It was hot and humid in the middle of summer, even in the evening tent. In particular, there had just been another death in the tent, although some servants had cleaned up the bloody corpses and sprinkled spices to cover the bloody smell, but many smells were mixed up, making people even more dizzy and their thoughts became blocked.

Shi Hu drew up a few more orders in the tent, and his body was already sweaty, and he felt even more stuffy, so he got up and prepared to patrol the camp once.

He had just put on his light armor here, and all the generals outside the tent had gathered here to standby. Although the defeat of Yingkou caused a great loss of troops, and many descendants were also sent out to defend all sides, the current Chinese army camp still has more than 5,000 troops.

Talking to Zhang Jackal just now, although Shi Hu is indomitable and courageous, the more frustrated he becomes, his true state of mind is far less optimistic than he shows. Moreover, the situation of the army is so bad that words can not express it.

Although the news of the defeat had not yet spread, Shi Hu took the lead and took Guo Ao's men and horses by forceful means to supplement the battle losses. But for Guo Ao's old troops, he also didn't dare to trust, so he didn't even dare to garrison the nearby Qiaocheng, but set up a camp in the wilderness, just because he was worried that the soldiers might rebel against the siege of Qiaocheng, and he also didn't dare to place all his descendants near Qiaocheng.

Although there was still a lack of calmness in his words, the arrangement of the large army camp revealed Shi Hu's panic and cramped mood at the moment.

The layout of the camp is extremely broad, except for more than 5,000 Chinese soldiers and volunteers gathered around the commander's camp, the rest of the people and horses are stationed separately. This kind of scattered camping is also different from the previous setting in Huaishang based on the terrain, just to separate the various troops and avoid them gathering in one place to cause chaos.

Shi Hu was not born with power, but he also sharpened it step by step, so he was not ignorant of what Xiao Min Han was thinking. He also has his own experience in the art of the emperor, and its essence is nothing more than the intimidation of the town and the use of it.

Although the defeat was demoralizing, it was not irreversible. The vast majority of the soldiers themselves did not know what had happened to the army. The Nanren did not take advantage of the situation to attack from afar, although Shi Hu did not have the opportunity to fight back in the field and turn defeat into victory, but they did not directly impose the threat of military disasters and lives on every soldier. All these soldiers could feel was confusion, and the blind crowd were suddenly frightened, and they didn't even understand what the specific threat was.

The ant people are so pathetic, they are coerced by the general trend, they walk blindly in the world, they move forward when the general trend is forward, and they are defeated when the general trend retreats. As long as they are not instigated by the treacherous people, they will blindly run to death, and they will never rise up to resist.

Therefore, what really needs to be vigilant is those fierce generals who support their own subordinates, not only those Zahu Qushuai and Guo Ao's old commanders, but even the generals of his descendants, when he is now newly defeated and in a difficult situation, it is unknown how much loyalty he can retain.

To deal with these arrogant commanders and generals, Shi Hu also has a lot of means. Previously, because of his high prestige in the army and his always strong style, he did not need to use too much thought, and no one dared to disobey the military order. Just like when he forcibly took Guo Ao's soldiers before, when his prestige was not damaged, once he tore his face, he had to use force, even if it was an old minister and old general like Guo Ao, he didn't dare to disobey at all.

Therefore, in the recent reorganization of the army, Shi Hu is mainly aimed at those military leaders who support their own troops. First of all, there are those Qu Shuai who have always been not very deferential among the miscellaneous beards, and a considerable number of them have been detained in the Chinese army by him for various reasons, or directly beheaded, first setting a bloody tone with a strong attitude, and deterring those who have evil intentions.

Although there are many soldiers, they are not completely united, and getting rid of a few rebels and distributing their soldiers to the weaker ones can make these commanders happy and even frame each other.

As for Guo Ao's old generals, it is still mainly to win over. Although these generals were subordinate to Guo Ao, they did not completely rely on his retainers, and if there was a better choice, they might not change their courts.

Just like Li Nong, the brave and warlike young beggar marshal in Guo Ao's army, Shi Hu personally met with him after seizing the army to test his attitude, and then directly appointed him as the Taishou of Qiaojun, and the newly captured Qiaocheng was also handed over to his people for defense. This kind of power and status is something that Guo Ao can't give, even if Li Nong thinks about the old master, he has to consider whether Guo Ao will be troubled by this encounter in the future.

As for his subordinate generals, Shi Hu relied more on those young generals who had just emerged, such as Ma Qiu and the like. Comparatively speaking, these young generals are more attached to themselves and more loyal to them. If it weren't for their own subordinates, these generals would never have been able to surpass the many veterans in the country and become prominent. And only by following themselves closely can they become more visible.

Old generals such as Zhang Jackal are all left by Shi Hu's side at the moment, which seems to be a trust and trust, but it is not a kind of coercion and deterrence. Similar to Zhang Jackal and his ilk, he gathered in one side in his early years, and there was no lack of thoughts and experiences of self-reliance. Once it is released, it may no longer be able to be used as much as an arm.

