Shen Zhezi held this piece of information in his hand, and carefully read it several times, among which he thought that it was valuable and available was all heavily annotated, or excerpted and copied elsewhere, his demeanor was extremely focused, and his spirit was not lacking in excitement, and he was still tired until dawn.

After crossing the river, his routine became completely disordered, and it was common for him to be busy day and night, and not to eat three meals. Thanks to the recuperation and replenishment in Jiangdong a few years ago, his body has already become stronger, and he no longer has the weakness of running around for days and days in previous years.

When he learned about Zu Yue Beitou, Shen Zhezi also had no lack of emotion. He didn't have any direct contact with Zu Yue as a person, and even if he knew something, it was all from the mouths of others, and because of his rebellious behavior, these comments were inevitably mixed with some prejudice and contempt. Therefore, Shen Zhezi has no way to objectively understand what kind of person Zu Yue is.

Being in Jiangdong for a long time, Shen Zhezi can feel the entanglements and contradictions of the people of the time more and more, and evaluate how a person is less and less divided by the simple criterion of good and evil. Including himself, now when he asks himself, he really can't talk about a good person or a pure minister.

Putting aside Zu Yue's last reversal, the biggest criticism of Zu Yue at the time was that he could not unite with the people, and most of the inheritance left by his brother was lost in his hands, so as to prove his incompetence. But in fact, the situation faced by Zu Li is completely different from Zu Yue, when Zu Li was on the Northern Expedition, the Central Plains was still in chaos, and Shi Le was still just a horse boy who worked behind Han Zhao's buttocks, and there were a lot of opportunities for him to join forces, which was where the opportunities for heroes lie.

But in fact, as early as before Zu Li's death, the situation in the Central Plains had already undergone great changes. A few years earlier, Jin Zhun, a relative of the Han Dynasty, was in turmoil and killed Liu Yuan's descendants, and Shi Le led the crowd to attack Pingyang, the capital of the Han State, with many vassals and a great increase in strength. Although Liu Yao still changed the name of the country to Zhao and Guan Zhongguo, he no longer had the power to balance Shile. Then Shi Le attacked everywhere, broke the Duan clan, defeated Shao Xu, and the land of Hebei was all over, and it was already a great climate.

Therefore, the gains and losses of the land of Henan still have to be discussed in the context of the changes in the overall environment, and it cannot be completely attributed to the inability of Zu Yue alone. In such a situation, if Zuyo, as the successor, wants to maintain the situation, he has to show much stronger ability and skill than his brother, but unfortunately he does not.

Shen Zhezi thought so, but he was just talking about things, not washing the ground for Zu Yue, and there was no kind of friendship between them. He simply wanted to look at him more objectively, so as to judge the question he had raised, the purpose for which Zuyo had done so, and whether the information he had provided could be trusted.

Shen Zhezi was also worried that his judgment was wrong, and seeing that the sky was already bright, he asked people to invite Du He, Shen Mu and other cronies, and at the same time pass on the information about the slave army provided by Zu Yue to them.

After these people learned about the situation of Zuyue Beitou, they couldn't help but sigh, and there was no lack of schadenfreude: "This person used to govern Huainan, and he was also the respect of Fang Bo, but it is a pity that he was against his heart and took the consequences. ”

Because of Yu Manzhi's presence, Shen Zhezi was not good at discussing the gains and losses of Yu Liang's administration, and stopped everyone's boring feelings, but said: "This letter and newspaper talk a lot about the truth and truth of the slave army, most of which are said by Zu Shishao, and it is still difficult to distinguish between truth and falsehood, so you might as well express your opinions." ”

Du He has been troubled by money and food recently, and the first thing he paid attention to after the information was in hand was the armament situation of the slave army. Shi Jilong is here, is he planning to defend it for a long time? ”

When Shen Zhezi saw these amounts, he also had to sigh that purely in terms of national strength and savings, there is indeed a huge gap between the north and the south. Although they had different methods of levying and mobilizing, it was an impossible task to accumulate so much food in such a short period of time in the land of Jiangdong. As for the number of troops, it is a more intuitive gap.

Attacking the north from the south, especially in such an era, if there is no good time and a good strategy, it is simply a difficult task to complete, and there is no need to presumptuously say that the destiny of heaven is in the south or in the north.

After Shen Mu read the information, he also had an opinion: "This letter is indeed far-reaching. In fact, there is no need to exhaustively investigate the truth and falsehood, those who are credible can use it, and those who are difficult to distinguish between truth and falsehood can just turn a blind eye. ”

Hearing Shen Mu say this, Shen Zhezi's eyes lit up, this is the benefit of being simple-minded, you don't have to think too much, you can avoid too many unnecessary entanglements. Because he couldn't guess what the purpose of Zu Yue was, he was a little unsure about the whole information. If Zu Yue intends to be unfavorable to the Huainan Army, it is true that there can be too many bad things in it, but there are also many problems that do not allow him to be false at all.

In the final analysis, intelligence is only an auxiliary, and as for the real victory or defeat, it is still necessary to obtain it through battle. Therefore, the real adjustment and scheduling should be based on the Huainan Army's own situation, and it cannot be completely based on this piece of information. Therefore, many contents of the intelligence do not have to be entangled in whether they are credible or not.

In this piece of information, the most beneficial to the Huainan Army was the contradiction between Shi Hu and Guo Ao. In fact, the Huainan Army also has its own channels to detect a trace of the dispute between these two people, but it is far less detailed than what is stated in the intelligence, and it is complete from beginning to end.

