marquis of jingan

Chapter 874 The Big Fish Is Here
According to the number of warships of the Ministry of War that Shen Yi obtained from the court last year, thirty of them had already been sent to Huai'an before the spring of this year.

However, because they are located on the east and west lines, and there are still some large battalions that need warships to patrol, the last time Shen Yi crossed the river, only ten ships were available on the east line, plus some small and medium-sized ships, and he had to go all the way. Only 500 people can be sent there.

However, during this period, the Ministry of War delivered another ten warships one after another.

With the successive deliveries of warships from the Ministry of War, Shen Yi now has more than forty warships at his disposal. Including the three super ships he made in Yueqing, there are a total of 43 ships.

The three large ships that Shen Yi obtained in Yueqing were giants that could be fully loaded with more than 200 soldiers, and the warship delivered by the Ministry of War could carry a hundred or so men without any problem.

But this time, Shen Yi basically transferred all the available boats to the Lianshui Camp!
In other words, he can transport more than 5000 troops across the river at a time!
This greatly improved his combat flexibility.

The Lianshui Camp began to move at dawn, and when the sun rose completely, their leading ship had already been discovered by the Qi people and was attacked by the Qi people.

The Qi people on the river bank were either firing cannons or using bows and crossbows, and were "doing their best" to block the Huai'an army's northward advance.

Master Shen stood on the deck of a big ship, looked at the Qi people who were sporadically resisting on the north bank, and narrowed his eyes slightly: "Tsk, these Qi people really fight well, even the artillery has been brought up."

Ling Su stood behind Shen Yi. He used the binoculars to look at the situation on the north bank, then bowed his head to Shen Yi and said, "Mr. Shen, there seem to be about 2000 Qi people along the Huai River, but they only have a dozen or so cannons. , there are only four or five hundred archers."

"Let's go all out, and we will be able to rush over and seize the position along the Huaihe River."

Shen Yi nodded and said with a smile: "Since it is the main attack on the western front, then General Ling will have the final say. According to the previous plan, after the landing, the troops will stay still to cover the subsequent landing."

"After all the soldiers on the western front have crossed the river, you will divide into two groups."

With his hands behind his back, Master Shen said, "Attack Suqian all the way, guard Haizhou all the way."

Ling Su thought for a while, and said, "Mr. Shen, the general will lead a group of people to attack Suqian, and General Xue will also follow. Do you want to send General Xue to lead another group of troops to guard Haizhou?"

Shen Yi shook his head slightly, and said: "It is said that it is the main attack on the western front, so there is nothing wrong with him. He insists on following, just as my personal entourage. For specific personnel arrangements, General Ling will come by himself, but..."

Shen Yi glanced back at Ling Su, and said in a deep voice: "I still say the same thing, we came here this time not to siege the city, nor to regain Haizhou, but to destroy the enemy's vital strength."

"The purpose of the battle is to preserve our vital force as much as possible and destroy the enemy's vital force."

Shen Yi said in a deep voice: "Everything takes this purpose as the top priority, and you must not lose people for merit, let alone lose people for land."

"No matter what the situation is, as long as you find something is wrong, start to retreat immediately. I will coordinate in the center and support you at any time."

It has not yet reached the official stage of the "Northern Expedition", and there is no strategic goal of occupying a certain place, because even if Shen Yi captured Suqian, or Haizhou, or even a big city like Xuzhou Prefecture in the north, Shen Yi's The troops are not enough, and the logistics can't keep up. After staying north of the Huaihe River for a long time, there is no other way to go except defeat.

Therefore, Shen Yi's current combat thinking is somewhat similar to guerrilla warfare, mainly beating people instead of seizing land.

Ling Su's subordinates were basically brought out by Shen Yi, who had been "taught" by Shen Yi for a long time, and they were very clear about Shen Yi's tactical thinking. He bowed his head respectfully and said: "The last general obeys orders!"

When the two men spoke, their boat was already very close to the north shore.

Ling Su stood on the bow of the ship, waved his big hand, and shouted angrily: "All ships that are docked, land immediately, seize the coastal position, and cover the follow-up soldiers to land!"

This time it was Ling Su's main attack, and Shen Yi didn't plan to interfere too much. It happened that he also took this opportunity to observe the No. [-] general under him.

As Shen Yi expected, this time the landing operation went extremely smoothly.

Although there were two thousand-household battalions on the north bank to block the attack, they felt like fishing for fish. When a large group of Chen soldiers landed, the remaining soldiers of the two thousand-household battalions immediately fled and gave up their positions along the Huai River. out.

