Chapter 878 The reality of the Fengwu Army!

Ye Mingsheng also admired Yuan Song’s decisiveness and courage, which is why he transferred Yuan Song to Yunbing to serve as the commander-in-chief·······················

If Lin Huaiwu had faced the situation at that time, he would definitely have hesitated between rushing to support the Third Division and attacking Jinyang, not knowing what to do. He might even not seek credit but only seek to avoid mistakes and let the report to him make the decision. In this way, time would have been wasted.

If Guo Zhiping were faced with this situation, given his personality, he would definitely not be able to give up the Third Division, nor would he be afraid of Yang Chongqing. He would definitely choose to rush to the support of the Third Division and fight Yang Chongqing head-on.

The only person who might make the same choice as Yuan Song is He Jingyun. However, compared to Yuan Song, He Jingyun is arrogant and has a bit of arrogance in his behavior, so his relationship with his subordinates is not very harmonious.

So on a comprehensive basis, the best person to take charge of the situation in Yunbing now is Yuan Song!
In addition to these contents in the report, Yuan Song also told Ye Mingsheng that his next plan was to march towards Shizhou, capture Shizhou and then attack Pingyang to completely wipe out the imperial army and escape from Yunbing.

And because the imperial army is powerful and the commander is Yang Chongqing, Yuan Song plans to adopt the method of building a strong camp and fighting a stupid battle, concentrating the superior firepower of the Fengwu Army to crush the enemy bit by bit...
Therefore, Yuan Song hopes that the rear can better guarantee logistics and ensure a stable supply of money, food, and medicine to the front line. It would be great if more troops could be added.

Ye Mingsheng was not surprised by Yuan Song's request. He had been ordering people to ensure the logistics of the Fengwu Army in Yunbin, and the situation had improved greatly.

In terms of firearms and ammunition, the factories in Youyan, Liaoyang, and Jinzhong are also working overtime, and can basically guarantee the supply to the front line.

As for money, food, medicine and food, there is no need to worry. There is still plenty of food in the warehouse, and it can be transported to the front line at any time as long as there is sufficient transportation capacity.

As for medicines, Ye Mingsheng has already ordered Yun to put them under wartime control. Medicines for knife wounds, wounds, and hemostatics are all wartime controlled medicines. They are purchased from major pharmacies by the Government Affairs Department and shipped to the front line to ensure that the army's consumption can be adequately replenished.

Finally, there is the issue of military pay. According to the rules of the Fengwu Army, when the troops go out to fight, their military pay is paid directly to their families.

During this period of time, Ye Mingsheng asked the families of the Fengwu Army soldiers in the rear to write letters to the soldiers on the front line, telling the soldiers fighting on the front line about their wonderful life in the rear and asking them not to worry about the situation at home. In this way, the soldiers’ homesickness could be alleviated, the army’s morale could be united and the morale of the troops could be improved...

Ye Mingsheng will do his best to ensure Yuan Song's requirements for logistical support, but he is somewhat helpless when it comes to the issue of reinforcements.

Previously, a number of civil servants including Cui Shao, Gu Sansi, and Zhang Juning were very opposed to Ye Mingsheng's plan to send the 9th and 10th Divisions to the Yunbing battlefield for reinforcements. Their reasons for opposition were also very justifiable. The Fengwu Army had already deployed more than 100,000 troops from four divisions of the Second Army and the Third Army to the Yunbing battlefield.

The Fengwu Army's tactics consumed a lot of supplies and were heavily dependent on logistics. Therefore, in order to ensure all the consumption of more than 100,000 people such as food, drink, defecation and urination on the Yunbing battlefield, the logistics support had reached its limit.

If more than 30,000 people from the 9th and 10th Divisions were deployed to the Yunbing battlefield, the Fengwu Army's logistics support would even be at risk of collapse.

However, the situation in Yunbing at that time required additional troops, so Cui Shao and other civil servants advised Ye Mingsheng to only send one division to the Yunbing battlefield.

The 9th and 10th Divisions are both strategic reserves of the Fengwu Army. Their organization is not very large, with a division having only 16,000 to 17,000 people. Therefore, although deploying a division will increase the logistical support burden on the Yunbing battlefield, the situation will not be particularly serious...

To be honest, Ye Mingsheng also seriously considered the suggestions of this group of civilian officials, but finally, under the advice of the General Staff, Ye Mingsheng still believed that only adding one division, although it would also supplement the Yunbing battlefield, would not achieve the expected effect, so he insisted on adding two divisions, the 9th Division and the 10th Division.

