Chapter 633: Covering one's ears and stealing the bell
Zhang Zhi was overjoyed and thanked the third young master repeatedly.
This man was a surrendered general of the Jin army, who had suffered a lot from the Mongolian army. When he heard that he would lead his troops to attack the grassland and would be given 20,000 soldiers of Baturu, he was so excited that he immediately stood up and saluted him, promising to charge forward bravely and kill the enemy courageously.
Zhao Yulin waved his hands. He had already seen Baturu looking embarrassed. He smiled and said that old Baturu was unhappy, so why not let General Gao support Datong Prefecture with 20,000 elite cavalry?
Miao Gui nodded immediately and said: "Great, that's the only way." If General Gao's troops went to Liaodong to fight in one go, I'm afraid that even the strong horses would become skinny ones, which is obviously not going to work.
Baturu looked at Gao Jin with a smile and thanked him repeatedly.
Gao Jin was in a miserable situation. He agreed reluctantly and promised to transfer the most combat-capable troops to Baturu.
Zhao Yulin said that's right, General Ba is not stingy, he will transfer the new third battalion to Gansu Road. General Gao Da has horses for transport, so he will be willing to transfer another 10,000 cavalry to General Ba, right?
Now it was Baturu's turn to be reluctant.
Are you kidding? The horse-borne cannon is a magical weapon to stop cavalry attacks. Even though the new Third Battalion now has only five horse-borne cannons, it can definitely withstand 10,000 cavalrymen.
Zhao Yulin saw that Baturu looked embarrassed, but Gao Jin was rubbing his hands happily and smiling like a child.
He said to Yang Xingyun: "The manufacture of horse-drawn packs is very complicated, and each batch is improved and different. We can expand the New First Battalion based on the New Third Battalion, let Gao Jin take the New Third Battalion, and the New First Battalion will stay in Datong Prefecture."
Gao Jin immediately thanked the Third Young Master, Baturu and all the elder brothers.
Zhao Yulin saw that Baturu's complexion had improved a lot, and said with a smile, "Why be so stingy? Even if our General Ba has no horse to carry him, he can still sweep across the desert and be invincible."
Baturu said happily: Thank you for the compliment, Third Young Master. Datong Prefecture faces the northern royal court, and he is on guard day and night and dares not be careless.
He said that it was extremely difficult to manufacture horse-drawn packs, and that the new products that would be made later would definitely be better than the previous ones. The reason why the new third battalion was transferred to Gansu Road was because they were worried about the Mongolian army's surprise attack. Although the new first battalion was just an empty shell, we could send one over as soon as we made one, and there would be no problem.
All the generals nodded.
Zhao Yulin spread his hands and said: His mission is completed. The brothers can decide how to do it. He will not go through the border this time.
Miao Gui immediately asked his brothers to stand up, saluted him, and then said goodbye and left.
In the evening, Feiyan came back and told him that the Ministry of War had drawn up a plan to attack Liaodong and to recapture Liaodong this year.
Zhao Yulin nodded and said: Let's go with the flow. He estimated that the focus of the grassland empire would shift westwards.
Since Hubili has personally traveled all over Western Shu and still cannot see the changes in national strength, then he is not the leader of the grassland.
Zhao Feiyan and Shun Zhidi both looked at him in confusion. Zhidi asked: Why are you so sure that Hubili is better than me? I think my brother is the most powerful man in the world.
He reached out and pinched Zhidi's little face and said, "Thank you for praising me. There are many capable people in the world."
In the grassland belt from east to west in the north, the Mongolian army was moving westward in a nomadic manner. The troops in front had just left the grassland a few days ago, and the troops behind would move in and set up camp.
Hubili received a report at the royal court: Wulianghe had led the Goryeo garrison troops back, and he personally went thirty miles outside the royal court to greet them, which showed how much he valued this team.
At present, in the Prairie Royal Court, the team that is truly suitable for field combat and capable of rapid mobility is this one.
He asked his personal guard Brother Dong to be the military supervisor and ordered Wulianghe to set out immediately after three days of rest, to lead the sweeping attack as the vanguard, and to protect the main army in the fight against Alibuge.
Wulianghe knelt on one leg and saluted him, asking the Khan to rest assured that the army would surely defeat the rebels and return in triumph.
Hubili stepped forward and helped Wulianghe up with one hand, saying with a laugh that the Han craftsmen had imitated the Shenbi crossbow of the New Song army. Although it was a bit heavy, the speed of releasing arrows was not slower at all.
He ordered Wulianghe to select the best riders and the strongest war horses to form the vanguard suicide squad, which would surely defeat the enemy and force them to flee in panic.
Wulianghe was overjoyed and kept replying to the Khan with the word "yes".
Three days later, Hubili accompanied his mother Suluhenidi on a horseback outing along the Onon River south of the royal court. His mother asked: "Is my son going to the war?"
Hubili nodded and told her that the vanguard of the army had been marching for nearly a month and the Goryeo garrison had also arrived.
His mother couldn't bear to see the brothers killing each other, and said angrily that she would not leave.
Hubili was silent for a long time, and finally said that it was okay not to leave, but they must not go south or east to take risks. He had withdrawn all the troops that could be withdrawn from those places. He was worried that Zhao Yulin's Shenwei Army would not be well controlled during the large-scale invasion, and it would be dangerous if they killed people indiscriminately.
Sulu Henidi questioned him: There is danger everywhere. Didn't my son say that the New Song Dynasty has extremely strict military discipline and the Shenwei Army will not kill innocent people? I am a woman and I will not pick up a sword to fight in the battlefield, so what am I afraid of?
