The urgent report from the Di newspaper department is simple and clear.
Qi Ren took action again.
The exact time was yesterday. The Qi people assembled troops in Huaiyuan, then gathered a large number of ships, and set up pontoon bridges in the narrower parts of the river. There were about more than 10,000 troops, crossing the river in Huaiyuan, and attacking the Huaihe Navy on the south bank of Huaiyuan. .
Huaiyuan County is located at the foot of Jingshan Mountain, across the river from Tushan Mountain, and the main camp of the Huaihe Navy is at the foot of Tushan. It is the Tushan camp of the Huaihe Navy.
There are four thousand-household camps stationed in this Tushan camp, which means four thousand troops.
Due to absolute disadvantage in numbers.
Originally, although the number of people was much different, as long as the response was timely, the strength of four thousand people was enough to support the arrival of reinforcements from the Huaihe Navy.
However, the Huaihe Navy has not fought a major battle for a long time.
In addition, the Huaihe Navy has been short of pay for years. Although the Tushan camp has a strength of 4,000 people, it only has less than 3,000 people all year round. Although the recent recruitment of troops by General Zhao Lu has probably made up for the Huaihe Navy There are vacancies, but with 30% more recruits, the combat effectiveness may not be much higher than before.
What's even more terrible is that for such a long time, the Qi people have been aggressively attacking Huai'an and have never touched the defense line of the Huaihe Navy. As a result, the generals of the Huaihe Navy have been more or less slack.
Therefore, the 4,000 people in the Tushan camp were somewhat overwhelmed when facing more than 10,000 people crossing the river. In just one day, they seemed to be unable to hold on.
By the time the Di News Department sent an emergency report to inform Shen Yi, the Tushan Camp of the Huaihe Navy had already been fighting fiercely with the Qi people for a day and a night.
The news Ling Su reported to Shen Yi was probably the same.
Because his western front was closer to Huaiyuan, it was relatively faster to receive the news.
However, the reason why Ling Su received the news so quickly was not because of how powerful his intelligence capabilities were. It was because when the soldiers on the Western Front supported the Huaihe Navy's Hongze Lake Camp, they had to work with the soldiers on the Hongze Lake Camp. …
Become a little more familiar.
This time Ling Su received the news from the generals of the Hongze Lake Camp.
Master Shen sat in a carriage and arrived at the Lianshui Camp in Lianshui County on the Western Front in the evening of the same day. Ling Su knew that Shen Yi was coming, so he took Zhang Meng, Liu Mingyuan and other generals to greet him on the official road. After Shen Yi drove the car, the group of people stepped forward, bowed their heads, clasped their fists and saluted: "Subordinates, wait!"
"Greetings to Mr. Shen!"
Master Shen opened the curtain, looked at these subordinates, nodded slightly, and said, "Let's raise the account."
The so-called raising of accounts is similar to going to court in the imperial court.
When the commander-in-chief is promoted, generals of a certain level must go to the commander-in-chief to participate in the discussion. For example, when Shen Yi arrives at the Lianshui camp to promote the commander-in-chief, people from a thousand households or above must be present to attend the meeting.
Lianshui Camp is one of the most important camps on the Western Front. There are four thousand-household camps here, each with 1,500 people, for a total of 6,000 people.
Almost half of the troops on the Western Front were stationed.
After the account was raised, Ling Su, Liu Mingyuan, Zhang Meng and four thousand households participated.
Master Shen sat on the main seat and motioned for everyone to sit down. Then he glanced at the four people with the help of the torch in the handsome tent, and a smile appeared on his face.
"You should have seen the news, so I won't go into details."
Mr. Shen knocked on the table habitually.
This is a common move he makes during meetings.
"Now it seems that the Qi people have indeed given up attacking our Huai'an and turned to look for trouble with the Huaihe Navy."
Mr. Shen closed his eyes, thought for a while, and then said, "This is naturally a good thing. We have been in Huai'an for more than half a year, and we haven't had any rest yet. We can take this opportunity to have a good rest, and we can Training trains new recruits.”
[In view of the general environment,
"However, the Qi people have changed the direction of the wind. We can't just watch quietly and remain indifferent as they attack the Huaihe Navy."
"This matter was reported to me first from the Western Front, so I would like to hear your opinions."
His eyes looked at Ling Su.
The light of the torch in the handsome tent flickered, reflecting in Ling Su's eyes, making his gaze bright.
"Mr. Shen, last time you took advantage of the Qi people to attack my Lianshui camp, you led your troops to surprise the Qi army in Huaibei and accomplished great feats. Can you do it this time..."
Ling Su has been coveting it for a long time.
Especially after Xue Wei and others led troops last time, achieved great success and reported it to the court.
Although the reward from the imperial court has not yet been received, anyone with a discerning eye knows that this time is definitely a big achievement, and the credit for crossing the river has nothing to do with their western front.
They are just the passive ones being beaten.
Shen Yi listened quietly to Ling Su's words, and then smiled: "General Ling, I can understand your mood, but there are some things I want to tell you in advance."
"The Qi people on the north shore are not weak."
Mr. Shen said quietly: "The last time I led my troops across the river, I had a head-on collision with the Qi people. Although that time was a great victory, it was due to a surprise attack. The Qi people were completely unprepared. The moment they made contact, they were in chaos. position."
