Looking at Chen Chuande lying on the stretcher with his eyes closed and pretending to be dead, Tong Wen smiled and asked someone to carry him down for a better look. Although he wanted to capture Chen Chuande alive, he was not very interested in this person. I just want to use this to act in a scene...
After cleaning the battlefield, Ye Zhen came to Tong Wen and reported:
"Sir, Wang Mazi is back!"
Tong Wen nodded slightly and said:
"Now that he's back, we can let the news out!"
After saying that, Tong Wen paused, lowered his voice and said:
"Wang Mazi is an ignorant white-eyed wolf. After this matter is done, let me deal with him cleanly!"
"Understood!" Ye Zhen responded in a low voice;
After talking about Wang Mazi, Ye Zhen hesitated and asked:
"Master Baihu, are you really letting Feng Sanxi take over?"
After listening to Ye Zhen's words, Tong Wen patted his shoulder and explained:
"Brother! It is inconvenient for you and me from the Coordination Office to come forward directly. Feng Sanxi is just a puppet pushed to the front. Naturally, we still control the military power. Besides, it is the director's intention to let Feng Sanxi take the position. I guess The Director may have a deeper intention!"
"A deeper intention?" Ye Zhen asked with some confusion:
Tong Wen waved his hand and said:
"Don't look at me! I don't know either! I asked the director and he didn't say anything. He just told me that Feng Sanxi was put in the position to protect you and me!"
Speaking of this, Tong Wen looked at Ye Zhen and said meaningfully:
"Brother, you have made great achievements this time. You are still a relative of our Marshal from the Ye family. The Director has already promised that if you are still willing to work in our Coordination Office, I will promote you to Hundred Households after you return. If you don’t want to work in the command and control office, the director will recommend you to the military, and even if you can’t become a commander by then, you’ll still be a sentry commander!”
Hearing such an answer, Ye Zhen hesitated for a moment before nodding and letting go of his thoughts.
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Yi Jing, in the staff meeting room
As the chief of staff, He Jingyun stood in front of the sand table, personally holding the command pole and explaining the situation at the station to Ye Mingsheng.
"Sir, our army has expanded to a certain extent as planned for this battle. The main force participating in the battle will be the 46,000-strong First Army under Commander Yuan. In addition, there will be 20,000-strong Third Division. Five thousand people, 17,000 people under General Peng Ce of the Fourth Division, plus the mobilized reserve soldiers responsible for transporting grain and grass supplies, there are about 100,000 people!"
"Currently, the First Army has been fully prepared, with grain, grass, and firearms in place. General Peng of the Fourth Division has also led his troops to Shunping City. Currently, only the troops of the Third Division are still waiting around Yijing to go to Zhuoxian County. "
Listening to He Jingyun's explanation, Ye Mingsheng nodded and continued to ask:
"What is the staff's battle plan for this battle?"
Facing Ye Mingsheng's inquiry, He Jingyun said without hesitation:
"According to the investigation conducted by the unified coordination office, there are more than 40,000 Henan troops in Yecheng. About half of them are stationed in Yecheng, while the remaining half are deployed in Huaide Mountain and Heqiling outside the city. Ma's shacks and other places, as early as the Zhao Fuqu period, in order to prevent Zhao Fuqu from invading Hebei and Henan, Gao Zongchang ordered the construction of city fortifications around Ye City to block the possible invasion of the Yan army."
"After our army captured Youyan, Gao Zongchang ordered people to reinforce these fortifications because he was afraid of our army's firearms. Our army's plan is that before the war begins, the officers and soldiers of the First Army will be annihilated. In the name of the remnants of the Yan Army, we made some moves around Youyan, Hebei and Henan to confuse the Henan Army and conceal our army’s true combat intentions..."
"Because our army has done this several times before, if nothing unexpected happens, it will not cause too much alertness to the Henan army. After the war begins, the cavalry of the third division will enter the field as quickly as possible, and cooperate with Our army's light red artillery will strive to clear out these city fortifications outside Yecheng within three days, and try to kill and injure the enemy Henan soldiers outside the city as much as possible!"
"After sweeping the perimeter, the cavalry of the Third Division will be responsible for cutting off Yecheng's connection with the outside world, blocking and eliminating possible reinforcements from the Henan Army, and the task of siege will be handed over to the First Army and the Fourth Division. , in order to strive to capture Yecheng within ten days without fail, the twelve special heavy red cannons that the First Manufacturing Bureau just rolled off the assembly line were also handed over to the Fourth Division!"
