"Is it difficult to guess? The only people who are good friends with you and can talk to you are the Cao family and the Li family. The other families will not look for you."
Kou Zhun said something cool but not salty.
Kou Ji smiled awkwardly.
Kou Zhun's words made sense, but he always felt like he was being looked down upon.
After Kou Zhun finished speaking, he pondered for a moment, stared at Kou Ji and asked, "What did the two of them say to you?"
Kou Ji said frankly: "The two of them said that if grandfather insisted on dismantling the Xiang army in the hinterland of the Central Plains, they could give up. But this was their final bottom line. If grandfather wanted to use the Forbidden Army, they would have touched their bottom line.
"
Kou Zhun raised his eyebrows slightly and said thoughtfully: "If I move the imperial army, what will they do?"
Kou Ji shook his head and said, "Then they didn't tell me... and they couldn't possibly tell me how to fight back."
Kou Zhun nodded slowly and thought: "Their words only represent the Cao and Li families. They cannot represent other families..."
Kou Zhun sneered, "If they can represent the other families, I might be able to talk to them. But if they only represent the Cao and Li families, then forget it.
Although the Cao and Li families are drinking the blood of their soldiers, they are not as good as the other families.
Those are the big ones."
After Kou Zhun said this, he suddenly looked at Kou Ji and asked, "What do you think about this?"
Kou Ji thought about it and said, "I have been thinking about it all day and I think I can agree."
Kou Zhun looked at Kou Ji blankly and said: "How to say..."
Before Kou Ji could speak, Kou Zhun frowned and said, "Doing this is not consistent with some of your plans."
Kou Ji smiled and said: "My plan is my plan, and it does not conflict with this. Even if there is a conflict, it will be a matter of the future."
Kou Zhun was thoughtful after hearing this.
Kou Ji continued to smile and said: "If my grandfather agreed to them, he would not encounter any obstacles when dealing with the issue of vacancies and pay for the Cao and Li families in the Xiang army.
When other companies see this, their resistance may become very small.
Grandfather was able to smoothly streamline the Xiang armies in the hinterland of the Central Plains without causing too much turmoil.
As for the issue of the Forbidden Army, we can figure it out slowly and don't have to rush it."
Kou Zhun said dumbfounded: "You want me to agree to them first, and then successfully deal with the Xiang army, and then slowly plot to ban the army and go back on my words?"
Kou Ji smiled and asked, "Grandpa, do you think it's inappropriate?"
"Haha...hahahaha...it suits me very well..."
When Kou Ji heard this, he smiled knowingly.
After Kou Zhun smiled, he stared at Kou Ji and said: "I and you are seeking skin from a tiger. If you agree to them, take the benefits they voluntarily handed over, and then go back on your promise, their counterattack will definitely become more intense."
Kou Ji smiled and said, "We'll have to see if they have a chance to fight back then."
Kou Zhun smiled knowingly, "Take a look at it slowly..."
"Picture it slowly..."
"..."
Grandfather and grandson look very much like two foxes, one big and one small.
A night of silence.
The next day.
After getting up.
Kou Zhun entered the palace and summoned Cao Wei.
Kou Ji took the place of Kou Mansion and began to visit relatives and friends everywhere.
In the third grade of junior high school.
He took Xiang Yan back to Xiang Mansion and took a look at Xiang Minzhong's physical condition.
Xiang Minzhong was probably dying. He slept most of the day. Sometimes he would fall asleep while talking.
When they met Kou Ji and Xiang Yan, they didn't say much at all except urging them to have a baby quickly.
Some of the five sons of the Xiang family had secretly begun to fight for the family property, but he turned a blind eye.
Kou Ji didn't bother to pay attention to the Xiang family's troubles.
After just chatting with Xiang Minzhong for a while, he left Xiang Mansion.
On the fourth day of the Lunar New Year.
Kou Ji, on behalf of Zhao Zhen, drove a large number of pigs and sheep, escorted several carts of wine, and left Bianjing City to reward the Tiger Army.
The Tiger Character Army abided by military orders, and did not forget to rush to Bianjing City on New Year's Eve, helping Zhao Zhen feel embarrassed.
Di Qing bravely fought against the Liao warriors in the palace, once again helping Zhao Zhen gain a face.
Nowadays, the Tiger Character Army has become a hotly discussed topic among the people in Bianjing City.
It has also become a mysterious army that many people in Bianjing want to find out.
Some people who were good at writing books and stories bumped into Kou Ji when he was visiting relatives and friends, and they all asked him for a person to go to the Tiger Character Army to find out what was going on.
But he was rejected by Kou Ji.
