Eagle-eyed and wolf-watching

Chapter 1653 Chapter No Title!

In addition to getting rid of Ge Xiong, Wang Yinchuan and others, in order to quell this turmoil, Ye Mingsheng also planned to transfer Wang Huaiyi to the south. Wang Huaiyi did not produce any of the effects that Ye Mingsheng expected in the position of Left Censor-in-Chief!
Especially in this turmoil, as the Left Censor-in-Chief, the head of the Censorate, he had no influence in the Censorate. Those censors listened to Xuan Yifeng and treated his words as nonsense. This shows how unsuccessful Wang Huaiyi was in the Censorate!
Wang Huaiyi himself knew that he was doing a very poor job in the Censorate, so he found Ye Mingsheng and resigned a few days ago.

In fact, if Wang Huaiyi did not resign voluntarily, Ye Mingsheng would not be able to keep him after this situation happened. However, although Wang Huaiyi's work was poor, he was still loyal, so Ye Mingsheng would not punish him too much. Ye Mingsheng planned to let Wang Huaiyi go to the south to watch over the Jiangnan area for him!
I heard that the Jianghuai region has been in a state of unrest recently, so I asked Wang Huaiyi to go and take a look!
Now that Wang Huaiyi is gone, the position of Left Censor-in-Chief has become vacant. This is the head of the Censorate and a cabinet elder, and he can be said to be a very powerful person in Daqian!

In fact, there is only one person who can take over this position, and that is Xuan Yifeng!
In fact, after Xiao Lingyu retired, Xuan Yifeng, a veteran of the Fengwu Army period, could be said to be the most popular successor in the Censorate!

But later Ye Mingsheng found Chu Zhiyi, and although Chu Zhiyi had good ideas, his implementation was too crazy, so Ye Mingsheng found Wang Huaiyi again, so Xuan Yifeng was considered to have been a runner-up twice...
However, after Chu Zhiyi and Wang Huaiyi failed successively, Ye Mingsheng realized that the Censorate was a self-contained system. It would be difficult for him to get the approval of the censors within the Censorate if he found someone from outside to be appointed as the Left Censor-in-Chief, and it would be difficult for him to carry out his work normally.

In addition, with a figure like Xuan Yifeng in the Censorate, whoever becomes the Left Censor-in-Chief will most likely be sidelined and end up in a similar situation to Wang Huaiyi, becoming a top leader of the Censorate in name only!

Therefore, if they want to parachute in, they must make major changes to the original system of the Censorate. Xuan Yifeng, Fang Shi and others must be transferred away. If only one or a few are transferred, it will be useless!
But if we do this, what should we do with Xuan Yifeng, Fang Shi and their gang? Judging from their past resumes, they are only suitable to be censors, responsible for supervising themselves and all officials. If they don't become censors, it will be difficult for them to play any positive role in the G field!

Moreover, it is also a question of the reason for transferring Xuan Yifeng, Fang Shi and others!
Xuan Yifeng, Fang Shi and others are different from Ge Xiong and Wang Yinchuan. Ge Xiong and Wang Yinchuan are full of shit. As long as you investigate carefully, there is every reason to punish them!
But Xuan Yifeng and Fang Shi are different. Although they sometimes talk big and are idealistic, they are still very principled. According to traditional values, it is difficult to find fault with their personal ethics!
In addition, there is no particularly suitable candidate to replace Xuan Yifeng, Fang Shi and others, so for Ye Mingsheng, it is too costly to find someone else to replace the position of Zuodu Yushi, and it is difficult to play a very good role, so it is better to use Xuan Yifeng to replace Zuodu Yushi and Fang Shi to take over Youdu Yushi...
Although Ye Mingsheng had such an idea, he still wanted to give Xuan Yifeng and Fang Shi a good beating!

According to the investigation of the Internal Security Bureau, Xuan Yifeng and Fang Shi seemed to have had a secret meeting and discussed something before the incident of Zeng Yang and Liu Rui broke out.

Although there is currently no evidence that Xuan Yifeng, Fang Shi, Zeng Yang and Liu Rui's deaths are related, but as an emperor, Ye Mingsheng is keenly aware that things may not be so coincidental!
And if Ye Mingsheng was right, it meant that the mastermind behind the scenes was not just one person as Ye Mingsheng had thought before, but most likely several people, or even a group of people!

