On the twenty-first day of the first lunar month, Shen Yi left Jiankang.
This time, he did not take Ye Chan with him, but took Xue Wei with him.
However, Princess Xianyou did not set off with them. After all, Xue Wei's current house is actually in Jiankang.
Since they had no family members, both of them marched all year round, and riding horses was already very easy for them. After setting off from Jiankang, a group of forty or fifty people headed north along the official road towards Xuzhou.
The reason why he wants to go to Xuzhou instead of Jinan is because Xuzhou is closer to Henan. For now, Shen Yi's initial plan this year is to capture part of the state capital of Henan.
On the fourth day, everyone rested in Suzhou.
Because we were on our way, there was no need to make a big show of it. In addition, the prefectures and counties north of the Huaihe River such as Suzhou had just been recovered not long ago, and the local officials may not have been recruited yet, so there was no need to disturb these local officials.
After entering the city, because there was no inn that could accommodate fifty people, they divided into two groups and found two inns not far apart to stay.
After traveling for a day, everyone went back to their rooms to rest after eating.
Mr. Shen was in his room, lighting candles and processing some urgent documents.
Around Xu shi, after Mr. Shen's paperwork had been processed, Xue Wei's voice came from the door: "Mr. Shen, are you looking for me?"
Shen Yi nodded, yawned and said, "Come in."
Xue Wei opened the door and walked in. He cupped his fists and saluted Shen Yi, lowered his head and said, "What do you want Mr. Shen to do?"
"It's nothing big. I mainly want to tell you about the attack on Henan Prefecture."
Shen Yi looked at him and said calmly: "I promised General Pei that after the new year, I will send a main force to help him fight Henan. This will make his fight smoother, and secondly, he will be able to defeat everyone. People’s attention is drawn to Henan.”
When Xue Wei heard this, he frowned: "Mr. Shen, don't you want the vanguard army to attack Henan?"
Shen Yi smiled: "Is there anything you can't do?"
General Xue smiled bitterly and said: "Mr. Shen, our vanguard army, but the vanguard army of the Huai'an Army, is to lead the battle for the Huai'an Army, and now it suddenly goes to help the West Route Army attack Henan..."
Mr. Shen smiled and said: "It is precisely because you are the vanguard army that I want to use you."
"You may not know yet, but all the information of the three of you has probably been placed on the desk of Qi Ren's senior management, and has been turned over and over by those people and read countless times."
"They also know that the Huai'an Army is divided into three, one of which is called the Pioneer Army, and you, Xue Wei, are in charge of it."
When Xue Wei heard this, he immediately understood the key. He said thoughtfully: "What Duke Shen means is that if our vanguard army goes to attack Henan, the people of Qi will think that our entire Huai'an army will go to attack Henan later." ."
"That's roughly what it means."
Mr. Shen said softly: "Besides, going to fight in Henan will not delay our Huai'an Army's own operations. You..."
"Taye Luzi is from a good background. After arriving in Henan, you can learn more from General Pei. Maybe you can learn some skills."
Xue Wei smiled and said: "General Pei has been in Henan for the whole last year and has made no achievements. Mr. Shen, on the other hand, swept Shandong in one fell swoop. If I want to learn something, I should learn it from Mr. Shen."
"Stop talking so much."
Shen Yi became serious and asked, "Are you going or not?"
Seeing Shen Yi's serious face, Xue Wei didn't dare to joke anymore. He quickly lowered his head and clasped his fists and said, "Mr. Shen ordered me to leave naturally."
"The general will write to Wan Zhong tomorrow and ask him to start dispatching troops to Henan."
Shen Yi nodded slightly, sat back in his seat, and said, "Also, what are you going to do about the matter between you and Princess Xianyou?"
Xue Wei scratched his head and said: "My original intention was to buy a house in my hometown in Taizhou, and then marry her in a few months and let her live in Taizhou. But now the war is busy, and in addition Your Majesty has given the last general a house in Jiankang, so he will let her live in Jiankang first."
Shen Yi glanced at him and reminded: "Although the Princess of Northern Qi is nice, don't forget that you still have two concubines and a pair of children in Guangdong."
Xue Wei said quickly: "We have sent people to Guangdong to pick them up and arranged for them to stay in Jiankang temporarily."
Having said this, Xue Wei lowered his head and said: "After all, the last general will not know where he will be assigned until the Northern Expedition is over."
When Shen Yi heard this, he was also a little silent.
Judging from the current situation, these generals under his command will all become important figures in their own right in the future, but at their level, it is easier to place them as commanders in each province.
After all, it was unlikely that the emperor would arrange for them to be assigned to the Fifth Army Camp as leaders of the Forbidden Army.
Mr. Shen rubbed his temples and said, "Please make arrangements for your family first. We will discuss future matters later."
Having said this, he looked at Xue Wei and said calmly: "If the Northern Expedition goes smoothly in the future, the imperial court will definitely need many generals, and the capital may not be in Jiankang. You may go to the north to do things."
Xue Wei lowered his head, cupped his fists and said, "The general will understand!"
He grinned and said: "The most important thing now is nothing else but fighting the battle in front of us."
Having said this, he looked at the sky, lowered his head and said, "Mr. Shen, it's getting late. We have to go on a journey tomorrow, so you should rest early."
"My subordinate has resigned."
Lord Shen stood up and walked him to the door, then returned to his desk, picked up his brush, and continued to approve the remaining documents.
At this moment, there are only four or five books left, most of which are daily affairs sent by Su Ding Lingsu, which will not take too much energy to deal with.
When he opened the last document, Mr. Shen yawned and was about to pick up his pen to write when there was another knock on the door.
"Mr. Shen."
It's Xue Wei's voice.
"General, I still have something to report to Mr. Shen."
Mr. Shen put down his brush, stood up and walked to the door of the room. While opening the door, he said lazily: "What else..."
Before he could say a word "thing", he saw a short knife that shone coldly in the moonlight, stabbing straight at him!
Shen Yi didn't even have time to see the man's appearance clearly, so he subconsciously used his arms to block, and then quickly stepped back.
His right arm came into contact with the dagger and was immediately cut with a long gash!
Blood splatters!
Shen Yi screamed in pain, then fell back and hit the table.
Xue Wei wants to kill himself?
This thought flashed through his mind, and then he quickly raised his head and looked at the assassin.
He was dressed in black, and his face was not covered, but his face was half-covered by a scarf, so his appearance could not be seen clearly.
But obviously, it’s not Xue Wei!
Shen Yi took a deep breath, stood up straight, and took two steps back.
"There's an assassin!"
He shouted.
When the man heard these three words, he was obviously a little panicked. He held the short knife and stepped forward again.
Mr. Shen has stabilized his figure now.
After several years of military service, he is no longer the weak scholar.
He picked the right moment, first turned sideways to avoid the man's fierce stab, and then hit him sideways!
At this time, if he were an ordinary person, he would probably be knocked to the ground by Shen Yi, or at least he would be unstable.
But this man's body only swayed slightly, and neither of his feet moved anywhere.
Not only did Shen Yi not bump him, he also failed to stand firm and almost fell to the ground!
He turned around suddenly, looked at Shen Yi fiercely, and swung his knife again.
"Mr. Shen!!"
"Master Hou!!"
A series of urgent calls finally came.
Shen Yi ran away without saying a word.
By the time he ran out the door, the clothes on his right arm were almost soaked with blood and started to drip.
At this time, his accompanying personal guards, Jiang Sheng and others, including Xue Wei who hurried over, had already surrounded him.
Mr. Shen stood among the crowd, took a deep breath, looked at the assassin, his voice was hoarse.