After arranging general matters, Shen Yi settled in the Songjiangwei camp.
During this period, the officials of Songjiang Prefecture finally heard about the arrival of Shen Yi, the imperial envoy. They went to Songjiang Guard Camp many times to invite Shen Yi to dinner, but Mr. Shen declined politely because he was busy with military affairs.
Because Shen Yi really doesn't have the energy to deal with these local officials now.
and…
With his current rank and status, there is no need to socialize with these local officials, because even the fourth-grade Songjiang prefect is no longer close to Shen Yi.
After staying in Songjiangwei for almost ten days, the supplies escorted from Jiankang finally arrived.
Nothing else is particularly important. The most important thing is the more than 10,000 pieces of armor. For this reason, Shen Yi also specially called a meeting with the Qianhu households below and asked each Qianhu camp to distribute the armor evenly. During the war, no one is allowed to go to the battlefield without armor.
After the armor arrived, the daily training of the Dusi officers and soldiers also turned into armor training.
It's just July now, and the weather is extremely hot. Even if you wear armor, during training on the school field, people will suffer from heat stroke almost every day, and even faint.
If it were a local guard station, with this kind of training intensity, the soldiers in the guard station might have to stop training collectively, or even mutiny if pressed.
However, Dusi's treatment was good, and most of the generals at all levels were brought up by Shen Yi himself. Under the majesty of Master Shen, everyone still gritted their teeth and persisted.
In this way, it lasted until early July.
On this day, Shen Yi called Ling Su and Xue Wei in front of him. After the two saluted, Mr. Shen coughed and said slowly: "In about twenty days, it will be time to change defenses with the Huaihe Navy. It’s time, our training in Songjiang Mansion has come to an end.”
"Early tomorrow morning, I will ride my horse and lead the cavalry to the north to meet with the Huaihe Navy. One of you two will go with me to have contact with the Huaihe Navy."
"The other person will stay and lead the infantry northward."
Shen Yi knocked on the table and said: "Songjiang Mansion is about seven hundred miles away from Huai'an Mansion. Seven hundred miles, I have given you twenty days."
"No matter what, we must rush to Huai'an Mansion before the end of the month to complete the defense change with the Huaihe Navy. Do you understand?"
The two immediately clasped their fists and said in a deep voice: "I obey my orders!"
After saying that, the two commanders turned to discuss for a few words. Ling Su turned around and clasped his fists at Shen Yi and said: "Mr. Shen, my subordinates have discussed with General Xue. Tomorrow, General Xue will lead the cavalry to go north with you. General Xue will lead the infantry." Let’s go out at the same time.”
Now that the two of them had discussed it, Shen Yi had no objection. After nodding, he said calmly: "Then it's settled, we'll set off early tomorrow morning."
Xue Wei looked serious and lowered his head slightly: "I obey my orders!"
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Early the next morning, all the cavalrymen of Dusi gathered at the gate of the camp.
The quantity is not small.
To be precise, there are not many war horses.
And now, the war horses promised by Jiang Jian of the Ministry of War to Shen Yi have not yet been implemented. It is estimated that it will take several months to be delivered to Shen Yi. Therefore, as of now, all the cavalry in Dusi total only seven or eight hundred people.
That's all Shen Yi bought with his own money. All the war horses were bought with his own money or with Xu Fu's money.
And Shen Yi, sitting on his big black horse, took the lead and ran towards the north.
Xue Wei and other generals followed closely behind Shen Yi on horseback.
The speed of the cavalry was far superior to that of the infantry. The distance was 700 miles, and even though everyone was not moving very fast, by the eighth day, they had already reached the territory of Huai'an Prefecture.
After arriving in Huai'an Prefecture, these more than 700 people did not enter the city, but camped in the wild. After setting up the tent, Mr. Shen sat at the door of his tent and grilled meat skewers, while Xue Wei sat carefully He came to Shen Yi's side, lowered his head slightly and asked: "Mr. Shen, we are already in Huai'an Mansion now. Should we stay put and wait for General Ling and others to come over, or should we go directly to see the people of the Huaihe Navy?"
Shen Yi glanced at him.
"Are you going to meet the Huaihe Navy people?"
Xue Wei scratched his head and said, "I don't know..."
Shen Yi shook his head slightly and said helplessly: "Tomorrow, we will camp near Huai'an Fucheng. After setting up camp, you... you will take the few thousand households that came with you to the bank of the Huaihe River to have a good look."
