Dongning Prefecture, in the Zhenwu Army barracks of Sanyuan County.

Wearing a military uniform, Wang Muzhi, with sword-shaped eyebrows and starry eyes, looked at Yutai County in the distance with a very serious expression. He knew that he had to make a break with the Fengzhou Army as soon as possible. There was not much time left for him now...

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"General, everything is ready!" Zhu Chengjie came behind Wang Muzhi and bowed to report:

"Yeah!" Wang Muzhi responded, but his eyes were still observing Yutai County.

Feeling Wang Muzhi's attitude, Zhu Chengjie seemed a little hesitant and couldn't help but ask:

"Sir, that Ye Mingsheng is as cunning as a fox. Do you think he will be fooled this time?"

Hearing Zhu Chengjie's question, Wang Muzhi looked back at him, and then in Zhu Chengjie's expectant eyes, he shook his head and said:

"I don't know if Ye Mingsheng will be fooled. I only know that this is our last chance now! If we cannot defeat Ye Mingsheng, we must withdraw from Liaoyang and enter the customs..."

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Zhu Chengjie was shocked when he heard this, and immediately said:

"General, is the situation in Luo'an already so critical?"

"Well, five days ago, King Zheng Jiang Guang and Lin Shize, together with the Shenwu Army Sun Ruoshan, Longxiang Army Chu He, Xuanwu Army Xu Zhaojie and other rebels launched a coup. The coup lasted for three days in Luo'an. Although the Chief Assistant

The rebellion was suppressed, but Lin Shize and other rebel family members, as well as tens of thousands of rebels, have already left Luo'an as they wished, and are now fleeing to Sichuan and Sichuan!"

"The most important thing is that the young emperor Jiang Rui and the queen mother Wang Yun were also taken out by Lin Shize. Soon, Lin Shize will draft an edict in the name of the young emperor to gather the King of Qin from Yongliang, Zhao Fuqu from Youyan, Qing

Han Zhi of Yan is waiting for the princes and vassal towns to attack the chief minister in the name of the Qing monarch!"

"This is a critical moment for our sincerity. It is the time for us to be loyal to the Chief Assistant. Regardless of whether we defeat Ye Mingsheng or not, our army must enter the pass within ten days!"

In front of his most trusted subordinates, Wang Muzhi told Zhu Chengjie the latest news without any secrets.

After listening to Wang Muzhi's story, Zhu Chengjie looked solemn, bowed deeply to Wang Muzhi and said:

"I am willing to follow the general to the death!"

Regarding Zhu Chengjie's statement, Wang Muzhi also nodded with satisfaction, and then said instructing:

"This information is still top secret. You must keep it secret and don't leak it and cause turmoil in the morale of the military..."

"You will finally understand!"

Zhu Chengjie responded with his hands raised. After speaking, he seemed to have remembered something and asked Wang Muzhi:

"Sir, does the commander know this news?"

Seeing Zhu Chengjie asking about this, Wang Muzhi sighed and said with some helplessness and sadness:

"After the last incident, Mr. Chen Hou's situation has never been stable. He has been confused and depressed. I have discussed with Shen Jianzhong of the Supervision Department and I will not tell him the news so that Mr. Chen does not have to worry about these things.

Things are bothering you, so take good care of yourself!"

When Zhu Chengjie heard this, he also said angrily with a look of sadness on his face:

"Ye Mingsheng, this bitch who deserves to be cut to pieces, if he hadn't come up with so many things out of thin air, our army would have successfully captured Liaoyang and already entered the pass to capture Youyan!"

"If I had known that he was so ambitious, I should have killed this shameless son of a bitch when I was in Luo'an!"

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Guangning Mansion, Cui Family Ancestral Hall

Cui Shao knelt in front of the memorial tablets of the ancestors of the Cui family, muttering something in his mouth, as if he was praying for something...

After a cup of tea, Cui Shao ended his prayer, kowtowed three times to his ancestral tablets very seriously, and then stood up slowly with the support of Cui Guang behind him.

With Cui Guang's support, Cui Shao, who had been kneeling for a long time and whose legs were suffocated, slowly sat on the chair. He picked up the tea cup and took a sip of the fine Jiangnan Longjing in the cup to moisten his throat. Cui Shao looked at him respectfully.

Cui Guang, who was standing, asked:

"How are the talks with the Gongsun family, the Yun family, Zhu Lin, Fang Dawei, Liu Boxian and the others going?"

Upon hearing Cui Shao's question, Cui Guang did not dare to neglect and immediately said respectfully:

"I would like to inform the head of the family that we have reached an agreement with the Yun family, but there is a little trouble with the Gongsun family. I can agree to all the other requests of the Gongsun family, but I only want to ask our young master Zibo to marry Gongsun Heng of their Gongsun family.

