The subsequent impact of the Pizhou Battle was quickly reflected.
The main force of the Huai Army in the Southern Song Dynasty and the elite Forbidden Army were captured by Zhao Tai, leaving the Southern Song Dynasty without soldiers to guard Huainan. Most of the cities in the north of the Yangtze River did not resist and surrendered directly to the Qi army, allowing Zhao Tai to swallow up Huainan and expand his territory two thousand miles.
The Qi army took control of Jiangbei with little effort. In order to obtain population, resources, money and food, Zhao Tai's army took advantage of the weakness of the Southern Song Dynasty to attack everywhere and expand its territory.
When the Qi army was attacking the city and plundering the territory, the Southern Song Dynasty sent envoys to sue for peace, while at the same time mobilizing troops and recruiting new troops.
Under Yangzhou City, in the Qi Army camp, Zhao Tai sat in the tent, listening to reports from his subordinates. Every day, generals reported new gains.
At this time, the curtain was raised, and Zhao Hu came in to report, "Your Majesty, the Southern Song Dynasty has sent an envoy over!"
After hearing the report, Zhao Tai was silent for a moment, knowing that the Southern Song Dynasty wanted to ask for peace, "Is it still Jia Sidao?"
Zhao Hu nodded, Zhao Tai pondered for a while, and said: "Have a good reception, wait until Gu takes Jiangbei, and then talk to him!"
At present, the Southern Song Dynasty has not organized an effective defense, so Zhao Tai naturally wants to get what he can get first.
After all, he captured hundreds of thousands of Song troops, and after selecting them, he recruited 150,000 troops, doubling his strength. He needed a large enough territory to support such a large army.
Zhao Tai left the Song envoy aside, and the Qi army continued to attack the city and plunder the territory. By mid-September, only two cities in the north of the Yangtze River, Chuzhou and Yangzhou, were still resisting.
At the end of September, when the Qi army continued to attack the city, the Meng Communist Party led 20,000 Chu troops from Ezhou eastward and entered Anqing. They defeated a Qi army that besieged Huaining and curbed the Qi army's momentum to seize the city. .
Zhao Tai learned that the Chu army had entered Anqing and realized that the Song army had reorganized its defenses, and that the Qi army had occupied too many prefectures and counties and could no longer mobilize a large force to drive out the Chu army. Zhao Tai immediately ordered the armies to gather their forces and defend the place. The resulting prefectures and counties will focus on attacking Chuzhou and Yangzhou.
By the beginning of October, Chuzhou was captured by the Qi army while being isolated and helpless.
In mid-October, the Southern Song Dynasty took the initiative to abandon Yangzhou and withdraw its troops to the south bank to strengthen the defense of the south bank.
At this point, all the land north of the Yangtze River, except Anqing, was controlled by the Qi army.
When the Qi army rapidly expanded its territory in Huainan, Wo Kuotai was worried that Zhao Tai would destroy the Song Dynasty in one fell swoop. He gathered the Mongolian army in Yanyun and Luoyang to put pressure on the Qi army. The Qi army swallowed up most of Hebei and Huainan and gained a large number of prefectures and counties. and population, had to stop the march.
In early November of the fourth year of Duanping, the Qi army stopped attacking and Zhao Tai returned to Jinan.
In the north of Mongolia, knowing that the Qi army had grown bigger and could not be eliminated in a short time, Wokuotai immediately returned to the grassland, preparing to recall the Western Expeditionary Army and gather more troops before fighting again.
To the south, the Song Dynasty, after losing 300,000 troops, went on the defensive and was unable to regain the lost territory.
Time passed by, and by the end of the fourth year of Duanping, the turbulent and war-torn world finally ushered in a period of peace before the New Year.
This year, the situation in the world has been terrible.
Zhao Tai, who was originally on the verge of being destroyed, bucked the trend and rose to become an emerging regime that controlled large tracts of land in Hebei, Shandong, and Huainan.
