Chapter 1624 Untitled!

Ye Mingsheng attaches great importance to the economic recovery of Jingchu, Yunbing, Guanzhong, Anqing, Huainan and Sichuan. Once the tax reduction is cancelled now, the economic recovery work in these six places will be slowed down, which is what Ye Mingsheng does not want to see!

Therefore, Ye Mingsheng would not choose this method unless it was absolutely necessary!

After withdrawing troops and stopping tax cuts failed, it seemed that there was only one way left for Ye Mingsheng, and that was to use the old method of issuing bonds again, letting the Dadongsheng Bank issue bonds worth 700,000 taels of silver, and then letting the landlords and businessmen who had silver subscribe to them!
Ye Mingsheng was somewhat helpless about this move. In order to ease Daqian’s debt problem, Ye Mingsheng had specially made a southern tour to make some connections. This solved the imminent repayment problem. Later, the court’s economy improved, and through some borrowing methods, the debt of millions of taels of silver was reduced to below the safety red line!
These good days didn’t last long, and now the Daqian court is forced to issue bonds again!
Ye Mingsheng knew very well that living by issuing bonds was like living beyond one’s means and was definitely not a long-term solution. However, from now on, issuing a bond of 700,000 taels of silver to tide over the current difficulties was the way with the least negative impact!

Because Dadongsheng bonds have always repaid the principal and interest on time, Dadongsheng bonds still have a good reputation among the people!
Therefore, even if some G gentry are at odds with him because of the reform, these main forces who used to buy Dadongsheng bonds may not buy them this time, but Ye Mingsheng feels that with the reputation of Dadongsheng Bank, it will not be a big problem to raise 700,000 taels of silver from the public…
Ye Mingsheng, who had made up his mind, wrote a note and asked Ye Cheng to give it to Ren Hai, the head manager of Dadongsheng Bank, asking him to take charge of the bond issuance matters and make sure to raise 700,000 taels of silver as soon as possible and hand it over to the Ministry of Revenue to ensure the normal operation of the court.

Although according to calculations, Dadongsheng Bank could raise 700,000 taels of silver to tide over this difficult time, Ye Mingsheng still felt that the war in the north should be ended as soon as possible. After all, the army was out, which cost at least a thousand taels of silver every day, which was 300,000 or 400,000 taels of silver a month!
Seven hundred thousand taels of silver would at most allow the army to fight on the grassland for two more months. Now the army has been outside for several months. If the war continues to drag on, even until the end of the year, the silver raised from issuing bonds this time may not be enough!

With the reputation of the previous Dadongsheng Ticket House bonds, it is not difficult to raise 700,000 taels of silver this time. However, if bonds are issued next time to raise silver, it will not be so easy, so Ye Mingsheng must be vigilant about this!
Although he wanted to end the war as soon as possible, Ye Mingsheng also knew that the war might have entered a critical moment and he should not interfere with Xun Ke at this time. What if Xun Ke was influenced by him and forced to advance recklessly and meet with failure, the loss would be more than just money!

This situation has occurred more than once in history. The most famous one was that Geshu Han, influenced by the imperial edict, sent troops to fight a decisive battle with the rebels, which eventually led to the loss of Tongguan, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang abandoned Chang’an, and the Tang Dynasty went from prosperity to decline!

We must learn from this historical lesson and not make any mistakes on this issue!
After carefully considering the letter for a while, Ye Mingsheng finally made up his mind to wait a little longer. The latest battle report from the grassland had not yet arrived. When the report arrived, he would take a look at the situation on the front line and then make the final decision…
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Just when Ye Mingsheng was worrying about the money, on the grassland thousands of miles away, Dari Achi, Xun Ke, Jirigele and others were leading their troops out of Damao Mountain.

“General Xun, the area west of Damao Mountain is the territory of the Golden Horde. We may run into the Golden Horde at any time!”

