Chapter 101: Inducement to Surrender and Disintegration
Two days later they arrived in Lizhou, and Zhao Yulin asked the whole team to have a drink together and drink Wugufeng.
The brothers were very happy, but the captain said that they only needed to be slightly tipsy, and those who could not drink were not allowed to drink. After the couple toasted the brothers, they obeyed orders and commands from tomorrow onwards and never ran around.
The guards laughed and said, "Sister-in-law, please do as you please. Sister-in-law, please do as you please."
Zhao Yulin muttered to himself: Their sister-in-law is not casual at all, she is very loyal.
Ten days later, Zhao Yulin arrived at the Jinniu military station, and Lu Youpeng met him. Zhao Yulin asked, "How is it?"
Old Lu nodded, let out a long sigh and said, "Luckily, it was a close call!", but he looked like he had aged ten years.
When Lu Youpeng set out, he didn't know about the Jinzhou incident. When he arrived in Yangzhou and heard the report, he knew that there was big trouble. He pretended to do his work as the report said, as if nothing had happened.
Yu Fuming, the logistics officer of Hanzhong's big tent, hesitated for a day, and then secretly found Lu Youpeng and told him that Lei Zongdu Yuhou was going to check the problem of the Second Column's ordnance. The big tent found that the Second Column had no war, but kept asking for ordnance, especially the astonishing amount of gunpowder and arrows.
The military inspector did not find any extra weapons in the armory, but instead discovered that one hundred crossbows were missing, which did not match the number at all.
Therefore, the chief military officer wanted to find Captain Han to get the matter clear, but unexpectedly an accident happened.
Lu Youpeng continued to report to Zhao Yulin: Lai Chuanfang learned that Lao Lu had arrived, and immediately went to see him secretly, telling him that Han Yongchao had asked him about his intention to split Jinzhou. This made Lao Lu firmly believe that Lei Man's death was murder, and it was definitely not an accident.
Lai Chuanfang asked him to think of a countermeasure, and Miao Gui also came to him secretly to ask for advice, and even proposed to take the troops to Xunyang to question him face to face. However, Lao Lu said it was impossible. If Han Yongchao took the risk, our Shenwei Army would fight among themselves.
He told his brothers that when Hanzhong sent a message to Yibin, the third young master only replied with three words, "I understand." He guessed that the young master must have made some arrangements.
As a result, Zhang Qi followed his secret order and took his guards to Jiezhou to find Yang Xingyun, and then secretly went to Yangzhou to meet him. He presented Zhao Yulin's personal gold medal, and then it became easier for Lu Youpeng and the others to deal with him.
Lai Chuanfang led the team personally, following the path that they had crossed when they recaptured Jinzhou. They didn't even alarm the brothers at Raofengguan. When they arrived at the foot of Shiquan City, Zhang Qi, holding the gold medal in his hand all the way, suddenly entered Xunyang County unimpeded. Han Yongchao was still having fun in bed with his Jin Kingdom princess.
In this way, Han Yongchao simply became a prisoner.
Yang Xingyun has temporarily taken over the position of captain of the Second Column.
Zhao Yulin nodded and smiled, thinking it was incredible. He asked him why Old Han was so careless and didn't he worry at all that I would go looking for him?
Lao Lu said that he learned from the interrogation that Han Yongchao's confidants had been worried and reminded him to be careful of the young master, but he felt that no one should know about Jinzhou's affairs, and he controlled Rao Fengguan. Leading the troops of the East Group, there was no sign that the young master suspected him, so why did he expose himself?
The people of Jin also asked him not to make it public, and only when it was absolutely necessary would they announce to the princes and ministers that there was still a safe place in Jinzhou.
Otherwise, if the soldiers on the front line were all thinking of escaping, wouldn't the Mongol-Jin defense line collapse immediately?
Zhao Yulin asked Lao Lu what benefits the Jin people had given to Han Yongchao that made him betray our Shenwei Army?
