The Northern Expedition, for the current Da Chen, is actually an impossible dream.
Of course, this conclusion has a premise, that is, Shen Yi does not arrive.
Without Shen Yi, Dachen would not have had any chance of succeeding in the Northern Expedition. Even Emperor Hongde's ambitions would be completely wiped out by time, and he would eventually become an honest and established leader.
The final ending of Nan Chen is probably like that of the Southern Song Dynasty in another world.
But with Shen Yi in this world, Chen Guo has a little more hope.
It's not because Shen Yi's arrival will cause Chen Guo's technology to explode and quickly dominate the world. After all, it is too difficult for one person to lead an era.
Even Red China in another world, with countless sages and existing technology, took several generations to slowly develop. For Shen Yi, a liberal arts student, the most he can do is provide technology to this world.
Concepts guide the direction of the future and help the world move forward faster, but they can never lead it to rapid development.
What Shen Yi really brought directly to this world were different concepts and ways of thinking.
For example, when he was thinking about the Northern Expedition in the eighth and ninth years of Hongde's reign, he had considered each stage of the Northern Expedition.
The first stage is naturally to establish your mind first.
Let the entire Chen court, or at least most of the court, recognize the Northern Expedition, support it, and dare to do so.
This stage has now passed.
The second stage is to strengthen yourself while testing the enemy's combat effectiveness.
Then comes the stage that Shen Yi is doing now.
First try to insert a permanent army inside the northern border.
If this step is successful, then the next step is to establish a base in the north, then occupy the city, and truly start to restore the homeland bit by bit!
However, we should not rush into letting Wan Zhong lead 500 people to secretly go north. We still need to think about it slowly now, and the selection of 500 elites has not yet started.
What lies before us now is Mr. Shen’s third march northward.
According to the intelligence submitted by the Di News Department, the enemies along the Huaihe River in Haizhou barely moved after receiving the news that Ling Su and others were heading north, and still defended the Huaihe River.
In other words, after suffering losses many times, they were already very wary of Shen Yi's two-pronged operation.
One side attracts hatred, the other side attacks.
In addition, the soldiers on the eastern front had been actively preparing for the war for several days. The Qi people were not blind without spies, so they could naturally see clearly. Therefore, the defenders along the Huaihe River hardly moved.
They did not move, but the Eastern Front had to move.
Because now that the plot had been "seen through", he had to be "angry". Now Shen Yi ordered his troops to march north, just to pretend to be angry and send warships to harass Haizhou's defense line along the Huaihe River.
Of course, this kind of harassment is just a show, and it is impossible to actually engage in a landing battle.
Under the current situation of military strength, if we go to fight a landing battle, even if Xue Wei's troops really explode and wipe out all the more than 10,000 and nearly 20,000 enemies in Haizhou, then the entire Eastern Front's 15,000 people
, there aren’t many left.
Shen Yi is still in the stage of developing his strength. This kind of seven-injury fist should never be used.
After Master Shen issued the order, Xue Wei immediately ordered the remaining dozen warships and a group of small and medium-sized ships on the eastern front to go north with artillery to bombard the Qi people's defense line on the north bank.
The purpose of doing this is naturally to make the Qi people unswervingly trust their judgment, thereby holding back the enemies in Haizhou, so that Ling Su can fight smoothly and not be flanked by the Qi people.
Because it was just a warship bombardment and there would be no actual fighting, neither Xue Wei nor Su Ding participated. The two stood behind Shen Yi, taking out their telescopes from time to time and looking towards the north bank.
After looking at it for a while, Xue Wei put down the mirror in his hand and sighed: "Mr. Shen, the last time was the main attack on the Western Front. This time it is the main attack on the Western Front. We will hold them back."
"Next time we attack all the people, you must not forget about our Eastern Front..."
Mr. Shen turned his head and glanced at this guy, and snorted: "What's the east and west front? When fighting, the entire Huai'an army is one, just like a person's left and right hands. The enemy clearly has nothing on the left, so do we have to use the right hand?
Is it fair to attack the enemy's stronghold?"
Master Shen looked serious and lectured: "You have led the army for several years, but you have followed their bad example and have the idea of building a mountain! I just don't know how many hozens have climbed on your mountain, General Xue?"
As the team grows, it is normal for someone to stand tall. For example, on Lingsu's side, some people from Linhaiwei often regard themselves as "old people" and closely surround Lingsu, a Linhaiwei Qianhu.
However, as Shen Yi is the core of this team, from his point of view, the best situation for the entire team is naturally to be united and integrated.
Even if the phenomenon of standing on the mountain top is unstoppable, Shen Yi must try his best to make this happen as slowly as possible.
Of course, if the follow-up team gets stronger, this situation will inevitably happen, and Shen Yi himself has no way to stop it.
In the later stages of the team, the main task of Shen Yi, the core, will slowly change from leading the team to grow, to coordinating the many conflicts in the team and balancing their power.
In fact, the emperor who sat in the Deqing Palace played such a role, but his family's team was passed down from his ancestors, and Mr. Shen brought it up little by little.
Xue Wei was stupid, scratched his head, and said: "Mr. Shen, the last general...I..."
Su Ding, who was on the side, quickly came out to relieve the siege and said with a smile: "Mr. Shen, General Xue just made a quick statement. The main reason is that he wants to do meritorious service for Mr. Shen and the court. He has no other intentions."
Shen Yi narrowed his eyes and said in a low voice: "Speaking of meritorious service, I led the eastern front to advance northward. Afterwards, every one of the thousands of families under Ling Su's command complained about me behind my back and said I was partial."
"Ling Su didn't even see him complaining in front of me."
