Chapter 365 The Third Young Master's Masterpiece
These were the newly formed cavalrymen that Lu Huacai had released from Hengshan Village. Led by the column leader Wang Gui, they had already rushed to the battlefield. After the scouts reported that the infantry had launched a charge, he immediately ordered an attack from the side and rear to block the enemy's attack.
Wang Gui led the cavalry in a wild pursuit for thirty miles before capturing a large number of thirsty Mongolian soldiers and horses. After returning to report the victory news from Hengshan Village to Feng Guiqi, all the generals were extremely happy.
Feng Guiqi told them: The third young master is coming up, everyone should clean up the battlefield quickly.
When the generals heard that Zhao Yulin had really come to Yulinshu, they immediately became busy and excited.
Liu Hu's desert special forces also returned to the team. Although this team has few members, they have achieved remarkable combat results. They went deep into the desert in advance and lurked in Tu Hai's back, stabbing him in the back.
These brothers waited patiently in the sand far away, and when they saw the enemy soldiers coming, they attacked the spring late at night, and after killing all the enemies, they poured bags of saltpeter into the spring. The next day, the spring water turned into bitter salt water and could not be drunk.
Therefore, Tu Hai tried desperately to capture the Hongshi Gorge to grab the water source, and even filled his water bag before leaving, buying precious time for the army to eliminate the Mongolian army.
In the evening, Miao Gui and Zhao Yulin arrived at the battlefield.
This passage connecting Guanzhong and the prairie has become bustling with the sound of camel bells, going in and out of the desert to Linzhou. Houses and tents have been set up every thirty miles, and a brand new post station will soon be built.
Zhao Yulin came to the high platform, and the air was still filled with the smell of burnt corpses. He looked around, and Feng Guiqi introduced the battlefield, terrain, and battle process to him one by one.
Zhao Yulin sighed that Liu Hu had great luck. He not only stuck to the enemy, but also got reinforcements at the critical moment and eliminated the enemy. It was a great success.
All the generals were delighted and complimented him, saying that the Third Young Master was lucky and had a good plan. Our Shenwei Army was invincible and could occupy any place we wanted.
He walked and waved his hands, making fun of his brothers for having learned to flatter him, and the clapping sounds were so loud.
Liu Hu was happy, and waved his hands in pain and shouted: "The Third Young Master is mighty, and the Shenwei Army is mighty." The soldiers around him immediately followed suit, waving their swords, guns, bows and arrows and shouting: "The Third Young Master is mighty, and the Shenwei Army is mighty."
What a good brother! Zhao Yulin was very moved and roared with full energy: The Shenwei Army is mighty, the Shenwei Army is mighty.
He asked Chu Yuxuan to fetch his suona so that he could play a song for the brothers who had sacrificed their lives. Then he asked Liu Hu to arrange for the red cannon to fire a nine-gun salute to see off the brothers who had sacrificed their lives.
Then, the red cannon fired a series of salutes towards the desert.
Zhao Yulin raised his suona and played funeral music, then blew the rest call. Then, the buglers in front, behind, and on both sides of him also blew the rest call, and the desert and wasteland all entered a peaceful rest time.
He stared at the battlefield for a long time without moving. Liu Hu came forward and invited him to sit in the military tent, apologetically saying that the smell of gunpowder on the battlefield was too strong.
Zhao Yulin said calmly that people who had fought on the battlefield didn't care about these things. He asked his brothers to come in and sit down. He would sleep on this stage tonight to accompany his dead brothers.
Everyone was silent, looking at him with gloomy expressions.
He asked them to sit down and talk. Zhao Yulin said to Feng Guiqi that there were many elm trees here, so we should call it Yulin Village. Horses don't like to eat elm leaves, so it's just right to plant them to block the cavalry's attack.
The new leaves of the elm tree can be used as dishes and eaten, and can be picked to satisfy emergencies when food is scarce.
All the generals followed Feng Guiqi and nodded continuously.
He said that we have traveled hundreds of miles in this battle, which is enough. As I said before, we don’t want land that we can’t defend. So many brothers have sacrificed their lives for this place, so we must stay here and defend it.
Feng Guiqi told Zhao Yulin not to worry, he would not leave and would stay here to build Yulin Village.
Zhao Yulin nodded and said that Yulin Village must be large and solid enough. In the future, it will be home to infantry, cavalry and the common people who come to settle here, and it will need to raise a lot of horses. It will also be open to trade with the Mongolian Empire.
At night, he and his brothers sat around the campfire eating and playing. Hu Lan also came to join in the fun, and affectionately called Feng Guiqi "big brother", "brother Hu", and "brother Wang Gui".
The generals were delighted.
Wang Gui had a rough personality. He brought half a piece of wood and asked the third young master to give it a name. He wanted to make a name brand for Yulin Village like Guanghuo Street.
Zhao Yulin looked at the thick wood that was more than two feet wide and laughed and said it was such a waste to have such a big piece.
Wang Gui also said that it had to be this big so that people passing by could see Yulin Village from afar.
Zhao Yulin went up and measured it with his hand, picked up a burnt wooden stick and wrote on it. Hu Lan took out the sword from his waist and helped him carve, and it was done in a few moments.
He still used a burning stick to burn the writing, causing it to carbonize.
In a short while, the two vigorous and powerful characters "Yulin" were completed.
Feng Guiqi said cheerfully: "Young master is very frugal with words, Yulin, Yulinshulin, great good, great good."
