The left army has a total of 40,000 people, and including the guard camp where Shen Yi is about to arrive, the total number is 45,000.
Naturally, it is impossible for a force of this size to be put into the battlefield all at once. Once they are all piled up, the formation will be chaotic, and the use will not be very great.
After all, last year, this was almost the total strength of the Huai'an Army.
Even Su Ding had no experience in leading such a large-scale corps in combat. He could only send them in batches one by one to gain experience in actual combat.
In fact, all the generals in the Huai'an Army are probably going through this process.
Including Shen Yi himself.
The most intuitive reason why this situation occurred is naturally because the Huai'an Army expanded too fast.
In just two or three years, the Huai'an army increased by more than five times from the original 20,000 to more than 100,000 now.
In other words, all the generals of the Huai'an Army, including Shen Yi, had basically gone through this five-fold expansion process as long as they made no mistakes.
What must be mentioned here is that a general or general has an upper limit to his ability to lead troops.
An ordinary person who has never been exposed to military affairs is suddenly asked to be a corps commander and asked to lead several people. He may not be able to understand it.
Even for a general who has been in the army all year round, sometimes it is difficult for him to lead his subordinates when his position exceeds the upper limit of his abilities.
The reason why the Marquis of Huaiyin is called the Soldier Immortal is largely because of his deafening rhetoric, which is a famous military strategist.
The more the merrier.
This is the confidence that only a handsome man who comes out in hundreds of years can have.
It is a pity that the three generals from Shen Yi to Ling Su do not have the talent and confidence of the Soldier Immortal.
Fortunately, since the Huai'an army gradually expanded, Shen Yi also summed up some experience in adapting.
This rapid expansion of the number of people cannot be "digested" quickly by just reorganizing or training.
If you want to digest it quickly and quickly improve the general's leadership ability and quality, there is no other way but the fastest and most effective way.
There is only one way to go: actual combat.
The Huai'an Army has come a long way in the past few years, and this is exactly what they have fought all the way.
After fighting all the way, even Xue Wei, who was just a pawn of Linhai Guard at the beginning, has now become a general who can take charge of his own role.
The same is true now for the Left Army.
Su Ding's military talent was good, but it also required a step-by-step process. Shen Yi used Zouxian and Qufu as a test for the left route army to run in.
Whether it is Su Ding or Ling Su Xue Wei, they must grow up as soon as possible and become generals who can command large armies in battle.
In this process, if anyone among these three people falls behind, Shen Yi will not reach out to help any of them.
Because if it cannot be tempered in actual combat, it means that this person's military talent will probably only go so far.
Because he had to command the battle, Su Ding simply said a few words to Liu Mingyuan, then strode away and went to the military formation in person to command the battle.
After Su Ding left, Liu Mingyuan stood there and did not move for a long time. After a long time, he first looked in the direction of Zouxian County, then turned back and looked at Shen Yi who was already watching the battle from a high place. After gritting his teeth, he strode Climbing to a high place, he knelt behind Shen Yi and bowed his head deeply: "General Liu Mingyuan, please apologize to Duke Shen!"
Shen Yi put down the telescope in his hand and glanced back at him lightly.
"Who says you're guilty? What's your crime?"
Liu Mingyuan lowered his head and gritted his teeth: "Privately, I was once dissatisfied with Mr. Shen and said some bad things about Mr. Shen..."
Shen Yi smiled hoarsely, looked back at the middle-aged general kneeling on the ground, shook his head slightly and said, "Do you feel in your heart that I removed you from Ling Su's hands because you complained about me behind my back? So I have a small belly and chicken intestines, so I can wear small shoes for you?"
Liu Mingyuan lowered his head and gritted his teeth in silence.
Obviously, Shen Yi got what he meant.
Mr. Shen did not look at him, continued to look at the battlefield, and then said quietly: "I know what you are saying about me behind my back. In the past, you said that I favored Xue Wei and ignored your right army. "
"Then Su Ding came out, and you were even more unconvinced. You felt that I had treated a former anti-Japanese army badly by reusing a semi-taoist monk."
When Shen Yi said this, he put down the telescope in his hand and looked back at Liu Mingyuan.
"Later on, you will feel that your promotion was too slow."
"For example, General Liu, although you are actually a deputy general, according to the imperial court's ranking, you should be given a military position ranging from the second rank to at least the third rank. In fact, your actual position now is to command colleagues. You know, he’s not even a third-grade commander.”
"So, you gossip about me in private."
Liu Mingyuan bowed his head deeply and kowtowed to Shen Yi, feeling a little aggrieved: "Mr. Shen, whether it was the Anti-Japanese Army back then or the Huai'an Army now, you have indeed treated General Xue better than you treat us here. This is something that is obvious to all brothers..."
At this moment, the Zuo Route Army was approaching Zouxian County. Shen Yi used the telescope to take a few glances, then put down the telescope, found a rock opposite Liu Mingyuan and sat down, quietly looking at the middle-aged man in front of him. .
"Thankfully, you are a general and have followed me for so many years."
Shen Yi glanced at him lightly and said in a low voice: "When the Anti-Japanese Army was formed, General Ling was already a member of Qianhu. He should have been leading the entire Anti-Japanese Army and even the current Huai'an Army. I cut it in half."