Lao Lu sighed and said that there was not only a Jin princess, but also several large boxes of gold, silver, jewelry and the title of general defending the country.
Lu Youpeng told him that Han Yongchao had long been corrupt and had taken advantage of the opportunity to trade with the Jin people to sell all the glass cups used in the army for money, and then applied for compensation from the military supply department in the name of loss. One hundred Shenbi crossbows had been sold to the Jin army, which was equivalent to completely exposing the new weapons of our Shenwei Army.
Zhao Yulin was thankful that the craftsmanship of the Shenbi crossbow was extremely complex, exquisite, and the delicate and dexterous iron parts were impossible to copy, otherwise he would have been under a lot of pressure.
Lao Lu said that the court was a bit strange. On the second day after they successfully controlled Han Yongchao, the Imperial City Division directly sent information about Han Yongchao's betrayal to the Yangzhou tent and offered to enforce battlefield discipline on his behalf.
Zhao Yulin looked directly at Lao Lu and asked him how he responded.
He said that he was being realistic and had reported the situation of the Qingyeyuan camp truthfully.
Zhao Yulin said that he would send a message to all the generals above the rank of commander-in-chief of each column to hold a meeting in Yangzhou five days later.
The next day, he came to Xingyuan Mansion to visit Cao Youwen. Old Cao asked his wife to chat with Ma Ling'er and took Zhao Yulin to Tingyuxuan in the yard to drink.
After three rounds of drinks , Lao Cao asked him about Han Yongchao in Jinzhou?
Zhao Yulin told him that the Imperial City Bureau knew everything about this matter, and he reported it to Qingyeyuan without hiding anything.
Lao Cao said it was a close call, Jinzhou was directly at the front line of Song and Jin, and Han Yongchao was a fierce general of ours, fortunately ours handled it in time.
Zhao Yulin confidently assured Lao Cao that his team would not be easily lured into surrender and disintegrated by the enemy. Even if Han Yongchao openly rebelled, Jinzhou's team would still be called the Shenwei Army and would not follow him.
The next day, when he returned to Yangzhou, Huo Fenghuang had already led the team to Xixiang County.
Zhao Yulin asked the training officer Li Shichang to personally arrange the adaptive training for the 9th Column so that they could quickly familiarize themselves with the battlefield environment. Winter was coming, and he asked the logistics department to distribute winter clothes to the newly arrived troops.
Ma Linger took office as the chief administrator of Yangzhou and immediately became busy. She had been familiar with the economic development in Yibin for a long time, and had been performing inspection duties for a long time, so she was also familiar with the management of officials. With Zhao Yulin's support, she was free to work. After three days, she had forced the officials of Yangzhou to run and do their work.
Zhao Yulin convened his brothers at Yangzhou Academy to discuss matters.
He asked for a seat for Han Yongchao so that the brothers could have a meal together.
When everyone was present, Zhao Yulin stared at Han Yongchao and asked him to speak to everyone.
This guy looked at his brothers and sisters in the room, and suddenly burst into tears. He slapped his head and said that he was blinded by greed and had gone astray.
Then he said that Master should also think about his brothers. What are we fighting for? The court has only appointed him as a commander and several generals and guards. The Shenwei Army still has to raise a lot of military expenses, while Yangzhou and Jinzhou have to pay taxes to the court. What is this for?
Zhao Yulin poured himself a full glass and said that Yongchao was still a brother who had fought with us, but military law was ruthless, so let's drink together and send him off.
Zhao Yulin raised his hand to signal, then tilted his head back and drank it.
Han Yongchao drank a toast, stood up and asked Huo Fenghuang to borrow the sword, Huo Fenghuang took off the sword and handed it to him. He bent down and said sorry to everyone, "I'm sorry, Mr. Lei, I'm sorry, brothers," and turned to leave.
After walking a long way out, Han Yongchao shouted, "Third Young Master, we will be brothers in the next life." With a whoosh, he swung his sword and committed suicide.
The air in the hall froze.