In order to ensure that the logistics support could run smoothly after the reinforcements of the 9th and 10th Divisions, Ye Mingsheng took the lead in holding many meetings with civil servants, starting with himself to cut the expenses of the Ye Mansion and requiring the government to reduce unnecessary expenditures.

This was not enough. Ye Mingsheng had to take money from one pocket to pay for another. He suspended some projects and collected the saved money and food and transported them to the Yunbing front line. In this way, he was able to barely ensure the combat life of nearly 150,000 Fengwu troops in Yunbing.

However, manpower is ultimately limited, and the Fengwu Army no longer has more money, food, and manpower to ensure that more troops can fight in Yunbing.

Apart from logistical support, Ye Mingsheng had no more troops to support Yunbing. The First Army and the Fourth Army were deployed in Huainan, Anqing and Zhongyuan. On the one hand, it was to ensure the implementation of the new reform policy in these areas and maintain the rule of the Fengwu Army. On the other hand, it was also a deterrent to Xu Zhaojie and the Zhennan Army. These were troops that could not be mobilized...
The Second Army and the Third Army, the Ninth Division, and the Tenth Division have already been in Yunbing. Ye Mingsheng now only has Ye Tie's Sixth Division, his own 5,000-strong guard battalion, and those reserve troops under his command.

Ye Tie's Sixth Division has always been the garrison force of the Fengwu Army, deployed in Youyan, Liaoyang and other places to maintain stability in these areas. With more than 20,000 people in a division, it is already difficult to maintain stability and order in such a large area. It is impossible to withdraw more troops.

There is no need to say much about Ye Mingsheng's personal guard battalion. They are specifically responsible for ensuring Ye Mingsheng's safety, and Ye Mingsheng's safety is the top priority of the Fengwu Army.

What remains are the reserve forces. Although these troops have tens of thousands of people, to be honest, although these troops have received some military training, they are only slightly stronger than ordinary young and strong people, and there is still a big gap between them and the real army.

And the most crucial point is that it is already March, which is the busiest time of the year for agricultural production. Farmers need to do a lot of work such as plowing the land, sowing, preventing insects, watering, loosening the soil, etc. Most of the reserve soldiers are farmers. Pulling them out of the fields at this time and letting them go to fight.

There will be a shortage of labor in rural areas, and although there are some farm tools to assist in agricultural production now, most of the heavy physical work still requires young and strong laborers. Although some elderly, women and children can be mobilized to do the work, the labor force is still not enough to complete all these tedious tasks. If these tasks are not done well, the autumn harvest will definitely decrease, food prices will rise, and famine will occur. Ye Mingsheng absolutely does not want such tragedies to happen under his rule, so those reserve soldiers must not be moved at this time!
So taking all factors into consideration, although Ye Mingsheng really wanted to send reinforcements to Yuan Song to help him fight better in Yunbing, unfortunately, the current situation of the Fengwu Army is that Ye Mingsheng has no troops to send!
After pondering for a while, Ye Mingsheng began to write a reply to Yuan Song. He informed Yuan Song of the actual situation of the Fengwu Army, expressed his support to Yuan Song, and highly affirmed Yuan Song's achievements. He also hoped and encouraged him to continue his efforts to drive all the enemy troops out of Yunbing.

In addition to these verbal supports, Ye Mingsheng also gave Yuan Song the privilege of disposing of the spoils seized from the front line, allowing Yuan Song to make his own decision on all the money, food and other items seized from the front line without having to ask for his permission in advance.

After writing the instruction, Ye Mingsheng handed it to Ye Cheng and asked him to arrange someone to send the letter to Yun immediately and give it to Yuan Song.

After finishing all this and seeing that it was not too late outside, Ye Mingsheng picked up a new memorial and started reading.

This memorial was submitted to Ye Mingsheng by Su Yi, deputy director of the Foreign Affairs Bureau. More than ten days ago, Sun Chenggong of Jingchu completed the internal cleansing and sent all the people including Lin Jiesheng, the governor sent to Jingchu by the Luoan court, to Ye Mingsheng, as a token of his loyalty to Ye Mingsheng...
Ye Mingsheng also handed over a batch of firearms to Sun Chenggong in accordance with the agreement between the two parties. However, Sun Chenggong thought that Ye Mingsheng would give him the Fengwu gun, the latest weapon of the Fengwu Army, so he was full of expectations!

However, what Ye Mingsheng gave him were the Weiyuan Gun and the Polu Gun, and they were not new ones but firearms eliminated by the Fengwu Army. The difference between the two was too great, which made Sun Chenggong unable to accept it and he was very angry. However, he did not dare to write directly to Ye Mingsheng to question Ye Mingsheng and attack him.

