Xu Fu worked very quickly. A few days later, the first batch of gunpowder was delivered to Huai'an Prefecture by Liulichang's cavalry. Shen Yi used soldiers to distribute the gunpowder to Lianshui Camp and Xiangshui Camp.
Some cash was also escorted to the imperial envoy's office.
Regarding this money, it must be mentioned that Shen Yi reported to the emperor in advance.
And when issuing it, it can only be issued in the name of the emperor, otherwise it will be suspected of treason.
But even so, Shen Yi was still a little reckless in doing this, because historically, in order to avoid suspicion, the generals who led the army were not allowed to receive rewards or pensions from the court. The pensions for the fallen soldiers were also received from the yamen in their respective places of residence.
In this way, it can be proved that the money was issued by the emperor and the court, not by the generals leading the army.
When the pension money comes into the hands of the local government and is distributed at every level, it will definitely get stuck at every level. In order to prevent this situation, Shen Yi has been keeping accounts and distributing money by himself since he led the army.
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This is one of the reasons why his soldiers can quickly form combat effectiveness.
This is also Shen’s unique advantage.
Because other generals who lead troops cannot do this. If they do this on the front foot, they will be impeached by the Yushitai on the back foot, and then they will be stepped into the dust by the civil servants and they will not be able to get up.
Even if the Huaihe Navy is disbursing pensions, it must go through the imperial court and the local government.
But Shen Yi is different.
He is a civil servant.
Moreover, for a long time, until now, he has not actually held the position of general or military attache in the army, but has been the imperial envoy of the military governor.
With this level of imperial envoy status, there is logically no problem for him to issue pensions on behalf of the imperial court.
But even so, because of tampering with the local government's cake, someone still wrote a letter to impeach Shen Yi Shanzhuan in the past two years.
There is no way around this. If you want to accomplish something, you must withstand some pressure from all parties and cannot avoid it.
After the missing gunpowder and arrows were in place, Shen Yi immediately had people escort him to the Xiangshui camp.
At the same time, another commander of the Forbidden Army, Tongzhi Jiao Tuan, also came to the Xiangshui camp and saw Shen Yi. Without saying anything, he knelt on the ground and bowed his head respectfully: "Tongzhi, the commander of the fifth military camp,
Jiao Duan, pay a visit to Minister Shen."
Master Shen smiled and helped him up, patted the big man on the shoulder and said, "Thank you, General Jiao."
"Don't dare."
The commander of the Forbidden Army clasped his fists and lowered his head and said: "May I ask Sir Shen, where will our army be placed and which general will we follow? Or should we directly follow your arrangements, Sir Shen?"
Shen Yi smiled and said: "General Meng is also at the Xiangshui camp at this time. General Jiao is going to find him, and he will advance and retreat with his 10,000 forbidden troops."
Hearing this, Jiao Duan also breathed a sigh of relief.
Although he has been working in Jiankang, he also heard about his colleague Meng Lian's incident in Huai'an. He knew that Meng Lian had not been assigned any particularly dangerous tasks during this period. When he heard that he was acting together with Meng Lian, he immediately
He lowered his head and clasped his fists: "I will obey your orders!"
He was about to clasp his fists and say goodbye when Shen Yi coughed and said, "General Jiao, if you are not in a hurry to go to the front line, you might as well take your brothers under your command to rest near Xiangshui Camp for a day or two."
Hearing Shen Yi's words, Jiao Duan was thoughtful and asked: "Senior Minister Shen wants to fight a big battle?"
Shen Yi smiled and said nothing.
Jiao Tuan understood immediately, lowered his head and clasped his fists, saying: "I will obey your orders!"
After that, he respectfully withdrew.
Not long after General Jiao left, Zhao Er, who was tired of the journey, entered Shen Yi's tent. He first lowered his head and clasped his fists and called Mr. Shen. After being rolled over by Shen Yi, he looked at Shen Yi with a smile and said: "Zi Heng
, I have brought you everything you asked for."
"It was delivered to the front line days and nights, and now it has been handed over to General Su."
Zhao Er patted his chest and said, "Not even a pound of gunpowder is missing. I haven't embarrassed you, right?"
