The news of the war in Taiyuan once again shocked Mr. Shen.
Up to now, the main army formed by the Northern Qi Dynasty had spent all its efforts, but because the Huai'an army fought too tenaciously, and because Zhou Shizhong and his son were suspected of not working hard enough, they have been unable to achieve success.
There is no way to even reach Shandong.
And Shen Yi's off-the-table trick, Xue Wei, has achieved miraculous results in Taiyuan!
Up to now, although the Huai'an army is still at a disadvantage on the frontal battlefield, with the hidden danger of Xue Wei behind, the Northern Qi army no longer dares to advance southward wantonly.
And Northern Qi's national power is being depleted at an extremely fast rate every day.
In this case, many of Shen Yi's arrangements can come in handy.
Even in Shen Yi's view, the time was ripe for a general attack and he could try to close the net.
Originally, for Shen Yi, the only problem now was that the Tatars in the north had not yet come to an end. If the two countries fought to exhaustion, it would be easy for the Tatars to take advantage of them.
Now that Xue Wei has won a great victory in Taiyuan, he can easily control the state capitals near Taiyuan and then control part of Shanxi.
If Northern Qi stopped sending troops to capture Taiyuan, Xue Wei could even control the entire Shanxi!
The northernmost part of Shanxi is the northern border of Northern Qi. At this time, as long as Xue Wei controls the northwestern part of Shanxi, not to mention whether he can stop the Tatars, he can at least accurately capture the movements of the Tatars, allowing Shen Yi to Take advantage here.
At this time, with no worries anymore, Lord Shen was no longer prepared to hold back and fight. Now, in addition to the left and right armies and Xue Wei's vanguard army, he also had nearly 20,000 people from Zhou Huai in the east who could be used. ,as well as…
And the Dengzhou Navy, which has been preparing for a long time.
Regarding the Dengzhou Navy, Shen Yi's positioning for it was very clear, which was to open up another secondary battlefield to distract Northern Qi's attention.
If this navy can achieve miraculous results, it may be able to directly and completely destroy the limited morale and popular support of the Northern Qi court.
In the right army camp, Shen Yi and Ling Su discussed for a long time.
It wasn't until the war on the front line temporarily stopped and Zhang Meng returned to the military tent that the two of them stopped discussing. Shen Yi looked up at Zhang Meng, whose face was covered with dust. He first motioned for him to sit down, and then said: " How is the battle today?"
Zhang Meng took a breath, then lowered his head and clasped his fists and said: "Back to Shen Gong, the Qi people have begun to take the initiative to fight, and almost all of the people we face are frontier troops, who are quite brave."
"Fortunately, we can move forward and retreat freely. Although we didn't get too much advantage, we didn't suffer much in the end."
Shen Yi nodded and said with a smile: "It's good if you don't suffer any loss."
As he said that, he looked at Zhang Meng, thought for a while, and said, "General Zhang, you will be given temporary command of the Right Route Army for the next half month."
Zhang Meng was stunned, then suddenly raised his head and looked first at Shen Yi, then at Ling Su. Seeing that Ling Su looked calm, he lowered his head and said: "Mr. Shen, this..."
"General Ling and I are going on a trip."
"The right army here, if we don't attack Zhendingfu City, there won't be much fighting. If the Qi people attack in large numbers, you can just retreat temporarily."
"We'll be back in as little as ten days or as little as half a month."
When Shen Yi said this, he stopped talking.
Ling Su thought for a while and then said: "I'm not in the army, so I can fight as I should."
Zhang Meng nodded, and after thinking for a while, he said: "Mr. Shen, Zhao Zhuo's department has contributed a lot to the war in the past few days. A commander in the right army has reported that Zhao Zhuo will be promoted to the post of Qianhu. Look, …”
Shen Yi was startled and then understood.
He was so busy during this period that he almost forgot that after the collapse of the Zhao clan, he casually threw Zhao Zhuo into the right route army.
"If the person below reports that there are no errors or omissions in his merits, let him actually receive a thousand-household camp. If there is an official vacancy in the imperial court, I will report it to the Ministry of War when I am free."
Zhang Meng nodded and clasped his fists: "General, I understand!"
After that, he stood up, took a deep breath, lowered his head and said, "I will go down and make arrangements."
