Like Zhao Kaihe, Zhao Xiang hates him very much because he was cleansed up by Zhao Zuoliang and does not respect Zhao Zuoliang and calls him his name in private.

When he heard Zhao Kaihe complain about Zhao Zuoliang, he seemed to remember something, and the expression on his face became very proud, like a monkey who had stole a high-end banana.

He approached Zhao Kaihe and spoke in a low voice.

"There is something you probably don't know yet, right? It has something to do with Zhao Zuoliang."

Zhao Kaihe's eyes lit up.

"What's the matter?"

"The pension and bounty money are not only outsiders, but also our own people."

"Owner?"

Zhao Kaihe was still wondering who was so brave and refused to give it to Zhao Kaishan, but suddenly realized something.

"You mean..."

"Zhao Zuoliang's eldest son, Zhao Xiuye, our clan brothers are not as light as those of outsiders, and they are taking action earlier. More people help him hide it. If I hadn't had a good relationship with everyone, I wouldn't have known that Zhao Xiuye ​​was involved in this matter."

Zhao Xiang told this matter out, which made Zhao Kaihe happy.

He suddenly felt as if he had taken the initiative to counterattack.

"Tell me in detail, what did Zhao Xiuye ​​do?"

Seeing his eyes shining, Zhao Xiang happily told Zhao Kaihe about Zhao Xiuye's collusion with his family and the officials in charge of the matter, and shared the spoils with everyone.

Zhao Xiuye ​​lives a luxury and spends a lot of money on weekdays. Zhao Zuoliang can still control him when he is at home. Zhao Zuoliang is gone, and his mother spoils him very much and obeys him, so no one can control him.

He was not counting on his life and food, but he was also involved in gambling habits. He went out to bet with bigots as soon as he started gambling. A group of friends accompanied him to gamble, making him more obsessed with the stimulation brought by gambling.

But this guy has poor luck in gambling, and he lost much more than he won. He owed a lot of debts a few months ago, up to hundreds of thousands of dollars. The other party asked to pay off the debt with Song money. He was forced by the creditor and did not dare to tell his family, for fear that Zhao Zuoliang would beat him to death if he knew about it.

At this moment, someone around him mentioned the money to him, so he quickly focused on the money.

As soon as the money arrived, he sent someone to contact the governor who was in charge of the matter, endorsed himself with Zhao Zuoliang's power, and made a request to share the money with everyone.

Local officials were appointed by Zhao Kaishan, and all the glory and wealth were pointed at the Zhao family. Zhao Zuoliang was a celebrity who was worth relying on by Zhao Kaishan. Who could refuse his eldest son’s request?

So everyone hit it off, and the entire government participated in it, actively helped with the operation and made fake accounts, and soon divided the money and left a little soup to deal with the errands.

It is difficult to really get the money into the hands of military families. Basically, the small officials are all given to the hands of the military officials. The only thing that really gets into the hands of military families is just a hair in the ninth ox.

Zhao Xiuye, who took the big head, paid back the money, and still had the remaining money to continue to spend money, live a long life, and continue to bet, and he had the attitude of not letting go if he didn't win the casino.

Of course, the result was a mess again, and no one could extend his sinful hand to the pension and bounty money again.

When Zhao Xiang came to the Yizhou area to be responsible for armed conscription, he had good friends with local tribes and had many contacts. At a certain banquet, this matter was told as a joke.

It is said that Zhao Zuoliang, the eldest son, likes gambling very much. He just paid off his debts, but he started gambling again. I don’t know which state’s pension and bounty will be targeted next time.

Zhao Xiang felt that the opportunity had come at that time.

"Our brothers have not learned anything else from Nai's father, and they can't be lucky. However, the ability to make money is self-evident, so he is so quick to start, hahahahaha!"

Zhao Xiang laughed loudly, which made Zhao Kaihe laugh too.

"Hahaha, OK, OK, this old man, I have long wanted to deal with him hard! Let him embarrass me by relying on his seniority! This time, I will use his son to give him a ruthless move!"

"How wonderful!"

Zhao Xiang and Zhao Kaihe looked at each other and smiled, feeling full of pride.

