Among all the people present, even Zhou Huai, who had the lowest rank, now commanded a total of 15,000 soldiers and horses, and after taking some prisoners, the actual force in his hands was more than that.
You know, in the imperial court, those with more than 10,000 troops are considered to be real generals, and even those civil servants would not dare to look down upon them easily.
Except for Zhou Huai, everyone else only has a lot more troops.
Together, these people formed the behemoth of the Huai'an Army.
To put it bluntly, today's Huai'an Army has far exceeded the original Huaihe Navy in terms of size and strength.
And these people here are without exception, almost everyone can be called a military boss of Da Chen.
In the future, if the war comes to an end, they may all hold important positions in the court.
But for now, these people are still very well-behaved in front of Shen Yi. After Shen Yi finished his opening remarks, Ling Su looked at everyone and saw that no one was speaking. He coughed lightly and said: "Everyone, we have been doing this for a while. I am with Duke Shen, and we often discuss the war. Let me tell you the general situation first."
In the hall, a complete map of the Northern Territory was hung up. Ling Su stood up, walked to the map, stretched out his hand and pointed at Taiyuan first.
"General Xue's headquarters is here now."
He pointed at Zhending Mansion and Hejian Mansion: "General Su and I are in these two places respectively. We are currently fighting with the Qi people, and we are victorious."
"I don't know the details of General Su's situation at the moment, but I just received a report from Zhang Meng yesterday. The Qi people have stopped retreating. They have fought several big battles in the past few days, and our right army was forced to move forward. We retreated thirty or forty miles."
Su Ding thought for a while and then interjected: "The Left Route Army is also fighting with the Qi people, but it should not be as fierce as General Ling's. It is still in Hejian Mansion and has not retreated."
Ling Su nodded, pointed to Yanshan County to the north of Leling, and said, "According to what Duke Shen said, General Zhou's headquarters should be here."
Zhou Huai quickly stood up, waved his hand and said: "General Ling, the main purpose of the Yanshan garrison is to prevent the Qi people from entering Shandong from here, and by the way, to attract and share part of the Qi army for the main force. This army is the 5,000-strong guard camp of Duke Shen." It consists of 5,000 Imperial Army and 5,000 Western Route Army."
"The general is just taking care of things for a period of time, he can't be called the general's subordinate."
Zhou Huai was previously the commander of Shen Yi's guard camp. According to his rank, he was definitely not qualified to participate in today's meeting. However, Shen Yi just called him here. The intention behind it is not difficult to guess.
In order to lift up the commander of his guard camp.
A smile appeared on Ling Su's face and he said: "General Zhou, everyone here is in charge of part of the army for Duke Shen, just like you. Since you are in charge of these more than 10,000 people, we call you Department, there is no problem."
Mr. Shen looked at Zhou Huai and said slowly: "Sit down and listen to what General Ling has to say."
Zhou Huai then lowered his head and sat down carefully.
Ling Su paused and pointed at Dengzhou: "As for General Liu's headquarters, it is here."
"What Mr. Shen means is that the navy under General Liu can take the opportunity to go north and attack the three Tianjin guards of Northern Qi from the waterway."
Liu Mingyuan stood up. He first looked at Ling Su, his "old boss", then lowered his head and clasped his fists and said, "Mr. Shen, the Dengzhou Navy is ready. After the general returns from Jinan, he will immediately start preparing to go north."
Shen Yi nodded and said: "The Northern Expedition should be done quickly rather than slowly, but one thing must be agreed in advance. We require both speed and stability."
"Every army must strive to be as safe as possible."
Having said this, Shen Yi glanced at Xue Wei and said in a dull voice: "Xue Wei, the battle against Taiyuan was too reckless. If the result was not excellent, I would have to punish you."
Xue Wei grinned and did not reply.
Before coming to Jinan, he had already met Luo Yong, so he naturally knew that Shen Yi had a very high opinion of him in private. To criticize him openly now was just to use him as a direct descendant to set rules.
Ling Su paused and continued: "General Zhou's command will take over the land and water, cooperate with General Su of the Left Route Army on land, and obey General Su's emergency command. At the same time, it will go north along the coastal line and try its best to cooperate with the Dengzhou Navy. Fight."
"If you fight well on this side, you can directly threaten Yandu, and you will definitely be able to attract a large number of Northern Qi troops. The pressure on the frontal battlefield will immediately be reduced drastically."
Zhou Huai stood up and bowed his head respectfully to Shen Yi: "I will obey your orders!"
