Han Zuo Gaomen

Chapter 890 Encircling Hu Ting
The Suanzao barracks, which was originally relatively stable, suddenly became agitated by unexpected visitors.

In the big tent, Chen Shi's eyes were wide open and he wanted to breathe fire. He glared at the twenty or so soldiers with their arms tied behind their backs and their heads were downcast. He shouted angrily, "Are there any omissions?"

Seeing the general's anger, the silent commanders in the tent felt awe-inspiring, and one of them stepped forward and whispered, "The last general is waiting for an emergency tour of the camp. There are no omissions in the camp. As for the outside of the camp, the scouts have been dispatched." Patrol, there will be rewards later."

When Chen Shi heard this, his anger subsided slightly, but his eyes still shone fiercely.The more than [-] people under the tent broke into the camp at night, and publicized the emergency situation, causing great confusion among his troops, and even some villagers in the peripheral private camps took the opportunity to escape.

In anger, Chen Shi didn't have the time to judge whether the news was true or false, and directly ordered people to arrest and kill these soldiers who broke into the camp.Even so, the news of Hu Ting's attack has spread in the camp.

"Chen, General Chen, we are really the guards of Hu Ting who came to ask for help..."

One of the soldiers who was arrested raised his head and said tremblingly.

"Anyone who disturbs the morale of our army deserves to die!"

Chen Shi interrupted the soldier commander with a yell, and then said in a concentrated voice: "What happened, please tell me in detail!"

From his heart, he wished he could kill all these people who rushed to the camp.But he happened to know the captain who made the sound, he was one of the people Tian Ni sent to the upper Huting, and he followed the Huting general to visit him before, so he can be sure of his identity.In this way, the military information conveyed by the other party is very important to Chen Shi.

Hearing this, the soldier commander hastily told the story intermittently.

The Lord of Xinle County is Tian Ni's title. He sent [-] soldiers to guard the Hu Pavilion in Xingyang, but he was besieged the night before and was outmatched, so he sent people downstream to Yanjin for help.As for the so-called order of Lord Xin Le, it is naturally impossible for Tian Ni to directly order it. Now that he is located in Ji County, Hebei Province, it is naturally impossible to get the news so quickly and order Chen Shi to reinforce him.

But the other party said so, but there is nothing wrong with it.Because Wei Wang's subordinates have been arguing endlessly about where to send troops next, so there are not many troops stationed on the south bank of the Yellow River. Liu Zheng, as a result, Liu Zheng's troops were completely wiped out in Xuzhou, and there was no response to returning to Huaibei in a short period of time, so most of the troops were withdrawn, leaving only more than 3000 garrisons.

Therefore, the forces of the King of Wei deployed troops on the south bank of the Yellow River, and the sum of all the tribes was only more than ten thousand troops.Among them, Chen Shi's troops accounted for more than half, and the [-] troops stationed at Huting in Xingyang were stationed by Tian Ni privately after he found out that Chen Shi had gained a lot in Henan. shelter.

Although Chen Shi is not angry that Tian Ninan came to fight for the interests that should belong to him, but now he really has no confidence to turn against Tian Ni.After all, Tian Ni commanded more than [-] people to sit in Jijun, Hebei, and tightly controlled Chen Shi's retreat.Therefore, Chen Shi not only had to endure Tian Ni's joining Henan, but also had to show his side to help Hu Ting's troops.

Originally, this was just a polite empty talk. After all, there is no too strong opponent in the land of Henan. The Huainan Army is trying its best to encircle and suppress Chen Guang, but Xuzhou is beyond reach. As for the old ghost of Heluo Taobao, he is still subordinate to King Wei in name , and absolutely dare not send troops to fight against Wei Wang's direct lineage.So there are no strong opponents at all right now, what they need to do is to rob Henan's vitality as much as possible to supplement their own strength.

But now that the Hu Ting defenders were asking for help urgently, this had to make Chen Shi feel a frenzy in his heart.He also asked in detail who the attackers were, but these people who came to report the news were vague and unclear. They just said that the opponent's army was strong and they were by no means Hu Ting's enemy. call for help.

Will there be fraud?

After listening to the soldier commander's narration, this idea first popped up in Chen Shi's mind.Because in his perception, there is really no strong opponent in this area in the short term.He is also a person who has been in the army for a long time, and he has experienced in the trilogy of King Wei, so he naturally has no lack of confidence in his own judgment.

Hu Ting itself has more than 3000 defenders, and it is backed by the Yellow River, so there is no need to retreat. If someone really launches an attack, at least they must gather more than ten thousand people to crush Hu Ting's defenders and break through the siege immediately. call for help.

Of course it doesn't mean that there are no such opponents, the most likely one is the Huainan Army, Chen Shi knows that the Huainan Army has assembled tens of thousands of troops in Xuchang, claiming to have a strength of [-].But there must be water in it. Chen Shi guessed that the strength of Huainan army should be between [-] and [-]. It is impossible to gather a crowd of [-] people. Even if the number alone can crush Chen Guang, it will not be able to stand up to this day.

Moreover, Huainan not only has Huainan as an opponent, but also the peach leopard on the west side that has to be defended. In addition, Runan, the commercial center of Huainan, must deploy enough troops to maintain stability. What's more, it is said that Huainan also sent more than [-] troops to participate in Xuzhou. fighting.

