Han Zuo Gaomen

Chapter 759
In the large camp of the slave army located in Wokou, there was a lot of laughter in the large tent of the Chinese army. All the generals gathered together to congratulate King Zhongshan on his great victory in this battle.Outside the big tent, there were more than a dozen generals kneeling on the ground, their faces full of ashes, and the atmosphere inside the tent was completely opposite.

Today, the Chinese military camp was on guard, many generals hurried over to join the celebration inside the big tent, and when they saw the dozen or so generals kneeling outside the tent, their eyebrows and eyes were full of ridicule.These dozens of generals are all direct descendants of King Zhongshan who are trusted and trustworthy. They used to be self-confident and defiant about the intimacy of King Zhongshan, but now all of them have become defeated generals. Their future is uncertain, which will naturally make the rest gloat .

At this time, in the large tent of the Chinese army, Shi Hu was holding the wine urn in his arms, his face was already slightly drunk, his eyebrows and eyes were flying, and he was no longer as sleepy as before.All the generals in the tent also held wine to congratulate, Gao Song Zhongshan King lived up to his prestige, after the victory, the next step was to sweep Huaiyi.

The battle at Weikou went particularly smoothly, without even mobilizing the tens of thousands of loyal followers of the Hu tribe who had a heart of repetition, Shi Hu just personally led Qiaocheng's 3 horses to fill the Weikou by land and water, and then waited for the horses to wait. The Huai Shang Fort formed a siege.These fortresses also had strong defenses, but unfortunately there were not many defenders, and the backup from the river did not continue. After a fierce attack, they were quickly broken one by one, and the Southern Army's defenses in Huaibei were removed one by one.

This battle is of great significance to Shihu.Although it is not enough to sweep away the decline of Yingkou's previous defeat, at least it proves that he is still the famous general of Jie country who is brave and brave. Without the intervention of too many external factors, he still has the fierceness to overcome every attack!
Taking down the vortex means opening up the passage on the Huai River. From this point of view, whether it is to attack Huainan in the west or Xuzhou in the east, it will be more convenient.This was originally the combat goal of Guo Ao's East Route Army's southward attack, but now Shi Hu has completed it. As long as the gate of Huai River is controlled, the slave army can continuously pour into the south bank to fight.At least before the big river, there is no big water disaster on the way ahead, which avoids this biggest hidden danger, and more depends on the ability of the army to attack in the field.

After having a hot drink, the generals inevitably talked about the other aspects of the battle.Of course, the most mentioned one is the defeat of Yingshui's army. The people who went south from Yingshang did not have such good luck. , It can be described as a big defeat.

[-] people fled and returned less than [-]. More importantly, they lost a large number of boats and ships, so that the control of Yingshang was useless, allowing the Huainan navy to penetrate unimpededly into Chenjun, Yingchuan and other places. The land is like entering the land of no one.If Shihu hadn't ordered the transfer of all the storage facilities to Qiao County immediately after the victory in Wokou, this defeat would have directly lost the foundation for the army to continue fighting south!
Therefore, the generals also severely punished those defeated generals, wishing they could kill them to apologize.

Shi Hu listened to the generals scrambling to attack, his expression was just indifferent, and he was not in a hurry to express his opinion.These people are so angry that they seem to be discussing the matter, but in fact, how can he not know what is in their hearts.This time Yingshang's attacking troops are all his followers.Previously, Yingkou was defeated, and the various ministries were deeply divided, which has not been dispelled until now. It is precisely because of these loyal followers that Shi Hu can barely maintain the situation.

Now Shihu regained some of his prestige by taking advantage of the whirlwind victory, but it is difficult to completely eliminate the hidden cracks before.The generals wanted to use this to attack Shi Hu's direct subordinates, so as to weaken the restraining force exerted on themselves.

