Zhao Jiu looked past the father and son and towards Yelu Yudu: "General Yelu!"

"The foreign minister is here." Yelu Yudu was much calmer.

"I won't say anything more... After this battle, your troops will be treated the same as the Imperial Army... As for General Yelu, if you return to Western Liao, I will personally recommend you to be the King of the Northern Courtyard to rule Hexi; if you don't want to return to Western Liao, you can still be a county king. After destroying the Jurchens, you can return to your hometown. I will never let you have any regrets."

Yelu Yudu bowed slightly and thanked calmly, as if he had already thought about this.

"After the two reinforcements, I won't explain the rest one by one." Emperor Zhao turned around and stared at the remaining officers in the imperial camp, still calm. "It has two meanings. When you go back, you can tell the whole army before crossing the river today..."

In the drizzle, the courtyard was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.

"The next level is also the most basic level. If the Northern Expedition is victorious this time, in addition to the basic military merit measurement, I will uniformly grant land to those who have made military merit in Hedong Road, Hebei West Road, Hebei East Road, Yanshan Road, and Datong Road. Where will the land come from? All the five routes will have unified land measurement and population measurement, and no matter the rich or poor, the land will be equally granted! The soldiers in the imperial camp will naturally be granted double the land... They can continue to be paid soldiers while renting out the land... The disabled will get four shares, the dead will get six shares, and military merit will be calculated separately. Officers will also have class bonuses, and even civilians who want to stay in Hebei can get an extra half share. In other words, even if Meihua Han's son-in-law returns to Xiangzhou and Zhao Xianggong himself returns to Wenxi, they will not get as much land as a civilian in the army."

Except for Lu Yihao, no one said a word… For this kind of thing, those who understand the situation would not dare to say anything, while those who don’t understand would just take it as a reward and there is no need to say anything.

"The upper level is for military officers... After the Northern Expedition, commanders and above will be promoted one level; commanders and above can enter the cabinet after retirement; deputy commanders who actually command the army, but have military merits, can all be considered for additional titles; commanders and those who have already held titles can all be granted the title of prince based on their military merits!" At this point, Zhao Jiu glanced at Qu Duan in the commotion, but then turned to Han Shizhong. "Of course, those who have made special contributions can be promoted to princes... Others don't know, but Han Shizhong is the Prince of Qin, Yue Fei is the Prince of Wei, Li Yanxian is the Prince of Jin, Wu Jie is the Prince of Han, Zhang Jun is the Prince of Qi, Zhang Rong is the Prince of Lu, and Ma Kuo is the Prince of Xing. I have already decided on these seven princes, so it's okay to say it directly now."

Han Shizhong and the other two were frightened for a moment and hurried to express their gratitude, but Han and Li were fine, but Wu Jie was almost in a trance.

Zhao Jiu ignored the three people's bowing and just turned back to signal. After receiving the signal, Shao Chengzhang, the escort of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, immediately led two squad members to Wu Jie, who was increasingly caught off guard. Then the two squad members tore away the object in their hands, and it turned out to be a large banner with regulations similar to those of the other five people.

There are four big characters written on it: 'Command with confidence'.

"This is for Jin Qing, take it." Zhao Jiu said calmly. "I prepared it for you before the Northern Expedition... It seems a bit unfair to give it to you only now."

"I am deeply moved..." Wu Jie almost cried.

"Don't be like this, or I'll be embarrassed to continue." Zhao Jiu looked at them and sighed. "I gave you rewards and promises before the battle. First, because of your merits, you can't do without them. Second, I also want to remind you that there are already many princes who surrendered in the Song Dynasty. Don't have more... If you really encounter an emergency, please set an example and die on the battlefield."

The generals were once again in awe.

Although it was drizzling at this time, the sky was obviously brightening. Wuzhu, whose hair was already wet, knew that he could not delay any longer, so he directly called for Tai Shi Nu to come up and kill the prisoners and sacrifice to the flag. The latter did not dare to delay and hurriedly pushed Bei Yan up himself.

When Wuzhu saw that there was only one person, and that he was tied up and gagged, he knew something was wrong, but he could no longer say anything, so he just kept urging him.

Tai Shi Nu also wanted to deal with the matter quickly, so he ordered four soldiers to hold Bei Yan down, then he personally picked up a big axe and chopped off the man's head with just one blow, and blood splattered three feet away.

Now that Bei Yan was dead, the troops should have been sent out, but for some reason, Wuzhu, standing in a pool of blood, still had some words in his heart that he couldn't help but say.

"The last word!"

As Balisu looked at him tentatively, Wanyan Wushu closed his eyes slightly, but then suddenly opened them and roared. "I know some of you are still cowardly and confused. You always think that the Jin Kingdom is thousands of miles away and there are plenty of ways to retreat. Why do we have to fight here? Why do we have to fight?!"

"Can't we avoid it, hide it, and waste time? Can't we go to Hejian, go to Yanjing?"

"What truth can there be? It's nothing more than the blood feud since the Jingkang period. The Song people will not let us go! After Zhending is Hejian, after Hejian is Yanjing, after Yanjing is Liaoyang, after Liaoyang is Huanglongfu. Do you think that going straight to Huanglong is just empty talk? When has the Zhao Song government ever said anything empty?! They will definitely chase us all the way to the White Mountains and Black Waters!"

"So, although the Jin Kingdom is big, it has already lost its retreat route! And if we retreat today, if we avoid the battle, we will never be able to recover!"

At the end of his words, Wuzhu almost roared to the sky, and all the Jin army generals fell completely silent.

"Return to the camp quickly and prepare to deploy the troops!" Balisu lost no time and gave the order with gritted teeth.

"At this time, I shouldn't talk nonsense anymore, but I know it very well. There are some truths that everyone should know very well, but in fact, if you don't say it out loud, there will still be people who are confused and don't understand, or pretend not to understand." In front of the lobby of Huolu County, in the drizzle, Zhao Jiu actually recalled the past. "My lords, I met Zhang Jun and Zhang Boying in Yingkou on Huaishang that year, and told him that if I didn't have him, I would have been bait for the Jin soldiers, and if he didn't have me, he would be just a loser on the roadside. I and he will rise and fall together... Today, ten years have passed, and there is actually no essential difference. It's just that the imperial camp is bigger, with more soldiers and more generals, but we still rise and fall together... Without you, even if I have all kinds of ambitions, I am just a fish on a stack. Without me, even if you are born heroes, you are just a wolverine in the field... I hope that we, the monarch and the ministers, can truly accomplish a great cause together and live up to the ten years of hard work!"

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