After waking up, Shen Yi put on his clothes and came to the defense line along the Huaihe River in Gaozhuang. He still found a high slope, held a telescope in his hand, and stared quietly at the other side of the river.
There were more than a hundred boats on the other side of the river, but there was still no movement.
Every moment that passed, Shen Yi's heart became more and more anxious.
Because the longer time passes, the more likely it is that the more than 100 ships on the other side are "covers".
In particular, according to intelligence, the east and west sides are now being attacked by the enemy almost at the same time, and are already fully engaged in fighting.
There were even several times when Shen Yi almost couldn't help but order his soldiers to support the battlefields on the east and west sides.
But every time, he resisted the urge and still sat on this high slope, quietly looking at the other side of the river.
Su Ding sat next to him. When it came to the end of Yinshi and dawn, even Su Ding could no longer sit still. He turned to look at the young man beside him, lowered his head slightly and said, "Mr. Shen, yes
no…"
"Send a Thousand Household Battalion out to support the east and west sides?"
Shen Yi slowly closed his eyes, expressionless: "How to send it?"
"There are only three thousand-household battalions here in Gaozhuang. Yesterday they were killed and injured, and now they only have about 2,400 troops left."
He opened his eyes, his gaze became firm again, and his voice was a little hoarse: "Sending one thousand-household battalion will not help. At least two thousand-household battalions are needed to support the east and west sides, but sending two thousand people out will not help."
This place in the village is tantamount to abandoning the defense."
Mr. Shen's voice was hoarse: "I don't think the Qi people placing more than a hundred boats on the other side are really just for us to see."
Su Ding sighed and smiled bitterly: "Mr. Shen, there is actually no problem on the western front. After all, General Ling's garrison on the western front can still provide support, but General Xue's eastern front..."
"I'm afraid it will be really difficult."
"At least wait until dawn."
Shen Yi's eyes were still looking at the other side, and his voice was low: "We will make a decision after daylight comes out!"
Su Ding lowered his head slightly and said, "Mr. Shen, I will be watching over here. You can go and rest first. If there is any movement, I will notify you immediately."
Shen Yi shook his head.
"At this time, even a heart made of iron will never be able to sleep."
Su Ding lowered his head silently and stopped talking.
The two people sat on this high slope and looked at the river bank quietly.
Time passed little by little, but for Shen Yi, it passed extremely slowly.
He even wanted to blink and it would be dawn.
However, often at this time, time passes very slowly, excruciatingly slowly.
Finally, we arrived at Yinshizheng, because it was Zhengzheng summer, and at this time, the sky was basically completely bright.
Looking at the increasingly bright morning glow in the east, Shen Yigang was about to issue an order when a soldier from the scout battalion hurried over, breathing heavily: "My lord! My lord!"
"The Qi people on the north bank are moving!"
When Shen Yi and Su Ding heard this, they were both excited. They picked up the telescope and looked towards the north bank almost at the same time!
Although it was not clear to see, more than a hundred ships on the north shore began to set up their sails and move almost at the same time!
Su Ding put down the telescope and turned to look at Shen Yi, his whole body trembling with excitement.
"Mr. Shen was the first to predict the enemy's plan. He is truly a man of God!"
Shen Yi looked solemn, put down the telescope, turned around and said to Jiang Sheng: "Go...get my stomach."
Jiang Sheng opened his mouth and wanted to say something. Seeing that he was hesitant, Shen Yi shouted in a low voice: "Didn't you hear me?"
Jiang Sheng nodded hurriedly and went down to get Shen Yi's armor and stomach.
Su Ding lowered his head and clasped his fists, then raised his head to look at Shen Yi with a firm voice: "Mr. Shen, my subordinates are not dead yet. In any case, there is no need for you to go into battle in person!"
Shen Yi looked at Su Ding, took a deep breath, and said in a hoarse voice: "General Su, you still haven't figured it out yet."
"The Qi people attacked in three places, and there is no distinction between false and true in these three places."
Master Shen spoke in a deep voice.
“All three are practical measures!”
"Although the Qi people played some tricks, in essence, they used brute force to suppress others."
Shen Yi whispered: "Because the troops they can use are far better than ours!"
"Today is destined to be a hard battle. Xue Wei is not here, you..."
Shen Yi lowered his eyebrows and said, "You arrived in Dusi not long ago."
"I can only go and boost morale."
Su Ding has some commanding ability, but after all, he lacks prestige. The two sides are fighting to the death. It is really necessary to have someone who everyone admires to go to the front line to boost morale.
Moreover, it is not dangerous for Shen Yi to come to the battle in person.
