Yi Jing, Ye Mansion
In the study, Ye Cheng handed the latest Huainan war report to Ye Mingsheng and said happily:
"Sir, the First Army and the Fourth Army have sent news. The progress is very smooth. The First Army has taken Bozhou, and the Fourth Army has also taken Zhucheng. This is the detailed information sent from the front. Battle report·························"
Ye Mingsheng heard this and took the battle report. After reading the introduction in the battle report, he couldn't help but admire:
"Zhang Meng really lives up to his name, he is a rare and powerful general!"
Hearing Ye Mingsheng's praise, Ye Cheng also smiled and echoed;
"What your Excellency said is true! Although Zhucheng is not big, there are still 3,000 Zhennan Army garrison. In addition, the number of young men recruited can be almost 5,000. Zhang Meng captured Zhucheng in one day. The combat effectiveness of this Fourth Army cannot be underestimated!"
Looking at the battle report in his hand, Ye Mingsheng could already imagine that Zhang Meng looked proud.
When formulating the battle plan, Zhang Meng was still arguing with the General Staff to seize the main offensive of the First Army. The General Staff did not agree and he even filed a lawsuit against himself.
I considered that the Fourth Army had only been established for less than a year, and some of its troops had stayed in Qilu and had to defend Anqing. Only more than 20,000 troops could be sent, so I still adhered to the strategy of the General Staff. Now it seems that regardless of Both the General Staff and himself underestimated the combat effectiveness of the Fourth Army and Zhang Meng's ability!
If it was an unexpected surprise that Zhang Meng captured Zhucheng so quickly, then it was a matter of course for Ye Mingsheng that the first division under Ma Zhongjun captured Bozhou. As the number one ace of the Fengwu Army The division is equipped with hundreds of cannons, and the entire division is generally equipped with the most advanced Fengwu guns of the Fengwu Army. It should be overwhelming like this...
After pondering for a while, Ye Mingsheng arrived. Seeing Ye Mingsheng's movements on the sand table in the study, Ye Cheng immediately placed the coordinates of Ma Zhongjun and Zhang Meng's troops on the sand table with quick hands and eyes.
After observing the situation for a while, Ye Mingsheng set his sights on a place called Shunde on the sand table. It is a prefectural city under the jurisdiction of Huainan and the gateway to Kangyin, the second largest city in Huainan. If Shunde is captured, he can Go straight to Kangyin.
This time, although more than 20,000 people from the First Division and the Fourth Army were mobilized to attack Huainan together, to be honest, Ye Mingsheng did not expect to completely invade Shouchun and completely capture Huainan in this battle. After all, Shouchun Spring has natural dangers along the Nanjiang River. Although the Fengwu Army is good at land warfare, it still knows nothing about water warfare.
Therefore, Ye Mingsheng's battle goal is to capture the Huainan land north of Nanjiang River, and Kangyin is the top priority of the goal!
According to Ma Zhongjun's battle report, the First Division made some adjustments after taking Bozhou and moved towards Shunde as planned. Zhang Meng of the Fourth Army also continued to advance south as planned, trying to cut off the connection between Shunde and Kangyin. Contact to ensure that the First Division will not be interfered by any Zhennan Army during the attack on Shunde.
According to the information sent by the Coordination Office, the Zhennan Army's garrison in Shunde is about 7,000 people. In addition, Shunde, as a prefecture, has a permanent population of tens of thousands. Therefore, if the Zhennan Army recruits young people, it can cost 10,000. It is not difficult for people to defend the city!
However, according to the intelligence from the Coordination Office, Shunde City is not a strong city, and the defenses are not particularly complete. With the heavy siege artillery equipped for the First Division, it is not a problem to capture Shunde. The only suspense is how many days it will take. Capture Shunde························
Ye Mingsheng's expression became serious when he thought of this. In his opinion, the Zhennan Army's resistance is not the most critical factor in the battle of Huainan. Wherever the Fengwu Army can reach, the Fengwu Army's biggest problem is logistical supplies!
Although the Yunbin War ended with the Fengwu Army conquering all the land, the Yunbin War lasted one and a half months longer than expected, and this also almost exhausted all the money and food reserves of the Fengwu Army Center. The central departments are now What is left is money to maintain the operation of the department and pay salaries to officials.
Therefore, for this Huainan battle, the central government could not provide any money or food, and frontline supplies needed to be raised locally in Hebei and Anqing.
