Su Yonglin's plan was to capture Zizhou and then Jinan, use the extremely fast Jin army to tear apart the rule of the Jin people, and complete the strategic goals of the West Route Army.
It is about 180 miles from Xintai to Zichuan County, and Su Yonglin decided to finish it in three days.
In order to lead most of the ordinary soldiers, he took the lead in running away, insisting not to ride horses, and ordered that no officers were allowed to ride horses unless they were injured.
Taking the lead as a general, all officers were forced to take the lead as an example, and this was how they brought this rookie Liberation Army, which had not even undergone standardized training recently, to Zichuan County.
Then this rookie army successfully defeated the Jin army, captured Zichuan County, and captured all the officials, big and small.
Su Yonglin did not stop, and divided his troops into two groups again. One group was responsible for continuing to capture the remaining counties in Zizhou, and the other group followed him to attack Jinan Prefecture and headed for Zhangqiu.
While Su Yonglin was attacking and advancing, the situation in Shandong was undergoing huge changes.
The rebel soldiers divided into three groups to attack the entire Shandong East Road, trying to expand their power in one fell swoop while Jin Ting did not react.
The official forces of the Jin Kingdom in Shandong were dizzy and confused. They were confused by various rumors and news. They were looking for confirmation everywhere, but they had no idea what was happening in Shandong.
In an era when information dissemination basically relies on human and animal power, it is not difficult at all to make certain people or certain institutions misjudge something, because no one has a full map, and they see things through the fog. .
The officials of the Shandong Jin Kingdom did not know the headquarters, leaders, number, combat goals, and political goals of the Liberation Army, let alone the extent to which the Liberation Army had progressed.
However, the official power of the Jin Kingdom in Shandong has been clearly understood by the Liberation Army.
Due to deliberate calculations and unintentional calculations, the ruling power of the Jin Kingdom in Shandong was defeated for a time, and was continuously uprooted by the Liberation Army.
The overall strength of the Liberation Army is of course far inferior to that of the Jin Kingdom at the moment, but only in this local area of Shandong, the strength of the Liberation Army has already overwhelmed the power of the Jin Kingdom.
While Su Yonglin led the troops to attack quickly, Sun Tzu Yi led the East Route Army to achieve a great military victory in Laizhou, defeating the resistance of the hastily organized grain-shooting army and town defense army in Laizhou.
The power of the Jin Kingdom in Laizhou has collapsed. The powerful local landowners responded to Sun Ziyi's call and raised troops to join the Liberation Army. They followed the Liberation Army to conquer cities and territories, kill the Jin people, and expand the occupied area.
With the collapse of Laizhou, Dengzhou and Ninghai Prefecture will also fall under the control of the Liberation Army, and the situation of the Jin people in the two states will definitely not be good.
The Central Liberation Army, led by Zhao Kaishan himself, also achieved great victories in Weizhou and Yidu Prefecture.
The local government in Weizhou hastily organized the grain-shooting army and the town defense army to resist the Liberation Army, but they were all besieged and annihilated by the Liberation Army, with thousands dead.
Later, the local local gentry in Weizhou responded to the call of the Liberation Army. More than a dozen local tyrants and gentry joined the Liberation Army in rebellion, and they pulled up nearly 10,000 combat troops to join the Liberation Army.
In Yidu Prefecture, the military core of the Jin people in Shandong, because Yidu Prefecture is also the person in charge of the troops and horses of Shandong East Road, Yidu Prefecture retains a relatively elite army, including cavalry and infantry. The power of Yidufu to press the bottom of the box.
However, Zhao Kaishan attacked Weizhou first and then Yidu Prefecture, gathering the power of Weizhou's local tyrants and gentry, and gathering nearly 20,000 nominal troops to rush into Yidu Prefecture, catching Yidu Prefecture by surprise.
Not only that, Zhao Kaishan adopted the propaganda tactics proposed by Su Yonglin and sent people to Yidu Mansion to contact the local tyrants and gentry, asking them to rebel. When the local tyrants and gentry learned that the Liberation Army was gaining momentum, they were immediately excited.
When the Liberation Army invaded Yidu Prefecture and Tu Danjing, the governor of Yidu Prefecture and the commander-in-chief of the military and horse capital, realized what was happening, the local tycoons and squires in Yidu Prefecture also raised troops one after another, attacking cities and places everywhere to attack the Jin soldiers.
Yidu Mansion was suddenly plunged into a scene of war, and dozens of messages for help were received overnight, which frightened Tu Danjing.
