The Northern Qi's frontier army was originally in charge of four generals. After Nuo Yong went south, he took away almost all the elite of the frontier army, leaving only some new troops.
Nowadays, the northern part of Shanxi has been taken over by Xue Wei's vanguard army, and the entire Shanxi is also under control. However, Shen Yi is really beyond the reach of Shaanxi further to the west.
It's not that he can't reach there, but that he doesn't have enough soldiers. At the same time, the battle line is too long, and the difficulty of supplying and commanding will increase exponentially.
Therefore, Shen Yi has put the Shaanxi issue on hold, and is planning to wait until the major events in Yandu are settled, then send a general to declare the emperor's edict from afar and restore Shaanxi with just a piece of paper.
Now, the connection between Shaanxi and Yandu has been completely cut off by Shanxi's vanguard army and the entire Henan Province. Shen Yi originally thought that the Qi army in Shaanxi should remain neutral, sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight, and stand still.
Who knew that this part of the Qi army seemed to be quite loyal to the Northern Qi court. They knew that they only had a few new troops and were unable to shake the battle situation in Shanxi, so they turned south and came to the west of Henan, harassing Henan. Mansion and Anyang Mansion.
Moreover, according to the report from the Di News Department, because Henan had almost no troops to defend, this part of the Qi army almost marched straight in, and now it is approaching Kaifeng Prefecture.
Shen Yi told the emperor about the general situation, and then said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, you really had no time to take care of the Qi army in Shaanxi at first, but now they are making a fuss. There are nearly ten thousand people like them, and they are making trouble in Henan. Henan, which has finally settled down, will not only become chaotic immediately, causing the local government's errands to be ruined in the past two years, but the more serious consequences will be..."
"Not long after the return of Henan, there must be some remnant Qi forces among them. If they make such a fuss, it is very likely that they will start to cause chaos with this Shaanxi army. If Henan is in chaos, it will not only affect Shanxi's military food supply, but if the chaos becomes big , I will have to deploy troops to quell the chaos, which may affect the entire war situation."
After hearing the last sentence, Emperor Hongde frowned suddenly. He sat in his seat and was silent for a while.
"Is it so serious? If Shen Qing does not send troops to support Henan, what should be done with this bandit army in Henan?"
"I think this should be handled by the Henan Dusi Yamen."
Dusi, whose full name is Dusi Commander, is in charge of the soldiers of a province and is responsible for maintaining local security and the majesty of the court's laws.
Emperor Hong De frowned and said, "I remember, Henan probably doesn't have a capital office yet?"
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Shen Yi lowered his head and said, "Your Majesty only sent a governor and an envoy there. Even the envoys have not been appointed, and the governor's office has not been built yet."
"However, the Henan Dusi Yamen will be built sooner or later. It is better to take advantage of this opportunity to recruit local soldiers in Henan and establish the Dusi."
"Can the Shaanxi army of Northern Qi be resisted with only Dusi's troops?"
"His Majesty."
Shen Yi said sternly: "The border troops of the Northern Qi Dynasty have been exhausted a long time ago. The remaining troops are all newly recruited troops. It will take more than a year to fully mobilize them. Moreover, the Northern Qi court is now seriously short of money. I suspect that, Until now, it is unknown whether these new troops have received any pay."
"They don't have much fighting power. They recruit soldiers from eight prefectures in Henan. The money and food are temporarily taken care of by the Henan local government to wipe out the remnants of the Northern Qi in Shaanxi."
The emperor rubbed his temples and said slowly: "The commander of the capital of Henan needs a capable person to make something out of nothing in this place and to fight against the remnants of Northern Qi."
He looked up at Shen Yi and asked, "Do you have any candidates?"
Shen Yi shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty, there is indeed a person in our army who is suitable for this job, but he is currently in Tianjin Port, fighting with the three Tianjin guards of the Northern Qi Dynasty, and cannot be separated. None of the others have this ability. Please ask your Majesty to find someone else." Choose people."
The person Mr. Shen is talking about is Liu Mingyuan, the number one explosives expert in the Huai'an army.
Moreover, he is not bad at leading troops, and his rank is almost the same as that of the capital commander. If he is not leading troops in Tianjin, then the job of Henan capital commander is tailor-made for him.
The emperor thought for a while and sighed slightly: "Then I have to choose someone from the Fifth Army Commander's Mansion to do this errand."
He shook his head and said: "Now, when encountering such a difficult situation, I always feel in my heart that only the people you choose, Shen Qing, will not go wrong."
"Your Majesty is too proud of me."
