Kou Ji gave Liu Heng a dumbfounded look, and said angrily: "Let them go to Danshan City to look for fish..."
Liu Heng said with a bright smile: "Then I will thank Fourth Brother for them."
"Brother, please say thank you or not. Eat and eat. If you don't eat, you will get cold..."
Kou Ji picked up the chopsticks and ate the meat and wine on the table.
Liu Heng was slightly stunned and said: "Isn't this prepared for Zhang Yuan?"
Kou Ji put down his chopsticks, took a sip of wine, and clicked his lips happily, "It's prepared for him, but does he dare to eat it?"
Liu Heng laughed out loud.
Judging from Zhang Yuan's caution in front of Kou Ji, he really didn't dare to eat the banquet that Kou Ji prepared for him.
After Liu Heng laughed, he picked up his chopsticks and ate and drank with Kou Ji.
After having enough wine and food.
Kou Ji wiped his mouth, lay on his side on the thick bearskin seat, and said, "It's time to get down to business..."
Liu Heng sat upright and looked directly at Kou Ji.
Kou Ji asked: "Have the people in Qingtang given any response to the fact that we want to use the road in Qingtang to cross the border?"
Liu Heng said seriously: "Qingtang Zanpujiao Siluo agreed to let us cross the border, and at the same time sent An Ziluo to lead 10,000 troops to escort us. According to the report from my spies, An Ziluo led 10,000 Qingtang troops , has arrived thirty miles away, and is expected to arrive here tomorrow evening."
When Kou Ji heard this, he sneered: "Escort? I think it's for surveillance."
Liu Hengqian smiled and said: "There are one hundred thousand soldiers and horses behind us who want to pass through Qingtang, and they are still taking the road near Zongge City. Jiao Siluo will naturally have to be on guard against us."
Kou Ji snorted and said, "He is afraid that after our army enters Qingtang, it will be detrimental to Qingtang. But he doesn't have any good intentions.
While he is on guard against us, he also wants to use our strength to help him consume Huangtou Huihe's troops.
If our soldiers and horses fight with Huangtou Huihe and Xixia, both sides will suffer losses.
He will definitely send troops and horses to attack Huangtou Huihe without hesitation, and then plot against Xixia.
His wolfish ambitions are clearly exposed."
Liu Heng put away the smile on his face and asked in a deep voice: "Then how does fourth brother plan to deal with it?"
Kou Ji said coldly: "Of course I should go to Zongge City and meet him for a while."
Liu Heng pondered for a moment and said to Kou Ji: "Should I send someone to negotiate tomorrow?"
Kou Ji nodded slowly.
A night of silence.
The next day.
early morning.
After Liu Heng got up, he immediately sent people to ride into Qingtang to negotiate with Zanpujiao of Qingtang.
Others continued to be stationed on the border.
Kou Ji knew that An Ziluo was about to arrive, so he did not lead his troops to trespass into Qingtang's territory.
There are still 100,000 troops crossing the border behind.
Kou Ji did not want to start a dispute with Qingtang, so as not to affect the passage of hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses later.
Kou Ji ordered the men who patrolled the horse guard to go hunting in the mountains, and prepared a sumptuous table of wine and food to entertain An Ziluo in the evening.
But he didn't expect that An Ziluo would arrive earlier than Liu Heng said.
Just after Kou Ji dispatched his patrol horse guards.
An Ziluo led ten thousand Qingtang troops and appeared on the border.
They braved the wind and walked slowly through the snow.
After Kou Ji and Liu Heng got the news, they rushed to the border line.
An Ziluo saw Kou Ji from a distance and was immediately overjoyed.
Because the snow was too deep, it was impossible to gallop.
The moment An Ziluo saw Kou Ji, he simply jumped off his horse, waded through the snow, and ran to Kou Ji.
After arriving in front of Kou Ji, he laughed and gave Kou Ji a big hug.
"Hahaha... I didn't expect you to come to Qingtang..."
An Ziluo's body was full of the stench of sweat, but Kou Ji didn't mind it and gave An Ziluo a big hug in return.
The two of them were like a pair of old friends who hadn't seen each other for a long time.
Hug the other person and beat the other person on the back with your fists.
"I didn't expect that I would come to Qingtang..."
After the hug, Kou Ji let go of his hand and smiled at An Ziluo.
An Ziluo stared at Kou Ji sincerely and said with a smile: "I said, as long as you come to Qingtang, I will entertain you well."
Kou Ji smiled calmly and said, "I believe you won't let me go hungry."
An Ziluo smiled heartily and said, "That's definitely not the case... enough wine and meat..."
Kou Ji nodded and smiled: "That's good..."
An Ziluo dragged Kou Ji and said, "Let's go, take your troops and follow me into Qingtang."
