Han Zuo Gaomen

Chapter 1351
"Damn the hemp thief! He made bad comments and misled me and the country!"

Sure enough, when Ma Qiu's letter was sent to Shi Hu, the host of Jie, Shi Hu heard it, and Dang even flew into a rage, angrily scolding Ma Qiu for being stupid.

As the Lord of the Jie Kingdom, he naturally knows more about where his authority comes from. It is based on the fear of Hebei Shengmin. Peace talks with the Jin people or any form of cowardice are all based on Shake and hurt the foundation of his rule!

But after being furious, Shi Hu fell into a long silence again, even though he had thousands of resentments against Ma Qiu in his heart, but the other party is still far away in Yedi, even if he wanted to vent his dissatisfaction, Shi Hu didn't have a single vent way.A few reprimands will only make him more angry.At this moment, it is still necessary to consider how to deal with it.

Right now, Shihu is still on his way back from Xindu to Xiangguo.And the predicament he faced was more than one land.From the beginning of summer to the current late autumn, there was no news from all sides that could make him feel comfortable.Now the situation is so broken that he wants to clean it up, but he doesn't know where to start.

The great defeat at the Huai River in the early years was an eternal pain in Shi Hu's heart. He was always planning to gather strength, counterattack the Southern Kingdom, and avenge his shame!Even if the imperial driver is patrolling the border and marching, he must open canals to drain water and make a gesture of training the navy. This is not only to warn himself not to forget the shame of the past, but also to warn the civil and military officials that they will never let it go!
It's just that in these years, many internal and external troubles, coupled with the fact that Nanmian has been advancing bravely and vigorously, made him unable to find a chance to go south.Finally, at the beginning of the year, he seized a little opportunity to attract Saihunan, which made the arrogant raccoon dog from the southern country open up a new battlefield again, and attracted a lot of power from the south, so that Shihu saw a glimmer of light for the southern expedition.

But this Southern Expedition has been full of many troubles and difficulties since the beginning of planning.The most basic point is that according to Shi Hu's plan, he should appear on the battlefield in southern Hebei in mid-August, and end the first half of the battle before winter.

But now, in the early winter of October, Shi Hucai led the army and had just left Xindu, and it was still a long way from Xiangguodu.Even if there were no previous revelations, according to this itinerary, it is unlikely that Shihu's army will be able to reach southern Hebei in winter.

From this point of view, even though the performance of all parties on the road ahead was extremely poor, and Shi Hu must also bear great responsibility for using troops to the south.

Naturally, the reason why Shi Hu's army could be prevented from rushing to the southern Hebei battlefield and carrying out the war he had planned for a long time was definitely not a trivial matter.

Originally, the overall layout of Shihu was to use Li Nong's begging army to harass Bingzhou, and at the same time, Xianbei Daiguo came down from the clouds to cooperate with Shisheng in Taiyuan.Even if Shisheng cannot be eliminated and Bingzhou can be regained, Shanxi must not have any adverse effects on the war in the south.

From this point, it can be seen that although Shi Hu has been militaristic all these years, his controllable combat power has been slowly decreasing.

First of all, the force of the begging army is very uncontrollable and needs to be guarded against and suppressed, but now Shihu has to entrust him with important tasks in order to have enough strength to march south, knowing that the begging army is not trustworthy. .

The second is the reliance on Xianbei Daiguo, the overlord of Saihu. Shi Yiqian was originally supported by Shihu to deepen his control and restraint of Saihu, but now Shihu already needs Daiguo to actually send troops to stabilize him. backyard.

The reason why Shihu was slow to move was because of Shi Yijian of the Dai Kingdom.Originally, Shi Hu had ordered at the beginning of the year to gather the troops of the Dai Kingdom in the northern part of Bingzhou for use, but until the midsummer when Shi Hu was about to go south, the troops of the Dai Kingdom were still not in place.

What made Shi Hu even more angry was that the acting lord Shi Yiqian not only delayed his orders, but also asked a wife from the Murong family in Liaodong to be the queen. His disrespectful attitude was already obvious. Nothing!

Tuoba Suotou and Murong Xianbei had an old marriage, and as early as when Shi Yiqian returned to Monan from Hebei, he also proposed to the Murong family in order to borrow the power of Donghu, and took Murong's daughter as his wife.At that time, Shi Hu was still thinking of supporting Shi Yiqian as his spokesperson in the fortress, so he was not lacking in connivance.When Shi Yiqian got a stable foothold on the fortress, he really left Murong's daughter aside.

But this time, Shi Yiqian made the Murong woman the queen again, posing as a gesture of closeness to Murong in Liaodong, obviously expressing his dissatisfaction with Shihu and even protesting.As for the reason, Shi Hu's move to support Liu Wuhuan and other forces in the Tiefu Department probably angered Shi Yijian.

Today's Shi Yijian is gradually becoming a trend in the desert, so there is no need to pay too much attention to Shi Hu, the old benefactor and current suzerain.He wanted to dominate Monan wholeheartedly, and he regarded Tiefubu and others as his subordinates, but Shihu suddenly went over him to support Tiefubu, which naturally made him feel that his authority was violated.

In the final analysis, it was Shi Hu who underestimated the prestige he possessed on the frontier, and underestimated the ambitions of Shi Yijian and other border chiefs.Dai Guo suddenly showed signs of repetition. It should have been a help from Jie Guo in the frontier fortress, but now it has become a hidden danger and threat. It is difficult to attack Bingzhou.