"As long as we conquer the hard core of Yecheng, our army will quickly march towards Yujing and strive to capture Yujing in one go!"
At this point, He Jingyun paused and then added:
"Everything is ready now. As long as the command office succeeds in Dayashan, we can start taking action within three days!"
Ye Mingsheng was still very satisfied with He Jingyun's introduction, so Ye Mingsheng did not ask more about this issue, but changed his voice and said:
"Did you go to Guo Mansion yesterday?"
Because the purpose of going to Guo Mansion was to figure out Ye Mingsheng's intentions, He Jingyun nodded honestly and said without covering up:
"Yes, I went to see General Guo..."
"What does he have in mind?" Ye Mingsheng asked casually:
Although Ye Mingsheng seemed to be just asking casually, He Jingyun understood that what he was going to say next was related to Guo Zhiping's future and destiny, so he said very carefully in his heart:
"General Guo has a very peaceful mind in the mansion, and has been reflecting on his actions. When I talked to him, his words were filled with regret!"
At this point, He Jingyun took out another letter and handed it to Ye Mingsheng and said:
"This is the letter of repentance that General Guo asked me to deliver to you, Your Excellency!"
Ye Mingsheng, who took the letter of repentance, did not check it immediately. He also did not say anything more to He Jingyun on this issue. He just nodded and asked He Jingyun to continue to follow the plan to advance the preparations for the military operation south to the Central Plains and ensure that the army entered Jiyu. Orderly development of domestic logistics supplies
After He Jingyun left, Ye Mingsheng was in the study, and then he looked at Guo Zhiping's letter of repentance. This letter of repentance contained thousands of words. The general meaning of the letter was that Guo Zhiping had deeply realized the seriousness of his mistakes. , very regretful for the mistakes he had made, begged Ye Mingsheng to give him a chance to change his ways, and assured Ye Mingsheng that he would commit suicide and apologize if he committed the crime again.
Guo Zhiping's letter of repentance did not make Ye Mingsheng feel anything new. After reading it, he processed it for a while and then sent up an official document requesting the mobilization of the army to help build water conservancy projects. Then his study welcomed the second guest. , Huo San, the director of the Coordination Office, came to make a routine report on surrounding intelligence...
Huo San, who was familiar with Ye Mingsheng's style after seeing the ceremony, went straight to the point and said:
"Sir, before the Battle of Jinzhong, the focus of the intelligence work of the Supervision Department was on dealing with the southern patrol of the imperial court in Rongcheng. However, after the Battle of Jinzhong, the Supervision Department has begun to consciously dispatch more agents to Youyan territory. At the same time, they We have also increased our financial investment. In the past two months alone, we have captured forty-seven spies affiliated with the Supervision Department, in addition to eight corrupted military officials and General, these eight people are all middle and lower-level officials, and the purpose of the Supervision Department is to use these eight people to follow the clues and find opportunities to lay hidden stakes in the upper echelons of our army."
At this point, Huo San's voice paused, and he looked at Ye Mingsheng with some hesitation, as if he wanted to say something to Ye Mingsheng but didn't know how to say it.
Seeing this, Ye Mingsheng said lightly:
"But it doesn't matter!"
With Ye Mingsheng's permission, Huo San dared to speak:
"We got news from the secret line in Luo'an that Madam Yasuda's younger brother Yasuda Yu will arrive in Yi Jing in the near future, and he will be accompanied by people from the Supervision Department!"
Although Huo San's words were cryptic, combined with what he said above, Ye Mingsheng probably understood what he meant, and immediately fell into thinking. Because of An Miaoyi's relationship, Ye Mingsheng has also been paying attention to the An family. Changes have occurred. The head of the An family, Kunshan Hou Anhetu, was seriously injured and was unable to manage the affairs and lost his power. However, he was still able to ensure that the lintel of the family did not fall. This was largely because An Zhirong became Shangguan Hongyuan's white glove, serving as Shangguan's assistant in the gray field. Hongyuan earns profits.
After the Luo'an Incident, Shangguan Hongyuan completely broke up with his clan members, and he no longer had to cover up some of his gray interests.
Therefore, An Zhirong's white gloves gradually lost their effectiveness, and the An family gradually lost power and was completely excluded from the inner circle of powerful people. Some of the family's properties were also occupied by others. Although life was not as good as before, but Fortunately, the family has a great business and a big tree with deep roots, so the whole family has no worries about food and clothing...
