After sending away the Zhou family and his son, the large group of enemies behind the Huai'an Army can be regarded as completely eliminated.
Even if these surrendered soldiers cannot form combat effectiveness for the time being, at least they will no longer pose a threat to the Huai'an army, which is enough.
Shen Yi did not leave Cangzhou directly, but called Zhou Huai to his Chinese army tent. Zhou Huai had been with Shen Yi for many years, and he was the kind of person who always stayed with Shen Yi. He was relatively close to her. Yes, he bowed his head and said: "Mr. Shen."
Shen Yi pointed to the chair and said: "The fighting in the north, especially with General Ling of the right army, is getting more and more intense. I can't stay here in Cangzhou for a long time."
"and…"
Shen Yi thought for a while and continued: "And now the whole situation has changed, and Northern Qi's strategy may also change, so I will leave tomorrow and rush back to the north. You can stay and deal with the mess here in Cangzhou."
Zhou Huai lowered his head: "Yes, Mr. Shen."
Shen Yi knocked on the table and continued: "There are not many things to do. There are two things that need to be done in total. The first thing is to conquer the remnants of the Southern Army here in Cangzhou. I have left you a small 10,000 people. You have to reorganize it as soon as possible. Collect it for your own use, this is a good opportunity for you."
Zhou Huai originally only had 5,000 people in charge, but now he has more than 10,000 people. Most of them are from the Forbidden Army and the former West Route Army. To be more serious, they cannot be regarded as his soldiers.
If the 10,000 people from the Conquering South Army can be brought under their own control, there will be a lot more room for them to be used in subsequent battles.
You must know that although the current war situation is that as long as Yandu is recovered, the subsequent war will be an autumn wind sweeping away the fallen leaves, but someone must be responsible for this autumn wind.
Shaanxi and other provinces still need troops to recover little by little. Then it will be time for people like Zhou Huai to make contributions.
Zhou Huai lowered his head and said, "General, I will do my job well and live up to your high expectations."
Shen Yi nodded and continued: "The second thing is the people's livelihood problem in Cangzhou. There has been a food shortage here for a month or two. Most of the food of the people in the city has been looted by the Southern Army. I transferred a group of people from Shandong The food should be arriving soon, please maintain order in Cangzhou and help distribute this batch of food."
"Don't let chaos arise in Cangzhou."
Shen Yi was still a little concerned about this matter, because after entering Cangzhou that day, he saw a lot of tragic scenes.
The Conquest Army had no food to eat, so they naturally had to rob the people in the city of food. There would be some conflicts between the two sides, or it could be said to be a unilateral massacre by the Conqueror Army.
In addition to the deaths caused by the conflict, because there had been food shortage for a long time, dozens or hundreds of people had starved to death in the city on the day Shen Yi entered Cangzhou City. In addition, since he could not leave the city, corpses were dumped in some alleys. It was chaos.
Shen Yi himself did not have time to deal with these problems here, so he had to let Zhou Huai handle these matters.
Zhou Huai scratched his head and whispered: "Mr. Shen, I have no problem reorganizing the army, but I am not very good at dealing with the people..."
"You are not asked to deal with the people, maintain order, and ensure that food is distributed fairly."
Shen Yi said in a dull voice: "I have already drafted a document for Shandong, and will soon dispatch a few officials to take care of Cangzhou."
He looked at Zhou Huai and ordered: "When the time comes, you will cooperate with these officials. When your troops leave, leave one or two hundred-household camps for them to maintain local order."
Zhou Huai then breathed a sigh of relief, lowered his head and said: "This is easy to handle, I will remember it in the end."
Shen Yi rubbed his temples and said, "Okay, I'm tired too. Let's stop talking here. When you've finished organizing here, you have to send me a message as soon as possible so that I can tell you to go to the battlefield."
Zhou Huai thought for a while and whispered: "Mr. Shen, in one month, we can join the battle."
Seeing Shen Yi's surprised look, Zhou Huai continued: "Our Huai'an Army has always used combat as a substitute for training!"
Shen Yi thought for a while and nodded silently.
"I see."
…………
The next day, Shen Yi left Cangzhou on horseback with a group of followers, but instead of running to Tianjin, he ran all the way to Zhending Mansion.
Four days later, Shen Yi, who had been traveling all the way, arrived at the right army commander's tent and saw Ling Su, who was directing the battle.
At this time, the Right Army had been fighting fiercely with Nuo Yong's troops for nearly two months.
