Liu Heng felt that Kou Ji's reaction was a bit big, so he explained in a dumbfounded way.
Kou Ji stared at Liu Heng and said meaningfully: "You should understand what it means for me to help people witness marriages in the Western Regions."
Kou Ji now has 200,000 soldiers in his hands, and he holds the power of life and death in his hands. The heads of many small countries in the Western Region are more than a little behind Kou Ji.
Even if Kou Ji leaves the Western Regions in the future, his name will be sought after by the people of the Western Regions for decades.
His old headquarters in the Western Regions will safeguard his reputation for decades to come.
With Kou Ji's current status, Liu Heng would not know how much benefits the other party would receive in the future if he helped a common man witness his marriage.
Liu Heng heard Kou Ji's words, smiled bitterly, and said frankly: "Some of my subordinates were greedy and accepted a piece of dried bacon..."
Kou Ji rolled his eyes, "Confidant?"
Liu Heng nodded slowly.
Kou Ji complained: "In the future, I will solve the troubles I cause by myself."
Liu Heng nodded quickly and responded.
Kou Ji let out a sigh of relief and said, "Go and prepare. I will be there on the day when that guy named Lin Zhicai gets married."
Liu Heng smiled heartily, "Thank you, fourth brother..."
Kou Ji waved his hand.
Liu Heng smiled and exited the side hall.
After Liu Heng left, Fan Zhongyan, who had been silent for a long time, said with a smile: "Some people have begun to settle down in Shazhou. It seems that half of your goal, sir, has been achieved."
Kou Ji said disapprovingly: "It's too early to say this now. It will take a long time for the people to take root here."
"Tell me about what happened over there. What is the purpose of those monks?"
Kou Ji asked.
Fan Zhongyan's face straightened and he said in a deep voice: "They want to preach in Shazhou City..."
Kou Ji's face turned cold and he raised his brows.
Fan Zhongyan hurriedly added, "They want to preach among the people we brought here."
Kou Ji sneered and said: "They have preached in the Western Regions for hundreds of years and exploited the people of the Western Regions for hundreds of years. They still want to exploit the people under our rule? Tell them that it is impossible.
Let them obediently chant sutras in the Thousand Buddha Cave, and don't think about those things that are there or not.
The reason why I still keep them is not because I am afraid of them.
Rather, the murals and scriptures in the Thousand Buddha Cave are all national treasures and need someone to take care of and protect them.
If they push further, I don't mind changing a group of people."
Fan Zhongyan understood Kou Ji's thoughts and nodded decisively without saying anything more.
Kou Ji continued: "In order to prevent them from jumping over the wall in a hurry, I will send another three thousand soldiers to help you."
"Thank you sir..."
"The saplings cultivated by Mu Chong and others in the greenhouse have already taken root and sprouted. In a few days, they should be ready for planting. You will need to take a look at them then."
"Students understand..."
"..."
Kou Ji had given instructions to Fan Zhongyan, but he did not stay with Fan Zhongyan for long. He ate some simple meals with Fan Zhongyan and then let Fan Zhongyan go down to do things.
Accompanied by the men on patrol, he rode out of Shazhou City.
All the way, we rushed out along the road that was specially created by the peasants when they were reclaiming wasteland.
Along the way.
Kou Ji walked around and inspected the fertile fields cultivated by the farmers.
The fertile farmland closest to Shazhou City was first opened up by civilians.
It has been distributed to the people of Shazhou in accordance with Kou Ji's plan.
Some of the crops planted in the earliest fertile fields have already sprouted some buds.
People in twos and threes, carrying hoes, wandered in the fertile fields.
When we encounter weeds or weeds, we will easily remove them and pull them out.
When I was tired from working, I sat in the field and looked at the hundred acres of fertile land in front of me with a happy face.
Some women wearing Shazhou Uighur costumes walked through the fields, bringing water and naan cakes to the people.
The scene looked very harmonious.
After galloping for several miles, we saw more fertile fields, but the working people were still in twos and threes.
Only in Shili Land can one see a huge reclamation team.
When the farmers who were reclaiming wasteland saw Kou Ji and his entourage, they would stop what they were doing and watch Kou Ji and his entourage pass by.
"I run here every day. Do we have any treasures here?"
"I heard that a gold mine was discovered out front..."
"Shit Gold Mine. I heard that the troops sent to Huangtou Huihe were defeated and are retreating here. Our imperial envoy is going to greet the wounded soldiers."
"You know a hammer..."
"Are we right?"
"Of course not. A cousin of mine works in Shazhou City and knows a little bit about the movements of the imperial envoys. I heard that when the imperial envoys attacked the royal city, they captured many royal ladies of the Shazhou Uighurs and hid them quietly outside the city.
The imperial envoy goes out every day to have private meetings with the noble ladies of the royal family."
