After the so-called military meeting was discussed, it was time for lunch. After lunch, Zhao Kaishan took Su Yonglin to the military parade.
The so-called military parade is to see Zhao Kaishan's capital, see how much strength Zhao Kaishan has, and show it off.
Zhao Kaishan is a local tycoon. His family owns the largest piece of land around Linyi County. It is already the fifth generation of the Zhao family to pass it on to him.
It can be said that he is a survivor of the fourth generation of struggle, and he has become a rich man from the Zhao family from an ordinary farmer.
Zhao Kaishan owns a large amount of land, so tenants are naturally indispensable.
"I did some statistics before. Excluding those who stayed behind, I have about 4,000 soldiers and horses here who can be used to attack. With the friends from Mizhou and Juzhou, it is not difficult to gather 10,000 people. Dear brother, They also brought a thousand people, which must be more than ten thousand. Ten thousand rebels are considered a huge force, right?"
Zhao Kaishan proudly took Su Yonglin to see his strong strength.
That's really strong.
At the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, the landowners no longer paid much tax. After the war between the Song and Jin Dynasties, the puppet Qi ruled the Central Plains. Of course, they did not pay taxes at that time.
After that, Jin Ting directly ruled the Central Plains. It was a simple small government with rough governance techniques. There was no such thing as household registration. The Han landlords below did not know how to pay taxes.
At most, it is easy and stress-free to give the government a small symbolic gift, bribe some officials, and make fake accounts.
They have not paid taxes for many years. There are many big tycoons like the Zhao family in the Central Plains, and they are relatively strong. They have accumulated a lot of food and money. If they all unite, it will not be a problem to overthrow the Jin Kingdom.
Of course, they cannot unite.
Jin Ting knew that his grassroots strength was weak and he could not rule effectively. In addition to force deterrence, he strictly restricted the Han people from possessing weapons and strictly controlled iron products.
In the early days, Han landowners still had many weapons, but weapons were consumables and would rust if left unused or not properly maintained. After more than ten years of peaceful life without fighting, the level of force of Han landowners naturally declined.
This is why Zhao Kaishan asked Su Yonglin to use his connections to get more iron ordnance.
In addition to weapons, food, soldiers, and base areas, he lacked nothing, and the large amount of equipment Su Yonglin brought was exactly what he needed.
Right now, Su Yonglin saw some peasant soldiers waving the Southern Song Dynasty weapons he had brought in their hands, causing bursts of applause from the people around them.
There was a strong-looking man wielding a heavy ax that could only be used by the truly elite members of the Song army. His dance was very impressive.
The heavy ax troops were an important elite force that the Song Army relied on to counter the northern cavalry. It is said that Yue Fei used his well-trained heavy ax troops to challenge the Jin Army's cavalry face to face and achieved a major victory.
Yes, there are also high-quality soldiers.
"It is indeed a huge force. It should be more than enough to deal with the Jin soldiers in the three states. Based on this estimate, as long as the operation goes smoothly, it is not difficult to capture the three states within one month."
Su Yonglin smiled and nodded.
As long as Zhao Kaishan is careful, the Jin people will have no time to assemble the army. Once Zhao Kaishan breaks out and launches an attack, the two counties in Yizhou will fall instantly, and there will be no setbacks at all.
It should be similar in Juzhou and Mizhou.
The local tycoons are naturally familiar with local affairs, especially government officials. They often interact with them and know their personalities, courage and courage, etc. very well.
Zhao Kaishan had no doubt that he could not win Yizhou.
"That's natural. Yizhou Defense Commander An Zhen is a complete idiot. He doesn't have many talented people under his command. They are all mediocre and corrupt officials who are just getting along. They are good at making money through corruption and are very courageous. As for Fighting...hum!"
Of course Su Yonglin believed what Zhao Kaishan said.
Therefore, he also agreed with the beheading planned by Zhao Kaishan.
Anyway, this is not the first time that Zhao Kaishan has invited Yizhou defense envoys and Yizhou officials to dinner. There are Hans, Jurchens, and even a small number of Khitans in this group.
