At this time, Shen Yi was unaware of the chaos in Jiankang City.
After he sent Kong Shangzhen away, in his opinion, the matter in Qufu was basically settled.
Therefore, he set his sights on Yanzhou City.
Of course, the Kong family couldn't just let it go so lightly. Shen Yi gave his own opinions on how to deal with the matter in a private message to the emperor.
All the assets of the Kong family in Qufu, including their land, were confiscated. The status of the Kong family in Qufu was handed over to the Chongsheng Marquis of Jiankang. However, in addition to inheriting the ancestral home of the Kong family, the Kong family's property fell in Chongsheng. The Holy Marquis could only have 10% left for them.
As for the Confucius Temple…
After the repairs were completed, officials from the Ministry of Rites were dispatched to manage it.
As for the Confucius family in Qufu…
Shen Yi's opinion is that, except for people from the main line, everyone else should be treated as common people. People like Kong Shangde and Kong Yanli from the main line moved to Jiankang. As for what kind of treatment the court will give, it is not Shen Yi's responsibility. It’s up to you.
What is more important to him is to attack the Yanzhou City in front of him.
Yanzhou is extremely crucial to Shen Yi.
Because this is the first big city in the south of Shandong, if Yanzhou is captured, Shen Yi can use Yanzhou as a stronghold and establish a firm foothold in Shandong without being driven out by the Qi people.
What's more important is that according to the intelligence from the internal guards, Yandu's imperial army has begun to move south.
Although it will take some time for them to reach Shandong, it is foreseeable that the decisive battle on Shandong is not far away.
By capturing Yanzhou, it can become the second Xuzhou City and the base of the Huai'an Army. In this way, the Huai'an Army will not be rootless in Shandong, but will have a foothold.
Even if there is a tug-of-war with the Qi people in Shandong in the future, Mr. Shen will have enough confidence.
However, at the moment, the Huai'an army's purpose in attacking Yanzhou is not to directly capture this big city, but to use Yanzhou as bait to first eliminate the reinforcements supporting Yanzhou.
After Shen Yi gave the order, the Huai'an army on the left and right, each with five thousand-household camps, began to attack Yanzhou City from the east and west.
Here in the East Route Army, the person leading the five thousand-household battalions is Deputy General Liu Mingyuan.
Under Ling Su, the deputy general Zhang Meng was leading the expedition.
These two people, who had always been Ling Su's right-hand men, now attacked the city together and were fighting side by side again.
Master Shen stood on a high place, watching the battlefield with Ling Su.
At this time, Yanzhou City was hiding most of the remnants of the Southern Army, and they were all the elites of the Southern Army.
Moreover, after such a long period of leisurely preparation, the defensive equipment in Yanzhou City was now very complete.
The officers and soldiers of the Huai'an Army had just survived several rounds of arrow rain when rolling stones, hot oil, and smelly gold juice were thrown down from the tall city wall. They only met each other, and in half an hour, many Huai'an Army appeared. casualties.
Mr. Shen stood at a high place, looked at it for a while, then turned around and said, "Okay, let's call it gold."
Ling Su and Su Ding looked at each other with surprise in each other's eyes. Su Ding lowered his head slightly, clasped his fists and said, "Mr. Shen, the fighting has just begun. We haven't even set up the ladder. If we withdraw our troops now, , won’t it boost everyone’s morale too much?”
He hesitated and said, "And..."
"Morale is waxing and waning, which will be very detrimental to our future attack on the city."
Shen Yi shook his head and said calmly: "There is no benefit in continuing the fight. Besides, even these 10,000 people can't move Yanzhou."
"Today's attack on the city is just to see what the Yanzhou defenders look like. Now that we have seen it, there is no need to continue fighting."
"Retreat your troops."
Shen Yi gave the order again, and neither of them dared to neglect. They turned around and gave some instructions to their men. Soon, the sound of gold could be heard on the battlefield.
The generals and soldiers of the Huai'an Army in the formation all turned around in shock, some not quite understanding what it meant.
However, despite the heavy military orders, these people began to gather their troops in an orderly manner and slowly retreated back.
Shen Yi used a telescope to look at the retreating Huai'an army and the Qi army cheering and celebrating on the city wall, and said softly: "The defenders of Yanzhou are indeed different from the defenders of Zouxian and Qufu."
Su Ding also nodded and said: "It's very different, much more elite."
Shen Yi smiled and said, "It seems that General Su gained some advantages by attacking Zouxian and Qufu."
Su Ding also lowered his head and said sincerely: "It is true. Since entering Shandong, the Eastern Route Army has not encountered much obstacles. The defenders of Zouxian and Qufu were originally local guards of the Northern Qi Dynasty, and their combat effectiveness was low. .”
Ling Su on the side opened his mouth to say something, hesitated for a moment, but still didn't speak. He just lowered his head and clasped his fists and said: "Mr. Shen, your original strategy was to surround Yanzhou and bring reinforcements. If the war in Yanzhou does not go well, then this method It won’t be implemented…”
"Not in a hurry."
