Now, the encirclement trend has become obvious. The nearly two thousand Qi people who had no time to retreat have been squeezed in by Xue Wei and the main force of the Huai'an army, completing the encirclement.
Moreover, their troops are too small, so there is no possibility of breaking through.
Shen Yi can deal with them how he wants to deal with them now. If he is more anxious, he can send soldiers to run over them directly. He should be able to eat them in half a day.
If you don't rush and grind slowly, you can grind them to death in three or four days.
The advantage of the latter is that the casualties of the Huai'an Army can be reduced.
What's a pity is that these people saw the opportunity too quickly.
If they had not reacted, or if they had withdrawn slower, the Huai'an army would have been able to leave three to four thousand men behind this time, which would be a great victory worthy of congratulations.
Su Ding thought for a while and said: "Mr. Shen, after eating these two thousand people today, should we immediately go to Shanghai, or should we rest where we are and talk about it tomorrow?"
Master Shen raised his head and looked at the sky.
It's still morning now.
After thinking for a moment, he waved his hand and said, "Let's set up the Chinese army's tent nearby."
"Two thousand Qi people are not a small number. If trapped animals are still fighting, they will bite people. Since they have been surrounded, there is no need to worry and take your time to sort them out."
The main tent of the Chinese army is a place similar to a command post. In this era, the army was divided into three armies: the front, rear and middle. The front army was the pioneer, the middle army was the main force and also the command post, and the rear army was responsible for logistics work such as food, grass and baggage.
The Chinese army is encamped in a large tent, which means that they probably won't leave today.
Su Ding thought about it and asked, "Will staying one more night give the Qi people time to gather their troops calmly?"
Shen Yi chuckled: "Where can they gather their troops?"
Su Ding replied: "Let's go straight to Haizhou. They will naturally gather near Haizhou."
Shen Yi squinted his eyes and said softly: "So I have told you many times that you must be flexible in fighting and do not care about the gains and losses of one city or one place. Our trip this time is to take Haizhou, but it does not necessarily have to be
We cannot conquer Haizhou."
Su Ding was stunned for a moment, then understood immediately.
Their ultimate goal for this trip is the important city of Xuzhou!
Su Ding no longer had any doubts, lowered his head and said: "I will make arrangements right now."
Shen Yi nodded, hummed, and said, "Pay attention to the perimeter and be careful of all the troops attacking the camp."
"The other thing is."
Shen Yi took a deep breath and said: "This time, we have taken prisoners. If any of the surrounded Qi troops are willing to surrender, they can be taken as prisoners."
"This way, fewer people will die during the fight."
Su Ding nodded, cupped his fists and said, "I will obey your orders!"
While the two were talking, someone had already found a suitable place to set up the Chinese army's tent. Master Shen entered his tent and sat down on the main seat, feeling quite regretful in his heart.
Because now he can only accept prisoners, but cannot accept surrender.
If he had the authority to collect the surrendered troops of Northern Qi, then Shen Yi was confident that as long as he fought in Northern Qi for a few years, the number of Huai'an troops could be doubled.
After all, even in the current Northern Qi Dynasty, most of the generals and officers in the army are still Han. If they can be conquered, it will only take a few months to use them for their own purposes.
But it is a pity that Shen Yi mentioned this matter when negotiating terms with the emperor, but the emperor did not agree immediately.
If the big boss doesn’t agree to this kind of thing right away, then it’s actually a no.
Although later, Emperor Hong De gave Shen Yi the words "acting cheaply". In theory, Master Shen could make the decision on his own, but Shen Yi would not do something that had been rejected by the emperor.
The risk is too great.
At present, only after achieving further war results can Shen Yi try to ask the emperor for more permission.
After thinking about what happened in the court, Shen Yi asked for pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and began to write a report to the court.
To be precise, it was to write a report to the emperor and the Zhongshu Council.
As long as the war started, Shen Yi would write this kind of short composition almost every day.
Because if you don't write it, you will bring some trouble to yourself and the Huai'an army in the court.
