Chapter 505 Nickname: Yangtze Alligator
Ma Linger told Zhao Feiyan that she was worried about money and didn't care about that. The two began to discuss the tax issue.
At night, in the Huang family compound in Huanglongxi, a hoarse male voice in the secret room at the back hall said: Zhao Qi'er's official ship was blown to pieces by two cans of gunpowder , and only the bottom of the ship was left. If he didn't die, he would be seriously injured.
A strong male voice said: You haven't seen any dead bodies. We can't draw conclusions without accurate information. Where are our people?
The hoarse man said: The alligator is gone, but everyone else is fine. Alligators are good swimmers, so they should be fine.
The sturdy man paused and said: How can we rely on inference to make a judgment in our line of work? There are patrolling police everywhere outside, so we should not stay here for long. If we still don't see the alligator by daybreak, we should move immediately.
Then there was no sound in the room.
Outside, in the river and on the riverbank, there were patrolling detectives and soldiers holding torches, searching and arresting people everywhere.
This group of spies are the elites of the grassland empire hidden in the New Song Dynasty. They are directly controlled by Hubili and were originally only responsible for collecting intelligence and protecting Hulan. After Mengge came back, his forces infiltrated and actually started to assassinate Zhao Yulin.
The guy code-named Yangtze Alligator is actually a Han Chinese. His father was an official of the Song Dynasty. He was beheaded by the emperor of the previous dynasty for failing to perform his duties. Then he defected to Hubili. This guy kills without blinking an eye and is very good at swimming.
However, the alligator had extremely bad luck today.
This guy was brave and aggressive, full of resentment, and he would never let go of the opportunity to assassinate a high-ranking official like Zhao Yulin. He took a speedboat and drove straight to Zhao Yulin's official ship before throwing a homemade bomb. After the wine jar filled with gunpowder exploded, it immediately destroyed Zhao Yulin's official ship.
This guy was very cruel. He didn't jump into the river to escape until he saw the homemade bomb fell on the boat. Unexpectedly, the flying wood chips hit his temple. He fell into the water and was actually salvaged by the guards as if he were dead.
When he woke up, Zhao Yulin's guards had cut off his limbs, stuffed his mouth with smelly socks, and tied him up tightly. What was left was the investigation of the case by Shunfengsi. I believe that when he arrived at Shunfengsi, he would be tortured by eighteen kinds of torture instruments.
At this time, the Zhao Mansion in Chengdu had become bustling.
The first to get the news was the nearby Cao Youwen's house, where the housekeeper stumbled and ran to tell Mrs. Cao: "Something bad has happened. Just now, a large group of guards hurriedly carried several stretchers into the Zhao's house, and the road was dripping with blood. Commander Zhao left the house early in the morning, so he might have been injured by a villain."
Mrs. Cao's heart tightened when she heard this. It was normal for a high-ranking official like Zhao Yulin to be targeted by spies from the enemy country. If he was really attacked and injured, it would be a big deal.
Mrs. Cao was worried, so she immediately got on a sedan chair and came over to see the man. After a while, she left with a worried look on her face.
The rumor that Zhao Yulin was attacked and injured spread quickly. Mr. Ding from Taijiantang came to visit him, and President Zhang Xiangyang of Caotang Academy also came to visit him.
Shi's sons also heard about it, but no one mentioned it, and he was even more embarrassed to talk about it. When he got home, his sons were excited to talk about how Zhao Qi'er's official ship was attacked and burned to ashes, and Zhao Qi'er's life or death was unknown. They were all very happy.
Shi's son said indifferently: "It's okay to talk nonsense at home, but you have to keep your mouth shut when you go out. Commander Zhao is a rare talent, and he is blessed by heaven. How could he be killed so easily?"
Don't talk nonsense.
People in the brothels were drinking and talking about Zhao Yulin being injured and carried back home. Mrs. Danfeng of Baihuatan, Kuang Sisi, listened to Luo Mingqiu's nervous report: There are rumors in the streets that the third young master was attacked and the official ships were blown to pieces. I wonder if he is really injured?
When Kuang Sisi heard this, she felt like the sky was falling. She immediately hailed a carriage, packed up her things, and got on it to go to Zhao's house.
As soon as I entered the door, I asked where Yulin brother and son-in-law were.
Zhao Feiyan calmly called her mother into the house and said: Thank you for your concern, Brother Yulin is fine and is on his way to Jiangdong.
Only then did Kuang Sisi keep comforting her chest with her hands, saying that it was okay, it was okay, but this scared her mother...
At the west gate of Chengdu, the secret intelligence station of the Grassland Empire had already sent out the information that the assassination was successful and Zhao Yulin was seriously injured, tied to the leg of a divine eagle.
In the Chengdu Shunfeng Company, Dongmei stayed up for two consecutive nights, but the alligator was stubborn and refused to say a word until his death.
However, Dongmei judged from the evidence collected at the scene that it was closely related to the spies of the Grassland Empire, because not long ago someone had planned to attack Huaxi Village. If it were any other force , they could easily ignore Huaxi's defenses and succeed, but no accident happened.
There is only one answer, that is, this group of people are afraid.
Who are they afraid of?
Could it be that the spies of the grassland empire are worried about hurting their princess Hulan?
Dongmei decided to take a gamble and immediately led her men to the west gate and surrounded the secret intelligence station of the Grassland Empire to capture people. After the gate was opened, the shopkeeper told her: Huo Lanshan, who was in charge of purchasing and shipping, committed suicide. They were all good citizens and had never done anything to harm the New Song people.
