The incident with the Right Route Army did make Shen Yi feel a little unhappy.
Although the various problems of the Right Route Army are still small things that are not enough to affect the overall situation in the current Huai'an Army, many behaviors and styles of the Right Route Army are not in line with Shen Yi's philosophy.
To put it bluntly, if the Right Army continues to develop, it will probably evolve into an army similar to the Huaihe Navy, which is the old army.
And Shen Yi's goal is to develop a brand new army with ideas and soul.
Although it is just a sign, Shen Yi must put an end to this sign.
Therefore, he had harsh words with Ling Su.
This is not a trivial matter. After all, Ling Su is the veteran of the Huai'an Army, and can even be said to be the founder, because the earliest batch of anti-Japanese troops, including Xue Wei and a large number of today's senior generals of the Huai'an Army, are It was trained by Ling Su.
Until now, Ling Su has been the unquestionable second-ranked person in the Huai'an army.
In a normal group, it is generally impossible for the boss to say anything harsh to the second child. If one person makes trouble, it will cause big problems for the entire group.
Of course, Mr. Shen has enough confidence and capital to do this.
Firstly, because he is a civil servant, he has absolute say in this society.
Secondly, his prestige in the entire Huai'an army far exceeds that of Ling Su personally.
After finishing talking about the Right Route Army, Shen Yi looked at Su Ding and said slowly: "General Su, although the military discipline of the Left Route Army is better than that of the Right Route Army, there are still some style problems."
"We should not have the habits of the old guard, let alone the habits of the former army."
Shen Yi said in a deep voice: "For food and clothing, you can reach out to me, but not to the common people."
Su Ding sighed, lowered 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 hand: "When you are sleeping, you can go wherever you like, I don't care, but it's best not to cause trouble when you go out."
After a pause, he lowered his eyebrows and said, "There's no need to be afraid."
The Huai'an Army has always had a rest system, which lasts about two days a month. There is no need to train in the army and you can move around freely.
But you are not allowed to leave the military camp with swords and bows and crossbows.
This was a rule that existed during the Anti-Japanese War period and continues to this day.
Su Ding lowered his head and said, "I will remember it in the end."
After that, he clasped his fists, turned around and left, leaving Xue Wei alone.
Seeing Su Ding leaving, Xue Wei smiled at Shen Yi and said, "Mr. Shen, you don't have to worry. Someone is really making trouble. I don't need you to come forward. I will go find them eventually."
He patted his chest and said, "The general is not afraid of offending others!"
Although Xue Wei only served as deputy general for a period of time, his qualifications and military exploits were second only to Ling Su in the entire Huai'an army. People like Liu Mingyuan and Zhang Meng might sometimes twitch their nostrils when they saw Su Ding. Face the sky, but when facing Xue Wei, even if you whisper Xue Mangzi a few times behind your back, when you meet him, you still have to lower your head and call him General Xue.
After all, Ling Su could only scold them a few times or even kick them, but Xue Wei really knew how to hit them.
Moreover, basically no one can beat him.
It is unrealistic to say that Xue Wei's skills are invincible in the Huai'an Army. After all, many latecomers, especially those who were promoted later, have 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, everyone else was basically beaten by General Xue.
"Look at your naughty face."
Mr. Shen had no choice but to laugh and curse: "If the word spreads, even my people will be lost!"
Xue Wei smiled awkwardly and still stood there without speaking.
Shen Yi glanced at him.
"What are you still doing here? Aren't you going to prepare for the expedition?"
General Xue chuckled.
"Isn't this being prepared?"
"I was just about to ask Mr. Shen for advice on how to play."
Mr. Shen glanced at him angrily and left with his hands behind his back: "Wait in my study."
"Hang up the map."
Xue Wei said "Oh" and hurriedly ran all the way to Mr. Shen's study.
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Three days later, the vanguard army set off, leaving Xuzhou Prefecture and heading straight for Yixian County, located in the northeast of Xuzhou.
Yixian is almost one of the southernmost counties in Shandong, only about 150 miles away from Xuzhou.
At this distance, Xue Wei's troops traveled for about two days and arrived at the county seat of Yixian County.
When Xue Wei arrived, the magistrates and squires of Yixian County, as well as a few Zhuli people in the city, had already fled the county with their families.
In fact, these people did not just start fleeing in the past two days. After Xuzhou was lost a few years ago, the powerful people in the prefectures and counties near Xuzhou began to flee north with their families.
However, the magistrate of Yixian County only ran away after hearing the news these two days. He can be regarded as a relatively ethical county magistrate.
