marquis of jingan

Chapter 823 Exhaustion
In the army under Shen Yi's command, the ratio of infantry to cavalry has been maintained at about nine to one, that is to say, there will be about [-]% cavalry.

When fighting against the Japanese army, there were only 500 people in total. Shen Yi bought some horses from Xu Fu relying on his financial ability, and forcibly pulled together a cavalry force of 500 people.

It's just that war horses are too rare, even if it was later expanded into a capital, two thousand cavalry could not be recruited.

It wasn't until Shen Yi came to Huai'an that he successfully expanded the cavalry to two thousand with the horses he got from the Ministry of War.

But because it has only been a few months, most of these cavalry have not yet formed the combat effectiveness that cavalry should have.

But even so, these cavalrymen are still Master Shen's treasures. After all, it is unrealistic for him to rely solely on infantry when he wants to make a northern expedition in the future.

Shen Yi needed a strong cavalry, enough cavalry for the Northern Expedition to complete all tactical actions.

Therefore, Shen Yi has always been very concerned about this cavalry, and has never been stingy with the money that should be spent.

But now...

No matter how distressed he was, Shen Yi had no choice but to let these cavalry dismount and transform into infantry!
Because for a defense line with only 2000 people, even if only [-] people join the battlefield, it is a very rare new force!

It can save the life of the entire front that is already dying!

After hearing Shen Yi's order, Su Ding could not bear it, but he quickly gritted his teeth, turned around and ran out to give the order.

Among the Dusi, those who can be selected into the cavalry battalion to become cavalry are undoubtedly elite, and these cavalry are well-equipped, and everyone wears armor and sabers.

Five hundred people were quickly sent to the battlefield by Su Ding.

With the addition of five hundred elites, the pressure on the entire defense line suddenly eased a lot.

However, the Qi army on the river is still slowly landing, and there are more and more Qi troops on the south bank.

The addition of [-] fresh troops can only delay the capital's retreat, but cannot completely change the entire battle situation!

After Shen Yi rested for a while, he rushed back to the front line of the battlefield again, and personally led the soldiers to guard Yanhuai.

After dodging a feathered arrow sideways, he slashed down a man of Qi viciously, and then glanced at the surface of the Huaihe River.

At this moment, he urgently needs a strong navy.

The coastal capital... Although he has a relationship with the navy, in the final analysis, he was born in the suppression of bandits, and in the process of suppressing bandits, although he was driving a boat, he basically never fought against Japanese pirates.

Shen Yi only built three warships in Yueqing, and the Japanese pirates were already vulnerable, so the warships did not continue to be built.

In comparison, the Huaihe Navy, a traditional navy, can pull out dozens of large ships with ease.

If Shen Yi also has dozens of large ships, among other things, these ships can meet the enemy on the river, even if they can't break the enemy, they can also stop the enemy for a long time, so that the troops along the coast can be deployed calmly, and it won't be like it is now , lose sight of the other.

Dos...

In other words, Huai'an Mansion needs to be transformed into a navy as soon as possible!

Shen Yi's thoughts were like lightning, and all the thoughts flashed through his mind almost instantly.

When Shen Yi came back to his senses, a messenger ran over stumblingly, bowed his head to Shen Yi and said, "Master Shen, Master Shen!"

"General Xue, he..."

Shen Yi was startled, and quickly asked, "What's wrong with Xue Wei?"

"General Xue fought the enemy bravely, killed seven formations by himself, was stabbed several times, and fainted in the enemy formation!"

Shen Yi's eyes widened with anger, and he was about to speak when the messenger took a breath and continued: "Brothers fought to the death to snatch General Xue out of the army formation, and now General Xue is unconscious!"

"After General Xue fainted, the brothers transferred to Cheng Qianhu to command, and Cheng Qianhu asked the younger one to ask Mr. Shen!"

The messenger lowered his head, gritted his teeth and said, "How long will the fight be?"

"If the fight continues, we need additional manpower to the west!"

"Brothers can't hold it anymore!"

At this time, the Zhouqiao defense line was divided into two sections, Su Ding commanded one section, Xue Wei commanded one section, and Xue Wei's section was to the west.

Shen Yi turned his head abruptly, and shouted to Su Ding who was not far away: "Su Ding!"

"Have the five hundred cavalry been distributed to the west?"

