marquis of jingan

Chapter 955 Opportunity to Advance

Xuzhou is to the west of Haizhou.

That is, in the northwest of Huai'an.

If you fight north from Huai'an, you will only go to Haizhou, but Haizhou is not a big city in this era, the city is not big, and the wall is not high.

The closest heavy city in the north to Dachen is Xuzhou City.

General Zhao Lu once showed Shen Yi the General Command of the Navy written by General Zhao Chong himself. The second half of that book is the strategy for the Northern Expedition written by General Zhao Chong.

The first Marquis of Anping, in the last ten years of his life, had been thinking about the Northern Expedition, and he wrote all the strategies he had deduced for the Northern Expedition in the second half of the Navy Master's Book.

That part, Shen Yi asked Shen Heng to write it down, and later transcribed a pamphlet, which he carried with him, and he has not missed it over the years.

And among all the Northern Expedition routes deduced by General Zhao Chong, the first big city to be conquered is all Xuzhou!

This is the first big city north of Chen Country!
It was also for this reason that Shen Yi sent Lin Sheng, one of the eight team leaders, or one of the eight staff officers, to the north, and invested a lot of cash in him, allowing him to take root in Xuzhou Mansion. germination.

At that time, Shen Yi was laying out Xuzhou.

Last year, when Shen Yi spread the rumor about Zhao Kai, the fourth prince of the Northern Qi Dynasty, Xuzhou's residence newspaper department had already contributed.

It's a pity that the army in Shen Yi's hands has been passively beaten last year, and the Qi people increased their troops to the Huaihe River. Shen Yi has never found a suitable opportunity to go north, let alone attack Xuzhou.

But this year...

Shen Yi's eyes have been fixed on Xuzhou since the end of the new year.

First of all, the Qi people's army in the Huaihe River, which is what they call the Southern Expedition Army, only has a staff of 10.

Last year, the Southern Conscript Army surged to 20 people because Emperor Yongping of the Northern Qi Dynasty forcibly increased the number of troops in the Huaihe River.

Fighting is fighting for money. It is impossible for Northern Qi to maintain an army size of 20 on the Huaihe River. In addition to the military expenditure, there is also the fact that a considerable part of the 10 people added last year were from the Imperial Army of Yandu. Among them, those who are transferred need to be transferred back to Yandu.

In fact, at the end of last year, the Qi army on the north bank began to disperse one after another.

As of this year, although the Conscript Army on the North Shore is also recruiting new recruits to make up for the vacancies lost in last year's war, even if they make up, it is only 10 people.

Moreover, last year, the elite soldiers of the Southern Conscript Army almost lost all of them. In addition, among the 10 people on the north bank, a considerable number of them were recruits. Master Shen still wanted to try the strength of this Southern Conscript Army.

Seeing the excitement on Su Ding's face, Shen Yi glanced at him, and said: "Just think about this matter yourself, don't talk about it."

He added: "Don't even mention Xue Wei, he has a big mouth and can't hide things."

Su Ding lowered his head slightly, and said: "Mr. Shen, don't worry, you will understand in the end."

Master Shen knocked on the table with his knuckles, and said: "What's more, you go down with Xue Wei, and take care of the people below. If something really happens, don't make a fuss with Deputy Yuan, and make outsiders laugh."

This sentence is the key to the conversation between Shen Yi and Su Ding this time.

Although Yuan Tan's performance was beyond Shen Yi's expectations, it was impossible for Shen Yi to really hand over the issue of military regulations and discipline to the deputy capital censor.

In that case, half of the power in his hands will be divided immediately, and his authority in the army will also slowly decline.

It would be fine if it was in normal times, Shen Yi had enough energy to fight slowly with this Master Yuan, but now Master Shen is leading the army and preparing to fight.

In war, the most important thing is to centralize power and say what you say.

Therefore, at this time, it is impossible for Shen Yi to let Yuan Tan really intervene in the military affairs of Huai'an Army.

Su Ding is a smart person, so he naturally understood the meaning of Shen Yi's words. He lowered his head slightly and said, "Don't worry, Mr. Shen, the brothers below know who they are and who they are close to."

Shen Yi squinted his eyes, and said, "It's not about closeness, it's about fighting, so we must be of one mind."

General Su lowered his head and said, "The Huai'an army is united!"

Hearing this, Shen Yi smiled dumbly.

"Not necessarily."

When he said these four words, Ling Su was in his mind.

However, this thought only flashed for a moment before being rejected by himself.

Because Ling Su is also a smart person, he won't be so stupid.

Su Ding looked up at Shen Yi, then bowed his head and cupped his fists, and retreated.

