"Go and do your business. Don't forget that you have a heavy responsibility now. The lives of tens of millions of people in the northwest are weighing on you."
Jun, the old lady of the Yang family, warned Kou Ji with serious words.
Kou Ji sighed in his heart, stood up and bowed respectfully to the old lady of the Yang family.
The old lady of the Yang family sat on the kang without moving and accepted Kou Ji's gift.
She can afford it.
Even if Zhao Zhen personally salutes her, she can still bear it.
After Kou Ji saluted, he exited the side room.
Standing outside the door of the wing and looking back at the room, Kou Ji had a worried look on his face.
Unexpressed sadness is far more terrifying than hysterical crying.
Crying hysterically will not be fatal.
After crying hard and being comforted, things will gradually get better.
Unexpected sadness may lead to heart disease.
The accumulation of heart diseases will eventually overwhelm the entire body and lead to life-threatening problems.
Kou Ji really hoped that the old lady of the Yang family would cry bitterly, but the old lady of the Yang family did not shed a single tear.
The old lady of the Yang family told Kou Ji that her tears had long since dried up.
Koji believed her words.
She had no tears to shed, so she could only bleed, and it was blood from her heart.
Kou Ji returned to his own room from the old lady's room in the Yang family. Liu Heng was waiting in the room and did not leave.
After seeing Kou Ji, he hurried forward to greet him and asked eagerly: "How is the old lady looking?"
Kou Ji glanced at Liu Heng, sighed and said, "I didn't cry or shout, and even smiled at me a few times."
"Hiss~"
Liu Heng took a breath of air and said in a heavy voice: "She is holding back the pain in her heart..."
Kou Ji lamented: "Who says it's not the case?"
Liu Heng frowned and said in a deep voice: "We have to think of a way to let her vent the pain in her heart."
Kou Ji said with a grimace: "If I had a way, I would have used it long ago. I don't have to wait until now."
After hesitating for a moment, Kou Ji added: "Actually, I feel very conflicted in my heart. Do you think it is better for the old lady to live longer or to live shorter?"
If Kou Ji said this to others rashly, he would definitely be pointed at the nose and yelled at.
The old lady of the Yang family has lived to be eighty, which is already a rare person. Everyone hopes that she can live longer, and the longer she lives, the better she can live to be over a hundred years old.
Liu Heng did not point at Kou Ji's nose and yell, because he understood what Kou Ji meant.
Longevity is a happy thing for many, many people.
But for the old lady of the Yang family, that may not be the case.
If she lives for another quarter of an hour, she will suffer an additional quarter of an hour of pain and torture in her heart.
When Kou Ji was in later generations, he heard about an old man who lived a very long life. He survived the death of his son, his grandson, and his great-grandson, but his body and bones were still strong.
In the end, he made a move that puzzled many people, that is, he stopped eating and starved himself to death.
Kou Ji didn't quite understand the old man's behavior before, but now he can understand it more or less.
If a white-haired person gives a black-haired person a gift, it would already be a human tragedy.
Giving it away once will already break your heart.
If you give it a few more times, your heart, liver, spleen, lungs and kidneys will be crushed into a puddle of meat.
Living is a torture for them, not a gift.
Liu Heng hesitated for a long time and gave the answer, "Of course it's better to live longer..."
Kou Ji looked at Liu Heng, who solemnly said: "General Yang's bones are still at Gubeikou. Even if she wants to go west, she has to wait for General Yang's bones to be brought back and buried with General Yang."
Kou Jishen agreed and nodded, "You are right! She should live longer. As the younger generation, we should bring General Yang's bones back and bury them together with her.
Before that, we have to defeat the Liao people first."
Liu Heng nodded heavily.
Kou Ji ordered: "Take your people and go north immediately, without stopping, to the south bank of the Yellow River north of Jiaxian County, and stop the Liao people north of the Yellow River at all costs.
If necessary, Wang Yunsheng can be ordered to place a knife on Zhe Jixuan's neck to force the Zhe family's army to dispatch."
Liu Heng was a little worried after hearing this, "If we want to raise troops in the northwest, we must have the help of the Zhejia Army. If Wang Yunsheng does this, will the Zhejia Army be hostile to us?"
Kou Ji frowned and said: "The northwest is the northwest of the imperial court, not the northwest of the Zhe family. The official family has entrusted all the military and political power in the northwest to me, so I have the right to decide all affairs in the northwest. If they want to be hostile to us, they will also
Let’s talk about it after we pass the old lady’s test.”
Liu Heng heard Kou Ji's tough tone and knew that Kou Ji had made up his mind.
He didn't say anything else, hugged his fists towards Kou Ji, and left Kou Ji's wing.