Xue Wei arrived at Yixian in the afternoon. Before dark, he organized his army into the county seat of Yixian and captured Yixian with almost no effort.
This is not surprising.
Because the current strategy of the Qi army in Shandong is to stick to the big cities. The vast majority of the troops are in a few big cities and guard some small cities according to the cities. They have never planned to defend them.
In the evening, the Shen-character flag was flying on the city wall of Yixian County.
In the evening of the same day, Xue Wei left 5,000 men to guard Yixian County, while he led 20,000 troops into Tancheng.
Tancheng County was also emptied of people, leaving only a few people who had not fled.
Tancheng is located due south of Yizhou, less than 200 miles away from Yizhou.
After Xue Wei occupied Tancheng, he did not continue to take action. He also hung a flag with the word "Chen" in Tancheng to indicate that the county town had changed hands.
Then, using the two county towns of Yixian 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 the people could not see or hear.
However, the defenders of Yizhou were completely unmoved. The four gates of Yizhou City were tightly closed to guard against the invasion of the Huai'an army.
Qi Jun…
It has been conservative to a very extreme degree.
………………
Early February of the first year of Zhaowu.
In the city of Yandu.
By now, several months have passed since the new emperor ascended the throne, and the imperial court has completed the change of Yuan Dynasty.
Because the new emperor did not pursue the ministers who followed King Qi, and then rewarded them generously, the city of Yandu was peaceful and peaceful, with singing and dancing.
In just a few months, almost everyone has forgotten that there was a King Qi last year. If it were not for the fact that King Qi's palace and his family were still there, it would be as if such a King Qi had never existed in the world.
In the Xiude Hall, Zhao Kai, who had slowly adapted to his new identity, after reading an urgent report in his hand, the smile on his face slowly faded, and he waved his hand impatiently.
The musicians in the Xiude Hall stopped playing silk and bamboo, and the eunuch Tian Fu, who had just become the eunuch of the Northern Court, waved his hand quickly: "It's all gone."
The musicians, or bands, from the Jiaofang Division hurriedly packed up the diners and left 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 was now serving as the official of Zhongshushe. He spent most of his time in the palace. Not long after, he came to the Xiude Hall, knelt on the ground, kowtowed and said, "Your Majesty, Zhou Yuanlang, kowtows to the Emperor."
The emperor was closing his eyes to rest at the moment. He didn't even open his eyes when he heard this, and said lazily: "Sit down."
Tian Fu quickly moved a chair and placed it behind Zhou Yuanlang. Zhou Yuanlang carefully sat down, lowered his head and said, "I wonder if the emperor has summoned me..."
The emperor opened his eyes and gave Tian Fu a look. Tian Fu quickly delivered the urgent report to Zhou Yuanlang.
Before Zhou Yuanlang finished reading, he heard Emperor Zhaowu say in a dull voice: "That man surnamed Shen has taken over all the prefectures in Xuzhou. I haven't had time to settle the accounts with him, and now he has entered Shandong territory!"
Zhou Yuanlang read the emergency report in his hand, then looked up at the emperor, then lowered his head and said: "Your Majesty, don't be upset, the Huai'an army only occupied two county towns."
Zhao Kai snorted.
"Nearly 100,000 Chen troops have gathered in Yingzhou. The Southern Dynasty clearly wants to fight a national war. Now that things have happened, can they continue to shrink as Old Man Yan said?"
Prime Minister Yan Li can be said to have a high and powerful position in Yandu.
This strict prime minister was quite like Prime Minister Yang of the Southern Dynasty, and his idea was to temporarily avoid the sharp influence of the Southern Dynasty.
What he meant was that as long as they held on for a few years, the Southern troops would be exhausted and they would naturally call a truce.
When the time comes, Da Qi will be able to wait for work and take advantage of the situation to go south. Not only can they recapture the Xuzhou prefectures, but they may also be able to recover some interest.
However, Emperor Zhaowu, who had just ascended the throne, might listen to Yan Li's advice, but Emperor Zhaowu, who had been on the throne for several months now, was no longer willing to endure it.
After Zhou Yuanlang thought for a while, he said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, I think we can't rush the battle in Shandong, but we can't completely hold on and let the enemy show off his power like this."
"Otherwise, send General Tu to lead the imperial army south?"
Emperor Zhaowu's expression changed, he shook his head and said: "Both Tu Yuan and General Zhou cannot move, they must stay in Yandu."
These two people are not in the Forbidden Army, and he, the emperor, cannot sleep well at the moment.
"still…"
The new emperor closed his eyes and said slowly: "Choose generals from the original Forbidden Army."