Chapter 160 Killing the Benefactor
Shunzhidi's maid said quietly in the back that she was extremely lucky, because that person was the commander of our Shenwei Army, the third young master of the Zhao family.
When someone saw your body floating in the water, they jumped into the water without caring about anything else and carried you out.
They all said you were dead, but the Third Young Master didn't believe it and used his unique artificial respiration method to bring you back to life. You're still calling me a pervert, a pervert, are you going to kill my benefactor?
Our young lady has been with the third young master for so long and she just wants to be kissed by him, but the young master has never even touched our young lady's hand. You are so lucky.
Shunzhidi immediately stopped the maid and told her to support Xiao Yan and stop talking nonsense.
Xiao Yan then realized that she had fallen into the water after the ship sank and was rescued. She asked them in surprise, was she really floating on the water like a dead person?
She didn't even know how much water she had consumed or how far she had been washed.
Shunzhidi said that when they saw her, the young master had already carried her onto the boat. Her belly was swollen like a small hill. The young master reached in and touched her chest, saying that she was still warm and could be saved.
Xiao Yan immediately asked with a blushing face, did he really touch my breast?
Oh my god, wow.
The maid told her that it was called CPR massage and compression. The young master said it was to restore your breathing. You had no heartbeat and no breathing at that time. You were dead. As soon as you came back to life, you vomited a large mouthful of water for our third young master to eat.
It's so embarrassing, so embarrassing. Xiao Yan immediately covered her eyes.
The three girls were standing at the window, muttering angrily or shamefully. Xiao Yan gradually understood how she was rescued.
The next day, Zhao Yulin's official ship entered Xiangyang through the water gate. When Meng Gong, the deputy envoy of the Yangtze River Administration and the general in charge of the city, heard the news, he immediately rushed to the dock to find him.
As soon as Zhao Yulin's official ship docked at the pier, Meng Gong arrived, and the two men responded to each other from a distance.
He got off the boat and asked General Meng to find an acquaintance to lead the way, and asked Li Chuan to take Shunzhidi and the others to have a good time in the city, find a gold shop to make two pure gold pendants, and pointed at Xiao Yan and said that hers couldn't be worse than hers.
General Meng asked him if this was for his wife, and said, "Brother, I will take care of it."
Zhao Yulin quickly said no, no, he had his own arrangements.
Seeing that he insisted, Meng Gong had no choice but to agree. The two of them first took a group of little kids to visit the Xiangyang City Tower, and then went to the government office to sit down, drink tea and chat.
Zhao Yulin was very impressed by the fact that Xiangyang’s city walls were strong and thick, making it easy to defend but difficult to attack.
Meng Gong said with a heavy heart that he had spent all the blood and sweat of the people of Jingzhou on repairs over the years. Then he joked that he could not compare with the Third Young Master, whose Shenwei Army had many brave generals, hundreds of thousands of soldiers and excellent equipment. He pointed to the north of the city and said that his men were still farming and producing military rations there.
Zhao Yulin laughed and said that it was the same thing, everyone was doing the same thing, how could there be so many troops as the general said, it seemed that half of the Song Dynasty’s army was concentrated here in the Shenwei Army.
No matter how many there are, aren’t they all soldiers of the imperial court?
Meng Gong leaned close to him and said, "Brother, even if you don't have 300,000 troops, you still have 200,000 troops, right?"
It is true that God is watching what you do.
Meng Gong raised a finger and pointed above his head and said, it seemed that he did not send any troops to the Northern Expedition this time, but the army that the court wanted to destroy the most was the Shenwei Army, so young man had to be careful.
It is said that the emperor wanted to promote Ge'er to serve as an official in the court, but the historian tried his best to stop him and secretly reported that Ge'er had his own troops and wanted to put him to death .
Zhao Yulin smiled faintly and said that he had been in danger since he started the army. He picked up the tea bowl and toasted General Meng with tea instead of wine, thanking him for his concern.