The biggest role of Shen Yi in the Huai'an Army is actually to help the Huai'an Army solve all problems outside the battlefield, including political issues, logistics issues, and treatment issues.
So that these Huai'an Army officers and soldiers can focus on fighting without having to consider other issues.
After finishing the two short essays, it was already noon. Shen Yi asked Jiang Sheng to deliver the letter, then had a simple lunch and took a nap in the handsome tent.
Because he had stayed up all night with the army last night, so now that he had the opportunity, he naturally wanted to get some sleep and come back.
Perhaps because he was really sleepy, it was already evening when Shen Yi woke up.
After seeing Shen Yi wake up from his sleep, Jiang Sheng entered the room, lowered his head and told Shen Yi what happened while he was asleep.
When he finished speaking, Shen Yi frowned and said, "If Su Ding and Xue Wei arrive at the Central Army, ask them to come to the big tent to see me."
Jiang Sheng nodded quickly and asked, "Should we send someone to call?"
"Need not."
Mr. Shen yawned and said, "Don't affect their command."
Jiang Sheng lowered his head and said yes, and made a dinner for Shen Yi. After Mr. Shen ate, he went out for a walk.
At this time, the Chinese army had all set up camp, and the tents were arranged in an orderly manner, which was consistent with the art of war.
When it got darker, Su Ding and Xue Wei came to the Chinese army tent together and saluted Shen Yi with clasped fists: "Mr. Shen!"
Shen Yi looked at the two people and motioned them to sit down. After they sat down, Master Shen said with a smile: "Have you basically eaten those two thousand people?"
Su Ding nodded and replied: "Back to Mr. Shen, there are more than 400 people who are willing to surrender and become prisoners. Now they have been sent to the prison camp. The rest have basically been wiped out, and a few are still hiding.
The people below are still looking."
Shen Yi was a little surprised and asked: "Only four hundred people surrendered?"
This number is obviously unreasonable when it is already surrounded and it is certain that there is no hope of escape.
During the war against Japanese pirates back then, the proportion of Japanese pirates who surrendered was higher than this!
Su Ding smiled bitterly and replied: "The general was also a little curious and sent someone to ask them. They said that there are military regulations in the Conquest of the South Army. Anyone who defectes will be charged with a serious crime and his family will be implicated."
Shen Yi finally understood and shook his head slightly: "It seems that those Zhu Li people still can't trust us Han people in their bones. Even if they go to the battlefield for them, they have to use their relatives as threats."
Su Ding nodded and said: "We also learned this method of implicating people, but they used it more harshly. We Han people are implicated, and our family members are the most guilty. In the Northern Qi Dynasty, some of them are dangerous to their family members."
Mr. Shen smiled and said: "That happened in the past few dynasties. In this dynasty, we only kill the escaped soldiers on the spot without involving our family members."
After saying this, Mr. Shen paused and then said: "Just now, I received intelligence that the number of the Southern Conquest Army near Haizhou may exceed 20,000."
"and…"
Shen Yi said softly: "Zhou Shizhong is in Haizhou City."
Xue Wei looked at Shen Yi and asked, "Mr. Shen wants to capture that scum named Zhou?"
The Zhou family are Han people, and twenty years ago, General Zhou Jin'an personally destroyed the late emperor's dream of the Northern Expedition, killing 100,000 Chen soldiers, and doing so cruelly.
As a result, Zhou Shizhong and his son received very bad reviews in Da Chen Feng. Even Xue Wei wanted to call them scum.
Shen Yi shook his head slightly: "We only have 20,000 people, 20,000 against 20,000, we still attack the city..."
He said slowly: "I think Haizhou is not easy to fight."
Su Ding opened his mouth at the right time and said: "Mr. Shen, maybe we can attack Haizhou, and then together with General Ling and the others, we can divert to Xuzhou..."
"In this case, these Qi people may not be able to react."
Shen Yi shook his head slightly: "I have thought about this method, but our marching speed cannot keep up with the speed of their messenger troops. Northern Qi's army can still be mobilized flexibly, so it is not appropriate to fight like this."
Su Ding lowered his head: "What do you think, Mr. Shen?"