Chapter 900 A plan within a plan!
Three hundred miles north of Jinyang, in an unknown wilderness
Thousands of Kipchaks are setting up camp here. Compared with the excitement when they first entered the clouds and looted everywhere, the atmosphere among these Kipchaks now seems extremely depressing...

Centurion Turan walked into the most luxurious camp in the middle of the camp and said to General Taiyak, who was sitting inside with one hand wrapped in bandages and drinking alone:
"General, we have already finished the statistics. In Sunjia Town, we have more than 300 deaths and more than 500 injuries!"

Before Turan could finish his words, Taiyak, who was holding a wine glass, smashed it to the ground in anger, stood up, drew out his scimitar, and said angrily:
"Xun Ke, you bastard, I will chop you into pieces and feed you to the wolves!"

A month ago, under the order of Great Khan Asdogan, General Taiyak of the Eagle Division happily brought his troops to Yunbing. At the beginning, relying on the high mobility of the cavalry, they made the infantry of the Fengwu Army run around in circles and looted several villages and towns in succession, making a huge profit!
Just when Tai Yila was feeling overwhelmed and thought that this "happiness" could continue, his nightmare began!

Under Yuan Song’s order, Xun Ke led the cavalry of the Third Army back to Jinyang. Under Xun Ke’s command, the combination of the infantry and cavalry of the Fengwu Army immediately reduced the mobility advantage of the Cuman cavalry. As the mobility advantage weakened, Taiyak and his people were continuously attacked by the Fengwu Army cavalry...
Although Tai Yiqi led his troops to run fast and did not give the Fengwu Army a chance to annihilate him, his consecutive setbacks accumulated and caused him to lose a lot of soldiers!

Especially in the battle of Sunjia Town this time, not only did thousands of people die and get injured, but even Taiyak's own arm was hit by the Fengwu Army's musket!

Just as Taiyak was in a rage, a messenger walked into the tent and reported:
"General, there is news about the Battle of Pingyang!"

Upon hearing this, Tai Yi's eyes suddenly lit up and he asked impatiently:

"Hurry up and tell me, what's going on in Pingyang now? Who won between the Fengwu Army and the Luoan court?"

As the person in charge of the Golden Horde's southward march to Yunbing, Taiyak received a sealed handwritten letter from Khan Asdogan before he started his march south.

With Asdogan's personal instructions, Taiyiraq also realized that the key point of his trip south this time was not about himself!

The problem is that the Pingyang Fengwu Army and the Luoan Imperial Court are in a confrontation. If the two armies continue to be in a stalemate, or if the Luoan Imperial Court wins, the Fengwu Army will not be able to concentrate all its efforts to deal with them, and these Cumans will be able to continue to commit crimes in Yun and burn, kill and loot!

But if the Fengwu Army won in Pingyang, the situation would be completely different. Without any worries, the Fengwu Army could mobilize heavy troops to annihilate them on the spot. Therefore, for Taiyak, the Fengwu Army’s victory in the Battle of Pingyang was their signal to retreat...

Under the fierce gaze of Taiyrak, the messenger spoke with difficulty:
"Reporting to the general, the Fengwu Army has captured Pingyang, and the remaining imperial troops have hastily retreated to Weiguan!"

Upon hearing the news, Tai Yik roared in anger. His mad-like appearance scared the messenger so much that he trembled with fear. He didn't know whether he should leave or stay in the tent.

Even though he knew rationally that he should lead his troops to evacuate as soon as possible, the Fengwu Army that had captured Pingyang might have already set their sights on him. If he didn't retreat now, he might not be able to leave in a few days!

But emotionally, Tai Yiqi, who had just suffered a disastrous defeat in Sunjia Town, was like a wounded beast. What he wanted to do most at this moment was to make those who hurt him pay the price in blood.

Therefore, it was difficult for him to accept that he had to flee in panic at this time, causing this looting trip to the south, which should have been a fruitful one, to end in failure and be ridiculed by his tribesmen!

Just as Taiyak was struggling between reason and emotion, another centurion under his command, Ali, walked into the tent excitedly.

