At this moment, Song Jiang and Wu Yong exchanged a glance. Seeing Wu Yong nod, Song Jiang felt relieved and quickly stood up and bowed, saying, "Since the court is sincere, I will lead all my brothers to submit to the court from today on."
Hearing this, Yan Song immediately smiled. He really didn't expect that this task of recruiting the invaders could be completed so easily.
After a pause, he continued, "Brother Song, to be honest, it is because you and your brothers showed sincerity that the court showed the sincerity you deserve.
In the future, when you submit to the imperial court, you should also have appropriate official positions and titles. Before you come down, the imperial court has already issued an edict to appoint Brother Song as the fifth-rank General Dingyuan.
Although he is only a fifth-rank official, as long as Brother Song can achieve military merit in resisting foreign enemies, His Majesty will certainly reward him accordingly. After all, it is well known that His Majesty never mistreats meritorious officials."
The so-called decree was actually Daji's imperial decree.
Until now, Ying Yuan still doesn't know that the Water Margin gang is going to join him.
As soon as the words fell.
Song Jiang was shocked.
He originally thought that after surrendering to the court, he would at least have to ask him for an official position.
Even an official of the sixth or seventh rank will do.
At the very least, you should at least give yourself the title of general of a battalion, right?
But he never expected that he would be appointed as General Dingyuan, a fifth-rank official!
This is so unexpected.
In fact, when Yan Song said those words, he still had some doubts in his heart.
Although the rank of a fifth-rank military officer is not a small position.
But for a Shangshu like him, there is no difference between him and a ninth-rank official.
He also felt that the other party would definitely dislike this fifth-rank official title.
but...
Seeing the other person's reaction, I was completely ecstatic!
This is actually equivalent to one person not knowing how rich the other person is, and the other person not knowing how poor that person is.
Then such a subtle misunderstanding occurred.
Song Jiang quickly said, "The emperor's grace is immense. Please rest assured, Lord Yan. I will lead my brothers to achieve more military exploits!"
In just a short while, he had already called himself a lowly official.
It can be seen that he was quite satisfied with the fifth-rank official title.
Yan Song nodded and continued, "After the court has incorporated you, you can no longer stay in this 800-li Liangshan Marsh.
Instead, I must immediately go to the northern frontier and accept orders from Prince of Yan, Zhu Di. I wonder if Brother Song can accept this?"
Song Jiang said without hesitation: "Of course I can accept it. After all, my brothers and I joined the court in the hope of killing the enemy and gaining merit."
What could be more satisfying than being personally commanded by a king of a different surname?
That’s a king of a different surname!
Hearing this, Yan Song nodded contentedly and said, "Brother Song, where's the wine? Let's have a couple of drinks."
He never expected that the matter of recruiting would be completed so smoothly.
At this time, there should be wine.
Song Jiang burst into laughter and said, "Very good! Today, I will not leave until you, Lord Yan, are drunk!"
How to say it.
Even the heroes of Water Margin felt that the sincerity shown by the imperial court was so great that it was hard to refuse.
The most crucial point is that after surrendering to the court, the mistakes they committed will be erased by the court.
In other words, from this moment on, they can live under the sun again and become a clean white sheet of paper again.
To be honest, many of the heroes in Water Margin never married or had children in their entire lives. Why was that?
This is because, when they were on Liangshan, they did not want their descendants to become bandits like him.
After joining the imperial court, he had to fight wars year after year. He might die on the battlefield if he was not careful. How could he dare to find a wife and have children?
The story of the 108 heroes of Liangshan Marsh surrendering to the imperial court came to a temporary end.
And on Youyun's side.
When Yan Song rushed to Liangshan, Zhu Di learned about this.
However, he didn't care too much.
After all, if an organization of bandits came to Youyun and did not cause trouble for him, he would be very lucky.
What else can I expect from them? What help can they give me?
Inside Prince Yan's Mansion.
Zhu Di said to Yao Guangxiao, "The imperial court's decree has been issued. From this moment on, the recruitment of soldiers in the entire northern border will be fully entrusted to me.
Bai Qi and his men have already arrived outside Youzhou City. I do not plan to let them enter the city for the time being. After all, when the war begins, Youzhou cannot become an isolated city.
Tomorrow, I will invite Generals Bai Qi and Zhao Kuo to come into the city to discuss matters. It will take some time for the State of Jin to gather a million troops and send them to our northern border.
That means we still have some time to prepare for war."
Yao Guangxiao said, "Right now, all over the country, they're frantically recruiting soldiers. It's easy to recruit men, but where are the weapons and armor going to come from? Right now, I'm afraid the country won't be able to gather enough supplies for the new soldiers."
Zhu Di smiled and said, "That is their business, and has nothing to do with me. I just need to take care of the little piece of land under my jurisdiction.
By the way, I'm thinking of letting Miaoyun go to Xianyang for temporary refuge. After all, no one can guarantee that once the war begins, we can truly block the enemy outside the country with the terrain of Youyun."
He had already thought that if Youyun could not hold on, it would have no choice but to let the enemy enter the country.
Then use the long-term geographical advantage to stop the enemy.
Yao Guangxiao sighed, "No one knows the princess's temperament better than you, Your Majesty. Do you think the princess will agree to go to Xianyang?"
Upon hearing this, Zhu Di sighed.
at the same time.
Henan Road.
Xiangzhou.
Outside Tangyin County.
The county magistrate personally sat here to recruit soldiers.
At this moment, a tall, fair-faced man holding a branding spear came up to the county magistrate and said in a deep voice, "Excuse me, sir, are you recruiting soldiers here?"
Hearing this, the county magistrate said angrily, "Didn't you see the huge recruiting banner next to me?"
The man didn't say much, just nodded and smiled, "It's good that you are recruiting soldiers here. I want to join the army and go north with the army to fight the enemy."
The county magistrate straightened his body, picked up the pen, and asked seriously before writing, "What's your last name? Where are you from?"
"Your Excellency, I am from Tangyin, my last name is Yue."
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