Chapter 369 The official ship was stopped
The sounds of music came together, as if a mighty army was marching quickly on the mountains and fighting bravely on the battlefield. The audience on the scene was fascinated and their blood boiled, and each one of them was mesmerized.
When the music stopped abruptly, everyone seemed to be still in the story. When Zhao Yulin had already walked off the stage, everyone suddenly raised their hands and applauded vigorously.
When Zhao Yulin and Yang Xingyun returned to the government office, generals such as Zhang Qi, Jiang Hai and Guo Jing were all present.
In recent years, Yang Xingyun's Group has been able to recruit soldiers easily in the remaining territory of the Song State facing the east, and has continuously exported new soldiers to various groups in the west. This place has become a veritable training camp for new recruits.
Zhao Yulin didn't bother to waste time with everyone. After taking two sips of tea, he asked them to explain the situation.
Yang Xingyun happily told him that although the Eastern Group's feint in Zhengzhou did not yield any gains, it did open a passage for ordinary people to come in. When the team retreated, nearly 50,000 people followed.
The northern barbarians and the small court in Lin'an are skinning the common people. They can't survive, and there are often people fleeing famine and disaster, crossing mountains and rivers to come to our side.
Zhao Yulin said that we cannot treat these people unfairly, because they follow us because they trust us.
He got a headache when he thought of Huang Shiren's depravity and crime, and told his generals not to be stupid, to act according to the law, and to investigate the people around them thoroughly.
All the generals nodded in agreement.
He believed that the Eastern Group was facing the Han army in the Central Plains directly, and should set an example to disintegrate them. The art of war says: Attacking the heart is the best.
If we defeat them from the heart, it will be as easy as cutting melons and vegetables when the two armies confront each other. It is even possible that they will turn against us on the battlefield and revolt and become ours.
Everyone listened and laughed heartily.
After leading his generals away, he had a night talk with Yang Xingyun.
The East Group was developing very fast and had a good momentum, Zhao Yulin was very happy. He told him to pay attention to the quality of the troops, strictly investigate the corruption of officials and generals, and be prepared to go all the way east to fully recover the lost territory.
Yang Xingyun was excited, he was waiting for Zhao Yulin to say this.
In the past few years, the Eastern Group has easily raised one or two columns of extremely high-quality soldiers every year, and all of them have been sent to the various war zone groups in the West. If they all stayed with him, it would have long been the largest military group in the Shenwei Army.
Zhao Yulin told him that there was no need to divide the troops in the future, as the garrisons in various places were enough to fight the enemy. The Eastern Group should focus on developing eastward and work together with the anti-Mongol forces in Jiangdong to defeat the Mongolian army and drive them across the Huai River and the Yellow River.
First of all, we need to establish guerrilla forces and various small teams in Taihang Mountains, just like we did when we infiltrated Luoyang, and organize the local anti-Mongol forces to fight against the Mongolian army. It won’t be long before our goal is achieved.
Yang Xingyun was very excited and happy when he heard this. He rubbed his hands together and nodded, saying "yes, yes, yes".
At the New Sutra Temple outside the Partridge Mountain, Basi and his entourage from Tubo, accompanied by Changji Nyima, were debating and exchanging views with the abbot of the temple.
Basi set out from Lanzhou and headed east, sightseeing as he went, and wrote down what he saw and heard in a long travelogue and sent it back to his master in Lhasa.
He was surprised to find that the further east he went, the easier the roads became. Many places in the valleys had iron chain bridges built, so merchants could ride through without getting off their carriages. The cities were all new and beautiful, and the people on the streets were all smiling and busy.
Host of Ba Si Wen: The Shenwei Army advocates freedom of belief, but does it really not harm temples or the people?
The host chanted "Amituofu" loudly and said with a smile that it was natural.
He took Basi to visit their Scripture Printing Hall, where there were three sets of newly made printing machines under the guidance of Yangjin. The craftsmen were working hard to print scriptures. The machines were making a whirring sound, and the printed scriptures fell down and were neatly stacked.
Basi was so shocked that her teeth almost dropped.
Amitābha, how many of them are printed in one day? They are simply divine objects from outer space.
The abbot continued to accompany him to visit the temple, telling him that those who truly devoted themselves to Buddhism were free to come and go on the land of the New Song Dynasty. However, those evil monks who used the name of preaching to cheat and deceive were different. The Shenwei Army would arrest them as soon as they saw them, and those who committed serious crimes would be executed on the spot.
The head of the Xumi sect, Ze Sangzi, was ignorant of the current situation and assisted the tyrant in his evil deeds, so he was shot dead by Commander Zhao of the Divine Power Army.
Ba Si immediately marveled at Zhao Yulin's kung fu. The commander-in-chief had magical powers. Ze Sangzi was recognized as the number one master and grandmaster in Tubo, but Zhao Yulin took his life with just one move.
Amitabha, it’s a good thing that he came to the East.
He had always been accustomed to the Mongol Empire's invincibility and the great Khan. Just as the Mongol Empire was about to conquer Tibet and all the places where the sun shone, a mighty army suddenly appeared in the east, expanding rapidly like a snowball and now even reaching the city of Lhasa.
Basi completely gave up the idea of writing for the Mongol Empire and decided to devote herself to the New Song Dynasty. This was the paradise for the common people and a good place for Buddhists to practice.
Don't think he just gave up. He spent ten years researching this script, and he wanted to give it to the Mongolian Khan. He knew that the Mongolian Empire didn't have a decent script.
Basi has made up her mind that after returning, she will transform her research results into the service of her own nation and organize and standardize the Tibetan language.
