After listening to Huo San's story, Ye Mingsheng was also a little surprised. When he was in Luo'an, he thought that this kid would just hang around and wait to die like this in his life, but now it seems that everyone has their own problems. Opportunity······························
Carefully looking at Ye Mingsheng's expression, seeing that Ye Mingsheng seemed to be in a good mood, Huo San hesitated for a moment before deciding to speak:
"Commander, the Coordination Office has recently found out some information about General Cui..."
Ye Mingsheng thought for a moment after hearing this, and asked with some confusion:
"General Cui? That General Cui?"
In order to prevent his generals from imitating his own situation, Ye Mingsheng, who became the military attache, always had strict control over the military power of the Fengwu Army!
Not to mention the general, even a commander needs to be appointed and dismissed personally!
Ye Mingsheng knew every general in the Fengwu Army, and even some of the commanders. If he remembered correctly, there was only one general named Cui in the Fengwu Army, and that was Cui Tongzhi, the commander of the Third Army. In victory, two commanders named Cui were in the fourth division.
And now that Cui Desheng died in Dakou Township, where is General Cui in the Fengwu Army?
Facing Ye Mingsheng's inquiry, Huo San whispered:
"Third Army Commander Cui Desheng!"
Ye Mingsheng was even more surprised when these words came out. According to the battle report of the Third Army, Cui Desheng was hit by enemy artillery fire and his body was gone. Why did Huo San say there was news about him now?
Could it be that his bones were found?
Thinking of this, Ye Mingsheng asked without thinking too much:
"If you find his bones, send him back and let him return to his roots. This is also an explanation to the Cui family... ···”
Regarding Ye Mingsheng's instructions, Huo San said;
"Report to the Commander-in-Chief, according to the information from our Coordination Office, General Cui Desheng is very likely to be alive!"
As soon as these words came out, Ye Mingsheng was shocked at first, and his expression became serious. He looked at Huo San and said in a deep voice:
"Many soldiers from the Third Army saw that Cui Desheng was hit by enemy artillery fire in Dakou Township, and the Third Army sent many troops to look for his bones! Huo San, you are now saying that he is alive, you Is there any conclusive evidence?”
Under Ye Mingsheng's gaze, Huo San said with certainty:
"General, our secret post at the Luo'an court sent back a secret message yesterday, saying that the enemy captured a senior general of our army in Dakou Township! The intelligence detailedly stated that the captured senior general's legs There are injuries from artillery fire!"
"At the same time, the hidden stake we planted in the Yijing Supervision Department reported that the Supervision Department is collecting information about General Cui Desheng!"
"From this, our Coordination Office infers that General Cui Desheng is very likely still alive, but he has most likely fallen into the hands of the enemy!"
Ye Mingsheng's expression became gloomy when he heard the news. In the past campaigns of the Fengwu Army, generals were captured by the enemy. However, those captured were only low-level generals and captains. Nothing like that, not even at the leadership level.
But this time, something like this happened. Cui Desheng, as the commander of the Third Army of the Fengwu Army, can be said to be among the top ten senior generals in the Fengwu Army, not to mention that he is also a member of the Cui family in the army. Representative figure, if it is determined that he is captured by the enemy, it will definitely have a big impact on the Fengwu Army... ··
Seeing Ye Mingsheng deep in thought, Huo San was also secretly trying to figure out Ye Mingsheng's thoughts. After a while, he tentatively said to Ye Ming:
"Sir, I feel that General Cui has an injury on his leg. He will not receive good treatment among the enemy. Maybe General Cui has died due to his injury at this time!"
As soon as these words came out, Ye Mingsheng's eyes were immediately attracted to him. Under Ye Mingsheng's gaze, Huo San, who thought he understood what Ye Mingsheng was thinking, showed a flattering smile.
As Ye Mingsheng's henchman and hawk, Huo San has been trying to figure out his own thoughts. He knows that Ye Mingsheng has always been taboo about collusion between civil servants and military attachés, and the Cui family, which has power throughout the civil service system and the military, is what Ye Mingsheng is particularly wary of. .
At the beginning of the Fengwu Army, in order to integrate Liaoyang resources faster and implement the strategy of entering the customs, Ye Mingsheng allowed the Cui family to insert their hands into the army. But now with the development of the Fengwu Army, Ye Mingsheng has already Plan to cut off the Cui family's tentacles in the army.
