Zhao Kui made Wanyan Sabu angry and laughed proudly, but he also knew himself and did not lead anyone out of the city to pursue him.
"Go and send a message to the general to tell him the good news."
"yes."
Soon, the news of Pizhou City's destruction was sent to Zhao Fan. When Zhao Fan heard the news, he was determined, knowing that this attack on the Jin Kingdom would definitely not return empty-handed.
After briefly resting their troops and horses, Zhao Fan led the Song army into Pizhou.
In the yamen of Pizhou Prefecture, Zhao Fan issued orders to the generals one by one.
"Xu Chi, Zhang Manjin, and Deng Cheng, order you three to each lead troops and troops to attack in all directions and surrender nearby towns and counties. Remember, our army is the benevolent king's division. You and other troops are approaching the city. You are required to surrender within one day. If you surrender, we will surrender.
Surrender, or attack if you don't surrender, and you must not kill the people indiscriminately, which will chill people's hearts."
"Yes, General."
The generals received the order and immediately went to execute it.
After the generals left, Zhao Kui said to Zhao Fan: "Brother, Deng Chang is waiting in the backyard."
Zhao Fan nodded, then went to the backyard and met Deng Chang.
Zhao Fan asked: "Mr. Deng, I don't know what happened to Li Zhi and Li Yishi this time. Why didn't he respond and raise troops?"
Deng Chang's face turned red with tears in his eyes, and he said: "I don't know who leaked the news. Li Zhi's family was arrested and all were killed. No one survived!"
After hearing this, Zhao Fan felt sad and angry. He looked at Zhao Kui and said, "Zhao Kui, go down and investigate now. You must get to the bottom of this matter. We must not let the righteous soldiers feel cold in the ground."
"Yes." Zhao Kui solemnly agreed.
This time when the city of Pizhou was defeated, Zhao Kui captured seven to eight hundred gold soldiers, and many people in the government office were also captured and put under unified custody, so it was not difficult to find out about Li Zhi.
Soon, Zhao Kui learned the whole story from a Jin soldier, and found out that it was a man named Liu Zong who secretly informed Wanyan Sabu. Wanyan Sabu was furious and issued an arrest warrant.
Following this clue, Zhao Kui led the Song army to search house to house in Pizhou City, and finally, with the secret help of Deng Chang, they found Liu Zong's family.
"General, spare your life, general, spare your life. The young ones are obedient people, but the young ones are definitely not golden soldiers. Please tell me, general."
Zhao Kui's eyes were like fire, and he slashed directly with the knife, cutting off one of Liu Zong's arms.
Zhao Kui said angrily: "You are indeed an obedient fellow, but you are not obedient to the Song Dynasty, but to the Jin Kingdom! If you hadn't been greedy for glory and wealth and tipped off the news, how could Li Zhi's family have suffered and been taken away!"
Zhao Kui was so angry that he ordered people to arrest all Liu Zong's family, young and old, and bring them to Zhao Fan, who then punished them.
At this time, Liu Zong was really regretful and looked at his wife, Wang, with a look of resentment on his face, "It's all your fault, you bitch. If it weren't for you, how could I have been obsessed with this? Now that I'm better, I can't even survive."
Wang was dissatisfied and said, "I'm a womanizer. I'm just talking. You're not the one who makes the decision? Now something happens, and you're relying on me!"
The couple complained and scolded each other, and even tried to fight, but Zhao Kui kicked them away.
"take away."
Finally, the whole family was brought to Zhao Fan, who said coldly: "Tell me, how did you betray Li Yishi? If you dare to lie even one word, you will regret being born."
Now that the matter has come to this, Liu Zong also knows that forcing sophistry is courting death, so he has no choice but to tell the truth honestly.
After hearing this, Zhao Fan was furious and said, "You ungrateful fellow, Li Yishi has been kind to you to save his life and rebuild his life, but you are greedy for life and afraid of death, so you betrayed him, how can I spare you!"
"General, have mercy on me, general, have mercy on me. I know my mistake. I am willing to change my past. I just want to be a dog in front of the general and serve him."
"You don't even deserve to be a dog."
After that, Zhao Fan ordered people to take Liu Zong's family, old and young, to Caishikou, and summoned the people of Pizhou to come and watch.
In front of the people of Pizhou, Zhao Fan explained Liu Zong's crimes one by one. Finally, Zhao Fan gave the order, "Behead."
Immediately, the heads of more than a dozen members of Liu Zong's family fell to the ground, and blood spattered everywhere.
Then Zhao Fan ordered people to escort the officials from Pizhou Prefecture and some Jin soldiers. These people usually relied on their power to dominate Pizhou and oppressed the people, causing great anger among the people.
Zhao Fan naturally did not let these people go.
"kill."
Suddenly, hundreds of heads rolled to the ground, and the blood soaked the soil under the stage black and red.
"Kill well, kill well, long live the King of the Song Dynasty, and long live the Emperor of the Zhao family."
The people all clapped their hands and cheered, and were no longer afraid of the Song army.
Zhao Fan's move greatly appeased the people's emotions, and at the same time frightened many lucky people, so that they no longer had any illusions and no longer dared to sow discord between the people and the Song Dynasty court.
After everything was over, Zhao Fan ordered people to collect the bodies of Li Zhi's family and bring them back to Song Dynasty for burial.
At this time, the Song Dynasty was not yet ready to launch a full-scale Northern Expedition, and the Jin Kingdom's national power had not yet perished, so Zhao Fan knew very well that the biggest purpose of this war was to test, which was to cut down trees and leave a trail on them.
Deep ax mark.
Therefore, Zhao Fan knew that it was only a matter of time before he retreated, and if he did not take away the bodies of Li Zhi's family, he would be retaliated against by the Jin court and their ashes would be scattered.
At the same time, Zhao Fan also began to publicize among the people that if they were willing to return to the Song Dynasty, they would evacuate with the Song army southward.
Many people were oppressed by the Jin Dynasty. At this time, Zhao Fan saw that Zhao Fan was unparalleled in his righteousness and promised to give each household thirty acres of land and live in peace of mind when they returned to the Song Dynasty.
Many people were very tempted, and at the same time they were afraid of being unreasonably liquidated by the Jin court in the future, so they dragged their families with them and evacuated in an orderly manner under the arrangements of the Song army.
[To be honest, I have been using Yeguoyuedu to read and catch up on books recently. I can switch sources and read aloud with many sounds. Yeguoyuedu is available for Android and Apple.]
Let's talk about Xu Chi, Zhang Manjin, Deng Cheng and others. Each of them led thousands of troops and divided up to conquer nearby counties.
The magistrates and generals in those counties had no ability to resist, let alone the will to resist. When they heard that Wanyan Sabu was defeated and the city of Pizhou was destroyed, they were already frightened to death.
When the Song army approached the city, they all opened the city gates and surrendered. No one dared to stop the Song army's advance.
Things went smoothly, and Zhao Fan issued another order to encourage young people to actively join the army. Anyone who joined the army would be given ten guan of settlement allowance and one stone of food on the spot. Of course, these money and food were also taken from the treasury of the local state capital.
As soon as this move came out, countless people joined the army. In just five or six days, Zhao Fan had 5,000 new soldiers. The family records of these recruits were also arranged by Zhao Fan. They were all arranged by Zhao Fan to sail south and enter the Song Dynasty.
land to solve the worries of the new soldiers and at the same time enrich the population of the Song Dynasty.
With strong troops and strong horses and high morale, Zhao Fan immediately ordered Zhao Kui to take command of Pizhou while he led the army to attack Haizhou.