Liu Heng went all the way to the barracks outside the post station, mobilized 10,000 Qingtang soldiers, and rushed to the northwest.
Kou Ji was in no hurry to leave.
In order to take care of the old lady of the Yang family, he stayed at the inn for one day and did not set off with his servants until the next day.
Kou Ji led a huge baggage team, so the marching speed was very slow.
When he led the servants of the Kou Mansion to escort the baggage out of Jinzhou, Wang Kai had already led his troops to Jiaxian County.
When the commander-in-chief of the Jinning Army stationed in Jiaxian County learned that Wang Kai was going to take over the military power of the Jinning Army, he did not readily hand over the military power of the Jinning Army, but he did not dare to embarrass Wang Kai, so he went to find
An excuse to delay.
Wang Kai knew that the military situation was urgent, and he held the arrow order given by Kou Ji in his hand, so naturally he would not sit still and wait for death.
Holding the arrow order, he secretly contacted the supervisors, push officials and other civil officials in the Jinning army, conveyed Kou Ji's order to them, and asked them to help restrain the Jinning army.
Then, when the commander-in-chief of the Jinning Army invited him to a restaurant in Jiaxian for a drink that night, he led his troops to ambush and kill the commander-in-chief of the Jinning Army.
The reason why Wang Kai chose to ambush instead of asking Kou Ji's arrow order to directly kill the Jinning Army general in the Jinning Army camp was because there were many confidants of the Jinning Army General in the Jinning Army.
If they were instigated by the commander of the Jinning Army and completely broke into chaos, they would not care whether you ordered the arrows or not, and would definitely hack Wang Kai to death on the spot.
There is an unwritten rule that has been used since ancient times. This rule is called the law.
According to the court's way of doing things, when a mutiny breaks out among local soldiers, whoever caused the mutiny will be the culprit, no matter what your purpose is, no matter whether you are wrongly accused or not.
Therefore, under the instigation of the commander of the Jinning Army, the soldiers of the Jinning Army hacked Wang Kai to death without much concern.
As soon as Wang Kai dies, the leader of the Jinning Army will definitely flee the Song Dynasty with his confidants.
Would the imperial court take it out on a group of ordinary soldiers who were incited?
Everyone is at fault. It is impossible for the court to kill tens of thousands of people just for Wang Kai.
Wang Kai had guessed what would happen if he asked for an arrow order in the Jinning Army camp, so he decisively chose to ambush him.
After Wang Kaifu killed the commander-in-chief of the Jinning Army, he carried the commander-in-chief's head and quietly entered the military camp.
He first used the military supervisors, push officials and others to control the confidants of the Jinning Army General in the army.
Then he took out the arrow order and the head of the Jinning Army general in public, and announced to the Jinning Army soldiers that he had been ordered to take over the military power of the Jinning Army.
The supervisors and promotion officers cooperated with Wang Kai to persuade the soldiers of the Jinning Army, and the soldiers quickly accepted this fact.
In order to control the Jinning Army as soon as possible and mobilize the morale of the Jinning Army.
After Wang Kai convinced the soldiers of Jinning County, he successively dismissed the officials and titles of the confidants of the Jinning Army Commander, and gave the officials and titles they vacated to those who had high prestige in the army, including senior officers.
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With the help of supervisors, promotion officers, department heads, chiefs and others, Wang Kai completely took control of the Jinning Army.
After taking control of the Jinning Army, Wang Kai sent someone to deliver a document of apology to Kou Ji, and then led the Jinning Army to Baode and along the Yellow River near Linzhou to resist the Liao people.
The reason why Wang Kai wanted to plead guilty was because he gave the rank among the generals to others without authorization.
Although he said he had to obey the authority in urgent matters, Kou Ji would not necessarily blame him.
But he had to express his attitude to Kou Ji and admit that he was wrong.
That's the rule.
Facts have proved that Kou Ji really dislikes his rules.
After Kou Ji got Wang Kai's confession document, he was very satisfied with Wang Kai's actions.
Don't be arrogant or impetuous, dare to do things, dare to admit mistakes, and understand the rules.
Only a subordinate like this can be considered a good subordinate.
Kou Ji's inner evaluation of Wang Kai has improved a bit.
When replying to Wang Kai, Kou Ji scolded Wang Kai in the letter, but did not give any substantial punishment.
The biggest punishment was to ask Wang Kai to pay a sum of money to settle the families of the followers who were killed by Wang Kai along with the Jinning army commander.
Financial punishment is really nothing to Wang Kai, who has a rich family.
Wang Kai led the Jinning army to the edge of the Yellow River, and happened to run into a partial division of the Liao people preparing to cross the river.
