In Guangping Mansion, in Shen Yi's temporary cabin, General Pei was dressed in winter clothes. He lowered his head and clasped his fists towards Mr. Shen, bowed and saluted: "Master Hou."
Shen Yi stood up, returned the salute with his hands, and said with a smile: "General, you are polite, please sit down and talk."
Pei Jun sat down with a smile. After he sat down, he lowered his head slightly and said: "Master Hou, of the eight prefectures in Henan Province, we have only captured Runing Prefecture, Henan Prefecture, Kaifeng Prefecture and Zhangde, which you have taken down. Mansion."
"Guide Mansion should be restored soon."
He paused and said, "However, the other three prefectures still need time, but Lord Marquis is urging us, and there is no time left. Our troops can only take the lead to go north, and we are currently on the way north."
Shen Yi sighed, shook his head and said: "The decisive battle is imminent. We don't care about Henan behind us. We will leave a small force behind and slowly clear it up."
Having said this, Mr. Shen thought for a while and continued: "Several big cities in Henan and important prefectures have been lost. The remaining three prefectures can mainly be used to persuade them to surrender."
"Two months ago, when the governor and chief minister of Henan arrived, I told them to build the Zhensi Yamen as soon as possible. With the help of the soldiers from the Zhensi Yamen, the cleanup of Henan should be able to continue."
"Even if there is no way to win the remaining three prefectures and one state."
Mr. Shen reached out to pour tea for Pei Jun and said softly: "As long as we suppress them and don't let them go north to disturb our decisive battle, there will be no hindrance to the overall situation."
Pei Jun nodded.
"Master Hou has thought carefully, and there shouldn't be any big problems in Henan."
Shen Yi smiled and said: "I will send people to the remaining three prefectures and one state to persuade them to surrender."
"If anyone is unwilling to surrender, I will write it down in my book."
When he said this, he was smiling.
But Pei Jun felt chills go down his spine when he heard that. He couldn't help but shudder, and he quickly lowered his head and said: "Master Hou, before coming, Pei counted the number of people in the West Route Army, because they have been fighting in Luoyang recently. Urgent, the losses are not small, now the total available strength of the West Route Army is only about 85,000 people."
"Of these people, the general has left five thousand people in Luoyang to cooperate with the newly established Luoyang Magistrate's Office. The rest have all gone north, waiting for the Marquis's dispatch."
Shen Yi nodded, pulled out a map from his drawer, then stood up taking care of Pei Jun.
The two stood in front of a large table. Shen Yi spread out the map and pointed at Hejian Mansion and Zhending Mansion on the map.
"In ten days at the latest, Northern Qi's border troops will arrive at these two locations."
"Furthermore, although the border troops of Northern Qi have not arrived yet, the offensive of the Southern Conquest Army under Zhou Shizhong has become more and more intense in the past few days, with a desperate posture. Someone should have put pressure on the Zhou family and his son. They were forced to fight."
"I even doubt it."
Shen Yi said softly: "General Zhu Lizhen of the Northern Qi Dynasty may have taken over the southern expedition army."
Having said this, Shen Yi drew a line from east to west on the map with his finger.
This line started from the coastal edge of Hejian Prefecture in the east, and crossed Zhending Prefecture in the west to the vicinity of Shanxi.
"If nothing else, this line will be the main battlefield this time."
Shen Yi took a deep breath and said, "The big battle will come soon."
"But the West Route Army will definitely not be able to catch up with the first big battle, so there is no need to rush forward in a hurry. My opinion is."
"The West Route Army will drive to Jinan first."
Shen Yi pointed his finger at Jinan and said: "Stand by the Yellow River and support the north at any time."
"Secondly, if the battle on the front line is particularly unsatisfactory, we can support the Huai'an Army on the front line here so that the Huai'an Army can safely withdraw to the south of the Yellow River."
Pei Jun's eyes also fell on this map.
After watching it for a while, he couldn't help but shake his head and said with emotion: "With this stroke by Lord Marquis, I don't know how many heads are rolling around."
"This courage."
Pei Jun praised: "You can be called the first person in the world."
Shen Yi looked away from the map, looked back at Pei Jun with a half-smile, and said with a smile: "General Pei's words are a bit disrespectful."
"The number one person in the world is naturally my Majesty the Emperor. How can you use it on me?"
Shen Yi didn't know whether Pei Jun's words were intentional or unintentional, or whether they were probing, but Mr. Shen was a civil servant. Even if he was engaged in war in the past few years, he had to read a lot of documents and texts every day. deal with.
