Chapter 866 The sound of cannons on a moonlit night
When a war is imminent, it is actually a bit tacky to talk about the benefits of official position and the sophistication of people.
But these things sometimes have to be said.
A team, or a collective leader, cannot just enjoy power alone without assuming obligations and responsibilities.
Take Shen Yi for example, while he enjoys the highest command power in Huai'an, he must also be a distributor of interests and reasonably distribute the benefits that should be distributed to everyone.
Trying to satisfy as many people as possible is one of his responsibilities as a coach.
In the next few days, Shen Yi stayed at Xiangshui Camp because he had to watch Beiqi's actions at any time. Once the Qi people made any moves, he could respond immediately.
The time has come to February 17th.
This morning, as soon as Shen Yi got up from the commander's tent, Su Ding found Shen Yi. General Su lowered his head slightly, cupped his fists and said, "Mr. Shen, these days..."
"General Xue led the navy and has been harassing the Qi army on the north bank. The attack was very successful. The Qi people on the north bank have not tired of it."
"However, just because they were impatient, the speed at which their ships gathered was actually a little faster. Now, there are more than 300 Qi people's ships on the north bank of Xiangshui Daying alone. Starting from yesterday,
The people on the north bank are making frequent movements, and I estimate that they may attack in the next couple of days!"
Shen Yi stretched out and stretched his muscles.
"Yesterday I sent a letter to Lingsu's Lianshui Camp. Once there is any movement on the Eastern Front, he will immediately dispatch five thousand households battalions to come over for support."
Su Ding lowered his head silently and said in a deep voice: "Mr. Shen, there are too many enemies. They can attack our Xiangshui Camp on the eastern front and Lianshui Camp on the western front at the same time."
"And because they have more people, they will be more flexible when deploying troops. If they find that our defense line on the eastern front has become stronger, they may concentrate their forces to attack the western front at any time."
Shen Yi squinted his eyes and said: "Don't worry, General Su, I will make arrangements. You should keep an eye on the Qi people's movements at any time. Once their ships show signs of approaching the south bank, our warships will immediately weigh anchor and fight with them."
A water fight!”
"yes!"
Su Ding no longer hesitated, clasped his fists respectfully and said: "I will obey your orders!"
After General Su saluted Shen Yi, he strode away and turned around.
After Su Ding left for a long time, a slightly nervous voice came from behind Shen Yi: "Zi Heng..."
"Is the fight about to begin?"
Shen Yi nodded, looked back at Zhao Er, who had been following him during this period, and said with a smile: "Isn't it about to start a fight? Last year, the Emperor of Northern Qi got angry and wanted to attack our Dachen, and I, the emperor, did not
We were afraid of them and ordered the front line to respond to the situation. Besides, we had been fighting for several months last year."
"It's not strange to fight anytime."
Zhao Jizhou took a deep breath, shook his head, and sighed: "Up to now, I still feel a little unreal, as if I was living happily by the Qinhuai River two days ago, and today I am on the front line, going to fight with the Qi people.
"
Shen Yi clasped his hands behind his back and walked outside: "If senior brother is really scared, I will ask someone to take you back to Huai'an, and you can help me guard the imperial mission in the imperial mission. If there are any letters there, you can send someone to deliver them."
Just come over here."
Zhao Jizhou watched Shen Yi slowly walking away and asked, "Where are Ziheng going?"
Mr. Shen didn't even look back.
"Go to the front line."
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On the night of February 17th, in the defensive "position" along the Huaihe River in Xiangshui Camp, a scout ran over in a hurry. He first said something to Xue Wei. After hearing this, Xue Wei said nothing.
He reached out and patted Su Ding on the shoulder, then with a big wave of his hand, he led hundreds of people away from the fortifications and ran towards the river.
Su Ding, who was also on the front line, exhaled a sigh of relief, turned around and trotted all the way to a small shed further back, where he saw Shen Yi who was engrossed in writing something.
Su Ding lowered his head and clasped his fists, his voice hoarse: "Mr. Shen, Qi people are moving!"
