marquis of jingan

Zhou Shizhong was shocked and angry.

He glanced at the messenger, and even felt a little dazed, wondering if he had heard it wrong.

The general of the Southern Army raised his head and glanced at the Lianshui camp on the other side, and then at the messenger. After a moment of silence, he slowly closed his eyes and asked, "Have the southerners crossed the line?"

"Yes."

The man bowed his head and said: "The southerners are treacherous and sneak attack at night. Neither of the two battalions thought that they were so numerous that they were directly defeated..."

Zhou Shizhong turned his head and glanced at Zhao Kai, he let out a breath slowly, and said, "Command all the cavalry in the army to return to Yangji, Tuhe immediately!"

"Leave all these southerners who crossed the border in the north!"

The orderly nodded respectfully: "Yes!"

After conveying this order, Zhou Shizhong looked at Zhao Kai with a hoarse voice: "Your Highness, since the 28th year of Yongping, when our dynasty defeated the southerners, the southerners never dared to commit any crimes from the north..."

"Now, these southerners are here again."

"It's a shame!"

The 28th year of Yongping in the Northern Qi Dynasty was the seventh year of Hongde in Dachen.

That year, the young emperor of the Southern Dynasties ordered the Huai River Navy to use force against the Northern Qi because he couldn't bear the Northern Qi emperor's "marriage".

Played for almost a year.

Most of the battles in that year were water battles, but General Zhao Lu once sent the forbidden army to cross the Huaihe River and entered the border of Huaibei, but was ambushed by the Qi people and suffered heavy casualties.

Because of this, Chen Guo didn't regard that time as stepping into the northern border.

And this time when Shen Yi attacked Huaibei, it was the first time that Chen Yi stepped into his homeland north of the Huaihe River!

Wei Wang Zhao Kai sneered, and said: "In the 28th year of Yongping, tens of thousands of forbidden troops crossed the river. Didn't they also have no power to fight back when they were beaten by the southern army? At this time, the southerners dared to cross the border. It's just a military merit!"

As he said that, he looked at the Lianshui camp on the south bank, and frowned slightly: "This king is more concerned about how the Imperial Army of the Southern Dynasty came to support them without being noticed by the Department of Purification?"

Zhou Shizhong put his hands in his sleeves and kept looking at the Lianshui camp. He lowered his eyebrows and said, "There is indeed a forbidden army in the south of Huai'an."

"It's not just in the south of Huai'an. Since His Majesty increased his troops on the Huaihe River last year, Nanchen has deployed forbidden troops on the south side of the entire Huaihe defense line. However, according to the information from the Department of Purification, these forbidden troops are not under the control of the Huaihe guards. They need imperial edicts. Fate, they will act."

Zhou Shizhong frowned slightly, and said in a low voice: "We decided to fight Lianshui, that is, two or three days ago. In such a short period of time, it is hard to say whether these forbidden troops can complete a communication with the Southern Chen court, and there is no time to mobilize. "

"Therefore, the old man has not counted them."

Zhou Shizhong frowned, and said slowly: "At first, I thought that even if we had to face the Imperial Army of the Southern Dynasty, it should be after the Huaihe River was fought. It seems..."

"The information from the Purity Department is wrong."

General Zhou looked at King Wei Zhao Kai, frowned and said, "At least, the imperial army in the south of Huai'an is under the control of the Huai'an guard."

"The guard of Huai'an..."

Zhao Kai whispered: "Shen Yi...Shen Ziheng."

To this day, Shen Yi's reputation has not only spread to Da Chen, but many people in Northern Qi have also heard of his name.

Especially last year, after he defeated the Northern Qi's attacks several times, his information has been placed on the desks of Zhou Shizhong, Zhao Kai and other high-level officials in the Northern Qi Dynasty, and he has read it over and over again.

General Zhou nodded slowly.

He let out a foul breath, and said, "This Shen Qi is the same age as the little emperor of the Southern Dynasty, and this year he is in his early 20s, a young man..."

General Zhou's voice was a little hoarse: "The little emperor of the Southern Dynasty believed him so much."

In the final analysis, the failure of Northern Qi's battle this time was due to insufficient intelligence capabilities.

At the end of last year, there were only more than 1 but less than [-] troops left in Huai'an.

This year, Huai'an has recruited 5000 people, making up 3 troops. The Department of Cleansing actually has this information and reported it to Zhou Shizhong.

Zhou Shizhong also thought that there were only [-] troops in Huai'an, and half of them were recruits. He also arranged according to this information.

But in fact, Shen Yi has more than [-] troops at his disposal!

It's just that the imperial army cannot be used casually, and they are far away.

To really use it and achieve miraculous effects requires a certain degree of anticipation.

But this time, Master Shen perfectly predicted the actions of the Qi people, the [-] forbidden troops, and immediately achieved miraculous results!

As far as the current situation is concerned, both sides have about 5 troops in Huai'an, and Shen Yi will not suffer at all.

Under such circumstances, if Zhou Shizhong wanted to achieve results in Huai'an, he had to invest more troops, 8, 10, or even [-]!
In a battle of that scale, it is already at the strategic level. Both sides will bet heavily on Huai'an, and once they invest too much in Huai'an, the Huaihe Navy may not continue to play dead!
Thinking of this, Zhou Shizhong's face became even more ugly.

