On November 10, the army assembled outside the city of Suizhou.

This time, it was the Longxiang battalion and the cavalry battalion that went out, and the Huben battalion stayed in Suizhou City.

In the snow, the army sacrificed the flag and set off.

That night, the army arrived along the Yangtze River.

In the peerless world, the Yangtze River has also expanded tenfold, with a width of 30 miles, which is very terrifying.

"Yu Ban, you quickly lead an infantry battalion, seize the advantageous position on the other side, and build a city first."

"My lord, how can you build a city in a short period of time?" Yu Ban was a little embarrassed.

"Build a city with sand, fill it with water, and wait for it to freeze." Lin Yuan said softly.

This is Cao Cao's method, and now it is borrowed by Lin Yuan.

After Yu Ban heard this method, his eyes lit up obviously, and his confidence increased greatly.

"The last general commands!"

Soon, he led a battalion of troops to the north bank.

Lin Yuan, on the other hand, led everyone and stationed on the south bank.

In the cold wind, some soldiers were shivering from the cold, and Lin Yuan realized that the cotton armor worn by the soldiers was actually made of catkins.

"How can this be done without cotton?"

The cold-proof ability of catkins is far inferior to cotton.

In fact, cotton was introduced to China during the Northern and Southern Dynasties, but it was planted in the border areas, such as Xinjiang and other places, and it was really introduced to the interior of the Central Plains in the late Song and early Yuan dynasties.

At this time, there was no cotton in the Southern Song Dynasty.

Lin Yuan immediately checked on the Internet, and there was no post about cotton, but in a business bar, he found a player named 'Little Saint Fan Li', who was a merchant in the Western Regions and had a batch of cotton seeds on hand.

Lin Yuan immediately sent a friend request to this player called 'Little Saint Fan Li'.

"Ding! System Prompt: The other person accepts your friend request! ”

"Ding! Video call on"

In front of Lin Yuan's eyes, a virtual screen appeared, and then a small young man jumped out of it, with a thick turban wrapped around his head.

"Suizhou Lord Lin Yuan? Myself? ”

"It's me!" Lin Yuan nodded.

"I'm going to see the big living people...... Mom, look, Suizhou Lord Lin Yuan has added my friend......"

“……”

On the other side, Xiao Shengfan Li tossed himself for a long time before he reacted.

"Right...... I'm sorry, I'm so excited to be added as a friend by Lin Yuan. ”

"What's there to be excited about, everyone is a stranger, there's no difference."

"Big brother, do you really not know or do you not know? You are now popular on the Internet, and those famous lords such as 'Lu Family Son' and others all want to add you as friends, but no one succeeds, even the 'Allure City Dance' in Yangzhou Mansion wants to add you, but they don't succeed, what ......do you say?"

"Well, I'm sorry, I don't usually surf the Internet......"

“…… The great god is really a great god, and his style of acting is different......"

"Let's get straight to the point, I know you have a batch of cotton seeds in your hand, I want them all, in addition, you get me another 500,000 units of cotton, and you have the final say on the price."

"Cotton seeds? There is no problem with this. 500,000 units of cotton, this is a bit difficult, I have a batch of cotton in stock, but there are only 200,000 units......"

"That's okay, you sell me the 200,000 units of cotton first, by the way, where are you now?"

"Big brother, I'm now in the Middle East Khorezm Jade Dragon Jiechi, and I can't go back at all."

"What then?"

"Don't worry, your Lord Lin speaks, how can I find a way to deliver the goods to you...... Half a month later, you will send someone to Xiangyang City to receive this batch of goods. ”

"Okay!" Lin Yuan nodded, ready to hang up the call.

"Wait a minute!" The 'Little Saint Fan Li' on the opposite side immediately stopped it.

"Anything else?" Lin Yuan asked.

"Well, do you want an Arab war horse? I met a great aristocratic NPC here in Jade Dragon Jiechi, who wanted to exchange Arabian war horses for the silk and porcelain of our Great Song Dynasty. ”

Lin Yuan took a light breath, and a hint of surprise flashed in his expression.

Of all the horses, the Arabian war horse, the Hashaks, is the most suitable horse breed for cavalry, along with the Mongolian horse and the Western European horse.

There are three types of horses in China, namely Heilongjiang horses, Hequ horses, and Jianchang horses.

As for the rest, they are all scarce breeds.

Heilongjiang horses are controlled by Dajin, and the Tiefutu and abduction horses of the Jin Kingdom are built on the back of this kind of horse, so it is said that the weight and endurance of Heilongjiang horses are superior.

Hequ horse is located in Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai area, in the Tang Dynasty is a military horse, later the party people occupied the Hetao Plain, completely controlled this kind of horse, Hequ horse in terms of speed, endurance, belongs to the superior.

Jianchang horse is a Sichuan horse breed, short and concise, good at mountaineering and wading, for the Southern Song Dynasty court mastered, the Southern Song Dynasty cavalry, but also the vast majority of the Jianchang horse.

In the mountains and hills, the Jianchang horse can give full play to its greatest advantages, but once it reaches the plains, it cannot compare with the tall, fast northern horse breed.

This is also the main reason why the cavalry of the Southern Song Dynasty is not the cavalry of the Jin State.

Lin Yuan has also been thinking about how to open up a road to transport some high-quality war horses to the Southern Song Dynasty, but unfortunately there is no way.

It was impossible for the Jin Kingdom and the Western Xia to sell horses to the Southern Song Dynasty.

Now, Little Saint Fan Li's proposal gave him a great opportunity.

If he could really sell Arab horses to the Southern Song Dynasty, then he would be able to form a cavalry that could really compete with the north.

The only thing to worry about is how to sell horses from the Middle East.

When you come to the Southern Song Dynasty from the Middle East, you need to enter the Western Liao of the Gobi, and after entering the Yumen Pass, you will also be interrogated by the Western Xia.

Of course, since Xiao Shengfan Li asked Lin Yuan, there must be a way to fool the horses through.

"Of course!" Lin Yuan nodded directly.

"Arabian horses, the more the merrier, the price is still up to you, if the scale is large, we will have more cooperation in the future."

"Okay, then we'll make up our minds!" Xiao Sheng Fan Li was also very happy, he felt that he seemed to have encountered a great opportunity, which made him rich overnight.

turned off the video call, Lin Yuan opened his friend bar again, and found that there were really many applications to add friends, even the famous Lu family Gongzi and others.

Lin Yuan didn't choose to add them, and directly closed the communication bar.

On the second day, the army began an organized crossing of the river, first with an infantry battalion, then a cavalry battalion, and finally a baggage battalion.

In order to avoid the resonance of the armies in unison, Lin Yuan asked each soldier to cross the river and carry a pine branch, which generated tens of millions of frequencies, which could effectively avoid resonance.

Moreover, after the pine branches are taken to Jiangbei, they can also be used as heating materials.

It took a day, 5 battalions of 25,000 people, and finally crossed the Yangtze River safely and arrived on the north bank.