The Qi army that came to attack Leling was certainly large in number, but only part of it was the Northern Qi frontier army.
A large part of the remaining people are the so-called Zhu Lizhen Cavalry of the Northern Qi Dynasty, as well as some local troops.
Although there is no way to indicate the proportion of each of these armies in the intelligence of the inner guard, after the last battle, Shen Yi has basically figured out what level the Qi army's combat strength is.
Nowadays, the war between Hejian Prefecture and Guangping Prefecture is in full swing. Both Ling Su and Su Ding are having a hard time fighting, and a large number of casualties are being suffered every day.
Especially Su Ding's side.
In order not to retreat back to Shandong territory, Su Ding fought very resolutely and no longer blindly engaged in "wandering fights".
You must know that wandering tactics, also known as fighting while retreating, and flexible combat have always been the tactical guiding ideology of the Huai'an Army. But now, Su Ding's left army is fighting head-on with the enemy basically every day. Frontal combat.
According to Su Ding's report, most of the Qi troops in Hejian Prefecture are no longer Northern Qi's Southern Conquest Army. Those fighting the Huai'an Army head-on are basically Northern Qi's frontier troops.
The fighting style of these frontier armies was very different from that of the Southern Conquest Army.
Although the Nanchen Army had a great victory over Nanchen General Yuan Du more than 20 years ago, and had been trying to overwhelm the Nanchen Huaihe Navy Division, this army had not experienced a large-scale battle in more than 20 years.
Facing the new Huai'an Army, after a few years, the Zhengnan Army has already found it difficult to deal with it head-on.
But the Northern Qi's border troops were quite different.
They were almost constantly at war with the Tatars.
Especially in the last ten years!
Starting ten years ago, as Emperor Yongping of the Northern Qi Dynasty slowly aged, his control over the government was declining day by day, border defense was slack, and the Tatar tribe became more and more rampant day by day. In the past ten years, the Northern Qi border army had many conflicts with the Tatar tribe. Have a fight.
This army was the one that Northern Qi had truly seen blood.
They may not be as well equipped as the Yandu Forbidden Army of the Northern Qi Dynasty, but they fight very cleanly, and their attacks are ruthless and heavy.
Furthermore, they were very good at using cavalry, and the harassment of some cavalry made the Huai'an army very distressed.
As soon as they made contact, Su Ding's troops suffered a loss on the frontal battlefield.
On Ling Su's side, since there was still strategic space to retreat, the fight was relatively less strenuous.
But overall, the Huai'an Army is under great pressure now.
Su Ding has written to Shen Yi more than once, reporting on the situation of the war. Although he has not directly asked for help, there are already some hints in this regard.
In the past two days, Shen Yi had also begun preparations to recruit new soldiers in Shandong to be ready to fill the combat army at any time.
But now, this information from the internal guards allowed Shen Yi to see a new way.
Judging from the "composition" of the Qi army north of Leling, it is certain that they are by no means a main battle force. Shen Yi even suspected that these people came to attack Leling not to go south from Leling, but to go south from Leling. The purpose is to use this action to attract the Huai'an army to come over.
In particular, some troops from Su Dingsuo were attracted to weaken the strength of the Left Route Army and break through from the Left Route Army.
Of course, it is also possible that the Qi people wanted to use a "secondary battlefield" like Leling to train this so-called Zhu Lizhen Cavalry.
But no matter what, it is certain that the Qi army north of Leling is a rookie.
According to the intelligence of the internal guards and the performance of these Qi troops in the previous battle of Tianleling, their combat effectiveness was even far inferior to Zhou Shizhong's Southern Conquest Army.
After staring at this information for a while, Shen Yi rubbed his eyebrows, and then said: "Jiang Sheng, go and call Luo Yong first."
"After Luo Yong, let Zhang Lian and Peng come over to see me first."
Nowadays, Shen Yi's position is not behind the Huai'an Army, but on the right side of the entire Huai'an Army, so the difficulty of information transmission has increased a lot. In the past two days, Luo Yong from the Di Reporting Department has come to Shen Yi, responsible for sorting out and conveying the important information. All intelligence messages sent to Shen Yi.
