marquis of jingan

Chapter 906: Success Doesn't Have to Be Me
In Haizhou, north of the Huaihe River, a large number of troops began to gather.

More importantly, a large number of ships were mobilized at the same time. These ships were not transferred to the Huaihe River, but to the shallow sea east of Haizhou.

In other words, there is a high probability that these ships will no longer cross the Huaihe River to attack as before, and may go from the sea, land from the east coast of Huai'an Mansion, and attack Huai'an.

There are advantages and disadvantages to using ships to advance troops from the sea.

The advantage is naturally that the coastline is long and it is difficult to prevent it in time, but at the same time, it means that the troops transported can only be one-time.

Because the line is too long.

The army can only be transported at one time, and it is impossible to transport troops periodically like crossing the river. This leads to the fact that no matter how many ships the Qi people have coming from the sea, their landing force must be limited.

There are tens of thousands of people in the sky.

But even so, being a surprise soldier is enough.

The people of Qi dispatched troops like this, so the intention behind it was already very obvious, that is, no matter what, they had to have a hard fight with Huai'an.

And this war is likely to break through a local war and evolve into a small-scale decisive battle second only to the national war.

The outcome of this battle will definitely determine the situation of the two countries in the future to a certain extent!
After Shen Yi said a few words to Ling Su and the others, he suddenly remembered something, turned to look at Jiang Sheng, and asked, "Where is the messenger? Call him in."

Jiang Sheng nodded immediately, and quickly brought in the person from the report department of the mansion. The person bowed his head respectfully and said, "Si Zheng."

Shen Yi nodded first, and then said silently: "Pass on my order, do your best to monitor the movements of Qi people, and from today onwards, report to me every day without interruption."

The man immediately bowed his head and said, "Yes, this subordinate obeys!"

Master Shen stood up, patted him on the shoulder, and said: "Go and do something, tell the brothers in the north that this time the matter is done very well, and after this matter is settled, the imperial court will definitely reward you."

The messenger of the mansion newspaper department was respectful, bowed and said: "Yes, Sizheng!"

After all, he turned to leave.

After the man left, Master Shen sat back in his seat, closed his eyes and meditated, while Ling Su who was at the side slightly lowered his head, and asked, "Mr. Shen, can you take a look at the information later?"

Shen Yi opened his eyes and glanced at him, then slowly said: "You, Zhang Meng, and Liu Mingyuan can watch it, but the other thousand households don't want to watch it."

Since the last time a traitor appeared in Qianhu, Master Shen lowered the right to know at the level of Qianhu. Up to now, all the content related to the strategic level will skip the generals at the level of Qianhu.

The thousand households are only responsible for performing specific tasks, and no longer have important information content, as well as the overall strategic and tactical layout.

Ling Su nodded respectfully, he glanced back at the generals in the command tent, and said in a deep voice: "Zhang Meng and Liu Mingyuan stay, and the rest go back to their respective battalions!"

Needless to say about Ling Su's prestige, everyone immediately clasped their fists at Shen Yi, called "Mr. Shen", and then turned and left one after another.

Soon, there were only Liao Liao left in the handsome tent. After Ling Su received the information from Di Baosi from Shen Yi, he just glanced at it, frowned slightly, and handed the information to Liu Mingyuan and Zhang Meng. Turning to look at Shen Yi, he lowered his head slightly.

"Mr. Shen, the Qi people's movements are a bit unreasonable."

Master Shen rubbed his temples, and said: "If there is something unreasonable, please tell me."

Ling Su rubbed his chin, and said slowly: "Last time, the Qi people entangled more than [-] people and invaded our Lianshui camp. You led a surprise attack on the northern border by Mr. Shen, and the enemy must be rescued and resolved."

"As for the entire Huai'an, [-] troops can be invested, which is already almost the sky. If more troops are invested, they can only be invested bit by bit. The effect will be better before it is seen."

"It's really not possible. I'll retreat back to Huai'an City. No matter whether these people from Qi come across the river or across the sea, they will definitely not be able to take advantage of it."

Shen Yi glanced at Ling Su, and then slowly said: "Maybe, they didn't want to take advantage of it, they just needed a big defeat for the Huai'an army."

Having said this, Shen Yi let out a sigh of relief and did not continue.

