In one camp, two encounters.

Shi Xuan's defeated soldiers, one by one, their robes were scattered, and the formation was even more chaotic, and they returned to the camp in frustration and fear, and there was no way to hide the dejected atmosphere of defeat.

On the other side, all the tall horses, black horses, and even the saddles are exquisite and neat. As for the knights on the horse, they were even more arrogant, with neat armor on their bodies, and their faces were connected to the armor, although their faces were covered and they couldn't see the specific expressions, but the eyes that flashed from under the armor revealed an unbeatable edge.

The knights were not numerous, nearly a thousand, but such a neat queue and extravagant equipment brought an invisible pressure to people, in stark contrast to the defeated soldiers who had just escaped from the Julou Ridge on both sides of their ranks.

And the knights made no secret of their contempt for the defeated soldiers, and if any of them stumbled into their ranks, some of them raised their horses and flew them high. When the defeated soldier was in mid-air, he let out a terrible scream, and when he hit the ground, the terrible wound on his body was even more gushing and bleeding, and the wailing gradually weakened, and a human life was lost.

But the knights were completely unimpressed, and even burst into laughter.

They naturally have this kind of arrogant qualifications, not to mention that if they hadn't fought to defeat and kill those Jin pursuers before, otherwise these defeated soldiers would not know where they would have died.

They alone are the absolute elite created by the Heavenly King Shihu with all his national strength and at any cost, and under their iron hooves, the enemy is a vulnerable chicken. And even these friendly armies around them are not like a mustard in their eyes!

Every time a soldier comes out of killing, Shi Hu is not only reluctant to use this elite dragon army created with his own efforts, but also worried that long-term idleness will dull the spirit of the elite soldiers, so he always sharpens his edge with killing.

Occasionally, he led this army out to calm the chaos, and after the vanguard army crushed the enemy's counterattack, he sent this army to the battlefield to slaughter the city. Or in order to reduce the cost of the wear and tear of this army's march, directly gather the criminals of all parties under the city of Xiangguo, just to let this army kill as much as they want!

Killing a hundred is not brave, and slaughtering a thousand can be called a hero. Anyone who can be selected into this elite of the dragon army, which one does not have hundreds of thousands of life debts under his hands, and under such a kind of army, killing people is more common than eating and drinking in the eyes of these dragon army soldiers, and they never know why they are soft-hearted.

On the lookout platform of the big camp, Shi Tao, who had just arrived in the south, stood there with his sword crossed, overlooking the scene at the gate, his face was full of a radiant smile, and when he saw Shi Xuan's gloomy and terrifying face on the other side, this smile couldn't help but be more cheerful.

"I don't know how good or bad my brother was when he arrived at the river in the old year to deal with the enemy in the south. However, this time, it is really a rare trick to bring my Longxiang strong team south. Looking at the things of the southerners, in recent years, they are quite lucky, and they are far from being able to win by ordinary soldiers. After all, it is necessary to rely on a strong army to fight and win with the Jin army in this Henan! ”

Shi Tao's tone revealed a smug ambition that could not be concealed, in the past, because he was young and had a shallow experience, he did not have much available power in his hands, so that after the conflict, he was forced by Shi Xuan's fierce posture to not even stay in the country, and had to live deep in the country of Xiang and did not dare to go out lightly.

The so-called blessing and misfortune depend on each other, probably Shi Xuan couldn't have imagined that he, Shi Tao, could actually get the love of the Lord and pay the Xiongjun for help, and finally had the confidence to fight against these brothers. What made Shi Tao even more happy was that in the first battle of the south, the Long Xiang army under his command showed its power with a great victory, especially when Shi Xuan's troops were defeated and lost.

For Shi Tao, this is simply a double joy, a joy that has never been seen in his life! The great happiness in the world lies in the fact that the people who looked down on you in the past and even bullied and humiliated you are now losing face in front of you and are powerless.

When Shi Xuan heard this, his face became even colder, and even because of the breath holding in his chest and abdomen, even the leather cord on his body was so swollen that he trembled.

Shi Tao's cynicism really made him unable to calm down, and he didn't have the heart to stay in the distance to see Shi Tao's villain's rampant face, so he walked down the lookout angrily and ordered those defeated soldiers to come to see him quickly.

"Where is Zhang Tan? I am not alienated because of the dog thief's background, half of the department gave it, but the dog thief reported me with this! If you don't kill this fang, you can't vent your hatred! ”

When the defeated generals and commanders were led to Shi Xuan with trembling, Shi Xuan couldn't help but be angry, stepped forward and directly grabbed the hair bun of one of the generals, pressed his head and face into the dust, and let out a low roar that was cold to the bones.

"General Zhang, General Zhang led his palace, I, we are really ...... I really don't know ......."

