Chapter 717 Hu Zhen leads his troops back to Jiangling
Pang De really thought so. He knew that if his lord hadn't thought of any way to break the city, he would never have thought of such an elite force under his command. △¢So it can be seen that his lord really had no choice.
Jiangling, Ma Chao was not ready to rest for a long time, but because of Hu Zhen's departure, Ma Chao asked him to move his troops, so the Liangzhou army had been holding the troops before the other party came back. It's not that Ma Chao was afraid of anything, but he really had to worry.
However, although he was a little anxious, he was not as anxious as Huo Jun in Jiangling City. After all, Huo Jun is indeed different from the normal defending general. People think that the enemy's besieging the city puts too much pressure on him, but he doesn't think so. He hopes that the greater the pressure, the better, and he thinks that he can make progress in this situation. So after the Liangzhou army ceases to fight again, he is the one who is most anxious. Liu Bei, the governor of the State Palace, looks calm and gentle. If he doesn't know, he will think it has nothing to do with him.
Liu Bei looked relaxed, and he looked like he was nothing. But in fact, it was definitely not the case. Although he was also feeling, he felt much more relaxed. After all, the Liangzhou army had another ceasefire. In fact, it was something he was happy to see.
-----------------------------------------------------
On this day, Huo Jun came to the provincial governor's office and came to report today's situation to his lord. Of course, the difference between the times is that there is no war now. Huo Jun just briefly talks about his own city defense arrangements and the enemy's movements.
After seeing his lord, Huo Jun quickly bowed: "Master!" Liu Bei was the only one in the living room. At this time, he smiled at Huo Jun. Then he said: "Zhong Miao is here, let's sit down!" "Thank you lord!" After Huo Jun found a place to sit down, Liu Bei smiled at him.
However, he didn't say anything first, so naturally Huo Jun spoke first, "Lord, today's Liangzhou army is the same as before yesterday, and continues to quit, and there is no movement! There is no big noise in the Liangzhou army camp. The subordinates thought that they might be brewing something, but no matter how specific this is, the subordinates don't know!" Huo Jun said what he saw and thought of.
Liu Bei smiled and said, "Zhong Miao, although there has been no war in the past few days, it can be said that our army and Liangzhou army have a temporary rest. But Zhong Miao is still very hard-working, and I see your actions. Zhong Miao is really hard-working, and our army should thank you!"
Huo Jun quickly said politely, not to look at the only ones in the house and his lord, but this is the case when he should be humble!
-----------------------------------------------------
Liu Bei was naturally satisfied with Huo Jun's attitude. In his opinion, Huo Jun was a person who took credit but was not arrogant. He was "not arrogant when he won, not be discouraged when he defeated the city". Such a person. As a general who defended the city, to be honest, Liu Bei believed that he was indeed a real talent. But what he was not so clear about was that Huo Jun was the most interested in the matter of defending the city. Apart from this, it was indeed difficult to arouse his interest in other things, so Liu Bei saw him like that.
If you really understand him, you will naturally know why Huo Jun and Huo Zhongmiao are like this. However, Liu Bei's idea is indeed correct, and this is very correct. After all, those things are more important than defending the city, and that is what Huo Jun pursues in his life, rather than fame or achievements. These things can only be left behind by him far away.
Finally, Liu Bei said to Huo Jun: "Zhong Miao, what is the Liangzhou army thinking now is actually not the most important thing! After all, our army is temporarily dominant. No matter what, the Liangzhou army is, there is Guo Fengxiao under the tent of Ma Mengqi. There is also Yuan Zhi in our Jiangling City. Where are they afraid of him? No matter what they are going to do, the truce is only temporary. When they come to attack the city, we will 'the soldiers come to block the generals, and the water comes to cover the earth'. When they see the move, they will see what methods they have! But it will be hard for Zhong Miao!"
-----------------------------------------------------
When Huo Jun heard this, he quickly spoke: "It is the wish of his subordinates and all the soldiers who are guarding Jiangling City now. Whether it is our soldiers or the soldiers of Jingzhou, they all have the same idea! And it is the responsibility of his subordinates to complete the task of the lord's bus!"
Liu Bei was satisfied with Huo Jun's attitude and nodded slightly. Speaking of which, he had more than a dozen subordinates, but to count it, the attitude of many of his subordinates was really inferior to Huo Jun. He was proud and complacent after achieving some achievements. But there were really not many people like Huo Jun. So Liu Bei was able to value Huo Jun because of his ability, and there were other reasons. Although it was not the most important one, it was true and there were several reasons, right?
Finally, Huo Jun briefly told Liu Bei about the city defense arrangement today, "Don't worry, lord, as long as the Liangzhou army dares to attack the city, their subordinates will let them suffer the consequences!" Liu Bei naturally trusted Huo Jun, and he was indeed not a waste himself. At least in terms of city defense, Liu Bei also had some experience. After all, Liu Bei also came step by step from the grassroots and had also been a county lieutenant.
So if he is very proficient in defending the city, it is obviously not true, but it is true that Liu Bei knows a little.
-----------------------------------------------------
Liu Bei said he was a little smart, and this is certain. It was impossible to make any strategy. But even if he was a third-rate strategist, he could not compare with Cao Cao and Ma Chao.
Otherwise, in the Romance, if he could let Lu Xun burn the camp for seven hundred miles, it would be clear that Liu Bei was stupid. If you say he didn't understand anything, then it would definitely not be, but he would not understand everything. It would not mean that his mind would always be calm, that's pure. It should be said that Liu Bei knew a little about defending the city or other aspects, but he could never be proficient, that's impossible.
