Chapter 935: Esiduoan’s regret medicine!

There was a growing call within the Fengwu Army for Ye Mingsheng to become emperor. At first, only some people in the Ye family were calling for it, but as the Fengwu Army’s territory expanded, some civil and military officials within the Fengwu Army also joined the ranks...

Even though they spoke very nicely during their persuasion and used all kinds of flattering words to express their undying loyalty to Ye Mingsheng, as if the sky would fall and the common people would have no way to survive if Ye Mingsheng did not ascend the throne and become emperor!
But Ye Mingsheng knew very well in his heart that some of those who persuaded him to ascend the throne might be loyal, but most of them hoped that he could fulfill his promise of being granted titles and appointed as prime ministers after he ascended the throne!
As for ascending the throne and becoming emperor, Ye Mingsheng felt that he must do it, but he felt that now was not the right time!

You must know that the Fengwu Army has always been fighting for the banner of clearing out the imperial court, killing treacherous officials, and returning power to the emperor!

Although slogans are slogans and actual actions are actual actions, after all, words spoken are not as good as farts!

As soon as he conquered Luoan, he couldn't wait to proclaim himself emperor. That was such an ugly act!
Moreover, this is equivalent to slapping himself in the face and telling everyone in the world that what he said about clearing the imperial court, killing treacherous ministers, and returning power to the emperor was all bullshit, proving that he, Ye, is a traitor with evil ambitions!

Although the Great Zhou Dynasty was already extremely corrupt, its three hundred years of national prosperity had made the name of the Great Zhou deeply rooted in people’s hearts...

It would be fine if the Fengwu Army unified the world now, but the problem is that although the Fengwu Army defeated the Luoan court and basically unified the north.

However, there is still the Golden Horde on the grassland, which is eyeing the south and interfering at any time. In the south, there are also princes like Xu Zhaojie who need to be dealt with!
If I replace the Great Zhou now, it will undoubtedly not be conducive to rallying the people's hearts, and it will also increase the resistance to conquering the southern provinces!
Therefore, Ye Mingsheng believed that now was not a good time to become emperor. His original plan was to keep the little emperor and continue to let him be a decoration on the table, and then move the capital to Yijing so that he could actually control all the power!

Now that Yuan Song and Ye Dong have done this, Ye Mingsheng's plan has been disrupted, but Ye Mingsheng is not upset!

After all, judging from some intelligence obtained from the Coordination Office, the little emperor Jiang Rui is not an honest character. Although he is young, he has been the emperor for more than ten years after all, and people all over the world recognize him more. Keeping him around will always be a disaster!
Therefore, it would be a good choice to kill Jiang Rui at this time and then put the blame on Shangguan Changgong!

Anyway, it is a simple operation to pick a child of appropriate age from the royal family and nominate him to be the emperor. It doesn't require much effort!
However, as for Yuan Song and Ye Dong, who wanted to kill the emperor without his permission, they just did it. Although Ye Mingsheng knew that they had good intentions, he still felt a little bit...

After pondering for a while, Ye Mingsheng decided to write a letter to Jiang Yuyan first, asking her to put down her work and go to Guanzhong to help him appease the royal family. At the same time, he should also think about how to give that unlucky guy the chance to become the emperor!

Then Ye Mingsheng began to study the next reward plan.

Because the Zhou Dynasty had an ancestral precept that only those with the surname Jiang could be crowned king, and if anyone with a different surname was crowned king, the whole world would punish him. Therefore, in order to conceal his own ambitions and aspirations, Ye Mingsheng was not prepared to crown himself a king.

Although he would not give himself the title of king, Ye Mingsheng planned to give himself the title of duke, which would make it easier to reward the generals below!

Ye Mingsheng's original plan was to confer the title of marquis on Yuan Song and Cui Shao to reward these two men, one civil and one military, for their contributions in the process of conquering the world.

As for the others such as He Jingyun, Gu Sansi, and Guo Zhiping, they were all given the title of baron, but Ye Mingsheng now had a new idea, which was to put his third uncle in a difficult position and only give the title of marquis to Yuan Song!

