How long has it been since Da Chen’s army set foot on the territory north of the Huaihe River?
Twenty years!
Last time, it was General Yuan who was now recognized as a man of great ambition and talent, who led the Northern Expedition into the territory north of the Huaihe River.
And the result is now known to everyone.
And now, twenty years later, Da Chen's army has entered the territory north of the Huaihe River!
Perhaps it was because no one had set foot in Huaibei for so long that the Qi people guarding just north of Xiangshui Camp were completely unprepared for the arrival of Dachen's army!
Including Zhou Shizhong, the general of the Southern Army, no one in Qi could have imagined that an army of Chen would take the initiative to enter the north bank!
Therefore, these Northern Qi soldiers stationed on the north bank had almost no defense. Xue Wei and others easily gained a foothold on the north bank of the river, and then walked towards the two nearby camps.
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When the two armies are fighting, the most important thing is to understand each other. Northern Qi's Qing Jing Department has countless spies in the south, while Shen Yi's Di Bao Department and the imperial court's internal guards naturally also have people in the north.
Shen Yi made a temporary decision to go north to test the situation two days ago. Therefore, two days ago, he asked Di Bao Si and the Internal Guard to inquire about the situation of the Qi Army in the north of the Xiangshui Camp.
Directly north of Xiangshui Daying, there are two towns, which belong to Haizhou in the Northern Qi Dynasty. They are called Yangji Town and Tuhe Town.
Because these two towns are close to the Huaihe River, they usually go to these two towns when the Confederate Army needs to purchase supplies, or when the soldiers of the Confederate Army need to spend money, they are quite prosperous and have all kinds of markets and shops.
The two large battalions of the Southern Army guarding Huai were also placed here. Each battalion originally had about a thousand people. Starting last year, because Zhou Shizhong focused on Huai'an, he began to expand his troops due north of Huai'an, adding more troops.
The imperial court sent reinforcements.
Now, the total number of troops in these two towns is between five and six thousand.
But that's normal.
Now, the troops directly north of Huai'an, that is, Haizhou, have basically been transferred by Zhou Shizhong to attack the Lianshui Camp on the western front of Huai'an. Half of the troops in these two towns have also been transferred, and now only
There were about 3,000 people.
Su Ding led his troops to attack Yangji Town, while Xue Wei's side attacked Tuhe Town.
When the two groups of troops arrived at the two towns, the garrisons in the two towns were already ready.
Because when the Dachen army landed, they had already been discovered by the people at the outposts. The people at these outposts had no time to clean up, so the Qi army in these two places had already received the news.
Xue Wei held a spear and ran at the front of the team.
At this moment, the sky has not yet risen.
He had already seen Qi Ren's torch not far away.
There were a lot of torches, seemingly hundreds of them, stretching endlessly, which looked a bit intimidating in the night.
However, Xue Wei's eyes showed excitement. He clenched the spear in his hand, and his voice could not hide the excitement.
"Bros!
"
"Look, Qi Ren is ahead!"
"How many years have we been bullied by Qi people!"
Xue Wei looked up to the sky and roared: "Three or four generations have been humiliated! Tonight, look for these bearded bastards and collect some interest money!"
After he finished speaking, he roared and rushed forward without saying a word.
Although there is no moon tonight, but with the light of the torch, Shen Yi can see that Jiang Ming, the eldest grandson of Jiang Jian, Minister of the Ministry of War, is also wearing armor now, following Xue Wei, his face flushed, and he is facing Qi Qi.
People rushed over!
Mr. Shen couldn't help but frown slightly.
He handed Jiang Ming over to Xue Wei because he wanted Xue Wei to train him according to the military training method. It would be best for the young master of Yanei to retreat when faced with difficulties, but now, Xue Wei actually brought him to the battlefield!
Mr. Shen was also wearing armor now. He pulled out the supporting role from his waist and slowly walked towards Qi Ren.
"Zi...Zi Heng..."
A slightly trembling voice sounded behind Shen Yi. Shen Yi turned around and saw Zhao Jizhou following him. He swallowed: "No... Mr. Shen, you... won't you stay and command?"
Shen Yi burst into laughter: "If you don't defend the city and don't set up a formation, now we are fighting hand to hand. What do you want me to command?"
"At this level, it is all under the command of the general banner and the small banner. Hundreds of households cannot be commanded. Besides, there is nothing to command."
Shen Yi turned his head, glanced at Qi Ren not far away in front of him, squinted his eyes and said: "There is a huge disparity in strength and it is a surprise attack. There is no suspense in this battle."
He held a long sword in his hand and strode towards the battlefield: "Tonight, Mr. Shen will also draw blood with his long sword and vent his anger!"
From August last year until now, Mr. Shen has been in a passive state of being beaten.
Especially this year, after the Chinese New Year, he returned to Huai'an. Not long after, the Qi people came to attack Huai'an again!
And the Huaihe Navy's long defense line was actually safe and stable!
