marquis of jingan

Chapter 908 Military and Personnel

Li Mu only stayed in Xiangshui camp for one night, and he left the next day, returning to Jianjian for recovery.

It's not that the elder son doesn't want to stay in Huai'an, it's because of his status that it's inconvenient to stay in the barracks for too long.

After Li Mu left, the time came to October of Hongde's 12th year.

The weather is slowly turning cold.

In the past few days, Shen Yi has been patrolling along the Huaihe River, and sometimes he would ride a horse to take a look at the east side of Huai'an Mansion.

On this day, Shen Yi took Su Ding and was still patrolling the Huaihe River. He looked at the Huai River in front of him, and then at the other side of the Huaihe River, and suddenly stopped in his tracks.

Su Ding quickly followed and stopped, and stood obediently behind Shen Yi.

Old man Shen glanced back at him, and said, "General Su, you are in charge of the Eastern Front these days, have you encountered any problems?"

Su Ding stood behind Shen Yi, bowed slightly and said, "Returning to Mr. Shen, there are some problems. After all, the subordinates are too junior. The generals below will inevitably give them some winks. Fortunately, General Xue is quite cooperative. Subordinates, the orders of subordinates, the people below will listen to them."

Shen Yi nodded silently, indicating that he knew.

After he was silent for a while, he looked towards the north bank and said, "As far as the current situation is concerned, the resumption of the war will only happen within ten days. General Su, you said, we are here to wait for work and wait quietly. Qi people come to attack, or..."

He glanced back at Su Ding and asked, "Or do we want to strike first?"

Su Ding's gaze also looked at the North Bank. After slightly frowning, he lowered his head and said, "Listen to what Mr. Shen said, you don't want to just wait like this."

Master Shen let out a long breath, and said quietly: "I've been a little restless for the past few days, and I always have a feeling of waiting to die. This time, the people of Qi came aggressively, and they are determined to make us suffer."

"I don't think it's a problem to just wait for them to come."

Su Ding thought for a while, and said: "Mr. Shen, if the Qi people attack with all their strength, we must stop them by fighting with them in water. At this time, we are most short of ships. If you want to send troops to the north, the ships will Not enough."

Speaking of this, Su Ding paused, and continued: "Actually, the best way now is to let the friendly troops..."

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Shen Yi. Master Shen frowned slightly, and said: "It's good that the Huaihe Navy doesn't throw stones into the well. It's too difficult, too difficult for them to give charcoal in a timely manner."

Su Ding said with a wry smile: "That's the truth, so the subordinates have never said it."

The conflict between Shen Yi and the Huaihe Navy has a long history. That General Zhao probably wants to see him die more than the people of Qi. In theory, there is no reason for the two sides to cooperate.

Shen Yi thought of this, and looked to the north again.

Now, Huai'an Mansion is in the north, and the most conservative estimate is that there are already [-] to [-] troops.

When it does, God knows how many there will be.

At that time, even if Meng Lian's [-] forbidden troops are counted, Huai'an will definitely be a tough battle.

Thinking of this, Master Shen put his hands in his sleeves, turned around suddenly, and shouted at Jiang Sheng who was following him from afar.

"Jiang Sheng!"

Jiang Sheng trotted all the way quickly, came to Shen Yi, lowered his head slightly: "Sir, please tell me."

Shen Yi asked him to come over by ear, and said a few words in his ear, Jiang Sheng nodded quickly after listening.

"Young master, I'll do it now, but I have one more thing to report to you..."

Master Shen said slowly: "You say so."

"The Mr. Li that you brought to the imperial envoy's office earlier found Xiangshui County and is now in the Xiangshui camp, saying that he wants to see you."

Shen Yi frowned slightly at first, then suddenly remembered the two people recommended by his mentor.

A few days ago, not long after he met these two people, something happened in the army. Before he finished dealing with the affairs in the army, he received the news of the change in the northern border of the Di Baosi.

Then came Li Mu Nan's return, after all kinds of things, Master Shen had already left these two people behind.

"What is he doing?"

Jiang Sheng lowered his head slightly, and said, "It is said that the strategy of the Northern Expedition has been written, and I have to give it to you to read, and he also said that you, my lord, neglected talents and left them in the palace of imperial envoys for half a month..."

Shen Yi nodded silently, and said: "Okay, I understand, you go and finish the things I explained, and I will go back to Daying to see him later."

"Yes."

Jiang Sheng responded, turned around and went down to work.

Su Ding on the side has been listening quietly, and when Jiang Sheng left, he smiled and said: "Where did Kuangsheng come from, dare to chase after Xiangshui Camp to find Mr. Shen?"

"It was recommended by my old Taishan."

Shen Yi rubbed his nose and said, "He claims to be familiar with ancient and modern military books, and he has mastered military art, so I asked him to write the strategy of the Northern Expedition for me to read, but there was an accident on the Eastern Front, and I was in a hurry to deal with it. Afterwards, they came and went again and again, and they were forgotten.”