Now by keeping these people by his side, one can use the prestige of their old name to deter the army from causing chaos, and the other is to suppress their desire to sell other things. Zhang Jackal's attitude has been humble and submissive recently, how could Shi Hu not know what his mind is. He is indeed employing people now, but before the situation of the big battle situation does not improve, he will not consider assigning Zhang Jackal with additional troops.

Shi Hu's intentions are so far, mainly because of the enemy of Huainan. To be honest, even if it is only the current situation that the newly defeated army is difficult to dispatch, if the Huainan army really dares to attack southern Henan from afar, Shi Hu is confident enough to defeat them in the field.

In the final analysis, the defeat in the first battle was not a war crime, and the reason why the army broke and fled was not entirely because of the impact of the Huaishui Break. Those hateful Jin people rebelled before the battle and broke the large army camp. 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 sit in control.

In short, there are many reasons, and the defeat is unwilling. Including all the generals under his command, they are all humiliated and ashamed, if the southerners really dare to attack from afar, the morale of the army is not considered, and the private troops of the generals alone can dispel the arrogance of the southerners in the field battle!

What worries him most is how this defeat will affect his situation in the country. For example, if he wanted to be shocked inside and outside with the great victory of the Southern Expedition, this kind of intention no longer needs to be considered now, and it is already the best situation for Shi Hu not to let the situation evolve to a worse level.

Shi Hu did not report the news of the army's defeat to the country, but presumably Xiangguo would also receive the news soon. Shi Hu couldn't guess what the lord's reaction would be, but this was not something he needed to think about at the moment. Now that he is leading his troops, no matter what the circumstances, the Lord will not want to impose too many fetters on him!

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

Shi Sheng didn't have to think about it much, in the early years, Shi Hu repeatedly ridiculed his people for losing every battle, which was a shame for his family, and now he must be gloating to the extreme. However, at the moment, he led his troops to fight in Hanchu, and the old slave of the southerner Tao Kan was definitely a difficult opponent, presumably Shi Sheng should not be very good there, at most he laughed at him for a few words, and he was unable to directly intervene in the war in southern Henan.

The peach leopard of Runan, although he had already secretly communicated with Shi Hu, eyebrows came and went, and even when Shi Hu came to Nan, he had once again stated that he would help him achieve great things. But Shi Hu can't trust his cronies Zhang Jackal and others, and in this current situation, he won't put too much hope on Taobao. Especially when he snatched Guo Ao's subordinates here, it must make Taobao vigilant and dare not be too intimate.

Shi Hu is most worried that Shi Sheng may take this opportunity to win over the peach leopard, and he doesn't need the peach leopard to completely fall into the past, he only needs to say that he will temporarily lead the troops and not send them, which can cause great trouble to Shi Hu. He is a newly defeated and frightened division here, and if there is no other department to create fighters, he will not dare to move lightly at all. If the peach leopard does not move, then Shi Hu can only be dragged in southern Henan, unable to advance or retreat.

Therefore, when the situation in Qian County stabilized a little, Shi Hu immediately sent people to Runan to persuade Taobao and lure him to make huge profits. As long as the peach leopard can break through Runan and break the Huaishui defense line, no matter what reward the lord has, no matter what needs the peach leopard needs him, he will try his best to meet it.

Shi Hu is indeed in desperate need of a victory and a breakthrough to restore morale and reverse the current unfavorable situation. Because Xuzhou's Shi Kan is too much of a threat to him, Xuzhou is where the southern town is located, and Shi Kan is also a person that the Lord has worked hard to cultivate in recent years. If the Lord is unhappy with him, if he tells him directly, he can turn a blind eye. But if it is expressed through Shi Kan, Shi Hu cannot but be solemn.

And this time he came south, Shi Kan was also the target he had to solve, and his importance was even greater than that of the enemy in the south. Even if he was in a hurry to fight and failed carelessly, it was because he wanted to get rid of Shi Kan as soon as possible.

Even if nothing else is rounded, you must know that Shi Hu's sons are still recruiting brave and heroic warriors in the land of Qingxu. If those recruited had evil thoughts because of his defeat, and reported and tied up their sons to Shikan, it would really be unpredictable to live and die. If it's just a simple loss of a few sons, it's not an unacceptable loss, but a son who is reborn without it.

But these sons are responsible for his and his cousin Shi Daya's plan to snatch the heir, and after raising them for so many years, these sons can be regarded as growing up, and they can be used for martial arts, even if they are reborn in the future, they will need more than ten years of feeding and training to be available.

So Shi Hu is really anxious at the moment, on the one hand, he sent people to inform his sons to be careful, on the other hand, he paid close attention to the dynamics of all parties, especially Xuzhou Shikan, and on the other hand, he was eager to wait for Taobao to take Rukou and create an opportunity for him to attack Huainan again.

As for leading troops back into the country, Shi Hu didn't think about it at all, Yingkou's defeat before had left him with no way to retreat. If he returns in vain, then it is very likely that he will be directly detained by the Lord, and even the situation is worse than before, and his life will be placed in the hands of others. 8)