Chapter 256: The hidden threat! (Thanks to the book friend Ye Xiaomei for the reward! Please subscribe!)
"Xiao Xiu, how many soldiers do Yelu Han and Ge have now?"

Looking at the location of Yaowobao on the map, Ye Mingsheng asked his "Chief of Staff" He Jingyun:
Facing Ye Mingsheng's question, He Jingyun recalled and then said:
"There were probably more than 2,000 people in these two groups at the beginning, but we wiped out more than 500 of them. Adding the stragglers who were still scattered outside and haven't turned around yet, they don't have more than 1,500 people now..."

Upon hearing this, Ye Mingsheng asked again:
"General He, what do you think about the attack on Yaowo Fort?"

Hearing what Ye Mingsheng said, He Jingyun immediately understood his thoughts and said after a pause:
"Sir, Xiao Xiu and Yelu Hange have at least 500 cavalrymen. Their strength should not be underestimated. It is not easy to annihilate them all. If we want to fight, we must make sure it is a quick battle!"

Ye Mingsheng nodded slightly after receiving the suggestion. Having made up his mind, he looked at his generals and ordered:
"All troops must attack, and get to Yaowo Fort before dark! Launch the attack at noon tomorrow!"

"Yes!"

The generals responded loudly, each of them rubbing their hands, with passionate fighting spirit bursting out in their eyes.

The continued victories over the Khitans in the past few days have helped Ye Mingsheng's newly formed army gain a lot of self-confidence. Everyone is eager to chop off more Khitan heads in exchange for military merits.

Under Ye Mingsheng's command, the 3,000 Zhenwu troops in Mentougou began a high-intensity march. Two hours later, they arrived at their destination - Yaowo Fort.

Although it is called Yaowobao, it is actually a small village. Normally, there are about a thousand villagers living here. But now that the Khitans are attacking, the villagers living in the village have all fled into the nearby mountains for refuge...
Perhaps they were attracted by Yaowo Fort, whose well-connected terrain made it convenient for transmitting messages and gathering defeated troops, so the two defeated Khitan generals, Xiao Xiu and Yelu Hange, chose Yaowo Fort as the place for their reunion.

The sudden attack by Ye Mingsheng's troops was like a divine attack from the sky to the Khitan people in Yaowo Fort. It made them extremely panicked and a pessimistic atmosphere spread in the village.

In the past two days, they were divided into several groups and looting in all directions. Faced with Ye Mingsheng's absolute superior force, they were beaten to a pulp and fled for their lives. As soon as they ran to Yaowo Fort, they had no time to catch their breath before they were caught up by Ye Mingsheng's troops again.

Fortunately, when Ye Mingsheng's 3,000 soldiers arrived at Yaowo Fort, it was already getting dark. In addition, after the high-intensity march, the soldiers were tired and not suitable for fighting at night.

Otherwise, Ye Mingsheng really wanted to try to launch an offensive now to see if he could capture Yaowobao in one go...
Although it was a bit regrettable that they could not launch a night attack, but since they had already arrived at Yaowo Fort, could these more than a thousand Khitans still escape?
Ye Mingsheng had already observed that although the village of Yaowobao had defensive buildings such as walls and wooden stakes, they were extremely simple. The so-called walls were actually small earthen walls in the countryside, with the highest point being about eight feet, and the general height being about six or seven feet. This earthen wall could be of some use in defending against bandits who lacked firearms and horse caravans.

However, when they encountered Ye Mingsheng's regular army, this earth wall played a role that was better than nothing, giving the Khitans guarding inside some psychological comfort...

Seeing this, Ye Mingsheng showed a happy smile on his face. With the current situation and the difference in the strength of the two sides, he was confident that he could start the battle at noon, attack the village at noon, and end the battle before sunset. As long as the more than one thousand Khitan remnants were annihilated, only Yelu Yan's two thousand men would be left in Xinfa County. If Yelu Yan knew what was good for him, he would go back to Songmo area. Otherwise, Ye Mingsheng would go to Xinfa County and would not mind giving him a ride!
Ye Mingsheng, feeling satisfied, washed up early and prepared to rest. He had to get up early tomorrow morning to command the army to break into the city and annihilate the bandits!
But it was strange that Ye Mingsheng, who had been riding on the horse for most of the day, was obviously very tired physically and sleepy headed, and he was in a state where he could fall asleep as soon as he touched the bed.

But Ye Mingsheng tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep. He felt that he seemed to have overlooked some threat, but he could not figure out where this threat came from...
Just when Ye Mingsheng was thinking hard, his right eyelid suddenly twitched without any warning while he was lying on the bed. This sign undoubtedly made Ye Mingsheng's bad premonition even stronger.

When he was on Earth, Ye Mingsheng was a staunch atheist who believed that science could explain everything. However, when this supernatural thing happened to him, his firm belief in science was shaken.

Ye Mingsheng felt a little heavy-hearted. He thought for a while and then put on a robe. He asked his soldiers to light a few candles in the tent. Under the light of the candles, he once again looked at the map of Fengzhou.

Ye Mingsheng felt that the things he had missed were likely to be reflected on the map...

Is the threat coming from behind?
No!

Since An Zhirong's caravan was supposed to pass through Qumaling, although it had been attacked by the Shiwei people several times, they were all blocked by Zhu Shou's Yuan Song's troops at Qumaling without exception, preventing the attacks of the Shiwei people from affecting the normal operation of the caravan.

Does the threat come from within?
Ye Mingsheng thought that was not the case. Under his own actions, He Jingyun's subordinates had all been dispersed at the grassroots level, and he had become a lonely man. Now he could be said to be very honest, and he had lost his original ambitions and was content to be his "chief of staff".

Although Ye Mingsheng has not yet taken action against the local officials in Fengzhou, Gu Sansi, whom he appointed, is indeed very resourceful. Under his means of winning over, dividing, intimidating and bribing, the local officialdom in Fengzhou has shown a new trend. The officials have gradually begun to unite around Ye Mingsheng and work for him!

Since the threat does not come from the rear or from within, where could it come from?

Ye Mingsheng was thinking hard when Ye Tie walked into Ye Mingsheng's tent carrying a bowl of chicken soup and two white flour buns and greeted him:

"Master, you are still awake so late, are you hungry?"

"I got you some food from the kitchen. Do you think it suits your taste..."

(End of this chapter)