The rise of the late Song Dynasty reigns supreme

Chapter 501 Rewarding the Three Armies
After Yelu Decai died in battle, Liao army reinforcements came to support them and returned in a big defeat. They were defeated before they had confronted the Song army, throwing away their helmets and armor.Then, the army quickly occupied Ding'an County without any effort.

Today, five of the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun belong to the territory of the Song Dynasty.Even the Emperor Taizong of the year attacked Yanyun sixteen prefectures with such force that Zhao Gou was not as fast as Zhao Gou, and the area was farther away.

Since the expedition, the Song army has been invincible and invincible, and has successively captured cities, which made the Liao army very afraid.At the same time, the Jin soldiers also accelerated their attack on the eastern border of the Liao Dynasty. For a while, all the people in Khitan were panicked and panicked.Even the emperor of the Liao Kingdom felt as if he was sitting on pins and needles, and he was out of his mind all day long.

The Song Dynasty sent a large army to attack the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun. The emperor of the Liao Kingdom still stubbornly believed that the Song Dynasty was a country with diplomatic relations with Liao, thinking that if it failed, he would flee to the Song Dynasty.

The officials saw that he still naively thought that the Song Dynasty was not their enemy and wanted to rely on the Song Dynasty. This made the officials shake their heads and sigh secretly, extremely disappointed.

"Lord Wolf, according to the battle report, the Song army has already captured Weizhou. If this progress is followed, the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun will be completely captured by this time next year."

In the felt tent of the Jurchen army, the wolf lord Wanyan Aguda, Wanyan Sheng and others gathered together. Their army has already attacked Zhongjing and is approaching Shangjing.

Today, the Song-Liao War is just a foil to the Jin-Liao War.If it was the Song Army alone, it would be difficult to win consecutive victories.

"The Song army is in full swing. This is a problem that cannot be ignored. However, it will be winter in a while."

Wanyan Aguda said calmly, "Most of the Song army are from the south, and they may not be able to adapt to the harsh environment such as drought and sandstorms in the north, so it is not that simple for them to completely capture the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun. "

"Winter is already commonplace for us. As long as we hurry up, we must finish it first."

Wan Yancheng nodded, the Jurchen's ambition was far more than destroying the Liao Dynasty, and taking the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun as her own.As long as they occupy the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun, the Song Dynasty can be easily destroyed when they move south. The Jurchen was the most powerful at that time.

At the same time, Song Huizong, who was far away in Bianjing, also received the battle report from Zhao Gou.Zhao Gou didn't keep any of the confiscated military equipment, only money and other things were sealed up, waiting for the emperor to make a decision.

After three months of journey, the Song Army attacked Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures like a broken bamboo, and won successive victories one after another.As the emperor Zhao Ji, how can he not be happy, he is very happy.

He turned a blind eye to Zhao Gou's previous actions, which was obviously tacit approval and approval.Even if all the officials knew about it, there was nothing they could do about it, because Zhao Gou's successive victories and the defeat of the Liao army had already spread throughout the Song Dynasty.

At this time, if someone participates in playing Zhao Gou, or maliciously slanders, etc., I am afraid that Zhao Gou does not need to do anything, and everything will be handled by Song Huizong himself.Now that the war is tense, the national treasury is still left, but this war is a long-term battle, so Song Huizong decided that the captured silver does not need to be turned over to the national treasury, but will be used as military expenditures.

As for the reward generals that Zhao Gou asked for instructions, Song Huizong did not refuse, and all of them were promoted consecutively.However, Song Huizong also gave his own conditions, as long as the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun are completely recovered, all of these will be fulfilled.Therefore, the officials were not granted titles, but there were many other rewards.

Drinking alcohol was strictly prohibited in the army. After capturing Weizhou at this time, Zhao Gou did not immediately march to attack Xinzhou and Wuzhou.Therefore, after Zhao Gou received the imperial decree, he immediately sent an order to all the troops to reward them for their merits.

"Today, the holy decree came to praise the achievements of the brothers and affirmed your military exploits. Moreover, the emperor also promised that as long as all the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun are recovered, and when they return to the capital after the success, everyone will be promoted. The time of the noble."

Zhao Gou said loudly, "Whether you are soldiers, vanguards, generals, etc., you will all be treated equally. There will never be anyone who is greedy for credit and will not report it. As long as it is your credit, you will never miss half of it."

"Marshal is mighty! Marshal is mighty!" Everyone shouted in unison, the voice was like the evening drum and the morning bell, shaking people's hearts.

Zhao Gou went on to say: "The emperor has issued a decree that all the silver taels we seized will be used as military expenses for everyone, which means that these silver taels will be handled by ourselves."

"Now I would like to make a suggestion. The brothers who died in the previous war, regardless of their positions, all enjoy pensions. All the money will be sent to his hometown, 50 taels per person. If more are captured, then they will be increased in turn. , Do you have any comments?"

"Marshal is mighty!" No one had any objection, they all entrusted their lives, the 50 taels was what they deserved, and no one would object.

Originally, Zhao Gou planned to pay 100 taels per person, but Wu Yong said that the military expenditure would be very tight, so Zhao Gou decided to change it to 50 taels, and make up for it one by one in the future.

100 taels a life, Zhao Gou still felt that he was at a loss.Even if the war continues and human life is worthless, it is still a living life.People are gone when they die, and money can be made again when it is gone.

"As for the silver taels that the brothers took, they will be distributed together at that time, and they will never be in arrears. In addition, the emperor is sympathetic to the hard work of the soldiers who went to battle to kill the enemy, and specially ordered people to send 10,000 altars of fine wine, [-]+ pigs, cattle, sheep and other food from the capital. , as long as everyone can eat and drink, they should let go of their hands and feet to drink and eat."

Zhao Gou then said in a deep voice: "But there is one thing to remember, you drink as long as you drink, and you will be fine when you get drunk. However, if the enemy invades, you will have no fighting power. Don't blame the ruthless military law."

"Don't worry, Marshal, even if they are drunk, the enemy will not dare to come. Even if they come, we will be more motivated after drinking, and they will come to kill one, and two will kill a pair. At worst, the fish will die and the net will be broken. Let them Back and forth."

The man said happily, looked at Zhao Gou excitedly, then turned to look at the soldiers, "Brothers, isn't it!"

"Of course!" Everyone echoed in eagerness.

Zhao Gou ordered people to bring up all the wine and food, and then opened the wine jar, and a scent of wine came out.

Immediately, everyone's eyes were sharp, and they stared intently at the altar of fine wine, and their throats kept making "grunt" sounds, salivating.

They are all good drinkers, and as soldiers, who doesn't like a drink.It's just that the war is not over yet, so alcohol can only be banned.Now it's hard to take a break, accompanied by delicious food and wine, that is one of the great joys in life.

Zhao Gou saw how everyone was drooling, and ordered everyone to take an altar.If it is not enough, then send someone to purchase, that is to say, let go of your hands and feet to drink.

Weizhou is a well-known granary, so there is naturally a lot of rice wine.Following Zhao Gou's order, everyone couldn't wait to pick up the wine jar and drink.

As the coach of this time, Zhao Gou took the lead in drinking with everyone, and everyone immediately responded.As a result, the entire Lingxian City heard the sound of the army drinking heartily, and it was very lively.

(End of this chapter)