Seeing Ling Su crying, Su Ding and Xue Wei on the side were both touched and stepped forward to comfort their old friend.
The four of them stayed together and talked for a while. Shen Yi looked back at the Huai'an army, which had fewer than 10,000 soldiers behind him. Just as he was about to speak, a messenger from the army hurried forward and faced Ling Su. Bow and lower your head.
"General, the Qi people are catching up."
Ling Su had just calmed down. Hearing this, his face darkened and he cursed: "I'm blind! Mr. Shen is here, can't you see him?"
Shen Yi shook his head and said, "It doesn't matter."
From the former Anti-Japanese Army to the later Huai'an Army, almost everyone recognized Shen Yi, and most of the officers were promoted by Shen Yi.
But now, as the Huai'an Army becomes larger and larger, absorbing a large number of generals from the Huaihe Navy and the Forbidden Army, some ordinary soldiers and some grassroots officers no longer recognize Shen Yi.
This is quite normal.
As an army develops and expands, it will be good if the soldiers at the grassroots level can finally know their commanders, small flags, and general flags.
Even hundreds of households may not be able to see it.
The messenger was scolded by Ling Su, and he quickly lowered his head and saluted Shen Yi: "Mr. Shen."
Shen Yi waved his hand and said with a smile: "I said it's okay, just go and do your work."
After the messenger left, Shen Yi looked at Ling Su and said with a smile: "There are more and more people in the Huai'an Army. It's normal for them not to recognize me. There is no need for General Ling to lose his temper. Besides, they don't recognize me. It's not their problem."
"It should be my problem as the coach."
Mr. Shen said softly: "It means I run less."
Seeing that Ling Su wanted to talk, Shen Yi coughed and continued: "Okay, we have Qi people following us. Let's talk about old times after we enter Yanzhou City."
Su Ding stood behind Shen Yi, his eyes moving: "Mr. Shen, the enemies of Yanzhou have fled north. Now we are free. These Qi people who are chasing are so rampant. How about I go back and send troops out of the city to kill him?" Back carbine!"
Master Shen thought for a while, looked at Xue Wei and Ling Su, and asked, "What do you think, two generals?"
Ling Su did not give his own opinion, but said silently: "Mr. Shen, these Qi people are quite elite, so be careful."
Xue Wei said with a smile: "Mr. Shen, I will go back at the end and send the vanguard army out of the city. Firstly, I will have a chance to meet these Qi people and test their quality. Secondly, I will cover General Ling's troops entering the city."
Shen Yi thought for a while and nodded in agreement.
"It's going to happen sooner or later anyway. Let's test the water first. There won't be any problem."
He warned Xue Wei: "A large number of reinforcements from the Qi people will arrive soon. I will allow you to leave the city, but you must not be reluctant to fight. If the situation goes wrong, immediately withdraw to Yanzhou and make further calculations."
Xue Wei smiled heartily, clasped his fists and agreed. Then he turned around, jumped on his mount, and rode back to Yanzhou to mobilize troops.
As for Shen Yi, Ling Su and Su Ding led these remaining soldiers back to Yanzhou.
After entering Yanzhou City, Mr. Shen first arranged to go to Lingsu's headquarters to rest, and asked the military doctors to treat the injuries of his wounded soldiers. At the same time, he counted the casualties and began to work on pensions.
It is worth mentioning that after several years, the Huai'an army now has a relatively sound pension system. As long as someone is killed in action, the money will definitely be distributed to the family members.
In the past, the Huai'an Army sent people to distribute this money, and Shen Yi always insisted on distributing the pension himself.
But when the team gets bigger, we can’t do this.
First of all, it is such a large expense that it is difficult to come up with it easily.
More importantly, this kind of pension is a kind of kindness. Since it is a kind of kindness, it cannot come from the hands of the general.
It must be "grace comes from above".
To put it more bluntly, the money has to be distributed by the imperial court. To be more precise, the imperial court distributes it through the local government where the soldiers are registered.
This policy is understandable. After all, in Shen Yi's current situation, the power of economy, personnel, training, commanding and even dispatching of troops all rests with him alone! If he is still responsible for all kinds of welfare, one day I'm in a bad mood and don't want to work for the Li family anymore. It's just a matter of words.
