Chapter 448 Northwest Wants to Fight
Zhao Yulin had just sat down to rest when Wu Yuqi went in and asked him: Brother looks like he drank honey, but Mr. Xie's face is full of dark clouds, looking extremely ugly, what's the matter?
Zhao Yulin said cheerfully that if Xie Gong had a smiling face, he would feel very uncomfortable.
In negotiations, the party that holds the initiative always has the upper hand.
Wu Yuqi looked at the proud Zhao Yulin, walked up to him, pinched his shoulder, and gave him a gentle massage.
He patted the woman's hand gently and said, "Don't be tired, take a rest."
Yuqi sat next to him and said yes, it was a rare opportunity to be with her brother like this.
Zhao Yulin was speechless. He had a lot of things to do and a lot of women. Most of the time he was either busy with official business outside or with a large group of women. It was really rare for the two of them to be alone together like they were today.
Seeing that the weather was cool, he asked Yuqi calmly if she wanted to go out for a walk. He had never properly accompanied her for a walk since they came to Jiankang Prefecture.
Yuqi was delighted and asked him to accompany her to see Mochou Lake, as she had never been to the lake for a swim.
Mochou Lake, also known as Hengtang and Shicheng Lake, is a famous lake beside the Qinhuai River, a popular check-in spot for believers. Zhao Yulin took the woman out and said with a smile that she was already sentimental enough, why did she need to look at Mochou Lake? Just look at yourself.
Wu Yuqi laughed and said that she was born with this face and if she didn’t like it, then forget it.
He said cheerfully that he didn't dare to do it, as it would have to be evening before that.
The woman rolled her eyes at him and said, "You are such a disrespectful scoundrel."
The two of them pushed and shoved each other and went out to play...
Xie Wuhui from Jiankang Prefecture brought her eleven secret guards and ate and played all the way to Xuzhou. They were already astounded by the wealth and tranquility of Sichuan.
These people had been hanging around Jiankang Prefecture in the past and had never traveled long distances to Sichuan. Even though they were wearing masks, they couldn't hide their excitement as they told her: I never thought that there was such a prosperous city in Sichuan.
Xie Wuhui said calmly, "Xuzhou is nothing. There are more prosperous places. You will know when you arrive in Chengdu." It is said that there are more than two million people living in Chengdu, and a circle of city walls is dozens of miles long.
The group came to Chengdu while eating and playing, and rode in a comfortable shock-absorbing carriage from the South Gate to the North Gate, and from the West Gate to the East Gate, completely convinced.
After meeting, Dongmei, the first deputy general manager of Shunfeng Division, said: General Manager Wu has already instructed that everyone should go to the training camp of Shunfeng Division in the back mountain of Qingcheng to practice for another three months. As for what to do afterwards, the third young master has already instructed them, so she will not say more. The first thing to do is to get in touch with the old official in the desert.
Xie Wuhui agreed to all of them, expressed gratitude to the Third Young Master and Chief Steward Wu for not killing him, and promised to take good care of his subordinates.
Dongmei didn't bother to waste time with her. She pushed a box over and said: All the documents and keepsakes are in there. Keep them.
Xie Wuhui took the box, opened it, looked through it, and nodded repeatedly before saying goodbye.
Zhao Yulin accompanied Wu Yuqi on the trip and returned. Shunfengchu Daleli was already waiting in the hall.
Yuqi took the secret document he brought and said: The Third Young Master has something to tell you, please sit down and talk.
Zhao Yulin had accompanied Yuqi for a long time and was already thirsty. He motioned him to have some tea, picked up the tea bowl and took a big gulp before saying: If we take over Hongzhou and then go to the mouth of the river to take over Huating counties, it will definitely cause a stir in Jiangnan, so we need to keep a close eye on it.
Dell immediately nodded and said: Yes.
He said: There is more to it than that. We need Delllee to go to Suqian, Pizhou and Xuzhou in person. We need to extend our tentacles into Li Quan's belly.
In order to recover Shandong, Zhao Yulin did not want to use large-scale military force anymore. He asked Dell and Zhang Qi to contact each other and make careful plans to persuade the militia in Shandong to surrender and establish a guerrilla force, so as to gradually erode Shandong.
Dale nodded again like a chicken pecking at rice and then said goodbye and left.
The couple then went to the study and sat down. Yuqi read the military newspaper to him: Gao Jin wrote to ask him when he would go to Guyuan to have a look? All the brothers were talking about the Third Young Master.
Zhao Yulin thought Yuqi was teasing him, so he snatched the secret letter and saw that it really contained these words.
Wu Yuqi told him: It is probably because the Beiyang Group has not fought for a long time, and the brothers can't hold back. That's why Gao Jin wrote to greet him.
Zhao Yulin smiled and asked her if there was anything else.
Yuqi flicked the secret letter in her hand and said: Hao Xiaoming and Lu Huacai meant almost the same thing.
He said: The Northwestern Corps is still in training and transformation, and they can't keep their composure just after getting a few pieces of equipment. There are plenty of battles to fight , so tell them to continue training elite troops.
Yuqi said she didn't know how to reply to the letter from Tubo. The Central Court forwarded a letter from Cao Yong: Commander Li Yunqing is in poor health. He has been coughing since last winter. The guards reported to him that he was vomiting blood. It is suspected that he has tuberculosis.
Zhao Yulin was stunned immediately.
When he thought of Tubo, which was thousands of miles away, he let out a long sigh and asked Yuqi to immediately send a letter to Miao Gui and Lord Cao to discuss the matter.
Li Yunqing is a general guarding the border of the Shenwei Army. It is better for the Ministry of War to discuss collectively how to transfer him.
While the two were still talking, the guard reported that the Prince of Zhennan of Dali Kingdom had arrived.
