Chapter 520 Chen Chuanwu incident!
After He Jingyun finished speaking, the expressions of Yuan Song, Guo Zhiping, Gu Shouting and others all changed slightly, but no one said anything, quietly waiting for what He Jingyun was going to say next...
Seeing that no one stood up, He Jingyun continued:
"According to the intelligence gathered by the Coordination Office, the Yan army has about 5,000 troops stationed in Xinle. The garrison commander is named Liu Shi, a young general that Zhao Fuqu had just promoted from the Yunbing Battle. It is said that this man has a humble background and although he is young, he is very calm and steady in his work, and is highly appreciated by Zhao Fuqu."

"The Yan army stationed in Shunping has about 8,000 troops. The garrison commander is named Zhao Su, a member of Zhao Fuqu's clan. He is also a veteran in the Yan army. He has fought many battles with Zhao Fuqu, but he has no special achievements!"

"In addition to these two enemy forces, the Yan army has also deployed a cavalry unit of about 3,000 people in Xinle and Shunping. They are waiting for an opportunity to move in the area between the two cities. They often send small groups of enemies north to test our defenses. Once our army begins to gather troops to try to encircle and suppress them, they will immediately use the advantage of the cavalry's fast movement speed to retreat to Xinle and Shunping!"

"At present, the enemy's strategy is very clear. They want to take advantage of the fact that our army is temporarily unable to launch a large-scale attack. They want to build a large-scale fortress in Xinle and Shunping in the central part of Youyan, and try to build a barrier for Zhuo County to resist our attack!"

After He Jingyun finished speaking, Ye Mingsheng took over the conversation, looked around at the generals present and said:

'In order to deal with this situation, the General Staff Department plans to draw out several elite divisions from various departments to steadily advance in Xinle and Shunping, nibbling away at the enemy step by step, just like cutting meat, to cut off the connection between the enemy forces bit by bit and disintegrate the enemy's strategic intentions. What do you generals think?'

As soon as Ye Mingsheng finished speaking, Gu Shouting was the first to step forward and ask for a fight:

“Your Excellency, the Generalissimo, has been reorganized for more than a month since its formation and is now capable of fighting. It is natural that my Sixth Division will take the lead in dispatching troops to Xinle and Shunping this time, to establish merits for our Fengwu Army and repay the Generalissimo’s kindness…”

Ye Mingsheng was a little surprised to see that Gu Shouting was the first to volunteer to fight. However, even if Gu Shouting didn't say it, Ye Mingsheng had already decided that their Sixth Division would also be involved in the attack on Xinle and Shunping. After all, this army, which was mostly composed of surrendered soldiers from the Yan Army, was positioned from the very beginning as a death squad that would charge at the front.

Now that Gu Shouting has assembled the team, we should test their strength. However, for the sake of safety and logistical support, the Sixth Division naturally cannot be fully deployed in the battle. Facing Gu Shouting's gaze, Ye Mingsheng nodded slightly and said:
"General Gu is very brave! But your Sixth Division has just been reorganized, so you should send a group of capable troops to join the battle!"

Upon hearing this, Gu Shouting said:

"I am willing to personally lead 5,000 soldiers to join the battle!"

"very good!"

Seeing Gu Shouting so confident, Ye Mingsheng smiled and praised him, then he turned his gaze to other people and heard:

"The Sixth Division has already decided to join the war. Who else among you would like to volunteer?"

Before Ye Mingsheng had finished speaking, a man standing at the end stood up and bowed to Ye Mingsheng earnestly, asking for a fight:
"Wish to go at the end"

Upon hearing this, Ye Mingsheng took a closer look and found that it was Chen Chuanwu. He couldn't help but squinted his eyes, wondering whether he should give Chen Chuanwu this chance...

Although he was not one of the first people to follow Ye Mingsheng like Lin Huaiwu, Ye Dong and others, Chen Chuanwu, who followed Ye Mingsheng from Luoan together with He Jingyun and Yuan Song, was young but, seriously speaking, he was also a veteran figure of the young Fengwu Army. He participated in the early military operations of the Fengwu Army and made a lot of contributions to its rise.

When the Fengwu Army had not yet completely captured Liaoyang, Ye Mingsheng let Chen Chuanwu, who had just turned 25, serve as the commander of a battalion with 5,000 soldiers under his command to garrison Posa Prefecture and take charge of the military affairs of the prefecture. This was enough to show how much Ye Mingsheng valued and appreciated him. At that time, Chen Chuanwu was full of energy and had unlimited potential in the Fengwu Army. Many people said that Chen Chuanwu would be the next general to command a division in the Fengwu Army.