Although Ye Mingsheng has given orders to Qilu, asking them to help raise money and food, it is still unknown how much they can raise. Judging from some current predictions of the General Staff and the Financial Department, the Fengwu Army can last for up to half a month in the battle of Huainan. time.
The Fengwu Army's offensive in half a month will probably be unsustainable!
Therefore, the Fengwu Army at this time can be said to be racing against time. They must try their best to capture Kangyin within half a month and complete the set goal of this operation!
Therefore, although the current situation is very good, he still cannot relax. Moreover, based on Ye Mingsheng's understanding of Xu Zhaojie, he will never be willing to fail like this. If he successfully captures Kangyin this time, the Zhennan Army will almost be destroyed. It is inevitable that Xu Zhaojie will struggle and try to do something...
Although he is still a little worried, Ye Mingsheng also understands that he is thousands of miles away. Even if there are any changes on the front line, he can't do anything, so the only thing he can do is to trust the generals under him!
After thinking about this clearly, Ye Mingsheng slowly exhaled, and then asked Ye Cheng:
"Will Gu Sansi come to report later?"
Faced with Ye Mingsheng's inquiry, Ye Cheng, who was in charge of Ye Mingsheng's schedule, thought quickly and said:
"Yes! According to Mr. Gu's habits, he should be waiting now!"
When Ye Mingsheng heard this, he also knew that Gu Sansi was a very punctual person. Every time he came to report work, he almost always came a stick of incense in advance, so he also ordered:
"Go and see if Gu Sansi is here? If he is, let him come in now!"
"yes!"
After half a cup of tea, Gu Sansi walked into the study and greeted Ye Mingsheng:
"I've seen you in this humble position, sir!"
Ye Mingsheng waved his hand to signal him to stand up, then threw the battle report just sent by Huainan to Gu Sansi and said:
"Huainan just sent it, think twice!"
After he finished speaking, Ye Mingsheng looked at Gu Sansi with a playful expression. Gu Sansi had always been a very staunch opponent of the Huainan battle. He believed that the Fengwu Army had finally ended the Yunbin battle, and now they should be recuperating. When you are accumulating strength, you should not be mobilizing troops to launch a new war against Huainan...
Ye Mingsheng also understood what Gu Sansi said. To be honest, this battle in Huainan was not in his plan, but no one thought that Xu Zhaojie was so talented that he directly eliminated the Huainan University headed by the Cao family. The family caused large-scale turmoil in Huainan.
Although this turmoil seemed very big and brought a lot of trouble to Xu Zhaojie, but after having fought with Xu Zhaojie for so many years, Ye Mingsheng knew that if he did not rush up to take advantage of his illness and kill him at this time, then with Xu Zhaojie's ability, he The turmoil in Huainan will be dealt with soon. By then, without the interference and constraints of the Cao family, Xu Zhaojie can fully develop in Huainan.
Huainan is a rich land with few in the world. If Xu Zhaojie is allowed to fully operate for them, then Xu Zhaojie and the Zhennan Army are very likely to take off!
And this is something Ye Mingsheng cannot accept, so he wants to send troops to attack the situation at this time, cut off Xu Zhaojie's wings and make him cocooned!
Gu Sansi disagreed with Ye Mingsheng's idea. He believed that it would be difficult for Xu Zhaojie to clean up the mess. The Fengwu Army should focus on itself. As long as its own development is strong enough, even if Xu Zhaojie gives wings, the Fengwu Army can pull it back. Come to the ground!
After a debate, neither Ye Mingsheng nor Gu Sansi could convince the other, but Ye Mingsheng had already made up his mind, so he asked Gu Sansi to reserve his opinion, and he directly made the decision to send troops.
Although he did not agree with Ye Mingsheng's decision to send troops to Huainan, as Ye Mingsheng's minister Gu Sansi was still very conscientious and tried his best to raise food and money for logistics... ·····
Looking at the battle report of the victory in the first battle, Gu Sansi also fell into silence under Ye Mingsheng's gaze. Seeing his confidant in this state, Ye Mingsheng smiled and shook his head, and then asked without teasing him:
"Think twice, what do you have to report today?"
