By the time news of the riots in the front camp reached the Tucheng camp, it was already dark.

At that time, Shi Hu was sitting in the tent, and when he heard the news, his face suddenly changed drastically, and his huge body jumped up out of thin air, and the whole person seemed to be shrouded in evil energy, and he pressed his sword and said sharply: "Who are the people of the chaos?" Have you ever been killed on the spot? If there's still a mouthful, get it now! ”

"The incident happened suddenly, the camp was too late to respond, and the chaotic soldiers were quite brave, seizing the boat and rushing out of the water fence, which has led the southern thieves away......"

In Shi Hu's blood-stained, almost murderous eyes, the generals who came from the front line trembled and replied to the report, seeing that the cheeks of the King of Zhongshan twitched even more, and hurriedly added: "However, the camp where the riot occurred has been strictly controlled, and the chaos has not spread to the outside world......

Shi Hu snorted coldly after hearing this, his face was still gloomy and lead, and he did not sit back in his original position, but pressed his sword in his hand, and slowly paced in the big tent, his sharp gaze crossed the faces of the generals in the tent in turn.

With such confidential information, Shi Hu could only be trusted for a few days, and the people who could hear this news were all his cronies. As a result, this news was suddenly shouted out by the soldiers on the front line, and it is not necessary to think about it to know that someone among his cronies must have leaked secrets!

was swept by Shi Hu's sharp eyes, and all the generals in the tent could not be indifferent, and they were worried in their hearts, like sitting on pins and needles. Zhang Xiong, the general of the ministry, had already stood upright, stepped forward and said loudly: "If you want to leak secretly, you must be near the middle of the **, and the last general is willing to eliminate thieves for the king!" ”

"Shut up!"

Before Zhang Xiong's words fell, his brother Zhang Jackal on the other side had already taken the case, scolded angrily, and then said to Shi Hu: "The southern thief was swaggering before, and there was no shortage of cold people in the ranks. The king clearly stabilized the army in the town, so why did he say that he would abandon the army! A fool has a thousand words, occasionally or once, and he is cowardly, and he makes such evil words to throw himself into the south, which may not be a secret to vent ......"

When Zhang Jackal said this, he was obviously talking nonsense with his eyes open. Even if a pawn wants to make up rumors, his own knowledge and experience are there, and the chance of being able to fabricate such rumors and coincide with the facts is too small to be likely!

Therefore, as soon as Zhang Jackal finished speaking, some of the generals present couldn't help but open their mouths to refute, and even suspected that Zhang Jackal had leaked secrets to cover up. However, Zhang Jackal and his people are the long-term generals by the king's side after all, and there is no conclusive evidence, and they dare not offend them directly.

At the same time, several other quick-thinking generals quickly realized why Zhang Jackal would say this. Those thugs had already rushed out of the barracks and been captured by the southerners, and they no longer had any evidence to directly track down the traitors. Previously, the army was reorganized on a large scale, and the inherent relationship between the upper and lower commanders in the army had changed greatly, even if the identities of those chaotic soldiers could be determined, and the mastermind was traced down by Shunteng, it was by no means traced in a short period of time.

And in the process of this investigation, there is no doubt that everyone here is suspicious of everyone who hears the secret, and those who can learn about this secret are naturally Shi Hu's cronies. Before the truth is revealed, these people will be terrified, and even if they have not done it, they will be afraid of being suspected and suspicious by the king. Especially in the past few days, the southerners have frequently shouted on the river, and the criticism of the heart has fallen in the ears of everyone, and it is absolutely impossible for the wind to pass without a trace.

However, now that the confrontation between the two armies is grim, it has reached the point where it is imminent, and great changes will occur in an instant, especially those chaotic pawns have fallen into the hands of the southerners, and the southerners may launch an attack at any time. At this moment, it is necessary to track down the traitors, and they are in chaos, which is undoubtedly in the hands of the southerners.

Therefore, after a little silence, Li Nong and Ma Qiuju, who were the most valued among the junior generals, all echoed Zhang Jackal's words and did not advocate strict investigation.

Although Shi Hu is brutal, he is definitely not lacking in resourcefulness, if it is an ordinary season, he doesn't need to be reminded by Zhang Jackal to understand this layer. But since learning that Shi Le has died in the country, Cheng Yao and Shi Kan, the two slaves and maids, are fighting against each other in the country, and their mood is completely chaotic, and there is only one thought in their minds, that is, to return to the country as soon as possible. However, the army hangs over Huai, and it is difficult to say that he will leave, but he has not yet left here, and the secret has been vented to the outside for the enemy to know!

