An invisible game took place in Ningyuan, a humble county.
One of the two parties in the game is the Northern Qi general Conglong Xinggui Tuyuantu.
On the other side is Mr. Shen Yi, an important minister of the Northern Expedition who has emerged from Dachen in recent years.
Both parties coincidentally set their sights on each other.
At this time, the Qi army from Jinan Prefecture was already on the way to support Tuyuan.
Tuyuan was in Ningyang and originally had 20,000 to 30,000 troops. He had been fighting with Xue Wei for a long time. If reinforcements were in place, his final strength in Ningyang should be more than 40,000.
Of course, the troops are not yet in place, and it will take three or four days at the earliest to gather so many people.
The troops that Shen Yi can now use are the vanguard army led by Xue Wei, about 20,000 people, and a part of the forbidden army "accompanied".
The number of this part of the Forbidden Army is not large, even less than 10,000, only about 7,000 or 8,000.
It was precisely for this reason that Tu Yuan had doubts about whether Emperor Hongde had personally led the expedition.
But that doesn't matter anymore.
Seeing the imperial flag waving in Ningyang County, Tu Yuan was not sure that Emperor Nanchen had arrived, but he was certain that Shen Yi must be in Ningyang.
The psychological game begins.
For two full days after Shen Yi entered Ningyang, the Qi army maintained restraint. After retreating, there were basically no other moves to advance troops, and they were even close to completely withdrawing from Yanzhou Prefecture.
On the third day, the Qi army finally began to take action.
Luo Yong, the chief of the Di News Department, hurriedly found Shen Yi in the army early in the morning. He bowed his head to Shen Yi and said, "Sizheng, the Qi army has begun to move."
"The Qi people who originally retreated are now advancing southward at the fastest speed. In about two hours, the front end will be able to reach the foot of Ningyang County."
Shen Yi lowered his head and looked at the map on his desk, thought quickly, and then said slowly: "Send someone to find Xue Wei."
Luo Yong lowered his head slightly, walked out of Shen Yi's room, walked outside, and gave instructions.
Immediately, someone rushed out to look for Xue Wei.
After the tea time, Xue Wei ran all the way to Mr. Shen's study. He first hugged Luo Yong from a distance, then turned his head, bowed to Shen Yi, clasped his fists, and said: "Mr. Shen."
Mr. Shen said softly: "Luo Yong, tell him again."
Luo Yong nodded and repeated it again.
After Luo Yong finished speaking, Shen Yi said quietly: "The Qi people are coming with great force. We can no longer defend the city."
"We must take the initiative to attack."
When fighting a war, the right time, right place, right people, and the right people are all very important.
If it is a big city like Yanzhou or Xuzhou, it can be defended as a geographical advantage, and it will be a great bonus to the battlefield situation.
But not Ningyang County.
In the past few days, Shen Yi has visited the city wall of Ningyang County more than once. The city wall of this county is extremely low. Even if there are no broken parts, two people can climb over it with the cooperation of two people, without even needing a ladder.
In some dilapidated and low places, war horses might be able to leap in!
This kind of terrain can be used to build simple defenses, but it must not be relied on too much, because when a full-scale war really breaks out, if you rigidly defend the city, not only will it not become an advantage, but it will also Seriously affecting the combat flexibility of the entire army.
Xue Wei never doubted Shen Yi's orders. He even nodded subconsciously, clasped his fists and said, "Yes, the general will gather all his troops and prepare to leave the city to meet the enemy!"
Mr. Shen nodded and said, "Remember, the army will set up a large banner and hoist the imperial flag."
"We must fight this battle well and don't lose Da Chen's face!"
Xue Wei grinned and said, "Don't worry, Mr. Shen, this is not the first time that General Mo has dealt with the Qi people."
"When I was in Huai'an, the general and his brothers were still somewhat afraid of the Qi people. Now that they have been fighting with the Qi people for so long, they no longer take these bastards seriously. !”
"This is the good news for Mr. Shen and the other generals!"
After saying this, Xue Wei turned around and strode away.
Shen Yi looked at Xue Wei's back and suddenly asked: "What do Siwu Luo think of Xue Wei?"
