Han Zuo Gaomen

Chapter 1296
In the big tent of the water camp, Shi Xuan's face was gloomy and cold, and his beard, which was trimmed and beautiful at first, looked very messy now, especially a large piece was missing on the left cheek, which was slightly burnt and mushy. Rough and dark red skin inside.

Under the big tent, there are more than a dozen female prostitutes in beautiful clothes dancing. These female prostitutes are all dressed up beautifully. At first glance, they are smiling like flowers, but if you look closely, you will find that the smiles on their faces seem to be painted. In general, it looks very stiff and lifeless, and there is no change at all.The body under the skirt is not lacking in grace, but there is no way to conceal the trembling between the turning of the heels and the swinging of the arms.

But even so, such a picture is enough to be called pleasing to the eye, especially after experiencing such a beautiful picture, it can make people feel more relaxed and relieved.

However, although Shi Xuan in the tent watched the performers dance, there was no intoxication in his brows and eyes. It was obvious that his mind was not here, especially the fierce light flashing in his eyes, which showed his bad mood.

"Your Highness..."

There was a sound of announcing please come in from outside the tent, and the waiter raised his head to see Shi Xuan nodding his head slightly, and then ushered in the people outside the door.

The one who stepped into the tent was a middle-aged general in military robes, who was Shi Xuan's confidant named Yang Bei. Although the tent was filled with birds and swallows, he turned a blind eye to it and walked quickly to Shi Xuan's seat with his head bowed. A few feet away, he bowed down and bowed down, kneeling in front of him, and his tone was extremely respectful: "Your Highness, everything about the battle and beheading has been sorted out."

While speaking, he presented a booklet, and the waiter beside Shi Xuan stepped forward to take it, and after asking for instructions, he began to read it.

Listening to the waiter's recitation, Shi Xuan's face became more gloomy, and finally he couldn't hold back his anger. He suddenly kicked the table in front of him, and almost roared: "There are only so many?"

Seeing that Shi Xuan was so angry, that department knocked down Yang Bei and the waiters on the left and right, not daring to speak out.As for the dancing actors, after a little stiffening, they quickly returned to their original posture, but their faces were completely drained of blood, and they looked more like delicate puppets than living people.

Yang Bei tremblingly said: "Most of the Jin army's navy went west, and they had already brought a lot of supplies. It caused the remnants of the previous thieves to catch fire..."

Speaking of this, Yang Bei suddenly felt a sudden gust of wind from the side, and then a hard object hit his face directly, his whole body stared at gold stars, and was directly blown away by that powerful force, half of his head seemed to be blown away. It became numb, and the puppet on the top of its head flew to nowhere.

Shi Xuan was holding a golden staff inlaid with precious stones, his eyes were shattered, he shook off the blood stained by beating Yang Cup on the golden staff, his anger was hard to dissipate in his heart, and he turned his eyes to see those bullying tricksters in the tent , pulled out his saber with his backhand, and sliced ​​across the neck of one of the actors.

Shi Xuan has always won his father's favor and credit for his bravery, so if he wants to kill an unarmed actor to vent his anger, there will be no twists and turns.Soon the actor let out a wail, the frightened expression still remained on his face, and a beautiful head had rolled to the ground.

Such a bloody scene did not cause too much panic in the tent, especially those weak actors, although they were frightened to death, they did not dare to make any exclamations at all, and two of them hurried forward , picked up the head that had fallen to the ground, hurriedly wiped the blood stains on the face of the head with the shirt and skirt on his body, and quickly put it on the case.

Seeing this scene, Shi Xuan showed a smile on his face. He stepped on the shoulder of an actor who was prostrate on the ground, and said with a grin: "The prince or I, whose knife is sharper."

"His Royal Highness is ten times stronger than the Prince..."

The actor said in a trembling voice in a hurry. After hearing this, Shi Xuan laughed nervously: "Put your head away and send people back to the country. Except for the disgusting thing in the palace, who would like to play with such a fishy weapon?" .”

Having said this, Shi Xuancai looked back at the general Yang Bei who had turned over, clutched his head and continued to prostrate on the ground, and said fiercely: "The thieves are the key point of the southern thieves, and the barracks are spacious, but only this is enough. Remnant goods, do you think I believe it or not? The villains in the camp deceived me to be ignorant? Search all camps immediately, and if anyone dares to hide and become a fighter, the whole camp will be executed!"

"Your Highness, Your Highness, please, absolutely not..."

At this moment, half of Yang Bei's head was red, swollen and cracked, and his speech was a little unclear: "We are still in the enemy's territory, and the southern bandits will come to rescue us quickly. It is really inappropriate to use too harsh punishment at this moment..."