The slave army came south this time, and the army was divided into five routes. The rightmost part is to reinforce the army in Guanzhong, and the joint army will attack Xiangyang and Hancha, which is not the frontal enemy of the Huainan army, and can be ignored for the time being.

The right road, which is commanded by the slave general Taobao, goes down along the Rushui, and the destination is in Yiyang, connecting the slave army of Nanyang, and at the same time responding to the two battlefields of Xiangyang and Shouchun, there are more than 50,000 people in this army. Therefore, how is the reality of this army, it is necessary to send a message to Runan Mao Bao later for its defense to deal with.

The Middle Route Army is the Chinese Army of Shi Hu's Division, and it is also the main opponent of the Huainan Army, and it is also the strongest part of the slave army. Judging from the intelligence, this group of people includes nearly 40,000 people from Shi Hu's own righteous army, 20,000 people from the Shilang Department in Luoyang, and as many as 70,000 people from Zhuhu Yicong, as well as tens of thousands of soldiers from Zhujun State. The total number of forests adds up, nearly 180,000 troops, and this is the enemy of Shouchun.

The commander of the right army was Guo Ao, and one of them was to go to Pengcheng and link up with the army of Xuzhou for Huaiyin. And Guo Ao led more than 30,000 people in his headquarters to attack Xuyi, which did not seem to be directly aimed at the Huainan Army, but Xuyi was originally a core of the joint defensive operations of the Xuzhou Army and the Huainan Army.

Therefore, there is a contradiction between Guo Ao and Shi Hu, and it is so violent and irreconcilable. In terms of battlefield operations, it is bound to be difficult for the two armies to create good communication and cooperation, which is really a great good news for the Huainan Army!

And there is no need to doubt the authenticity of this piece of news. Because not only Zu Yue's own story, but Xin Bin also had ears and eyes in the army, it can be determined that there were already grievances and contradictions between Guo Ao and Shi Hu. Even, even Qian Feng heard the news from Liu Kui, Guo Ao was originally a confidant of Lord Zhao, and this time he led the army out, which itself was burdened with the meaning of balancing Shi Hu. Moreover, Guo Ao and his people may have some special mission in Xuzhou.

From this point of view, the contradiction between Guo Ao and Shi Hu has been going on for a long time, and Shi Cong chose to take refuge in Guo Ao and escape from Shi Hu, which made this contradiction completely erupt, so that there was no room for relaxation.

After analyzing the significance of this piece of information in detail, Shen Zhezi couldn't help but be glad that he had attacked the city father's camp before, which made Shi Cong in a difficult and bad situation, and he had to choose one of them. The victory of this sneak attack was not only won at that time, but also was able to reap the merits afterwards, exacerbating the contradictions between the various departments of the slave army, and it was very likely that the Huainan Army would avoid the problem of fighting on two fronts, which was really an unexpected gain!

In addition to being overjoyed, Shen Zhezi immediately asked people to transcribe many military information of the enemy army under Guo Ao's command, so that they could be quickly sent to the Xi Jian army sitting in Xuyi. There are also some problems that are not in the intelligence, but he analyzed them himself, that is, the movements of the Pengcheng slave army in Xuzhou.

The slave army was divided into five routes this time, and rushed to various battlefields in Huaibei, if one of them was redundant, it was the part of the right army that rushed to Xuzhou.

Where Huaiyin is located, it is a fixed battlefield for the war between the north and the south. On the one hand, after this area passes through Huai, there are Langya, Lanling, Donghai and other counties, which have special significance for the Jiangdong Imperial Court, and on the other hand, it is the most concentrated place in Qingxu Nandu, and there are countless homeless people, so the frequency of wars in this region is even far more than that of Hanchu, where Xiangyang is located, and it is not comparable to southern Henan.

Because of this, Shi Zhao has prepared heavy troops in Pengcheng and other places all year round, reaching tens of thousands at the peak, and it can be said that the military town with the strongest military strength between the two countries is located. Since this is the case, there is no need to waste civil and material resources at all, and sending troops from the country is far away, because the strength of Pengcheng and other places alone can cause great pressure on the Xuzhou army.

Coupled with what Qian Feng said, Guo Ao and his people are very likely to have a special mission to use in Xuzhou. Combined with Zhao Zhushile's attitude of being both jealous of Shi Hu and having to use it, Shen Zhezi made a bold judgment that it was very likely that there would be a big move in the army of Xuzhou.

In other words, it is very likely that Shi Kan, the king of Pengcheng, who is in Xuzhou, will be recalled to Xiangguo by Zhao Zhu Shi Lemi, in order to deter the slave generals who are in the center of the country to Shi Hu, and take advantage of Shi Hu's absence to carry out a series of military power adjustments, so as to ensure a smooth transition of power!

Shi Kan, the king of Pengcheng, was born in the beggar army, and he had no deep connection with Shi Le's old slave generals, and in the decisive battle with Han Zhao, he made great contributions. Therefore, Shen Zhezi guessed that even if Shi Le did not completely give up on Shi Hu now, he would definitely not dare to rely on him completely, and Shi Kan was another strong reinforcement he had prepared for his children.

Of course, this is just Shen Zhezi's speculation, and it is very simple to prove it, as long as Xi Jian launched a big military operation against Huaiyin before the slave army arrived at the Huaiyin battlefield, as long as Huaiyin can be defeated, it means that Shi Kan has withdrawn to Xiangguo!

This speculation seems to have nothing to do with the Shouchun War, but as long as it is determined that Shi Kan is no longer in Xuzhou, then Shi Le's series of plans against Shi Hu will be revealed! In the long run, this is good news for the evolution of the situation in the entire North and the South.