Chapter 230: Gulgou Conspiracy
Yangjin's father Tuwapengcuo knew that Zhao Yulin was injured and it was rare for him to stay here, so he refused to let Yangjin take care of it and went back to organize it himself. He also said that he was going to Dajianlu anyway, so he would take him there directly.
Zhao Yulin's eyes became moist. With so many people caring about him and loving him, he had no reason not to work hard and move forward.
Yangjin began to read the intelligence to him: In the direction of the Grassland Empire, the Khan issued an order to his Western Expedition Army to return. Shunfengchu judged that this was to concentrate military forces to deal with our Shenwei Army.
He was very clear that the Khan of the grassland had set his sights on Zhao Yulin. The intelligence that Hubili had gone to Shandong to reorganize the army made him doubtful.
Because Hubili's base is in Henan, but now he suddenly went to Shandong, it is suspicious.
Lin'an direction; news came from all directions that the emperor asked Prime Minister Zheng Qingzhi to retire and return home to take the blame for the imperial envoy's forged imperial edict and murder. However, the new prime minister was restrained by the empress dowager, and Shi's son was replaced.
Zhao Yulin was very upset when he heard this. It was Mag's fault. He had rejected the tiger at the front door, but now a wolf came in from the back door. However, everyone's face was torn, so come on, no one is afraid of who.
Yangjin continued: The Emperor of Lin'an killed Zhao Fan and his gang of escaped officials, and actually directly appointed the female gang leader as the governor of Xiangyang.
This surprised Zhao Yulin. He began to admire the emperor's courage. He actually promoted the female gang leader, a chivalrous hero, to the position of prefect in one breath?
Yangjin's next words immediately gave Zhao Yulin the answer: the emperor very tactfully issued an order directly to Xiangyang, ordering it to transfer 4 million strings of new currency to Lin'an for emergency use, in order to resolve the court 's lack of cash.
Haha, the emperor is the emperor. He definitely found out that Zhao Fan’s dirty silver was not touched, and he approved Zhao Yulin’s personnel arrangement to directly exchange it for silver.
He asked Master Lu how he made the arrangements.
Yangjin said that Master Lu naturally transported the new currency in full according to the rules of Lin'an last time, and guaranteed two million strings of silver coins.
Zhao Yulin nodded and let her continue.
In the direction of Dali Kingdom, after the young emperor received new weapons from the two corps and gave them a little training, he immediately sent the new army to the Dali-Tubo border to test his skills. In one battle, he easily defeated the Tubo border army and penetrated hundreds of miles into the Tubo border.
This incident made Zhao Yulin alert.
Yangjin saw him standing there motionless and asked him if there was anything wrong.
Are you worried about Li Yunqing and the others?
Zhao Yulin judged that the Dali Kingdom was competing with him for territory. Didn’t they agree that they would equip their new army to fight South Vietnam?
Yangjin also felt that there was something wrong. When Duan Xiaolin from Dali came to ask for weapons, everyone had agreed to change equipment and strengthen the army to fight South Vietnam.
Now they suddenly turned westward to attack Tubo. Even if they did not accidentally clash with Li Yunqing if they continued westward, it would arouse the Tubo people's vigilance and cause them to gather troops and march eastward. In this case, the difficulty of Li Yunqing's march into Queer Mountain would increase exponentially.
Zhao Yulin said that once the arrow is shot, there is no turning back. Since the order had been issued, he asked Shunfeng to send the information to Li Yunqing and let the front line make its own decision. He knew the situation of the small Dali Kingdom.
He asked someone to send another message to Lu Youpeng, telling him that he must pay close attention to the developments of the Dali Kingdom.
At this time, the maid came in and brought food. The couple fed each other a bite of beef fillet and I gave you a steak and started eating.
After dark, Yangjin urged him to go to the hot springs again.
When daybreak came, the woman continued to induce him to plow the field.
Zhao Yulin hugged the dozing Yangjin and asked: Didn’t everyone ask her to take care of your injuries and heal them? If this goes on, I’m afraid she will make you skin and bones.
Yangjin burst out laughing, and said resentfully that her father had been dissatisfied for a long time, nagging that they had been married for more than a year but her belly had not grown bigger. Even though she couldn't give birth to a prince, she should at least give birth to a prince.
Zhao Yulin was speechless. He expressed his feelings by moving his fingers over her body...
After the couple finished their work and went out, Yangjin was very happy, with a smile on her face that was brighter than the sun in the sky. She happily asked the maid to bring two horses over, picked a skinny red horse and jumped on it swiftly, excitedly hooked her finger at Zhao Yulin, and galloped forward with the clatter of the horse's hooves.
Zhao Yulin smiled and shook his head, then jumped on his horse and chased after him.
The couple ran excitedly, Yangjin whipped her whip twice to speed up, and ran far ahead. He was about to ride the horse to catch up, but he saw Yangjin holding the reins, and after the horse neighed, the maid behind her shouted that General Cao from Chengdu had arrived.
Zhao Yulin rode his horse forward and took a look, and sure enough, it was Cao Youwen who came.
When he saw Lao Cao running away covered in dust, he asked him in confusion why he was in such a hurry.
Is it because he is just busy getting on the road?
Lao Cao said with a wry smile, "It's all for my brother."
Zhao Yulin understood immediately, and after introducing Yangjin to them, they all headed towards Gulugou.
Yangjin said with a smile that a new hot spring had been opened in Gulugou, and it was a good opportunity for the general to go and take a bath and enjoy himself.
Lao Cao felt relieved when he saw Zhao Yulin’s sunny face. He said with a smile, “Okay, okay,” and then he went to see his sister-in-law’s hot spring.
