marquis of jingan

Chapter 781 What a pity this city
After arranging the general affairs, Shen Yi settled down in the Songjiang Wei camp.

During this period, the officials of the Songjiang Mansion finally heard about the arrival of Shen Yi, an imperial envoy, and they went to the Songjiang Wei Camp to invite Shen Yi to dinner many times, but Master Shen declined politely because he was busy with military affairs.

Because Shen Yi really doesn't have the energy to deal with these local officials now.

and…

With his current level and status, there is no need to socialize with these local officials, because even the fourth-rank Songjiang prefect is no longer close to Shen Yi.

After living in Songjiangwei for about ten days, the supplies from Jiankang were finally delivered.

Others are not particularly important, the most important thing is the more than 1 pieces of armor. For this reason, Shen Yi specially called the following thousand households to hold a meeting, and asked each thousand-household battalion to distribute the armor evenly. At that time, those without armor were not allowed to go to the battlefield.

After the armor arrived, the daily training of the officers and men of the Dusi became armor training.

It was just July, and the weather was extremely hot. Wearing armor and training on the school field, almost every day someone would suffer from heat stroke and even faint.

If it is a local guard, with this kind of training intensity, the soldiers in the guard may stop training collectively, or even mutiny if they are in a hurry.

But the treatment of the Dusi was good, and most of the generals at all levels were brought up by Shen Yi himself. Under the majesty of Master Shen, everyone still gritted their teeth and persisted.

In this way, until the first ten days of July.

On this day, Shen Yi called both Ling Su and Xue Wei to him. After the two saluted, Master Shen coughed and said slowly: "In about 20 days, it's time to change defense with the Huaihe Navy. Alright, our training in Songjiang Mansion is over."

"Tomorrow morning, I will lead the cavalry in the army to the north on horseback first, and hand over to the Huaihe Navy. One of you two will go with me and get in touch with the Huaihe Navy."

"Another person, stay and lead the infantry northward."

Shen Yi knocked on the table and said: "Songjiang Mansion is about 20 miles away from Huai'an Mansion. Seven hundred miles away, I have left you [-] days."

"In any case, we have to rush to Huai'an Mansion before the end of the month to complete the defense change with the Huaihe Navy. Do you understand?"

The two immediately clasped their fists together and said in a deep voice, "Your subordinate obeys!"

After finishing speaking, the two commanders turned their heads to discuss a few words, Ling Su turned his head and clasped his fists to Shen Yi and said, "Mr. Shen, I have discussed with General Xue. Tomorrow, General Xue will lead the cavalry to go north with you. The last general will lead the infantry." Pawns, set off at the same time."

Now that the two of them had discussed it, Shen Yi had no opinion. After nodding his head, he said lightly: "Then it's settled, and we'll leave at Chenshi tomorrow morning."

Xue Wei looked serious and lowered his head slightly: "Your subordinate obeys!"

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Early the next morning, all the cavalry of Dusi gathered at the gate of the camp.

The number is not small.

To be precise, there are not many war horses.

And now, the war horse promised by Jiang Jian of the Ministry of War to Shen Yi has not yet been implemented, and it is estimated that it will take several months before it can be delivered to Shen Yi. Therefore, up to now, all the cavalry in the Dusi are only 800 people.

That's all, Shen Yi bought it out of his own pocket. All the horses were bought by himself or by Xu Fu.

And Shen Yi, sitting on his big black horse, took the lead and ran towards the north.

Xue Wei and other generals rode behind Shen Yi closely.

The speed of the cavalry was far better than that of the infantry. With a distance of [-] miles, even if the speed of the crowd was not very fast, by the eighth day, they had already reached the territory of Huai'an Mansion.

After arriving in Huai'an Mansion, these 700 people did not enter the city, but camped in the wild. After setting up the tent, Master Shen sat at the door of his tent and grilled meat skewers, while Xue Wei sat carefully. Beside Shen Yi, he lowered his head slightly and asked: "Mr. Shen, we are already in the territory of Huai'an Mansion. Should we stay where we are and wait for General Ling and the others to come over, or go directly to see the people from the Huaihe Navy?"

Shen Yi glanced at him.

"Are you going to meet someone from the Huaihe Navy?"

Xue Wei scratched his head and said, "This subordinate doesn't know..."

Shen Yi shook his head slightly, and said helplessly: "Tomorrow, let's go to camp near Huai'an Fucheng. After setting up the camp, you... take the few thousand households who came with you, and go to the bank of the Huaihe River to take a good look."

