There were originally five thousand-household camps in Linhai Guard, and the other four were in terrible shape. Even the commander of Linhai Guard had gone to Lin'an Mansion to sleep with women and enjoy his life, and was not in Linhai at all.
Only the Qianhu Camp under Ling Su’s command almost maintained a full strength of 1,000 people!
Although the combat effectiveness of this fully-staffed Qianhu Camp is indeed average, in that environment, it is already very difficult to maintain full strength.
Because maintaining a full staff means that at least Lingsu, a thousand households, does not have to live on empty wages.
As for combat effectiveness…
There is no money or food, the army has no morale, and there is no good solution for anyone.
Therefore, when Shen Yi entered the southeast and gave Ling Su some conditions, he could quickly use the more than 100 old Linhai Guards as a framework to help Shen Yi pull up the prototype of the anti-Japanese army, and quickly formed a certain of combat effectiveness.
This is a manifestation of his ability.
But it is also because of Linhaiwei's experience that Ling Su has never been strict enough in military training. Perhaps in his opinion, compared to the Linhaiwei period, he has been ten times and a hundred times more strict, but compared to Xue Wei and others, he is still Relatively "soft".
More importantly, although Ling Su is capable, his ability is not very strong and cannot be said to be outstanding.
In terms of military ability, he has had obvious advantages over his colleague Xue Wei for a long time, which is why he has been able to remain a stable commander in the army.
But as Xue Wei gradually grows...
The ability gap between the two people has gradually disappeared.
More importantly, Shen Yi now has another available person.
Su Ding.
In terms of pure military ability, Su Ding has outstanding abilities in planning and commanding on the spot. He is considered a treasure that Mr. Shen picked up during his more than half a year working in the Ministry of War.
With Su Ding, Shen Yi could say such "harsh words" to Ling Su.
Because the "irreplaceability" in Ling Su no longer exists.
However, Ling Su has made a lot of achievements in the past few years and is considered a promising talent. Shen Yi can still give him enough opportunities to prove himself.
After Shen Yi finished training Ling Su, he rested in the commander's tent at Hongze Lake Camp that night.
After several years of military career, he had already become accustomed to sleeping in a tent, and he could sleep well.
The next day, when Mr. Shen woke up, General Ling Suling was standing in the front row on the camp's campus, leading his soldiers in training.
There are a total of four thousand-household camps for the officers and soldiers of the Hongze Lake camp. At this time, about two thousand people are training together on the school field. The shouts are quite impressive, like thunder.
After Shen Yi watched for a while, he lost interest in continuing to read.
After all, this kind of thing requires perseverance. It is useless to practice it for one or two days. Shen Yi cannot train it once and they can practice it once.
Therefore, long-term observation is required.
Mr. Shen directly found a hundred households in the scout camp in the military camp and said, "Take me to a high place where I can see the other side."
"I'm going to see the battlefield."
The hundred households quickly bowed their heads respectfully: "Yes,"
………………
On the north bank, the main account of the Confederate army was conquered.
On a table in a tent, a small stove was lit, and a copper pot was placed on the small stove. On both sides of the copper pot, there were more than a dozen pots of side dishes.
On both sides of the table, two young men in single clothes were sitting across the table from each other. From time to time, they picked up the side dishes on the table with chopsticks, put them into the copper pot and scalded them to eat.
It was Zhou Yuanhu and Tong Sheng.
The last time Zhou Yuanhu, as a vanguard, failed to attack Nanchen, and after being scolded by General Zhou, he did not lead any more troops during this period, but stayed in the military camp of the Nanchen Army.
At this time, the weather had entered autumn, and it was already a bit cold in the morning and evening. With nothing to do, the two young men made a shabu-shabu in the army.
After Tong Sheng ate a piece of beef, he looked up at Zhou Yuanhu opposite and shook his head.
"Compared to the shabu-shabu in the capital, it's still a lot better. Tsk, the one I ate at last time was really good. Next time I go back to the capital, I'll take Brother Zhou to try it."
"In the army, it's good to be able to eat like this."
