This situation was beyond his expectation, because according to the intelligence of the internal guards, the Qi army in Dongping Prefecture should not be as large as the Qi army in Yizhou, estimated to be about 15,000 people.
Although Ling Su did not bring all the soldiers of the right army there, he probably brought 10,000 to 20,000 people to the west to block Dongping Prefecture's reinforcements.
Normally speaking, regardless of the combat strength of both sides, just the number of troops, they will never lose.
Mr. Shen rubbed his temples and asked, "How many Qi people have come to Dongping Prefecture?"
The messenger lowered his head and said: "General Ling said that there may be more than 30,000 people."
Hearing this number, both Shen Yi and Xue Wei were a little surprised. The two looked at each other, and Mr. Shen frowned.
"Thirty thousand?"
"Where did they get so many people?!"
The messenger looked up at Shen Yi with an innocent look on his face.
Obviously, this kind of thing is not something he can know.
Mr. Shen waved his hand and said, "I understand, just go and do your work."
The messenger quickly stood up, bowed his head and saluted Shen Yi, then turned and left.
After he left, Xue Wei said: "Mr. Shen, thirty thousand people are indeed too many. How many people did General Ling bring to stop the enemy?"
Shen Yi exhaled a breath and said slowly: "Less than 20,000."
Xue Wei said in a deep voice: "The last general will lead his people to support General Ling."
He looked at Shen Yi and said: "The vanguard army under the general's command can reach Yanzhou in two or three days if we hurry. The general will bring 10,000 people from Yanzhou to support General Ling. In two or three days, Yanzhou should not be able to reach Yanzhou." What could go wrong?"
Shen Yi looked at Xue Wei, shook his head and said: "This matter can be handled by any general. If you are injured, don't continue to lead the troops. Just take good care of your injuries."
Having said this, Shen Yi waved his hand and summoned an entourage, asking him to call Su Ding over to discuss matters.
After the entourage left, Shen Yi rubbed his temples with some annoyance and said: "After Xuzhou, our intelligence capabilities are much weaker. It stands to reason that there are not that many troops in Dongping Prefecture. Even if we recruit troops on the spot, It’s also too late.”
"There are only two possibilities."
Mr. Shen said with certainty: "Either the troops from the Shandong Dusi Yamen of Jinan Prefecture of the Northern Qi Dynasty were recruited to Dongping Prefecture and supported Yanzhou from Dongping Prefecture."
"or…"
Shen Yi looked at the north and continued: "Perhaps, the reinforcements from the Qi people have arrived, but they are just a vanguard army, and they first filled in the Qi army in Dongping Prefecture to support Yanzhou."
"But whatever the case may be."
Mr. Shen frowned and said, "I didn't even notice such a large troop mobilization in advance..."
After the intelligence system of the Di News Department was damaged, most of the war in Shandong relied on the intelligence of the internal guards, but the intelligence of the internal guards was somewhat biased.
In the past few decades, most of the intelligence resources of the inner guards have been tilted towards Yandu. For example, after Shen Yi shared the intelligence of the inner guards, he can almost clearly know that the new emperor of Northern Qi is going to doing what.
For example, he also knew about the Yandu Imperial Army's march south.
But after these forbidden troops left the territory of Jingzhao Mansion in Northern Qi, Shen Yi basically lost track of them.
So now, Dongping Prefecture's army has almost doubled, but Shen Yi is not aware of it at all.
Soon, Su Ding arrived in front of the two people. He first clasped his fists and called Mr. Shen, then clasped his fists to Xue Wei and said, "General Xue."
Xue Wei returned the salute with clasped fists and said with a smile: "General Su, you're welcome."
Shen Yi didn't talk nonsense. After explaining the situation to Su Ding, he said: "Right now, there is a vacancy of more than 10,000 troops in Lingsu. The vanguard army will not arrive in a few days. Can we send some troops from Yanzhou? Ten thousand people, give it to Ling Su."
Su Ding immediately lowered his head and clasped his fists and said, "Go back to Mr. Shen, no problem."
He said in a deep voice: "Most of the scenes in the Yanzhou battlefield are street fighting. During the day, the number of troops that can be put into the battlefield at the same time is almost ten thousand-household battalions, and sometimes there are only five or six thousand-household battalions."
"The remaining troops will be rotated into the field."
Su Ding continued: "Even if half of the troops are temporarily dispatched, it will not affect the war in Yanzhou in a short period of time."
