Chapter 505: The Best of Both Worlds! (Thanks to the book friend 46270.Jianxia Fuyun for the reward!)
But if he didn't go back to Dongning, Ye Mingsheng would feel very sorry for An Miaoyi. After all, ever since she married him, Ye, An Miaoyi had been silently helping him to stabilize the rear and tidy up the house so that he didn't have to be distracted. Moreover, she rarely asked him for anything...

This time she wanted me to be by her side when she gave birth. For such a reasonable request, I should have abided by the agreement. If I broke my promise, it would be too hurtful!
Faced with this dilemma, Ye Mingsheng thought seriously, trying to find a way to have the best of both worlds that would take the current situation into consideration while not hurting An Miaoyi's heart. After thinking for a whole incense stick of time, Ye Mingsheng finally came up with a reluctant idea.

Although there will be many local tyrants in Youyan who will send people to contact the Fengwu Army, from the current perspective, the most powerful and sincere force is still the Yuyang Gu family where Gu Shouting is located. Not only did the head of the family, Gu Zhongshi, come in person, but he also brought Yuyang's military and political chief, the prefect and the general.

Seeing that the Gu family was so sincere, Ye Mingsheng would naturally reciprocate by meeting them in person. However, apart from them, Ye Mingsheng would not meet the rest of the people in person. He planned to arrange these people to Gu Sansi and let Gu Sansi meet them on his behalf.

After meeting with the Gu family, Ye Mingsheng prepared to leave Yijing secretly and return to Dongning overnight, trying to go back before An Miaoyi gave birth and fulfill his promise to accompany An Miaoyi. After accompanying An Miaoyi to see her children, he would quickly return to Yijing to deal with the next situation...

After having this idea, Ye Mingsheng thought about every aspect of the plan again. When he felt that there was no problem, Ye Mingsheng instructed Qi Dechao to go to the Coordination Office and the Royal Guard Battalion to implement the plan in detail and ensure that security, accommodation and other issues along the way were foolproof.

As the highest commander of the Fengwu Army, Ye Mingsheng is in charge of the life and death of millions of people under his rule. A single move can affect the entire body, so nothing is trivial for him, especially security issues which are of paramount importance.

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Anqing Prefecture, military camp.

In the central military tent, Xu Zhaojie, dressed in military uniform, was issuing combat orders to the generals of the Anqing Army under his command.

"Liu Guodong!"

"exist!"

At Xu Zhaojie's command, a middle-aged warrior with a sturdy build and a fleshy face stood out from the queue and bowed to Xu Zhaojie.

After looking the middle-aged warrior up and down, Xu Zhaojie immediately ordered:

“The main force of the Qi army is now concentrated in the Langya area, and the west is very weak. I order you to lead your 5,000 troops to detour to Guyang County and wait for an opportunity. If you see an opportunity, you can capture Guyang County...”

Listening to Xu Zhaojie's words, Liu Guodong nodded and accepted the order, and was about to return to the queue. Unexpectedly, Xu Zhaojie said to him at this time:
"The situation is urgent. The Qi army may launch an attack in the direction of Langya at any time, so you have no time to rest and you can set off now!"

Liu Guodong was a little surprised when he heard this, but after listening to Xu Zhaojie's words, he didn't notice anything wrong and bowed and said:
"I obey your command and set off now!"

Xu Zhaojie smiled and ordered:
"Well! Go ahead! I'm waiting for your good news!"

After receiving the order from Xu Zhaojie, Liu Guodong immediately left the tent to command the troops to Guyang County. This burly warrior had no idea that after he turned around, Xu Zhaojie, who had been smiling at him in the last second, suddenly frowned in the next second. At the same time, a subtle vicious look flashed in the depths of Xu Zhaojie's eyes...
After seeing Liu Guodong off, Xu Zhaojie opened his mouth and ordered, "Jiang Kui!"

"exist!"

A tall and capable young general stood up and responded to Xu Zhaojie;
Looking at this trusted general who had followed him for many years, Xu Zhaojie nodded and then ordered:

"You take 10,000 men to Jiaxiang County, keep a close eye on the enemy's movements, and wait for news from General Liu in Guyang County!"

"understand!"

After explaining these two main things, Xu Zhaojie urged his men to prepare for war. Anyone who slacked off would be severely punished. After doing this, he ended the meeting. After the meeting, Xu Zhaojie wanted to rest for a while, but as soon as he closed his eyes, footsteps were heard outside. Xu Zhaojie forced himself to open his eyes and saw his confidant Xia Chen coming in and reporting to him:

"My Lord, there's news from Youyan!"

Hearing the word Youyan, Xu Zhaojie was immediately shocked and said to Xia Chen:
"Say it!"

Under Xu Zhaojie's urgent gaze, Xia Chen knew what he was thinking... He said with some trepidation in his heart:

"Zhao Fuqu has led his army back to Youyan, but the Fengwu Army has already conquered Yijing, defeated Zhao Yong's troops and killed Zhao Yong. The Yan army has suffered heavy casualties and the situation is hopeless. Zhao Fuqu did not counterattack, but returned to Zhuo County to defend the remaining territory of Youyan!"

Hearing Xia Chen's words, Xu Zhaojie's expression suddenly became gloomy, and he sat in the commander's seat without saying a word. Seeing him like this, Xia Chen was a little frightened, not knowing when Xu Zhaojie's emotions would explode. However, to his surprise, after a while, Xu Zhaojie seemed to have controlled his emotions, sighed deeply, and then waved his hand to signal Xia Chen that he could leave.

Upon seeing this, Xia Chen was overjoyed. He bowed to Xu Zhaojie and then fled from the tent. After Xia Chen left, Xu Zhaojie wanted to continue resting, but no matter how he restrained himself, he couldn't help but think that the Fengwu Army was about to occupy Youyan!
That bastard Ye Mingsheng is about to become a great lord who controls the two provinces of Liaoyang and Youyan!

Xu Zhaojie leaned on his seat and struggled for half an hour, still unable to control himself from thinking about Ye Mingsheng. So he simply stopped controlling his emotions, stood up, and walked to the sand table in the center of the tent, staring at Yi Jing's coordinates on the sand table.

After staring for about a cup of tea, Xu Zhaojie personally pulled down the flag representing the Yan Army on the Yijing coordinates and replaced it with the black dragon flag representing the Fengwu Army.

(Today is New Year's Eve. I would like to wish all my fellow readers a happy new year, good luck and prosperity! (ˇˇ))
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