marquis of jingan

Chapter 920

At present, the troops of the Northern Qi Dynasty in Huai'an, combined on the east and west lines, have about 5 people on the battlefield alone. If you count the reserve army of Shanghai Prefecture, there are almost [-] Qi troops in Huai'an alone!
The Southern Conscript Army of the Northern Qi Dynasty was originally about 10 people. Counting the reinforcements sent by the Northern Qi Dynasty, at the peak last year, the number was close to 20. However, after a year of wear and tear, the Qi army along the Huai River is now That's 8 or [-] people.

In other words, the Northern Qi had only 8 to [-] troops in places other than Huai'an, but they had to defend a long line of defense.

This deployment of troops was originally extremely unreasonable.

If it wasn't for Emperor Yongping's selfishness, because of Emperor Hongde's letter of credence to beg Shandong and Henan provinces, forcing Emperor Yongping to be furious, the deployment of troops in the Northern Qi Dynasty would never have been so extreme.

Because in terms of troop allocation, the limit of the troop strength that Haizhou can lay down is about 5 people, which is the troop strength that Shen Yi has dealt with throughout the whole year from last year to this year.

Zhou Shizhong's expression turned extremely ugly.

Yu Zhenzi on the side listened to the information the whole time. After thinking for a while, he looked at Zhou Shizhong, coughed slightly and said: "Don't be too impatient, the general. However, I, Daqi, is not without a master in the west, so I can stop them."

General Zhou was silent for a while, and then sat back opposite Yu Zhenzi. He raised his head and took a sip of the mulled wine. He didn't know whether it was because of the smell of alcohol or because of excitement, his face was faintly red.

"The Daoist doesn't know that the Huaihe Navy is powerful and has a lot of ships. If they go north with all their strength, the existing troops on the western front can only stick to the city."

"It's not difficult to defend the city, but if you watch the southerners act recklessly in our Daqi territory, the national prestige will be lost immediately."

"It's more important."

Zhou Shizhong thumped the table with his huge fist, and said slowly: "What's more important is that it is difficult to continue to invest in Huai'an after being restricted by the Huaihe Navy, but if you don't continue to invest in troops, Shen Qi is too Difficult to deal with…”

"If you ignore the Huaihe Navy and attack Huai'an with all your strength, even if you defeat Shen Qi, the imperial court's face will not be recovered, and it may even lose even more face."

Yu Zhenzi was thoughtful, he stroked his beard, and said: "General, since this is the case, you should have guarded against the Huaihe navy early on, how could the Huaihe navy break through so easily and break into our Daqi?" Inland?"

Mentioning this matter, Zhou Shizhong's face became even more ugly.

He patted the table fiercely, and said angrily: "Since Yuandu was born in the Southern Dynasty, the Huaihe navy has been honest and honest for 20 years. Without defense, the Huaihe navy would not dare to move a bit, who would have thought..."

Zhou Shizhong snorted angrily: "Who would have thought, then Zhao Lu!"

For so many years, the Huaihe Navy has firmly guarded the "northern border" of Dachen, relying on the word stability.

If they can't attack, they will never attack.

However, although the main character is "turtle", the Zhao Clan did not commit treason, nor did they have any private contacts with the people of Qi.

Because if you really know a foreign country, you probably can't hide it from the inner guard, and this kind of thing is absolutely not tolerated by the emperor, and the Zhao family will not be stupid enough to do such a thing.

Therefore, for so many years, the Huaihe Navy has been able to maintain a state of "peace and peace" with the Zhengnan Army, not because of any fornication, and the "tacit understanding" is tacit understanding.

This kind of tacit understanding created a stereotype in Zhou Shizhong's heart.

The Huaihe Navy seems to never cross the Huaihe River half a step.

However, his stereotype was ruthlessly broken by Zhao Lu today.

That General Zhao, whom Shen Yi privately called Zhao Wugui, finally stretched out his head today, and opened his mouth towards the north, biting Zhou Shizhong by surprise.

General Zhou's face was cloudy and uncertain. He looked at Yu Zhenzi and said, "Master, the things on both sides of the Huaihe River are getting more and more complicated. Zhou doesn't dare to specialize in this matter. What do you think?"

Yu Zhenzi shook his head again and again, and said helplessly: "The general dare not make the decision, how dare the poor man speak?"

Zhou Shizhong sighed slightly, and said, "Then we can only write a book about the situation in the Huaihe River and send it to Yandu immediately for His Majesty to deal with."

