He glanced at the messenger and even felt a little confused, wondering if he had heard wrongly.
The general of the Conquering Southern Army looked up at the Lianshui Camp on the other side, and then at the messenger. After a moment of silence, he slowly closed his eyes and asked, "Have the Southerners crossed the border?"
"yes."
The man lowered his head and said: "The southerners were cunning and sneak attacked at night. The two camps did not expect that they were so numerous that they were defeated directly..."
Zhou Shizhong looked back at Zhao Kai. He slowly exhaled and said, "Send an order for all the cavalry in the army to return to Yangji and Tuhe immediately!"
"Keep all these southerners who have crossed the border in the north!"
The ordering soldier nodded respectfully: "Yes!"
After conveying this order, Zhou Shizhong looked at Zhao Kai and said in a hoarse voice: "Your Highness, since our court defeated the southerners in the 28th year of Yongping, the southerners have no longer dared to invade the north..."
"Now, these southerners are here again."
"What a shame!"
The twenty-eighth year of Yongping in the Northern Qi Dynasty was the seventh year of Hongde in Dachen.
That year, the young emperor of the Southern Dynasty was angry with the Northern Qi Emperor's "marriage" and ordered the Huaihe Navy to use force against the Northern Qi Dynasty.
It took almost a year to fight.
Most of the wars during that year were water battles. However, General Zhao Lu once sent the imperial army to cross the Huaihe River and enter the Huaibei border. However, they were ambushed by the Qi people and suffered heavy casualties.
Because of this, Chen Guo did not regard that time as stepping into the northern border.
And this time Shen Yi made a sneak attack on Huaibei, which was the first time Da Chen stepped into his hometown north of the Huaihe River!
Zhao Kai, the king of Wei, sneered and said: "In the 28th year of Yongping, tens of thousands of their imperial troops crossed the river. Weren't they also beaten by the southern army and unable to fight back? At this time, the southerners who dared to cross the border were just here to die.
The general is just sending military honors!"
As he spoke, he looked at the Lianshui Camp on the south bank and frowned slightly: "What I am more concerned about is how the Southern Dynasty's Imperial Guards managed to sneak in and support them without being noticed by the Purity Department."
Zhou Shizhong put his hands in his sleeves and kept looking at the Lianshui camp. He lowered his eyebrows and said: "There is indeed a forbidden army in the south of Huai'an."
"Not only in the south of Huai'an, since His Majesty increased the troops to the Huaihe River last year, Nanchen has deployed forbidden troops on the south side of the entire Huaihe River defense line. However, according to the intelligence of the Purity Department, these forbidden troops are not under the control of the Huaihe River Guards and require imperial edicts.
They will take action only if they are killed."
Zhou Shizhong frowned slightly and said in a low voice: "We decided to attack Lianshui, which happened two or three days ago. In such a short period of time, it is difficult to say whether these forbidden troops can complete a communication with the Nanchen court. There is no time to mobilize.
"
"Therefore, I have never counted them."
Zhou Shizhong frowned and said slowly: "I originally thought that even if we had to face the Imperial Army of the Southern Dynasty, it would be after we crossed the Huaihe River. It seems..."
"The information from the Cleansing Department is wrong."
General Zhou looked at Wei Wang Zhao Kai, frowned and said: "At least, the forbidden army south of Huai'an is under the control of the Huai'an guard general."
"Guardian of Huai'an..."
Zhao Kai whispered: "Shen Yi...Shen Ziheng."
To this day, Shen Yi's reputation has not only spread throughout Dachen, but also many people in Northern Qi have heard of his name.
Especially last year, after he defeated Northern Qi's attacks several times, his information had been placed on the desks of Zhou Shizhong, Zhao Kai and other senior officials of Northern Qi, and he had read it over and over countless times.
General Zhou nodded slowly.
He exhaled a breath and said: "This Shen Qi is the same age as the little emperor of the Southern Dynasty. He is in his early twenties this year, a young man..."
General Zhou's voice was a little hoarse: "The little emperor of the Southern Dynasty actually believed in him so much."
In the final analysis, the failure of Northern Qi's battle this time was due to insufficient intelligence capabilities.
At the end of last year, Huai'an only had more than 10,000 and less than 20,000 troops left.
This year, Huai'an has replenished 15,000 men and added 30,000 troops. The Purity Department actually has this information and reported it to Zhou Shizhong.
Zhou Shizhong thought that Huai'an only had 30,000 troops, half of whom were new recruits, and he made arrangements based on this information.
But in fact, Shen Yi has more than 50,000 troops at his disposal!
It's just that the imperial troops cannot be used casually, and they are far away.
To really use it and achieve miraculous results requires a certain degree of prediction.
But this time, Master Shen perfectly predicted Qi Ren's movements and the 20,000 forbidden troops, and immediately achieved miraculous results!
For now, both sides have about 50,000 troops in Huai'an, and Shen Yi will not suffer at all.
Under such circumstances, if Zhou Shizhong wanted to achieve results in Huai'an, he would have to invest more troops, seventy, eighty, or even one hundred thousand troops!
If a battle of that scale really comes to a strategic level, both sides will bet heavily on Huai'an, and once they invest too much in Huai'an, the Huaihe Navy may not continue to pretend to be dead!
Thinking of this, Zhou Shizhong's face became even more ugly.