He said that now we are called Yulin Village, and in the future when more people come and the city becomes bigger, it may become Yulin County, Yulin Prefecture, or Yulin Prefecture.
Everyone laughed and said: Good, very good.
It was snowing, so everyone went back to their tents to rest.
Zhao Yulin woke up after a night's rest. The desert opposite and the yellow land behind him were covered with a thin layer of first snow, just like silver snakes dancing on the mountains and wax elephants galloping on the plains. He couldn't help but recite Mao's ancestor's northern scenery, thousands of miles of ice and snow...
When Feng Guiqi saw him finish reciting, he shouted, "The past is gone, let's look at the heroes of today, look at today."
As dawn was about to break in the east, a red sun emerged from the sky.
Zhao Yulin was in a good mood. He went down the mountain, said goodbye to his brothers, and returned to Yan'an Prefecture.
Feng Guiqi watched Zhao Yulin and the others leave, then shook his battle robe, pointed at the cliff at the mouth of the gorge and said to Liu Hu: "Find some masters to flatten the cliff and carve the Third Young Master's Qinyuanchun|Snow on it."
Liu Hu had seen Zhao Yulin's calligraphy in the military tent and immediately agreed with a yes, saying that this was the Third Young Master's masterpiece, specially written for our Yulin Village.
Haha, if Zhao Yulin heard Feng Guiqi's serious explanation, I'm afraid his face would burn with shame again. This is not something he wrote.
When he returned to Suide, Lu Huacai had already returned.
Hua Cai excitedly reported to him the news of the westward advance to capture Jingbian and Dingbian, and Zhao Yulin was very happy. This time, the feint to the west to attack the east, and then to the east to attack the west, mobilized the enemy to run around, and then took the opportunity to cleverly capture Yushulin and annihilate the main force of Kuoduan. It became a typical offensive and defensive battle. We must publicize it well throughout the army.
He said: This is the situation in the north. We must prepare for war and guard against a surprise attack by the enemy.
The Shenwei Army's posture clearly aims to split the front and back Hetao areas.
How could the grassland empire give up? They definitely don't want to lose the front and back Hetao. The sky is vast, the wilderness is vast, the wind blows the grass low and you can see cattle and sheep. The Hetao area is their lifeline. We will nail it here, train a new type of infantry that is suitable for grassland warfare, and then go to war, chewing up the Mongolian army and swallowing it into our stomachs.
The brothers agreed with great enthusiasm.
Seeing that it was getting late, Miao Gui told him that there was a mutton restaurant in the east of the city that was doing good business. How about going there for a drink to celebrate?
He looked at the numerous military officers and the county officials present, and said with a smile that if we went there, the inn would be too small and there might not be enough room.
Seeing that he was in a good mood, Hua Cai smiled and said, "It's okay. We brothers just need to protect the young master. There are so many soldiers in the city, who would dare to act rashly?"
Seeing that his brothers all looked expectant, Zhao Yulin said that obedience was better than respect, and stood up and followed them out.
Hu Lan happily followed him and wanted to go with him.
Zhao Yulin did not stop him.
The crowd got on the carriage and just turned the corner, but they were stopped not long after they went. They heard someone shouting like crying: "Someone is being beaten, someone is being killed, sir, please save them."
He stuck his head out of the window and saw a boy dressed as a waiter, shivering all over and with messy hair, blocking the intersection. Chu Yuxuan stood in front vigilantly, not letting him get any closer.
Zhao Yulin frowned and said: Go and see what's going on quickly.
Miao Gui also told his guards to go quickly, and then said apologetically, "Brother, you know, the people in the border areas are tough, and fights are inevitable."
Zhao Yulin said unhappily that it had been more than ten days since we took these places back, and the garbage still needed to be cleaned up.
Otherwise, the common people will feel the same as before the arrival of the king's army. Without a sense of security, there is no sense of belonging, which will disappoint the people.
If the people become disheartened, who can we rely on to conquer the world?
Even if they conquered it, they would be unable to sit still like the Mongolian army.
Miao Gui kept nodding his head and shouted out loud to the window. Soon, several guards came. They had just agreed to come out for dinner and not disturb others. Each of them only brought three or five personal guards. Miao Gui was worried about Zhao Yulin's safety, so he didn't dare to send more people easily.
As they were talking they had already reached the east end of the city.
In front, the people and soldiers who were watching the excitement had blocked the road. After Zhao Yulin went down, Lu Huacai persuaded him to go back. There were too many people here and it was too complicated. He was worried about Zhao Yulin's safety.
However, when the common people saw a high-ranking official coming, they immediately surrounded him, surrounded several large carts in the middle, and shouted, "Sir, please make the decision. Please, Lord, make the decision for us."
The captain of Lu Huacai's guard went up to him and whispered in his ear, but was immediately pushed away by Huacai, who shouted angrily to report to the commander and report to the third young master.
The captain of the guard was stunned, and immediately stood at attention and reported: It was the young master of the Dong family, a local carriage company, who had taken a fancy to the young lady who was having dinner. He tried to flirt with her but was rejected, so he got so angry that he started to curse, beat and injure her.
The people around were already furious, and were shouting at the same time. Someone from the east said: They were not beating people, they were simply killing people. The thief just hit people whenever he got hold of them, but she was a delicate young lady.
Someone from the south said again: "My lord, please be wise. That guy is not a human being, but a wild mule. He dragged the young lady by her hair and beat her as he walked. The young lady screamed so miserably that no one could bear to listen to it."
