The reason why Shen Yi of the Third Route Army chose Laizhou was naturally because the war here was the smoothest.
In fact, if the Qi people had not suddenly sent 50,000 forbidden troops to Shandong last year and added more than 10,000 forbidden troops in Laizhou, Xue Wei would have probably defeated Laizhou at the end of last year.
Now, it should be in the process of conquering Dengzhou.
After briefly talking to these subordinates about this year's combat ideas, Mr. Shen came to the study room of this house.
Xue Wei also consciously followed in. As soon as he came in, he started to help Shen Yi pour tea.
Mr. Shen pressed his hand and motioned for him to sit down. After lowering his head and taking a sip of tea, he said lightly: "There is a batch of new artillery and new explosive shells in Yanzhou. They are on their way here. There are almost a hundred cannons." ."
"The shells are enough for you to use for a while."
Mr. Shen paused and continued: "I have also transferred thirty gunners from my artillery battalion to you. After they arrive, you must transfer manpower from the vanguard army to the artillery battalion of the vanguard army as soon as possible. Train it out.”
Xue Wei chuckled: "I know that if good things happen, you will never forget me."
Mr. Shen glanced at him and said in a low voice: "There are three route armies, and the number is the same."
General Xue still had a smile on his face: "Among the three route armies, our vanguard has the smallest number. On a per capita basis, we still have the most artillery."
Shen Yi laughed dumbly, did not answer, and knocked on the table, continuing: "This year is a crucial year."
"It was also the year that decided the battlefield in Shandong."
"Whether the Shandong battlefield can be defeated in the end depends on whether you can take down Laizhou and Dengzhou as soon as possible."
Xue Wei nodded, sat next to Shen Yi, and asked: "Mr. Shen, how many people do you think our Huai'an army needs to expand this time?"
"If you say it, you will know it in your mind when you are about to do something."
Mr. Shen looked calm: "My initial idea is to try to expand the number by another 50,000 people this year."
"Fifty thousand surrendered soldiers?"
Xue Wei blinked.
"Mr. Shen, the vanguard army only has more than 20,000 people at full strength. If more than 50,000 surrendered soldiers are incorporated, it is very likely that these surrendered soldiers will not be incorporated into the vanguard army, but the vanguard army will be incorporated into these Qi armies. !”
"I'm not asking you to recruit 50,000 people at once."
Shen Yi said angrily: "Take your time step by step."
"Dona sent down some Han people to keep them fed and clothed, and then allocate land to their families. They could even give them additional fields as rewards based on their military merits."
"It doesn't take a lot."
Mr. Shen stretched out two fingers, made a sign of a cross, and said softly: "As long as these soldiers are surrendered, the family can have ten acres of land, ten acres of land that Chen approves but Northern Qi does not. You Xue will not be needed at that time." What did Wei go to say? When they see the Qi people, they will immediately fight against those Qi people, especially the Zhu Lizhen Qi people."
"You can't even hold me back."
Mr. Shen continued: "Let's start fighting during this period."
"Send the first batch of prisoners back to Jiaozhou, and I will train them myself."
Xue Wei bowed his head deeply.
"Yes, the general will start marshalling his troops and horses tomorrow and prepare to march north to attack Qi."
Mr. Shen yawned.
"Just go and remember."
"Although we urgently need to break through from Laizhou this time, we still cannot rush for quick success, otherwise problems are likely to occur."
Xue Wei lowered his head and stepped back.
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In the next two days, Xue Wei began to organize the men and horses of the vanguard army, preparing to go north again to fight with the Qi people.
Shen Yi stayed in Jiaozhou City and began to handle the military affairs of the Huai'an Army in Jiaozhou City.
Shen is now a humanoid self-propelled military core. In other words, wherever he goes, the core of the Huai'an Army will be there, and the Huai'an Army's central tent will also follow.
Before this, the Huai'an Army had been spreading out with Yanzhou as the center, but now Mr. Shen has moved his position and is already conveying a message to the inside of the Huai'an Army.
The core area of the Huai'an Army began to shift from Yanzhou to Laizhou.
Just when Xue Wei went out to order troops, many locals from Jiaozhou came to the door of the mansion where Mr. Shen lived.
Most of them are country squires from Jiaozhou, and some are big businessmen.
But there is no official in Dudu, no real Zhu Li.
Because both of them were dealt with by General Xue.
