Han Zuo Gaomen

Chapter 729
Holding this piece of information in his hand, Shen Zhezi carefully read it several times, and circled all the information that he thought was valuable and usable, or excerpted it and copied it elsewhere. He was extremely focused and excited until dawn There is still no tiredness.

After crossing the river, his work and rest became completely disordered. It was common for him to be busy day and night and not to eat three meals a day.Thanks to the recuperation in Jiangdong in the past few years, his body has already become strong, and he is no longer as weak as in the past when he ran around for days and then suffered a serious illness. Although he will not be the champion of the three armies, but similar busyness is already for him Not a burden.

Shen Zhezi also had a lot of emotions when he learned about Zu Yue's events after Beitou.He didn't have any direct contact with Zu Yue. Even if he knew something, it was only from the mouth of others. Because of his rebellious behavior, these comments were inevitably mixed with some prejudice and contempt.Therefore, Shen Zhezi had no way of objectively understanding what kind of person Zu Yue was.

Living in Jiangdong, where the current situation has been ups and downs for a long time, Shen Zhezi can more and more feel the entanglements and contradictions of the people of the time, and how to evaluate a person is less and less divided by the simple standard of good and evil.Including himself, looking at himself now, he is really not a good person or a pure minister.

Leaving aside Zu Yue's last rebellious act, the biggest criticism of Zu Yue was that he could not unite with the public. Most of his brother's inheritance was lost in his hands, which proved that he was incompetent.But in fact, the situation that Zu Ti faced was quite different from that of Zu Yue. When Zu Ti made his northern expedition, the Central Plains was still in chaos. The opportunities available for vertical and horizontal alliances are exactly where the opportunities for heroes lie.

But in fact, long before Zu Ti was alive, the situation in the Central Plains had undergone tremendous changes.A few years earlier, Jin Zhun, a relative of the Han Dynasty, was in trouble and killed Liu Yuan's descendants. Shi Le led his troops to attack Pingyang, the capital of the Han Dynasty.Although there is still Liu Yao who changed the name of the country to Zhao and established the country in Guanzhong, he has no checks and balances on Shi Le.Then Shi Le attacked everywhere, defeated the Duan family, defeated Shao Xu, and owned all the land in Hebei, which has become a big success.

Therefore, the loss of the land of Henan still needs to be discussed in terms of changes in the overall environment, and it cannot be completely attributed to Zu Yue's ability or lack of ability.Under such circumstances, Zu Yue, as his successor, had to show much stronger abilities and skills than his brother if he wanted to maintain the situation, but unfortunately he didn't.

When Shen Zhezi thinks this way, he is just talking about the facts, not washing the ground for the ancestor's agreement, and there is no such kind of friendship between them.He just wanted to look at him more objectively, so as to judge and guess the question raised by Xin Bin, what purpose Zuyue did this, and whether the information he provided was credible.

Shen Zhezi was also worried that he had made a mistake in his judgment. Seeing that the sky was already bright, he asked people to invite Du He, Shen Mu and other trusted people, and at the same time passed on the information about the slave army provided by Zu Yue to them.

After these people learned about Zu Yue's situation in Beitou, they couldn't help but sigh and gloat: "This person used to govern Huainan, and was also a respected Fang Bo. Unfortunately, it was difficult for him to go against his will and take evil consequences for himself. After Beitou, he ended up in such a land. It is also a pity and abhorrence to lose Zuzhenxi half of his life's prestige and great achievements!"

Because of Yu Man's presence, it was not easy for Shen Zhezi to discuss the gains and losses of Yu Liang's administration, so he stopped everyone's boring emotions and just said: "This letter contains a lot of false and true inside stories about the slave army, and most of them are what the patriarchs said. It’s still hard to tell if it’s true or not, so you might as well express your opinions.”

Du He has been mostly troubled by money and food recently. After getting the information, the first thing he pays attention to is the various armaments of the slave army. When he sees that the various ministries of the slave army have accumulated tens of thousands of dendrobium grain, he can't help but tsk tsk: "Such a thick accumulation, I don't know How much flesh and blood is being squeezed out of the living people! Could it be that Shi Jilong is planning to defend himself for a long time when he comes here?"

When Shen Zhezi saw these amounts, he also had to sigh with emotion. In terms of national power savings alone, there is indeed a huge gap between the North and the South.Although the methods of enlistment and mobilization are different, it is an impossible task to accumulate so much resources in such a short period of time in Jiangdong.As for the number of troops, there is a more intuitive gap.

Conquering the north from the south, especially in this era, if there is no good time and a good strategy, it will be a difficult task at all, and there is no need to say that the destiny is in the south or in the north.

After reading the information, Shen Mu also had an opinion: "This letter is really far-reaching. In fact, there is no need to investigate the truth and falsehood. Those who are credible can take it by themselves, and those who are difficult to distinguish the true from the false just ignore it." .”

Hearing what Shen Mu said, Shen Zhezi's eyes lit up immediately. This is the advantage of being simple-minded. You don't have to think too much, and you can avoid too many unnecessary entanglements.Because he couldn't figure out Zu Yue's purpose here, he was a little uncertain about the whole information.If Zu Yue intends to harm the Huainan army, it is true that there are too many things that can be done badly, but there are also many problems that he simply cannot tolerate.

In the final analysis, intelligence is only an aid. As for the real victory or defeat, it must be obtained through combat.Therefore, the real adjustment and dispatch must be based on the Huainan Army's own situation, and cannot be completely based on this information.Therefore, many contents in the intelligence do not need to worry about whether it is credible or not.

Among this piece of information, nothing is more beneficial to the Huainan Army than the conflict between Shi Hu and Guo Ao.The dispute between these two people, in fact, the Huainan army also had its own channels to detect a clue, but it was far less detailed than what was described in the intelligence, and it was complete from beginning to end.