These generals have been under Shi Xuan's command for a long time, and they don't know that this highness has a tyrannical temperament and is even more tiger and wolf, and at this moment, it is not enough to vent his anger without killing people.

However, in the Julouling battlefield before, they were afraid of the Jin army's courage and ferocity, and the reinforcements arrived immediately, and they were coerced by the army to flee all the way back, and then they were chased and killed before they could look back, and they really didn't have the mood and opportunity to inquire about Zhang Tan's traces, so they could only answer with such trembling.

"Your Highness? The dog thief is afraid that the army will be defeated and humiliate the country, so he will not dare to come to see me? ”

Shi Xuan sneered when he heard this, and then turned his head and ordered the descendants to quickly go out of the camp to find Zhang Tan's whereabouts, clearly saying that life and death mattered, he had already made up his mind in his heart, even if Zhang Tan returned to the camp alive, he must personally cut and torture this thief!

As for the defeated generals in front of him, Shi Xuan didn't want to think about it, even if he ordered these people to be unarmored and stripped of their clothes, they were all beheaded in front of the camp to show the public!

When those soldiers heard this, they were even more frightened, their faces were like ashes, and they kowtowed like pounding garlic and wailed for mercy, but Shi Xuan was angry at the moment, how could he have the slightest soft-heartedness.

Shi Tao Shi Ran walked slowly from the rear, pointed to those defeated generals and said with a smile: "There are words in military skills, and it is better to use courage than humiliation." It is true that it is not a pity to die because these commanders are defeated and humiliated, but now they are in an enemy country, and they need their lives to be killed. Brother, why do you blindly order and punish them harshly, temporarily spare their lives, and give them the opportunity to sacrifice their lives to kill the enemy on the battlefield in the future......"

Hearing Shi Tao say this, those soldiers showed a bit of hope on their faces, and they begged Bohai Gong to continue to intercede for them, which naturally made Shi Xuan even more embarrassed, and turned around and pointed at Shi Tao and shouted: "Shut down!" ”

He was already carried away by shame at the moment, turned around and drew his saber from the waist of his own soldier behind him, and then took a step forward, swinging his knife and slashing, and in a few breaths, the few soldiers who were still begging for mercy were all lying in a pool of blood.

Shi Xuanyu's anger did not subside, and he repeatedly swung his knife to slash and kill these corpses, personally cut off the head and put it in his hand, his body was full of blood and boiling, and then turned to look back at Shi Tao, and the fierce color in his eyes was not concealed at all.

Seeing such a bloody scene suddenly, Shi Tao couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart, he took a few steps back, and retreated to his own personal soldiers before his mind calmed down slightly, and then looked at Shi Xuan, who was full of murderous intent, and his mood returned to a little indifferent, pretending to sigh helplessly, and then smiled.

It's just that before he could speak, Shi Xuan on the other side was already as hoarse as iron sand: "My father and son are on the army to conquer, and the punishment must be brave!" Military law is like a mountain, and there is no connivance! This time in the south, I have ordered the Governor of the Advance Command, and all the troops are under the festival. No matter who is defeated, as long as the defeated army humiliates the country, or violates the order, they will not be spared! ”

Although Shi Tao was a high lieutenant, after all, he had been in the battle formation, and he was also restrained by Shi Xuan's fierce momentum for a while, and he didn't dare to continue to say the sneering words in his throat.

It wasn't until Shi Xuankuo, who was covered in blood, walked away that he reacted, and then his face showed a little shame, looking at the soldiers who were busy collecting the broken corpses with their heads down, he looked at Shi Xuan's back again, and sneered: "The old horse has long teeth, and his strength is invincible, but his temperament is becoming more and more stubborn." This kind of horsepower, if it is under my command, it will be peeled and peeled off, what is the use of leaving it! ”

As he spoke, he did not stop here, and after returning to his camp, he summoned the generals who had led his troops out to meet the defeated army, and inquired in detail about the process of this battle, especially about the combat effectiveness of the Wang division that fought with them, and inquired a lot, so as to provide a yardstick for how to march and attack later.

As for what Shi Xuan said before, he was the forward governor, and all armies were subject to his governors, etc., Shi Tao didn't take it to heart at all. If he still had some shadows and fears about this brother because he was forced to leave the feudal country by Shi Xuan earlier, then what happened today made him completely no longer afraid of Shi Xuan, and he felt that the reason why Shi Xuan was able to take the throne was purely due to luck.

Now that he is in the army, he won the first battle with the Jin army in Henan, and he has an invincible momentum, and where is he willing to listen to Shi Xuan's mediocre and stupid dispatch, the land of Henan has its own great merits to be taken, but he must be careful not to be affected by Shi Xuan's mediocre division.

