It cannot be said that everything is changing rapidly, at least it can be said that it is changing rapidly.
For example, the Ningyang battlefield was originally just a small and inconspicuous battle. Shen Yi came here in person, originally mainly to give the emperor some face and see if he could find any opportunities to take advantage of it.
But now, the situation on the battlefield in Ningyang has suddenly changed drastically in just a few days. Now, the Qi people are ready to invest about 50,000 troops in this small county.
Even if Shen Yi keeps the current strength unchanged, it will still be about 30,000 people.
In other words, this is likely to be a battle involving a large corps of 80,000 people!
This is just the main combatants. If you include the civilians who transported food and other auxiliary personnel, this is a battle of hundreds of thousands of people.
It is worth mentioning that in history, Boss Cao always had an army of 800,000, and this is most likely what he calculated.
After a brief chat with Xue Wei, Shen Yi went into battle himself.
Mr. Shen has always believed that professional things should be done by professional people. Therefore, for many things on the battlefield, he has always only given directions and rarely personally directed operations.
But this time, he was still prepared to go to the battlefield in person. After all, at this time, he needed to make a decision on the spur of the moment, and he was a little worried that something would go wrong with Xue Wei.
In this way, after resting for a night, Shen Yi got up early the next morning, put on his armor, and walked north with his guards and Xue Wei.
After leaving Ningyang County, Shen Yi looked back and saw the Ningyang County imperial flag flying behind him, quite impressive.
Shen Yi rode on the horse, looked deeply at the flag, then looked down at his hands, and murmured: "I never thought before that I was so rich."
After saying this, Mr. Shen took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "Hang the flag with the word "Chen" for me!"
In this era, when a general went out on an expedition, he would usually hang a large flag with his surname embroidered on it, which was called a big banner.
For example, Xue Wei, Ling Su and others all have their own banners, and the vanguard army has a flag with the character Xue.
Hanging up the Shen flag means that Mr. Shen is in the army and is personally leading the army on the expedition.
This big flag is mainly to boost the morale of our own soldiers.
Of course, if Mr. Shen fights hard enough and becomes famous among the generals in the future, this kind of flag can also have a certain deterrent effect on the enemy.
Hearing Shen Yi's instructions, Xue Wei felt a little hesitant, but he still lowered his head subconsciously and said yes.
Soon, the Chinese flag was hoisted high.
Shen Yi waved his hand and said in a deep voice: "Let's go!"
Xue Wei sighed slightly, but still turned around and said loudly: "Let's go!"
Soon, the soldiers of the vanguard army began to slowly march north.
This time, not all of the vanguard army was dispatched. There were about 15,000 people out of the city, which was almost half of the force.
This is the normal state of war.
In fact, it is very rare to send out 10,000 people at once.
The army moved all the way north.
The Shen flag is flying high.
The army had only advanced for less than two hours, that is, just before noon, Shen Yi, who was riding on his horse, received a report from the Di News Department.
A spy from the Diji News Agency rushed over and bowed his head to Shen Yi: "Sizheng, people are rushing towards both sides of our army!"
Shen Yi waved his hand, indicating that he understood.
After waiting for the spies from the Di Reporting Department to leave, Shen Yi looked at Xue Wei quietly and said, "Why is there no news about your scout camp?"
Xue Wei's face turned a little red when he was asked, he lowered his head and clasped his fists and said, "I will ask you, general."
He urged his horse to leave, and after about a stick of incense, he returned to Shen Yi, lowered his head and said: "Mr. Shen, the Qi army is indeed advancing on both sides of me, and seems to be surrounding our army, but they seem to be afraid that we will find out. , whether it’s on the left or the right, it’s more than ten miles away from my main force.”
Mr. Shen squinted his eyes and said softly: "How many people are there?"
"have no idea."
Xue Wei lowered his head and said: "However, there should be more people than the ones we brought out."
Mr. Shen, who was riding on the horse, yawned and asked, "What should we do now?"
"There are two ways."
Xue Wei lowered his head and said: "The first is to retreat south to Ningyang and break away from the encirclement of the Qi people."
Shen Yi smiled and said, "Say the second one."
