Suqian's city wall is low and there are not many defensive equipment, so there is almost no geographical advantage to defend the city.
Coupled with Xue Wei's troops, the number of people is an absolute advantage.
After the two sides came into contact, in just one or two hours, Xue Wei took the lead and climbed onto the city wall of Suqian County. Then, wielding a long sword and shouting angrily, he swept away four or five defenders with just one sweep. Qi people.
The Qi people on the city wall, who were already low in morale, were almost frightened to death when they saw such a figure who was almost like a killer on the battlefield.
Just when Xue Wei and others were storming Suqian City, on a high slope outside Suqian City, Ling Su and Liu Mingyuan, the commander of the West Route Army, were watching the battle with binoculars. After seeing Xue Wei ascending the Suqian tower, Ling Su put down the binoculars. He smiled and said: "The war in Suqian has been decided."
Liu Mingyuan also put down the mirror in his hand and said, "General, why don't you fight? There are 20,000 Qi troops in Suqian City. It will be a great achievement wherever they are placed."
Ling Su shook his head slightly.
"Mr. Shen doesn't care about this. As long as our West Route Army participates in the war, whether it is the main attack or not, Mr. Shen will not care too much. The key is to achieve results."
Liu Mingyuan whispered: "Mr. Shen can be trusted by his subordinates, but military exploits are military exploits. In the end, they must be reported to the imperial court."
Ling Su turned around and glanced at this subordinate who had been following him since Linhaiwei. After frowning, his expression was calm: "You have misunderstood."
"If you are an ordinary official, you will naturally listen to the court in the end, but now..."
Ling Su said calmly: "It's probably because the imperial court listened to our Duke Shen."
"Mr. Shen has told me more than once that this time our Huai'an army will go on the Northern Expedition. Apart from the Northern Expedition, it is best if we have no other thoughts at all."
Ling Su patted Liu Mingyuan's shoulder and said slowly: "I don't have it, and you'd better not have it either."
"You remember, I was originally just a member of a thousand households in Linhaiwei, and you were a member of a hundred households in Linhaiwei..."
Ling Su lowered his eyebrows and said, "I'm annoyed Mr. Shen."
"Let's not talk about the future. I'm afraid I won't even have the chance to return to Linhaiwei and become a householder."
Liu Mingyuan was so frightened that he quickly shook his head: "General, you have misunderstood. My subordinates admire Duke Shen from the bottom of their hearts. They just want to fight for our Western Route Army..."
"It's good to want to fight."
Ling Su patted his shoulder and said lightly: "But it's not what you should think about."
He looked back at Suqian City and said, "Okay, it's almost time. You bring people to help and end the Suqian war as soon as possible."
"Otherwise, it wouldn't be appropriate for us to just look at it."
Liu Mingyuan bowed his head, clasped his fists and said, "I obey my orders!"
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Three days later, Xue Wei and Ling Su arrived at the Pengcheng Hou Mansion in Xuzhou Prefecture.
The Marquis of Pengcheng was the first Zhu Lizhen noble to be investigated by Shen Yi after entering Xuzhou. The Marquis of Pengcheng's Mansion was also the largest and most luxurious house in Xuzhou.
After the Pengchenghou family was taken over by Mr. Shen, this house has been vacant. Until recently, Zhang Jian, the prefect of Xuzhou, settled in Xuzhou City. Shen Yi, who had been living in the Yamen, gave up the Yamen and moved to Pengchenghou Mansion residence.
The sign of the Huai'an Military Office was also hung at the gate of the Hou Mansion.
The two generals came to Shen Yi's study together. They bowed to Shen Yi and saluted with clasped fists. After bowing their heads and saluting, Ling Su bowed and said: "Mr. Shen, the war in Suqian is basically over."
Shen Yi put down his brush, raised his head and smiled at Ling Su: "It's so fast that I didn't expect it."
Suqian is not far from Xuzhou. The battle situation in Suqian is sent to Shen Yi's desk every day. Mr. Shen already knows the general situation, so he is not particularly surprised.
However, the siege and annihilation in Suqian was indeed carried out a little too fast.
Because of Suqian, there are more than 20,000 Qi people.
It’s twenty thousand, not two thousand!
With so many people, if they resist tenaciously, it may take about a month to clear them all out.
If these Qi people are tenacious in fighting, they may not even be able to win it in a month.
Xue Wei lowered his head slightly and said: "Firstly, Mr. Shen, you commanded it well, and secondly..."