Because he has a full set of iron armor.
What's more important is that he is always followed by inner guards, not just a few inner guards, but dozens of inner guards!
These people are enough to protect Shen Yi's safety anywhere.
After the two people had a brief exchange, Shen Yi looked back at Su Ding and said, "General Su is an expert in commanding on the battlefield, so I won't interfere. However, there is one thing that General Su should pay attention to."
Su Ding lowered his head slightly, cupped his fists and said, "Mr. Shen's orders!"
"This time, we are going to have an ambush."
"So don't rush to expose them. Wait until all their ships are within the range of shore artillery before giving the order to fire."
After saying this, Shen Yi strode towards the coast.
At the same time, the ships on the north shore were rapidly approaching the south shore.
By around 4:00 p.m., we were already close to the south bank!
Su Ding put down the telescope, waved his hand, and said in a deep voice: "Fire! Fire!"
Along the coast of Gaozhuang, Shen Yi placed more than 20 artillery pieces in advance. They were all built in Yueqing and were improved artillery pieces.
Although the range has only been slightly increased and the power has even been reduced, this new type of artillery is much lighter than the original artillery!
The original artillery weighed several thousand kilograms and could basically only be placed on the city wall to defend the city. However, this new type of artillery uses a wooden base, the lightest of which only weighs two to three hundred kilograms!
With this weight, you don't even need an animal to carry heavy objects. As long as it is placed on a two-wheeled vehicle, a few strong men can push it around.
This is why Shen Yi was able to place artillery along the river and even move it onto warships.
Twenty artillery pieces fired in unison!
Moreover, it was daytime, so the accuracy was naturally much better than at night. Several of the dozen or so ships in the lead were knocked crooked by artillery fire!
Even several small boats were directly destroyed by the main body, and more than a dozen people on board also fell into the water.
This round of artillery can be said to be extremely effective!
At least compared to the previous blind bombardment at night, the effect is much better!
Unfortunately, this kind of artillery still does not break away from the limitations of conventional artillery. Whether it is the speed of firing or the cooling time of the barrel, it takes a long time.
Therefore, from the time the Qi people's ships entered the artillery range to the time the Qi people arrived at the shore, these artillery guns only had four or five chances to fire, and they were no longer able to bombard them.
After the artillery fire stopped, the Qi people generals on the big boat on the river raised their arms and shouted angrily: "Brothers, rush up and chop these soft-legged sheep!"
On the other side, Su Ding calmly ordered and shouted: "Archers, archers!"
"Archers come forward, cover the artillery carriage and retreat!"
Then, there were several more rounds of volleys of feather arrows!
However, the Qi people clearly learned their lesson. In order to resist the artillery, the formation was now very scattered.
The formations were scattered, so that the effect of bows and arrows was not particularly good.
However, the dispersed formation is not all bad.
After several rounds of volleys of bows and arrows, Su Ding ran down the high slope and ran all the way to Shen Yi. He took a deep breath and shouted angrily: "The enemy's formation has completely dispersed!"
"Get ready to charge in!
"
After that, he directly took out the saber from his waist, stood near Shen Yi, and whispered: "Mr. Shen, give the order!"
"In a moment, please stand back and be careful!"
"If Gaozhuang cannot be defended, we can retreat to Huai'an!"
"You must not get hurt!"
Hearing this, Shen Yi chuckled: "Don't worry, nothing will happen to me."
He also slowly drew out his saber, looked around, and shouted: "Where is the son of the Han family!"
If Shen Yi's prestige in Dusi had to be described in four words, it could only be described as unparalleled.
Because basically every general in the Dusi, from the commander of Qianhu to the general banner of Baihu, was promoted by him!
Many of them were recruited by him himself!
The people nearby who heard Shen Yi's voice became excited when they heard the words, and shouted angrily: "My subordinates are here!"
"Arrange with me!"
Master Shen unsheathed his sword.
"Behead the invading enemy!"
Everyone drew their scabbards, shouted angrily, and rushed towards Qi Ren who had just logged in!
Next, there is no more fancy hand-to-hand combat!
Because Dusi's soldiers have already formed their formation in advance, after the formation is completed, facing the scattered enemies, the advantage is huge under the sudden contact!
No one can stop the army in formation!
After just one encounter, more than twenty Qi people fell under the sword!
Even Shen Yi killed a Qi man with a sword!
Su Ding remained calm and began to direct the next attack.
The two sides fought on the edge of the Huaihe River. It didn't take long for the river water to be dyed scarlet!
But after a while, Su Ding realized something was wrong.