529, the sword refers to Jingdong

After the end of the war, the entire Jingxi Road was full of excitement, and the people pulled firecrackers and set off firecrackers just like the New Year.

First of all, it is necessary to establish a monument to the heroes of the Heavenly Dao Army and carry out the work of bereavement in an all-round way. Zheng Fei ordered a monument to be erected in Yunzhou City Square to commemorate the heroic souls of more than 30,000 soldiers of the Heavenly Dao Army who died in the battle, and stipulated that June 30 of each year from now on, that is, the day of the start of the war, was the day of the war. At the same time, the bereavement work officially began, and the work of rebuilding the cemetery, rescuing the disabled, distributing pensions, and settling the widows and orphans of fallen soldiers was carried out at the same time, so that no soldier who made a sacrifice could feel cold!

Secondly, immediately start to replenish the troops, recruit prisoners, form a new army and other work, this battle, the Tiandao army killed more than 30,000 people, seriously injured and disabled thousands, if the regiment as a unit for statistics, all the regiments have casualties, in some of the most fierce fighting areas, some regiments are even lost, the Tiandao army is in urgent need of replenishment, and the source of soldiers mainly comes from recruiting recruits and recruiting prisoners, the war captured a total of 70,000 Song soldiers, but after strict screening, it was found that these captives in age, There are only more than 30,000 people who can meet the requirements of the Heavenly Dao Army in terms of physique and other conditions, and the remaining 30,000 people are either old, weak, sick or disabled, or the qualified 30,000 people generally lack effective training for a long time. And with the deepening of the investigation, it was found that whether qualified or unqualified, the real Song army was less than 50,000 people, and the remaining 10,000 people were actually temporarily recruited, it turned out that the Song army was full of empty salaries, and the Song army in various places, whether it was the forbidden army or the box army, was seriously deficient, and at the moment of the war, the generals could only temporarily borrow people from other armies or directly recruit vagrants, criminals, etc., before the war began, and it was no accident that the Song army's combat effectiveness was not strong.

But no matter what, the 30,000 people who are qualified for this condition are better than nothing, under the grace and power of the Heavenly Dao Army, almost all of the 30,000 people are willing to join the Heavenly Dao Army, and the remaining 30,000 people scatter them all over the place, and distribute the land to become the people. At the same time, the common people in various localities also enthusiastically joined the army, and in just a few days more than 30,000 people were recruited, and in this way, a total of 70,000 new recruits were replenished, which not only instantly replenished the shortages of various departments, but also established more than a dozen new regiments to enrich the various armies.

In addition, the newly established Sixth Army of the Tiandao Army, with Liu Fa, who had secretly returned from the northwest to pick up his family, served as the commander, and almost all of the more than 20,000 people in the army were the Western Army that had returned to Shun, fulfilling Zheng Fei's promise to Liu Fa at the beginning. In this Yunzhou War, Liu Zhengyan and the Western Army's massacre of Gao Yu's army was completely accepted, and they were completely tied to the Heavenly Dao Army. It is said that Liu Fa was extremely satisfied after coming back from the northwest and hearing about the process of this incident, and was very pleased with Liu Zhengyan's decisiveness and choice, otherwise he would definitely not have waited for Liu Zhengyan to really betray the Heavenly Dao Army, Liu Zhengyan and the officers of the Western Army would be executed by the Heavenly Dao Army, and with the means of the Heavenly Dao Army, the Western Army still belonged to the Heavenly Dao Army.

At this point, the total strength of the Heavenly Dao Army has reached 180,000! In addition to the Sixth Army, each army added one division to become a reinforced army. The Independent Division was also expanded into the Independent Army.

Immediately afterwards, the reward for meritorious deeds naturally began, and Zheng Fei rewarded him according to his actual military exploits, and really promoted a large number of generals who performed well in this battle, such as Hua Rong, who shined in the battle of Yanggu, and was promoted to division commander.

In addition to these, there were also a few things that Zheng Fei regretted, after the war inventory of the battlefield, it was found that the "big knife" Guan Sheng, the "double gun general" Dong Ping, Xuanzan, Hao Siwen, Shan Tingqi, Wei Dingguo and several other people who were supposed to go to Liangshan were killed in several battlefields, Zheng Fei couldn't help but feel a little lost and embarrassed after getting the news, he had changed the tragic fate of the heroes of Liangshan as one of the main goals, although out of good and evil considerations and got rid of several villains such as Wang Ying, Shi En and other people who were not named "heroes", But he didn't expect that there was a Liangshan hero who didn't go up the mountain and died indirectly at his own hands, but he was also helpless about this, he was not a god after all, he couldn't be perfect, for him, it was enough to do all his strength to protect the people around him.

Zheng Fei ordered Guan Sheng and Dong Ping to be buried together, although they were not destined to be brothers during their lifetimes, let them walk the Huangquan Road together after their deaths. After doing this, Zheng Fei regained his mood and began to seriously consider two things.

