A group of scouts from the Northern Qi Dynasty were watching Shanhaiguan from a distance and trying to get closer to the pass.
Of course, they were not trying to attack the city, but they were trying to explore the situation as much as possible.
After all, even the title of Da Qi is now in name only. With the growth of the Han people, life for Zhu Zhenren outside Guan has become increasingly difficult.
Moreover, after ten long years, many people among Zhu Zhenren have given up the idea of going south and just want to live their own lives well.
But now, they took the initiative to get close to this distance. Their main purpose was to find out the situation of Chen Jun in Shanhaiguan.
After all, in the past few months, Chen Jun near Shanhaiguan has been making frequent moves, which has attracted Zhu Zhenren's attention.
This scout team was led by a general flag. When they reached the 20th point of Shanhaiguan Pass, they no longer dared to go any closer. The general flag climbed to a high place and carefully took out a single tube from his arms. binoculars, and then looked back at his subordinates.
"Alert everywhere!"
Everyone looked at the Thousand Mirrors in his hand with some envy, and then dispersed as ordered.
More than ten years ago, Zhu Zhenren still had a lot of telescopes at his disposal, and most households with a hundred households could be equipped with one. However, after the accident ten years ago, Zhu Zhenren fled north in a hurry, and not many were brought to the north. Now only generals of Qianhu or higher level may have a Qianjing.
As for the general flag of my family, I collected one myself back then and luckily it was not confiscated.
After the general flag climbed to a high place, he looked at Guancheng in Shanhaiguan with a telescope.
On Guancheng, Sergeant Da Chen was waiting in strict formation, and a huge military flag with the word "Ling" was fluttering in the wind.
The general flag was too far away to see clearly. He rubbed his eyes, and when he picked up the Qianjing again, he saw that the Ling flag on the Shanhaiguan city wall was slowly being replaced.
Then, under the incredulous gaze of the general flag, another larger flag was replaced, and it was blown by the wind.
The commander-in-chief was so frightened that all the Thousand Mirrors in his hand fell to the ground. He quickly jumped down from the tree, picked up the Thousand Mirrors, wiped them distressedly, put them in his arms again, and then faced the nearby men Made a gesture.
Soon, this small group of people gathered.
"retreat…"
The commander-in-chief's face turned pale and he whispered: "Retreat immediately."
The scouts below were a little curious: "Boss, what did you see? You are so scared."
"Shanhaiguan has changed its flag..."
The commander-in-chief took a deep breath and swallowed hard.
"The person named Shen is here...The person named Shen is here at Shanhaiguan!"
His voice was extremely low when he spoke, but it was deafening to everyone's ears!
The three characters surnamed Shen are so loud among Zhu Zhenren!
Even though only Zong Qi in this team had experienced what happened ten years ago, all of them were expelled from the pass.
To be more precise, they were all kicked out by Shen!
Hearing this sentence, everyone fell silent,
The commander-in-chief took a deep breath and said, "Report as quickly as possible..."
This news was reported from one level to another, and it didn't take long before it reached Shengjing City and reached the ears of Zhao Xuan, the Emperor of Northern Qi who was on the throne.
At this time, the new emperor of the Northern Qi Dynasty was named Xuanyuan. This year is the eleventh year of his accession to the throne, which is also the tenth year of the Xuanyuan period of the Northern Qi Dynasty.
However, the Northern Qi Dynasty now is no longer the huge Northern Qi Dynasty. Only people in Liaodong remember his reign name. Very few people in the Guan Dynasty know it, let alone use it.
Everyone in the world knows that this year is the 29th year of Hongde in Dachen.
When Zhao Xuan left Yanjing, he was still a young man. After ten years of hard work, he became a mature emperor, or a mature leader, who was nearly thirty years old.
In the past ten years, Zhao Xuan could be said to have worked hard to stabilize the small court, then removed the military power of his uncle Lang Yan, and defeated the general Nuo Yong, and successfully controlled all power in Liaodong.
From this point of view, Zhao Xuan is a pretty good monarch, at least much more capable than his father Zhao Kai.
But now, the Liaodong Emperor is also a little panicked.
He even sent someone to invite General Lang Yan, who was already idle at home, to the imperial city.
Looking at his gray-haired uncle, Zhao Xuan was silent for a while and then said: "General, Shen Yi is here."
