Shen Yi was very surprised by the movements of the Qi army.
Because, according to the original movements of the Qi people, they were preparing to deploy troops to Ningyang on a large scale.
Today, the war in Ningyang has not yet completely started.
But the day after Shen Yi was attacked, according to the intelligence from the Di Reporting Department and the Internal Guard, it seemed that the Qi people...
He had already started to retreat.
In Shen Yi's Chinese army tent, Xue Wei, who had recovered, sat next to Shen Yi, and the two of them looked at the map hanging high together.
Shen Yi pointed at the map with a branch, and then said: "Two days ago, there were definitely more than 30,000 Qi people within a hundred miles north of Ningyang, and there were more reinforcements. They were heading towards Come with Ningyang."
"But now."
The wooden stick in Shen Yi's hand moved towards the top of the map, and he said in a deep voice: "Now, they are all on the way to retreat north."
When Xue Wei heard this, he also frowned. He looked at the map and murmured: "The battle in Ningyang hasn't started yet..."
What Xue Wei said is right.
Although the two sides have had several contacts so far, and even Shen Yi himself has been attacked by Qi people, in fact, including the attack on Shen Yi, the total number of troops seriously engaged in the battle by both sides is 10,000. about.
In fact, at this time, the combined forces of both sides near Ningyang amounted to a large-scale gathering of nearly 100,000 troops.
Such a large-scale gathering of troops, but only a military collision of tens of thousands of people, basically meant that the Qi people had already fled before the fight started.
Shen Yi also felt a little weird in his heart.
Because the attitude of these Qi people has changed so much, it is almost a two-level reversal.
You know, just two years ago, or even a year and a half ago, that is, before the Qi people lost Xuzhou, they never paid much attention to the Huai'an Army.
But now, not only did they see the Huai'an Army in their eyes, they even felt a little afraid of them.
Otherwise, we wouldn't have just taken over and started to retreat quickly.
Mr. Shen thought about it for a moment and shook his head slightly: "No matter what the reason why Qi people did this, they are timid before fighting and have lost all their energy."
At this time, although Mr. Shen knew a lot about the situation in Yandu, he really didn't know much about the turbulent undercurrents in Yandu and the increasing shortage of Northern Qi's national power.
If he knew that it was the Han prime minister named Yan in the Northern Qi Dynasty who single-handedly transformed Tu Yuan, a hawkish general, into the current turtle faction, he would probably doubt in his heart whether Prime Minister Yan was an undercover agent of the internal guards.
But that's what fighting in court is like.
Sometimes, personal interests trump national interests.
This is not because these officials do not have a sense of the overall situation, but because there cannot be gentlemen in official circles.
As the saying goes, a gentleman can deceive others.
Especially when the country is in decline, the more you do, the more mistakes you make. The more a person contributes and the more he or she focuses on the overall situation, the easier it is for others to take advantage of him.
Obviously, Tu Yuan does not have the courage to go there even if there are tens of thousands of people.
Therefore, at this time, he smoothly transformed into a conservative, wanting to follow Yan Li's words and focus on procrastination.
After several years of delay, Nanchen's offensive naturally collapsed.
And because he has the merits of Conglong in the new dynasty, he will definitely be whitewashed as a great hero who protects his family and country. There is really no need to lead people on the battlefield to confront Shen Yi head-on.
Especially after experiencing the combat effectiveness of the Huai'an Army.
Shen Yi, who was still studying the map in the military tent, naturally couldn't understand the thoughts of these Qi people for a while, but he quickly adjusted his strategy, pointed to the Yucheng Dam on the map, and said: "About two days. , Su Ding’s troops will be able to arrive here.”
He looked at Xue Wei and said: "You lead the people, try to catch them all, don't let them go too fast."
Xue Wei nodded first, then looked at the map and sighed slightly: "Mr. Shen, if they start to use all their strength and withdraw to Jinan Mansion now, it will be difficult to keep them all. General Su, I'm afraid it is impossible to stop them all."
"One is the one who can stay."
Shen Yi stretched out his hand and knocked on the table, and said in a deep voice: "If we kill one more person here today, in the war tomorrow, we will save one brother from death, or even several brothers from death."
Xue Wei stood up, lowered his head and clasped his fists: "General Mo will lead his men to pursue him now."
Shen Yi glanced at him one last time and ordered: "Pursue, chase, but don't slack off. These Qi people are not stupid, be careful they set up an ambush to ambush us."
Xue Wei grinned and said: "Mr. Shen, you have ambushed the enemy so many times. I will be able to see it well and will not be fooled by these Qi people."
After he clasped his fists, he was about to turn around and leave. Just as he turned his head, he suddenly remembered something. He looked back at Shen Yi, lowered his head and said, "Mr. Shen, there are spies from Qi people around you or in our vanguard army. You have to be careful about this matter, because there is a first time and a second time.”
"The night before yesterday, fortunately it was night, those Qi people were worried that our reinforcements would arrive, so they fought very hastily, and they were lucky enough to win."
