marquis of jingan

Shen Yi is a person with strong mobility. After having this idea in his mind, he first stood on the city wall and thought about the time for a cup of tea, and then he asked the generals of the Huai'an Army to have a meeting at the Yamen of Zhizhou.

An hour later, several important generals of the Huai'an Army, including Wan Zhong, gathered in Zhizhou Yamen.

Master Shen sat on the main seat, looked at the crowd who were clasping their fists in salute to him, and then waved his hand to signal them to sit down.

After everyone sat down, he sorted out his thoughts, and then said: "We have been besieged in Xuzhou City by the Southern Conscript Army for more than a month. Too stupid."

"In order to get rid of this embarrassing situation, I have an idea in my heart."

"Listen, everyone."

Shen Yi coughed and said, "I'm going to open the four gates of Xuzhou from the daytime tomorrow, open at sunrise and close at sunset every day."

Seeing that the faces of the six generals below changed except Su Ding, Shen Yi said unhurriedly: "I just discussed this matter with General Su briefly. My opinion is that there are people on duty on the city wall. If you see the people of Qi coming to attack, you can close the city gate and pull up the drawbridge a few miles away."

"Basically there is no danger."

Shen Yi paused, and continued: "Even, if the opportunity is right, there are not many Qi people coming, and you can take advantage of the situation to go out of the city to meet the enemy."

Master Shen continued with a calm face, "The good thing is that the four gates of Xuzhou City are wide open, so the Qi people can't sit still."

This is a very simple reason.

Shen Yi and other people from the Southern Dynasties lived on the land of the Northern Qi and occupied Xuzhou City in the Northern Qi. This was already an unbearable thing for the Northern Qi.

Now, Shen Yi not only occupied Xuzhou, but also opened the city gates. This was not just a matter of slapping Zhou Shizhong in the face.

It's like squatting on his head to shit!
Moreover, after the city gates are opened, if Zhou Shizhong is still timid and afraid to attack, not only will his reputation be discredited, but even the face of the Northern Qi court will be completely disgraced.

Xuzhou is only more than 1000 miles away from Yandu.

News from Xuzhou can reach Yandu in three or four days.

At that time, even if the emperor of Northern Qi could bear it, the censors of Northern Qi would not be able to tolerate Zhou Shizhong.

Shen Yi's existence in the Huai'an Army was originally a one-size-fits-all existence. He could have acted arbitrarily on this matter with his own prestige, and he didn't need to discuss with anyone.

However, he has always believed in the principle that one person is short in wisdom and two are long in wisdom, and he is afraid that there is something he has not considered. Therefore, he still habitually calls these generals to discuss such important matters.

After Shen Yi finished speaking, he sat back in his seat.

"Tell me your opinion, if you have no opinion, then start tomorrow."

Ling Su thought for a while, but didn't speak.

Xue Wei stood up, and said with a loud smile: "Mr. Shen, this subordinate thinks this method is very good, but there is one thing that needs to be added."

He looked around at everyone, and said: "We forced Zhou Shizhong to attack. He will definitely come because of face, but it doesn't have to be to attack Xuzhou head-on. The general thinks that if this is the case, our army can directly go out of the city to meet the enemy and kill them for a while!"

"It won't be too late to retreat to the city when the main force of the Qi people comes up."

There is no way to do this kind of play when the strength of the two sides is very different.

Because if you are not careful, you may lose the city and lose the land.

But at this time, there is not much difference in the strength of the two sides, and there is not much difference in the overall combat power. It is absolutely possible to fight like Xue Wei said.

After thinking for a while, Master Shen nodded slightly and said, "Okay, then it's settled like this."

He looked at several of his subordinates and said, "General Xu Ling, General Su, and...General Xue, the three of them decided to defend the city or meet the enemy at the last moment."

"If there is no order for other people, they will all focus on defending the city."

Hearing Shen Yi's words, everyone present had somewhat weird expressions.

Because in theory, the main generals of the east and west roads are Su Ding and Ling Su.

The other generals are a head shorter than these two men.

But now, in terms of authority on the battlefield, the West Route Army is obviously smaller than the East Route Army.

Because the two armies of the East and the West are each guarding two city gates.

As for Ling Su, there was only one, and it was unlikely that he could split into two, which would greatly reduce the flexibility of the West Route Army at the tactical level.

