Chapter 984 Untitled!

Arriving at the study, Ye Cheng presented a more detailed battle report to Ye Mingsheng. After reading it carefully, Ye Mingsheng had the same idea as before. He felt that Guo Zhiping had fought fairly well in this battle without any faults, but there was nothing amazing either...

Seeing Ye Mingsheng put down the battle report, Ye Cheng found a memorial and said

"Sir, in addition to General Guo's battle report, Director Huo of the Coordination Office also sent you a report!"

Hearing this, Ye Mingsheng became interested and opened the memorial to read it carefully. The memorial seemed to have a lot of words. At the beginning of the memorial, Huo San first greeted Ye Mingsheng and paid his respects to Ye Mingsheng, and then introduced to Ye Mingsheng the battle situation between the Robe and the Cumans on the Western Elunqin steppe.

According to Huo San's account, although the attack of the Luobi people on Xi'erlunqin, which was instigated by them, was very loud and mobilized a lot of troops, because it was under the control of the Fengwu Army, Jamukha, although called the Luobi Khan, ruled the entire Luobi!
But in fact, Jamukha could only command his own people. As for the other two powerful people of Luobi, Nurjiang and Ibugele who controlled the Solon tribe, they always disobeyed Jamukha's orders in secret.

Among them, Nurjiang was particularly prominent. At the beginning, under the instigation of the Fengwu Army, he killed the former Khan Arsalan. He thought he could become the new Khan...

However, he did not expect that while the snipe and the clam quarrel, the fisherman benefits. Everything he did was in vain for Jamukha. Later, he was almost killed by Jamukha. Fortunately, the Fengwu Army came forward to rescue him, but this also made him hate Jamukha to the core.

With the secret support of the Fengwu Army, the strength of his troops was also restored, which made him eyeing the position of Jamukha the Khan again!

As for Ibugel on the other side, as the leader of the Solon tribe, although he does not have as great ambitions for the position of Khan as Nurjiang, his core demand is to maintain the independent status of the Solon tribe within Luobi.

Therefore, Ibugel was worried that Jamukha would use this war to deplete the strength of the Solon tribe, so although he participated in the attack on the Western Elunqin grassland on the surface, he was actually not putting in any effort!
Even under the investigation of the Coordination Office, it was discovered that Ibugler had been secretly communicating with Asu, a powerful official of the Golden Horde, and the two secretly reached a deal.

Asu gave some pastures on the Xi'erlunqin grassland to Ibugele in exchange for Ibugele's hesitation to move forward. In this way, the strength of the Solon tribe under Ibugele was not only not depleted, but it also obtained some pastures with abundant grass and water!

While gaining both face and money, Ibugel can also use this victory as a result to ask for benefits from the Fengwu Army. It can be said that he kills three birds with one stone!
Although the Luobi people had an absolute advantage over the Kipchaks left behind in West Elunqin, they could not fully exert their strength under the evil intentions of these three families. Therefore, Asu, the Kipchak nobleman in charge of the West Elunqin grassland, could barely hold on...
Although they could not fully exert their strength, the Robe people still had an absolute advantage. Without any reinforcements, Asu finally couldn't hold on ten days ago and was forced to abandon a large grassland and withdraw its troops!

This is a good thing for the Robe people, but the internal struggle for power among the Robe people is very serious, and Jamukha, as the Khan, does not have enough ability to command the entire tribe.

As a result, although Jamukha claimed that he had conquered this grassland, Nurjiang didn't care about him at all. He said that he had led his troops to conquer this grassland and therefore he had to occupy all the conquered grassland.

Naturally, Jamukha could not accept this, and the two families began to quarrel. Although they have not yet turned against each other, some bad signs have already emerged.

Nurjiang has sent people to contact the Fengwu Army to seek its support, and he has also sent people to contact Ibugele of the Solon tribe, wanting to join forces with Ibugele to destroy Jamukha, divide Jamukha's tribe, and jointly control the entire Luobi.

Therefore, Ibugel also sent people to find out what the Fengwu Army’s attitude was towards this, whether they wanted to continue to maintain the current balance of power within Luobi, or to break this balance.

