The old lady of the Yang family, who had been silent all this time, hesitated for a moment after Gao Gonggong finished speaking, and whispered: "Soldiers don't care too much about their titles..."

The soldiers don't care too much about the title. It's not that the soldiers are not greedy for the title, but they are self-aware and know that the title is too far away from them and they don't dare to think about it.

Kou Ji heard the words of the old lady of the Yang family and said in a deep voice: "I have promised a heavy reward to the leader of the army, so naturally I will not treat the soldiers harshly."

Kou Ji looked around at the crowd, stood up slowly, and said loudly: "After driving away the Liao people and destroying the Great Wall, I allow them to race to enclose the territory. Kill the enemy by one level, race half a stick of incense, and there is no limit to the top!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone in the big tent widened their eyes in shock.

There is not much land that can be circled by half a stick of incense in a horse race.

But Kou Ji added the words "no cap", so the concept is completely different.

If you kill the enemy by two levels, you can run a horse and burn a stick of incense.

The more enemy heads you kill, the longer the race will take.

You know, when the horse is first urged, the speed is not very fast, but as time goes by, the speed continues to increase, and in the end it is like a gust of wind passing over the land.

It can be said that as long as the soldiers kill the enemy by two levels on the battlefield, they have a chance to become small landowners.

If you kill the enemy at level 4, you will have a chance to become a big landowner.

In this era, the greed for land is endless, ranging from the royal family to the peddlers.

Throughout the Song Dynasty, there were many people who didn't care about money.

But there is no one who doesn't care about the earth.

Even Kou Ji, who is very forward-thinking, is a little greedy for land, not to mention other people.

"You...are you crazy?!"

Wang Yunsheng stared at Kou Ji in horror and asked with trembling lips.

Kou Ji said solemnly: "I'm not crazy. I can't be the master of the land within the Song Dynasty. But outside the Song Dynasty, I can help the officials to be the master."

Gao Chugong took a few deep breaths, calmed down, stared at Kou Ji and said solemnly: "Beyond the Great Wall is the territory of Xixia..."

Kou Ji snorted coldly: "The territory outside Linzhou now belongs to the Liao people. If the Liao people can invade the territory of our Song Dynasty, we, the Song Dynasty, can naturally invade the territory of the Liao Kingdom."

When Gao Chugong heard this, he couldn't say a word to refute.

"Soldiers... I'm afraid they're going crazy..."

Guo Yi took several breaths of cold air and muttered in a low voice.

But few of those who served as soldiers in the northwest where the Zhe family lived were well-off.

All of them were too poor to take the blame, so they had to join the army to earn a living.

However, few people who have extra money in their families or have a little bit of wealth will become soldiers. Even if they want to become soldiers, they will go to the Forbidden Army or the Zhejia Army.

There are absolutely no children from rich families or rich farmers who take the initiative to serve as soldiers.

Therefore, the rewards that Kou Ji gave to the soldiers can be said to be a needle pricking into their hearts, poking the softest place in their hearts.

They may not go to great lengths for money.

But they are willing to risk their lives for the land that can be passed down from generation to generation.

If your own life is not enough, you will not hesitate to take the lives of three generations of your grandparents.

Kou Ji didn't pay attention to Guo Yi's words. He said to Gao Chugong and others: "Go down quickly and tell the soldiers the news!"

Gao Chugong and others left the tent one by one in silence.

Not long after, the roar of mountains and tsunamis came from the military camp.

The low morale reached a peak in an instant.

The soldiers were all excited and wished they could break out of the camp right now, take the initiative to find the Liao people, and have a fierce battle with them.

If you kill a Liao man, you will make a profit.

Killing two Liao people is a bloody gain.

As for the land promised by Kou Ji was outside the Great Wall and was still in the hands of the Liao people, the soldiers did not care.

If it's the land within the Great Wall, it won't be their turn.

The reason why the soldiers believed in Kou Ji's words was because they all knew what Kou Ji did in Hexi.

When Kou Ji was in Hexi, he gave the peasants a thousand acres of fertile land.

Treat the dead and wounded soldiers even more generously.