My youngest daughter, Gongsun Qiaoqing, will be my legal wife!"

Hearing what Cui Guang said, Cui Shao had a sneer on his face and said:

"The two brothers Gongsun Heng and Gongsun Huan of the Gongsun family are really close brothers. Gongsun Huan is worried that I will not intercede for his brother when Ye Mingsheng is liquidated in the future, so he wants Gongsun Heng to be Zibo's father-in-law.

, be my in-laws!"

"The daughter of his Gongsun family is married to my husband's son, which can be considered reluctant. With the help of the Gongsun family, Zibo's future career will be more stable..."

"Forget it! You write back to the Gongsun family. It's okay for Zibo to marry Gongsun Qiaoqing, but let them decide on the dowry. The ten thousand acres of fertile land they have in Hulin is good. It's time to give them the surname Cui.

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Cui Guang nodded when he heard this and continued:

"I understand. As for Zhu Lin, Fang Dawei, Liu Boxian and other generals, the talks are basically the same. They are all willing to join the Fengzhou Army, but they still have some concerns. They are worried that Ye Mingsheng will

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"Humph! I have my guarantee for them! What are they worried about?"

"Tell them that I'm not dead yet, so they have nothing to worry about. Even if Ye Mingsheng comes, they have to call me uncle!" Cui Shao snorted coldly and gave a straightforward order:

Seeing Cui Shao acting so domineeringly, Cui Guang hesitated for a moment, and then said very worriedly:

"Master, if we do this, if Ye Mingsheng finds out..."

Glancing at Cui Guang, Cui Shao said with a half-smile:

"What if? Do you think we can hide the things we do from Ye Mingsheng?"

"Ye Mingsheng, that little wolf, don't tell me that he has a bad eye for hiring people! Huo San and Wang Xuecheng from the Coordination Office, the two people he called to collect information are not ordinary people!"

"What we do can be hidden from him for a while, but not for a lifetime. Ye Mingsheng will know everything clearly sooner or later!" Cui Shao said quietly with a complicated expression:

Hearing what Cui Shao said, Cui Guang was even more confused and asked in confusion:

"Master, since Ye Mingsheng will definitely know, then why do we do this?"

"The situation in Luo'an has changed. Chen Dechang, Wang Mu, and the others are eager to return. The defeat of the Zhenwu Army has been determined. If our Cui family cooperates step by step, why should he take such risks now?"

"Haha, do you think that if we cooperate with him, we can get a piece of his pie?" Cui Shao sneered again and said rather helplessly:

"Open your eyes and take a good look at what Ye Mingsheng has done. He reduced taxes to the common people, distributed land, ensured judicial fairness, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that he loved the people like his own children!"

"And he himself is an ambitious man. Just watch! Ye Mingsheng is not Song Wenhui. Liaoyang cannot satisfy his ambition. It won't be long before he accumulates strength and enters the Central Plains to compete for the supreme throne!"

"But if you think about it carefully, if he doesn't accumulate strength by exploiting people, how will he accumulate strength?"

After Cui Shao finished speaking, Cui Guangruo nodded with understanding. At this time, Cui Shao also continued to say in a deep voice:

"We can't dodge Ye Mingsheng's knife. It's still a knife when he extends his head, and it's still a knife when he shrinks his head. If you want to keep the lintel of the family from falling, you have to show some courage. As for other things, Ye Mingsheng will weigh the pros and cons!"

"The head of the family is far-sighted and humble, and I bow down to you!" Cui Guang heard this and bowed with sincerity and said:

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Shoucheng, Fengzhou Army Staff Headquarters.

Ye Mingsheng, who was leaning on the Grand Master's chair with his eyes closed to rest, was listening to his staff describe the latest news coming back from the front line.

"Reporting to the Commander-in-Chief, it has been confirmed that the Khitan troops sent out this time have a total of 18,000 troops. Xiao Tai has 10,000 troops and Yeluyan has 8,000 troops. Now both of them have been blocked by our army at the foot of Fengzhou City.

The Khitans are expected to suffer casualties of about 2,000 due to the damage caused by cannons and grenades!"

"Xinfa County, Tahe County and other county towns are still as stable as Mount Tai. The small group of cavalry that appeared under Fengzhou City before has been found to be only a small group of about a hundred people. It has been defeated by General Ye Tie's troops!"

