In the evening of that day, all the ships in the Xiangshui camp had been assembled. Shen Yi himself no longer sat in the rear, but boarded one of the ships.
Xue Wei also jumped on the ship after him, but Su Ding did not follow and remained on the south bank.
After boarding the ship, Shen Yi stood on the deck, looking towards the north. Xue Wei stood behind him and said: "Mr. Shen, you don't have to take risks. In the past two months, our brothers from Xiangshui Camp have already gone.
I have been to the North Shore nearly ten times, and I have a very clear understanding of the north.”
"You are at Xiangshui Camp, and there is good news waiting for us."
Shen Yi looked back at him and said with a smile: "Now that we have figured it out, there will naturally be no risks when I go north this time. What do you advise me to do?"
After saying this, Shen Yi seemed to be tired from standing. He sat directly on the deck and looked at the undefended north shore, thoughtfully.
Xue Wei also squatted behind Shen Yi, still not understanding: "Mr. Shen, in the past we went to the north to raid, and it was at this time at first, when it was close to dark, but later on, we no longer needed to be so secretive.
"
"This time we marched at night again, but the general is not used to it."
Mr. Shen looked calm: "After landing, you will take these thousands of people directly north and attack Qi soldiers according to the previous raiding method. Do you understand?"
Xue Wei thought for a moment, then his eyes lit up and he whispered: "I understand!"
The Huaihe River is not very wide. While the two of them were talking, the boat at the front had already started to dock. After a while, Shen Yi's boat also started to dock.
There were no people on the north shore, so it was quiet.
Shen Yi jumped off the ship, and then nearly a hundred ships began to dock one after another. Under the command of Xue Wei, these people quickly moved all the baggage items off the ship.
Immediately under the command of Xue Wei, these people, carrying almost no baggage, began to organize their formation and march towards the north just like they had done when they attacked the north bank.
The Huai'an Army can now basically be regarded as an elite army with strict orders and prohibitions. Xue Wei is also an expert in leading troops. In just half an hour, the first batch of thousands of people crossing the river disappeared in Master Shen's
In the field of vision.
Shen Yi, however, did not follow the vanguard to go north, but directed the ships to return and continue to transport troops.
When the first group of people came over, they were still illuminated by lanterns. When they returned, they extinguished all light sources and went back to transport troops in the dark.
In more than an hour, the ships came and went three more times, transporting 15,000 soldiers from Xiangshui Camp.
This is the entire strength of the Xiangshui Camp for this northern expedition.
More than 5,000 people were transported each time, four times in total, and now there are more than 20,000 people.
When the last batch of ships docked, Su Ding also jumped off the ship. He walked up to Shen Yi, cupped his fists and said, "Mr. Shen!"
Shen Yi nodded slightly and said, "Everyone is here?"
"Everyone is coming."
Su Ding said in a deep voice: "There are 21,400 people in total."
"But this time, because we have to fight on the north coast for a long time, a lot of important supplies will be transported. I'm afraid the ships will have to make a few trips."
Shen Yi looked calm and said with a smile: "It's okay. After I crossed the river with Xue Wei and the others, I already sent out the scouts. At this time, there is no one in the vicinity for ten miles."
"It's dark and they can't see clearly what's happening on the river. We can transport supplies here calmly."
General Su looked up to the north and said, "Mr. Shen, General Xue, I'm afraid he's already ten miles away."
Shen Yi smiled slightly.
"Don't worry, we'll catch up when it gets almost dawn."
Su Ding hesitated to speak, but lowered his head and clasped his fists: "Yes!"
He paused and then said: "By the way, Mr. Li Zhunli, who you arranged to be in the army, also insisted on coming with him. He said that he would not be allowed to follow the Northern Expedition, so he crashed his head on the board of the ship and died.
I saw that he was agitated and didn't dare to harm his life, so I brought him here with me..."
Mr. Shen said "Huh" and then smiled and said: "I almost forgot about this guy. That's all, let him follow me."