He is quite sensitive to words.
Such words cannot trap him.
Pei Jun's expression froze, he lowered his head slightly and said, "Yes, the last general made a mistake."
Shen Yi waved his hand, very generously.
"There are only two of you here. We don't have six ears. I just pretend that I didn't hear it. As an official in the court, I must always be humble in my heart. The general must pay more attention to it in the future."
Pei Jun lowered his head slightly: "Thank you, Lord Marquis, for the tip. I will note it down at the end."
"General Mo will leave the city now and lead the troops to Jinan."
As he spoke, Pei Jun's eyes fell on the huge map in front of him.
On the map, Shen Yi's main force is concentrated in the area of Hejian Prefecture and Zhending Prefecture, as if they have become a giant crab.
The two armies on the left and right of the Huai'an Army are the two claws used by the crab to fight, while Jinan Prefecture and even the entire Shandong Province are the body of this big crab, already in position, waiting for the arrival of the Northern Qi army.
What moved Pei Jun was a little bit.
To Shen Yi, their Western Route Army was not a direct descendant.
According to the conventional approach in the army, for this kind of non-direct army, the general usage is to send them as cannon fodder to consume the enemy's strength, and then the main force waits for the opportunity to move and seize the victory.
But now, Shen Yi not only did not regard the Western Route Army as cannon fodder, he did not even send them to the frontline battlefield, but used them as a reserve force.
This point made Pei Jun feel convinced.
He asked himself that he couldn't do it in a different place.
Of course, there is one thing that Pei Jun has not thought clearly. That is, the reason why Shen Yi does not let the West Route Army go to the front is because there is not enough time. On the other hand, he is also worried about the combat effectiveness of the West Route Army. If faced When the Northern Qi frontier army collapsed at the first touch and suffered a huge defeat, then the morale would drop by 30% to 40% from the beginning of this decisive battle.
The subsequent battle will not be easy to fight.
With two armies on the left and right, Shen Yi felt more at ease.
Pei Jun's mind turned around and he set his eyes on the map again, looking at Shanxi on the edge of the map.
Pei Jun has "worked" with Xue Wei for a long time, so he naturally knows where that Xue Mangzi is now.
In other words, Lord Shen's formation, in addition to this huge crab formation, also has some external moves, such as Xue Wei's troops who are independent from the main battlefield and open up the battlefield independently.
And this small battlefield in Shanxi is likely to have a miraculous effect on the entire war situation.
Thinking of this, Pei Jun couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
He had long heard that among the Huai'an army, Xue Wei was the most popular with Marquis Shen. Now it seemed that the rumors were true.
However, no matter how much Pei Jun thought about it, he could not imagine that Shen Yi had many other small battlefields besides the main battlefield and the Shanxi battlefield.
However, there is no need for Shen Yi to explain these details clearly to him, and there is no need to explain them clearly to him.
Mr. Shen pointed his finger at Xuzhou and continued: "The 60,000 forbidden troops supported by the imperial court have now arrived in Xuzhou. They should also be deployed on the battlefield north of the Yellow River. This time, the leader of the forbidden troops is the Commander-in-Chief of the Fifth Army. Everyone is handsome Wei Xiong."
"General Pei should recognize this person?"
Pei Jun's eyelids twitched, then he lowered his head slightly and sighed: "Of course I recognize him."
"To be honest, Lord Marquis, when I was young, I had several fights with this guy in order to win the beauty back."
He touched his nose and seemed to be recalling his youth.
"Someone almost died at that time."
Shen Yi was startled for a moment, and then he laughed dumbly.
Most of the people in the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion are descendants of generals. These people may have known each other since childhood. It is normal for them to be jealous and fight when they were young.
You know, Zhang Jian and Zhao Zhuo almost fought several times back then.
Shen Yi had little interest in the stories of these generals' children when they were young, and did not have time to learn more about them. He lowered his head and thought about it, and then said: "Most of the soldiers of the Jiankang Forbidden Army have never fought in a war, or even met them. After a bloody battle, the Huai'an army will fight the first round of battle and there will be no time to lead them."
"These forbidden troops will also be placed in Jinan. When the time comes, the general will meet with General Wei, and the two armies will also communicate and teach them."
"What does a real battlefield look like?"
When Pei Jun heard this, he immediately lowered his head, clasped his fists, and grinned.