Shen Yi lowered his head and said: "It's just because I'm a little familiar with the generals in the Huai'an army, so I can know them well when using them, but I don't have many contacts with the people in the court, and even fewer know the basics, so I don't dare to mess with His Majesty." Recommended candidates.”
The emperor nodded and sighed: "I know that I can't rely on you for everything. The Henan Dusi matter needs to be dealt with as soon as possible. I will ask people from the Ministry of War and the Fifth Army Governor's Office to come over later to discuss something in the palace. You don't want to Let’s go and discuss it together.”
"Within two days, this candidate will be sent out. You should also be in charge of me and choose a suitable one. No matter what, you can't mess up the war in the north."
After saying this, the emperor lowered his head to take a sip of tea and looked at Shen Yi: "Has Shen Qing eaten? If not, come and have a meal with me."
Mr. Shen suddenly raised his head, looked at the emperor, and then exhaled a breath: "Your Majesty, it is already afternoon, you..."
The emperor then raised his head and looked at the sky outside, and suddenly said: "It turns out it's already afternoon."
He said helplessly: "After the Chinese New Year, all the officials have taken a break, but I am the busiest. From yesterday to today, I don't know how many people came to pay me New Year greetings. It is really annoying."
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When it came to wishing New Year's greetings, the emperor looked back at Gao Ming and said, "Go and call the eldest and the third eldest son and ask them to come over and wish Shen Qing a happy New Year."
Shen Yi quickly stood up, lowered his head and said, "Your Majesty, you must not do this."
"Even if I wish to pay New Year's greetings, I am still paying New Year's greetings to the Queen and Her Highnesses. There is no reason to be rebellious..."
The emperor smiled and said: "Don't be polite. We are the same age and have known each other for more than ten years. We are called monarchs and ministers, but we are actually friends in the same industry. You have worked hard outside for two years and you have made great contributions. I don't know. I wish I could worship you. During the Chinese New Year, let the children worship you on my behalf."
Shen Yi became even more frightened, stood up and waved his hands: "Your Majesty said so, I still have something to do at home, so I will leave now."
The emperor stood up and patted his shoulder: "How about you give me some face?"
Mr. Shen shook his head: "Your Majesty, this... this..."
The emperor returned to his seat and said with a smile: "I am not asking you to meet the boss alone. I have evened out this bowl of water. What are you afraid of?"
Shen Yi had no choice but to sigh and said no more.
After tea time, Eunuch Gao took the two princes to the emperor's bedroom.
They are Li Wang, the eldest son of the emperor, and Li Rong, the third son of the emperor.
Needless to say, the eldest child is the son of the deep-hearted Pipa Jue, while the third child is the son of a certain concubine and was adopted by Empress Sun. He can almost be called the emperor's legitimate son.
Among the two princes, the eldest is almost ten years old this year, and the third prince, Li Rong, is also seven or eight years old this year.
Among the two, Li Wang recognized Shen Yi. After seeing Shen Yi, without saying a word, he knelt down in front of Shen Yi and kowtowed politely.
"My nephew, Li Wang, wishes my uncle a happy New Year."
Li Rong, on the other hand, was stunned when he saw his brother calling him this.
Their brothers have several royal uncles.
For example, let's take the Yue King Li Yu and the other two younger clan princes.
But because he was young, and Shen Yi had not spent much time in Jiankang in the past few years, he had never seen Shen Yi. He didn't know what to call him for a while, so he looked up at his father.
Emperor Hong De smiled and said: "This is your elder."
Hearing this, Li Rong also knelt down and kowtowed: "Nephew Li Rong, I wish my uncle a happy New Year."
Mr. Shen was just busy helping the eldest prince up when he saw the third child kneeling down again. Shen Yi, who had never been afraid even when he was on the battlefield, was really a little scared now. Feeling at a loss, he hurriedly helped the third prince up again, and then said sternly: "Your Highness, you must not call him that in the future."
Li Wang calls him this because his birth has a lot to do with Shen Yi, and Shen Yi also recognizes this "uncle" in disguise. However, the third son of the emperor has little relationship with Shen Yi. The king, the king, and the minister must be clearly distinguished.
Emperor Hong De walked up behind Shen Yi with a smile, and there seemed to be some gloating in his smile.
"Shen Qing asked the elder brother to call him uncle, but did not let the third child call him uncle. Could it be that there is some bias in his heart?"
After hearing this, Mr. Shen wiped the sweat from his forehead, quickly changed his words, and sighed at the still confused Third Prince.
"Your Highness, you can shout whatever you want..."