Wang Kai did not order the Jinning Army to cross the river to meet the enemy. Instead, he led the Jinning Army soldiers to stand on the bank and wait quietly for the Liao people to cross the river.
The Liao people did not dare to cross the river, so they could only look across the river at the soldiers of the Jinning Army led by Wang Kai.
Not long after Wang Kai arrived at the bank of the Yellow River, Liu Heng also appeared on the bank of the Yellow River with ten thousand Qingtang soldiers and horses.
Seeing this, the Liao people retreated decisively.
There were tens of thousands of troops waiting for them by the river, and they were not good at fighting on water. To cross the river by force would be to seek death.
Even if the Jinning Army's Qingtang soldiers and horses are not as strong as them, they can still give them a head-on blow when they cross the river.
Whether there is any cover on the river, most of them don't know how to swim.
Once they set foot on the road across the river, they become living targets.
It is true that the Liao people are good at fighting, but they cannot die foolishly.
Unable to cross the river, the Liao troops turned around and rushed to Yinzhou to poke Yinzhou in the ass.
After Wang Kai and Liu Heng saw the Liao people retreating, they immediately divided their troops into two groups and rushed all the way to Baode to assist the Qingshan Army. They stayed at the same place and began to set up defenses to prevent the Liao people from sending other partial troops to cross the river.
Kou Ji had already arrived in Fenzhou when he received the military information sent by Wang Kai and Liu Heng.
Kou Ji was relieved to learn that Wang Kai and Liu Heng had blocked the Liao people on the other side of the river.
The Liao people living on the north bank of the Yellow River and the people living on the south bank of the Yellow River are completely different concepts.
The Liao people were on the north bank of the Yellow River. With the help of the natural barrier of the Yellow River, Kou Ji could easily resist the Liao people.
If the Liao people crossed the Yellow River and appeared on the south bank of the Yellow River, the situation would be bad.
On the south bank of the Yellow River, there is a flat official road that leads directly to Bianjing City.
Once the Liao people crossed the Yellow River, they could unite their forces in one place, give up attacking all places, and go straight to Bianjing City.
Once the Liao people attacked Bianjing City, the entire Song Dynasty would be in turmoil.
After Kou Ji arrived in Fenzhou, he did not rush on his way, but stayed in Fenzhou for two days.
The old lady of the Zhe family was in Fenzhou, so she parted ways with Kou Ji and rushed to Fuzhou.
Kou Ji was in Fenzhou to wait for someone, while the old lady of the Zhe family was in a hurry to go to Fuzhou to see Zhe Weizhong's bones.
After Kou Ji saw off the old lady of the Zhe family, he waited in Fenzhou for a short time.
A very unique group of people appeared at the inn in Fenzhou.
The leader was an old man wearing a half-length mask, followed by several men wearing armor and holding blades, and behind him were a group of teenagers wearing leather armor and carrying muskets.
Several men wearing armor and holding swords were very enthusiastic when they saw Kou Ji. They jumped off their horses one by one and rushed in front of Kou Ji.
"I've met the young master..."
Several men wearing armor and holding swords came to Kou Ji and quickly saluted. After saluting, they began to complain.
"Master, please let me go back home quickly. The place you sent me to is not a place for people. I have nothing to offer. I have to be pissed off by a bunch of little bastards all day long. I am going to be killed."
I'm so angry that my hair is almost falling out..."
"Master, the people you asked me to teach are all stupid. If I can't teach you well, why don't you hire someone else?"
"Master, I'd better go back home and help you raise your horses."
"..."
Kou Ji had a headache from their quarrels. He rubbed his brows and shouted, "Okay, if you yell again, you'll be hung up and beaten!"
When the head of Kou Ji's bodyguard heard this, he immediately stood in front of him eager to try.
Several men wearing armor and holding blades immediately shut up.
The old man who had been silent while sitting on the horse, after the men in armor and swords shut up, stared at Kou Ji and snorted coldly: "Have you, master and servant, finished reminiscing about the past?
I don’t have time to spend time here with you.”
Before Kou Ji could speak, several men wearing armor and holding blades immediately turned their heads and glared at the old man on horseback.
One of the men even took off his musket from his back and threatened the old man: "Be polite to my young master, or I'll shoot you in the head!"
When the old man heard this, his face turned red. He stared at Kou Ji and shouted angrily: "Kou Ji, you have to make it clear that this time it is the court that is begging me, not the court that I am begging for. You'd better be polite to me and let your subordinates
You losers, please be polite to me."
"Bah! What a shame to you?! You're a bald phoenix, and you still dare to threaten my young master."
Chen Datou was holding a gun and was about to load it and fire.
Kou Ji frowned and said in a deep voice: "That's enough!"