marquis of jingan

Chapter 1061 The Inflated Master Shen

The left army has a total of 4 people, including the guard camp that Shen Yi is about to arrive, a total of 5000 people.

Naturally, it is impossible for troops of this scale to be put on the battlefield all at once. Once they are all piled up, the formation will be chaotic, and it will not be very useful.

After all, last year, this was almost the sum of all the troops of the Huai'an Army.

Even Su Ding has no experience in commanding such a large-scale corps in combat, so he can only be dispatched batch by batch to accumulate experience in actual combat.

In fact, all the generals in the Huai'an Army are probably going through this process.

Including Shen Yi himself.

The most intuitive reason for this situation is naturally that the Huai'an army expanded too fast.

In just two or three years, the Huai'an army has more than fivefold increased from the original 2 people to more than 10 people now.

In other words, all the generals of the Huai'an Army, including Shen Yi, basically experienced this five-fold expansion process as long as they did not make mistakes.

What I have to mention here is that a general or a general has an upper limit to his ability to lead troops.

An ordinary person who has never been in contact with military affairs, suddenly asked him to be a corporal commander, and asked him to lead several people, he might not understand.

Even if it is a general who has been in the army all year round, sometimes it is difficult for him to motivate his subordinates after his position exceeds his upper limit of ability.

The reason why the Marquis of Huaiyin was called Bingxian was largely because of his deafening rhetoric of a famous military strategist.

The more the better.

This is the confidence of a handsome talent who comes out once in hundreds of years.

It's a pity that the three main generals, from Shen Yi to Ling Su, don't have the talent and confidence of a soldier fairy.

Fortunately, since the Huai'an army gradually expanded, Shen Yi also summed up some adaptation experience.

This kind of rapid expansion of the number of people cannot be "digested" quickly only by reorganization or training.

If you want to quickly digest and quickly improve the general's leadership ability and quality, the fastest and most effective way is nothing else.

There is only such a way as actual combat.

In the past few years, the Huai'an army has come all the way, and this is exactly what they have fought all the way.

After the actual combat all the way, even Xue Wei, who was only a pawn of Linhaiwei at the beginning, has now become a general who can be alone.

The same is true of the Left Army.

Su Ding's military talent is good, but it also needs a gradual process. Shen Yi took Zou County and Qufu as a test for the left army to adapt.

Whether it is Su Ding or Ling Su Xue Wei, they must grow up as soon as possible to become generals who can command large corps in battle.

During this process, if any of the three fell behind, Shen Yi would not reach out to any of them.

Because if you can't hone it in actual combat, it means that this person's military talent can only go so far.

Because he wanted to command the battle, Su Ding simply confessed a few words to Liu Mingyuan, then strode away, visited the army formation in person, and went to command the battle.

After Su Ding left, Liu Mingyuan stood on the spot without moving for a long time. After a long time, he first looked in the direction of Zou County, then turned back to look at Shen Yi who was already standing on a high place watching the battle, gritted his teeth, and took a big step After climbing up to the high place, he knelt down behind Shen Yi and bowed his head deeply: "Liu Mingyuan, the last general, plead guilty to Duke Shen!"

Shen Yi put down the binoculars in his hand, turned his head and glanced at him lightly.

"Who says you're guilty? What are you guilty of?"

Liu Mingyuan lowered his head, gritted his teeth and said, "In private, the last general once felt dissatisfied with you, Mr. Shen, and said some bad things about you, Mr. Shen..."

Shen Yi smiled dumbly, looked back at the middle-aged general who was kneeling on the ground, shook his head slightly and said, "Do you think in your heart that I transferred you from Ling Su's hand because you complained about me behind your back? So I have a small belly, and I will put on small shoes for you?"

Liu Mingyuan lowered his head, gritted his teeth and remained silent.

Obviously, Shen Yi hit his mark.

Master Shen didn't look at him, but continued to look at the battlefield, and then said quietly: "I know what you are saying about me behind my back, and I used to say that I was biased towards Xue Wei and ignored you right army. "

"After Su Ding came out, you were even more unconvinced. You felt that I had reused a half-way monk and treated the veterans of the Anti-Japanese Army badly."

Having said that, Shen Yi put down the binoculars in his hand, and looked back at Liu Mingyuan.

"Later, you all felt that your promotion was too slow."

"For example, General Liu, although your real position is a lieutenant general, according to the rank of the court, you should be given a military position of the second rank, or at least a third rank, but in fact, your current position is to command the same You know, not even a third-rank commander."

"So, you gossip about me in private."

Liu Mingyuan bowed his head deeply, and kowtowed to Shen Yi, feeling a little wronged in his heart: "Mr. Shen, whether you were in the Anti-Japanese Army or the Huai'an Army these years, you have indeed treated General Xue better than us. This is something that all brothers have seen..."

At this moment, the Left Route Army had already approached Zou County. Shen Yi took a few glances with the binoculars, then put down the binoculars, found a stone opposite Liu Mingyuan and sat down, quietly looking at the middle-aged man in front of him .

"Fortunately, you are still a general, and you have been with me for so many years."

Shen Yi glanced at him indifferently, and said in a muffled voice: "When the Anti-Japanese Army was formed, General Ling was a thousand households. Originally, the entire Anti-Japanese Army and even the current Huai'an Army should be led by him, right? I forcibly split it in two."