After marrying her, An Miaoyi has been exchanging letters with her family. A few days ago, she learned through a letter from home that her father An Hetu died of illness. She was so sad that she fell seriously ill. But now Luo An seems to be because she is still focusing on Rongcheng. Seeing that the situation was hard to play with, he planned to use Anjia to play dirty tricks with him.
Thinking of this, Ye Mingsheng said in a deep voice:
"Strengthen the counter-infiltration of the Supervision Department. We must also invest more efforts in infiltrating Luo'an. As for Yasuda Yu, determine his location as soon as possible, but don't act rashly. If he has any trouble, report it to me immediately!"
"In addition, the little emperor in Rongcheng sent someone to send a decree, asking us to send ten thousand firecrackers. I originally didn't intend to pay attention to it. Now it seems that the emperor of Zhou still has to give it the face and let the news out to the outside world. Just say that I promised to give you these 10,000 firecrackers, but because the quantity is too large, I need to send them in batches!"
Listening to Ye Mingsheng's words, Huo San's heart moved and he asked tentatively:
"Sir, do you want Luo'an to take the initiative to come to us?"
"What else?" Ye Mingsheng said calmly:
"It's disrespectful to come and go without reciprocating. Since Shangguan Hongyuan, an old immortal, thinks that he has a guaranteed victory in capturing Chengdu and starts to play tricks on me, I will also give him some eye drops. We don't have anything else in the warehouse, a second-hand gun." There are still thousands of them..."
"I understand, sir, I'll make arrangements right away!" Huo San nodded and said:
"No hurry!" Ye Mingsheng waved his hand and asked again:
"How is Guo Zhiping's situation?"
Upon hearing this question, Huo San said without thinking:
"General Guo is very honest in the house. Some of his subordinates wanted to see him, but they were rejected by him. In addition, General Guo had a favorite concubine named Wang. In order to please General Guo, he complained to you, sir, and General Guo took it. He was given a severe lesson with a whip!"
Hearing this, Ye Mingsheng raised his eyebrows and found it a little interesting. He ordered Guo Zhiping to suspend his duties at home to reflect, but he deliberately did not prevent Guo Zhiping from seeing guests in the house, just to see if Guo Zhiping was seriously reflecting on and repenting. Now from various sources Judging from the situation compiled by the parties, Guo Zhiping still did not let him down completely, and he did not live up to his trust and cultivation in him.
According to the combat plan of the staff department, the Third Division needs to undertake a large combat mission. Although acting general Cui Desheng did a good job and ensured the quality of training after the reorganization of the Third Division when Guo Zhiping was away, but The staff still believes that it is a more appropriate choice to let Guo Zhiping take on this important task...
Ye Mingsheng also agrees with the idea of the staff. In Ye Mingsheng's heart, Guo Zhiping is the top three generals in his Fengwu Army. He is especially good at commanding cavalry and intersecting large-scale operations. At this point, even if Yuan Song did not do better than Guo Zhiping, which is why Ye Mingsheng acquiesced in He Jingyun's visit to Guo Mansion.
After sending Huo San away, Ye Mingsheng called Ye Cheng into the study and said:
"Send an order to relieve Guo Zhiping from self-reflection behind closed doors, and ask him to temporarily take over the role of general of the Third Division to participate in the battle south. Tell him that if this battle cannot be fought well, he will stay at home and never come out for the rest of his life!"
"I understand, I'll go and pass the order right away!" Ye Cheng happily responded:
"My lord, what if General Guo wants to come to the Governor's Mansion to pay a visit and apologize to you personally?"
Ye Mingsheng heard this and said:
"I don't want to see him yet, but if he succeeds in this battle and makes great achievements, I will prepare a celebration drink for him in Yi Jing!"
"yes!"
After explaining these things, seeing that it was getting late outside, Ye Mingsheng thought of An Miaoyi's condition, and wanted to see his eldest wife, and also Xiao Jingren, in order to satisfy his sense of accomplishment, and to ask Guanzhong The wealthy families showed their goodwill, coupled with An Miaoyi's need to rest and many other factors, Ye Mingsheng was resting at Murong Qingwu's place these days, working hard like a diligent old cow.
In the morning, I heard from Pei Zhixiu that Miaoyi's body had recovered quickly and she was able to see her. Ye Mingsheng planned to go see her. She was too sad that day and her high fever did not go away, which really made Ye Mingsheng a little scared... ···············
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