He stood on the deck, looked at the south bank of the Huaihe River, and frowned.
He was already doubting the correctness of his main attack on Huai'an.
Could it be that...the people from the Huaihe Navy lied to him?
But soon, General Zhou came to his senses. He glanced at the Lianshui Camp, and then said slowly: "It can't be done for nothing. There are at least 30,000 defenders on the south bank, and the Imperial Guards of the Southern Dynasties are all well-trained.
The army…”
"If we attack with force, we will lose more than we gain."
He stretched out his hand to summon the messengers and ordered: "Send my order to the general, and launch a round of fierce attacks. After forcing these southerners back, they began to slowly retreat to the north bank."
This is one of the tactics commonly used by military strategists. When you want to retreat, you must not let others see your intention to retreat, otherwise others will definitely bite you and bite off a piece of your flesh.
If you want to run away, you must be aggressive with others before running away. Only by scaring others away will you be able to run away.
Of course, this situation is limited to the superiority of troops. Otherwise, if the situation becomes fierce, it may be a gift.
The messenger quickly went down to deliver the order.
Zhao Kai stood beside Zhou Shizhong with a very ugly look on his face: "General, fighting like this..."
"The beating was so ugly."
As a prince, he didn't care much about the final result of this war, because no matter what, it was impossible to fight directly to Jiankang.
Therefore, he is more concerned about whether the battle is beautiful or not.
That's why last year there was a case of killing good people and taking credit for their merits.
But now that the battle has reached this point, once it is reported to the court, it will be an extremely ugly war.
Zhou Shizhong frowned, looked at Zhao Kai, and took a deep breath: "Your Highness, it is better to be ugly than to have more people die. We have not invested much in Lianshui Camp, and the casualties are only more than 2,000.
The southerners' casualties were probably more severe than ours."
"If you withdraw it at this time, you will make a profit."
"If we are trapped here, those southerners who have crossed the border can do whatever they want in our Daqi territory!"
He saw that Zhao Kai's face was not very good, so he sighed, lowered his head and said: "Your Highness, when it comes to war, first of all, you can't be hasty, and secondly, you can't be chaotic. The two countries are fighting for one, two, or three years.
As is often the case, the war has just begun..."
"We can't be in a hurry."
"Since Your Majesty has sent His Highness here, I think he trusts His Highness and will definitely give His Highness enough time..."
Zhao Kai took a few deep breaths and suppressed the anger in his heart.
He closed his eyes and spoke.
"That's all, just follow the general's arrangements."
…………
After a fierce attack by the Northern Qi Dynasty, they indeed began to retreat, and the ships gathered and retreated towards the north bank.
Ling Su made a prompt decision and ordered a pursuit, but he retreated too far and did not bite off much of Qi Ren's flesh. Qi Ren basically escaped unscathed.
After everyone retreated, Ling Su had no choice but to order the battlefield to be cleaned.
Then he himself found the commander of the Forbidden Army, and saluted the commander of the Forbidden Army, who looked to be in his forties.
"Fuzhou Commander Ling Su, thank you for your timely support!"
"The arrival of the Forbidden Army this time is like providing help in times of need. My brothers in the army, Ling, can't thank you enough..."
The commander of the imperial army quickly stepped forward, clasped his fists in return and saluted Ling Su, and said with a smile: "General Ling, you are polite."
He opened his mouth and said: "A certain Meng Lian, a subordinate of the fifth military camp, is commanding Qianshi. This time he was ordered to come to the rescue. Besides, it is our duty as soldiers to protect our family and the country, so we should not be thanked!"
The fifth military camp is the Forbidden Army, or part of the Forbidden Army.
In the early years when Da Chen was still the capital of Yandu, he dominated the world. At that time, in addition to the capital camp, there were also capital commanders from the other four provinces who defended Yandu. They came to Beijing regularly to change defenses. There were a total of five "units", so they were
It is called the Fifth Military Camp.
After Shizong crossed south, the original system could no longer be implemented. In addition, Jiankang was too close to the Huaihe River. There was no other way but to let all the imperial troops stay near Jiankang. However, the name was not changed and was still called the Fifth Army Camp.
It is still the establishment of five divisions.
The Fifth Army Camp is still the elite among the Forbidden Army.
And commanding the general affairs is a military position of the third rank.
Theoretically speaking, he is on the same level as the commander Ling Su, but after all, he is a third-rank member of the Forbidden Army, and is relatively more expensive than the local commander.
Ling Su clasped his fists and said, "If it weren't for the timely support from the Forbidden Army, my Lianshui camp would have been breached by the Qi people. Once the Lianshui camp was broken, the Qi people would march straight in, and the consequences would be disastrous..."
Meng Lian smiled and said: "But for our timely support, we are temporarily under the control of the imperial envoy Master Shen. This time, we came to the rescue on the order of Master Shen, and we had received the transfer order two or three days in advance."
Having said this, Meng Lian thought for a while and said.
"It is something that Mr. Shen has already foreseen for us to attack Lianshui."
Ling Su stood there and didn't speak for a long time.
He was silent for a while and then said: "Brother Meng, Shen... When did Lord Shen control the imperial army?"
Meng Lian thought for a while and then answered.
"When I was ordered to be stationed south of Huai'an, I received orders from above to obey the imperial envoy's gold medal control."
Ling Su slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air and murmured.