However, Xue Wei's status in the Huai'an Army was rather special, and it was difficult for everyone to say anything about Shen Yi's arrangement.

Even Ling Su hesitated to speak.

Shen Yi looked at the expressions of everyone, and said lightly: "If there is nothing else, I will come here first today."

He paused, looked at Ling Su, and said, "General Ling, stay here for a while, and let the others go back to their tents and make arrangements."

The other five people got up immediately, cupped their fists, and left.

After everyone had left, Ling Su bowed and said, "What orders does Mr. Shen have?"

Shen Yi beckoned and motioned for him to sit down.

Ling Su sat down as ordered.

After he sat down, Shen Yi lowered his head and took a sip of tea, and said, "General Ling, the West Route Army is the closest."

"Not very honest."

Ling Su's complexion changed slightly, he stood up as if his butt was on fire, bowed his head deeply, and said, "Mr. Shen, please make it clear!"

"Someone is robbing the city of money."

Shen Yi looked up at him, and said, "There are still people who snatch women back to their residence."

"They are all generals of the West Route Army, blatantly."

Shen Yi quietly lowered his head and drank his tea: "There are also murderers, not just one case."

He looked up at Ling Su and asked, "Does General Ling know?"

Ling Su blushed and lowered his head.

"Back to Duke Shen, my subordinates know nothing!"

Shen Yi let out a "huh" and said, "These things have happened for more than a month, but the ones who were victims before were all real Zhu Li, and now the court hasn't come, so I turn a blind eye and just pretend I didn't see it."

"Yesterday, the people below reported to me that a daughter of the Han family was snatched by a hundred households of your West Route Army, and she was not released all night."

Shen Yi looked calm.

"General Ling, we have been working together since Linhai County. At that time, I didn't know how to lead troops, so I respect you very much in all aspects."

"It was the same until the Huai'an Army later on."

"Earlier, the Eastern Route Army had hundreds of families abducting civilian women. I killed that man and informed the whole army."

"It was sent to General Ling."

Shen Yi lowered his head to drink tea, and said, "I thought in my heart, it's not good to discredit General Ling, so most of the time, the West Route Army is under the control of General Ling."

"It seems that General Ling has not understood what I mean so far."

Shen Yi looked at Ling Su, and said flatly: "General Ling, if he continues to be merciful and considerate of Brother Quan's loyalty, there is no way to rectify military discipline, so I can only do it."

"If the generals of the West Route Army only obey General Ling and don't obey my discipline..."

Before Shen Yi finished speaking, Ling Su knelt down in front of Shen Yi, bowed his head and said, "Mr. Shen, the whole West Route Army, including the last general, was all helped up by you, Mr. Shen. Everyone respects Shen Yi." The Duke is loyal and never has any second thoughts!"

He said bitterly: "Hate is only hate, and the general will fail to observe, so that the military discipline below will be corrupted!"

"Don't worry, within three days, the general will give you an explanation!"

Master Shen put down his teacup, got up and helped him up, and said with a smile: "General Ling, for the sake of the dignity of the West Route Army and your face, I will pretend that I don't know about these things."

Ling Su said knowingly: "Yes, it is the end of the day who found out that the people below are messing around!"

This is the difference of who is punished.

If Shen Yi took the initiative to severely punish the generals of the West Route Army, although the West Route Army did not dare to resist, they would have no resentment. For example, the nature is different.

This is the reason why grace comes from above.

Grace comes from Shen Yi.

The resentment should be attributed to Ling Su.

Shen Yi nodded silently, and said: "The matter of the West Route Army will still be left to you to handle, but it will not be an example, and it will happen again next time."

Shen Yi said expressionlessly: "I'm going to change the generals from the east and the west, and reorganize the whole army."

Ling Su was very respectful, bowed his head and said: "The general will understand!"

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The next day, the four gates of Xuzhou City were opened wide.

Some soldiers of the Huai'an Army even stopped wearing armor and walked outside the city.

And the scouts of the Huai'an Army also wandered out of the city carelessly.

The nearby Qi people naturally discovered this situation immediately and reported it to Zhou Shizhong.

After hearing the news, General Zhou climbed up to a high place and looked at Xuzhou City in the distance with a binoculars. His face turned green with anger, and he began to yell.

"Shen Qi!"

"... "

"Your mother!"

He scolded harshly, and Shen Yi's mother who died of illness, as well as the ancestors of all generations, could not escape.

Obviously, it broke the defense.