Chapter 521 No Doodles
The effect of Goryeo's divided guerrilla army on the Mongolian army was still very obvious. The cities and villages where small groups of Mongolian troops were stationed were often suddenly gathered and besieged by Goryeo's guerrillas. After breaking the city and the village, the guerrillas immediately withdrew to prevent the Mongolian army from catching them, which made Da Mengge crazy.
Wang Dian's father was relieved to see that his guerrilla warfare had actually withstood a wave of attacks from the Mongolian army, especially an army led by the god of war Mengge himself. He immediately urged Wang Dian to go to New Song to seek the greatest support and help.
Wang Dian disguised himself and came to Shandong, where he was surprised to find that Shandong had already become the territory of the New Song Kingdom. He was ecstatic and immediately went to Jinan Prefecture to meet Li Da Kui. He asked for guns and cannons as soon as he opened his mouth. He also took out the token that Zhao Yulin had given him that year to prove that he had a close relationship with the third young master of the Shenwei Army, and he must ask the New Song Kingdom for strong support.
Da Kui was just a small garrison commander and didn't dare to make the decision. After a good treat with wine and meat, he was sent to Jiankang Prefecture to find Cao Youwan. He absolutely did not dare to give his front-line weapons to Wang Dian to take away.
Cao Youwan was also in a dilemma when receiving Wang Dian. At this moment Zhao Yulin was directing the battle at the front. The New Song Kingdom was about to start a huge war with the Grassland Empire, and arms were needed everywhere.
However, Cao Youwan was also very clear that the enemy of his enemy was his ally. It would definitely be beneficial for the New Song Dynasty if Goryeo could hold back Mengge.
While reporting secret reports to the imperial court in Chengdu, he personally went to Jiangnan to obtain two ships of arms from Guo Jing and Yang Jia and had Zhou Ping's navy escort them to Goryeo as soon as possible.
Our Peninsula Prince was so excited that his eyes filled with tears. The last time he went on a diplomatic mission to New Song, all Zhao Yulin gave him were some bow and crossbow accessories. This time, the Shenwei Army directly sent a ship to send him back, and the ship was loaded with intact Shenbi crossbows, Zhuge crossbows and iron barrel cannons.
Cao Youwan also collected ten first-generation mortars and gave them to him along with the gunners and ammunition. This is a super artifact that the New Song Kingdom will not sell to others.
This girl repeatedly told Cao Youwan to hand over the two beauties he gave to the third young master to the third young master. Both girls were beautiful and good at singing and dancing. The most commendable thing was that one could make Goryeo court kimchi, and the other was a great doctor who could perform surgery.
These are things that happened later. Cao Youwan naturally reported the reception of Wang Dian in detail. He stood on the dock, looked at the departing ship, and waved goodbye to Wang Dian.
In Guanyanggou, north of Yulin Village, the crown prince of the grassland empire was drinking in the big tent while appreciating the dance of a beautiful girl in a flimsy outfit.
Just when your friend was enjoying himself, a lieutenant came in hurriedly to deliver a secret letter.
The guy frowned, took it and opened it to read. The secret letter was sent by Kuo Duan. According to reliable information, Zhao Yulin, the commander of the Shenwei Army, has arrived in Suide.
Your friend was confused and felt that it was such a trivial matter that he was bothered.
He had also heard of Zhao Qi'er, a key minister of the New Song Dynasty. Even the queen was his wife. His abilities were praised as miraculous by the people of the grassland.
But your friend has only heard of it but has never actually seen it.
In the past half month, his troops easily broke into the Great Wall, passed Yulin Village, and rode horses and killed people everywhere. It was not necessarily that the Shenwei Army stopped them from riding horses, killing people, and setting fires.
Although he felt that Zhao Yulin must have some ability, it was not the time to change color when talking about Zhao. On the contrary, he was quite concerned about Meng Gong's arrival. The army of the grassland empire learned a lot of tactics from Meng Gong during the Battle of Jinghu and the attack on Caizhou of the Jin Kingdom. They all admired Mr. Meng Gong.