At this moment, Zhou Shizhong was in a dilemma.

Entering, the western front will be too ugly. If one or two counties or even these two prefectures are accidentally taken down by the Huaihe Navy, then Daqi's face will be completely wiped out, and he will be rubbed on the ground by the Southern Dynasty.

But if he withdraws to the north at this moment, Huai'an has paid too much, and he is really not reconciled.

If you make a big decision at this time, you have to bear the big blame.

Zhou Shizhong didn't want to carry this cauldron, and Yu Zhenzi didn't dare to carry it, so he had no choice but to ask the big boss for instructions.

Even if it takes a long time to come and go, it is very likely that the fighter will be delayed, and I have to ask the big boss for instructions.

After making up his mind, Zhou Shizhong looked at Yu Zhenzi, and said slowly: "Master, to send a letter to Yandu, even if it is six hundred miles or eight hundred miles, it may take several days to go back and forth. In a few days, what does the Taoist priest think should be done?"

"There is no other good way."

Yu Zhenzi stroked his beard.He said, "It can only maintain the status quo."

Zhou Shizhong nodded: "The Taoist chief means to stick to the occupied positions on the south bank, but not to transport soldiers across the river anymore, right?"

Yu Zhenzi thought for a while, then bowed his head slightly and said: "Pindao advises the general to stop transporting troops to the south bank, and at the same time block the Huaihe navy on the western front, so as to prevent the people of the Huaihe navy from doing anything wrong in our Daqi territory."

"Tao Chang Ming Jian."

Zhou Shizhong nodded quickly: "Then, follow the Taoist priest's instructions."

Yu Zhenzi's face turned dark when he heard this. He coughed and said, "General, a poor man came to the army with neither official position nor identity. This order is absolutely out of the question. .”

He glanced at Zhou Shizhong, said with a smile: "I can't blame the poor."

Seeing that the Yao Dao refused to take the initiative to take the blame, Zhou Shizhong was a little unhappy, but there was no outbreak on his face, but a smile on his face.

"Who said that the head has no status? The head of the road is an imperial envoy from Yandu."

………………

Xiangshui Daying, Su Ding and other senior generals stood under Shen Yi, and Master Shen sat on the main seat of the command tent, glanced at the crowd, and said: "Everyone, the Huaihe Navy on the western front has finally made some progress. action."

"This time, our Huai'an Army is finally no longer alone and helpless."

After he glanced at everyone, he said: "Now, the people of Qi probably also know the news. I have thought about it carefully. After they received the news, there are only two reactions."

"The first is to give up attacking Huai'an and shrink north."

"The second is to continue to attack Huai'an."

"But the strength of the Qi people is not endless. If they want to take care of both ends, they must not be able to take care of both ends."

"In the past few days, everyone should pay close attention to the movements of Qi people."

Having said that, Shen Yi glanced at a thousand households below, and said in a deep voice, "Ye Zhuo!"

This Qianhu surnamed Ye quickly stood up and clasped his fists respectfully: "This subordinate is here!"

Shen Yi ordered: "General Xue is injured. Apart from him, you are more proficient in water warfare. From today onwards, all the warships of the Huai'an Army will be entrusted to you to command."

"Well... a camp of one thousand households is probably not enough."

"For the rest, let General Su coordinate with you."

"After you mastered the warship, you kept an eye on the movement of the Qi people. If the Qi people no longer increase troops in Huai'an, or even withdraw their troops later, you must contain them on the Huai River."

Master Shen said in a low voice, "Those who have already crossed the river cannot be allowed to escape."

Ye Zhuo was respectful, clasped his fists and said: "The general obeys orders!"

Shen Yi looked at Su Ding again with a smile on his face.

"General Su, we are exhausted."

Su Ding lowered his head slightly, and after thinking for a while, he replied: "The end of suffering should be the end of suffering, as for whether you can be willing."

Master Shen narrowed his eyes, and continued, "Whether he is willing to come or not depends on how Zhou Shizhong chooses, but no matter how he chooses, it will be very difficult for him to threaten Huai'an again."

"Our Huai'an army is unwilling to come here this year, and next year we will make Zhou Shizhong pay for this year's crimes."

Su Ding smiled, clasped his fists and said, "It's all thanks to Mr. Shen's wisdom, otherwise we would never be in the situation we are today."

Master Shen shook his head slightly.

"It should be... Lai brothers trying their best."

"Otherwise, Huai'an would have been gone last year."

(End of this chapter)