Guan Yu's injuries were much lighter than those of Wen Ping, and he had already stopped bleeding and fell asleep at night, and by the time Huo Jun led his troops to Fancheng, he had not woken up from sleep.

"I've seen my father!"

Huo Jun didn't sleep all night, and when he heard that his father had arrived with his troops, he came outside the city to greet him.

Huo Jun is fifty and three this year, and he is one of the four generals of the Han Dynasty, and he has the same official position as Pang De, Deng Ai, and Huang Xu.

Don't look at Shangyong There have been no wars in these years, but it is a very important place, it borders Jingzhou, Hanzhong in the west, and Nanyang If it is not conquered, Shangyong will not be able to do without Huo Jun.

However, now that Nanyang has been obtained, the strategic significance of Shangyong is not so important, and if Huo Jun continues to be placed in Shangyong, it will be a bit condescending.

This is not now Liu Chan attacked Nanyang and transferred Huo Jun to Jingzhou, in addition to rescuing Guan Yu, in fact, it also has the meaning of liberating Huo Jun from the upper level.

Because Huo Jun is quite reused, there has been no war in these years, except for the daily training and teaching of his son, there are no other cumbersome affairs, and his life is very moist, and he is more than half a hundred years old, but the maintenance is good, except for a strand of white hair on both sideburns, his appearance is only in his early forties.

Huo Jun nodded when he saw his son Huo Yi, and immediately noticed the Wei army on the river, and asked Huo Yi a few questions: "Is that the Wei army?" Ready to retreat? What about the generals? Where is he? ”

Huo Yi replied: "The Wei army arrived one step earlier, and when I led the troops to arrive, the Wei army had already taken Fancheng, and the general retreated to Atou Mountain to protect himself, but fortunately, I had already welcomed back the general last night and recaptured Fancheng." The general was injured a little, and now he has fallen asleep, and Na Wenpin is also seriously injured, and he knows that he can't do anything, so he wants to lead his troops to retreat. ”

Huo Jun snorted coldly when he heard this, and said angrily: "Hmph, come if you want, leave if you want, where is Jingzhou?" Go'er, aren't there still a thousand soldiers and horses in Xiangyang City? Go and ask the guards to come over and discuss the pursuit with me, and let the soldiers and horses in the city prepare to pursue the Wei army!" ”

"No!" Huo Yi gave up his order, and immediately took a small boat to Xiangyang to ask the guard general Wang Zhi to come over.

After instructing Huo Yi, Huo Jun gathered 20,000 soldiers and horses under his command and separated the soldiers who were familiar with water and those who were not familiar with water: "The general decided to pursue the Wei army later, but most of the brothers are from Shangyong Mountain, don't go if you are not familiar with water, and the brothers who are familiar with water will stand up for me!" ”

Shangyong is a mountainous area, as the saying goes, relying on the mountains to eat the mountains, relying on the water to draft water, the mountainous areas are naturally more hunters, and there are more fishermen in the rivers, so Huo Jun's 20,000 soldiers and horses from Shangyong are mostly from the hunters.

However, Hanshui also passed through Shangyong, and among these soldiers and horses, there were also some soldiers who had lived near Hanshui since childhood, and Huo Jun gave an order, and there were about 3,000 soldiers who were familiar with the water to stand up.

There are only more than 3,000 soldiers who are familiar with water, but the Wei army still has more than 9,000 people, with 3,000 against 9,000, it seems to be a little disadvantaged, but Huo Jun did not forcibly use those landlubbers to make up the number.

Because water warfare is different from sailing, soldiers who don't know how to swim in the boat will only vomit and get dizzy at best, and there will be no major problems. But if you use landlubbers to conduct water wars, not only will it not work, but it will also add to the chaos, and if you make up the number of people, you will send them to death in vain, Huo Jun will not do such a stupid thing.

The soldiers who were familiar with the water were selected, and Wang Zhi, the guard of Xiangyang City on the opposite side, also rushed over.

"The last general, Wang Zhi, has seen the general!"

"Captain Wang doesn't have to be polite!" Huo Jun helped Wang Zhi up and said to Wang Zhi: "The Wei army sneaked up on my Jingzhou, come if you want, leave if you want, it's really too deceitful, this general is determined to pursue the Wei army, but there are only 3,000 soldiers under my command who are familiar with the water nature, plus your 1,000 defenders in Xiangyang, it is only 4,000 people, but the Wei army has 9,000 soldiers and horses."

Although Ben Jiang is from Jingzhou, he is not familiar with water warfare, so I want to hear your opinion! ”

Although this Wang Zhi was loyal to the Han Dynasty, his talent was not very good, and he pondered for a long time before he said: "I saw at the head of Xiangyang City just now that most of the Wei troops were retreating on Mengchong and fighting ships. If our army pursues on the Mengchong fighting ship, even if it catches up, the number of people is less than that of the Wei army, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to win. ”

Huo Jun listened to Wang Zhi's words, and knew that this Wang Zhi was also a half-witted person for water warfare, and he couldn't help but make a mistake in his heart.

