After Luo Yong set off from Dengzhou Prefecture, he did not dare to delay for a moment. He changed horses at various stations along the way and Pegasus arrived at the Right Army Camp of Zhending Prefecture. He met Shen Yi in the Chinese army tent in the Right Army Camp.
The person in charge of the Di newspaper department bowed his head respectfully to Shen Yi.
"Sizheng."
"My subordinates have already learned about it in detail at Dengzhou Prefecture."
Luo Yong's voice was calm, and he gave an overview of the situation of the Dengzhou Navy, and then said: "I can't count the specific number of people one by one. According to General Liu, there are already 20,000 people. Twenty thousand people stay on the ship for at least six hours every day, waiting for Si Zheng's call at any time."
"As long as you give the order, Si Zheng, the Dengzhou Navy can be dispatched immediately."
Mr. Shen looked at Luo Yong, and then a smile appeared on his face: "In your opinion, what is the current combat effectiveness of the Dengzhou Navy?"
"My subordinates haven't had much contact with the Navy, nor have they seen the Dengzhou Navy in action, so I can't comment, but..."
Luo Yong lowered his head slightly and said, "But General Liu is not a boaster. My subordinates feel that what he said is not false."
Shen Yi touched his chin and thought for a while, then nodded slightly and said: "I know it well."
After saying this, he looked at Luo Yong and said calmly: "There is something I want to tell you."
Luo Yong leaned forward and said, "Sizheng gave orders."
Shen Yi stood up, walked to him, reached out and patted his shoulder, and said softly: "From now on, don't call me Sizheng."
Luo Yong felt a chill in his heart, and then quickly lowered his head: "Yes, Lord Marquis."
"is not what it means."
Master Shen took out a document from his sleeve, handed it to Luo Yong, and said with a smile: "The document from Jiankang has been here for several days, but you are not here, so I accepted it for you."
Just as Luo Yong was about to reach out and take it, he heard Shen Yi continue.
"This is His Majesty's order."
Luo Yong was startled, and he quickly knelt on the ground with a plop, lowered his head and said: "Weak minister Luo Yong, I respectfully receive the edict!"
Mr. Shen laughed, stretched out his hand to help him up, and handed the document into his hand: "It's just you and me here. It doesn't have to be like this. I won't interfere with your unruly behavior."
Seeing Luo Yong taking the document with both hands, Shen Yi said with a smile: "I guess you have already guessed the content of this document. In the past few years, you have actually been taking care of the Di Reporting Department. This time, it can be considered Well deserved.”
"Congratulations."
Mr. Shen cupped his hands and expressed congratulations, and said with a smile: "From now on, Brother Luo will be the fifth-rank Di Bao Si Sizheng."
Luo Yong's body trembled, and the hand holding the document trembled. He did not open it in a hurry, but lowered his head and said: "Sizheng, you created the Di Newspaper Division, and you should lead it. This subordinate...how can I be so virtuous and capable..."
Shen Yi shook his head slightly.
"I have too many errands on my shoulders, so I should offload some of them to avoid being criticized by others."
Shen Yi is now the commander-in-chief of the Northern Expedition, but many errands in the imperial court have not been relieved, such as the governor of Shandong, the censor of Yushitaiyoudu, the minister of the Ministry of War, and the chief of the imperial newspaper department.
These official positions all exist at the same time.
Because of this, many censors joined him.
Luo Yong took a deep breath and bowed his head respectfully: "Subordinate... thank you Si Zheng for your cultivation!"
Shen Yi shook his head slightly and patted his shoulder: "Since I have resigned, I have to change my title to avoid being accused of cultivating personal power again."
"but…"
Mr. Shen smiled and said: "The document said that during the Northern Expedition, Di Newspaper Division was still working under my command. Even though Brother Luo has been promoted, he will still have to listen to my instructions for a while."
Luo Yong breathed a sigh of relief, lowered his head and said: "This is natural, my subordinates will always follow Si... follow the Marquis!"
Shen Yi shook his head.
