Kou Ji led the soldiers to act recklessly in Hexi, which not only aroused the bloodiness of the soldiers, but also aroused their arrogance.
"Can everything in the city be handled properly?"
Kou Ji questions.
The soldiers shouted: "More than 30,000 people were captured, and more than 100,000 Ganzhou Uighurs were captured..."
Kou Ji raised his eyebrows and spoke again, "Captured more than 30,000 Xixia troops?"
The soldier nodded decisively.
Kou Ji frowned and ordered: "Go back and tell Zhu Neng that there will be no prisoners in this battle. Let him deal with those prisoners as soon as possible."
The soldier looked at Kou Ji blankly. He felt that Kou Ji's order was a bit cruel.
Li Di remained silent.
Why Kou Ji made such a decision has to do with what Li Yuanhao did in Suzhou.
If Li Yuanhao did not kill those Song soldiers in Suzhou City, perhaps the two sides could negotiate and exchange prisoners.
Although Kou Ji was very murderous, he would still choose to exchange for the lives of the Song Dynasty soldiers.
However, Li Yuanhao killed all the people in Suzhou City, cutting off all escape routes and all opportunities for prisoner exchange.
Since Li Yuanhao shows no mercy, Kou Ji will not show mercy either.
Li Yuanhao dared to kill thousands of soldiers of the Song Dynasty, and Kou Ji dared to kill tens of thousands of people.
At this point, Kou Ji was arrogant and unreasonable, and Li Di could not persuade him.
The soldier stood there stunned for a long time, thinking that Li Di would persuade Kou Ji, but he did not expect that Li Di remained silent. He knew that Kou Ji had made up his mind and no one could persuade him.
Immediately.
The soldier clasped his fists and said, "I'll go back and tell General Zhu your order..."
The soldiers walked out with their heads down.
Halfway through, Kou Ji's voice sounded from behind.
"etc……"
The soldiers immediately turned around, thinking that Kou Ji was going to regret it.
But he heard Kou Ji say: "Leave two people alive, behead Ye Li Wangrong, and send them back. By the way, let them tell Li Yuanhao, kill one of me from the Song Dynasty, and I will slaughter a hundred of them from the Xixia."
I remember the murders Li Yuanhao committed in Suzhou City.
His head is stored on his neck first.
Sooner or later, I will take off his head to pay homage to those dead soldiers."
When the soldiers heard this, they were in awe and saluted Kou Ji solemnly.
"I will definitely convey your words to General Zhu word for word..."
There are not many people in the government and the public who really take the lives of soldiers seriously.
Kou Ji is one of the few, so he naturally needs to be respected.
After the soldiers left.
Li Di walked up to Kou Ji, stood side by side with Kou Ji, and sighed: "You kid killed a lot of people during this trip to the west..."
Kou Ji was stunned for a moment and defended: "I just killed one...Cao Xianshun..."
Li Di rolled his eyes, and Kou Ji was obviously misinterpreting his meaning.
Did he mean that Kou Ji killed him himself?
He was referring to the killing on the order of Kou Ji.
In Xining Prefecture, Kou Ji killed as many as a hundred officials, generals, and junior officials.
In Qingtang, Kou Ji dealt with tens of thousands of petty thieves.
In the territory of Huangtou Huihe, Kou Ji buried tens of thousands of Huangtou Huihe soldiers in Deshengchuan.
In Shazhou, Kou Ji slaughtered all the Uighurs in Shazhou.
There are another 30,000 people in Xiliang City who will be killed by the sword under his order.
A careful calculation shows that hundreds of thousands of people perished at the hands of Kou Ji.
No wonder people in the Western Regions call Kou Ji "Human Slaughter".
A mountain of dead bones lay beneath the knife.
It is not an exaggeration to call it a massacre.
"I heard that your reputation for massacre has spread back to the Song Dynasty..."
Li Di looked outside the tent and said something neutral.
Kou Ji asked: "Is it good or bad?"
Li Di said faintly: "The common people naturally clapped their hands and applauded... The officials were quite critical..."
Kou Ji pursed his lips and said nothing.
Li Di let out a long sigh, "You are a civil servant, and it doesn't sound good to have the reputation of killing a man. In the future, if similar things happen, just give Zhu Neng private instructions and let him do it. There is no need to make a big fuss and make everyone angry.
Everyone knows."
Kou Ji pondered: "Should I have people throw out those dead people, and then Zhu Neng kills them again?"
Li Di stared, spat, and left the tent with his hands behind his back angrily.
He was having a serious chat with Kou Ji, but Kou Ji actually joked with him.
Not a son of man.
After Li Di left, Kou Ji calmed down the brooding look on his face and curled his lips and said: "I also know that human slaughter has a bad reputation, but among the Song officials in the Western Regions, except for me, no one else can afford to carry it.
reputation.
Regardless of Zhu Neng or Li Zhaoliang, once they have the reputation of massacre, will they not be tortured to death by those civil servants?"
After Kou Ji said to himself.
Went back to the tent to rest.
Although Xiliang City was captured, he was in no hurry to enter the city.
After Zhu Neng finished dealing with the prisoners in the city, it would not be too late for him to enter the city again.
