Chapter 416

Although Gu Sansi's words were very selfless, Ye Mingsheng thought about it carefully and figured out what Gu Sansi was planning...

"Sansi, you are really a grateful person!" Looking at Gu Sansi, Ye Mingsheng said meaningfully:
Seeing that his little thoughts were not hidden from Ye Mingsheng, Gu Sansi did not deny it, and bowed to him openly and said:

"Senior Brother Ma is also a capable person, and he also knows that he is wrong. I hope you can help me!"

Although he still disliked Ma Runshan, there was indeed a shortage of manpower in the government. Ma Runshan had done a good job in Posuo Prefecture. He was diligent and frugal, and managed a poor county in an orderly manner. Moreover, Gu Sansi had done such a great job this time, bringing in more than 200,000 taels of silver in revenue, so Ye Mingsheng still planned to give him this face.

"Well, since this matter has been handed over to Sansi, you can do it!" After considering it for a while, Ye Mingsheng said with a smile:

Upon hearing this, Gu Sansi immediately bowed to Ye Mingshen and said:

"Thank you for your trust, sir. I will live up to your trust and do a good job of counting the land!"

Ye Mingsheng nodded and encouraged:

"Well! Sansi, you have great talent, not inferior to Xiao He and Zhang Liang. With your help, why should I worry about not being able to accomplish great things?"

After dealing with Gu Sansi's affairs, Ye Mingsheng, in a good mood, subconsciously walked to the sand table in the study.

Looking at the flags marked on the sand table, Ye Mingsheng fell into deep thought.

Wang Xuecheng just sent him a message yesterday, saying that Youyan was basically ready for the military action of invading Yunbing, and would send out troops in half a month at most and a month at most. According to the investigation of Zhao Fuqu of Youyan by the Coordination Office, it can be judged that the total strength of Zhao Fuqu's troops is about 80,000 to 110,000...

Among Zhao Fuqu's troops, the most powerful one is the Youyan Iron Cavalry, a cavalry unit that can confront the Luobi cavalry on the grassland head-on. From generals to ordinary soldiers, all the troops have rich cavalry combat experience and their combat effectiveness is very strong.

The commander of the Youyan Iron Cavalry is Jin Zhengrui, who has followed Zhao Fuqu for many years and is the general Zhao Fuqu trusts the most. In this attack on Yunbing, the Youyan Iron Cavalry will retain a small number of troops to guard against the Luobi people's border invasion, but most of the cavalry units will be deployed to the war.

The information currently reported to the Coordination Office is that the first batch of Yan troops invading Yunbing will be about 60,000 people, led by Zhao Fuqu himself. His eldest son Zhao Jianan will be stationed in Yijing, and his nephew Zhao Yong will lead 20,000 soldiers to be stationed in Zhuo County to guard against Gao Zongchang and Wang Changping. As for Jizhou, there will be 10,000 troops stationed there, with Shen Zhuo as the main general.

Based on the intelligence support from the Coordination Office, the General Staff led by He Jingyun conducted several simulations on Zhao Fuqu's invasion of Yunbing.

The staff officers of the General Staff have reached a consensus, that is, they all believe that as long as Zhao Fuqu does not underestimate the enemy and advance rashly, or Shangguan Hongyuan captures Sichuan and Shu, eliminates the southern tour court and successfully returns to support Yunbing, then Feng Han should not be Zhao Fuqu's opponent. Even if Zhao Fuqu encounters some setbacks under Feng Han's resistance, he will be able to capture Jinyang and occupy the Yunbing area in February or March next year...

Ye Mingsheng's gaze, which was about to be fought here, was locked on the coordinates representing Jizhou on the sand table, and a sneer appeared on his angular face.

His move of showing weakness to Zhao Fuqu was indeed very effective. Zhao Fuqu, who did not feel threatened by him, only deployed 10,000 people in the Jizhou area. Moreover, he believed that if the battle to capture Yunbing was not going well, he would give priority to withdrawing troops from Jizhou for support.

For Ye Mingheng, the fewer troops Zhao Fuqu deployed in Jizhou, the better. However, if there were only 10,000 people, it would be enough to satisfy Ye Mingsheng, because the implementation of the reserve policy greatly relieved the pressure on the regular army under Ye Mingsheng.

