marquis of jingan

Chapter 966 Is Smarter

It was finally daylight.

At this time, the spies sent by the Southern Conscript Army to the south bank finally sent the information over. Major General Zhou Yuanlang was in charge of the intelligence work of the Southern Conscript Army at the moment, so the messenger hurriedly found Zhou Yuanlang, Half-kneeling on the ground, bowed his head and said: "General Zhou, the informant on the south bank is urgent!"

Zhou Yuanlang was already anxious about fighting on the front line. Hearing this, he immediately stretched out his hand, took the information, and unfolded it with trembling hands. After only one glance, his expression changed drastically.

His voice was hoarse: "Is it true?"

"true."

The man lowered his head and said, "The messenger said that the Huai'an Army's Xiangshui camp on the South Bank is almost empty at this time!"

Zhou Yuanlang took a deep breath, stumbled out of the tent, and found General Zhou who was directing the battle in the command tent.

"father!"

Zhou Yuanlang didn't care whether to report or not, he broke into the camp directly, found Zhou Shizhong who was looking at the map, and shouted: "Father, withdraw the troops quickly, withdraw the troops quickly!"

"Return to Haizhou City, return to Haizhou City!"

Zhou Shizhong was yelled at by him a few times, a little confused, and said in a low voice: "Hurry up, what's the matter?"

After all, General Zhou had seen a lot of the world, at least he didn't panic on the surface, he frowned and said, "What happened?"

Zhou Yuanlang swallowed, his voice trembling: "Father, the Xiangshui camp of the Huai'an army is not like before, only sending a few thousand people to harass it!"

He tremblingly said: "Instead, they almost came out of the nest!"

"At least 2 people!"

Zhou Yuanlang looked at his old father and said, "Their goal is definitely not to harass our army, but Haizhou, or even a bigger goal!"

"At this time, my army has dispersed in order to encircle their front army, but I don't know that the main force of the Huai'an army is following behind this vanguard army!"

"The strength of our army in Haizhou... may not be much larger than that of the Xiangshui camp. At this time, the formation is scattered. If they are surrounded by them, they will immediately be defeated one by one!"

"father!"

The major general's hands were trembling a little: "Quick! Before their main force can catch up, immediately shrink the army and transfer all the troops back to Haizhou!"

General Zhou's face darkened immediately, he was silent for a few breaths, and then asked, "Is the news true?"

"It's true, it's been confirmed!"

Zhou Yuanlang's voice was hoarse: "Father, at this time, if we withdraw earlier, we can have more vitality!"

General Zhou said with a gloomy face, "Since the number of people is equal, why should I withdraw?"

"When will Master Daqi be afraid of the Southern Dynasty people on the frontal battlefield?"

He stood up straight away, looked at the general at the side, and said in a deep voice: "Give me the general's order, let go of the encirclement, the troops on the east and west wings will shrink, gather all the troops in Haizhou, and form an array to meet the enemy!"

General Zhou's order meant that he no longer wanted to encircle and annihilate Shen Yi, and took the initiative to release Shen Yi from this pocket formation. At the same time, he gathered all the troops in the north of the Huai'an army, and fought against the Huai'an army with guns and knives. kill one.

That is to say, although his mouth is very hard, but generally speaking, he adopted his son Zhou Yuanlang's opinion and began to shrink his troops.

Unfortunately, it's too late.

Before Zhou Shizhong's general order was posted, some soldiers from the scout battalion stumbled in, half-kneeled in front of General Zhou, and lowered their heads: "General, our army is going south, and we found a large number of Chen's troops. More than ten thousand!"

Zhou Shizhong looked at the general, and said coldly: "Don't go down to deliver the order!"

"Yes!"

After the general ran down, General Zhou sat on the main seat, closed his eyes, and thought about occupying the situation.

Just as he was thinking about the battle situation, another messenger rushed in, knelt down in front of the general, bowed his head and said: "General, the Suqian defenders have urgently reported that a large number of Southern Dynasties troops have landed on the Huai River section in the west. Now they are about to reach the city of Suqian, and the number of people may exceed 2!"

General Zhou's complexion finally became completely ugly.

