Chapter 0556 the overall situation has been decided
"Since Li Yuanhao has escaped, then the troops led by Ye Li Wangrong are the only ones left in Xiliang City?"
Kou Ji asked aloud.
Zhu Neng replied: "Not only the soldiers and horses led by Ye Li Wangrong, but also the prisoners of the Ganzhou Uighurs that Li Yuanhao defeated."
Kou Ji's expression changed, and he asked thoughtfully: "The money, cattle, sheep, and horses that Li Yuanhao seized in Hexi are also in Xiliang City?"
Zhu Neng didn't say anything. Instead, he kept paying attention to Li Di who was captured in Hexi. He smiled and said: "A lot of cattle and sheep were used by Li Yuanhao and Ye Li Wangrong as military rations, but there are still a lot of horses and money left."
When Kou Ji heard this, he glanced at Jiao Siluo subconsciously.
Nowadays, hundreds of thousands of soldiers of the Song Dynasty gathered together to capture Xiliang City, which was an easy task.
The horned servant hasn't left yet, probably because he wants to share the spoils.
Even now, it is impossible for Kou Ji to drive them away.
After all, they are reinforcements.
Use them when there is no reason to contribute, and drive them away when you want to share the benefits.
If you really do this, it will be difficult to trick Qingtang's troops into helping the Song Dynasty in the future.
Kou Ji analyzed clearly Jiao Siluo's intention to stay, and deliberately deceived Qingtang soldiers and horses to continue to use their own strength.
Kou Ji pretended to be thoughtful and said: "Then how do you plan to attack the city?"
As soon as these words came out, the Chinese army's tent fell into an eerie silence.
Zhu Neng, Li Zhaoliang, and Zhong Shiheng all looked at Jiao Siluo.
Li Di also looked at Jiao Siluo with a smile.
Their thoughts were roughly the same as Kou Ji's.
If Jiao Si Luo wants to share the benefits from Xiliang City, his soldiers and horses must fight to the death.
At the very least, you have to gnaw hard bones.
Seeing this, Jiao Siluo sighed in his heart, but the smile on his face did not change, "If the Jishi Army is here, my soldiers and horses in Qingtang can serve as the vanguard. But now the Jishi Army is fighting fiercely in Huangtou Huihe, and I, the Marquis
The troops and horses we brought are somewhat unsatisfactory, and if we serve as the vanguard, we may miss important events."
Jiao Siluo did Tai Chi and passed the decision-making power to Kou Ji and others.
If Kou Ji and others insist on letting the Qingtang soldiers and horses serve as the vanguard, the damage caused by the Qingtang soldiers and horses during the siege will have to be compensated with profits.
Entered the city.
There is no doubt that the Qingtang soldiers and horses want to get the most generous benefits.
If Kou Ji and others do not allow the Qingtang soldiers and horses to serve as the vanguard, the interests of the Qingtang soldiers and horses will also be indispensable.
Although they may eat less, the Qingtang soldiers and horses will not be damaged.
It is impossible to expect Qingtang soldiers to use their efforts in vain.
Kou Ji and the others naturally understood what Jiao Siluo was thinking.
Zhu Neng, Li Zhaoliang, Zhong Shiheng, and Li Di looked at Kou Ji to see how Kou Ji was going to respond.
Kou Ji thought for a moment and smiled: "I have an immature idea. Let's discuss it with you."
Kou Ji finished his words and saw no one objected, so he continued: "The city has four gates. We have four troops here. Each troop is responsible for attacking a city gate. The one who captures the city gate first can enjoy 30% of the victory.
The two troops and horses that were captured and then captured the city gate were each entitled to two and a half percent of the capture. The troops and horses that finally captured the city gate were only entitled to 20% of the capture. What do you think?"
Zhong Shiheng said with a smile: "Then I will lead the army to attack the East City Gate. The soldiers and horses I brought are just waiting outside the East City Gate."
Zhu Neng and Li Zhaoliang were stunned at first.
Then he immediately answered the call.
Zhu Neng said loudly: "Leave the west city gate to me!"
Li Zhaoliang sighed, "Then I will be responsible for attacking the North Gate."
Jiao Siluo looked at Kou Ji and others blankly.
Is this a negotiation?
Is this a negotiation?
You have already decided without even discussing it.
The most important thing is that you have looted all the three best city gates, leaving me with the most difficult one, the west gate?
It’s obvious that they are taking advantage of the large number of people to bully the small number of people!
If we hadn't reached this point, would you believe that I would flip the table?
Jiao Siluo sighed helplessly and said: "Leave the west gate to my Qingtang soldiers and horses."
Although they did not grab the easiest gate, Qingtang must be the first to capture the west gate.
The purpose is to gain 10% or 50% more seizures.
