marquis of jingan

Chapter 809 Wei Wangkai

Ling Su...

It cannot be said that he is not capable.

At the beginning, there were five battalions of thousands of households in Linhaiwei, and the other four were already in bad shape. Even the commander of Linhaiwei had already gone to Lin'an Mansion to sleep with women and enjoy the blessings, and he was not in Linhai at all.

Only the Qianhu Battalion under Ling Su's command has almost maintained a full staff of 1000 people!
Although the combat effectiveness of this fully staffed Thousand Household Battalion is indeed very average, it is not easy to maintain a full staff in that environment.

Because keeping the full number means that at least Ling Su, a thousand households, has not been paid.

As for combat power...

There is no money, no food, no morale in the army, and there is no good way to give it to anyone.

Therefore, when Shen Yi entered the southeast and gave Ling Su some conditions, he could quickly use the more than 100 people in the old Linhaiwei as a framework to help Shen Yi pull up the prototype of the Anti-Japanese Army, and quickly formed a certain fighting power.

That's what he's capable of.

But it was also because of Linhaiwei's experience that Ling Su's military training has not been strict enough. Perhaps in his opinion, compared to Linhaiwei's time, he has been ten times and a hundred times stricter, but compared to Xue Wei and the others, he is still strict. Relatively "soft".

More importantly, although Ling Su is capable, his ability is not very strong, and he cannot be said to be outstanding.

In terms of relative military ability, he has had a clear advantage over his colleague Xue Wei for a long time, which is why he has been able to secure his position as the general in the army.

But as Xue Wei gradually grew up...

The ability gap between the two has gradually disappeared.

More importantly, Shen Yi now has another available person under his command.

Su Ding.

In terms of military ability alone, Su Ding is a man with outstanding abilities, whether it is planning a story or commanding in front of the battle. He can be regarded as a treasure picked up by Master Shen during his half a year of working in the Ministry of War.

With Su Ding, Shen Yi was able to say such "heavy words" to Ling Su.

Because the "irreplaceability" in Ling Su no longer exists.

However, Ling Su has also made a lot of contributions in the past few years. He can be regarded as a talented person. Shen Yi can still give him enough opportunities to prove himself.

After Shen Yi had finished training Ling Su, that night, he rested in the camp commander's tent at Hongze Lake.

Several years of military career had made him used to sleeping in a tent, and he was able to sleep well.

The next day, when Master Shen woke up, General Ling Suling stood in the first row on the school field of the camp, leading the training of the soldiers under his command.

The officers and soldiers of the Hongze Lake Camp had a total of four Thousand-Household Battalions. At this time, about 2000 people were training together on the school field. Before shouting, they were quite imposing, like thunder.

After Shen Yi watched from the side for a while, he lost interest in continuing to read.

After all, this kind of thing needs to be persevering. It is useless to practice for a day or two. They can't practice once if Shen Yi can't.

Therefore, long-term observation is required.

Master Shen found a hundred households in the scout camp directly in the military camp, and said, "Take me to a high place where I can see the opposite bank."

"I'm going to see the battlefield."

The hundred households quickly bowed their heads respectfully: "Yes,"

………………

On the north bank, the southern army was recruited.

On a table in a tent, a small stove was lit, and a copper pot was placed on the small stove. On both sides of the copper pot, there were more than a dozen pots of side dishes.

On both sides of the table, two young men in unlined clothes were sitting across the table. From time to time, they used chopsticks to pick up small dishes on the table, put them into a copper pot and eat them hot.

It was Zhou Yuanhu and Tong Sheng.

The last time Zhou Yuanhu, as the vanguard, failed in the surprise attack on Nanchen, and after being scolded by General Zhou, he did not lead troops to go out during this period of time, but stayed honestly in the camp of the Southern Army.

At this moment, the weather has entered autumn, and it is already a bit cold in the morning and evening. There is nothing left and right, so the two sons and brothers set up a shabu-shabu in the army.

After Tong Sheng ate a piece of beef, he looked up at Zhou Yuanhu who was opposite him, and shook his head.

"Compared to the shabu-shabu in the capital, it is still a lot worse. Tsk, the one I went to eat last time is really good. Next time I go back to the capital, I will take Brother Zhou to try it."

"In the army, it's not bad to be able to eat this."

