Eagle-eyed and wolf-watching

Chapter 1539: Non-local!

After hearing her sister's words, Murong Xinyun also expressed her opinion:

"Sister, what you said is exactly what I thought. I was careless for a moment and believed the servant's words. I have learned my lesson this time. From now on, I will go to the Sutra Library every day to copy the palace rules and try to hand them over to the Queen as soon as possible!"

Although the Murong sisters said nice things, such as being deeply aware of their mistakes and deeply reflecting on them, Ye Mingsheng was well aware of their little thoughts. However, Ye Mingsheng was not willing to point them out, so after dealing with them for a few more sentences, he felt the water temperature in the bathtub getting lower, so he stood up from the bathtub.

Murong Xinyun, who had never seen such a scene before, was suddenly at a loss. She didn't know what to do and could only stand there at a loss. However, Murong Qingwu on the side quickly handed Ye Mingsheng a bath towel. While Ye Mingsheng was wrapping the bath towel, Murong Qingwu secretly winked at Murong Xinyun.

Feeling her sister's gaze, Murong Xinyun realized once again her purpose for today. She gritted her teeth, plucked up her courage, stood up, and clumsily helped Ye Mingsheng wrap himself with a bath towel!

Seeing this, Ye Mingsheng looked at Murong Xinyun with some surprise. Although Murong Xinyun had never said that she was unwilling to sleep with him, after several contacts with her, Ye Mingsheng could clearly understand that Murong Xinyun was somewhat resistant to him and even avoided him.

Many military commanders like to force themselves on women, but Ye Mingsheng has always been an outlier. He personally doesn’t like to force women. That’s why Ye Mingsheng has never touched Murong Xinyun even though she has been in the palace for almost a year...

To be honest, even in the palace full of beautiful women, Murong Xinyun's appearance and temperament are very outstanding. If Ye Mingsheng really didn't like to play hardball, and there was no shortage of women around him, Ye Mingsheng would have won her over long ago!

Feeling Xinyun's initiative at this time, Ye Mingsheng, who was already prepared for the battle, couldn't help but feel a little distracted!

Seeing the atmosphere, the time was almost right, Murong Qingwu also revealed her true intentions:

"Your Majesty, Xinyun admired you very much before she entered the palace. After entering the palace, she even thought about serving you one day. I hope you can give her this opportunity!"

Although he was speechless about Murong Qingwu lying with her eyes open, Ye Mingsheng also looked at the beauty in front of him with some anticipation.

Although she had made up her mind to sacrifice herself, Murong Xinyun was very nervous facing Ye Mingsheng's somewhat naked gaze. Before entering the room, her sister Murong Qingwu had warned her to be as proactive as possible when facing His Majesty, but at this moment she could not take the initiative at all and could only close her eyes resigned to her fate!
Seeing this, Ye Mingsheng put his arms around the beautiful woman's slim waist and kissed her. While the Daqian Emperor was attacking Murong Xinyun, he did not forget to glance at Murong Qingwu who was standing beside him!
Murong Qingwu, who had already given birth to two children for Ye Mingsheng, understood what Ye Mingsheng meant without him saying much. She felt a little conflicted, but when she remembered that Ye Mingsheng had not visited her for a month, she felt that if she could not seize the opportunity this time, she would really fall out of favor!

Thinking of this, Murong Qingwu gritted her teeth, and then knelt down under Ye Mingsheng's expectant gaze...

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Erlunqin Grassland, Luobi Royal Court
Dariyachi looked at the sand table in front of him filled with the coordinates of Luobi and Qipchaq, frowned and fell into deep thought.

