In the past few days, Ling Su had been staring in the direction of Suqian. The scouts were almost in the face of the Suqian defenders. The sudden movement of the Suqian Qi army alerted Ling Su immediately.
He directly sent Zhang Meng and Liu Mingyuan to lead the troops out of the city and rush towards Suqian, while he himself hurried to Zhizhou Yamen and found Shen Yi who was looking through documents.
"Mr. Shen!"
He lowered his head and clasped his fists and said: "The Qi army in Suqian has made a sudden move. My subordinates have sent Liu Mingyuan and others out of the city to block their way."
Shen Yi put down the document in his hand and nodded: "Just lead the West Route Army out of the city. Xue Wei's troops should be trying their best to drag down the Qi Army who are relocating. After you leave the city, try to find a way to contact Xue Wei and the others as soon as possible. We must communicate with each other." Cooperate."
Ling Su lowered his head and clasped his fists: "I will obey your orders!"
Mr. Shen stood up and said in a deep voice: "I still say what I said, adapt to circumstances. If you can eliminate the Qi people, you will naturally try your best to eliminate the Qi people. But if something is not right, you don't have to take it hard. You can consider withdrawing to Xuzhou. General Ling will take advantage of the opportunity. That’s the decision.”
Shen Yi paused and then added: "The enemies in Suqian are not one or two hundred, nor one or two thousand, but about twenty thousand. With so many enemies, remember not to underestimate the enemy or slack off..."
"Don't be in a hurry."
"We have to fight in an orderly manner."
Ling Su lowered his head: "General, I will obey your orders!"
After saying that, he bowed and clasped his fists, then turned around and left, striding out.
After Ling Su left, Shen Yi sat in his study. After thinking for a while, he sat down and wrote a letter. After confirming that there were no typos, he added his personal seal and put it in the envelope. inside.
After writing the letter, Shen Yi personally took the letter out of the Zhizhou Yamen, came to Lin Sheng's residence, and found Lin Sheng sitting in the yard in a daze.
Shen Yi looked at him, then shook his head slightly, moved a chair himself, sat opposite him, and said: "Brother Yankang, I have a letter here, which I want to send back to Jiankang to present to the Holy Emperor. If you are in Xuzhou again It is no longer suitable to stay in the city, so I will follow this letter and go back to Jiankang, where I will meet my family and have a good rest."
"When you recover, I will recommend you to become an official."
Only then did Lin Sheng come to his senses. After calling out "Sizheng", he looked at the letter in Shen Yi's hand, lowered his head and said, "Sizheng, I'm not here to report to the Secretary, so it's not suitable for me to get in touch with this kind of secret letter... "
Shen Yi patted him on the shoulder and said, "I will ask the inner guards to send him back to Jiankang. You can follow the inner guards and go back together."
After a pause, Mr. Shen said: "After returning to Jiankang, His Majesty may summon you. Then you can tell me what you did in the north. But if His Majesty asks you why you left the Di Reporting Division, you …”
"The woman must be hidden."
"Otherwise, it will inevitably be detrimental to your future career."
Lin Sheng lowered his head and said, "I... my subordinate has written it down."
Mr. Shen stood up and said, "That's it, I have other things to deal with. After a while, the inner guards will come looking for you."
He looked at Lin Sheng and said in a low voice: "Brother Yankang leaves the Di Reporting Department, and you and I are no longer superiors and subordinates. We can get along as friends from now on. When I return to Jiankang, let's have a drink together."
Lin Sheng stood up, bowed his head deeply to Shen Yi and said, "Student, thank you, Mr. Shen."
Shen Yi shook his head slightly and turned to leave.
He got on the horse at the door and ran all the way to the East City Gate. He left the city from the East City Gate and went out of the city for more than ten miles. He found Su Ding in a large tent outside the city.
At this time, Su Ding was commanding the Eastern Route Army, fighting with the Qi people east of Xuzhou.
Of course, it's just a tentative attack.
This tentative attack has lasted for several days. The main force of the Qi people has remained in a shrinking state, with almost no decent counterattack.
After seeing Shen Yi, Su Ding quickly stood up, bowed his head and saluted: "Mr. Shen!"
Shen Yi didn't waste any time. After finding a seat and sitting down, he said straight to the point: "The Qi army in Suqian has taken action. Now Ling Su has led his troops south."