Hubili looked at the clouds in the south and said: Zhao Yulin's military discipline is strict, and he stipulated that innocent people should not be killed. That was in the Central Plains, and now that they have entered the heart of the grassland to fight, it is hard to say.
We have killed quite a few of them, even massacring entire cities and exterminating entire families.
Suluhenidi was silent.
The next day, Hubili set out with the army.
In the end, he failed to persuade his mother to set off with him, and left resolutely, leaving behind 20,000 soldiers to guard the royal court.
In Xuzhou of Western Shu, the princess Zhao Ruilan of the former dynasty who was exchanged as a hostage arrived at the dock of Yibin on a warship. As soon as she got ashore, she excitedly threw herself into the arms of the old emperor and burst into tears. After she caught her breath, she turned around and pointed at the warship that had already left the shore, shouting and yelling to come back. She pulled the emperor's hand and asked him to send someone on board to kill all the soldiers on the ship and behead them all as a warning to the public.
The emperor immediately pulled his Lan'er into his arms, covered her mouth and told her not to talk nonsense, saying that it was the Shenwei Army that rescued Lan'er.
Zhao Ruilan kept cursing at these soldiers for being so insolent and not taking her, a princess, seriously at all. She was made to sleep in a dirty place and eat pig food. She must all be killed.
At the side, the old steward of the Ministry of Rites said calmly: The New Song Dynasty no longer has a royal family or royal privileges. Miss Ruilan, please stop making trouble, it will embarrass Mr. Zhao .
Zhao Ruilan scolded the steward with tears in her eyes: "How dare you! Who the hell do you think you are? Get out of my way!"
The deacon was frustrated and turned away with a red face.
The Queen and the Imperial Concubine quickly surrounded them. The Imperial Concubine cried with joy and sobbed to Lan'er to stop talking nonsense. This was the court of the New Song Dynasty. Daddy was no longer the emperor. He was a top-level historian of the New Song Dynasty and no longer had any royal privileges.
The empress dowager was delighted, as if she had found a capable assistant. She followed behind and said angrily that it was all because of this unfilial son's weakness that our Lan'er had to suffer.
The emperor could no longer control himself when he saw several women performing a drama in public, and there were countless common people watching. He ordered the reception staff of the Ministry of Rites to quickly take them into the city, and the group quickly walked towards Zhao Yulin's residence in Cuiping Mountain.
Zhao Ruilan saw the simple gate of the Zhao Mansion and asked: Where is this?
Are we going to live here?
The Queen said lovingly that this is Yulin and Feiyan’s home. Let’s stay here for one night. Tomorrow, Daddy will take Lan’er to travel around Mahu River and take the train to Xinshi. That is the giant green dragon that our Xinsong craftsmen have just made.
Zhao Ruilan was jealous of Zhao Feiyan for stealing her man and taking her kingdom away. She got angry when she heard about Zhao Feiyan. She stood at the door and stamped her feet, refusing to go in.
The emperor said coldly: Stop making trouble and go in. Feiyan vacated this house for Lan'er, and the whole family moved to Jiangbei.
The Queen Mother had already stepped into the courtyard. When she saw that it was covered with colored glaze and the ground was paved with large sintered bricks, the flowers in the garden were vying for beauty and there was not a single dead branch or leaf, she exclaimed in amazement, "Come in and see quickly. Zhao Qi'er really knows how to enjoy herself."
Everyone was yelled at by her and went in immediately. As expected, the inside and outside were completely different. The cleanliness and tidiness were definitely not inferior to the palace of the king or the prime minister in Lin'an. However, the colored glaze that could be seen everywhere showed that the owner's status was not ordinary.
Zhao Ruilan looked at everything in the yard in amazement. A maid was explaining the arrangement of the rooms to the steward of the Ministry of Rites, and these people immediately found their own rooms and went in.
After everyone settled down, the Queen took Lan'er for a walk in circles in the yard, reminding her not to speak out of turn. This was the New Song Dynasty. Although both the Great Song and the New Song had the word "Song" in their names, because of the word "new" they were completely different. The New Song had no emperor, no princes or royal family, and it was a republic where everyone was equal.
Zhao Ruilan smiled contemptuously and said: Zhao Yulin is just trying to cover up his mistake, if he really wants to, then why does the Zhao family have such a luxurious mansion? Oh, it seems that there is more than one. I just heard from my father that there is another one in Jiangbei. Jiangbei is the capital , which is definitely bigger than this one and a hundred times more luxurious.
The queen shook and said that she had just returned and didn't know anything. Anyway, it was different from what she imagined. Don't say anything in front of strangers. Ask her mother more and she will find out slowly.
The imperial concubine kept nodding beside her.
In Jiangbei, Ma Linger and Wu Yuqi were having dinner with their elderly parents with their children. The old lady laughed and joked that there was so much smoke coming out of the Zhao family's ancestral tomb that even the emperor was going to live in their mansion.
Ma Linger smiled as she picked up some dishes for the aunt and several mothers-in-law, and said happily that our Feiyan is the king, and according to the previous dynasty, she was the emperor, and Zhidi was also an emperor, so it was nothing special, the aunt was making fun of her again.
Zhao Yulin's mother immediately picked up the serving chopsticks to pick up food for her two daughters-in-law and asked Yuqi to eat more. She was busy all day long.
After seeing this, Er Niang also picked up some food for Ma Ling'er and said with a smile that they were all good daughters-in-law who managed the household well and the older generation were too idle to do anything.
Ma Linger immediately looked at Yuqi and asked if her official boat was free, so that she could take the elders out for a walk.
Wu Yuqi hesitated for a moment and said, "Let's wait for two days. After those people on Cuiping Mountain leave, we'll accompany our parents out."
Ma Linger thought about it and it made sense. Who knows what kind of trouble these people will cause.