After all, although Xuan Yifeng and Fang Shi are famous, as the Qingliu, they have more supervisory power and their actual authority is not great. There are some things they cannot do, and they cannot make such a big wave!

If they did it, they must have accomplices. Although Ye Mingsheng really wants to lift the veil on this matter, unfortunately, the internal security investigation is currently in a dilemma!

Therefore, under the current background of external enemies, while Ye Mingsheng emphasizes stability, it is also necessary to warn Xuan Yifeng and others not to cause trouble again, otherwise, "We will drink from the golden cup together and fight with swords" is not just empty talk.

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Kipchak Steppe, Damao Mountain
Habib raised the monocular telescope and looked seriously at Luo Bi and Daqian military camp in the distance.

Compared to the serious Habib, Makhachev, Umar, Chen Zhongshu and others around the Great Khan of the Golden Horde looked extremely relaxed.

"Great Khan, based on our exploratory attacks over the past few days, we can basically confirm that the Daqian army guarding Damao Mountain only has a dozen artillery pieces, and they are all light artillery pieces. The heaviest is only about a thousand pounds. There are no heavy artillery pieces!"

Before Habib could say anything after hearing the news, Makhachev excitedly said:

"These Daqian people can't fight without firearms. That Xun Ke was known as a famous general of Daqian, but he was beaten to a pulp by our army. The Fengwu Army is not so invincible!"

"Without those powerful firearms, they are no different from the previous Great Zhou army!"

"Our army will have more than 30 artillery pieces in this battle, including 3,000-jin heavy artillery pieces. We still have the advantage in firearms in this battle!"

"As long as we unify the grassland, it will be just around the corner!"

After hearing what Makhachev and Umar said, Chen Zhongshu on the side also echoed:

"Now is the best time for the Khanate to unify the grasslands. We have this opportunity thanks to the wise leadership of the Khan, which allowed them to defeat the enemy in the Turte grasslands. It won't be long before the Khan's heroic name will be spread all over the grasslands!"

Seeing that the people around him were so happy and seemed to have already won, Habib couldn't help but look back at them and said coldly:

"Open your eyes and take a good look at the army formation on the opposite side! Can you feel it?"

"What does the Khan feel?"

"They are determined to fight us to the death!" Makhachev, Umar, and Chen Zhongshu were all stunned when these words came out. While they were stunned, Habib looked at Chen Zhongshu and asked:

"You people in the Central Plains have a saying or an idiom called something like a sinking boat or a young man?"

Facing Habib's question, Chen Zhongshu said without hesitation:
"I'm reporting to the Khan that we are going to burn our boats and risk our lives!"

"Yes! It's the idiom of burning your boats and breaking your cauldrons. I saw this idiom in the Yijing Morning News. It said that thousands of years ago, when Xiang Yu and Zhang Han were fighting fiercely, Xiang Yu's troops were in danger. He smashed his pots and boats to cut off his retreat, which inspired the courage of his men and defeated Zhang Han in one battle!"

"Although the enemy troops on Mount Damao did not smash the pots and boats, did you feel the killing spree in their barracks?"

Hearing Khabib say this again, Makhachev and Umar looked at the enemy camp in the distance with confusion. They observed very carefully, but they could not feel the determination and solemnity that Khabib mentioned!
They didn't even think that the enemy's camp was any different from the previous camps. Although they had such thoughts in their hearts, neither Makhachev, Khabib, nor Chen Zhongshu dared to speak out their true thoughts. They could only put on an appearance of bowing their heads and accepting instruction!

Looking at the respectful looks of the three people, Habib nodded in his heart with satisfaction. To be honest, although he emphasized the solemn atmosphere and the determination to fight to the death here, he himself did not feel these things...
The reason why Khabib said this was because he felt that Makhachev, Umar and others were a little too excited about their victory in the last war!
Before the last war, the Golden Horde suffered a series of defeats against the Fengwu Army, losing tens of thousands of troops. Even the former Khan Asdogan was defeated by the Fengwu Army. The entire Golden Horde was severely damaged!

