Li Mu only stayed at Xiangshui Camp for one night, and he left the next day to return to Jianshui to recover.
It's not that the prince doesn't want to stay in Huai'an, it's because of his status that it's not convenient for him to stay in the military camp for too long.
After Li Mu left, time came to October of the twelfth year of Hongde.
The weather is slowly starting to get colder.
In the past few days, Shen Yi has been patrolling along the Huaihe River, and sometimes rides horses to take a look at the east side of Huai'an Mansion.
On this day, Shen Yi and Su Ding were still patrolling the Huai River. He looked at the Huai River in front of him, then looked at the other side of the Huai River, and suddenly stopped.
Su Ding quickly stopped and stood behind Shen Yi honestly.
Old Shen glanced back at him and said, "General Su, have you encountered any problems these days when you are in charge of the Eastern Front?"
Su Ding stood behind Shen Yi, bowed slightly and said: "There were some problems when I returned to Mr. Shen. After all, my subordinates are too junior. I must cooperate with my subordinates and obey my orders.
Shen Yi nodded silently, indicating that he understood.
After being silent for a while, he looked towards the north bank and said: "Judging from the current situation, the war will resume in about ten days. General Su, you said, we are here to relax and wait. Qi people come to attack, or..."
He looked back at Su Ding and asked, "Should we strike preemptively?"
Su Ding also looked at Bei'an. After frowning slightly, he lowered his head and said, "Listen to Mr. Shen's words. You don't want to wait like this."
Mr. Shen exhaled a long breath and said quietly: "I have been a little restless these past few days, always feeling like I am waiting to die. This time the Qi people are coming in force and are determined to make us suffer."
"I don't think it's a good idea to just wait for them to come."
Su Ding thought for a while and said: "Mr. Shen, if the Qi people attack with all their strength, if we want to stop them, we must fight them by water. At this time, we are most short of ships. If you want to send troops north, the ships will be It’s not quite enough.”
Having said this, Su Ding paused and continued: "Actually, the best way now is to take advantage of the enemy's attention on our Huai'an and let the friendly forces..."
Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Shen Yi. Mr. Shen frowned slightly and said, "It would be great if the Huaihe Navy does not add insult to injury. It is too difficult for them to provide help in times of need."
Su Ding smiled bitterly and said: "This is the truth, so my subordinates never said it."
The conflict between Shen Yi and the Huaihe Navy has been going on for a long time. General Zhao probably wants to see him die more than the Qi people. In theory, there is no reason for the two sides to cooperate.
Shen Yi thought of this and looked north again.
Now, directly north of Huai'an Prefecture, the most conservative estimate is that there are already 60,000 to 70,000 troops.
When a fight breaks out, God knows how many there will be.
By then, even if Meng Lian's 20,000 forbidden troops are included, Huai'an will definitely be a tough battle.
Thinking of this, Mr. Shen put his hands in his sleeves, suddenly turned around, and shouted to Jiang Sheng who was following him from a distance.
"Jiang Sheng!"
Jiang Sheng quickly trotted all the way and came to Shen Yi. He lowered his head slightly and said, "Master, please give me your orders."
Shen Yi asked him to come over and whispered a few words in his ear. After hearing this, Jiang Sheng nodded quickly.
"Sir, I'll go and take care of it right away, but I have one more thing to report to you..."
Mr. Shen said slowly: "That's what you say."
"Mr. Li, whom you brought to the Imperial Envoy's headquarters earlier, has found Xiangshui County. He is now in the Xiangshui camp and said he wants to see you."
Shen Yi frowned slightly at first, and then suddenly remembered the two people recommended by his mentor.
Not long after he met these two people a few days ago, something happened in the army. Before he could finish his affairs in the army, he received news of the unusual movement in the northern border of Di Baosi.
Then Li Munan returned. After all the things happened, Mr. Shen had already forgotten these two people.
"What is he here for?"
Jiang Sheng lowered his head slightly and said: "He said that he had already written down the strategy for the Northern Expedition and had to give it to you to read. He also said that you neglected the talented people and left them in the imperial envoy's camp for half a month..."
Shen Yi nodded silently and said: "Okay, I understand. You go and do the things I told you. I will go back to the camp to see him later."
"yes."
Jiang Sheng responded, turned around and went down to do some work.
Su Ding, who was on the side, had been listening quietly. When Jiang Sheng left, he smiled and said, "Where did Kuang Sheng come from and dare to chase Mr. Shen to Xiangshui Camp?"
“My old man Taishan recommended this place.”
Shen Yi touched his nose and said: "This man claimed to be familiar with ancient and modern military books, and he had reached great mastery in military art, so I asked him to write the strategy of the Northern Expedition for me to read. However, something happened on the Eastern Front at that time, and I was anxious to come over and deal with it. Later, after going back and forth, I forgot about them."
