Chapter 503 Peeling off a layer of skin
Of course Kuanduan knew how powerful the hot air balloons were, and there were also three hundred new Huihui cannons. He quickly stood up and saluted, shouting that the hot air balloons and Huihui cannons were both powerful weapons for attacking strong enemies. He accepted them all and thanked Hubilian for his strong help.
After the banquet, both families reviewed the matter.
Mengge was very puzzled and questioned why Hubili gave the hot air balloon and Huihui cannon to Guiyou and his friends. It was like throwing meat buns at a dog, which would never come back.
When the two families fight for the Khanship in the future, your friends will use these weapons to fight us.
Subutai said cheerfully: I think the Fourth Prince is just adding fuel to the fire so that Prince Kuoduan will make up his mind to go south and fight the Shenwei Army.
Hubili bowed to Subutai with a smile, and said that he really couldn't hide it from his uncle.
That noble friend of mine has just returned from the Western Regions and doesn't know how powerful the Divine Mighty Army is. He is just talking nonsense. I gave him weapons and asked him to make his family's plan of marching south to fight become the strategy of the royal court.
Although Prince Kuoduan knows the Shenwei Army very well, he still wants to win a battle after a series of failures. If we send him weapons to encourage him, the two brothers will definitely join forces and march south.
In this way, even if they don't lose, they will be skinned alive by the Shenwei Army .
Only then did Mengge understand his younger brother's thoughts and kept calling him a great kindness.
I thought to myself that my little brother was quite wise.
Hubili believed that it was a fact that the Song and Mongolia were separated by the Yellow River and governed separately. We should rectify the army, work hard to govern, vigorously develop the economy to accumulate strength, and plan to make a comeback.
He sent a detachment to march into Liaodong to completely conquer Goryeo and stabilize the rear area.
Subutai smiled and nodded, looking at Hubili with great admiration.
Mengge was a little jealous, so he called Bili to take charge of Zhending Prefecture. He personally led the elite troops to march into Liaodong, fearing that the group of princes in the old camp would not obey.
Hubili agreed immediately and praised his elder brother for his bravery. He said that the old prince of Liaodong would surely bow down to him when he saw the elder brother.
Mengge was happy and said proudly: Of course.
In the west, in Guiyou's king's tent, our brother Guiyou was still angry at Kuangshou, scolding him for not having the power of the Tulei family.
Why do I need his weapons? I have an army of 300,000 men under my command. Am I afraid that I can’t defeat the Divine Mighty Army?
Kuoduan secretly laughed at his own prince, the crown prince, who had just returned from the Western Regions and had no idea how powerful the Shenwei Army was. If it was as easy to defeat them as he imagined, then he, Kuoduan, would be a complete fool.
Kuoduan patiently told him: Prince Crown Prince, the Shenwei Army is very powerful. Although we have new Huihui cannons, they also have new catapults and red cannons. Their firepower is more than ten times stronger than our Huihui cannons.
Your friend suddenly waved his hand and told him that he had been told not to call him the crown prince from now on, he was just a prince.
We still have to go to the battlefield to see how powerful the Shenwei Army is .
Before I could finish my words, my friend angrily interrupted me and told me to take a break.
After coming out of the tent, Tahai outside the tent said: The Crown Prince is very angry. Can't the Crown Prince hear that the Crown Prince is angry with his mother?
Of course I know that your friend is so angry that he has lost his mind because he has not become the Khan.
However, he couldn't just blindly go south to fight just because his friend was unconscious. This guy kept going in and out of the surrounding kings' tents to solicit sponsorship, in order to gather enough military strength to fight the Shenwei Army.
In the evening at Zhao's residence in Chengdu, Zhao Yulin and Miao Gui had dinner and went to the small living room to discuss matters. There were only Feiyan, Yangjin and the two of them in the room.