At ease, Zhao Yulin smiled and said: This wine is not good to drink. Yongchao asked a good question, what are we doing this for? I said that our Shenwei Army came to the border to fight for the poor people. Now everyone has some money in their house. If it weren't for the people, who would be willing to come here to take risks and fight?
Seeing that the atmosphere was too depressing, Zhao Yulin smiled and asked Miao Gui, "Has the reward money been distributed?"
In fact, he knew it and they had separated a long time ago.
Miao Gui immediately said that they had divided it up and everyone had a share. My brother got the same as the rest of us, one hundred taels each, and I would give it to Sister Fenghuang.
Everyone started to laugh, Fenghuang nodded with a smile and thanked Brother Miao.
Zhao Yulin told everyone that it was only a matter of time before the Jin people would be destroyed under the fierce attack of the Mongolian army. Our target is the Mongolian army. In order to adapt to future wars, the next step is to adjust the columns. The Second Column in Jinzhou needs to be promoted to fill vacancies. Let's discuss this carefully.
He called Miao Gui and Yang Xingyun out to learn about the stability of the Jinzhou Army together with Lu Youpeng.
Yang Xingyun believes that the overall situation is stable. Just as Zhao Yulin said, the middle and lower-level officers are absolutely devoted to following the Shenwei Army and Zhao Yulin. There are soldiers in each squadron to supervise, and the soldiers have sharp eyes.
Zhao Yulin said that the Jin people had played a trick on us this time, and it would be rude not to reciprocate. So let's release Li Dagui back to the Second Column and let's deal with the Jin people in return.
He went on explaining this.
When he came back, everyone had already nominated the generals to be promoted. He told them to go back and do their work, and Tianshui should be careful of the invasion of the Mongolian army. The generals said goodbye and left.
Zhao Yulin and Ma Ling'er went to visit Zhang Qi.
This kid was capable. He rushed all the way to Jiezhou with his guards, found Yang Xingyun, and immediately rushed to Yangzhou. When he rushed into Xunyang to capture Han Yongchao, he was shot by two arrows by his confidant. Even though he was wearing cotton armor, he was seriously injured and is still lying in the hospital.
Seeing Zhao Yulin arriving, Zhang Qi wanted to get out of bed, but Zhao Yulin wouldn't let him, saying that he couldn't move until he was fully recovered.
Zhang Qi told him that three of the ten brothers who had returned secretly together had left forever. Han Yongchao actually dared to disrespect the third young master's gold medal. Damn it, it was not unfair at all.
He said it was all in the past, and that I should take good care of my injuries and come back only when I was well.
Ma Ling smiled and reminded him to remember what his brother said and to come back in good condition.
Zhao Yulin took Ma Ling to the academy to meet his second brother Zhao Yujiang. The two brothers had tea together. Zhao Yulin told him about the attack on Lei Man and Han Yongchao's betrayal. He asked the "Han Shui Morning Post" to create momentum, saying that the Shenwei Army wanted to take revenge on the Jin people.
After he finished explaining, he was about to leave. His brother slowly said, "Let's have a meal together. There are people at home." Ma Linger smiled and said, "My second brother married a sister-in-law and kept her in a golden house."
Zhao Yulin then realized what was going on and immediately asked him to come out and have tea together.
Zhao Yujiang secretly married the daughter of the Zhang family, a prominent family in Yangzhou, without even saying hello. After meeting his sister-in-law and having dinner, they returned home.
The couple spent the night together, and the next day, he went to Qingyeyuan to report on the handling of Han Yongchao's case. Zhao Yan had already learned about the situation, and after hearing the detailed report, he blamed him for escorting Han Yongchao to the Qingyeyuan tent for handling.
Zhao Yulin was in a bad mood and after self-examination he did not argue.
Cao Youwen asked him: "The Hanshui Morning Post" said that the Jin Kingdom broke its promise and the Shenwei Army wanted to retaliate. Is this true?
Zhao Yulin nodded and told them that this incident was too frustrating and he planned to deal with him at the border to vent his anger for his brothers.