Listening to Jirigel’s introduction, Xun Ke couldn’t help but look to the west. As a reward for his background in the former imperial guards of the Great Zhou Dynasty, Xun Ke was no stranger to the Cumans. He was also a fierce general who grew up in the battles with the Cumans in his early years!
However, in the past, the battles between the Great Zhou and the Cumans were mostly fought in the Great Zhou’s territories such as Yongliang and Guanzhong, and they rarely fought with the Cumans on the grasslands. And it was the first time for Xun Ke to go deep into the grasslands to reach Maoshan to fight with the Cumans like he did now!
Jirigel looked at Xun Ke, hesitated for a moment and said:

“General Xun, I heard that you are known as a wise general in the Daqian Army. I wonder what you think of the prospects of our battle this time?”

Hearing Jirigel’s question, Xun Ke also glanced at Jirigel and said in a deep voice:
“Find the main force of the Golden Horde as soon as possible and engage in a decisive battle with them…”

Jirigel heard this and asked back:
“General Xun, do you think the main force of the Golden Horde will fight a decisive battle with our two armies?”

Xun Ke said lightly:

“General Jirigel, I need to remind you that there are no two armies now. The Luobi people are already subjects of Daqian. Now there is only the Daqian army, not two armies!”

Jirigel couldn’t help but feel a little angry when he heard Xun Ke’s words picking on him, but he still couldn’t help but say:
“General Xun, you are right. Now there are no two armies but only my Daqian army!”

“Do you think our Daqian army can find the enemy?”

Faced with Jirigel’s question again, Xun Ke did not give an answer. In the past half month, Darachi, Urgenbayar, and Gao Shen had gone through rounds of bargaining, and the three parties had quarreled countless times over the issue of sending troops to attack the Golden Horde.

Finally, under Darachi’s insistence, Urgenbayar made concessions and agreed to send troops to attack the Golden Horde!
After dealing with Urgenbayar, Dariachi also expressed his attitude to Gao Shen. If the Daqian army helped him to attack the Golden Horde, he would be willing to go to Daqian to meet Ye Mingsheng and accept Ye Mingsheng’s enthronement!

If the Daqian army doesn’t help him in this battle, he would rather die than go to Yijing!
Faced with Dari Achi’s firm attitude, Gao Shen did not have many options but to ask Dari Achi to publicly swear to God!
And two days ago, after Dariyachi swore an oath in front of tens of thousands of Luobei people in the royal court, the plan to send troops to attack the Golden Horde was officially launched.

According to the plan, Xun Ke led 20,000 troops, Dariachi led 20,000 troops, and Jirigel led 10,000 troops. The two sides had a total of 50,000 troops. They set out from the Luobi royal court and marched towards the Golden Horde…
Although the war had begun, Xun Ke did not have much confidence that he could find the main force of the Cumans on the vast grassland, defeat these bastards, and chop off their heads. However, Darachi was very confident about this. The Khan of Robe, who had just ascended to the throne, seemed to want to use a victory to consolidate his rule within Robe.

Seeing Xun Ke didn’t say anything, Jirigel continued to speak:
“General Xun, in my opinion, unless we can reach Lesa City and force the Qin people to fight a decisive battle with our army, this battle will be very difficult!”

“What good ideas does General Jiri have?”

“In my opinion, it is better for us to act separately rather than merging together. This way it will be more efficient. The three armies can communicate with each other remotely. Once they find the Cumans, the other two armies will immediately come to join them and fight a decisive battle with the Cumans. General Xun, what do you think of my idea?”

Hearing Jirigel say this, Xun Ke turned around and looked at him deeply, then said in a deep voice:

“General Ji Ri, your idea is good, but do you think it is feasible?”

“General Xun, what do you mean?” “General Ji Ri, you know what I mean!”

Hearing what Xun Ke said, Jirigel spread his hands and said helplessly:

“General Xun, didn’t you say that? Aren’t we all Daqian troops now?”

“According to what you say in the Central Plains, we are now brothers who are in the same boat. Why don’t you trust us, the Luobei people?”

“Hehe! Of course I trust you Robe people, but do you Robe people trust us?”

After saying that, Xun Ke ignored Jirigel and rode away with a whip. Looking at Xun Ke’s leaving back, Jirigel’s eyes turned cold…
Xun Ke, who was walking away at this time, thought of Jirigel’s plan in his mind, and a sneer appeared on his face.