In a moment of anger, Shi Hu really wanted to pull out that spy with a thousand knives to vent his anger, and even when he heard the general's persuasion, the knuckles of his sword trembled and turned white. Since the incident, he has always been arbitrary and willful, how could he have fallen into such embarrassment and suffered such humiliation!

But now the situation is really pressing, even if he has the courage to change his fate, he has to bow his head. As early as the news of Shi Kan's return to China, he had no intention of fighting the south again, and the whole army was worried about what Shi Le would do with him all the time, so he stayed in the south in the hope of increasing his self-preservation. As a result, Shi Le's methods did not wait, but the news of his death came, and the country was already in a mess while he was away.

That should have been what he was doing, but it turned out to be broken into the empty door by Cheng Yao and Shi Kan, two treacherous and ugly people, which is bearable, which is unbearable!

Although he was extremely angry in his heart, Shi Hu also knew that this was definitely not the moment to act rashly, and the agitated anger between his chest and abdomen turned into a series of extremely suppressed sneers from the corner of his mouth: "I have entrusted my life with you, and this return to the country will definitely cleanse the inside and outside, and kill **!" It is difficult for the Lord to start a business, how can he allow the evil thief to be corrupted, and when Wang Ye Kuangzheng is right, you are all the pillars of the country, how can you be suspicious because of the rumors of the pawns. ”

Speaking of this, he looked to the front line and reported to the general, and said in a cruel voice: "The camp that caused chaos, all the soldiers have taken it, and the battalion commander has all the heads to punish him for the crime of causing chaos!" ”

After hearing this, the front-line general's eyes shrank slightly, although the camp was not big, but there were nearly a thousand soldiers up and down, and they were all killed, and it was really unpredictable how they would feel in the eyes of the front-line soldiers. However, seeing that the king of Zhongshan had such a terrifying attitude, he didn't dare to refute for a while, so he could only kneel down and accept the order, and did not rush to leave, but continued to ask for instructions: "When the southerners get this information, or there will be a change, how should the front camp respond, and please show the king......"

Hearing this question, Shi Hu's brows couldn't help but frown deeply. Knowing that there was already a great chaos in the country, he was 10,000 unwilling to waste time by going to war with the Southerners, and no matter what the victory or defeat was, it was completely meaningless to him. Previously, his son Shi Di had led several generals and 8,000 elites to Pengcheng to sit in the town, and used Pengcheng as a follow-up base to meet the retreat of the army, because he was worried that if he withdrew along the vortex, he would be pursued and blocked by the southerners.

But whether to start a war now is no longer up to him. The southerners were already aggressive before, and when they got such news again, they can imagine what they would do. If the troops are withdrawn in disregard of the dynamics of the southerners, then the retreat of the army may turn into a major rout at any time. At that time, his army will not be there, and even if he returns to China, he may not be able to do anything. It's no wonder that Shi Le left this mess, and the room for adaptation left for him is too small, even if he dies, he will be harmed again!

"With such confidential information, the southerners may not dare to believe the cold words. Although Huainan has not been fierce recently, it has never been attacked, which shows that it is also afraid of war......"

Zhang Jackal continued to speak, but when he said this, his mood was also very complicated, the ambition of drinking horses and rivers at the beginning of his coming to the south has long been gone, and even if he wants to withdraw the army now, he still has to expect that the southerners have no heart to fight, which has to be said to be depressing.

When Shi Hu heard this, his eyes couldn't help but flash, but before he could speak, there was an urgent military order outside the tent: "The Southern Army's Luojian boats and boats are about to launch at the mouth of the vortex!" ”

Hearing this urgent report, all the generals in the tent gasped, what is the house leak happened to rain overnight, and it was unlucky to drink cold water and stuff their teeth. Even if they were in charge of their own troops, they would have to make a little confirmation before they dared to launch a large-scale battle of up to tens of thousands of people after receiving such important military information, but the commander of the Southern Army was such a stupid and bold that he did not consider the accuracy of the intelligence at all. Didn't he understand that if this was a trap, tens of thousands of troops of the southerners might all die here?