Luo Yong was stunned, lowered his head and replied: "Back to Sizheng, my subordinates feel that General Xue is a rare general."
After a pause, he continued: "In the entire Huai'an army, General Xue is the most polite to his subordinates. He treats his subordinates like a brother."
When Mr. Shen heard this, he smiled dumbly: "Because I taught him that when marching and fighting, the first thing that matters is not food and grass, or even the army itself, but intelligence."
"He probably listened."
Luo Yong whispered: "Although General Xue has been powerful, you, Sizheng, are the most amazing person in the hearts of my subordinates."
What he said was sincere.
Mr. Shen squinted his eyes and said with a smile: "I don't like to listen to flattery. You should go about your business. If there is any news, you don't have to come back in person. Just send someone to send it back."
Luo Yong nodded respectfully.
Shen Yi said softly: "After this battle, the rank of the Di Reporting Department will probably be raised again."
"Originally, I originally intended for Lin Sheng to take over the Di Newspaper Division in the future. Now that Lin Sheng has left the Di Newspaper Division, you need to be more careful in your work. I will be able to mention this matter in front of His Majesty in the future."
Luo Yong's heart moved, he lowered his head and said: "Subordinate..."
"Thank you Si Zheng for your cultivation."
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The sun climbs and reaches the middle of the sky.
General Xue was dressed in iron armor, riding on a tall horse, holding a telescope in his hand, looking north in the distance.
Just as he was looking north, there was a scout from the scout battalion riding a horse. He hurriedly knelt down on the ground, lowered his head and said: "General!"
"The Qi people are less than five miles away from us!"
After a pause, he continued: "Directly in front, there are almost four to five thousand people, including hundreds of cavalry!"
Upon hearing this, General Xue silently put down the telescope in his hand and placed his hand on the saber at his waist.
The saber was slowly unsheathed.
At this time, the sun was shining down, and the long knife in his hand was shining brightly against the sunlight.
General Xue took a deep breath and raised his sword high.
"Bros!"
"The wild dog is here to die!"
He shouted angrily: "Line up to meet the enemy and charge forward with me!"
"Let them see the majesty of my Huai'an army man!"
This army was basically trained by Xue Wei, and even most of the generals in the army were promoted by him. In addition, when Xue Wei fought, as long as he was not seriously injured, he basically Whenever there is a war, you must be at the front.
Therefore, his prestige in the military is extremely high.
Not to mention anything else, among the current vanguard army alone, his prestige is already comparable to that of Shen Yi, or even greater!
As soon as he gave the order, about ten thousand-household battalions from the vanguard army immediately stepped forward to form a vanguard camp, lined up, and charged forward.
The Qi people on the other side were led by Zhuli Zhenren Nada. From this distance, he naturally discovered Xue Wei's troops early.
Nada took out the long sword in his hand and shouted: "The infantry will form a formation to meet the enemy!"
"The cavalry circled to both sides to harass!"
At this time, almost twenty miles away from Ningyang, two armies that could basically be called the main force finally met head-on.
Under the scorching sun, the two armies, like two long swords swinging forward, collided fiercely!
The swords and weapons met, causing a burst of violent sparks!
This Mars is no longer an orange bright spot, but a fiery red.
Or rather, scarlet!
Because these sparks are none other than the blood of soldiers from both sides spilled on the battlefield!
Accompanied by the shouts of "Kill the Hugo" and the shouts of killing the southern thieves, the two sides met with almost no fancy confrontation.
Just as the two armies were clashing, the intelligence personnel of Chen's inner guard also quietly entered Ningyang County, and immediately delivered the information collected by the inner guard to Mr. Shen.
At this moment, Shen Yi was paying attention to the battlefield on the front line.
But after getting the information from the internal guards and looking through it, Mr. Shen immediately frowned slightly.
He put aside the military reports from the front line and read the news sent by the internal guards again.
This message clearly states that Jinan Prefecture has about 20,000 reinforcements coming straight to Ningyang!
Mr. Shen put down this information, touched his chin, and looked to the north thoughtfully.