Kou Ji stared at An Ziluo and said, "You should have traveled all night, otherwise you wouldn't have been able to get here at this time. Aren't you going to take a rest?"
An Ziluo smiled and said, "You Song people often say that friends come from far away. I am in this mood now. I am not sleepy at all. I just want to take you to taste the cattle, sheep and milk wine from my Qingtang."
Kou Ji couldn't laugh or cry and said, "Then... it's better to obey orders than to be respectful."
An Ziluo laughed and said, "So happy..."
An Ziluo's words fell to the ground.
Liu Heng slowly came forward, beat his chest and saluted: "Brother..."
The smile on An Ziluo's face faded and he glared at Liu Heng.
Liu Heng, dumbfounded, retreated behind Kou Ji.
Kou Ji said playfully: "Brother An doesn't seem to want to see Liu Heng?"
An Ziluo glared and said, "He abducted my sister and made her his concubine. How can I treat him?"
Kou Ji smiled and said, "Although your sister is a concubine, Liu Heng regards her as a jewel, so why should Brother An care about her?"
An Ziluo snorted coldly, "So he is still alive now. If he had followed your Song people's example and given my sister away at will, I would have killed him long ago."
Kou Ji nodded with a smile and said, "Brother An is right...it's been a long time since I last saw you, but Brother An is a lot more heroic."
Kou Ji vaguely remembered the first time he met An Ziluo.
An Ziluo gave him the impression that he was a very wise, talkative, and elegant person.
Today, An Ziluo feels more like a rough and heroic man to him.
An Ziluo heard what Kou Ji said and said with a smile: "Leading a bunch of heartless men to gallop on the grassland all day long naturally requires a bit of boldness. I told them ridiculous things, but they didn't understand."
Kou Ji understood why An Ziluo had changed so much, and nodded slowly: "I'm going to tell my men to stop, and let's go into Qingtang together."
An Ziluo nodded and said boldly, "I will instruct my men to help you clear the way."
Immediately.
The two of them left separately.
An Ziluo returned to the army and ordered the Qingtang soldiers to clear a road.
Kou Ji returned to the camp and recalled the men who patrolled the horse guard.
The camp tents were put away again.
Then he led a group of people and entered Qingtang territory on the road cleared by the Qingtang soldiers.
Qingtang soldiers cleared the way.
The Japanese soldiers felt at ease, put on their armor again, picked up their swords, and guarded the grain carts.
Although the Qingtang soldiers did not have shovels, they were large enough and they also carried some wooden shovels and the like.
So the speed of clearing the snow is not slow.
Kou Ji did not share his shovel generously.
Shovels were a worthless thing in later generations, and they were easy to mass-produce.
But in this era, mass manufacturing is difficult and the cost is not low.
The batch of shovels in Kou Ji's hand were also made by hundreds of craftsmen in the forging workshop, working day and night.
According to the temperament of the Qingtang people, if Kou Ji lent them the shovel in his hand, he would not be able to take it back.
They will definitely treat the shovel as a gift and put it away.
Then he gave cattle and sheep of equal value to Kou Ji.
Kou Ji now wants cattle and sheep in vain.
The shovel was his guarantee for marching in heavy snow, so he couldn't afford to miss it.
An Ziluo didn't see the shovel, otherwise he would have to ask Kou Ji for it.
An Ziluo left the Qingtang soldiers to his lieutenants, rode up to Kou Ji's side, roughly drove away Liu Heng who was accompanying Kou Ji, and took Liu Heng's position.
"Brother Kou Xian, go forward fifteen miles. There is a small tribe living there. How about we camp there tonight?"
An Ziluo rode beside Kou Ji and said with a smile.
Kou Ji smiled calmly and said: "When you are in the country, do as the Romans do and follow Brother An's arrangements in everything."
The two chatted for a while.
An Ziluo glanced back at the team escorting the grain and fodder behind Kou Ji, and reminded him in a deep voice: "Brother Kou Xian, you only brought so few soldiers and horses, you can't even cross Huangtou Huihe's territory, let alone get to Shazhou..."
When the conversation got down to business, An Ziluo changed his heroic image.
Kou Ji looked at An Ziluo and said with a smile: "So before I go to Huangtou Huihe's territory, I plan to go to Zongge City to find Zanpu from your department and borrow a troop of troops.
It’s best to borrow Brother An.”
An Ziluo was stunned, stared at Kou Ji and said, "Are you kidding me?"
Kou Ji said seriously: "Do you think I'm joking with you?"
An Ziluo frowned, "Do you really want to borrow troops from Qingtang?"
Kou Ji nodded slowly.
An Ziluo said without hesitation: "Then I can only advise Kou Xiandi to give up this idea and make other plans."
