With Yelude dying on the battlefield, the Liao army reinforcements came to support, and returned defeated, and before the Song army could be clashed, he was defeated, and lost his armor. Then, the army quickly occupied Ding'an County without much effort.

Today, five of the sixteen states of Yanyun have been included in the territory of the Great Song Dynasty. Even Emperor Taizong of the year attacked the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun as quickly as Zhao Gou, and the territory was farther away.

Since the expedition, the Song army has been invincible, invincible, and has successively captured cities, which makes the Liao army very fearful. At the same time, the Jin soldiers also accelerated their attack on the eastern territory of Liao, and for a time the people in the Khitan country were panicked and panicked. Even the emperor of Liao was sitting on pins and needles, and he couldn't give up all day long.

The Great Song Dynasty sent a large army to attack the sixteen states of Yanyun, and the Liao Emperor still stubbornly believed that the Great Song Dynasty was a country with diplomatic relations with Liao, thinking that if it didn't work, he would flee to the Great Song Dynasty.

Seeing that he was still so naïve, the ministers thought that the Song Dynasty was not their enemy, and they still wanted to rely on the Song Dynasty, which made the ministers secretly shake their heads and sigh, extremely disappointed.

"Wolf lord, according to the battle report, the Song army has captured Ulzhou. If this progress is followed, it is presumable that the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun will be completely captured at this time next year. ”

In the felt tent of the Jurchen army, the wolf lord Wanyan Aguta, Wanyan Sheng and others gathered together, and their army had already attacked Zhongjing and approached Shangjing.

Nowadays, the Song-Liao War is just a foil to the Jin-Liao War. If it is the strength of the Song army alone, it will be difficult to return with successive victories.

"The Song army is like a bamboo, this is a problem that is difficult to ignore. However, it will be winter in a little while. ”

Wan Yan said lightly, "Most of the Song army are southerners, and they may not be able to adapt to the harsh environment such as drought and sandstorm in the north, so it is not so simple for them to completely capture the sixteen states of Yanyun." ”

"Winter is a daily occurrence for us. As long as we hurry up, we will definitely finish it first. ”

Wan Yan Sheng nodded, the Jurchens' ambition was far more than destroying Liao, but also taking the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun as their own. As long as the sixteen states of Yanyun are occupied, then the Song Dynasty can be easily destroyed by waving the army south, and the Jurchens at that time are the most powerful.

At the same time, Song Huizong, who was far away in Bianjing, also received a battle report from Zhao Gou. Zhao Gou did not leave any of the military equipment he had collected, only the money and other things were sealed and waited for the emperor to decide.

After a three-month journey, the Song army attacked the sixteen states of Yanyun with great momentum, and won victories one after another. As the emperor's Zhao Ji, how can he not be happy, he is happy.

turned a blind eye to what Zhao Gou did before, and it was clear that he acquiesced and agreed. Even if the ministers knew it, they were helpless, because of Zhao Gou's successive victories, the Liao army was defeated and other deeds had already spread throughout the entire Great Song Dynasty.

At this time, if someone participates in 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 tight, the treasury is still left, but this war is a long war, so Song Huizong decided that the seized silver does not need to be handed over to the treasury, and will be used as military expenditure.

As for Zhao Gou's request for rewarding generals, Song Huizong did not refuse, and all of them were promoted in succession. However, Song Huizong also gave his own conditions, as long as the sixteen states of Yanyun were completely recovered, these would all be fulfilled. Therefore, the official positions were not conferred, but there were many other rewards.

It is strictly forbidden to drink alcohol in the army, and after the capture of Ulzhou at this time, Zhao Gou did not immediately march to attack Xinzhou and Wuzhou, but let the army rest and recuperate, wait for the spirit to be replenished, and go into battle again. Therefore, after Zhao Gou received the holy decree, he immediately ordered all the armies to be rewarded for meritorious deeds.

"Today, the Holy Church has sent a decree to praise the merits of your brothers and affirm your military exploits. Moreover, the emperor also promised that as long as all the sixteen states of Yanyun were recovered, the day when they returned to Beijing after their success, it would be the time for everyone to be promoted to the rank of knight. ”

Zhao Gou said loudly, "Whether you are soldiers, pioneers, partial generals, etc., you will all be treated equally, and no one will be greedy for merit and will not report it, as long as it is your credit, you will never miss half a point." ”

"Mighty and mighty! Handsome and mighty! The crowd shouted in unison, and the sound was like a morning bell, shocking.

Zhao Gou continued: "The emperor has also decreed that all the silver taels and other things we have seized will be used as everyone's military expenses, which means that these silver taels will be handled by us. ”

"Now I would like to make an opinion that all the brothers who died in the previous war, regardless of their position, will be entitled to a pension, and this money will be sent to his hometown, fifty taels each. If more seizures are seized, then they will increase in order, do you have any opinions? ”

"Mighty and mighty!" The crowd had no opinion, they all entrusted their lives, and the fifty taels they deserved were deserved, and no one would object.

Originally, Zhao Gou planned to have one hundred taels per person, but Wu Yong said that the military budget would be very tight, so Zhao Gou decided to change it to fifty taels and make up for it in turn in the future.

One hundred and twenty-one lives, Zhao Gou still felt that he was at a loss. Even if the war continues, human life is not valuable, but it is still a living life. When a person dies, it is gone, and when the money is gone, it can be earned again.

"As for the silver taels taken by the brothers, they will be distributed together when the time comes, and they will never be in arrears. In addition, the emperor sympathized with the hard work of the soldiers who went into battle to kill the enemy, and specially ordered people to send 30,000 jars of fine wine, pigs, cattle and sheep and other food from the capital. ”

Zhao Gou continued to say in a deep voice: "But there is one thing to remember, you drink and drink, and once you get drunk, you will be fine." However, if the enemy army comes to attack, you will not have any combat effectiveness, and you will not blame the ruthlessness of military law. ”

"Don't worry, even if you drink it, the enemy won't dare to come. Even if they came, we drank, it was even more high-spirited, they came to kill one by one, and two to kill a pair, the big deal was that the fish died and the net was broken, so that they had no return. ”

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

"Of course!" The crowd echoed.

Zhao Gou ordered people to bring up all the wine and food, and then sealed and opened the wine jar, and a smell of wine came to his nose.

Suddenly, everyone's eyes were bright, staring intently at the altar of wine, and their throats kept making "grunt" sounds, salivating.

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

Zhao Gou looked at everyone's salivating appearance, and ordered everyone to take an altar. If it is not enough, then send someone to buy, that is to say, let go of your hands and feet to drink.

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

Zhao Gou, as the coach of this time, took the lead in drinking with everyone, and everyone immediately replied. As a result, all that was heard inside and outside the entire Lingxian City was the hearty sound of the army's hearty drinking, which was so lively.

(End of chapter)