Under such circumstances, not to mention whether Huainan Shen Weizhou could mobilize enough troops to attack Xingyang, even if there were, with Huainan currently making many enemies, unless Shen Weizhou was crazy, how dare he provoke the King of Wei again.You must know that the king of Wei has tens of thousands of people, and even in a short period of time, he can gather [-] to [-] troops. Once he is provoked and deploys these troops on the battlefield in Henan, it will definitely be a fatal blow to Huainan.

If Huainan is impossible, then which side has such a strong military force?Tao Bao was impossible, and neither was Chen Guang.

But there is one more possibility, and that is Tenny himself!It is very likely that after Tian Ni has tasted the sweetness, he will covet himself who came south first, and wants to transfer Chen Shi away from Suanzao and swallow them up.This is absolutely possible. One must know that Chen Shi himself was born in the family of Wei Wang Shikan, and Tian Ni Xianglai regarded him as the heir of Wei Wang. Seeing that Chen Shi gradually became self-reliant, he wanted to use tricks to swallow him up.

If it did, King Wei would not blame Tian Ni for it.Even if it doesn't work, how dare Chen Shi turn against Tian Ni right now?
Chen Shi himself was dissatisfied with Tian Ni, and these messengers were ambiguous. The key is that these people said that they broke out and came to ask for help. If you are tired and need to solve the crisis urgently, there is no doubt that the water route is much faster than the land route, because the Yellow River waterway is still under the control of King Wei.

Although he has already realized Tian Ni's sinister intentions, Chen Shi really doesn't have the strength to turn against Tian Ni right now. Even if his number has surged recently, there are only more than [-] people, and more than [-] of them control the ferry on the north bank of the Yellow River. On the retreat route, thousands of people were also prepared to guard the waterway on the south bank, but now there are only more than five thousand people in Suanzao, and nearly half of them are newly conscripted recruits.

As the servant of the King of Wei, Tian Ni also served as the prefect of Ji County. He himself commanded more than [-] people, and he could recruit nearly [-] strong men in the future. His strength was far beyond Chen Shi's ability to match.What's more, if he really dared to have a conflict with Tian Ni, the so-called inseparable relationship, even if it was in front of King Wei, Chen Shi would only suffer. It is absolutely impossible for the self-control trilogy to be independent from the outside world!
After pondering for a while, Chen Shi immediately ordered all these messengers to be detained in the army. He did not dare to kill them all, but he would never be so stupid as to throw himself into the trap.Then he ordered the army to shrink in the base camp of Suanzao, temporarily abandoning the plundering of the Henan countryside.At the same time, he couldn't be sure that his judgment was true, so he still sent hundreds of rangers, on the one hand to go upstream to inquire about news, and on the other hand, he recalled several groups of people who had not returned before the deadline.

This night was destined to be sleepless. In addition to rectifying the headquarters, Chen Shi gathered more than a dozen boats on the bank of the Yellow River, and at the same time secretly dispatched hundreds of cronies across the north to warn and defend, fearing that Tian Ni would cut off his retreat.

Throughout the night, the Suanzao camp was in a tense state of preparation for battle, and Chen Shi also put on his clothes for the night, not daring to relax, for fear that if he slack off, he would suffer disaster, and he was also worried that if his judgment was wrong, if Hu Ting was really besieged , I will definitely offend Tian Ni if I lead people to do nothing.Therefore, he spent the night in torment, just anxiously waiting for the news from the scouts.

After dawn, soldiers finally returned from outside the Suanzao camp. These soldiers came from the northern bank of the Yellow River, but Chen Shi was shocked on the spot by the news they brought back.

"This, this is all salvaged from the river?"

Seeing the dozens of swollen and white corpses such as limbs and broken arms sent by the soldiers, as well as the wreckage of boats, flags and drums, Chen Shi opened his eyes wide and asked sharply in disbelief.

After receiving the affirmative answer from the soldiers, Chen Shi's hands and feet were already cold, and he felt a huge crisis coming from above his head.Hu Ting was really attacked by the enemy, wasn't Tian Ni lying to himself?

Of course, these things also have the possibility of falsification.But soon Chen Shi realized that nearly half of the scouts sent out last night hadn't returned yet, and there were nearly a thousand people who hadn't returned before the deadline, as if they had disappeared out of thin air.If it is a normal situation, these strange omens are not without explanation.But if there is really a powerful enemy that encircles and wipes out the Hu Ting crowd, it means that Chen Shi has been blocked to become deaf and blind during this period of time!

"Quickly gather people and move to the ferry!"

Chen Shi roared loudly, not daring to make smart judgments anymore, if Hu Ting really fell, and the opponent still had the strength to block his eyes and ears, one can imagine what a powerful opponent would be approaching him.Although his strength is slightly better than Hu Ting's, if the opponent really has the strength to encircle and wipe out Hu Ting, then his current situation is extremely critical!
What's more, Hu Ting is Tian Ni's team, and thousands of people were surrounded and suppressed when he sat idly by, how could Tian Ni come to the rescue without any suspicion and even provide him with a retreat!The most urgent task at the moment is to quickly cross the river to protect your own tribe, and then cross the river to warn the king of Wei!
(End of this chapter)