Naturally, Ling Su and the others would not let go of this opportunity. After only one hour, Ling Su and the others gained a firm foothold at Sishi, and almost all of the first batch of 5000 people stood on the land on the north bank of the Huaihe River.

After landing, many people were still a little excited, and even squatted on the ground, pinching the soil on the ground to see if it was different from the one on the south bank.

After all, at this time... It has been more than 60 years since the country was divided into the north and the south.

In a few years, it will be 70 years.

Most of the Chen people are very unfamiliar with the north of the Huaihe River, and even feel that this is the country of the barbarians, and it is a completely different world from the Chen country.

Ling Su was also familiar with leading troops in battle. After gaining a firm foothold, he immediately began to deploy and form formations, and then greeted the follow-up soldiers to cross the river.

After tossing like this until noon, basically all the [-] soldiers on the western front had crossed the river and reached the north bank of the Huaihe River.

Ling Su came in front of Shen Yi, clasped his fists and said to Shen Yi: "Mr. Shen, all our soldiers on the western front have already crossed the river. When you give an order, the last general and others will divide into two groups and proceed according to the predetermined plan!"

Shen Yi looked back at the Huaihe River behind him, and then at the boats on the Huaihe River. After thinking for a while, he said, "We can fight as we like, but we can't retreat here."

Shen Yi said slowly: "According to the current situation, the Qi people's pocket array is already very obvious. As long as our army goes further north, they will try their best to surround us and block the passage between us and the Huaihe River."

"They should, will pack from east to west."

Master Shen said slowly: "So, I will move the boat to the west, in the south of Suqian, and when you return from Suqian, just head directly to the south."

"As for the troops blocking Haizhou, let them retreat to the west while fighting."

Shen Yi patted Ling Su's shoulder and said, "That's all I can think of right now."

Ling Su bowed his head and answered yes, then looked up at Shen Yi, and asked, "Mr. Shen, if the army blocking Haizhou is surrounded by Qi people, will the general be rescued or not?"

"Of course not."

Shen Yi answered without hesitation.

"Your army going to Suqian has only one goal, to annihilate the defenders in Suqian!"

"After the fight, if you don't enter Suqian County, you don't enter Suqian County, and you withdraw directly to the south."

"I will personally follow the army guarding Huai'an."

Master Shen said, "I'll take responsibility for what happened."

Hearing this, Ling Su no longer had any doubts. After cupping his fists at Shen Yi, he turned and left.

After Ling Su left, Shen Yi, surrounded by everyone, jumped off the deck of the big ship. He ordered the ship to head west, while he himself brought five thousand battalions, that is, more than seven thousand people. The troops slowly approached Haizhou.

Xue Wei, who was one of the generals, also honestly did not go anywhere else, but just followed Shen Yi's side, serving as Shen Yi's entourage in a down-to-earth manner.

Because it was far away from Haizhou, Shen Yi and others didn't have to drive their troops to Haizhou. In fact, they only drove their troops to the vicinity of Dayi Mountain, and then stopped without moving.

At this moment, it is already night.

Zhang Meng and Liu Mingyuan, the leaders of the army, reached the central army and clasped their fists at Shen Yi, lowered their heads and said, "Mr. Shen, you have already arrived at Dayi Mountain, are you setting up camp in Dayi Mountain?"

Shen Yi nodded and asked: "Just stop here, don't go any further."

After thinking about it, Master Shen continued: "Tomorrow, I will have a rest day, don't move."

He looked at Zhang Meng and said slowly: "Tomorrow night, we will break out the camp and retreat to the southwest."

Haizhou City is located in the northeast of Dayi Mountain. If it retreats to the southwest, it will be farther and farther away from Haizhou.

Although Zhang Meng and Liu Mingyuan couldn't figure out Shen Yi's intentions, but because Master Shen had a lot of prestige, they didn't hesitate, and immediately clasped their fists together: "The general obeys orders!"

"Don't slack off tonight."

Master Shen said indifferently: "When it's time to patrol, go on patrol. Don't be afraid when you meet people from Qi, just do it directly."

The two looked at each other and clasped their hands together.

"The last will obey!"

After the two of them left, Master Shen put his hands behind his back and looked in the direction of Haizhou.

"The big fish came to take the bait."

He chuckled.

"Be calm, don't scare away my big fish..."

(End of this chapter)