While the two were preparing for the conspiracy, Zhao Kaishan finally conquered Nanle City.

The reason is very simple. Civil strife broke out in the city due to food shortage. A starved army opened the city gate and allowed the Restoration Army to invade the city.

In the end, Nanle City was not taken by the Restoration Army, but was betrayed by the people in the city.

Zhao Kaishan's measures to siege the city were very determined. He had been surrounded for almost three months, but he was unwilling to withdraw. During this period, he also repelled several small reinforcements, so the city soon became short of food.

The soldiers in the city ate almost everything they could eat.

After eating the food, eat horses, and after eating the horses, they start eating dogs and other livestock.

After all these were eaten, we started eating grass roots and tree bark. The limited wild fruits in the city were eaten completely. In the end, we finally couldn't find anything to eat, and soldiers began to starve to death.

The hungry soldiers also began to ignore the bodies of their starved companions and survived.

Zhao Kaishan paid a huge price to siege the city and attack, and at the same time he also pushed Nanle City to the limit. Both the weapons and the willpower of the defending soldiers were consumed to the limit.

Under such circumstances, an army was finally unwilling to sit and wait for death. They secretly opened the city gate to welcome the Light of Restoration Army into the city. Then they were killed by the angry Light of Restoration Army soldiers and everyone in the city.

The Jin soldiers were pushed to their limits, and the Restoration Army also struggled hard in pain.

After several months of torture, the Restoration Army almost made the revival army crazy. After the city was broken, they couldn't wait to enter the city to burn, kill, loot, while Zhao Kaishan wisely did not make any stop.

Unfortunately, there were not many living people in the city to kill, but there was a lot of money. So the soldiers of the Resurrection Army who had obtained the money burned Nanle City with torches and finally regained their rationality.

Zhao Kaishan did not enter the city from beginning to end, and the senior officers almost never entered the city. The fire burned for two days and two nights before slowly extinguishing under the invasion of a winter rain.

Nanle City turned into ruins, and everyone in the city died completely.

Zhao Kaishan did not hold the soldiers and those grassroots officers accountable afterwards. He avoided talking about this matter and pretended that it had never happened.

The Restoration Army finally got what it wanted, took down Nanle County, and opened up the road to Daming Prefecture.

However, Zhao Kaishan was not satisfied. He ordered the army to advance immediately toward Daming Prefecture City, preparing to attack Daming Prefecture City, and wanted to take down Daming Prefecture in one go.

This caused great dissatisfaction in the army.

Because it will be the New Year Festival soon. Conventionally, even during the war period, the New Year Festival will have to be on standby for a day without fighting, and the soldiers will have to have a good meal.

Now that the New Year is approaching, many people are thinking about fighting this battle, bringing spoils home to celebrate the New Year with their family members, but they still have to fight?

Not to mention ordinary soldiers, even the officers were extremely dissatisfied with this.

Many military generals advised him, asking him to give his soldiers some days of rest and eat more delicious food, and it is best to have another annual leave.

Otherwise, the soldiers' war-weariness is quite high now, and if they forcibly drive the army forward, it may cause terrible consequences.

Zhao Zuoliang also felt that this was not possible, so he took out the incident that Emperor Taizong of Song immediately asked the army to go north to attack Liao and caused a disastrous defeat after he tried to persuade Zhao Kaishan.

"At that time, Emperor Taizong of Song led a large army to attack the Han Kingdom in Taiyuan. The army fought hard for a long time. After finally conquering Taiyuan and destroying the Han Kingdom, Emperor Taizong did not let the army rest, but continued to lead the army to north to attack the Liao Kingdom.

A general in the army suggested that the soldiers were exhausted and could not bear the long battle, so they should be allowed to rest so that they could better attack the Liao Kingdom in the future. However, Emperor Taizong was unwilling, so he continued to attack Liao North and ended up being defeated in Youzhou City.

Now that our army has been besieging the city for nearly three months, everyone has been pushed to its limit. Whether it is physical strength or mentality, they really need to rest. Now it is approaching the New Year. If you are working hard, soldiers will soon escape from the army and flee home.
Chapter completed!