Chapter 964 Climb back to Jincheng!

Yunbing, Wugang Mountain, in the camp of the Kipchak army

Looking at the detailed information about the Fengwu Army in his hand, Asdoan felt a little unbelievable. He pondered for a while and asked Ali:

"Where did you get this information?"

In response to Asdogan's question, Eli hesitated and spoke vaguely:

“I got it from a businessman…”

Hearing Ali's vague answer, Asdogan was obviously not satisfied and glanced at Ali with cold eyes.

Although Asdogan did not speak, Eli obviously sensed Asdogan's attitude from his gaze. After hesitating for a moment, he lowered his head and spoke to Asdogan:

"Great Khan, I have been dealing with a company called Wuhechang, and this time they took the initiative to give me this information!"

"I also pressed them to find out where the news from Wuhechang Company came from, but they refused to tell me and said the news was absolutely reliable. Later, I put a knife on their necks, and they finally revealed a little to me, saying that not everyone in the Fengwu Army wanted to see Ye Mingsheng return alive!"

As soon as these words were spoken, Esidoan's eyes narrowed. He had always known that Ali had contact with the merchants of Da Zhou.

Every time the Golden Horde went south to plunder, they would loot a lot of things from the Great Zhou. Among them were some production materials such as food and population needed by the grassland people, but also some calligraphy and paintings, cultural relics and ornaments. These things had very limited value to the Golden Horde people, but were very precious in the Great Zhou!
As the saying goes, money moves people’s hearts. Even though the Cumans were brutal and barbaric, in the face of huge profits, there were still merchants from Da Zhou who were willing to take risks to do business with them.···························
Some businesses in the Great Zhou Dynasty specifically started doing business with the Cumans after they went south to plunder. Both sides bartered with gold and silver. I would give you the food, tea, porcelain and other daily necessities you wanted, and you would give me the antiques and other things you looted!

What's worse, some merchants in the Great Zhou Dynasty were not satisfied with just buying whatever the Cumans looted, and they actually offered a reward to the Cumans, specifying what they wanted!
As the Great Zhou culture became more popular among the Cuman upper class, the trade between them became more diversified. Some of the Great Zhou luxury goods needed by the Cuman upper class would also be purchased through these Great Zhou businesses. Although these industries were very shady, it has to be said that the profits were staggering!
There were more than one Cuman general like Ali who colluded with the merchants of the Great Zhou in the Cuman Khanate, so for the stability of the Khanate, Asdogan turned a blind eye!

In fact, Asdogan was also coveting the huge profits and wanted to monopolize this gray industry, and then he, as the Khan, would distribute the profits!
However, this kind of thing of cutting off someone's financial resources is bound to be very difficult to implement. If the spoils are not divided evenly, there will be a risk of civil war. Therefore, Asdogan is also very cautious about this. He wants to wait until he has established an unchallengeable prestige within the Khanate before moving this huge piece of cheese...

For a war-loving and violent grassland nomadic people like them, the best way to gain prestige is war. Use the corpses and blood of the enemies, and endless victories and conquests to make your fellow tribesmen marvel at your greatness and swear to follow you to the death!
However, this is a bit too far away for Esidoan now. He is now on the brink of failure and is making a dying struggle!

After a moment's silence, Asdogan asked Eli:

"You have been dealing with Wuhechang Company for several years. Do you know their background?"

After hearing this, Ali understood that Esdoan knew about his relationship with Wuhe Chang, so he stopped hiding it and said directly:
"On the surface, Wuhechang is hosted by the Jinyang Sun and Liu families, and they are the ones who come forward to do business with us. But according to my observation, the big boss of Wuhechang should be someone else, and the Sun and Liu families are just putting them in the front to do the work!"

"I have also tried to probe them, but they were very secretive about it and never revealed more information. However, through some clues, I think their boss is likely to be from Luoan!"

After listening to what Ali said, Asdogan fell into deep thought again.

