Located in the slave army camp at the mouth of the vortex, there is no lack of laughter and laughter in the big tent of the Chinese army, and the generals gathered together to congratulate the king of Zhongshan on his great victory in this battle. Outside the tent, there were more than a dozen generals kneeling on the ground, their faces full of ashes, and the inside of the tent were diametrically opposed to the two atmospheres.

Today, the Chinese military camp can't help but be guarded, and there are many generals who hurriedly come to join in the celebration in the big tent, and after seeing the dozen or so generals kneeling outside the tent, they all ridiculed between their eyebrows. These dozen generals are all descendants of the King of Zhongshan, and there is usually no shortage of people who rely on the intimacy of the King of Zhongshan and no one in their eyes, but now they have all become the generals of the defeated army, and the future is uncertain, which will naturally make the rest of them gloat.

At this time, in the big tent of the Chinese army, Shi Hu was holding a wine urn, his face was already slightly drunk, his eyebrows and eyes were flying, and he no longer had the previous predicament. All the generals in the tent also held wine to congratulate, chanting the King of Zhongshan to live up to his prestige, and after the victory, the next step was to sweep Huaiyi.

The battle of the vortex was carried out particularly smoothly, and even the tens of thousands of Hu Bu Yizuo who had a repetitive heart were not used, Shi Hu only personally led 30,000 horses in Qiaocheng, and the water and land entered to fill the vortex, and then formed a siege of the Huaishang fort such as Ma Tou. These forts are also not lacking in strong defense, but there are not many defenders themselves, and the support on the river is not continued, and they are quickly broken under a fierce attack, and the defense of Huaibei of the southern army is uprooted one by one.

This battle is of great significance to Shi Hu. Although it will not sweep away the decline of the previous defeat of Yingkou, it at least proves that he is still the famous general of the country who dares to fight, and without the intervention of too many external factors, he still has the sharpness to overcome every attack!

Taking the vortex mouth means opening up the passage of Huaishang, and taking this as a starting point to attack Huainan in the west or Xuzhou in the east, it is doubly convenient. This was originally the combat goal of Guo Ao's Eastern Route Army coming south this time, and now it has been completed by Shi Hu, as long as this Huaishang gate is mastered, the slave army can continue to pour into the south bank to fight. At least before the great river, there is no great water obstruction on the road ahead, which avoids this biggest hidden danger, and more depends on the ability of the army to attack fortified positions in the field.

After a hot drink, the generals couldn't help but talk about the rest of the battle. The most mentioned is, of course, the defeat of the Yingshui army, and the people who went south did not have such good luck as them, and were blocked by the Huainan army between Feikou and Kipshi, and then were killed by the Huainan army, which can be described as a big defeat and loss.

Less than 20,000 of the 40,000 people fled back, and more importantly, they lost a large number of boats and weapons, so that the control of Yingshang was useless, so that the Huainan naval army could go deep into Chenjun, Yingchuan and other places unimpeded, as if entering a no-man's land. If it weren't for the victory at the vortex, Shi Hu would have immediately ordered the transfer of all the materials and reserves to Qian County, and this defeat would have directly lost the foundation of the army to continue to fight south!

Therefore, the generals also punished those defeated generals harshly, and hated to kill them and apologized.

Shi Hu listened to the generals competing for crusade, his expression was just indifferent, and he was not in a hurry to express his position. These people are so angry, it seems that they are just talking about things, but in fact, how can he not know what their intentions are. The soldiers who launched an attack on Yingshang this time were all his direct followers. Yingkou was defeated before, and the various departments were deeply centrifuged, and they have not been dispelled so far, and it is with these descendants that Shi Hu can barely maintain the situation.

Now Shi Hu has regained some of his power with the victory of the vortex, but it is difficult to completely eliminate the previous hidden cracks. The generals wanted to use this to attack Shi Hu's descendants in order to weaken the clamping power exerted on them.

