With established examples, things will be much easier to handle later on.
Liang Tong is the kind of person with a delicate mind. His shortcomings in his early years were that he didn't read much and didn't know a few words. Over the years, he worked under Xue Wei and learned a little bit, which made up for this shortcoming a lot.
There was basically no problem for him to take charge of the "naturalization" work in this prisoner camp.
It is worth mentioning that the overall cultural level of this era was very low.
A half-empty person like Xue Weiliangtong can be said to be far ahead in front of most people.
After Liang Tong took care of the prisoner camp, Shen Yi stopped investing much energy in it.
After all, he is the head coach now, and he needs to make decisions on many things in all aspects. Some things must be handled by him.
As time passed day by day, the entire Shandong battlefield, except Yanzhou Prefecture, almost all the other prefectures were ignited by the flames of war.
A month later, at the end of March.
Xue Wei once again came to Ye County, which is the capital of Laizhou Prefecture.
As for the other two armies, the situation is different.
Qingzhou Prefecture occupies a large area and is adjacent to Jinan Prefecture. Su Ding is in Qingzhou Prefecture. Although he steadily occupies most of Qingzhou Prefecture, he has never been able to advance to the vicinity of Qingzhou Prefecture. The two sides have been locked in a stalemate near Anqiu for half a month.
The only surprising thing is Ling Su's side.
Although Ling Su's right-leg army performed poorly in the wave of raids at the beginning of the year, after the beginning of the year, the right-leg army re-entered Dongchang Prefecture, directly penetrated into the Qi people's hinterland, and had already attacked the capital of Dongchang Prefecture.
It is worth mentioning that during this month, Shen Yi's surrender in Laizhou also went very smoothly. In more than a month, the prisoner camp took in more than 3,000 prisoners. After Liang Tong's standard operation, most of them He was willing to join the Chen Army and was integrated into the Pioneer Army.
At this time, the main force of the Qi people in Jinan Prefecture could only divide their troops into Dongchang Prefecture and Qingzhou Prefecture at the same time, and had no time to take into account the Huai'an Army's offensive in Laizhou.
At this time, Xue Wei's attack on Ye County has reached its third round.
Because Ye County failed to capture the city after several attacks, Shen Yi also left his stable rear and personally came to the battlefield in Ye County to supervise the battle.
On this day, the artillery fire outside Yexian City shook the sky.
Dozens of cannons lined up in a row, and dozens of very mature gunners began to bombard the city gate of Laizhou Prefecture in an orderly manner.
As a prefectural city, Laizhou City is naturally not too small, and the city walls are relatively high. Compared with ordinary county towns, Laizhou City is much more difficult to defeat.
After the bombardment, Wan Zhong, who was dressed in iron armor and holding a long knife, led a group of elites and held ladders and rushed towards the Laizhou city wall.
On the Laizhou city wall, the Qi defenders who had been forced back by artillery emerged once again and bravely resisted the Huai'an army who wanted to climb the city tower.
This battle lasted from morning to afternoon, and the vanguard army was forced back from the city wall twice.
And Shen Yi watched the whole process.
Xue Wei was also at a high place, standing obediently behind Shen Yi.
In the afternoon, Mr. Shen and Xue Wei ate some simple military food together, and then climbed back to the high place to watch the battle.
After looking at the battlefield for a while, Mr. Shen looked back at Xue Wei and asked: "How much time will it take to defeat Laizhou City? What other difficulties are there?"
Xue Wei also took a look at the battlefield. After being silent for a while, he smiled bitterly and said: "Mr. Shen, as far as we know, there are at least five thousand elite Qi people guarding Laizhou City."
"There is a high probability that they are the Imperial Guards of Northern Qi."
Xue Wei paused and said in a low voice: "If Mr. Shen allows us to attack by force, within three days, Mr. Shen will finally capture Laizhou City."
The so-called forceful attack, to put it bluntly, means force.
When it comes to fighting hard on the battlefield, there is no other way but to risk your life.
Shen Yi frowned at first, then shook his head slightly: "There is no rush for these few days."
"But the speed can't be too slow."
Shen Yi looked at Xue Wei seriously and said in a deep voice: "I have told you many times before that the purpose of fighting is to kill the enemy's vitality and preserve our own."
"But there are exceptions to this purpose."
"It's about looking at the big picture."
"Now, Su Ding is in Qingzhou, and the fight is not going well, and it is even a bit difficult."
"For us here, it is best to capture Laizhou Prefecture and Dengzhou Prefecture in the east of Shandong Province as soon as possible, then attack from east to west, and finally join forces with Ling Su to encircle Jinan."
"Therefore, we must not be too hasty in attacking Laizhou, but we must not be too hasty. Among them, you, the commander-in-chief, must be careful in your approach."
Xue Wei looked serious, lowered his head and said: "I will finally understand."
Shen Yi looked at the Laizhou battlefield again, and then praised Xue Wei.
"But Xue Da, you have made some progress recently. In the past, you would have charged into this kind of battlefield, but now you can actually endure it."