After the rise of the Fengwu Army, the balance of power between the Great Zhou and Luobi was completely broken. After being beaten and fled in panic by the Fengwu Army, many people within Luobi began to reflect. Just like King Wuling of Zhao who wore Hu clothing and rode and shot, many people in Luobi began to learn from the Fengwu Army, learning their firearms and their combat methods!
Although Dari Achi was somewhat unwilling to see Luo Bi submit to Daqian, he had to admit that Daqian under the leadership of Ye Mingsheng was undoubtedly the stronger side than Luo Bi, so he would learn from the strong!
Using sand table to fight is an important thing that Dariachi learned from the Fengwu Army. After seeing the sand table for the first time, Dariachi fell in love with it. Compared with traditional maps, the sand table gives people a more intuitive and clearer feeling in terms of terrain and topography, which is more conducive to Dariachi's deployment!
The sand table in front of him was copied according to the Elunqin grassland by Dariyachi who spent nearly two hundred lambs to hire production staff from Daqian. Dariyachi treasured this sand table very much. He would look at the sand table every day as long as he had time, and according to the reports from the scouts, he would personally adjust the coordinates of the enemy and us on the sand table...

According to the report from the scouts today, Daryaqi could clearly find that compared with the previous ten days, the frequency of the Cuman scouts' reconnaissance in recent times has decreased significantly. In the past, they could only find one or two traces of Cuman activities around the Elunqin grassland every day.

But now, they are only discovered once a day at most, and today no trace of the Cumans' activities was found at all. Dari Achi was very confused about this situation!

There has always been a consensus among the top leaders of Luobi, that is, the new Khan of the Cumans, Habib, is ambitious and can't wait to kill Luobi and unify the entire grassland!
The beginning of next spring will most likely be the time for him to start a war, and the Luobi tribes have also made a lot of preparations for war around this point, and hope to get more assistance from Daqian to repel the invasion of the Cumans and achieve the final victory in the war!

And if the Cumans are really going to invade the Elunqin steppe after the beginning of next spring as the Luobei leaders thought, then they should send more scouts to conduct reconnaissance now. After all, it is already the end of February, and there are only a dozen days before the beginning of spring. The Cumans should seize this time!
In the past one or two months, the movements of the Kipchaks have generally been in line with this logic. They have more and more scouts investigating the Elunqin steppe, and even small groups of troops often launch small-scale attacks on the grasslands controlled by the Robes...

The current situation of decreased investigation is undoubtedly abnormal!

According to common sense, there are probably only two reasons for this situation! The first is that there was a problem within the Kipchak, which led to the postponement or cancellation of the plan to attack the Erlunqin steppe!

The second possibility is that the Cumans were trying to use strategic deception to make the Robe people relax their vigilance so that they could launch a surprise attack!
According to historical experience, most of such situations are the first one, especially since Habib's rise in the Golden Horde was too short and he did not have deep roots, so he was not able to win the support of the people within the Golden Horde!
The main reason why Habib was able to come to power was the support of the Roman Empire. He obtained a lot of firearms from the Roman Empire, which greatly enhanced his strength, allowing him to repel several other forces within the Golden Horde and forcibly become the Khan of the Golden Horde!

In fact, the reason why Habib wanted to invade Robi soon after he came to power was, in a sense, to divert the internal conflicts in the Golden Horde. He wanted to achieve a great victory in the war with Robi to enhance his reputation in the Golden Horde and thus stabilize his rule in the Golden Horde.

So in such a situation, it is entirely possible that he had internal problems, which led to the postponement or cancellation of the plan to attack the Erlunqin steppe.

But the key point is that almost two months ago, such a situation occurred in the Golden Horde, which reduced the number of scouts’ reconnaissance. The Golden Horde even stopped reconnaissance at that time. Because of this, the top leaders of Luobei believed that there was a problem within the Golden Horde, and their tense nerves were relaxed, which gave the Golden Horde an opportunity to take advantage of...

The reason why the Robe royal court was successfully raided by Umar's army, causing heavy losses to the Robe royal court, was actually the most critical factor that the Robe people themselves relaxed their vigilance.