Although the five divisions of the Liaoyang regular army only have 70,000 to 80,000 regular troops, and they also have to suppress the ethnic minorities in the territory and guard against the Khitan and Luobei on the grassland, the existence of tens of thousands of reserve troops is enough for Ye Mingsheng to deploy more than 60,000 troops at one time to launch a surprise attack on Youyan.

Sixty thousand men against ten thousand men was a deliberate sneak attack. Ye Mingsheng was confident that he could launch a blitzkrieg and capture Jizhou within three days. He could quickly kill to the city of Yijing and catch Zhao Jianan off guard. By the time Zhao Fuqu returned for support, most of Youyan would be under the control of him, Ye...

It's like playing chess. Before you make the next move, you have to think about the next ten steps. Only in this way can you strategize and win the battle thousands of miles away!
After eating the lunch brought by Jinyu, Ye Mingsheng still felt that it was not enough, so under Jinyu's initiative, he had another meal.
After a pleasant and fulfilling lunch break, Ye Mingsheng's afternoon office hours were already half an hour later than usual. At this time, Huo San, who was exhausted, walked into the governor's mansion to ask for a meeting.

After listening to Huo San's story about his encounter with Kobayakawa Takahide, Ye Mingsheng was surprised that Kobayakawa Takahide took the initiative to seek cooperation. He was also very interested in the list given by Kobayakawa Takahide, so he instructed Huo San:
"Where's the list? Let me see it!"

"Yes! Your lord!"

After hearing Ye Mingsheng's instructions, Huo San took out a list from his arms and handed it to Ye Mingsheng with both hands.

After taking the list and scanning it, Ye Mingsheng felt relieved a lot. In order to play a long game and catch a big fish, Ye Mingsheng once instructed Huo San to keep some of the corrupt officials and generals in the Fengwu Army regime as they were found, and monitor them secretly, and use these people to pass the wrong information back...

Therefore, although there were quite a few secret agents on Kobayakawa Takahide's list, a total of eleven names, most of them had long been discovered by the Coordination Office and reported to Ye Mingsheng for secret surveillance. Among these eleven people, only Sun Chunjiang was unknown to Ye Mingsheng.

After thinking about the names of the senior officials of the Fengwu Army, Liaoyang Provincial Government, and the Provincial Procuratorate, Ye Mingsheng did not remember anyone named Sun Chunjiang among them, so he asked Huo San with some doubts:
"What does this Sun Chunjiang do?"

"Reporting to the Lord, Sun Chunjiang is the deputy commander of the patrol camp in Dongning City. He is mainly responsible for public security and arrests. I was careless and let him slip through the net. I have arranged for someone to secretly monitor him. If he makes any unusual movements, he will be arrested immediately!" Huo San said ashamedly:

Hearing that this person was just a security patrolman, Ye Mingsheng didn't take him seriously and said casually: "You can deal with this person! You also need to find out how this Kobayakawa Takahide knew this..."

"Yes, sir! I will investigate it as soon as possible!" Huo San nodded repeatedly in response:
Seeing this, Ye Mingsheng rubbed his temple and asked Huo San:
"Why do you think Kobayakawa Takahide wants to see me? What's her secret about?"

Huo San was well prepared for Ye Mingsheng's two questions, and he spoke without hesitation:
"Sir, I think that Kobayakawa Takahide's visit to you this time is related to the internal strife within the Black Dragon Society!"

"The Black Dragon Society has two positions: the president and the company president. The president is Sato Kaga, and the company president is Kobayakawa Takahide. Sato Kaga has been in Miyakoto, Goryeo, and Silla for more than 20 years!"

"He colluded with officials, bandits, and pirates here to form a huge chain of interests. Under his management, the Black Dragon Society still obeyed the Japanese Taiko Toyotomi Ieyasu in name, but in fact the Black Dragon Society had become a one-man show. Kobayakawa Takahide's original name was Muto Takahide. She was the eldest daughter of the Japanese faction Muto family. Later, she married the Kobayakawa family, which was also a faction, and became Kobayakawa Takahide!"

"About seven years ago, Toyotomi Ieyasu sent Kobayakawa Takahide from Japan to Miyakoto to serve as the president of the Black Dragon Society, hoping that she could join forces with Maeda Mitsunari to eliminate Sato Kaga and bring the Black Dragon Society back under the control of Japan. However, Sato Kaga had already joined forces with Shen Jianzhong!"

