Chapter 708: Trampled and Crippled
Zhao Yulin said that Lao Miao and Guiqi were busy in Liaoyang and were in urgent need of people.
We need to prepare for the war with the island country of Japan, which is already mobilizing troops and training with new equipment. The Second Army should go to the island country to show its skills. The Western Regions have to face the hungry wolf of the Western Yuan Empire, and the Third Army should also go there to practice fighting wolves and adapt to future battles on the great plains.
The South will no longer recruit new troops, and will quickly dispatch all the generals. As for the lack of manpower for garrison and bandit suppression, the garrisons in Yunnan and Chengdu can be transferred southward.
Du Baiyue had long anticipated that the Shenwei Army would land on the island to fight against Japan, and said happily: Let the New First Army go up as well. The new army has just been formed and needs some experience. The brothers are itching to get started.
Yang Xingyun laughed at him, saying that he still felt that he had not fought enough. His brothers all wanted to join in, so he had to leave some chances for others.
Zhao Yulin said: The New First Army is basically composed of soldiers from Yunnan. They are suitable for fighting in the south but not very adaptable to the cold battlefield in the north. Some of them can be transferred to participate in the war, but large-scale mobilization is not appropriate.
Besides, the enemies in the south have not been completely eliminated. After the New First Army is transferred away from Champa, Zhenla may turn against us, which would be a loss.
The two fell silent immediately.
He believed that Yunnan needed Baiyue to stay in charge and not move for the time being. If Zhenla was subdued, the war with the island country of Japan would probably be over, and then we would deal with Pagan.
The most important thing right now is to plan for the island country of Japan. Although this small island country is far away from our New Song, their Bushido spirit is deeply rooted in their bones. We must break the backbones of those black sheep and make them crawl on the ground forever, otherwise there will be endless troubles.
Yang Xingyun saw Zhao Yulin's eyes spitting fire and his face was full of anger when he spoke. He didn't know what the Japanese pirates had done to the third young master. He wanted to be different from other small countries and crush them directly. But he had a strong execution ability and immediately assured Zhao Yulin: I will go back and plan to land on the Japanese island wholeheartedly.
He said: Good things don't come in a hurry. Baiyue should also be promoted to general. Let's see if there are other brothers who need to be awarded titles and do it together.
Du Baiyue immediately said no, no. He wanted to say something, but Yang Xingyun stopped him and said: "Master, I dare not disobey your military order."
Zhao Yulin waved his hand, and the two of them said goodbye and left.
As soon as Yang Xingyun came out, he criticized Du Baiyue.
He said: Young Master has all the brothers in the army in his heart, not one of them is missing. Since it is Young Master's order, why would Brother Baiyue refuse?
The Du Baiyue, who were born into a scholarly family, were at a loss for words and stammered, unable to speak.
Three days later, the New Song court once again announced the awarding of military ranks, granting the rank of general to Du Baiyue, Wu Yuqi and Liu Zheng, and granting the rank of general and lieutenant general to Huo Yi, Li Chuan, Zhang Guoan and a group of other military generals.
Zhao Yulin summoned the officials of the Central Council to discuss the matter. They all sang praises. Some said that the New Song Dynasty had strong soldiers and horses and was invincible, while others said that our treasury was full and the country was peaceful and the people were safe.
You Shi said with a smile that there were frequent reports of victory from both the south and the north, so we had to take another road, so let's call it Champa Road.
All the gentlemen nodded.
However, Zhao Yulin said that Champa had a small area, a small population and a poor economy, so it should not be designated as a route for the time being. Instead, it should be renamed Champa Prefecture like Thang Long, and be administered by Yunnan Road as a prefecture of the New Song Dynasty. Plans can be made later based on actual conditions.
Everyone nodded again and drank their tea.
Cao Ying in the back row was delighted to hear this and said happily: Since there are so many happy events and the whole world is celebrating, we ask the king to give us ministers a raise. Our salaries have not increased for many years, and the price of food for common people has increased by several percent.
The gentlemen laughed happily after hearing this.
Speaking of salary, who wants a raise and more income?
This is legitimate and legal money.
Zhao Yulin didn't dare to look at the young woman. After hesitating for a moment, he said: It is right for officials to have a salary increase, but it cannot be compared to the income of ordinary people. Compared with ordinary people, it is much easier for us to put money in our pockets than for them.
He proposed to first increase the salaries of the soldiers, then increase the salaries of the professors and medical officers engaged in education, and finally increase our salaries.
Because at the beginning of the founding of the country, Ding Gong said: We are all equal, we discuss matters in a republic, and we work for the people of the world.
We must abide by this rule.
Hua Yue immediately agreed with Zhao Yulin's proposal, saying loudly that the army was fighting hard in the front, and the soldiers' salaries should be increased first. Lord Zhao was right, we should put others first and ourselves second, and follow Lord Ding's instructions and persevere.
When everyone saw them expressing their opinions one after another, they immediately nodded, nodded, and hummed in agreement.
Zhao Yulin said that the specific operation and the amount of increase would be decided by the Ministry of Transport, with the assistance of the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Revenue. What do you think?
The three ministers immediately agreed.
Tehran, the border situation between the Western Yuan Empire and the New Song Dynasty was stabilized after Hubli divided the river with the Uchu River. After the Western Yuan Empire recovered, it took advantage of the death of Badu of the Golden Horde and the internal struggle for the Khanate to launch an attack. The kings of the Golden Horde were ruling independently, so how could they withstand the thundering blow of Hubli's fist?