"I'll give you ten days to walk along the Huaihe River as much as possible. Do you understand?"
Xue Wei nodded thoughtfully and said, "What about you, Mr. Shen?"
Mr. Shen looked calm and said, "You don't have to worry about me. Someone will naturally come to invite me to the city tomorrow."
Having said this, Shen Yi handed one of the grilled meat skewers to Xue Wei, and then looked towards Huai'an City not far away.
According to the information he received from the Di Di Reporting Department.
General Zhao of the Huaihe Navy should be in Huai'an Mansion at this time.
The Huaihe River defense line is so long, it is self-evident that General Zhao is in Huai'an Mansion at this time.
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The next day, Shen Yi's troops set out again. According to Shen Yi's instructions, they came to station on the outskirts of Huai'an Fucheng without entering the city.
After setting up camp, Xue Wei and other generals followed Shen Yi's instructions and went on horseback for "field inspection" along the Huaihe River.
Mr. Shen took Jiang Sheng and about ten followers into Huai'an City.
Huai'an City is not that small.
It is even a city of considerable size, because for more than sixty years, although the Qi people have repeatedly invaded the border, they have never conquered Huai'an City. As a result, this city has hardly been affected by "military disasters".
Shen Yi and others had just entered the city and wandered around for about an hour when several men stopped in front of Shen Yi. They lowered their heads slightly and said respectfully: "Mr. Shen, my general, please go and look at the Huai Tower for a while."
Shen Yi had long known that Zhao Lu was here, and he was well prepared to see Zhao Lu. Hearing this, he was not surprised at all. He just nodded lightly and said, "Lead the way."
Several men nodded quickly and led Shen Yi and others to a tall building.
It is said to be a high-rise building, but it only has four floors.
This is a restaurant, and it is also the tallest restaurant in the entire city of Huai'an.
Shen Yi was invited all the way to the fourth floor, and finally saw General Zhao in a private room by the window, dressed in blue singles.
At this time, the summer wind blew through the high-rise building. General Zhao stood in front of the window and looked at the entire Huai'an City. His clothes were fluttering. He looked less like a warrior and more like a scholar who had read poetry and books.
He had obviously noticed that Shen Yi had walked in, but he did not look back. He still looked at the whole Huai'an and let out a long sigh.
"It would be a pity to destroy such a city."
Shen Yi found a chair and sat down by himself, then looked at Zhao Lu's back and said calmly: "Master Hou must be able to figure it out. The city of Huai'an is good, but Master Hou said it will be destroyed."
"It's just a matter of time."
General Zhao turned around and looked at Shen Yi up and down, then he was a little surprised and said with a smile: "Brother Shen is a lot of trouble."
"I trained in Songjiang Prefecture and got a little tan."
Shen Yi also looked up at Zhao Lu and said lightly: "In comparison, Mr. Hou seems to be more of a scholar."
"Honestly."
Zhao Lu sighed slightly and said: "When he was young, Zhao was indeed more interested in studying, but he had a family fortune to inherit, and he really had no way to study."
"That's why he became the so-called general he is now."
Shen Yi was too lazy to reminisce with him, but looked at him quietly and asked: "The Marquis just said that Huai'an City will be destroyed. What does this mean? Could it be that the Marquis and the Qi people made some agreement? "
Zhao Lu smiled dumbly.
"What other agreement does this require?"
"How many years have the Northern and Southern Dynasties been at odds with each other? We have already been part of each other, and we have been part of you. No one can hide this from anyone."
He looked at Shen Yi quietly.
"The emperor of the Northern Dynasties is getting more and more ill."
"He needs to fight a winning battle."
Zhao Lu lowered his head and took a sip of tea, then looked at Shen Yi and said with a smile.
"Brother Shen, if you take over the defense of Huai'an, it will take at least three to five days before the Northern Dynasty will react. They will target Huai'an, the weak point, and attack fiercely until they break through Huai'an's defense line along the Huai'an, and even break through the Huai'an mansion."
Zhao Lu's tone was calm, as if he was talking about something that had nothing to do with him.
"At that time, even if the Emperor of Northern Qi dies, our Majesty will have no other thoughts."
Speaking of this, he looked at Shen Yi.
"When the time comes, I will be asked to clean up the mess."
He looked at the scenery outside the window and sighed slightly.
