Chapter 410 My Little Sister is in His Hands
Zhao Yulin told his brothers: The Mongolian army suddenly dispatched the space army and used rockets to fight against our air force. This is a lesson for us. In the future, the enemy and I will fight in the sky. This is called fighting for air supremacy.
If one of us gains air superiority, the other side will definitely have a hard time.
All the brothers nodded continuously.
Of course they understood that in the past, only the Shenwei Army had hot air balloons. Which battle was not about chasing the enemy and blowing them up until they cried for their parents?
After Zhao Yulin finished his instructions, he left Gu Shan to guard Zhengzhou, and especially reminded everyone to be careful, as they had already entered the plain, and must be cautious as they went to Xuzhou with Lai Chuanfang.
By the time they arrived in Xuzhou, the war was over.
When the commander of Xuzhou saw the Shenwei Army laying siege to the city, he knew that Zhengzhou had already fallen. Although they had a large number of troops, but they came from prefectures and counties in all directions, they were like a pile of loose sand.
Under the powerful propaganda offensive of the Shenwei Army, internal divisions soon began to appear. Yan Luming, deputy general of the Haner Army of the Mongolian Army, revolted on the battlefield and opened the southern city gate. The Shenwei Army seized the opportunity and easily broke the city.
In this way, the armies of the Eastern Group gathered in Xuzhou.
The strong Eastern Group was in high spirits, and its generals were full of enthusiasm. They unanimously demanded to march into Kaifeng and recapture the old capital.
Zhao Yulin did not give any affirmative or negative answer, but asked Lai Chuanfang to organize his brothers to summarize the war and make a detailed analysis.
In Kaifeng Prefecture, the Mongolian army commander Mengge has already entered the government office.
This girl walked into the luxurious government office of Kaifeng Prefecture for the first time. She was secretly amazed and admired the Han people's superb construction skills.
Although the Mongolian army burned, killed and looted Kaifeng twice, the remaining city still showed him the royal aura of the former capital of the Song Dynasty. It was obviously ten times more majestic than the new city of the grassland royal court.
Su Butai beside him said happily that Kaifeng Prefecture had been the capital of successive dynasties in the Central Plains, and many high-end houses had been built. Although it had experienced the baptism of war, it still retained the demeanor of a royal capital.
Meng Ge said disdainfully: No matter what it was like in the past, it has still surrendered to the iron hoof of our empire today.
He asked: Where is Hubili now?
Su Butai told him that he was coming from Xuzhou, and the little prince had ordered the army heading south to withdraw and suggested retreating to the north of the Yellow River.
Brother Meng smiled and said that his younger brother was timid and overly cautious. He wanted to retreat as soon as the Shenwei Army attacked. If the Shenwei Army goes further north, do we have to retreat back to the desert and climb on ice and lie in the snow?
Su Butai didn't know how to respond, so he just followed Meng Ge silently.
At this time, the lieutenant outside the gate reported that Zhengzhou garrison commander Liu Yuzhou had returned.
Mengge ordered him to come in.
Mengge already knew that Zhengzhou had fallen. The Shenwei Army used the tactic his grandfather often used, surrounding three sides and leaving one side without a target, which had left the Mongolian army with only a few bones. He wanted to see what Liu Yuzhou would say.
After Liu Yuzhou entered and bowed, he immediately knelt on the ground and begged Mengge to spare his life. He thought that he had lost Zhengzhou and made a big mistake, and he would be punished by Mengge, so he lay on the ground trembling and dared not get up.
Unexpectedly, Mengge helped Liu Yuzhou up with a smile and said: Victory and defeat are common in the military, what crime have you committed, general?
Not guilty.
Subutai next to him added: The Song army launched a large-scale attack, and General Liu fought desperately to resist the enemy in Zhengzhou. Although the city was lost, the enemy was numerous and we were few, and he had done his best, so he was not guilty.
Not only that, Mengge also rewarded Liu Yuzhou with a thousand gold coins as a reward.
In fact, Mengge looked down on this defeated general in his heart. The Shenwei Army had only besieged Zhengzhou for a few days when he lost the city and tens of thousands of soldiers were defeated.
Even if they are all pigs, they can still stop the Shenwei Army after being slaughtered.
Therefore, he was extremely unhappy.
However, now is the time when he needs men. The desert is sparsely populated and it is extremely difficult to recruit soldiers. His regular troops are already seriously insufficient, so he has to rely on these lower-class southerners.
There are even more annoying things.
Late at night, the guards urgently reported to him that Xuzhou had fallen, and the Shenwei Army in the west had occupied a large area of territory from Xinfadi to Zhengzhou.
The Mongolian army actually had a rather vague concept of territory. At first, the Mongolian army would go to other people's land to plunder, rob or demand what they wanted and then leave.
Later, people found that it was more cost-effective to occupy the place and not leave, so the concept of territory began to emerge.
Meng Ge was feeling depressed. He suddenly felt that facing the current Song army, the strength of the Mongolian army was being reduced.
Let alone other things, just take his regular cavalry as an example. There are not many real Mongolian cavalry. He has suffered heavy casualties in his wars over the years. In order to maintain a strong combat power, he has to select warriors from the conquered ethnic groups to make up the number.
Even so, he still felt a little overwhelmed, so he tried his luck in Wuwei this time. After one battle, he lost nearly 20,000 soldiers.
As soon as he arrived in Kaifeng, he encountered Zhengzhou and Xuzhou fell, and he began to doubt himself. He suspected that he had overestimated himself and underestimated the enemy's strength.
At this time, Subutai came with Hubili.
After the two brothers exchanged greetings, they went straight to the point. Hubli simply handed over the military power to Mengge and advised him to either fight a battle in Xuzhou to stop the Song army or retreat directly to Zhending Prefecture.