Lang Yan had ignored the matter for several years. After hearing Zhao Xuan's words, he was a little moved. After a while, he asked: "Where is he?"
"In Shanhaiguan, in Ling Su's army."
Speaking of this, Zhao Xuan couldn't help but said: "Didn't you say a few years ago that Shen Yi would not invade Liaodong again in order to protect himself? Even if there was a conflict, he would only send subordinates to show off and not come in person. How come this time, He He…"
When Shen Yi was mentioned, General Lang's eyelids twitched. After a while, he shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty, I have never been able to see through him..."
"General, what should we do now?"
"Just defend."
Lang Yan said silently: "Liaodong is our hometown. We are familiar with it. Even if Shen Yi is a god, he cannot be unruly here."
Zhao Xuan looked around and whispered: "I heard that in the past ten years, the man named Shen has produced many new firearms and used them on the Japanese battlefield. I am worried..."
"Your Majesty, there is nothing you can do if you worry."
Lang Yan said: "It's impossible that Shen Yi won't come because of worry."
Zhao Xuan narrowed his eyes slightly and said nothing.
Lang Yan suddenly raised his head and looked at his nephew. He suddenly understood something: "Your Majesty, what you want is to let the old minister go out to lead the army again..."
"yes."
Zhao Xuan nodded silently and said: "My uncle must come forward to boost morale and people's morale."
Lang Yan thought for a moment and suddenly smiled: "At this time, if I want to inspire people, I'm afraid I can only die on the battlefield."
When he moved north, the person in charge was Lang Yan. Although Lang Yan was forced to retreat to the second line by Zhao Xuan, his prestige was still extremely high. If he died on the front line, Emperor Xuanyuan would use this to "hype" him. Most likely, the entire small court will be able to unite with the same hatred.
Emperor Xuanyuan did not speak and remained silent.
Lang Yan stood up, lowered his head and said, "Old minister, I understand."
"I try my best to...obey the emperor's holy will..."
………………
Shanhaiguan Camp.
Mr. Shen got off the carriage, looked at the flag with the word "Chen" that had been hung in the army, and then at the generals who came to greet him.
All the generals knelt down on both sides, lowered their heads and kowtowed: "General, please wait and pay homage to Duke Shen!"
Seeing this scene, even Shen Yi couldn't help but feel excited. He first helped Ling Su and Zhang Meng up, then raised his hand and said with a smile: "We are all old brothers, there is no need for me to help them one by one. ?”
Then everyone stood up, all smiling happily, and gathered around, talking to Mr. Shen one by one, and they were very close to each other.
Almost all of these are old members of the Huai'an Army.
It's not that Ling Su is nostalgic for the past and is unwilling to promote new people. In fact, Ling Su's roots are also in the Huai'an Army. All his subordinates are Huai'an soldiers, so he has no way to promote others.
Of course, some of the generals in the Shanhaiguan camp still recognize Shen Yi, but others are probably already Ling Su's confidants.
After all, if he can't develop a few die-hard fans in ten years, Ling Su's abilities will be too low.
Mr. Shen patted Zhang Meng on the shoulder and sighed: "I haven't seen you in a few years, and my old brother's hair has turned gray."
Zhang Meng's eyes filled with tears, he bowed his head respectfully and clasped his fists, saying: "Mr. Shen, your style is still the same."
Mr. Shen looked at the generals, looked up at the flying Shen flag, and smiled.
"Old brothers."
His voice is calm but very appealing.
This kind of charisma is something Ling Su will never learn in his lifetime.
"There hasn't been a major battle in ten years. Are you guys pregnant?"
Everyone, including Ling Su, lowered their heads and clasped their fists.
"I will wait for you, General Shen, to be dispatched by Duke Shen!"
Mr. Shen nodded slightly.
"More than ten years ago, we crossed the Huaihe River and came to the north. After more than ten years, it's time for the old brothers to follow me."
Lord Shen's smile was gentle, but he also had some rare high-spiritedness.
"I went to take a look outside Shanhaiguan."
As soon as these words came out, these generals, whose average age was close to forty, were all excited, especially Zhang Meng, who looked excited, lowered his head deeply, clasped his fists, and loudly said: "Follow Duke Shen to the death!"
