The new year's battle for Shandong has officially begun.
After a period of rest, the left and right armies of the Huai'an Army began to march towards the north again. Xue Wei's vanguard army also sent 10,000 troops and headed north from Jiaozhou under the leadership of General Xue.
The reason why the entire army was not dispatched was that, firstly, an army of tens of thousands of people would generally not be dispatched together. Another reason was that some people needed to be left behind and handed over to Shen Yi for temporary deployment.
After Xue Wei led his army to the expedition, he did not let Shen Yi wait too long.
In just half a month, in mid-to-late February, the first batch of prisoners were escorted back to Jiaozhou City and handed over to Shen Yi for processing.
This group of prisoners was small in number, only more than 500 people, and they were thrown into a temporary prisoner camp that had just been built outside the city.
Mr. Shen took this matter very seriously and personally came outside the city to check on the situation of these prisoners.
Although each of these prisoners described themselves as being in a sorry state, and most of them were in ragged clothes, they were basically young people and looked very strong.
Mr. Shen simply looked at them, then called Wan Zhong, who was responsible for escorting them back, and asked, "Where did they come from?"
Wan Zhong lowered his head slightly, leaned forward and said: "Back to Mr. Shen, it was when General Xue led his people to attack Gaomi. Outside Gaomi City, one of our Qianhu Camp met two Qi people's Qianhu Camp. After they got entangled, Our main force arrived first and finally surrounded these Qi people."
"Their two thousand-household battalions began to break out of the encirclement and retreat after losing 30% of their battle losses. Because the encirclement was slightly weak, they escaped partially and captured about 600 people."
"General Xue knew that Duke Shen needed to see if it was feasible to train the prisoners, so he asked General Mo to escort them back."
"high density…"
Shen Yi thought for a while and asked: "How is the current situation in Gaomi?"
"Qi people's resistance is very strong."
Wan Zhong replied: "If the Qi people in Laizhou Prefecture last year were passively defensive, this year most of the Qi people have begun to attack. They no longer hide in the city to defend the city, and sometimes take the initiative to go out of the city to meet the enemy."
"When we fight, although it is a tough battle, the speed of progress is faster than last year."
He paused and continued: "This is mainly because, Mr. Shen, your artillery is very powerful. Even if those shells are used as throwing objects, they can still have some effect. Unless it is a high city like Fucheng, otherwise in our Huai'an Army It’s not easy to guard in front of me.”
After hearing this, Mr. Shen thought about the battle situation seriously, then nodded and said: "It seems that not only Xue Wei has made progress, but the entire vanguard army has also made great progress."
He patted Wan Zhong on the shoulder and said with a smile: "For example, General Wan, you are now reporting on the military affairs in a clear and logical manner, no less than some generals who were born as generals."
Reporting military information seems to be a very inconspicuous matter, but what to report to the superiors and how to report it all require a general to consider and word it.
Moreover, when reporting, you have to tell the full story of the battle as much as possible, which is not easy.
Wan Zhong was not a messenger. It was obvious that when Shen Yi asked him, he answered in his own words.
He was also a pawn, and after a few years, he is now a very qualified general.
Wan Zhong lowered his head quickly and said, "Mr. Shen, I'm sorry."
Shen Yi turned his head, looked at the six hundred surrendered soldiers, and asked: "Looking at their appearance, they shouldn't be from Shandong's local army?"
Wan Zhong shook his head.
"The general has asked, it should be..."
"The Imperial Army came from Yandu."
At this point, he paused, with a murderous tone in his voice: "Of the ten people, almost one or two are Zhu Li Zhenren."
Shen Yi looked thoughtfully at the tightly tied Qi Jun, and said to Wanzhong: "Okay, send them to me. Your job is over. Leave this place to me, and you can go back." Sasuke Xue Wei."
Wan Zhong lowered his head quickly: "Mr. Shen, Master Zhu Li is fierce. When you face these Qi troops, you must be careful and tie them up as much as possible."
"Those real Zhuli people..."
He thought for a while and said, "Should we kill them all?"
Shen Yi shook his head and said, "I'll handle it."
Wan Zhong lowered his head and said yes, then led a group of subordinates to leave the prison camp and went back to the north to find Xue Wei.
After Wan Zhong left, Mr. Shen asked people to bring these prisoners to the open space of the camp and let them sit in rows on the ground.
After all six hundred people "sat down", Shen Yi moved a chair, sat in front of these people, glanced at everyone, and then cleared his throat.
"Stop talking."
Mr. Shen said calmly: "Otherwise, I won't be given food for three days."