The last time, after Zhao Jizhou stabbed a man to death on the battlefield, he vomited violently and could not eat for many days. Later, Shen Yi arranged for him to be assigned to the logistics organization and asked him to be responsible for some of the logistics work for the war in Huai'an.
I don’t know if it’s because he’s enlightened or because he’s changed his nature, but Zhao Er is very serious about the logistics work, and he really hasn’t made any mistakes in such a long time.
Shen Yi stood up, walked to Zhao Er, and said with a smile: "I said that when the second brother is serious, he will succeed in everything he does. After the battle in Huai'an this year, I will go to the court to ask for credit for the second brother.
, when the second brother returns to Jiankang, he will also be able to show his face in front of Master Zhao."
Zhao Er sat down on the chair and snorted: "I do my own thing, why do I have to...show my face in front of others?"
"Uncle Zhao, what kind of outsider is he?"
Shen Yi patted Zhao Er on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Okay, second brother, there will be a battle at Xiangshui Camp soon. Don't stay here for too long. I have an errand for you."
Zhao Jizhou coughed and asked, "What's the errand?"
"In the next few days, a batch of money will be delivered to my imperial envoy. Now that I am not in Huai'an Mansion, most of my followers are not here either. I can only trouble my second brother to go there and help me take care of the money. Don't let it go.
They're lost."
Zhao Er curled his lips and said, "I'm not Kuding. How much money do you have? If you want me to go..."
"One million taels."
Shen Yi smiled and said, "Is that enough for you, second brother, to go take a trip?"
Zhao Er was stunned for a long time and nodded blankly.
"enough…"
He swallowed and asked: "Ziheng, where did you get the money? Even my grandfather's family would not be able to come up with so much money in a short period of time. It is not easy."
"Don't ask, just keep watch for me."
Zhao Er smiled and said, "Zi Heng is not afraid that I will steal from you?"
"My second brother has changed his gender, I believe he won't."
Master Shen smiled and said: "Besides, stealing military pay is for the benefit of the Yi tribe."
When Zhao Er heard this, he shuddered, clasped his fists at Shen Yi, turned around and left.
After Zhao Er left, Shen Yi sat in his seat, closing his eyes and thinking.
After a long time, he slowly stood up, left his tent, came to the military tent on the front line, and sounded the tent drum at the entrance of the tent.
Soon, more than half of the generals from more than a thousand households on the eastern front gathered in front of Shen Yi. After everyone arrived, Shen Yi glanced at everyone and asked: "Have you got all your gunpowder and arrow supplies?"
Everyone nodded.
Su Ding lowered his head and clasped his fists and said: "Mr. Shen, the gunpowder escorted here is enough for us to attack for several days."
Shen Yi nodded silently and said, "Well, it's better to get things done sooner rather than later."
"The fighting on the north bank is fierce now. The Qi people may abandon the south bank and flee at some point. Then they will withdraw to the north bank. Not to mention that our brothers in the Huai'an Army have died in vain these days. Even those who are currently fighting with the Qi people on the north bank
The Huaihe Navy is entangled with people, and we cannot stand against them."
Having said this, Shen Yi took a deep breath and looked at Su Ding: "General Su, I thought I could have a hard time with the Qi people who had already crossed the river."
Su Ding hesitated for a moment and asked: "Mr. Shen, you said last time that these Qi people would be slowly consumed to death..."
Shen Yi nodded and said slowly: "The premise for this is that the Huaihe navy on the north bank can fight on par with the Qi people and entangle them in the north."
He looked at Su Ding and said helplessly: "According to the intelligence, yesterday, more than 20,000 Huaihe naval forces crossing the river met the Qi army outside Suzhou City. The two sides fought fiercely all day and night. The Huaihe Navy..."
"Small defeat."
Shen Yi glanced at everyone again and said slowly: "So I thought that the Huaihe Navy might withdraw to the south bank at some point. We can no longer count on them at this time."
"My opinion is, starting tonight, attack the Qi people's positions."
"What do you think?"
Su Ding looked respectful: "General, I have no objection!"
He opened his mouth, and naturally there was a sound in the handsome tent.