Kou Ji asked: "Brother An, do you think I can't borrow soldiers and horses from Qingtang?"
An Ziluo said seriously: "Most of our soldiers and horses in Qingtang are now in the northern border to guard against the invasion of the remnants of the Ganzhou Uighurs, and the remaining troops are in the western border to guard against the Huangtou Uighurs.
I don’t have any extra troops to lend you.”
Kou Ji glanced at the Qingtang soldiers who were clearing the snow, and said with a smile: "Brother An, doesn't he have ten thousand soldiers and horses?"
An Ziluo smiled bitterly and said: "They are all guards of the royal tent. Their duty is to guard the royal tent. They cannot be dispatched to fight."
Kou Ji smiled calmly and said: "As long as you are a soldier, you will always be dispatched to fight."
An Ziluo pondered for a moment, secretly guessing in his mind how much of what Kou Ji said was true and how much was false.
"Brother Kou Xian, the war in Shazhou is a war between Xixia and the Uighurs in Shazhou, and has nothing to do with my clan. I am afraid that our Zanpu will not interfere in the war in Shazhou, so Brother Kou Xian had better make plans in advance..."
"Don't tell secret words in front of Mingren. We both know whether the war in Shazhou has anything to do with Qingtang. Why would Brother An use such words to deceive me?"
Kou Ji stared at An Ziluo and said with a smile.
An Ziluo was stunned, laughed a few times, and never raised the issue again.
It was about the customs and customs of Qingtang that I talked about with Kou Ji.
Under An Ziluo's explanation, a vivid Qingtang appeared in Kou Ji's mind.
When the group arrived at noon, they arrived at the small tribe An Ziluo mentioned.
The small tribe only has dozens of tents, more than a hundred people, and several hundred cattle and sheep.
After An Ziluo and his entourage arrived, the leader of the small tribe hurriedly took the most beautiful woman in the tribe and rushed to An Ziluo to salute him.
The leader of the small tribe behaved very humbly.
As an old man, he prostrated on the ground, kowtowed his head, and expressed his most sincere respect to An Ziluo.
An Ziluo asked the leader of the small tribe to offer thirty sheep to entertain Kou Ji.
The leader of the small tribe not only did not refuse, but even more humbly knelt on the ground, thanking An Ziluo for not robbing all his cattle and sheep, and generously sending the most beautiful woman in the tribe to An Ziluo.
An Ziluo conveniently gave the two women to Kou Ji.
The two women were very obedient and walked to Kou Ji.
Kou Ji could smell the fishy smell of the two women from a distance.
When the two women approached him, he decisively rode back a few steps.
Then.
The man from the patrolling horse guard who was guarding Kou Ji came to Kou Ji's side and said in a low voice: "Young master, if you don't like me, I will take him back and play with him."
Kou Ji stared and almost killed this guy with a slap.
He saw the two women approaching him reluctantly.
Kou Ji decisively gave the two women to two men who were not yet married to the horse guards.
Then, something happened that made Kou Ji even more angry.
Those two idiots actually told Kou Ji righteously that they could not marry those two women, let alone have mixed-race babies with those two women, otherwise they would not be able to enter their ancestors' graves after death.
In the end, Kou Ji could only give one of the girls to the sexy man from the horse guard who came to him first, and the other to the man from another horse guard.
During this process.
The leader of the small tribe did not show any dissatisfaction.
Only when An Ziluo gave the two women to Kou Ji, he showed a hint of disappointment.
He didn't even look at Kou Ji giving the two women to his men.
After Kou Ji solved the two women presented by the leader of the small tribe.
An Ziluo has already led the Qingtang soldiers to clear out an open space.
A group of people were sent out to set up camp, and a group of people were sent out to light bonfires and roast mutton.
When soldiers were slaughtering sheep in Qingtang, some villagers enthusiastically stepped forward to help.
The sheepskin and mutton were taken away by Qingtang soldiers.
The sheep's internal organs and hooves were collected by the helping people.
Kou Ji saw everything but said nothing.
After the mutton test is completed.
An Ziluo distributed most of the mutton to the Qingtang soldiers, leaving a small amount of mutton to share with Kou Ji, Liu Heng and others.
Inside a huge tent.
Kou Ji, An Ziluo, and Liu Heng were sitting on one side of the sheepskin blanket.
On the other side sat several of An Ziluo's confidant generals.
In the middle of the sheepskin blanket, there are three clean sheepskins placed.
Roasted lamb is placed on the sheepskin.
There were several bottles of wine beside it.
An Ziluo picked up a knife, cut off a leg of lamb, and placed it in front of Kou Ji.
Kou Ji looked at the leg of lamb, but he couldn't bring up his appetite.