He stood on the deck, looked at the south bank of the Huaihe River, and frowned.

He was already doubting the correctness of his main attack on Huai'an.

Could it be...the people from the Huaihe Navy lied to him?

But soon, General Zhou came back to his senses. He glanced at the Lianshui camp, and then slowly said: "There is at least [-] defenders on the south bank, and the imperial guards in the Southern Dynasty are all well-trained. army..."

"Continue to attack, the gain outweighs the loss."

He stretched out his hand to summon the messengers, and ordered: "Send me the general's order to attack for a round, and after forcing these southerners back, start to retreat slowly and retreat to the north bank."

This is one of the tactics commonly used by military strategists. When you want to retreat, your intention to retreat cannot be seen by others, otherwise others will definitely bite you and bite off a piece of your flesh.

If you want to run, you have to be aggressive with others before you run, and only when you scare them away are you suitable for running.

Of course, this situation is only limited to the superiority of troops, otherwise, if it is fierce, it may be to deliver food.

The messenger quickly went down to deliver the order.

Zhao Kai stood by Zhou Shizhong's side, his face was very ugly: "General, fighting like this..."

"It's too ugly to fight."

As a prince, he didn't care much about the final outcome of this battle, because no matter what, it was impossible to directly fight Jiankang.

Therefore, he cared more about whether the battle was fought well or not.

Therefore, last year, there was a case of killing a good person and pretending to be a meritorious person.

But now, when the battle has come to this point, once it is reported to the court, it will be an extremely ugly battle.

Zhou Shizhong frowned, looked at Zhao Kai, and took a deep breath: "Your Highness, it's better to be ugly than to die. We didn't invest much in Lianshui camp, and now there are only more than 2000 casualties. Most of the human casualties are heavier than ours."

"If you withdraw at this time, you will earn money."

"If you get stuck here, those southerners who cross the border can do whatever they want in our Daqi territory!"

Seeing that Zhao Kai's face was not very good-looking, he sighed, bowed his head and said, "Your Highness, in matters like war, firstly, don't rush, and secondly, don't mess up. As is often the case, the war has just begun..."

"We can't rush."

"Since Your Majesty has sent His Highness over, I think I trust His Highness, and I will definitely give His Highness enough time..."

Zhao Kai took a few deep breaths to suppress the impatience in his heart.

He closed his eyes and spoke.

"Forget it, just follow the general's arrangement."

…………

After a round of fierce attack by the Northern Qi Dynasty, they really started to retreat. The ships assembled and retreated towards the north bank.

Ling Su made a decisive decision and ordered the pursuit, but he retreated too much and didn't bite off much meat from the Qi people, so the Qi people basically retreated completely.

After all the Qi people had retreated, Ling Su had no choice but to order the battlefield to be cleaned up.

Then he himself found the commander of the forbidden army, and bowed his fists to the commander of the forbidden army who looked like he was in his 40s.

"Fuzhou Commander Ling Su, thank you for your timely support!"

"This time the imperial army came here, it was like sending charcoal in the snow, Ling Mou's brothers in the army, I am very grateful..."

The commander of the forbidden army hurried forward, clasped his fists at Ling Su as a salute, and said with a smile: "General Ling is polite."

He opened his mouth and said: "Meng Lian, the commander of the subordinates of the Fifth Army Battalion, was also ordered to come to help this time. Besides, protecting the family and the country is my duty as a warrior, so I don't deserve a word of thanks!"

The Fifth Army Battalion is the Forbidden Army, or a part of the Forbidden Army.

In his early years, when Da Chen was still in Yandu, he ruled the world. At that time, apart from Beijing Ying, there were also the capitals of the other four provinces who guarded Yandu. They went to Beijing to change their defenses on schedule. It is called the Five Army Battalion.

After Sejong crossed south, the original system could no longer be carried out. In addition, Jiankang was too close to the Huaihe River. There was no way but to keep all the forbidden troops near Jiankang. However, the name has not been changed, and it is still called the Fifth Army Camp. It is still the establishment of the five capitals.

The Fifth Army Battalion is still the elite of the Forbidden Army.

And it is the military duty of the third rank to command all the affairs.

Theoretically speaking, it is on the same level as Ling Su, the commander, but after all, it is the third rank of the imperial army, relatively speaking, it is more expensive than the local commander.

Ling Su clasped his fists and said: "If it wasn't for the timely support from the imperial army, my Lianshui camp would probably be broken by the Qi people. Once the Lianshui camp is broken, the Qi people will drive straight in. The consequences will be disastrous..."

Meng Lian smiled, and said: "It wasn't because I was waiting for the timely support, I was temporarily restrained by the imperial envoy Mr. Shen, this time I came to help under the order of Mr. Shen, and I received the transfer order two or three days in advance."

Speaking of this, Meng Lian thought for a while and said.

"It is expected that the Qi people will attack Lianshui, Master Shen has already planned."

Ling Su stood where he was, without speaking for a long while.

He was silent for a while, and then said: "Brother Meng, Shen... When did Master Shen restrain the imperial army?"

Meng Lian thought for a while, then replied.

"Since I was ordered to be stationed in the south of Huai'an, I have received orders from above to let us obey the imperial envoy's gold medal restraint."

Ling Su exhaled slowly, and murmured.

"Brother doesn't even know..."