After daybreak, the main force of the Song Navy that attacked the north bank surrendered, while the partial force that went to the coast to collect ships failed and finally returned without success.

At this time, Xia Gui led more than 10,000 Song troops and was forced to abandon their warships and enter the prisoner camp that the Qi army had prepared.

When Xia Gui and the Song soldiers entered the camp, they found that the Qi army had set up tents, and the camp beds were equipped with neatly folded quilts and daily necessities.

This made Xia Gui take a breath of cold air, "King Linyi has definitely been planning this for a long time!"

As soon as the prisoners of the Song Army entered the camp and assigned tents, the Huotou Army of the Qi Army carried wooden barrels into the camp and thoughtfully prepared hot rice, broth and fish pieces.

This made the prisoners of the Song army who were originally uneasy immediately calmed down. They lined up for food, ate and drank, forgetting the identity of the prisoners for a while.

This time the Song army's sneak attack failed, more than 10,000 people were taken prisoner, and more than 100 large ships were given to the Qi army, resulting in extremely heavy losses.

Facing the Song Dynasty navy, the navy of the Qi army was originally a younger brother, but this time, with a wave of fattening, he not only captured tens of thousands of sailors, but also obtained hundreds of large ships, which can be said to have greatly increased his strength.

Zhao Tai looked at the reaction of the prisoners, and Wang Bin beside him smiled and said: "These more than ten thousand Song soldiers are already in the king's bag!"

Zhao Tai smiled and said: "If we incorporate them, the Huaihe River will be like walking on flat ground."

At this time, Lu Wenhuan came over, cupped his fists and saluted, "Your Majesty, the soldiers have been assembled and are waiting for your Majesty's lecture!"

Zhao Tai nodded, "Let's go there now!"

Outside Lianshui City, on the main campus, tens of thousands of soldiers of the Qi Army lined up in formation, looking seriously at Ma Degong and other officers on the stage, who were kneeling on the ground with their hair tied.

At this time, Zhao Tai came over surrounded by generals, looked down at Ma Degong, and asked calmly: "Ma Degong, you defected to the south bank for your own selfish interests, eating, drinking, whoring and gambling, but making the soldiers suffer. So disloyal.

It's unjust. King Gu will kill you today, do you have anything to say?"

Ma Degong's face turned pale and he cried bitterly, "Your Majesty, I'm humble, I'm humble! Your Majesty, please spare my life!"

Zhao Tai waved his hand coldly, and the soldier standing behind them immediately sprayed wine on the backs of their necks, then raised his knife and beheaded them directly.

Nearly ten thousand soldiers of the Qi army saw heads rolling down, and there was silence in the queue.

Some officers who were originally quite tempted by Shi Zhai's conditions were undoubtedly shocked at this moment.

At this time, Zhao Tai glanced at the soldiers, raised his arms and shouted, "Gu's ambition is to drive away the Tartars and clean up the country! You are an isolated army, and you should also take this as your ambition! Ma Degong betrayed the lonely king and took refuge with the traitor.

It is disloyal to abandon our Qi army to restore our ambitions! The soldiers followed him across the river, and he ate, drank, whored and gambled. He abandoned the soldiers and ignored them, causing the soldiers under his command to suffer.

Suffering is unjust! If your husband is born in the world, he is unfaithful and unjust, and everyone in the world is ashamed of him. How can he survive in this world? Today, I have gained merit by killing a horse alone. I hope all the soldiers will take it as a warning and think clearly about whether to be one.

A soldier who has ideals and beliefs, is supported by the people, and brings glory to his family, or is he an unfaithful and unjust traitor who is cast aside by the world?"

Now that Zhao Tai is confronting the Southern Song Dynasty, he must put himself on the moral high ground and shape himself into a loyal and good man who fights against foreign enemies and is framed by treacherous ministers.

Only in this way can he contend with Lin'an and characterize all the decrees that are unfavorable to him as being issued by the traitor party and forcing the officials to do so, rather than the original intention of the officials and soldiers, laying the foundation for raising troops to appease the people.

