Zhou Yuanlang's handwriting is indeed not very good.
He was born in a general family. Although he liked reading since he was a child, he was born in the Zhou family. It is inevitable to practice martial arts, riding and shooting on weekdays. In addition, there is no famous teacher to teach him. Although he has read a lot of books, his handwriting can only be I can barely see it.
Compared with ordinary people, he is naturally much stronger, but compared with scholars like Shen Yi who were born in Jinshi and have been buried in books since childhood, they are a bit unsatisfactory.
Especially for Mr. Shen these years, it cannot be said that he has been buried in documents, but it is indispensable to review official documents every day. Even when he returned to Jiankang, documents would fly to his desk.
After years of writing, coupled with his previous foundation, Shen Yi's handwriting is now very beautiful. In a few years, he might be able to become a calligrapher.
In comparison, Zhou Yuanlang's calligraphy naturally pales in comparison.
Originally, if someone else said this, Zhou Yuanlang, who was already in a low position, would not necessarily take it to heart. But now, Shen Yi's letter was sent over, and looking at the cool calligraphy on the letter, Zhou Yuanlang was really hurt. .
Tu Yuan on the side was a little unimpressed and said with a smile: "Although Shen Qi has this ability, in the final analysis he is still a sour scholar. When we discuss military and national affairs with him, he comes to worry about these minutiae."
Zhou Yuanlang took a deep breath, shook his head slightly, then reopened Shen Yi's letter. After reading it carefully, he said: "In terms of writing, I am indeed far inferior to him."
"Besides, he said he would discuss it again in the Yellow River."
Imperial Envoy Zhou was silent for a while, and then he said in a deep voice: "It probably represents the will of the Huai'an Army. They want to fight all the way to the Yellow River."
Hearing this, Tu Yuan snorted: "What a beautiful thought."
"If they beat us to the Yellow River, all the generals like us will be sent to the capital for questioning. No one can escape the guilt."
Zhou Yuanlang frowned and sighed softly: "This Shen Qi..."
"I don't know why, but it actually gained momentum within a few years. Now this Huai'an army is considered a strong army from every aspect."
"Even if they can't attack Shandong, if the stalemate continues like this, it will be a huge drag on our Qi court."
Hearing what Zhou Yuanlang said, Tu Yuan couldn't help but complain in his heart.
The Huai'an Army was able to gain momentum, wasn't it because the original Southern Conquest Army was incompetent?!
However, such words must not be said at this time, because Zhou Shizhong, the former general of the Southern Army, was the father of the imperial envoy in front of him.
Thinking of this, General Tu forced a smile.
"Mr. Zhou, the war is naturally a burden to Daqi, but it may not be a burden to the Southerners. They may not last longer than us."
"That's what I said."
Imperial Envoy Zhou sighed helplessly and said, "But I feel that this Shen Qi is different from ordinary people and cannot be judged by common sense."
Tu Yuan nodded first, and then asked: "Sir, what should we do now? Should we attack Yanzhou or not?"
"Do not hit."
Zhou Yuanlang put his hands in his sleeves and said in a deep voice: "The imperial court's 50,000 forbidden troops will arrive in Shandong in more than a month. My opinion is that after the reinforcements of the forbidden troops arrive, we will fully mobilize all the prefectures and counties in Shandong and make one go. Drive these southerners out of Shandong."
"At the worst, we must prevent them from continuing to go north!"
Tu Yuan nodded, lowered his head slightly and said: "Right now, there is no serious problem in the battlefields of Qingzhou Prefecture and Dongchang Prefecture. However, the southern bandit Xue Wei's troops in Laizhou Prefecture are very difficult to deal with. They have already attacked several cities in Qi."
"My hands and feet are tied and I have no time to support Laizhou."
Tu Yuan said: "As Mr. said, when the reinforcements from the imperial court arrive, Laizhou's urgent situation may be solved."
Hearing Tu Yuan's words, Zhou Yuanlang, who was thinking about how to deal with Shen Yi, suddenly woke up. He looked up at Tu Yuan and said with a bitter smile: "General, please don't say such things. Zhou is only going south this time to supervise the army. How to fight and how to fight depends on the general himself."
Tu Yuan smiled warmly: "Sir, what you said is so true."
"When Brother Zhou said something, Tumou tied his head to his belt and followed him to lead the troops north to rescue King Qin. Our two families are now one family, regardless of each other."
"yes."
Zhou Yuanlang also smiled and said, "We are indeed a family."
After a pause, he continued: "Then let's discuss this matter in Shandong?"
General Tu nodded, his tone somewhat helpless.
"That Shen Qijing is like a ghost, and the Huai'an army is getting more difficult every day. I don't know if these 50,000 reinforcements can repel them."
"At least the situation in Shandong must be stabilized."
Zhou Yuanlang said in a deep voice: "If the situation in Shandong continues to deteriorate, your Majesty will be annoyed. It will be impossible to talk about the merits of Conglong."
