Han Zuo Gaomen

Chapter 741
It's hot in midsummer, even in the tent at night.In particular, someone died in the tent just now. Although some servants cleaned up the blood-stained corpses and sprinkled spices to cover up the bloody smell, the combination of many smells made people dizzy and blocked their thinking.

Shi Hu drew up a few more transfer orders in the tent, his whole body was already sweating profusely, and he felt unbearably hot, so he got up and prepared to patrol the camp once.

He has just put on light armor here, and all the generals outside the tent have gathered here to stand by.Although Yingkou's defeat caused a great loss of troops, and many soldiers from the direct lineage were sent out to guard the various sides, but the current camp of the Chinese army still has more than [-] soldiers gathered.

Talking with Zhang Jack just now, although Shi Hu had a tone of persevering and getting more courageous as he got frustrated, his real state of mind was far from being as optimistic as he expressed.Moreover, the bad situation of the army cannot be expressed in words.

Although the news of the defeat had not spread before, Shi Hu took the first step and used strong means to win Guo Ao's troops to make up for the battle damage.However, he also did not dare to trust these old troops of Guo Ao, so he did not even dare to garrison the nearby Qiaocheng. Dare to place all the power of his direct line near Qiaocheng.

Although there is still a lot of calm in the words, the layout of the army camp reveals Shi Hu's panic and cramped mood.

The layout of the camp is extremely broad, except for more than 5000 Chinese soldiers gathered around the commander's camp, the rest of the troops are stationed separately.This kind of scattered camp setting is different from the previous one based on the terrain on the Huai River. It is just to separate the soldiers from each department and prevent them from gathering in one place to cause chaos.

Shihu is not born with power skills, but he has honed it step by step from a young age, so he is not ignorant of what Xiaomin Hanzu thinks.He also has his own experience in the technique of imperial servants, and its essence is nothing more than intimidating and driving away.

Although the defeat this time has caused a great loss of morale, it is not irreversible.Most of the soldiers themselves did not know what happened to the army.The southerners did not take advantage of the situation to attack from afar. Although Shihu had no chance to fight back in the field and turn defeat into victory, they did not directly impose the threat of military disaster on every soldier.All these soldiers could feel was panic and confusion, and the blind crowd was suddenly frightened, and they didn't even understand what the specific threat was.

The ant people are so sad, under the influence of the general trend, they walk blindly in the world, they move forward when the general trend advances, and they retreat when the general trend retreats.As long as they are not incited and incited by treacherous people, they will follow blindly to death, and they will never rise up to resist.

Therefore, the ones who really need to be vigilant are those brave generals who have their own loyalties, not only those miscellaneous Hu Qushuai and Guo Ao's old army commanders, but even his direct descendants. At the moment, how much loyalty can remain is also unknown.

Shi Hu also has a lot of means to deal with these arrogant commanders and generals.Previously, because of his lofty prestige in the army and his always strong style, he didn't need to use too much thought. When the military order was issued, no one dared to disobey it.Just like before he took Guo Ao's soldiers by force, when his prestige was not damaged, once his face was torn apart, he would use force. Even a veteran like Guo Ao would not dare to disobey him.

Therefore, in the recent reorganization of the army, Shihu mainly targets those army leaders who have their own tribes.First of all, among the miscellaneous Husbands, Qu Shuai, who has always been disrespectful, quite a few of them were detained by the Chinese army for various reasons, or directly took the lead, and first established a bloody war with a domineering attitude. The tone is a deterrent to those who harbor doubts.

Although there are many Zhahu soldiers, they are not completely united. Eliminating a few rebellious ones and distributing their soldiers to the weak among them can make these marshals happy and even frame each other.

As for Guo Ao's old generals, they still focused on wooing.Although these generals were formerly subordinate to Guo Ao, they were not entirely dependent on his retainers' private ministries. If there was a better choice, they might not change their families.

Just like Li Nong, the brave young begging marshal in Guo Ao's army, Shi Hu personally interviewed and tested his attitude after capturing the army, and then directly appointed him as the prefect of Qiaojun, and handed over the newly captured Qiaocheng to him defense.This kind of power and status is something that Guo Ao cannot give. Even if Li Nong thinks of the old master's ulterior motives, he must also consider whether this encounter will make Guo Ao feel bad in the future.

As for the generals under his command, Shi Hu relied more on the newly emerging young generals, such as Ma Qiu and the like.Relatively speaking, these young generals have a higher degree of attachment to themselves, and their loyalty is more guaranteed.If it weren't for their own disciples, it is absolutely impossible for these generals to surpass many veterans in the country and become prominent.And only by closely following themselves can they be more prominent.

Old generals like Zhang Jackal are all kept by Shi Hu's side at the moment, which seems to be a trust, but it is also a kind of coercion and deterrence.Similar to Zhang Jackal and his like, they gathered people together in one place in their early years, and there is no lack of thoughts and experiences of self-reliance.Once it is released, it may not be able to be used like a finger.

