Zhu Neng shouted loudly: "Is Gao Yi's military exploits this time not worthy of a guerrilla general?"
"Worth it! Worth it!"
Kou Ji took the official document, signed and sealed it, and said, "Are you very optimistic about him?"
Zhu Neng nodded decisively, stared at Kou Ji and said, "Is there any way to get him under my control?"
Kou Ji rolled his eyes, threw away the official document in his hand, and said: "In the past, it would have been easy. But now it is difficult. Although he destroyed an arm, he has achieved such a record, which can be regarded as an honor.
It gave me the prestige of the Song Dynasty.
After Gao Chugong finds out, he will not let him go easily.
It is very likely that he will be transferred to the Privy Council and serve as an attendant to help him maintain his reputation."
Zhu Neng said dissatisfied: "The Gao family already has a lot of talents, so they can't help me with one or two."
Kou Ji curled his lips and said, "That was accumulated by two generations of my family, and it wasn't stolen out of thin air."
Zhu Neng snorted.
Kou Ji said slowly: "Tie Yaozi has been completely disabled and will no longer pose a threat to us. How are you going to fight in the future war?"
Zhu Neng said decisively: "Send the patrol horse guards to Yangguan, pass through Yangguan, and block Li Yuanhao's retreat. Then we will attack Yumenguan and bury Li Yuanhao in Hexi."
Kou Ji nodded slowly, "The battle ahead is already very clear, and Li Yuanhao has no chance to make a comeback."
Zhu Neng nodded heavily.
…
Inside Yumen Pass.
The Xixia rangers who fled back to the pass had already told Li Yuanhao the news of the defeat at Yangguan.
Li Yuanhao was furious in the city gate building.
"One thousand two hundred iron kites went to attack Yangguan, which was not heavily guarded by troops, and the whole army was almost wiped out?!"
"The two brothers, Ximu, are really useless!"
"More than a thousand iron kites were lost at Yumen Pass, and more than a thousand iron kites were lost at Yangguan?!"
"The iron kite is gone!"
"No more!"
"Kou Ji, Kou Ji! It's Kou Ji again! Is Kou Ji the nemesis of Tie Yaozi?"
"Send someone to give me a reward for Kou Ji! Whoever can kill Kou Ji, I will give him one hundred thousand gold!"
"..."
Li Yuanhao roared in the city gate building for a long time.
After his anger dissipated a bit, Ye Li Yuqi said worriedly: "Your Highness, what should we do next?"
Li Yuanhao roared several times with a ferocious expression.
"Send the order and the whole army will withdraw from Yumen Pass and attack Su and Ganzhou by surprise."
Now Li Yuanhao's plan was shattered.
Li Yuanhao could only withdraw from Yumen Pass, carry out massacres in Suzhou and Ganzhou, and then break through Li Zhaoliang's heavy troops and join Yeli Wangrong in Xiliang.
His strategy of planning Hexi has failed.
It is futile to continue spending time in Hexi now.
Although this battle failed to capture Hexi, Xixia did not lose its territory.
Although they lost troops and generals, the loot they captured from the Ganzhou Uighurs and Shazhou Uighurs could make up for it.
The only pity is that Tie Yaozi was beaten so badly that he could no longer be disabled.
Iron Harrier overnight returned to its original state of only a few hundred riders.
If Xixia wants to rebuild Tieyaozi, it will take more than ten years of planning.
"Damn..."
Li Yuanhao cursed angrily.
…
At dawn.
The deafening sound of horse hooves resounded inside Yumen Pass.
Kou Ji and Zhu Neng were both awakened from their beds.
The soldiers in the camp were also awakened by the actions in Yumen Pass.
One by one, they got out of the tent and looked in the direction of Yumen Pass.
Zhu Neng glanced at the big cloak and walked out of the tent, glanced in the direction of Yumenguan, was stunned for a moment, and sighed, "Li Yuanhao is really decisive... He knew that there was nothing he could do, so he ran away decisively..."
"Order the entire army to repair for one day and pursue victory tomorrow..."
Zhu Neng ordered people to go down and convey the military order.
He returned to the tent again and slept.
Kou Ji looked outside the camp and learned that Li Yuanhao had escaped. After Zhu Neng ordered the entire army to repair, he looked to the east and said faintly: "Hexi... has been captured..."
After muttering something.
Kou Ji returned to the tent and slept again.
At noon.
Kou Ji woke up and found that Zhu Neng had taken people to Yumen Pass.
When Kou Ji saw Zhu Neng, Zhu Neng was cursing.
"Li Yuanhao, you are not a son of man! You are not a son of man!"
Kou Ji entered the tent and asked, "What's wrong?"
Zhu Neng was furious and said: "In the Yumen Pass, some of the prisoners who could not be taken away were dug into their hearts and lungs and thrown into the well."
Kou Ji frowned and said, "All water sources have been destroyed?"
Zhu Neng nodded gloomily.
Kou Ji pondered and said: "The water source behind Yumen Pass is probably not very good... Instruct your soldiers to prepare more water."
Zhu Neng said gloomily: "I have sent people to prepare..."