The intelligence provided by Wuhechang Trading Company was extremely detailed. It not only indicated the deployment of Fengwu Army’s troops in Dagu County and Wugang Mountain, but also described Fengwu Army’s food and fodder logistics and firearms equipment. Asdogan was amazed at the detailed intelligence...
Although it is currently impossible to judge the authenticity of this information, Esidogan is willing to believe the authenticity of this information, and he is even more certain that this information must have come from within the Fengwu Army. To be able to know such detailed information about the Fengwu Army, he must be a core member of the Fengwu Army's command system!
This also indirectly proves what the people in Wuhechang Trading Company said: not everyone in the Fengwu Army wants to see Ye Mingsheng return alive!

To be honest, before hearing this sentence, Asdogan really hadn't thought of this, but when he heard this, he felt that his mind was suddenly opened up!
Although Asdogan is in the grassland, he has always regarded the Fengwu Army as a potential opponent, and he is also very concerned about the movements of Ye Mingsheng of the Fengwu Army!

In his opinion, the various forces within the Fengwu Army, although seemingly united around Ye Mingsheng, are working towards the goal of unifying the Great Zhou!
But in fact, the situation within the Fengwu Army is not as calm as it seems now. There are undercurrents at a deeper level. Different people have different interests, and these interests are very contradictory to each other. The reason why these contradictions have not yet erupted is because there is a strong figure like Ye Mingsheng suppressing them!

Therefore, Aisiduoan could understand that not everyone wanted to see Ye Mingsheng return alive...

And if there are people within the Fengwu Army who do not want to see Ye Mingsheng return alive, then all of the Fengwu Army’s current movements are understandable!

Precisely because he didn't want to see Ye Mingsheng go back alive, a certain ambitious person within the Fengwu Army wanted to kill with a borrowed knife and use himself to get rid of Ye Mingsheng!
Therefore, under the instigation of this ambitious man, the Fengwu Army's assistance to Wugang Mountain was not strong, and in order to help himself capture Wugang Mountain, he also handed this information to himself!
So if you think this way, everything can be explained, but Esidogan still has some doubts about this, and the most important thing is, he wants to know who is this ambitious person hiding in the Fengwu Army who wants Ye Mingsheng dead?
In Asdogan's opinion, this ambitious man must have great power in the Fengwu Army and be at the core of its power. In this way, the scope is greatly narrowed, and it is nothing more than Cui Shao, Murong Yuliang, Yuan Song and a few other people!
And if what Ali knew was correct, the boss behind Wuhechang was from Luoan, then Yuan Song was undoubtedly the most suspicious!

In Asdogan’s opinion, although Yuan Song has always been submissive to Ye Mingsheng, as the old saying of the Zhou people goes, you can judge a person by his face but not by his heart. Now Yuan Song has most of the elite troops of the Fengwu Army under his command, and his prestige in the Fengwu Army is second only to Ye Mingsheng...
Secondly, Yuan Song's troops were the first to attack Luoan, and had come into contact with various forces in Luoan. Therefore, if Ye Mingsheng died, there would be no doubt that Yuan Song would be able to establish his own regime in Guanzhong, and even a counterattack is not impossible!

Thinking of this, Asdogan felt that Yuan Song was the most likely to be the ambitious person! If he were Yuan Song, he would definitely do the same at this time!
Realizing this, although the authenticity of this information has not yet been confirmed, in Esidoan's eyes he has almost believed it all!
Now that you have believed the authenticity of the information, all that remains is what you should do on your side!

Asdogan's best plan is to capture Ye Mingsheng alive and then imitate the method of using the emperor to control the other lords, and use Marshal Ye to control the Fengwu Army!

However, if he fails to capture Ye Mingsheng alive, then Esidogan must at least kill Ye Mingsheng!
He was very sure that as long as Ye Mingsheng, a powerful figure with enough prestige to balance the forces within the Fengwu Army, died, there would be no doubt that the bomb inside the Fengwu Army would be detonated. Now, the Fengwu Army, which seemed to have the potential to swallow up the Great Zhou, would immediately fall apart and start an endless civil war!
In this way, a fragmented Fengwu Army would pose no threat to the Golden Horde, and he could slowly erode the territory of the Great Zhou step by step and fulfill his father Huodu's dream of conquering the Central Plains...