Meng Gong said with some worry that now that they had angered the Northern Barbarians, war was inevitable and the days ahead would be even more difficult.
Zhao Yulin said with a smile that the general and Tachaer had fought side by side before, at least in hunting, the Mongolian army should not kill Xiangyang in the short term.
General Meng immediately asked him seriously: Are you doubting Meng's loyalty to Lin'an?
He said cheerfully that he dared not, as the defeat of the North was certain and the government would soon send a pigeon to ask the general to mediate the peace talks.
Meng Gong stared at him with eyes wide open and asked angrily: " Young man, every word you say is hurtful. Are you trying to humiliate me?"
Zhao Yulin said seriously that there was absolutely no such thing. Let's wait and see. What he said was absolutely true. Maybe the imperial edict was already on the way. Xiangyang should be safe in the next two years, but Guanzhong, which was guarded by the Shenwei Army, was in danger.
Meng Gong saw that his words were sincere and not hypocritical, and then recalled that when he was drinking with Cao Youwen, Cao Youwen commented that Zhao Yulin was a god , saying that he had long judged that the battle to recover the three capitals would fail, and also judged that Cao Youwen would retreat to Zhejiang and Sichuan, and the result was exactly the same.
Gradually, Lao Meng believed what Zhao Yulin said and told him not to worry. The Jingzhou army set up ten more camps in the north to cultivate land and garrison there to ensure peace in Zhejiang and Sichuan and the safety of Jinzhou.
Zhao Yulin was overjoyed. This was exactly what Meng Gong wanted to hear.
He said that he came to Jingzhou this time to ask for the general's help. He left in a hurry and did not bring any gifts. Later, the baggage was delivered to the general, including a thousand new-style crossbows and a hundred new-style iron barrel cannons.
Zhao Yulin has now taken over the government workshops in Jiading, and the production capacity of military equipment has been greatly increased. Allocating a portion of it to Meng Gong will not affect the weapons needs of the Shenwei Army.
Meng Gong was overjoyed when he heard this. Zhao Yulin's new crossbow was a powerful crossbow that could shoot quickly. It was a great thing. He thanked him repeatedly and pulled him to the table to drink...
Hong Sheng is the leader of a group of children in Lin'an. When he heard that Xiao Yan was rescued by Zhao Yulin himself, he said that the eight of them had survived a great disaster and would surely have good fortune in the future. They would have to rely on Big Brother Li and Yan Zi in the future.
Li Chuan straightened his back and acted proudly like a big brother. After finding the gold shop and completing the task of beating the golden phoenix assigned to him by Zhao Yulin, he wandered around looking for delicious food.
After the group of people had eaten and drunk their fill, a kid named Xiaojiu became sad again when he thought of his lost friends.
He said that on the night of the accident he was hiding in the bottom cabin to urinate, and he saw someone who seemed to be Niu Erdan secretly crawling to the rear cabin, and soon the boat was taking on water.
There was no collision or violent shaking before the boat took on water, and Niu Erdan disappeared afterwards. Could it be that he was the one who did it? Did he deliberately pierce the bottom of the boat to let in water, so that everyone would be buried in the belly of the fish?
The more they thought about it, the more frightened they became. They immediately fell silent.
Li Chuan suddenly slammed the table and told them not to be afraid. Our Shenwei Army has a Shunfeng branch that specializes in gathering intelligence. He will report there as soon as he arrives in Hanzhong and will definitely get to the bottom of the matter.
Everyone cheered up and followed Li Chuan back.
The next day, Zhao Yulin and Meng Gong said goodbye at the dock, and Zhao Yulin continued westward along the Han River.
Li Chuan took out two boxes and handed them to Zhao Yulin, saying that the phoenix pendant was ready and was exactly the same as Xiao Yan's.
He opened the box and took it out to look at it. It was indeed sparkling and lifelike. He called Shunzhidi and her maid over and put it on them both, saying that it was just a pendant and everyone had one.