"Really or not?"
"Of course it's true."
"Are those royal ladies pretty? Tell us..."
"..."
The peasants gathered together in groups, speculating on Kou Ji's purpose of running out of the city.
Unrealistic rumors are flying everywhere.
One or two rumors fell into Kou Ji's ears, but Kou Ji pretended not to have heard them.
Kou Ji led the men on patrol to the junction of the desert and the oasis in Shazhou.
The men who patrolled the horse guard jumped off their horses, laid a sheepskin blanket on the ground, placed wine and meat on the blanket, and then asked Kou Ji to sit down.
After sitting down.
Ko Ji looked at the bare desert while eating wine and meat, and frowned.
Seeing this, the leader of the patrol horse guards felt a little distressed and wanted to exhort him, but he opened his mouth and didn't know what to say.
So, he set his sights on the other men on patrol.
Seeing this, the other men on patrol looked at him with wide eyes.
As if telling him...
Brother, if you ask the brothers to go out and chop someone, the brothers will keep the man and chop him until his parents can’t recognize him.
But if you ask your brothers to comfort others, wouldn’t that make it difficult for them?
…
The leader of the patrolling horse guards understood the thoughts of the patrolling horse guards through their eyes.
He glared at the men on patrol and cursed in a low voice, "A bunch of useless things..."
The men of the patrolling horse guard looked left and right one by one, pretending not to hear what the leader of the patrolling horse guard said.
The leader of the patrolling horse guards approached Kou Ji with his head in front, and said with a dry smile: "Young master, if you are worried about the safety of your wife and young master, we will go back and take a look in person.
Anyway, many things in the Western Region have been settled, and no one will say anything when you go back.
There is no need to come here all day long to wait for news, the little people will feel uncomfortable watching it."
Kou Ji put down the dagger in his hand and glanced at the leader of the patrolling horse guards, "The war at Yumen Pass is not a problem? The war at Huangtou Huihe is not a problem?"
When the leader of the patrolling horse guards heard this, he said grandly: "What is the war in Huangtou Huihe? The elite soldiers of Huangtou Huihe were defeated once by us. In Tarim, they were severely beaten by the Jishi Army in Qingtang.
I was given a lesson.
Nearly 100,000 people were captured by Qingtang. Now there are less than 30,000 to 50,000 elite soldiers left. How can they be the opponents of Zhang Yuan and General Yang.
As for the war at Yumen Pass, that’s not a problem. If you let the brothers out, they can take over Yumen Pass in one day, and they still have to spend time with Li Yuanhao?”
Hearing this, Kou Ji rolled his eyes and said, "If Yumen Pass is as easy to defeat as you said, it wouldn't be called Xiong Pass. Li Zhaoliang has led his troops to break through Yang Pass, and the road to Suzhou and other places has been opened.
.
There is no need for us to fight with Li Yuanhao at Yumen Pass.
After Li Yuanhao was defeated at Yangguan, he did not withdraw from Yumen Pass, but instead defended Yumen Pass.
This shows that Li Yuanhao has asked Xixia for help.
He clings to the Yumen Pass to buy time for Xixia's reinforcements.
By the way, driving a nail in Hexi will consume our army's strength.
When the Xixia reinforcements arrive in Hexi, he will no longer guard Yumen Pass."
The leader of the patrolling horse guards shouted: "Isn't he afraid that our army will surround the city on all sides?"
Kou Ji curled his lips and said: "I still have more than a thousand heavy armor men under my command, and all of them are cavalry. As long as I send heavy armor to charge and tear through our army's encirclement, I can leave easily."
The advantages of cavalry are very prominent in the Western Regions.
The existing cavalry under Zhu Neng and Li Zhaoliang were all temporarily formed after arriving in the Western Regions. Compared with the cavalry under Li Yuanhao, the gap is very obvious.
Zhu Neng and Li Zhaoliang still need a long, long time to settle down if they want to rely on their cavalry to gallop across the Western Regions.
But Li Yuanhao could advance and retreat freely in the Western Regions with the mature cavalry in his hands.
The advantage of infantry is difficult to highlight in the Western Regions.
One hundred thousand elite Imperial Guards sounded very powerful.
But spread over the vast land of the Western Region, it seems a bit insignificant.
When the leader of the patrolling horse guards heard this, he thought about it and said, "So General Zhu besieged Yumen Pass but did not attack it. General Li led his army east out of Yang Pass to attack Suzhou?"
Kou Ji nodded slowly, "Yes... Rather than wasting time with Li Yuanhao at Yumen Pass, it is better to divide the army into two groups, besiege Yumen Pass along the way, and attack Suzhou, Ganzhou and other places along the way."
The leader of the patrolling horse guards called for battle again: "No matter what Li Yuanhao's intentions are, you should send your little men over and give Li Yuanhao a hard beating. If the beating hurts him, he will retreat obediently."
