marquis of jingan

Chapter 820 A Vital Battle!
At this time, there were still not many boats to be seen on the river. If one looked at it with the naked eye, basically nothing could be seen.

Fortunately, the telescope produced by Xu Fuxin is much better than the original version. Through the mist on the river surface, some boats on the other side of the river can already be vaguely seen!
There are at least dozens of ships in the shadows.

Not anywhere else, all on the eastern front of the Huai'an defense line!
After seeing these boats, Master Shen calmly ordered Xue Wei to go down and set up defenses, then he looked at the river and cursed viciously.

"It's Huai'an again, it's Huai'an again!"

"These sons of a bitch!"

Shen Yi was so angry that he gritted his teeth angrily: "One day, I will pay you back everything I suffered today!"

The reason for his anger was naturally because of the direction of the north shore attack and his Huai'an line of defense.

In fact, from the beginning of August when Shen Yi completely took over the Huai'an defense line to today, in the three months between Da Chen and Bei Qi, almost all the battles took place in the Huai'an defense line.

In the main battle, the Huaihe Navy only fought one battle, the battle of Hongze Lake.

And even in the battle of Hongze Lake, Shen Yi's coastal capital also participated in it.

And now, just when everyone thought that there would be no more wars this year, these Qi people actually started another large-scale attack!
The goal is still Huai'an!

The intention is very simple.

They are still sure that the Huaihe navy will not support the Huai'an defense line, especially the Huai'an east line, so they will attack the Huai'an east line unscrupulously.

And such a style of play undoubtedly wants to achieve some results.

Xue Wei was shocked, and quickly realized that he didn't even have time to salute Shen Yi, so he turned around, got on his horse, and went down to arm himself.

As for Master Shen, he stood where he was, and used binoculars to check the situation on the river from time to time.

As the Qi people's boat approached, the water mist on the river could no longer cover it.

Now, Shen Yi can clearly see with a telescope that there are twenty or thirty boats of the Qi people on the river.

After looking at it for a while, he put down the binoculars and cursed.

"I don't know how long these beasts have been waiting for this foggy day!"

After saying this, Master Shen's eyes became fierce.

"Fortunately, all defenses are not slack."

"If you dare to die, I dare to bury you..."

At this time, there was no need to continue watching, Shen Yi also came to his mount, took off his waist badge, and threw it to Zhong Wu, his follower who had been with him for several years.

"Pegasus sent an order to all the camps along the Huai River, telling them that the people of Qi are gathering and approaching in large numbers, and always pay attention to the enemy!"

"I can't see the signal flares clearly in foggy weather, so send orders to the battalions to communicate with scouts. If there is spare power to support, send troops directly!"

"Don't ask for instructions, don't ask for instructions!"

After Shen Yi drank twice, Zhong Wu put Shen Yi's badge in his arms, bowed his head respectfully to Shen Yi, and said, "Mr. Shen, this subordinate is going now!"

After speaking, he rode his horse and disappeared into the mist.

And Shen Yi took the rest of the entourage, turned around and ran towards the garrison camp by the river.

When they rushed to the garrison camp, the camp had already started an emergency defense under Xue Wei's arrangement. Xue Wei personally led people to set up defenses along the river.

In the big camp, there were not many people left.

When Shen Yi rushed to the river, Xue Wei was not here, but Su Ding had already arrived and was arranging the defense line in a more refined manner.

Seeing Shen Yi coming, Su Ding bowed his head respectfully, clasped his fists and saluted, "Mr. Shen."

Master Shen took a deep breath and said, "What's the situation now?"

Su Ding lowered his head slightly, and said: "Back to Mr. Shen, yesterday evening, the river surface began to fog up. It is estimated that Qi people began to gather at this time, so we didn't find it."

"Up to now, it is estimated that there are [-] or [-] Qi people's boats on the river, and many of them are big ships. It is estimated..."

Su Ding exhaled a foul breath and said, "There may be seven to eight thousand people!"

"Besides, it's unclear whether the Qi people on the north bank will continue to increase their troops. It won't be clear until noon, when the fog on the river is dispersed by the sun..."

"8000 people... 8000 people!"

Master Shen was a little angry: "They fought the Hongze Lake camp, and there were only 8000 people. How many people are there in the Qi people on the north bank, so that they dare to consume like this!"

Su Ding lowered his head slightly and did not answer.

Shen Yi took a deep breath to calm himself down, and then asked in a deep voice, "How many people are there in our big camp?"

"If I remember correctly, there should not be many people."

Su Ding smiled wryly, and said, "This subordinate is about to say this."

"This big camp is the closest to the Qi people's raid this time, only..."

"There are only two thousand-household battalions."

"Two thousand household battalions are definitely not enough."

"The subordinates and General Xue have urgently dispatched manpower from other large camps, but for the nearby large camps, three thousand-household battalions can be dispatched at most."

"These three thousand people will not arrive until after noon."

