At the end of spring and the beginning of summer, the weather gradually becomes hotter. The sun during the day already feels hot on the body, and thick clothes can no longer fit the upper body.
People took off their thick clothes and put on thin and loose casual clothes.
Marching and fighting on such a day is definitely not a pleasant experience. After a day of marching or training, your whole body feels like it has been washed away by water. It is damp and sticky, and you have to take a quick shower to feel refreshed.
However, for the Liberation Army, an alternative existence, the hotter the weather, the higher their momentum became, and they did not lose their high-spirited will to fight because of the heat.
They are still fighting constantly, constantly overturning the officials and soldiers who used to dominate their heads to the ground and stomping on them.
At this moment, the Liberation Army has grown to a level that cannot be resisted by the Jin Army in Shandong.
Not only on Shandong East Road, but also in many state capitals on Shandong East Road, a large number of Liberation Army troops were fighting. The Great Liberation Army uprising spread really quickly.
Su Yonglin himself did not expect that the landlords and gentry would become so brave once they took the lead in the uprising. Three to five hundred people would dare to attack the county town with a big flag.
It can be seen how far they have been persecuted by Wan Yanliang's land-grabbing policy.
Anyway, the entire Shandong East Road is already dominated by the Liberation Army.
The three-pronged operation of the Liberation Army was a great success. The military offensives of the three-pronged troops of Zhao Kaishan, Su Yonglin and Sun Ziyi were all successful. The Jin forces on the Shandong East Road were basically eliminated.
Moreover, the military strength of the Liberation Army has expanded greatly.
Su Yonglin was polite when his place expanded to more than 30,000 people.
Sun Tzu Yi's number directly expanded to more than 40,000 people.
Zhao Kaishan was even more exaggerated. The number of directly affiliated troops directly expanded to more than 50,000 people, and the size of the entire Liberation Army suddenly reached more than 120,000 people like blowing up a balloon.
Not to mention conquering Shandong, this force can further conquer Henan and Hebei - if it is a well-trained main force.
So during the meeting, everyone looked at the strength of the troops at hand, and were collectively confused, followed by laughter.
No one expected that more than two months after the uprising, the Liberation Army would expand from a mere 10,000 troops to 120,000, controlling the entire Shandong East Road, and the capture of the Shandong East Road was just around the corner.
Zhao Kaishan put his arm around Su Yonglin's shoulders and kept praising him.
"In the past, when my dear brother told me about Liu Bang and Xiang Yu, I thought it was just an idiot's dream. Now it seems that this is clearly my wise brother's foresight! Hahahaha! Hahahahahahaha!"
Zhao Kaishan's face turned red with joy, veins popped up on his forehead, and he looked extremely excited.
The other rebel generals were also so excited. One or two of them were arrogant and felt as if they had already conquered Zhongdu and driven the Jin people out of the Great Wall.
Su Yonglin didn't feel very strange. It would be better to say that if they looked calm, Su Yonglin would feel extremely strange and wonder if these people were controlled by aliens.
The way they looked now proved that they were all normal human beings and did not deviate from his expectations.
The size of the Liberation Army continued to expand, and the uprising situation in Shandong as a whole also changed dramatically.
In addition to discussing the military results, this meeting also discussed the distribution of the results, as well as the next action plan.
The distribution of results is a very sensitive issue.
Zhao Kaishan no longer seems to be as reckless in allocating money as he did before. He did not write any blank checks, but decided to put this issue aside for the time being.
What he meant was that the army should still be divided into three parts. Su Yonglin, Sun Ziyi and himself would be in charge of one group of soldiers and horses respectively, maintaining the establishment of the West Route Army, the East Route Army and the Middle Route Army. Each family would temporarily control the occupied area of each family, and then Reorganize the army and launch an attack on the east and west roads of Shandong as soon as possible.
His reasons are good.
"The heroes on the East and West Shandong Road are eagerly waiting for us to march on the East and West Shandong Road. At this time, it is time to occupy the entire Shandong in one go to fight against the gold thieves. How can we rest on our laurels and be complacent because of some small achievements?"
Zhao Kaishan announced his decision with a majestic and upright look.
Soldiers from all walks of life counted the number of troops, improved army construction, raised food and military pay, and then immediately marched to the east and west roads of Shandong to expel all Shandong Jin people.
Then everyone will discuss their merits and reward them together.
Wouldn't it be better to use the entire Shandong Province to judge merit and reward?
After Zhao Kaishan announced his decision, the atmosphere of the venue, which had been filled with enthusiasm just now, immediately felt like a fire that had been poured with urine. The flames disappeared, leaving only a few wisps of smoke.
The atmosphere at the venue was a bit strange.
The rebel generals of Sun Tzu Yi's East Route Army and the rebel generals of the West Route Army brought by Su Yonglin stopped talking. One or two looked at each other, and the smiles that had been on their faces now were frozen on their faces, looking a little funny.
Obviously, Zhao Kaishan's decision was not recognized by everyone, or it was a little far from everyone's psychological expectations.
Rather than the marching plan, shouldn’t we talk a little bit about the reward plan before that?
If everyone wins this battle with their heads high, isn’t there any reward?
Not to mention the two main meritorious figures Su Yonglin and Sun Ziyi, other "heroes" who participated in the anti-golden campaign were not rewarded?
It is said that during the course of the operation, Sun Tzu Yi, like Su Yonglin, gave some rewards to his old subordinates and the landlords and gentry who had recently participated in the uprising, such as becoming civil servants or military officers.
This was decided by Sun Ziyi and Su Yonglin, not by Zhao Kaishan. Now that the Liberation Army respects Zhao Kaishan as its leader, the legitimacy lies with Zhao Kaishan, and it must be announced by Zhao Kaishan to be effective.
Before coming here, Su Yonglin and Sun Ziyi submitted the list of recommended rewards to Zhao Kaishan.
The so-called suggestions are actually established facts. Zhao Kaishan only needs to open his mouth and say a few words to formally announce them to make these rewards "legal."
In the end, Zhao Kaishan didn't do this?
Even if we want to develop the Shandong East Road, we still have to settle the phased results of the Shandong East Road, right?
In the awkward atmosphere, Zhao Kaishan himself seemed to feel that something was wrong.
But before he could speak, Sun Ziyi spoke first.
During this operation, the Eastern Route Army used Juzhou and Mizhou as its bases and was responsible for attacking Dengzhou, Laizhou and Ninghai Prefecture, and driving the Jin people into the sea.
They did this successfully.
After capturing the three states, plus the base camps of Mizhou and Juzhou, Sun Tzu Yi and the rebel generals of the Eastern Route Army had already taken control of the five states.
For these five states, they indeed paid a lot and sacrificed many people.
So after conquering the Three States, their biggest idea was to get what they should get through the Three States, and then let Zhao Kaishan admit that what they got was legal, instead of saying nothing and marching directly to the east and west roads of Shanxi. .
The main force of the East Route Army is now gathering in Dengzhou. If they want to march to the East and West Route of Shandong, they have the longest road to travel.
This made Sun Ziyi and other major generals of the Eastern Route Army dissatisfied.
