The next morning, the sky was bright.
Mr. Shen entered Tuhe Town with three to four hundred people.
This is a fairly prosperous town. In terms of market size, it is even comparable to an average county town.
Perhaps the difference from the county seat is that this Tuhe town...has no city walls.
Therefore, when the Qi army in Tuhe Town retreated, Da Chen's army occupied the town almost effortlessly, and Mr. Shen also entered the town as a recipient.
As Shen Yi said, most of the people in the town are Han people, and only one or two families are Zhu Li Zhenren, but they are not serious Zhu Li Zhenren, but Zhu Li Zhenren's slaves, who are arranged to play a role similar to "country squires" in the local area. , to help the ruling class of Qi, that is, those Zhu Li Zhenren, monitor the local area and prevent any changes in the local area.
Today, more than sixty years later, this kind of role can be found almost throughout the entire Qi State.
The number of real people in Zhuli is not particularly large. Most of them are in Yandu or near Yandu. Therefore, there are not enough manpower to spread all over the place. In small places like towns, their coated servants are watching. It is possible at the county level. Occasionally, there are one or two people who live in Zhuli who don't know where they are, and they act as uncles in the county.
In fact, it was through this method that the Northern Qi Dynasty transferred a large amount of power and interests to these lower-level "gentry". For more than sixty years, their political power was able to be stable, so that to this day, they are still stable. Occupying half of the country.
After Shen Yi entered Tuhe Town, he did not go anywhere else. He first went to a medicine shop where seriously injured soldiers or those with stab wounds were temporarily placed. In the backyard of the medicine shop, he saw these wounded soldiers.
There are almost fifty.
Among them, Jiang Ming is prominently listed.
Because Jiang Ming rushed too far forward, Qi Ren slashed him hard on the back. Fortunately, he was wearing armor. Although the knife broke through the armor, the wound was not very deep.
Shen Yi went to take a look at his wound, then looked at Young Master Jiang who was grinning in pain, and said with a smile: "Brother Jiang, you have suffered so much, do you still want to fight?"
"When the injury heals, how about you stay with me and become my follower?"
Jiang Ming was having his wounds bandaged at the moment. He hissed twice, then looked up at Shen Yi, tried his best to grin, and showed an ugly smile: "Uncle Shen, it's good for me to follow General Xue, but I'm just learning skills. He was not good enough and was not as brave as General Xue, so he was wounded by Qi people."
Both of his eyes were shining, and he said, "Uncle Shen, you haven't seen how brave General Xue is. I saw with my own eyes that he knocked down more than a dozen people to the ground with just one blow of his spear!"
Mr. Shen shook his head helplessly and said with a smile: "That's nonsense. Being able to sweep away four or five people is a divine power. If you sweep away a dozen people, do you think all of them are made of tofu?"
"It's not like I haven't seen Xue Wei's abilities before."
Mr. Shen smiled and said: "In his early years in the southeast, he was chased by three or five Japanese pirates. I saw it with my own eyes."
Because of the pain, Jiang Ming bared his teeth and stopped talking.
Shen Yi touched his chin and said: "After a while, after the bandages are finished, I will have people take you wounded people back to the river and send you back to the south bank first."
Seeing that Jiang Ming seemed to be about to speak, Shen Yi did not give him a chance to speak and said calmly: "You will also go back with me. Since you want to be a soldier, you must obey the general's orders."
Jiang Ming was stunned for a moment, and then realized that Shen Yi had recognized his identity as a soldier. He was overjoyed and said, "Yes! I obey my orders!"
Shen Yi was still going to speak, when a man from a hundred households walked over, bowed his head slightly to Shen Yi and said: "Mr. Shen, my subordinates found out that there are two families in Tuhe Town. They are the so-called Master Zhu Lizhen. On weekdays, he is known as Master Zhu Li. I believe that now my subordinates have arrested all the people from these two families and are waiting for you, Mr. Shen, to be punished!"
Having said this, he lowered his head and said: "One of the families, whose surname is Fan, clamored to see Mr. Shen. His subordinates brought him here. He is at the door. Mr. Shen, please see if you want to see him. If not, my subordinates will Let someone take him away.”
Shen Yi looked at the sky above his head. It was still morning, and there was still some distance from noon. He yawned and said, "In that case, I will go see Master Zhu Lizhen."
"After these wounded soldiers were bandaged, we arranged for people to carry or carry them to the river, and then sent them back to Xiangshui Camp by boat."
The hundred households bowed their heads respectfully: "I understand!"
Mr. Shen walked out of the backyard of the drug store with his hands behind his back. As soon as he came to the door, he saw a middle-aged man with a fair complexion and a somewhat bloated figure. He was firmly tied with a rope and stood at the door of the drug store. He saw Shen Yi When he came out, he hurriedly took two steps forward. Although his arms were tied, he still bowed respectfully to Shen Yi.
"Fan Cheng, a humble citizen, pays homage to your lord!"
Shen Yi put his hands behind his back and took a look at this person.
"looking for me?"
Fan Cheng lowered his head and said cautiously: "This sir, I heard that your army is the king's division of Dachen..."
Hearing this, Shen Yi laughed.
He glanced at Mr. Fan with a smile.
"You are good at talking, and you recognized us as the King's Master so quickly. If we are the King's Master, then what is the Conquest of the South Army?"
"Of course it's the bandit army!"
Fan Cheng lowered his head and smiled cautiously: "Sir, you don't know something. In Tuhe Town, there is no real Zhuli. All the people in the town are Han people. Zhuli has been suffering for a long time!"
