Familiar with the history of the Three Kingdoms at the end of the Han Dynasty, Liu Zhang invited Liu Bei into Sichuan, originally hoping that Liu Bei would attack Zhang Lu, but did not expect Liu Bei to spy on Liu Zhang's Yizhou, stopping at Ye Meng, the garrison was not moving forward, and Houshu Ende was to win the hearts of the people. In the seventeenth year of Jian'an (212), Liu Bei and Liu Zhang turned against each other, and Liu Bei attacked Liu Zhang from the south, leaving Huo Jun to defend the city of Yemeng. However, Huo Jun only had hundreds of people and horses in his headquarters, but he was besieged by Liu Zhang's 10,000 soldiers and horses, why didn't Liu Bei rescue him?
Who is this person? This person was Liu Bei's confidant general, named Huo Jun, whose status was comparable to Zhang Fei,000, leading 800 people to fight against 10,000 and killing the enemy general. The course of events is like this, Huo Jun, the character Zhongmiao, was originally a Jingzhou Haojie, belonging to Liu Biao, Liu Biao died of illness, Huo Jun led the troops to surrender to Liu Bei, and was appointed as a general of Zhonglang, following Liu Bei into Sichuan. After Liu Bei and Liu Zhang turned against each other, Huo Jun also got a heavy responsibility, that is, to defend Liu Bei's rear at Yizhou, but the number of troops was pitiful, only Huo Jun's headquarters was less than a thousand.
When Huo Jun was defending Yemeng City, he encountered many difficulties, the first was that Zhang Lu sent Yang Shuai to lure Huo Jun in an attempt to seize Yemeng City, which was recognized by Huo Jun, and Huo Jun said very unceremoniously: "You can get my head, but you can't get this city." The second was that Liu Zhang sent more than 10,000 people to help ban and Xiang Cun, and besieged Ye Meng by Lang Shui, at that time, There were only a few hundred soldiers of Huo Jun in Ye Meng City, while Liu Zhang's men and horses were more than 10,000 people, a ratio of 1 to 10, who was panicked, but Huo Jun successfully defended, and he held it for a year. Finally, taking advantage of the other party's fatigue, he selected the elite, waited for the opportunity to attack, broke Liu Zhang's army, took the opportunity to behead Xiang Cun's head, and fought a beautiful turnaround battle.
But the question is, Ye MengCheng was Liu Bei's only base in Shu at that time, it was Liu Bei's rear, facing such a dangerous moment, in a year, why didn't Liu Bei carry out rescue? There's a reason for that.
The first one: Liu Bei could not draw too many soldiers and horses.
In the winter of the sixteenth year of Jian'an, Liu Bei came from Gong'an City to Yizhou, arrived in Fu County (Mianyang, Sichuan), and met Liu Zhang. Along with Liu Bei came Pang Tong, Huang Zhong, and ten thousand soldiers who were insufficient. Liu Zhang sent troops and at the same time handed over the command of the defenders of Xichuan Baishui Pass to Liu Bei. According to the Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms, "Zhangzeng was the first to lead the army, to attack Zhang Lu, and to supervise the White Water Army." The first lord and army of more than 30,000 people. According to the "Three Kingdoms Zhishu Calligraphy Biography": "The left general county army attacked me, the soldiers were not enough, the soldiers were not attached, the wild valley was the capital, and the army was not heavy." "Therefore, Liu Bei's concubine Jingzhou people are only ten thousand."
In the process of Liu Bei's southward march, he naturally did not dare to easily send the non-concubines in his hands to rescue them, fearing that in addition to the chaos, his own consorts could not be sent away, because this would lead to the inability to control these non-concubines, so because there were really no soldiers and horses, it was impossible to support. Shouye Mengcheng was also Liu Bei's concubine Jingzhou people.
Second: trust in Huo Jun
Liu Bei is a typical person who knows people, Huo Jun followed Liu Bei, Liu Bei naturally had some exchanges, inspections and understandings, and gave zhonglang the position of general, under the premise of no merit, if there is no superiority, how can Liu Bei rest assured that he will defend the city? And garrison your own rear?
Leaving Huo Jun behind is exactly what Liu Bei has in mind, and it also shows that Liu Bei has great trust in Huo Jun's ability and believes that with his ability, he should be able to do it. Huo Jun also succeeded in doing so, relying on these hundreds of people, Huo Jun was stunned to defend the city for more than a year. After Liu Bei captured Shuzhong, he made him Zitong Taishou (梓潼太守). Zitong Commandery included almost all the important passes in northern Yizhou: Ye meng, Baishui, Jiange, Jiangyou, and Fucheng were the most important defensive areas before Liu Bei captured Hanzhong, and together with Zhang Fei (then the Taishou of Brazil), he served as the defensive commander of the north.
Unfortunately, Huo Jun died young and died of illness three years later, and Liu Bei received the news of Huo Jun's death, and he was very sad, and said to Zhuge Liang: "Such an excellent general as Huo Jun has contributed to the country, and I want to personally come to the memorial service." So Liu Bei led the courtiers to the funeral and stayed in front of the tomb. At that time, people were all proud of Huo Jun.