"Although the Wei army has more than 9,000 people, they are not proficient in water warfare. You can send a thousand sailors in Xiangyang to take four fighting ships, go more than 100 boats, go around the left and right sides of the river to the front of the Wei army, and intercept it across the river.

There were 3,000 soldiers and horses left, with enough rockets, half of them on the fighting boat, and half on the boat, and when they caught up with the Wei army, they first sent the boat to the front, and pressed it with the fighting ship, so that the Wei army was stuck in the center of the river and could not advance or retreat. ”

At this time, Huo Jun only heard a voice behind him, which was explaining the method of pursuing the Wei army.

When he turned around, he saw Guan Yu being helped by a personal soldier and walked over slowly.

"General!" Huo Jun hurriedly stepped forward to support Guan Yu.

"Zhong Miao!" Guan Yu's face was a little pale, patted Huo Jun's hand and continued: "At that time, the Wei army will be stuck in the center of the river, and our army can release rockets to shoot the Wei army's warships. As for the 1,000 Xiangyang defenders who intercepted the Wei army in front, they could leave by boat. ”

What Guan Yu said was the tactics of how to annihilate the Wei army, and Huo Jun understood after a little muttering.

Although the Wei army left on a warship, they were landlubbers after all, rowing boats knew how hard but not skillful. In fact, there are tricks to rowing, and it is not enough to just use force.

If you let a young man who doesn't know how to row a boat and a young man row a boat race with an old man who has been rowing for decades, the chance of winning is actually greater.

Therefore, Guan Yu proposed that a thousand soldiers in Xiangyang who were proficient in water warfare should pursue the Wei army from both sides of the river in a boat and a fighting boat, and these thousand soldiers were sailors, who were better at rowing than the Wei army, and they would definitely be able to catch up with the Wei army.

After catching up with the Wei army, there was no need to engage the battle, so he went around in front of them and blocked the way with huge fighting ships across the river.

As for the 3,000 soldiers under Huo Jun who were familiar with the water, they prepared a large number of rockets and also pursued the Wei army with boats and fighting ships. After catching up with the Wei army, let the walker in front and the fighting ship in the back, and stuck the Wei army to death. Then let the soldiers on the boat retreat and shoot the ships on which the Wei army was riding with rockets.

This heavy combat method is about the combined use of the boat and the fighting ship, the boat and the fighting ship used by the 1,000 naval army in Xiangyang, the fighting ship is used to block the road, and the walking boat is used to escape. And Huo Jun's 3,000 soldiers and horses, the boat is used to arrange the fire isolation belt.

Huo Jun pondered for a while, and couldn't help but praise: "The general is clever, and using rockets to deal with the Wei army avoids boarding battles and reduces the casualties caused by short-handed encounters." The general rested in the city, and I personally led the troops to deal with the Wei army, and I must leave the Wei army behind. ”

"I'll go with you!" Guan Yu shook his head and said.

"General, what are your injuries?" Huo Jun saw that Guan Yu's face was pale, and he was very worried.

"It's okay, I can't sleep well if I don't see Wen Ping's body!" Guan Yu said in a deep voice.

"Okay, the last general is in the same boat as the general!" Seeing that Guan Yu said this, Huo Jun did not refuse, so he ordered Wang Zhi and Huo Yi: "Captain Wang, you also heard, you can take the boat and the fighting ship, lead the troops in the city to pursue the Wei army, detour in front of them, block the center of the river with a boat, and don't let the Wei army pass, but when you see the fire, you can take the boat and leave." ”

"No!" Wang Zhi gave up his orders and immediately returned to Xiangyang to lead the troops.

Huo Jun ordered Huo Yi again: "Huo Yi, you lead a thousand soldiers and horses, ride in front, and this general will lead two thousand soldiers and horses in the back." Prepare your shields, and when you catch up with the Wei army, press the boat up, and then come back from the water. Your thousand soldiers and horses, because you have to swim back from the water, you have to choose soldiers with better water skills. ”

Huo Yi gave his hand to the order: "Don't worry, the general, the last general will go and prepare!" ”

On the side of Xiangfan, a large number of warships were hoarded, these warships were left when Guan Ping led the troops over, and the soldiers and horses were only nearly 10,000 people, and only took away more than 30 fighting ships Meng Chong, because they were in a hurry to retreat, it was too late to destroy other warships, and there were still a large number of warships on the ferry side for the Han army to use.

By noon, the soldiers and horses were ready, and Wang Zhi, the general of Xiangyang, led his troops to pursue first, and Guan Yu and Huo Jun led the army behind.

On the Hanshui River, the Wei fleet was struggling to sail forward, and in a fighting ship in the middle, Wen Ping and his lieutenant general were among them.