"Reporting to the Commander-in-Chief, Xue Heping from Fengshan County, Dongning Prefecture, only has 3,000 troops left to garrison the county! Its main force, 12,000 troops, has already retreated toward the southwest, and is suspected of retreating to Dongning Prefecture City!"

"Reporting to the Commander-in-Chief, Zhu Chengjie's troops who had previously retreated from Sanyuan County have now been found to be in Hulin County. In addition to Zhu Chengjie's troops, our army's spies saw Wang Zishuaiqi in the Zhenwu Army barracks in Hulin County.

, as well as traces of Shiwei people, it is suspected that Wang Muzhi and more than ten thousand Shiwei troops have arrived at the military camp in Hulin County..."

After hearing the last news, Ye Mingsheng suddenly opened his eyes and asked the busy people:

"Is there any news about the generals within the Yun family and Zhenwu Army?"

"The contacts between the Lord and the Yun family and the generals from Liaoyang in the Zhenwu Army are continuing. Deputy Director Wang and others have secretly sneaked into Dongning Mansion to deal with this matter, but it will take some time before the matter comes to an end. We have issued a

The price is still far from their expectations." Qi De reported to Ye Mingshenghui:

Upon hearing the news, Ye Mingsheng frowned slightly, and then his eyes shifted to the sand table again. Now the situation between the enemy and ourselves on the sand table has been updated. Through the sand table, it can be clearly seen that the current strength of the Zhenwu Army

, is already in the recycling stage,

Sanyuan County and Fengshan County are two forward positions close to Lelang and Xuantu. The combined strength of the Zhenwu Army is less than 10,000. This is basically equivalent to giving up and allowing Ye Mingsheng to obtain the territory of these two counties.

, I just hope that the garrisons remaining in these two counties can stop Ye Mingsheng for a while and delay it for a while.

In Hulin County, which is close to Guangning, now with the addition of Zhu Chenjie's troops, the known strength has exceeded 50,000. This is already nearly 60% of the strength of Zhenwu Army, plus the tens of thousands who appear wherever they are.

It is self-evident what Wang Muzhi wants to do with Yu Shiwei's troops.

If Ye Mingsheng had some doubts before about whether Wang Muzhi really dared to carry out his plan to concentrate his troops to attack Guangning Mansion, now it seems that Wang Muzhi is even crazier and bolder than he imagined...

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Ye Mingsheng had previously wondered why Wang Muzhi had to concentrate his forces to attack Guangning Mansion. In his opinion, if Wang Muzhi wanted to attack Guangning Mansion, there was no need to concentrate the Zhenwu Army on seven as planned in his plan.

The troops reached 80%, which angered the Liaoyang local faction in the Zhenwu Army and aroused their dissatisfaction.

Wang Muzhi only needs to organize half of the existing Zhenwu Army to basically capture Guangning Mansion. Even if he sends troops to intervene, they can occupy at least one-third to half of Guangning Mansion's territory.

As a result, half of the soldiers and horses left behind are cooperating with the cities of Dongning Mansion. Even if I use my main force to capture these cities in a short time, it will not be easy.

But later Ye Mingsheng realized Wang Muzhi's strategic intention when he looked at the map. The location where Liaoyang and Youyan border is Guangning Mansion. If Wang Muzhi wants to enter the pass, there are only two routes to achieve his goal. The first one

That is to take the land route to enter the customs in Quang Ninh Prefecture. The second way is to take the water route. From Yutai County in Lelang, take a boat across the Bohai Sea and enter Qingyan. Compared with the dangerous and unpredictable water route, it is obviously more convenient to take the land route.

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So why is Wang Muzhi so determined to attack Guangning Mansion? In addition to wanting to obtain the money and food stored by the Cui family, he may also want to obtain the territory of Guangning Mansion as a bridgehead to enter Youyan...

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Of course, no matter what Wang Muzhi's plans are, Ye Mingsheng must eliminate him as soon as possible. Keeping this guy alive will always be a disaster!

Now that fighter opportunities are fleeting, it is better to take the initiative than to react passively and leave the pressure to Chen Dechang and Wang Muzhi!

After silently weighing it in his mind, Ye Mingsheng decided not to wait for feedback from the Liaoyang locals in the Zhenwu Army. He first occupied the two counties of Sanyuan and Fengshan, and then put on the momentum of a large army to suppress the border. He fought well on the battlefield and negotiated.

It can also give you a great advantage when making contacts.

After looking around at the generals on the staff, Ye Mingsheng ordered with a serious expression:

"Send an order to Yuan Song of Lelang and Lin Huaiwu of Xuantu to send troops to capture Sanyuan County and attack Fengshan County respectively. I will lead a large force to arrive later!"
Chapter completed!