Chapter 174 Encirclement and suppression of Huo Jun
Cao Pi has a great face.
In order to help Cao Pi eliminate Huo Jun, Liu Bei's army dispatched Huang Zhong, Wei Yan, and Ding Feng in one breath. All the elites among the elite were here.
The commander of these people was Fu Xun, who had been playing chess with Zhuge Liang in Jingnan for a long time. He used a feather fan to cover the scorching sun in front of him, and murmured while walking:
"It's not bad that Wuling is so hot, why is Fancheng so hot too? It's really outrageous."
Guan Ping smiled and greeted him, and saluted him to Fu Xun, Huang Zhong, Wei Yan and Ding Feng, and also walked forward slowly and saluted him to Guan Ping together.
They are all their own people and don’t need to hide from each other. Guan Ping hasn’t enjoyed such an atmosphere for a long time, and he feels much more cheerful.
"With help from brothers, Guan Ping is frightened."
He hadn't called him like this for a long time, and he was almost uncomfortable. Ding Feng laughed:
"I have been using the name of the young general recently. When the young general said the word Guan Ping, I thought I would talk about myself again."
Huang Zhong said happily:
"I heard that General Yun is very powerful and has become Cao Cao's son-in-law.
I am still worried that you will not extricate yourself from the gentle land and will not want to come back!"
Huang Zhong's joke made everyone laugh, and Cai Mao laughed loudly. Guan Ping invited everyone into Fancheng and rested in the military camp in the city for a while.
Before, Xiahou Dun and Le Jin were in a bad relationship, so they specially designated Fancheng as a military town for Yunshan to station.
After Cai Mao became the prefect, he moved all the people here to the vicinity of Deng County, as if he was posing to stay away from this place.
Last year, Cao Cao's destruction of Fancheng and Xu Huang's battle with bandits nearby all caused great damage to the city's vitality. There were only soldiers and farming here, and there were not many ordinary people. It was a little uncomfortable to be quiet.
"Hey, Jiangling is so prosperous, Jingnan is not bad, this wealthy land in Nanyang was also... not bad back then, why is it now like this?" Wei Yan said with emotion.
When he was young, he was so excited that he couldn't sleep for a long time that he couldn't sleep. I didn't expect that there was no life here now, which was really uncomfortable.
Cai Mao also looked solemn and said with emotion:
"Last year, Liu envoys crossed the river with his people, and most of the people here left.
Later, Cao Cao was displeased and moved many people northward, not knowing how long it would take to recover its vitality here.
Maybe it will take...a hundred years."
Everyone was speechless, and Fu Xun, one of the main participants who welcomed Cao Cao, lowered his head in shame.
However, Guan Ping was not afraid at all.
"In less than a hundred years, at most ten years, the Han Dynasty will be revived in our hands.
At that time, we can let the people return here, and Fancheng will definitely be richer than before."
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Cao Pi was not very good at leading soldiers, but he had a very good vision of soldiers.
After Guan Ping and Cai Mao's troops were assembled, Cao Pi looked at the soldiers and saw Wei Yan, Ding Feng and others with strong bodies and murderous appearances, he couldn't help but applaud.
"Okay! What a group of mighty men! No wonder General Yun is invincible. It turns out that he has such a good man under his command."
Cai Mao smiled and said:
"General Yun heard that it was the young master who wanted to make contributions, so he specially transferred all the most elite men under his command.
If there is anything else in Nanjun, I have to ask the young master to say a few good words."
"What can happen?"
"Hey, don't talk about Cai Fujun, it's all a trivial matter!"
"How can it be a trivial matter!" Cao Pi said solemnly, "Jun Cai's family said, I'll listen!"
Cai Mao sighed:
"There is a famous scholar in Jingzhou named Liu Ba. Before, yes, he went to Jingnan to recruit surrender to various counties under the order of the Prime Minister.
Later it was said that he escaped from Liu Bei, and then he had a little misunderstanding with General Yun.
In order to confess his feelings, General Yun specially asked him to guard Nanjun."
Guan Ping smiled bitterly:
"It's all small things, why bother to say it? Besides, I was taking a risk at the time when I attacked Jiangling. According to military orders, I should also guard Fancheng.
I also want to tell the young master that when the war is over, it is better to resign from the position of the prefect of Nanjun and listen to the troops in Fancheng."
Cao Pi snorted and thought to himself that Liu Ba’s surname is Liu, and he is from Jingzhou. Isn’t he born to be a subordinate of Liu Bei?
Could it be that he tried to force Yunshan away?
Humph, no matter him, my own affairs are important.
Thinking of this, he showed a trace of sincerity and patted his chest:
"Don't say it, I understand it in my heart.
I have heard of Liu Ba's arrogant talent.