Kou Ji shook his head and said: "It's not the time yet..."
The leader of the patrol horse guard asked in confusion: "Then when is the time?"
Kou Ji glanced at the leader of the patrolling horse guards and said calmly: "When Zhu Neng and Li Zhaoliang ask for help from us, when the Xixia reinforcements arrive in Hexi."
The leader of the patrolling horse guards frowned and said, "Why do we have to wait until the Xixia reinforcements arrive in Hexi?"
Kou Ji rolled his eyes and said, "We won't be able to catch Li Yuanhao until the Xixia reinforcements arrive in Hexi. If I send you over now to storm Yumen Pass, Li Yuanhao will definitely lead his troops to escape into the wilderness of Hexi.
With just three thousand of you, it would be difficult to find their traces in the vast land of the Western Region.
If the one hundred thousand Imperial Guards spread out to search for him, they would only be cut into small pieces and eaten by him."
The leader of the patrolling horse guard widened his eyes in astonishment, "Isn't that the tactics of the horse thieves?"
Kou Ji nodded, then shook his head, "It's not wrong to call it a horse thief's tactic. But to describe it more accurately, it should be called a wolf's tactic. We don't have a large number of cavalry, so we chased Li Yuanhao in the Western Regions.
A war, a war of attrition, without any advantage.
But when Xixia reinforcements arrive, things will be different.
In order to cooperate with the reinforcements, Li Yuanhao will definitely jump up and down crazily in the Yumen Pass area to disturb our army.
At that time, we can set up an ambush secretly and invite you to enter the urn.
What we have to do now is to follow Li Yuanhao's wishes and let him stay safely in Yumen Pass, waiting for reinforcements.
Instead of storming Yumen Pass, forcing him out of Yumen Pass and creating obstacles for our army to attack Suzhou, Ganzhou and other places."
The leader of the patrolling horse guard scratched his head as he listened. He seemed to understand Kou Ji's words.
"If we surround Yumen Pass and don't fight, will Li Yuanhao see what we are thinking?"
Kou Ji laughed softly and said: "The war has reached this point, and the situation has become very clear. We can see through Li Yuanhao's thoughts, and Li Yuanhao can naturally see through ours.
In the final analysis, they are just using each other.
Li Yuanhao knows his advantages, so he is confident in them.
We also know our own strengths, so we hide them.
When it comes to the real decisive battle, it's time to reveal your trump cards and compete for advantage.
If we cannot stop the Xixia reinforcements from attacking and Li Yuanhao from causing trouble at Yumen Pass, then the Suzhou, Ganzhou and other places we captured will have to be returned.
If we stop the Xixia reinforcements and stop Li Yuanhao from causing trouble at Yumen Pass, then the entire Hexi region will become our territory of the Song Dynasty."
The leader of the patrol horse guards nodded thoughtfully.
Kou Ji pursed his lips and did not pour out all the words in his stomach.
In fact, when he learned that Li Yuanhao was guarding Yumen Pass, he guessed Li Yuanhao's purpose.
Li Yuanhao was stationed at Yumen Pass, just waiting for the opportunity, waiting for the Song Dynasty soldiers and horses to be restrained by Xixia reinforcements, to give the Song Dynasty soldiers and horses a hard blow from behind.
For example, they launched a surprise attack on Guazhou and Shazhou, destroying all the grain and grass transported by the Song Dynasty to the Western Regions.
As long as all the food and grass of the Song Dynasty in the Western Regions are destroyed, the situation of the Song Dynasty's soldiers and horses will return to the original situation.
Compared with the previous dilemma, this dilemma will become even greater.
Because the soldiers and horses of the Song Dynasty had dispersed to Hexi and were not gathered together, it was difficult to restrain them.
At that time, as long as Xixia makes a slight attack, the soldiers and horses of Song Dynasty will most likely abandon the city and flee, or surrender to Xixia.
Li Yuanhao's conspiracy is very simple, and there are many ways to defeat Li Yuanhao's conspiracy.
For example, Li Zhaoliang was ordered to stay at Yangguan and not even step into Suzhou.
In this way, even if the Xixia reinforcements arrived, Li Yuanhao would not be able to give the Song Dynasty a hard blow under the heavy resistance of the Song Dynasty troops.
For another example, they slowly advanced and captured Yumen Pass, forcing Li Yuanhao to become a lone wolf on the grassland. On the basis of sacrificing some soldiers, he captured Hexi bit by bit and forced Li Yuanhao out of Hexi.
However, the price paid for doing so is a bit too high.
Kou Ji didn't have enough invincible mine cannons, and he couldn't bury all of Hexi with invincible mine cannons, so he couldn't stop Li Yuanhao from biting the Forbidden Army soldiers on the march like a wolf biting a flock of sheep.