They immediately went out to meet him and welcomed him into the living room. After Duan Xiaolin greeted him, he said: His father sent him to the New Song Dynasty to buy the new miniaturized catapults and mortars of the Shenwei Army, because these two weapons are very suitable for moving troops on narrow mountain roads.
Zhao Yulin guessed that they were going to mobilize their army to attack the State of Yue again, or they had other ideas.
Before he could say anything, Duan Xiaolin told him the whole story.
He said: Both Yue State and Dali are on good terms with our New Song Dynasty. How can the Shenwei Army sell weapons to Dali casually and let Dali use the weapons to fight Yue State?
Duan Xiaolin couldn't find a reason, so he insisted that Zhao Yulin sell a column of military equipment to them in Dali no matter what, otherwise he would not be able to complete his mission when he returned.
This guy also said that the Kingdom of Yue used the weapons of the New Song Dynasty to attack the Kingdom of Champa. Back then, Champa was also a vassal state of the Song Dynasty.
Immortal Banban, Zhao Yulin looked at him in confusion, covered his eyes with one hand and lowered his head.
Seeing the atmosphere was too awkward, Wu Yuqi interrupted and said, "Brother, help Xiao Linzi. We are all family. Right now our border is relatively stable, so it's okay to sell some weapons to Dali."
He didn't expect that Yuqi would actually speak up for Duan Xiaolin.
Duan Xiaolin has Wu Yuqi's support, and he shouted happily: "Brother San, just sell some. Dali will not lose a penny this time."
Zhao Yulin was very helpless. He went to the study and wrote a document and gave it to Xiao Linzi, asking him to go to Chengdu to negotiate. The new Song Dynasty had already appointed Li Liang, the former Pacifier of Fujian Road, as the new Minister of Rites, and state affairs should be decided in Jinguan City.
When Duan Xiaolin saw that it was a letter for him to deliver to the king, Zhao Feiyan, his sister-in-law, he was immediately happy. He thought that making a trip to Chengdu was no problem at all, and he would definitely succeed in this mission.
The guy said goodbye immediately, without caring about etiquette, left the city and boarded the ship, heading west to Chengdu.
Zhao Yulin and Wu Yuqi saw the Dali Kingdom official ship disappearing into the twilight and shook their heads, wondering what had happened to this little Linzi?
Yuqi said calmly that Shunfeng Division had learned that Dali Kingdom was preparing for war, and Duan Xiaolin had handed over all the 20,000 new recruits trained by our Shenwei Army to the Dali court. They had strictly ordered all prefectures and tribes to hand in their best soldiers. Dali was going to train a new type of field imperial army like our New Song Kingdom.
Zhao Yulin immediately understood that this was another military reform of the Dali Kingdom. They also wanted to have a strong main force like the New Song Dynasty.
When the couple returned home, they saw their eldest son Ma Yuan standing in the yard with his left arm hanging and a smile on his face.
Zhao Yulin quickly walked over, held up Ma Yuan's injured left hand and asked if the injury was serious.
Why are you back so soon?
The son smiled and said: "It's not serious, it's not serious, just move around." As he said that, he was about to take off the bandage and move around for him to see. Zhao Yulin resolutely stopped him and sternly told him not to move and to follow the doctor's instructions to take good care of his injuries.
Wu Yuqi said to the two gentlemen with a smile: Why are you still standing there? Go to the study and have a good talk.
Zhao Yulin saw that his son was so happy that he actually forgot about it and immediately pulled his son towards the study.
Ma Yuan excitedly told him the story of the battle in Hongzhou, telling him that it was the first time she saw a large number of thunder bombs falling , turning the battlefield into a sea of fire, and she was so nervous that she clenched her teeth tightly.
He said that all the new recruits were the same when they went to the battlefield. They were not afraid of anything after seeing bloodshed and sacrifice. Even the father's hands were shaking after he had just killed someone.
Ma Yuan told him that our ship's guns were very powerful. Many enemies were blown to pieces before they even crawled into the position. Broken limbs were everywhere, and the wounded were screaming and crying everywhere.
He stroked his son's little head lovingly and said that the large-scale cluster firing of ships should be the most intensive bombardment in the world today. Future wars will probably be like this, and we have all seen it.
Seeing his disdainful expression, Ma Yuan asked in confusion: Is that all?
Has our father ever seen a more violent bombardment?
What kind of weapon is that?
The kid asked him three big question marks in one breath, and Zhao Yulin didn't know how to answer them all of a sudden.
He couldn't possibly tell his son that there were Katyusha rockets to devastate the land, and there were also atomic bombs and hydrogen bombs, one of which could wipe out all life within a radius of ten or twenty miles.
Zhao Yulin stroked the child's head and said, "Why are you in such a hurry? Dad is saying that only our New Song Kingdom has such firearms at the moment, and our firearms can only be used to this extent."
As for where to find more powerful firearms? You can only wait for your grandfather Chen Xian to slowly make them.
Ma Yuan still didn't believe it. He stared at him with a pair of eyes that were inquiring into the mystery. He felt that his father was not telling the truth and must have seen more powerful red cannons or super-large catapults or something like that.
The little fellow's eyes were still examining him when Wu Yuqi came in with a smile and shouted, "It's time to eat, it's time to eat."
Zhao Yulin patted his son's head and asked him what he was thinking about. It's time to eat.
At night, he hugged Yuqi and said, "Let's be partial for once and write a letter to Zhou Ping to ask him to send our Yuanzi to study at the Naval Academy in Fuzhou."
Yuqi poked him with her little butt and whispered: I told Brother Zhou at the last party that our Yuanzi is still young and she has participated in a big battle before she was fifteen. That’s enough.
Zhao Yulin felt relieved and gently stroked the woman until she fell asleep.