It seemed that Ali wanted to find Taiyi to report something alone, so when he saw the other two people in the tent, he suddenly became hesitant to speak...
Taiyak, who was in a dilemma, waved his hand to signal the messenger and centurion Turan to leave. After the two left, Ali had no more scruples and reported to Taiyak in a low voice:
"General, someone from the Supervisory Department contacted us!"

Upon hearing this news, Tai Yiqi was a little surprised, and immediately asked:

"Why did the Inspectorate contact us?"

In addition to looting property, an important mission of this trip to Taiyak was to attack the logistical supplies of the Fengwu Army and help the Pingyang Imperial Guards gain an advantage in the war.

Although they were helping Pingyang's imperial guards to fight, due to the mortal enemy relationship between the Golden Horde and the Luoan court, there was no contact between the two sides. Therefore, Taiyak was surprised by the Inspectorate's initiative to contact them this time!
In response to Taiyak's question, Ali said:
"These people from the Supervisory Department said that Xun Ke wanted to completely annihilate us in order to win credit from Ye Mingsheng, so he set a trap!"

"In two days, a 2,000-man Fengwu Army logistics supply team will depart from Jinyang and head towards Pingyang. The Supervisory Office told us not to believe this news!"

"This news was deliberately released by Xun Ke to lure us into the trap. Xun Ke has organized more than 20,000 people. Once we take the bait, we will be ambushed by the Fengwu Army..."

Upon hearing the news, Tai Yiqi narrowed his eyes and said in a deep voice:
"Aili, how did you determine the identities of these people from the Supervision Department?"

Ali said without hesitation:
"They have the token of the Inspectorate!"

After saying that, Ali added:

"General, they are in my tent. Do you want to meet them?" Taiyak thought for a while and shook his head.
"I won't see them!"

"Aili, don't let them go yet. Find a few people to go to the local area and investigate their background. Wait for my news!"

Ali nodded and said:

"As you command, my lord!"

After Ali left, Taiyak immediately looked at the map. To be honest, he wanted to meet these people from the Inspectorate and personally confirm the authenticity of the news.

However, for a long period of time in the past, including at this moment, the Luoan court and the Golden Horde were still mortal enemies. The Luoan court had asked the Inspectorate more than once to use gold, silver, high positions and generous salaries to tempt the generals of the Golden Horde to defect, which also brought considerable harm to the Golden Horde.

Therefore, in order to prevent the tragedy from happening again, the Golden Horde was very averse to generals having private contact with the Zhou people, especially those from the Supervisory Office, and anyone who disobeyed the order would be put to death!
Therefore, under this decree, Tai Iraq can only choose to avoid suspicion and not let his men make contact himself······························
Although Tai Yila was cautious and did not 100% believe the information reported by his subordinates, he felt that the news was most likely true!
Although he had never met Xun Ke, through Xun Ke's series of actions, Tai Iraq could feel Xun Ke's determination to annihilate them!

Although the Fengwu Army transferred its cavalry to deal with him, the cavalry of the Fengwu Army was too small, with only more than 7,000 people. The main force of the Fengwu Army was still the infantry, while his side was only composed of cavalry, so the Fengwu Army was still at a disadvantage in terms of mobility.

Under such circumstances, the best way for the Fengwu Army to annihilate their own troops was to set a trap in a terrain that was favorable to them, and then lure their own troops into an ambush.

Therefore, the information reported by Ali was logical. Tai Yiqi was willing to believe that they were real staff members of the Inspectorate and had found out about the Fengwu Army. In order to have a common goal of dealing with the Fengwu Army, they reported the news to himself.

However, Xun Ke is a very cunning person and has plotted against me many times, so I still have to be careful!
If the news is true, an idea of ​​turning the tables came to Taiyak's mind. If the Fengwu Army wants to annihilate him, they will have to concentrate their main forces. Once the main forces of the Fengwu Army are assembled, other places will be left with a shortage of troops, and this is what he can take advantage of!
Now that the Fengwu Army has won the Battle of Pingyang, it is very unsafe to continue staying in Yun.