Keeping these people around now, one can use their old reputation and prestige to deter the army from causing chaos, and the other is to suppress their thoughts of looking for other things.Zhang Jackal's attitude has been humble and submissive recently, how could Shi Hu not know what his intentions are.It is true that he is employing people right now, but until the situation of the big battle has not improved, he will not consider giving Zhang Jack any more troops.

Shi Hu's intentions so far are not mainly because of the enemies of Huainan.To be honest, even if it's just that the newly defeated army is difficult to dispatch, if the Huainan army really dares to attack far south of Henan, Shi Hu is confident enough to defeat them in the field.

After all, the defeat in the first battle was not a crime of war, and the reason why the army fled was not entirely due to the impact of the Huai River breach.Those hateful Jin people and disciples broke up the army camp before fighting.And he was worried that Guo Ao on the side would be unfavorable to him because of this, and he could not return to the army in time to control him.

In short, there are many reasons, and the defeat is unsatisfactory.Including all the generals under his command, they also endured humiliation. If the southerners really dared to attack from afar, the morale of the army would not be considered. Human arrogance!
What worries him the most is the bad impact this defeat will have on his situation in the middle school.For Shi Hu, it is already the best situation for Shi Hu to prevent the situation from getting worse.

Shi Hu did not report the news of the army's failure to the middle school, but Xiang Kingdom must also receive the news soon.Shi Hu couldn't guess how the master would react, but this was not something he needed to consider right now.Now that he is leading the army outside, no matter what the situation is, the Lord will never think about imposing too many fetters on him!

What really needs to be considered is the reaction that the various departments of the army may have after hearing the news.

There is no need for Shi Sheng to think too much about it. In the early years, Shi Hu repeatedly ridiculed him for losing every battle, which was a disgrace to his family. Now he must be gloating to the extreme.But right now he is leading his troops to fight in Han Mian, and the old Xi Nu from the south, Tao Kan, is definitely a formidable opponent. Presumably, Shi Sheng's place is not too good. South War.

Tao Bao from Runan, although he had been in secret communication with Shi Hu for a long time, flirting with each other, even when Shi Hu came to Nan, he had already stated again that he would help him succeed in his great cause.But Shi Hu can't trust his confidant Zhang Jie and others, and in the current situation, he will not place too much hope on Tao Bao.Especially since he captured Guo Ao's tribe here again, Taobao must be wary and dare not get too close.

Shi Hu is most worried that Shi Sheng might take this opportunity to win over Tao Bao. It doesn't need Tao Bao to completely fall back on the past, he just needs to persuade him to temporarily withdraw troops, which can cause great trouble to Shi Hu.He is a newly defeated and fearful division. If there is no other team to create a fighter, he will not dare to move lightly.If Tao Bao didn't move, then Shi Hu could only be dragged in the south of Henan, unable to advance or retreat.

So when the situation in Qiao County stabilized, Shihu immediately sent people to Runan to persuade Taobao and lure him with huge profits.As long as Taobao can break through Runan and break the Huaishui line of defense, no matter what rewards the lord has, no matter what Taobao needs from him, he will do his best to meet it.

Here, Shihu really needed a victory and a breakthrough to restore morale and reverse the current unfavorable situation.Because Xuzhou's Shi Kan was too much of a threat to him, Xuzhou was originally an important town in the south, and Shi Kan was also a person whom the Lord had devoted all his efforts to training in recent years.If the master had any dissatisfaction with him, if he directly issued it to him, he would still ignore it.But if it is expressed through Shi Kan, Shi Hu has to be serious.

And this time when he came to the south, Shi Kan was also the target he had to deal with, and his importance was even more important than the enemy in the south.Even the fact that he was eager to fight and failed so carelessly was because he wanted to get rid of Shi Kan as soon as possible.

Even if there is nothing else to do, you must know that Shi Hu's sons are still recruiting brave and powerful warriors in the land of youth.If those recruited had evil thoughts because of his defeat, and reported and bound his sons to Shi Kan, then life and death would really be unpredictable.If it is just a simple loss of a few sons, it is not an unacceptable loss, as long as the sons are gone.

However, these sons are responsible for his plan to snatch the succession with his cousin Shi Daya, and after so many years of raising these sons, these sons can be regarded as mature and powerful, and even if they are born again in the future, they will need more than ten years of feeding and training. Worthy of use.

So Shihu is really anxious right now. On the one hand, he sent people to inform his sons to be careful, on the other hand, he paid close attention to the developments of all parties, especially Xuzhou Shikan, and on the other hand, he was eagerly looking forward to Taobao's capture of Rukou and giving him Create an opportunity to attack Huainan again.

As for leading the troops back to the country, Shi Hu didn't think about it at all. Yingkou's defeat before had completely left him with no way out.If he returns without success like this, it is very likely that he will be directly detained by the lord in the middle of the country, and the situation may even be worse than before, and his life will be placed in the hands of the people.

(End of this chapter)