"Shen Weizhou, a southern raccoon, is not a vulgar person. The people he defends can be regarded as a rare strong army of southerners. Even if I didn't notice it before, I would be frustrated by Yingkou. This time the Yingshang army No matter how many setbacks you suffer, it can be seen that the Huaiyi raccoon slaves are not useless, and when we fight in the future, we should be cautious first and not underestimate the enemy."

In the past, Shi Hu would never have such words to increase the power of others and destroy his own prestige, but this time he is in charge of the situation alone, and he was in the pain of breaking the halberd before. Only then did he gradually realize that the world is difficult, and many difficulties are difficult Litchi, this can be regarded as a kind of progress.

Of course, more importantly, although Shihu also hated the failure of Yingshang's army, especially the loss of too many warships, this directly affected his plan to fight south with Wokou as the center.But at the moment, he can't fulfill the wishes of the people no matter what, and severely punishes these young generals who were promoted by himself, but weakens his control over the army.

"The river flows horizontally, separating the north and the south. This is the limit of heaven and earth. If you have to rely on human power to move forward, you must be a man of great strength and courage. If the king is in charge of the country and the scholars come to the south, it will be a disaster for the southerners to destroy the country. All the talents from Jiangdong are gathered here, and Shen Weizhou is one of the most talented and respected scholars in the south. Even if he is compared with China, he is still not much inferior. Even if Zu Mou and his ilk are still working in the south, they still have to be inferior. Besides, Yingshang's responsibility was originally to contain the enemy, and he was seeking opportunities for Wukou. This time Wukou successfully succeeded, although the generals outside the battalion did not achieve a breakthrough, they did not lack for disturbing the enemy!"

Today's celebration, Zu Yue was able to attend, he could see what Shi Hu wanted, and he was not afraid of offending the slave generals, so he spoke according to Shi Hu's wish, and when he saw Shi Hu looked over, he was full of admiration, Then he went on to say: "In the battle of the whole country, the soldiers and the common people are fighting for their lives. It is difficult to decide the outcome quickly. First win and then lose, small setbacks and final success, the vision must be long-term, and the battle of temporary gains and losses is just vulgar. Class Niannian. The kun of the Northern Darkness is born from an egg. The tripod of the town is made of a hammer. If you are dejected because of temporary difficulties, even if you are extremely brave, you will not be able to hunt big beasts."

Zu Yue's words were difficult for most of the generals in the tent to understand, including Shi Hu, they only had a half-knowledge.But this did not prevent him from hearing that Zu Yue was helping him, so he also took advantage of the situation to praise Zu Yue a few words, and then asked people to bring those defeated generals into his tent, first to reprimand him severely, and then Then he designated them all as vanguards, and sent them all together to attack Luojian in the future to make contributions.

Although the rest of the generals were slightly dissatisfied with this, they could not get rid of Shihu's restraint when Yingkou was defeated and the army was terrified. Even more dare not blatantly disobey Shihu's wishes.

Of course, Shi Hu doesn't just cover up his cronies, he also has a lot to win over the rest.Especially in this battle, Li Nong, who was originally a general of Guo Ao, was praised by Shi Hu. He even patted Li Nong on the shoulder and pointed to his scepter with a smile: "In this world, only the brave should be shown. If you can stick to the present If you are in a state of mind, you will definitely hold on to it in the future!"

Because he won the vortex, Shihu's center of gravity was completely shifted here, and he didn't try his best to restore Yingshui who had lost control, but devoted all his energy to the vortex to prepare for the battle.It is a little regrettable that after focusing the main force on the vortex, it is inevitable that they will lose the ability to echo with the Taobao Army.But even without Taobao's help, Shihu was full of confidence, but without his support, Taobao would become a bit helpless.

However, Shihu didn't feel too much guilt about this, and planned to use this to beat Taobao.Although this person is trying to cooperate with him on the surface, in fact he must have reservations, otherwise, with his tens of thousands of people, he would not be able to firmly restrain the Nanren navy in Rushui, so that Yingshang's army was besieged and killed. Lose and lose.

