Guangning Mansion, in the Cui Family Courtyard
Cui Shao was sitting in the pavilion in the back garden, blowing the cool summer breeze leisurely and enjoying the rare pleasant time in his busy life.
At this moment Cui Guang arrived quietly, came to his side and said in a deep voice:
"The family leader, Sun Cheng, has taken the initiative to join the Fengzhou Army in accordance with your order. If nothing else happens, the Fengzhou Army will be able to cross Huanglin Ridge soon!"
Cui Shao's eyes flashed when he heard this, and then he nodded slightly, indicating that he understood.
Seeing Cui Shao nodding, Cui Guang seemed to have remembered something. He hesitated for a moment but decided to speak:
"The head of the family has just received the news. Wang Xuecheng and Huo San went to see Ye Mingsheng together. Ye Mingsheng should have known about our plan..."
Hearing this, Cui Shao raised his brows as if he was a little surprised. Of course, what surprised him was not that Ye Mingsheng knew about this matter. This had been expected by him.
To his surprise, Huo San and Wang Xuecheng were more efficient than he thought. In his original expectation, it would take some time for these two to figure out the whole story. Thinking of this, Cui Shao couldn't help but shake his head. sighed:
"Ye Mingsheng and these scoundrels are much more difficult to deal with than imagined!"
Cui Guang's heart moved when he heard this, and he asked tentatively:
"Sir, do you want us to send someone to kill them? Then blame it on the Supervision Department or the Black Dragon Club, or expose their whereabouts to these two families. Whether it is Shen Jianzhong or Sato Kaga of the Black Dragon Club, they are all responsible for Huo San or Wang Xuecheng. I am very interested in the head...”
Regarding Cui Guang's thoughts, Cui Shao said noncommittally:
"The matter has not yet reached any stage. Even if you can get rid of them without anyone noticing, Ye Mingsheng can also find others to take their places. Can you kill every one of them? You should To think about it another way, why can’t we let them be our friends?”
Hearing what Cui Shao said, Cui Guang suddenly showed a look of surprise and said in surprise:
"Master, they are Ye Mingsheng's lackeys, aren't they? Ye Mingsheng asked them to bite us, how could they be friends with our Cui family?"
Cui Shao smiled when he heard this and said meaningfully: "Nothing is difficult in the world, as long as there is a will, everything depends on manpower..."
After saying this, Cui Shao didn't care whether Cui Guang could understand what he meant, so he closed his eyes again to rest and continue to enjoy his rare rest time.
This time he hid in the dark and first dug a hole for the Fengzhou Army, and then rescued the Fengzhou Army from the pit. It seems contradictory, but if you think about everything carefully, you can fully understand what Cui Shao did. All he did was for the benefit of the Cui family!
The Zhenwu Army used a false shot in Guangning Prefecture to steal the Cui family's money and food, forcing the Fengzhou Army to abandon the strategic deception of strengthening the walls and clearing the country. It was a general named Wang Hongbo who was next to Wang Muzhi who proposed it.
This person is one of Wang Muzhi's cronies brought from Luo'an, but few people know that after coming to Liaoyang, Wang Hongbao was secretly lured and corrupted by the Cui family using money, beautiful women and other means, and became the Cui family's leader in revitalizing the country. An important chess piece within the military.
And the plan he proposed this time was not thought up by himself but a conspiracy thought up by Cui Shao. Cui Shao told Wang Muzhi using Wang Hongbo's mouth...
Wang Muzhi is a pure military general. He hates politics and wants to stay away from politics as much as possible. This characteristic of his has won him the admiration of Shangguan Hongyuan, the chief assistant. Under Shangguan Hongyuan's care, he has been rising to the top, but this is not the case. This has become his biggest weakness now, his lack of sensitivity to politics.
And this deception plan can be said to be very good from a military point of view. It can directly force Ye Mingsheng to give up the strong walls and clear fields that give Wang Muzhi the most headache.
Therefore, after Wang Muzhi obtained this plan, it could be said that he had obtained a treasure, and he immediately began to implement it. Since it was a strategic deception, confidentiality was naturally the top priority in the plan!
Therefore, only Wang Muzhi and his most trusted generals knew about this plan in the Zhenwu Army. No one from the Liaoyang native faction knew about it. Wang Muzhi just wanted to make a feint, and did not really want to give up. Dongning Prefecture, so that we can concentrate our forces to capture Quang Ninh Prefecture...
And this is Cui Shao's trick! He wants to use this to divide the Zhenwu Army camp and deepen the conflict between the Liaoyang native faction and the Forbidden Army faction in the Zhenwu Army!
More than a month ago, Ye Mingsheng sent the roster of tens of thousands of newly trained recruits to the Cui family, and made it clear that half of the military attaché positions in this new army would be given to the Cui family.
Although Ye Mingsheng's move was nominally a gift to An Miaoyi, Cui Shao knew that a strong man like Ye Mingsheng who had a strong desire to control power would never make so many sacrifices just for An Miaoyi!
Ye Mingsheng must have a deeper purpose for doing this. Although Ye Mingsheng did not open his mouth, Cui Shao noticed some clues through a series of adjustments to the deployment of the Fengzhou Army at that time, and realized that Ye Mingsheng wanted to Make a political exchange with him.
Use part of the Fengzhou Army's military power in exchange for the Cui family's support for the Fengzhou Army's strategy of strengthening the walls and clearing the country!
The support Ye Mingsheng wants is the Cui family's full support in terms of money and food in the war of attrition,················
Ye Mingsheng Ye Mingsheng's idea is very straightforward and simple. You and I will cooperate to deal with the Zhenwu Army. Now the situation is 50-50. I have now thought of a way to win, but it will drain your family's wealth. Your Cui family must recognize this matter. Make sure we both win, and then I'll give you some compensation in other ways.
After Cui Shao carefully considered Ye Mingsheng's plan of strengthening the walls and clearing the country, fighting a war of attrition, and the political exchange proposed by Ye Mingsheng, although he knew that Ye Mingsheng's plan was implemented, the Zhenwu Army was basically in disgrace, and the Cui family and Fengzhou Army could have the last laugh, but it was still difficult for him to accept it from the Cui family's perspective.
As for the reason, it is very simple. Ye Mingsheng, who first proposed this plan, is very hostile to the family members. Although he has not shown it directly on the surface, he has been preparing silently in secret.
As the largest family in Liaoyang, the Cui family has a blood relationship with Ye Mingsheng, but in the life-and-death political struggle, this blood relationship is not enough. As long as Ye Mingsheng does not give up his policy of suppressing the family members, then the Cui family and Ye Mingsheng will The political struggle between Ye Mingsheng and Ye Mingsheng due to power and status in Liaoyang is inevitable in the future!
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