Precisely because the geographical location of Xinfa County is so important, Ye Mingsheng was a little hesitant about the candidates for the garrison generals. He Jingyun wanted to stay by his side and serve as his chief of staff to advise him, so the only remaining candidates were Liang Xuezhang and Lin Huaiwu. .
Although Liang Xuezhang came by air and Ye Mingsheng knew little about him, judging from his past experience, he was definitely better than Lin Huaiwu in terms of his ability to defend the city.
However, considering the critical location of Xinfa County, it was necessary to find a reliable candidate. After Ye Mingsheng conducted a war game with He Jingyun, he decided to let Lin Huaiwu guard Xinfa County.
As for Liang Xuezhang's third battalion and Guo Zhiping's thousand cavalry, a total of 3,000 troops remained in Fengzhou City. As the general reserve team and fire-fighting team under Ye Mingsheng, they would make up for the problems there.
Although Lin Huaiwu was not as experienced and capable as Liang Xuezhang in defending the city, he had 2,000 men and horses, and with the enhanced firearms and equipment specially given to him by Ye Mingsheng, he had no big problem in defending Xinfa County.
When the Khitans actually launched an invasion, Ye Mingsheng pointed to Lin Huaiwu in Xinfa County to withstand the first wave of Khitan attacks, buying him time to assemble a large force to support...
Ye Mingsheng thought for a moment and continued to ask:
"How much damage did this group of Khitans cause to Xinfa County?"
"Commander Lin has always been very vigilant in Xinfa County. After discovering this small group of Khitan troops, he immediately deployed them. Therefore, these Khitans only plundered a village and killed more than a dozen villagers before being captured by the commander. He led people to suppress it." Ma Zhongjun reported on 1510:
Ye Mingsheng frowned slightly. The Khitan's cavalry were really hard to guard against in the long defense line. Therefore, just one village was robbed, which showed that Lin Huaiwu had indeed done a good job in Xinfa County and lived up to his expectations for him. trust!
"Go back and tell Lin Huaiwu that the heads of the Khitans who participated in the robbery of the village will be shown to the public. As for the rest, let them go!" Ye Mingsheng ordered:
Although conflict with the Khitans in Fengzhou is inevitable, now that Ye Mingsheng has arrived in Fengzhou, it is time to consolidate his strength. It is not easy to get into a stalemate with the Khitans so quickly.
What's more, because the caravan Ye Mingsheng is still facing the threat of Zhensanshan, making enemies on both sides will make his already small strength even more stretched...
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While Ye Mingsheng was busy integrating resources and expanding strength in Fengzhou, he was in a private residence on the outskirts of the palace capital Wanfeng Mansion.
Although the house is not particularly large, everything is designed in a Japanese style courtyard, especially the Ping Ting, which uses the classic Japanese dry landscape technique to create a courtyard with a unique artistic conception.
Wearing a traditional kimono, the beautiful Kobayakawa Takahide gently played the antique thirteen-string zither in his hand under the cherry blossom tree in the courtyard of the house.
The sound of the guzheng may be lingering and sad, or it may be graceful and charming. When you smell the gentle breeze blowing against your face, you feel like you are standing under the cherry blossom tree on Mount Fuji, watching the sad and beautiful sight of the slowly falling cherry blossoms... ·······
When the song ended, Kobayakawa Takahide asked Ishihara Yasuo, who was walking towards him, calmly:
"Have you heard from the secret agents in Fengzhou?"
"Here we go, Ye Mingsheng recruited Gu Sansi as the marching commander, and asked Dalongchang's caravan to go from Xiangshuiyuan to Qumaling!"
"Ye Mingsheng arranged for two thousand people to escort the caravan in Qumaling. President, should we contact Shi Weiren to rob him once?"
Faced with Ishihara Yasuo's proposal, Kobayakawa Takahide pondered for a moment and replied:
"You can give it a try, but don't have high hopes. Ye Mingsheng still has some powerful characters. The people in Shiwei are brave enough, but few of them have brains..."
"Understood!" Yasuo Ishihara nodded and said:
Looking down at the guzheng in his hand, Kobayakawa Takahide seemed to have thought of something. A complex look appeared in his beautiful eyes, and he slowly asked:
"Did you find her?"
Although Kobayakawa Takahide did not say his name, Ishihara Yasuo reacted immediately and whispered:
"My subordinates have launched all connections to search, but until now there is still no news about Miss Morie..."
Speaking of this, Ishihara Yasuo secretly looked at Kobayakawa Takahide's expression from the corner of his eye. After a slight hesitation, he shook his head and decided to speak:
"President, please forgive me for speaking frankly, we have been looking for Miss Morie for almost a year. If Miss Morie was still alive, I am afraid she would have been found long ago. There is no news yet, I'm afraid..." ·····”
After understanding the implication of Ishihara Yasuo, Kobayakawa Takahide's eyes instantly turned cold, and his sinister eyes glanced at Ishihara Yasuo.
Ishihara Yasuo trembled all over. Knowing that he had made a mistake, he immediately knelt down in front of Kobayakawa Takahide, not daring to take a breath.
"No one can kill her except me! No one can kill her!" Kobayakawa Takahide said coldly:
Yasuo Ishihara continued in a panic, "I understand, I will continue to look for Miss Morie..."
But before he finished speaking, Kobayakawa Takahide hit him with a palm without any warning. Ishihara Yasuo was stunned for a moment. Before he could react, he was knocked out of the ground by Kobayakawa Takahide's palm. court.
After knocking Ishihara Yasuo away, Kobayakawa Takahide also used Qing Kung Fu and exited the Tsubo Garden. As soon as the two left, they heard the sound of "swish, swish, swish" breaking through the air, and then hundreds of arrows were shot in from outside the house.
If Ishihara Yasuo and Kobayakawa Takahide had not left Tsubotei just now, then I am afraid that the two of them would have been shot into hedgehogs at this time!
After the rain of arrows, hundreds of assassins from the Supervision Department dressed in mysterious clothes were seen charging into the house!
"Kill the Japanese pirates!"
"Whoever captures the leader of the thief Kobayakawa Takahide alive will be rewarded five hundred taels of silver!"
"Come on!"
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Although the Black Dragon Society guards in the house were very tenacious and resisted vigorously, they were outnumbered in the face of the overwhelming numerical superiority of the Supervision Department. They could only fight and retreat, delaying as much time as possible...
"Thank you, President, for saving me!"
Coming to Kobayakawa Takahide, Ishihara Yasuo said sincerely:
Kobayakawa Takahide ignored Ishihara Yasuo's thanks and directly ordered:
"There are ten cylinders of kerosene in the warehouse. You should immediately lead people to light the kerosene and use the fire to delay the actions of the Supervision Department! Go now!"