"Secondly, we are now spreading our troops out and no longer just reporting to the regiment. This will expand the scope of our activities and the Qi people will not be able to surround them."
Mr. Shen was thoughtful, and then said: "Then let's use the second method."
He looked at Xue Wei and whispered: "Remember what I told you, fight and retreat at the same time, but you can't retreat too casually."
Xue Wei lowered his head and said respectfully: "The general will understand!"
He rode away and went down to arrange his troops.
In this way, the more than 10,000 people in the vanguard army were scattered by Xue Wei, and the distance between the farthest left and right reached dozens of miles.
With such a large area, it is unlikely to be surrounded by Qi people.
Moreover, this dispersion is based on the Qianhu Camp as a unit, and a full thousand people are unlikely to be easily defeated. The numerous Qianhu Camps can take care of each other, which is a relatively common troop arrangement during the march.
It is very rare to have tens of thousands of people crammed into one place, because not only is it bulky, but the radiation range of the troops will be much smaller.
By the time Xue Wei finished arranging his troops, it was already getting dark. He did not dare to delay any longer and returned to Shen Yi. He lowered his head slightly and said, "Mr. Shen, the arrangements have been made."
At this time, because it was dark, Shen Yi's Chinese army tent had been set up. Mr. Shen was in the Chinese army tent looking through the documents sent from various parties. After hearing Xue Wei's words, he looked up at Xue Wei and asked : "How many battles did you fight with the Qi people?"
After the troops are dispersed, they will definitely encounter Qi people on both sides, but it will no longer be a main force contact, but a small-scale battle.
Xue Wei lowered his head and replied: "I went back to Shen Gong seven or eight times, but the scale was not large. The biggest one was when one of our thousand-household camps met the Qi people's one-thousand-household camp."
After a pause, he lowered his head and said, "These two Qianhu Camps are still at war."
After hearing this, Shen Yi put down the brush in his hand, rubbed his temples, and was about to speak. Suddenly, there was an unusual sound outside the Chinese army's tent!
"call out!"
This "whoosh" sound was very loud.
After taking a few breaths, a firework suddenly exploded in the night sky. In an instant, it almost covered a distance of one or two hundred feet near the Chinese military tent!
Shen Yi and Xue Wei changed their expressions almost at the same time.
Shen Yi stood up from the chair, while Xue Wei followed Shen Yi and ran out.
At this moment, the fireworks have exploded.
Xue Wei looked around and said angrily: "Who set off the loud arrow fireworks!"
The ringing arrow fireworks are a unique way of communication for the Huai'an Army. They are divided into red and yellow colors according to Shen Yi's requirements.
Yellow means encountering an enemy.
Red means asking for help.
Shen Yi did not speak immediately, but called Jiang Sheng over.
Jiang Sheng was outside the tent just now.
"What color was the thing that exploded just now?"
Jiang Sheng thought for a while, lowered his head slightly and said, "Sir, it seems different from our own Arrow Fireworks. They are neither red nor yellow."
Hearing this, Shen Yi nodded, looked back at Xue Wei, and said with a smile: "It shouldn't be our own Xiangjian fireworks."
Xue Wei was stunned for a moment, then realized it, his face looked a little ugly: "That's Qi Ren's!"
Shen Yi nodded lightly.
"This sound should be for..."
"Tell Qi Ren where I am now."
Shen Yi looked to the north and squinted his eyes: "Qi people should be coming soon after they find out."
When Xue Wei heard this, his expression turned extremely ugly.
Because he has reacted now.
In the military…
There is a traitor!
He immediately knelt on the ground, lowered his head and said: "Mr. Shen, you will be punished by death!"
Shen Yi shook his head slightly: "I don't know yet whether it's from your army or mine."
"There is no need to rush to confess."
Mr. Shen looked north again.
In the darkness, there seemed to be a group of Northern Qi cavalry charging towards him.
Shen Yi closed his eyes and slowly exhaled a breath.
"Get ready to meet the enemy."
I don’t know why, but I fell asleep all of a sudden yesterday and slept for more than ten hours...
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By the way, I feel nothing at all while coding during the day...