Shen Yi put his hands behind his back and said in a calm voice: "Let's rest for a day. After dark tonight, you will each lead 5,000 people, together with the 5,000 people from our central military guard camp, to attack Yanzhou at night."
After hearing Shen Yi's words, both Ling Su and Su Ding looked a little blank, not quite understanding the meaning of Shen Yi's words.
If the Qi people are camping in the wild, then a night attack is indeed a good idea and may achieve miraculous results. However, now that the Qi people are in the city and we are in the wild, a night attack in this case makes no sense.
Could it be that Duke Shen was sure that the Yanzhou defenders would leave the city to attack the camp tonight?
The two of them still couldn't figure it out, but because of Mr. Shen's prestige in the Huai'an army, they didn't say anything more. They just lowered their heads silently and said yes.
…………
The day passed quickly.
At dusk, Shen Yi personally led his guard camp and the left and right armies with 5,000 men each, totaling 15,000 men, and marched toward Yanzhou City in a mighty manner.
As soon as they set off, Su Ding and Ling Su realized something was wrong.
Because Shen Yi asked them to march with torches.
This is almost the same as attacking a city openly!
The Huai'an Army's station was very close to Yanzhou, only about twenty miles away. They set out at dusk, and by the time it was completely dark, they had already arrived at Yanzhou City.
After arriving at the predetermined position, the two generals came to ask Shen Yi for instructions on attack tactics. Master Shen was already wearing iron armor at this time, and said calmly: "There is no need to divide the troops, attack the east gate of Yanzhou with all your strength."
So, under Shen Yi's order, the Chinese army's guard camp took the lead. The left and right armies were like two guards, guarding the left and right sides of the guard camp, and rushed towards Yanzhou with great momentum.
The Yanzhou defenders on the city wall had already been alerted. Even a former deputy general of the Southern Army who was defending the city on the city wall was holding a telescope in his hand and was watching the Huai'an army in the distance.
Seeing the Huai'an army charging toward Yanzhou with torches raised, the guard general Zhu Lizhen, surnamed Yuan, looked excited.
He glanced at the battlefield with his telescope again, and then laughed and said, "The Qianlu named Shen is so incompetent that he, a scholar, doesn't know anything about military formations!"
"A night attack with torches in the middle of the night is unheard of in ancient times!"
Seeing that Shen Yi's central army had entered an arrow's reach, General Yuan no longer hesitated, waved his hand suddenly, and said with a long smile: "Archers!"
"Fire the arrow!"
Countless feathered arrows fell like raindrops into the center of the Huai'an army.
Shen Yi's guard camp had been practicing for a long time, with huge shields erected, and they were still slowly advancing towards Yanzhou City.
General Yuan was stunned, raised his telescope and took another look, then lost his voice and said: "Such a big shield!"
Indeed, the shield raised by Shen Yi's guard camp was much larger than ordinary shields.
This shield is not even a one-handed shield, but a two-handed shield. As long as you squat down slightly, you can hide your entire body behind the shield!
The two-handed shield means completely giving up the attack.
General Yuan was just stunned for a moment, then frowned and said: "How can such a big shield be able to attack the city? Is it necessary to cover the ram?"
He took a look through his telescope, but could never find the location of the battering ram.
At this time, Shen Yi's Chinese army had stopped.
Hidden behind hundreds of two-handed shields were a total of thirty artillery pieces.
General Yuan saw these artillery pieces.
But still don't think so.
This is nothing new. After all, the Chen people used artillery to attack cities no longer every day or two.
However, the role that artillery can play on the battlefield is not particularly great, and it cannot even keep up with ordinary bows and crossbows.
Under the gaze of General Yuan's telescope, the gunners of these artillery pieces seemed to be pointing at the Yanzhou city tower with their thumbs.
Finally, the first gunner finished his gesture, lit the cannonball with a torch, and stuffed the cannonball into the barrel.
At the same time, the assistant gunner lit the gun's fuse with a torch.
With a loud bang.
A black cannonball passed through a beautiful parabola and hit the Yanzhou city tower.
On the city wall, there were densely packed Yanzhou defenders.
Originally, they were in a commanding position, and it would be difficult for them to inflict particularly great damage, whether it was crossbows or artillery.
Therefore, after seeing this shell, General Yuan just sneered and didn't care.
until…
This cannonball exploded in the air!
Yes, it exploded before it even landed on the tower!
The fire was so bright that General Yuan was stunned.
Following this explosion, a main gunner in the Chinese military tent made an annoyed sound.
"Damn, the lead is short!"
Fortunately, the other gunners also fired one after another.
Of the more than thirty cannonballs, only twenty fell into the Yanzhou city tower.
at the same time…
Also fell into the crowd.
One of them landed near General Yuan, only a dozen steps away, and then exploded.
The brilliant firelight almost illuminated the night sky!
The exploded iron ball sent pieces of iron flying everywhere, and for a moment, screams and screams could be heard everywhere!
Mr. Shen was also watching the situation on the tower. When he saw it, he waved his hand and shouted coldly.
"Attack! Attack!"
My father-in-law is hospitalized, and he has been staying with him in the hospital for a while... I am writing some rough words in the hospital, please forgive me, brothers!