Shen Yi paused and then said: "Give him a set of armor. If you are injured by swords or arrows on the battlefield, don't hurt his life."
Su Ding bowed his head respectfully: "Yes!"
Not long after, Li Zhun, wearing armor and stomach, stumbled to Shen Yi.
Because he is a bit thin, the armor and stomach are pierced on his body, which is somewhat funny.
However, he still had the proper etiquette. After seeing Shen Yi, he still bowed his hands in a polite manner and said, "Greetings to Mr. Shen!"
Shen Yi said "Hmm", looked at the armor on his body, and said with a smile: "It seems that sir, you are not very popular with the brothers in the army, so I have prepared a set of armor that does not fit you."
"If the students don't want to wear it, they have to put it on!"
Li Zhun complained, then looked up at Shen Yi and asked, "Shilang Shen, the students heard that you sent General Xue and others out to fight as a vanguard!"
Shen Yi nodded and said with a smile: "Yes, I have been out for two hours."
Li Zhun was in a hurry and said, "Why hasn't the Chinese army made any moves? If the enemy cuts off the communication between the two armies, and this is the Qi people's territory, wouldn't General Xue's thousands of people be in danger!"
Mr. Shen looked up at the sky, then yawned and said, "Don't be in a hurry, don't be in a hurry."
"Wait until after midnight."
………………
To the south of Haizhou, there is Andong County, a small and inconspicuous county.
It is so small that there are almost no high walls. It is so small that when the Huai'an army marched north last time, they went straight to Haizhou and did not pay attention to Andong County.
But at this time, General Zhou Shizhong was suddenly in Andong County. In front of him were pieces of intelligence sent by the scouts, as well as a staff general in charge of Haizhou under the Southern Conquest Army, and several commanders.
as well as…
Major General Zhou Yuanlang.
After reading the intelligence for a while, General Zhou looked at his son Zhou Yuanlang, who was mainly responsible for intelligence work, and asked, "Have you noticed anything unusual?"
Zhou Yuanlang thought for a while and said: "General, the southerners' route this time is no different from the previous ones. They still landed in the evening. After landing, they started to move north and attacked the camps of our army.
"
Having said this, Zhou Yuanlang paused and said: "The general suspects that someone in the army leaked secrets and leaked all the addresses where the army is stationed to the southerners."
The major general looked at Zhou Shizhong and continued: "In addition, after these southerners landed, they began to send scouts to clean up the area on a large scale, which prevented our people from getting close to them. It is dark now, so there is no way to know
The situation near where they landed."
General Zhou was silent for a while and asked: "How far has the Southern Dynasty's army penetrated?"
"More than forty miles."
Zhou Yuanlang said: "Because we have arranged it in advance, we can start the encirclement, but..."
This rare scholar in the Zhou family glanced at Zhou Shizhong and said, "However, the arrival of the southerners this time is quite strange. The general's intention is that it will not be too late to wait until our informants buried on the south bank send news before taking action.
To avoid problems.”
Zhou Shizhong glanced at him: "How long will it take for the news from Nan'an to be delivered?"
"Across the Huaihe River, it's dark again..."
Zhou Yuanlang took out a breath and said, "I guess it will be late at night or even dawn."
"Then there's nothing to wait for."
General Zhou remembered the old incident of last year when Shen Yi feinted a shot and almost ruined Suqian. He slapped the table hard and said in a deep voice: "Last year, they liked to play this trick. This year, we can't let these slippery hands."
The southerners are escaping again!"
The general shouted in a low voice: "Send me the order to start an encirclement and eat these thousands of southerners!"
"Let them know that the Huaihe River is a thunder pool that they can never cross!"
What else did Zhou Yuanlang want to say, but the generals and commanders on the side bowed their heads respectfully, clasped their fists and said, "Yes!"
Immediately, the group of people ran out happily.
The young general of the Zhou family felt vaguely that something was wrong, but he had no reason to convince his father, so he could only frown secretly.