Whether it is fighting a war or being an official, you need to have a strategic vision in many cases.

Shen Yi is quite good in this respect.

It's not that he's much smarter than others, but because he has obtained enough information, and it's wide enough, and after a comprehensive analysis, many things are not difficult to deduce.

Ling Su and the others are slightly worse, because the amount of information they can obtain is far inferior to Shen Yi,

Now Shen Yi's eyes are not only focused on Huai'an, but also many things in the north, and many things in Jiankang City, which are not easy for him to guess.

Now for Shen Yi, the situation is quite clear. It is nothing more than that the Qi people want to defeat the Huai'an army, so as to maintain their "force superiority" that has lasted for more than 60 years, and thus facilitate this peace talk.

At the same time, many people in Jiankang City also wanted to see the Huai'an army lose the last battle, so that they could also put pressure on the emperor to complete this peace talk.

Under such circumstances, the price Northern Qi is willing to pay cannot be estimated.

They don't even need to consider the battle damage, they only need to "win" Shen Yi a game.

The pressure Shen Yi faced was also very great.

If he loses this battle, Emperor Hongde will definitely not be able to withstand the pressure from inside and outside the court. Even if he doesn't sign the alliance letter to form a brotherly state, the peace talks between the two countries will most likely be able to succeed.

Once the peace talks are completed, Shen Yi, the imperial envoy of the warlord, has no reason to stay in Huai'an anymore. When Shen Yi is transferred back to Jiankang, he will think about the next Northern Expedition.

I don't know when it happened.

Maybe we have to wait until Emperor Yongping of the Northern Qi Dynasty dies...

But if the time comes, if you raise troops hastily, you may not see the effect.

Therefore, at this time, Shen Yi must do everything possible to win this battle.

He closed his eyes and thought for a while, then opened his eyes and looked at Ling Su, and said, "General Ling, don't let go of your military training for a while, and at the same time, you can train some militiamen in Lianshui County , you don’t need to train for too long, even a month or two is enough.”

"You don't need to train too harshly, as long as you teach them how to hold a knife, as well as the most basic battle formation and formation."

Hearing Shen Yi's words, even Ling Su couldn't help being slightly moved.He looked at Shen Yi, bowed his head and said, "Mr. Shen, is this the end of the matter?"

Shen Yi shook his head: "They will be used before they are likely to be used, just be prepared."

He looked at Ling Su and said slowly: "I will leave everything to you on the western front. I will leave for the eastern front tomorrow morning..."

Ling Su nodded, expressing his understanding: "The people of Qi may have to land from the coast, and Mr. Shen is going to the east to have a look."

Master Shen did not reply, but looked at Zhang Meng who was reading the information, and said slowly: "After reading it, throw it into the brazier and burn it. Don't spread it. Whoever spreads it will shake the morale of the army."

"I will kill you without mercy."

Zhang Meng was taken aback, and hurriedly threw the information into the brazier and burned it.

Master Shen stood up from his seat, looked at the three commander-level generals in front of him, and said slowly: "Three, if you lose this battle, it will be ugly. Can the Huai'an Army continue?" It’s hard to say if it exists.”

"But if we win, we don't even have to win, just that we don't suffer a lot, I can assure you."

Shen Yi raised his head slightly and said: "This is my last battle before the Northern Expedition."

"This time the pressure on the western front will still not be too great, but there is no guarantee that the Qi people will not storm the western front. I have to take care of the coast. I am afraid I have no time to focus on the western front. I can only ask the three of you."

The three of them bowed to Shen Yi one after another: "Don't worry, Mr. Shen, we will stick to the western front!"

Master Shen nodded silently, took a deep breath, and spoke slowly.

"The three are battle-hardened, so I won't say much else, I just want to say a word to the three."

"Huai'an is integrated."

Master Shen looked calm, and said: "The so-called eastern and western fronts are just different defense areas. In a real fight, the eastern and western fronts are all Huai'an troops. They need to be united and united."

"You must not be selfish, and you must not be blindfolded by the word credit."

"I hope the three of you remember one sentence."

"Success doesn't have to be mine."

Master Shen looked at the three of them, speaking with sincerity.

"Huai'an is one, and success is also one."

"Shen Qi, never favor one person over another."

(End of this chapter)