marquis of jingan

Chapter 818 Han and Thieves

According to the latest information sent by Luo Yong, Northern Qi's reinforcements had already arrived along the Huaihe River, that is to say, they had joined the Northern Qi's Southern Conscript Army.

This time the Northern Qi Dynasty plans to increase its troops by more than [-] people. Although they don't know where they will be transferred from, if they are transferred from Yandu, it is very unlikely that this army will reach the Huaihe River now.

And the more than [-] people cannot all be local troops.

Therefore, only a small part of the Northern Qi reinforcements arrived along the Huaihe River this time. According to the information of the Di Baosi, there were about 2 people.

Originally, this wasn't particularly big news to Shen Yi, but there was another piece of news attached to this piece of information.

That is, the Northern Qi court sent the Northern Qi emperor's fourth son, Wei Wang Zhao Kai to accompany the army to supervise the battle.

At this time, the Northern Qi King Wei had arrived along the Huaihe River with the first reinforcements.

This caught Shen Yi's attention.

Not only because of the status of the Northern Qi King Wei, but also because of...

Shen Yi's duty in Huai'an is actually to supervise the battle.

Well, formally speaking, it is an order to oversee the army.

In a sense, it can be said that it is exactly the same as the position of the Northern Qi King Wei.

What made Shen Yi think.

As the warlord of Huai'an, he can speak for himself in the entire Huai'an defense line, and he is a real "Huai'an imperial envoy".

And what level of authority did that King Wei of the Northern Qi Dynasty have?
Shen Yi sat silently in his seat, thought for a long time, then raised his head to look at Luo Yong, and said, "Observe the movement of the Northern Qi reinforcements at any time, and report to me immediately if there is any movement, and besides..."

Shen Yi said in a low voice: "Go and check all the information about Wei Wangkai, and if you can find it, send it to me."

Luo Yong lowered his head slightly, hesitated for a while, and said in a low voice: "Si Zheng, we have only been around for a few years, and there are almost no people in Yandu..."

Shen Yi immediately understood the meaning of his words, nodded slightly, and said: "Got it, you are going to check the movements of the Qi army. When you go out, call Jiang Sheng in."

Luo Yong immediately bowed his head and cupped his hands, turned around and retreated.

Soon, Jiang Sheng opened the door and walked in, bowed his head and said, "Master, you are looking for me."

"Ah."

Master Shen reached out and knocked on the table, and said: "Two things, the first thing is you go to the inner guard, ask the inner guard to help you look up the information of the Fourth Prince of Northern Qi, and tell them, I want all the information, Delivered directly to me."

At this time, Northern Qi suddenly sent such a prince over, no matter whether the people of Qi really wanted to go south, or came here to show their prestige, this prince was worthy of Shen Yi's serious understanding.

Jiang Sheng nodded immediately, and said, "Yes, the little one will go right away."

"also."

Shen Yi said: "You send two people to take Ling Su and Xue Wei..."

Speaking of this, Shen Yi hesitated for a moment, and continued: "There is also Su Ding, who called the imperial envoy Xingyuan together, and said that there is something important to discuss, so let them come quickly."

During this period of time, there were frequent battles on the eastern front, and Xue Wei has been able to defend the eastern front very well. Apart from his bravery in combat, Su Ding's assistance is also indispensable.

This Qianhu from the former Mingzhou Guard, with the progress of each battle, although his rank has not risen much, he has slowly entered the core decision-making level of the "Shen Yi Group".

Of course, now Shen Yi has to get in touch with him slowly, and he is still in the assessment stage.

Jiang Sheng immediately lowered his head and went down to do some business.

Jiang Sheng has been with Shen Yi for a few years, and after a lot of experience, he has already handled things very neatly. Shen Yi asked him to find someone in the morning, and in the evening, Ling Su had already arrived in Huai'an Fucheng.

Because everyone was not present, Shen Yi asked Jiang Sheng to arrange for him to stay in the Xingyuan of the imperial envoy. On the next morning, Xue Wei and Su Ding also rushed to Huai'an Mansion and met Shen Yi at the Xingyuan of the imperial envoy.

Because there could be another war on the front line at any time, Shen Yi didn't delay the matter, and when the three arrived, he directly dragged the three of them into his study.

In the study room, Master Shen sat at the main seat, looked at the three standing people, and said with a smile: "Everyone has worked hard all the way, find a place to sit by yourself."

The three of them saluted Shen Yi with fists cupped, and then they found chairs and sat down.

After taking his seat, Ling Su took a special look at Su Ding and smiled at him.

Su Ding bowed his head politely and smiled back.

After the three of them were seated, Shen Yi glanced at the three of them, and asked with a smile: "A while ago, there were frequent wars, and most of the three generals fought very hard. They finally got better recently, everyone, have a good rest." No?"

Seeing Shen Yi smiling, Ling Su lowered his head and cupped his fists, and said with a smile: "Thank you, Mr. Shen, for your concern. The last general and his subordinates have all recovered."

Xue Wei also lowered his head slightly, cupped his fists and said, "Mr. Shen, the last general is fine."

Shen Yi nodded.

Xue Wei suffered some skin trauma earlier, but now it seems that he has recovered.

Su Ding also lowered his head and cupped his fists, and replied to Shen Yi's words.

"Since everyone is fine, I can rest assured."

Master Shen paused, and continued: "The Qi people's reinforcements have arrived."

He looked at the three people, and then continued: "And there may be more and more reinforcements."

"There could be a fight at any moment."

Ling Su looked up at Shen Yi, then bowed his head and said nothing.

Xue Wei, however, was straight-tempered, and directly clasped his fists and said: "Mr. Shen, it is said in the military book that military operations in winter are twice as effective, and the enemy attacks and we defend, and it is even more unfavorable to them..."