However, the Cui family has contributed a lot to the Fengwu Army, and Cui Shao is the backbone of the Fengwu Army's civil service system. In addition, the Cui family has always been very low-key and careful, not giving Ye Mingsheng an excuse to take advantage of it, so Ye Mingsheng is not suitable. The time has come to take action.
And now is undoubtedly a good opportunity. Peng Ce now has only a few days to live. Cui Desheng was also killed by the enemy. With such a God-given opportunity, Ye Mingsheng can justifiably take back the military power. But now the only flaw is Not only did Cui Desheng survive, but he was captured by the enemy...
The enemy can completely use Cui Desheng's identity to make some articles and try to have some influence on the Fengwu Army. Although Cui Desheng will not have too much influence on the Fengwu Army, he can disgust the Fengwu Army and disgust Ye Ye. Mingsheng and the Luoan court were definitely enjoying it!
Therefore, in order to complete the commander's idea, Huo San felt that he had an obligation to solve this problem for the commander!
Of course, it is difficult for a commander to say these words, so as a subordinate, you should be discerning and take the initiative to bring things up!
Looking deeply at the smile on Huo San's face, Ye Mingsheng was also a little emotional. He really didn't expect Huo San to be so cruel!
To be honest, the idea proposed by Huo San flashed through Ye Mingsheng's mind when he was just thinking about it, but in the end he chose to give up the idea.
First of all, from a personal emotional point of view, Cui Desheng is first and foremost his cousin, and he has always been a loyal admirer of him!
As a subordinate, although he does not have any major military exploits on weekdays, he still does his job conscientiously and deserves credit for his hard work. This is why Ye Mingsheng promoted him to a fellow commander!
Generally speaking, Ye Mingsheng still admires Cui Desheng very much, so Cui Desheng is now captured, but he does not want Cui Desheng to die in his own hands... ········
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In addition, Cui Shao is not a fool. Peng Ce is half dead now. If Cui Desheng died after being captured, he would be able to detect it to some extent. Things would become very deliberate and not in line with Ye Mingsheng's ideas!
Ye Mingsheng always believes that the internal stability of the Fengwu Army is the most important. Although factions will inevitably exist as the team grows larger, internal strife and attrition must be reduced.
The most important point is that Ye Mingsheng believes that even if Cui Desheng is revived, he can also eliminate the Cui family's influence in the military!
Seeing Ye Mingsheng just looking at him without saying a word, Huo San thought that Ye Mingsheng had doubts about the ability of their coordination office, so he immediately opened his mouth and said in a low voice:
"Sir, please rest assured that our Coordination Office will definitely deal with it and leave no trace behind!"
Seeing that Huo San had not given up the idea, Ye Mingsheng could only shake his head and said clearly:
"I want a living Cui De Sheng!"
Huo San was a little confused when he heard Ye Mingsheng's instructions. Why was this different from what he imagined?
Looking at Huo San, Ye Mingsheng ordered again:
"If it is determined that Cui Desheng was captured by the enemy, your command office will try your best to rescue him, but if nothing can be done, don't go all out... ·····”
Hearing what Ye Mingsheng said, Huo San also realized that he had made a mistake in trying to figure out Ye Mingsheng's intentions. Although he felt a little regretful, he immediately nodded in response to Ye Mingsheng's instructions:
"I understand, sir! The command office will go back and make every effort to rescue General Cui!"
Ye Mingsheng nodded when he heard this and asked again:
"Is there anything else?"
Huo San thought for a while and said again:
"Report to the commander-in-chief, there is recent news that Huodu of the Kipchak Khanate may be dead, so Luobei Khan Ars Leng is secretly mobilizing troops, trying to take advantage of the internal instability in the Kipchak Khanate when Huodu dies of illness to launch a counterattack! "
Hearing the news, Ye Mingsheng nodded slightly. Since the last time he hit his head in Youyan and was bleeding, the Luobei people have calmed down a lot. The two sides have also successfully expanded the scale of their mutual trade, because they have the ambition to unify the grassland. The Kipchak Khanate is getting stronger day by day, and it is getting ready to attack the Luobei people. It may invade the Elonqen Grassland again at any time!