"Father, after killing that thief An Zhen, please let your son lead troops to attack Linyi County!"
Zhao Yucheng, who was following him, took the initiative to ask for a battle, hoping to lead the army to make achievements.
Young people are always passionate and easily excited.
Zhao Kaishan hesitated for a moment.
Zhao Yucheng is his only son. He only has this son. Although Yizhou will be leaderless after killing An Zhen, there is no guarantee that there will be no accidents.
They, a group of powerful landowners, had many fights, but real wars were different. Attacking a city and fighting were completely different things. If something happened...
Zhao Kaishan hesitated.
But Zhao Yucheng insisted on leading the troops and becoming the young hero who won the first victory, and Zhao Kaishan did not object in the end.
The precious son insisted on leading troops to fight. Zhao Kaishan felt proud but also very worried.
"Then I will give you a thousand men. It should be more than enough to take Linyi County in a surprise attack. Yucheng, remember, after entering the city, quickly occupy the government offices and major warehouses, kill the Jin people who dare to resist, and control the city gates as soon as possible. And the dangerous places...you know where the dangerous places are, right?"
Zhao Kaishan worriedly began to tell Zhao Yucheng some common sense about city siege that he only knew.
After all, this was the first rebellion and everyone had little experience.
It was just that during the war between the Song and Jin Dynasties, many defeated soldiers were taken in by local powerful men when they fled to Shandong, and became their personal thugs.
Among these people are professional military officers.
Although the defeated soldiers of the Northern Song Dynasty did not have the courage, they still had basic common sense. The influx of these military talents significantly improved the level of local powerful forces, allowing them to protect themselves in the chaos at the turn of the Song and Jin Dynasties.
So Su Yonglin discovered that although these local powerful people had never actually fought in a war, they all had basic military knowledge and did not need to receive special training to popularize it.
No wonder they dare to rebel.
After walking around with Zhao Kaishan, Su Yonglin was quite satisfied with the overall situation.
As a rebel, Zhao Kaishan has no shortage of soldiers, food, and money, and his strength is obviously sufficient.
But he also found that only some of Zhao Kaishan's men had good morale, and most of the remaining peasant soldiers were still in a state of confusion.
Those strong men should be Zhao Kaishan's housekeeping guards who deter both externally and internally.
Most of the rest are just ordinary farmers with no training.
They were wearing simple clothes that were a little shabby, their bodies were not strong, they could even be considered thin, and almost all of them looked disheveled.
Most of the peasant soldiers who were about to go to the battlefield were not tall and did not have a few ounces of meat, so some of the unexpectedly tall ones looked very thin, giving them the impression of being skinny and skinny.
The skin is generally yellow and black, lackluster, and has many wrinkles. There are two big eyeballs on the face that cannot be propped up due to lack of flesh, which even looks a bit funny.
Their expressions showed the numbness that Su Yonglin had seen and didn't want to see again.
That kind of numbness that is completely incomprehensible to the world and has no understanding of what the world is like.
It seems that they were born to only cultivate the land, eat, sleep and have children. They only know these four things.
When he saw Zhao Kaishan and others approaching, he consciously lowered his head, hunched his body, and shrank.
Su Yonglin felt that they must not know why Zhao Kaishan wanted to rebel. At the same time, they might have a vague idea of the consequences of a failed rebellion, so they might not be willing to rebel.
But they have no right to choose. Zhao Kaishan has the power of life and death over them.
Wan Yanliang was Zhao Kaishan's emperor, and Zhao Kaishan was their emperor.
The rebellion of the emperor who followed his own emperor and created an emperor may be a no choice for them.
But since the master family has decided to rebel, even if they don't have enough to eat, they must have the courage to risk their lives and fight. Otherwise, it is not certain whether they will die in the war. If they don't go to the war, they may be killed immediately to scare the monkeys.
An uprising with farmers as the main body is not a peasant uprising.
This is really irony, opening the door to irony, irony to the extreme.