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In the next few days, Shen Yi stayed with Yuan Tan in the Xiangshui camp. With Shen Yi there, there was no disturbance in the entire Xiangshui camp, and there were no generals or even soldiers who sought out Yuan Tan in private to sue for blackmail. shape.

After inspecting Xiangshui Camp, Yuan Tan, accompanied by Shen Yi, went to inspect other camps, including Lianshui Camp.

From what Yuan Fuxian saw, the Huai'an army was harmonious, and there were almost no problems.

After going around like this for more than ten days, and after going around almost all the camps of the Huai'an Army, Master Yuan finally couldn't stand the tossing, got into a sedan chair and went back to Huai'an Fucheng to rest.

Shen Yi, on the other hand, stayed in the Lianshui camp and did not leave.

At this time, it was already the middle of February in Hongde's 13th year.

The temperature is getting warmer day by day.

The temperature is getting warmer, which means that the new year's war is not far away.

Shen Yi was sitting in the commander's tent of the Lianshui Camp, and General Ling Suling was sitting on his lower head, and he clasped his fists at Shen Yi and said, "Mr. gone."

Shen Yi nodded and asked, "Did nothing happen to him in the Lianshui camp these few days?"

Ling Su quickly lowered his head and said, "Back to Mr. Shen, nothing happened. Everyone recognizes Mr. Shen. If you don't speak, no one will talk to Mr. Yuan."

Shen Yi nodded at first, and then asked in a chatty tone: "Has General Ling heard about the case of Zhu Yan, a hundred households on the eastern front?"

Ling Su quickly lowered his head but said, "Go back to Mr. Shen, my subordinates have heard about it."

"This hundred household surnamed Zhu raped an orphan girl. Mr. Shen, you were furious and executed him."

Shen Yi closed his eyes and breathed out a sullen breath: "This Zhu Yan is also an old man from Linhaiwei. Because he made a lot of mistakes, he is still only a hundred households."

"But even so, I still remember him."

Master Shen said in a deep voice: "Such an old seniority can actually do something like rape an orphan girl!"

"When I think about it to this day, my heart is still not at peace."

Master Shen looked at Ling Su, and said, "I hope that the west line will not be a scum like the east line, otherwise..."

"If I know about it, I will come down and deal with it myself. Don't blame me for not being sympathetic."

Ling Su bowed his head and said, "Don't worry, Mr. Shen, we on the western front will never do such scandalous things. If there is, you don't need Mr. Shen to do it. The subordinates will kill him personally, there is no difference!"

Master Shen nodded, and then he remembered the serious business, and asked, "Here on the Western Front, how is the recruiting and training going?"

"Go back to Mr. Shen."

Ling Su clasped his fists and replied: "The last general has sent General Liu Mingyuan to go back to Zhejiang to recruit troops again."

"In addition to General Liu Mingyuan, the last general also arranged for General Zhang Meng Zhang to recruit some recruits in Lianshui County and Huai'an Mansion. So far, General Zhang has recruited more than [-] soldiers and is still in training."

He whispered: "Within three months, we must recruit all the recruits to Mr. Shen!"

"It's not the soldiers recruited for me."

Shen Yi shook his head slightly, and said in a deep voice: "It is to recruit soldiers for the Huai'an Army, and it is very likely that war will start again this year. Every time there is one more person on the western front, the pressure will be less."

Ling Su's heart moved, and he asked, "Mr. Shen, when will the war be fought this year?"

Shen Yi shook his head slightly, expressing that he was not clear.

"I'm still waiting for news."

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After staying in the Lianshui Camp for a few days, Shen Yi also returned to Huai'an City. In the city, he would sometimes find Yuan Fuxian to drink, sometimes he would go to Zhang's house to catch up with Zhang Jian, or hide in his study to read. and review documents.

Because the days are leisurely, time seems to pass faster. In the blink of an eye, more than half a month has passed, and the time has come to March in the 13th year of Hongde.

On the second day of March, when Shen Yi was drinking with Yuan Fuxian at the imperial envoy Xingyuan, Jiang Sheng hurried over and whispered in Shen Yi's ear: "Young Master, Brother Luo is here, just outside the door."

The mansion reported to Secretary Luo Yong.

Shen Yi nodded silently, and said, "Go and lead him to the study to wait for me."

Jiang Sheng nodded quickly, turned around and went down.

After a while, Shen Yi bid farewell to Yuan Tan and appeared in his study. Luo Yong held a document in both hands and handed it in front of Shen Yi: "Si Zheng, it was sent from Xuzhou."

Shen Yi reached out to take it, opened it in front of Luo Yong, looked at it, and then clenched his fists, looking a little excited.

After reading the document once, Master Shen looked up at the sky with a faint tone.

"It's time to fight again..."

(End of this chapter)