marquis of jingan

Chapter 1019
Lin Sheng...

No, it should be said that the matter of Shen Ping and his wife is the top priority for the two of them.

But on the battlefield between Chen and Qi, it is really insignificant.

If it wasn't for Shen Yi to have a different soul, even people in his position shouldn't and wouldn't pay attention to these things.

As for why Lin Sheng resigned from the post of the Mansion News Agency, there are two main reasons.

One is naturally because of this incident, he has been stimulated and is no longer suitable for espionage work. In addition, what Shen Yi promised him at the beginning was a civil position, not an errand in the mansion, so it is reasonable to send him Transferred from the residence newspaper department.

The other point is more critical... and the reason why it is colder is that although Shen Zhangshi is gone, only Lin Sheng has seen and experienced the process of disappearing. .

For the sake of the intelligence security of the Dibao Division, and also for the sake of not being suspected by others, it is reasonable for Lin Sheng to quit the Dibao Division at this time.

At this moment, Shen Yi didn't know what to say.

Originally, he valued Lin Sheng very much, because this person is a rare scholar in the Dibao Division, and even in the period before, he deliberately let him take over the Dibao Division slowly, otherwise Shen Yi would not have done it for his sake. Safe, tell him about the woman from Qi.

And now, Shen Yi seems to need to search for the person in charge of the Mansion News Agency...

This morning, Shen Yi, who was troubled by many things, sat silently with Lin Sheng for a long time, and then got up and left after sighing.

After Shen Yi left, Lin Sheng looked at the corpse of Shen Zhang who had been put down, and after a moment of silence, he said to the Huai'an Army soldiers who were collecting the corpse, "Please go and carve a monument for me."

"Press on the stele..."

"Shen Ping and Shen Zhang's joint burial system will be engraved..."

The soldiers of the Huai'an Army also knew that the thin young man in front of them was Shen Yi's neighbor, so they quickly lowered their heads and said, "Yes, yes..."

…………

Although it is cruel to say so, the matter of Shen Zhang's family can only be regarded as an episode for Shen Yi.

He was back to work quickly.

Because now he directly controls more than 3 troops in his hands, and there are more than 20 troops on the periphery under his remote control. If you add the Huaihe Navy and the Forbidden Army on the back, Shen Yi's current strength has already caught up to [-] troops. That General Yuan Du Yuan was gone years ago.

It is no exaggeration to say that in terms of real power alone, he is already one of the most powerful people in the world.

Now, a single thought of him may determine the lives and deaths of hundreds of people. Although the matter of Shen Zhangshi caused his mood to fluctuate, it was only a fluctuation.

After all, the current Xuzhou City is not peaceful, and the East City Gate is basically still fighting every day, and the intensity is not low.

After being delayed by the Lin family for a whole morning, Shen Yi came to the city wall of the East City Gate that afternoon to inspect the battlefield

At this time, because of the addition of arrows, the difficulty of defending the city suddenly dropped a lot. After all, no one could withstand the shooting of a bow and crossbow with flesh and blood.

Iron armor won't do if you're close enough.

Heavy bows can easily pierce armor, and some heavier special bows can even pierce several armors with one arrow.

According to the rumors, Xue Li, the famous general of Tang Dynasty, could break five armors with one arrow.

Accompanied by Su Ding, the guard of the east gate, Shen Yi climbed up the tower and watched the battlefield.

At this time, although the Qi army under the city was still throwing stones with catapults, and bombarded them with artillery from time to time, but because of the corpses under the city, there were basically no Qi people who dared to charge against the rain of arrows.

After reading it, Shen Yi was a little surprised, and asked, "Yesterday, the Qi people were still attacking the east gate. I said I wanted to come and see, but Wan Zhong and the others stopped me desperately, saying that the battlefield was too dangerous, so they wouldn't let me come up. Come here today." At first glance, it doesn't look like an onslaught."

Su Ding lowered his head slightly and said, "Back to Lord Shen, the people of Qi did fight very fiercely yesterday, even after the arrival of reinforcements from the Northern Qi Dynasty, they fought the most fiercely. Yesterday alone, tens of thousands of arrows were consumed, and many archers Fingers were cut by the bowstring, bleeding profusely..."

Speaking of this, Su Ding paused, and continued: "But today, the Qi people only attacked for a while in the morning, and they have no fighting spirit in the afternoon."

Shen Yi looked up at the battlefield in the distance, thoughtfully: "Did you find anything wrong?"

Su Ding shook his head slightly, and said, "No."

He paused for a moment, and said: "The last general sent people to the other three sects to inquire, but the other three sects did not attack at the same time, as if they suddenly died down."

