marquis of jingan

Chapter 888
Because this time, Shen Yi did not personally lead the troops to the north, so there was not much he could do. After making arrangements, all he could do was wait for news.

In fact, this kind of situation will gradually become the norm in the future. After all, as the family business gradually grows, it is impossible for Mr. Shen to do it himself like before. Many things must be handed over to the people below.

For Shen Yi himself, this is also a kind of growth. He must learn to slowly delegate power to the people below, because only in this way can he grow bigger slowly.

In fact, this is also the reason why the team will gradually grow bigger and breed hills. When the people at the bottom gain power, they will slowly start to become factions.

After waiting for about two days in the Xiangshui camp, although there were news from the front line every day, Shen Yi was not too patient to wait any longer. He took some followers and set off from the Xiangshui camp to the Lianshui camp to wait for the news. .

After waiting for about two days in the Xiangshui camp, the Di Baodi finally sent the key news. On the third day, Shen Yi personally took Liu Mingyuan, who was staying at the Lianshui camp, to the Huaihe River to welcome Ling Su and others back.

In the late afternoon, when the first batch of boats docked, Zhang Meng, who was accompanying the army, led thousands of people and jumped off the boats. After seeing Shen Yi, he immediately stepped forward, half-kneeling on the ground, and said with fists folded, "Mr. Shen! "

Shen Yi stepped forward to help him up, patted him on the shoulder, and asked: "What's the general situation, just tell me briefly."

Zhang Meng nodded and replied: "Back to Shen Gong, we hardly encountered any large-scale Qi people in Sizhou. We didn't see Qi people with more than a thousand people until Suqian. There are not many Qi people who went to Suqian, this time we only took more than a day to capture Suqian."

Speaking of this, Zhang Meng bowed his head and said: "After entering the city, according to Shen Gong's order, we did not disturb the local people, but killed the officials of the Qi people in Suqian, and some Zhuli real people who did evil. Stayed for a day or two..."

"The scouts sensed that there were people from Qi surrounding us from the west. General Ling didn't dare to wait any longer, so he led us to withdraw to the east."

"Fortunately..."

Zhang Meng bowed his head and said: "Fortunately, the more than 1 Qi people in Haizhou in the east have not moved, so we were able to retreat to the Huaihe River calmly. Our subordinates were the first to cross the river. General Ling and the others were behind us, and there were about two more When the time comes, they will all come back."

Shen Yi nodded.

During this period of time, although Ling Su and others reported every day, after all, during the march and battle, there was no way to report many things, and it was too late to report, so Shen Yi was quite vague about the itinerary of his subordinates until he heard Zhang With that said, he had a rough idea.

Master Shen looked back at Liu Mingyuan, and ordered: "General Liu, the people of Qi are so angry that they might cross the river to pursue them. You take three battalions of thousands of households and do a good job of defense along the Huaihe River to prevent the people from Qi from attacking."

Liu Mingyuan immediately lowered his head with his fists cupped, turned around and went down.

Only then did Shen Yi look at Zhang Meng again, and asked, "How many casualties?"

Zhang Meng was silent for a while, and then said: "According to your orders, Mr. Shen, we have dispatched a total of six thousand-household battalions this time, with nearly ten thousand people. When we counted at noon today, there are still more than seven thousand eight hundred people with us." return."

There are six thousand-household battalions, that is, about 9000 people.

Shen Yi nodded.

"Annihilating the enemy geometry?"

Zhang Meng said honestly: "There are 3000 defenders in Suqian. After being defeated by our army, many escaped. The rest of the scattered Qi people should add up to nearly 3000."

Shen Yi can accept this battle damage.

After all, it is a siege battle, and it is not easy to take advantage of the battle in the enemy's territory.

Moreover, this battle loss has already exceeded two to one. If this battle loss can be maintained in every battle on the way of the Northern Expedition, then not only Shen Yi, but Emperor Hongde may not hesitate to send troops to the Northern Expedition.

"All right."

Shen Yi patted him on the shoulder, and said: "You have worked hard these days, you should also take a good rest, and when all the brothers come back from crossing the river, we will set off together to return to Lianshui Camp."

Zhang Meng quickly lowered his head, cupped his fists at Shen Yi, and said yes.

Shen Yi turned around and left this temporary resting place, and returned to the edge of the Huaihe River. He waited until late at night before all the soldiers on the western front came back by boat. Ling Su was the last to jump off the big boat. After seeing Shen Yi from a distance, he quickly stepped on Before Shen Yi, he half-kneeled in front of Shen Yi, bowed his head and cupped his fists respectfully: "The last general pays homage to Duke Shen!"

