After this imperial edict is issued, the situation in Xuzhou will no longer change.
Because if the Huai'an Army increases by another 30,000 people, the number of the Huai'an Army north of the Huaihe River alone will reach 100,000. In terms of numbers, it will immediately catch up with or even surpass the Northern Qi's Southern Conquest Army.
Because there are currently less than 100,000 soldiers in the Southern Expedition Army on the banks of the Huaihe River.
According to the intelligence of the scouts, the garrison of Suqian was about 20,000 people, the garrison of Haizhou was more than 20,000 people, and the main force of the Southern Conquest Army located east of Xuzhou was about 40,000 to 50,000 people.
And once the Huaihe Navy transfers another 30,000 people to the north and integrates them into Shen Yi's Huai'an Army, then Xue Wei's command south of Suqian will immediately have about 45,000 people, plus Xuzhou's 40,000 main Huai'an Army, Even by relying on the force of troops, the Qi army in Suqian was killed.
Therefore, the overall situation has been decided, and there is no need for Shen Yi to stay in the army.
After all, although fighting is important, in some aspects, the political level may be more critical. For example, Eunuch Sun who comes from the palace still needs to be well entertained.
Otherwise, if you make him unhappy, many things in the court will be difficult to handle.
The two people returned to Xuzhou City together. At this time, Xuzhou no longer closed the city gates. People in the city could also go out within a certain period of time. The Huai'an Army did not restrict them too much.
It is worth mentioning that during this process, a small number of Han people left Xuzhou and ran away secretly and never came back.
This is not difficult to understand. There is a high probability that these Han people were inextricably related to Zhu Lizhen, and they escaped for fear of being liquidated by the Chen court in the future.
After all, the Huai'an Army had entered Xuzhou not long ago, and it was impossible to thoroughly investigate all the interpersonal relationships in Xuzhou City.
Of course, because the rest are related to the Han people, the vast majority of people did not leave Xuzhou and basically returned to normal life.
In a restaurant in Xuzhou City, Mr. Shen set up a banquet and invited Eunuch Sun to drink. Eunuch Sun sat opposite Shen Yi, still a little reserved. After taking the wine poured by Shen Yi with both hands, he said with emotion: "I met you when I met you." At that time, I remember that my uncle was still the head of the sixth-grade military department. In the blink of an eye, a few years later, my uncle has become a very popular minister."
Master Shen picked up the wine glass and clinked it with the second eunuch in the palace. After taking a sip of the wine, he put it down and said with a smile: "My father-in-law doesn't rise as fast as my father-in-law. When we first met, my father-in-law was still dressed in blue. Not only is he wearing purple clothes now, but he is also in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, so I am afraid he is just under Eunuch Gao."
Sun Jin also took a sip of wine and sighed: "We disabled people, as long as we can live and work in peace, no matter how high we climb, there will be no future generations who can benefit from it. I have no other thoughts in my life. I just thought I could do something for His Majesty and repay His Majesty's kindness."
Having said this, he looked up at Shen Yi and said, "By the way, uncle, before I came to Xuzhou, I also went to Huai'an."
Sun Jin said with a smile: "When I went to Huai'an, I also announced a decree to appoint Zhang Jian, the prefect of Huai'an, as the prefect of Xuzhou."
Shen Yi was startled, then poured Sun Jin a full glass of wine.
"Thank you, father-in-law, for letting me know."
Although Sun Jin would not have any big problems if he spoke about this kind of thing, he would have to bear some responsibility if he spread the word like this.
He was willing to say that it was kindness.
Eunuch Sun grinned at Shen Yi.
"Uncle, you are different from others. You will not look down upon us eunuchs. To be honest with you, I am willing to do so."
Mr. Shen shook his head: "Don't call me slave or slave. Privately, we are friends."
The two of them have known each other since they were in the Shibo Division, and they are really old friends.
Eunuch Sun lowered his head slightly and toasted Shen Yi with a glass of wine.
"I respect you uncle."
………………
Shen Yi stayed with Sun Jin and stayed in Xuzhou for almost three days.
Of course, these three days were not just about eating. They were mainly about introducing some situations in Xuzhou to Sun Jin so that he could report the specific battle situation on the front line to the emperor after he returned.
On the morning of the fourth day, Mr. Shen personally sent Sun Jin off to Xuzhou.
After seeing off the eunuch, Shen Yi did not return to the city of Xuzhou. Instead, he rode a horse from Xuzhou to the southeast for more than ten miles. After waiting on the road for almost half an hour, he finally arrived on this not very spacious road. On the road, I saw the figures of horses running in the distance.
There were more than ten riders in total.
