The turmoil in Luozhong, because the level of transportation and communication was too poor in those years, slowly radiated to all directions, and has not yet been transmitted to Jijun.

Li Ju Li Shihui was ordered by Zu Ti to lead the headquarters and Lu He's Guanzhong Army and Shao Zhu's Shao Family Army, totaling 15,000, and besieging Chaoge for more than half a month, but because Shi Hu resisted the law, he tried every trick.

Half a month later, Guo Yuxi took Ji County, Huojia and other places, resent half of the soldiers and horses to Shanyang again, and hurriedly turned back to help his uncle, Li Ju took the opportunity to launch a round of fierce attack on Chaoge City, but unfortunately he still returned with a feather.

In fact, Chaoge City has few soldiers, and it is about to be unable to hold on, but Shi Hu will sit at the head of the city every day, and boost morale and say: "The king of heaven ordered me to guard for a month, and now it has been twenty days, and the enemy is tired." Thou shalt work hard, and hold on for another ten days, no matter what the situation is, I will lead thee out of the siege and return to the yin, and there is no need to live and die with the city. But if I can't keep it for a month, even if I escape before the enemy, will the king of heaven forgive me? If the king of heaven doesn't forgive me, will I forgive you and wait?! ”

Everyone was afraid of its might and was forced to defend it.

After a long battle of the Jin army, it was difficult to overcome the soldiers under the fortified city, and the sharp spirit that came from the victory at the beginning gradually dissipated, and it was indeed a little tired and difficult to continue. And when attacking the city the day before yesterday, Lu He took the lead and climbed on the edge of the arrow, but was hit by an arrow in the shoulder socket and planted with a wheel. Although he was rough and thick-armed, and his injuries were not serious, it also dampened the morale of the Guanzhong army. As for Shao Zhu, Duan Wenyang and others, they repeatedly suggested ignoring Chaoge, marching all the way east along the river, and then recovering the tired times...... The Shao family's army is attacking the city, and the intention is not very strong.

The most important thing is that the hussar general has already led his troops back, and we have less than 20,000 people, even if we conquer Chaoge, how far can we advance? Since it is impossible to kill Xiangguo in one go, then why waste time and energy under Chaoge City? Only Guo Yu insisted, saying: "Shi Hu is a heavy general, brave and unstoppable, if you can't take this opportunity to capture it, there will be endless troubles!" ”

Li Shihui was helpless, he could only shoot archery books into the city, and list the townships, those who could offer advice to take the city, rewarded 100 gold, and those who could capture or cut the stone tiger to offer, rewarded 100 gold and ten silk horses, and appointed as the governor. The conditions are not very good, but it's a pity that Li Shihui has so little authority.

As a result, on the 24th, an old man finally entered the camp, saying that he had a plan to capture Shihu. Li Ju was overjoyed, and when he asked him face to face, the old man said: "I am an old slave of Shihu Shizeng, and I know about his family affairs, so I can try to lure him out of the city and make the general set up an ambush to capture him." As for how he wanted to move Shihu out of the city, the old man was secretive, saying that he was afraid that he would open his mouth, and once it was leaked, it would not happen. And he also asked Li Ju to pretend to retreat, so that he could enter the city to meet Shi Hu - "If the army does not retreat, Shi Hu will not come out." ”

Li Ju consulted with the generals, and Lu He took advantage of public opinion to enter and resolutely expressed his opposition. He said: "Even if you can't beat the song, you should continue to besiege it." If, as the old man said, the army retreats temporarily, Shi Hu will inevitably take the opportunity to escape, and then it will be Ke Chaoge, what good will it be?

"Today, the hussar general has led the division to return to Luo, Hebei is the only one and other 20,000 people, and Shile has been gone for a long time, count the time, and return to Xiangguo. Then Shile will send remnants of troops to guard Dangyin, Anyang and other places, and fortify them layer by layer, so that our army will go down to the court, but it will not be able to go deep. It is the battle of the old dynasty song, the city is small, and the capture of the stone tiger is the most important. If the head of Shi Hu can be sent to Luoyang, the general's name will shake the United States; And if the stone tiger dies, the thief will inevitably fall!