So he had no choice but to make things difficult for the Foreign Affairs Bureau and detained some of its staff in Jingchu, hoping to force the Fengwu Army to give him the Fengwu gun.

Su Yi arranged people to try to negotiate with Sun Chenggong several times, hoping to resolve the issue through diplomatic means, but unfortunately Sun Chenggong was a man who could not be persuaded by either soft or hard means. He insisted that the Fengwu Army give him the Fengwu gun, and he would not release anyone if the Fengwu Army did not give it to him!
Therefore, Su Yi had no choice but to report the matter to Ye Mingsheng!

Ye Mingsheng scoffed at this matter. Why didn't his Sun Chenggong take a piss and look in the mirror? Did he want to obey Wu Chongning?
Who does he think he is?
If he still had the entire Jingchu territory more than a year ago, then he might still have some value in united front work.

Now Sun Chenggong is nothing but a stray dog ​​whose half of his territory has been taken by Xu Zhaojie. I am kind enough to give him something, but he still takes it upon himself to extort people and votes like a bandit?
It’s really interesting·······················

Ye Mingsheng has a clear view of Sun Chenggong. He believes that this guy is a two-faced villain who only cares about whoever feeds him!

Previously, the Luoan court wanted to sideline him and make Jingchu a part of the Luoan court completely controlled. He was unwilling to become a puppet of the Luoan court.

So in order to win my support, he wrote me a flattering letter to the point that he almost recognized me as his godfather. Now that he sees that I can't give him what he wants, he turned against me.

However, Ye Mingsheng was not worried. Sun Chenggong had already handed Lin Jiesheng and others over to him, which was equivalent to completely turning against the Luoan court!

The Luoan court wanted to cut this bastard into pieces. At this time, he didn't dare to break up with him. Even if he had the courage, he wouldn't dare to harm the staff of the Foreign Affairs Bureau in Jingchu. Most likely, they would be provided with good food and drink, for fear that something might happen to these people!

As for the Fengwu Army, all its energy is now focused on fighting Yunbing and the Luoan court, and it has no time to interfere in the situation in Jingchu.

So Ye Mingsheng told the Dadongsheng Trading Company, which was responsible for transporting firearms to Jingchu, to immediately stop transporting firearms to Jingchu, and to stop the maintenance and servicing of Jingchu's firearms as well as the supply of ammunition.

When Sun Chenggong admits his mistakes, hands over a few scapegoats and releases the people, the supply of firearms to Jingchu will be restored.

Punish this brat first, and when I have wiped out the Luoan court, it will be time to settle the accounts with him·····························
After dealing with this matter, seeing that it was already dark outside, Ye Mingsheng finished his work for today. He asked Ye Cheng to tidy up in the study, and he walked towards Pei Zhixiu's yard.

Today, someone came to report that Pei Zhixiu looked a little unwell these days, as if something had happened to her. Ye Mingsheng was a little worried about her, so he wanted to go and see how she was doing.

When Ye Mingsheng arrived, Pei Zhixiu and her son Ye Jingxuan were having dinner. Both mother and son were very happy to see Ye Mingsheng. Ye Mingsheng had not eaten yet, so he added a set of bowl and chopsticks to eat together.

Seeing that Ye Mingsheng was also going to have a meal here, Pei Zhixiu didn't want to let Ye Mingsheng eat the leftovers of herself and her son, so she went into the kitchen to make a few new side dishes for Ye Mingsheng. Ye Mingsheng wanted to give up and didn't want to trouble Pei Zhixiu, but he couldn't resist Pei Zhixiu's insistence on doing it.

I have to say that Pei Zhixiu's cooking skills have been getting better and better recently. Although there is still some gap between her and the master chef in the mansion, the side dishes she made were also delicious, making Ye Mingsheng very comfortable eating. After the meal, Ye Mingsheng also checked Xiao Jingxuan's homework.

When watching Xiao Jingxuan reciting the Analects with his head shaking and explaining to him what it meant, Ye Mingsheng couldn't help but think of what Deng He had said to him.

After being arranged by Ye Mingsheng to become Xiao Jingxuan's teacher, Deng He also reported Xiao Jingxuan's learning situation to Ye Mingsheng. Deng He highly praised Jingxuan's learning attitude and believed that Jingxuan's talent for studying was the best he had ever seen and that he would be able to become the top scholar in the future!

Although he knew that Jingxuan was good at studying, Ye Mingsheng was still surprised by Deng He's high evaluation. If he hadn't known that Deng He had a straight-forward personality, Ye Mingsheng would have thought that he was trying to flatter him in a roundabout way...
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