Seeing Ling Su crying, Su Ding and Xue Wei on the side were a little touched and stepped forward to comfort their old friend.
The four of them stayed together and talked for a while. Shen Yi looked back at the Huai'an army, which had fewer than 10,000 soldiers behind Ling Su. Just as he was about to speak, a messenger from the army hurried forward and faced Ling Su. Bow down.
"General, Qi people are catching up."
Ling Su had just calmed down. Hearing this, his face darkened and he cursed: "I'm blind! Mr. Shen is here, can't you see?"
Shen Yi shook his head and said, "It doesn't matter."
From the former Anti-Japanese Army to the later Huai'an Army, almost everyone recognized Shen Yi, and most of the officers were promoted by Shen Yi.
But now, as the Huai'an Army's assets are getting bigger and bigger, and a large number of generals from the Huaihe Navy and the Forbidden Army have been absorbed, some ordinary soldiers and some grassroots officers no longer recognize Shen Yi.
This is normal.
As an army develops and expands, it will be good if the soldiers at the grassroots level can finally know their captains, small flags, and general flags.
Even hundreds of households may not be able to see it.
The messenger was scolded by Ling Su, and he quickly lowered his head and saluted Shen Yi: "Mr. Shen."
Shen Yi waved his hand and said with a smile: "I said it's okay, just go and do your work."
After the messenger left, Shen Yi looked at Ling Su and said with a smile: "There are more and more people in the Huai'an Army. It's normal for them not to recognize me. There is no need for General Ling to lose his temper. Besides, they don't recognize me. It’s not their problem.”
"It should be my problem as the coach."
Mr. Shen said softly: "It means I run less."
Seeing that Ling Su wanted to talk, Shen Yi coughed and continued: "Okay, we have Qi people following us. Let's talk about old times after we enter Yanzhou City."
Su Ding stood behind Shen Yi, his eyes moving: "Mr. Shen, the enemies of Yanzhou have fled north. Now we have our hands free. These Qi people who are chasing are so rampant. How about the general go back, send troops out of the city, and kill him?" Back carbine!"
Master Shen thought for a while, looked at Xue Wei and Ling Su, and asked, "What do you think, two generals?"
Ling Su did not give his own opinion, but said silently: "Mr. Shen, these Qi people are quite elite, so be careful."
Xue Wei said with a smile: "Mr. Shen, I will go back and send the vanguard army out of the city. Firstly, I will have a chance to meet these Qi people and test their quality. Secondly, I will cover General Ling's troops entering the city."
Shen Yi thought for a while and nodded in agreement.
"It's going to be a fight sooner or later. Let's test the water first. There won't be any problem."
He warned Xue Wei: "A large number of reinforcements from the Qi people will arrive soon. I will allow you to leave the city, but you must not be reluctant to fight. If the situation goes wrong, immediately withdraw to Yanzhou and make further arrangements."
Xue Wei smiled heartily, clasped his fists and agreed. Then he turned around and jumped on his mount, riding back to Yanzhou to mobilize troops.
As for Shen Yi, Ling Su and Su Ding led these remaining soldiers back to Yanzhou.
After entering Yanzhou City, Mr. Shen first arranged to go to Lingsu's headquarters to rest, and asked the military doctors to treat the injuries of his wounded soldiers. At the same time, he counted the casualties and began to work on pensions.
It is worth mentioning that after several years, the Huai'an army now has a relatively complete pension system. As long as someone is killed in action, the money will definitely be distributed to the family members.
In the past, the Huai'an Army sent people to distribute the money themselves, and Shen Yi always insisted on distributing the pension himself.
But when the team gets bigger, we can’t do this.
First of all, it is such a large expense that it is not easy to come up with it.
More importantly, this kind of pension is a kind of kindness. Since it is a kind of kindness, it cannot come from the hands of the general.
It must be "grace comes from above."
To put it more bluntly, the money must be distributed by the imperial court. To be more precise, the imperial court distributes the money through the local government where the soldiers are registered.
This policy is understandable. After all, in Shen Yi's current situation, the power of economy, personnel, training, commanding and even dispatching of troops all rests with him alone! If he still provides various benefits by himself, if he is in a bad mood and doesn't want to work for the Li family anymore, it's just a matter of words.
