"Brother Menggu, I haven't seen each other for many days, and my spirit is even better than before!"

Liu Heran walked to Shi Hu and greeted him enthusiastically.

Shi Hu laughed and said, "Brother Hearing is also good!"

Liu Heran waved his hand and said, "The down-and-out person has no charm."

"Brother Menggu, I really admire you. You can be prosperous everywhere. Compared with you, I feel ashamed."

Liu Heran said what he said was that he and Shi Hu both fled from the Jin Dynasty to Zhan Po after they were defeated. From the beginning, Liu Heran was obviously much stronger than Shi Hu.

After the Battle of Lingnan, although Liu Heran was defeated, he still had an army of nearly 10,000 people in his hands. In contrast, Shi Hu was only more than a thousand people.

Therefore, after Liu Heran and Shi Hu fled to Zhan Po at the same time, the encounter between the two was a paradise and a hell.

Because Liu Heran had an army in his hands, was well-equipped and had good combat power, he immediately received attention and valued by King Zhan Po Zhang Quan. He was very cold to Shi Hu. He just met him once and said something important or serious. Then he sent Shi Hu to the northern border and let him die.

It has to be said that Shi Hu's military organization and command ability are very powerful. He can be regarded as a famous general, and his personality is extremely tenacious and indomitable.

After Shi Hu arrived in the northern border, he asked for money but no money, no food, and reported Zhang Quan many times to seek support, but was rejected by Leng Dan. In the end, there was no way. Shi Hu had to snatch it from the rebels through war, which was a life-long business.

But Shi Hu had no choice. He had only one choice. If he didn't fight to the death, he would only have a thousand people in his hands and would sooner or later be trapped in the northern border.

Shi Hu recruited about 1,000 people with a limited amount of money and food in his hand, expanded the army to 2,300 people, and trained urgently for three months, then took the initiative to fight with rebels such as Ruan Zhongzang.

The situation in Champo, the core of the war was mainly concentrated in the central and eastern regions. The imperial army was compressed in these two regions and had been passively defending, and the situation was very unfavorable.

The rebels firmly occupied the initiative in the war. Except for the relatively calm south, most of the land in the north has been occupied by the rebels.

In such a bad situation, Shi Hu led more than 2,000 soldiers from his headquarters to decisively give up the city defense, take the initiative to attack, avoid the real and the virtual, fight if you can win, and run if you can't win. In less than two months, he won one after another, and wiped out nearly 15,000 rebel forces in total.

Through the victory of the war, Shi Hu's strength gradually strengthened. In less than two months, the number of troops in his hands had expanded to nearly 5,000 people.

After Ruan Zhongzang entered Champa, he fought two decisive battles with Champa's court.

Although Shihu was not the decisive factor for Ruan Zhongzang's failure for the first time, the indirect factor was very serious.

It was precisely because Shi Hu's successive victory in the northern region that to a certain extent, it disrupted the overall situation of the war and forced Ruan Zhongzang to divide his troops to go to the north to fight. Therefore, it dispersed Ruan Zhongzang's troops, causing the first decisive battle to reduce his troops and was eventually defeated.

Shi Hu's series of actions and military success finally attracted the attention of King Zhan Po Zhang Quan, and was highly valued under the recommendation of Zhong Jiao Mu.

Zhang Quan appointed Shi Hu as the general of the Chenggong Prefecture, and fully dominated the military and political power of Zhanpo.

With a place to use its skills, Shi Hu recruited 20,000 troops in less than a year in the city.

As for the role played by Shi Hu in the second decisive battle, there is no need to say more.

On the other hand, Liu Heran has opened high and closed low in the past two years, and has lived a very miserable life.

Zhang Quanzhong used Liu Heran, after all, just valued the army in his hands, hoping that he would become his help and attack the rebel forces.

But the result is very bad. Liu Heran's ability is not good. In the past two years, in the battle with Ruan Zhongzang's rebels, it can be said that he has more defeats than defeats. If it weren't for the protection of the left prime minister Gao Yuan, Zhang Quan would have taken him down and punished him long ago.

Gao Yuan was born in a poor family. His father was from Jin. He fled to Zhanpo. Because he was good at cooking, he was recruited into the palace and married the palace maid in the palace. This woman eventually became the wet nurse of the king Zhang Quan.

It is precisely because of this relationship that Gao Yuan was recruited into the palace since he was a child and became the follower of Zhang Quan and Zhang Zhong brothers.

Gao Yuan has very good abilities.

After the Battle of Lingnan, the king's younger brother Zhang Zhong was killed in battle.

After returning, Gao Yuan was not punished for the failure of the war, but was reused. He soon replaced Zhang Zhong as the left prime minister and fully managed the entire Zhan Po military.

In the first decisive battle, Gao Yuan performed quite well, successfully defeated Ruan Zhongzang and made great contributions to King Zhang Quan.

However, to a certain extent, the victory of the war led by Gao Yuan excessively consumed Zhan Po's national strength.

In the first decisive battle, the Champa court had more than 150,000 troops, while Ruan Zhongzang had less than 40,000 troops.

In the second decisive battle, the imperial court's army was only 100,000, while Ruan Zhongzang reached 60,000.

Judging from the data, Ruan Zhongzang is getting stronger and stronger as the court fights, while his overall military strength has been weakened a lot.

More importantly, the civil strife cannot be calmed down for a long time.

There are already... local military generals in Champo, and the trend is gradually growing.

For example, Shi Hu occupied most of the southern region, and his army had exceeded 20,000.

This time, Shi Hu made great contributions, and King Zhang Quan must be rewarded. In this way, Shi Hu's power will probably be strengthened again.

Shi Hu smiled and said, "Liu Heran, I heard that you are in poor health. I have been recuperating at home recently. After recuperating for a while, has your health been getting better?"

Although Zhang Quan did not take Liu Heran for his repeated defeats due to Gao Yuan's sake, his military power has basically been deprived of it.

Liu Heran is now in a semi-retired state and has a high official position, but he no longer has any rights.

The meeting between Liu Heran and Shi Hu was not accidental, he was deliberately waiting for each other here.

It's ridiculous that Liu Heran entered the palace half an hour ago and was summoned by Zhang Quan. However, compared to Shi Hu being highly praised, Liu Heran was scolded by Zhang Quan for being bloody. The reason is very simple. Although he did not participate in the second decisive battle due to physical reasons, his army participated and was defeated again.

Zhang Quan has scolded Liu Heran many times, but this time... Liu Heran felt fear because...

Before entering the palace to meet Zhang Quan, Liu Heran went to find Gao Yuan, but... he was turned away.
Chapter completed!