"The origin of the old decay is unknown, and he refuses to say his plan clearly, most of them are spies sent by Shi Hu, who want to trick the army into retreating-general, don't listen to his old decay."

Li Ju said: "What General Lu said is also reasonable. However, Shi Hu insisted on the song of the court, and our army became more and more exhausted, not only was it difficult to conquer the city, but once Shi Le sent reinforcements again, and Shi Hu should be united with the outside world, I am afraid that there will be a risk of defeat at that time......"

Shao Zhu arched his hand and said: "What the general said is true." Although our army can still besiege Chaoge, but for a long time to attack the fortified city, it is a taboo for soldiers, and there is a fall, for fear that it will turn victory into defeat, then it can only retreat to Henan, or Hanoi goes, and the work of many days will be ruined. Therefore, in the opinion of the last general, it is better to follow Shi Zeng's words for the time being.

"It is reported that Shi Le ordered Shi Hu to guard the song of the court for one month, and now that the period of January is not enough, although our army will temporarily release the siege, Shi Hu may not be willing to go. If Shi Zeng's plan is sold, he can give birth to Shi Hu and sacrifice his majesty, wouldn't it be good? If it can't be sold, every two or three days, we can wait to return to the division and follow the siege. ”

In fact, he said in his heart, if he really withdrew from the siege and left, I don't believe that most of the generals would be willing to go up halfway and then turn back.

Shao Zhu, Duan Wenyang, Liu Yao and others have been trying to persuade Li Ju to give up attacking Chaoge City in the past few days, and march east along the river to recover Yici, but in fact, this is just an excuse - Yici is in the southeast of Hebei, far away, how can it be possible to pull a long line and kill it directly?

The key Shao family army fought viciously repeatedly, and the losses were extremely heavy, and now there are only 1,000 hanging zeros left, which is still the result of using the momentum of Zu Ti and Li Ju to annex most of the Qingzhou soldiers led by Kuangshu. Therefore, the generals of the Shao family army generally bred a war-weary mentality, hoping to find a safe and secure place, so that they could rest for a period of time, and then expand the army.

Therefore, Shao Zhu and others tended to use the old man Shi Zeng's strategy, and Li Ju was difficult to decide, so he asked his nephew Guo Yu. Guo Shengjie pondered for a long time, and then said: "As General Shao and others said, there is nothing to do...... You can take this opportunity to pretend to withdraw the army, but to ambush an army in the north of Chaoge, once Shi Hu takes the opportunity to escape, or can be captured in Lusheng. ”

When Li Ju heard this, his eyes couldn't help but light up, and he said yes, this is a good idea. So he made a plan and sent Guo Yu to lead 500 elites to sneak to the north of Chaoge City overnight to find favorable terrain to set up an ambush; He ordered Shao Jiajun to obey Shi Zeng's arrangement and go to the east of the city to wait for Shi Hu.

Because of listening to Lu He's words just now, Li Shihui also opened the drum in his heart - that old man can't really be a spy sent by the enemy, and he wants to take the opportunity to let Shi Hu out of the city and abscond, right? Thinking about it, this Shi Zeng was chattering, as if everything was under control, but he refused to tell the truth...... Even if you are an old slave of the Shi family, you may not be able to get Shi Hu out of the city, right? Most of the time. Then I might as well just do it......

Therefore, he felt that it was more likely that Shi Hu would be captured by setting up an ambush in the north of the city, so he gave this credit to his nephew Guo Yu, and sent the Shao family army, who had been unable to work recently, to the east of the city.

The next day, the Jin army lifted the siege of Chaoge City, pulled out the camp and set off, marching towards Ji County in the southwest. Before leaving, Li Ju took care of Shi Zeng: "If you can capture Shi Hu alive, the money and silk you say will be paid immediately; If thou dare to deceive me, I will go to the ends of the earth, and I will take thy life. ”

Shi Zeng retreated, and then waited outside the city for most of the day, and saw that the Jin army had indeed gone away, so he came to the city and called to open the door.