He swallowed and continued: "Now that Master Wang has arrived, everyone in the town is overjoyed."
He glanced at Shen Yi's reaction and saw that Mr. Shen was expressionless and didn't speak, so he gritted his teeth and continued: "Just now, Xiaomin heard that Mr. Wang's gentlemen wanted to confiscate Xiaomin's property, saying that Xiaomin is Master Zhu Li, that is truly a huge injustice!”
"My family has always been Han since there was a genealogy in the family. This gentleman is well-informed and should know that the surname Fan comes from Dayao, and my family is a serious descendant of the Xia Dynasty..."
Master Shen smiled half-heartedly, glanced at the man, and said slowly: "Then how come I heard that in Tuhe Town, everyone calls your family Master Zhu Lizhen?"
"Because my family is rich..."
Fan Cheng smiled bitterly and said: "Your Excellency, you also know that half of our country has been lost to the hands of the barbarians for decades. In the Northern Qi Dynasty, Zhuli Zhenren has a high position and is born to be superior to others. Those stupid people don't understand, so they think that rich people They are all Zhu Li..."
"Actually, my family has nothing to do with Zhu Lizhen. This is really a misunderstanding!"
He lowered his head and bowed to Shen Yi: "Sir, Master Wang has come from afar. My family has given some money to honor Master Wang. This is what the people of the Han family should do. I am willing to give 70% of my family property to pay tribute to Master Wang." Master Feng Wang…”
Mr. Shen did not answer him, but looked up at the sky.
It's almost noon now.
Although there was no news from Su Ding, he knew that his time to stay in Bei'an was running out.
There is no time to continue teasing with this Mr. Fan.
So, with a calm face, he said calmly: "Since Mr. Fan is a Han citizen, I will naturally not embarrass your family. However, I, Master Chen, are preparing for the Northern Expedition and need to know something about Zhu Li."
"Just now, I have collected some secret letters, which are written in Zhuli Zhenwen. I wonder if Mr. Fan understands Zhuli Zhenwen? If he does, translate it for us. I will definitely not touch the Fan family's property."
Fan Cheng's eyes lit up.
"Understand!"
He kept nodding like a chicken pecking at rice.
"Sir, Xiaomin understands some of Zhuli's true text. Give the document to Xiaomin, and Xiaomin will translate it for you immediately!"
After hearing his answer, the news on Mr. Shen's face began to fade away bit by bit and disappeared bit by bit.
He no longer looked at Fan Cheng, but turned around, waved his hand, squinted his eyes and said: "Ransomware and extermination."
Hearing these four words, Fan Cheng was stunned. His legs kept shaking and he looked up at Shen Yi: "Sir, why is this...my family is Han!"
"Over sixty years."
"As early as more than 20 years ago, the Northern Qi court no longer used Zhuli Zhenwen for official documents, except for the grand ceremony and edicts!"
Mr. Shen glanced at him with a sneer: "Nowadays, most Zhu Li Zhenren don't know Zhu Li Zhen's writing, but you can!"
"You, a dog slave, are more caring than your master!"
Shen Yi waved his hand, not bothering to look at this person again, and waved his hand directly: "Take him down!"
Fan Cheng looked at Shen Yi desperately and shouted that he was wronged.
After dealing with this person, Shen Yi took a few bites of rice.
In the afternoon, he summoned the messenger and ordered: "Go and report to General Xue and General Su. Tell them that the time is almost up."
"If the victory is not particularly great, we will immediately encamp the troops and retreat towards the Huaihe River. Try to retreat to the bank of the Huaihe River before sunset, and then form a formation to cover the retreat!"
The messenger responded and flew off on Pegasus.
………………
On the Huaihe River on the west line of Huai'an Prefecture, hundreds of large ships are constantly attacking Lianshui Camp.
On the deck of a large ship, General Zhou Shizhong put down the telescope in his hand, his face gloomy.
Because he saw many soldiers wearing red clothes and black armor appearing along the Huaihe defense line on the south bank!
Red lining, black armor!
This is the style of the Forbidden Army of the Southern Dynasties!
General Zhou almost thought he was dazzled. He picked up the telescope again and looked at it again!
What catches the eye is still a black and red color!
Beside him, the King of Wei Zhao Kai also put down his telescope, his face turned extremely dark: "The Forbidden Army of the Southern Dynasty! How could the Forbidden Army of the Southern Dynasty be supported in half a day!"
He turned to look at Zhou Shizhong and asked: "General, you didn't receive any intelligence that there were Imperial Guards from the Southern Dynasty next to Lianshui Camp?!"
"How can I know?"
Zhou Shizhong was also unhappy. His face was ugly, and he gritted his teeth and said: "No, there is absolutely no forbidden army near Lianshui Camp. These forbidden troops are transferred from other places..."
"Besides, I might have transferred here several days in advance!"
General Zhou looked back at Zhao Kai and said in a hoarse voice: "In other words, someone may have seen our plan clearly a few days ago..."
His Royal Highness King Wei clenched his fist fiercely.
"General, is there a spy in your army? After we discussed it, he leaked the secret?!"
Zhou Shizhong glared at Zhao Kai angrily.
"This is what Zhou wanted to ask His Highness!"
General Zhou was about to speak when a small boat approached his big ship. A man on the small boat climbed onto the deck and knelt down in front of Zhou Shizhong with a plop.
"General, something bad is going on!"
"The southerners crossed the river at night and unexpectedly attacked our Yangji camp and Tuhe camp. Our troops suffered heavy casualties!"
(End of chapter)