So at this moment, encountering this situation again, Dari Achi had to think carefully!
After meeting Gao Shen in the Khan's tent, Ibugel also told his son Dari Achi that although Ibugel was lucky enough to be rescued this time, he could clearly feel that this injury had seriously damaged his vitality, and he was afraid that he would not live long!
Therefore, as the Great Khan, Ibugel had to start thinking about his own funeral, and he also made it clear to Darachi that his position as the Great Khan would be passed on to Darachi, making Darachi the new Luobei Khan!

When he heard his father's decision, Dariyachi was very happy in his heart, but on the surface he pretended to be very sad, saying that he did not want to be the Great Khan of Luobi, and only hoped that his father could live a long and healthy life!

Ibugele was somewhat moved when he heard this, and the father and son also said some tender words. However, after saying these, Ibugele also put forward two requests and a hope to Dari Achi!
Ibugel's first request was that he did not want to see his two sons killing each other after his death. If that happened, he would die with regrets, so he asked Dariyachi to swear to heaven that after inheriting the throne, he would not harm his brother Daiqin and would give Daiqin a lifetime of wealth and honor.

Although Darigachi was somewhat reluctant about this, he was very disgusted with his half-brother Daiqin, especially when Daiqin was supported by Daqian and became his competitor for the Khanship, his disgust for Daiqin reached its peak...
If possible, Dariyachi would have liked to kill Daiqin right now and completely eliminate the hidden danger of his succession to the Khan throne!

However, in front of his father Ibugel and under the temptation of the Khanship, Dariyachi could only hold his nose and swear to the heavens!

If it were his father's first request, Dari Achi would still be able to reluctantly agree to it due to the temptation of the Khan position!

Then Ibugel’s second request was even more unacceptable to Dariachi!
Ibugele demanded that Dariyachi was not allowed to betray Daqian or even leave Daqian during his lifetime!

When he heard his father's request, Dari Achi's face changed immediately and he looked at his father in disbelief!
In his impression, although his father led Luobei to submit to Daqian in humiliation, it was just a stopgap measure to endure humiliation and bear heavy burdens, just like Goujian of the Central Plains Dynasty who slept on straw and tasted gall just for a chance of revenge!

But now his father's request has greatly shaken Dariyachi's thoughts. He can't help but doubt whether his father has really been completely conquered by Daqian and has become Ye Mingsheng's lackey!
If it was someone else, Dari Achi would definitely question him harshly, but Ibugel was his father and also his Great Khan after all, so he was too embarrassed to ask...
But even if he didn't ask, Ibugele knew what he wanted to ask, so he warned Daryachi solemnly, even though he was very helpless:
"Times have changed. The Cumans, who were once as proud of their horseback archery as they were, have now become fans of firearms. This is the tragedy of their nomadic people. Now is the era of firearms!"

"Although he was forced to pay tribute to Ye Mingsheng in order to secure his position as Khan due to internal and external troubles, he actually had his own ideas about paying tribute. He felt that Luo Bi's paying tribute could reduce Yi Jing's vigilance against Luo Bi, thus giving Luo Bi some support in developing firearms!"

"But unfortunately, Yi Jing's vigilance against Luo Bi is deeply rooted. Even though Luo Bi has expressed his surrender, they have never relaxed their control over some important firearms techniques!"

"Without Daqian's support and help, it would be extremely difficult for Luo Bi to develop firearms independently. Moreover, the Golden Horde, which has received support from the Roman Empire, is eyeing the lush and grassy Erlunqin grassland. So in order to protect his own interests and not be swallowed up by the Golden Horde, Luo Bi needs to cling to Daqian's thighs now!"

"If we break with Daqian at this time, even if Daqian does not lead troops to attack Luobi who has lost Daqian's support, we will be powerless to resist the invasion of the Golden Horde!"

“Once we lose the precious land of Erlunqin Steppe, Luobi will be completely marginalized on the grassland. The name Luobi will also disappear in the long river of history like the other grassland peoples such as Rouran and Tuan. In that case, they will be the real sinners who cannot be forgiven...