But even so, Shen Yi still asked for some privileges from the emperor. He was followed by officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs who were responsible for distributing pensions. Zhao Jizhou also sent people to participate in the distribution process.
Skip the local government office.
This kind of behavior is still criticized by local yamen, and has even been impeached by local yamen, saying that Shen Yi acted arbitrarily.
After all, this is cutting off one of their financial avenues.
Shen Yi didn't bother to pay attention to them.
The reason why the Huai'an army has better combat effectiveness than other armies in Dachen is because Mr. Shen does a good job in logistics support, ensuring that even if these brothers die on the battlefield, their families will still have money.
Even though he was left on the battlefield, he still had work arrangements.
Under such conditions, the Huai'an Army can achieve its current combat effectiveness, which is almost fearless of death.
In the next few days, Shen Yi personally participated in the calculation of casualty pensions. By the morning of the third day, basically all the pensions had been calculated and sent to Mr. Shen's desk.
Shen Yi reviewed it personally and then sent a copy to the Ministry of Accounts to ask for money.
In addition to the pension work, both the city gate and the city wall near the south gate of Yanzhou were seriously damaged. In the past few days, Su Ding personally led people to repair the Yanzhou capital.
On the fourth day after Shen Yi occupied Yanzhou, the inner guards came to report.
A large number of reinforcements from the Qi people arrived at Ningyang, which is located directly north of Yanzhou.
Regarding this news, Mr. Shen just glanced at it and put it aside indifferently.
After stretching, he put on his coat, left the Yanzhou government office where he worked, and then rode his horse all the way to the south city gate.
After waiting at the somewhat dilapidated South City Gate for about half an hour, there were finally a few horses on the official road, approaching Yanzhou from a distance.
Mr. Shen stepped forward to greet him, saluted the young man on the horse, and said with a smile: "I have been waiting for you for a long time, senior brother, and now he is finally here."
Zhang Jian, who was on horseback, jumped off his mount, returned the gift with his hands, then looked up at Yanzhou, and said with a smile: "Zi Heng is not waiting for me, he is clearly waiting for a hard worker to clean up your mess."
Master Shen pulled his sleeve and said with a smile: "Senior brother, don't talk nonsense. I am waiting for some hard work? I am clearly waiting for the Yanzhou Magistrate to arrive in Yanzhou City."
Although Yanzhou is now occupied by Shen Yi, the city's economy, people's livelihood, administration, etc. are all at a standstill.
A government official like Zhang Jian is needed to restore Yanzhou's economy and people's livelihood.
Zhang Jian was praised by him, shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Brother, I haven't taken care of the Xuzhou Mansion yet, and now there is Yanzhou."
Shen Yi smiled and said: "Senior brother, I have taken care of all the Shandong provinces. I am not the Shandong chief envoy, I am also the Shandong chief envoy."
"When Prime Minister Zhang found out in his hometown, he was probably going to laugh from ear to ear."
Zhang Jian glanced at him and said helplessly: "If the old man knew that Shen Ziheng assigned me errands like this, he would definitely fall out with you."
Mr. Shen smiled and said, "I don't think so."
"Old Xiangguo might even treat me to a drink."
The two junior brothers were talking while walking towards the Yanzhou government office. Along the way, Zhang Jian looked at the situation in Yanzhou city. When he walked into the government office and the two of them sat down, he asked: "The current situation in Shandong how?"
"Senior brother also saw what happened in Yanzhou."
Master Shen poured him a cup of tea and said with a smile: "We have captured the city of Yanzhou. In the entire Yanzhou Prefecture, only Ningyang Wenshang in the north and some counties in Dongping Prefecture are in the hands of the Qi people."
Shen Yi paused and said, "I just received news that Qi reinforcements have arrived in Ningyang. The number of reinforcements should exceed 100,000."
Zhang Jian nodded and asked, "Ziheng is still prepared to defend Yanzhou like Xuzhou?"
"of course not."
Shen Yi took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "The Huai'an army has just finished a big battle and is still resting."
"Wait until the rest is over."
"I must go out and fight with these Qi people."
Thanks to [Ten Years of Cold City and Cold People] for the reward, thank you sir!
(End of chapter)