However, amidst the flattery and praise, Chen Chuanwu did not stick to his original intention and keep himself clean and forge ahead. On the contrary, after achieving success at a young age, he gradually began to lose his way in fame, fortune and power. When he was in Posuo Mansion, he even secretly kept a prostitute, an old woman who was eight years older than him.

If it were just this, it would not be a big deal. Although there is a big age gap between them, it can be regarded as a case of a hero being tempted by beauty. In this era, it would not be a big deal. But the problem is that after getting entangled with this old woman, Chen Chuanwu began to gradually indulge in the beauty of the world and neglected his military affairs. During a bandit suppression campaign in Posuo Prefecture, he was beaten to a pulp by a group of bandits named Wang Damabang, and hundreds of his brothers were killed or injured.

If things just ended here, Ye Mingsheng would be angry but not too angry. After all, everyone has failures sometimes. It is understandable that Chen Chuanwu made some mistakes when he was still young. As his leader, Ye Mingsheng should not punish him with one blow but should give him a chance to reform...
So when he learned about this, Ye Mingsheng called Chen Chuanwu to his side and scolded him, ordering him to cut off contact with that old woman, focus on the right path, and not let a woman affect his future development.

Facing Ye Mingsheng's reprimand, Chen Chuanwu nodded repeatedly on the spot, saying that he would follow Ye Mingsheng's teachings and reform himself.
At that time, Ye Mingsheng also believed Chen Chuanwu's lies. After educating him, Ye Mingsheng asked Guo Zhiping to cooperate with Chen Chuanwu to suppress the bandits. With the assistance of Guo Zhiping, the bandit Wang Damabang who had plotted against Chen Chuanwu was soon defeated. He had no way to escape and had no choice but to surrender to the Fengwu Army.

However, something happened that Ye Mingsheng never expected. Regarding Wang Damabang's surrender, Chen Chuanwu did not give him a public trial according to the policy formulated by Ye Mingsheng. Instead, he privately executed Wang Damabang and his five bandit nephews by dismembering them. This incident had a very bad impact and directly led to the bandits being afraid to surrender to the Fengwu Army for a period of time, fearing that they would suffer the same fate as Wang Damabang after surrendering, and thus they fought desperately against the encirclement and suppression of the Fengwu Army.

After Ye Mingsheng learned about this, he was also very angry and directly dismissed Chen Chuanwu from his post and investigated him. He also asked the Coordination Office to conduct further investigation into Chen Chuanwu. However, this investigation revealed another thing. It turned out that after being reprimanded by Ye Mingsheng, Chen Chuanwu did break up with the old woman, but no one knew what tricks the old woman used. Not long after, Chen Chuanwu was bewitched by her again and secretly got together with her.

After learning about this, Ye Mingsheng was naturally very disappointed with Chen Chuanwu. He also had the idea of ​​giving up on Chen Chuanwu and asked him to go back to Luoan to find his uncle Chen Yannian...

However, at this time, as good friends of his uncle Chen Yannian, Yuan Song, He Jingyun and others pleaded for Chen Chuanwu one after another. For the sake of Yuan Song and He Jingyun, Ye Mingsheng kept Chen Chuanwu, but he stripped him of his position as commander and only let Chen Chuanwu go to the reserve force to be a martial arts coach.

To be honest, the Fengwu Army is getting bigger and bigger, and there are more and more things to do. If Chen Chuanwu hadn't suddenly appeared today, Ye Mingsheng would have almost forgotten about Chen Chuanwu. Seeing that Ye Mingsheng didn't say anything after he stood up, Chen Chuanwu, who was bent over, was anxious in his heart, but he didn't know what to say for a while.

At this time, Ye Mingsheng shifted his gaze to Yuan Song and He Jingyun. He looked at the two important officials under his command and asked:

"Which of you brought him here?"

Seeing that Ye Mingsheng seemed to want to hold someone responsible, Chen Chuanwu also wanted to shoulder the responsibility alone, so he immediately knelt on the ground, kowtowed to Ye Mingsheng and said:
"It was me who deserted my post. It has nothing to do with other people. I am willing to die to atone for my sin!"

However, Ye Mingsheng ignored Chen Chuanwu and continued to look at He Jingyun and Yuan Song. Feeling the pressure coming at him, Yuan Song took a deep breath and clasped his fists towards Ye Mingsheng and said:
"I'm reporting to the commander-in-chief that it was me who asked him to come. Please punish me!"