But even so, Shen Yi still asked for some privileges from the emperor. He was followed by officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs who were responsible for distributing pensions. Zhao Jizhou also sent people to participate in the distribution process.
Skip the local government office.
This kind of behavior is still criticized by local yamen, and has even been impeached by local yamen, saying that Shen Yi acted arbitrarily.
After all, this is cutting off one of their financial avenues.
Shen Yi didn't bother to pay attention to them.
The reason why the Huai'an army has better combat effectiveness than other armies in Dachen is because Mr. Shen did a good job in logistics support, ensuring that even if these brothers died on the battlefield, their families would still have money.
Even though he was left on the battlefield, he still had work arrangements.
Under such conditions, the Huai'an Army can achieve its current combat effectiveness, which is almost fearless of death.
In the next few days, Shen Yi personally participated in the calculation of casualty pensions. By the morning of the third day, basically all the pensions had been calculated and sent to Mr. Shen's desk.
Shen Yi reviewed it personally and then sent a copy to the Ministry of Accounts to ask for money.
In addition to the pension work, both the city gate and the city wall near the south gate of Yanzhou were seriously damaged. In the past few days, Su Ding personally led people to repair the Yanzhou capital city.
On the fourth day after Shen Yi occupied Yanzhou, the inner guards came to report.
A large number of reinforcements from the Qi people arrived at Ningyang, which is located directly north of Yanzhou.
Regarding this news, Mr. Shen just glanced at it and put it aside indifferently.
After stretching, he put on his coat, left the Yanzhou government office where he worked, and then rode his horse all the way to the south city gate.
After waiting at the somewhat dilapidated south gate for about half an hour, there were finally a few horses on the official road, approaching Yanzhou from a distance.
Mr. Shen stepped forward to greet the young man on horseback, bowed his hands and saluted, and said with a smile: "I have been waiting for you for a long time, senior brother, and now he is finally here."
Zhang Jian, who was on horseback, jumped off his mount, returned the gift with his hands, then looked up at Yanzhou, and said with a smile: "Zi Heng is not waiting for me, he is clearly waiting for a hard worker to clean up your mess."
Master Shen pulled his sleeve and said with a smile: "Senior brother, don't talk nonsense. I am waiting for some hard work. I am clearly waiting for the Yanzhou Magistrate to arrive in Yanzhou City."
Although Yanzhou is now occupied by Shen Yi, the city's economy, people's livelihood, administration, etc. are all at a standstill.
A government official like Zhang Jian is needed to restore Yanzhou's economy and people's livelihood.
Zhang Jian was praised by him, shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Brother, I haven't taken care of that Xuzhou mansion yet, and now there is another Yanzhou."
Shen Yi smiled and said: "Senior brother, I have taken care of all the prefectures in Shandong. I am not the chief envoy of Shandong, but the chief envoy of Shandong."
"When Prime Minister Zhang found out in his hometown, he was probably going to laugh from ear to ear."
Zhang Jian glanced at him and said helplessly: "If the old man knew that Shen Ziheng assigned me errands like this, he would definitely fall out with you."
Mr. Shen smiled and said, "I don't think so."
"Old Xiangguo might even treat me to a drink."
The two junior brothers were talking as they walked towards the Yanzhou government office. Along the way, Zhang Jian looked at the situation in Yanzhou city. When he walked into the government office and the two of them sat down, he asked: "The current situation in Shandong how?"
"Senior brother also saw what happened in Yanzhou."
Master Shen poured him a cup of tea and said with a smile: "We have captured the city of Yanzhou. In the entire Yanzhou Prefecture, only Ningyang Wenshang in the north and some counties in Dongping Prefecture are in the hands of the Qi people."
Shen Yi paused and said, "I just received news that Qi reinforcements have arrived in Ningyang. The number of reinforcements should exceed 100,000."
Zhang Jian nodded and asked, "Ziheng is still prepared to defend Yanzhou like Xuzhou?"
"of course not."
Shen Yi took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "The Huai'an army has just finished a big battle and is still resting."
"Wait until the rest is over."
"I must go out and fight with these Qi people."
Thanks to [Ten Years of Cold City and Cold People] for the reward, thank you sir!