In the handsome tent, Shen Yi suddenly woke up from his sleep. He opened his eyes almost instantly and sat up from the bed.
"Someone's coming!"
After Master Shen woke up, he immediately drank.
It should be afternoon outside at this time.
Soon, someone rushed in, half-knelt in front of Shen Yi, and said respectfully: "Mr. Shen!"
Shen Yi sat on the edge of the bed, rubbed his head, and asked slowly: "How is the battle going?"
The battle on the Huaihe River officially started in the early morning of the day before yesterday. After the fight started, Shen Yi held on to his armor and rushed to the front.
After not sleeping for a day and a night, Mr. Shen, who had not slept well for several days, finally couldn't hold on any longer. Last night, he almost fainted on the battlefield and was carried down.
He slept for nearly six hours.
The person who rushed in was Zhu Zhen, Shen Yi's personal attendant. He knelt half in front of Shen Yi, lowered his head slightly and said: "Back to Mr. Shen, the Qi people were repulsed by General Xue and the others last night, but the Qi people were already stationed along the Huaihe River.
Keep your footing, the fighting started again early this morning, and we are still fighting fiercely along the Huaihe River."
Shen Yi rubbed his head and closed his eyes.
This sleep was very deep, and the fatigue of the past few days was almost relieved. However, this sleep was also too long, causing him to miss the most critical moments.
After a while, he finally woke up completely, opened his eyes and looked at Zhu Zhen: "Why didn't you wake me up?"
Zhu Zhen lowered his head, paused, and said: "This morning, General Su came to see you. Before he left, he told us not to wake you up. General Su said that you are the backbone of the Huai'an Army. Now you
Your body is the most important thing..."
Hearing this, Shen Yi stopped talking nonsense and turned around to find his coat. While putting on his clothes, he said, "Go...get me some food and a big basin of water."
He just woke up now and felt thirsty and hungry.
Zhu Zhen nodded quickly and quickly brought food and drink to Shen Yi. Due to excessive physical exertion, Shen Yi was very hungry at this moment. He quickly ate everything in front of him and drank up all the water.
After wiping his mouth, he ordered: "Get your horses ready, I'll go to the front line!"
Jiang Sheng was not with Shen Yi. Zhu Zhen was in charge of things at the moment. Zhu Zhen hesitated for a moment and said, "Mr. Shen, while you were sleeping, two letters came from Jiankang. Do you want to read them?"
Do you want to go to the front line again?"
"Bring it to me."
Zhu Zhen quickly delivered both letters to Shen Yi. Mr. Shen walked out of the tent and walked towards his horse while opening the letters and reading them. Soon both letters were read and he re-printed the two letters.
After loading it up, stuffing it into my arms, I quickly turned over and mounted my horse.
Xiangshui Camp was not very far from the front line, and Shen Yi rushed to the front line in about an hour.
At this time, there was already a fight along the Huaihe River.
Because the Qi people took Xue Wei by surprise that day and crossed the river in one step. Although the first batch of Qi people were almost all killed by Su Ding's manpower, the subsequent Qi people quickly followed up and completely landed in the afternoon that day, and successfully
Established a firm foothold along the Huaihe River.
At this time, after two days of fierce fighting, although the Huai'an army achieved great results, nearly 10,000 Qi people landed on the south bank, and the scale was getting larger and larger.
However, these Qi people are still defending their positions. When they bring all the Qi people on the north bank to the south bank, these Qi people will immediately switch from defense to offense.
Now, the soldiers of the Xiangshui Camp were using artillery, gunpowder, crossbows, and close combat to eliminate as many Qi people as possible.
When Shen Yi rushed to the temporary military camp at the front line, Su Ding was resting in his tent.
The frontline commander had basically not slept much for more than two days, and he was extremely tired now.
However, after knowing that Shen Yi was coming, someone still woke up General Su. After he woke up, he immediately came to Shen Yi, bowed and clasped his fists: "Mr. Shen!"
Shen Yi patted Su Ding's shoulder and sighed: "My body can't support it. It's been a hard day for General Su."
Su Ding shook his head quickly and said: "This is all the responsibility of the general. The latter failed to prevent the Qi people from landing, which caused the Qi people to become bigger on the south bank."
"Please punish Mr. Shen!"
Shen Yi exhaled a breath and shook his head slightly: "General Su has tried his best."
"I want to hear about the current situation of the war."
"yes."
Su Ding lowered his head and said in a deep voice: "A large area along the Huainan Bank has been occupied by the Qi people. After these Qi people came ashore, they first formed a formation and occupied a large position. They even started to set up camp last night. While setting up camp,
On the other hand, we will support the Qi people on the north bank and continue to cross the river."
"By an hour ago, there were almost 8,000 Qi people crossing the river."
"However, our army has been struggling with the Qi people, and the number of the Qi people has been declining."
Su Ding said in a hoarse voice: "Up to now, in the past two days, not counting the Qi people killed by General Xue on the north bank, preliminary estimates indicate that the Qi people's injuries should be between five and six thousand."
Shen Yi sat on the chair and asked: "What are the casualties of our army?"
When Su Ding heard this, his face looked a little unhappy. He lowered his head slightly and said, "There are two thousand-household camps. They are no longer large. They are scattered here and there. I'm afraid..."
He gritted his teeth and said, "I'm afraid there are about three thousand people."
