the level of the forbidden army, Guan Yu told the generals more, so as not to underestimate the enemy and suffer defeat.

The attendant boarded the big ship in a small boat and reported: "Prince, Ma Ji often works on the orders of the king!" ”

Guan Yu raised his eyebrows slightly and said, "Order someone to entertain you and return to the camp later." ”

"No!"

(End of chapter)