Han Zuo Gaomen

Chapter 740
In the middle of the night, in the slave army camp located in the upper reaches of Guoshui, near Qiaocheng, there were many soldiers standing in armor, and there were also some rangers going in and out, cruising inside and outside.The bleak moonlight shone down, reflecting a vigilant and chilling camp defense scene.

Suddenly, a violent roar came from a tent located in the center of the camp: "Who is washing the horse at night?"

After hearing the words, the soldiers gathered outside the camp hurriedly looked around, and then separated two people to rush into the tent, bowed down and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, there is no one around to wash the horses with water."

At this time, Shi Hu was sitting on the bamboo couch with a grumpy face, his beard and hair were disheveled, and his wide eyes were shining fiercely against the background of the campfire.Because of the extreme heat in midsummer, he was naked, and the black hair on the chest was soaked in sweat, and it was softly attached to his chest. The chest and abdomen were layered and squeezed due to the accumulated fat in this year's pampered place.

Hearing the reports from the soldiers, his eyes flickered even more. He stared straight at the soldiers kneeling in front of the bed, and asked sullenly, "Did you hear the sound of water?"

"No, no... I will lead people out of the camp to investigate..."

"Go out of the camp to investigate? Didn't check clearly, and dare to say that no one came near?"

Hearing this, Shi Hu was already furious, his fat body jumped up from the couch, and rushed forward to the soldier, grabbed the man's forehead with one hand, stretched out the saber that had snatched him with the other, and swung it With a horizontal cut, the head was immediately chopped off under the neck.

When the soldiers outside the tent heard the news, they rushed in with a dozen people in a hurry. Once inside, they saw Shi Hu standing naked with a knife, holding the soldier's head in his hand, and his eyes were still open.And Shihu's chest, belly, and legs were dripping with blood, making him look extremely ferocious.

All the soldiers were frightened by the fierce look on Zhongshan King's face, they threw down their weapons and knelt down on the ground, not daring to look up.

After a while, Zhang Jack rushed into the tent in full armor. Seeing this behind the scene, he waved his hands and said to the soldiers: "Everyone back down! Don't give orders, don't enter the tent and disturb your king's sleep!"

After hearing the sound, all the soldiers kowtowed and withdrew as if they had received an amnesty.Then Zhang Jack called his own soldiers and said in a low voice: "All those who rushed in armed with weapons and disturbed the king's rest all pulled out their heads to show the public!"

At this time, Shi Hu had already thrown away the head that had been cut off just now, and the blood-stained saber had also been thrown on the ground. Hearing Zhang Jackal's secret order, he didn't respond in particular. After returning to the account, he looked at Zhang Jack and asked, "Is there any news from Yingshang?"

"Not yet..."

Zhang Jackal knew that the king was irritable and moody recently, even if he was a confidant, it was difficult to guess his mind, so whenever he met him, he put up his full energy and did not dare to slack off.

When Shi Hu heard this, he snorted coldly, and his face showed strong disdain: "The barbarian raccoon slaves, after all, are cowardly. If they don't have the power of heaven and earth to help them, they will not dare to fight. If you stick to Yingkou, you will not dare to fight." You can use the water to do harm, but in the end, because of your cowardice, you sit and watch the fighters go by..."

"The thieves in Nanxiang are nothing more than fish and shrimps in the water, and they just know how to use water to survive. The king marched in the Central Plains, and the wind and dust could not hide the glory of the sun and the moon. Previously, the southern thieves were able to temporarily save their lives because of the favorable location. It was a fluke. Zhi Shen, how dare you take the initiative to attack again."

After Zhang Jack heard the words, he also followed Shi Hu's words.

"It's pointless to degrade too much. This time, the army suffered a small defeat. There was indeed an oversight, which gave the southern raccoon Shen Weizhou a chance to rape. I have been in the armor for many years. It's not that I haven't tasted defeat before. It's nothing. "

"Your majesty's prestige and prestige are accumulated over a period of time! What about Liu Yongming in his early years? He was also a hero who galloped through Guanlong and acted fiercely for a while. Now not only does he lose his status, but his children are all playthings! It's hard for a raccoon slave to survive for a while. For a long time, in the future, the river will be destroyed and Wu will be destroyed, and the final general will take the thief's wife and daughter as a sacrifice to the king!"