After talking about the two armies, Ling Su pointed to a large mass near Yandu on the map and said in a deep voice: "The main task of the left and right armies, as well as General Xue's vanguard army, is to be in Hejian Mansion. In Zhending Mansion and Baoding Mansion, do your best to defeat the main force of the Qi people, and try not to let them return to the vicinity of Yandu!"
"Before that."
Ling Su looked at Xue Wei and said: "General Xue's command must control some key positions in Shanxi as soon as possible. Not only must it control the north of Shanxi, but it must also cut off the connection between Qi Ting and Shaanxi to prevent the Shaanxi Qi army from supporting Yan. All."
Xue Wei stood up, lowered his head and clasped his fists towards Shen Yi, and said with a serious face: "Mr. Shen, our army is currently recovering Taiyuan Prefecture. After Taiyuan Prefecture recovers, we will prepare to go north to Datong Prefecture."
“Datong Mansion…”
Xue Wei paused and continued: "Datong Mansion is one of the places where the Northern Qi border troops are stationed. Although the Northern Qi border troops have withdrawn, the border guard station in Datong is still there, and some new soldiers have been recruited."
"The general has checked. In addition to the garrison, Datong also has Datong Dusi. It is estimated that there are tens of thousands of troops. If the vanguard army rushes into Datong, I am afraid that there will be no way to support Hejian Prefecture, Baoding Prefecture and Zhending Prefecture in a short period of time. It’s the front battlefield of the government.”
Hearing this, Mr. Shen rubbed his eyebrows and frowned, "I know about this matter."
"For now, the new recruits temporarily placed in Datong by Northern Qi are not a problem. After all, they didn't move when you attacked Taiyuan, so it can be seen that they are not a big threat. The problem now is..."
Shen Yi said in a deep voice: "If we take down Datong, will we take over the functions of the local guard station, guard against the Tatars, and become the new border army?"
"If so."
He looked at Xue Wei and said, "Then Xue Wei's part can be treated as if it does not exist."
Xue Wei lowered his head and clasped his fists, and said in a deep voice: "Mr. Shen, I have already thought about this matter in the future."
"Most of the new frontier troops in Datong were temporarily recruited by the Northern Qi court. After General Mo's troops enter Datong, if everything goes well, please allow Mr. Shen to surrender them and train them from the border troops of Northern Qi to become our Da Chen The frontier troops!”
"Then, let them join with the general to resist the Tatars!"
Mr. Shen looked at Xue Wei, was silent for a while, and then shook his head helplessly: "Not to mention whether this matter can be done, if it is done, you, Xue Da, will probably be Da Chen's border guard general."
Xue Wei grinned and said: "The last general is not a frontier guard general."
He looked at Shen Yi and said: "The final general is waiting behind Mr. Shen to wipe out the Tatar tribes!"
Shen Yi rolled his eyes.
"Stop bragging for me."
After saying this, Mr. Shen coughed, stood up in person, and said, "This is the general charter that General Ling and I discussed."
"This time, I will keep you in Jinan for three days. During these three days, we will work together to finalize all the details. After three days, you will go back to your respective ministries. When the agreed time is reached, you will act in accordance with the regulations. ."
Everyone bowed their heads in agreement.
Su Ding stood up and after hesitating for a moment, he said: "Mr. Shen, in addition to our Huai'an Army, there are also the Western Route Army and the imperial imperial army in the Northern Expedition. If you want to defeat the main force of the Northern Qi Dynasty, you have to rely on them to discuss strategies. No need. Do you want to tell them?"
"I have made an appointment with General Pei Junpei and General Wei Xiongwei to come to Jinan to discuss matters, but they arrived here three days later than you."
"I will discuss it with them in detail when the time comes."
"However, there is one thing I can tell you now."
Mr. Shen said calmly: "On the battlefield, we fight side by side with them, but when necessary, everyone here today can directly ask them to cooperate with our Huai'an army in the battle."
Shen looked calm: "In my name."
"No matter what the outcome is afterwards, I will explain it to them."
The generals looked at each other and all saluted Shen Yi with fists in their hands: "The last general will be waiting..."
"As you command!"
Mr. Shen then sat down and looked at everyone, with a smile on his face.
"Okay, let's start the discussion."
"What difficulties, needs, and support you need now? What difficulties you may encounter in the future, or what you may need in the future? You can tell me here today. I will try my best to solve it for you if I can solve it. , if it cannot be solved, I can also modify the strategy as appropriate."
Having said this, Shen Yi paused and looked at everyone.
"But I have something to say first."
"Don't say anything at the meeting now. After three days, you will leave Jinan and return to your respective armies. When implementing the strategy, tell me any difficulties."
"You may not recognize Mr. Shen here."
Everyone stood up and bowed their heads respectfully.
