marquis of jingan

Chapter 882
The emperor wrote a letter to Shen Shilang, and the letter was naturally about what happened in the court recently.

In fact, Master Shen is very well-informed with the news agency here. Although he is in Huai'an, he basically knows all about the major events in Jiankang City, but he just pretends not to know.

Now that the emperor wrote the letter in person, it is not easy for him to pretend not to know.

From March when Shen Yi went to the north of the Huaihe River to take advantage of it, until now in late April, for more than a month, there was no more fighting in Huai'an, and Shen Yi and the few generals under him had a rare period of rest.

Right now, the emperor has something to ask Shen Yi to do, Master Shen dare not neglect.

After all, the little emperor's situation is not very good now, and he needs the help of his courtier who is leading the army abroad.

After receiving Shen Yi's order, Jiang Sheng didn't dare to neglect, and immediately sent someone to deliver the letter.

In the early morning of the next day, when Master Shen was still sleeping late, all the generals under his command had already gathered in the imperial envoy's camp. When Shen Yi finished washing and getting dressed and walked to the front yard, these generals clasped their fists to salute Master Shen .

"Meet Mr. Shen."

Shen Yi didn't like kneeling and worshiping. Except when he was promoted in the army, these subordinates would give him a half-kneeling salute. The rest of the time, they just clasped their fists.

Because I just woke up.Master Shen stretched his waist, and said lazily: "Everyone is here, have you had breakfast?"

Xue Wei replied with a smile: "After we arrived in Huai'an, Brother Jiang arranged the meals, and we have already eaten."

Shen Yi looked back at Jiang Sheng, smiled, and then said: "It's good to eat, then let's not waste time, just talk about business."

Having said that, he paused, and continued: "Well, let's talk in the main hall."

At this time, including Shen Yi, there were a total of seven people, basically the decision-makers of the Huai'an Army.

Among the six people other than Shen Yi, most of them were the commanders or deputy commanders of the five guards under the coastal capital, but Su Ding and Wan Zhong were not.

This is worth mentioning.

When they belonged to the five guards, Liu Mingyuan and Zhang Meng under Ling Su's command were both acting commanders of the first guard, but Wang Hong, the acting commander of the Wenzhou Guard who followed Xue Wei, had been bedridden for several months because of serious injuries. .

It will take at least a year or two for him to recover from his injuries this time.

What I have to say is that after one or two years, even if he can return to work in the army, it will not be easy for him to enter the decision-making level.

As for Wan Zhong, he is a new general. He was also a warrior who followed Xue Wei and killed a Japanese pirate in Linhai City. He has made a lot of contributions recently. Although he is still a thousand households, he and Xue Wei are brothers who went through life and death together. , plus his courage is commendable, and he often fights on the front line. Now his position on the east line has become more and more dazzling, so he was also called by Shen Yi.

After everyone was seated, Master Shen took a sip of tea, looked at the crowd, stopped talking nonsense, and said straight to the point: "Everyone, I invite you to come here today. I have nothing else to do. I just want to have another fight with the people of Qi."

Everyone looked at Shen Yi at the same time.

Master Shen breathed a sigh of relief, and continued: "And it is a battle that must be won."

Everyone was silent.

Only Su Ding thought a lot. He looked at Shen Yi and said, "Mr. Shen, now Qi people already know how powerful our Huai'an army is. The Qi people in the north of Huai'an have already guarded against death. They want to do what they did the previous two times." It's a trick, I'm afraid it won't be easy..."

He didn't say it clearly, but the meaning was obvious.

If you fight rashly again, I'm afraid not only will you not have any advantage to take advantage of, you may even suffer a loss, and it will be a big loss.

Master Shen breathed out, looked at everyone, and said slowly: "Everyone, the last two times we went north, the decision was in my hands. It was a battle that I could fight or not. If I didn't fight, there would be no consequences. But this time, I'm afraid it must be fought."