It took a day to deal with the prisoners.
Zhu Neng and Li Zhaoliang took action together and killed 30,000 Xixia soldiers.
Jiao Siluo withdrew from Xiliang City when Zhu Neng and Li Zhaoliang started killing the prisoners.
He was probably afraid that he would have a pitiful thought and became hostile to the Song Dynasty, so he was unwilling to watch Li Zhaoliang and Zhu Neng trap and kill the surrendered soldiers.
Some of the old tribesmen of Ganzhou Uighurs in Xiliang City, after Zhu Neng, Li Zhaoliang and others attacked Xiliang City and rescued them, still clamored for the Song Dynasty to help them restore their country.
When they watched Zhu Neng and Li Zhaoliang kill the surrendered soldiers, they stopped making noises.
Not only did he stop making noise, he also sent someone to deliver a document to Kou Ji, expressing his willingness to surrender to the Song Dynasty and to live under the rule of the Song Dynasty.
After Zhu Neng and Li Zhaoliang cleared the surrendered soldiers, Kou Ji took some soldiers outside the city and entered Xiliang City.
The city wall of Xiliang City.
Under the attack of nearly 200,000 soldiers and horses, it became dilapidated.
But the city is very complete and very clean.
The streets and houses in the city were wet, obviously washed by water.
There are no traces of killing at all.
The old Uighur tribe in Ganzhou stood respectfully on both sides of the street, singing and dancing to welcome Kou Ji and his entourage into the city.
All the way to the city lord's mansion.
Kou Ji got off his horse and took Li Di into the city lord's mansion.
Inside the city lord's palace.
Jiao Siluo, Zhu Neng, Zhong Shiheng, Li Zhaoliang, and a man named Ji Yan came together to greet Kou Ji in the hall of the city lord's palace.
Amid their respectful greetings, Kou Ji stepped into the hall and sat at the top of the city lord's palace with a golden sword.
Then I asked Mr. Jiao Siluo to sit down, and then asked Li Di to sit down.
He doesn't need to take care of other people.
After Kou Ji and the others took their seats, they took their seats separately.
After sitting down.
Kou Ji said, "This time the war in Hexi is over, Qingtang Marquis can be said to have contributed a lot."
Jiao Siluo smiled very humbly and said: "It is my great honor to be able to serve the great kingdom of heaven."
Kou Ji smiled and nodded, "I will naturally report the merits of Marquis Qingtang to the officials truthfully. I believe that the officials will not hesitate to reward you."
Jiao Siluo learned the etiquette of the Han people and bowed to Kou Ji, "Then I will thank your majesty first..."
The two exchanged a few polite words.
The Kou family began to talk about the business, "In this battle, Qingtang Marquis was invited and really contributed a lot. The Qingtang warriors suffered great damage when they attacked Xiliang City.
Qingtang and the Song Dynasty are our strongest allies.
Qingtang has contributed to our Song Dynasty, and our Song Dynasty cannot be stingy."
"Zhong Shiheng, Zhu Neng, Li Zhaoliang..."
Kou Ji shouted loudly.
"The official is here!"
Zhong Shiheng and three others responded in unison.
Kou Ji solemnly said: "How about the capture of Xiliang City this time?"
Zhu Neng clasped his fists and said: "Back to the Imperial Envoy, our department has seized 50,000 cattle, 300,000 sheep, 70,000 horses, and countless valuables."
Kou Ji frowned and said, "The money hasn't been counted yet?"
Zhu Neng said with a bitter face: "There are some jewelry, jade, and antiquities. The lower official certainly doesn't know the value."
Kou Ji was slightly stunned and said: "There are also jewelry and jade whose value you don't know?"
Zhu Neng smiled bitterly and said: "It's mainly antiques..."
Kou Ji was stunned for a moment, then nodded thoughtfully.
The value of many antiquities can only be determined if they fall into the hands of people who know the goods.
If it falls into the hands of someone who doesn't know the goods, it might just be a piece of scrap metal or a piece of waste paper.
"Among my accompanying servants, there is one who can identify ancient objects. I will send him to you. You can take him to calculate the value of the property as soon as possible."
Zhu Neng agreed and left the hall.
After Zhu Neng left, Kou Ji looked at Jiao Siluo and said with a smile: "Qingtang Hou, the value of the property has not yet been calculated clearly. How about we divide the cattle, sheep and horses first?"
Jiao Siluo said with a smile: "Everything is entirely up to Kou Angel."
Kou Ji was very fair when handling this matter.
Jiao Siluo can see it.
Take those antiquities as an example. Among those antiquities, there are antiquities from the Western Regions and antiquities from the Central Plains.
He can also identify antiques from the Western Regions.
But he couldn't identify the antiquities from the Central Plains.
If Kou Ji had his heart in mind, he could have tricked him on this.
Even if he knew that Kou Ji had tricked him, he could only suffer the loss of being dumb.
But Kou Ji didn't cheat him.
Instead, he sent someone to calculate the value of those antiquities.
Kou Ji heard Jiao Siluo's words and said with a smile: "According to the agreement we made when we broke into the city, Qingtang Marquis just sends people to choose your share from the cattle and sheep.
