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Chapter 0515 Li Di invited to go to the Western Regions

After leaving the court.

The news that Kou Ji used thousands of elite troops to defeat Huangtou Huihe's 140,000 troops in Deshengchuan was like a gust of wind, blowing throughout Bianjing City.

For a time, Bianjing City was boiling with excitement.

The common people were dressed in red and colorful and celebrated.

As soon as the eunuchs came out of the palace with the imperial edict to reward the Kou Mansion, the people gathered around them, and followed the eunuchs one after another, heading to the Kou Mansion together.

When the news reached Kou's house, Kou Zhun was holding the little man in his arms carefully and looking at it.

His cautious expression was as if he was holding some rare treasure, and the smile on his face was so thick that it couldn't be erased.

Po Wen wanted to come forward and say a few auspicious words, but was stopped by Kou Zhong.

"Go to the accounting office to collect your rewards, and don't disturb me from carrying my great-grandson."

"Thank you, Chief Steward... Many thanks, Chief Steward..."

Kou Zhong calmly drove away those people who came to Kou Zhun to ask for reward money.

Then he stood carefully behind Kou Zhun, looking at the little man nervously holding the little man in his arms, with a smile on his face.

"Hurry up and show me..."

Xiang Minzhong, who was sitting on Kou Zhun's bus and was pushed into the backyard, saw the little swaddle in Kou Zhun's arms and stretched out his old arms in excitement.

Kou Zhun held the little man in his arms, glanced at Xiang Minzhong, and said dissatisfied: "Why should I show you my great-grandson?"

Xiang Minzhong hurriedly asked someone to push Kou's bus to Kou Zhun's side, and said angrily: "That's my great-grandson too!"

Kou Zhun said arrogantly: "If there is an extra word, that means outsider. Outsiders are not qualified to see it."

When Xiang Minzhong heard this, he was so angry that he blew his beard and stared.

After staring for a long time, he seemed to realize that he was too hard, so he begged softly, "I... I just want to take a look..."

Kou Zhun stared at Xiang Minzhong warily, "Just one glance?"

Xiang Minzhong nodded hurriedly.

Kou Zhun reluctantly opened the corner of the swaddling clothes.

Xiang Minzhong glanced inside, and his eyes suddenly became bright.

"Good... good... good..."

Xiang Minzhong lay down on the bus with satisfaction and kept cheering.

Kou Zhun was too lazy to talk to him anymore and continued to tease his little great-grandson.

Just when Xiang Minzhong was about to leave, there was a noise outside the house, which disturbed the little man in Kou Zhun's arms.

The little man cried loudly.

Kou Zhun and Xiang Minzhong were furious.

"Who's out there?!"

Kou Zhun asked angrily while carefully coaxing the little one in his arms. After coaxing him for a long time, he couldn't coax him well, so he could only reluctantly hand it over to the nanny who was waiting at the side.

Then he rushed outside angrily.

Xiang Minzhong also asked his servant to push the Kou bus and followed him out.

As soon as they arrived at the main hall, they saw two eunuchs, holding yellow scrolls, standing at the door of the main hall.

Outside the outer gate, a large number of people gathered.

When the two eunuchs saw Kou Zhun, they hurriedly saluted the two Minzhongs. After saluting, they took out the imperial edict and prepared to read it out.

But Kou Zhun reached out his hand arrogantly, "Bring it..."

When the two eunuchs saw this, they looked hesitant.

Xiang Minzhong snorted coldly: "Put down the imperial edict and things, and then get out of here. If you disturb my great-grandson, you have disturbed me. If I am disturbed and die in front of you, let's see if you can survive."

When the two eunuchs heard this, they laughed bitterly, put down the imperial edict and other rewards, and immediately left the Kou Mansion.

After the two eunuchs left, Kou Zhun asked Kou Zhong to block the door so that no outsiders could be seen.

Kou Zhun took the imperial edict casually, glanced at it a few times, and threw it aside.

Xiang Minzhong asked curiously: "What does the imperial edict say?"

Kou Zhun said casually: "My grandson fought a great victory outside the territory and defeated an enemy of 140,000 with thousands of elite soldiers. The court could not reward my grandson, so it could only reward my great-grandson."

"

"With thousands of elite soldiers, defeat an enemy of 140,000?"

Xiang Minzhong repeated in astonishment, "That's really dangerous... When did my grandson-in-law learn the art of war and strategy?"

Kou Zhun said very calmly: "Some people are born with knowledge and know everything. There is nothing surprising about it."

Xiang Minzhong looked at Kou Zhun in astonishment.

Kou Zhun did not explain much, but said reluctantly: "The official family has given a name to my great-grandson."

"What's the name?"

"Kou Tianci..."

Xiang Minzhong was stunned for a moment and said with a look of disgust: "Vulgar... vulgarity is unbearable..."