Having said this, he looked at Shen Yi and said slowly: "Mr. Shen, the troops on the eastern front are no longer enough."
The eastern front where Xiangshui Camp is located has only 15,000 people in total. Wanzhong blocked the Qi people who landed on the coast. He first brought two thousand-household camps, and then added two more thousand-household camps. That is to say
There were only a little over 10,000 men left on the Eastern Front.
Including the losses in the past two days, Su Ding's current strength is probably only about seven to eight thousand men.
This is similar to the number of Qi people who have logged in.
Now, we can still take advantage of the geographical advantage. After a day or two, when the Qi people are a little larger, the comparison of the strength of the two sides on the battlefield will be too great.
Shen Yi was silent for a while, then looked at Su Ding and asked, "General Su wants to retreat to Huai'an City?"
Su Ding slowly lowered his head.
"Mr. Shen, the Qi people on the south bank are estimated to reach 20,000 the day after tomorrow. By then they will definitely counterattack with all their strength."
"They can even switch from defense to offense now."
"It's just that the Qi people don't know the strength of our troops on the eastern front, so they haven't moved yet."
"If you continue to entangle yourself and don't retreat in advance, Qi Ren may bite your tail and take a bite out of you."
Shen Yi sat on the chair and was silent for a long time. Then he looked up at Su Ding and said in a hoarse voice, "Let's fight for one more day."
"Mr. Shen..."
Su Ding clasped his fists and was about to continue persuading Shen Yi, but was interrupted by Shen Yi's voice.
"Of the 20,000 imperial troops, I only sent 10,000 to Lianshui. The remaining 10,000 will be sent to them later by an order to be transferred here to cooperate with you."
Hearing this, Su Ding sighed slightly, lowered his head and clasped his fists, saying, "Yes, I obey!"
Shen Yi closed his eyes and said, "This battle will be a tough one. I know it in my heart. Don't worry, General Su. When we really can't fight, I won't let my brothers hold on."
"yes."
Su Ding cupped his fists and said, "My subordinates all trust Duke Shen."
"correct."
Shen Yi thought of something and asked, "Where is Xue Wei now and what is he doing?"
"General Xue is injured."
Su Ding lowered his head and said: "Yesterday afternoon, it was impossible to stop the Qi people on the river, so General Xue led his people ashore to fight with the Qi people. General Xue fought hard for two hours and broke into the enemy's position several times."
"When he was snatched out later, he had several stab wounds on his back, and the wounds were not shallow. He is now resting and recuperating in the wounded barracks."
Shen Yi stood up and said, "I'll go take a look at him."
Su Ding also followed Shen Yi: "I will go with Mr. Shen."
Shen Yi shook his head slightly: "The military situation is urgent. There may be emergencies. You stay here to take charge of the situation."
After that, Shen Yi walked out directly and went straight to the wounded soldiers camp. Soon, he found Xue Wei, the largest among the wounded soldiers.
Because of his back injury, this big man could only lie down on the bed, but even so, he looked a lot bigger among a bunch of wounded soldiers.
Master Shen sighed slightly, stepped forward and knelt in front of him.
"Is everything okay?"
Xue Wei was dozing off when he heard Shen Yi's voice in the lake. He suddenly opened his eyes and turned around to see Shen Yi squatting beside his bed. He quickly twisted his body to turn to Shen Yi, but was disturbed.
The wound on his back was so painful that he grinned.
"Mr. Shen..."
He grinned: "I'm fine. I'll be fine in a few days. You don't have to worry."
He looked at Shen Yi and asked, "I heard that you passed out on the battlefield. Are you feeling well?"
Shen Yi shook his head slightly: "I haven't slept for several days, and I can't bear it anymore."
He looked at Xue Wei and ordered: "You are also a senior general. You are not allowed to rush into battle like this in the future."
Hearing these words, Xue Wei suddenly became anxious. He quickly said: "Mr. Shen, when the general rushes into the formation, he is not reckless. It is all organized. Those Qi people can't get close to the general!"
Mr. Shen smiled and cursed angrily: "Then how did you get injured?"
"To save people."
Xue Wei looked serious, glanced at the wounded man next to him, and said: "That kid who was following me suddenly fell behind. I had no choice but to go back and save him."
"After all, it was Mr. Shen who asked you to follow me. I can't let him just disappear."
Shen Yi frowned and followed Xue Wei's gaze.
On the bed not far from Xue Wei, there was a pale young man lying on the bed. Seeing Shen Yi looking at him, the young man tried his best to smile, but his expression was still slightly frightened.
Jiang Ming.
The eldest grandson of Jiang Shangshu.
Shen Yi stood up silently and walked up to Young Master Jiang. He saw that his whole body was covered with gauze. Due to excessive blood loss, there was almost no blood on his face.
Shen Yi squatted next to him, feeling quite touched in his heart.
"Really?"
Jiang Ming carefully glanced at Xue Wei who was standing aside, trying to give Shen Yi a smile, but before the smile came out completely, Young Master Jiang burst into tears.
"Shen...Uncle Shen, when I come to Huai'an, I will naturally go to school, but..."
He glanced at Xue Wei again, and finally couldn't hold back his emotions and burst into tears.
"It's just that I'm incompetent and almost dragged General Xue down. I..."
"I feel sorry for you, I feel sorry for General Xue, and I feel sorry for the Huai'an Army..."
Mr. Shen carefully patted his shoulder and said, "Just stay alive."
