Chapter 361 Your Brother Takes Action
Meng Gong accepted the weapons and supplies sent by Yang Xingyun's navy, and immediately changed his equipment to rescue Yu Jie. The Song and Mongolian armies set up battlefields along the Grand Canal and fought desperately.
When the battle line was at a stalemate, Hubili launched another surprise attack and sent a battalion of troops to attack Hefei together with the remaining troops in Shouchun, which made Meng Gong anxious.
Fortunately, Yang Xingyun’s naval fleet had not left yet, so he quickly asked friendly forces for help.
Compared with the teams of Meng Gong and Yu Jie, the navy of the Shenwei Army was much more powerful. They did not even engage in a head-on confrontation with the navy of the Mongolian Army and launched artillery fire from a long distance.
This one-sided situation where I can't hit you and you can't reach me immediately confused Zhang Rou, the leader of the Mongolian army.
Damn, the Song army’s firearms are so powerful that they actually have such a powerful catapult.
He saw the burning warships sinking into the water, but he could not see the shadow of the enemy ships. He had no choice but to order a retreat.
However, the Mongolian army only retreated to Shouchun to defend the dangerous position, and the danger in the west was not eliminated. Meng Gong was worried that the Mongolian army would attack from the east and attack from the west, and break through Shouchun by land and sea, so he had to withdraw troops to the north to strengthen the defense.
However, the Mongolian offensive ended there.
Because Zhao Yulin of the Shenwei Army went west from Hanzhong and entered Lanzhou, and kept setting fires along the border, it had caused great tension in the grassland empire. So the Hao Xiaoming group in Lanzhou sent cavalry north to attack the oasis ranches along the desert passage, and they refused to leave.
The grassland man immediately sent a message via eagle, telling Hubili that he could not withdraw any more troops to the south. Hubili was constrained by his lack of troops and could not continue to expand his victory.
The Jiangdong battlefield entered a stalemate.
Zhao Yulin rushed to Tianshui in Qinzhou, where Gao Jin and his brothers had been waiting. Hu Lan saw a large group of soldiers surrounding him, so he went to talk to Hong Sheng.
The little girl proudly asked Hongsheng to call her "little lady" because she had slept in the third young master's arms.
Hong Sheng looked at the little girl in front of him with surprise and said, "The little princess doesn't know yet."
Hu Lan asked him: Which little princess?
She is the princess of the Mongol Empire.
Hong Sheng immediately told her to stop and not to say that she was a princess of the Mongol Empire, as that would bring disaster upon the Third Young Master. If Hubli knew about it, wouldn't he send a spy to kill the Third Young Master and take her back?
Hu Lan woke up immediately, stuck out her tongue swiftly, then quickly retracted it, and then said fiercely that she would stay by the Third Young Master's side to see who dared to kill her man.
Wow, she feels sorry for Zhao Yulin already. Hong Sheng looked at her in surprise.
Zhao Yulin was still discussing military affairs with his brothers.
Gao Jin knew that he admired Wanyan Chengmin and Guo Chongma very much, so he brought them both here.
He didn't beat around the bush and after having a cup of tea he asked them to tell him how to take over Lingzhou.
Gao Jin was excited and said that his brothers had been thinking about attacking all the time, but Kuoduan had learned his lesson and transferred the Han army to guard the pass, while the large group of cavalry from the Northern Barbarians were put back in the southern mountains to gain weight.
In this case, if the Shenwei Army wanted to attack, they would have to seize the passes one by one, and at the same time they would have to guard against sudden attacks from the Northern Barbarian Cavalry. He was worried about the heavy losses.
Under the leadership of Zhao Yulin, the Shenwei Army has always fought smart battles with relatively few casualties. There are very few battles like the one between Wanyan Chengmin and Guo Chongma where they defended an isolated city to the death and fought to the death. Some military generals are not yet accustomed to the high casualties.
He nodded and asked Guo Chongma to speak.
Guo Chong Mahjong put the tea bowl in his hand on the table and said, "If we are afraid of birds, we will just surround them and attack them one by one. Even if we have to gnaw at them, we will chew that guy Kuo Duan into our mouths and stomachs one bite at a time."
Wanyan Chengmin also expressed his excitement. His Ninth Column was equipped with a large number of mule and horse carts. The team could be deployed quickly and could be used as half a cavalry column.
Zhao Yulin waited until the two of them finished their reports before he said: The purpose of his trip was to create the illusion that the Shenwei Army was about to be dispatched, to contain Hubili in the east and to move south in large numbers. This year, the Shenwei Army had undergone a major reorganization, and some columns had not yet been adjusted to their full potential, making it difficult to exert their best combat effectiveness, so it was not advisable to engage in a large-scale fight.
After he gave these instructions, all the generals understood and immediately said goodbye and returned to the border.
Gao Jin was a cheerful person by nature, and before leaving he did not forget to ask him when he would invite his brothers to the wedding banquet.
Zhao Yulin asked him in confusion whose wedding he was attending?
Gao Jin shook his whip, pointed at Hu Lan in the distance and said, "She's been called Madam, why don't you invite me to the wedding banquet?"
As soon as she spoke, she shouted: Congratulations, madam, congratulations, madam, and goodbye.
Then he cracked two whips and led his brothers to run away with the clatter of horse hooves.
Zhao Yulin kept shaking his head as he watched Gao Jin and the others walking away.
Hu Lan was delighted, and ran over, took his arm and walked back.
He asked Hu Lan, will I become his little wife?
Hulan said confidently that since they had slept together, she must be his woman. As long as the children on the grassland slept in the same tent, they were husband and wife.
Zhao Yulin smiled and said that he had never slept with her.