Li Yuanhao almost transported all the money collected from the Uighurs in Ganzhou, as well as the money stolen from Guazhou and other places, to Xiliang City.
Although the money in Xiliang City is not as good as the gold hidden by the Shazhou Uighurs, it is still quite large.
One percent.
A little said is worth millions.
For millions of dollars, it's okay to put in a lot of effort.
Kou Ji stood up and said loudly: "Then it's settled. The four of you will discuss the specific combat strategy. We will capture Xiliang City within three days. I will celebrate your victory in Xiliang City."
Jiao Siluo stood up and said, "Three days is too long. We have nearly 200,000 men and horses hoarded here. Every day we spend, we will spend a lot of money and food."
In order to avoid a long night and many dreams, we will attack the city today.
Take Xiliang City in one fell swoop."
When Zhu Neng heard this, his face turned a little bitter.
Most of his troops had been with Kou Ji for the past few days.
Kou Ji led them all the way from Ganzhou on a starry night journey, and now they are short of men and horses. It would be extremely unfavorable for him to attack the city now.
Zhu Neng wanted to speak, but after thinking about it carefully, he still did not speak.
What Jiao Siluo said is true, the nights are long and the dreams are many.
If you wait one more day, there will be one more day of variability.
What's more important is that among the nearly 200,000 soldiers and horses, the soldiers and horses of the Song Dynasty accounted for a huge number.
The amount of money and food consumed every day is a huge number.
Kou Ji saw the bitterness on Zhu Neng's face, and said to the others with a smile: "General Zhu's soldiers and horses have just arrived, and they are still exhausted. In order to show fairness, I will send the three thousand soldiers of the Yuanshan tribe to
I'll lend the horse to General Zhu temporarily. You won't have any objections, right?"
Zhong Shiheng and Li Zhaoliang shook their heads decisively.
As for Jiao Siluo, who cares what he thinks?
What Kou Ji lent to Zhu Neng was not soldiers and horses from Qingtang.
Seeing this, Kou Ji nodded slowly and said: "Then it's settled... The four of you will discuss the battle strategy here, so I won't disturb you for now."
Kou Ji bowed his hands and left the Chinese army tent.
Li Di followed him out of the Chinese army's tent.
Four people, Jiao Siluo, Zhu Neng, Li Zhaoliang and Zhong Shiheng, were left behind to discuss the battle strategy in the Chinese army's tent.
Li Di trotted to catch up with Kou Ji and shouted complainingly: "Kou boy, why are you walking so fast? You didn't even wait for me."
Kou Ji paused and said to Li Di: "I'm going back to my tent to think about it and see if I can lead 200,000 troops to attack Xixia and remove Xixia from the map."
Li Di stared in shock, "Are you crazy?!"
Kou Ji said solemnly: "I'm not crazy, it's just Li Yuanhao who went too far."
Li Di hurriedly said: "I have heard a little bit about what Li Yuanhao did in Suzhou. I know that you hate others' massacre of our people in the Song Dynasty.
However, you can't act on impulse.
You have to think about me, Da Song.
For this war in the Western Regions, the imperial court emptied its treasury of money.
Not only that, Changpingcang to the west and north of Bianjing City was also emptied.
Although we seized a lot of money in Shazhou, the money will not be sent to the Song Dynasty for a while, and it will not be replaced by food.
The fertile fields you have opened up in Shazhou have just been sown now, and the harvest may not come until autumn.
Without enough food, how can the soldiers of the Song Dynasty continue to fight fiercely with the Xixia soldiers and horses?"
Seeing that Kou Ji didn't refute, Li Di continued: "We have just captured Hexi, and the people in Hexi have been slaughtered by Li Yuanhao. It will take some time for us to digest Hexi.
Being greedy is a good thing, and I also like to see you being greedy.
But if we eat too much, we will be exhausted.
If you want to attack Xixia, I will not stop you. I will even write to the officials to support your strategy of attacking Xixia.
But can we wait, wait until we have digested Hexi, and wait until our treasury has a surplus?
Then you can do whatever you want."
Li Di paused and said solemnly: "I know that you are very ambitious, and I am not willing to see the current weak situation of our country. I am also not willing to see my country being oppressed by our neighbors.
We need time now, and we need time to accumulate the capital for trouble.
When you have saved enough capital, let alone attack Xixia, even if you attack Liao, I will support you unconditionally."
After listening to Li Di's words, Kou Ji sighed inwardly.
Li Di told the truth.
The imperial court spent a lot of money to send troops to the Western Regions.
After Kou Ji and his party arrived in the Western Regions, they basically didn't worry about the baggage.
It seems like a common thing, but it is anything but common.
In this era where culture suppresses military force, except for some high-status generals and commanders, most generals and military ministers will always encounter various difficulties when they lead their troops to attack.