"Shut up, idiot! If you can't even deter your slaves, how dare you hope to defeat a powerful enemy?"

When Shi Xuan heard this, his expression became more ferocious, especially when he touched the half of the beard that was burned away by the sparks, his mood became even worse, showing signs of continuing to fight Yang Bei.

At this moment, another person rushed into the tent, it was a white-faced and beardless eunuch, he knocked into the tent and tremblingly said: "It is not a pity to wait for the life of a slave. But if you can't enter the Lord's East Palace from His Highness, Yongchang Zhao Guo, I really don't want to die with peace..."

"My father and son are heirs, and the destiny is obedient. Is it you and other servants who can make comments?"

Shi Xuan was still very angry, but his mood calmed down a little after all. He sat back to his seat with a look of lingering anger, frowned and said, "My lord secretly ordered me to gather people in Pingyuan and wait for his army to come in person. You thieves and slaves Encouraging me to be the first to seize merit, but dying here is very heavy, and the income is so scarce, can a mere scorpion protect me from being scolded by the Lord?"

The reason why Shi Xuan was so annoyed was that compared with what he had expected, what he got from coming south this time was really too little, so little that he couldn't accept it at all.

His use of troops in the south this time was not just a hasty sneak attack, but a whole set of huge strategic plans behind it.And the mastermind of this plan is his father, Huang Shihu.

Shi Hu's current army is gathering in Youji, and it seems that he is about to invade Bingzhou to attack Shi Sheng in Taiyuan.But all of this is to deceive people and confuse the Jin people. The main intention is to tie up the strength and energy of the Jin army in the western region of Taihang Mountains, including attracting Saihunan to put pressure on the Jin army in the western region. .

As Shi Hu's beloved son, Shi Xuan himself has been sitting in southern Jinan all year round. When Shi Hu taught the opportunity, he didn't deliberately hide it.The gains and losses of Bingzhou are indeed a danger of survival for the Jie Kingdom. Once they fall into the hands of the Jin army, they will completely trap their Jie Kingdom in a corner of Hebei, forming a lock-dragon trend.

The gains and losses of Bingzhou are indeed important, and the Jin army must also understand this. In order to ensure that the strategy on the western front does not undergo a major reversal, even the troops in the east have been transferred westward.It's not worth fighting for a mere Saihunan, but if you add the goal of Bingzhou, it's worth investing a lot of money.

But in addition to the gains and losses of Bingzhou, the Jie Kingdom is also facing another problem, that is, the years of militaristic warfare have run out of pockets and have only a huge military force, which has gradually become unsustainable, especially in the south of Luoyang. The more powerful the Jin people in Hebei are, the less cooperative they are, so it is extremely necessary to develop a source of money and food.

Relatively speaking, although the gains and losses in Bingzhou are worrisome, the situation around Bingzhou is also complicated. The local tyrannical village, the many Hulu bandits who migrated inland, and the people who have been greedy for China for a long time, even if the Jin army is in Bingzhou Gaining the upper hand in the competition, it is difficult to settle all these hidden dangers for a while, and browse the Taihang Mountains to attack Hebei without distraction.

However, if their Jie country no longer has a large amount of money and grain to store in the treasury, it will face an unsustainable crisis.The place in Bingzhou is also dilapidated, even more dilapidated than Hebei. Even if it is snatched under the nose of the Jin army at a huge price, it will continue to face the Jin army's relentless attack, and the consumption will be even more astonishing.

Qingyanxu in the lower reaches of the Yellow River is one of the few fertile lands in the world, and it has been in business for a long time after being recovered by the Jin army. If you can invade it, even if you can't keep it forever, you can get a lot of money if you plunder it. Goods.In this way, it can not only be used for the enemy, but also inspire the morale of the army.

Therefore, no matter how other aspects behave, the next step of Jie State is to invade Henan and loot wantonly, not only to collect all the savings of the Jin army in the past years, but also to destroy the business achievements of the past years!

In the past period of time, the troops of the Jie Kingdom in various parts of Hebei have been quietly gathering in several counties such as the plains in southern Hebei. Shi Xuan has been sitting in this area all year round, and naturally has the convenience of being close to the water, so he was appointed by Shi Hu as the commander-in-chief of the front army , Responsible for opening up assembly areas for the successor army and concealing the news of the army gathering, including raising supplies and so on.

Shi Xuan has been on the edge of the land for a long time, and he knows his father's heart well, so how could he be satisfied with mere support.Especially with more and more controllable forces in hand, and although I don't know the specific dispatch situation of the Jin army, I can also detect signs of dispatch in the south.

