Time passed day by day, and soon it was late March in Hongde's eighteenth year.
Shen Yi, who was in Shulu, also made a rare move and left Shulu with his guards and came to Hejian Mansion.
This time, he traveled in secret.
The so-called secret travel does not mean that a person sneaked out alone, but that he only took a dozen people with him, and there was no flag. After arriving at Hejian Mansion, there was no flag with the word "Chen" on the top of the city.
He even gave Su Ding an order, prohibiting Su Ding and other generals from leaving the city to greet him.
After Shen Yi arrived at Hejian Mansion, he quietly entered the city and arrived at the official residence of the Hejian Magistrate's Yamen. Su Ding and other senior generals from the Left Route Army came out to greet Shen Yi.
After meeting Shen Yi, these generals were very enthusiastic and even a little excited.
Most of them were promoted by Shen Yi personally, and they could often meet with Shen Yi in the past. However, as the Huai'an Army's assets became larger and larger, Shen Yi could not often meet with these generals of the Left Army, especially this year when Shen Yi settled down. After the Chinese army became inactive, except for a few generals and senior generals, the remaining generals saw Shen Yi significantly less often.
The last time these generals from the Left Route Army saw Shen Yi was more than half a year ago.
Now, many newly promoted generals of the Huai'an Army are proud to meet Shen Yi once.
After sitting down in the main hall of the magistrate's yamen, Shen Yi naturally sat on the main seat. He lowered his head and drank tea. Then he looked at the dozen or twenty people present and said with a smile: "I haven't seen you for more than half a year. How are you guys?" ?”
All the generals responded quickly.
But there was no smile on his face.
"It's all good, it's all good!"
Shen Yi looked around, and suddenly felt that something was not right in the atmosphere, and seemed to feel that someone was missing. He looked around, then looked at Su Ding and asked, "Where is Yan Zhui? Why isn't he here?"
"Hasn't he been promoted to commander? He should be here anyway."
Yan Zhuo was an old man who fought against the Japanese army. He was a hundred households when he was fighting against the Japanese army, and he was a thousand households when he was in the coastal capital. He was also one of the backbones of Su Ding's command and the main general of the second echelon of the left route army.
Hearing the name Yan Zhuo, the smile on Su Ding's face faded. He looked at Shen Yi and said, "Mr. Shen, didn't you receive the documents from the general?"
Shen Yi shook his head: "No."
Su Ding was thoughtful and then said: "That's right, the document that Mo Jiang sent two days ago was not sent from the Di News Department. By the time it was delivered, Mr. Shen should have left Shulu."
He bowed slightly and sighed: "Mr. Shen, General Yan died of poisoning."
"Poisoned?"
Shen Yi immediately frowned and said in a deep voice: "What's going on? Who poisoned me? Have you caught him?"
"A spy from Northern Qi in the army."
Su Ding stood up, half-knelt in front of Shen Yi, lowered his head and said: "He committed suicide before he could be interrogated before he was arrested. If he is not careful, please punish Mr. Shen!"
He originally thought that Shen Yi already knew about this matter and was going to deal with it in a low-key manner, but what he didn't expect was that Shen Yi hadn't had time to know about it yet.
Shen Yi's face looked a little unhappy.
He first helped Su Ding up, and after being silent for a while, he said: "Yan Zhuo has done a lot of credit. I didn't expect that before the war was over, he..."
He took a deep breath and felt a little depressed.
This is the first high-ranking general of the Huai'an Army to be assassinated. He is the main force of the Huai'an Army, which is only slightly lower than the generals such as Su Ding. Moreover, Yan Zhuo is very stable in fighting. In so many years on the battlefield, there are almost no What mistakes have you made?
Unexpectedly, he did not die on the battlefield, but died in the plot.
After being silent for a while, Mr. Shen said: "The Di Reporting Department will send some people to the Left Route Army later to catch and clear out all the spies hiding in the Left Route Army."
He raised his head and looked at everyone, and said slowly: "Everyone here should also pay attention to safety and be more considerate of the people around you."
"Pay more attention on weekdays. If you think something may be wrong, you don't need to provide evidence and replace it immediately."