Having said that, Shen Yi patted Su Ding on the shoulder and said with a smile: "I'll go back and meet him first. If his Northern Expedition strategy is really well written, I will take him with me in the future and let him be an aide to the army." .”

Su Ding said with a smile: "Duke Shen is lucky, he will definitely be a great talent."

Shen Yi shook his head slightly.

"He was recommended by my father-in-law, so don't neglect him too much. I'll go back to the camp and have a look at him. General Su will continue to patrol the river. Let me know if there is anything."

Su Ding hurriedly clasped his fists in salute: "The last general obeys!"

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After half an hour, Shen Yi rode back to the Xiangshui camp, and soon met the scholar Li Zhun in the handsome tent here.

At this time, Li Zhun was even more embarrassed than when Shen Yi first met him. His clothes were a little disheveled. After seeing Shen Yi, he reluctantly cupped his hands and said, "Shen Yilang."

Shen Yi stepped forward, patted the dust off his body, and said with a smile: "Shouldn't Mr. Li be in my imperial envoy's camp? How did you find it here?"

Li Zhun was displeased, and he cupped his hands and said: "Shen Shilang, you are also a scholar who came from the top two ranks. Scholars in my generation are most particular about a word of letter. You said that after three days, it depends on the Northern Expedition strategy written by the students." , The student finished writing the next day, but Shen Shilang, you are no longer in the imperial envoy Xingyuan, and when you ask the servants in Xingyuan, they only say that you have gone out to do business."

"You are an important minister of the imperial court. Since you have official duties, it is inconvenient for the students to say more, but you should inform the students anyway. Brother Song is still good, and you can also manage the accounts in Xingyuanli, so the students can only be in a daze every day. , doing nothing!"

"The student couldn't stay any longer, so he came here to look for you!"

Master Shen went to the main seat and sat down, looked up at Li Zhun, and said calmly: "There is an urgent matter in the army, I don't have time to talk to you, I can only come to the army to do military work."

Li Zhun's eyes lit up, and he said, "Shen Shilang, there is going to be a war, isn't it?"

Shen Yi lowered his head and took a sip of tea.

"How did you find out?"

"After the students arrived at the Xiangshui camp, they felt that something was wrong with the atmosphere. They went out and had a look. Less than half of the soldiers in this camp were in the camp."

"In the big camp, the training is very serious and the atmosphere is dignified."

"It looks like a war is going to happen."

Shen Yi smiled dumbly, stretched out his hand and said, "Let me take a look at the strategy written by Mr."

Li Zhun quickly took out a few thick sheets of paper from his pocket, handed them in front of Shen Yi, and said, "Shen Yilang, can you tell the students about the upcoming battle in Huai'an?"

Shen Yi was flipping through what he wrote, but he didn't raise his head when he heard the words: "No."

"No one can tell the secrets of the military."

Shen Yi probably flipped through his article.

The idea of ​​the article is not bad. It roughly means to take Xuzhou first, then manage Shandong, and try to use Henan, both positive and strange, to instigate the rebellion of Han officials and Han merchants in the Northern Qi Dynasty, and then slowly plan to go north. Finally, it will take ten years , to pacify the north and regain the homeland.

Master Shen spent a quarter of an hour, after reading it once, he threw these things aside.

Li Zhun swallowed, looking a little nervous.

"Shen Shilang, the student's article..."

"There is nothing wrong with the military thinking, and there are no major mistakes or omissions in the direction of the overall march, but some of the tricks are very wrong."

Li Zhun's expression froze, and then he was quite dissatisfied.

"Also ask the servant to correct me."

"You want to instigate rebellion against the local Han officials in the Northern Qi Dynasty, as well as the gentry and landlords among the Han people. Are the local tyrants powerful?"

"Exactly."

Mentioning this, Li Zhun looked excited, and said, "Shenzhou has been lost for more than a year. Although these people are humble, as Han people, they must have been bullied by Qi people. As long as they send someone to communicate with them, they will definitely respond..."

Shen Yi shook his head slightly: "This is where you are naive."

"These Han people who were officials in the Northern Qi court became local powerful Han people in Northern Qi."

"I will be more loyal to Beichao than anyone else. If you contact them today, you will be betrayed by them tomorrow."

"what?"

Li Zhun scratched his head, puzzled: "How did Minister Shen see it?"

"because…"

Master Shen sneered slightly.

"Because they can live a good life in the Northern Dynasty and serve as officials in the Northern Dynasty, I am afraid that these people are the ones who bully the Han people the most!"

"How can they see that I, Da Chen, have returned to my homeland?"

"One day, when the old accounts are settled, the Han people in the northern border will be the first to tear them apart!"

(End of this chapter)