Tu Danjing felt that his situation was over and that staying in Shandong would mean death, so he simply ran north with his cronies.
Not only Tu Danjing, but also Shu Husiji, the military commander of Yidu Prefecture's Military Command Department, also ran away.
The two "Flying Generals" ran very simply, taking only their close associates with them and leaving everyone else behind.
As a result, an elite Jin army of more than a thousand people in Yidu Prefecture lost its leader. They could only fight on their own and find their own way out, failing to gather together to fight against the Liberation Army.
Except for a few of them who fled Shandong and returned to the north, a considerable number were quickly divided and surrounded by the Liberation Army that was running around.
After suffering heavy casualties, the Liberation Army relied on their numerical advantage to eat up this elite Golden Army.
At this time, Yidu Mansion also completely lost the ability to suppress the Liberation Army.
Tu Danjing was the chief executive of Yidu Prefecture and the military commander of the entire Shandong region. When he ran away, the officials of Yidu Prefecture, big and small, ran away, surrendered, and died, and there was chaos.
After the fall of Yidu Mansion, the entire Shandong East Road really lost the possibility of unified planning and resistance. It was only a matter of time before it was completely occupied by the Liberation Army.
After the Liberation Army captured Yidu, Zhao Kaishan issued orders to Sun Ziyi of the East Route Army and Su Yonglin of the West Route Army.
Zhao Kaishan told them that Shandong East Road has belonged to the Liberation Army, and asked them to announce the goals and policies of the Liberation Army to all the landlords and gentry in the unoccupied areas, and called on them to rise up together to drive out the Jin Ting forces and completely drive out the Jin Ting forces. Shandong East Road, completing the first phase of the rebel army's combat objectives.
The strength of the Liberation Army is growing.
With the advance of the Liberation Army and the spread of the news, basically all the local landowners and gentry in the state capitals on Shandong East Road who had not yet belonged to the Liberation Army knew the news.
They were already ready to move when they heard that Zhao Kaishan's Liberation Army had really won a huge victory, and that the Jin Army was retreating steadily and could not be contained, and there were signs of losing Shandong completely. They could not restrain their restlessness and immediately raised troops to respond to the Liberation Army. .
They announced one after another that they would join the Liberation Army and become members of the Liberation Army. They respected Zhao Kaishan as the commander-in-chief of the Liberation Army and followed his orders.
At this time, the Liberation Army, which was attacking the city on Shandong East Road, did not know that Shandong East Road was also on fire.
Before the three-pronged attack of the Liberation Army, the powerful people in various prefectures and counties on the east and west roads of Shandong were already ready to take action after receiving the letter from the Liberation Army. They contacted each other and had the idea of taking advantage of the situation.
In early May, news of the military offensive launched by the Liberation Army spread to the various prefectures on the East and West Routes of Shandong as Su Yonglin's West Route Army conquered Tai'an Prefecture.
After a large number of landowners and squires in various state capitals learned of the news, they could no longer contain the rebellion they had long hidden in their hearts, and finally decided to start an uprising.
At the same time that the officials in the various states on the east and west sides of Shandong Province reacted, they all announced that they would join the Liberation Army, rebel in the name of the commander-in-chief Zhao Kaishan, and break with the Jin Kingdom.
Seven powerful families in Tengzhou, including the Zhang family, Wang family, and Li family, jointly announced the uprising. They raised more than 4,000 troops to join the Liberation Army, attacked the county seat, and killed the Jin people with great momentum.
Eight powerful families in Jeju, including the Liu family, Qi family, and Zhao family, jointly launched an uprising and raised more than 5,000 troops to attack the city and seize the territory. Soon, several powerful families responded, and the momentum was huge and uncontrollable.
Eleven powerful families in Bozhou, including the Lu family and the Qin family, jointly launched an uprising and raised more than 6,000 troops to attack Liaocheng, the state seat. They actually took advantage of the state government's failure to respond in time and attacked Bozhou with a force, shocking Bozhou...
After the uprising, the uprising teams in various states sent people to Shandong East Road to find Zhao Kaishan in an attempt to formally join the Liberation Army and obtain Zhao Kaishan's recognition.
Rebellion must be united and cannot be left alone, so it must be recognized by Zhao Kaishan, join the Liberation Army, join this big family, and work under the unified banner.
In this way, we can clean up the golden people in an upright manner.
The situation in Shandong has since deteriorated out of control, and the Jin government in Shandong has basically lost the ability to independently suppress the uprising.
If Jin Ting did not mobilize external troops to quell the rebellion, it would only be a matter of time before Shandong was completely occupied.