Therefore, in order to prevent the Kipchak Khanate from becoming a dominant force on the grassland, Dadongsheng, with the approval of Ye Mingsheng, sold some pig iron to the Luobei people and exchanged a lot of war horses from the Luobei people.
As far as the situation on the grassland is concerned, Ye Mingsheng feels that Als Leng did nothing wrong. After all, if Huo Du dies, no matter who succeeds him, in order to establish prestige according to the tradition of the grassland people, he will definitely attack Luo Du again. humble! This is almost inevitable·····························
And if they passively wait for the new Khan of the Kipchak Khanate to take over and integrate internal faction resources to attack, then given the current size gap between the two sides, Luo Bei is likely to lose the Elonqen grassland. Once the Elonqen grassland with rich water and grass is lost, Then Luo Bei would have no hope of competing with the Kipchak Khanate!
Therefore, instead of being beaten passively, it is better to take the initiative and fight to the death, fighting for a glimmer of hope between life and death!
Thinking of this, Ye Mingsheng couldn't help but feel a little respect for Als, the great Luo Bei Khan he had never met before. This great Luo Bei Khan was quite courageous and bloody!
Huo San continued to introduce:
"Commander, the Luobi people sent a special envoy over this matter. They want to buy more things from our army!"
Ye Mingsheng said without thinking too much:
"I agree in principle to sell them more pig iron. Let Ye Hongsheng discuss this matter!"
Listening to Ye Mingsheng's words, Huo San shook his head and said:
"Commander, the Luobi people don't really want pig iron this time. They want swords, guns, armor, and even firecrackers and cannons. For this, they are willing to pay thousands of horses..." ··········”
Ye Mingsheng was also a little surprised when these words came out. Just like the Fengwu Army blocked pig iron from entering the grassland, the Luobei people also understood that war horses were their strategic resources, so they also prevented the war horses from falling into the hands of the Fengwu Army and let the Fengwu Army Form a large cavalry force and go deep into the grassland to attack them.
Although in the past trade, they began to gradually relax and be willing to sell war horses to Fengwu Army under the temptation of Fengwu Army's various commodities.
But the Luobei people are also controlling the scale. Two or three hundred horses are considered a lot to sell to the Fengwu Army. More than five hundred horses are only once or twice. Now the Luobei people are willing to sell themselves thousands of war horses in order to In exchange for the armor and firearms in his hands, it is enough to show the determination of Luobei senior officials to counterattack the Kipchak Khanate!
To be honest, Ye Mingsheng was a little tempted by the conditions of the Luobi people. The only cavalry unit of the Fengwu Army with a strength of 10,000 people suffered very heavy casualties in the Battle of Yunbin. This made Ye Mingsheng, who had devoted all his efforts to build them Mingsheng was very distressed.
While feeling distressed, Ye Mingsheng is planning to reorganize and organize, and to accomplish this goal, thousands of war horses will be needed
Although the Fengwu Army has its own racecourse, the scale of the racecourse is not very large. If it relies solely on the war horses produced by the racecourse, it will take about three years to return to the original state at the current speed, and these are undoubtedly a bit slow. ·······················
And if we can get thousands of Luobei horses, it will definitely greatly increase the reconstruction speed of the Third Army's cavalry unit, which will also be beneficial to Ye Mingsheng's planned post-autumn counterattack in Yunbin!
Although he was somewhat interested in the conditions offered by the Luobei people, Ye Mingsheng did not agree immediately. After pondering for a moment, he asked:
"I remember you reported to me last time that the Luobi people began to research firearms and even produced fire blunderbuss. How is their current firearms research status? How many firearms have they produced?"
Facing Ye Mingsheng's question, Huo San said without hesitation:
"I'm telling you, Commander-in-Chief, after the Luo Bei people invaded Youyan last time, these barbarians were deeply aware of the power of firearms, so Luo Bei Great Khan Alslen personally ordered the study of firearms. For this reason, the Luo Bei people pieced together He recruited many craftsmen and used our army’s firearms as samples to try to imitate our army’s firearms!”
"They copied it for more than two years and created a fire gun, but the actual combat effect was not good. Als was very angry about this and killed many people because of it. It was for this reason that Luo Bei came to our army. Purchase firearms····································································
After hearing this, Ye Mingsheng thought for a while and asked Huo San the last question.
"What is your Coordination Office's judgment on the prospects of this Luobi counterattack?"