If something happens to him in Nanjun, if something happens…”
"Young Master, don't be nonsense, be careful of the walls."
Cao Pi was moved. He held Guan Ping and Cai Mao's hands and stammered his neck and said:
"You two come to help me fight Cao Pi regardless of your personal gains and losses. I have recorded this kindness. No matter what happens in the future, I will come to find me. Who dares to say that you are not good at it? Let me pass my Cao Pi's sect first!"
Everyone was excited, and Ma Su also smiled and took the map and began to explain the current situation to everyone.
Ma Su was very polite. He said clearly how many people there were on his side, where they were arranged, where they were arranged, how many weapons, how many military rations there were, etc. It was very easy to take this person to fight. As long as he thought about how to fight, other marches, arrangements, and logistics could be managed by this person.
Cao Pi highly praised Ma Su. He heard Ma Su's eloquence and could clearly see that almost stars appeared in his eyes.
Cao Pi once said before that he believed that Ma Su had the talent of famous generals and the weapon of a minister. If Ma Su could give Ma Su a chance to command troops, no one in the world could stop Ma Su's powerful soldiers. This is also why Ma Su had given Cao Pi so many bad ideas before but Cao Pi valued him even more.
"Huo Jun's soldiers are the strongest soldiers under him, the more than 300 generals who have always followed him, and the rest are far from being called elite soldiers.
They moved along the water, because General Yu had no naval army and had never been able to completely eliminate them.
Now that General Yun and Cai Fujun's navy have arrived, they can only go ashore as long as they chase along the Qingshui River.
I received a letter from Mr. Chang. He didn't seem to trust the general in his words, saying that Huo Jun was very likely to attack the city."
puff.
Cai Mao almost laughed out loud.
"By the way, who is Chang Diao?" he asked deliberately.
Cao Pi explained with an awkward look:
"My father had published the "Application for the Talents" before, saying that only the talents are recommended, regardless of their origin.
Before, Chang Diao was just the leader of the personal guard under his uncle's tent. Because he was good at scheduling school affairs, he was valued by his uncle and was attracted by his confidant and recommended it to my father.
After my father saw this, he wanted to buy horse bones for a thousand gold coins, so he recruited him as a military advisor to offer wine, and asked him to come south to investigate all matters in Jingzhou and arrange school affairs.
This time, my father used him as the governor and guardian, so that all things we and others would be told to him."
School affairs.
Cai Mao could understand Guan Ping and all of them.
Cao Cao's previous defeat was because he was completely in the dark, so he felt dissatisfied and vigorously formed the school affairs.
But Chang Diao's military situation is too inaccurate.
Huo Jun's fighting ideas followed Guan Ping and Cai Mao's arrangements, so they certainly understood Huo Jun's movements.
Huo Jun had insufficient troops and had to transfer the people, scattered and hidden, and did not dare to attack any strong cities. From Ma Su, he heard that Cao Pi was worried that Chang Diao would come to investigate him before, so he was very nervous and could not wait to kill him.
There seems to be no need to kill such a person.
"We led a total of 3,000 troops, divided into two groups, walking along the water and searching on the shore.
Forced him to go north, General Yu defended Wancheng, and Huo Jun was unable to fly. We could slowly wipe out him, as long as half a year or as little as one month, Huo Jun would inevitably surrender."
Cao Pi nodded secretly and looked at Ma Su again.
He didn't dare to tell Yunshan what he wanted to kill Chang Diao. Ma Su knew it and continued to say loudly:
"I think Huo Jun must be quite anxious to be besieged and don't know where to hide.
So I have asked Mr. Chang to move first in the name of the young master to search for the person.
I heard that Military Commander Chang has many eyes and ears, so I can wait for the news, so I will naturally achieve twice the result with half the effort.”
If Chang Diao’s news is really accurate, then this person naturally cannot be kept and he must be eliminated as soon as possible.
But he was able to provide information that Huo Jun wanted to defeat the city, which was enough to show that this person's intelligence was completely messy, and Guan Ping and Cai Mao were also very relieved.
The goal of Liu Bei's army in this battle was to use chaos to expand its power to Jiangbei. Huo Jun would not wipe out his troops for a day, but he would maintain a large army search for him all day.
As we all know, once something is proven to be effective and can bring certain benefits to the user, it will not be easy to change after a long time.
In the north of Nanyang, there will be a continuous stream of "water thieves" and "bandits" and Guan Ping can go here and continuously gain the absolute authority of this land.
When Liu Bei's army went to war in the future, Cao Cao would be shocked to find that their first stop was not to choose to attack Xiangyang together, but to directly attack Wancheng!
Of course, in order to continue to maintain Yunshan's useful identity, Zhuge Liang also made some small arrangements in Jiangling.
Chapter completed!