So for Taobao, he just sent someone to send a letter to ask and appease him, without any substantive actions.As for Taobao's frequent requests for food, he only sent people to deliver food after he told Taobao to regain control of Yingshui.

On the contrary, Shihu paid more attention to Xuzhou.Shi Kan has always been a thorn in his heart, and he originally planned to take advantage of the momentum of victory to solve Shi Kan's hidden danger in one fell swoop, but in the end he was carelessly defeated by Yingkou, which greatly frustrated his plan.However, with Whirlpool taking over, the situation finally got back on track.

Although the time is not yet ripe to take Shi Kan down in one fell swoop, he does not intend to keep Shi Kan out of the matter again, and has repeatedly sent people to ask for soldiers, funds and boats, and his words are getting stricter each time.He even stated that if Shi Kan dared to lead his troops to look at himself again, he would lead his troops straight to Huaiyin and severely punish him for delaying the military battle!
The reason why Shi Hu's attitude is so tough is that on the one hand, it is naturally because of the original grievances, and on the other hand, it is indeed necessary for military affairs.After Yingkou's defeat, the army was struggling for a long time and could not go directly to Huainan to obtain supplementary supplies, so the supplies gradually became scarce.However, Yingshang's army was unfavorable in combat and suffered heavy losses in boats. This made it difficult for Shihu to launch a large-scale cross-Huai operation for a while even though he had won the vortex, and took advantage of the situation to expand the results of the battle.

But a few days later, instead of waiting for the aid of goods from Huaiyin, Shihu waited for a piece of news that made his mood drop instantly from the clouds to the bottom: the southern Xuzhou army besieged Huaiyin for many days and finally broke through the city.Guo Ao, Shi Cong and other generals coerced the defeated soldiers and fled to the north.As for Shi Kan, who was originally based in Huaiyin, he had already been ordered to return to the country when the army came south!

"Old man, are you trying to put me to death!"

For Shi Hu, what shocked him the most was not the loss of Huaiyin, but Shi Kan's return to the country.He didn't even dare to think deeply about the meaning of this, but he could also feel the danger and conspiracy coming straight to his face, and he even had the idea of ​​returning directly to the country for peeping.

But this idea just flashed in his mind, and Shi Hu knew it was impossible.On the one hand, Shi Le actually had such an arrangement, and concealed himself so deeply, so it is very likely that there will be more arrangements.Moreover, it is absolutely impossible for the southerners to let him evacuate easily. Although he occupies the vortex now, the left and right Huai Dao are already controlled by the southerners. If it is avoided, it will be difficult to do anything after returning to China!
For a moment, Shi Hu's original joy of getting a deal with the whirlpool disappeared, and he realized that he had fallen into a dangerous dilemma.

At the same time, after Shen Zhezi completed the reorganization of the people in Runan, he also led the main force of the town to Luojian, and confronted Shihu's army at the front line.Now the Yingshang slave army is no longer a threat, and the peach leopard army in Runan itself is short of boats.The tense situation of all parties has been reversed, leaving only the threat of whirlpool.

However, Shen Zhezi still has one puzzle, that is, according to the original memory, Shi Le should have died at this time, and the news should have reached the front line.Of course, the war has reached this point, with Xi Jian taking control of Huaiyin and the Huainan army forming a pincer attack on Shihu on the Huai River, whether Shi Le is dead or alive, Huainan has no more worries about losing its defense.But even if it was just pure curiosity, Shen Zhezi wanted to understand why Shi Le deserved to die.

If his actions had any direct impact on Shi Zhao's internal affairs, it was undoubtedly that Shi Hu, who was supposed to be in charge of Xiangguo, was now struggling in the vortex.If this is the reason, then this old boy Shi Hu really doesn't do human affairs, and bad things don't happen!

　Finally finished. . .

　　
　
(End of this chapter)