So Huo Jun told him that he could understand a little, and Huo Jun was in one place, and he was responsible for explaining it, so there was not much that Liu Bei didn't know. Finally, after Huo Jun finished speaking, he smiled at the person: "I am naturally relieved and satisfied with Zhong Miao! Still the same thing, Zhong Miao has worked hard!" Liu Bei knew that it would be undesirable to want the horse to run away and not give it to the horse to graze. So it doesn't cost money to say good things, and Liu Bei can be regarded as making achievements with just one mouth.
Of course, he has not just relied on his own words in his life. To be honest, he still relied on his own mind and his ability.
-----------------------------------------------------
Of course, this skill in mouth is also included, and Liu Bei's personal charm and identity are his advantages. Of course, these things are basically inseparable from his mouth. With one mouth, Liu Bei has indeed deceived a lot of things.
After Hu Zhen left, one day, two days, three days... it was almost ten days before Ma Chao learned from the horse's mouth that he brought his troops back. It was not so slow, but when he went there, Hu Zhen was riding alone, so his speed was naturally fast.
But when he came back, he had to bring three thousand men and Hu Zhen. These people naturally slowed down. Moreover, Hu Zhen was in the Wancheng territory, but once he entered Liu Bei's territory, he no longer cared about passing through the county and the county. Those three thousand people were not waiting for people to discover. So he could only follow the map provided by Pang De to him, and walk the far and remote road.
In Pang De's words, even Zhuge Liang didn't know your whereabouts. But although the result was that Zhuge Liang was not discovered in Nanyang, their group did suffer a lot. After all, if you want to not be discovered, you can only suffer behind your back. Obviously, Hu Zhen dared not let others discover it. After all, can three thousand people deal with other Han troops? It is not enough for them to get stuck in their teeth.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
After hearing the report from his own exploration, Ma Chao took Guo Jia and the others out. This was not to give Hu Zhen a face, but after all, he made a contribution, so as the lord, Ma Chao naturally had to briefly express it. The main thing was not to welcome Hu Zhen, but to welcome the three thousand elite soldiers. This was Ma Chao's ultimate goal. He wanted all the soldiers to know that his lord valued them very much.
After all, Ma Chao was in a clear mood, or in fact, everyone knew that these three thousand elites were part of it, but they were the same. They didn’t know how long it took for them to see them, let alone that his lord came to see them in person, and they were ready to say a few words.
So when they saw their lord bringing people to welcome him, indeed, most of the soldiers felt flattered. It was true. After Ma Chao saw Hu Zhen, before he could say anything, Hu Zhen first said: "Lord, fortunately, I have not been humiliated!"
Ma Chao nodded to Hu Zhen, "God was working hard here, so I should remember a great achievement!" "Lord's lord was worried, and this is his subordinate..."
After that, Ma Chao waved his hand at him with a smile, and then said to the three thousand soldiers: "Everyone, now that our army is blocked from fighting Jiangling, at the critical moment, we have to rely on you to serve our army, 'Spend your head and shed blood', our army is bound to be without you!"
-----------------------------------------------------
When the soldiers heard this, they shouted in unison: "I wish to serve the Lord! I will never stop until I break Jiangling!" "I wish to serve the Lord! I will never stop until I break Jiangling!" Not only these three thousand people shouted so neatly, but also the generals brought by Ma Chao and his own personal guards. At this time, Ma Chao smiled with relief and shouted to everyone: "With everyone like this, why worry about not being able to defeat Jiangling!"
Then he waved his hand to everyone, "Everyone, let's go back to the camp and talk again!" "No!" This time everyone shouted together.
So Ma Chao took everyone back to the Liangzhou Army Camp. In fact, he had been away for less than a mile before. For him, this was indeed not something that could happen often. After all, there were no great victories, the other party did not make any great contributions, and Hu Zhen was not an important person and had no status. This was actually not enough to make Ma Chao, the leader of the Liangzhou Army, do this.
But Ma Chao still acted like this. First, he did it for everyone to see, and it was actually correct to say that he was trying to win. Second, he was eager to win. At least for the past few days, Ma Chao had thought about how to break Jiangling. Apart from that, there was basically nothing else. So as long as he could break Jiangling, it would be better than anything else.
-----------------------------------------------------
So at this time, let alone he left the camp to welcome him less than one mile, even if he went out to meet him for ten miles, as long as he could break Jiangling, everything was not a problem, and it was no problem. Ma Chao had already sacrificed his might to break the city. He could not see that the key to whether he could destroy Liu Bei was whether he could break Jiangling and when he could break Jiangling, this is the most important thing.
Ma Chao knew that Liu Bei was gone without Jiangling, so there was no big difference between him and the tiger without teeth. Ma Chao was indeed a little afraid of Zhuge Liang, and it was a lie to say that he had no worries at all. But he gradually realized that Zhuge Liang was a talented person, but could he resist his strong attack? If he could not deal with him, then he would have another 50,000. If it was not enough, then he would have another 100,000. In the face of absolute strength, even Zhuge Liang was not an opponent.
Moreover, Ma Chao knew that Zhuge Liang was a talented person, but in terms of military affairs, he might not be much stronger than Guo Jia. If he took a step back, even if Guo Jia couldn't deal with him, he could still have a few more. If Lu Xun was not allowed, he would call Jia Xu, so it would be impossible to deal with him. Zhuge Kongming. (To be continued, please search for Astronomy, novels are better, updated and faster!
Chapter completed!