"I'll give you ten days to walk as far as possible along the Huaihe River, understand?"

Xue Wei nodded thoughtfully, and said, "What about you, Mr. Shen?"

Master Shen looked calm, and said, "Don't worry about me, someone will come to invite me into the city tomorrow."

Speaking of this, Shen Yi handed the grilled meat skewers to Xue Wei, and then looked at Huai'an City not far away.

According to the information he received from the Dibao Division.

The General Zhao of the Huaihe Navy should be in the Huai'an mansion at this time.

The defense line of the Huaihe River is so long, it is self-evident that General Zhao is in the Huai'an mansion at this time.

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The next day, Shen Yi's troops set off again. According to Shen Yi's instructions, they came to station in the outskirts of Huai'an Fucheng, but did not enter the city.

And Xue Wei and other generals, after setting up their tents, followed Shen Yi's instructions and rode horses to the banks of the Huaihe River for "field investigation".

Master Shen took Jiang Sheng and entered Huai'an City with a dozen or so entourages.

Huai'an City is not too small.

It is even a city of considerable scale, because for more than 60 years, although the people of Qi have repeatedly violated the frontier, they have never broken through Huai'an City. As a result, the city has hardly been affected by the "military disaster".

Shen Yi and the others had just entered the city, and after wandering around for about an hour, a few men stopped in front of Shen Yi, lowered their heads slightly, with a respectful expression: "Master Shen, my great general invites you to visit the Huai Tower for a while."

Shen Yi knew that Zhao Lu was here, and he was ready to see Zhao Lu, and he didn't feel any surprise when he heard the words, but nodded lightly, and said, "Lead the way."

Several men nodded quickly, and led Shen Yi and others all the way to a tall building.

It is said to be a tall building, but it only has four floors.

This is a restaurant, and it is also the tallest restaurant in Huai'an Prefecture.

Shen Yi was invited all the way to the fourth floor, and finally in a private room by the window, he saw General Zhao in blue single clothes.

At this time, the summer wind was blowing through the tall buildings, and General Zhao stood in front of the window looking at the entire Huai'an city, his clothes fluttering, he looked not like a warrior, but more like a scholar who had read poetry and books.

He had obviously noticed that Shen Yi had come in, but he didn't turn his head back. He still looked at the whole Huai'an, and heaved a long sigh.

"It's a pity to destroy such a city."

Shen Yi found a chair and sat down, then looked at Zhao Lu's back, and said indifferently: "Master Hou can pinch and count. This Huai'an city is fine, so Master Hou said it will be destroyed."

"It's just a matter of time."

General Zhao turned his head, looked Shen Yi up and down, and then he was a little surprised, and said with a smile: "Brother Shen has been hacked a lot."

"Training in Songjiang Mansion, I got a little tanned."

Shen Yi also raised his head to look at Zhao Lu, and said lightly: "In comparison, Lord Hou seems to be more like a scholar."

"Honestly."

Zhao Lu sighed slightly, and said, "When I was young, Zhao was more interested in studying, but he had a family business to inherit, and he really had no way to study."

"That's why he became the so-called general."

Shen Yi didn't bother to reminisce about the past with him, but looked at him quietly, and asked: "Master Hou just said that Huai'an City is about to be destroyed, what do you mean by that? Could it be that Master Hou made some agreement with the people of Qi? "

Zhao Lu smiled dumbly.

"What agreement is needed for this?"

"How many years have the two dynasties confronted each other? I have already been among you, and you have been among me. No one can hide it from anyone."

He looked at Shen Yi quietly.

"The emperor of the Northern Dynasty is getting sicker and sicker."

"He needs to fight a winning battle."

Zhao Lu lowered his head and took a sip of tea, then looked at Shen Yi, and said with a smile.

"Brother Shen, you take over Huai'an's defense here. In at most three to five days, the Northern Dynasty will react. They will focus on the weak point of Huai'an and attack until they break through Huai'an's defense line along Huai'an, and even break through the Huai'an mansion."

Zhao Lu's tone was calm, as if he was talking about something that had nothing to do with him.

"At that time, even if the Northern Qi Emperor dies, our Majesty will have no other thoughts."

Having said that, he looked at Shen Yi.

"At that time, I will also be required to clean up the mess."

He looked at the scenery outside the window and sighed slightly.

"It's a pity that this is a great city."

(End of this chapter)