In just two months, the Right Army and Nuo Yong almost fell into a crazy fight, and the fighting was extremely bloody and fierce.
It can be said that it was the most intense war since the formation of the Huai'an Army, and it was also the war with the highest frequency of casualties.
In more than a month, the number of people killed in the Right Army Army alone has exceeded 10,000! The number of injured is incalculable!
When Shen Yiren was in Cangzhou a few days ago, he received the battle report of the Right Route Army. He couldn't help but set off to Lingsu to have a look. However, the recruitment had to be completed, so he didn't rush until now. Came over.
It wasn't until Shen Yi arrived at the Chinese army's tent that Ling Su realized what he was doing. He quickly stood up and bowed his head in salute: "Mr. Shen!"
After saying this, he paused and then said: "The general did not know that you were coming, so he did not greet you. Please forgive me, Duke Shen."
Shen Yi shook his head and said: "I came here temporarily. I rode all the way here. You don't know what's normal. Our Huai'an army doesn't have so many rules. Let's talk about business."
Ling Su respectfully gave up his seat, and Shen Yi sat down unceremoniously. Ling Su bowed slightly and said, "Would you like me to summon the generals to discuss matters?"
"No need for now, let's get some air first."
Ling Su lowered his head in response, then turned back and waved his hand, saying in a deep voice: "Everyone, go out, no... no one is allowed to come in without Duke Shen's order."
"yes!"
In the big tent, everyone retreated, leaving only the two No. 1 and 2 figures in the Huai'an Army. Shen Yi motioned for Ling Su to take a seat, and then asked: "How many combatants have been reduced in our Right Route Army now? "
This kind of military terminology unique to Shen Yi was already familiar to Ling Su and others. The so-called attrition of combat personnel refers to the total number of people killed and seriously injured.
Ling Su thought for a moment and said, "There are almost 23,000 to 4,000 people."
He sighed: "Although the general has tried his best to hold back Nuo Yong's main force, he can't hold back their entire army. According to the intelligence, Nuo Yong's troops, about 50,000 people, have separated from the main force and are heading to Yandu for support. Already."
Shen Yi nodded: "I know this."
"This cannot be blamed on the Right Army. The Right Army has done its best."
Ling Su took a deep breath, looked at Shen Yi, and asked: "Mr. Shen, if Nuo Yong's main force shows no signs of action, do you think our offensive should stop? There are too many soldiers killed every day, and the morale of the army is low. , are all a little shaken.”
Shen Yi shook his head: "The offensive cannot stop for a moment."
"I have added 30,000 people to you, and they are veterans and not new recruits. They are on their way over now. It will take about twenty days for them to march here."
Ling Su's eyes lit up, and then he understood: "General, I heard that Zhou Shizhong and his son have surrendered. Duke Shen and these people are from the Southern Army..."
"yes."
Shen Yi took a deep breath and said, "This is what I want to tell you when I come here. Emperor Zhaowu of Northern Qi should already know about the surrender of the Zhengnan Army, and maybe Nuo Yong also knows about it. "
"Even if Nuo Yong doesn't know it now, he will soon know that the situation on the battlefield may change."
Although Ling Su is not very out-of-the-box and often does not have any strange and dangerous moves, he has been fighting with Shen Yi for so many years. His combat experience alone is enough to make him a famous general in the world. He quickly reacted and lowered his head. He said: "Mr. Shen, what do you mean..."
"Noyong will run away!"
"It wasn't Nuo Yong who would have escaped."
Mr. Shen reached out and knocked on the table, and said in a deep voice: "Maybe the entire Northern Qi Dynasty will flee north. We can't let their main force escape unscathed. There will be an endless confrontation!"
"Especially for Nuo Yong's part, even if we temporarily give up the goal of Yandu, we will still cripple Nuo Yong's troops!"
Ling Su's face became serious. He looked at Shen Yi and whispered: "Mr. Shen, if we want to fight like this, we need General Su to turn around and attack Nuo Yong, and..."
"If we want to eat elites like Nuoyong, our Huai'an army will have to pay a high price..."
Shen Yi glanced at Ling Su: "The Huai'an army crossed the Huai River, wasn't it just for today? General Ling was hesitant?"
"Don't dare."
Ling Su lowered his head slightly and said seriously: "The general is just telling you, Mr. Shen, about the evolution of the war..."
"I've thought about this."
Mr. Shen's voice was hoarse.
"Once the country's power is gone, it will be difficult to regain it. Our military morale is unstable, but if we continue to fight, Nuo Yong's troops..."
