Chapter 272: The Merit of Buddhism
The second sentence Zhao Yulin said was about how we started the uprising from Yibin Wharf, and went through Hanzhong and Guanzhong to fight hundreds of battles in the south, and we traveled a long way.
The brothers counted on their fingers and nodded continuously.
The third sentence is simple, it talks about our victory today.
The fourth sentence...
Zhao Yulin deliberately kept the secret in suspense, and the generals all looked at him in confusion, not understanding.
This dragon-catching thing is not something that can be said casually. Isn't that like arresting the emperor to rebel?
Wu Yuqi said with a smile, "Brother Yulin means, when can we catch the crazy dragon on the grassland, right?"
Zhao Yulin nodded and said: That's right. One day we will tie up this mad dragon and make him stop harming people.
The brothers understood immediately, and they sang "The brave men eat the flesh of the barbarians when they are hungry, and drink the blood of the Huns when they are thirsty." They were so excited that they wanted to attack Huanglong directly.
He called his brothers together to discuss the matter and told them that the battle of Guyuan would show that even if the Mongol army's westward expedition army returned, they would not be scary and that we could defeat them.
However, the Mongolian army is still powerful. We have to fight again and again and annihilate their vitality in order to further weaken the Mongolian army's power and achieve a strategic counterattack.
He said that the area around Jincheng and Lanzhou was already stable, and asked Hao Xiaoming to hand over the 3rd Cavalry Column to Gao Jin to defend Xi'an Prefecture and directly confront the Mongolian troops in Lingzhou. Liu Honggen's 10th Column moved to Dingchuan Village and continued to expand the village and fort to the north.
Guo Chongma was dissatisfied and said that the young master was unfair. Cao Yongdu went to recapture Changdu Prefecture and made great contributions, but he asked him to stay in Huizhou and sleep. He asked the third young master to allow him to come to Dingchuan Village to guard the border.
Zhao Yulin looked at the generals with some embarrassment.
Seeing that the meeting had reached a stalemate, Miao Gui smiled and said, "It's bitterly cold in the border areas. If General Guo really wants to come, how about letting him guard Tiandu Village?"
Guo Chongma immediately asked him to garrison Tiandu Village.
Seeing his eager look, Zhao Yulin nodded in agreement.
Lao Guo immediately thanked him happily.
He told Miao Gui that we were expanding our army. This time, Wanyan Chengmin's 9th Column held Guyuan and fought tenaciously and bravely. The 9th Corps led by his deputy Wanyan Hongchang had outstanding offensive and defensive performance and was promoted to deputy captain of the new 9th Column.
The other brothers were promoted based on their merits.
Miao Gui became excited and asked him if he wanted to reorganize the previous columns into new columns?
Are we going to expand our military?
Zhao Yulin nodded and told everyone that the 10th column had been newly organized. He said that he had received military funds from Sichuan and Shu last year, and that we were not short of money and would expand the army. But we should also be careful not to recruit soldiers from anyone we saw.
He told his brothers that the land currently controlled by the Shenwei Army was barren and the people were burdened with heavy burdens, so they could not support too many soldiers as that would drain the people dry.
The purpose of us taking up swords and guns is to be the guardian of the people and let them live a good life, not to push them into the abyss of dire straits.
We must both expand the army and train elite soldiers. We should gradually transfer non-combat personnel to local areas to develop the economy, earn money to support the army, and ensure that each column is composed of elite soldiers who can be called upon at any time and win any battle.
After giving a brief explanation, Zhao Yulin said goodbye to his brothers and returned to Guyuan.
He asked Gao Jin to build a large cemetery in Guyuan to bury all the brothers who died in the battle, and personally wrote the four big words "Eternal Immortality" and had them engraved on it.
Guyuan is destined to become a heroic city.
The grass was green and the birds were singing on the vast grasslands of Mobei. The Khan of the grassland in the royal court had already received the news of Hubili's defeat. He sighed and said that God no longer favored him and let Zhao Qier show off again.
