marquis of jingan

Chapter 864 Harvest
It took half a day for the Lianshui camp to clean up the battlefield. It was not until late at night that the battlefield was almost cleaned up. The people under his command reported that this time, the 800 defenders of the Lianshui camp suffered almost [-] casualties.

This injury includes death and serious injury, that is, losing combat effectiveness and being unable to fight again.

Among them, more than a thousand people were killed and hundreds were seriously injured.

The reason why the number of people injured was not particularly large was that although the battle in the Lianshui camp was fierce, the time was not very long. From the battle to the enemy's retreat, it took a total of six or seven hours.

In addition to the casualties of the Lianshui Camp itself, the Forbidden Army who came to aid was also slightly injured, but the number was not large, and the total would be more than a hundred.

The good news is that the Qi people suffered more losses. After all, they are the attacking party, and they are born with some disadvantages.

The corpses left by the Qi people are more than 1000 people, and there are some captives who were too late to escape, plus some wounded soldiers on the battlefield. According to a comprehensive estimate, the loss of the Qi people should be around 3000 people.

When the soldiers of the Lianshui camp were cleaning the battlefield, Ling Su, the chief general on the western front, invited Meng Lian, the commander of the forbidden army, to have a drink.

When the number of deaths in battle was counted, the two of them just had a drink. Ling Su respected Meng Lian and said, "General Meng, the battlefield is almost cleaned up. Brother needs to go to Xiangshui camp. Go see Duke Shen and report to him about the situation of the Lianshui Camp, how do you arrange it, will you lead your troops back south, or go to Xiangshui County with me?"

Meng Lian's cheeks flushed from drinking now, he looked at Ling Su, and asked: "General Ling confirms that the people of Qi will not come again?"

"Scouts have been sent to confirm that the Qi people have withdrawn far away and are no longer directly north of my Lianshui camp. Right now, there are only two or three camps of the Qi people."

Meng Lian thought for a while, and then said: "Well, let me go with you, General Ling, to meet Master Shen. So far, Meng has only seen Master Shen's warrant, but has not seen Master Shen's true face. .”

"This time I'm going to return to my life, and I'll pay my respects to Mr. Shen by the way."

More than 20 years old, guarding the country for the country, running errands under imperial orders, and controlling the forbidden army!
Up to now, as long as they are in the imperial court, even if they are blind, they can see the importance of Master Shen in the Hongde Dynasty.

Coincidentally, this time the Imperial Army has done a great job, so Meng Lian naturally wanted to pay a visit to this "boss" whom he had never met before.

Although he is only a temporary boss, getting to know him will be beneficial to his future career.

After all, this Master Shen is still holding the position of military officer. Someday he will make meritorious service, not to mention serving as Minister of the Ministry of War, even if he is just a minister of the Ministry of War.

Ling Su raised his glass to Meng Lian, and said, "General Meng, you should rest well tonight, and tomorrow morning, you and I will set off together to see Duke Shen."

Meng Lian raised his glass and clinked a glass with Ling Su.

"Okay, then tomorrow, General Ling, remember to call me."

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Early the next morning, after they confirmed that there was nothing wrong with the Lianshui camp, they handed over the military affairs to their subordinates. Both of them rode fast horses and went straight from the Lianshui camp to the Xiangshui camp.

The distance between the two camps was more than a hundred miles. For the infantry, even if they marched at full strength, it might take a day or two to get there. But riding a fast horse, it took more than half a day to get there. Starting from Lianshui Camp, we arrived at Xiangshui Camp in the afternoon.

As soon as they got off their horses at the Xiangshui camp, the two of them saw that many soldiers from the Xiangshui camp were moving things into the camp, and there were more than a dozen officers in Qiren uniforms who were chained hands and feet and escorted into the camp. Xiangshui Camp.

Many soldiers from the Xiangshui camp rushed back from the outside beaming. Many of them were soaked by the river water, but everyone's faces were still beaming.

Ling Su was a little confused, but he still took Meng Lian into the Xiangshui camp and found the commander's tent. After the report, Jiang Sheng immediately walked out of the commander's tent, bowed his head to Ling Su and saluted: "General Ling !"

Ling Su and Jiang Sheng are already old acquaintances. After all, this is his boss's personal servant. He smiled at Jiang Sheng and asked, "Brother Jiang, is Mr. Shen here?"

"Yes, yes."

Jiang Sheng lowered his head slightly, and said, "But my son came back in the morning, and he didn't sleep all night last night, and he's still catching up on sleep now..."

"Didn't sleep all night?"

Ling Su was stunned for a moment, and asked, "Where did Mr. Shen...go last night?"

Jiang Sheng looked at Ling Su, a little surprised: "General Ling doesn't know?"

He scratched his head: "My son's letter was delivered to General Ling early in the morning."