…
Under Zhu Neng's order, the army repaired for a day.
The next day, three thousand soldiers were left behind to guard Yumen Pass.
Kou Ji and Zhu Neng took their people and embarked on the road to Xiliang.
Dead bodies were thrown into the rivers and streams encountered along the way, and there were all kinds of dead bodies.
Kou Ji and Zhu Neng walked together and collected the corpses along the way.
In order to avoid the plague, Koji ordered all the corpses found to be burned.
The group traveled for several days and arrived in Suzhou.
Li Yuanhao knew that his plan in Hexi had failed, so he went on a killing spree on the way back.
Not only did it destroy the water source, it killed many soldiers of the Song Dynasty who stayed behind, and also killed many prisoners.
The area behind Yumen Pass was almost completely wiped out.
Kou Ji wished he could strangle him to death with his own hands.
Corpses were everywhere inside and outside Suzhou City.
The corpses of the suppressing soldiers were torn out and thrown into the fields.
Let the vultures and wild wolves gnaw.
Kou Ji immediately ordered his soldiers to kill the wild wolves and vultures, and collect the corpses of the soldiers who had suppressed the attack.
Just when Kou Ji ordered people to collect the corpses of the Mingzhen soldiers, the Xingji soldiers sent by Zhu Neng to observe the situation in Suzhou City rushed out of Suzhou City crying.
"General! General!"
"That beast Li Yuanhao took the heads of his brothers and built a Beijing temple on the main road in the city."
"..."
Kou Ji and Zhu Neng's eyes suddenly turned red.
"Enter the city!"
Kou Ji and Zhu Neng took the lead and rushed into Suzhou City.
On the street directly opposite the city gate, I saw a very cruel scene.
The heads of the suppressing soldiers were all chopped off.
The heads of the civilian husbands who followed the suppressing soldiers were all chopped off.
Their heads were piled together, forming a hill.
Each head was bleeding from seven holes, staining the entire street red.
Kou Ji shouted with bloodshot eyes: "Li Yuanhao, until I kill everyone in your Li family, I swear I won't be a human being."
Zhu Neng suppressed the shock in his heart and said to Kou Ji: "You take the people to collect the bodies of the brothers in the city, and I will take the people to Ganzhou."
Kou Ji clenched his fists and nodded.
Zhu Neng abandoned all the infantry, took the patrol horse guards and the 10,000 newly established Xingfu horse army, and rushed to Ganzhou City.
Kou Ji led people to collect the corpses of the soldiers in Suzhou City.
Kou Ji spent three days collecting the corpses in Suzhou City before gathering the corpses of the soldiers neatly and burying them in the soil.
Then he rushed to Ganzhou with his people.
Traveled day and night for several days.
Arriving at Ganzhou.
When he saw the flag symbolizing the Song Dynasty fluttering in the wind on the Ganzhou city wall, Kou Jicai breathed a sigh of relief.
The reason why Zhu Neng rushed to Ganzhou first was because he was afraid that Li Yuanhao would enter Ganzhou and massacre the soldiers who stayed in Ganzhou city.
The soldiers in Ganzhou City obviously blocked Li Yuanhao's attack.
That's why the soldiers in Ganzhou City were spared.
After Kou Ji entered Ganzhou City, he inquired about it and found out that Zhu Neng had already led his troops to Xiliang after confirming that Ganzhou was safe.
Kou Ji rested for a day in Ganzhou City.
He took the people and rushed to Xiliang.
As we approached Xiliang, we saw battle flags standing everywhere inside and outside Xiliang.
Nearly 150,000 soldiers and horses were hoarded inside and outside Xiliang, besieging Xiliang.
After Kou Ji led his people to the military camp.
Then I saw Li Di, Zhu Neng, Li Zhaoliang, Jiao Siluo, and a middle-aged man coming out to greet them.
Kou Ji did not expect that Jiao Siluo would personally lead troops to come to the rescue.
Kou Ji nodded to Li Di, Zhu Neng and Li Zhaoliang.
Then the servant Luo bowed to the corner and said, "It is an honor for me, the Song Dynasty, for the Marquis of Qingtang to come to Xiliang in person."
Jiao Siluo said very politely: "Kou Angel invited me, so I will naturally come."
Kou Ji was stunned for a moment.
He was a little surprised that Jiao Siluo called himself 'Ben Hou'.
After thinking about it carefully, I roughly understood Jiao Siluo's intention of doing this.
He regarded himself as a minister of the Song Dynasty, just because he wanted to gain more benefits from the Song Dynasty by helping the Song Dynasty attack Hexi.
Now that the Song Dynasty is attacking Hexi, the overall situation has been decided.
It won't cause any more waves.
The credit has been firmly received.
If he could show more loyalty and humility, perhaps the officials would be happy and reward him with many benefits.
After all, this Hexi war.
The Song Dynasty captured the entire Hexi.
But Qingtang got nothing.
The officials had to reward him more or less generously.
Kou Ji guessed Jiao Siluo's thoughts and said with a smile: "When my class teacher returns to the court, I will definitely tell the officials about Qingtang Hou's contribution and ask them to reward Qingtang Hou generously."