Xue Wei smiled awkwardly, and then said: "The doctor said that if the general wants to go to the battlefield in the future, he must try his best not to fight with others within two or three years, so that he can fully recover."
"For future wars."
Xue Wei whispered: "If you can't bear it, you must be patient."
When Mr. Shen heard this, he frowned: "Is it so serious?"
Xue Wei's injuries were caused by falling off his horse after being shot with an arrow by Qi Ren last year.
It doesn't matter which arrow he shot, because after Xue Weijia, the arrow could only be regarded as a skin injury at best.
But the fall from the horse was really hard.
Xue Wei was riding a horse at that time. He was in motion and the horse was very tall.
He himself was a strong man weighing nearly 200 pounds. After falling from his horse, he coughed with bloodshot eyes for a long time.
If you suffer internal injuries, you must take good care of yourself. If you don't recover and you get more injuries, your body may be destroyed.
Of course, this injury cannot be completely said to be a bad thing for Xue Wei.
He used to have a fiery personality. Apart from Shen Yi, Ling Su was the only one who spoke. He could listen to a few words. He was just a general rushing into battle, but he was not suitable to be a commander in charge.
Now that he has this injury, he can sharpen his temperament, which will be of great help to his future career as a military commander.
"It's no longer a problem."
Xue Wei hurriedly said: "At the end of the day, I can walk, sit and lie down without any problems. As long as I no longer suffer internal injuries, I will slowly recover."
Shen Yi nodded and was about to speak.
Jiang Sheng ran over at a trot. He first hugged Xue Wei and then bowed his head deeply to Shen Yi: "Sir, General Qin is here."
Shen Yi nodded.
"I know, I'll go see him right away."
Qin Fang, the former Jiankang Forbidden Army, was the commander-in-chief of the five military camps.
That is, he was a subordinate of Pei Jun, the former Commander-in-Chief of the Fifth Army Camp.
Now that Pei Jun was ordered to march to the north and was fighting on the battlefield in Henan, he naturally became Pei Jun's deputy general for the Northern Expedition.
Now that he had come all the way here, Shen Yi naturally had to see him.
After a few brief words with Xue Wei, Mr. Shen, led by Jiang Sheng, came to the military tent in the rear and met General Qin Fangqin who had been waiting for a while.
After Qin Fang saw Shen Yi, he did not dare to neglect him. He stood up directly, cupped his fists and saluted, "I have met Mr. Futai."
Mr. Shen quickly waved his hands and smiled hoarsely: "General Qin shouted like that, which is embarrassing for Shen."
Qin Fang, the commander of Qin Dynasty, is a second-rank military commander, and he is a second-rank military commander in the "capital" imperial army. His status is actually quite high.
He called Shen Yi "Futai" just to save face.
Given his status, there is no need to be so polite and humble.
Qin Fang smiled and did not answer.
After sitting down with Shen Yi, he immediately heard Shen Yi's question: "General Qin, what's going on with the Western Route Army in the Northern Expedition?"
"improvement."
Qin Fang said: "But we only captured some counties and prefectures, not even a single prefecture."
Hearing this, Shen Yi suddenly smiled: "If this is the case, should General Pei be anxious?"
It is also the Northern Expeditionary Army, and the "foundation" of Pei Jun's army may be deeper than that of the Huai'an Army, but until now, the results of the two sides have been disparate.
There is no reason why Pei Jun is not anxious.
When Qin Fang heard this, he sighed: "Futai Mingjian."
"General Pei sent his subordinates here, firstly, to discuss the Northern Expedition plan with Futai, and secondly, to ask Futai for advice on how to capture the Qi people's big city."
Mr. Shen lowered his head and took a sip of tea, and said softly: "If Dacheng is not easy to conquer, you can stop attacking Dacheng for the time being."
He looked up at Qin Fang and continued.
"General Qin, the full-scale war in the six prefectures of Shandong may begin in the next few days."
"You, the West Route Army, must also take action as soon as possible."
"If we do it together, we will be less stressed."
"If the movements are inconsistent, Qi Ren will have room to take advantage of the loopholes."
The Qin side looked serious and lowered his head and said: "Futai, General Pei has told us that the Northern Expedition will focus on Futai. Whatever Futai says, our West Route Army will naturally cooperate with it."
If a civil servant said this, Shen Yi would immediately feel that the other party was shirking responsibility.
But when a martial artist talks about it, it seems a lot more sincere.
Mr. Shen squinted his eyes, took a look at the middle-aged man in front of him, and suddenly smiled.
"Then let's make an agreement."
"No matter what happens to the West Route Army now, in ten days' time, it must launch another offensive in Henan."
"And it's a relatively fierce offensive."
Qin Fang nodded and suddenly asked: "Futai, this Shandong battlefield..."
Mr. Shen looked up at the sky with a long look.
"General Qin is not a member of the Huai'an army. It is not easy to tell the general about more detailed plans..."
"But there is one thing you can confirm with the general."
Mr. Shen said quietly: "The battle for Shandong's ownership should not be long before it starts in full force."
Qin Fang stood up straight away. He, a military general, saluted Shen Yi and gave himself, or the West Route Army's promise.