He looked at Luo Yong, coughed slightly, and said: "You have to remember that the Di Baosi is a yamen dedicated to the inner court. Now that you have taken the job of Si Zheng, you are a minister directly under the emperor. You are only temporarily in charge. My men are just doing their job."
"Later, find some time to go back to Jiankang to meet the Holy Spirit."
He looked at Luo Yong and asked, "Do you understand?"
Luo Yong was startled, then lowered his head and said, "I understand."
He looked up at Shen Yi and asked, "Master Marquis, do you want me to go immediately?"
"It's up to you."
Shen Yi said calmly: "As long as it doesn't affect the battle on the front line."
Luo Yong lowered his head and took a deep breath: "I understand."
Shen Yi looked at Luo Yong, patted his shoulder again, and said with a smile: "Congratulations on the promotion, I'll treat Brother Luo to a drink today."
The Di News Department is now one of the most important forces under Shen Yi and one of his most important sources of intelligence.
Naturally, Shen Yi didn't want to give up this intelligence organization that he brought up.
But it was indeed his initiative to propose to the emperor to give up the position of Si Sizheng.
After all, at this time, it is absolutely impossible for Emperor Hongde to do anything that might displease Shen Yi or harm the overall situation.
As for why Shen Yi gave up this position, it was because of a letter sent by Zhao Changping. In the letter, Uncle Zhao almost explicitly asked Shen Yi to give up this position on his own initiative.
After careful consideration, Mr. Shen took the initiative to write a letter to the emperor, which is why the current document was created.
Giving up the position of Sizheng to Luo Yong will not change the situation of the entire Northern Expedition nor the Di Bao Division.
The only purpose of doing this is to make Lord Shen appear normal in the court, and to relieve some pressure on the emperor, so that he will not have to quarrel with the ministers every day because of Shen Yi.
After all, Mr. Shen's current position is indeed too many and too comprehensive.
Of course, there will not be any changes in the short term whether the Di Newspaper Division is under Shen Yi's name or not. Even if Luo Yong turns his back on him, the nearly ten secretaries of the Di Newspaper Division are all led by Shen Yi. , some people are doing errands for Mr. Shen.
Luo Yong lowered his head and said, "Thank you, Lord Marquis, for your support. I should be the one inviting Lord Marquis to drink."
Shen Yi smiled: "Okay, I'll give Brother Luo a slap in the face too."
Luo Yong's face turned red and he lowered his head and said: "Master Hou, please don't call me this, I can't afford it."
"It's bad. In private, you should shout like this when talking about your age. When it comes to serious situations."
Mr. Shen smiled and said, "I should call you Luo Sizheng."
Luo Yong was so embarrassed that he could hardly speak.
Shen Yi laughed: "The right army is fighting at the moment, so I can only drink this drink in my handsome tent. Brother Luo, I will write down the drink first."
Luo Yong lowered his head and responded.
While Shen Yi ordered Jiang Sheng to bring the food and wine, he said, "There is one thing that the Di Reporting Department has paid more attention to recently."
Luo Yong said sternly: "Si...The Marquis ordered."
"The Northern Qi's border troops and the Southern Expeditionary Army are now near Zhending Mansion. Please pay more attention to this area recently. It's best to report the detailed movements of these two armies to me."
"also…"
"Meet with the inner guards, exchange information, and focus on Yandu and the Tatar Department..."
Shen Yi thought for a while and continued: "You can send some people to Taiyuan. Taiyuan is now under the control of Xue Da, so it is convenient to arrange manpower. After setting up a point in Taiyuan, Taiyuan can be used to monitor the Tatars in the north."
"By the way, provide war intelligence to Xue Da."
Luo Yong said seriously: "In a few days, I will personally leave for Taiyuan to arrange manpower."
Shen Yi nodded and said with a smile: "Xue Da is becoming more and more promising now."
"In the past few days, we have been fighting head-on, and the 20,000 Northern Qi Imperial Guards have been beaten into a state of panic."
Mr. Shen smiled and said: "He is a person who cannot praise openly and is prone to raising his tail. When you see him in Taiyuan, tell him that I praised him in private."
