When Shen Yi led his people to the Eastern Front battlefield, it was already approaching evening.
At this time, the sun set from the west, and a bright red sun spread over the Huai River, dyeing the Huai River red.
but…
This piece of red is not just red, you can even smell blood!
Shen Yi was shocked and quickly led people on horseback to ride over.
After approaching the river bank, Shen Yi first glanced at the flag on the south bank of the Huaihe River.
A large flag with the word "Chen" that has been almost dyed red is still fluttering in the wind, but with the strong west wind, it looks a little desolate.
Seeing that Chen Ziqi was still there, Shen Yi knew that the place had not been lost.
However, the war is obviously over.
Just as Shen Yi was about to urge his horse forward, a guard attendant next to him stopped in front of him and whispered: "Master Shen, please wait a moment."
"I'll go check out the situation first."
Shen Yi frowned slightly, then nodded slowly.
He is the leader of the Huai'an defense line, so he really cannot be impulsive at this time.
Soon, the internal guards who went to explore the road hurried back.
Even this kind of emperor's personal soldier swallowed his saliva at this moment. After taking a deep breath, he calmed down and said: "Mr. Shen!"
"General Xue...General Xue is in the tent in front."
Shen Yi's face darkened.
"What's up with him?"
The inner guard lowered his head and said cautiously: "Back to Mr. Shen, General Xue is fine, but..."
At this point, he sighed and couldn't say any more. He lowered his head slightly and gritted his teeth and said, "You will know for yourself if you go and see."
Shen Yi quickly urged his horse and rushed towards the somewhat dilapidated camp ahead.
There were corpses everywhere in the camp.
Not only the corpses of Dusi soldiers, but also the corpses of many Qi people.
Compared to corpses, there are more wounded!
Shen Yi was taken directly to a large tent, where he saw Xue Wei covered in blood.
At this time, this sturdy man had fallen to the ground, gasping for breath.
Shen Yi frowned and hurried forward, half-crouching in front of Xue Wei, with a faint tremor in his voice: "Xue Wei, Xue Wei!"
Xue Wei quickly opened his eyes. After he glanced at Shen Yi, he was stunned for a moment, then grinned: "Mr. Shen, you are finally here..."
"Subordinate...I..."
He closed his eyes and said slowly: "I'm very sleepy..."
"I've been waiting for you to come over and take charge of the situation. If you don't come over, I won't dare to sleep..."
After saying this, a smile appeared on his face, he closed his eyes and slowly fell back.
Shen Yi was stunned. He shouted: "Xue Wei, Xue Wei!"
Xue Wei closed his eyes and lay straight on the ground.
"Where's the medic!"
Shen Yi turned his head and shouted angrily: "Call the military doctor!"
Soon, the military doctor stationed here was directly in front of Shen Yi. He first looked at Xue Wei, who was unconscious, and took Xue Wei's pulse. After looking at the injury, he carefully lowered his head to Shen Yi and said
: "Master Shen..."
The military doctor took a deep breath and said: "General Xue only had two external injuries on his body, and no bones were injured. He has strong bones, so there should be nothing serious."
Hearing this, Shen Yi was stunned for a long time, then sat down on the ground and breathed a long sigh of relief.
"Then...then why did he collapse suddenly?"
"too tired…"
The military doctor lowered his head and said, "After General Xue arrived this morning, the Qi people were about to land. He personally led his brothers and fought with the Qi people for almost a whole day."
"I've already lost my strength."
The military doctor lowered his head and said, "But Mr. Shen never came, so he held on and didn't fall asleep."
Shen Yi was silent for a while. He didn't speak. He just reached out and patted Xue Wei on the shoulder, then turned around and ordered: "Take General Xue to the bed and let him have a good sleep."
"in addition…"
Master Shen closed his eyes and said, "Call me the two thousand households here."
This place is called Chenji, and it is where Shen Yi personally deployed defense. A total of two thousand-household camps, or two thousand people, were stationed here.
Soon, someone came over to report, lowering his head and saying: "Master Shen, Chu Qianhu was seriously injured and is now asleep. Zhou Qianhu was also injured, and his legs and feet are not good..."
Shen Yi was quite moved when he heard this.
He stood up directly and said, "Take me to see Zhou Qianhu."
"yes."
This man immediately took Shen Yi to the wounded barracks and took him to see Zhou Qianhu, who was lying on the floor with a pale face.