The Tiger Character Army made Zhao Zhen blush twice, so Zhao Zhen naturally needed to reward them.
However, it was difficult for Zhao Zhen to leave the palace, so Kou Ji did it for him.
The Tiger Character Army was placed in an idle camp outside the city.
After Kou Ji arrived, Di Qing and Zhu You, who had already been notified, led a group of generals and subordinates to wait at the gate of the camp.
After seeing Kou Ji, they all came forward to greet him and saluted him.
"Those who are in humble positions, please refer to Kou Zongzhi!"
Kou Ji waved his hand and said: "No need to be too polite... I am here today to reward you on behalf of the official family. I am not wearing armor, and you don't need to call me commander."
Di Qing and others looked at Kou Ji in astonishment.
I don't understand what Kou Ji means by saying this.
Then I heard Kou Ji continue to say: "I will set a new rule for the Tiger Army today. Except for officials, those who are not wearing armor are not allowed to enter the camp unless they are rewarded for the time of the three armies. Military orders issued without authorization will be followed by all the superiors and subordinates in the army." There is no need to comply.”
Di Qing was confused as he listened.
The expressions of Zhu You and others who were following Di Qing changed slightly.
The expressions of the eunuchs who followed Kou Ji also changed somewhat.
Although Di Qing has been in the army for two years and has experienced war, he has not fully understood some of the hidden rules in the army and cannot understand the meaning of Kou Ji's words.
But others clearly knew the meaning of Kou Ji's words.
This rule set by Kou Ji can be regarded as cutting off the authority of some eunuchs and military supervisors to make unreasonable accusations about military affairs.
Those eunuchs or civil servants who are sent to the army to supervise the army must wear armor if they want to criticize military affairs.
But the imperial court has rules, and soldiers in the army must obey the general's orders.
Therefore, even if the DPRK sends supervisory troops to the camp in the future, they will not be able to criticize the military affairs of the army.
Without armor, you cannot enter the camp.
Wearing armor and entering the camp, you must be controlled by the general's orders.
Supervisors and their ilk will become mere decorations in the Tiger-Character Army.
Kou Ji established this rule not to increase his prestige in the Tiger Character Army, but to try every means to take the Tiger Character Army as his own.
It is to prevent those who monitor the army from interfering in the war indiscriminately after going to the battlefield.
If Li Di, Wang Zeng, Kou Zhun and others intervened in the war, Kou Ji might be able to turn a blind eye.
After all, these Jinshi who came out during Taizong's reign had more or less learned some martial arts, read some military books, and been on the battlefield several times, so they knew something about it.
However, during the reign of the late Emperor and the Jinshi who came out after that, most of them were incompetent, and some of them had never even read the Military Book.
After all, Zhao Kuo can talk about military affairs on paper. If they talk about military affairs on paper, they may not be able to explain clearly, let alone interfere in military affairs.
Therefore, Kou Ji must deny these people the power to interfere in the military affairs of the Tiger Army.
Prevent the tiger-character army you have worked so hard to create from being ruined because of the stupidity of these people.
As for whether he would be impeached or criticized after setting this rule, Kou Ji was not worried at all.
The people Chen Lin placed in the Tiger Army were not just decorations.
There are four generals in the Tiger Army, two of whom were recruited by Chen Lin.
Not to mention those officers of all sizes in other positions.
In order to place these officers who were loyal to the court and officials into the Tiger Army, Chen Lin made a lot of plans.
Not only are their wealth clean, they are loyal to the officials and the court, and their skills and military strategies are also strong.
As long as Kou Ji doesn't deliberately exclude them, they are capable enough to sit firmly in their current positions.
After Kou Ji set such a rule, he entered the Tiger Character Army's camp under the respectful welcome of Di Qing and others.
According to Kou Ji's secret instructions, the Tiger Character Army took off their armor after entering the camp.
The armors were all hidden in the warehouse in the military camp, guarded by some Tiger Army soldiers who were loyal to Kou Ji.
So after entering the military camp, what I saw was a group of soldiers who were about the same age as Kou Ji, or younger than Kou Ji, wearing plain clothes and practicing.
The person who trained them was none other than Peng Yue, the head coach of the Tiger Army.
After Peng Yue arrived in Baozhou, he couldn't resist the temptation of the Tiger Character Army, and was forced to do so by Old Man Chen and others, so he finally joined the Tiger Character Army.
"kill……"
"kill……"
"..."
The soldiers all had red faces and held knives. Under the leadership of Peng Yue, they slashed and killed with their knives.
The breath they drank from their mouths condensed into white mist, drifted in front of their noses, and gradually dissipated.
