In the study room of the mansion, a map hangs high.
General Pei Jun, who was dressed in plain clothes, was looking up at the map. He couldn't take his eyes off it. After looking at it for a while, he said, "Master Hou, this map is really detailed."
He was quite jealous: "It's much more detailed than the march map in The Last General."
Shen Yi waved his hand and said: "General, you and I are not superiors or subordinates. Please don't mention the word "junior general" again."
Pei Jun said with a smile: "The West Route Army has been controlled by the Marquis. Is it possible that the Marquis does not want to recognize me as his subordinate?"
"Two different things, two different things."
Shen Yi shook his head slightly, pointed at the map, and said, "Let's talk about serious things."
"For the entire last year, the general's troops were in Guide Mansion and Kaifeng Mansion."
"In my opinion, these two mansions are a little too far north."
Shen Yi pointed at the map of Henan and talked about it.
There are seven prefectures and one state in Henan Province, namely Guide Prefecture, Zhangde Prefecture, Huaiqing Prefecture, Runing Prefecture, Kaifeng Prefecture, Henan Prefecture, Nanyang Prefecture and Ruzhou.
Last year, Pei Jun's troops mainly attacked Guide Prefecture, but throughout the whole year, there was no progress and only a few county towns were captured.
Shen Yi pointed his finger at Runing Mansion and said, "Runing Mansion is the southernmost mansion in Henan Province. I think the general can attack Runing Mansion first this year."
Shen Yi thought about it carefully and said, "At that time, I will send a main force into Henan to assist the general in attacking the city."
Pei Jun looked at the map thoughtfully and said, "Master Hou, are you planning to attack Henan this year?"
Shen Yi shook his head slightly and said: "It would be better if we could defeat it, but now that Shandong has been captured, it is actually not that far away from the capital of Northern Qi."
The northernmost part of Jinan Prefecture in Shandong Province is actually bordering the "Jingzhao" of the Northern Qi Dynasty.
Although there are still hundreds of miles away from Yandu, there are almost no obstacles.
Therefore, Shen Yi's idea is very simple, fight all the way from Shandong to the north.
If we can attack Yandu in one go and drive out the Qi people, that would be the best. If we can't attack Yandu in a short time, Shen Yi's idea is...
Pushing north to Taiyuan, forming a siege to Yandu.
It's not that Shen Yi is very confident about the Huai'an Army, but because he can only have this way of playing now.
Today's resources do not support him going west to clean up Henan, Shaanxi and other places.
However, if the capital of Yan can be captured and the Qi people can be driven out, the provinces farther west, that is, wherever Da Chen's flag is, can be recovered, and there is no need to spend extra energy now.
Shen Yi pointed at the map and said: "This year, General, you will focus on attacking Henan Province, and I will send troops to cooperate with you."
"Our momentum is huge. The Qi people have already abandoned Shandong. It is impossible to abandon Henan again. We will definitely attract a large number of troops from Northern Qi."
Pei Jun's eyes lit up and he said: "When the time comes, Lord Marquis, you will lead the troops north again and march straight in..."
"That's roughly what it means."
Mr. Shen touched his chin and said: "But first, we must fight the battle in Henan and strive to restore the two ancient capitals of Kaifeng and Luoyang this year."
Having said this, Shen Yi looked at Pei Jun and said with a smile: "At that time, the imperial court already had a good reputation. If your Majesty is happy, he will probably go to Mount Tai to be enshrined in Zen, and you, the general, are destined to go down in history."
Pei Jun shook his head quickly and said with a wry smile: "Master Marquis, we have agreed that everything will be under the command of the Marquis. If we want to be remembered in history, it is also the name of the Marquis that will be remembered in history."
"Why are you so polite, General?"
Mr. Shen smiled hoarsely and said: "After I was lucky enough to capture Shandong last year, when future generations write history, there will always be a biography of me."
Yes, Mr. Shen has already gone down in history.
If he kicks his legs now, not only will he be conferred as a god among the people, but when history books write about the Hong De Dynasty in the future, there will definitely be no way around him sinking someone.
A smile appeared on Pei Jun's face: "Yes, Mr. Hou has already gone down in history."
"After this battle is won, the general's contribution will not be less than mine."
Shen Yi reached out and took off the map of Henan, rolled it up, handed it to Pei Jun, and said with a smile: "After the general returns to the army, he can start to mobilize his troops. Now that Shandong has been restored, and the imperial court has equalized land and exempted from taxes. The news should have spread to Henan long ago, and the people in the Central Plains will not remain indifferent."
"It will definitely be much easier to attack Henan this year than last year."
Pei Jun reached out and took the picture, his expression looked a little unbelievable: "Master Hou, did you give me this picture?"
Maps are very valuable in this era, especially such high-precision maps. Each map must be hand-drawn and difficult to print.