Shen Yi nodded.
"Then dispatch ten thousand-household battalions from the right army in Yanzhou to support Ling Su."
Su Ding lowered his head and clasped his fists.
"I will obey my orders!"
Looking at Su Ding in front of him, Mr. Shen looked at the Yanzhou battlefield. After being silent for a while, he asked: "How are the battle losses on the Yanzhou battlefield so far?"
Su Ding heard this, hesitated for a moment, lowered his head and said: "So far, the total casualties of our army have been eight or nine thousand."
"Most of them are injuries."
Having said this, Su Ding looked at Shen Yi and continued: "But..."
"The Qi people's casualties are far higher than ours. They have at least about 15,000 casualties."
Mr. Shen was silent for a while and said slowly: "Reinforcements from Northern Qi are expected to arrive in another half month."
"Even some of the reinforcements in Dongping Prefecture may come from Yandu."
"We don't have much time."
He looked at Su Ding and said in a deep voice: "I'll give you another ten days."
Su Ding was startled and asked: "Does Mr. Shen want the last general to capture Yanzhou within ten days?"
Shen Yi shook his head.
"What I mean is that if I let you fight for another ten days, I will fully supply you with crossbows and firearms during these ten days."
"In ten days, I will let go of the obstruction in the north of Yanzhou."
Mr. Shen looked at the Yanzhou battlefield and shook his head helplessly: "When we have a way out, it shouldn't be that difficult to capture Yanzhou."
Without a way out, the entire Qi army in Yanzhou would risk their lives.
But once there is a way to retreat, even if Qi Ren's generals don't want to retreat, those soldiers who face huge casualties every day will force the generals to retreat.
After all, at this time, the vast majority of the army was not very disciplined.
Mutiny in the army is not a rare thing.
What's more important is that at least 80% to 90% of the Qi troops in Yanzhou are Han people, and Shen Yi's Huai'an army is the king's division of the Han Dynasty. Once the generals of the Qi people force these soldiers under him to It is not impossible for these soldiers to surrender to the enemy if they are angry and willing to die.
Su Ding quickly lowered his head.
"General, I understand!"
"Within ten days, the general will do his best to kill and injure the enemy's effective forces."
Shen Yi nodded.
"General Su, just go and do your business. Don't pay attention to us."
Su Ding once again cupped his fists and saluted the two people, then turned around and strode away.
Looking at Su Ding's back, Xue Wei was somewhat envious and said, "General Su, you really have the air of a general."
Shen Yi turned back and glanced at him.
"You should watch more and learn more, and also imitate some of the general's style."
Xue Wei smiled honestly.
"I will try my best to learn..."
………………
In the blink of an eye, four or five days passed.
On the morning of the fifth day, after receiving the report from Ling Su, Shen Yi felt a little angry. He left the Chinese army's tent with his followers Zhu Zhen and others, got on his horse, and ran towards the northwest.
After running a distance of dozens of miles, Shen Yi saw the Huai'an army camp in front of him from a distance. He rushed directly into the army on horseback. Before he could reach the commander's tent, Ling Su and other generals came out to greet him. , clasped his fists and lowered his head to Shen Yi from a distance: "General, please wait, pay your respects to Mr. Shen!"
Mr. Shen turned over and dismounted. He glanced at Ling Su, then said with his hands behind his back: "Let's talk in the tent."
After entering Ling Su's handsome tent, Shen Yi sat down on the main seat politely. He looked up at Ling Su and other generals, frowned and asked: "What is the situation here? I will also give you the troops that need to be supplemented." You have made up for it. Now the number of troops is no worse than that of the enemy. How come it is just that in four or five days, the Qi people were not driven back, but they were forced back twenty miles by the Qi people?"
Ling Su took a deep breath, stepped forward, lowered his head and clasped his fists, saying, "I will be negligent in my duty."
"I'm not here to hold people accountable."
Mr. Shen frowned and said, "I'm here to ask you what the problem is. If there is a problem, I will solve it for you."
Ling Su lowered his head and said: "When I first came into contact with the Qi people, I didn't take them seriously. I underestimated the enemy a little, and I suffered a small loss."
"After getting in touch with them, I discovered that these Qi people are quite fierce in combat."
He looked up at Shen Yi and whispered: "They should be the elite of the Qi army."
Master Shen looked calm.
"General Ling means that this army is the Qi people's forbidden army?"
Ling Su was silent for a while, then lowered his head and said.