All happiness in the world is probably not the same, and people who are superior always have their own wonderful things.
But the suffering in the world is generally the same. People who are struggling can always see their own shadow in others, and then sigh - it is not easy.
The landlords and gentry in Shandong who were persecuted by Jin Guo's land policy also shared the same pain, and they all had some empathy with each other.
They often find it difficult for each other.
Zhao Kaishan also exchanged information with famous landowners and gentry in other states, asking each other about the information the other party had, and changing his own countermeasures in a timely manner.
So at this time, this relationship was taken advantage of by Zhao Kaishan.
News of the rebellion continued to spread and ferment, the government became more nervous and fearful, and the local landlords and gentry in the various prefectures of Shandong began to prepare for action.
For a time, there was a scene on the land of Shandong that the mountains and rain were about to come, and the wind filled the buildings.
The Jin Empire is about to pay the price for its extensive policies and inefficient execution.
Taking advantage of this precious window period, not only did Su Yonglin recruit troops on a large scale to expand the strength of the Victory Army, but the rest of the Liberation Army were also expanding their respective military strength.
After Zhao Kaishan captured Feixian County, he returned to Linyi County to garrison. He appointed his cousin Zhao Kaihe to lead the Tabai Army to garrison in Feixian County. He returned to Linyi and used his own people to win the "heroes" meeting in Linyi County. .
The so-called heroes are the large and medium landowners and gentry in Linyi County.
Zhao Kaishan, as the commander-in-chief of the Liberation Army and the general manager of Yizhou, hosted a banquet for these people and called on them to rise up together to rebel against the Jin Kingdom and regain the Han family.
The "heroes" were trembling and at a loss at first, but soon news came that the rebellions in Juzhou and Mizhou had been successful.
After occupying Juzhou and Mizhou, Sun Ziyi, Liu Yongqiang and others, who were powerful in Juzhou, and Wang Yongren, Chen Qixia and others, who were powerful in Mizhou, announced that they would jointly join the Liberation Army and recognized Zhao Kaishan as the supreme leader of the uprising army.
Zhao Kaishan is even happier.
Then give yourself a promotion and promote yourself to become the general manager of the three states.
He also appointed Sun Tzu Yi as the general manager of Juzhou and Wang Yongren as the general manager of Mizhou. Then he gave the mighty military titles such as Shenwu Army, Shenyong Army, and Changsheng Army to these rebel leaders to win over people's hearts.
For a time, Zhao Kaishan's reputation greatly increased, and his position as the leader of the rebel army was unshakable.
Because he adopted Su Yonglin's suggestion, Zhao Kaishan vigorously promoted the achievements of the Liberation Army and the goal of "driving out the barbarians and regaining China". He talked about it in such a high-profile manner that the local tycoons in Yizhou, Mizhou, and Juzhou all raised troops to respond. .
Chen Ziliang, a local tycoon in Yizhou, responded with two thousand troops. Li Yi, a local tycoon in Mizhou, responded with three thousand troops. Zhou Jin, a local tycoon in Juzhou, responded with two thousand troops. Zheng Ang, a local tycoon in Juzhou, responded with two thousand troops...
Every one of the local tycoons who raised the army was strong and brought capital into the group. In a short time, the strength of the Liberation Army increased several times.
The local tycoons came to Yi County one after another to pay homage to Zhao Kaishan and jointly worshiped Zhao Kaishan as their master.
Zhao Kaishan was so praised that he was so arrogant and arrogant that he swore an oath to "Never give up until the Jin Kingdom is immortal" and inverted his name, calling himself "Kaishan Zhao".
What he means is that he will resolutely fight against the gold thief and will never give up to destroy the gold thief. He will never change his name back, which is equivalent to a poisonous oath.
In this way, he gained further trust and respect from everyone, and no one would doubt that he would regret and betray everyone midway.