Hearing what Zhang Jack said, Shi Hu's slightly sleepy eyes became bright again.Liu Yongming is Liu Yao, the lord of the Han and Zhao kingdoms. In the early years of the decisive battle between the two Zhaos, the warlord Shihu and Liu Yao fought in Wenxi, but they were defeated. Tens of thousands of elite soldiers under his command and a large number of soldiers and civilians were almost wiped out in the first battle, and Shihu also panicked. escape.Liu Yao chased after him, flooding Luoyang with water.

This was the worst defeat he had ever suffered since he took charge of the army, and he almost lost his life.However, after the domestic reinforcements came to help, it was Shi Hu who personally led the army into Guanzhong, almost exterminating all Liu's clan members, and finally wiped out the Han and Zhao kingdoms!

And Zhang Jackal was also appreciated by Shi Hu in this battle, and he captured Liu Yao's youngest daughter and offered it to Shi Hu.

"The raccoon slave may have one or two talents to rely on, but compared to Liu Yongming, he is nothing more than a speck of dust. In this battle, the bandits rely on the water to defeat the army. Instead of daring to pursue them from afar, they shrink back. Gu, Jiang Biao guards the porpoise dog, and you can see it at a glance!"

When it comes to Shen Zhezi, Shi Hu's mood is also very complicated, but Zhang Hao's mention of this old incident calms down his irritable mood, and when he looks at Zhang Hao, he also has some warmth: "Recently, I have been running in the camp to maintain people's hearts. Thank you for your hard work. Since the southern thieves dare not attack secretly, all the ambush soldiers should be withdrawn. When returning to the army, the gangsters between Chen and Liang will be pulled out by the way, and all the people and goods will be used for the army. As for Those village patriarchs were also wiped out, leaving no survivors."

Zhang Jie quickly accepted the order, went out in a hurry to explain, and then hurried back to the table to stand by, completely treating himself as an orderly personal soldier, without the slightest bit of majesty of a general in command.The reason for such an attitude is not entirely for flattery and flattery to invite favor. After all, although flattery can be a blessing, whether it can gain a firm foothold still depends on how many troops are in hand.

However, Zhang Jack now has no soldiers to manage.Originally, his elite troops were responsible for the initial attack on Yingkou. Although they were withdrawn to rest after a fierce battle, they were also near the battlefield and did not return to the camp. They joined the attack again the next day.As a result, the flood came, and he was the first to bear the brunt.But he was near King Zhongshan at that time, it was important to protect the king and retreat, and it was too late to subdue the defeated crowd.

After finally protecting King Zhongshan and escaping from the front line, the king did not intend to return to the camp of the Chinese army, but only sent orders to the trusted generals who were still in the camp, and then led him to go straight to Qiao County and captured Guo Ao's troops deport him.

It turned out to be good now, Your Majesty has the tens of thousands of troops from the Eastern Route Army and more than [-] people from Qiao County to supplement, but he has no time to reorganize the army because he is following the King, so the thousands of soldiers are all gone, and the rest is still there. The soldiers who remained in the camp were also swept away by the rebel army because there was no commander to restrain them, and then scattered among the various ministries.Qiaojun stayed here for more than ten days, and only a few hundred people were able to return smoothly.As for the rest, don't think about it, they must have been detained by other generals for their own use.

Although there is a large army assembled here in Qiao County, it can be said that morale is low and people's hearts are lax.In such an environment, Zhang Jackal did not dare to rely on King Zhongshan's trustworthiness to beg for his own men and horses. If internal fighting and army chaos were aroused, not to mention that he had no power to protect himself at the moment, even King Zhongshan at this moment It may not be possible to save him.

Their master and servant sang together, tried their best to belittle the Huainan army, and even set up their ambush on the Yingshui, appearing to be holding wisdom, but in fact the situation of the army in the middle is already in jeopardy!
In Yingkou's battle, Zhang Jackal was undoubtedly the one who suffered the most.Originally, he was also the leader of the army who commanded tens of thousands of soldiers, not to mention the few thousand elites, and the rest were divided up by the rebellious army. Only a few hundred people remained, which can be said to be the worst casualty.