Yangjin said she would first say: Wu Sicheng of Gansu submitted a petition to retire and return to his hometown, which triggered an adjustment of officials in border areas. Most of the officials in Gansu have been working there for nearly ten years and it is time for them to change places.
Miao Gui thought that since the war was imminent, it was not appropriate to make a substitution and suggested waiting until this winter or next spring.
Zhao Yulin nodded and said to hold off for the time being, but a successor needed to be found.
Zhao Feiyan also nodded, believing that the leading generals could postpone the post until after the war or next year, and the governing officials could consider adjustments after finding a successor.
Zhao Yulin agreed with Feiyan's arrangement. He told Miao Gui: Although a war is imminent, people who can be replaced should still be replaced.
He believed that Hao Xiaoming was good at defense and did a good job in defending such a long front line in Gansu.
Gao Jin from Guyuan is brave and good at attacking, so let them switch places. Let Gao Jin go to Gansu to form a team with both offensive and defensive capabilities, and prepare to cross the desert to attack the Mongolian army this winter and next spring.
Hao Xiaoming was transferred back to Guyuan to defend Lingzhou.
He continued: Lord Cao was going to Yan'an Prefecture. He was worried that after Lord Cao arrived, Hua Cai and his men would be eager to fight and would be the first to fight with Lord Cao's support. He proposed that Hao Xiaoming join the Shaanxi Group to cool down the generals.
Miao Gui was stunned for a moment, then immediately agreed.
Zhao Yulin said that the war in the northwest was getting a bit dangerous, so it would be better to set off as soon as possible after arranging affairs at home.
Miao Gui nodded and asked how to deal with the affairs of Yue State?
After looking at Feiyan, he asked Yangjin to invite Fenghuang in.
Zhao Yulin smiled and said that the State of Yue would be handed over to our king to deal with and let the women's army handle it.
Feiyan said she knew nothing about military affairs and asked Minister Miao to make the decision on what to do.
Miao Gui was worried. He thought that there was a high possibility of war breaking out in the northwest and east. If war broke out again in the southwest, it was hard to say whether Dali would make any unusual moves.
If such a situation really occurs, we will be surrounded by enemies.
Zhao Yulin burst out laughing and praised Miao Gui for his progress. He must have read a lot of historical books about the Chu-Han Contention recently.
Miao Gui said honestly that it was the young master who told him to read more.
He said: Our Shenwei Army has been surrounded by enemies on all sides before, so we are not afraid.
As he was talking, Fenghuang pushed the door open and came in. He told everyone the news about Li Shu of Yue State, and asked Fenghuang and Miao Gui to meet Li Shu tomorrow to discuss how to march into Yue State.
Zhao Yulin's analysis: He believes that Li Shu might want to use our Shenwei Army to seize the Chen Dynasty of Yue State for him. If that happens, after overthrowing the Chen Dynasty, Li Shu will design to drive our Shenwei Army away.
This is dangerous.
Why should we make wedding clothes for him? We must have enough strength to stand firm.
He set a tone that this time to fight against the Kingdom of Yue, only the garrison mobile forces in Xuzhou, Guizhou and Guangnan West Road could be mobilized.
When Zhao Feiyan heard that Li Shu was up to something, she raised her eyebrows and said that there was a mobile force from Chengdu Prefecture, and asked Zhang Guoan to lead the troops there.
Fenghuang said with a smile: My sister is here, the national security department will ensure the safety of Chengdu, there is no need for him to go.
Miao Gui nodded, and agreed that only soldiers from these places could be mobilized.
Yang Jia was in Fuzhou, but Fujian and Jiangxi had just returned and were not stable yet, so he did not agree to draw troops from there. Other places were busy with the war in the east and northwest, so there were no troops left.
Fenghuang said that the National Security Agency had 40,000 soldiers, and it would not be a problem to transfer 10,000 or 20,000 of them to her. She did not need that many soldiers, so she only needed to go to Liangshan and transfer 5,000 border soldiers to patrol Hengshan Village.
