Inspecting the armies was something Shen Yi had decided on a long time ago. He originally planned to let his generals go out and fight for a while to see the effect, and then after a while, Shen Yi would go to each military camp to inspect.
As for Jinan's affairs, most of them can be left to Zhang Jian to handle.
Early the next morning, Shen Yi left Jinan City with two hundred followers.
Originally, he only took a few dozen people with him when he went out, but because of the last assassination, the standards when he went out were now much higher than before.
This was not even what Shen Yi requested. After His Majesty the Emperor learned of his assassination, he set a rigid standard for him, stipulating that when he went north of the Huaihe River, he must be accompanied by more than 200 personal guards to ensure safety.
This trip was still on horseback, so the speed was much faster. In almost two or three days, Shen Yi and his party arrived at Jiaohe County, which is located slightly south of Hejian Fucheng.
The Qi people here have been driven out, and Su Ding's left army is stationed here.
When Shen Yi and his party were galloping all the way to the gate of the military camp, Su Dingcai, together with Liu Mingyuan and other senior generals of the Left Route Army, hurriedly came out to greet Shen Yi and bowed their heads in salute.
"Mr. Shen!"
Mr. Shen jumped off the horse and looked at everyone who was looking solemn. There was no expression on their faces. He just said lightly: "Go in and talk."
Soon, Mr. Shen sat down in the Chinese army tent. After all the generals met in turn, Shen Yi looked at Su Ding and said, "The medicinal materials and doctors from Jinan are already being sent here. Please tell me... "
He lowered his head, took a sip of hot tea, and said, "What exactly is going on?"
Su Ding lowered his head and looked serious.
"Mr. Shen, the last general was careless."
"I haven't noticed that Hejian Prefecture is different from Shandong."
He lowered his head and said: "This is the capital of Qi. Among the people, the number of Zhuli people is obviously much greater than that of Shandong. Our intelligence has also been seriously damaged here."
"When we were in Shandong, even if we couldn't know exactly where the Qi army was, we could at least figure out where their main force was. But this time, when Zhou Shizhong's main force arrived in Hejian, General Mo and others knew nothing about it beforehand. …”
"In addition, I underestimated the enemy, so I suffered a loss."
Shen Yi narrowed his eyes and said softly: "It means there is something wrong with my intelligence."
Su Ding quickly lowered his head: "General, I didn't mean this, it's just that Qi Ren moved too fast..."
He opened his mouth and said: "The Di Reporter informed the general and others about the time when Zhou Shizhong left Yandu. According to that time, even if Zhou Shizhong led the imperial army, it would take about ten days to reach Hejian..."
"I didn't expect that in only seven days, these forbidden troops had to travel four hundred miles, and they still had fighting strength."
Having said this, he raised his head to look at Shen Yi, then lowered his head, and said in a deep voice: "Mr. Shen, the Imperial Army of Yandu in the Northern Qi Dynasty is much stronger than the army they conquered the South. We have direct contact, and a thousand-household camp will meet each other." Their one-thousand-household camp suffered a huge loss in just one hour."
Shen Yi nodded silently, then closed his eyes, carefully considered the ins and outs of this matter, and then said slowly: "Ling Su also received a letter from over there, and they also encountered resistance from Qi people, making it difficult to advance northward. "
He looked at Su Ding and asked, "Are you sure Zhou Shizhong is in Hejian Mansion now?"
Su Ding shook his head slightly: "I don't know now."
"But what is certain is that during the battle a few days ago, Zhou Shizhong hung a huge Zhou flag in Hejian Mansion."
Shen Yi thought for a while and then asked: "These days, the Hejian Prefecture Qi army did not take the initiative to leave the city and chase them to Jiaohe?"
"No."
Su Ding said: "The scouts rotate at twelve hours a day. There is no Qi army within fifty miles."
Shen Yi looked at the generals present, thought about it carefully, and then said: "Everyone, the Left Route Army does not need to advance north, but it must ensure that it can at least hold back the Northern Qi's 50,000-strong Forbidden Army..."
Liu Mingyuan thought for a while, lowered his head and said: "Mr. Shen, do you mean that Zhou Shizhong's main force may have left Hejian?"
"I have no idea."
Shen narrowed his eyes and said softly: "However, Zhou Shizhong does not have many more available people than us. It is impossible for him to stop my left army in Hejian Mansion first and then stop it in Daming Mansion." My right army."
