It is very important for Shen Yi to have a local official whom he can trust completely.
This is not to say that a Huai'an prefect can do many things for him, but that Shen Yi does not have to guard against the local officials behind him, and there are some things that can be safely left to the Huai'an prefect's Yamen.
After all, Shen Yi now represents the military, and it is not convenient for the military to come forward for many things.
Of course, for Zhang Jian, Shen Yi's support is also very important.
It is a long process for a new local official, especially a prefect who is parachuted in, to fully grasp power. If he does not have a certain background or means, he will not be able to master all aspects of his position, even by the end of his term. that power.
But Zhang Jian is different.
On the second day after he took office, Shen Yi directly transferred a hundred soldiers from the Dusi Department to him and stood outside the magistrate's office.
From that time on, the Huai'an Magistrate's Office and even all the officials in Huai'an knew that this new governor... was someone they could not afford to offend.
Because when local political power and local military power are integrated, this kind of power is supreme, capable of life and death, and is "reasonable."
As a result, Zhang Jian was able to quickly enter the work of Huai'an Mansion.
While Zhang Fuzun was quickly seizing power, the vanguard of the Coastal Capital Division led by Ling Su had also arrived in Huai'an Prefecture.
By July 26, the eleventh year of Hongde, 15,000 of Shen Yi's 20,000 troops had arrived in Huai'an. None of these people had entered the city, but were stationed outside the city.
Thus, a large-scale defense change began.
The defense line in Huai'an Prefecture stretches for two to three hundred miles. Within the two to three hundred miles, there are many Huaihe Navy camps, as well as sentry towers and other warning points.
Originally, if it was a normal defense change, it would have to be changed bit by bit. For example, if the Huaihe Navy has several people in this sentry tower, according to the same scale, the Coastal Capital Division will also send a few people to guard this point.
But the Huaihe Navy did not give Shen Yi this chance.
On the morning of July 26, after Shen Yi sent someone to propose a defense change to the Huaihe Navy, in the afternoon, while he was still patrolling along the Huaihe River, Ling Su trotted over and said to Shen Yi out of breath: "Mr. Shen! "
Shen Yi put his hands behind his back, glanced across the Huaihe River, then looked at the calm Huaihe River, and asked, "What's wrong?"
"Huaihe Navy..."
Ling Su took several breaths before he calmed down. He lowered his head and said, "All the Huaihe naval forces have withdrawn!"
When Shen Yi heard this, he frowned slightly and said, "Withdrawal without handing over the defense?"
"The handover is the handover..."
Ling Su smiled bitterly and said: "But he only told us where to find the sentry tower and where to find the camp. He didn't tell us at all how many people should be there, and he just left after telling us..."
"Before my subordinates even reacted, the navy along the Huaihe River was already gone."
When Shen Yi heard this, he frowned slightly.
He knew that Zhao Lu would definitely find a way to disgust him. After all, in his heart, he actually didn't want the Huaihe River defense line to become "two sections", he only wanted the Huaihe River to be one.
But Shen Yi didn't expect that Zhao Lu could be so cruel!
Withdrew without even clear handover of defense!
According to the rules of the imperial court, when changing defenses, the defense must be explained clearly!
However, the Huaihe Navy had already been part of the Zhao clan's army, so they had the courage to just give a few words and turn around and leave.
In the future, if Shen Yi goes to the court to sue them because of this, they will have many words to argue with Shen Yi.
If Mr. Shen can hold Huai'an, they can say that there will be no problem with the defense handover. If he cannot hold Huai'an...
In fact, Shen Yi had no chance to speak.
Thinking of this, Shen Yi took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "Xue Wei and the others arrived in Huai'an half a month in advance. In the past half month, I asked one or two hundred of them to wander along the Huaihe River. Regarding the defense along the Huaihe River, Now that you have some confidence, you can go find Xue Wei..."
"Let him make rough arrangements for defense for the time being."
Having said this, Shen Yi narrowed his eyes and said, "As for the specific deployment of Huai'an, I will send someone to give it to you later."