Yelu Chucai comforted him: he believed that the plan for the southern expedition was still thorough, and Prince Kuoduan had left a backup plan. Although the army was defeated, the losses were not great, and they could still make a comeback.
However, the Khan already felt that Hubili was not lying. If he wanted to completely defeat the Shenwei Army, he would need less than 800,000 troops. A million troops would probably only be a tickle for Zhao Qier and would be of no avail.
The Khan was a little puzzled. How could Sichuan produce such a tough guy who was so resilient in just less than ten years?
You know, in the past he was able to defeat the Song army.
Ten days later, Zhao Yulin returned to Fengxiang, and the people in the city rushed to tell each other: The Shenwei Army won a great victory, and the third young master is back.
Wanyan Chengmin's mother and wife led a large group of generals' families to the government office to celebrate the victory. Zhao Yulin asked You Xianzhong to prepare a banquet and drank three cups of wine with his family before the party ended.
When he returned to his room, he vomited blood again.
Yuqi cried out of heartache. Zhao Yulin hugged the woman in his arms and said that she had drunk too much and would feel better if she vomited a little.
The woman cried even more sadly and took him to Chang'an the next day.
Lai Chuanfang and Lu Huacai had already returned, and Zhao Yulin asked Miao Gui to tell them about the meeting in Tiandu Village.
Finally, he explained: Huacai should have been able to take charge of his own affairs long ago, and the defense in the direction of Yan'an Prefecture would be handed over to him, Lu Huacai. Chuanfang would lead the Third Column and the newly allocated troops to guard the Qiaohan Road line, and work with Yang Xingyun to plan an eastward advance.
Zhao Yulin said that after the reorganization of the team, the brothers will definitely feel proud of their strong soldiers and horses, but they must never be arrogant. Without the hard work of the past two years, there would be no victory today, and we must continue to persevere.
Zhao Yulin started coughing again while talking, and Yuqi immediately told the brothers to take a rest and discuss it the next day. He asked Miao Gui and the brothers to pull out the commanders of the columns to be promoted, and waved his hand to tell them to go back to their work.
Wu Yuqi told him distressedly that the headmaster's daughter was on the way, so why don't they go to Hanzhong to heal their wounds?
Zhao Yulin nodded, feeling that the backlash this time was too severe, so he lay down with his eyes closed and dozed off.
Miao Gui looked at Chuanfang and Huacai who were excited and said that the young master's old injury had relapsed.
The two were immediately stunned and asked him what was going on?
Miao Gui told the story of Zhao Yulin rushing to the battlefield after rescuing Changji Nima. The three of them blamed themselves for not controlling the battlefield well and causing trouble for the young master. They all felt deeply guilty and calmed down to study military affairs together.
The small Lin'an court in Liangzhe only received the news of the battle between the Shenwei Army and the Mongolian Army in Guyuan at this time because it lacked the complete network of the Imperial City Bureau to collect and transmit intelligence.
All the officials below Shi's son were celebrating the Mongol Army's battle against the Shenwei Army. They all believed that even if the Shenwei Army had not been defeated, it would have been skinned alive by the Mongol Army.
These people were resentful of Zhao Yulin for not transporting last year's taxes, and they no longer regarded the Shenwei Army as part of the Song Dynasty. As soon as the war started, they believed that the Mongolian army had shifted the direction of its attack, and Jiangdong would be relieved.
The prime ministers were all delighted and congratulated the Mongolian army for avenging them, and they also felt relieved for their defeat in the salt war.
In the court, there was only the little emperor sitting on the dragon throne with an expressionless face like a statue, as if none of this had anything to do with him.
Because he got the news that Shi's son had already reached an agreement with the King of Lu of the Great Mongolia and agreed to welcome the fake emperor of Shandong back to Lin'an, the number of days he could still sit on the chair under his butt could be counted on one hand.
In the imperial palace of Dali Kingdom, a group of people were holding a court meeting.