In addition to him, the rest of Zhongshan King's righteous subordinates were also somewhat damaged. Among the generals, Zhang Mi, who had just emerged and was eager to compete for performance, was directly swept away by the flood because he rushed to the front. There has been no news so far. I thought I was dead.The number of people injured and separated from various ministries has already exceeded tens of thousands, which can be described as traumatic.

As for the generals such as Ma Qiu and Zhang Xiong, they led the cavalry to the south and ravaged the local area before, but they were accused by the southern thieves of killing good deeds. camp, but it turned out to be a blessing in disguise, avoiding the impact of the flood.And then clean up the situation and frighten the troops of all ministries, and these people can be reused.

For example, Ma Qiu personally led five thousand Qingqiu to sit in Wanqiu, and was responsible for defending the Chen County Ziliang Camp.Ran Min, Li Tu and others each led their troops to defend key points. On the one hand, they collected the defeated troops, and on the other hand, they were also preparing to ambush the Huainan Jin army that might go north to sneak attack.It is conceivable that after this period of time, these generals will definitely seize the opportunity to greatly expand their troops.

All the troops of the Central Route Army went south, and deployed defenses along the way. In particular, the boats, ships, and food protection troops that were lagging behind due to the impassability of the waterway were saved from the big rout in Yingkou and still maintained their military strength.A total of 15 horses were really affected by the flood of Yingkou.There were more than [-] people who were directly destroyed, and those who fled and lost their news. In other words, the army going to Huai River lost nearly half of its strength after this battle!

As for the troops who have retreated and are still stationed outside Qiaocheng according to the military order, there are only more than [-] people, and most of them are random Huyi followers.The rest either fled directly into the wild, ignoring Zhongshan King's order to call up the army, or gathered the crowd to support themselves, wandering outside the army.

Among the scattered soldiers, the main ones were the tens of thousands of Jin soldiers from Luoyang to the south of Henan.These Jin people have the worst military discipline in the first place, and they have no fighting spirit, so they are just making up for the gains in the army.As a result, the Yingkou Huai River broke the embankment, and they were the first to flee. These Jin people rushed out of the camp and scattered, which caused a greater impact on the army than the flood.And once these people escaped, it was the most difficult to recruit back, either fleeing in the mountains and rivers, or simply fleeing north and returning to their hometown.

As for those clergymen, although most of them fled, there were still groups of tribal castes, so they had not yet completely disintegrated.In addition, they left their hometowns and had no external supplements. All water and land vitals were blocked and it was difficult to retreat northward, so they were gradually concentrated here.

If these people don't escape, it doesn't mean they are credible. On the contrary, they may be staying here and preparing to wait and see the current situation and pounce on them.Fortunately, the king of Zhongshan deliberately killed their lives before, and several powerful tribes among them were dispatched to besiege Yingkou, and suffered greatly as a result.The rest, while the turmoil was still undecided, were detained by the King of Zhongshan in the camp of the Chinese army, such as their leader Qu Shuai, and they were safe for the time being.

With the addition of nearly 7 people from the East Route Army and the Qiaocheng garrison, there are still nearly 20 troops in southern Henan.It seems that the strength has not been greatly damaged, but it is no longer the same as before. All the ministries have a wait-and-see attitude. Only less than 2 obedients and more than [-] people who are stationed in Chenjun are left There are boats and sailors, and it is doubtful how much fighting spirit these people have left.

Before they can fully grasp the minds of the various troops, these troops are basically random people who barely get together, and they can't even be called an army. The army still dare not make any big moves.

If you want to strengthen the control over the people from all walks of life, of course you need to send your confidants.So recently Zhang Jack didn't dare to have the slightest complaint against King Zhongshan, and frequently used it as a slave in front of King Zhongshan, hoping that King Zhongshan would sympathize with his loyalty and replenish the soldiers he lost.

　I am extremely insensitive to numbers. Yingkou killed and wounded more than 3 prisoners, more than 4 county soldiers fled, 15 miscellaneous Hu Yicongs retreated, and 20 Shihu Yicongs. Of the [-] troops, there are still [-] left in the back road. Lin Lin always adds up to [-] to [-], and the East Route Army Guo Ao and Shi Cong have a total of [-], which is nearly [-].

　　
　
(End of this chapter)