"As far away..."

Su Ding lowered his head and said, "I'm afraid it will be evening or night before I can catch up!"

The defense of Huai'an was personally arranged by Shen Yi. According to the garrison level, there were 4000 people in each garrison battalion, and the minimum was 2000 people.

Obviously, most of the people in Qi had figured it out, and there were not many people stationed here.

2000 people resist 8000 people landing...

If it only lasts half a day, depending on the location and equipment, it may not be impossible.

But no one can guarantee that there are only 8000 Qi people!
At this moment, Shen Yi was already wondering if his defense arrangement had been leaked...

At least, part of it has leaked out.

Seeing Shen Yi pondering, Su Ding lowered his head slightly, and said: "Mr. Shen, just now the last general and General Xue said in a hurry. General Xue said that he is going to stick to this place and resolutely not let the people of Qi take a step to the south bank."

As he said that, he looked at Shen Yi and said slowly: "Mr. Shen, the last general is also going to stay here."

"But you can't be here."

Su Ding bowed, with a respectful expression: "The Huai'an defense line needs you to take charge of the overall situation."

"Meaning, let me retreat?"

Master Shen raised his eyebrows.

"Where can I retreat? To Huai'an City, or to Jiankang City?"

"It's not that pessimistic."

Su Ding showed a smile on his face, and said: "Fortunately, Mr. Shen has been patrolling the defense, and the defense along the Huai River has not been relaxed. It is not easy for these Qi people to land..."

While the two were still talking in the camp, several loud cannons exploded in their ears.

Shen Yi and Su Ding looked at the Huaihe defense line at the same time.

"It's fighting."

Master Shen said in a deep voice.

"Yes."

Su Ding cupped his fists at Shen Yi, and said, "Mr. Shen, the people of Qi have learned to be smart this time. Their ships are very scattered, and their artillery is of little use. General Xue is not here, and he will go out to command eventually!"

"Mr. Shen must be safe!"

"You are here, our Dusi is here, if something happens to you, the Dusi will be gone!"

After all, Su Ding cupped his fists at Shen Yi, turned around and strode to the front line.

At this moment, the sun had just pierced through the thick clouds and shone on the surface of the Huaihe River.

The mist on the river surface turned into a snow white.

Amidst the whiteness of the snow, large boats of Qi people pierced through the white mist and rushed out of the mist.

In the cabin of a large ship, General Zhou in armor stood behind a young man and said helplessly, "Your Highness, the front line is too dangerous, you shouldn't have come."

"The southerners have artillery, and they are quite powerful..."

"It might hit the boat and hurt you."

The young man also wore armor.

He looked back at Zhou Shizhong behind him, and said with a smile: "General, this king is here to gain military merits, so naturally he has to go to the front line in person, but you, General, really shouldn't come with this king."

"If something happens to you, the emperor will definitely blame the king."

Zhou Shizhong smiled dumbly: "I have not been to the front line once or twice. When my late father was in charge of conscripting the Southern Army, I was always in command of the front line."

After the two people had a conversation, their boat could already see the south bank.

Zhao Kai peeked out through the gap in the cabin, and then turned around and asked: "General, you said earlier that this part of the Nanren's Huai'an Mansion is guarded by a civil servant. Let's attack here. The Nanren's Huaihe Navy Won't support?"

"Even if they support, it's just lip service, pretending."

Zhou Shizhong said with a smile: "Although there are only a small half of the people left in the Southern Dynasty, they are still fighting endlessly. In the words of the Han people..."

"It's called a fly camp dog."

General Zhou said indifferently: "This scholar guarding Huai'an is actually very capable. The dog suffered a big loss from him before, and he almost couldn't escape back."

"If the Huaihe Navy can be of one mind with him."

General Zhou said slowly: "I'm afraid it will be extremely difficult to break through the defense line of the Southerners."

"That's how the Han people are."

Zhao Kai said with a smile: "He's full of etiquette and morality, full of intrigue and trickery."

"If it weren't for this, I, Zhu Lizhen, wouldn't have won half of their world."

Hearing what he said, Zhou Shizhong twitched.

Zhao Kai looked at Zhou Shizhong, said with a smile: "I didn't say you, General, you are loyal to the country, and you are no different from our real Zhu Li."

Zhou Shizhong smiled, but did not answer.

Speaking of this, the Northern Qi prince squinted his eyes. He looked back at Zhou Shizhong and said, "General, this time we are going to break through Huai'an City and occupy Huai'an!"

"Even if we can't go south, we still have to occupy Huai'an for a few months to fully demonstrate our majesty and prestige."

"By the way, give that little southern emperor a hard slap in the face!"

General Zhou was thoughtful.

"Your Highness seems to be about the same age as that Southern Emperor?"

"I'm... a year older than him."

Zhao Kai smiled, his eyes wandering.

"It's just that his life is better. He has been emperor many years before me..."

(End of this chapter)