What surprised Ye Mingsheng was that under such circumstances, Zhamu He did not send anyone to seek the support of Fengwu Army like Nurjiang did, nor did he send anyone to Fengwu Army to test their attitude like Ibugele did··························
According to the report from the Coordination Office, Jamukha acted very calmly as if nothing had happened, and Ye Mingsheng was somewhat interested in this!
Although he had only met Jamuka, the envoy of Luobi, once that year, Jamuka's shrewdness still left a deep impression on Ye Mingsheng!

Ye Mingsheng believed that Jamukha must be aware of Nurjiang and Ibugel's actions. At the same time, he should also be clear that although Nurjiang and Ibugel are not as strong as him in a one-on-one fight, if the two of them join forces, their military strength will be stronger than his!

Logically speaking, Jamukha should send someone to find me and seek my support and understanding, just like Nurjiang and Ibugel did, instead of remaining silent like he is now!
Did Jamukha think he could deal with the combined forces of Nurjiang and Ibugel, or did he foresee that he would not allow Nurjiang to start a civil war in Luobi?
Ye Mingsheng fell into deep thought about this issue. For Ye Mingsheng himself, the core target of him and the Fengwu Army was not in the grassland but in the south.

Therefore, even though the Fengwu Army had won a decisive victory in the battle against the Cumans, Ye Mingsheng had no plans to press on to completely destroy the Cuman Khanate!

After all, history has proven that even if you can destroy one grassland nation, another grassland nation will be born...
With the current level of development of productivity, it is difficult for an agricultural dynasty like the Zhou Dynasty to control the grassland, so the destruction of the Golden Horde will only allow the Robes to dominate!
Therefore, Ye Mingsheng did not intend to change the strategic decision of letting the Cumans and the Robe peoples restrain each other!
Although the Golden Horde has suffered a defeat, its internal centripetal force is still strong. Although the main force of the Robe people has been retained, their internal disunity has prevented them from exerting their strength.

Therefore, in Ye Mingsheng's view, the Luobi and the Kipchak have maintained a balance that he hopes to see, and Nurjiang's move to start a civil war will inevitably lead to the loss of Luobi's strength regardless of whether he succeeds or not. This will undoubtedly give the Kipchak Khanate a chance to breathe, an opportunity that can be taken advantage of!
In addition, the current power structure of the Luobi people also makes it easier for the Fengwu Army to maintain its influence in Luobi, so Ye Mingsheng is happy to see the status quo maintained within Luobi.

However, Ye Mingsheng did not want to see Jamukha's calmness as if he had won the victory. He wanted to see Jamukha panic and send people or even come directly to him to seek his forgiveness and understanding!

Therefore, Ye Mingsheng planned to put some pressure on Jamukha and make this Luobei Khan feel threatened and frightened as soon as possible!

However, Ye Mingsheng must grasp the degree of this. After all, he still does not want the existing power balance of Luobi to be broken. The internal struggle of Luobi without breaking is most in line with the interests of Da Zhou.

In addition to the situation on the grassland, Huo San also summarized the situation in the south in his mind to Ye Mingsheng.

The key point here is the results of Murong Zhengshan's trip to the south of the Yangtze River. When he saw that Lu Jianchao was sending important officials with valuable gifts to apologize to him, while planning to quietly let go of the Zhennan Army of Chishan Prefecture, Ye Mingsheng couldn't help but secretly curse him as an old fox!
Although he didn't like Lu Jianchao's actions, Ye Mingsheng didn't intend to completely break up with Lu Jianchao over this matter!
After all, apart from releasing the Zhennan Army back to Chishan Prefecture, Lu Jianchao did not intend to provide any further assistance to the Zhennan Army. This was also one of Ye Mingsheng’s bottom lines!

Although he and Xu Zhaojie were mortal enemies, and the Fengwu Army had also won considerable victories in several battles with the Zhennan Army, Ye Mingsheng was still somewhat wary of Xu Zhaojie's military command ability.

Therefore, what Ye Mingsheng least wanted to see was that the fighting Xu Zhaojie and the rich Lu Jianchao would join forces to deal with him!
Of course, although he is not planning to break up with Lu Jianchao over this matter, it does not mean that Ye Mingsheng will pretend not to know about it. Ye Mingsheng will definitely use this matter to control the Jiangnan side.

