marquis of jingan

Chapter 1054 Emperor Zhaowu's Sense of Security

The matter of the right army really made Shen Yi feel a little unhappy.

Although the various problems of the right army are still small things that are not enough to affect the overall situation for the current Huai'an army, many behaviors and styles of the right army are not in line with Shen Yi's philosophy.

To put it bluntly, if the Right Route Army continues to develop, it will probably evolve into an army similar to the Huaihe Navy, that is, the old army.

And Shen Yi's goal is to develop a brand new army with ideas and soul.

Although it was only a sign, Shen Yi must extinguish it.

Therefore, he spoke seriously to Ling Su.

This is not a trivial matter. After all, Ling Su is the veteran of the Huai'an Army, and he can even be said to be the founder, because the earliest batch of anti-Japanese troops, including Xue Wei and a large number of current senior generals of the Huai'an Army, were Ling Su trained it all by himself.

Up to now, Ling Su has been the undoubted second-ranked leader in the Huai'an Army.

In a normal group, it is generally impossible for the boss to say anything serious to the second child. If one of them makes trouble, it will cause big problems for the whole group.

Of course, Master Shen has enough confidence and capital to do so.

Firstly, because he is a civil servant, he has the absolute right to speak in this society.

Secondly, his prestige in the entire Huai'an army far exceeds that of Ling Su himself.

After talking about the right army, Shen Yi looked at Su Ding and said slowly: "General Su, although the military discipline of the left army is better than that of the right army, there are still some style problems."

"You can't have the habits of the old guards, let alone the habits of the old army."

Shen Yi said in a deep voice: "For food and clothing, you can reach out to me, but you can't reach out to ordinary people."

Su Ding sighed, bowed his head and said, "Mr. Shen, most of them are not about food and clothing."

Shen Yi was silent for a while, then waved his hands: "When you're in Xiumu, I don't care where you fall in love with, but it's best not to make trouble when you go out."

After a pause, he lowered his eyebrows and said, "You don't have to be afraid."

The Huai'an army has always had a rest and bath system, which lasts about two days a month. They don't need to train in the army and can move freely.

But you can't leave the barracks with a knife and a bow.

This is a rule that existed during the Anti-Japanese Army period and has continued to this day.

Su Ding bowed his head and said: "The final general will write it down."

After that, he also cupped his fists, turned and left, leaving only Xue Wei here alone.

Seeing Su Ding leave, Xue Wei smiled at Shen Yi, and said: "Mr. Shen, you don't need to be upset, there are people who are making trouble, and you don't need to come forward, we will go to them in the end."

He patted his chest and said: "The last general is not afraid of offending people!"

Although Xue Wei only served as a lieutenant general for a period of time, his qualifications and combat achievements are only inferior to Ling Su in the entire Huai'an army. Liu Mingyuan and Zhang Meng, when they see Su Ding, sometimes they may twitch their nostrils. Chaotian, but when facing Xue Wei, even if he whispered Xue Mangzi a few times behind his back, but when he met him, he had to bow his head and call General Xue.

After all, Ling Su scolded them at most, and kicked them twice, Xue Wei really knew how to beat people.

Moreover, basically no one can beat him.

Xue Wei's skill, in the Huai'an army, it is unrealistic to say that it is invincible. After all, many latecomers, especially those who were promoted later, there are many ruthless people, but among the senior generals of the Huai'an army , no one is his opponent.

Except for a few people such as Ling Su, the others were basically beaten by General Xue.

"Look at your naughty face."

Master Shen was helpless, and laughed and cursed: "If you spread the word, even my people will be lost!"

Xue Wei smiled awkwardly, still standing where he was, without speaking.

Shen Yi glanced at him.

"What are you still doing here? Are you still preparing for the expedition?"

General Xue chuckled.

"Isn't this being prepared?"

"I'm going to talk to you, Mr. Shen, and ask for advice on how to play."

Master Shen glanced at him angrily, and left with his hands behind his back: "Wait in my study."

"Hang up the map."

Xue Wei let out a "Hey" and hurried all the way to Master Shen's study.

………………

Three days later, the vanguard army set off, left Xuzhou Prefecture, and went straight to Yi County in the northeast of Xuzhou.

Yi County, almost one of the southernmost counties in Shandong, is only about 150 miles away from Xuzhou.

For this distance, Xue Wei's troops traveled for about two days before arriving at the county seat of Yi County.

When Xue Wei arrived, the magistrates and squires of Yi County, as well as a few real Zhuli in the city, had already fled the county with their families.

In fact, these people did not start fleeing just two days ago. After Xuzhou was lost years ago, the dignitaries of prefectures and counties near Xuzhou began to flee north with their families.

However, the county magistrate of Yi County ran away only two days after hearing the news, so he can be regarded as a relatively upright county lord.

Xue Wei arrived in Yi County in the afternoon, and before dark, the whole army entered the county seat of Yi County, and took Yi County almost effortlessly.