Zhao Yulin's eyes lit up and he looked at Fenghuang in surprise.
This woman knows military affairs and is good at using them.
She led the army from Liangshan and circled along the Dali border for half a circle, which was enough for the little emperor of Dali to miss for three months.
Zhao Yulin said to Miao Gui: There are many mountains in the south, and the soldiers of Fenghuang should carry more light weapons. How to plan it all depends on the Ministry of War.
Seeing that everyone had something to do, Zhao Feiyan sat there and listened, and asked him: The king is here, what is she doing?
Zhao Yulin and Miao Gui were both stunned, then smiled and said that he was overstepping his authority. This was to talk about the strategy of using troops in front of the king and make arrangements directly.
What is the opinion of the king?
If you think it is inappropriate, you can veto it.
Zhao Feiyan nodded with a smile and said: This is such a good idea, I will do as Lord Yulin suggests.
Fairy Banban, showing your affection in front of Miao Gui, Brother Miao’s face immediately turned hot.
Yangjin also nodded with a smile and discussed with Feiyan. She believed that the people wanted stability, so she would not expand the influence in the newspapers until the war broke out. Once the war broke out, she would immediately use all propaganda means to encourage the soldiers in the front and mobilize the rear to provide full support.
Feiyan nodded and said that she understood. Gao Jia was going to resign, and Ge'er transferred Chen Chen back to confuse Hubli and others and make them think that we have weakened the power in the east, right?
Zhao Yulin laughed and said that he was not that foresighted, he just thought Chen Chen was more suitable.
Several people continued to discuss the details and then dispersed.
The next day, the Central Council held a meeting and accepted the resignation of Chengdu prefect Gao Jia and agreed to transfer Kaifeng prefect Chen Chenquan to be the prefect of Chengdu.
The meeting ended after Yangjin announced the routes, prefectures and counties where all the ministers would be touring.
At night, Feiyan asked Zhao Yulin to sleep in Ma Ling's room, and muttered that her sister had only been back for a few days and they were about to separate.
After Zhao Yulin finished his work in the study, he saw that only Ma Ling's room was still lighted. He pushed the door open and saw the woman still sitting beside the table in her pajamas, dozing off.
He went up to her and gently picked her up and took her to the inner room. The woman said happily that it had been a long time since she had enjoyed a princess hug.
Zhao Yulin felt very guilty and did his best to help the woman sleep.
At daybreak, the woman told him that she would be taken care of by Sister Yangjin this time, and that she would just patrol Chengdu Prefecture at the door of her house and would not leave.
He said he had just come back from a long walk outside and was not leaving. Everyone had to go out to work, leaving only her and Feiyan at home, and the burden on the head of the family was heavy.
The woman glanced at him and said: Hulan is pregnant, and there are a lot of children in the family. As the mistress, she is really busy. She even wants to go back to Cuiping Mountain to take care of the housework.
Zhao Yulin told her not to think like that for now, as the family had Si Niang and the others to support them, and they could talk about it after a few years.
As the two were about to go out, a guard came running to report: Chengdu prefect Gao Gong invited him to his house for tea.
Zhao Yulin pulled Ma Ling up and asked him to go together, and the couple rode in the same carriage to the Chengdu government office.
Ma Linger said that Mr. Gao's scholar-official character was worth learning, and he left when he said he would, cleanly and neatly, and Feiyan tried to persuade him to go to Taijiantang several times but to no avail.
Zhao Yulin said that everyone has their own aspirations and they cannot be forced. Perhaps Gao Gong could solve the problem for the court by returning to his hometown.
The woman fell into his arms and enjoyed the rare time together, and soon they arrived at the Chengdu government office.
Gao Jia had already dismissed many of his servants, so even though it was summer, the yard seemed particularly quiet. The old man had already asked someone to set up the tea set under the grape trellis, and personally led Zhao Yulin and his wife to sit down.