Because he believed that Meng Gong and Yujie Group in the south had already joined forces with the Shenwei Army, and Cao Youliang's appearance in Meng Gong's army was evidence. It was rumored that Cao Youliang led an army of 60,000 across the river.
Once these two major military groups unite, they will unleash extraordinary combat power. The safest option for them is to retreat to Zhending Prefecture.
If they really have to fight, they should attack Meng Gong and Yu Jie, because they are weaker than the other two, and their fighting style is more compatible with the Mongolian army.
Mengge began to hesitate.
Hubili said sincerely: The Khan sent the eldest prince to the south to fight against the Shenwei Army, in fact, it was to consume the power of our family. What my brother doesn't know is that in these years, the Mongolian army and the Shenwei Army have fought each other and have almost never gained an advantage. However, the military power of the Khan's family has been consumed a lot.
Subudai was very clear about these situations.
Back then, he suffered losses at the hands of the Shenwei Army when he followed Ture into Dasan Pass. He said that he didn't know where the Shenwei Army got so many magical weapons, and they were becoming more and more powerful.
Let's not talk about the distant past, just look at the Battle of Zhengzhou, Zhao Qi'er had a new-style musket in his hand, and he destroyed our carefully crafted hot air balloons with one shot. Thirty people, not one came back.
Now it was Hubili's turn to be surprised.
He secretly dispatched only a few dozen hot air balloons to Liu Yuzhou for use, hoping to launch a surprise attack, but he did not expect that Zhao Yulin already had weapons that could restrain hot air balloons.
Meng Ge was even more stunned.
Putting all this information together means that Zhao Qier had already made arrangements and everything was under his control.
Hubili said quietly that there was something even more surprising, our younger sister was at his house.
Mengge immediately sat up and asked: Who is in Zhao Qier's hands?
Hulan?
He slammed the table and asked: Has this guy brought harm to Hulan?
Hubili shook his head and said probably not. It’s not that Zhao Qier wanted to harm Sister Hulan, but our younger sister was determined to marry him. She even took the initiative to change her name to Zhao Tu Hulan.
"Um……"
Mengge let out a long "hmm".
Hubili said he just found out about it as well.
Hulan was the little princess of his family. She had been hiding secretly in Chengdu, but the girl was used to acting in a high-profile manner, and her whereabouts were discovered by the people sent by Hubli to investigate and search for her.
Mengge looked slightly angry and asked him why he didn't bring the girl back since he knew Hu Lan was in Chengdu?
Hubili whispered that the girl didn't want to do it, and said that we couldn't beat her man. If the empire really lost in the future, her man had already agreed to let her be the queen of the grassland.
"Everyone wants to be the king of the grassland, huh." Meng Ge snorted coldly and then picked up the tea bowl to drink tea.
Hubili suddenly felt embarrassed.
Yes, not only Hulan, Hubili also wants to be the Khan of the grassland.
Seeing that the atmosphere had suddenly become tense, Subutai cautiously said that they should be careful about Princess Hulan's matter, as it would be troublesome if the Khan found out.
Hubili immediately told them: Our sister has changed her clothes and hair accessories now, she is not like him who has been searching hard but can’t find her.
Zhao Qier is quite concerned about our family. He asked Hulan to keep a low profile, and told Hulan that we want to fight for the Khan position back, and we cannot expose it and implicate our brother.
Meng Ge sneered and said that the other party was thoughtful and could count on his fingers. He then changed the subject and continued to talk about military affairs.
At the Fuzhou government office on Fuzhou Road, a man in black was kneeling in front of the new pacification envoy. He was Shi Lang, the captain of the red-clad cannon squadron who had been kidnapped by the naval rebel Zheng Qilang.
It turned out that day, the young emperor Zhao Bing issued an imperial decree to Zheng Qilang, requiring him to find Huoxiang Liqi Pills and then he would go back to persuade Shi Lang to go to the mainland to discuss the matter.
Zheng Qilang told Shi Lang that the emperor would not let him go if he couldn't find the Huoxiang Liqi Pills. Zheng Qilang had no choice but to use his old trick of beating the cows and having the cows hit the ridges of the fields, and asked Shi Lang to go to Fuzhou to ask the big official of the Shenwei Army for the goods.
I'm coming back, and my rank has been promoted three levels.
If he didn't come back, he would kill the twenty-eight living brothers under Shi Lang.
It's a blatant threat.
This guy is so cruel.
Shi Lang was at a loss as to what to do, and reluctantly boarded the small boat arranged by Zheng Qilang to cross the sea to the east.
However, he knew that Huoxiang Liqi Pills were military-controlled materials. Although it was just a small porcelain bottle, it was not something that could be bought with money. It was impossible to rob the military supply warehouse of the Shenwei Army.
They docked in Quanzhou and went through the market but there was no stock. The merchants looked at them with scrutiny and muttered: Damn, what?
If you want to buy military supplies in the market, don’t you know that the Shenwei Army has strict military discipline?
Who dares to openly resell military supplies?
You are really risking your life.
Shi Lang had no choice but to suggest going to Fuzhou to find a solution.
However, Zheng Qillang also gave them a deadline of half a month. If they failed to accomplish the task within half a month, he would kill people.
Shi Lang secretly went to Fuzhou and anxiously asked around. He heard that the Fujian Pacifier was replaced by the Third Young Master's woman, Fire Phoenix. Thinking that the Third Young Master loved his soldiers like brothers and Sister-in-law Phoenix had also been a general, she must be the same kind of person as the Third Young Master.
However, when he thought about Fire Phoenix's long-term military discipline supervision, he became nervous again. General Fenghuang couldn't tolerate any sand in his eyes. He was worried that Fire Phoenix would directly behead him because of the navy's defection.
