The current situation between the two countries is like two wild beasts fighting in the wild.
On the Northern Qi side, it was the bigger one, but this bigger beast was now covered in bruises due to previous carelessness and underestimation of the enemy.
However, despite the injuries and head-on collision, Northern Qi was still the relatively dominant side and could drive Nan Chen's army north of the Huaihe River.
The battle between the two sides once reached the stage of overmatch.
But now, because of the loss of Taiyuan, the behemoth of Northern Qi has suffered a new injury.
And if the Qi people are unable to recapture Taiyuan in a short period of time, this new wound will not only not heal, but will also become larger and larger, eventually becoming a fatal wound on the body of Northern Qi.
With this wound that is enough to make Bei Qi bleed, Shen Yi does not need to use any force to continue wrestling with Bei Qi.
However, Bei Qi wanted to turn around and leave to treat the wounds on his body, so Shen Yi naturally couldn't let them run away like that.
Under Shen Yi's instructions, the Right Route Army pursued them directly from Guangping Prefecture along the direction of Northern Qi's retreat, all the way to Zhending Prefecture.
The vanguard force of the Right Route Army, which consisted of almost 10,000 people, camped near Zhending Mansion that night.
Shen Yi and Ling Su were both in the army. After the camp was set up, Ling Su came to Shen Yi's Chinese army tent to discuss matters. He first bowed his head and saluted, and then reported the specific situation to Shen Yi.
"Mr. Shen, the Qi people retreated very simply."
He sat under Shen Yi, shook his head slightly and said: "In pursuit along the way, except for a few Qi army scouts who captured, not even a scattered Qi army was seen. They should have retreated. In Dingfu City."
"It's really neat and tidy, and it's not as fierce as it was a while ago."
Shen Yi put aside the documents he was dealing with, looked up at Ling Su, and said with a smile: "This is not surprising. For the border troops, they may not fight fiercely, but they must retreat quickly. After all, In the north, if you can't outrun the Tatars, your life will be dead."
Ling Su thought for a while and looked at Shen Yi: "Mr. Shen, what do you think we should do next?"
"Just entangle their main force and make them live in peace."
Mr. Shen narrowed his eyes and said softly: "I received news that Northern Qi Yandu has an army and is heading to Taiyuan. The number is not very large. It is impossible to capture Taiyuan. I guess I have not thought about conquering Taiyuan. But I want to see Xue Wei who lives in Taiyuan."
"At this time, Northern Qi's vitality has been seriously injured. The more and faster the army moves, the more serious their injuries will be."
"Wait until you can't hold it any longer."
Shen Yi said leisurely: "A huge dynasty may completely collapse and disappear without a trace within a few months."
Ling Su stood up, stretched out his hand to pour a cup of tea for Shen Yi, and said with emotion: "When I was training in Huai'an, I never thought that this day would happen. Even if I followed Mr. Shen across the Huaihe River, I would never I never thought that our Huai'an Army would one day be able to control the entire Northern Qi Dynasty in the palm of our hands."
"Mr. Shen, you are truly like a god."
Mr. Shen glanced at him, smiled and cursed: "Who did you learn this from? Why did you learn how to flatter others?"
Ling Su said seriously: "General, these are my sincere words."
Shen Yi shook his head slightly and said: "Outsiders may think that our Huai'an Army has been fighting smoothly all the way, and they may think that I, Shen Qi, am some great person, but General Ling, you are the chief general of the Huai'an Army. You know better than anyone else that Cong Hong In the past twelve years, the Huai'an Army has experienced many difficulties along the way."
"Let's not talk about the far distance. Half a month ago, I thought about withdrawing my troops more than once."
“To be able to get to where we are today is all because of hard work and trial and error.”
Mr. Shen stood up, pointed to his face, shook his head slightly and said: "Look at me, in the eighth and ninth year of Hongde, when we were suppressing Japanese in the southeast, I still looked like a white-faced scholar. What am I now?" appearance?"
"When I returned to Jiankang the year before last, my eldest son almost didn't dare to recognize me."
Back then, Shen Hanlin was indeed a personable scholar. Now it is Hong De's 16th year. After seven or eight years, his face has almost turned into a wheat color.
In another world, this skin color would naturally be very "healthy".
But in this era, he is already somewhat out of tune with those civil servants.