After Zhang Meng turned to leave, Shen Yi turned to look at Ling Su who was sitting beside him, and said with a smile: "It seems that the young general of the Huaihe Navy is quite capable."
Ling Su nodded and said: "This person has been paid attention to by the general. He is familiar with military matters and has good kung fu. He is very good at leading and training troops. It is passed down from his family."
"At the beginning, there seemed to be some disagreements with Mr. Shen..."
"Therefore, the general has never mentioned the matter of promoting him, that is, Zhang Meng is so stubborn..."
Having said this, Ling Su sighed slightly: "That's why I mentioned it directly in front of Mr. Shen."
Generally speaking, even if you really want to mention something that is relatively sensitive to the leader, you will write a document and submit it in private instead of raising it in person to frustrate the leader.
From this point of view, Zhang Meng does not have much emotional intelligence, but in the end, his starting point is still good.
Master Shen shook his head slightly.
"The conflict between me and Zhao Zhuo is actually not that deep. It's more about the conflict with the Zhao family."
"Because the Zhao family blocked the way to the Northern Expedition."
Mr. Shen lowered his head and took a sip of tea: "Now that the Zhao family has been wiped out, the fourth lady of the Zhao family who really offended me back then will probably not be able to escape punishment in this life. I am too lazy to argue with the Zhao family anymore."
"As for Zhang Meng..."
Mr. Shen paused, then smiled and said: "I have led him until now, so I naturally know that he has no evil intentions. But when General Ling has free time, he should teach him well. If he becomes successful in the future, he may not work under me. If Go and take charge of his own business, he has such a temperament."
"It might cause trouble."
Ling Su lowered his head: "I will finally understand."
He paused and said, "Mr. Shen, I would like your eldest son, Ling Zhan, to stay with you to be your bodyguard and help you run errands."
Shen Yi nodded readily: "It's a small matter, just let him come to my place tomorrow."
Ling Su bowed his head respectfully: "Thank you, Mr. Shen!"
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The next day, Shen Yi left the right army camp with Ling Su, Ling Zhan, his father and his son, and a group of his personal guards.
After the group left Zhending Mansion, they headed south directly towards Jinan City.
After several days of riding, everyone arrived at the gate of Jinan City.
After arriving in Jinan, as soon as they dismounted, they saw General Su Ding waiting at Jinan Mansion. After seeing Shen Yi's mount, Su Ding immediately stepped forward, cupped his fists and saluted: "Mr. Shen!"
Mr. Shen jumped off his horse, looked at Su Ding, and said with a smile: "General Su not only came quickly, but he was also well-informed. He even knew we were arriving in advance."
"The general is closer, so he will naturally come back faster. As for the time, I made a rough estimate and asked the brothers in the Di Reporting Department..."
Su Ding looked at Shen Yi and asked with a smile: "Mr. Shen, where are you going to stay?"
"Of course I'm going to the governor's office."
Mr. Shen stretched out and said lazily: "Don't forget, I am still the governor of Shandong."
Su Ding lowered his head slightly and said with a smile: "If you don't tell me, few people here will remember that you are the governor of Shandong."
Everyone laughed for a while, and Shen Yi became serious and asked, "Besides you, is anyone else here?"
Su Ding shook his head: "The general doesn't know."
Master Shen nodded slightly: "They are far away, just wait for two days."
As soon as he finished speaking, a horse came galloping not far away. After getting close, he turned over and dismounted, half-knelt on the ground, and gasped: "The last general, Zhou Huai, pays homage to Duke Shen!"
Mr. Shen stretched out his hand to help him up and patted his shoulder: "Thank you for your hard work. Let's go to the governor's Yamen to talk."
A group of people came to the governor's Yamen together.
Zhang Jian and Fan Tai were already waiting at the governor's office and had prepared meals.
After the group waited in Jinan City for two or three days, Liu Mingyuan from Dengzhou Prefecture and Xue Wei from Taiyuan Prefecture rushed to Jinan one after another.
On a large table, Mr. Shen sat at the head seat, while Zhang Jian and Ling Su sat on his left and right sides respectively.
The remaining Su Ding, Xue Wei, Zhou Huai, and Liu Mingyuan took their seats one after another.
"You are scattered in various places and far apart. With letters, many things cannot be explained clearly."