"The people of Qi should not attack in winter."

Su Ding on the side pulled Xuewei's sleeve with his hand, coughing uncontrollably.

Xue Wei looked back at Su Ding and shook his head slightly.

He meant, knew what he was talking about.

Naturally, Master Shen would not be angry with Xue Wei, he just smiled dumbly, and said: "It's rare that you, General Xue, have also read military books."

"It is true that there are few battles in winter, but after all, winter has not yet entered. The enemy's first reinforcements have already arrived along the Huaihe River, and the second reinforcements may arrive sometime soon."

"Before winter, these people from Qi might not be able to catch everyone by surprise and put in a fight."

Having said that, Shen Yi paused for a moment, looked at the three people, and said, "To be honest, I really hope that people from Qi will come over and fight us at this time."

"Because if we don't fight at this time, by the beginning of next spring, we will face more than twice as many Qi people, or even more."

"At that time, the pressure will be huge."

All three looked at Shen Yi and listened humbly.

Master Shen looked at these three people quietly, and continued: "Here in Huai'an, there are already three thousand recruits. I know you are not very willing to take them, because the training time is not long, and you have to take them on the battlefield."

"However, you don't have to choose at this time."

"When you leave, take [-] people with you. If you really want to practice, just practice on the battlefield."

"Besides, the conscription in the southeast has already started. If the people of Qi don't fight before spring, then the source of soldiers from the southeast should be able to come to Huai'an before next spring."

Hearing this, Su Ding looked up at Shen Yi and asked, "Mr. Shen, there are suddenly more people..."

"The imperial court has agreed to temporarily increase the strength of two guards in Huai'an."

One guard has 5000 people, and two guards naturally have [-] people.

This matter, after Shen Yi reported it, the emperor quarreled with the Ministry of War and the Zhongshu people for half an hour before Shen Yi settled the argument.

The documents approved by the imperial court were delivered to Master Shen only two days ago.

Shen Yi looked at the three of them, and continued: "But I don't plan to add any more guards in Huai'an. At that time, the east and west lines will still be divided into five thousand-household camps, and you will deploy them yourself."

After hearing Shen Yi's words, the three generals stared at each other with obvious shock.

Suddenly expand the army by [-]%!
If this is reported by a general, the possibility of the court approving it is basically zero.

Even if it is reported by civil officials, it may be difficult to hear back.

But Master Shen, he applied abruptly!

Even if it's just a temporary establishment, it's already very powerful!
and……

The three looked at Shen Yi at the same time.

The young master in front of him was only thinking about the Northern Expedition!
If there is a Northern Expedition in the future, not to mention 3 people, even 13 people may not be enough. In other words, the 1 people who will be expanded are likely to be permanently established.

Xue Wei couldn't hold back, he stood up directly, and looked up at Shen Yi with some fanaticism: "Mr. Shen, how long do we have to defend?"

Shen Yi gave this guy a helpless look.

"There are only 1 more people, what do you want to do?"

Shen Yi said angrily: "At least, we must finish this year and wait until spring and summer next year..."

"Look for another chance."

The three of them stood up at the same time, bowed and clasped fists at Shen Yi.

"Yes!"

………………

At the same time, General Zhou Shizhong was drinking tea with a young man in purple at the General's Mansion where the Confederate Army was stationed on the North Shore.

After the two drank a few cups of tea, the young man glanced at Zhou Shizhong and said with a smile, "General, have you considered what this king told you yesterday?"

Zhou Shizhong put down his teacup, bowed his head and smiled wryly: "Your Highness, the imperial court's reinforcements have only come to less than [-], which is just enough to make up for the previous losses of the Southern Army..."

"At this time, the Southern Expedition may not be much different from before."

The young man in purple raised his eyebrows: "Then, how long are you going to wait, General?"

"At least…"

Zhou Shizhong smiled wryly and said: "At least the weather should be warmer. When the reinforcements from the imperial court arrive, my master Wang can march south with his troops, and the horse will step south..."

"My lord can't wait that long."

Wei Wangkai frowned and looked at Zhou Shizhong.

"General, you should be clear in your heart that this king is not here to join you in defeating Jiankang or Huai'an."

"It has not been defeated after more than 60 years of fighting, and it is impossible to defeat it in a year or two."

Speaking of this, Zhao Kai's voice was hoarse: "General, we are our own people, this king will tell you the truth."

"This king wants military merit, military merit!"

"Immediate military exploits!"

His Royal Highness King Wei stood up and said slowly.

"If you fight to the south, no matter whether you win or lose, you will always fight, even if you kill some Han people afterwards, you will be credited."

Zhao Kai's voice was cold: "It's worth it!"

Hearing these words, even Zhou Shizhong, who had been in charge of the army for many years, felt a little chills in his heart.

As a minister of Da Qi, he couldn't understand the words of these nobles of Da Qi very well.

If Wei Wangkai wanted to kill the Han people of the South Bank Chen State to take credit for it, that would be a perfectly normal thing, and it is not worth letting this noble man use the word "even if".

And the fourth prince uttered these two words, which meant that the "Han people" he was talking about were not Han people in the south!
But the Han Chinese in the north!
The people of Daqi!
Kill the good and take the credit!
Thinking of this, Zhou Shizhong looked at the fanatical King Wei, but glanced north.

He knew in his heart that Wei Wangkai didn't have this personality before, and he wouldn't be so impatient.

But now, the reason why he is so anxious is that he wants to kill the good and take the credit.

It also means that there are some things that make him anxious.

For example, that lofty and alluring throne!
In other words, the fourth prince who ran away from Yandu didn't seem to give up the fight for the throne!
On the contrary, the means are very extreme.

Thinking of this, Zhou Shizhong bowed his head silently, with a helpless voice,
"Then listen to Your Highness..."

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