This is not surprising.

Because the Qi army's current strategy in Shandong is to stick to the big cities. Most of the troops are in the few big cities, and they have no intention of defending some of the small cities.

In the evening, the Shenzi flag was flying over the city of Yi County.

In the evening of the same day, Xue Wei left 5000 people to stay in Yi County, while he led 2 soldiers into Tancheng.

In Tancheng County, the same people went to empty the city, and there were only some people who had not escaped in the city.

Tancheng is in the south of Yizhou, less than two hundred miles away from Yizhou.

After Xue Wei occupied Tancheng, he did not continue to move. He also hung the Shen character flag in Tancheng, indicating that the county changed hands.

Then, using the two counties of Yi County and Tancheng as bases, he began to dispatch a total of ten thousand-household battalions to explore and advance in the direction of Yizhou bit by bit.

The advancing speed was very slow, but the momentum was very loud, almost beating gongs and drums along the way, for fear that Qi people would not be able to see or hear them.

However, the defenders of Yizhou were completely unmoved, and the four gates of Yizhou City were closed tightly to guard against the invasion of the Huai'an army.

Qi Jun...

It has been conservative to a very extreme degree.

………………

In early February of the first year of Zhaowu.

Yandu city.

Up to now, several months have passed since the new emperor ascended the throne, and the imperial court has completed the reform.

Because the new emperor did not pursue the ministers who followed King Qi, and after that, he rewarded all the ministers. At this time, the city of Yandu was peaceful, and the singing and dancing were peaceful.

In just a few months, almost everyone had forgotten that there was a King Qi last year. If it wasn't for the fact that King Qi's mansion was still there, King Qi's family members were still there, as if there had never been such a King Qi in the world.

In Xiude Palace, Zhao Kai, who has slowly adapted to his new identity, read the urgent report in his hand, the smile on his face gradually faded, and he waved his hand impatiently.

The musicians in Xiude Palace stopped playing silk and bamboo, and the eunuch Tian Fu, who had just become the Great Eunuch of the Northern Court, waved his hands quickly: "It's all gone."

The musicians from the Jiaofang Division, or the band, hurriedly cleaned up the eaters, and exited the Xiude Hall respectfully.

His Majesty the Emperor rubbed his temples, and said in a low voice, "Go and call Zhou Yuanlang."

Tian Fu bowed his head respectfully: "I obey."

Zhou Yuanlang is currently serving as a member of Zhongshushe, and spends most of his time in the palace on weekdays. Not long after, he came to Xiude Hall, knelt on the ground, and kowtowed: "My minister, Zhou Yuanlang, kowtow to the emperor."

The emperor was closing his eyes to rest his mind at the moment. Hearing that he didn't even open his eyes, he said lazily, "Sit."

Tian Fu hastily moved a chair and placed it behind Zhou Yuanlang. Zhou Yuanlang sat down cautiously, bowed his head and said, "I don't know if the emperor summoned my servant..."

The emperor opened his eyes and gave Tian Fu a look. Tian Fu quickly sent the urgent report to Zhou Yuanlang.

Zhou Yuanlang hadn't finished watching, when he heard Emperor Zhaowu say in a muffled voice: "That man named Shen has taken over all the residences in Xuzhou. I haven't had time to settle accounts with him, but now I've already entered Shandong territory!"

Zhou Yuanlang finished the urgent report in his hand, then looked up at the emperor, then lowered his head and said, "Your Majesty, don't worry, the Huai'an army only occupied two counties."

Zhao Kai snorted.

"Nearly [-] Chen troops have assembled in Yingzhou. The Southern Dynasty clearly wants to fight a national war. Now that things are going on, can they continue to shrink as Old Man Yan said?"

Prime Minister Yan Li, now in Yandu, can be said to have a high position and authority.

This Yan Xiang was quite like Yang Xiang of the Southern Dynasty, and his idea was to temporarily avoid the edge of the Southern Dynasty.

What he means is that as long as they stick to it for a few years, the southern soldiers will be exhausted and there will be a natural truce.

At that time, Daqi will wait for work with ease, and then take advantage of the situation to go south. Not only can he take back the Xuzhou prefectures, but he may even get back a little interest.

However, Emperor Zhaowu, who had just ascended the throne, might listen to Yan Li's opinion, but Emperor Zhaowu, who had been enthroned for several months now, was not willing to endure it any longer.

After Zhou Yuanlang thought for a while, he said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, according to my opinion, the battle in Shandong cannot be rushed, but it cannot be completely defended and let the enemy show off like this."

"Otherwise, send General Tu to lead the Forbidden Army south?"

Emperor Zhaowu's expression changed, he shook his head and said, "Tu Yuan and General Zhou can't move, they have to stay in Yandu."

These two people are not in the Forbidden Army. He, the emperor, is currently not sleeping well.

"still…"

The new emperor closed his eyes, and said slowly: "Select generals from the original imperial army."

"Go south to defend against the enemy."