After one white mist dissipated, another white mist followed.
Obviously.
They work very hard.
The knife skills taught to them by Peng Yue were not complicated, only a few short moves, but very practical.
The soldiers rose up and their momentum was like a rainbow.
Although he was not wearing armor, his shouting of killing was very frightening.
"good……"
Kou Ji stared at the Tiger Soldiers who were training and nodded with satisfaction.
Kou Ji did not rely on the military training things learned by later generations to make unreasonable accusations.
Peng Yue was born in the Jingsai Army.
What he trained must be cavalry.
In later generations, Kou Ji had no contact with the Ma Army.
The things he knew about military training were naturally not suitable to be applied to the cavalry army.
What kind of queues do you expect the horses under their crotches to understand?
In addition to the horse army, there are also infantry and archers training in the camp.
A complete army does not only have a single branch of arms.
Only when all arms coexist and have a clear division of labor can a battle group be considered a complete army.
An army with all infantry and all cavalry is nonsense.
The powerful cavalry armies known to the Song Dynasty, such as the Jingsai Army and the Tielin Army, in addition to the inherent cavalry, were also supplemented by infantry, crossbowmen, heavy baggage troops, scattered cavalry, etc.
Before the Jingsai Army was corrupted, they galloped on the battlefield and performed so many feats. In addition to their own tyranny, the credit was also due to the auxiliary soldiers who had always followed them.
Otherwise, with the mobility of the Jingsai Army, how could they defeat the Liao Army in the Battle of Tanghe and still chase them for dozens of miles?
The Jingsai Army is a heavily armored cavalry, and often after fighting on the battlefield for a while, the horses and soldiers will be tired and sweating profusely.
You need to rest, replenish water, change horses, etc.
If there was no one to help, he would have been dragged down by the enemy and exhausted.
Therefore, a complete army is definitely not composed of a single military branch.
"Let them rest and prepare to start..."
After Kou Ji inspected the soldiers of the Tiger Army, he gave orders to Di Qing behind him.
In order to enhance Di Qing's binding force and control over the Tiger Character Army, Kou Ji did not rely on his status to give direct orders.
Di Qing clasped his fists in agreement and immediately sent someone to deliver the order.
soon.
The soldiers of the Tiger Army stopped training.
After the soldiers wiped the weapons in their hands clean and wrapped them with cloth strips representing their identities, they deposited the weapons into their own tents one after another.
Then they came out of the tent in small groups and gathered around Kou Ji and the sheep and pigs that Kou Ji brought behind him, whispering.
Some people who saw Kou Ji's identity or felt that Kou Ji looked familiar, after staring at Kou Ji for a long time, hurriedly grabbed the people around him and gave Kou Ji a gift.
Kou Ji was grateful to the soldiers and civilians of Baozhou for their survival, and almost all of them were selected from the soldiers and civilians of Baozhou.
Everyone even went into the ancestral hall and offered incense to the statues of Kou Ji and Zhao Zhen.
Therefore, after seeing Kou Ji, they would bow decisively without any instructions.
"I met my benefactor..."
Di Qing was about to speak, but Kou Ji stopped him and shouted to them with a smile: "There are no benefactors in the military camp, only generals and soldiers..."
The soldiers laughed, but did not speak again.
They felt that calling Kou Ji a benefactor seemed close to him.
To call Kou Ji Zongzhi, it's too confusing.
Kou Ji did not forcefully ask them to call him the commander, but continued to shout to them: "Look at each one individually... Those who go back to kill pigs and sheep should report to the kitchen. Today I am here to reward you on the orders of the officials.
Enough wine and meat.
If you can't have food and wine because the kitchen is too busy, don't blame me."
When the soldiers heard this, they coaxed and ran towards the kitchen with strange screams.
Kou Ji looked at their running figures and shouted again, "Those under seventeen are not allowed to drink tonight. The leaders of each battalion and each department are responsible for supervision."
Several sixteen-year-old boys, when they heard Kou Ji's words, froze on their feet and felt a little bitter on their faces.
The brothers who ran past them winked and said: "Don't be afraid... our algorithm for Baozhou is different from that of Bianjing City. We will live in vain..."
Hearing this, several sixteen-year-old boys grinned and nodded vigorously.
A group of soldiers, regardless of whether they knew how to kill pigs or sheep, rushed to the kitchen.
If you don't know how to kill pigs and sheep, why don't you know how to pull the legs of pigs and sheep to provide convenience to the people who slaughter them?
After the pigs and sheep brought by Koji were delivered to the kitchen, screams began to sound.