marquis of jingan

The urgent report from the Mansion News Agency is simple and clear.

Qi people made another move.

The exact time was yesterday. The people of Qi gathered troops in the area of ​​Huaiyuan, and then gathered a large number of ships. They also erected pontoon bridges in places where the river is relatively narrow. About 1 troops crossed the river in Huaiyuan and attacked the Huaihe Navy on the south bank of Huaiyuan. .

Huaiyuan County is located at the foot of Jingshan Mountain, facing Tushan across the river, and the camp of the Huaihe Navy is at the foot of Tushan, which is the Tushan camp of the Huaihe Navy.

There are four thousand household battalions stationed in this Tushan camp, that is, four thousand troops.

Out of absolute disadvantage in numbers.

Originally, although the number was much different, as long as the response was timely, the strength of 4000 troops was enough to support the arrival of reinforcements from the Huaihe Navy.

However, the Huaihe Navy has not fought a big battle for too long.

In addition, the Huaihe Navy has been empty for many years. Although the Tushan camp has a staff of 4000 people, there are only less than 3000 people all year round. Although General Zhao Lu has recently recruited troops, it probably made up for the Huaihe Navy. , but with [-]% more recruits, the combat effectiveness may not be much higher than before.

What's more terrible is that for such a long time, the Qi people have been attacking Huai'an fiercely, and have never touched the defense line of the Huaihe Navy, which caused the generals of the Huaihe Navy to be more or less slack.

Therefore, when the 4000 people in Tushan Daying were facing more than 1 Qi people crossing the river, they were a little bit overwhelmed. After only one day, they faintly couldn't support it.

By the time the Mansion News Agency sent an urgent report to inform Shen Yi, the Tushan camp of the Huaihe Navy had already been fighting fiercely with the Qi people for a day and a night.

And the news that Ling Su reported to Shen Yi was probably the same.

Because his west line was closer to Huaiyuan, he received the news relatively quickly.

However, the reason why Ling Su received the news so quickly was not because of his powerful intelligence capabilities, but because when the soldiers on the western front supported the Hongze Lake Camp of the Huaihe Navy, they had a similar relationship with the soldiers of the Hongze Lake Camp. …

Familiar with some.

This time Ling Su got the news from the generals of the Hongze Lake Camp.

Master Shen sat in the carriage and arrived at the Lianshui camp in Lianshui County on the western front that evening. Ling Su knew that Shen Yi was coming, so he took Zhang Meng, Liu Mingyuan and other generals to greet him on the official road. After Shen Yi's car drove, a group of people stepped forward and bowed their heads, clasped their fists and saluted: "Your subordinates wait!"

"Meet Mr. Shen!"

Master Shen lifted the curtain of the car, looked at these subordinates, nodded slightly, and said, "Let's raise the account."

The so-called account promotion is similar to going up in the court.

When the commander is promoted, generals of a certain level must go to the commander's account to participate in the discussion. For example, when Shen Yi went to the Lianshui camp to promote his account, people from thousands of households and above must attend the meeting.

The Lianshui camp is one of the most important camps on the western front. There are four thousand-household camps here, each with 500 people, a total of 6000 people.

Almost half of the troops on the Western Front were stationed.

After the account was raised, Ling Su, Liu Mingyuan, Zhang Meng and four thousand households participated.

Master Shen sat on the main seat and motioned for everyone to sit down, then he glanced at the four of them with the help of the torch in the handsome tent, with a smile on his face.

"You should have seen the news, so I won't repeat it."

Master Shen knocked on the table habitually.

This is what he usually does when he is in a meeting.

"Now it seems that the people of Qi have indeed given up attacking our Huai'an, and turned around to trouble the Huaihe Navy."

Master Shen closed his eyes, and after thinking for a while, he said, "Of course it's a good thing. We've been in Huai'an for more than half a year, and we haven't had a rest until now. We can take this opportunity to take a good rest, and we can Train and train recruits."

"However, the Qi people have changed the direction of the wind, so we can't just watch them go to fight the Huaihe Navy indifferently."

"This matter was first reported to me by the Western Front, so I want to hear your opinions."

He looked at Ling Su.

The light from the torch in the handsome tent danced and reflected in Ling Su's eyes, making his gaze bright.

"Mr. Shen, last time you took advantage of the time when the Qi people were attacking our Lianshui camp, you led troops to attack the Qi army in Huaibei by surprise, and made great achievements. This time, can you also..."

Ling Su has been greedy for a long time.

Especially after Xue Wei and others led troops last time, made great achievements and reported to the court.

Although the imperial court's reward has not yet come down, anyone with a discerning eye knows that this time it is definitely a big credit, and the credit for crossing the river has nothing to do with their western front.

They are just the passive party.

Shen Yi listened to Ling Su's words quietly, and then smiled: "General Ling, I can understand your feelings, but there are some things I want to tell you first."

"The Qi people on the north bank are not weak."

Master Shen said quietly: "The last time I led troops across the river, I met the people of Qi head-on. Although that time was a great victory, it was a surprise attack. The people of Qi were completely unprepared. The moment they came into contact, they were in chaos. position."

"Even so, there were hundreds of casualties."

"I have carefully estimated that if they were encountered in the wild, then these Qi people should be slightly better than us."