As soon as these words came out, the prisoners who were still whispering immediately bowed their heads and shut up, not daring to say a word.
Shen Yi nodded with satisfaction. After looking at everyone's expressions, Mr. Shen coughed and said loudly: "You may not know me, please introduce yourselves."
"My surname is Shen, Shen Yi."
Master Shen said with a smile: "When you guys talk about me, most of them will call me Shen Thief, and those who are a little more polite will call me Shen Qi."
"I am the coach of Da Chen's boss on the battlefield in Shandong, which means..."
"In the entire Shandong battlefield, my words are effective."
Mr. Shen looked calm and said, "Including your lives, everything depends on my thoughts."
Everyone present was silent.
Some people lowered their heads subconsciously, fearing that Shen Yi's eyes would catch them.
Master Shen naturally did not look closely at the expressions and demeanor of these Qi people. He said quietly: "How many Han people are there among you?"
There was still silence, and no one stood up to answer.
Even though most of these people were Han Chinese, no one came forward.
Shen Yi frowned slightly.
He was very aware of the mentality of these people. He was just worried that after they came forward and admitted, they would be accused of being traitors by their peers when they returned to Yandu, and they would face heavy punishment.
"I counted three, and no one spoke again."
There was a bit of anger in his tone, and he said slowly: "I will handle everything according to Zhu Li's rules."
"I……!"
Finally someone stood up and lowered his head timidly: "I am a Han!"
Shen Yi looked at him seriously and said calmly: "Zhenren Zhuli pretended to be a Han, and his crime will be increased. I will send someone to verify it afterwards."
Zhu Li's appearance is not much different from that of the Han people.
In addition, in the north, several generations of intermarriage have occurred, and now it is difficult to distinguish them just from their appearance.
However, some of Master Zhu Li's speaking habits and some bossy attitudes will be difficult to change in a short period of time, but some clues can still be seen.
Hearing this, the man quickly shrank his neck and sat back down.
However, with the first one, there will soon be a second one.
It didn't take long for seven or eight people to stand up one after another. In the end, most people stood up and said that they were Han Chinese.
Mr. Shen asked these Han people to stand up and sit on one side, while Zhu Lizhen sat on the other side.
After both parties sat down, Mr. Shen looked at the Han side and said with a smile: "You should all know in your heart that the Northern Qi Dynasty belongs to the Zhu Lizhen Dynasty, and I, Chen Dynasty, belong to the Han Dynasty. We have the same blood and are of the same clan. Are you willing? Abandoning the dark and turning to the bright, joining the great Chen?"
Still no one spoke.
The one sitting at the front looked at Shen Yi carefully and said in a hoarse voice: "Sir, a villain has no father, no mother, and no family. It doesn't matter who you follow, but most of these brothers have families and are all here." Yandu, you..."
"It's too difficult for them."
Mr. Shen said calmly: "Qi people will only think that you have died in the battle or disappeared. There are so many people on the battlefield. If you change your clothes, who would know who you are?"
The young man was stunned for a moment, and then his body trembled.
"What do you mean, sir, if you don't surrender to Nan... or to Chen Guo, all of them will be killed?"
Mr. Shen smiled hoarsely: "When did I say that?"
The young man said silently: "Then as long as someone returns alive, the news of someone surrendering will be leaked out immediately."
"This is simple."
Mr. Shen yawned and said, "You must have heard that the Huai'an Army is allocating land to the Han people in Yanzhou Mansion. If you are willing to join Da Chen, you can also create a register in Shandong to allocate land to the Han people. In the past, it didn't matter whether you were in the Northern Qi Dynasty or not. Whatever you have done, forget it."
"In the future, when the northern border is restored, your family members will also be Dachen citizens."
After saying this, Mr. Shen stood up and said with a smile: "But I never like to force others. You are all Han people, and I am embarrassed to kill everyone who is unwilling to surrender."
"Then things will be difficult to handle."
"So I thought of a way."
Shen Yi pointed at Master Zhu Li over there and said, "If you don't want to stay here, just kill a Master Zhu Li with a knife and then you can leave."
"Shen, I will never force you to stay."
After saying this, the careful Mr. Shen noticed something was wrong.
He responded with a "huh" sound.
"There are too few real people in Zhu Li, not enough to kill."
He thought about it carefully and added thoughtfully.
"In this way, I can allow the four of you to kill a real Zhu Li. You can go up with a knife and chop each of you. You will pass the test."
Master Shen smiled kindly.
"That's enough to kill."
(End of chapter)