"After splitting into two, how can I strictly control your side?"
"You are shameless. General Ling Suling is shameless?"
Mr. Shen said coldly: "Have you ever heard General Ling complain that I didn't care about him?"
"If I had restrained the current Right Army Army earlier, the military discipline of the Right Army Army would not be what it is now. Ling Su has indulged you old subordinates too much."
"So much so that you still have the same thoughts as when you were at Linhaiwei."
"It's both naive and ignorant."
Liu Mingyuan suddenly raised his head and looked at Shen Yi. He felt very uncomfortable after being scolded by Shen Yi. But because he was stupid and speechless, he could only clench his fists and hit his chest twice. These two times He was beaten so hard that he coughed twice violently, and blood came from the corners of his mouth, but his eyes were red and he gritted his teeth without saying a word.
When Shen Yi saw this, he couldn't bear it. He stepped forward and patted him on the back, and said, "I know what you are thinking. I just want to say that you have made great contributions over the years. Your credit is in my book." I remember them all, and you are not missing at all."
"Whether you killed the Japanese pirates at the beginning or later when the Huai'an Army expanded, you went to the southeast to recruit troops. This is all a credit to the Huai'an Army."
Shen Yi sat back opposite him and said quietly: "Because you old people have indeed made contributions. Sometimes you say a few words of complaint behind your back, but I don't take it seriously."
"For example, you say you were promoted slowly."
Shen Yi said quietly: "If you have a chance this year, I can take you to the Ministry of War to take a look. You can ask other military attaches how long it takes to be promoted from a hundred households to a commander. .”
"And how long did it take you, Liu Mingyuan?"
Shen Yi looked at him.
"In the imperial court, I don't know how many military attaches, how many generals' disciples, and how many nobles of the imperial court are watching your current position!"
"I'm not blocking it."
Shen Yi sneered: "Can you win against them?"
"Up to now, you are still stupid enough to think that I transferred you away from Ling Su just to punish you."
Having said this, Shen Yi shook his head helplessly, stood up, picked up the telescope, and looked at Zouxian.
At this time, the five thousand-household battalions under Su Ding had already begun to attack the city. Some elite battalions had begun to build ladders and were about to rush to the city wall.
Seeing this, Shen Yi put away his telescope thoughtfully and looked back at Liu Mingyuan again.
He squatted down, looked at Liu Mingyuan, and said: "Because of our many years of friendship from Linhai to now, I transferred you to the left route army. The purpose is to get you to get rid of the old habit of Linhai Guard. There is an opportunity to continue to build a career.”
"For the sake of years of friendship, I will give you a second choice now."
Mr. Shen said quietly: "You are in the Zuo Route Army. If you really can't stand it any longer, or if you feel that I, Shen Qi, have treated you badly, you will feel aggrieved."
"That's easy. I'll write a document for you now. You take my document to the Jiankang Military Department. I dare not say anything else. I will definitely find a commander for you in your hometown in Zhejiang, or someone who will direct all the affairs. Errand."
"Let you go back to your hometown and get promoted and make a fortune."
Mr. Shen narrowed his eyes and said softly: "From now on, you and I will have nothing to do with each other. How about that?"
Liu Mingyuan knelt on the ground, kowtowed to Shen Yi, with tears streaming down his face: "Mr. Shen, I am willing to follow the Huai'an army, even if it is just a pawn. I beg you, Mr. Shen, not to send me back to my hometown..."
Shen Yi helped him up, patted his back gently, and said, "Since it's just a transfer and I didn't punish you, it means that I never blamed you. It was you who was thinking too much."
"General Su has a kind-hearted temperament and is very capable. If you follow him and watch more, learn more and work hard, you will have a bright future in the future."
Liu Mingyuan wiped his tears, lowered his head sincerely and said: "I will obey your orders!"
Shen Yi nodded, picked up the telescope again, and looked at the Zouxian battlefield.
The vanguard troops under Su Ding rushed forward extremely smoothly. Some of the ladders had already hit the faces of the defenders, and they were almost climbing up the tower.
Mr. Shen put down the telescope in his hand and frowned slightly: "Su Ding...could he have sent the elite of the Left Army up?"
"Or are you saying that the Zouxian garrison's combat power is so low that they won't even be able to defend it for half a day?"
After muttering something, he turned back to look at Liu Mingyuan and asked, "Are you not injured?"
Liu Mingyuan coughed up blood just now, and his heart was probably a little shaken, but he said loudly: "My subordinate is fine."
"Then you go run for me."
Master Shen looked at Zou County and said, "Go and tell General Su not to fight too fast."
"As much as possible..."
Mr. Shen touched his chin and said, "Try to get all the Qianhu Camps of the Left Route Army to participate in this siege."
"Tell Su Ding."
Shen Yi said calmly: "It is best to let everyone participate in actual combat."
"In this way, he can also know the situation of all the Qianhu Camps under his command."
Liu Mingyuan responded, clasped his fists at Shen Yi, turned around and strode away.
Master Shen turned around again, looked at the Zouxian battlefield, and said to himself.
"What does it look like to fight with a large corps...?"