"The last surprise attack made meritorious deeds, and this time it will not be a surprise attack."

Shen Yi looked at Ling Su and said, "General Ling, I can agree with you to cross the river. After all, the brothers on the western front also need to find out the bottom line of the people, and there are brothers who want to make contributions."

"But you have to think clearly, if you go over at this time, it will really be head-to-head."

The last time Shen Yi crossed the river, the most important task was not to wipe out the vital forces of the Qi people, nor was it for the gains and losses of a city or a place, nor was it to kill a few traitors on the other side.

The most important thing is to try the quality of the Qi people, or the combat effectiveness of ordinary soldiers of the Qi people.

After returning from the north bank, Shen Yi carefully reviewed the whole process of the surprise attack, and interviewed dozens of hundred households and general banners leading troops, and only then did he roughly estimate the combat effectiveness of the Qi people.

As far as the current situation is concerned, the coastal capital is still a little bit worse, but what is gratifying is that in the past six months, among other things, the Huai'an army has completely lost the "fear" of the Qi people from top to bottom. up.

When everyone saw Qi people, they really dared to fight with them!

Ling Su sat under Shen Yi's head. He was silent for a long time without speaking. He could only look back at Liu Mingyuan, Zhang Meng and others behind him.

Master Shen yawned and said, "Since you can't make up your mind, let's go down and discuss it slowly. Anyway, there is no war in Huai'an now, and we have plenty of time."

"I've sent a letter to Xiangshui. Xue Weisu will come over early tomorrow morning, and we'll discuss it together then."

Ling Su looked at Shen Yi, and after being silent for a while, he said, "Yes, this subordinate obeys."

Master Shen waved his hand and said, "Then let's go first, I'm sleepy too, I'll talk about it tomorrow morning after I wake up."

Ling Su stood up first.

The six people behind got up one after another, clasped their fists at Master Shen and said, "The last general will leave!"

Shen Yi waved his hand, motioning for everyone to back down.

One day today, he first got up early to pick up people, drank wine at noon, and rushed all afternoon. He was really sleepy at the moment. After driving away these subordinates, he tidied up the bedding in the handsome tent. He took off his coat and went to bed.

This sleep was sound and sweet, and when the sun was bright the next day, Master Shen slowly opened his eyes.

It was Jiang Sheng who woke him up.

"My lord, the people in the palace are here, they have already entered the Lianshui camp, and they are here to announce your will."

Master Shen rubbed his eyes, and then he woke up. He got up lazily, glanced at Jiang Sheng, and asked, "What time is it?"

Jiang Sheng turned his head to look at the sky outside, and replied, "It's almost time."

"Well."

Master Shen stood up, stretched his waist, and put on his coat: "Let's go, go out and meet people."

Jiang Sheng was taken aback, and reminded: "My lord, don't you dress more decently? There are emissaries from the palace outside..."

"I didn't bring the official uniform, how can I be serious?"

Master Shen cast a sideways glance at Jiang Sheng, and said angrily, "You want me to go see them?"

Jiang Sheng shrank his head and stopped talking.

Because it was an imperial decree, the generals of the Lianshui camp were already waiting in the open space of the camp.

Xue Wei and Su Ding also arrived at the Lianshui camp early in the morning, and they were talking to Ling Su and the others right now.

In the open space, several eunuchs had been standing for a long time. When they saw Shen Yi approaching, the leading eunuch in purple put a smile on his face and greeted him: "Master Shen, do you still remember our family?"

Shen Yi took a look at the old eunuch, and then suddenly said, "It's Eunuch Du."

Du Huai, the eunuch in purple, was the one who was ordered to go to the southeast to manage accounts for Shen Yi when Shen Yi was working in the southeast.

Shen Yi arched his hands, and said with a smile: "When did Eunuch Du return to Jiankang? Why did you come here in person at such an old age?"

Eunuch Du squinted his eyes and said with a smile: "The Shibo Department has stabilized. Eunuch Gao greeted us, and our family will return to Jiankang."

When Shen Yi heard the words, he understood a little bit in his heart.

Although this old eunuch is a wise elder, but now, there is a high probability that he is a wise person.

He returned to Jiankang to support Gao Ming's work.

The two talked about the past, and Eunuch Du smiled and said, "Master Shen, let's pass the decree first, and then talk?"

Shen Yi nodded quickly and took two steps back.

Eunuch Du coughed, took the edict from the eunuch in blue and cleared his throat.

"The decree has arrived."

Master Shen knelt on the ground, behind him, Ling Su Xue Wei and other generals knelt on the ground.

Eunuch Du glanced at the crowd, narrowed his eyes slightly, enjoying the pleasure brought by the temporary imperial power, he paused, coughed again, and then read.

"The system said."

"The coastal capital is stationed in Huai'an, and has performed meritorious service for more than half a year."

"This year, we will defeat thousands of enemies even more..."

"I am very happy."

"Immediately add the imperial envoy Shen Yi to the rank of minister of the military department, and give..."

"Python robe."

Having said that, Eunuch Du glanced at the general behind Shen Yi, and said again.

"The generals and soldiers of the capital division all order the Ministry of War to record their merits once."

"Another reward..."