That's why Pei Jun felt a little jealous before.
Mr. Shen smiled and said: "Of course it's for the general. Henan still needs the general to fight."
Pei Jun bowed his head and thanked him, and then said: "After the Lantern Festival, the general will leave immediately to return to the army..."
Having said this, he paused and said: "Master Marquis, at the end of the past two days, General Ling and the others were invited to have a meal. According to what the three generals said, you have a reporting department under your command to deliver news in the army. , very useful…”
Pei Jun looked at Shen Yi eagerly: "I wonder if I can use it for the general..."
"besides…"
He looked sincerely: "Also, the general wants to get some of the Huai'an Army's new artillery. This should make fighting a lot easier."
Mr. Shen looked strange: "Is this what the three of them told you?"
"That's not true."
Pei Jun said with a smile: "Didn't the general study in the Huai'an army for a few days and see those new cannons?"
At this point, he sighed: "The three generals are probably afraid that I will steal their artillery. They asked several questions yesterday, but everyone avoided answering."
Mr. Shen shook his head slightly and said: "The affairs of the Di Reporting Department are easy to handle. If we allocate a few people, it will not be difficult to deliver the news to the general."
"But the artillery..."
Mr. Shen shook his head: "I guess we have to wait a little longer."
Pei Jun rolled his eyes and said, "Let's not talk about the artillery for now, Lord Marquis..."
"The general is thinking, from now on, all documents sent by the imperial court to the West Route Army will be sent to the Marquis for processing. What does the Marquis think?"
He cleared his throat and said: "The documents reported to the imperial court by the Western Route Army also pass through the Marquis's place first and then are sent to the imperial court."
At this moment, General Pei looked at Shen Yi with sincere eyes.
Mr. Shen was silent for a while, shook his head and said: "This is against the rules. The Yushitai will intervene between you and me."
Pei Jun smiled and said: "Who dares to join the Marquis nowadays?"
"If you don't care about me, I want to care about you."
Shen Yi still shook his head. After thinking for a while, he said: "Well, if the imperial court really embarrasses the general, the general will send the document to me immediately, and I will forward it to the imperial court on behalf of the general."
He held out three fingers: "Up to three servings a month."
Pei Jun was overjoyed and stood up to bow to Mr. Shen.
"Thank you, Lord Marquis, thank you Lord Marquis!"
After that, he happily said goodbye and left.
Shen Yi walked him all the way to the door of his house, and then watched him go away, slightly in a trance.
While Mr. Shen was deep in thought, Jiang Sheng held a thick envelope in his hand and handed it to Shen Yi: "Sir, this is a document sent to you by the inner guard."
Shen Yi took it with one hand.
"Is there any news about where it is from?"
Jiang Sheng thought for a while and replied: "It seems to be from Yandu."
Shen Yi nodded, opened the envelope, and walked back to his study. When he returned to the study, more than a dozen pieces of information written in small regular letters in the envelope appeared in front of him.
It describes in great detail some of the major events that have happened in Yandu in recent times.
Shen Yi flipped through it quickly, trying to retrieve some key information.
After reading it again, several important pieces of information appeared in his mind.
The first thing he did was to Yanli, the Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty, send a letter begging for his bones, that is, requesting his retirement. Emperor Zhaowu agreed, but he would not let him go back to his hometown, and asked him to stay in Yandu in case the emperor summoned him.
The second thing is that Emperor Zhaowu posted a notice to recruit soldiers from all Zhuli Zhenren's households in Jingzhao, Northern Qi Dynasty. For each Zhuli Zhenren's household with a total number of five people or more and three males, one person would be sent to join the army.
If there are many brothers in the family, they will be added in order.
Each family can have at most four people serving in the army.
The intention is to train an army composed entirely of Zhu Li Zhenren.
This news only made Shen Yi interesting, but he didn't take it seriously.
And the third important news is...
After Tu Yuan returned to Yandu, he was dismissed from his post by the angry emperor and investigated, and is now in prison.
Because of this incident, Zhou Yuanlang was demoted from his post and became a commoner, but at least he was not jailed.
Seeing this news, Shen Yi couldn't help but look up and out the window.
Two familiar opponents seem to be unable to play anymore.
This made him frown secretly.
Two familiar mediocre players have left. Who knows what kind of temperament their successors will have and whether they will be strong or not?
Thinking of this, Shen Yi put down the paperwork in his hand, looked up and murmured out the window.
"Build an army that is all composed of Zhenren Zhuli..."
A smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
"How many years have it been? Can you handle a knife?"
"Your father doesn't even dare to do it..."
Obviously, Shen Yi disapproved of Emperor Zhaowu's approach.
After muttering something, Mr. Shen picked up his writing brush and wrote two beautiful words on a piece of white paper.
"Zhaowu."
He put away his brush, looked at these two words, and said to himself.