He Shuo, whom Shi Hu regards as his backyard, suddenly had such an accident. How could Shi Hu dare to lead the army to the south with peace of mind?So he had no choice but to continue to stay in northern Hebei, where he was restrained by both kindness and prestige.

But Daiguo has not been appeased here yet, the news of the defeat of southern Hebei comes, and Shihu has not yet digested it, and the bad news of Xiangguo's attack follows one after another!

With so many evil things accumulating and erupting one after another, Shi Hu can be said to have been tortured and restless during this period of time.He was no longer a strong middle-aged man, and as he got older, his body became more and more fat, but in this short period of ten months, under internal and external difficulties, his body was visibly thinner, and his cheeks became thinner. The loose skin and flesh drooped around the neck, and even the robe belt around the waist had to be changed every few days.

The state affairs are so difficult, today's Shihu can be said to be an oil barrel that may erupt at any time, but there are many hidden dangers inside and powerful enemies watching from outside, how dare he erupt at will?After all, he is already over fifty years old, and the heroic prime of his life is long gone!

"Could it be that the favor of the heavens is really going to be lost to me?"

No matter how strong he is, at this moment, Shi Hu is facing many dangers that he doesn't know where to start, and he will inevitably feel a little bit of self-destruction.

With all kinds of achievements in the past, their Shi family has risen all the way from the mere humble people in the miscellaneous Huzhong, as if with the help of God.The former master, Shi Le, started with a dozen or so riders, traveled across the north and south, devoured the old master several times, and achieved the hegemony of unifying the north.

And for half his life as a stone tiger soldier, he also frightened Suotou in the north, defeated Liu Yue in the south, settled Qilu in the east, and plundered Qin Yong in the west. He defeated all the enemies who were not the leaders of the Jin and Hu Zhongying at that time!Because of the smooth rise, Shi Hu was so arrogant and arrogant, thinking that his destiny is to be enjoyed, the world is just like this, and the big position is at his fingertips!
But ever since he led his troops to the south, Shi Hu felt as if he had been under a spell, and his many failures were innumerable, and everything that was useful would evolve into the worst situation.If it's just a temporary incident, it's all right, but it was like this in Huai Shang's defeat in the early years, and it's like this in Monan this time!

But no matter what, Shi Hu doesn't have the energy to beg God and Buddha right now, so he has to face the real crisis.The envoys of Yedi made many reports. Apart from scolding Ma Qiu, he didn't immediately say whether he really wanted to make peace with the Jin army, because he had no idea.

The envoy who passed by Ye didn't mention it, Shi Hu turned around and asked the left and right: "Has that wicked son confessed?"

The evil son he said was naturally Shi Xuan.After Shi Xuan defected to Xindu, he had his own set of rhetoric to explain why Jinan lost so hastily and uglyly, so many words naturally shrugged off his own guilt almost to nothing.

Shi Hu has been through so many years, so how could he believe Shi Xuan's rhetoric, under his rage, he no longer has any love and pity for this son in his heart, wishing he could cut him off immediately to vent his anger.

Originally, according to Shi Hu's temperament, he never had to consider whether the evidence was convincing, as long as he had a slight doubt or even just vented his anger, Shi Xuan should have died by now.But the reason why Shihu still wants to save his life is because he must understand the most real situation of the war in southern Hebei in order to make more accurate judgments and responses later.

As for Shi Xuan, he probably also realized this point. In order to save his life, no matter how many punishments and tortures he endured, he absolutely refused to reveal the truth, and he still insisted on the previous explanation.

Seeing that the left and right were still bowing their heads in silence, Shi Hu couldn't help feeling even more resentful, he gritted his teeth, with a ferocious expression on his face.Right now, besides resentment towards Shi Xuan, he also has a deep sense of disappointment.

How can you be free from love when you are born as a human being?Although Shihu is more tyrannical than tiger and wolf, even with the temperament of tiger and wolf, there will be a bit of tenderness.His love for Shi Xuan has lasted for many years, and it is really not a lie, otherwise he would not have placed it in such an important position, which shows that he has some hopes for this son.

But let's not talk about the crimes that this wicked son should bear when he was defeated in the southern Hebei battlefield. What disappointed Shi Hu the most is that the son of this bastard still doesn't know what he lost in this battle. It is not an exaggeration to say that the entire Hebei hegemony of the Jie Kingdom was destroyed by this battle, and this evil son actually expects to be able to get away with it!

For the battle to the south, Shi Hu planned and prepared for several years, but the result is that he will encounter such a big defeat before it has fully started!The Nanzheng matter has become a stubborn knot in Shihu's heart. Even if he doesn't say anything else, as long as he is given the opportunity to lead his troops to the south, even if he still loses in the end, he will be considered a worry.

But because of Shi Xuan's good opinion, he not only beat the grass to frighten the snake, but also lost a lot. Shi Hu didn't even have the chance to fight in person, so he had to face such a situation.But judging from the current situation, this kind of opportunity may never come again in the future.

After accumulating momentum for several years, once it came to nothing, the great loss and frustration in Shi Hu's heart could no longer be expressed in words.

"Prison that wicked son in a manger and eat with the horses. If he refuses to recruit for a day, he will not let him go for a day! Then he will lead his subordinates to separate prisoners. Whoever confesses first will be exempted from responsibility. If he still refuses to recruit, he will be released. Cut off a limb every day!"

(End of this chapter)