In Dachen, the Huaihe River still does not flow into the Yangtze River and the sea, so this section in Huai'an still maintains a considerable width.
It is about two or three miles wide. From this distance, if the weather is clear and people with good eyesight can see the situation on the other side.
But if the weather is bad, it is not easy to see.
But at this time, Shen Yi's coastal capital was equipped with telescopes, and in many places, he could clearly see the situation on the other side of the river.
At this time, there were indeed more ships gathering on the north bank of the Huaihe River.
Because it was broad daylight, we could see clearly. A rough estimate was that there might be hundreds of ships gathering on the north shore, and more ships were gathering one after another.
Shen Yi rushed to the river in person and looked at the situation on the other side with a telescope.
After he finished reading, Xue Wei, who was standing behind him, lowered his head slightly and said in a deep voice: "Mr. Shen, it seems that the Qi people are very unwilling to accept the loss and want to regain their position from Gaozhuang!"
Last night, the place where the Qi people made a surprise landing was called Gaozhuang. Even the memorial written by Zhang Jian for Shen Yi mentioned the great victory of Gaozhuang.
While Shen Yi was thinking, Xue Wei lowered his head slightly and said, "Mr. Shen, we can mobilize three or four thousand-household camps within a radius of fifty miles nearby. Should we issue an order now to let them come closer?"
As he said that, Xue Wei looked at the other side of the river and whispered: "Looking at the situation, I'm afraid more than 5,000 people will come this time."
Shen Yi frowned, and was about to agree to Xue Wei to let him shake people, when suddenly an idea came to him, he shook his head slightly and said, "No rush, let's take a look first."
"Send someone to keep an eye on these Qi people for twelve hours. If there is any abnormality, come and report to me immediately."
After saying this, Shen Yi slowly turned around and went back to his tent.
Xue Wei looked at Shen Yi's back and wanted to say something. Su Ding on the side pulled his sleeve and said: "General Xue, the general also feels that it seems that we can wait a while."
Xue Wei looked back at Su Ding, then he pulled Su Ding's sleeves, walked aside, and said, "Old Su, please tell me the truth behind this!"
Su Ding smiled and said: "General Xue, the moon was dark last night and the enemy came in surprise. How did we detect it in advance?"
Xue Wei said without thinking: "Of course we have a boat on the Huaihe River and discovered Qi Ren's movements in advance."
"Last night there was no light from the moon, so we could predict the enemy's movements in advance, so today the Qi people started to assemble the ships in broad daylight, right opposite Gaozhuang."
Having said this, Su Ding paused and said, "This is probably a deliberate gathering for us to see."
At this point, Xue Wei seemed to understand, and he suddenly said: "General Su, do you mean that those bastards may be pretending to attack Gaozhuang, tricking us into moving all our troops here and then raiding elsewhere?"
"Most likely."
Su Ding looked up at the other side of the river and said: "Otherwise, this would be completely unreasonable. Unless the Qi people directly sent tens of thousands of troops to press against Gaozhuang, otherwise they would blatantly gather ships in such a blatant manner. If you call us, you will suffer big losses when you log in."
Xue Wei frowned and thought for a while, then clasped his fists at Su Ding and grinned: "Earlier Shen Gong asked me to learn more from General Su. I was still a little unconvinced, but now I have learned from General Su." a lot of. "
"Where, where."
Su Ding quickly shook his head and said: "The last general also learned a lot from General Xue, and he also learned a lot about defeating the enemy in battle."
He said sincerely: "General Xue is the most powerful general I have ever seen in my life."
"Harmful."
Xue Wei shook his head carelessly and said with a smile: "Although I am not smart, I also know that General Su is flattering me with his words."
"But everything I said to General Su is true."
Xue Wei looked sincere and said with a smile: "General Su, you don't know."
"In the past, when I was with General Ling Suling, I often asked him questions. He always said that I was good here or there, but he never wanted to teach me the real thing."
"Very stingy."
Having said this, Xue Wei hugged Su Ding's shoulders and said with a smile: "Now that General Su is willing to teach me, I am very happy."