Zhou Yuanhu took a sip of the hot soup, glanced at Tong Sheng, and said, "The soldiers below are still eating coarse grain pancakes with salty cloth strip soup."

Tong Sheng smiled: "It's true."

"It's really good to be able to eat this. It was so hot a few days ago, and I asked the people below for a few pieces of ice to relieve the heat, but they couldn't get it out."

After taking a few mouthfuls, he swallowed it down, looked up at Zhou Yuanhu, and asked, "By the way, Brother Zhou, what does your lord say? Are you still going to fight the south? What's the way?"

"Hit, why not?"

Zhou Yuanhu curled his lips, looked left and right, and after confirming that there was no one in the room, he snorted softly: "Our Majesty was so furious that he directly said in the court that he would teach Li Chen some lessons, and His Majesty would not let him stop. How did the battle stop?"

Tong Sheng took a sip of his wine and looked at Zhou Yuanhu with a smile.

"Brother Zhou, why do I feel that your father doesn't seem to want to fight anymore?"

"So many people die every day, who wants to fight?"

Zhou Yuanhu rolled his eyes, and said in a muffled voice: "The defense line on the south bank depends only on our conquest of the southern army. It is impossible to break through. Let's just attack a little bit with all our strength, and I am afraid that those treacherous southerners will cross the river."

"but…"

Zhou Yuanhu smiled, and said, "However, a few days ago, it seemed that I found a weak spot on the south bank, and I probably have to try it in the next few days."

The major general paused for a moment, then continued: "But to put it bluntly, it's just for the imperial court to show. If you really want to fight, you still have to wait for the imperial court's reinforcements to come."

Speaking of this, he looked at Tong Sheng opposite and asked, "Brother Tong, I heard that there is a prince among the reinforcements sent by the imperial court this time. Do you know which prince it is?"

Tong Sheng almost spat out a mouthful of flesh, and said helplessly, "Brother Zhou, you don't even know, how can I know?"

Zhou Yuanhu took a sip of wine and looked at Tong Sheng.

"Your Tong family has been married to the royal family for generations. When the imperial concubine is your own aunt! Is there anything about this court that you don't know?"

Tong Sheng also accompanied him with a glass of wine, and said with a wry smile: "I haven't seen my aunt for a long time, we have so many nephews in the Tong family, my aunt may not necessarily want me, but..."

After a pause, he lowered his voice slightly, and said, "The one who came this time should be the Fourth Prince..."

"The fourth prince..."

Zhou Yuanhu was stunned for a moment, then slowly said: "Wei Wangkai."

"Ah."

Tong Sheng nodded and said: "It's almost His Royal Highness King Wei. I heard that he has left the capital at this moment. It is estimated that in a few days, he will be able to go to the banks of the Huaihe River."

Zhou Yuanhu respected Tong Sheng and asked, "Does Brother Tong know this Highness?"

"Seeing is seeing."

Tong Sheng raised his head and gulped it down, then shook his head and said, "But if you say you know each other, that's putting money on your face."

He smiled wryly: "I can only say that I know him, but he may not know me."

Seeing that Zhou Yuanhu was silent, Tong Sheng ate a piece of meat with a smile, and said, "I heard that His Royal Highness King Wei has a strong temperament and powerful tactics. Brother Zhou, tell me, when he arrives in Yanhuai, Is he listening to your lord, or is your lord listening to him?"

Zhou Yuanhu was stunned for a moment, then lowered his head, took a sip of his wine, and said with a smile: "The Zhengnan Army is the army of the imperial court. Since Your Highness is the military governor of the imperial court, then my father should naturally listen to Your Highness."

He looked at Tong Sheng and said with a smile: "Brother Tong can ask such a question, it shows that your loyalty to the court is not pure enough, like Zhou, you never think about this question."

Tong Sheng poured himself a glass of wine, added another glass to Zhou Yuanhu, and said with a smile: "It has nothing to do with my loyalty or not, and it has nothing to do with the general's loyalty."

"After all, the general is loyal to the imperial court and His Majesty, but not necessarily His Royal Highness King Wei."

This royal relative respectfully toasted Zhou Yuanhu with a glass of wine with a smile on his face.

"What exactly will happen?"

"It depends on what your father thinks..."

(End of this chapter)