Having said this, he looked at Tuyuan and couldn't help but said: "General, I heard that many of your people have come to Shandong recently."
"It's very happy to be in Jinan Mansion."
Tu Yuan's expression froze and he quickly said: "Tu must be sure to restrain them."
………………
In the blink of an eye, more than two months have passed.
Time has come in the winter of Hongde's fourteenth year.
At this time, Shen Yi and the officials of Chen State had completely taken control of the occupied areas, namely Xuzhou and Yanzhou.
However, the situation on the Shandong battlefield was no longer as overwhelming as before. Although Yanzhou was impregnable, the three armies sent by Shen Yi were all blocked.
Su Ding of Qingzhou Prefecture occupied half of Qingzhou at its most, but due to the arrival of reinforcements from the Qi people, they were forced back, and now they have retreated to Mengyin and Zhucheng.
Ling Su of Dongchang Prefecture was in a similar situation. He had already reached Dongchang Prefecture, but because of the sudden increase in troops from the Northern Qi Dynasty, he was forced back to Dong'a County in Dongping Prefecture and almost withdrew from Dongchang Prefecture.
The most obvious one is that of Xue Wei.
A month ago, Xue Wei attacked Laizhou Fucheng.
Because Laizhou Prefecture is located in the north, at this time, he had almost conquered the entire Laizhou Prefecture.
Most of the additional troops of the Northern Qi Dynasty were placed in Laizhou, so that Xue Wei was forced to retreat. Now the troops are stationed in Gaomi and Jimo, leaving only half of Laizhou in hand.
The progress of the entire Huai'an Army's Northern Expedition has almost completely stalled.
For this reason, the Turtle sect, which originally had no voice in the Jiankang court, stood up again and wrote letters to the court one after another.
The general meaning is that the Huai'an army has wasted the people and money, and has no more results, so it is better to talk with the Qi people, rest and recuperate, and fight again in the future.
A letter of closure from the front line was delivered to Shen Yi.
Letters from the imperial court were also delivered to Shen Yi.
Among the documents of the imperial court, there are not only letters from the emperor, but also letters of inquiry from the prime minister.
In Shen Yi's study, there were piles of documents. Even with Ye Chan's help, it still gave him a headache.
By now, the weather has turned cold.
As a native of Jiangdu Prefecture in the south, I am still a little uncomfortable spending the winter here in Yanzhou. Ye Chan, a Fujianese, can't stand it even more. The stove has been lit early in the study.
But at this moment, there were more than just the two of them in Shen Yi's study. A young man who was not very tall, but very strong, bowed his head respectfully to Shen Yi, clasped his fists and saluted: "Mr. Shen."
Shen Yi waved his hand, indicating that he didn't need to be polite.
"Sit and talk."
The man sat down politely.
Mr. Shen personally poured him a cup of tea, handed it over, and asked: "How is the situation in Laizhou?"
The man stood up quickly, took the tea with both hands, and said: "Back to Mr. Shen, the Qi people suddenly increased their troops a month ago, and our front was blocked. We could have stopped the Qi people, but General Xue said We can't trade lives for ground, so we started fighting and retreating at the same time."
"As of now, although I have retreated to the Jiaozhou area, but..."
He smiled at Shen Yi and said, "But the occupied areas were filled with the lives of the Qi people. Our casualties are lower than those of the Qi people."
"also…"
He lowered his head and said: "Some local people in Laizhou, for some reason, took the initiative to find us and asked to join the army."
"General Xue doesn't know why, so he hasn't agreed yet."
After hearing the last news, Shen Yi felt a little excited.
His months of off-the-charts tactics finally had some results.
"This is the attachment of people's hearts."
He patted the young general on the shoulder and said with a smile: "General Wan, when you go back, tell Xue Wei that if someone comes to join the army, it's okay to accept them, but not too many. You have to accept them according to the food and salary I gave."
At this moment, Shen Yi was undoubtedly happy.
Because whether it is Dongchang Prefecture, Qingzhou Prefecture, or Laizhou Prefecture.
There have been cases where some people took the initiative to join the army.
the reason is simple.
Because the government of Dachen will allocate land to these people!
After a few months, a lot of land has been allocated.
What's more important is that due to the war, the people were displaced, resulting in a local situation in Yanzhou where there were too many people and too few people, so the government allocated a lot of land.
Everyone can be allocated more than two acres of land.
This caused the people of Shandong, especially the people of Shandong who had been tortured by Zhu Li, to naturally undergo a psychological change.
After all, land is a real and vital interest!
Wan Zhong bowed his head respectfully: "General, I will obey your orders!"
Shen Yi thought for a while and then ordered.
"You tell Xue Wei again and let him continue to fight flexibly, even if he temporarily withdraws from Laizhou."
"Here I am, we don't judge gains and losses based on one city or one place."