"If he can stop both sides, then there will probably be no reinforcements from Northern Qi in the Henan battlefield."
Shen Yi's military strength in Zhili, or Gyeonggi, in the Northern Qi Dynasty, was actually not very large.
The left and right armies combined totaled 70,000 to 80,000 people.
Because Shandong, which has been conquered, needs to be stationed in troops. For example, Xuzhou, Yanzhou, Jinan, and Dengzhou and Laizhou all need to keep some troops stationed to prevent problems.
The place with the largest number of troops stationed was actually Laizhou Prefecture.
Because Shen Yi hid all the ships of the Huai'an Army in Jiaozhou Bay in Laizhou Prefecture, he left a total of five thousand-household battalions or more in Laizhou.
Under such circumstances, it would be good to achieve results in Hebei. We could go straight to Huanglong and advance to Yandu City.
But there is nothing wrong with him being unable to fight. As long as he can hold back the fighting strength of about 100,000 Yandu Forbidden Army, then Shen Yi will be able to do it easily in other places.
For example, take the Henan battlefield.
In fact, if Pei Jun is also counted as the military force under Shen Yi, most of Shen Houye's forces are now in Henan Province.
Su Ding thought about it seriously, then thoughtfully, and said: "What Mr. Shen means is that he needs to confirm that there are enough Qi troops in Hejian Mansion..."
"The general understands."
He lowered his head slightly and said: "The general will immediately gather his troops and prepare to feint to attack Hejian!"
"It's not really a feint."
Mr. Shen knocked on the table lightly and said: "If there are still a large number of Yandu Imperial Army in Hejian, then after contacting them, they can withdraw. If Hejian is empty..."
"You can take advantage of the opportunity to dig them out."
General Su was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said: "Mr. Shen used the word "dig" very vividly."
Mr. Shen glanced at him, stood up, and said: "The last time we met, I told you that I wanted you to set up a picket camp in the army. I will come to inspect the camp after a while. Now, I am going to inspect the camp. ."
Su Ding stood up quickly.
"I will be with you in the end."
"No need."
Mr. Shen said: "I am going to harass Hejian Mansion. Just find any one of the thousands of households to follow me."
…
On this day, Shen Yi spent a whole day in the various thousand-household camps of the Left Route Army.
There is no inspection, but a direct conversation with the lowest level pawn.
He was not wearing a military uniform, and besides being young, he spoke kindly to people. Over the course of the day, he asked a lot of truth.
In the afternoon, he went around the wounded barracks again, and it was not until dark that he returned to the Chinese army tent.
At this moment, Su Ding was already waiting in the Chinese army tent. At this time, General Su also felt a little guilty and carefully poured tea for Shen Yi.
"Mr. Shen, I'm going on inspection today..."
"How is the result?"
Shen Yi sat down, took a sip of tea, and shook his head slightly: "It's gone too far."
"Many people in the army changed their minds when they heard about the picket camp. I also heard that some people in the picket camp used their status to do random things."
Having said this, Mr. Shen rubbed his temples and said nothing.
Su Ding was a little frightened: "This general will neglect his duty!"
"It's not entirely your fault."
Shen Yi opened his eyes and felt helpless: "I didn't think carefully."
It is too fanciful for one person to come up with a sound and reasonable military management system with just a few words.
The construction of the Huai'an Army still needs a long process.
But the good news is that the foundation of the Huai'an Army was very sound when it was established. Even now, although there are some bad guys in some parts, the overall situation is still intact.
Thinking of this, Mr. Shen waved his hand.
"You'll probably have to lead the troops on an expedition tomorrow, so there's no need to waste time here. Just go and rest."
"When fighting, you have to be more flexible."
Shen Yi warned: "Find a way to capture Qi Jun's prisoners and ask about the situation in Hejian City."
Su Ding bowed his head respectfully: "I will obey your orders!"
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The next day.
Hejian City.
Zhou Shizhong was sitting in the main hall, looking at the map in trance.
Zhou Yuanlang strode in, holding an urgent report in his hand, and whispered: "Dad, Su Ding's troops at Jiaohe have once again marched towards the river."
"You got news…"
Zhou Yuanlang's voice was hoarse: "Shen Qi, arrived at Su Dingjun."
General Zhou's eyelids twitched when he heard the words "Shen Qi". He was silent for a while, then gritted his teeth and said.