The city was connected with a hanging basket and escorted to see Shi Hu. When Shi Hu saw him, he couldn't help but be surprised, and hurriedly asked, "Are you not Shi Zeng?" Where's the cherry?! ”

Shi Zeng knelt down and wept and said: "I don't expect to be able to see the face of the king today, ......" so he sobbed and said goodbye to the situation, and was prepared to know.

This person is indeed a domestic slave of Shizhao Taiyuan's palace, and was once ordered to serve Shi Hu's concubine Zheng Cherry. A few months ago, Shi Hu went out of the town and merged with the state, Zheng Cherry sent Shi to bribe Chen Chuan, sneak out of the palace, and travel thousands of miles to Taiyuan to meet Shi Hu. I thought that if I could give birth to a son and a half daughter, I would even kick Princess Guo and have a chance to take the throne. Whoever wanted to meet not long after, Shi Hu immediately went south to attack Pingyang, leaving Zheng Cherry, Shi Zeng and others in Taiyuan City.

In the follow-up, Shi Hu didn't know the death and life of Zheng Cherry, and every time he thought about it, he burned all of them - he really liked that little goblin too much! If it weren't for this, he wouldn't have been angry with the main room as soon as he got home, and then kicked Concubine Guo to death.

Because Zheng Cherry often entered Concubine Guo's slander by Shihu's pillow, saying that the woman pretended to be gentle and virtuous on the surface, and seemed to treat me well, but in fact, as soon as the general turned her back, she shouted and scolded, and always wanted to find a crime to kill me...... That's why I don't dare to stay in King Xiang's mansion anymore, but I want to come thousands of miles to vote for you!

So Shi Hu thinks that if you are really virtuous, Guo Shi, Cherry will not run away, and you will go to Taiyuan with me, and as a result, you will be separated from life and death - most likely cheaper than the old thief! Why, why aren't you missing, and Cherry is still staying in the palace, waiting for me to come back? It's really hateful, and let me give you a kick first!

However, although Shi Hu favored Zheng Cherry, after all, it was an internal matter, and Xu Xiaozong did not care about this, so after the incident, he only sent troops to garrison Shi Hu's mansion in Taiyuan, neither surrounded by three layers inside and three layers outside, nor did he deliberately arrest Zheng Cherry to blackmail Shi Hu. It's just a concubine left and right, unless Shi Hu's wife, it may have some political value.

As for Jona Zheng Cherry...... God is pitiful, Xu Xiaozong is at a major turning point in his life, I am afraid that one wrong step will be a catastrophe, how can he be in the mood to see how a woman looks, whether it fits his own aesthetics?

Therefore, Zheng Cherry repeated the old trick, let Shi Zeng come forward, bribed the guards, and even seduced her with beauty, and finally escaped from Taiyuan City by her master and servant. I wanted to go south to find Shihu, but when the army was defeated, if it weren't for Shi Zeng's cleverness, and he practiced boxing and kicking for a few days, Zheng Cherry was almost captured by the defeated army. Immediately, the master and servant entered Yuzhou, and the master and servant had to disguise themselves as fleeing people, planning to return to Xiangguo in a big circle through Pingyang and Hanoi.

Because the Jin division has obtained Xihe and Taiyuan, it is very likely that they will continue to advance eastward to take Leping and Shangdang, or the Zhao army of Leping and Shangdang will go west to regain the lost land, and those east-west passages are too dangerous. Do you think that as long as you find the soldier and declare that you are Shi Hu's concubine, people will definitely protect you well? I don't know how many people in the Shi Zhao regime hate Shi Hu......

In this way, he finally came to Ji County, and was about to go north to Xiangguo, but he brazenly heard that Shi Hu kicked Concubine Guo to death, killed Guo Rong's brothers, and died alone...... Although Shi Le listened to Xu Guang's advice, blocked the news, and did not give Shi Hu a clear order, since Cheng Yao, Zhang Jing and others were still in the court, how could this matter be blocked?

The master and servant had no way to go, but to settle down in the countryside for the time being. Immediately the Jin division was defeated, Shi Le made Shi Hu guard the song, the news reached Zheng Cherry's ears, she discussed with Shi Zeng, said: "If the Jin people can overcome the song and capture the king of Taiyuan, then I can put an end to the old thoughts; If the siege is not overcome, there may be a day when we will meet......"