Hu Lan refused to accept this and shouted for the guards to testify that she had indeed slept in the Third Young Master's arms.
The guards around them immediately dispersed, laughing at the two of them.
Zhao Yulin was confused and helplessly let Hulan walk forward with his arm around him. They returned to the back hall of the government office and had not yet sat down when Hongsheng rushed in to report an urgent military situation. Seeing Hulan beside him, he hesitated to speak and did not know whether he should hand over the report.
Zhao Yulin reached out and took it, then he said with a laugh, "Oh, your brother is doing it to our east."
Hu Lan immediately rushed over to take a look.
He did not stop him and handed the information to Hu Lan. He told Hong Sheng that the entire city of Tianshui was under martial law and would not be lifted until he left the city tomorrow.
Hong Sheng reported to him that martial law had been imposed.
Not only that, the city had already confiscated the carrier pigeons three times, and people in the city were worried that gaps and spies would reveal the whereabouts of the Third Young Master's arrival in Tianshui City.
He gave Hongsheng a thumbs up, had dinner and went to bed early.
At dawn , Zhao Yulin left the city under the escort of the guards. Three days later, he arrived at the city of Chang'an. Miao Gui picked him up and took him straight to the Lantian camp.
Seeing that Zhang Qi and Qiu Ju were both there, Zhao Yulin told Qiu Ju that something had happened. After introducing Hu Lan to her, he handed him over to her and asked her to take him away.
Hu Lan refused to do it and insisted on staying beside him.
Zhao Yulin said that this was very dangerous. Once the Khan of the grassland knew that she was in the hands of the Shenwei Army, it would definitely be detrimental to their family. This was one reason.
The second reason is that if the grassland empire knew she was here, it would definitely send assassins to kill her, which would make it very difficult to protect her. This is the second reason.
The third reason is that he has to deal with military affairs everywhere, so he has no time to bring it with him.
Hulan refused to give in and continued to cry and said that Zhao Yulin just didn't like her because she was a Mongolian woman and left her alone after sleeping with her. She was alone and had no relatives, so she was not going to live like this.
The little girl actually drew out her sword and was about to stab it into her chest.
Zhao Yulin quickly grabbed her, snatched the knife and yelled at her: Who said you don’t care?
How could he be so unreasonable? None of his women disobeyed him.
Hu Lan shut up immediately, and later went up to him, took his arm and muttered that she would listen to the Third Young Master, and would do whatever he told her to do, but he must not leave her, otherwise she would commit suicide.
Fairy Banban, he really relies on me.
Zhao Yulin really has no way to deal with a little girl.
He just waved his hand and asked Hulan to change into a maid's outfit and stay in the big tent.
The little girl was immediately delighted, and she held his face and slapped him in public. All the generals looked at him with amusement, thinking that the third young master was really lucky.
He said, "What are you looking at? Let's go and do our business." He led his brothers to the war room.
A huge sand table with the terrain of Yan'an Prefecture was set up here, and the enemy and our situation were clearly shown on it. Miao Gui pointed at the sand table and gave him a detailed report on the preparations for war in Yan'an Prefecture.
Zhao Yulin said that he asked Hao Xiaoming to send elite troops to harass the Mongolian army north of Wuwei in accordance with the strategy he had established in Chengdu. Gao Jin was also to make a feint to the north immediately, waiting for an opportunity to seize two or three counties, and he was expected to take action soon.
Here, it depends on Huacai and his friends.
He said: From the analysis of the intelligence currently obtained, the Mongolian army is marching south to Huai'an with a large number of troops, and they are ready to capture Jiankang Prefecture and drink from the Yangtze River.
Once the defense of Jiankang Prefecture collapsed, the Mongolian army would cross the river and Lin'an would inevitably suffer again, and Zhao Bing's pseudo-court might completely turn to the Mongol Empire.
This is very unfavorable to our New Song Dynasty.
Therefore, not only Yan'an Prefecture had to move, but Yang Xingyun's Eastern Group also had to make a feint towards Zhengzhou and Kaifeng, otherwise it would be difficult to contain the Mongolian army.
Miao Gui often let out a sigh of relief and said that as a result, the entire Shenwei Army was mobilized.
Zhao Yulin nodded and said that he wanted to make Hu Bili feel uncertain and cautious. Yan'an Prefecture could take Xiazhou and Yanzhou, and stop when they were ahead.
He estimated that Kuoduan was also preparing a trap for the Shenwei Army, so he asked Miao Gui to immediately issue a combat order and plan to lock down Kuoduan.
The central military tent immediately became busy.
Soon, the central army tent received the news that the cavalry of the Lanzhou Group of the Shenwei Army was attacking Wuwei, and Gao Jin also reported to the tent that everything was ready.
Zhao Yulin rested in Lantian for three days, and then followed Miao Gui to Yan'an Prefecture. The further he went, the more he saw soldiers and merchant caravans in a hurry.
At the post station, Hulan wanted to rest in the same room with him, and Zhao Yulin did not stop him. Seeing that he looked tired, the little girl went up to him, hugged his head and told him to close his eyes and take a nap. She told him that when she was a child, her brother Hubili would lie down and rest like this .
Zhao Yulin knew that Hulan missed her brother. He closed his eyes and lay in Hulan's arms and said that his brother Hubili was killing our Song compatriots in Jiangdong. In two years, her elder brother would also lead troops back to fight against the Shenwei Army. What was it for a girl from the Tulei family to follow the commander of the Shenwei Army?
Hu Lan held his head firmly and said that she didn't care, she would be his woman and watch the Third Young Master defeat all the strong men in the world and become the strongest man. While talking, the little girl lowered her head and bit his mouth.
Zhao Yulin stuck out his tongue in response and said, "Take a break, we are all tired."