What can the officials bestow upon him?
It's nothing more than an official title and money.
It is impossible to give him territory.
The Song Dynasty took over the entire Hexi region, and it can be said that it gained a lot. Does it still care about some money and official titles?
Jiao Siluo heard Kou Ji's words and said with a smile: "If Kou Tianshi returns to the court, I will definitely give him some private gifts. Lest others say that Kou Tiantian went to Qingtang and got nothing, and that I am a Qing Dynasty."
Tang is stingy."
Jiao Siluo spoke loudly, but Kou Ji could clearly hear what he really meant.
He was reminding Kou Ji not to forget what he promised him.
Kou Ji nodded slowly and said: "We, the Song Dynasty, are a country of etiquette. If Marquis Qingtang gives you private gifts, I will naturally not be stingy."
When Jiao Siluo heard this, he nodded with satisfaction and said no more.
Kou Ji cupped his hands with Jiao Siluo and looked at the middle-aged man beside Jiao Siluo.
The middle-aged man did not wait for Kou Ji to give him a gift.
He took the lead and said, "Zhong Shiheng, the pacifying envoy of Xiping Road, has met the bandits."
Kou Ji smiled and cupped his hands and said: "You and I are of the same level, so there is no need to be polite when it comes to Zhong Jing Lue. I have heard about Zhong Jing Lue's name for a long time, but when I saw him today, he was indeed extraordinary."
Kou Ji looked at Zhong Shiheng while talking.
A handsome old man with a rather handsome appearance.
It has to be said that the civil and martial arts of the Song Dynasty were just that.
The officials of the Song Dynasty were extremely handsome.
None of the officials in the court are ugly.
None of the high-ranking officials in the border areas who have been appointed by foreign officials are crooked.
No wonder Bao Zheng has been criticized for thousands of years because of his slightly dark skin.
no way.
Among a group of handsome and white ministers, a wheat-colored guy suddenly appeared, which naturally attracted attention.
Being teased by others is something that can't be helped.
Zhong Shiheng is very handsome, slightly thin, and wearing a suit of armor, which is loose and loose.
When he was walking and talking, he didn't have the fierce aura of a military commander.
Instead, it has a bit more of a bookish feel.
Among the military officials that Kou Ji had ever met, none had a stronger scholarly aura than him.
Even among civil servants, not everyone can compare with him.
It must have something to do with his great Confucian uncle.
Kou Ji was looking at Zhong Shiheng.
Zhong Shiheng was also looking at Kou Ji. While doing so, he returned the courtesy and said, "The Kou officials are so complimentary... When it comes to reputation, there are only a handful of people in the Song Dynasty who can compare with the Kou officials."
Li Di coughed dryly and said, "You two, please stop flattering each other. Business is more important."
"Kou Xiaozi has also arrived. It's time for us to discuss the matter of attacking Xiliang City."
"..."
Everyone laughed a few times and walked into the military camp together.
All the way to the Chinese army's tent.
Kou Ji and Li Di declined for a while, and finally Kou Ji took the seat.
Kou Ji was an imperial envoy appointed by the emperor. On such a large occasion, he represented the official family, so he naturally had to be seated.
Li Di and Jiao Siluo sat on both sides of Kou Ji.
Zhong Shiheng, Zhu Neng, and Li Zhaoliang also took their seats respectively.
After sitting down.
Kou Ji said: "I just arrived and I don't know the situation in Xiliang City yet. Can any of you tell me?"
Li Di and Jiao Siluo kept silent and sat there calmly.
Zhong Shiheng had a smile on his face and didn't speak where he sat.
Zhu Neng and Li Zhaoliang looked at each other, and Zhu Neng was the first to speak: "When we arrived at Suzhou City, Qingtang Marquis and Zhong Jinglue had already led their troops into Hexi and successively captured the areas east of Xiliang.
All the troops in Hexi territory will gather outside Xiliang City.
When Qingtanghou and Zhong Jinglue arrived at Xiliang City, Li Zhaoliang led his men to attack Xiliang City.
The three parties gathered together and drove the Xixia troops and horses that had been plundered in Xiliang back to Xiliang City.
A few days ago.
Li Yuanhao led the Xixia soldiers and horses to Xiliang City, preparing to join up with the Xixia soldiers and horses in Xiliang City. They attacked from both inside and outside, but were defeated by our three-party soldiers and horses, and fled towards the Hongshui River."
When Kou Ji heard this, his brows twisted into the Chinese character "Chuan".
"Li Yuanhao escaped?"
Zhu Neng nodded solemnly.
Kou Ji gritted his teeth but said no more.
He was extremely angry at everything Li Yuanhao did in Suzhou City.
But on this occasion, with guests present, it would be inappropriate for him to say something to express his personal anger.
"It really gave him an advantage..."
Kou Ji muttered in a deep voice, but didn't say anything more.
Jiao Siluo was right next to him. If he said anything that contained too many emotions, Jiao Siluo would probably hear something.
Neither the military strategies of the Song Dynasty nor his personal likes and dislikes should be known to Jiao Siluo.