Shen Yi raised his head and looked at Su Ding with a calm expression: "It's as expected, don't panic. Where are the Xue Wei people? Have the warships been dispatched?"
Su Ding said quickly: "Back to Lord Shen, after receiving the news, General Xue has personally led the naval warship to lift anchor and go to challenge the Qi people."
"On our eastern front, we currently have thirteen warships, as well as some scattered medium-sized and small ships. General Xue is going to take them all out and delay the Qi people on the river as long as possible."
Shen Yi nodded. He kept writing a few words and finally finished writing the key content. He simply blew a breath and said in a deep voice: "Jiang Sheng!"
Jiang Sheng quickly ran over and helped Shen Yi sort out the letters on the table. There were three letters in total.
Mr. Shen looked at Jiang Sheng and warned: "These three letters are very crucial. You must deliver them to the rightful owner as quickly as possible. If there is no delay, I will use military law to punish you!"
Jiang Sheng did not dare to neglect, he quickly glanced at the names on the three envelopes, nodded quickly and said: "Yes, the villain will be delivered before dawn!"
After saying this, the letters in his hand had been sorted out. Mr. Shen's gold medal errand boy put the letters in his arms and ran out in a panic.
After Jiang Sheng left, Shen Yi also stood up. He looked at Su Ding and said, "Let's go."
Su Ding was a little stunned: "Mr. Shen, this is the Chinese Army. You are being asked to take command of the Chinese Army. Where are you going?"
"I'll go to the river and take a look. What can I see here?"
Mr. Shen didn't wait for Su Ding to answer, stood up and walked out.
"It's not a field battle. We need to worry about the enemies at the front, rear and left. Now our enemies are only in the north. What am I still doing in the Chinese army?"
After he walked out of the shed, he rode directly to the bank of the Huaihe River with Su Ding.
By now, it was getting dark.
However, the moon is not bad tonight. After all, it has only been full for a day or two and the moon is still very round.
The moonlight slants on the river surface and reflects out, making the waves sparkling and very beautiful.
At this time, it can be seen from the telescope that there is basically no moonlight visible on the entire northern half of the Huaihe River, and only hundreds of ships can be seen, shadowy and looming.
At the same time, there were already thirteen large ships on the south bank of the Huaihe River, along with about forty or fifty medium-sized and small ships, which had also weighed anchor and rushed towards the Qi people's ships on the other side of the river.
There is a huge disparity in the number of ships on both sides.
But in fact, the difference is not particularly big.
Because Northern Qi's ships are not very big, even their largest ships are still much smaller than Da Chen's thirteen warships.
This is the disparity in the shipbuilding industry.
When it comes to shipbuilding, the south definitely has an advantage, especially the Fujian and Guangdong provinces of Dachen, which often do business with Nanyang people, and their shipbuilding technology is quite good. In terms of pure ships, Dachen even has an advantage.
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If it were a water war, Chen Guo would not suffer.
However, the Qi people will not go head-to-head with Dachen's navy on the river. Their most important purpose is to transport the first batch of Qi people to the south bank, so that these Qi people can gain a foothold on the south bank, and then they
Then go pick up the second group of people.
As long as it was sent back and forth five or six times, the Huaihe River defense line of the Southern Dynasty would be broken even if it was not broken.
Finally, a loud noise came from the silent river!
"boom!"
Immediately afterwards, huge cannon sounds were heard one after another.
Shen Yi, who was standing on the bank of the river, turned to look at Su Ding and said quietly: "Xue Wei fired."
With a worried look on his face, Su Ding lowered his head slightly and said, "Yes, this is the sound of our artillery. Qi Ren's artillery is not like this."
"It seems that General Xue has met the Qi people."
As soon as he finished speaking, another dull cannon shot came.
Su Ding's face changed slightly, he looked up at the river and murmured.
"This...is the sound of Qi Ren's artillery fire."
Master Shen squinted his eyes and looked towards the Huaihe River.