Thinking of this, Ye Mingsheng fell into deep thought. The reward for conquering Luoan this time was a phased reward. He had to satisfy the appetites of his subordinates but also not let them eat too much!
After all, although defeating the Luoan court was a huge success for the Fengwu Army, the world has not been completely pacified yet, and everyone still needs to work hard, so we still have to be reserved in terms of rewards, so that everyone will have the motivation to continue to march south to capture cities and territories·····································

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Yongliang, Jincheng

As the capital of Yongliang, Jincheng is also the largest city in the Yongliang region and a densely populated area. The permanent population in and around the city is close to 300,000, accounting for almost half of the population in the Yongliang region.

Because it is located on the border of the Great Zhou Dynasty, close to the northern grasslands, it has been the frontline battlefield of the Great Zhou Dynasty against the northern alien races since the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and it protects the buffer zone of Guanzhong Luoan.

Especially in the past twenty years, the rise of the Golden Horde made the situation in Yongliang even more severe. Fierce battles broke out between the Golden Horde and the Great Zhou over the Yongliang region many times.

During the twenty years, both sides suffered huge casualties, but the Great Zhou always relied on its stronger national strength to keep Yongliang firmly under its control.

However, when Esidoan personally led nearly 100,000 Cuman soldiers and horses to the outside of Jincheng, things changed!

Looking at the tall walls of the Golden City in front of him, Asdoan said to his men with a gloomy expression:
"Tell the Zhou people in the city to open the city gates before the sun sets today. As the Khan of the Golden Horde, I guarantee the safety of the Zhou people in the city!"

"But if they want to resist stubbornly, then we will wait until our warriors enter the city and massacre them for seven days without leaving a single blade of grass!"

“Yes!” As Asdogan gave the order, the soldiers of the Qincha Khanate who gathered around him became excited one by one. They had long coveted the rich women in Jincheng. If Jincheng’s defenses were empty, it would be a good time for them to take advantage of the opportunity...

Compared with the Golden Horde soldiers around him, Asdogan was not so excited. He even looked a little solemn and sad.

Although an ultimatum was issued to the Zhou people in Jincheng, to be honest, Asdogan didn't care whether the Zhou people in Jincheng would choose to surrender.

After all, according to the intelligence he had obtained, there were no longer those troublesome Great Zhou imperial guards in Jincheng at this time, only some local armed militias.

Although they are an armed militia, at best they are just some farmers who have just put down their hoes and picked up weapons. Their combat effectiveness is very low and they lack firearms to defend the city. Besides, their number is not large, only about five or six thousand people.

Therefore, such an armed force could not stop their nearly 100,000 strong Cuman army!
Although the war has not yet begun, in Asdogan's view, no matter whether the Zhou people in the city choose to resist or not, everything in Jincheng is already in his pocket!
Although the capture of Jincheng was a foregone conclusion, and Asdogan had accomplished what his father Huodu had never accomplished in his lifetime, Asdogan knew that his goal of leading his troops south this time had failed!

This time, under the circumstances that the Robe people kept harassing, invading and provoking on the border of the Erlunqin steppe, he, Aisiduoan, went against the opposition and assembled two tiger divisions, five eagle divisions, nearly 100,000 troops and horses to march south. The goal was not just to capture a golden city...

He gathered nearly two-thirds of the troops of the Golden Horde and marched south. His real goal was to interfere with the situation in the Great Zhou Dynasty, save the Luoan court, and prevent the Fengwu Army from unifying the north!
But what Esidoan never expected was that the Luoan court, which had been fighting against them for decades, was so vulnerable in the face of the Fengwu Army!
In just over a month, the proud Wei Pass was breached by the Fengwu Army, followed by the killing of Shangguan Changgong and the fall of Luoan City!
This not only caught Estolan off guard, but also made Estolan not know what to do next!