"He should be happy."
Luo Yong lowered his head to salute and said with a smile.
"Yes, my subordinates will tell General Xue."
…………
Outside Taiyuan City, General Xue Wei, his armor stained with blood.
He held a spear and ran on the battlefield, followed by one or two hundred black armor guards.
These black armors, like black whirlwinds, walked freely on the battlefield, mercilessly smashing and cutting Qi Ren's formation!
General Xue fired his gun horizontally, knocking a Qi man away from his body, and then shot the Qi man in the throat, causing blood to fly everywhere.
He quickly took a look at the battlefield, and then he keenly discovered a weak point in the Qi people's formation. He immediately roared and said loudly: "Follow me!"
More than a hundred Xuanjia guards, following Xue Wei, rushed towards the enemy camp without hesitation, and immediately opened a large gap.
Xue Wei looked at the divided enemy and laughed loudly: "Surround them up! Surround them up! Don't let them escape!"
Soon, the officers and soldiers of the Huai'an army surrounded and killed this small group of Qi troops who had been divided.
Perhaps it was due to his many years of fighting, or perhaps it was his talent, but General Xue was different from others on the battlefield in that he was able to quickly analyze the battlefield and then lead his soldiers to quickly gain an advantage on a small-scale battlefield.
This is one of the reasons why he likes to rush into battle.
Seeing that one or two hundred Qi people were surrounded, General Xue felt itchy and rushed forward. He swung his spear at an angle and quickly killed two Qi people.
Just when Xue Wei was about to rush in and kill for a while, Wan Zhong Pegasus came over and shouted to Xue Wei: "General Xue, General Xue!"
"A large group of cavalry has circled the flank of our army!"
Xue Wei immediately came to his senses. He put away his gun and retreated, throwing his blood-stained spear to the guards beside him. Then he left the battlefield, came to Wan Zhong, and asked: "South or north?"
"North."
Wan Zhong said in a deep voice: "We are only five or six miles away!"
"Don't panic."
Xue Wei sneered and said: "I don't believe it, they are willing to use cavalry to charge into the battle."
"This is my general's order. Today's battle ends here. Start retreating to Taiyuan!"
As Xue Wei expected, the Qi people were not willing to use their cavalry to charge into the formation. The cavalry in the north was only used to harass the Huai'an army.
But it was too close to Taiyuan. In less than an hour, all Huai'an troops withdrew to Taiyuan.
Although there were casualties, they were not many.
Xue Wei stood on the city tower and watched with his own eyes the last Huai'an Army officer retreated to Taiyuan. As he watched the gates of Taiyuan City close and the suspension bridge rise, he looked back and turned to look at Wanzhong: "How many days is it?"
Wan Zhong thought for a while and replied: "It's the ninth day."
Xue Wei touched his beard, thought for a while, and said slowly: "The total number of casualties should be over five thousand."
Wan Zhong nodded, and then said: "Although we have few casualties, we have many serious injuries, more than two thousand people..."
On the battlefield, it is useless to only count the casualties. What really needs to be calculated is the loss of combat effectiveness. If calculated based on combat effectiveness, almost one Huai'an Army can be exchanged for nearly two Northern Qi Forbidden Army.
Wan Zhong turned to look at Taiyuan City and continued.
"Fortunately, Eighth Young Master was able to obtain the medicinal materials, otherwise it would be even more troublesome."
Xue Wei squinted his eyes and said slowly: "If the fight continues like this, we will injure ten thousand people and defeat the Imperial Army of Northern Qi!"
Wan Zhong frowned: "The price is too high. I think it's better to wait for Duke Shen's order."
Xue Wei smiled, nodded and said, "Okay, then I'll grind them for a few more days."
"After today's battle, it is obvious that the morale of this Qi army has plummeted."
"Find the right opportunity..."
Xue Crazy Tiger's eyes were full of murderous intent: "Maybe we can defeat him in one battle!"
"Eat them, we are in the north, we can go wherever we want, and see that emperor boy in Northern Qi..."
"How many more people can be sent over to watch over us!"