Although he was able to defend Qi Ren's attack every time, it was inevitable that his side would suffer casualties every time, especially in the battle at the end of last year, where Shen Yi lost more than 2,000 people!
This feeling of frustration makes Mr. Shen extremely depressed!
Today, I can finally vent!
Seeing that Shen Yi didn't look back and strode towards the battlefield, Zhao Er gritted his teeth, pulled out the saber from his waist, and caught up with Shen Yi!
The several personal guards who had been following Shen Yi all had their weapons unsheathed and followed the two people, guarding the surroundings.
At this time, there were more than 2,000 people under Xue Wei, which was not much different from the 1,000 to 2,000 people in Tuhe Town camp!
However, it happened that it was late at night and the enemy could not see how many people Chen Jun had.
However, Xue Wei rushed into the front line like a madman, swept across with his spear, and immediately knocked down three or four Qi people.
He roared viciously: "Hu Gou, let me show you how powerful I am, Master Chen!"
Immediately afterwards, he brandished his big gun and charged into the formation.
The soldiers behind him also roared and charged towards the Qi people.
The two sides immediately fought together.
However, as soon as the Qi people started fighting, their momentum was completely suppressed, and those who stayed behind were naturally not very elite. When a stick of incense fell, the Qi people's formation was in a state of collapse!
At this time, Shen Yi's sword was already stained with blood. He found an opportunity and chopped down three Qi people!
Although two of them came forward to finish off the attack, one of them was actually cut down to the ground by his sword.
Then, Zhao Er stepped forward tremblingly and struck a blow.
Xue Wei was covered in blood and said loudly: "The Hugo formation is broken up. Let's use the three-man formation to completely disperse them!"
The three-man formation, or three-man squad tactic, is a tactic that has been implemented in the anti-Japanese army as early as the anti-Japanese army period. When entering a handover or pursuit battle, three people are used as a unit to pursue.
When fighting Japanese pirates in the early years, it was usually a wolf soldier, a shield swordsman, and a crossbowman or long weapon to form a small team.
With this kind of cooperation, even if we deal with seven or eight Japanese pirates at the same time, there will still be a chance to fight back.
Up to now, although the wolf has been eliminated first, the tactics of the three-man formation have still been preserved, and everyone in the department often practices them.
Following Xue Wei's order, the more than two thousand people immediately divided into more than 700 small teams and rushed towards the Qi people.
At this time, Shen Yi no longer followed.
The outcome of this battle was already decided when they approached Tuhe Town. The only difference was the number of casualties on their side.
He found a big stone and sat down, took a piece of cloth from his arms and wiped the blood on the sword.
Behind him, Zhao was holding on to the big stone with both hands, retching but unable to spit out anything.
Shen Yi glanced back at him, then smiled dumbly and ignored him.
After wiping the sword for a while, Shen Yi called a hundred households and ordered: "Go a little further and you will enter Tuhe Town. You go tell Xue Wei that you can chase into the town, but you are not allowed to kill innocent people. Everything will wait."
Let’s talk after daybreak.”
These hundreds of households were also old people who fought against the Japanese army. They were still very young. Hearing this, he didn't quite understand. He looked up at Shen Yi and gritted his teeth and said: "Mr. Shen, the people of Qi have been burning for years as long as they enter our territory of Dachen."
Kill and plunder!”
Shen Yi looked calm and said calmly: "That was Master Zhu Li who killed us Han people. In this town along the Huaihe River, 80% of them are Han people. You want to kill them too?"
Having said this, Shen Yi patted the hundred households on the shoulder and said, "The killing spree started today. If we come back to the north in the future, it will be difficult to move forward."
Nowadays, it is very easy to start a killing spree. More than 4,000 people came here, and even a county could be massacred in one day. However, most of the people killed were Han people. Once so many people were killed, the people's support was completely lost.
Shen Yi... still wants to go further north!
Seeing the confused look on the face of this hundred households, Shen Yi shook his head slightly, frowned and said, "That's all, you don't need to understand, just go and spread the word."
Shen Yi had a very high prestige among the capital, so the hundred households immediately bowed their heads and said yes.
Shen Yi then asked: "Tell Xue Wei that we only have one day. Before sunset tomorrow, everyone must return to the river and return to the south bank by boat. Do you understand?"
From here on the western front, it is only over a hundred miles.
Ordinary people would definitely not be able to cover this distance in one day, but the army could, and the Conquest South Army must have cavalry.
Counting the time they went to report the news, the time Shen Yi and others were active on the north bank was only seven or eight hours at most. Otherwise, it is very likely that the Qi people would have left some of them on the north bank.
The hundred households clasped their fists respectfully: "I understand!"
He turned and left.
Mr. Shen sheathed his sword, walked back to Zhao Er, patted his back, and said with a smile: "Second brother, are you feeling better?"
Zhao Er's face was as pale as paper, but he still raised his head and looked at Shen Yi.
"Zi...Zi Heng..."
"now…"
Zhao Jizhou clenched his fists, his tone filled with fear, excitement, and a little pride.