The slave army came south this time, and the army was divided into five groups.The rightmost part is to reinforce the Guanzhong army and join forces to attack Xiangyang and Hanmian. This road is not the frontal enemy of the Huainan army, so it can be ignored for the time being.

The second road on the right is commanded by the slave general Tao Bao, and goes down the Ru River, the destination is Yiyang, connecting the slave army in Nanyang, and supporting the two battlefields of Xiangyang and Shouchun at the same time. There are more than [-] troops in this route .So what is the reality of this army, we need to send a letter to Runan Maobao later for his defense.

The Central Route Army is the Central Army of Shihu's Department, and it is also the main opponent of the Huainan Army, and it is also the most powerful among the various departments of the Nu Army.Judging from intelligence, this group of people includes nearly 18 members of Shihu's own righteous army, [-] members of Luoyang Shilang's tribe, and as many as [-] of Zhu Hu's followers, as well as tens of thousands of conscripts from various counties and states. public.Adding up all these forces, there are nearly [-] troops, and this is Shouchun's frontal enemy.

The commander-in-chief of the right army is Guo Ao, and one of them is going to Pengcheng to link up with Xuzhou's army for Huaiyin.On the other hand, Guo Ao led more than [-] people from his headquarters to attack Xuyi. It seems that he did not directly target the Huainan Army, but Xuyi was originally a core of the joint defensive operation between the Xuzhou Army and the Huainan Army. Once it was defeated, the Huainan Army would face two fronts. Due to the harsh conditions of the battle, the waterway in the middle of the Huai River is very likely to evolve into a battlefield where the two slave troops strangled the Huainan Army from left to right!

Therefore, there was a conflict between Guo Ao and Shi Hu, and it was so intense and irreconcilable.So when implemented on the battlefield, it is bound to be difficult for the two armies to establish good communication and cooperation. For the Huainan army, this is really great news!

And there is no need to doubt the authenticity of this news.Because not only Zu Yue's own narration, but also Xin Bin's ears and eyes in the army, it can be confirmed that Guo Ao and Shi Hu had long-standing grievances and conflicts.Even Qian Feng heard the news from Liu Wei that Guo Ao was originally a confidant of Lord Zhao, and this time he led the army out, he was burdened with the burden of checking and balancing Shihu.Moreover, Guo Ao may have some special mission in Xuzhou.

From this point of view, the conflict between Guo Ao and Shi Hu has been going on for a long time, and Shi Cong's choice to seek refuge with Guo Ao and avoid Shi Hu completely exploded the conflict, leaving no room for relaxation.

After analyzing the meaning of this piece of information in detail, Shen Zhezi couldn't help but be thankful that the surprise attack on Chengfu's camp had put Shi Cong in a difficult situation, so he had to choose one to vote.The victory of this sneak attack battle was not only gained at the time, but also gained afterward, which aggravated the conflicts among the slave army, and it was very likely that the Huainan army could avoid the problem of fighting on two fronts. It was really an unexpected gain!
Overjoyed, Shen Zhezi immediately asked people to copy down many military information of Guo Ao's enemy army, and sent them to Xijian's army in Xuyi.Among them, there are some problems that are not in the information, but he has analyzed it himself, which is the movement of the Xuzhou Pengcheng slave army.

This time the slave army was divided into five groups and rushed to the various battlefields in Huaibei. If one of them was redundant, it would be the part of the right-hand army rushing to assist Xuzhou.

Where Huaiyin is located, it was originally a fixed battlefield where the North and the South fought.On the one hand, after this area crosses the Huai River, there are counties such as Langya, Lanling, and Donghai, which have special significance for the Jiangdong court; , even far surpassing Hanmian, where Xiangyang is located, and it is not comparable to southern Henan.

Because of this, Shi Zhao prepared heavy troops in Pengcheng and other places all the year round, reaching tens of thousands at the peak, which can be said to be the most powerful military town between the two countries.That being the case, there is no need to waste people's and material resources, and send troops from the middle of the country to work as far away as this, because the strength of Pengcheng and other places alone can put great pressure on the Xuzhou army.

Coupled with what Qian Feng said, it is very likely that Guo Ao has a special mission to use in Xuzhou.Combining Zhao Lord Shi Le's fearful and forced attitude towards Shi Hu, Shen Zhezi made a bold judgment that Jie Hu's army in Xuzhou is very likely to have a big mobilization.

In other words, Shi Kan, the king of Pengcheng, who is sitting in Xuzhou, Jiehu, is very likely to be recalled to Xiangguo by Shi Lemi, the master of Zhao, to deter the slave generals who are in the center of the country who are facing Shihu. The adjustment of military power, so as to ensure the smooth transition of the regime!

Shi Kan, the king of Pengcheng, was born in the begging army, and had no deep connection with Shi Le's old slave generals. In addition, he made great contributions in the decisive battle with Han and Zhao.So Shen Zhezi guessed that even if Shi Le hadn't completely given up on Shi Hu now, he would definitely not dare to rely on him completely, and Shi Kan was another strong support he had prepared for his children.

Of course, this is just Shen Zhezi's guess, and it is very simple to prove it. As long as Xi Jian launches a major military operation against Huaiyin before the slave army arrives at the Huaiyin battlefield, as long as Huaiyin can be defeated, it means that Shi Kan has withdrawn from Xiang country!

This guess seems to have nothing to do with the Shouchun War, but as long as it is confirmed that Shi Kan is no longer in Xuzhou, then Shi Le's series of plans against Shi Hu will be revealed!In the long run, this is good news for the evolution of the situation in the entire North and South.

　This chapter is a bit convoluted, and it can be regarded as a foreshadowing for the future evolution of the situation. The next chapter will officially begin.

　　
　
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