The rise of Zhao Tai has changed the world situation drastically. All parties need to re-examine and adjust their strategies before deciding whether to win or not.
As the New Year approaches, the New Year atmosphere in Jinan City is getting stronger and stronger. People are busy preparing New Year goods, cleaning their houses, and putting up door charms in preparation for the New Year.
This year's war did not cause much damage to the Qi area, but it affected the autumn harvest after all. The people thought they were underage and did not want Zhao Tai to end the war years ago.
The war consumed a lot of money and food in Shandong and affected people's production.
After Zhao Tai captured Huainan and obtained a large amount of food and money, he immediately distributed a lot of property to the people by rewarding the army, so that most of the people, especially the military family members, could have a good year.
At this time, the people were preparing to celebrate the New Year, but Zhao Tai needed to finish the accumulated official duties before the new year.
Early that morning, just after dawn, Zhao Tai came to the political hall under the escort of his guards.
When Zhao Tai entered the door, he found that Wang Wentong was working in the public room, so he walked over and said, "Sir, you are here so early!"
Wang Wentong saw Zhao Tai, put away the official documents on the table, stood up and saluted: "The New Year will be in a few days. According to the king's wishes, I am making a summary of this year to see what has not been done and what to do next year. Make a list of things to do!”
Zhao Tai nodded slightly and asked, "Has the list been listed?"
Wang Wentong nodded, and Zhao Taisui immediately said: "Show it to me!"
Zhao Tai took a document from Wang Wentong. The two of them moved to the main hall. Zhao Tai sat down to read it. Wang Wentong stood below and said: "Your Majesty, there were three matters before the year. I hope that your Majesty can deal with them as soon as possible and give the cabinet a reply."
Zhao Tai looked through the pages and asked, "Sir, tell me, what are the three things?"
Wang Wentong said: "The first thing is that the envoy of the Southern Song Dynasty has been left out for three months. I think the king should meet with him, or authorize the cabinet to appoint officials to talk to him. Otherwise, if the Southern Song Dynasty does not talk to the king, I am afraid it will force the Southern Song Dynasty to Expand the army and prepare for war!”
Zhao Tai frowned slightly and pondered for a moment, "I won't see him for the time being. The cabinet will send officials to talk to him first, but the prerequisite is that the Southern Song Dynasty will open up trade and return the seized assets in Jiangnan!"
Wang Wentong wrote it down, and then said: "The second thing is that Academician Yuan wrote several times asking the king to take care of his concubines, but the king did not reply. I think what Academician Yuan said is reasonable. Although the king's marriage is a private matter for the king, it is also a state matter. Now that the king has newly acquired the land of Hebei and Huainan, it is just a good time to use the marriage to win people's hearts."
Zhao Tai nodded slightly, did not refuse, and said seriously: "That Gu reluctantly accepted three daughters from the princes of Hebei, the noble families of Huainan, and the veterans of Shandong into the palace."
Zhao Tai felt that including the princess, he would have to fight ten of them, which was already the limit, and he would not be able to cope with more.
When Wang Wentong saw Zhao Tai's agreement, he added: "One last thing, this time the king defeated the Mongolian and Song Dynasties, and his prestige is at the peak. Many generals hope that the king can go further and want to persuade the king to proclaim himself emperor and stand on his own feet."
Zhao Tai frowned after hearing this. Now that he was indeed out of the crisis, he would be a little too crazy to directly proclaim himself emperor.
In addition, this is not conducive to Zhao Tai's use of his clan status to seize the Southern Song Dynasty at a relatively small cost.
Zhao Tai muttered: "Build the wall high, store up grain widely, and claim the throne slowly. If Gu proclaimed himself emperor, I am afraid it would anger Mongolia and the Southern Song Dynasty, causing the war to resume. However, the soldiers won the battle, and they wanted to go further. I understand. Let’s do it this way! I can barely be a one-word king, but for now I still have to think of myself as Song Chen.”