"Shen Weizhou, a raccoon dog, is not a vulgar class. The people who are controlled by them can also be called a rare force of the southerners. Previously, even if I didn't notice it a little, I had to be frustrated. This time, the army on the Yingshang suffered another setback, which shows that the Huaiyi raccoon slaves are not useless, and they should be cautious first and not underestimate the enemy when they are going to fight in the future. ”

In the past, Shi Hu would never have such words to increase the momentum of others and destroy his own prestige, but this time he was in charge of the situation, and he had the pain of breaking the halberd before, so he gradually realized that the world is difficult, and many of the difficulties are difficult to take, which can be regarded as a kind of growth.

Of course, more importantly, although Shi Hu also hated the defeat of Yingshang's army, especially the loss of too many warships, which directly affected his plan to fight south with the vortex mouth as the center later. But at the moment, he could not fulfill the wishes of the people and severely punish these young generals who had been promoted by himself, but weakened his control over the army.

"The river flows horizontally, isolating the north and the south, the limit of this sincerity and world. If you want to rely on manpower to do this, you can't do it unless you are brave and brave. The king is in charge of the country, and it is a catastrophe for the southerners to destroy the country and the family, and the talents and materials of Jiangdong are all gathered here, and Shen Weizhou is the talent and popularity of the south, even if it is not inferior to China. Even if the likes of the ancestors are still in the south, they must bow to the downside. Moreover, Yingshang's responsibility is already the responsibility of containment, and he is plotting for the vortex to fight the fighter. This time, the vortex mouth was successfully meritorious, although the generals outside the camp did not have the merit of breaking through, but there was no lack of trouble for the enemy! ”

Today's celebration, Zu Yue was able to attend it, he could see what Shi Hu's intentions were, and he was not afraid of offending this group of slave generals, so he spoke according to Shi Hu's wishes, and when he saw Shi Hu's eyes looking over, there was no lack of appreciation, so he continued: "In the battle of the whole country, Shishu is fighting for his life, and it is difficult to make a quick decision on victory or defeat. Win first and then lose, small setbacks and eventually succeed, the vision must be long-term, and the battle for gains and losses for a while is just a narrow idea of cold and vulgarity. The Kun of the Northern Underworld is born from an egg. The tripod of the town and country is made by hammer forging. If you are depressed because of a momentary hardship, although you are brave, you cannot hunt a great beast. ”

Zu Yue's words, most of these Hu generals in the tent are difficult to understand, including Shi Hu, they only know half of it. But this did not prevent him from hearing that Zu Yue was cheering for him, so he also took advantage of the situation to praise Zu Yue a few words, and then asked people to bring those defeated generals into the tent, first reprimanded them sharply, and then classified them all as vanguards, with enough soldiers to let them storm Luojian in the coming day to make meritorious contributions.

The rest of the generals, although slightly dissatisfied with this, but before the defeat of Yingkou and the panic of the army, they could not get rid of Shi Hu's clamps, and now that the vortex has made meritorious contributions and is about to attack the heart of Huaixia, the situation has turned very good, so they dare not blatantly disobey Shi Hu's wishes.

Of course, Shi Hu is not only shielding his cronies, but also has no shortage of wooing for the rest. Especially in this battle, Li Nong, who was originally Guo Ao's general, Shi Hu was even more praised, and even patted Li Nong on the shoulder and pointed to his scepter and said with a smile: "In this world, only those who are brave should be shown, if they can abide by the current state, they will be here in the future!" ”

Because of the whirlpool, Shi Hu's center of gravity was completely shifted here, and he did not vigorously recover Yingshui, who was already out of control, but went all out to prepare for the vortex. The slight regret is that after focusing the main force on the vortex, it will inevitably lose the ability to echo with the Peach Leopard Army. However, even without the help of the peach leopard, Shi Hu is full of confidence, but the peach leopard will become a little lonely without his response.

However, Shi Hu didn't feel too much guilt about this, and planned to use this to knock the peach leopard. Although this person tried his best to cooperate with him on the surface, in fact he must have reservations, otherwise with his tens of thousands of people, he would not be able to firmly contain the Nanren naval army in Rushui, so that the Yingshang army was besieged and defeated.

