Chapter 586 A Face Full of Joy
The woman was so overjoyed that with tears in her eyes, she used her little mouth to give the emperor a facial beauty treatment.
Cuiping Mountain, Zhao Yulin was having dinner with Zhao Feiyan and his family.
The old scholar held the wine glass in his hand and pondered. He always felt that it was inappropriate for Zhao Feiyan to give up the throne to Shunzhidi. This is the throne of the head of a country, how can it be given to others casually?
Zhao Yulin told him with a smile: This is the new Song Dynasty. There was still a system of abdication at the beginning of the world. Why can't we ask Zhidi to temporarily act as the king?
Besides, Zhidi has been the director of the Central Court’s Office for many years, and she is also his wife, my father’s daughter-in-law.
Zhao Feiyan immediately told her father-in-law not to worry, saying that Zhidi was extremely smart and would be able to handle state affairs well.
When Zhao Yulin's mother saw Wu Yuqi looking dumb and at a loss, she immediately took a piece of braised pork from her and said with a smile: Zhidi is filial, willing to learn and work hard, she will definitely be able to do a good job for Feiyan. Her wives are all good and capable.
Wu Yuqi and Zhao Feiyan were very happy and picked up food for her mother from the left and right.
His aunt laughed and said to the old scholar: "Why are you talking nonsense? How can Feiyan's decision be wrong?" Let's drink, let's drink.
The whole family raised their glasses.
Zhao Yulin took the two women to toast the elderly, wishing everyone good health and a happy new year. After giving red envelopes to the children, they went to the dock to board the ship. The family waved goodbye at the dock.
He helped Feiyan to sit down in the cabin and blamed her for standing at the stern waving her hands when her belly was so big. She could hardly stand.
The little woman's face was full of joy.
Zhao Yulin looked at her smug look and asked: What are you laughing at? It's just a vacation in Xinshi.
What's there to be happy about?
The little woman snuggled in his arms and said that thanks to the child, she was able to have her brother home with her, which made her happier than becoming the king. If the child was really a son, she would name him Zhao Guangfu.
Zhao Yulin smiled and said it was too early to tell her. Guangfu, Guangfu, what good would it be if all the good fortune was gone?
The woman turned around and hit him with her little pink fist, muttering that he was boring, really boring.
They had just settled in Xinshi for two days when Hu Lan came in a hurry with the child. As soon as I entered the house, I handed my son to him and asked him to take good care of him. Who told him not to visit Wenjiang when he came back, but only care about his wife, the king.
Zhao Feiyan was delighted and said with a smile: Now I have someone to take charge of me. I want Hu Lan to serve me during the day and serve Brother Yulin at night, and make her work herself to death.
Hu Lan's rosy face immediately blossomed with peach blossoms. She ran over and pinched Zhao Feiyan's shoulders and neck hard. Zhao Feiyan laughed and shouted in pain: "Gentle, gentle, I can't stand it anymore, ouch, this is not a massage at all."
Seeing this, Zhao Yulin quickly took the children out to play.
At night, Hu Lan would ask for it again and again and then snuggle into his arms and fall asleep. When she woke up and caught him, she would fight him fiercely again.
Zhao Yulin kissed the woman's forehead gently and said: There is still a long time to live, there is no need to do this.
The little girl hit him hard with her forehead.
He accompanied Hu Lan to bathe and change clothes, and then put on the new horse riding clothes designed by his mother for Hu Lan and ran in the sea of rapeseed flowers in Zhongdu. The girl was very happy and kept calling out to Zhao Yulin: Chase me, come and chase me.
The two rode their horses to the top of the mountain. Hu Lan looked at the rape flowers all around and smelled the rich fragrance of the rape flowers. He was very happy. He stretched out his arms to embrace nature and greedily inhaled the fragrance of the rape flowers.
The woman pulled him to sit on a big rock nearby, leaned on him and looked at the layers of rapeseed flowers under her feet. She suddenly thought of the desert in the north and murmured that her brother would definitely reorganize the troops and march south after becoming the Khan, and the Song and Mongolia would fight again.
It's so annoying.
Zhao Yulin held Hu Lan's hand a little tighter and said: The two countries have been fighting all the time, and it is the same when his brother is the Khan.
Hulan moved closer and murmured that it was different, that in the past her brothers acted under the orders of the Khan of Wangting, but this time it was her brother who led the army of the Grassland Empire to fight against her husband's Divine Army .
Zhao Yulin left a lip print on Hulan's forehead and asked her to write to her elder brother, telling him not to lead the army in person, saying it was useless. He should not go to the front line to inspect and supervise the battle, as the weapons were becoming more and more advanced, and he could be hit by stray bullets if he was not careful.
Hu Lan said angrily: It would be better if I died. I am busy fighting all day long, fighting from east to west, and wanting to fight from north to south. They are like hitting a boulder when they meet my husband.
Zhao Yulin asked her with a smile: My husband is not that capable. Brother Da Meng is an eagle on the grassland, a god of war.
Hulan laughed. What if he told him about the God of War? If the tribes fought a war, they would definitely win. But if they met my husband, it would be another story. They would be defeated again and again.
Zhao Yulin looked at her with a smile and said: My wife is the powerful one. Last night, I, your husband, surrendered again and again.
The girl's pretty face flushed red, and she raised her two little pink fists to give him massage-like blows like raindrops.
In Datong Prefecture in the north, Mengge went out in disguise and secretly lived in Tachaer's house, summoning all the generals to discuss matters. A few days ago, it snowed heavily for several days in a row, and the snow in the area from Datong to Yanmen was particularly thick.