The confidantes around him also encouraged him a lot, saying that the prince had lived in Xiangguo for a long time, had been drunk with wine and sex, and had not done much, which made the Lord more and more annoying. If His Highness can create a special contribution to Henan and replace the prince It is conclusively visible.

All kinds of piles also made Shi Xuan unable to sit still, and finally made up his mind, disregarding his father's earlier order to wait for orders, and launched an attack on the south in advance.

It should be said that Shi Xuan's previous fundraising was quite tricky. The two sides have been at odds for a long time, and there must be frequent spying on each other. It is difficult to hide any large-scale actions from the other side.

However, Shi Xuan also resorted to frequent means, and did not disclose too obvious signs to the Jin army, especially the collection of warships enough to carry tens of thousands of troops across the river, which is really his proud hand.If tens of thousands of people rushed south, it was naturally impossible to choose a small target for such a big conspiracy. After many times of elimination and screening, Fen Fen became his chosen target.

This time the troops were dispatched to Fufu, and there was also some gambling hidden in it. Relatively speaking, Fufujin was the easiest to capture among the few towns in Henan, but that was without a strong navy stationed there.Once the Jin army still has most of the navy stationed in Fufen, it is very likely that he will be in vain this time, and his retreat may be blocked.

Fortunately, the bet was right this time, the place is really weak, and it also allowed Shi Xuan to win the first southern feat since the founding of the country, taking one of the several important towns in Henan run by the Jin army.

But this kind of victory really made him unhappy. Even if he won it, the loss was far beyond his imagination.

Shi Xuan used more than [-] troops for this sneak attack, which was almost all the troops assembled in southern Hebei during this period.Although there are more than [-] troops in all the garrisons in southern Hebei, after all, it is necessary to maintain an illusion of stability and not to be deployed too much, so as not to prevent the Jin army from being aware and vigilant.

However, the 8000 troops rushed south and attacked a weak camp at night. Even so, the Jie army was blocked on the river for nearly an hour, and they lost [-] to [-] people here alone.

Of course, not all of these lost soldiers may have been shot or drowned, and some of them should have fled in front of the battle, but it is obvious that it is difficult to call them back to form combat effectiveness in the short term.Coupled with the encirclement and suppression of thousands of remnants of the Jin army before dawn, after a big battle, the result before Shi Xuan was that he directly lost one-third of his troops.

Compared with the huge scale of Jie State's plan to invest more than [-] troops for this battle, it cannot be said that it is not worthwhile to lose a mere [-] people to win an important southern Jindu entrance.

But the problem is that the tens of thousands of troops from the south are only a number on the books. At least there are still [-] troops under the command of his father Shi Hu, who have not rushed to the battlefield in southern Hebei to prepare for the battle.All the troops that Shi Xuan can use at the moment have been exhausted.

He has fought against the Jin army in southern Hebei all year round, and Shi Xuan also has a general understanding of the Jin army's deployment of troops between Qingyan and Qingyan.

Among other things, Shen Mu of Taishan County alone has a mobile force of more than 3 people under his command, and he is in the middle to support him. Go to the battlefield.Not to mention, the Jin army still has many military mansions hidden in the wild between Qingyan and Qingyan. Once these forces are mobilized in an emergency, it is simply a dream to want to cross Qingyan with the strength of Shi Xuanmu's subordinates alone.

Originally, Shi Xuan's best plan was that the Jin army's defenses were weak, and they would go straight to Fufen and put away their military resources. Taking advantage of the time when the Jin army could not coordinate and advance together, they would send troops to plunder Jibei and Dongping. In several fertile places such as Linqiu, Linqiu, etc., taking all the materials and goods and transporting them back to southern Hebei is much richer than simply gaining from the unsearchable wasteland in southern Hebei.

Moreover, he can still stick to the important southbound passage of Fufen, even if his father Shihu leads the army here, and wants to continue to invade Henan, he must be praised and rewarded.

The idea is indeed very good, but the facts are in front of you. This place is not alone in defense against emptiness, and the warehouses are even more empty. Regardless of how much the last seven or eight warehouses were burned by the Jin army's besieged troops, the Jie army The real income is only the empty camp of Fenfen, and of course the empty city of Fenfen more than ten miles away can also be added.

However, the damage during the attack on Fufen was too great, and Shi Xuan didn't dare to divide his troops without any real reinforcements in the back.Like the plan to take advantage of the trend to obtain funds in the previous plan, because it has not been supplemented enough here, it is impossible to mention it now.

(End of this chapter)