The noble friend threw the shortened letter aside and waved to the two graceful dancers in front of him. The other irrelevant people in the big tent immediately went out and carefully stood guard outside. The little noble boy was hugged by both sides and soon fell on the couch and started to move like a dragon and a phoenix.
That guy was still strengthening himself on the couch, but his younger brother Kuan Duan was already extremely nervous.
Kuan Duan knew that Zhao Yulin had been cleaning up Shandong. Now that Zhao Qi'er suddenly came to Suide, it meant that Shandong had been taken over by Zhao Qi'er. The New Song Kingdom was no longer afraid of the attack from the Hubli Group and would concentrate on dealing with them.
However, he has not really gained anything in the Northwest.
Because Yulin Village was still in the hands of the Shenwei Army, his occupied territory was not stable, and his eldest son Menggudu and Tahai were also defeated in the battle on the west bank of the Yellow River.
If you don't want to fight at this time, you should withdraw your troops quickly. Businessmen believe in cutting losses in time.
However, it was not easy to make this decision. When the royal court proposed to fight, Kuoduan also wanted to fight hard with the Shenwei Army, so he raised his hands and voted in favor.
In the current situation, he has admitted defeat even though he has not really defeated me. Then he will not be able to survive on the grassland.
After thinking it over, this guy decided to order the troops to retreat. He still felt it would be better to retreat to the grassland and join forces with your friend.
Kuangduan did not waste time this time. Without waiting for Xiaoguizi's military order, he sent orders to all places and immediately broke away from the contact with the Shenwei Army and retreated to the prairie.
In Suide Prefecture, Zhao Yulin and Lao Cao saw Meng Gong off. The Eastern Expedition Army was led by Du Baiyue and Gu Shan, and the three columns followed the cavalry as the main force.
He said with a smile: Don't be afraid of failure, Lord Meng is the god of war of our New Song Dynasty, and he will definitely defeat the Jinning Army in one fell swoop.
Not only that, when he passed through Luoyang, he had already instructed Lai Chuanfang to prepare for battle in Hedong. As long as General Meng felt the time was ripe, he could dispatch Lai Chuanfang's troops to cross the river and fight at any time.
Meng Gong was delighted.
Last night, when he heard that Zhao Yulin only gave him 60,000 troops, he just grinned, and then Zhao Yulin said that after defeating the Jinning Army, he would return Cao Youwen's 40,000 cavalry, and he would only have 20,000 infantry left. During the battle, he felt that Zhao Yulin saw through him, and he had been feeling a little uneasy in his heart.
Today, I heard Zhao Yulin talk about it again, and I realized that the real highlight was on his side. If he succeeded in taking down the Jinning Army and occupying the ferry, and Zhao Yulin attracted the Mongolian Army to retreat to the grassland, wouldn't that be the opportunity to cross the Yellow River to the east to fight?
He can also mobilize Lai Chuanfang to act together. The two teams will have at least 100,000 troops in his hands. How many cities can he capture?
He estimated that with such an operation, Hubili, who was entrenched in Zhending Prefecture, Hebei Province, would have to retreat.
Because Li Dagui's troops in Shandong were looking at Hebei from Jinan Prefecture, where there were also more than 100,000 troops.
After Meng Gong figured it out, he laughed loudly, jumped on his horse and shouted: "Let's go to war." The earth immediately shook, thousands of horses galloped, and the sound of horse hooves sounded like a rainstorm.
At this time, Qiu Ju came over and looked at him hesitantly, wanting to say something.
He asked when he was in a hurry. Tell me.
Qiuju said that Madam Yuqi was not feeling well and wanted to come up to guard the young master and comfort him, but she resolutely stopped her.