"It's ridiculous and unreasonable for a raccoon dog to use troops so rashly, and the remnants of Jin dare to take on a big responsibility! is young and absurd, is there no teacher to teach the way of life! ”

One of the people in the banquet complained like this, and even when he felt a few faint eyes staring at him, even the face of the King of Zhongshan was a little bad, and he couldn't help but be a little apprehensive, and after a while, when the King of Zhongshan looked to the side, someone leaned into his ear and whispered: "That Shen Weizhou is the disciple of Ji Zhan of Nan Raccoon Dog, in front of the king in the future, don't make this sound again......

When the man heard this, he couldn't help but be even more suspicious, but the atmosphere in the tent was really dull at the moment, which gave him time to think deeply, and after a while, he suddenly remembered that in the early years, the lord went south to Linhuai and stationed in Gepi, and the king of Zhongshan was defeated and fled by Ji Zhan of the southern raccoon dog. Once he realized this, he realized what kind of gaffe he had made before, and a layer of fine sweat was dense on his back, and when he peeked into it, he found that the King of Zhongshan was just frowning and groaning, so he secretly breathed a sigh of relief and didn't dare to speak more.

No matter what kind of dilemma the situation, there is no time for Shi Hu to weigh it again, the distance between the front line camps of the two armies is only more than 30 miles, and the sound of the drums is a little intense, and they can hear each other. Now that the southerners have assembled their ships and ships, and the army is coming in an instant, no matter what decision is made, it does not matter whether it is good or bad, but what is important is to immediately carry out the response to the enemy.

"Quilt A, I'm going to go to the vortex to face the raccoon dog thief!"

After thinking about it for a while, Shi Hu made a decision, and suddenly stood up from the seat and said sharply: "If you don't return the fierce killing, then the shallow raccoon dog thief really says that there are no heroes in China!" ”

"The King's ......"

When the generals heard this, their expressions were different, and they all got up and tried to persuade them.

However, Shi Hu made such a decision, which was also a choice out of desperation. Since the war, the southerners have done everything, and there is no need to expect them to hide the news of Lord Zhao's death for themselves. Even if this is really just a rumor, shouting like this in front of the battle has a great impact on the morale of the army, not to mention that this is a fact at all. Moreover, the morale of the army is already low at the moment, and if it is shouted like this by the southerners, it will cause even greater chaos.

Only when Shi Hu appeared in front of the army could he stabilize the morale of the army a little, so that he would not collapse at the first touch, so that the army could maintain the strength of the first battle, block the southerners on the waterway, and buy more time.

Of course, Shi Hu also knew that this time the battle would be extremely dangerous, and it was very likely that he would be chased by the southerners, and it would be difficult to get out of the battle. But in order to be able to preserve more strength, he can only do this, and until now, only by repelling the initial offensive of the southerners, it is possible for the army to maintain its formation and leave.

As soon as this decision was made, Shi Hu no longer hesitated, immediately dispatched troops, and at the same time finished draping, and hurriedly went to the front line under the protection of 2,000 descendants of Tucheng.

Now that night has fallen, the bright moon hangs high in the sky, the cold moonlight sprinkles thousands of sparkling lights on the river, and the shadow silhouette of the Huainan military boat in the distance is already faintly visible. At this time, in the water camp on the front line of the slave army, the riots had gradually spread, and the main reason why the people were uneasy was that the recent military orders were inconsistent, which was really chaotic and confusing.

Obviously, he had already ordered to prepare for a decisive battle, and many slave soldiers scattered in the field were gathered and stationed in the camp along the river. However, after that, there were no more military orders, and the slaves just gathered, and the weapons were not all distributed, and there was no intention of a decisive battle at all, which made people confused.

At present, the enemy ships in Huainan have been sent out in large numbers, and a decisive battle is about to begin, but there are still a large number of soldiers in the slave camp who do not even have basic ordnance.

While the slaves were still in chaos, the sound of drums and trumpets had already been heard in the back road of the earth city, and the fire dragon composed of torches came out of the earth city and quickly came to the front line of the camp. At this time, the commanders of the battalions also shouted: "The king of Zhongshan is coming to the front in person, and the soldiers are attentive, and the southern thieves will be broken here!" If there is a victory in the battle array, all the armies can accept it, and they will make another merit! ”

When the slaves heard this shout, their worries calmed down a little, after all, the main general was on the front line, and the hearts of these pawns were still appeased. At this time, the battalion force also pushed carts into the camp, and a large number of knives, guns, shields and armor were piled high on the carts, and under the restraint orders of the commanders, the soldiers gathered and lined up to receive ordnance.

