"It doesn't matter if you kill a few of these worthless Jin slaves. Don't use Duke Ji to oppress me. Without me, how could my adoptive father Liu Ling's soldiers and horses obey his orders obediently?" !”
"On the other hand, you, Liu Guang, dare to order me casually just because your sister is the wife of Duke Ji. You are a woman who relies on women to get to the top. Who do you think you are?"
Shi Hu's words were like a slap on Liu Guang's face.
The man wearing the armor of a general of the Jin army is named Liu Guang, who is from Bingzhou. His sister married Shi Le, Duke of Ji County of Huhan, and gave birth to Shi Le's only son, Shi Xing, two years ago. .
After Shi Le forced back Duanbu Xianbei and began to attack Jizhou, Liu Guang, as Shi Le's confidant, was sent to accompany Shi Hu to attack the plains. In fact, he also served as Shi Le's eyes and ears.
However, the grumpy Shi Hu did not take Liu Guang seriously during this journey.
In addition, Shi Hu looked down upon Liu Guang even more when he conquered the city in Pingyuan County and almost completely won.
Liu Guang's face turned red and he wanted to get angry, but in the end he suppressed it.
On the one hand, it was because he was afraid of Shi Hu's force. If he used swords and guns, Shi Hu might be able to kill him in a rage.
As for the other aspect, it was because Liu Guang knew very well that although Shi Le had a lot of grudges against Shi Hu, especially after the battle in Kuxian County, Shi Hu was defeated and fled to Jizhou and defected to Liu Ling. Shi Le even destroyed Ningping City. The defeat was partly on Shi Hu's head.
However, after Liu Ling's death, Shi Hu directly took control of his remaining troops with his wrist. This cunning method showed how great the future potential of this seventeen-year-old Jiehu boy was.
Liu Guang knew that even if Shi Hu killed him, Shi Le would only verbally punish him. After all, Shi Hu would continue to be his eagle dog.
"General Shi, calm down!"
"General Liu, please calm down!"
At this time, several Hu Han generals came forward to comfort the two. Especially what one of the Hu Han generals said immediately made the two give up and stopped arguing.
"Now Pingyuan County to the west of the river is almost in the hands of General Shi. Only Pingyuan City is left. It is about to win a great victory. We must not delay Ji County due to a quarrel between the two generals at this time. It’s a great cause for the public.”
"Winter has already entered. If we cannot attack Pingyuan City quickly, our army will not be able to stay in this wilderness for long when the snow freezes."
"So, General Shi, we should hurry up and build siege equipment as soon as possible to capture this plain city."
"Otherwise, it would be a serious crime to let Duke Ji know that the two generals were provoking disputes and delaying the military flight."
After Shi Le occupied the land of Zhao and Wei, he began to attach importance to the prohibition of severe punishment in the army. Even military leaders like Shi Hu were very afraid of this.
Afterwards, Shi Hu and Liu Guang left separately, and the dispute ended.
Shi Hu was very unhappy when Liu Guang disturbed his interest in killing people for fun.
Finally, after killing a few unlucky Jin people in another military camp, he felt a little relieved.
"Liu Guang was raised by this maid. Sooner or later, I will chop off his head and make it into a urinal!"
Shi Hu said so bitterly, not just because of what happened today. Liu Guang and his sister, Mrs. Liu, were afraid that Shi Hu would threaten the status of their son Shi Xing. They were very afraid of Shi Hu ever since Shi Hu returned to Shi Le.
Liu Guang and Mrs. Liu not only encouraged Shi Le to seize most of Shi Hu's army, but also sent Liu Guang to accompany the army to monitor him, which made Shi Hu very angry.
"General Shi, please be patient for a moment. When Jizhou is pacified, Duke Ji will definitely reward you for your merits. At that time, with the general's merits, he will naturally be promoted greatly, and you will no longer have to endure Liu Guang's troubles."
A general with triangular eyes came over and said.
Shi Hu glanced at him and said unruly.
"Zhang Jackal, don't think that I really have the same experience as Liu Guang, a weakling."
This triangular-eyed general from Jin was none other than the powerful Zhang Jacky of Jizhou who had just surrendered to Shihu.
When Shi Hu led his army to besiege, it only took one day for Zhang Jacky to lead his whole family to surrender to Shi Hu.
Later, Zhang Jack followed Shi Hu into the battle, and he was a model figure of "national integration".