You know, when he was mobilizing troops to march south, the Robe people, under the instructions of the Fengwu Army, did not stop at all. They continued to harass the Cuman tribes, killing men in the tribes, and plundering wealth, cattle, sheep and women!
Although the Cumans currently have an absolute advantage over the Robes in terms of overall military strength, the problem is that the main force of the Khanate was forcibly transferred south by you, Asdogan, in the name of the Great Khan!

There was only one Tiger Division and several Eagle Divisions left in the Khanate, but the remaining Tiger Division had to guard the capital city of Lesa and could not be easily mobilized, so there were only three Eagle Divisions that could deal with the Robe people in the Elunqin steppe!

The troops of the three Eagle Divisions could only barely deal with the harassment of the Robe people and could not organize any effective counterattack at all, which made the Robe people more unscrupulous··························
The Robe people seized this opportunity to vent their pain of being suppressed by the Cumans in the past few years, having their ancestral lands occupied, and their cattle, sheep and wealth plundered!

These invasions and harassment by the Robes caused many nobles of the Golden Horde to suffer considerable losses, and they all believed that Asdogan was the culprit for these losses!

If Asdogan had not insisted on going south to interfere in the situation of the Great Zhou and preventing the Fengwu Army, which had nothing to do with them, from unifying the Great Zhou, then it would be the time for the Cumans to completely wipe out the Robe people!

Therefore, if Asdogan can gain enough benefits for the Khanate and make the nobles rich during his journey south, then maybe the matter will just end there!

But if Asdogan fails to achieve convincing results, then even as the Khan, he will have to bear the wrath of his people!

Asdogan had actually thought of all of the above when he decided to concentrate his forces and march south!
At that time, he weighed the pros and cons and felt that the entire Astai region plus the annual tribute promised by Luoan would be enough to satisfy the nobles of the Khanate and silence those conservative voices!

However, with the collapse of the Luoan court, all of this became flowers in the mirror and the moon in the water·······························
Asdogan knew very well that the Fengwu Army was behind the Robe people's actions and was providing them with all kinds of support!

And if he continues to insist on moving south, the Fengwu Army will undoubtedly increase its support for the Robe people, and the Robe people will become even more crazy and greedy, which will also make him bear more pressure from within the Khanate and the rear!

Now in order to prevent these news from the rear from shaking the morale of the army, Asdoan has begun to block the news, but he has no idea how long the blockade will last!
With the rear area unstable and without the support and cooperation of the Luoan court, facing such a powerful opponent as the Fengwu Army, to be honest, Asdogan does not have much chance of winning if he continues to move south!

Therefore, even though Asdogan was very reluctant to see the Fengwu Army defeat the Luoan court and unify the northern part of the Great Zhou, he could only accept this fact helplessly at this moment, and he had already begun to think about retreating!
But unfortunately, if the troops were to withdraw at this time, the results achieved by Asdogan during this march to the south would not be able to cover the losses of the Cuman nobles!

Asdogan knew very well what this meant. He knew that if he withdrew his troops in this way, he would fall into a crisis of trust within the Khanate, and even his position as Khan might be challenged. This was unacceptable to Asdogan...

In the past few days, Asdogan had some communications with several great nobles of the Khanate, including Asu and Bahat. During these communications, Asdogan figured out the bottom line of these great nobles for the benefits of this trip south.

The bottom line is that the Golden Horde completely occupies the Astai region, which is what the Zhou people called the Yongliang Province. After realizing this, Asdogan felt heavy pressure!

Although he did not have much contact with the Fengwu Army, through these few contacts, Asdogan felt the Fengwu Army's strong, fierce and domineering style of doing things!

Asdogan didn't know whether the Fengwu Army would choose to give in and acknowledge the fall of Yongliang for the sake of safety in this encounter, but he had no way out now!
He has put all his chips on the line for this march south. Now he can only act like a ferocious beast, showing his sharpest claws, growling constantly and showing a posture of fighting to the death, so that the Fengwu Army can weigh the pros and cons and decide whether they should fight him to the death at this time!
But if time could go back in this world, Esidogan knew that he would definitely not choose to go south again and put himself in such a dilemma·······························

(End of this chapter)