The reason why these people come to Shen Yi is very simple.
Even when I heard that a nobleman like General Xue Wei had come to Jiaozhou, he would work hard to curry favor with him. These forces that had been "ruled" by Xue Wei for half a year naturally wanted to pay him a visit to show their respect.
Also coming to the door were a thick gift list and thirteen maids selected by the Jiaozhou gentry for Shen Yi. They were all virgins aged thirteen or fourteen and had been trained since childhood.
However, Shen Yi was too lazy to deal with these people, so he sent them to Ye Chan to deal with.
"Miss Ye."
A middle-aged man in his forties, dressed as a scholar, stood in the front yard, bowed to Ye Chan and said: "Miss Ye, my family has been in Jiaozhou for hundreds of years. I have deep roots here. No matter what you want, Whatever you do in Jiaozhou, my family can help you to some extent."
Seeing that Ye Chan was disapproving, the man coughed, looked around, and whispered: "Miss Ye, my family has some friendship with General Xue. Even for General Xue's sake, I should Let me pay my respects to the adults inside."
When Ye Chan heard this, her eyes turned into crescent moons with laughter.
She laughed softly and said, "This gentleman doesn't know who the adult is inside?"
The scribe was a little embarrassed, lowered his head slightly and said: "If it were in the past, I would have known some news, but after General Xue arrived, it became much more difficult to get in and out of Jiaozhou City..."
Ye Chan still had a smile on her face and said softly: "My master does have some friendship with General Xue. If he is related to General Xue, I can go in and meet him."
The scribe was overjoyed, bowed his head and saluted, saying: "In this case, I will trouble you to tell the girl."
He took out a bank exchange note from his sleeve and said, "This is my humble opinion..."
Ye Chan glanced at it and curled her lips slightly after seeing the number.
who is she?
Southeastern wealthy businessman, business tycoon!
I have seen too much money.
However, after thinking about it, she rolled her eyes, put away the redemption note, turned around and entered the inner courtyard, and saw Shen Yi in the study.
After briefly recounting the situation to Shen Yi, Shen Yi put down his brush and said with a smile: "Chan'er, just send him away for this kind of thing."
Ye Chan said: "Husband, when I looked at that man's expression just now, it seemed that he really didn't know his identity. You might as well take the time to meet him and see what these local forces in Jiaozhou want to do."
Shen Yi thought for a while and nodded in agreement.
A moment later, the middle-aged scribe was brought to Shen Yi. He didn't even dare to look up at Shen Yi, he just bowed his head and saluted: "Jiaozhou Meng Family Meng Zhen, pay your respects to your lord."
Shen Yi's face also looked a little strange, but he soon became normal and said calmly: "Mr. Meng, I'm here to tell you what you need to know."
Meng Zhen bowed his head respectfully: "There is something I would like to ask for your help."
Master Shen smiled hoarsely: "Since the Meng family is on good terms with General Xue, there must be nothing they can do to me."
Meng Zhen shook his head and said: "On the street that day, many people saw that General Xue was respectful to you."
"There are some things that General Xue doesn't want to do. For adults, it may be just a matter of words."
Shen Yi felt that the person in front of him was quite interesting, so he smiled and said: "You are a pleasant person. If you have anything to say, just say it."
Meng Zhen gritted his teeth and said, "Young man, may I ask what your official position is?"
Mr. Shen is calm and gentle.
"I have been appointed as the right deputy censor of the Censorship Platform, and my surname is Fan."
"Ordered to inspect Shandong."
Meng Zhen's eyes lit up when he heard these words.
Supervising General Xue!
Then the power must be greater than General Xue!
He lowered his head and said: "Sir, I, as well as some old friends in the city, have relatives in Yandu. Now they are not allowed to leave the city for half a year. Many people want to go to Yandu to see it."
"My lord, please grant me your permission."
He lowered his head and said: "Etiquette is not a problem..."
Shen Yi was even amused by him.
However, because of his professionalism, he quickly became serious and spoke calmly.
"It's not difficult to let a few people go north. What's difficult is how many people go north."
Looking at Meng Zhen, he smiled kindly.
"Let's do this. Mr. Meng will go back first and contact the city to see how many people are going to Yandu. Find a book and write them down one by one. When the time comes, Mr. Fan will leave a vacancy and let you all go."
When Mr. Shen said this, he couldn't help but grin.
"When the time comes, I will definitely not let you down."