Lu Youpeng, the chief steward of the Shunfeng Division of the Shenwei Army, and Ma Ling'er, the wife of the commander Zhao Yulin, personally sent Changji Nima to request treatment at the Tianlong Temple, but they kept dragging their feet and it has been delayed for nearly a month.
Yesterday, Ma Linger threatened in a harsh voice: If Tianlong Temple does not rescue people, Dali will bear all the consequences for Changji Nima's affairs. Ma Linger left without saying goodbye, leaving Master Lu to make contact and then returned home.
Duan Xiaolin said to his father that Master Lu had promised to send us weapons for 5,000 men and requested to treat a patient in Changji Nima, but the gentlemen refused.
You know, how many raw stones are needed to exchange for the equipment of a general team?
Now that Ma Ling has returned, it is possible that he will bring troops to meet us.
General Fire Phoenix has already gathered his troops in Renhuai and is heading south, and the Divine Power Army is already engaging us directly from the north and east.
No matter what we do, Fire Phoenix doesn't say a word. Why? This shows that this person is determined to implement Zhao Yulin's decision and will never give up until he achieves his goal.
In the past, some people hoped that the Shenwei Army would be defeated in Guyuan, and we could use this as a threat and bargaining. Now the intelligence has come that the Shenwei Army won a great victory in Guyuan, recovered Dingchuan Village, Xi'an Prefecture, and recovered Yan'an Prefecture, but has already entered the hinterland of Lingzhou.
Both the Gao family and the Chai family said that the Mongol Empire had sent a secret envoy to ask them to contain the Shenwei Army, but who knew that the Mongol army was becoming increasingly weaker?
As the crowd was still arguing, they heard a long Buddhist chant: "Amitabha."
The abbot of Tianlong Temple has arrived.
Counting the little emperor in front of him, the old host has been the emperor of the last five generations. The abbot praised the Buddha's mercy and sighed, saying that saving a life is better than building a seven-story pagoda, which is the merit of Buddhism.
Saving others is saving yourself, not to mention that Commander Zhao has done a favor to our Dali Kingdom.
The little emperor said "Yes!" and immediately led all his ministers to worship Buddha.
Outside, monks from Tianlong Temple were escorting Changji Nima's carriage towards the temple.
Master Lu walked into the hall in a dignified manner and announced loudly that the Shenwei Army kept their words and actions, and that the equipment for 5,000 people had been shipped from Cuiping Mountain. The Dali Kingdom was requested to send personnel to Yongshan Village to receive them.
The little emperor is happy.
Originally, it was thought that Ma Linger was angry and wanted to go back to mobilize the troops to fight, but when he heard the news that Lu Youpeng was shipping new equipment, he immediately ordered a good reception for the envoy of the Sichuan-Shaanxi Administration Office and asked Zhennan King Duan Xiaolin to prepare the top-quality raw stones and send them to Yongshan Village for delivery.
Zhao Yulin took a full three days' rest before discussing matters with his brothers. He took over the detailed list of column adjustments drawn up by Miao Gui and directly announced the establishment of the fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth columns with the word "new" in their numbers. Lu Huacai was appointed as the commander-in-chief of the Qinzhidao Group, with the second column, the new sixth column and the sixth cavalry column under his command.
He smiled and said to Lu Huacai that the 6th Cavalry Column only had a number yet, and he would coordinate with the central army tent and find a way to set it up himself.
He gave all the instructions in a clear and concise manner, allowing Miao Gui and his brothers to go ahead and implement them.
Wu Yuqi said that she would accompany her brother to Hanzhong to recuperate, and left everything to the brothers.
Miao Gui immediately stood up with all the generals to salute him, and asked the Third Young Master to go to Hanzhong without worry, and he promised to lead the troops.
Zhao Yulin was very pleased to see his brothers. He stood up, waved to everyone and walked out the door.
He felt that his physical condition was deteriorating rapidly, and his mood was getting more and more irritable, so he had to pay attention. He was very clear about the current medical conditions, which were based on observation, auscultation, inquiry and palpation, and the condition could not be delayed at all.