After Shen Yi saw this person, he immediately thought about it. He squatted down and looked at Zhou Qianhu who was lying down. He slowly exhaled a breath and said, "Zhou Lian, isn't it?"
Although Zhou Qianhu's face was pale, after hearing Shen Yi's words, a bright smile appeared on his face. He nodded to Shen Yi and said, "Do you still remember me..."
"Remember."
Shen Yi whispered: "When the hundreds of households who resisted the Japanese army went to Beiji Island to suppress the Japanese, you stayed with me."
Zhou Lian grinned at Shen Yi.
"At that time, I didn't know anything and would only follow you to get credit."
Shen Yi patted his shoulder and asked, "Where is it hurt?"
"I was stabbed in the thigh by those bastards."
Zhou Lian smiled at Shen Yi and said: "Fortunately, the doctor said that no bones or tendons were injured. After a few days of recovery, I can follow you and fight with General Xue again."
Shen Yi nodded, took a deep breath, and said, "Tell me about the current situation and I can arrange it for you."
"yes."
Zhou Lian nodded and said: "Mr. Shen, this morning, Qi people's ships suddenly attacked Chen Ji. We immediately organized our soldiers to build a defense line to counterattack, but the enemy came too fast, and..."
“Login was quick.”
"We didn't have time to hold them off the river."
Zhou Lian's voice was low and he said slowly: "By the time General Xue arrived, most of the Qi people had already landed on the south bank of the Huaihe River. General Xue personally commanded the battle formation and fought with the Qi people until the afternoon."
Shen Yi closed his eyes and asked: "How many Qi people? How many of us died in battle?"
"The number of Qi people exceeds two thousand..."
Having said this, Zhou Lian looked at Shen Yi with a sad and bitter smile on his face.
"As for the specific number of our casualties, I don't know, but..."
He looked at Shen Yi and his voice became a little hoarse: "The Qianhuying camp under the general's command is probably only about 300 people who can move now."
Hearing this sentence, Shen Yi's face immediately became ugly.
From the time he went to the southeast to form an army until now, from the anti-Japanese army to the coastal capital, Shen Yi's military training and leadership process has been smooth sailing, and basically he has not encountered any major setbacks.
The biggest setback he faced before this was probably the incident when Xue Wei was captured in Fuzhou!
But this time, there are two thousand households under his command!
The establishment was almost wiped out!
How can this make Shen Yi indifferent?
Seeing Shen Yi's ugly face, Zhou Lian lowered his head slightly and said, "Mr. Shen, don't worry, the enemy's number of casualties is no less than ours."
"They will only die more."
Zhou Lian raised his head with a proud expression.
"When the fighting started today, until noon, the brothers' military morale was a little unstable."
"Fortunately, General Xue is here."
"General Xue said, we, the officers and men of Dusi, cannot betray your trust, Mr. Shen!"
"Brothers, they didn't take a step back and defeated Qi's army!"
He looked at Shen Yi with light in his eyes.
"Mr. Shen, we have lived up to your trust and guarded Chen Ji!"
In this era, if an ordinary army loses more than 30% in battle, it may collapse!
And these two thousand-household camps may have suffered more than 60% damage in battle!
Still stick to Chen Ji!
Hearing this, Shen Yi opened his mouth to say something, but nothing came out. He was silent for a moment, feeling like there was a lump in his throat.
He even wanted to cry.
But he couldn't cry.
After being silent for a long time, he could only reach out and pat Zhou Lian on the shoulder, saying softly: "You did a good job."
"You are all heroes for defending Chen Ji."
Shen Yi whispered: "I will immediately arrange for someone to come over and change the defense. You two, everyone in Qianhuying Camp, go back to Huai'an to rest."
Zhou Lian looked up at Shen Yi and said, "Mr. Shen, I will be fine in a few days. I..."
He looked at Zhou Lian and forced a smile on his face.
"I want you to go to Huai'an, and there are other tasks."
Shen Yi patted his shoulder and spoke calmly.
"You two Qianhu Battalions suffered heavy casualties. After returning to Huai'an, compile a list of all those killed and missing in action. There must be no omissions."
"For those who are injured, you have to heal their injuries for me."
Having said this, Shen Yi became serious and said in a deep voice.
"There is one more important thing."
Mr. Shen's tone was calm.
"That is within three months."
"You must complete the two thousand people in Huai'an for me."
