Shen Yi has been a hawk since he became an official.
He advocated the Northern Expedition and made great achievements.
Since he is a hawk, when there is an opportunity to fight, he will naturally not just watch the opportunity slip away.
Although when Huai'an was attacked by the Northern Qi Dynasty, General Zhao next door chose to watch with cold eyes, but at this time the Huaihe Navy was attacked, and Shen Yi could not just watch.
Whether it was to accumulate experience from the Northern Expedition for the future Northern Expeditionary Army or to gain fame and status, Shen Yi wanted to try again now.
In the handsome tent, a large map was hung up.
It is worth mentioning that this map was created by Shen Yi who paid the literati in Huai'an to compile geographical atlases and asked them to walk along the Huai River again, and then combined the old book maps to draw a new map.
The content on this map is a detailed topographic map of both sides of the Huaihe River.
Of course, it is mainly the map of Huai'an and the north of Huai'an.
Directly north of Huai'an is Haizhou.
More than sixty years ago, when China was unified, Haizhou was under the jurisdiction of the Huai'an Prefecture. When the land of China collapsed and half of the country fell into the hands of the enemy, the Chen Dynasty retreated to the south of the Yangtze River and had no choice but to use the Huaihe River as the boundary, and Huai'an was cut off in two.
Today's Huai'an Prefecture is only about half of what it was before.
After hanging up the map, Shen Yi pointed to the map north of Huai'an and said quietly: "The north of Huai'an is Haizhou."
"If we go north to attack Qi, the most direct and convenient way is to attack Haizhou."
Having said this, Mr. Shen paused and said, "However, we can imagine that the Qi people cannot be fools. In addition, they suffered a loss at the hands of our army last time, so they will not be completely defenseless."
Shen Yi paused and continued: "Maybe these Qi people will calculate that we may go north and set up an ambush in Haizhou."
Mr. Shen pointed to a county west of Haizhou on the map and said softly: "So, my opinion is to attack here."
Suqian County.
The original name was Suyu County, but later it was renamed Suqian to avoid imperial taboos.
This is also a county that originally belonged to Huai'an Prefecture. After the Shenzhou Lu sank, this county came under the jurisdiction of Haizhou.
Mr. Shen said quietly: "If it is normal times, the Qi people's troops in Suqian will be stationed at more than 4,000 people, and they are not stationed in the city. If we act quickly enough to prevent them from escaping into the city, It’s too late to annihilate them all.”
Su Ding looked at the hung map, rubbed his temples and thought for a while, then said: "Mr. Shen, if the Qi people set up an ambush in Haizhou City, then Haizhou must have a lot of troops, and maybe there are still one or two left. Thousands of people.”
"How many people should we send out to attack Suqian? If there are still 5,000 people like last time, I am afraid that after Suqian is captured, they will not be able to escape."
Shen Yi looked calm and said, "So if we cross the river this time, all the soldiers on the Western Front will have to cross."
"After crossing the river, we divided our troops into two groups, one to stay close to Haizhou, and the other to monitor Haizhou and be wary of Haizhou's enemies."
"Second, if the enemy in Haizhou supports Suqian, we can try our best to block the enemy and buy Suqian's friendly forces time to retreat."
Ling Su stood up silently, walked to Shen Yi, hugged Master Shen, then pointed at the Huaihe River on the map, and said: "Mr. Shen, I think there are several difficulties. First of all, let's cross the river last time. After that, it was easy to defeat the defenders on the north bank because they had no defense."
"But this time, it won't be that easy. The Qi people will definitely deploy troops along the Huaihe River to prevent us from crossing the river."
"The difficulty is how to get through the Qi people's defense line and bring a large number of troops through."
"If the Qi people go all out to stop the attack along the Huaihe River, then we may be like the Qi people going south, and it will be difficult to even get ashore."
Shen Yi nodded and said, "This is a normal idea, but I think..."
"If the Qi people set up an ambush in Haizhou and plan to hit us hard, then they will probably open a hole along the Huaihe River and let us in."