Hearing Shen Yi's words, Xue Wei had no ill intentions and was just slightly proud, but Su Ding was shocked.
He glanced at Shen Yi and felt filled with emotion.
My "boss" spends most of his time in Huai'an, and I heard he often sleeps in on weekdays, but he is very clear about Ling Su's comments from thousands of households in the army!
He knew what Qianhu on the Western Front said. It can be inferred that he might not be aware of what the generals on the Eastern Front said in private!
If you think about it more carefully, I'm afraid it's not just thousands of households, but hundreds of households...
Thinking of this, Su Ding shook his head slightly and did not dare to continue thinking.
However, something suddenly moved in his heart. He looked at Shen Yi and suddenly understood.
The words he just said may not have been meant for the two of them to listen to, in order to give them some warning!
After thinking about it, Su Ding coughed, lowered his head and said: "Mr. Shen, it's not a problem for the Eastern Front to hold back the Qi people along the Huaihe River. Two days ago, you said you wanted to select elites. I don't know how to select them. It's the Eastern Front.
There will be 250 men on each side of the western front, and 500 men from the eastern front."
"Ling Su and the others are fighting."
Shen Yi thought for a while and said: "We will select five hundred elites from the eastern front and send them to the north bank at an appropriate time. However, this matter is not urgent. We will do it after we find a good opportunity."
Master Shen looked at the north and said slowly: "We have been fighting with the Qi people for so long, but we still cannot stay in Huaibei for a long time. Without a foothold, the Northern Expedition cannot really be implemented."
Xue Wei smiled heartily and said: "Mr. Shen, my subordinates have studied the military manual you gave me. The military manual says that the first step in the Northern Expedition is to take Xuzhou."
"Next year, I will take over Xuzhou City for you!"
Shen Yi looked back at Xue Wei.
The art of war he gave to Xue Wei came from General Zhao Chong's Navy Commander. There are two versions of Navy Commander.
The first version is the one used in the palace, which is just the method used by water trainers to guard the Huai River.
The second version is the version that Zhao Lu gave to Shen Yi. In that version, General Zhao Chong studied the Northern Expedition method for more than ten years in his later years.
General Zhao, the heart of the Northern Expedition has never stopped.
It's a pity that he never met his British master and died in depression.
In General Zhao's Northern Expedition strategy, the first step is to capture Xuzhou, then use Xuzhou as a stronghold, slowly advance northward, and finally drive Zhuli Zhenren out of the pass and restore China!
It's just this first step, even now, it's still extremely difficult.
Mr. Shen clasped his hands behind his back and sighed slowly: "If you really take down Xuzhou, you will be the number one martial artist in this dynasty. You, Xue Da, will also be the number one military general in the Hong De Dynasty."
Xue Wei lowered his head slightly.
"No matter how worthy I am, Mr. Shen, you are the number one in this dynasty."
Shen Yi glanced back at the man, then turned and left, saying: "Okay, don't stand here stupidly, pass my general's order. From today on, each thousand camps will take turns to board the boat to attack the north bank. Don't be stingy with gunpowder. If
There are changes on the north shore, so be ready to land at any time."
Su Ding followed Shen Yi, walked a few steps, and said with some worry: "Mr. Shen, General Ling is in Sizhou, too close to Zhou Shizhong's Huaiyuan Camp. My subordinates are worried whether Zhou Shizhong will divide his troops..."
Shen Yi frowned: "Zhao Lu is in Tushan. If he can't hold back Qi Ren, the Huaihe navy can just find a piece of tofu and kill him. What are you doing alive?"
Su Ding shook his head and sighed: "I'm afraid General Zhao won't try his best."
Shen Yi rubbed his eyebrows and let out a sullen breath.
"Then I'll send an urgent letter to Ling Su, telling him to be careful of the enemies in Huaiyuan to the west."
Master Shen left with his hands behind his back.
"Fortunately, we are holding back the east side. Even if they can't make any achievements, they can always withdraw without any problems."
Su Ding nodded: "That's the truth, but if Zhou Shizhong orders the Haizhou garrison to encircle and suppress General Ling..."
"Then let them withdraw from Hongze Lake."
After Shen Yi finished saying this, he thought about it and still felt it was inappropriate. He stopped, glanced at Su Ding, and spoke slowly.
"Send my military order to let the soldiers harass the north bank and look for opportunities to land in small groups. However, they must not be reluctant to fight. Once a group of people surround them, they will immediately board the ship and retreat!"
If soldiers on the eastern front really land, then the defenders of Haizhou will be firmly dragged to death here, unable to move!
Hearing Shen Yi's words, before Su Ding could reply, Xue Wei clasped his fists and lowered his head excitedly: "The general has the order!"
After saying this, he turned around and ran away.
Obviously, General Xue, whose hands have been itchy for a long time, is ready to go on a "small-scale landing" in person.
Shen Yi looked at his running back and shook his head: "This guy, I don't know when he will wake up."
Su Ding stood behind Shen Yi and smiled: "General Xue's innocent heart, this kind of character has always been the most popular with the British Lord."
The so-called innocent heart is a bit euphemistic.
This probably means that Xue Wei is a careless person.
If you are careless, you will be "loyal" and you can use it with confidence. Even if you are not very smart, it doesn't matter.
People who are too smart can easily prick their hands when using it, but when such a reckless man uses it, it is really true.
For example, if Mr. Shen asks Xue Wei to chop someone, Xue Wei won't even ask about the person's origins, he will just draw his sword and chop him.
But Su Ding will ask.
This is the reason why Shen Yi "prefers" Xue Wei, because it is a pure knife.
Use it with confidence.
However, the word "British Master" is still a bit inappropriate.