Master Shen nodded slightly, looked at the devastated city wall at the east gate, and said, "Now that the Qi people have stopped attacking, this wall can be repaired if it can..."

"And then there is."

"The Qi people stopped attacking, but we can't be idle. We have to send scouts out, try to get as close to the Qi army as possible, and keep an eye on the Qi people's movements."

Su Ding naturally embraced his orders one by one.

Master Shen walked down the city wall with his hands behind his back: "Report the situation at the east gate and the Qi people outside the city at any time, and be careful in everything to prevent the Qi people from cheating..."

Su Ding sent Shen Yi down the tower, and saluted with cupped fists: "The last general obeys orders!"

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In this way, time passed day by day, and it was three days later in a blink of an eye.

In Zhizhou Yamen, the two chief generals of the Huai'an Army sat under Shen Yi's head.

This is a small party of three.

If Xue Wei was still in the city, there would probably be four of them at this time.

For a long time, most of the decisions of the Huai'an Army were made by this small meeting, or by the small team led by Shen Yi.

After Shen Yi poured tea for the two subordinates with his own hands, he sat back in his seat, looked at the expressions of the two men, and said slowly: "You two, the people of Qi have not attacked much for three days in a row."

He paused for a moment and continued: "According to the news sent by Xue Wei and General Meng Lianmeng, the internal guard, the troops dispatched by the Northern Qi Conquest to the Southern Army, after arriving in Haizhou and Suqian, they all stuck to the city and did not leave the city. Signs of pursuit."

"Even, not ready to fight them."

Master Shen reached out and knocked on the table, and said, "Everything shows that the people of Qi seem to be avoiding fighting."

Ling Su looked at Shen Yi, and said, "Mr. Shen, could it be that the people of Qi deliberately showed weakness and lured us out, after all..."

"Judging from the current military strength comparison, they still have an absolute advantage."

Shen Yi nodded slightly, and said, "I don't deny the possibility, but at the same time, I have to consider another possibility."

"The people of Qi are going to shrink their forces and turn to defense..."

"Even, prepare to withdraw north."

Su Ding raised his head in astonishment: "Mr. Shen, they still have an absolute advantage. Why do you think they want to retreat north..."

This is poor information.

For these subordinates, the amount of information that Shen Yi obtains every day is beyond their imagination, because not only the mansion newspaper department provides information to Shen Yi, but even now, all the information about Beiqi in the inner guard will be copied to Shen Yi .

Because Shen Yi is now in the territory of Northern Qi, he got the information sometimes even earlier than the emperor, and even earlier than Jiankang's inner guard!
For example, now, Master Shen has a lot of news about Yandu.

In this regard, Ling Su needs to wake up a bit. He lowered his head and thought about it for a while, and then said, "Could it be...it's the Huren Emperor, you want to..."

Master Shen nodded with a smile, and then shook his head: "If Emperor Yongping and Zhao Zhen alone can't hold on anymore, then the Southern Conscript Army will wait and see at most, and won't start to shrink their troops like they are now..."

When Shen Yi said this, he glanced at the north side, and said quietly: "I thought they should have more important things to do, but right now, their motives are still unknown."

"But no matter what, this is good news for us."

"The two of you are invited to come here today because I want to discuss with you the regulations for taking the initiative to attack the Qi army."

"Before discussing this matter, there is one more thing to tell the two of you."

"Huaihe Navy."

Master Shen glanced at the two of them with a calm expression: "It's available..."

This news was told by the emperor to Shen Yi in a secret letter.

The reason why Emperor Hongde dared to say this was because Zhao Lu took the initiative to go to Jiankang, bowed his head to him, and asked the imperial army to send generals to the Huaihe Navy.

Up to now, although the generals of the Forbidden Army have not had time to control the Huaihe Navy, the emperor's influence has already arrived.

The current Huaihe navy, the emperor...

Already adjusted.

Now, the emperor can move, which means that Shen Yi can also move.

Hearing Shen Yi's words, both of them cheered up, and they clasped their fists at Shen Yi together and said, "Congratulations, Mr. Shen!"

Master Shen calmly waved his hand.

"Nothing to congratulate..."

"The Huaihe Navy will not consider it for the time being. What we need to consider now is, if the Qi people retreat northward, or part of them retreat northward, and the rest turn into a defensive state, or even withdraw into the city controlled by Northern Qi, what will we do..."

"Only by eating another piece of meat from them."

Speaking of this, Shen Yi lowered his head and took a sip of tea, and continued: "Eat this piece of meat, and our trip to Xuzhou this year will be considered a success."

When Ling Su heard this, they looked at each other, and they both saw a little excitement in each other's eyes.

Because Shen Yi's words seem to imply...

Great Chen Northern Expedition...

It's close at hand!
(End of this chapter)