Master Shen looked calmly, looked at Su Ding and said, "As for what General Su said, I have already thought about it. The Huaihe River, which is [-] miles north of our Huai'an, is indeed guarded by the people of Qi. If you want to fight over it, don't you?" It is difficult to say, but at least there will be heavy casualties, so you can't go directly north."

Shen Yi knocked on the table with his hand, and said in a low voice: "After all, the Huaihe River is not only about 200 miles away from Huai'an. The north of Huai'an is not easy to travel, so let's go west by boat. The two-thousand-mile Huaihe River is impenetrable."

Hearing the words, these generals all looked at Shen Yi, Ling Su hesitated for a moment, and asked, "Why is Mr. Shen so anxious?"

"It's not that I'm in a hurry."

Master Shen blew on the hot tea in front of him, and took a sip.

"It's just that if you don't fight this time, if you want to fight next time, I'm afraid you won't have a chance to fight."

War, after all, is a continuation of politics, and politics is another kind of war.

If it fails at the political level, then the war will lose its meaning.

For example, now, the Jiankang court already has some foul smells, so at this time, Master Shen must give the emperor some political support from the war level.

After all, before this, it was the emperor who provided Shen Yi with war support at the political level.

And this kind of support at the political level can only be achieved through war.

Xue Wei was more straightforward, and grinned when he heard the words: "Mr. Shen, I don't understand what you mean, but you want to fight, and I will be the first to support you!"

As soon as he opened his mouth, the remaining five people clasped their fists at Shen Yi: "I'll wait, listen to Mr. Shen's orders!"

Master Shen nodded in satisfaction, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, I'm not asking you to die, nor is it necessary to break through the Qi people's line of defense along the Huaihe River."

Shen Yi said lightly: "I was thinking about this last night, and I fell asleep in the early hours of the morning. I finally came up with a general idea. Let me say it, everyone listen to it, and then think about it together."

Speaking of this, Master Shen paused, and continued: "Now, the enemy in the north of Huai'an has taken precautions against us, so what I mean is that we sent warships to attack the north bank, but did not land."

"At the same time, another group of people landed north of the Huaihe River from the west."

"It should be noted that even if the people on the other side land, they will not attack the Qi army defending the Huai River along the Huai River, but choose the nearest city to destroy the vital strength of the Qi people."

The term vital force is no stranger to the Huai'an Army, at least these generals can understand it.

Su Ding frowned slightly, cupped his fists and said, "Mr. Shen, your strategy is not a problem in theory, and it may have other miraculous effects, but we still have to consider the actual situation..."

He looked at Shen Yi and sighed: "We don't have so many boats."

Based on the current number of ships of the Huai'an Army, the peak transport capacity should be about 5000 people per trip, but if warships are sent to harass the Qi people's defense line along the Huai River, then the transport capacity will be reduced by more than half, and if they are not from Huai'an Landing due north, but going northwest.

With this coming and going, the ability to transport troops will be greatly weakened.

Moreover, every time you stay north of the Huaihe River for a moment, the possibility of being discovered by the people of Qi increases, and it is impossible to have enough time for Shen Yi to cross the river.

Master Shen nodded, and said, "I've already thought about this..."

"Fortunately, although we want to attack all the people, we don't have to attack within this month. There is still a lot of time. During this time, I will urge the Ministry of War to send us the warship as soon as possible."

Speaking of this, he paused, and continued: "Also, I will ask someone to buy ships, the more the better."

"I will prepare all these things for you."

Speaking of this, Shen Yi looked at the crowd and said slowly: "At the same time, both I and the imperial court need a big battle that can be won without defeat..."

"Can you guys do it?"

Without further ado, Wan Zhong stood up and half-kneeled on the ground: "Go back to Mr. Shen, we can!"

All eyes were on this stunned young man.

But everyone could only stand up and half kneel in front of Shen Yi.

"The last general is waiting, and I will definitely live up to Duke Shen and the high hopes of the court!"

(End of this chapter)