Huo Lanshan is responsible for the import and export of goods, which means he is responsible for receiving and transmitting intelligence. The spies who are carrying out assassination plans outside have a direct line of contact with this guy to report the progress of the operation and execute the secret orders of the Grassland Empire.
The thieves acted too quickly, Huo Lanshan is dead, and the clues are lost again.
Dongmei was speechless. She ordered a thorough search of the store and sternly warned the owner that if there was any more mistake, Shunfengsi would expel them from the country.
In Liangshan Prefecture, southwest of Chengdu, there is still a person busy in the mountains.
Fire Phoenix led 5,000 soldiers from Yazhou to Liangshanzhou, and a garrison of elite soldiers from the corps joined her training sequence. Phoenix changed her past style of pulling up a team and marching along. She called out the special forces to form an advance corps for rapid maneuvers, aiming directly at Hengshan Village.
The spies of Dali Kingdom quickly captured the news that the Shenwei Army was gathering a large force at the border and hurriedly sent it to the Dali Palace. The young emperor was shocked when he received the secret report. The troops of Yazhou of the New Song Kingdom had arrived at the Jinsha River. What were they going to do?
The young emperor immediately summoned his important ministers to discuss countermeasures.
Ten days later, Zhao Yulin arrived in Jiankang Prefecture.
Chen Chen had come from Kaifeng a long time ago. The two met in the military camp by the Mochou Lake. The little woman ignored the soldiers guarding around her, jumped up, hugged his neck tightly and gave him two hard kisses.
This made Lao Cao next to him laugh out loud.
Chen Chen confidently took Zhao Yulin's hand and asked Lord Cao not to laugh at her, as the couple had not seen each other for almost two years.
Lao Cao laughed out loud again, and did not forget to say: That's right, it's what I should do, it's what I should do.
Zhao Yulin was so embarrassed that he didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He said awkwardly that he was thirsty and asked for some saliva to drink.
Several people walked towards the flower corridor by the lake together.
Lao Cao said that he had explained everything to Chen Chen. Mr. Gao was old, and it was inconvenient for him to take action against the thieves who committed crimes in Chengdu. Chen Chen did not need to be afraid. He and Brother Yulin were backing him up. If anyone dared to disobey, he would be punished as soon as he was caught.
Chen Chen thanked him happily and said she would stay in Jinling for half a month before leaving. Brother Yulin was not allowed to chase her away.
Lao Cao smiled knowingly and called him great kindness. He said that the young man from Yulin had just arrived as well and he should take a rest before continuing his work.
Lao Cao smiled and said that he would not disturb him anymore and would leave tomorrow.
Zhao Yulin nodded and asked Chen Chen to prepare the food while he wanted to chat with Lord Cao.
After Chen Chen left, Lao Cao said that Zhou Ping's navy had assembled as planned, and his third brother's troops had also secretly arrived in Pizhou. The rest was up to him to do on his own.
Zhao Yulin told him about the Yue Kingdom's Li Shu. Cao was very unhappy and muttered, "Why did the imperial court come to join in the fun? It's just to cause trouble."
Zhao Yulin told him: This is also an opportunity, we should use it if we can. Miao Gui was in charge of Chengdu, and when he was done, he went directly to Yan'an Prefecture to coordinate logistics and assist Cao Guozhu in the battle.
However, Lao Cao said happily: It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter, Gao Jin, Hua Cai and others can kill everyone.
He said: "Once this battle begins, it will be a rare battle in the northwest. We don't have enough horses and our legs are short, so it's better to let the enemy in and fight. After we have eliminated the main force that has been shortened, it will be easy to fight back."
Lao Cao nodded and told him that Tan Yousan from the logistics department had mobilized a large number of new weapons to the north, and defeating the Kuan Duan would be a piece of cake, so he didn't need to worry.
Zhao Yulin was concerned when he saw that Lao Cao looked overly optimistic. He was afraid that Lao Cao would just go for it aggressively and in the end, even though the battle was won, the casualties would be alarmingly high, which made him extremely distressed.
The next morning, Lao Cao made a public appearance at the dock of Stone City, and a large group of civil and military officials watched his official ship go upstream and leave.
Zhao Yulingeng held a top-secret military meeting in the military camp at Mochou Lake.
He told Yang Xingyun and Zhou Ping: Chuanfang is guarding Luoyang and is going to rush to support Guanzhong. We will not move any of their soldiers. The line from Kaifeng to Jiankang depends on us.
Yang Xingyun immediately promised to hold on and not let Li Quan from Shandong cause any trouble.
He shook his head and said that it was far from enough. Our goal was to take over Shandong and push the defense line directly to the bank of the Yellow River. He asked Xing Yun and Zhou Ping to deploy the operation immediately. Except for the detachment stationed in Zhanjiang to cooperate with the Fire Phoenix Operation, all mobile formations of the navy could be mobilized.
He said: Let's first take over Li Quan's Banqiao Town, which is an excellent military port and very rich.
Zhou Ping said excitedly: Yes, yes. Banqiao Town is a good trading town in our Song Dynasty. The previous government even set up a market port office. His fleet is ready.
Yang Xingyun laughed at Zhou Ping and picked up another piece of fat meat.
Zhao Yulin told Zhou Ping to use his Marines to capture Banqiao Town. We will advance by land and sea and tighten the rope around Li Quan's neck to see how he reacts.
The two coaches immediately said goodbye and left.
After arranging military affairs, he accompanied Chen Chen on a lake cruise and asked her if she wanted to cross the river to see the imperial city of Hangzhou and tour the West Lake. It would be too boring to be locked up in this military camp all day.
Chen Chen was so happy that he wanted to take a boat across the river and go back to pack his bags immediately.