So for Peach Leopard, he just sent someone to ask for a simple offer and appeasement, and there was no substantive action. As for Peach Leopard's repeated requests for food, it was only after he ordered Peach Leopard to regain control of Yingshui that he would send someone to deliver food here.

On the contrary, Shi Hu has increased his attention to Xuzhou. Shi Kan has always been a thorn in his heart, and he originally planned to solve the hidden danger of Shi Kan in one fell swoop with the momentum of a big victory, but he was carelessly defeated by Yingkou, which greatly frustrated his plan. However, with the vortex opening, the situation is finally on the right track again.

Although the time is not yet ripe to take down Shi Kan in one fell swoop, he does not intend to let Shi Kan stay out of the matter again, and repeatedly sends people to ask for soldiers, resources and ships, and the wording is more and more severe each time. even said that if Shi Kan dared to lead troops to sell his own respect, he would lead the crowd to Huaiyin and severely punish him for delaying the war during the military period!

The reason why Shi Hu's attitude is so tough is naturally because of the original grievances, which are already disgusted with each other, and on the other hand, it is indeed necessary for military affairs. After the defeat of Yingkou, the army was in trouble for a long time and could not go directly to Huainan to obtain supplies, so the resources gradually became scarce. However, the Yingshang army fought unfavorably and suffered heavy losses on the boats, which made it difficult for Deshi Hu to launch a large-scale cross-Huai operation for a while, taking advantage of the situation to expand the results.

But a few days later, instead of waiting for the aid of goods and goods from Huaiyin, Shi Hu waited for a news that made his mood fall from the clouds to the bottom in an instant: the southerner Xuzhou army besieged Huaiyin for many days and finally broke through the city. Guo Ao, Shi Cong and other generals were defeated and had fled to the north of the country. As for Shi Kan, who was originally sitting in Huaiyin, he had already returned to the country when the army came south!

"Old horseman, you must put me to death!"

For Shi Hu, what shocked him the most was not the loss of Huaiyin, but Shi Kan's return. He didn't even dare to think deeply about the meaning of this, but he could also feel the danger and conspiracy that rushed straight to the door, and even the idea of going back directly to the country as a peep was born in his heart.

But this thought only flashed in his mind, and Shi Hu knew that it was impossible. On the one hand, Shile actually has such an arrangement, and hides himself so deeply, then it is very likely that there will be more arrangements. Moreover, it is impossible for the southerners to let themselves evacuate easily, although he now occupies the vortex, but the left and right Huaidao have been mastered by the southerners, once pursued by the tail, the army is likely to be crushed at the touch of a button, even if he is spared alone, it is difficult to do anything after returning to the country!

For a while, Shi Hu's original joy in his heart was gone, and he realized that he had fallen into a dangerous dilemma.

At the same time, after Shen Zhezi completed the reorganization of the people of Runan into an army, he also led the main force of the town to Luojian and went to the front line to confront Shihu's army. Now the Yingshang Slave Army is no longer a threat, and the Peach Leopard Army in Runan itself lacks boats. The original situation of urgency has been reversed, and only the threat of the vortex remains.

However, Shen Zhezi still has a puzzle, that is, according to the original memory, Shi Le should have died at this time, and the news should have reached the front line. Of course, the war has reached this point, with Xi Jian's entry into the Huaiyin and Huainan army forming a flanking attack on Shihu on the Huaishui, whether Shi Le is dead or alive, Huainan has not much to worry about. But even if it was just pure curiosity, Shen Zhezi wanted to understand why Shi Le deserved to die and not die.

If his actions have any direct impact on Shi Zhao's internal affairs, then it is undoubtedly that Shi Hu, who was supposed to sit in Xiangguo, is now trapped in the vortex. If the reason is here, then Shi Hu, this old boy, really doesn't do anything, and bad things don't fall!