Wherever the Xiyuan army went, the Golden Horde regime collapsed. The Russian principalities that had been subject to Badu took the opportunity to become independent, and there were castle principalities of all sizes everywhere.
Hubli was dumbfounded when he learned that after the collapse of the Golden Horde, independent kingdoms sprang up everywhere.
This was a great help that his Western Yuan Empire provided to the local indigenous people.
Hubili's mouth curled up, and he soon came up with an idea. He urgently ordered the rear to recruit a large number of pagans to form an Islamic Legion, and asked his grassland regular army to support and supervise the battle from behind, attacking one city after another, and encouraging the Islamic people to take revenge.
In this way, a drama of killing was staged again on the land that the grassland people had occupied through killing twenty years ago. The Arabs in long robes, urged by Hubili's imperial guards, attacked one after another, demolished castles one after another, eliminated the newly established principalities, and cleansed the Russians as much as possible.
The Kipchak steppe was quickly engulfed in blood and fire, and a large number of Russians formed a coalition to fight against the Western Yuan army. Many Russians and former members of the Golden Horde turned eastward to join the New Song Dynasty.
General Zhang Zhi, the commander of the Shenwei Army stationed at Taiheling, immediately seized the rare opportunity. On the one hand, he sent urgent intelligence to Chengdu, and on the other hand, he dispatched troops to the east bank of the Yile River to deploy defenses.
Wu Jie, who had been promoted to military supervisor, reminded Zhang Zhi to be careful of Hu Bili's sudden counterattack.
However, Zhang Zhi and Baturu were not afraid. They believed that the weaponry of the Shenwei Army was several times more advanced than that of the Xiyuan Army, and their overall combat power was not something the Xiyuan Army could match, so there was nothing to worry about.
Although Wu Jie sang a different tune, it was because he was in the position of military supervisor and had the same plan as Zhang Zhi, wanting to seize the opportunity to fight. He said: Although we can beat the Xiyuan Army, our supply line is too long, which cannot be compared with the local supply of the Xiyuan Army.
Zhang Zhi nodded and said: The military inspector reminded me that he was also considering the logistical supply difficulties of the army, so he intended to move westward and occupy some fertile land in Cuman as a place to raise food and fodder for the army. He was sure that Hubili would not dare to compete with us.
The three brothers acted immediately and urged the Western Expedition Army to attack. At the same time, they secretly reported to Hamar Khan and asked friendly forces to contain the enemy.
Gao Jin, who was stationed in Shamarhan, was delighted when he received Zhang Zhi's secret letter. He finally had a chance to make a fortune.
This guy had already summarized the intelligence from Teheran and discovered that Hubli had launched a massive attack on the Golden Horde and recruited a large number of Muslims to form a foreign legion to participate in the suicidal war. He began to wonder what Prince Hubli was doing.
I was happy after reading Zhang Zhi’s secret report.
After discussing with Wang Hanchen, she believed that there was a high possibility that Zhang Zhi would have a fierce confrontation with the Xiyuan army, so she asked Hanchen to lead the newly trained 1st Division of the New Third Army and the two columns to support Zhang Zhi.
In this season, the weather is getting colder and it is about to freeze. The grassland cavalry can attack in all directions. The grassland people are good at fighting in cold weather, and they may give us a blow.
The Han officials did not dare to be careless. They immediately mobilized the troops, organized the logistics, and set off with the baggage.
Gao Jin was also busy. He ordered Huo Yi and Zhang Guoan to lead a group of troops to cross the Wuchu River and attack the rear of the Xiyuan Empire immediately, seize favorable terrain, control the fertile land on both sides of the Wuchu River, and achieve the strategic intention of tying down the Xiyuan army.
Half a month later, Zhao Yulin learned about Zhang Zhi and Gao Jin's military operations.
Yang Xingyun hurried to find him to discuss countermeasures.
He flicked the secret report in his hand and said: This information is transmitted via eagles and pigeons at the maximum speed, but it is of no practical use to us.
We just know that the opportunity is fleeting, and the brothers in front will definitely take action.
Yang Xingyun said a little embarrassedly: If he was in Taihe Ridge, he would take action after knowing the truth, but the brothers in the front don’t know that we have to solve the troubles on the Japanese island side.
Zhao Yulin waved his hands and said that he was not blaming his brothers for acting first and reporting later, as the Privy Council had given them the right to act at their own discretion.
He told Xingyun not to rush, as they would write to him soon about what Zhang Zhi and the others needed. He asked Wang Gui to send all the newly-made horse-mounted heavy machine guns to Zhang Zhi immediately. Even if they could not be used now, they would definitely be needed in the future. He estimated that Zhang Zhi and Hubili would have to fight in the Kipchak steppe, and both sides would not settle down until the winner was determined.
Yang Xingyun went to do it immediately.
The most tense logistical supply began after Logistics General Wang Gui took office. He was also very unsure, so he urgently dispatched the newly made weapons and ordered the westward-bound officers' corps of the New Third Army to escort them and set off immediately.
Later, the demand for supplies from the front came.
Yang Xingyun spread his hands and said that it was beyond his reach, and he could only do as the third young master said, and order Suiye City and Alimali to open the warehouses to rush to transport military supplies, and start the logistics transit and rapid delivery in Lanzhou and Baoji, and then make arrangements here.
Wang Gui also said helplessly: This is the only way, it would be great if there was a train.
Yang Xingyun told him to go back, have a good sleep and dream.
The girl smiled awkwardly and said: Fortunately, there are new soldiers going west to replace the guards, just in time to act as escorts. Otherwise, such a large-scale logistics transfer would require countless civilians, and it would not be 100% safe.