Zhou Yuanhu took a sip of the hot soup, glanced at Tong Sheng, and said, "Those soldiers below are eating coarse grain pancakes and salty cloth strip soup right now."
Tong Sheng smiled: "That's right."
"It's really good to be able to eat this. It was extremely hot the other day. I asked the people below for a few pieces of ice to relieve the heat, but they couldn't bring it."
After taking a few mouthfuls, he swallowed it, looked up at Zhou Yuanhu, and asked: "By the way, Brother Zhou, what do you think your father-in-law said? Should we attack the south? What method of attack?"
"Fight, why not fight?"
Zhou Yuanhu curled his lips, looked around, and after confirming that there was no one in the room, he hummed: "Our Majesty was so angry that he directly said in the court that he wanted to teach Li Chen a lesson. His Majesty refused to stop.
How can the war stop?"
Tong Sheng took a sip of wine and looked at Zhou Yuanhu with a smile.
"Brother Zhou, why do I feel that your father doesn't seem to want to fight?"
"With so many people dying every day, who wants to fight?"
Zhou Yuanhu rolled his eyes and said in a muffled voice: "It is impossible to break through the defense line on the south bank with our Southern Army alone. We should only attack a little with all our strength, and we are afraid of those cunning southerners crossing the river."
"but…"
Zhou Yuanhu smiled and said: "But a few days ago, I seemed to have found a weaker place on the south bank. I think I will give it a try in the next few days."
The major general paused and continued: "But to put it bluntly, this is just a trial for the imperial court. If we really want to fight, we still have to wait for the imperial court's reinforcements to arrive."
Having said this, he looked at Tong Sheng opposite and asked: "Brother Tong, I heard that there is a prince among the reinforcements sent by the court this time. Do you know which prince it is?"
Tong Sheng almost spat out the meat and said helplessly: "Brother Zhou, you don't even know, how can I know?"
Zhou Yuanhu took a sip of wine and looked at Tong Sheng.
"Your Tong family has been married to the royal family for many generations. The current imperial concubine, the Imperial Concubine, is your biological aunt! Is there anything else you don't know about the palace affairs?"
Tong Sheng also accompanied him with a glass of wine and said with a wry smile: "I haven't seen my aunt for a long time. There are so many nephews in our Tong family. My aunt may not necessarily want me, but..."
After a pause, he lowered his voice slightly and said, "The person coming this time should be the fourth prince..."
"Fourth Prince..."
Zhou Yuanhu was stunned for a moment, then slowly said: "Wei Wangkai."
"Um."
Tong Sheng nodded and said: "It is almost His Royal Highness King Wei. I heard that he has left the capital at this time. It is estimated that in a few days, he will be able to reach the banks of the Huaihe River."
Zhou Yuanhu toasted Tong Sheng with a drink and asked, "Brother Tong, do you know this His Highness?"
"I've seen it before."
Tong Sheng raised his head and drank it all in one gulp, then shook his head and said, "But to say that we know each other is to put gold on one's own face."
He smiled bitterly and said: "I can only say that I recognize them, but they may not recognize me."
Seeing that Zhou Yuanhu was silent, Tong Sheng ate a piece of meat with a smile and said: "I heard that His Highness King Wei has a strong temperament and very powerful methods. Brother Zhou, tell me, when he arrives at Yanhuai,
Is he listening to your father, or is your father listening to him?"
Zhou Yuanhu was stunned for a moment, then he lowered his head and took a sip of wine, and said with a smile: "The Conquest Army is the army of the imperial court. Since His Highness is the governor of the imperial court, naturally my father should listen to His Highness."
He looked at Tong Sheng and said with a smile: "Brother Tong can ask such a question, which means that your loyalty to the court is not pure enough. People like Zhou will never think about this problem."
Tong Sheng poured himself a glass of wine, and added another glass to Zhou Yuanhu, and said with a smile: "This has nothing to do with whether I am loyal or not, and it has nothing to do with whether the general is loyal or not."
"After all, the General is loyal to the imperial court and His Majesty, but not necessarily to His Royal Highness King Wei."
This royal relative toasted Zhou Yuanhu a glass of wine with a smile on his face.