Ling Su lowered his head slightly and said, "Mr. Shen, you have worked hard over the past few years and you have worked really hard."
"According to the general's opinion, the Northern Expedition will only last two or three years at most. After two or three years, Mr. Shen, you can have a good rest."
Shen Yi looked at him and asked with a smile: "Two or three years?"
Ling Su was startled: "Do you think it's too long, or too short?"
Shen Yi did not answer directly, but dug out a thick stack of twenty or thirty letters from his drawer.
"General Ling, guess what these are?"
Ling Su shook his head slightly: "The last general is stupid."
"A letter of surrender."
Shen Yi smiled and said: "They are all letters of surrender."
Ling Su was stunned for a while before he came back to his senses and couldn't help but sigh: "It seems that the general has thought too little. While the general is still thinking about how to attack the city, the officials in the north have already I have begun to secretly give you the letter of surrender here, Mr. Shen."
Shen Yi put these letters of surrender into his drawer and chuckled: "These were just sent to me. Nowadays, most of the officials in the north don't have the ability to send letters to me." ."
"There are more people waiting for a big defeat for Northern Qi."
Having said this, Shen Yi was silent for a while, recovered his thoughts, and asked with a smile: "How are my two eldest nephews doing in the army recently? Are they not injured?"
"There are definitely some injuries, but nothing serious. The two of them are now serving as commander-in-chief of the Right Army."
After saying this, Ling Su quickly bowed slightly and explained.
"Mr. Shen, you know that the general's family is a military household and he has been practicing martial arts since he was a child. The general followed you, Mr. Shen, and his official position was fortunately promoted, so he hired famous teachers for them. Although they are incompetent, they are more or less useful now. I have some skills."
"After entering the army, the general did not treat them specially. Both of them had equal numbers of heads and each made a small contribution."
"The raising of the general flag was reported by the Qianhu below. The Qianhu below do not know the identities of the two of them."
"The general has personally checked the combat exploits of the two of them, and there are no problems."
Mr. Shen stared at Ling Su, and then he laughed dumbly: "General Ling, why are you so outspoken? We have been friends for so many years. Could it be that I would embarrass you on such a trivial matter?"
"This is no small matter."
Ling Su quickly lowered his head and said: "Mr. Shen, you said that the most important thing in running an army in Huai'an is fairness. Since the two of them want to join the army, they must earn it themselves."
"Otherwise, the roots of the Huai'an Army will be rotten."
Ling Su said with a serious face: "The Huai'an Army was founded by you, Mr. Shen, and the last general can barely be regarded as one of the founders."
"Last general, against the Huai'an army..."
He said solemnly: "It is also very important to me. At the very least, I cannot let it be ruined in my own hands."
When Shen Yi heard this, he felt a little emotional.
He stood up, looked at Ling Su, and said slowly: "The front line is dangerous after all, why don't you choose someone to come to my side and run errands for me?"
"After all, one of them will inherit your title and family business in the future."
Ling Su and others have not been knighted yet.
But it is foreseeable that in the future, he will definitely be awarded a title, and his wife will be granted the title of shadow child.
Even if you can't be granted the title of Shihou, you may still be able to create the title of Liuhou or the title of Shibo.
Being with Shen Yi means that you can safely mix seniority.
Ling Su thought for a while and whispered: "General, I will find them later and ask them what they think."
Shen Yi nodded with a smile.
Then, he took out the map, spread it on the table, pointed at the Zhending Mansion on the map, and said in a deep voice: "Tomorrow, let's move closer to the north. Even if we don't attack the Zhending Mansion, at least we can watch the Zhending Mansion. The enemy troops cannot be allowed to go to Shanxi."
At this point, Mr. Shen paused and continued: "If the Qi people are angry and turn around to fight us, then we should adapt to the situation and let the frontline generals take the command themselves."
Ling Su nodded first, and then asked: "Mr. Shen, how long will it continue until the front line is in such a stalemate?"
Mr. Shen pointed at the location of Shanxi.
"Waiting for Xue Wei, he can move freely in Shanxi."
He put his finger again on Dengzhou Prefecture in Shandong.
"Wait until that old subordinate of yours trains and comes out."
Mr. Shen said softly: "The pieces I leave behind can be used to close the net in a formation."