"After being divided into two, how can I go to strictly restrain your side?"

"You guys are shameless, is General Ling Suling shameless?"

Master Shen said coldly: "Have you ever heard General Ling complain that I didn't care about him?"

"If I had restrained the current Right Route Army earlier, the military discipline of the Right Route Army would not be what it is now. Ling Su indulged you old subordinates too much."

"So much so that you still have the same thoughts as you did when you were in Linhaiwei."

"Both childish and ignorant."

Liu Mingyuan suddenly raised his head to look at Shen Yi. Being scolded by Shen Yi made him feel very uncomfortable, but because of his clumsy mouth and being unable to speak, he could only clenched his fist hard and punched his chest twice. After beating extremely hard, he coughed violently twice, with blood dripping from the corners of his mouth, but his eyes were red, and he gritted his teeth without saying a word.

Seeing this, Shen Yi couldn't bear it, stepped forward and patted him on the back, and said: "I know what you are thinking in your heart, I just want to say your achievements over the years, your achievements, I wrote them in the book I remember everything one by one, and you are not missing at all."

"Whether you killed the Japanese pirates at the beginning, or later when the Huai'an Army expanded, you went to the southeast to recruit troops. This is all credit to the Huai'an Army."

Shen Yi sat back opposite him, and said quietly: "Because you old people have indeed contributed something, and sometimes you say a few complaints behind your back, but I don't take it to heart."

"For example, you said that you were promoted slowly."

Shen Yi said quietly: "If there is a chance this year, I can take you to the Ministry of War to take a look. You can ask how long it will take for other military officers to be promoted from a hundred households to a commanding officer." .”

"And you, Liu Mingyuan, how long did it take?"

Shen Yi looked at him.

"In the imperial court, I don't know how many military officers, how many generals' children, and how many nobles of the imperial court, staring at your current position!"

"I'm not blocking it."

Shen Yi sneered and said, "Can you compete with them?"

"Up to now, you are still stupid enough to think that I transferred you out of Ling Su's side to punish you."

Having said that, Shen Yi shook his head helplessly, stood up, picked up the binoculars, and looked at Zou County.

At this time, the five thousand-household battalions under Su Ding's command had already begun to attack the city, and some elite battalions had already started to build ladders, and they were about to rush up the city wall.

Seeing this, Shen Yi put away the binoculars thoughtfully, and looked back at Liu Mingyuan again.

He squatted down, looked at Liu Mingyuan, and said, "For the sake of our many years of friendship from Linhai to the present, I transferred you to the Left Route Army. The purpose is to let you get rid of the old habits of Linhaiwei back then. There is an opportunity to continue to build on that.”

"For the sake of years of friendship, I will give you a second choice now."

Master Shen said quietly: "You are in the left army, if you really can't stay, or you feel that I, Shen Qi, have treated you badly, you will feel aggrieved."

"That's easy too. I'll write the paperwork for you right now. You can take my paperwork to the Jiankang Military Department. Don't dare to say anything else. It must be in your hometown in Zhejiang. I will find you a commander, or someone who will direct everything. errand."

"Let you go back to your hometown and get promoted and get rich."

Master Shen squinted his eyes and said softly: "From now on, you and I will have nothing to do with each other, how about it?"

Liu Mingyuan knelt on the ground, kowtowed to Shen Yi, and burst into tears: "Duke Shen, the general is willing to follow in the Huai'an army, even if he is a small soldier, please don't send the general back to his hometown..."

Shen Yi helped him up, patted him on the back lightly, and said, "Since it was just a transfer and you were not punished, it means that I never blamed you, it was your own thoughts."

"General Su has a good-natured personality and great abilities. If you follow him and learn more, and work hard, you will naturally have a bright future in the future."

Liu Mingyuan wiped away his tears, bowed his head sincerely and said: "The last general obeys orders!"

Shen Yi nodded, picked up the binoculars again, and looked at the battlefield in Zou County.

The vanguard army under Su Ding's command rushed extremely smoothly, and some ladders had already hit the defenders' faces, almost climbing up the tower.

Master Shen put down the binoculars in his hand, frowned slightly: "Su Ding... Could it be that he sent the elite of the left army?"

"Or is it that the defenders in Zou County are so weak that they won't be able to defend for half a day?"

After muttering something, he looked back at Liu Mingyuan and asked, "Are you not injured?"

Liu Mingyuan coughed up blood just now, probably his lungs were shaken, but he said loudly: "This subordinate is fine."

"Then go and run for me."

Master Shen looked at Zou County and said, "Go and tell General Su not to fight too fast."

"Try to..."

Master Shen stroked his chin and said, "Try to let all the Thousand Household Battalions of the Left Route Army participate in this siege battle."

"You tell Su Ding."

Shen Yi said lightly: "It's best to let everyone participate in the actual combat."

"In this way, he can also know what's going on with all the thousand household camps under his command."

Liu Mingyuan responded, clasped his fists at Shen Yi, turned around and strode away.

Master Shen turned his head again, looked at the battlefield in Zou County, and muttered to himself.

"What does it look like to fight with a large corps...?"