Chapter 713: March into Tehran
Zhao Yulin said he was stupid. The guard was a training class. After learning well, he should go out to work. How could he be lazy here? Just be diligent and honest. Don't embarrass this young master.
Jing Gang knew that he had already made arrangements, so he stood up straight, saluted him solemnly, and said loudly: It's all up to the Third Young Master.
Zhao Yulin waved his hand and said: Qiu Ju didn't want to work in Shaanxi because of Zhang Qi's matter. She wanted to take up a position in Baoning Prefecture. Why did she go to Shunfeng in Shaanxi? The empire is getting bigger and bigger. He is considering whether to move the imperial capital to Chang'an? If you agree, there will be a lot of things in Chang'an in the future, and you need to plan ahead.
Jing Gang immediately assured him that he would do a good job.
Zhao Yulin waved his hand and said, "Don't give him empty words, let's see the actual results." He asked Jing Gang to bring a cigarette and smoke with him, and the two brothers, who were close friends regardless of age, really started smoking at the bow of the boat.
Kip and Hubli in Europe are discussing the relocation of the capital in the Western Yuan Dynasty.
Gao Jin's army advanced slowly towards Dehelan, and the surrounding castles rose up one after another, welcoming the Shenwei Army into the city with food and drink. However, this was beyond Gao Jin's expectations, and he even suffered from angina pectoris, thinking that these pagans were really unrepentant and more unreliable than a scabby dog.
However, this guy did not reflect on the mistake in his decision. A nation cannot be conquered by killing alone. If it were possible, why would he move thousands of miles away?
When Prime Minister Yao saw that the city of Kip was still relatively intact, he petitioned to move the imperial capital here.
When Dong's personal guards thought of Shamara's recent defeat, they were a little worried that the Shenwei Army would attack from both sides. If they continued to pursue, they would not even be able to save Kip.
However, Prime Minister Yao spoke eloquently, stating his research on the territories of the Han and Tang dynasties, and believed that the area currently occupied by the Shenwei Army would not expand westward any further.
This guy said confidently: Based on his observation of Zhao Qi'er for many years, this person is a trustworthy person and will not lead the army to attack us again. Even the battle of Shamara was because the soldiers at the front wanted to make merit and acted according to the current situation.
Your Majesty, think about it. If Zhao Qier is determined to attack, it will definitely be a thundering blow, causing heavy losses to our Xiyuan.
Hubili felt uncomfortable listening to this, and really wanted to lift his leg and give this guy a big fart bag. He cursed in his heart: Damn it, I lost nearly 100,000 in the battle at Shamara, not counting the thunder strike of the New Song Dynasty, and it was just a small test of the Shenwei Army of Taihe Ridge?
In that case, if the New Song Dynasty mobilized the entire country to fight, and his brother-in-law Zhao Yulin personally planned the military operations, his Xiyuan Empire would probably be destroyed in minutes?
Prime Minister Yao said with some envy: There is an announcement in the "New Song Newspaper" that the New Song Kingdom has conquered the Zhenla Kingdom in the south and has newly acquired Champa State. This shows that Zhao Qier has been expanding his territory step by step according to the territories of the Han and Tang emperors. It is not easy.
Hubili felt a little annoyed by what he heard.
What's wrong with this guy today?
What are you comparing?
Why don't they care that he, the Emperor of Xiyuan, is still sitting on the dragon throne?
Hubili said with a slightly unhappy look: "I know everything. The new Song Dynasty is now powerful, and Xiyuan should avoid its edge. I am here to apologize to you all. It was my negligence that led to the defeat of Shamara and the loss of Teheran. Is that enough?"
The ministers in the hall immediately shouted "Long live the emperor" three times and reviewed their actions. It was because they, as ministers, did not work hard enough, which led to the enemy occupying our territory and killing our elite soldiers. Your Majesty is brought shame, oooo.
Hubili shook his head and told them to stop talking and say, "Let's move the capital to Kip now and let Minister Yao take care of it."
However, we cannot allow the New Song Dynasty to continue to encroach on our territory. We have asked Minister Dong to supervise the deployment of the defense. We must engage in a positional war with the Shenwei Army and fight for every inch of land. We will never allow the Shenwei Army to advance even a single step westward.
All the ministers kowtowed and accepted the order.
Hubili continued to issue decrees: He believed that the territory of Xiyuan was too small and lacked strategic depth. War horses could run from the east to the west of the empire in one night. He must continue to march westward and conquer more city-states.
I ordered Wulianghe to lead the troops, and Xuliewu to be the vanguard to continue the westward expedition.
Wulianghe and Xu Liewu immediately came out of their duty, bowed and saluted, saying "yes" repeatedly.
Yao Zaifu was delighted to be entrusted by Hubli to lead the relocation of the capital, and he immediately offered Hubli a plan. He believed that pagans should not be killed in large numbers, as pagans were everywhere in the west. It would be better to organize them all to fight and help the empire conquer the rebellious city-states.
The empire does not need to station troops and officials in every city-state like the New Song Dynasty did. The newly recovered city-states can be governed by the Central Plains Empire. The emperor only needs to send Darughachi to these city-states to collect taxes.
Hubili thought this statement sounded reasonable and nodded.
After the defeat of Hama, he lost a large number of soldiers and was also thinking about how to recruit soldiers. In the past, he had formed a pagan legion, which had a good effect. He let these pagans go to the front and kill each other.
The guy immediately waved his hand and agreed.
The army of the Western Yuan Empire was like a heavy tank, conquering cities with ease and crushing all city-states that dared to resist. The remaining principalities that Kip went west were trembling with fear.