Yangjin immediately rode away.
Lao Cao watched Yang Jin, who was wearing a bright red cape and left like a ball of fluttering red flowers, and said with a smile, "Brother is so lucky. Which wife is this? It seems that he has married another young wife, Zhidi. Brother is so lucky."
Haha, Zhao Yulin didn’t have the nerve to answer. Only a great general like Cao Cao would joke with him.
He asked Lao Cao what urgent military information there was.
Cao Youwen shook his head vigorously, saying that seeing the young man in such a good mood, no matter how urgent the matter was, it was no longer urgent. He asked about Zhao Yulin's injury and whether he was feeling better.
Zhao Yulin said with a smile that he could eat and sleep well, and had recovered completely long ago.
Lao Cao said repeatedly: That's great, I'm glad you're okay.
The group arrived at the post station, where Yangjin had personally arranged a place for them to stay. After Zhao Yulin sent Lao Cao to the villa, he went back with Yangjin to take a shower and change clothes.
When Yangjin was dressing him, she said, "General Cao is worried that you will rebel, right?"
If anyone else had encountered such a deadly threat , they would probably have sent troops to occupy Chengdu and then split the land and declared themselves king.
Zhao Yulin hugged her and asked: Honey, do you want to be a princess or queen? Why do you always talk about these royal names?
Yangjin said disdainfully that we who came here from later generations, everyone knows that when I came here in the past, I was just joking and talking about fun things. It's not like here where there are so many taboos. If you are not careful, you will be accused of treason and lose your life.
Zhao Yulin said that was easy, just three words: ignore him.
If you make me mad, I'll overturn the table and make new rules.
The woman was happy and said with a smile, "This is my man. I like him."
Then she criticized Zhao Yulin again: Why are you so tall? It's difficult for me to give you a kiss. She put her hands around his neck and pulled his head down. The couple quickly started a long kiss.
After a short rest, the two walked out of the room, and the maid reported that General Cao wanted to see them.
Zhao Yulin knew that Lao Cao must have something to talk about when he came to see him in such a hurry, so he took Yang Jin's hand and went with her. Lao Cao was so envious when he saw the couple coming over in such a loving manner.
Yangjin ordered her maid to set up the tea sets in the small flower hall. After everything was arranged properly, she arranged for everyone to wait outside the yard and she came to make butter tea herself.
Zhao Yulin first reported to Lao Cao that the Shenwei Army had huge military expenditures and had long been in deficit. He took advantage of the imperial envoy's attack to send troops to forcefully occupy the prefectures and counties. He wanted to confront Ding Gong in the next step, keep the Shenwei Army's salary and then send the taxes to Lin'an.
When Cao Youwen heard this, the tense nerves immediately relaxed a lot. He said with a laugh that he knew that the boy had no intention of rebelling. Those officials in Chengdu who knew nothing about military affairs were too annoying. They only cared about bickering and gossiping.
Zhao Yulin smiled faintly and said that a fast delivery had just been established in Gulugou, and before he had time to report to him, Li Yunqing had already led 30,000 troops westward to Queer Mountain, planning to capture the line from Queer Mountain to Jinsha River west of the mountain.
Lao Cao immediately looked at him with wide eyes.
Yangjin stood up and clapped her hands towards the door, and two of Lao Cao's guards carried in the stand with the map hanging on it.
Zhao Yulin nodded and asked Yangjin to interpret it for Lao Cao.
The young woman walked to the shelf and tore off a thick paper covering her face, and a situation map of the Queershan area appeared in front of everyone.
Then, I analyzed to General Cao: The only way the Mongolian army can find a way to launch a sneak attack on the rear of the Song Dynasty is from the direction of Dali. Dali’s recent advance into Tubo will inevitably attract the attention of the Mongolian army, and they may seize the opportunity to march into Dali through Tubo.
In this case, the Mongolian army might be able to drag the Tibetan army across the Jinsha River to attack the rear of our Shenwei Army. Therefore, Brother Yulin decided to advance westward to Queer Mountain and establish a bridgehead to march into Tibet. This move was also to prevent the Dali Kingdom from causing trouble for us.
Lao Cao understood after listening to it, and looked at Yangjin in surprise, saying that his sister-in-law's analysis was thorough and she did not only consider one small part of the overall situation.
Yangjin was happy to hear Lao Cao praising her, and said that Brother Yulin was in charge of the overall situation, while she was only in charge of the affairs of the two mountains.
Zhao Yulin looked at Yangjin winking at him and cursed her inwardly for being so wild and speaking without regard for the occasion.
Old Cao, on the other hand, laughed and praised Yangjin for her good speech, saying that the couple were really in sync and a perfect match. Although they sat in the mountains, they both had the whole world in their hearts.
Yangjin immediately smiled and said that they had no intention of seizing the emperor's throne, but were just closely following the changes in the world.
Seeing that Lao Cao was confused again, Zhao Yulin smiled and said that the world is the world, but the world we know is much larger than the world known by the Lin'an court. It includes the world occupied by the Mongols, the world of the Curry people, the world of the Japanese and the Nanyang people. The entire world is a huge planet.
Lao Cao asked him confusedly where the curry man was?
Yangjin said that the Curry people were the Indians. In the south of the Great Snow Mountain, the tribal leaders of all sizes liked to play tricks, but the Mongolian army would go and compete with them. Brother Yulin's march to the west was also for the future, to prevent the Curry people from encroaching on our territory.
Yangjin was afraid that he didn't understand, so she stopped calling it the Himalayas and changed it to the Great Snow Mountain. But Lao Cao was still a little confused and thought it was too far off topic, so he asked him to talk about the present.