Chapter 646: Defeat Report from Huozhou
In the kitchen, Zhao Yulin discussed with the chefs how to refine red oil, make red oil dishes, dried chili powder dishes, and chili powder for barbecue.
The chefs were extremely excited, for this was the commander of the Shenwei Army, and it was the Third Young Master who was teaching them cooking skills step by step. They were not afraid of the cooking oil splashing on their faces, and stared at his cooking with wide eyes.
He saw a piece of jelly in the window and immediately had an idea. He carefully cut the jelly into strips and scooped it into boiling water. Then he chopped up selected chili peppers and sprinkled them on the noodles and asked everyone to have a bowl, thus creating a new way to eat sad jelly.
Soon, a table full of dishes with chili peppers was ready.
Before Zhao Yulin took off his apron, Zhao Feiyan and the children could not wait to pick up their chopsticks and eat with great relish.
The little friends got off the table and pestered him to make barbecue again, and they all praised their daddy's barbecue sweetly, saying that it was delicious.
It was rare for Zhao Yulin to be with these younger children, and he always felt that he owed them something. He worked very hard, and the masters around him became skilled helpers.
With the addition of chili powder to the barbecue he made, the grilled ingredients tasted delicious and fresh. The diners on both sides were craning their necks to ask for some barbecue to try, and the children were having fun.
On the way back, Zhao Feiyan lay in his arms and said she was jealous. He loved children so much, but he never made any delicious food to comfort the mother.
After Zhao Yulin kissed the woman lightly on the forehead, he said that it was rare to see the little ones and he felt ashamed as a father.
The woman stopped talking and dozed off in his arms.
In Huaxi Villa, Zhao Ruilan heard the soldier on duty say that the Third Young Master had come. He personally cooked for the children to eat and he also used a new cooking method to make spicy barbecue to satisfy the diners. He was very happy.
Zhao Ruilan immediately went to find the emperor and asked him why he didn't ask Brother Yulin to stay, knowing that they should leave together when Brother Yulin came.
The emperor said calmly that no one had informed him, so how could he know? Yulin didn't come to the villa, which meant that he and Feiyan were very busy. Why should we bother them? It's best for each of us to live in peace.
The old emperor knew what his daughter was thinking and intentionally didn't give her a chance, which made Zhao Ruilan feel resentful. She snorted coldly and turned away.
The emperor was unhappy. This woman was too much. She walked away without even saying hello.
In the northwest, Alimali and Hubli of the Yili River Valley were leading their armies to sweep across the small kingdoms east of the Yibo Sea, forcing Alibuge and Kuoduan to retreat step by step without any ability to fight back.
After Hubli occupied Alimali, he first sent troops eastward and southward to expand the living space. Within half a month, he received news of the defeat of the unscrupulous attack to the east.
Wulianghe led his troops to march into Huozhou, with 5,000 elite cavalry as the vanguard and violently collided with the westward-moving corps of Gao Jin's Shenwei Army. Gao Jin had horses with baggage in his hands, and he did not hesitate to use the bullets, and asked his brothers to take good care of the horses and walk in the front.
The two armies faced each other. After the sound of gunfire from the horses' lined up guns, Wulianghe's cavalry fell like leeks being cut. There was nowhere to hide in the small oasis. Wulianghe was so frightened that he immediately led his troops to retreat, and a flying eagle delivered a message to Hu Bili.
When Hubili saw the Shenwei Army's horse-mounted heavy machine guns appear in Huozhou, he was stunned. Damn it, how could the Shenwei Army have produced so many firearms? This would kill the cavalry. The faster they charged, the more they would die. If Shi Tianze's team ran into them again, the casualties would be unimaginable.
He quickly ordered everyone to stop advancing.
The army retreated immediately.
At the same time, this guy ordered Shi Tianze to search and move forward and not to engage in large-scale conflict with the Shenwei Army.
What kind of military order is this?
Shi Tianze looked at the secret letter that he had taken off the condor's leg in confusion, not knowing what to do.
The Mongolian army has always been ruthless in its actions, killing anyone and snatching anything they see. But this time, why did the Khan order the scouts to go ahead first, stop advancing when they saw the enemy, and not to come into contact with the Shenwei Army?
The old guy was very puzzled.
However, this guy soon found the reason.
His spies learned from passing merchants and fleeing Mongolian officials that Keshihar in front had been occupied by the Shenwei Army of the New Song Dynasty, and a large number of New Song troops were continuously advancing into the Chagatai Khanate.
Shi Tianze got a headache when he heard the word "incessantly". When his army of tens of thousands was dispatched, they couldn't even organize the troops. The army of the New Song Dynasty came from far away, and the people still said it was an endless supply. How many people would have to line up?
The spy took out a collected Tibetan newspaper and showed it to the guy. It said that Yangjin, the deputy ruler of the New Song Dynasty, had arrived in Lhasa and organized a powerful transportation force to support the army's transfer. The chief abbot of Lhasa also set out from Lhasa to Ladakh to preach, asking believers to support the New Song court in recovering the Chagatai Khanate and driving out the bloodthirsty Mongolian army .
This is outrageous. The great abbot of Lhasa City personally came out to help promote the new Song Dynasty, which is equivalent to mobilizing the entire Tubo area to fight. If he still has to go, he will have to fight with the entire Tubo people.
Back then, the Tibetan army alone could compete with the Tang Empire's army and still hold its own. Now, with the Tibetans as assistants, the Shenwei Army is definitely even more powerful.