This was the first time that Shen Yi called Su Ding directly by his name. This General Su was shocked and immediately replied loudly: "Mr. Shen, half of them have already been divided, and they are rushing to General Xue!"

"it is good!"

Shen Yi turned his head, glanced at the messenger, and took a deep breath: "Take me to see Xue Wei!"

The orderly bowed his head deeply.

"Yes!"

After all, he took Shen Yi and ran all the way to the west. It didn't take long before he came to a simple temporary camp. There was a bed in the camp. The burly Xue Wei was lying on the bed right now, Still wearing armor.

It's just that the armor on his body has been soaked in blood, and his inner clothes are all black and red.

At this moment, Cheng Qianhu is commanding the western front, and in the tent, another Qianhu Huang Cong under Xue Wei's subordinates is watching. After seeing Shen Yi, he quickly stood up, lowered his head and said, "Mr. Shen!"

Shen Yi waved his hand, signaling him to sit down without saluting, then he glanced at Xue Wei who was already unconscious, and his voice was a little hoarse: "General Xue..."

"what's the situation?"

Huang Cong's eyes were already red, he lowered his head slightly, and his voice was choked with sobs: "Mr. Shen, General Xue killed seven battles in a row, and his subordinates couldn't hold him back. When he got out of the formation, he saw that the iron armor behind him had been split by the enemy's knife!"

"The military doctor has seen it."

Huang Cong said in a hoarse voice: "The military doctor said that he can't move for the time being. General Xue needs to be sent to a safe place in the rear before he can be bandaged!"

He looked up at Shen Yi, took a deep breath, and asked, "Mr. Shen, how long are we going to stay here?"

Shen Yi didn't speak, but stood up silently, opened the tent, and looked at the sky outside.

It was less than half an hour before noon.

Shen Yi glanced east and west again, then returned to the tent, and said in a low voice, "Tea time!"

"Go and tell Cheng Qianhu to hold on for another half an hour. If there is no more reinforcements, they will retreat and don't have to hold on anymore!"

Huang Cong's left arm was broken, unable to move, hanging in front of his chest, he wiped the tears from the corner of his eyes with his bloody right sleeve, bowed his head to Shen Yi and said: "Yes, this subordinate will inform Cheng Qianhu immediately! "

After all, he left the simple tent.

As for Master Shen, he silently glanced at Xue Wei who was lying on the bed, gritted his teeth, pulled out the saber from his waist, turned around and strode towards the outside of the tent.

At this time, the sun is shining!
Under the sunlight, Master Shen stepped on his dark shadow under his feet.

Then, step by step, he walked firmly towards Qi Ren.

He came to the front line in person, his eyes were fierce, and when he saw a Qi man, without saying a word, he held a knife in both hands, and slashed the Qi man with only leather armor to death!
The two-list Jinshi yelled angrily, swung his knife and slashed at the other Qiren!
At this time, Shen Yi even went crazy!
Even if someone hit the ground directly, he immediately got up, holding the knife tightly!

In this state, if he hadn't been surrounded by a few skilled inner guards, he would have been killed by the Qi people on the battlefield!
This half an hour is extremely long for Shen Yi!
I don't know how long it has passed, it may be an hour, or it may be two hours!

Finally, a voice rang in Shen Yi's ear.

"Guangzhou Weijia Ziying, ordered to help!"

"Wenzhou Wei Bingzi Battalion is here to help!"

"Fuzhou Weijia character battalion is here to help!"

……

Amidst the loud shouts from the reinforcements, Master Shen finally exhausted himself. With a knife in one hand, he half-kneeled on the ground, panting heavily.

After panting for a moment, he shouted with the last of his strength.

"Huang Cong, Huang Cong!"

Huang Qianhu hurried over and half-kneeled in front of Shen Yi.

"Mr. Shen!"

"Reinforcements are coming. The two thousand-household battalions of the Zhouqiao camp retreat immediately to recuperate!"

Master Shen bit his tongue to regain consciousness.

"You, with General Xue, retreat to the rear immediately! Let the military doctor..."

"Heal him..."

After saying this, the long knife that Shen Yi had been holding tightly in his hand slowly fell to the ground and hit the stone, making the sound of metal colliding.

Master Shen couldn't hold on anymore, he only felt that his eyes were extremely heavy, and he slowly closed them.

Before closing his eyes, he heard Huang Cong's slightly frightened voice.

"Mr. Shen!!"

(End of this chapter)