"Even so, there were still hundreds of casualties."
"I have carefully estimated that if we encounter them in the wild, these Qi people should be slightly better than us."
"The last surprise attack was successful, but if we go through with it this time, it won't be a surprise attack."
Shen Yi looked at Ling Su and said, "General Ling, I can agree with you to cross the river. After all, the brothers on the Western Front also need to get a feel for the Qi people, and there are also brothers who want to make meritorious deeds."
"But you have to think clearly, if you go there at this time, it will really be a head-on confrontation."
The last time Shen Yi crossed the river, the most important task was not to annihilate the effective forces of the Qi people, nor to gain or lose a city or a place, nor to kill a few men and women on the other side.
The most important thing is to test the quality of Qi people, or the combat effectiveness of Qi people's ordinary soldiers.
After returning from the north bank, Shen Yi carefully reviewed the entire process of the surprise attack, and interviewed dozens of troops from hundreds of families and the general banner, and then he roughly estimated the combat effectiveness of the Qi people.
For now, the Coastal Capital Division is still slightly worse, but what is gratifying is that in the past six months, if nothing else, the Huai'an army from top to bottom has completely ignored the "fear" of the Qi people. .
When everyone saw Qi Ren, they really dared to fight with them!
Ling Su sat under Shen Yi. He was silent for a long time without speaking. He could only look back at Liu Mingyuan, Zhang Meng and others behind him.
Mr. Shen yawned and said, "Since you can't make up your mind, let's go down and discuss it slowly. Anyway, there is no war in Huai'an now, so we have plenty of time."
"I have already sent a letter to Xiangshui. Xue Weisu Ding will be here early tomorrow morning, and we will discuss it together then."
Ling Su looked at Shen Yi, and after a moment of silence, he said, "Yes, I will obey."
Mr. Shen waved his hand and said, "Let's break up now. I'm sleepy too. I'll talk about it tomorrow morning after I wake up."
Ling Su stood up first.
The six people behind him stood up one after another, clasped their fists at Mr. Shen and said, "I will leave at the end of the day!"
Shen Yi waved his hand and signaled everyone to leave.
He got up early to pick up people today, drank again at noon, and drove all afternoon. Now he was really sleepy. After driving away these subordinates, he tidied up the bedding in the commander's tent. He took off his coat and went to bed.
He slept soundly, and when the sky was bright the next day, Mr. Shen slowly opened his eyes.
It was Jiang Sheng who woke him up.
"My lord, the people from the palace are here and have entered the Lianshui camp to announce their decree to you."
Master Shen rubbed his eyes and finally woke up. He stood up lazily, glanced at Jiang Sheng, and asked, "What time is it?"
Jiang Sheng turned around and looked
Looking at the sky outside, he replied: "It's almost time."
"Well."
Mr. Shen stood up, stretched out, and put on his coat: "Let's go out to meet people."
Jiang Sheng was stunned and reminded: "Master, why don't you dress more seriously? There is an envoy from the palace outside..."
"I didn't bring my official uniform, how can I be serious?"
Master Shen glanced sideways at Jiang Sheng and said angrily: "You want me to put on armor and go see them?"
Jiang Sheng shrank his head and stopped talking.
Because it was an imperial edict, the generals of Lianshui Camp were already waiting in the open space of the camp.
Xue Wei and Su Ding also arrived at Lianshui Camp early in the morning and were talking to Ling Su and the others.
Several eunuchs had been standing in the open space for a long time. When they saw Shen Yi approaching, the leading eunuch in purple put on a smile and came up to him: "Mr. Shen, do you still remember our family?"
Shen Yi looked at the old eunuch and said suddenly, "It's Eunuch Du."
Du Huai, the eunuch in purple, was the one who was ordered to go to the southeast to manage Shen Yi's accounts when Shen Yi was running the shipping department in the southeast.
Shen Yi cupped his hands and said with a smile: "When did Eunuch Du return to Jiankang? Why did he go there in person at such an old age?"
Eunuch Du squinted his eyes and said with a smile: "The situation at Shibo Company has stabilized. Eunuch Gao said hello and our family returned to Jiankang."
Hearing this, Shen Yi understood something in his heart.
Although this old eunuch is a wise elder, but now, there is a high probability that he is a wise person.
He returned to Jiankang also to support Gao Ming's work.
The two chatted for a while before Eunuch Du smiled and said, "Mr. Shen, shall we convey the order first and then talk?"
Shen Yi nodded quickly and took two steps back.
Eunuch Du coughed, took the edict from the eunuch in blue and cleared his throat.
"The decree has arrived."
Master Shen knelt on the ground. Behind him, Ling Su, Xue Wei and other generals knelt on the ground.
Eunuch Du glanced at everyone, squinted his eyes slightly, enjoying the pleasure brought by the temporary imperial power. After a pause, he coughed again, and then said.
"Zhi said."
"The Coastal Capital Division has been stationed in Huai'an and has made great achievements for more than half a year."
"This year, we will defeat thousands of enemies across the Huai River..."
"I am very happy."
"Immediately, I will add the title of Imperial Envoy Shen Yi to the Ministry of War, and grant..."
"Python robe."
Having said this, Eunuch Du glanced at the general behind Shen Yi and said again.
"The generals and soldiers of the capital will all order the Ministry of War to record their merits once."
"There is another reward..."