Master Shen helped him up, and said with a smile: "Generally speaking, I heard from Zhang Meng, this time I did a good job, and it can be regarded as a great victory."

"I will be ashamed at the end."

Ling Su lowered his head, and his voice was a little low: "You are dissatisfied with Mr. Shen, you said that when we attacked Suqian City, many brothers died, and a thousand households under the last general's command also died in Suqian City, and finally entered Suqian City, when I heard reinforcements from the Qi people arrived, I really didn't want to leave..."

Ling Su glanced at Shen Yi's expression, bowed his head and continued: "At that time, General Mo counted the food and defense equipment in Suqian City, and looked at the city wall of Suqian. If people want to gnaw it down, at least 8000 or 2 people will die in Suqian, and if they can exchange 2 people, they will die in vain..."

"If it weren't for Mr. Shen, you said that if you lose the land, you will lose all the people and land, and the last general will fight with them in Suqian!"

Shen Yi patted Ling Su on the shoulder, with a smile on his face: "It's good that General Ling can remember my words, it's not time to occupy the territory yet."

Master Shen thought for a while, and then said with a smile: "Whenever we have a hundred thousand soldiers and horses under our hands, we will be able to face the people of Qi head-on, and after that time, after eating a few cities in the north, we will also have the confidence to defend ourselves." Shou."

"But not yet."

Shen Yi looked at Ling Su who was in a state of embarrassment, and said, "Okay, General Ling, you have worked hard these days, go back to sleep first, then sort out the list of battle damage, and then there is..."

Master Shen paused, and said: "The soldiers on the western front have done a lot of service in this battle. The people of Qi should not dare to go south recently. The western front can be reorganized into fifteen battalions of thousands of households. The missing manpower in this battle is not small. You are recruiting yourself in Lianshui County and Huai'an area."

Ling Su was overjoyed when he heard this.

Because this is a real benefit, after he clasped his fists together, he smiled at Shen Yi and said, "Mr. Shen, why don't you still send Liu Mingyuan to the southeast to recruit soldiers. The Huai'an Mansion's soldiers are not very easy to recruit, and their accent is not as good as it is." The ones in the southeast are different, most of the brothers in the army are from the southeast, so it’s not easy to recruit soldiers from the Huai’an mansion.”

Shen Yi frowned, shook his head and said: "No, just recruit soldiers at the original place in Huai'an. The southeast is too far away from here. It will take several months to go back and forth. How can there be so much time delay?"

The army under Shen Yi is called the Huai'an Army most of the time, but most of them are from the southeast. Little half.

Especially military officers, most of them are from Taizhou Prefecture and Wenzhou Prefecture.

This is because Shen Yi started his family in Taizhou, and his old nest was originally in Yueqing County, Wenzhou Prefecture. This situation is inevitable.

However, this situation cannot continue to expand. He needs more sources of troops to prevent serious township cliques from forming in the army.

Ling Su nodded yes, he followed Shen Yi two steps away.Asked: "Mr. Shen, we have been stationed in Huai'an for almost a year. During this year, the Huaihe Navy did nothing, and now they are being suppressed and beaten by the Qi people in the Huaiyuan area. It is really bad. "

"You can join the Huai River Navy for a weak battle!"

"If the strength of the Huaihe navy is under your control, Mr. Shen, our Huai'an army can go north and attack Qi directly. Why do we need to fight with our hands tied like we are now?"

Master Shen stopped in his tracks, glanced back at him, and frowned secretly.

But Ling Su has done a great job, so it's hard to say anything about him now, so he could only patiently say: "Now it's just Zhao Lu's commander in chief of the Huaihe Navy, the imperial court will only send another person to take charge of the Huaihe Navy, and it's not my turn."

"Besides, the two-year agreement hasn't arrived yet. This matter cannot be rushed, and it will be even more difficult to handle it if it is urgent."

Shen Yi glanced at the south, and said: "You give me the record book as soon as possible, and I will write the memorial and report the merit to the court."

At this time, reporting victory is more useful than impeachment.

Ling Su quickly lowered his head.

"Yes, on the way back, the documents in the army have already been sorted out, and they can be handed over to Mr. Shen tomorrow morning."

Shen Yi let out a "huh".

"This battle was fought well, here I..."

"I will also give you a credit."

(End of this chapter)