Having said this, Shen Yi patted Su Ding on the shoulder and said with a smile: "I will go back and see him first. If his Northern Expedition strategy is really good, I will take him with me in the future and let him be a staff member accompanying the army. ."
Su Ding said with a smile: "Mr. Shen is very lucky and will definitely get great talents."
Shen Yi shook his head slightly.
"He came on the recommendation of my father-in-law. Don't neglect him too much. I'll go back to the camp and have a look at him. General Su will continue patrolling the river. If anything happens, let me know in time."
Su Ding quickly clasped his fists and saluted: "I will obey your orders!"
…………
Half an hour later, Shen Yi rode back to Xiangshui Camp, and soon met the scholar Li Zhun in the handsome tent here.
At this time, Li Zhun was even more embarrassed than when Shen Yi first met him, and his clothes were a little disheveled. After seeing Shen Yi, he reluctantly held his hand and said, "Shilang Shen."
Shen Yi stepped forward, patted the dust on his body, and said with a smile: "Isn't Mr. Li supposed to be in my imperial envoy's cabin? How did you find him here?"
Li Zhun's face was full of displeasure. He raised his hands and said: "Shilang Shen, you are also a scholar who was born as a second-ranked Jinshi. Scholars like us are most particular about a word of letter. You said that in three days, you would read the Northern Expedition Strategy written by your students. , the student wrote it the next day, but Mr. Shen, you are no longer in the Imperial Envoy's office. When I asked the servants in the office, they all said that you were out on official business."
"You are an important minister of the imperial court. Since you have official duties, it is inconvenient for the students to say anything. However, you should inform them anyway. Brother Song is a good person and can handle the accounts in the office. The students can only be in a daze every day. , nothing to do!”
"The students really couldn't stay any longer, so they came here to look for you!"
Mr. Shen walked to the main seat and sat down. He looked up at Li Zhun and said calmly: "There is an urgent matter in the army. I don't have time to talk to you more. I can only come to the army to work on the military affairs."
Li Zhun's eyes lit up and he said, "Shilang Shen, is there going to be a war?"
Shen Yi lowered his head and took a sip of tea.
"How did you tell?"
"After the students arrived at Xiangshui Camp, they felt that something was wrong with the atmosphere. They went out and took a look. Less than half of the soldiers in this camp were in the camp."
"In the big camp, training is very serious and the atmosphere is solemn."
"It looks like there's going to be a war."
Shen Yi smiled hoarsely, stretched out his hand and said, "Let me take a look at the strategy written by Sir."
Li Zhun quickly took out several thick pieces of paper from his arms, handed them to Shen Yi, and said, "Shilang Shen, can you tell the students about the battle that Huai'an will fight?"
Shen Yi was looking through what he had written, and did not even raise his head when he heard the words: "No."
"No one can tell the secrets of the military."
Shen Yi probably read through his article once.
The idea of the article is quite good. The general meaning is that we will first take Xuzhou, then pass through Shandong, and then plan for Henan. We will use both right and wrong to instigate local Han officials and Han merchants in the Northern Qi Dynasty, and then slowly plan to go north, and finally spend ten years. , pacify the north and regain their homeland.
Mr. Shen spent a quarter of an hour looking through them and then threw them aside.
Li Zhun swallowed and looked a little nervous.
"Shilang Shen, student's article..."
"There is nothing wrong with the military thinking, and there are no major mistakes in the overall direction of the march. It's just that some of the key points are completely wrong."
Li Zhun's expression froze, and then he became quite dissatisfied.
"Please ask the attendant to correct me."
"You want to incite rebellion against the local Han officials in the Northern Qi Dynasty, as well as the gentry and landlords among the Han people, and the local tyrants, right?"
"Exactly."
When he mentioned this, Li Zhun looked excited and said: "China has lost more than sixty years. Although these people have surrendered to the Qi people, as Han people, they must have been bullied by the Qi people. As long as you send someone to communicate with them, they will definitely respond..."
Shen Yi shook his head slightly: "This is where you are naive."
"These Han people who served as officials in the Northern Qi court became powerful local Han people in the Northern Qi Dynasty."
"They are more loyal to the Northern Dynasty than anyone else. If you contact them today, they will sell you out tomorrow."
"ah?"
Li Zhun scratched his head and was puzzled: "Why did Mr. Shen see this?"
"because…"
Mr. Shen sneered slightly.
"Because they can live a good life in the Northern Dynasties and serve as Shangguan officials in the Northern Dynasties, I am afraid that these are the people who bully the Han people the most!"
"How can they see me, Da Chen, return to my homeland?"
"One day, when old accounts are settled, the Han people in the north will be the first to tear them alive!"