Ling Su shook his head slightly, and said with a wry smile: "Brother Jiang, we rushed over to see Mr. Shen early in the morning, and we may have just missed it."

Jiang Sheng nodded, and then said: "The night before yesterday, my son knew that the Qi people were going to attack the Lianshui camp, so he took people to attack the Qi people's camp on the north bank at night, and thousands of people fought on the north bank. All day, I didn't come back until last night."

"After coming back, the young master was busy until the morning before finishing the matter and going to sleep."

Attack the camp of Qi people on the north bank!

Just a few words made Ling Su freeze in place. He opened his mouth and was about to speak when Shen Yi's voice came from the handsome tent: "Jiang Sheng, let General Ling come in."

Jiang Sheng nodded quickly, bowed his head to Ling Su and said, "General Ling, please."

Only then did Ling Su come back to his senses, and looked back at Meng Lian, who was also staring wide-eyed behind him, then turned slightly sideways, and let out a foul breath: "Brother Meng, please go first."

Meng Lian hesitated for a moment, then cupped his fists at Ling Su, then walked in front of Ling Su and entered the tent.

In the handsome tent, Master Shen was still wearing an undershirt and a coat over his body, and was yawning when he suddenly saw a big man barging in, he was a little surprised.

This big man didn't say anything else, just half-kneeled on the ground, and bowed to Shen Yi with his fists cupped: "The last general and the commander of the five army battalions, Meng Lian, pay my respects to Lord Shen!"

Hearing his self-introduction, Master Shen immediately understood the origin of this person. He was about to speak when Ling Su also walked in, knelt down in front of Shen Yi, and saluted with fists cupped.

"The last general, Ling Su, pay homage to Duke Shen!"

Shen Yi shook his head slightly, got up and walked in front of the two people, helped them up, and then smiled at Ling Su: "Why didn't General Ling say that there are distinguished guests here? I'm not even dressed properly, it's a bit too rude. "

Meng Lian worked in the Imperial Army, and he was very sophisticated in dealing with the world. He immediately lowered his head and clasped his fists when he heard this, "The last general was ordered to be under the control of the adults, so he can't be regarded as a guest at this time."

Master Shen smiled, and while putting on his coat, he sat back in his seat and motioned for the two of them to sit down.

After the two sat down, he said: "This morning, I received a letter from General Ling, saying that the enemy on the western front has retreated, and now you two are here with me. It seems that the war on the western front is over, and Played well."

"When I just came back in the morning, I was rushed to send a letter to ask about the situation on the Western Front."

Ling Su clasped his fists and said, "Back to Duke Shen, the battle on the western front was almost over at dusk yesterday. The general sent a letter to Duke Shen yesterday evening. After cleaning the battlefield last night, he sent a letter to Duke Shen." letter."

Shen Yi was taken aback, turned to look at Jiang Sheng, and asked, "Are there two letters?"

Jiang Sheng nodded and said: "Yes, there is another letter, which was delivered before noon, and you were sleeping at that time, my lord..."

Shen Yi nodded, did not continue to ask, but looked at Ling Su and Meng Lian, and said with a smile: "Since you two are here, please talk to me personally."

Ling Su nodded, and briefly talked about the battle situation on the western front with Shen Yi.

After listening to Master Shen, he didn't speak, but just looked at Meng Lian.

General Meng immediately bowed his head and said, "Master Shen, what General Ling said is exactly what the last general wants to say."

Only then did Shen Yi nodded, and said, "In this case, the situation on the western front is better than I expected. I thought that the first wave of shock from the Qi people would be extremely difficult to deal with."

He looked at the two people and said, "After I see the specific numbers later, I will truthfully report the military exploits of the two generals."

Ling Su looked up at Shen Yi, and after hesitating for a moment, he asked again: "Mr. Shen, you go to the north, how is the battle going?"

"very smooth."

Shen Yi didn't hide anything, and said directly: "Half a night plus a day, killing more than [-] Qi people in the north of the Huaihe River, there is no way to measure how many people were injured, and besides..."

Master Shen smiled and said, "Many captives have also been brought back."

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At this time, on the north bank of the Huaihe River, the southern army's tent was conquered.

Zhou Shizhong sat on the main seat, his expression extremely ugly.

His son, Zhou Yuanhu, stood in front of his father with his hands down, his head bowed deeply, his legs trembling a little.

Yesterday, he was the one who stayed behind in Yangji Town.

To be precise, he and Tong Sheng, the second ancestor, were stationed in Yangji Camp and Tuhe Camp respectively.

However, the rest of these two battalions were not considered elites. After being attacked by Shen Yi, they immediately fell into chaos, and before they even organized a decent counterattack, they were slipped away by Shen Yi.

"Father, Brother Tong..."

He swallowed, terrified to the extreme.

"Brother Tong, it seems..."

"I was captured by the southerners..."

(End of this chapter)