After these people approached, Shen Yi took a look through the binoculars and then took the initiative to greet them.
When there were only about ten steps away, a young man on the horse also jumped up and strode towards Shen Yi.
Master Shen smiled with a smile on his face and bowed his hands in greeting: "It's rare to see senior brother riding a horse."
The person who jumped down immediately was none other than Zhang Jian, the new prefect of Xuzhou.
Zhang Fuzun also had a smile on his face and said: "When I was the magistrate of Jiangdu in my early years, I often rode between Jiangdu and Jiankang. I have been riding horses since I was a child. It was only after I met Zi Heng that I used to ride in sedans and cars more often. .”
After saying that, Zhang Fuzun looked Shen Yi up and down and said with a smile, "We haven't seen him for almost half a year. When we meet again, Shen Zhongcheng seems to have lost weight."
Shen Yi shook his head: "Senior brother, don't make fun of me."
At this point, he suddenly froze and said, "How do you know, senior brother, that I have been appointed as the deputy censor of the capital?"
"The imperial court has already announced the results."
Zhang Jian said with a smile: "Especially officials like me who are going to serve in Xuzhou have been informed in advance that they will be controlled by Shen Zhongcheng from now on."
While they were talking, the two brothers had already mounted their horses again. Shen Yi looked behind Zhang Jian and asked, "Senior brother came here alone, where did the wife and nephew go?"
"Send them back to Yu Qian's hometown."
Zhang Jian said: "I am serving as an official in Huai'an. Although it is a bit dangerous, it is still within my territory of Dachen. It is reasonable to take them to Huai'an. Now that I have come to Huaibei, it is somewhat unreasonable to take them with me."
"I can still live a little more comfortably when I return to Yu Qian's hometown."
Shen Yi rode on the horse and said with a smile: "This Xuzhou magistrate should have been won by Senior Uncle Zhao for Senior Brother?"
"Mostly."
Zhang Jian sighed slightly: "But my mentor didn't mention it. That's how he is. No matter what he does, he doesn't like to take credit."
"Senior brother, the magistrate of Xuzhou, is very valuable."
Shen Yi, who was riding a horse and riding side by side with Zhang Jian, stroked his hands and said: "This is the first state capital that Dachen has recovered. It is of great significance to the imperial court. If the Northern Expedition goes smoothly in the future, my senior brother will accompany the army to temporarily handle local political affairs..."
"As long as the Eastern Route Army's war goes smoothly, it won't be long before senior brother, when you look back, you will find that you are already the chief envoy of Shandong."
Zhang Jian was made dumbfounded by Shen Yi's statement: "Ziheng, you still know how to speak. According to what you said, you are now the governor of Shandong."
Shen Yi smiled and said, "I'm not joking with senior brother."
"With this foundation, Senior Brother Yiri's future in the court may even surpass that of Prime Minister Zhang."
"It's better not to flatter me."
Zhang Jian shook his head slightly, sighed and said: "When I came to Xuzhou, I was still a naked prefect. Not to mention whether there was a prefect's office, there were no officials below, and their eyes were still dark."
"correct."
He looked up at Shen Yi and asked, "How is the war in Xuzhou now? When will we be able to reorganize households into all the people and formally regain Xuzhou?"
Shen Yi looked at the north and said: "The defenders of Suqian have been forced back to Suqian city by my army. Suqian city is not high. It is estimated that they can break the city in a few days."
"At that time, the remaining issue will be the size of the military exploits, and the situation in Xuzhou will be completely settled."
"correct…"
Master Shen, who was riding on the horse, smiled slightly at Zhang Jian: "Tell me something interesting, senior brother."
Zhang Jian was a little curious and asked, "What's the matter?"
"Yesterday, I received news from Yandu."
Mr. Shen smiled and said: "The Qi King Zhao Li of the Northern Qi Dynasty ascended the throne in the Imperial City of Yandu."
"Kai, the king of Wei, announced to the outside world that King Qi had committed regicide and led troops to surround the capital of Yan."
Zhang Jian was startled and looked north.
"Are they brothers fighting against each other, or is there really someone plotting against them?"
Shen Yi shook his head slightly and said with a smile: "It's not clear yet, but at least one of these two people must be treasonous."
"As for who it is, I can't tell now."
Shen Yi was thousands of miles away, so naturally he didn't know the specific situation in Yandu.
He would never have thought that the actual situation was that both King Wei and King Qi had conspired against him!
"However, according to the news sent by the inner guard this morning."
Mr. Shen said with a smile.
"The King of Wei, Zhao Kai, seems to have entered the Imperial City of Yandu."
He looked north, squinting.
"The news said..."
"A lot of people died."
(End of chapter)