Kou Zhun nodded in deep agreement.

Xiang Minzhong pondered: "How about I send the imperial edict back?"

Kou Zhun thought for a while and said, "Forget it, the official family has finally accumulated some prestige and cannot destroy it in the hands of the two of us. Let Kou Tianci be Kou Tianci and make a living."

Xiang Minzhong nodded slowly and suggested: "Let me take another look?"

Kou Zhun stared and said angrily: "Didn't you see it before?"

Xiang Minzhong said sheepishly: "I want to take a look again, I'm afraid I'll lose it."

Kou Zhun said angrily: "That thing grows on your body, can you throw it away?"

Xiang Minzhong said with a serious face: "That's impossible to say."

Kou Zhun stared angrily.

The two old men walked toward the backyard, cursing.

In their minds, Kou Ji used thousands of elite soldiers outside the territory to defeat 140,000 enemies, which seemed far less important than the tricks of the little man in the backyard.

They have left the center.

They didn't care at all about what happened in the court.

As long as the enemy hadn't invaded the Song Dynasty, they wouldn't want to take a second look at what was going on in the court.

Now that Kou Ji has a son, he is truly qualified to go out on adventures.

They have all experienced ups and downs, and they know that every important minister in the court has to go through some ups and downs before he can truly establish a firm foothold in the court.

Therefore, they were unwilling to ask or pay more attention to what Kou Ji was doing in the Western Regions.

However.

Just because they don't care doesn't mean others don't care.

Li Di, who lived not far from Kou Mansion, learned that Kou Ji's wife had given birth to Lin'er, and immediately asked his old servant to prepare a small gift and prepare to visit the house to congratulate her.

He had a very close relationship with Kou Zhun, and he knew what it meant to Kou Zhun to have a direct bloodline in the Kou family.

It's just that after he left the mansion and walked a few steps, he heard the whispers of the people surrounding the Kou Mansion's courtyard, so he no longer thought about going to the Kou Mansion.

Kou Ji used thousands of elite troops in the Western Regions to defeat 140,000 enemies and captured countless enemies?!

Countless seizures?!

These four simple words entered Li Di's mind and kept echoing in Li Di's mind.

Li Di threw the small gift in his hand to the old servant who was following him, and hurried to the palace.

He rushed to the palace and arrived at Zhao Zhen's bedroom.

Then I saw Zhao Zhen put on casual clothes and seemed to be preparing to leave the palace.

Li Di didn't care to salute Zhao Zhen or ask where Zhao Zhen was going. After seeing Zhao Zhen, he asked anxiously: "Guanjia, have you heard that the bandits and officials have captured countless people in the Western Regions?"

Zhao Zhen was stunned for a moment and then said thoughtfully: "Kou Ji did not report the specific amount, but according to previous reports, their seizure should be very generous.

Previously, they encountered horse thieves in the Western Regions and seized thousands of horses and a large amount of money.

Kou Ji reported in his report that he had made some small gains.

Later, Kou Ji used the armor forging method of heavy armored cavalry to exchange for more than 10,000 horses for the imperial court, and claimed to have gained a small amount.

Now it is reported in the report that numerous seizures were made.

I think the horses, cattle, sheep, money and other items they seized should be many times more than before."

When Li Di heard this, he hurriedly asked: "Did Kou Ji report to the Ming court? When will the captured items be sent to the Song Dynasty?"

Zhao Zhen thought for a moment and shook his head slightly.

Seeing this, Li Di saluted decisively and said: "I sincerely ask the officials to allow me to go to the Western Regions."

Zhao Zhen was startled, "What does this mean, Aiqing?"

Li Di said loudly: "The number of horses that Kou Ji helped the imperial court obtain before has exceeded ten thousand. Now that he has defeated Huangtou Uighur, there must be a lot of horses captured by Huangtou Uighur.

I guess the number of horses should exceed 30,000 to 40,000 horses.

Thirty to forty thousand horses, that's millions of dollars.

That is the money of the imperial court.

I am willing to go west to help the officials get back the money."

Zhao Zhen said in a deep voice: "Ai Qing... I can just send someone to pick up the horse. Why do you have to go there yourself?"

Li Di said in a deep voice: "I can't suppress others if they go away. I can't suppress those Xiao Xiaoxiao from outside the territory who covet my Song Dynasty's money. I can't suppress Kou Ji. I can't suppress the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty. Kou Ji had previously obtained the horse from Liao Kingdom.

, he had just entered the Song Dynasty, and he was already on the minds of many people, and he even lost his life because of it.

Learn from those who have gone before and learn from those behind.

Only if I personally go to the Western Regions can I safely transport the horses back."

Zhao Zhen let out a long sigh, "Ai Qing, you really devoted yourself to me, the Song Dynasty."

"I'm sure..."