If Habib had not quickly united the entire Cuman tribes with the support of the Roman Empire, the current Cuman Khanate would probably still be a loose sand like the Roman Empire. Therefore, many people within the Cuman Empire have a fear of the Fengwu Army!

This also led to Habib being cautious in dealing with Daqian. Especially when sending envoys to Yijing, the envoys of the Golden Horde were particularly humble!

In the battle that just ended, Habib led the Golden Horde and dealt a heavy blow to the coalition forces of Daqian and Robe. This also made many generals of the Golden Horde suddenly confident. They felt that the Daqian army was not that strong and they could easily defeat the Daqian army!
Makhachev and Umar are the representatives of the Cuman generals who hold such ideas. They are now full of confidence and feel that they will soon be able to completely defeat the coalition forces of Daqian and Robe, completely unify the grassland, and lead the Cuman Khanate to greatness and glory!
However, Khabib does not agree with this idea. He believes that the reason he achieved that big victory just now!
It was entirely because the enemy underestimated the enemy and advanced rashly, and Luo Bi and Da Qian lacked mutual trust, and even fought separately for a time, that gave them the opportunity to take advantage of. However, even so, this battle still allowed Xun Ke and Dari Achi to lead many people to escape!

You should know that this time Habib led the battle personally. In order to catch the enemy off guard, Habib led more than 10,000 elite Cuman cavalry to hide in the no-man's land for more than a month!
The one month in the no-man's land can be said to be one of the most difficult times in Habib's life. Like those Cuman soldiers, Habib did not eat or sleep well, and he had to worry about being discovered by the Robe people every day. For more than a month, he endured countless hardships and sufferings!

During that month, Khabib's belief was to win the war and unify the grassland!
So after making so many sacrifices, Khabib had only one idea, which was to annihilate all 50,000 enemy troops!
Habib knew very well that as long as he wiped out the 50,000-strong coalition force of Dari Achi and Xun Ke, the Luobi people might be able to organize 20,000 to 30,000 troops in the royal court to resist, but these people could only fight stubbornly at best. Although Ye Mingsheng did not want him to unify the entire grassland, it would be difficult for Daqian to organize another force to go deep into the grassland to stop him!

Under such circumstances, the once invincible Daqian Emperor Ye Mingsheng could only watch himself defeat the Luobi people and unify the entire grassland, but he could do nothing...

During the more than one month in the no-man's land, every time Khabib thought of this, he was so excited that he couldn't express it in words!

However, although Khabib had good ideas, reality and plans often go against one's wishes. Although he achieved a great victory in this battle that he painstakingly planned, and defeated Dari Achi and Xun Ke's 50,000 troops, only less than 30,000 were left in the end!

But Khabib's expected goal of total annihilation failed!

So when Makhachev, Umar and other Cuman generals were partying and celebrating their victory, Habib was disappointed in his heart. He knew that with the withdrawal of these 20,000 or 30,000 men, combined with the troops left behind by Robe, the enemy would still be able to fight!

Although he was very disappointed, for the sake of the morale of the army, Khabib did not show his disappointment.

Now, after hearing Makhachev and Umar's optimistic ideas about taking over Mount Damao, Habib was very dissatisfied. He believed that although they had just won a big victory, this victory was not enough to completely tip the balance of victory to the Golden Horde!

They still have a long way to go before victory and unification of the grassland!

Therefore, Habib believes that they must correct their attitude and still attach great importance to the Luobi and Daqian coalition forces. Only in this way can they win the war and lead the Golden Horde to glory!

Being too optimistic like that will only make everyone look down upon the Robe people and the Daqian people, and this will definitely give the other side an opportunity to take advantage. Khabib does not want to give the Daqian any chance, he just wants to win this war!
It was with this idea in mind that he said things like determination to fight to the death and solemn atmosphere, all in order to warn Makhachev, Umar and others to put away their contempt and not give the Daqian people any chance!

Thinking of this, Habib repeatedly reminded Makhachev and Umar not to be careless, and then he asked in a literary way, imitating the novels he had read in the Yijing Morning News:
"Mr. Chen, what can you teach me about taking Damao Mountain?"

(End of this chapter)