At this time, Zhao Yulin had already left Nanyang and traveled south to Xiangyang. As the leader of the Beggars' Sect, the female governor of Xiangyang was already very busy because of her large territory and many counties.
Because of his special relationship with the headmistress of Emei, he didn't know how to face it. After sending someone to deliver the gifts, he quietly left Xiangyang and went straight to Ezhou.
Ezhou is connected to the east, west, south and north by the Han River which flows into the Yangtze River. After Meng Gong left, the administrative center of Jinghu North Road was moved there.
Zhao Yulin's official ship has arrived at the border of Jingzhou, and the female leader of Xiangyang is still angry with him. The female leader was happy to receive all kinds of good things from Zhao Yulin as a gift for the younger generation, but she became unhappy when she thought of her little daughter.
What’s the big deal about Zhao Yulin giving something as a gift?
Why don't you go to Emei Mountain and marry her little daughter? You have to live like this, where they are both husband and wife and yet not husband and wife.
She picked up the gift given by Zhao Yulin, then threw it down and looked at it, then immediately went into the inner room to admire the new underwear given to her by the head girl of Emei, and she was so happy and shy.
Haha, every piece is a fresh and comfortable style. She felt relieved and thought that Zhao Yulin and her little daughter were equally filial.
Then, she immediately started talking about her man again.
Oh, why hasn’t Brother Jing come back yet? He is such a wooden man.
The female gang leader's face was a little hot as she said to herself in the mirror: I really want Brother Jing to come back. She wanted to put on the underwear her daughter gave her and show it to Brother Jing.
Zhao Yulin was still taking a nap in the cabin. How could he know what his underground mother-in-law was thinking?
Chu Yuxuan went in to report to him that they were almost at Ezhou City.
He ordered the boat not to stop and went directly south to Changsha to talk to Cao Youliang.
Three days later, Zhao Yulin met Cao Youliang. The honest man was delighted to see that it was him. When he was welcomed into the government office, he happily told him that Jinghu South Road was stable, and all the prefectures and counties recognized the Shenwei Army's proposal and had obeyed the dispatch of the new Song Dynasty.
Zhao Yulin said that governing a place is not as simple as having officials obey. First, the army must accept the control and reorganization of the Shenwei Army. Secondly, officials must perform their duties conscientiously, implement the laws of the New Song Dynasty, and obey the dispatch of the court.
Cao Youliang nodded continuously as he reported to him that the army had been expanded by 30,000 men, the Zero Canal had been completely repaired, and shipping between the north and the south was unimpeded. Only one month last winter was navigation prohibited.
Zhao Yulin knew this very well. There was a water shortage in winter, so it was already very good to have only one month of navigation suspension.
He asked about his second brother's situation in the south.
Can the two brothers work together to level the Guangnan East Road?
Cao Youliang asked him in surprise: Are you going to take over Guangnan East Road?
Absolutely no problem.
A few days ago, his second brother Cao Youwan wrote to him and said that the total number of troops sent out from various places west of Guangnan was 50,000.
But his brother Cao Youwen disagreed.
The Lin'an pseudo-imperial court was originally from the Song Dynasty.
The soldiers of the small court in Lin'an often invaded the border and caused trouble, but they tolerated it all considering that they were all from the same country with the word "Song" at the top.
Zhao Yulin nodded and said that it was not possible in the past, but now we have to re-examine it.
Lin'an occupies the human and material resources of the four routes in Jiangdong and does not do its job properly. Instead, it engages in deceitful activities all day long in an attempt to negotiate peace and waste national strength, causing the people of Jiangdong to live in misery. This is harming the people of the Song Dynasty.
We can seize the opportunity to enter Guangnan East Road and gradually reduce the living space of the Lin'an court, so that they can recognize the situation, give up their ambitions to become kings and emperors, and work together with to defeat the Mongolian army and let the people live a good life.
Cao Youliang was delighted when he saw that he had given a topic and pointed out a direction.
Over the years, he has been circling around the zero channel, and he is depressed because he has made no achievements and is waiting for death. The brothers in the northwest are winning battles one by one, and they will be ashamed to gather together for a drink in the future.
Zhao Yulin came today to untie him. He and his second brother have nearly 100,000 troops together, so it would be a piece of cake for them to take over Guangnan East Road.
The two men continued to plot and planned to take action immediately when the garrison in Guangnan East Road caused trouble again. After taking over this road in Jiangdong in one fell swoop, the pressure on the Lin'an court would increase sharply, which would shake the support of the chief officers of other routes and allow them to take further actions. In the future, perhaps they would collapse on their own without having to fight with the small Lin'an court.
Zhao Yulin arranged the affairs of Jinghu South Road, met with the county officials, and then went upstream back to Chengdu.
As winter approaches, the water level of the Yangtze River is getting lower and lower. Reefs of all sizes have emerged on the river surface, and the government ships are moving forward carefully while avoiding the reefs.
Five days later, they arrived in Luzhou, but were stopped by a patrol boat on the river.
Chu Yuxuan contacted him vigilantly and reported to him that the prefect of Luzhou had official business to report.
The prefect Shi Ruyu had learned from the carrier pigeons of the Shenwei Army that he was coming back, so he sent out patrol boats to wait on the river, intercepted the official ship and invited him to the shore for a drink.
The prefect was an old acquaintance, and Zhao Yulin could not refuse his hospitality, so he went to the Wangyue Tower in Luzhou City and sat down. The transport, water transport, patrol and several judges took turns to toast him.
He asked the prefect Shi Ruyu when the matter needed to be handled.
Sending people to stop his official ship was not just for a drink.