Being hugged by Xue Wei, even a warrior like Su Ding swayed. After he coughed, he said with a smile: "General Xue, now we have to patrol along the Huaihe River."
He looked towards the other side of the river and said, "Looking at the movements of the Qi people, I guess they will take action tomorrow."
"We can't neglect things here in Gaozhuang."
"On the battlefield, there is a lot of uncertainty and uncertainty. Maybe there will be thousands of people in these boats on the other side of the river rushing over to kill them."
After Xue Wei listened carefully to Su Ding's words, he couldn't help but sigh.
"These things seem to be mentioned in the military book that Mr. Shen gave me, but I never understood the meaning."
He smiled at Su Ding and said: "Now that General Su said this, I understand everything. It's like pouring a basin of cold water on someone, and I suddenly become smarter."
Su Ding smiled and said: "General Xue should be said to have suddenly become enlightened."
"I don't understand whether you are cheerful or not."
Xue Wei smiled at Su Ding and reached out to pat his shoulder.
"It's a pity that I didn't meet General Su earlier."
He clenched his fists and groaned: "Otherwise, I wouldn't have been overwhelmed by Ling Su."
Su Ding looked calm and whispered: "Now is General Xue's great opportunity."
"General Ling is on the western front, General Xue you are on the eastern front."
Su Ding said quietly: "General Ling's western front is close to the Huaihe Navy's defense line. If the Qi people want to break the defense, they may be worried about the Huaihe Navy. Therefore, I estimate that this time, the Huaihe River will be stationed for most of the war..."
"They will all be on the Eastern Front."
Su Ding smiled and said: "General, I believe this is also the deep intention of Mr. Shen in arranging General Xue to guard the Eastern Front."
Hearing this, Xue Wei stood still for a long time.
After a long time, facing the direction of Shen Yi's tent, he knelt down with a plop, with tears in his eyes.
"Mr. Shen, treat me."
The big man lowered his head in tears.
"It's like being a new parent!"
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After Shen Yi returned to his camp, Zhang Jian had already left.
He first read the memorial written by Zhang Jian for him, and after confirming that there were no problems, he stamped it with his own seal and asked Jiang Sheng to send it back to Jiankang quickly.
Next, there are some urgent military matters.
After he dealt with it, he lay on the bed and fell asleep.
Mr. Shen is a person who likes to sleep very much. If he is in Jiankang, he can sleep until the next morning or even noon.
However, along the Huai defense line, Shen Yi woke up almost every half an hour, and then called the soldiers at the door in to inquire about the situation.
In this way, he was in a daze until the early morning of the next day. When Shen Yi was still half asleep, Su Ding's voice sounded outside his tent.
"Mr. Shen, General Su Ding would like to see you!"
Shen Yi immediately opened his eyes and said directly: "Come in."
Soon, Su Ding came to Shen Yi, lowered his head and said: "Mr. Shen, forty miles east of Gaozhuang, Qi people's boats were found on the river."
"Thirty miles west of Gaozhuang, there are also Qi people's ships coming and going!"
He lowered his head slightly and said: "Because the intelligence said that at least forty ships appeared on the east river, and there were only two thousand-household camps there, so General Xue had already rushed there at this time."
"He ordered the general to come and notify Duke Shen immediately!"
Shen Yi was now completely awake. He rubbed his brows and tried to calm himself down completely.
After a few breaths, he looked up at Su Ding and asked, "Is there any movement on the river bank north of Gaozhuang?"
"Go back to Mr. Shen."
Su Ding said: "There are already more than a hundred ships north of Gaozhuang, and they are all still there without any movement."
Shen Yi immediately made a decision in his heart, and he said in a deep voice: "Pass my order and immediately place all the artillery on the bank of the Gaozhuang River and cover it with withered grass branches!"
"All officers and soldiers in Gaozhuang are on standby and ready for orders at any time."
He looked at Su Ding again and continued: "As for the enemies facing east and west."
Mr. Shen had no expression on his face and said coldly: "Let your respective defenders hold on to their defense lines."
"If I can't hold on any longer, I'll set off fireworks to ask for help."
Su Ding raised his head, looked deeply at Shen Yi, then bowed his head respectfully and clasped his fists.