Upon hearing this, Ye Mingsheng looked at Yuan Song deeply and then said calmly:
“Transfer the reserve coach Chen Chuanwu to the First Division temporarily to serve as the sentry chief and participate in the battle against Xinle…”

As soon as these words were spoken, a hint of surprise flashed across Yuan Song's face. Chen Chuanwu, who was kneeling on the ground in fear, also looked up at Ye Mingsheng in surprise. He just thought that he was definitely going to die, but he never thought that Ye Mingsheng would actually do this.

Feeling Chen Chuanwu's surprise, Ye Mingsheng snorted coldly and warned:

"In consideration of your past achievements, I will give you one last chance. If you mess up this time, don't come back!"

Chen Chuanwu, who was kneeling on the ground, heard this and immediately kowtowed three times to Ye Mingsheng and said firmly:
"If Chuanwu fails to live up to your kindness again in this battle, he shall die as a token of apology!"

After what happened with Chen Chuanwu, Ye Mingsheng was no longer interested in asking everyone to volunteer to fight. He directly assigned the task to Ma Zhongjun, deputy general of the First Division, to lead 5,000 troops to participate in the war. In order to deal with the 3,000 Youyan cavalry entrenched in Shunping, Xinle, Ye Mingsheng also transferred a battalion of cavalry from Guo Zhiping's Third Division to temporarily supplement Ma Zhongjun.

The specific combat mission was that Gu Shouting led 5,000 troops to deal with Xinle, and Ma Zhongjun led 8,000 troops to fight Shunping. Ye Mingsheng specifically told them that if they could capture Xinle and Shunping, that would be the best thing, but if they didn't have the chance, it didn't matter.
Their main combat mission was not to capture Xinle and Shunping, the two prefectures and counties in the central part of Youyan, but to nibble away at and harass the other side step by step, making the other side feel pressured. In Xinle and Shunping, they would continue to bleed the other side and consume the manpower and material resources of the Yan army, and disintegrate the enemy's attempt to make these two cities a barrier for Zhuo County...

After the combat meeting, Yuan Song wanted to stay and continue to apologize to Ye Mingsheng, but Ye Mingsheng was too busy to see him. After being notified by Ye Cheng, Yuan Song could only leave Ye Mingsheng's mansion with a heavy heart. At this time, Ye Mingsheng was meeting Wang Xuecheng in the study.

With his eyes closed and kneading his Qingming acupoint, Ye Mingsheng asked calmly:

"What exactly is going on with Chen Chuanwu's case?"

Wang Xuecheng hesitated for a moment, but still said honestly:

"Lord Yuan wanted to help Chen Chuanwu, so he applied to the General Staff Headquarters to recruit Chen Chuanwu from the reserve in the name of replenishing troops. In this name, Chen Chuanwu followed Chief of Staff He and his party to Yijing. I heard that Lord Yuan wanted to tell you about Chen Chuanwu after this combat meeting..."

Ye Mingsheng raised his eyebrows after listening to Wang Xuecheng's words. He knew that this matter must be related to He Jingyun. In essence, Yuan Song and He Jingyun wanted to help Chen Chuanwu for the sake of their old comrade-in-arms. Ye Mingsheng could understand their thoughts, but Ye Mingsheng was dissatisfied with their practice of acting first and reporting later, so perhaps it was necessary to give them a warning!

Thinking of this, Ye Mingsheng opened his eyes, looked at Wang Xuecheng and asked:

"Since you knew about this, why didn't you report it in advance?"

Wang Xuecheng wanted to explain himself, but before he could say anything, he felt Ye Mingsheng's gaze, and after hesitating for a moment, he said honestly:

"Sir, I was wrong!"

Seeing Wang Xuecheng resolutely admit his mistake, Ye Mingsheng said calmly:
"Don't think I don't know what you think. Don't you think this is just a trivial matter that is not worth mentioning? And it involves He Jingyun and Yuan Song, so Director Wang doesn't want to offend them?"

As soon as Ye Mingsheng finished speaking, Wang Xuecheng, whose thoughts were exposed, suddenly broke out in cold sweat on his forehead. He knelt down on the ground weakly, not knowing what to say.

Seeing Wang Xuecheng like this, Ye Mingsheng shook his head and said:
"I know it's not easy for you to do intelligence work. You secretly opened a small treasury and intercepted some of the money that should have been handed over. I turned a blind eye to it, but now you are so bold and presumptuous. Do you really think that the Coordination Office can't function without you, Director Wang?"

Although Ye Mingsheng’s tone was very calm, it was like thunder in Wang Xuecheng’s ears, frightening him. He never thought that such a small matter would make Ye Mingsheng so angry. Thinking of this, he groaned in his heart. If he had known that Ye Mingsheng cared so much about this matter, he should have reported it to him as soon as possible...
(End of this chapter)