After Shi Xuan returned to his camp, the anger in his heart did not subside slightly, and immediately summoned Yang Cup, Zhao Sheng and other henchmen into the camp, he first pointed to Yang Cup and ordered: "You immediately get on the boat and return to the plain, and order all the departments to gather again, and immediately reinforce the whole division to the south." Tell them that those who dare to hesitate and delay the military plane will be punished when I return to China! ”

As he spoke, he even handed Yang Bei all the gold scepters he used with him, just to show the importance of this military order, and he did what he said!

Yang Bei didn't dare to slack off after hearing this, took Shi Xuan's order and token, and after kneeling, he hurriedly left the camp and went to the ferry to board the boat and go north.

After Yang Bei left, Shi Xuan's face was still gloomy, and he sat in the seat and looked outside the tent for a long time without making a sound. As for Zhao Sheng in the tent, he had been slandered before, but he was scolded and insulted by Shi Xuan's unkindness, and he didn't dare to speak at all at this moment, shrinking in the corner and not moving.

"You eunuch, don't you have anything to say? Isn't it your fault to lure that shaft to the south, but you have made a move on me, and now it has become like this, so that the shaft ridicules me and insults me? ”

After a long while, Shi Xuan suddenly slapped the book case, pointed at Zhao Sheng with a murderous face and shouted angrily.

When Zhao Sheng heard this, he felt even more like crying, and he also felt that it was not easy to chase after such a cold and capricious tyrannical person. The situation has developed to this point, how can it be controlled by a eunuch like him, who has no military power at all? As a strategist, it is his duty to give advice to the lord, but when it comes to whether or not to adopt it and how to implement it, the lord has no responsibility at all?

But Zhao Sheng didn't dare to say these slanders. As Shi Xuan said, if it weren't for the branches of a big tree like Shi Xuan, it would be difficult for him to survive in today's Hebei, let alone be powerful and rich.

"In this situation, the sin lies with Zhang Tan! This dog thief failed His Highness's kindness, and attacked Jijin with several times the crowd, but instead of winning, he was defeated and lost. The defeated army has all kinds of things, and it has directly fallen into the eyes of Long Xiang's soldiers, and then it will be a little difficult to subdue his soldiers with his might......"

The so-called dead friends are not dead and poor, at the critical moment, Zhao Sheng also has a good technique of throwing the pot, throwing all the sins on the head of the unlucky guy Zhang Tan.

But this answer obviously couldn't satisfy Shi Xuan, and before Zhao Sheng finished speaking, he snorted coldly: "The dog thief deserves to die if he misbehaves, why should you talk too much!" As for you, if you don't want to die with Zhang Tan's dog thief, hurry up and think about how to clean up your bad plan! ”

When Zhao Sheng heard this, his face became even more bitter. Previously, it was proposed to lure the Long Xiang army to the south, one is because Shi Xuan has made great achievements in attacking and seizing the fortification, and firmly controls this southern gateway, as long as Shi Tao leads his troops to the south, the advance and retreat are under Shi Xuan's control.

Those dragon and fierce generals are just because of the lord's edict to temporarily return to Shi Tao's control, and there is no unbreakable master-slave relationship between them.

Once he came south, Shi Xuan first won a great achievement, and then took charge of the retreat, in all aspects it is far better than Shi Tao, a yellow-mouthed child who only relies on the shade of the door, if he then co-opts and coerces those Longxiang generals respectively, creating a reality that Shi Xuan actually controls his army, even if the lord Shi Hu is displeased later, Shi Xuan has a great merit first, in order to ensure that the southern sweep can be carried out smoothly, it must be posthumously recognized.

But now, although the situation is still under control, the situation is very different. Shi Xuan originally hoped that when the Longxiang army came south, he would reopen the situation to increase the chances of winning the power of the Longxiang army, but the result was not only a big defeat, but also all kinds of ugliness of the defeat fell into the eyes of the generals of Longxiang, and even the demeanor of the earlier attack on the dragon was greatly discolored.

Moreover, the defeat of Julouling also greatly damaged Shi Xuan's strength, if he chose to make trouble at this moment to intercept the retreat of Long Xiang's army, he might be killed by Shi Tao, and he would be directly expelled from the prison, and Shi Xuan's previous achievements would be taken together.

I thought it was a fat sheep entering the circle, but I didn't expect it to become a situation where wolves were lured into the room, and it was strange that Shi Xuanneng was not angry. Therefore, when he returned to the account, the first thing he did was to send Yang Bei to the north to attract the Pingyuan army to the south as soon as possible, so as to complicate the composition of the troops where the Xuanqi was located and balance each other.

