Chapter 240 Ye Mingsheng’s cavalry!
Hearing Chen Dechang's question, Bai Renxuan was silent for a while, then slowly raised his head, looked at Chen Dechang and said with a wry smile:

"My Lord, I may have made a huge mistake..."

Bai Renxuan's words made Chen Dechang a little confused. He didn't know what Bai Renxuan was talking about.

Before Chen Dechang could react, Bai Renxuan continued:
"Compared to Ye Mingsheng, although Wang Muzhi has a strong personality, is somewhat conceited, and is not smooth in his conduct, Wang Muzhi is a self-disciplined person and is definitely a gentleman in terms of character!"

“But Ye Mingsheng is different. From what I have observed during this period of time, this man is thick-faced and black-hearted. He is ruthless and will do anything to achieve his goals. He is also treacherous and cunning. If he is given the opportunity, he will definitely be a treacherous minister who brings chaos to the area. If he gains power, I don’t know how many people will suffer and become homeless...”

"Although Wang Muzhi is not easy to deal with, compared with the traitor Ye Mingsheng, he is as innocent as a child!"

"My Lord, are you asking me why I am targeting him?"

"I just want to make up for the mistakes I made. If I let this villain gain power, I will be infamous for eternity and it will be too late to regret..."

After listening to Bai Renxuan's words, Chen Dechang fell into deep thought. After a long while, he said quietly, "Renxuan, have you heard that Ye Mingsheng has the appearance of an eagle with eyes and a wolf with eyes?"

"Yes!" Bai Renxuan answered without hesitation:
Upon hearing this, Chen Dechang cursed without any hesitation:
"Ridiculous!" Renxuan, others may not know, but don't you know?
"The rumor that Ye Mingsheng has the eyes of an eagle and the backs of a wolf was spread by Song Wenhui in order to create suspicion among the people in my Zhenwu Army and make Chen Dechang destroy his own Great Wall!"

"Renxuan, how could you fall for his clumsy counter-espionage plan? You disappoint me so much!"

Bai Renxuan wanted to say something immediately after hearing this, but before he could open his mouth, the angry Chen Dechang snorted coldly, turned away, and left Bai Renxuan standing there.

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Ye Mingsheng, who had no idea what had happened between Chen Dechang and Bai Renxuan, was in the study room of the Ye Mansion at this time, looking at Lin Huaiwu and Chen Chuanwu in front of him with a smile.

"Brothers, you did a great job today! It really boosted our reputation!"

Hearing Ye Mingsheng's praise, Lin Huaiwu and Chen Chuanwu both showed joy and said very modestly:

"This battle was successful thanks to your planning and the bravery of our soldiers. We dare not take credit for it!"

Seeing their humble attitude, Ye Mingsheng nodded with satisfaction, and then said leisurely:
"I accepted the draw, which caused everyone to lose a few hundred taels of silver. I guess everyone must have blamed me a lot..."

After hearing what Ye Mingsheng said, the two generals immediately became terrified and said:
"Sir, what are you talking about? With your prestige in the army, let alone a few hundred taels less, even if there is no money at all, who can say no?"

"That's right! Brothers are wholeheartedly following you, sir. Let alone a few hundred taels of silver, even if there is a mountain of gold in front of us, we brothers will follow you to the end!" Although he knew that the two men were flattering him, he had to admit that these words did sound good. Ye Mingsheng smiled and shook his head, then opened the drawer of the desk, took out two fifty-tael silver notes, handed them to the two men and said:
"This is for the two of you. I have already sent your share to Guangshengyuan Bank, along with this month's military pay. You can claim your reward with your military badges when the time comes!"

Lin Huaiwu and Chen Chuanwu were overjoyed when they saw this, and both bowed to Ye Mingsheng and said:

"Thank you for the reward, sir!"

After giving the reward, Ye Mingsheng began to teach:

"Of course I also want to see everyone win a great victory, but we still have to see the overall situation. After all, Lord Chen is the commander-in-chief, and we can't let him lose face..."

"I understand your painstaking efforts!"

After giving the two a few more instructions, Ye Mingsheng let the two, thanking him profusely, go back and rest.

Picking up the note with the big seal on the table, Ye Mingsheng showed a faint smile at the corner of his mouth...
Although Chen Dechang had agreed to the cart of fine wine and the reward of five hundred taels of silver for today's martial arts arena, in fact, it was Ye who took the initiative to pay for it out of his own pocket!

Of course, he is not without purpose in being so eager to throw himself at someone.
If the news he received was correct, the Ministry of War approved a thousand war horses, 300,000 dan of grain, 3,000 sets of cotton armor, and 100 tiger squat cannons for Chen Dechang, in addition to a number of other military equipment and supplies...

As the saying goes, "The crying child gets the milk." After giving both face and substance to Chen Dechang, Ye Mingsheng also started to cry poor at the right time, saying how miserable he was and how he had to go to Fengzhou soon to defend against those ferocious Khitans. In short, he was just about to say that he was Yang Bailao.

Chen Dechang, who was in a good mood, did not let Ye Mingsheng down. He immediately wrote this note to Ye Mingsheng, and with a wave of his hand, he gave Ye Mingsheng five hundred war horses, one hundred thousand shi of grain, five hundred sets of cotton armor, thirty tiger squat cannons, and hundreds of bird guns and three-barreled guns!

Although no silver was approved, the value of these military equipment and supplies was at least 80,000 taels, even if it was not 100,000 taels, which was enough for Ye Mingsheng to have a prosperous winter in Fengzhou!

Among them, these five hundred war horses made Ye Mingsheng the happiest!
In the feudal society and the era of cold weapons, cavalry was the absolute king!
Especially in an area with many plains like Liaoyang, having a powerful cavalry unit is the biggest capital for becoming king!
Since recruiting Guo Zhiping and obtaining the 300 cavalrymen under his command, Ye Mingsheng, on the one hand, asked Guo Zhiping to serve as a cavalry instructor to train cavalry for him, and on the other hand, he also raised war horses from various sources.

In Liaoyang, a region close to the grassland nomads, horse resources are relatively abundant compared to the hinterland of the Central Plains. However, most of the horses in the horse farms are pack horses. They are fine for pulling carts and carrying goods, but they are far from being useful for marching and fighting...

Only a small number of horses of excellent breeds can become war horses and be used by cavalry!
The few horse farms in Liaoyang that could provide war horses were all firmly controlled by Song Wenhui. Therefore, even though Ye Mingsheng tried very hard and tried every possible means, he could only get a hundred horses.

Now, the 500 war horses approved by Chen Dechang undoubtedly made Ye Mingsheng very happy. With these war horses, his cavalry team of 1,000 people can finally become a reality!
(End of this chapter)