Ling Su was just stunned for a moment, then nodded immediately, turned around and ran off to do his errands.
After Ling Su left, Shen Yi turned to look at Jiang Sheng beside him and said, "Didn't the inner guard have a defense plan for Huai'an a few days ago? Go and notify the inner guard and ask them to send it to my camp immediately."
There is nothing in the world that is airtight.
As for the internal guards under the emperor, the infiltration of the Huaihe Navy was no longer a matter of a year or two. Even if the internal guards did not fully understand the deployment of the Huai'an defense line and even the entire Huaihe defense line, they at least understood it seven or seven times. Eighty-eight.
As Shen Yi's mouthpiece, Jiang Sheng had channels of communication with the Di newspaper department and the internal guards. Hearing this, he nodded quickly and went about his business in accordance with Shen Yi's instructions.
After arranging these things, Shen Yi had no intention of continuing his patrol. He mounted his horse, looked at the Huaihe River for a while, and then turned back to the imperial envoy's camp in Huai'an Prefecture.
After returning to the imperial envoy's headquarters, only half an hour later, two internal guards came to send Shen Yi the defense plan of Huai'an.
After Master Shen got the defense map, he originally planned to send it to Ling Su and others immediately, but after thinking about it, he did not do so. Instead, he gritted his teeth and made a bold decision.
He took the map data of these defenses and came to his study, and then said to Jiang Sheng: "Go and call Xue Wei immediately!"
After Jiang Sheng left, Shen Yi polished his ink and drew his own defense map while comparing it with the defense data sent by the internal guards.
In this way, it was not until the sky became completely dark that Shen Yi completed the new defense plan. This defense plan was created by himself in conjunction with the Navy Chief and the original Huaihe Navy Defense Plan.
Although it is only a rough draft, it is enough.
Not long after he finished drawing, there was a knock on the door, and Xue Wei's voice rang outside: "Mr. Shen, my subordinate is down!"
"Come in and talk."
Xue Wei quickly opened the door and walked in. Because it was hot outside and he had been running outside all day, General Xue was already dripping with sweat all over his body.
After seeing Shen Yi, he immediately lowered his head, clasped his fists, and said, "Greetings to Mr. Shen!"
"Come and take a look at this defense map."
Shen Yi put the picture he drew in front of Xue Wei.
The map mainly shows the locations of several large camps of the Huaihe Navy along the Huaihe River, as well as the arrangement of the number of people in each sentry tower.
Xue Wei only glanced at it and then frowned. He looked up at Shen Yi and whispered: "Mr. Shen, this seems to be very different from the Huaihe Navy's defense..."
"My subordinates have been along the Huaihe River these days. They have been running back and forth along the Huai'an defense line several times. What they have seen and heard is very different from this picture..." Qiu
"It's not different."
Shen Yi whispered: "Basically it's the complete opposite."
"Where the Huaihe navy has a small number of troops, I deliberately placed more troops."
Although Xue Wei is a bit straightforward, he is not stupid. After hearing what Shen Yi said, he was stunned for a moment, then he looked at Shen Yi with wide eyes: "Mr. Shen, what do you mean? , the Huaihe Navy will leak the defense plan to Hu Qi!"
Shen Yi shook his head slightly and said, "I don't know."
"but."
He said in a deep voice: "It's very possible!"
Xue Wei took a deep breath, swallowed, and said, "But Mr. Shen, if Qi people don't get the original defense plan..."
"Then aren't we going to suffer?"
"So I am not prepared to devote all the troops stationed there."
Shen Yi raised his head and glanced at Xue Wei, and said slowly: "I am going to draw out five thousand-household camps, and temporarily let these five thousand-household camps set up camps every fifty or sixty miles on the three hundred-mile defense line, and let them adapt accordingly. , support all parties.”
"Moreover, there need to be more sentry towers by the river."
"Keep an eye on the Qi people and assign these five thousand-household camps based on their movements."
Having said this, Shen Yi exhaled a breath and looked at Xue Wei: "What do you think, General Xue?"
Xue Wei did not hesitate, lowered his head and clasped his fists.