He glanced at the messenger, and said expressionlessly, "Go back to Suqian quickly, and tell the Suqian defender to stand by for half a day, and the soldiers of the Southern Conscript Army nearby will immediately support them."

The man bowed his head, answered yes, turned and left in a hurry.

Zhou Shizhong sat in his seat, did not speak for a long time, and after a long time, he said in a low voice: "I regret that I was afraid of death last year, and let Shen Qi have a way out. Now it has become a climate for him."

Zhou Yuanlang stood under his father, and he said in a low voice: "Father, since the southerners are moving northward on a large scale, it is appropriate for both directions to move together. This is not surprising."

He looked at his old father and said, "Father, write a memorandum to the imperial court to ask for help."

Zhou Shizhong raised his head and glared at his son.

"If the southerners call for help, can our Zhou family still gain a foothold in the southern army?"

Zhou Yuanlang said in a low voice: "Your Majesty wants to let go of our father and son, so let him go. In this case, there is not enough troops, and it is useless for anyone to come."

"Half a month ago, an attack in the west attracted more than 4 troops under your father's command. Now, Haizhou and Suqian's troops may not be enough for [-]."

"The number of people, we are at a disadvantage."

"Father, the Huaihe Army of the Southern Dynasty is no longer the one hundred thousand Huaihe Army of the past!"

Zhou Yuanlang lowered his head and said, "The Huaihe navy and the Huai'an army already have more than 15 people. They can still divide their troops to attack. We only have [-] troops to conquer the South. How can we defend?"

Zhou Shizhong snorted: "Last year, Shen Qi had a maximum force of 5 troops. He guarded Huai'an tightly, leaving our [-] troops helpless."

"That's because Huai'an is too small, and the defense line is only two or three hundred miles away."

Zhou Yuanlang lowered his head and said: "Furthermore, according to the spies, the Huai'an Army has excellent weapons and equipment, and the number of warships is outrageous. It is definitely not what an army of 5 people should have."

"Even so, if they are asked to guard the Qianli Huaihe River, they will not be able to defend against more than a dozen enemies!"

"It's more important."

The major general said in a low voice: "We don't have enough warships, it's hard to defend by the river like the people of the Southern Dynasty."

In the past six to seventy years, even the Huaihe navy in Zhao Chong's era has not been able to gain any benefits from the Qi people, so the Qi people have no need to defend the Huaihe River.

Because people from the Southern Dynasties did not dare to come here at all.

This can be seen from the fact that the Huaihe Navy did not dare to cross the Huaihe River for 20 years.

For this reason, coupled with the fact that the shipbuilding industry in the north is not as good as that in the south, although the Confederate Army has a lot of ships, there are very few warships capable of water warfare.

"At this time, I am writing to the imperial court. If His Majesty is furious, it's all right, father, that's fine."

Zhou Yuanlang said in a low voice: "Then we, father and son, will go back to Yandu and quietly watch how the new general guards 15 with [-]."

General Zhou stood up silently, walked in front of his son, reached out and patted his shoulder, and sighed: "So..."

"You go and write a petition for help, and for my father, I will send someone six hundred li to rush to Yandu."

Zhou Yuanlang heaved a sigh of relief, bowed his head and said, "Son, obey!"

………………

The sky was finally bright, and Master Shen was sitting in the middle army, driving the mighty army northward.

But Su Ding was following Shen Yi, and when he saw the sky was bright, the leader of the Eastern Front waved his hand and shouted: "Raise the flag, march in!"

Soon, two large flags were erected, and the flags fluttered in the wind.

Two characters were written on the two flags.

One of the flags is naturally embroidered with the word "Chen", while the other flag has the word "Shen" on it!

As the big flags were erected, the soldiers of the Xiangshui Camp looked up at the two flags, and their hearts were full of excitement.

The speed of the army's advance was two or three points faster.

An hour later, the main army finally met Xue Wei's vanguard army. Su Ding came to report to Shen Yi, bowed his head and said: "Mr. Shen, the Qi people in the south of General Xue are retreating quickly. By the time we catch up, it is too late to catch them all." Surround yourself."

Master Shen looked at him and asked, "How many people are there?"

"Less than two thousand."

"Well."

Shen Yi stroked his chin, looked to the north, and smiled.

"General Zhou, you seem to be smarter..."

(End of this chapter)