The two little girls were so happy that they went back to their own cabin with red faces.
After two days of sailing, Zhao Yulin finally arrived at Gucheng controlled by the Shenwei Army. After Zhou Ping and Yang Xingyun met him, he said that he was finally home.
Li Chuan asked him what to do with the kids from Lin'an?
Zhao Yulin called them all over to ask them about it face to face. He felt that since these young men had bravely come over, they should not be ignored.
Later, Hong Sheng brought all the young people over.
Zhao Yulin told them that they were already home and asked them to share whatever they thought.
Hong Sheng said that he just wanted to follow the third young master of the Shenwei Army and was willing to endure hardships and even die. Xiao Yan and the others behind him nodded like chickens pecking at rice.
Zhao Yulin thought for a while and said that he had a lot of things to do here, so he asked them to go to the provincial school in Hanzhong to study first, and he would make arrangements when he arrived in Hanzhong. The young people immediately agreed.
Zhao Yulin ordered Zhou Ping to arrange a boat to send him to Nanzheng, while he and Yang Xingyun went upstream to Zhejiang and Sichuan.
Yang Xingyun reported to him that after Master Qu Zhengxiang came, he quickly organized the scattered soldiers in the occupied areas to fight against the Northern Barbarians. Now, Master Qu has no less than 10,000 men under his command.
Yang Xingyun's Second Column and the guerrillas relied on each other and had already controlled large areas around Lu's County, Song County and Luanchuan. The Third Young Master's strategy of surrounding the cities from the countryside was a good one, and the Mongolian army could only hide in large towns.
Zhao Yulin said that it was very difficult for the guerrillas in the enemy-occupied areas to survive, and we should try to support them more and gradually consolidate the guerrilla areas into the occupied areas of our Shenwei Army. If we connect the occupied areas together, it will become our new liberated areas.
After returning to Laohekou, he convened a meeting of the column leaders and told them that it was estimated that there would be no major fighting in the area in the coming year, and that the Second Column should seize the opportunity to vigorously consolidate its territory, develop production, and recruit local armed forces to expand the army.
He asked Zhou Ping to go back to Cuiping Mountain and ask Lao Lu to incorporate the navy of Luzhou, purchase large ships and convert them into warships, and continue to expand the navy.
He then asked Yang Xingyun to set up a training camp for passionate young people in Gucheng, to gather all the young people who came up the Han River for training and study, and then send them to Hanzhong in batches to be assigned tasks.
Yang Xingyun told him that this year alone, more than 3,000 people came up from the Han River, most of whom joined the garrison and became new recruits of the Shenwei Army. Some of the scholars were sent to Xingyuan Prefecture for arrangements.
Zhao Yulin nodded and said that this is called making the best use of everything and people. Since they have come to us with so much trouble, we should treat them as brothers and sisters.
Then he changed the subject and said that strict examination and screening are still necessary, especially for those who are considered to have outstanding abilities and are to be promoted and appointed, they must be examined more carefully and strictly.
Yang Xingyun nodded continuously and told him that the Beggars' Sect sent 3,000 disciples to join the Shenwei Army and they all voluntarily gave up their identities as Beggars' Sect.
Zhao Yulin was very satisfied and said that there would be absolutely no churches or gangs in the Shenwei Army. Anyone who wants to join is welcome, but they must abide by our military regulations.
The next day, Zhao Yulin took a small boat and set off for Nanzheng. After so many years of construction in Jinzhou and Yangzhou, the conditions of water and land transportation have been greatly improved, and it is much more comfortable to sit on a small boat.
At this time, the emperor of Lin'an court was in a dilemma.
Luo Mingqiu reported to him that his daughter Zhao Feiyan was missing. This illegitimate princess was born beautiful and it was suspected that she was raped by thieves. It was also possible that she had secretly boarded a boat with a group of children to find the Shenwei Army of Western Shu.