"When I go to the Western Regions, I grant Aiqing the right to act expediently..."

Li Di saluted Zhao Zhen and said solemnly: "I will go back and pack my bags and rush to the Western Regions immediately..."

After Li Di obtained Zhao Zhen's permission, he returned to his house, packed his bags, took some guards with him, and rushed to the Western Regions.

at the same time.

Kou Ji had been out of Huangtou Huihe territory for several days and arrived in Shazhou.

The environment in Shazhou is far worse than that in Huangtou Huihe.

Yellow sand fills the sky.

The cold wind howled.

The strong cold wind made the man unable to sit still on the horse, so he had to get off the horse and rush to Shazhou on foot.

Among the huge team, the only people who could use animals to move around were Kou Ji and the men on patrol.

After leaving the territory of Huangtou Huihe, the men who patrolled the horse guard went out for a walk and got a group of camels.

Kou Ji and the men on patrol rode on camels and moved forward slowly.

Zhang Yuan, Liu Heng and others also distributed some camels.

"Pooh……"

The leader of the patrolling horse guards sat on the back of the camel, spat out the sand that the wind had blown into his mouth, and looked sideways at Zhang Yuan, who was riding the camel, climbed up to Kou Ji's side, and spoke in a low voice.

Zhang Yuan sat on the back of a camel, covering his face with gauze to block the wind and sand, and whispered to Kou Ji: "Young master, there are far more horse thieves in Shazhou than in Huangtou Huihe. Since leaving Huangtou Huihe,

Only three days have passed since our territory was established today, and the villain has already recruited 6,000 troops."

Kou Ji stared at the yellow sand in the distance and said quietly: "Is it more than 30,000?"

Zhang Yuan nodded and said: "Actually, the villain can recruit more, but after those horse thieves in Danshan City escaped from Danshan City, they went around destroying the villain's reputation in the Western Regions.

Many horse thieves heard the villain's name and left decisively without even talking to the villain."

Kou Ji pondered: "You fought a great victory in Deshengchuan, but it wasn't enough to clear your name?"

Zhang Yuan smiled bitterly and said: "If the villain hadn't fought a great victory in Deshengchuan, I might not have been able to recruit 30,000 horse thieves."

Kou Ji nodded slowly and warned: "Digest those horse thieves as soon as possible and let them follow you sincerely. In the future, you are very likely to split the soil and seal the territory in the Western Region, so whether they are loyal and recognize that they are members of the Yuanshan tribe

, crucial.

I will find a way to have people deliver the weapons you need later.

Before you gain their loyalty, it is better not to give them advantageous weapons easily."

Zhang Yuan nodded decisively.

"The villain understands..."

Having achieved his goal, Zhang Yuan did not stay with Kou Ji any longer. After saluting, he left Kou Ji's side and went to talk to those horse thieves.

Zhang Yuan seemed to have gathered 30,000 horse thieves, but in fact, the number of horse thieves who could be truly regarded as horse thieves was only 10,000.

Among the thirty thousand horse thieves, only ten thousand had soldiers and armor.

There are more than 20,000 people, and most of them don't even have a weapon.

Kou Ji learned that most of them were herdsmen wandering in the Western Regions.

Because Xixia, Song Dynasty, Shazhou Uighurs, and Huangtou Uighurs were fighting fiercely in Shazhou, they were forced to live a normal life, so they could only become horse thieves.

Zhang Yuan felt that these herdsmen were members of the Yuanshan tribe given to him by God.

Compared with the real horse thieves, the herdsmen were extremely disciplined and easily bribed by Zhang Yuan.

Although they had no weapons, many of them even had only a thin coat to cover themselves.

But their fighting power is not weak.

Living in a bitter cold land all year round and fighting with jackals, tigers and leopards all year round gives them a strong body and a fighting capacity that far exceeds that of ordinary people.

What they lack now is weapons and armor.

With weapons, armor, and a little practice, they are qualified warriors.

Kou Ji saw Zhang Yuan's thoughts, and he and Zhang Yuan had similar thoughts.

So when Zhang Yuan came to the door, he was not embarrassed and agreed immediately.

If Zhang Yuan wants to truly gain a foothold in the Western Regions, he must rely on these herdsmen.

Because he doesn't have that much time to win over the hearts and minds of those horse thieves one by one.

Zhang Yuangang left.

Liu Heng rode a camel and approached Kou Ji with difficulty, and said to Kou Ji in a deep voice: "Fourth brother, in four days, we will arrive at Shazhou City. The men I sent out ran into the enemy thirty miles away.

Journey to Xixia.

Li Yuanhao should have deduced that we have arrived in Shazhou, otherwise he would not be able to send his rangers to such a long distance.

Do you think Li Yuanhao will send someone to set up an ambush in front?"

When he said the last sentence, Liu Heng looked worried.


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