He had to leave for sure, but before leaving he must do something big and teach that bastard Xun Ke a profound lesson, so that he would know how powerful the Cuman warriors were. Thinking of this, Taiyak clenched his fists tightly, and his expression became excited···········································
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On April 7, Ye Mingsheng, who had inspected Youyan, returned to Yijing City, greeted by a group of officials.

After returning home, before Ye Mingsheng could rest, Cui Shao came to his door and asked him to go out for inspection during the days when Ye Mingsheng was away. He also presented all the official documents that he had handled as the central envoy to Ye Mingsheng for review.

Seeing these piles of official documents, Ye Mingsheng took them all although he was very helpless, and then had a brief chat with Cui Shao, the old fox.

Because Ye Cui was going to be sixty in July, Cui Shao also asked Ye Mingsheng's opinion to see whether Ye Mingsheng wanted to hold this birthday celebration, what scale it would be, and how much money was budgeted.

Ye Mingsheng also felt a headache about this issue. According to custom, the sixtieth birthday of an old person is a very important day. Even when an ordinary person's mother celebrates her sixtieth birthday, it is reasonable to hold a birthday banquet. And as the commander-in-chief of the Fengwu Army, Ye Mingsheng should also hold a grand celebration for his mother's sixtieth birthday.

Ye Mingsheng was also willing to give his mother Ye Cui a good birthday. After all, the average life expectancy in this era was not high, and no one could predict the future. So one should enjoy life to the fullest and give his mother a lively 60th birthday...

But the reality is very cruel. The finances of the Fengwu Army are not very abundant. In addition, Yunbing is still at war. In order to maintain the food, clothing, shelter and other needs of the more than 100,000 Fengwu Army in Yunbing, some projects on the government side that should have been launched are now in a suspended state.

Therefore, at such a time of financial constraints, it is generally considered inappropriate to hold a lavish 60th birthday party!

Faced with such a dilemma, to be honest, Ye Mingsheng has no good solution. Money is needed in all aspects now, but there is only so much money. If you can take care of your head, you can't take care of your butt, and if you can take care of your butt, you can't take care of your head. In short, he is in a dilemma!
Fortunately, Ye Cui's birthday is in July, and it is April now, so Ye Mingsheng still has time to delay.

After thinking quickly, Ye Mingsheng told Cui Shao that he needed to think about the matter again and would tell him his thoughts in a few days.

After seeing off Cui Shao, Ye Mingsheng welcomed his chief of staff Zhao Han. During his inspections of various places, Ye Mingsheng had already learned the exciting good news of the Pingyang victory, but he was not very clear about the specific situation.

So Zhao Han came this time to introduce the specific situation to Ye Mingsheng and put forward their staff’s opinions on the next move of the Fengwu Army...

The staff officers headed by Zhao Han believed that although the Pingyang victory was a great victory on territory, the Fengwu Army only captured Pingyang Prefecture and the gain was not great.

However, from the perspective of the entire strategy, the Fengwu Army killed a large number of the main forces of the imperial guards, which greatly shook the rule of the Luoan court and made the entire Luoan panic. Therefore, they believed that they should strike while the iron is hot and attack Wei Guan as soon as possible to break through Guanzhong in one fell swoop.

Ye Mingsheng agreed with the opinion of the General Staff. After all, as the saying goes, it is better to attack while you are weak. Now is the time when the Luoan court is relatively weak. If he can give him a final blow at this time, it is very likely that the Luoan court will collapse!
After solving the Luoan court problem, the north of the Great Zhou will be unified. Then he can focus all his energy on going south. In this way, unifying the Great Zhou within three years will not be a fantasy!
Although he agreed with the opinion of the General Staff, Ye Mingsheng did not express his opinion in front of Zhao Han because he was waiting for Yuan Song to give him a memorial.

Ye Mingsheng knew that after Yuan Song cleaned up the mess, he would definitely write a memorial to him about the next development of the war to express his views.

Because his military talent is limited, Ye Mingsheng has always attached great importance to the ideas of frontline generals. Therefore, before seeing Yuan Song’s opinion, Ye Mingsheng, as the commander-in-chief, would not easily express his position on this key issue of the next direction of the war...
(End of this chapter)