No, it should be said that the matter of Shen Ping and his wife is a top priority for both of them.
But on the battlefield between Chen and Qi, it is really insignificant.
If Shen Yi didn't have a different soul, even people in his position shouldn't and wouldn't pay attention to this.
As for why Lin Sheng resigned from his job in the Di newspaper department, there are two main reasons.
One is naturally because of this incident, he received some stimulation and was no longer suitable for espionage work. In addition, Shen Yi had promised him a civil service position, not an errand in the newspaper department, so it was natural that he should be sent to Transferred from Di Di Reporting Department.
Another crucial point... and a colder reason is that although Shen Zhang is gone, only Lin Sheng has seen and experienced this process alone. It is too much like sacrificing oneself to ensure that Lin Sheng enters the top management of the Di newspaper department. .
For the sake of the intelligence security of Di Newspaper Division, and also for the sake of not being suspected by others, it is reasonable and reasonable for Lin Sheng to quit Di Newspaper Bureau at this time.
Shen Yi didn't know what to say at this moment.
He originally valued Lin Sheng very much, because this man was a rare scholar in the Di News Department. Even during the previous period, he had deliberately let him slowly take over the Di News Department, otherwise Shen Yi would not do it for him. Safe, tell him about that Qi Ren woman.
Now, it seems that Shen Yi needs to look for the person in charge of the Di News Department again...
This morning, Shen Yi, who was troubled by many things, sat silently with Lin Sheng for a long time before sighing and getting up to leave.
After Shen Yi left, Lin Sheng looked at Shen Zhang's body that had been put down. After being silent for a while, he said to the Huai'an Army soldiers who were collecting the body: "Please go and carve a monument for me."
"Press on the monument..."
"The ceremony for the joint burial of Shen Ping and Shen Zhang will be engraved..."
These officers and soldiers of the Huai'an Army also knew that the thin young man in front of them was Shen Yi's neighbor. Hearing this, they quickly lowered their heads and said: "Yes, yes..."
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Although it is cruel to say this, the incident involving Shen Zhang can only be regarded as an episode for Shen Yi.
He quickly returned to work.
Because now he directly controls more than 40,000 troops, and there are more than 30,000 troops outside who are controlled by him. If you add the Huaihe Navy and the Forbidden Army behind him, Shen Yi's current military strength has already surpassed that of the Second World War. That General Yuan Du was killed ten years ago.
It is no exaggeration to say that in terms of actual power alone, he is already one of the most powerful people in the world.
Now, one thought may determine the life or death of hundreds of people. Although Shen Zhang's incident made his mood fluctuate, it only fluctuated a little.
After all, Xuzhou City is not peaceful now. Fighting is still going on at the East City Gate basically every day, and the intensity is not low.
After spending a whole morning at the Lin family, Shen Yi came to the wall of the east city gate that afternoon to inspect the battlefield.
At this time, due to the replenishment of arrows, the difficulty of defending the city suddenly dropped a lot. After all, no one with flesh and blood can withstand the firing of a crossbow.
If you're close enough, even armor won't work.
Heavy bows can easily break through armor, and some heavier special bows can even break through several armors with one arrow.
According to rumors, Xue Li, the famous general of the Tang Dynasty, could defeat the Five Armors with one arrow.
Accompanied by Su Ding, the guard of the East City Gate, Shen Yi climbed up the tower and observed the battlefield.
At this time, although the Qi army under the city was still hurling stones with catapults and bombarding them with artillery from time to time, because of the corpses under the city, there were basically no Qi soldiers who dared to charge against the rain of arrows.
After Shen Yi looked at it, he was a little surprised and asked: "Yesterday, the Qi people were still storming the east gate. I said that I wanted to come, but Wan Zhong and the others stopped me life and death, saying that the battlefield was too dangerous and wouldn't let me come up. Come here today. At first glance, it doesn’t look like a fierce attack.”
Su Ding lowered his head slightly and said: "Back to Mr. Shen, the Qi people did fight very fiercely yesterday. It was even the most fierce day after the Northern Qi reinforcements arrived. Yesterday alone, tens of thousands of arrows were consumed. Many archers My fingers were cut by the bow string and they were bleeding..."
Having said this, Su Ding paused and continued: "But today, the Qi people only attacked briefly in the morning, and they no longer had any fighting spirit in the afternoon."
Shen Yi raised his head and looked at the battlefield in the distance, thoughtfully: "Did you find anything wrong?"
Su Ding shook his head slightly and said, "No."
He paused for a moment and then said: "The general also sent people to the other three gates to inquire, but the other three gates did not all attack together, as if they suddenly stopped."