In the noisy scene, there were many soldiers shouting and scolding, saying that the ordnance they received was damaged, or the knife was notched, or the spear was not long, or the bowstring was loose, and the armor leaves were messy. However, they did not have much time to complain, and as soon as they received their weapons, they were immediately driven to the ships by the overseers. As soon as the ships at the wharf were fully loaded, they immediately sailed out of the water fence and headed for the vast river.

The Huainan Army invested a total of 10,000 troops in the initial battle, and the forward superintendent General Lu Yongzhen Zhonglian Boat was a large ship, carrying 2,000 troops, and a total of 10 fighting ships in the front and rear, left and right, carrying troops in battalion units, ranging from 300 to 500. In addition, two thousand people of response and attack were scattered between the ships. The whole fleet of nearly 100 boats and boats, large and small, spread out on the river, in such an open waterway as Huaishui, can the Huainan naval army be vividly and vividly displayed.

Although Shen Zhezi's decision was swift, it still took more than an hour for tens of thousands of troops to assemble from the detachment to the time they got on the ship and left the camp. When the fleet sailed to Jingshan Gorge in the middle of the way, three of the fighting ships slowly docked and unloaded the bows, arrows, chariots, and other equipment they were carrying. Xiao Yuandong, the general of Jingshan Gorge, personally commanded the soldiers to carry these weapons to the periphery of the fort, and the chariots were quickly assembled.

The forward naval army has been opened, and the Luojian water camp is still in the fire, and the soldiers of the camp along the water have come to the boat, and the follow-up land battalion soldiers continue to fill it.

On the deep-water wharf along the river, one side of the warship is pedaled for soldiers to board the ship, and on the other side is a huge winch, a tough hemp rope as thick as an arm, the high and low wooden frame pulleys are hooked, the oxen and horses pull with force, and the arrows and swords and shields neatly stacked in the bamboo baskets are transported to the deck one by one.

The quartermaster officer of the camp held the thick account book in his hand, and as soon as there was a sound of the gong on the ship, he drew a pen on the paper, and then turned his head and loudly urged the follow-up vehicles and ships to come forward as soon as possible, his voice was a little hoarse, and his forehead was sweating profusely. The warships moored in the follow-up Luojian River are still continuous and almost endless, this night is destined to be sleepless, but the fatigue is more of a kind of steadfastness, Huainan has been turbulent for decades, and a generation has never seen such a majestic army with a thriving army!

At this time, it was located on the Shuiying lookout, and the Huainan generals stood beside Shen Zhezi, and the big coat wrapped in the armor was blown by the night wind. The specific battle plan, including the variables and responses that may be encountered, has already been polished and matured, and the generals have their own understanding, but there is no need to rush to meet the secrets before the battle.

However, when he thought that the situation in the whole world might change drastically after this battle, Shen Zhezi was also excited, and he said too many words without spitting out unpleasantness: "Although the slave is poor, you can't underestimate the enemy." It's also a tired old talk, but I still have to say it. This battle is not lost, only beheaded! Wang Shixiong has been tired of the Central Plains for a long time, and the road to rejuvenation is under this battle bow knife, and he wants to sweep away the decadence of Jin Zuo with slave blood, and he will shock China in the coming day, and he is out of my generation! Decades of cold and summer, although I have enjoyed it for a long time, there is nothing to boast about, and it is also a regret in life. In the heroic day and night, the bones of the heroes are horizontal, and there is this function table, which is enough to be famous for a thousand years! ”

As he spoke, the fire spread across the river in the east night, and the battle officially began!

"Well, I'm not going to be silent anymore. Let's join the battle tonight and work with all of you! ”

After Shen Zhezi finished speaking, he waved his hand, and all the generals laughed and retreated when they saw this, and they all entered the army to stand by. At this time, more than half of the 12,000 Chinese troops had boarded the ship, and the front line was displayed on the river, slowly advancing forward. Shen Zhezi did not go parallel with the naval army, but turned to the ferry port west of Luojian and waited with the cavalry to cross Huai. Although the cavalry did not fight in the middle of the night, they still had to cross the Huaishui first to store their horsepower.