In order to prevent Jiangnan from making wrong predictions and thinking that the Fengwu Army could not discover their little tricks, or to make them think that the Fengwu Army was weak and could be bullied, and thus continue to support the Zhennan Army with a fluke mentality... In addition to the intelligence from Jiangnan, Huo San also introduced the situation of the Zhennan Army based on the intelligence sent back by the secret agents planted in the Zhennan Army by the Coordination Office.

After sneaking back to Shouchun, Xu Zhaojie did not stay in Shouchun, but inspected the troops continuously. Moreover, the Zhennan Army has been mobilized very frequently recently, as if they wanted to take some military action while the Fengwu Army was using troops in the north!
Although the Coordination Office has not yet investigated more detailed information about this intelligence, Ye Mingsheng is not very worried. After all, the Fengwu Army had made a contingency plan for this and left enough troops in Hebei, Henan and Anqing!
In addition, although Xu Zhaojie is very capable, he can't cook without rice. With the current strength of the Zhennan Army, it is impossible to make any big waves!

At the end of the memorial, Huo San also introduced the situation in Sichuan to Ye Mingsheng. According to him, Shangguan Tingshu had been killed by Song Weijie!

Song Weijie currently calls himself the Grand Commander of Sichuan and has begun to integrate the power of Sichuan. However, in order to win the support of Ye Mingsheng, Song Weijie plans to offer Shangguan Tingshu's head to himself, and plans to give him some beauties, gold, silver and other valuables!

Ye Mingsheng couldn't help laughing at this, thinking that this man surnamed Song was very naive. The Shangguan family was now ruined, and Shangguan Tingshu's head was worthless to him. Besides, who was he, and why should he need his beauties, gold, silver and other valuables?
To put it bluntly, with Ye's current power and position, if he wants to indulge in beauty and pleasure, he can be a bridegroom every night in a pool of wine and a forest of women!

Of course, although Ye Mingsheng thought so, he still planned to show some goodwill to Comrade Xiao Song!
After all, food must be eaten bite by bite, and Ye must deal with these southern princes one by one. These people are like grasshoppers in autumn and can’t jump for long...

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Yijing, Huo Mansion

While Ye Mingsheng was reading Huo San's memorial, Huo San was in the mansion listening to the report from his subordinate Yang Li, a centurion of the Coordination Office.

"Director, Xia Lianyang, the deputy director of the Youyan Censorate, intends to hand Zhao Shen's family over to Deputy Director Wang!"

Huo San's expression changed slightly when he heard the news. After thinking for a while, he said:
"If I remember correctly, isn't this Xia Lianyang the eldest lady's man?"

Yang Li nodded and said:

"Yes, this Xia Lianyang secretly surrendered to the eldest lady, and the eldest lady asked him to secretly monitor Murong Hui!"

Hearing this, Huo San was even more puzzled and said:

"If that's the case, why did he hand this matter over to Wang Xuecheng?"

Facing Huo San's question, Yang Li hesitated and said:
"Director, maybe Xia Lianyang doesn't know the truth of the matter!"

Huo San said in a deep voice:

"But it was the Madam who asked us to do this!"

Yang Li remained silent after hearing this, and Huo San was also very confused. He had a close relationship with the First Madam, and this matter was arranged for him to do by the First Madam, so he didn't understand why the First Madam wanted to deal with him and hand this matter over to Wang Xuecheng?

After thinking for a moment, Huo San said in a deep voice:

"How is Zhao Shen now?"

Yang Li preached without hesitation:
"According to your instructions, we didn't kill him and left him with a breath, but we also made sure he couldn't speak or write!"

Huo San nodded and continued:

"In that case, Yang Li, you need to investigate Xia Lianyang carefully and see if there are other people behind him! I have a feeling this matter is not simple!"

"Director, I understand. I promise to take down Xia Lianyang!"

After saying this, Yang Li hesitated for a moment and then suggested:

"But I think you should contact the Madam to see if there is any misunderstanding."

Huo San narrowed his eyes and said coldly:

"Are you teaching me what to do?"

Seeing this, Yang Li immediately denied it repeatedly:
“I dare not, I dare not, I just…”

(End of this chapter)