The man immediately pulled the reins of his horse and called a halt, then set up defenses on the spot and waited for the king's orders.
In the city of Alimali, Hubli is still struggling to make a decision.
This guy asked his personal guard Dong: "Brother Dong, what should we do? We seem to be at our wits' end."
Dong Qinwei replied humbly: The Khan has made a plan, and he is testing his subordinates. If the east is not bright, the west will be bright. Since the east is not feasible, the Khan will definitely kill all the way to the west. At present, Ali Buge has no power to fight back. Xu Liewu sent 30,000 Persian soldiers to help him fight, which is a crime. The Khan can go to Persia to ask Xu Liewu for the crime of aiding the tyrant.
As for the New Song Kingdom, their Shenwei Army has already skipped Hami Li and arrived in Huozhou. The transportation line has been extended by thousands of miles. It is impossible for them to ignore the safety of the rear. They should not take any action before this year.
Hubili nodded and drank tea , then said with a smile that he had another trick: that is to send two groups of envoys to Huozhou to negotiate peace with Keshihar, delay time, and ask Zhao Yulin for some military equipment and supplies.
Dong Qinwei looked at the world outside the window where snowflakes were flying and said: It has snowed twice on the grassland, the weather is about to get cold, we have to act quickly.
Hubili threw the token to him and said: Then act early and grab a piece of fat meat before it gets too cold.
Dong's personal guard took the token, bowed and left.
Hubili's army moved quickly, including the Alimali garrison that had just surrendered to him, and advanced westward in a steady stream.
However, there was something else that troubled him. The grassland tribes in the east kept migrating westward, but his mother Suluhenidi lived in Harhelin and was reluctant to move. What did his mother mean?
Seeing the Shenwei Army occupying Liaodong and approaching Mobei, his mother was about to become a captive of the New Song Kingdom. This guy, sitting in Alimali, issued a series of imperial decrees, and a large number of followers on the grassland gathered on the migration route and moved westward in groups.
Harkhorum was the imperial capital of the grassland royal court. Suluhenidi still lived here. Despite repeated persuasion from his ministers and guards, he still stubbornly refused to leave.
Not only that, the old woman also told the princes and ministers to leave her alone and leave quickly, because she wanted to stay in the royal court and watch how her son-in-law's army demolished the royal court.
The old woman even fought with Zhao Yulin.
However, Harhelin was thousands of miles away from Chengdu. How could Zhao Yulin know what his mother-in-law was thinking? He was discussing the national agricultural layout with the wife of the king.
Zhao Feiyan sighed and asked him: Did you know that Sister Ma Ling sent Guangyuan to Chen Fu in Wenjiang? Sister Ma Ling wants Guangyuan to learn farming from an agronomy master.
Zhao Yulin nodded and drank tea. That day, when the child proudly asked him to look at the pepper seeds, he knew that Guangyuan liked agriculture. He thought that Ma Ling was right to let the child learn farming. The grain output of the New Song Dynasty was still very low. In years of famine, people would be worried about starving. They must find ways to make sure the people had enough food.
He asked Feiyan to pack up and go to Wenjiang to see Chen Fu and the agricultural masters who were busy with rice and wheat seeds.
The woman immediately asked the guards to move the luggage, stood up and pulled him away, and asked with a smile if there was anything else he needed to prepare. She had prepared a set of things her husband usually needed for travel.
Haha, this shows that he is fussy.
The two of them went out hand in hand to the Agricultural College in Wenjiang, and the woman fell into his arms and acted cute. He said: Let Guangyuan change his surname to Ma to continue the Ma family's incense.
The woman said nothing, but drew circles on his chest with her fingers.
He said that Ma Ling's family consisted of only two brothers and sisters begging for food at the dock in Yibin. He felt very sad after Ma Jin died in the battle, and once said at Ma Jin's grave that he would treat Ma Ling'er well.
Before they knew it, they arrived at the Agricultural College. They got off the car and saw that the wife of Wenjiang County Magistrate Qian was there.
Zhao Feiyan said with a laugh: Madam, why did you come here from so far away? They just wanted to have a meal and chat with the masters of agricultural science.
Chen Fu, along with a group of seed-making masters who looked like farmers, stood at the door and greeted them with a smile. Zhao Yulin asked him to call out his new apprentice to get to know him.
The old man smiled and said: His disciples are preparing meals for the king and the commander, and they are going to use chili peppers to make delicious food.
Everyone laughed.
After touring the rapeseed experimental fields, the group returned to the hall to chat. Chen Fu said with great regret that hybrid rice had not yet been developed, and he was a little embarrassed to report it to the third young master.
He saw that the faces of the learned scholars were all tanned, and it was obvious that they were dealing with the land like the old farmers, and that was enough.
Zhao Yulin said to Feiyan and Aqian: The master chef of the Agricultural College is dedicated to selecting and breeding seeds for the court. His hard work and great contributions should be rewarded. He asked Chen Fu what he needed and what he needed him to do.
Chen Fu quickly waved his hands and told him that there were chickens, ducks, fish, pigs, cattle and sheep here, so he had no shortage of food or clothes and didn't need anything.
Zhao Feiyan told A Qian: Cultivating good seeds and increasing grain production are important means to ensure that the people have enough to eat. The court must pay attention to this and build good residences and libraries for the masters so that they can have a good rest and concentrate on farming.