In Esidogan's opinion, although there are some overlapping interests between him and Yuan Song, for example, they both hope to kill Ye Mingsheng!

But he is the Khan of the Golden Horde, how could he just kill Ye Mingsheng with the knife in your hand, Yuan Song?

Thinking of this, Astoan made up his mind and immediately ordered:
"Order a renewed assault on Wugang Mountain, and spread the news that Yuan Song has rebellious intentions and wants to establish his own regime! In short, we must make the Fengwu Army as chaotic as possible. Only when they are in chaos enough can we fish in troubled waters!"

"Yes!"

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Under Jincheng City, in the Fengwu Army’s Central Camp

Yuan Song looked at the young Cuman general in front of him and said calmly:

"Is this the peace talk you were talking about?"

Feeling Yuan Song's powerful aura, Gacha, who came on behalf of the Kipchak troops in the city, felt a little timid, but still pretended to be fearless and preached sternly:

"Master Yuan, I think peace talks will be beneficial to both of us!"

"We, the Qipchaks, are the raging wind on the grassland. You can't stop us if we want to leave. If you continue to attack, you will only end up with a dead city. The tens of thousands of people in the city are all at the mercy of your whim!"

Before Gacha had even finished speaking, the lieutenant general Zheng Chuang opened his mouth and shouted angrily:
"How dare you! How dare a defeated general talk about being brave?"

Facing Zheng Chuang's rebuke, Gacha didn't care and stared at Yuan Song's arrogant sermon:
"Master Yuan, there is still one hour before the sun sets. If you still can't figure it out within this hour, then one hundred people of the Great Zhou in the city will be thrown down from the city wall!"

"When the time comes, Lord Yuan, you must remember that these innocent people died because of you! Hahahaha!"

Seeing Gacha laughing wildly, Zheng Chuang was immediately enraged. He drew his sword and put it on Gacha's neck, shouting:
"You beasts are worse than pigs and dogs! How dare you harm the people!"

Facing the sword that Zheng Chuang held on his neck, Gacha remained fearless and spoke calmly:
"Since I dared to come to your Fengwu Army's camp, I never thought of returning alive!"

"Kill me if you dare. If I die, all the people in Jincheng will be buried with me. Come on!"

After saying that, Gacha rubbed his head on Zheng Chuang’s knife provocatively. Facing such provocation, Zheng Chuang’s blood was undoubtedly boiling, but the reason in his heart prevented him from taking any further action···································
At this moment, a voice slowly sounded behind Zheng Chuang.

"Let him go!"

After hearing Yuan Song's words, Zheng Chuang had no choice but to let Gacha go even though he was reluctant. As a result, Gacha, who thought Yuan Song had given in, became even more arrogant, and looked at Zheng Chuang and Yuan Song with disdain.

After tidying up some clothes leisurely, Gacha slowly said to Yuan Song:

"Master Yuan, I know you are a smart man. If you agree to my request, you will not only get Jincheng, but also be a hero who saved the people of Jincheng. Master Yuan, how about this account?"

Yuan Song looked at Gacha with a hint of disappointment and said:
"Do you know why I want to see you?"

Hearing Yuan Song suddenly mention this Gachaxian was a little surprised, and just when he was about to say something, he heard Yuan Song preaching to himself:

"I thought you Kipchak barbarians had finally become sensible and surrendered unconditionally. To reward you, I was even prepared to ask the Marshal for leniency for you!"

After saying this, Yuan Song also shook his head with some regret. Seeing this, Gacha became even more furious. When he continued to threaten, Yuan Song said calmly:
"There is only one way for you Kipchak barbarians to go, and that is unconditional surrender. Tell this to Bahat!"

“Although we Zhou people believe in not killing envoys when two armies are fighting, since you are so noisy, I will cut off your legs and let you crawl back to Jincheng...”

(End of this chapter)