Zhao Kaishan gave the military trumpet and brought the local tyrants under the unified banner of the Liberation Army, allowing them to train their own soldiers and enhance their combat effectiveness. He also recruited troops on a large scale in Yizhou to increase the number and combat effectiveness of the six major legions of his headquarters.
However, Yizhou's population of 24,000 households is limited after all. No matter how much the army is expanded, it cannot be expanded to a large scale. If you want to strengthen yourself, you still have to continue to fight abroad.
On April 18, Zhao Kaishan sent an order to all the commanders under his command to gather in Linyi County for a meeting to discuss the next plan for the invasion.
Su Yonglin set off immediately after receiving the news. It was still early when he arrived in Linyi County, and the others had not arrived yet.
When he saw Zhao Kaishan, Su Yonglin found that Zhao Kaishan was happily looking at the list of gifts sent to him by the leaders of the rebel forces in Mizhou and Juzhou.
And there were a lot of boxes, large and small, piled around him.
Some were opened and some were not opened, almost filling half the room.
Seeing Su Yonglin coming, Zhao Kaishan immediately pulled Su Yonglin to look at it together, letting Su Yonglin see the gift lists of gold and silver treasures.
"My dear brother, thanks to your suggestion, the title of Commander-in-Chief of the Liberation Army and our slogan are really useful. No, the people from Mizhou and Juzhou have really joined the Liberation Army. , I have no choice but to be the commander-in-chief shamelessly, hahahaha!"
Zhao Kaishan's joy was beyond words, and Su Yonglin also looked happy for him.
"My brother is able to achieve such an achievement because of my own determination. I am just making a suggestion. Without my brother's acceptance, what can I do?"
"Hahahaha, dear brother, you have such an open mouth!"
Zhao Kaishan was very happy and said to Su Yonglin, "What do you think about this time of marching into the army?"
"Of course I have many ideas, but it mainly depends on my brother's decision."
Su Yonglin said: "Brother, you should have a lot of ideas, right?"
"Hahaha, that's natural."
Zhao Kaishan laughed and said: "The spies under my dear brother are really capable. The whole Shandong is in chaos due to rumors and the government is doing nothing. This is our opportunity. If we don't take this opportunity to expand our power, how long will we have to wait?"
It was not that Su Yonglin had not foreseen the situation where Zhao Kaishan suddenly became so ambitious and no longer had any worries.
The Liberation Army had grown so much all of a sudden. If he didn't expand a little, Su Yonglin would feel uncomfortable.
Of course, limited expansion is called self-confidence, and excessive expansion is arrogance.
Zhao Kaishan is still relatively wise at the moment.
"Although the gold thief hasn't reacted yet, once he does, the army will definitely attack. Now this opportunity is rare. We must occupy as many state capitals in Shandong as possible and recruit more troops to fight against the gold thief.
Dear brother, I said before that I want to develop in the Jinan area. I have not given up on this idea. Now I plan to attack in three directions. I will attack Shandong East Road as soon as possible, with the sea at my back, and then develop west and north. I think how? "
Su Yonglin thought about it for a while and felt that this was pretty good.
The most important thing now is not how much territory we occupy, but to use this momentum to explode all the gunpowder Wan Yanliang has planted, so that anyone who wants to rebel can take this opportunity to rebel.
It would be best if the whole of Shandong explodes in rebellion, Hebei also rebels, and the land of Yanyun also rebels. When conflicts break out and everyone rebels, Jinting will definitely be in chaos for a while.
Taking advantage of Ginting's chaotic time, he could truly take root in the grassroots rural areas and establish a solid political power that could be mobilized.
Without the organizational structure and mobilization power to surpass Jin Ting, how could it overthrow the Jin regime?
An alliance of landlords and gentry relying on Zhao Kaishan and his gang?
What organizational structure and mobilization power do they have?
Moreover, the elites of the Kingdom of Jin are not weak. Once they are in a hurry, Wanyan Liang will immediately attack you personally!
That scene must be very beautiful.