"Hey, General Shi is a hero. How can Liu Guang compare with the general? The general is just kidding." Zhang Jack said without any shame, followed by a series of flattery.
"Hahaha, you are really eloquent."
Shi Hu laughed loudly and became completely happy. This Zhang Jackal was very worthy of Shi Hu's trust.
Since the surrender, Shi Hu asked Zhang Jackal to go east, but Zhang Jackal would never go west.
Shi Hu wanted to sleep with Zhang Jack's daughter, so Zhang Jack quickly offered his two daughters to him.
Shi Hu wanted to kill people for fun, so Zhang Jack quickly found all kinds of people, men, women, old and young, to accompany Shi Hu for fun.
Zhang Jacky was not at all as powerful as those Jin people who were forced to surrender. Not to mention killing people for fun, even when he wanted to collect food, grass and young men from them, he was pushed back and blocked one by one.
Often without troops and threats, the so-called surrender is empty talk.
"To be honest, when I think about it, I fought desperately outside, and even if I made great achievements, I would only get some money and silk as a reward from a woman, while Zole's son, a little suckling brat, did nothing and would be able to do anything in the future. You are sitting on top of me and giving orders, which makes me very angry!"
Hearing what Shi Hu said, Zhang Jack was immediately startled.
Although he was surrounded by Shi Hu's generals, and these generals followed Shi Hu and fought with swords and spears as his confidants, Zhang Jacky was afraid that some of them might secretly join Shi Le. If he told Shi Le, it would be too dangerous.
"General, be careful what you say, be careful what you say about this."
Shi Hu obviously understood what Zhang Jack meant. Although he was unruly, he was really afraid of his cheap uncle Shi Le.
"If you don't say it, don't say it. Anyway, when the time comes, if I am not satisfied with the reward given to me, I will just make a throne myself to try."
Such ambitious words came from the mouth of a seventeen-year-old boy, and Zhang Jacky still felt that Shi Hu was beyond the reach of ordinary people.
At this time, the cavalry sent by Shi Hu to "grab the grass in the valley" began to come back one after another.
When these Hu and Han cavalry came back, almost everyone was captured. In addition to the common food, money and silk, there were even many people carrying many women on their horses.
These Hu and Han cavalry were captured from scattered villages nearby.
For those Wubao that have the strength to defend themselves, Shi Hu will first recruit and surrender. If he cannot recruit them, he will lead the Hu and Han armies to attack violently in turns. Even if he pays huge casualties, Shi Hu will break through the fort and slaughter them all. With this This illustrious reputation made the former Wubao powerful men surrender one after another.
As for the scattered villages, there was no room for negotiation at all, and they were often rushed in to kill and plunder.
In today's Jizhou, for such a weak village, even surrendering to the barbarians is considered a luxury!
As the number of plundered Hu captives increased, it meant that they brought back a lot of loot. These arrogant Hu and Han bandits began to brag to each other, boasting about how many people they had killed and how much they had robbed. How much money are there for silk and women.
Some bold Hulu cavalry even put the stolen Jin women on horseback and ran back and forth outside the Pingyuan City wall, making strange noises to provoke the Pingyuan City defenders.
At this time, the women on horseback also let out bursts of terrified screams from time to time, which caused the Hu Han army to burst into wild laughter.
Seeing this scene, the defenders of Pingyuan City began to shout and curse outside from the top of the city to vent their anger.
There were also many Pingyuan City defenders who quietly fired their bows and arrows to kill the provocative Hulu.
However, because the distance was quite different, the attacks of these feather arrows all failed.
Shi Hu looked at the clashes and provocations of the Hulu cavalry in front of him, and burst into laughter.
This kind of treating other people's lives as a game to watch despair, fear and sadness is now one of Shi Hu's favorite things.
Second only to killing people in various ways.
Shi Hu couldn't help but applaud, especially the way the defenders of Pingyuan City gritted their teeth but were helpless, which made Shi Hu and other Hu Han generals even more happy.
It's been a while.
It wasn't until the continuous sound of drums sounded at the head of Pingyuan City, covering up the provocation and clamor of the Hu Lu sergeants outside the city, that Shi Hu and other Hu Han generals gave up.
Suddenly, bursts of rapid horse hoofbeats came from the east of Hu Han's camp.
When Shi Hu heard this, he felt something was wrong.
He quickly looked up and saw hundreds of Hu and Han cavalry galloping towards the direction of the military camp.