Jirigel’s plan was indeed a good one. Dividing the troops into three routes to coordinate with each other remotely was indeed more efficient than combining them into one place to search. Historically, most Central Plains dynasties sent troops to the grasslands to search for the enemy, and most of them did so in this way. For example, in the war between the Han Dynasty and the Huns, the Han Dynasty also attacked from multiple directions!
There is nothing wrong with this method. If these 50,000 soldiers were all from the Daqian army, Xun Ke would do it without hesitation. After all, they are all family members. Although there are some conflicts among them and some competitiveness among them, everyone has a bottom line!

Even if they don’t get along with each other in normal times, they can still help each other on the battlefield and won’t make things difficult for each other!

But it is different now. Although the Luobi people have surrendered to Daqian, theoretically people like Luobi are also Daqian soldiers, but Xun Ke knows very well, Dari Achi knows very well, and Jirigele knows very well that theory is theory and reality is reality!

The hundreds of years of blood feud between the two sides is not so easy to resolve. The two sides do not trust each other. Everyone is on guard against each other, fearing that they will be plotted against by each other!

Therefore, in such a situation, dividing the troops is not a good option!

If we divide the troops now, and Xun Ke leads the Daqian soldiers to encounter the main force of the Golden Horde, do you think that Darachi and Jirigel will come to support with all their strength, or will they wait and let Xun Ke and Daqian’s troops consume the Golden Horde?
It is precisely because of such concerns that everyone has merged together so that they can still trust each other!

In addition to such concerns, Gao Shen specifically emphasized to Xun Ke before the battle that he could trust Dari Achi when necessary, but could not trust Jirigel!
The reason is very simple. As the Great Khan of Luobei, Dariyachi could not make peace with the Cumans for the survival of his tribe. But it was different for Jirigel!
Gao Shen sent people to communicate with Jirigel. He knew very well how big Jirigel’s ambition was and how much evil Jirigel was up to!
Therefore, Gao Shen reminded Xun Ke to be careful of Jirigel. Once Jirigel made any unusual movements, he must be highly vigilant. If necessary, he could communicate with Dari Achi and take extraordinary actions against Jirigel and his subordinates!

Xun Ke knew that Gao Shen had been dealing with the grassland people all his life, so he attached great importance to Gao Shen’s opinion. Therefore, from the moment he sent out his troops, he was very careful with Jirigel, fearing that this kid would play some tricks on him!
However, although he was worried that Jirigel was harboring evil intentions, to be realistic, Jirigel’s worries were not unreasonable!

It is nearly 900 miles from Damao Mountain to Lesa City. It is not easy to find the main force of the Kipchak at such a long distance.’

And if the main force of the Cumans never comes out for a decisive battle, then will this coalition army, with its own thoughts, really reach the city of Lesa…

Just as Xun Ke was thinking about this question secretly, a messenger came and reported:
“General, Daryaqi sent someone to report that there is news from the Cumans. Please go to discuss it with them!”

As soon as these words were spoken, Xun Ke’s eyes suddenly lit up, and then he handed the troops over to the deputy general Yue Zhang, and took a dozen vanguards to Dari Achi’s team.

When Xun Ke arrived, he found Jirigel was also there. Upon seeing the two of them, Darya Chi went straight to the point and said:
“Just now, our army’s scouts fought with a small group of Cumans on a small hill fifteen miles southwest. Our scouts captured a prisoner!”

“According to the prisoner’s confession, the Kipchaks have already known about our attack, and there is a Kipchak force of about a thousand people in Badupo, about fifty miles southwest of us!”

“This Kipchak troop of more than a thousand people should be the troops left behind by the Kipchaks to guard and monitor our movements!”

Hearing that it was just a small force of more than a thousand people, Xun Ke and Jirigel, who had been expecting something, were a little disappointed, but Darachi continued:

“This is our army’s first battle in the Cuman territory. We must win this battle and wipe out this Cuman army!”

“If you have no objection, General Xun, let us, the Luobei people, take charge of this battle!”

Hearing what Dariyachi said, Xun Ke had no objection and immediately said:

“Since General Dari has this intention, I will not argue with you. I will let my artillery cover you…”