Facing Ye Mingsheng's inquiry, Gu Sansi calmed down his emotions and said:
"Sir, the underground black gambling stalls and banks have been counterattacking recently. According to Chasi, a lot of such prisoners have been arrested recently. The owner of Yudefu Restaurant, a time-honored restaurant in Yijing, lost three thousand yuan at the black gambling stalls. Two taels of silver, even though I later took 7,000 taels of silver to make up for the hole, after two months of compound interest, I still owe 10,000 taels of silver!"
"Now those black gambling stalls actually want to take over Yu Defu's restaurant! Your Excellency, according to the decree issued by the Chief Secretary, the law does not support loans with an annual interest rate of more than 30%. But now these loan sharks, within a few months, They are really crazy about asking for interest that is several times the principal!"
"People like Yu Defu are not alone. According to the police, this month we have received more than a dozen such reports, resulting in many families being ruined and selling their children."
"Sir, I think that based on the current situation, it is necessary to carry out a new round of inspections to investigate and deal with these black gambling stalls and black money houses. It is also very necessary to find out the protective umbrella of these people... ··············”
After hearing the situation described by Gu Sansi, Ye Mingsheng's expression became serious, and he pondered for a moment and asked:
"Think twice about the meaning of your words. You seem to have found out who their backer and protector is?"
Facing Ye Mingsheng's inquiry, Gu Sansi shook his head and said seriously:
"Sir, I am following the clues to investigate, but the amount that has been found so far has exceeded one hundred thousand taels. For such a large amount, I think they must have a protective umbrella and backing, otherwise they would not dare to be so rampant!"
Ye Mingsheng nodded slightly when he heard this, and then ordered to Gu Sansi:
"If that's the case, then I'll leave this matter to Sansi and you and the Ancha Division to jointly investigate and get to the bottom of the matter!"
"No matter who is involved in this matter, I will never tolerate it and deal with it seriously!"
After receiving Ye Mingsheng's approval, Gu Sansi's eyes suddenly flashed. He knew that this matter involved a huge amount of money, and the further he investigated, there would be a lot of resistance, so he came here to report to Ye Mingsheng, and only with Ye Mingsheng's support could he Continue the investigation smoothly.
"Thank you for your trust, sir! I will definitely live up to my humble position!" Gu Sansi, with a firm expression, bowed to Ye Mingsheng and responded:
Unlike most officials, Gu Sansi is an idealist. Like Ye Mingsheng, he dreams of establishing a peaceful and prosperous era where all nations can come to court and benefit all people. Therefore, although he knows that doing so will offend many people, for the sake of With the ideal in his heart, he will risk his own life even though tens of thousands of people will die...
After getting what he wanted from Ye Mingsheng, the confident Gu Sansi was about to leave, but Ye Mingsheng stopped him and asked calmly:
"Think twice, I heard that you went to the Chief Secretary some time ago to ask Chief Ambassador Cui a question?"
Hearing Ye Mingsheng talking about this, Gu Sansi was stunned for a moment. It seemed that he did not expect that Ye Mingsheng would ask about this. He talked about this matter with Cui Shao alone. After the discussion, he did not mention it to anyone. In his opinion, Cui Shao would not talk about this matter to others, so he didn't understand how Ye Mingsheng knew about it!
Although he was very confused in his heart, under the gaze of Ye Mingsheng, Gu Sansi thought quickly for a moment and finally chose to say:
"Yes, I have a question for Master Cui!"
Hearing Gu Sansi's answer, Ye Mingsheng nodded happily. He knew that he had read Gu Sansi correctly. In his team, although Cui Shao and Murong Yuliang were fighting for power, there were still selfless people. of!
After pondering for a moment, Ye Mingsheng asked Gu Sansi:
"Think twice, what do you think of Cui Shao and Murong Yuliang?"
Seeing Ye Mingsheng asking this, Gu Sansi was suddenly shocked. He didn't know what Ye Mingsheng meant. He carefully looked at Ye Mingsheng's expression, trying to get some clues from Ye Mingsheng's expression, but to his disappointment, Ye Mingsheng's expression remained unchanged, making it impossible for him to see anything.
Seeing this, Gu Sansi could only give up and began to seriously consider Ye Mingsheng's thoughts. Regarding Gu Sansi who was thinking about it, Ye Mingsheng said calmly:
"Don't be in a hurry. If you think twice, you can think carefully for a while and then tell me your answer!"
"But think twice, you know that I don't like to hear those meaningless clichés and polite words. What I want to hear is your true words from the heart... ·····”
(I looked at Argentina twice, so I was a little late! I have to say that West Asians still have two brushes!)