Wen Ping was seriously injured and fell into a coma, but finally woke up at this time.

Wen Ping woke up on the bed and said weakly: "Have the brothers retreated?" Where is it now? ”

"It's all withdrawn, and I've walked fifty or sixty miles for half a day." The adjutant general grabbed Wen Ping's hand and said, "It turns out that last night's soldiers and horses came from Shangyong, and more than 10,000 soldiers and horses arrived this morning, all from Shangyong." However, Shangyong is a mountainous area, and the people there are all landlubbers, so they should not chase after them. ”

Wen Ping advised: "Don't take it lightly, although Shangyong is a mountainous area, it is too steep and many places are too precipitous to live in many places, and many people live near Hanshui. Therefore, there must be many people who are familiar with water. ”

"Hmm!" The adjutant general nodded and said, "General, rest assured, I will bring my brothers back to Jiangxia safely." ”

Wen Ping bowed slightly, his eyes slowly closed again, and he said a few words as if he had exhausted all his strength.

The time slowly came to the afternoon, and the Wei army was sailing on the river, and suddenly found that there were soldiers and horses chasing after the river behind.

"It's not good, the Shu army is catching up!"

"What can I do about this?"

"Row hard, don't let them catch up!"

"They don't seem to have many boats!"

The Wei army is all landlubbers, and they rely on brute force to use different skills, just like they have an empty body of internal force but don't know how to use it. And the 1,000 soldiers and horses led by Wang Zhi were all Jingzhou naval troops, and they naturally understood how to increase the speed to the limit by boat, so although the Wei army walked half a day in advance, it still took more than an hour for the Han army to catch up.

When the adjutant general heard the news, he came to the deck, only to see a warship coming on both sides of the river, two fighting ships on the left, followed by dozens of boats, and two fighting ships on the right, dozens of boats.

"What is Shu Jun going to do? This point of people is not more than a thousand people dare to chase after it? ”

The adjutant general's face was full of doubts, and after thinking about it, he ordered: "There are not many Shu soldiers, let the brothers stop the boat, and wait for the Shu army to kill, we are not afraid of them in close combat, don't waste bows and arrows." ”

The Wei army came lightly and did not carry bows and arrows, and now the bows and arrows on the Wei army's side are still taken from the treasury when they chased Guan Yu after taking Fancheng, but there are not many.

Seeing that there were not many men and horses chasing by the Han army, the deputy general asked the boat to stop and wait for the Han army to kill them in close quarters, so as not to waste the already insufficient bows and arrows.

The Wei army stopped the ship, intending to wait for the Han army to kill them. But after waiting for a long time, the Han army did not rush over directly, but drove over from both sides of the river, as if they did not see the Wei army in the center of the river.

"What kind of medicine is sold in the Shu army gourd?" The vice general looked at the Han fleet that had already marched in front of him, and couldn't help but scratch his head.

"Keep moving forward, there are not many Shu soldiers, don't be afraid!" The vice admiral couldn't figure it out and wanted to ask Wen Ping, but Wen Ping was already asleep, and the vice general didn't want to disturb him, so he could only order the ship to continue sailing.

After Wang Zhi led the fleet to overtake the Wei army, he did not immediately stop to block the way, but continued to move forward. Because the river here is relatively wide, if you want to intercept the Wei army, it is more suitable to be in the narrow river.

After sailing for about half an hour, Wang Zhi led his team to a narrow river, and when he arrived here, Wang Zhi ordered his soldiers to put four fighting boats across the river and put them behind the fighting ships.

However, after a while, the Wei army also led troops to rush over.

Seeing this, the deputy general of Wen Ping did not understand water warfare, and also guessed the intention of the Han army: "The warship crosses the river, could it be that there are still Shu army chasing soldiers?" Quickly let the soldiers drive the ship over and break through the interception of the Shu army. ”

"Shoot me, don't let the Wei army come over, smash the catapult for me!"

Although Wang Zhi's ability to fight in water is not very good, it is no problem to carry out the general's orders, seeing that the Wei army wants to rush over, naturally they will not let them succeed, it will take some time for Huo Jun's team to come over, he must hold on here and wait for Huo Jun's arrival.

Fortunately, the Han army had sufficient weapons, not only bows and arrows, but also warships equipped with small catapults.

And the Wei army did not have many bows and arrows, even though there were many people, but the river was narrow, it was a word, and there were only six or seven warships that could meet with the Han army, and if you wanted to break through the interception of the Han army, you could only force yourself to rush onto the Han army's warships and kill all the Han troops on board.

Although the Han warships were equipped with catapults, they did not carry many stones, because the more stones they carried, increased the weight of the warship, and it was difficult to catch up with the Wei army. Wang Zhi then asked his soldiers to shoot the Wei army with arrows, and used trebuchets to focus on the bow and stern of the ship, so that the Wei warship swayed, causing chaos and increasing the difficulty of the Wei army's battle.

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