Occupying the moral high ground also has a great benefit for Zhao Tai, which is to inject ideals into the Qi army, and ideals are priceless and will greatly increase the cost of the Song Dynasty's bribery of the Qi army.

At this time, nearly ten thousand soldiers of the Qi army couldn't help but kneel down and salute after hearing Zhao Tai's words, "We will follow the king to the death, drive out the Tartars, and recover the mountains and rivers!"

In the prison camp not far away, the soldiers of Song Dynasty who were immersed in cooking heard the shouts outside, and many people suddenly felt envious of the Qi army outside.

The Qi army strives for their ideals, but they are so confused that they can only be said to be alive, but their lives seem to have no meaning.

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This made many people slow down their work and began to think about the meaning of being a soldier.

Zhao Tai achieved great success by killing the horse, which frightened the wavering generals, and then rewarded those who had meritorious service.

Zhao Tai waved his hand to the soldiers to excuse themselves. When the soldiers stood up, he immediately said loudly: "Shandong has suffered from wars many times, and the vassal government is not as wealthy as the south. All the soldiers have followed Gu over the years and suffered a lot, and Gu knows it well. Now Shandong

It needs to be restored, and the vassal government does not allocate much money to the army, but as long as it is available, it will not be stingy with rewards."

Having said this, Zhao Tai waved his hand, and his guards pushed more than ten carts over.

The soldiers in formation saw that the ruts were very deep and the guards were pushing hard, so they couldn't help but guess what was inside.

At this time, the guards pushed the cart to the front of the stage, lifted up the red cloth covering it, and pulled out the pins of the cart body. Countless copper coins immediately tilted down and quickly piled up into hills on the ground.

The officers and soldiers of the Qi army listened to the clanging sound of copper coins, and everyone's eyes were attracted.

This time Zhao Tai sent 5,000 soldiers to cross the river with boats and defrauded Shi Zhai of nearly 40,000 yuan in reward money.

After Lu Wenhuan and other generals came back, they handed over the money. Zhao Tai immediately exchanged all the money for copper coins, collected all the copper coins in Lianshui County, and shipped them all over.

Zhao Taidao: "These are all earned by the brothers, a total of 40,000 guan, and the lonely king is adding an additional 10,000 guan, all of which will be rewarded to the soldiers who have made meritorious services this time!"

As soon as these words came out, the soldiers on the field burst into cheers.

The cry lasted for a long time. Zhao Tai waved his hands several times before lowering his voice and continued: "This time, Lu Wenhuan, commanded by Pingjiang Battalion, destroyed the traitor's plan and made great achievements. Lu Wenhuan came out!"

"I'm here!" Lu Wenhuan puffed up his chest, strode forward, and saluted on one knee.

Zhao Tai helped him up, "I have decided to upgrade Pingjiang Camp to an army and appoint you as the deputy commander of the Treading Army!"

This time Zhao Tai captured tens of thousands of Song army sailors, so he must take the opportunity to recruit them.

The original Breaking Wave Army already had a strength of ten thousand people, so it was necessary to set up another army.

In this way, the Qi army had as many as 20,000 sailors. With a little training, crossing the Huaihe River and the Yangtze River would not be a problem.

Lu Wenhuan was overjoyed when he heard this, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your support!"

Zhao Tai nodded with satisfaction: "His thief will not let it go after suffering such a loss. Although I wrote a letter and stated the facts to the court, the court is controlled by the traitor party, so I know that Lin'an will favor Shi thief. I predict that there may be another one in the near future.

In order to fight, you must cheer up and intensify training so that the Tidelang Army can form combat strength as soon as possible. Rigu still needs you to help him cross the river, invade Lin'an, and eliminate the national traitors."

Lu Wenhuan was shocked when he heard this, and at the same time he was overjoyed. For the King of Linyi to say such words to him meant that he had regarded him as one of his own.
Chapter completed!