"If we encountered a cavalry force of the same size in broad daylight, it would be difficult to escape even if we ran."
Shen Yi smiled dumbly: "In broad daylight, the scout is not blind."
Having said this, the smile on Mr. Shen's face slowly faded and he said: "Since that night, I have sent people to investigate. The results should be available in the next few days."
"It's not easy to retract your tail if it's exposed."
He looked up at Xue Wei with a calm expression: "I will handle these things. Just fight the good fight."
Mr. Shen paused and said, "After you meet Su Ding, communicate with him more. After this battle is over, you can start marching into Jinan Mansion."
Xue Wei nodded respectfully, turned and left.
After Xue Wei left, Mr. Shen sat in his seat and did not move for a long time.
After less than half an hour, the curtain of the big tent was slowly opened. Luo Yong stood in front of Shen Yi, lowered his head and clasped his fists and said, "Sizheng."
Shen Yi did not open his eyes, but said lightly: "Everyone present that night, including the three thousand-household battalions of the Pioneer Army, I did not let them leave."
"In the past few days, the Di's Reporting Department and the Internal Guard have been investigating this matter."
"I'll give you another day or two to investigate this matter as soon as possible and find out the person who deserves to be found out."
Previously, because of the fierce battle between the three thousand vanguard troops and the Qi army throughout the night, Shen Yi ordered them to retreat south to rest and not go to the front line.
The most important reason for doing this is of course to let them rest.
Another part of the reason is to find out who was the person who ventilated Qi people and reported the message that night.
For this matter, he directly transferred Luo Yong back and asked him to follow him.
Luo Yong lowered his head and said in a low voice: "Sizheng, when my subordinate came over, the brother below had already mentioned this matter to him."
"Currently, after roughly filtering them out, there are quite a few suspicious people. We should be able to identify them in two or three days."
Shen Yi sat in his seat, raised his eyelids to look at Luo Yong, and then lowered his eyes again.
"After you find the person, you have to follow the clues. As long as there is such a spy, there must be a series of spies behind it."
Luo Yong said yes, then lowered his head and said: "Sizheng, if we find the person, should we leave it to you to handle, or should we report it to the department?"
Shen Yi thought for a while and replied: "It depends on where you are from."
"If you are from the Di Di News Department, you can handle it yourself and say hello to me."
"If it's from the Huai'an Army."
Shen Yi squinted his eyes and said softly: "Then it's really difficult for you to deal with. Just send it to me directly."
Luo Yong bowed his head respectfully.
"My subordinate understands."
………………
In the blink of an eye, another two or three days passed.
On the evening of the third day, Shen Yi was reading the battle report sent by Yuchengba and replying to Xue Weisuding and the others when Luo Yong called Sizheng outside.
At this time, he came to him. Shen Yi had already anticipated what was going on. He put down his brush, took a deep breath, and spoke slowly.
"Come in."
"yes."
Luo Yong said yes, and then shouted.
Five tightly tied men were strung together in a string and knelt in front of Shen Yi.
Shen Yi looked at these people, and his eyelids twitched suddenly when he saw the last person.
That's a thousand households.
An old man who fought against the Japanese army.
Shen Yi recognized him and was familiar with them all.
Seeing Shen Yi looking at him, his face immediately turned red, his head lowered and he stopped talking.
Shen Yi frowned deeply.
Luo Yong on the side pointed to a soldier, lowered his head and said: "Sizheng, this is the person who reported the message to Qi people that day."
"The subordinates dug up layer by layer, and finally reached Liu Qianhu."
Shen Yi shook his head.
"Why?"
Liu Qianhu lowered his head and said nothing.
Luo Yong sneered: "For money."
"This guy likes to gamble. I have never stopped gambling in the past few years that I have been with Sizheng. The military salary is simply not enough."
"After arriving in Huai'an with the army, he owed a lot of debt, and then the Cleaning Department came to his door and asked him to pay off all the debts for him and give him a large sum of money."
Liu Qianhu, who was in his thirties, knelt on the ground with tears streaming down his face.
"Mr. Shen, I never knew that this person was from Qi..."
Shen Yi ignored him and continued to look at Luo Yong.
Luo Yong continued: "The Purification Department has provided for his expenses for several years, but has never let him do anything. Even the fireworks this time had nothing to do with him."
"By chance, the original upline of the Cleaning Department was not there, so Qi Cai asked him to forward the message once, otherwise he would not be traced at all."
Shen Yi was silent for a long time.
Liu Qianhu knelt on the ground, kowtowed and shed tears: "Mr. Shen, the general deserves to die! The general deserves to die! For the sake of the general's loyalty to you for so many years, please give the general the dignity..."
The so-called dignity refers to the Huai'an Army's internal handling and external declaration of death in battle.
Shen Yi shook his head slightly and looked at him quietly.
"Liu Kai."
Liu Qianhu trembled and said with tears: "The end is here!"
Mr. Shen closed his eyes and uttered two words expressionlessly.