Mr. Shen nodded slightly, looked at the devastated city wall at the east gate, and said: "Now that the Qi people have stopped attacking, we can repair this wall if we can..."
"And then there's that."
"The Qi people are no longer attacking, but we cannot be idle. We must send out scouts to get as close as possible to the Qi army and keep an eye on the Qi people's movements at all times."
Su Ding naturally responded with fists clasped one by one.
Master Shen walked down the city wall with his hands behind his back: "The east gate and the situation of the Qi people outside the city will be reported at any time, and all precautions will be taken to prevent the Qi people from committing fraud..."
Su Ding sent Shen Yi down the tower, cupped his fists and saluted: "I will obey your orders!"
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In this way, time passed day by day, and in the blink of an eye it was three days later.
In the Zhizhou Yamen, the two chief generals of the Huai'an Army were sitting under Shen Yi.
This is a small meeting of three people.
If Xue Wei was still in the city, there would probably be four people at this time.
For a long time, most of the decisions of the Huai'an Army have been made by this small meeting, or in other words, by this small team led by Shen Yi.
After Shen Yi poured tea for the two subordinates with his own hands, he sat back in his seat, looked at the expressions of the two men, and said slowly: "You two, Qi people have not attacked for three days in a row."
He paused and continued: "According to the news sent by Xue Wei and the internal guard General Meng Lianmeng, the troops dispatched by the Northern Qi Dynasty's Southern Army, after arriving in Haizhou and Suqian, stayed in the city and did not leave the city. Signs of pursuit."
"We are not even prepared to fight them."
Mr. Shen reached out and knocked on the table and said, "There are various signs that the Qi people seem to be avoiding the war."
Ling Su looked at Shen Yi and said, "Mr. Shen, could this be Qi Ren deliberately showing weakness to lure us out? After all..."
"Judging from the current comparison of military strength, they still have an absolute advantage."
Shen Yi nodded slightly and said, "I don't deny the possibility, but at the same time, we must also consider another possibility."
"Qi people are preparing to shrink their troops and turn to defense..."
"Even, prepare to retreat north."
Su Ding raised his head in astonishment: "Mr. Shen, they still have an absolute advantage now, why do you think they want to retreat north..."
This is the information gap.
For these subordinates, the amount of information Shen Yi obtains every day is beyond their imagination, because not only does the Di newspaper department provide information to Shen Yi, but even now, the internal guards will send a copy to Shen Yi of all intelligence about Beiqi. .
Because Shen Yi is now in Northern Qi, the time when he gets this information is sometimes even earlier than the emperor, or even earlier than the internal guards of Jiankang!
For example, now, Mr. Shen has a lot of information about Yandu.
In this regard, Ling Su was more alert. He lowered his head and thought for a moment, and then said, "Could it be that... it's the Hu emperor who wants to..."
Mr. Shen nodded with a smile, and then shook his head: "If Yongping Emperor Zhao Zhen alone cannot hold on, then these southern conquering armies will at most just wait and see, and will not start to shrink their troops like now..."
When Shen Yi said this, he glanced to the north and said quietly: "I thought they had more important things to do, but now, their motives are still unknown."
"But no matter what, this is good news for us."
"I invited you two here today because I want to discuss with you the rules for taking the initiative to attack the Qi army."
"Before we discuss this matter, there is one more thing I want to tell you."
"Huaihe Navy."
Mr. Shen glanced at the two people with a calm expression: "It's ready..."
The emperor told Shen Yi this news in a secret letter.
The reason why Emperor Hongde dared to say such things was because Zhao Lu took the initiative to go to Jiankang, bowed his head to him, and actively requested the imperial army to send generals to the Huaihe Navy.
Up to now, although the generals of the Forbidden Army have not had time to control the Huaihe Navy, the emperor's influence has already arrived.
The current Huaihe Navy, the emperor...
It's already adjustable.
Now, if the emperor can adjust, it means that Shen Yi can also adjust.
Hearing Shen Yi's words, both of them cheered up. They both clasped their fists at Shen Yi and said, "Congratulations, Mr. Shen!"
Mr. Shen waved his hand calmly.
"There is nothing to congratulate..."
"We will not consider the Huaihe Navy for the time being. What we need to consider now is, if the Qi people withdraw north, or part of them withdraw north, and the rest enter a defensive state, or even shrink back into the city controlled by Northern Qi, what will happen to us..."
"Only then can we get another piece of meat from them."
Having said this, Shen Yi lowered his head, took a sip of tea, and continued: "If you bite off this piece of meat, our trip to Xuzhou this year will be considered complete."
After hearing this, Ling and Su looked at each other and saw a little excitement in each other's eyes.