Because Luo Yong lived not far from Shen Yi, he came to Shen Yi's study not long after, bowed slightly to Shen Yi, bowed his head and saluted: "Sizheng."
Shen Yi nodded, pointed to the chair in the room, motioned for him to sit down and talk, and then said: "There is something, please help me go there."
Luo Yong lowered his head: "Sizheng, please give your orders."
Mr. Shen reached out and knocked on the table, and said slowly: "Go to Dengzhou Mansion, find Liu Mingyuan, and tell him."
"The navy's training speed needs to be accelerated."
Mr. Shen said slowly: "As long as you can go to the battlefield, you will report it immediately."
"If you need anything there, just tell me."
Luo Yong nodded first, then hesitated: "Sizheng, there is a lot of news here in Leling. Do you need to report this kind of thing?"
Shen Yi nodded: "I'm not just asking you to send a message."
"You go to the Dengzhou Navy for me to see what the Dengzhou Navy is like now, and then come back and report to me the truth."
Luo Yong was stunned: "Sizheng, you..."
Shen Yi stood up and exhaled: "I am not afraid that Liu Mingyuan will train too slowly, but I am worried that he is impatient. This navy must be trained as soon as possible, but it must also develop combat effectiveness."
"That person..."
Mr. Shen narrowed his eyes and said softly: "He is a bit frivolous and greedy for merit."
"You can stay in Dengzhou for a few more days and see more."
"The most important thing is."
Master Shen warned: "Take a look at the ship's cannon, what it looks like now, and whether it can be used."
Luo Yong nodded quickly: "Yes, I will leave immediately."
"Don't worry about this half day. You can have a good rest today and start again tomorrow."
Mr. Shen looked at Luo Yong, who already had two huge dark circles under his eyes, and sighed: "During this period, the Di newspaper office is busy, and so are you."
"If you collapse from exhaustion, I won't be able to find anyone to take charge of the newspaper department for a while."
Luo Yong lowered his head and said slowly: "Sizheng, don't worry, my subordinate is fine."
"My subordinates will work hard for Si Zheng when it comes to matters concerning Di Bao Si."
"Um."
Shen Yi smiled and said: "In the future, the Di Newspaper Division will be more than just a fourth- and fifth-grade yamen. Brother Luo, you will not just be a clerk of the Di Newspaper Division in the future."
"Brother Luo may have the final say at night in Dachen from now on."
Luo Yong was shocked in his heart and bowed his head deeply to Shen Yi.
"My subordinates are terrified..."
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After Luo Yong left, two generals from the Forbidden Army and the Western Route Army soon arrived in Shen Yi's study. After the two of them clasped their fists and saluted Shen Yi, Mr. Shen looked at the two people and then said slowly: "You two, Le There is only one thousand-household camp left in the mausoleum to prevent the Qi people from taking a detour, and the others will immediately leave the city and go north."
The two people looked at each other and then looked at Shen Yi.
"What does the Marquis mean?"
"Isn't what I said clear?"
Shen Yi frowned slightly: "Go north to fight against thieves."
He looked at the two people and said calmly: "Don't worry, I will go with you."
"My guard camp has been dispatched before you, so what do you have to worry about?"
The two of them quickly lowered their heads: "The Marquis has misunderstood, and the general did not mean this."
"The general will lead his troops immediately and leave the city to go north!"
On that day, more than 10,000 Leling troops left the city and headed north.
Five days later, Shen Yi led troops to bombard Yanshan County, and just two days later, Yanshan County was captured.
Killing more than 2,000 enemies, the Qi army retreated northward in a hurry.
After conquering Yanshan, Mr. Shen stood on the north wall of Yanshan County and looked north at Cangzhou.
He looked back at Zhou Huai and the other three generals behind him, and said with a smile: "You three, the big city further north is Cangzhou."
"If we break through Cangzhou and go further north, we can even see what the Three Guards of Tianjin look like."
"Do you three want to go take a look?"
Zhou Huai lowered his head and said nothing.
Zhang Lian and Peng Xian both lowered their heads and clasped their fists, speaking in unison.
"The last general will wait, follow closely behind the Marquis, and swear to death without regrets!"