"Under the secret support of the Supervisory Department, Maeda Mitsunari and Kobayakawa Takahide were no match for Sato Kaga. Maeda Mitsunari was killed and Kobayakawa Takahide was also hiding. So this time she came to you, my lord. I think her purpose is probably to get your protection. As for the secret she mentioned, I guess it is very likely related to Shen Jianzhong who is hiding in the palace..."

When he said this, Huo San's eyes flickered, as if he wanted to say something, but he seemed to be hesitant.

Seeing him like this, Ye Mingsheng glanced at him and said lightly:

"Just say what you want to say, don't hesitate!"

Huo San, who was still hesitating whether to speak, heard Ye Mingsheng's order and could only grit his teeth and said:

"Your Excellency, although this woman, Kobayakawa Takahide, has a husband in Japan, she is not a good wife at all. She is very seductive and behaves in a dissolute manner. This time, she insisted on seeing you before she told you the secret. So I am worried that this woman wants to..."

At this point, Huo San hesitated again, and quietly looked at Ye Mingsheng's face before whispering:

"I guess she wants to seduce you, sir!"

Upon hearing this answer, Ye Mingsheng, who had a blank expression on his face, couldn't help but reveal a fleeting strange look in his eyes.

Ye Mingsheng continued to ask:
"Since she was sent by Toyotomi Ieyasu, why didn't she go back to Toyotomi Ieyasu instead of coming to me?"

Huo San heard this and explained:
"Toyotomi Ieyasu has been in poor health recently, and the daimyo under him are also ready to take his place. So I think that Kobayakawa Takahide must have received feedback from within Japan and knew that they are now too busy to take care of the affairs of the imperial capital, so he wanted to come and seek refuge with your Excellency..."

After hearing what Huo San said, Ye Mingsheng fell into deep thought. Seeing this, Huo San did not dare to disturb Ye Mingsheng, so he could only stand aside silently, waiting for Ye Mingsheng to make a judgment. After about a cup of tea, Ye Mingsheng made a decision in his heart, raised his head and looked at Huo San and asked:

"Where is Kobayakawa Takahide now?"

"I secretly placed her in a private house in the city. No one knows where she is!" Huo San whispered.
After saying this, Huo San thought for a moment and then added:
"My Lord, do you want to see her?"

Ye Mingsheng didn't say anything, just looked at Huo San quietly.

Under Ye Mingsheng's gaze, Huo San immediately understood and said in a low voice:

"Sir, shall I bring her here?"

Ye Mingsheng shook his head and said:

"Take me there in an hour!"

"I understand. I'll arrange it right away!" Huo San took the order and left.

Looking at Huo San's hurriedly leaving back, Ye Mingsheng shook his head. The reason why he went back to see Kobayakawa Takahide was not because he was really interested in seduction. Although he, Ye, was lustful, he was not so absurd.

Besides, there are many beautiful women around him. Ever since he secured his position as the governor of Liaoyang, countless people have wanted to send women to his bed, both openly and covertly. There are all kinds of women...
Just yesterday, the Yun family sent someone to deliver a very obscure message, asking Ye Mingsheng if he had any idea of ​​taking a concubine. They said that the youngest sister of Yun Guanjing, the head of their Yun family, had just come of age. She was not only well-educated and well-mannered, but also beautiful and pure. They asked Ye Mingsheng if he was interested.

Ye Mingsheng doesn’t know how to respond to this!
Women, money, these are nothing but accessories of power. When you have nothing, these things will be high above you and out of your reach. But when you hold power, these things will come to you naturally and cheaply enough that you can get whatever you want.

Although it is still unclear what the secret is that Kobayakawa was talking about, Ye Mingsheng already had a vague guess about this secret, so he met Kobayakawa Takahide just to confirm his guess. After all, if Ye Mingsheng's guess is correct, then Ye Mingsheng may need to solve a small problem before entering the country...
As for why Ye Mingsheng went to see her instead of letting her come to the Governor's Mansion, it was really helpless!
Although having more women can bring happiness, too many women are not good. These women don't care whether you are doing business properly or not. If they knew that Ye Mingsheng brought a wild woman back to the governor's mansion, the governor's mansion would definitely be in chaos. Crying and making a fuss are secondary. Ye Mingsheng can still deal with one or two.
(End of this chapter)