How could these small city-states resist the attack of the vast Western Yuan Empire? They sent envoys to contact each other and formed a coalition to resist the invasion of the Western Yuan Empire. However, the coalition was not a coordinated and unified army of a country after all. Even the army of a country could not command and dispatch effectively.
Faced with successive defeats, these small countries continued to send in their own troops, but were still unable to stop the attack of the Xiyuan army.
At this time, they thought of a great Eastern country called New Song, and secretly sent an envoy to Shamalk to ask for help, asking the Shenwei Army to send troops to attack the Xiyuan Empire from the side and rear to delay the Xiyuan Empire's invasion.
In Xinshi, Xuzhou, Zhao Yulin and Zhao Feiyan were summoning the Goryeo prince Wang Dian.
After receiving the confirmation that his father was going to surrender to the New Song Dynasty, this guy was no longer in a hurry. He brought his wife to the territory of the New Song Dynasty and traveled all the way to Xinshi. After experiencing the magic of trains and electric lights, the Ministry of Rites arranged for him to meet Zhao Yulin.
Wang Dian happily said that his father wanted to submit to the New Song Dynasty and had only one small request, which was to live in the imperial capital.
Zhao Yulin thought to himself, this is nothing to ask for, it's no big deal, just ask the Ministry of Rites to choose a house for his father to live in.
Zhao Feiyan was very smart and immediately realized that the Goryeo emperor was not just going to Chengdu to feel the warmth. She smiled and said: This is a great thing. Taijian Hall can also specially hire the old king as the Taijian elder to give advice to the court on how to govern Goryeo.
Right, Brother Yulin.
Zhao Yulin understood, and said to Feiyan with a smile: "That's a good idea. It would be best if the old king is willing to come to Chengdu. The court has introduced a strategy for governing the border, and it would be a good opportunity for you to help plan it in detail."
Wang Dian was delighted, and he quickly pulled his wife up and bowed to them respectfully, thanking the king and queen for their great kindness.
He smiled and motioned for everyone to sit down. He told Wang Dian that Goryeo's submission to the New Song was in accordance with the will of heaven. After its return, it would still be called Goryeo Road. At that time, the court would order the Ministry of Revenue to redraw the boundaries of Goryeo Road and include Kaesong, the ancient capital of Goryeo, into Goryeo Road for the convenience of the people to pay homage and travel.
Wang Dian was so excited that he thanked the king again and again .
After seeing off Wang Dian and his wife, Feiyan carried him out for a horseback ride to admire the rapeseed flowers. After a gallop on her Arabian horse in the sea of rapeseed flowers, the woman accompanied Zhao Yulin to the top of the mountain to view the scenery and breathe in the fresh scent of rapeseed flowers.
She told Zhao Yulin: I’m pregnant.
Zhao Yulin's heart skipped a beat. They had slept together for just a few nights, and Mozi got pregnant. He asked dully: What should I do?
The little girl said she didn't want to marry him.
Zhao Feiyan smiled and said, "Don't worry about it. Sister Ma Ling has a way. Brother, just accompany Ezi to have fun."
Zhao Yulin was very conflicted. He looked around at the golden mountain scenery in front of him with a scattered gaze. It seemed that the fragrance of the rapeseed flowers had disappeared.
He shouted: Jinggang, give me a cigarette.
Zhao Feiyan immediately called out: Ruan Hong, bring some cigarettes, the young master wants to smoke.
Zhao Yulin then remembered that Jing Gang had left and gone to Shaanxi to take over Qiu Ju's job.
He took the cigarette handed to him by Ruan Hong, lit it, and asked Ruan Hong to have one as well. The boy was not used to Zhao Yulin being so approachable.
Zhao Feiyan said that if the young master told him to beat him, then just do it, he is not the only one guarding nearby, there are also brothers watching him.
Only then did Ruan Hong take out a cigarette and light it.
She asked Ruan Hong: Are you afraid of the king?
Are you afraid of the Third Young Master and feeling nervous?
Ruan Hong wanted to say yes, but he was afraid that Zhao Yulin would be angry, and he felt awkward and uncomfortable.
Zhao Yulin smiled and asked him if he was very casual around Feihu, right?
The girl nodded, then immediately shook her head vigorously.
Zhao Yulin said that he did not tell the truth, yes meant yes and no meant no, and told him to be like when he was with Feihu, that as guards they should be brothers, and if they were not open-minded and had no heart-to-heart connection, how could they do a good job in security work.
This girl was hit on the head by Zhao Yulin's words, and she reflected with a red face, saying: I remember it.
Feiyan said with a smile that the Third Young Master and Feihu were good brothers, and everyone was a good brother, so don't separate them. Feihu asked the younger brother to come to the Third Young Master to learn more about how to govern a country, so that he could do good things for the people of the world in the future.
Ruan Hong nodded vigorously and said that he remembered it and would keep his lady's teachings in mind.
Zhao Yulin smiled and said: It's useless to just remember it. You still treat yourself as an outsider. You should call her Sister Feiyan.
The boy immediately laughed and shouted: Thank you, Sister Feiyan.
Zhao Feiyan said happily: That's right. Remember, we are a family as close as brothers and sisters.
Ruan Hong was Geng Feihu's personal bodyguard. When he saw Feihu fall into the flood, he jumped in to save him without thinking. Unexpectedly, he and Feihu were washed far away and survived by chance.
Feihu saw that Ruan Hong was loyal and honest but lacked the wisdom to do things, so he recommended him to Zhao Yulin as a personal bodyguard, hoping that he could learn more from Zhao Yulin.
Zhao Yulin told him: Read more when you have free time, because there are many truths in books.
Ruan Hong nodded and told him with admiration: Brother Feihu said that the third young master has infinite wisdom, and he is like a good book that can never be fully learned.
Damn, Feihu is reading the book he kept that day.