These Hu and Han cavalrymen did not have any trophies on them. It seemed that they had encountered a very urgent situation, so much so that these greedy robbers did not dare to carry any more money, silk or women.
Soon, the leaders of these Hu and Han cavalry led their men into the military camp and came to Shi Hu with fear on their faces.
"General Shi, it's bad, it's bad, there are many Jin troops coming thirty miles east!"
When Shi Hu heard this, he frowned.
"East? If you come from the east, wouldn't they be Qingzhou soldiers?"
"Yes, General Shi is the Qingzhou soldiers. The villain led his brothers to encounter those Qingzhou soldiers at Yelanggou, thirty miles east. It was really tough. If we hadn't abandoned all our belongings and women, I’m afraid I won’t be able to run back!”
"Have you seen it clearly? It's really the Qingzhou Army?" Shi Hu solemnly confirmed again.
"Yes, the flags above and the clothes and armor they wear are all from the Qingzhou Army."
"How many of them came?"
Because he was in a trance, Shi Hu only remembered at this time and asked how many enemies he had killed.
"Well, I remember, looking at it from a distance, it was probably not three thousand, but maybe two thousand."
"Only two or three thousand people?" Shi Hu immediately regained a lot of confidence upon hearing this.
However, although Shi Hu regained a lot of confidence, many Hu and Han generals around him acted as if they were facing a formidable enemy when they heard that the two to three thousand Qingzhou troops were coming. Some even started to Planning how to avoid a head-on confrontation with the Qingzhou Army.
You know, Liu Yu's Qingzhou Army defeated the Hulu four times. Whether it was Liu Ling or Shi Le, many of their soldiers suffered from severe fear.
Sure enough, as soon as Shi Hu finished speaking, many Hu and Han generals came forward to persuade Shi Hu to retreat.
"General Shi, the Qingzhou thieves are as hard as stone and don't have a few ounces of meat. Why don't we withdraw our troops right now."
"Yes, General, these Qingzhou troops are really difficult to deal with. If we encounter them under Pingyuan City, we might even be attacked by Pingyuan defenders."
"General Shi, most of Pingyuan County is now in the pocket. Even if Pingyuan City is not captured, it will not affect General Shi's great achievements at all. In my opinion, we might as well retreat and wait until Duke Ji sends out troops again. , we will make a comeback and eat this plain city again."
"General Shi, the Qingzhou Army are all thieves who know magic. Without the help of immortals, it may be difficult to win."
"............"
Suddenly, all kinds of strange talk rushed into Shi Hu's ears.
He knew that these Hu and Han generals were not simply afraid of death, but felt that they had already robbed enough, and no one wanted to stay under Pingyuan City and work as stupid chickens filling gullies.
"alright!"
Shi Hu waved his hand and used rough gestures to put an end to everyone's chaotic speculations and fears.
"Let me ask you, have you seen clearly, who leads these Qingzhou troops?"
"Reporting to General Shi, this villain can clearly see that the most conspicuous flag among these Qingzhou thieves is the banner of "Fighting General Ancestor"."
"General Fenwei, Zu? Who is this? Is he very famous in Jizhou?"
Obviously, Shi Hu had never heard of any famous general named Zu.
"Has Liu Yu, the leader of the Qingzhou thieves, come?"
"Reporting to General Shi, Qingzhou bandit leader Liu Yu did not come. The leading Jin army is General Fenwei named Zu, and he leads two to three thousand troops."
After hearing this, Shi Hu clapped his hands and laughed.
"Okay! I'm just an ordinary person with the surname Zu, and I just want to borrow the heads of these 3,000 Qingzhou troops to avenge my previous shame!"
At this time, a voice that disgusted Shi Hu came. It was the voice of General Liu Guang.
"The ancestral surname is probably the ancestor of a wealthy family in the north, and he himself has been famous for many years. Everyone says that his talents are still higher than those of Liu Kun, the governor of Bingzhou in Jin Dynasty. I advise General Shi not to treat the enemy with caution and not to lose money in vain because of underestimating the enemy. Get rid of these sons of Duke Ji!"
When Shi Hu heard this, he was angry that Liu Guang looked down on him so much.
"Hmph, this Zu Ti dares to come to the plains with three thousand Qingzhou soldiers. This is my chance to avenge my shame. How can I run away like a rat?"
With that said, Shi Hu waved his hand and greeted the generals next to him.
"There is nothing to be afraid of. Come with me to find out the truth about this Zu Ti!"