Shen Shilang narrowed his eyes and said quietly: "This point needs to be tested on a case-by-case basis. On the day we go north, if the Qi people along the Huaihe River are just a symbolic dozen, then it means that my guess is good. The Qi people Let us in deliberately."
"At that time, our plan can be carried out. If the Qi people violently block us along the Huaihe River, then don't hesitate to withdraw directly and wait for the next opportunity."
Mr. Shen motioned Ling Su to sit back to his original position and said: "My spies from the Di Reporting Department are already trying their best to find out the news about Haizhou. The imperial guards are also trying their best to collect information for us. Please wait patiently. Three to five days until I have enough information."
"We can prepare to go north."
Having said this, Mr. Shen paused and said: "In the past few days of preparation, you should try to collect as many boats as possible. Even if it is a small fishing boat with three or four people, it would be good to have one more."
The three generals, together with a dozen generals from more than a thousand households who were meeting at the Lianshui camp, stood up one after another and saluted Shen Yi with clasped fists.
"I will obey my orders!"
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On the city wall of Haizhou City.
Lang Yan, the deputy general of the Southern Conquest Army, was inspecting the city defense with the King of Wei Zhao Kai.
Since this deputy general's surname is Lang, he is naturally a member of the Lang family of the noble family of Yandu, and a real Zhuli.
King Wei's mother-in-law's surname was Lang. Although she and General Lang Yan were not biological siblings, they were cousins and had a very close relationship.
Because of the old friendship between the Lang family and the Zhou family, the Lang family's influence in the Southern Conquest Army was not very small. Lang Yan was one of several lieutenants under Zhou Shizhong and had great power.
After His Highness King Wei inspected the city wall, he glanced back at his cousin and asked slowly: "Zhou Shizhong, how many troops have you left in Haizhou?"
Lang Yan answered honestly: "Your Highness, the general has left 20,000 people in Haizhou."
Zhao Kai frowned: "Why so few?"
Lang Yan sighed and said: "Your Highness, first of all, the southerners may not dare to attack, and secondly, the general is fighting the Huaihe Navy. The Huaihe Navy has as many as 100,000 people, and they are also supported by the Forbidden Army. There is no need to be careless. ."
"What's more important is..."
Lang Yan replied: "Once the number of people exceeds 10,000, they will fill the mountains and fields as far as the eye can see."
"Twenty thousand people are already difficult to hide. They can only be scattered in the state capital and subordinate counties. The southerners are not fools. If there are more people, they will not dare to come."
Zhao Kai put his hands behind his back, stopped, looked at Lang Yan, and suddenly smiled: "Uncle, do you think the southerners dare to fight here this time?"
It was the first time that Lang Yan was called "uncle" by His Highness King Wei. He couldn't help but feel a little flattered. He lowered his head slightly and said: "Back to Your Highness, I will guess that these southerners will give it a try to see if our defense along the Huaihe River is adequate."
Solid, if it is solid enough, they will naturally retreat in anger."
"If we slack off like last time, they might just dive into this pocket."
Zhao Kai nodded and said: "As for the southerners who are keeping an eye on the south bank, if they really cross the river and let the soldiers along the Huaihe River pretend to be more serious, they can't not fight at all, nor can they fight those southerners.
Scared."
"We want to lure them to Haizhou..."
Lang Yan clasped his fists and said, "Your Highness, don't worry, this is what the general has told you in advance. When the time comes, those southerners will not be able to see any flaws!"
Zhao Kai nodded silently and walked on the city wall for a while, then suddenly turned back, looked at Lang Yan, and a smile appeared on his face: "How many years has it been since uncle joined the Conquest of the Southern Army?"
Hearing this title, Lang Yan felt uncomfortable all over, so he lowered his head and clasped his fists: "It's been more than ten or twenty years since I returned to Your Highness."
"It's been so long."
Zhao Kai said with a smile: "Then uncle should be closer to the Zhou family now."
There is something not quite right about this.
Lang Yan raised his head and looked at the fourth prince. He lowered his head silently, cupped his fists and said, "Go back to your highness, sir..."
"Only loyal to the court and not close to anyone."
"Tsk..."
Zhao Kai sighed and his deputy walked away.
"As for Haizhou, I'll leave it to General Lang..."