Everyone stood up one after another and bowed their heads in response: "Yes."
Shen Yi pressed his hand and motioned for everyone to sit down. Then he looked at Su Ding and asked, "Yan Zhuo is from Taizhou Prefecture. Have your family notified him? How do you plan to deal with it?"
"The family has sent someone to notify them, and they are also planning to send someone to send the ashes back to Taizhou Mansion. As for how to deal with it, the general has already asked Duke Shen in the document..."
Shen Yi nodded and said: "Yan Zhuo's official position is a third-rank military general, but his actual position is more than third-rank. I will take note of this matter, and I will also send someone to make proper arrangements for his family members."
"I remember he has a son, right?"
A commander on the side stood up, lowered his head and said: "Mr. Shen, Lao Yan has four sons in his family."
"The eldest is only sixteen years old this year."
Shen Yi nodded, motioned for him to sit down, and then said: "I will write to his family. After Yan Zhuo's funeral affairs are settled, if the eldest son of his family intends to join the army, let him join the Zuo Route Army. Or stay with me."
He looked at everyone: "If someone comes to the left route army, you all will take care of them."
Everyone stood up one after another, lowered their heads and clasped their fists: "Yes!"
Among them were several generals who were close to Yan Zhuo, and their eyes were already red.
Lord Shen pressed down his hands and motioned for everyone to sit down. After everyone took their seats, Shen Yi closed his eyes, collected his thoughts, and then said: "Okay, let's stop talking about Yan Zhuo's matters here for the time being. Through Regarding General Yan, brothers must have seen how ruthless the Qi people are, and now we and the Qi people have reached the point where we will fight to the death."
"Now let's get down to business."
Shen Yi knocked on the table and continued: "At the beginning of this year, when I came back from Jiankang, I had already made a rule that the Chinese Army would not stay there unless there was any major incident. Now that I have left the Chinese Army, there must be something major."
He looked at Su Ding and said, "General Su should have seen the documents I sent on the way. General Su will tell you about it."
Su Ding nodded. After he stood up, he asked someone to hang a map on the screen. Then he walked to the screen, holding a wooden stick in his hand and pointing at Yandu on the map.
This was a common pattern for the Huai'an army to hold military meetings. The generals were already used to it and looked at Su Ding seriously.
General Su pointed at Yandu and said, "Brothers, the city of Yandu is now only more than three hundred miles away from us."
"If it's cavalry, it can arrive in one or two days. Even if it's infantry, it can arrive in four or five days."
"In the past period of time, the reason why we have been reluctant to move in Hejian is because the enemy's situation is unclear, and there is Cangzhou behind us, making it difficult to move easily."
"Now that Duke Shen has found out the enemy's situation and has a way to restrain the army in Cangzhou, our left army, which has been resting for such a long time, can leave Hejian and continue northward to capture the capital of Yan!"
Hearing this sentence, some people didn't quite understand it and asked: "General, don't Nuo Yong's troops need to worry about it?"
Su Ding said seriously: "This is exactly what I want to say."
"General Ling took the initiative to propose that our left army should be the main attack direction, and his right army would provide support to our left army and do our best to hold off Nuo Yong's troops."
He looked serious: "Brothers, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for our Huai'an Army, especially the Left Army!"
"Go straight to Yandu!"
"If we can defeat it successfully, it will be the achievement of destroying the country! It is a supreme achievement!"
This sentence made everyone present excited.
After everyone cheered for a while, Shen Yi slowly stood up and looked at everyone: "Brothers, I have discussed it with General Su. In three days, the Left Route Army will officially go north from Hejian and take Yandu directly."
"Bros…"
"any questions?"
Everyone stood up one after another, half-knelt in front of Shen Yi, lowered their heads and clasped their fists: "I will wait, please obey Duke Shen's order!"
At this point, even Shen Yi, who had been preparing for several months, was a little excited.
He looked at everyone, took a deep breath, and clenched his fists.
"It has been nearly six years since the Huai'an Army was established in the twelfth year of Hongde!"
"Six years of life-and-death struggle, Northern Expedition against Huru, just for today!"
