"Your Majesty, General Yang Lie led a thousand Red Flame Army cavalry to recover Hua County and beheaded 300 Jin soldiers!”
"Your Majesty, General Lu Junyi led the Qilin Army to recover Kaizhou and killed 1,000 Jin soldiers!”
"Your Majesty, General Zhang Bofen led 3,000 Haizhou soldiers to recapture Neihuang County and killed 500 Jin soldiers!”
"Your Majesty, the soldiers and civilians of Dongming County have heard that the imperial army has recovered the Daming Manor and killed a hundred Jin soldiers who occupied Dongming County.”
In the Daming Residence, Zhao Kai sat in the emperor's tent and listened to the military reports. A gratified smile appeared on his face.
After Ling Chi finished with Secretary Liang, Zhao Kai sent Lu Junyi, Yang Lie, Zhang Bofen, and other generals to recover the counties within a 300-mile radius of Daming Prefecture.
Not only was it to recover lost territory, but it was also to temper these soldiers.
According to the military report, the progress of these generals was not slow!
In just one or two days, the dozens of prefectures and counties within a 300-mile radius of the Daming Mansion were all recovered, and thousands of scattered Jin troops were killed.
Even the small-scale Jin troops in a few cities five hundred miles away were killed by the local soldiers and civilians. They even sent people to report the victory to Zhao Kai!
This was because the news of Zhao Kai defeating the Jin soldiers had given them endless courage!
Under this trend, even the small Jin army in the other Song cities five hundred miles away from the Daming Mansion began to panic. They hurriedly withdrew from the city and retreated in the direction of the Hejian Prefecture further north.
Wanyan Zongwang, the commander of the Eastern Jin Army, had fled there and was frantically recruiting the Jin soldiers in the north to avenge himself!
"Congratulations, Your Majesty. We have completely recovered the surrounding five hundred miles of rivers and mountains. Our Great Song's northern expedition has taken another big step forward!”
Zhang Shuye, one of the three Grand Commanders, congratulated Zhao Kai with a smile.
The General Zhang Bofen mentioned in the military report was Zhang Shuye's eldest son and also a general under Zhang Shuye.
Zhong Shidao and Zong Ze's faces were also flushed with joy. Some of the young generals under their command had also split up to reclaim the lost land, and there were many reports of success.
As more and more reports of success came, more and more lost lands were recovered, and more and more soldiers and civilians were rescued. With the heart of serving the country, they came to the Daming Manor endlessly to request to join the Northern Expedition Army!
There was no doubt that these soldiers and civilians had integrity and blood in their hearts. However, before this, the officials and generals who ruled them were mostly weak and incompetent. They either abandoned the people and fled or surrendered to the Jin army without fighting. This made these soldiers and civilians have the heart to resist the Jin army, but they had no one to lead them and could not gather strength.
Therefore, Zhao Kai's appearance was like a bright sun rising in the night sky, causing the fallen soldiers to be overwhelmed.
The people saw hope and light!
The Great Song had a new emperor who was iron-blooded and resistant to gold. Moreover, this new emperor had brought 100,000 imperial troops across the river to the north to save them. How could they not be excited and grateful?
Because they felt that they had not been forgotten. They finally had the backbone to make decisions for them!
Therefore, they rose up one after another. They had the courage to resist the Jin army stationed there. They killed the Jin army and recovered the city. Then, they came to surrender to Zhao Kai!
"The morale of the army can be used, the hearts of the people can be used!
The soldiers and civilians of the Great Song are united, so why worry about the golden dogs not being destroyed?”
Zong Ze also spoke in an excited voice. Although he was already in his fifties, his blood was boiling at this moment. He looked just like a young man in his twenties!
Not to mention him, even the 70-year-old Zhong Shidao was in high spirits at this moment, as if he had become 10 years younger!
Zhao Kai, who was sitting in the main seat, saw the generals and generals looking at him with anticipation and immediately smiled."Pass down my decree. The soldiers and civilians of each prefecture and county can elect a chief officer and general to temporarily guard and govern these prefectures and counties on my behalf.
The rest of the army, as well as the soldiers and civilians who had defected to the imperial army in the past few days, all gathered north of Daming Manor and trained as they marched!
I want the golden man to have no chance to breathe!”
Following Zhao Kai's order, the soldiers who had been sent out began to return, bringing with them even more soldiers and civilians who had just joined the royal army.
Thus, when Zhao Kai inspected the army north of Daming Manor, he discovered that the original 100,000-strong army had not decreased after experiencing many battles. Instead, it had increased by a lot.
There was an increase of 50,000 people!
In other words, in just a few days, Zhao Kai had increased his army by 50,000, and the number of imperial troops under him had reached 150,000!
These 50,000 soldiers and civilians came from the dozens of newly recovered provinces and counties with the courage to serve the country and follow Zhao Kai to the northern expedition!
If it wasn't for the fact that the prefectures and counties had left some people to protect the elders in the cities, the number of troops gathered at the Daming Manor would have been even greater!
Looking at the 150,000 soldiers who came from different places and had joined the army for different periods of time, Zhao Kai felt a fearless ambition rise in his heart.
With so many hot-blooded men following him, what did Zhao Kai have to fear even if he had to make enemies with the world?
"All troops, listen up! Head north!"
Zhao Kai pulled out the Emperor's Sword, Scarlet Heaven, from his waist and pointed it towards the north.
In the next moment, an earth-shaking cheer sounded outside the Daming Residence."Head north!"
"Head north!"
"Head north!"
The 150,000 soldiers shouted and followed Zhao Kai's flag to the north.
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