The first thing, a person has always made Zheng Fei a little relieved, that person is not someone else, it is Yue Fei who was "abducted" by Zhou Tong and still has no news until now, Zheng Fei has sent a large number of people to search for Song Realm since he occupied Jingxi Road, but no matter what, he couldn't find the whereabouts of these two people, it stands to reason that he raised troops to occupy Jingdong West Road Such a big thing, the whole country should know, Zhou Tong and Yue Fei categorically did not know the reason, but they did not come to find themselves, which can only mean that either the two of them had an accident at the same time, Either that, or they don't want to come to themselves. However, with Zhou Dong's ability, there are not many people who can cause them "accidents", so Zheng Fei speculates that it is very likely that Zhou Tong does not want Yue Fei to see him again!

Zheng Fei really hates Zhou Tong now, and he tried his best to change Yue Fei's fate, wanting to make him his right-hand man, but unexpectedly Zhou Dong, an old pervert, was born, although Zhou Tong's misunderstanding of himself has been reduced a lot, but it can be seen that he is still an old stubborn who is extremely loyal to the Great Song Dynasty, and he was a little unaccustomed to being a king of the mountains at the beginning, and now he heard that he really turned against the court, with his temper, I'm afraid that he won't let his beloved retreat disciple have even half a dime to do with his own thief.

What can I do? Zheng Fei thought about it, but there was no way at all, and now he could only continue to wait.

Another thing is that Zheng Fei is preparing to take further military action to expand his territory, and his goal is also very clear, pointing directly at Jingdong East Road, which is next to Jingdong West Road!

Although the Tiandao Army defeated the imperial court's Eastern Expeditionary Army, the various deficiencies of Jingdong and West Road in the war were still exposed, first of all, the geographical location of Jingxi Road was not good, and it was located in the Daimyofu, Yingtianfu, Hebei East Road, Jingbei Road, Huainan East Road, and Jingdong East Road. Secondly, the grain production of Jingxi Road is insufficient, and this time it almost suffered a big loss on the issue of grain and grass, and now although the summer grain has just been harvested to solve the urgent need, but after the war, the imperial court will inevitably completely block all land transportation around Jingxi Road, and it will be difficult to smuggle in the future.

For these two considerations, Zheng Fei's eyes circled around Jingdong West Road, and then locked on the east of Jingdong East Road, Jingdong East Road is a peninsula area, and then east is the sea extending in all directions, if you can win Jingdong East Road, the benefits are too many, first of all, you can solve the enemy at once, and you don't have to worry about the enemy on your back. Secondly, Jingdong East Road extends in all directions by sea, and whatever you need can be transported in by sea, such as war horses, grain and grass, black powder raw materials, etc. In addition, Jingdong East Road is also extremely rich in mineral resources, in addition to salt, iron, copper and other strategic resources, Jingdong East Road also has a resource that makes Zheng Fei's heart flutter, that is, oil!

The Chinese nation has the tradition of oil exploitation since ancient times, as early as the fourth century A.D., the Chinese people have a record of oil exploitation, and call this liquid that can be burned called "fire oil", "stone lipid water", etc., and the earliest to call it "oil" is the outstanding scientist Shen Kuo of the Great Song Dynasty, he named this kind of liquid "born in the sand and gravel of the water in the water, mixed with spring water, and came out of confusion" for the first time in his masterpiece "Dream Creek Writings".

Although the great role of oil has not yet been recognized in this era, Zheng Fei knows the value of this golden liquid, not to mention that a large amount of oil can be widely used in all aspects of social development by using its flammable and inextinguishable characteristics, and the lethality of making fire oil weapons will also be great!

In addition to these good reasons, the current 50,000 troops on Jingdong East Road have just been defeated by the Heavenly Dao Army, and less than 20,000 people have fled back, which is a good time to take advantage of the emptiness of their troops and low morale to attack on a large scale. On the other hand, the surrounding places, even if they are beaten down now, it is useless to go up to hit Hebei East Road is bordering Liao, it is useless to go down to Jingbei Road and Huainan East Road, and to the west is near Jingshi, it will inevitably be counterattacked by the Song Dynasty Jedi who still occupies an absolute advantage in troops, in short, Jingdong East Road is Zheng Fei's only and best choice at present.

At the same time, this battle must also start as soon as possible, because Ma Zhi is on the way here, Zheng Fei has now decided to negotiate with the imperial court to accept "Zhao'an", this "Zhao'an" must be really negotiated, and Jingdong Road will not be able to fight, so the battle must be quickly resolved before Ma Zhi arrives!

Zheng Fei said that he would do it, he immediately convened an emergency military meeting of the high-level of the Tiandao Army, at the meeting, all the generals raised their hands in favor of Zheng Fei's decision, and the conditions for starting the war were also very abundant, the army had just experienced a victory, the morale was booming, and the grain and grass did not need to be prepared, and the captured grain and grass of the Eastern Expeditionary Army could be directly transported.

A day later, the Tiandao Army also established the "Eastern Expeditionary Army", sending Chao Gai's Third Army, Wang Jin's Fourth Army, and Liu Fa's Sixth Army with a total of 80,000 people, suddenly crossing the Yanzhou border and killing Jingdong Road!