Otherwise, when Shi Tao comes to his senses, he may not be able to make a move against the southerners next, and it is more likely that he will expel his brother. Each other is a jackal temperament, and among them, brothers, who is a good man and a woman!

"Bohai Gong has shallow experience, and if he wins a small victory in the south, he will inevitably be more arrogant......"

Zhao Sheng sorted out his thoughts and opened his mouth to say, but halfway through the words, he heard Shi Sheng snort: "This is also nonsense!" Shi Tao's yin and yang weirdness, sneering appearance, had already made him almost angry!

Zhao Sheng smiled apologetically, stopped selling Guanzi, and continued: "Our army is now in a new defeat, and it is really not appropriate to make any more big moves. But the southerners will not give our army more chance, and the siege will inevitably be completed quickly. The new arrival of the Bohai Gongrui Division is suitable for sending out and fighting with the enemy, and it is not appropriate to stay ......in the camp for a long time."

In the current situation, it is impossible to seize Long Xiang's military power from Shi Tao again, but it is necessary to guard against his troubles. Therefore, the safest way is to send his troops out as soon as possible, if he stays in the camp for a long time and looks at each other with disgust, even if Shi Tao can't think of this section at the moment, it is difficult to ensure that the soldiers under his command will snatch the credit.

"Fools can only do this!"

Although Shi Xuan also knew that this was a top priority, he was still much worse than his expectations after all, so he couldn't help but scold, and then said angrily: "That shaft has no self in his eyes now, how can he obediently listen to it?" ”

At this point, there is no need for Shi Xuan to worry, because soon Shi Tao sent people to ask for the map of Henan Prefecture and the defense information of the Jin army. It can be seen that although this kid is also flamboyant, but limited by age and experience, his mind is still not as dark and ruthless as his brother.

This is also in Shi Xuan's heart, and without prevarication, he sent the information on some prefectures and counties in Henan and military affairs in his hands to Shi Tao, of course, deletion and reduction are inevitable. Even if Shi Tao sensed the information and was not allowed to complain to the lord, after all, no one could guarantee that the Jin people would be completely rigid and not make adjustments.

In Shi Xuan's heart, he hoped that Shi Tao would continue to attack Jishui Jindu on the east side, and once he captured Jibei, Jinan and other counties, he would be across the river from his base camp Pingyuan County, which would help him more conveniently dispatch the north and south forces of the Great River, and this was also one of the reasons why he had invested heavily in the army before and wanted to attack Jishui Hejin.

There is another reason that is not enough for outsiders, that is, Shi Xuan is also happy that Shi Tao was frustrated, and he crossed the river first, and he knows more about the dispatch of the Jin people in Henan, and the defenders of Taishan County have faint signs of dispatching to Jinan County. Even if Shi Tao succeeds in rushing through Jishui, he will directly encounter the strong army of the Jin people, and it will depend on whether this kid has a chance to continue to be arrogant.

However, Shi Tao may not be as black as his brother, but one thing is very clear, that is, his brother is absolutely not kind to him, as long as it is hinted at or supported by Shi Xuan, he can't be wrong if he does the opposite.

Therefore, despite Shi Xuan's frequent hints, and even assuring that no large-scale Jin army build-up was found on the east side of Jishui, Shi Tao still decided to launch an attack on the slipway to the west of the Jiao.

Shi Xuan naturally hated this, but he really didn't dare to argue too much at the moment, and only hoped that Shi Tao would quickly lead his troops out of the camp to relieve the pressure he was under. Therefore, he simply hid in the Shuidai camp and personally ordered the craftsmen to continue to speed up the repair of the ship.

On the eve of Shi Tao's preparation to send troops to the slipway, he sent a scout letter to the Chinese army all the way, because Shi Xuan was temporarily absent from the Chinese army, and the information fell into the hands of Zhao Sheng, a confidant. The content of the intelligence is not long, there is only one article: the Jin people are fighting for the army, and they have arrived at the slipway!

After Zhao Sheng received this information, Xiao Zuo groaned, and then summoned his henchmen to summon the scouts into the inner camp for wine and food, and he himself attended the banquet to accompany him. When the wine was hot, more than a dozen of Zhao Sheng's henchmen rushed in and broke the necks of the drunken scouts directly in the banquet.

"There's nothing going on on the west road!"

Zhao Sheng ignited the letter and newspaper, and instructed his cronies to pay attention to the scout letter on the western front, and then he Shi Shiran stepped out of the military tent, looking at the sergeant in the camp of the Longxiang army on the west side of the whole bunch of uniforms, the corners of his mouth turned up to show a cheerful smile, but the narrow eyes were cold, while watching the soldiers of the Longxiang army hugging Shi Tao and walking away with high spirits, he subconsciously raised his hand and grabbed his robe.