Chapter 368 Shortcomings!

"Our army's holding on will not only exhaust the Zhenwu Army, but will also have other important uses when our army is cleaning up the mess after the war..." Gu Sansi added meaningfully to Ye Mingsheng:

Ye Mingsheng was stunned at first when he heard this, and then he roughly understood the meaning of Gu Sansi's words!
It turns out that Gu Sansi wanted to kill two birds with one stone!

While using the Cui family's money to drain the Zhenwu Army, he was also using the Zhenwu Army to consume the Cui family's financial and material resources. Without the money accumulated by several generations of the family, the Cui family's strength and influence in Liaoyang would undoubtedly decline a lot. This was equivalent to a lose-lose situation for the Zhenwu Army and the Cui family, creating conditions for Ye Mingsheng to suppress the clan after the war. As a result, he, Ye, seemed to have become the final winner!

Thinking of this, Ye Mingsheng looked at Gu Sansi with a hint of respect. He didn't know what was in Gu Sansi's head to be able to come up with such a brilliant idea!

"Mr. Gu, your plan is very good! After thinking carefully for a while, Ye Mingsheng clapped his hands and praised Gu Sansi:
Hearing Ye Mingsheng's praise, even though Gu Sansi's Qi-cultivation skills were also good, he couldn't help but reveal a bit of complacency on his face. However, before he could be humble, Ye Mingsheng said the second half of his sentence.

“But there are still some shortcomings!”

Gu Sansi was a little surprised when he heard this, he had been planning this for a long time, and he reported it to Ye Mingsheng only when he felt that the plan was very mature...
Although Ye Mingsheng was his boss, Gu Sansi still found it difficult to accept Ye Mingsheng's statement. He immediately raised his hands and asked unconvincedly:

"May I ask where is the shortcoming of my plan?"

Seeing Gu Sansi's dissatisfaction, Ye Mingsheng smiled slightly and said lightly:

"The shortcoming is that you are a little self-righteous and underestimate Cui Shao!"

"If Cui Shaoruo wanted to be the governor of Liaoyang, he would have had the opportunity over the years with the strength of the Cui family. However, he was content to be the provincial governor, enduring Song Wenhui's suspicion and precautions, and he has been forbearing for more than ten years!"

"If we use the empty title of Governor of Liaoyang to make a deal with Cui Shao, not only will the deal not be successful, but on the contrary, it will make Cui Shao realize that we are not sincere, which will affect the cooperation between our army and the Cui family!"

At the end, Ye Mingsheng said to Gu Sansi earnestly:
"Believe me! If Cui Shao is as simple as you think, then how could the Cui family have survived all these years in Liaoyang?"

After listening to what Ye Mingsheng said, Gu Sansi fell into silence. After a moment, he bowed deeply to Ye Mingsheng with some shame and said:

"Your Excellency is right, Sansi has underestimated all the heroes in the world!"

"It's okay, Mr. Gu's ideas are still very constructive!" Ye Mingsheng smiled and comforted him, then looked at He Jingyun and ordered:

"General He sent down the order to have Yuan Song and Lin Huaiwu build fortifications in Lelang and Xuantu, store food, and prepare to hold on. As for Guo Zhiping's troops, they will be withdrawn to Kaicheng County as a mobile force in case of an emergency!" "In addition, among the 25,000 newly trained recruits, half of the positions above the head level will be vacated and handed over to the Cui family. Since you are going to empty their family's wealth, how can you not invest some money? It just so happens that I am marrying An Miaoyi and I am still short of a betrothal gift. Just borrow flowers to offer to Buddha!" ​​Ye Mingsheng said confidently:
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The next day, Dongning Prefecture.

In the headquarters of the Supervisory Office, Shen Jianzhong looked at the note handed over by his subordinates with some anticipation, but the moment he opened the note, his face instantly fell and became extremely ugly.

"well···········"

After a long time, Shen Jianzhong couldn't help but let out a sigh. This assassination attempt on Ye Mingsheng could be said to be the one he was most fully prepared for!
In order to get the five top Koga jonin selected by the Black Dragon Society to take action, he did not hesitate to sell out the interests of the Great Zhou in the Palace Capital, and made a secret deal with the Black Dragon Society's president Sato Kaga to tacitly approve the expansion of the Black Dragon Society in the Palace Capital.

Not only that, he also took the risk of being exposed and took the risk of mobilizing the Supervisory Department and all the spies and secret guards within the Fengzhou Army to find out the activities of Ye Mingsheng in the general headquarters in Shoucheng, as well as the garrison situation of the headquarters, and to provide all possible help to the Black Dragon Society ninja who were trying to assassinate Ye Mingsheng.

So much effort and hard work are put in just to kill Ye Mingsheng with one blow and send him to heaven!
However, even though he put in so much effort, he still failed and didn't hurt Ye Mingsheng at all!
Thinking of this, Shen Jianzhong was undoubtedly even more regretful and annoyed. Why did he give Ye Mingsheng a chance in the first place? Why did he think he could use Ye Mingsheng...
Although he was in a very bad mood, Shen Jianzhong had no time to lament. He started thinking about how to deal with Chen Dechang.

Recently, the Fengzhou Army led by Ye Mingsheng has put a lot of pressure on the Zhenwu Army at the military level. Facing these pressures, Chen Dechang has no good solution. All he can do is transfer the pressure to Wang Muzhi and Shen Jianzhong.

Therefore, Shen Jianzhong has been under great pressure during this period of time. Now the attempt to assassinate Ye Mingsheng has completely failed. The pressure on Shen Jianzhong is undoubtedly heavier. Tomorrow is the day when Shen Jianzhong will report to Chen Dechang. If Shen Jianzhong cannot come up with a convincing answer, then the best case scenario is that he will be scolded by Chen Dechang like a grandson...

After thinking for a whole night, Shen Jianzhong finally had some idea. Early in the morning, he did not care about his physical fatigue, but forced himself to be energetic and headed towards Chen Dechang's residence to report to him.

Although Shen Jianzhong arrived very early, his arrival was not very coincidental. He happened to catch Chen Dechang working at night, who was still in good shape and showing off his virility. As a result, he was too weak to get out of bed this morning. He had to wait for about an hour before Shen Jianzhong met Chen Dechang.

As soon as he saw Chen Dechang, Shen Jianzhong bowed and reported:

"I have good news to tell you, Lord. Xiao Tai has sent me a letter saying that the Khitan Khan Yelu Kang has promised to send 20,000 troops to attack the Fengzhou army from both sides together with our army, and to cooperate with our army's offensive in Xuantu Prefecture and Lelang Prefecture!"

Hearing this news, Chen Dechang, who had just gotten up from the bed and looked a little tired, had a complicated expression on his face, but he still nodded slightly and said:

"Master Shen, you did a good job!"

"Have you figured out how to kill that bastard?"

(End of this chapter)