Zhao Yulin said she was right. His wife was worried about the war and his safety, so she had to stay by his side. His feelings were understandable, but she couldn't ignore her own life. He returned to the study and wrote a letter to Yuqi, asking her to follow the doctor's instructions and take good care of herself. He promised that he would be safe.
Qiuju was delighted when she saw the letter Zhao Yulin wrote to Wu Yuqi. The young master seldom wrote letters home, so she immediately ordered the letter to be sent to Yan'an Prefecture and to stop the chief steward Wu.
Wu Yuqi was concerned about Zhao Yulin's safety and had already set out from Chang'an.
The woman was stopped in Yan'an Prefecture, and she burst into tears when she saw Zhao Yulin's letter. Zhao Yulin wrote a short and relaxed letter, admonishing her to take care of herself, praising her for her kindness, protecting the new Song Kingdom, and the Zhao family, who still cared about them, and telling her to live well.
Wu Yuqi knew Zhao Yulin's character. The more relaxed and simple his words were, the more dangerous the matter was. She immediately set off to Suide to guard it.
Seeing her face turn pale, the maid Lu Zhu said worriedly: Madam, you are risking your life. The imperial physician has told you not to do strenuous exercise. If you keep running, the baby in your belly will die.
Yuqi glared at her and said that she was already having her period, so how could she take care of this little rascal? Even if she gave birth to the baby, she would probably suffer for the rest of her life.
Let's leave it to fate and go.
In this way, Wu Yuqi struggled to continue heading north. However, when she was only fifty miles away from Yan'an Prefecture, the baby in her belly died. This woman struggled all the way to Suide Prefecture.
Cao Youwen watched a group of people nervously bring Wu Yuqi in. After settling her down, he went to visit her immediately. After the medical officer reported Wu Yuqi's condition, Cao Youwen kicked his feet hard, sighed and said: "It's hard for our sister. Now that we are in Suide, she will stay here to rest and take charge of the overall situation in the rear for Brother Yulin."
Wu Yuqi knew that she could never catch up with Zhao Yulin. She nodded palely and told Cao Youwen not to worry, and that she would take care of the logistics.
At that time, the Mongolian army was slowly returning north.
The Shenwei cavalry that followed Meng Gong to attack the Jinning Army also returned. The enemy was preparing to retreat, so how could they have the will to fight? Meng Gong immediately ordered an attack, annihilating the more than 10,000 defenders of Jialu Village and quickly recovering the entire territory of Jinning Army. The Mongolian army was defeated in Jialu Village and accelerated its return to the north.
After Cao Youwen handed Suide over to Wu Yuqi, he immediately led the cavalry north to pursue Zhao Yulin.
At Guanyanggou, north of Yulinzhai, Guiyou was furious after receiving the military report that Kuochun had returned. He scolded Kuochun for ignoring military rules and discipline and retreating without even saying hello, calling him a coward.
This guy was still going crazy in the big tent, and Kuang Duan had already rushed over on horseback. As soon as he entered the big tent, Guiyou asked him the reason for retreating.
Kuo Duan knew that this guy was angry, and said with a smile: "Brother, don't you reward me with a sip of milk tea?" Then he took the golden bowl and poured it in. He drank two sips of the fragrant milk tea to moisten his throat before saying that it was fortunate that he gave the order in time and ran fast, because the troops left behind in Jinning were all eaten by Meng Heizi, but they were 15,000 elite soldiers.
Your friend was stunned immediately.
Mad, what's going on?
The troops of the Jinning Army were the elite he brought back from the Western Regions.
Kuo Duan told him that this time the Shenwei Army concentrated its forces and sent out 40,000 elite cavalry for a surprise attack. They could disperse the troops guarding Jialushai in just one stick of incense. We must concentrate our forces to deal with Zhao Qier.
Your friend refused to admit defeat. He knew clearly that it would be difficult to continue the attack southward, but he still said angrily: "Why not go south? The little southern barbarians can fight us, so why can't we concentrate our forces and go south to fight them?"