"The enemies in Haizhou are watched by the Forbidden Army, but the main force of the Qi army in the east of Xuzhou City can only be watched by General Su."
Shen Yi reached out and knocked on the table and said: "There are so many of them that it is unrealistic to keep an eye on them completely. But if they want to go to Suqian, General Su needs to try his best to protect them and buy time for Ling Xue and the others."
Su Ding quickly lowered his head and said: "Don't worry, Mr. Shen, my subordinates have sent people to keep an eye on the main force of the Qi army. If they go south to rescue Suqian, I will try my best to stop them!"
Shen Yi looked at the sky outside the tent, thought for a while, and said, "I will be in the East Route Army for a while."
"This time around Suqian, Ling and Xue are apparently fighting, but the key lies with General Su, the main force of the Qi army to the east."
"Whether this battle can be fought well or not depends on this!"
Su Ding took a deep breath.
"Mr. Shen, the main force of this Qi army is at least fifty thousand people. It is not difficult to watch them, but it is a bit difficult to keep an eye on them."
Mr. Shen smiled and said: "Zhou Shizhong and Tu Yuan are probably no longer in their army. At this time, no one can fully grasp all the Southern Conquest troops in all parts of the battlefield."
"They may not have the intention to save Suqian, even if they do..."
Shen Yi looked calm: "We have to let this main force of the Qi army shed a layer of skin!"
Su Ding lowered his head: "Mr. Shen is wise!"
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Shen Yi's letter was quickly sent out of Xuzhou City by the inner guards.
At this time, the blockade of Xuzhou City by the Qi army basically no longer existed, and it was easy for the internal guards to enter and exit.
However, the speed at which this letter went to Jiankang was very different from the speed at which Lin Sheng returned to Jiankang. Shen Yi's letter specifically asked the inner guards to send it to Jiankang as soon as possible.
The inner guard did not dare to delay. After crossing the Huaihe River, there was a fast horse on the post road, and the letter was delivered to the palace at an accelerated speed of 600 miles.
Now, all the letters sent by Shen Yi are top secrets of the imperial court. Even the eunuch Gao Ming cannot read them in advance. After receiving this letter, Gao Ming picked up another six hundred miles urgent secret letter on the table. , put them together in the sleeves, and came to the Manna Hall.
In the Hall of Manna, His Majesty the Emperor is writing words for Li Wang, the eldest son of the Pope.
At this time, Li Wang was already three or four years old. He was smart and sensible, and was very popular with the emperor.
In this Manna Hall, the queen's legitimate daughter could only come in very rarely, but Li Wang could come in often, and the emperor was willing to spare time to accompany his eldest son.
Seeing Gao Ming hurriedly walk in, Emperor Hongde patted the young prince's face and asked him to write it himself. Then he stood up from the soft couch and stretched his muscles: "Is there any news from Yandu?"
Yandu has been in constant turmoil recently, and the person who cares most about Yandu, besides the two princes of Northern Qi, is the Hongde Emperor of Dachen.
Gao Ming lowered his head slightly and said: "Back to Your Majesty, the internal guards are urgently reporting six hundred miles away. Emperor Yongping of the Northern Qi Dynasty..."
"Probably dead."
Upon hearing the news, Emperor Hongde did not lose his composure. He just clenched his hands under his sleeves silently, and then exhaled: "After so many years, I finally kick my legs..."
Gao Ming took out two documents from his sleeves, held them in both hands and handed them to the emperor. He lowered his head and said, "Your Majesty, in addition to the urgent report from the inner guard, Shilang Shen also has an urgent report from six hundred miles away."
The emperor was startled, and then he picked out Shen Yi's document from the two documents. After opening the envelope, he took out the letter paper inside.
He stood there, reading Shen Yi's letter word for word, then looked up at the sky, silently lost in thought for a long time, and did not speak for a long time.
After an unknown amount of time, the emperor folded the letters and said silently: "Gao Ming."
The high eunuch lowered his head with a respectful expression: "My servant is here."
"Pass...the five prime ministers."
"Six Departments and Nine Ministers."
"The five military camps are all handsome."
Emperor Hongde clenched his fists, his hands trembling unnoticeably.
"Enter the palace to discuss matters."
Eunuch Gao was also a little excited and lowered his head.