Mengge was very happy to hear the news and told them to launch a surprise attack on Yanmen Pass and take back the land lost by Kuoduan. The generals were shocked to hear this.
Da Meng asked very proudly, "What's wrong? Are you scared?"
Wasn't Yanmen Pass recaptured by the southern barbarians in a surprise attack? Can't we take it back using the same method?
The generals were worried.
Damn, the snow is flying all over the sky and the snow on the ground is at least one foot thick. Are we really going to fight in this weather while wearing furs?
Da Meng continued: These southern barbarians have grown up and become powerful, and they have won many victories. Are you afraid, brothers? Forget how we chased them in the past. Snowy days are a good opportunity for us to annihilate the enemy.
The generals in the living room suddenly became excited. Yes, they were the ones who chased the Song army back then. Many of the Han army’s main generals at the scene surrendered during that era.
Tachaer said with disdain: "The secret report says that there has been peace and prosperity in Yanmen these days, and all places are celebrating victory and the New Year. Hum, we will attack Yanmen directly on the first day of the New Year and open the door to the Central Plains."
Menggehan nodded with a smile, then shook his head like a rattle and said: If we don't gather a large army and march south, then how can it be called a sneak attack?
He then sighed and said: Our troops are getting fewer and fewer. We can no longer fight head-on and attritionally fight. We have to fight smartly. He stood up and walked towards the map hanging on the wall. The generals quickly stood up and surrounded him.
Brother Da Meng pointed to Xijinggou to the west of Yanmen Pass and said: We must send a surprise force out of Xijinggou, climb up the wall of Yanmen Pass, and attack from the flank.
All the generals immediately became solemn.
Some people raised the question that there was a steep slope at least ten feet high under the west wall. How could the soldiers climb up in such cold weather?
Brother Meng laughed and said: He has his own magic method, and he just wants to ask if anyone dares to go?
Immediately, a Han army general named Jie Cheng stepped forward and pledged his loyalty to him, saying that he was willing to go through fire and water for the Khan.
Mengge Khan nodded and asked Tachaer to issue a military order to gather troops in Datong and head for Yanmen. He left Jie Cheng alone to give instructions in person.
He asked Tachaer to find a strong and fast horse and ordered the soldiers to chop off the horse's hind legs with a knife. Da Mengge personally picked up the hind legs and went to the wall. He pressed the still bleeding cut against Tachaer's wall. After a while, he let go of the horse's leg and found that it was firmly stuck to the wall.
Tachaer was overjoyed. Jie Cheng went up and pulled hard, but the horse's legs did not move at all. He looked at Da Mengge in surprise.
Menggehan told them proudly: This method was invented by Gao Xianzhi, a famous general of the Central Plains Dynasty. Back then, Gao used this method to make a ladder with horse meat to climb over the snow-capped mountains that even birds could not fly over and conquer the Western Regions.
Today, we will use this trick to take Yanmen.
Jie Cheng immediately assured him that with this trick, they would be able to climb up the city wall and successfully capture Yanmen.
Brother Meng didn't want any of this nonsense, and smiled as he asked Ta Chaer to arrange the men to take action.
Tachaer was favored by the Great Khan Mengge and formed the first grassland royal court imperial guards, so he naturally worked hard. As the military order was issued and the troops were mobilized, Datong Prefecture was more lively than the city during the New Song Dynasty, and the troops kept running inside and outside the city.
In fact, these were all Tachaer's cover for Jie Cheng to confuse the New Song army in the south.
Not only that, he also sent secret spies to Daizhou to order the Haner Army generals who had surrendered to the Shenwei Army to launch , attracting the defenders of Yanmen to the south to quell the rebellion and disperse the strength of the Yanmen garrison.
The commander-in-chief guarding Yanmen Pass was Liu Zheng from the Sixth Column of the Shenwei Army, but he did not have 20,000 troops under his command because the Mongolian army burned a lot of food and grass when capturing Yanmen, and Daizhou also needed troops to quell the rebellion and defend the city, so there were only 10,000 troops at Yanmen Pass.
But Liu Zheng was skilled in art and bold, and thought that ten thousand would be enough.
At this moment, I am watching the drama with business representatives and talking about the New Year.
The guard walked over and whispered that there was an urgent military situation. Liu Zheng came out and whispered what was going on. The guard immediately delivered a secret letter saying: There is news from Datong Prefecture. The Mongolian army is mobilizing and gathering in the city, and the intention to use troops is obvious.
Liu Zheng smiled contemptuously and said, "I understand. I will send a letter to Daizhou immediately, asking Commander Li to be careful. We should eat as we should and sleep as we should, without any worries."
Li Shichang of Daizhou felt overwhelmed when he received the military report.
The Shenwei Army continued to recover territory, expand its defense zone, and deploy its soldiers to strategic locations in various counties, so the number of soldiers around him became smaller and smaller.
Recently, he found that the surrendered generals in Dianzhou were elusive and seemed to be separated by a layer of gauze. He was very worried, but he could not find a suitable reason to dispatch and isolate them. When inspecting the military camp, he kept sounding the alarm for his subordinates in private, asking them to be vigilant.
These Han army surrendered generals and soldiers were far inferior to the militia spontaneously formed on both sides of the Yellow River to fight against the Mongolian army.
The biggest problem is that they have no sense of belonging. They have experienced the rule of the Liao Dynasty, the Jin Dynasty and the Central Plains, and have been constantly communicating and integrating with the Hu people who moved south. They no longer have the concept of the authenticity of the Central Plains Han Dynasty in their hearts. They will surrender to whoever is stronger or gives more benefits.