"After the Qi people in Suqian were abandoned by the Qi army, their morale plummeted. The Qi people in their early 20,000 eventually surrendered more than 60%, almost 70%."
Shen Yi stood up, stretched, looked at the two men, and said calmly: "The war in Suqian is over so soon, which is good news for our Huai'an army."
"There are still just over two months before the Chinese New Year. Now the main force of the Qi people has retreated to Yanzhou Prefecture and is unable to take care of us. Take advantage of these two months to take your hands and recover all the cities near Xuzhou. "
Master Shen clapped his fingers and counted: "Haizhou, Suzhou, um..."
"And Yingzhou."
"Before the end of the year, we will recover them all and return these homelands to Dachen."
"This is the result of restoring the soil. Once it is taken down, it will be of great benefit to your future career."
Ling Su and Xue Wei both bowed their heads respectfully and thanked Mr. Shen.
Mr. Shen looked at these two people, cleared his throat, and continued: "However, there is one more thing to do before returning to earth."
He touched his chin and said.
"The newly recruited 40,000 Huaihe Navy and 20,000 Imperial Guards cannot be left alone, otherwise they may become a hidden danger to our Huai'an Army in the future."
"There are 60,000 people in total. You two and Su Ding will each receive 20,000 after reorganization."
When Ling Su heard this, before he could say anything more, Xue Wei raised his head in shock, and then said: "Mr. Shen, this subordinate is no longer the commander-in-chief."
Shen Yi glanced at him calmly, and then said slowly: "The imperial edict has been issued. From now on, our Huai'an Army will become the Eastern Route Army of the Northern Expedition."
"Therefore, the East Route Army and West Route Army within the Huai'an Army are out of date."
"When you attacked Suqian in the past few days, I discussed with General Su and decided to change the Huai'an Army's East Route Army and West Route Army into two armies on the left and right."
"The commander-in-chief of the left army is Su Ding, and the commander-in-chief of the right army is naturally General Ling."
"As for you..."
Shen Yi looked at Xue Wei and said, "Based on the 5,000 people you brought out of the city, plus the 20,000 people after reorganization, we will form the vanguard of the Huai'an Army."
"You will be the commander-in-chief."
Shen Yi's original Huai'an army was about 50,000 people, but now the court has added 60,000 people. Together, it is a huge army of nearly 110,000 people!
Shen Yi didn't have any experience in leading such a large team, so he could only read the military manual and explore on his own.
The temporary distribution situation is that the left and right armies each have about 40,000 people, and Xue Wei, the vanguard army, has 25,000 people.
As for the remaining thousands of people, they serve as the central army, accompanying Shen Yi. Firstly, they serve as guards for the general, and secondly, they serve as a reserve team that can go into battle at any time.
This reorganization plan was worked out by Shen Yi, Su Ding, and Zhang Jian in the past few days. From the current point of view, this plan is undoubtedly very suitable for the Huai'an Army.
Xue Wei was still stunned, but Ling Su on the side had already smiled at him and clasped his fists: "Congratulations, brother, now you are the commander of an army again."
"Vanguard Army..."
Xue Wei murmured something, then half-knelt on the ground, kowtowed to Mr. Shen and said: "General, thank you very much for your cultivation, Mr. Shen!"
Shen Yi did not help him, but said in a deep voice: "Leading the army again, remember that military discipline must be strict. If I find someone in your army violating military discipline again, this time it will not be as simple as demotion."
Mr. Shen said in a low voice: "At that time, you don't want to stay in the Huai'an Army. Go back to Guangzhou and become your commander of the Guangzhou Guard."
Hearing this, Xue Wei knelt on the ground and did not dare to say a word.
Ling Su, who was standing aside, had a complicated look on his face, and his heart just felt "thumping".
Obviously, Shen Yi's words were definitely not meant for Xue Wei alone, or even for Xue Wei.
Because his right army's military discipline was not very strict.
And he, Ling Su, had the same position as Xue Wei in his early years, and was the commander of the Fuzhou Guard.
After scolding Xue Wei, Mr. Shen helped him up and said, "The three of you will start reorganizing after you get down. Starting today, the reorganization will be completed in half a month."
Ling Su and Xue Wei bowed their heads respectfully, cupped their fists and said, "I obey my orders!"
Shen Yi nodded with satisfaction.
Ling Su looked up at him and asked, "Mr. Shen, what should we do with those prisoners?"
Shen Yi rubbed his temples and then said.
"Now that the population in Xuzhou is losing a lot, I will hand them over to the local government and let them work locally..."