Choose the fattest sheep, and choose the strongest oxen.”
Jiao Siluo narrowed his eyes and smiled.
Kou Ji is so generous when it comes to cattle and sheep, so he will definitely make a fuss about horses.
Everyone knows that the Song Dynasty was short of horses, good horses.
Now that a large number of horses had been captured, the Song Dynasty naturally wanted to keep the best ones.
Jiao Siluo saw through Kou Ji's thoughts and said with a smile: "I, Qingtang, don't need the horse... I just hope that for the sake of my Qingtang's loyalty, your majesty can give this poor little girl a title, and
I am the younger sister of An Ziluo, one of my most trusted subordinates."
Kou Ji has Kou Ji's plan.
Jiao Si Luo also has Jiao Si Luo's plans.
Now that the Song Dynasty has captured Hexi, there will be no shortage of horses in the future.
Now that we are arguing with the Song Dynasty over the issue of horses, it is better to be more generous and use the horses in exchange for other benefits.
Previously, Song and Qingtang formed an alliance to deal with Xixia together.
Jiao Siluo sent a young girl who was younger than Zhao Zhen to the Song Dynasty and became Zhao Zhen's concubine.
It's just that the civil and military officials in the Song Dynasty didn't attach much importance to Qingtang.
Therefore, Jiao Siluo's young daughter is still just a royal maiden.
Jiao Siluo took the horses and gave his young daughter a new title, which was to increase her status in the harem.
Seeking a status for An Ziluo's sister is also to increase An Ziluo's sister's weight in Bianjing City.
With their status and status in the Song Dynasty, the two girls can help Qingtang do more things and gain more benefits.
When Kou Ji heard Jiao Siluo's words, he understood Jiao Siluo's thoughts.
He had to admire him, Jiao Siluo was so calculating.
Offering tens of thousands of horses as a favor was not only difficult for Kou Ji to refuse, but also for the civil and military officials of the entire dynasty, including Zhao Zhen.
Although the Song Dynasty now captured Hexi, it also had horse breeding land.
But it is impossible to raise a horse at once.
Within three to five years, they could not raise enough horses to supply the Song Dynasty.
Although a lot of horses were captured this time, it may not be enough to distribute them evenly among the Song Dynasty horse army.
Therefore, the Song Dynasty still lacked horses.
Kou Ji thought for a while and said: "I will send someone to report this matter to the officials as soon as possible. If the officials agree, then I will send someone to inform Qingtang Marquis. We can leave the issue of horse distribution temporarily until the officials agree.
Once the decision is made, we will discuss the matter again."
Jiao Siluo nodded with a smile and said no more.
He was confident, and he knew very well that the Song Dynasty would not refuse his offer of tens of thousands of horses.
"Now that the matter of cattle and sheep has been decided, Marquis Qingtang will send someone to select cattle and sheep."
"good……"
Jiao Siluo sent people to follow the clerk in the hall and go down to select cattle and sheep.
The issue of horses has been put aside for the time being, and the inventory of goods has not yet been settled.
The issue of spoils distribution stops here.
Kou Ji and others stopped talking about the distribution of the spoils.
Kou Ji cast his eyes on Ji Yan, who had been shrinking in a corner of the hall since he entered.
Ji Yan is very young, much younger than Kou Ji, only about seventeen years old.
His costume is very similar to Jiao Si Luo, but it is somewhat different from Jiao Si Luo.
Kou Ji pointed at Ji Yan and asked, "Who is he?"
Before Li Zhaoliang and Zhong Shiheng could answer, they saw Ji Yan walking into the hall. He bowed to Kou Ji in a polite manner and said, "Ji Yan, the leader of the Uighur tribe, has met Kou Qin..."
Kou Ji raised his eyebrows.
Ji Yan revealed a lot of information in one sentence.
The Uighurs he mentioned should refer to the Ganzhou Uighurs.
Kou Ji remembered that the Uighur Khan of Ganzhou was beheaded by his horse after Li Yuanhao conquered Ganzhou.
Ji Yan, the chief of the Ganzhou Uighur clan, should be the successor of the Ganzhou Uighur Khan.
Kou Ji stared at Ji Yan and said, "Did you write the letter of return to the Song Dynasty that was willing to lead the Uighur people in Ganzhou to submit to us?"
Ji Yan said respectfully: "It was written by the wise men of the clan and stamped by the common people."
Kou Ji nodded slowly, "Since the Uighurs in Ganzhou are willing to submit to me, the Song Dynasty, then you will be my subjects in the Song Dynasty from now on."
Ji Yan hurriedly said: "Thank you very much, Commander Kou, for your mercy."
Kou Ji continued: "There are a lot of your people in Xiliang City. They have all been plundered by the Xixia people and are entrenched in Xiliang City. I am afraid they will not survive.
Since you have now become my subjects of the Song Dynasty, I cannot ignore you.
In this way, in this battle in Hexi, our Song Dynasty captured countless cattle, sheep, and horses.
They are scattered throughout Hexi.
You go back and instruct your people to divide into more than a dozen groups and rush to different places to herd horses and sheep, so as to maintain your lives."