Among them, baggage is one item.
Often after the baggage left Bianjing and was delivered to the soldiers, it would shrink by nearly half.
Countless people will reach out and benefit from it.
This is not something shocking, but a very common thing.
Kou Ji vaguely remembered that in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, when civil servants were raising military pay and equipment, they did not even bother to hide it, and openly and openly reaped the benefits.
Nearly one million taels of military pay was approved, and the big shots in the DPRK first divided him into several hundred thousand taels.
Then distribute them to the soldiers.
After the soldiers received their military pay, if they wanted to get the next batch of military pay, they had to donate hundreds of thousands of taels, or tens of thousands of taels, to the big shots in the DPRK.
It can be said that after the military pay was approved, nearly 90% of it was eaten up by the big shots in the DPRK.
Although the Song Dynasty was not as serious as the Ming Dynasty, it was also normal to have to hand over military pay and supplies.
This normal situation did not happen to Kou Ji during his trip to the west.
All the supplies Kou Ji needs will be distributed by the imperial court.
Even if there is an error in the process, the court will make it up as soon as possible.
In order to prevent Kou Ji and his party from being short of food and clothing in the Western Regions, the imperial court not only spent a lot of money, but also spent a lot of effort.
When Kou Ji left Bianjing City, the treasury was empty. It had been almost four months since Kou Ji left Bianjing City. During these four months, the imperial court had sent baggage one after another, all from Changping.
Drawn from the warehouse.
Maybe he even borrowed some money from Yizijiaozipu.
The imperial court is now probably in debt to fund their wars.
Kou Ji's seizures were quite large, but he could replenish his debts, reward his soldiers, replenish the empty Changping warehouse, and leave some money to run Hexi, but in the end not much was left.
After all, the Song Dynasty was not a great Han Dynasty, and it could not mobilize the whole country to conquer all directions.
When the soldiers of the Han Dynasty go on an expedition, the court only needs to provide them with rice and grain.
When the soldiers of the Song Dynasty went on an expedition, the court not only had to provide rice and grain, but also a large amount of sophisticated military equipment, as well as a huge amount of military pay.
After the labor service period, the peasants also had to give some corresponding money as compensation.
It can be said that the Song Dynasty spent several times as much as the Han Dynasty to fight the same battle.
Kou Ji's idea of supporting war through war is still a bit wrong after all.
The soldiers and horses of the Song Dynasty were not like the Mongolian soldiers and horses. They could survive on mare's milk, beef and mutton.
After not eating rice and noodles for several days, the soldiers of the Song Dynasty seemed to be hollowed out and lacked energy.
This matter is not Kou Ji's imagination, but a fact.
If a northerner who is used to eating pasta moves to the south, it will take a long time to adapt to the rice-eating life in the south.
Vice versa, the same is true.
Ancient times are not like later generations.
In later generations, information, transportation, and commerce were developed.
Northerners can also often feed on rice.
Southerners can also eat various kinds of pasta in the south.
In ancient times, information was difficult to communicate, transportation was inconvenient, and commercial development was limited.
Eating habits vary greatly.
People who are used to eating pasta will not feel full at all if they eat rice. Some people even find it difficult to get used to eating rice throughout their lives.
Vice versa is also true.
Kou Ji smiled at Li Di and said, "I just said it casually, do you still take it seriously?"
Li Di twitched his lips with a stiff expression, as if he believed Kou Ji's lies.
Others are joking about this matter, Li Dixin.
Kou Ji joked about this matter, but Li Di didn't believe it at all.
Li Di was sure that if he didn't stop him, Kou Ji might really find a way to go to Xixia.
After all, Kou Ji has a criminal record.
The imperial court's initial idea was to rush to the aid of the Shazhou Uighurs.
But what happened after Kou Ji led the troops to the expedition?
The imperial court's ally, the Shazhou Uighurs, disappeared.
The war that originally only needed to be fought for one or two months was suddenly extended to four months by Kou Ji.
The imperial court gained an additional territory in Hexi.
There is one more ally that is about to rise in the Western Region.
Motoyamabe.
As he walked into the tent, Kou Ji asked Li Di with a smile, "You said that the things I did in Shazhou should have been reported to the court, right? Why haven't the documents from the court reprimanded me come yet?"
Li Di glanced at Kou Ji, snorted, and said nothing.
If you forced a political advisor to death in the Western Regions, the court would certainly reprimand you.
Not only will I have to reprimand you, but I will also send an important minister to the Western Regions to take away your imperial envoy power.
However, after that guy arrives, does he really dare to scold you?
Do you really dare to take out the edict that denounces you?
You opened up territory in the Western Region and captured the entire Hexi region. That was a great achievement that shocked the government and the public, and shocked the world.