The soldiers believed that Kou Ji was a man of his word on such matters and would never deceive them.

After the morale of the soldiers was mobilized, Kou Ji did not need to do anything else. He could just wait quietly for the Liao people to arrive at Quyechuan.

Two days later.

Liu Heng led a force of one hundred soldiers and horses and rushed to Quyechuan.

Kou Ji sent someone to bring him into the big tent.

Liu Heng entered the Chinese army tent with a dusty look and placed a wooden box squarely in front of Kou Ji.

Kou Ji was slightly stunned when he saw this, "The head of the magistrate of Baode County?"

Liu Heng nodded solemnly and said: "After you defected to the Liao people, you helped the Liao people to dominate and prosper in Baode County. You also helped the Liao people to write letters everywhere to persuade others to surrender.

He was useful to the Liao people, but the Liao people did not get rid of him and sent soldiers and horses to protect him.

Six of my men died before I took his head off from the Liao people."

Kou Ji narrowed his eyes and said in a deep voice: "I will send someone to cast his head into a stepping stone later, and then I will give it to you to play with for a few days."

Liu Heng did not hesitate and nodded decisively to agree to the matter.

Kou Ji ordered his servants to take the heads out and asked Liu Heng, "Where are the Liao army?"

Liu Heng said quickly: "I was just about to tell you about this. After the Liao people defeated Baode, they left some people to guard it. The other part rushed to Xintai in Linzhou.

Most of the Liao soldiers who invaded the Song Dynasty from the northwest seem to be converging on Xintai.

I believe that in two or three days, we will move south and approach Quyechuan."

When Kou Ji heard this, he nodded slowly, "I have sent people outside Quyechuan to make complete preparations. I am just waiting for the Liao people to come with their troops."

After saying this, Kou Ji looked at Liu Heng and said, "Should your Qingtang soldiers and horses be withdrawn to help us resist the Liao people?"

Liu Heng muttered: "I was about to discuss this matter with you. If your soldiers and horses here can't stop the Liao people, then I will lead the Qingtang soldiers and horses back to rush for reinforcements. If your soldiers and horses here can stop them

Liao people, then I want to lead the troops and continue to stay on the front line of Baode."

Kou Ji was slightly stunned and said in a deep voice: "What do you want to do?"

Liu Heng must have had other ideas and other purposes when he still led Qingtang soldiers and horses to linger near Baode even though he knew Qu Yechuan was short of troops.

Facing Kou Ji's question, Liu Heng said frankly: "The Liao people have gathered all their troops and are preparing to fight us to the death in Quyechuan. Then the troops in other places will become very empty.

I want to seize the opportunity to recapture Baode City when the Liao people start a war with us outside Quyechuan, and then lead the troops north to seize Ningbian Prefecture and Dongsheng County of Liao Kingdom.

Now the Liao people have dispatched all the Heqing and Jinsu armies in Ningbianzhou and Dongsheng County to our Song Dynasty territory.

There are not many troops left in Yongbyon Prefecture and Dongsheng County.

If I take the opportunity to lead people to kill them, I will definitely capture these two places.

By capturing these two places, the Liao soldiers who have invaded our Song Dynasty will be reduced to a lone army.

At that time, whether to kill, recruit, or expel them all depends on our will."

After listening to Liu Heng's idea, Kou Ji frowned slightly and said: "Your idea is good, but you lead too few troops. You can seize the opportunity to capture Baode, but you can go north to seize Ningbian Prefecture and

Dongsheng County is a bit more difficult.

The defense line between Yongbyon Prefecture and Dongsheng County is not short.

You have less than 10,000 soldiers and horses under your command, and you can't defend them at all."

Liu Heng stared straight at Kou Ji and said in a deep voice: "Has Fourth Brother forgotten the 10,000 soldiers and horses of the small tribe?"

Kou Ji was stunned and said slightly surprised: "They arrived so soon?"

Although Kou Ji sent people to mobilize them, he never expected them to do anything powerful.

Based on past experience, whenever the imperial court recruits them for war, they will push them if they can and delay them if they can.

It can wait until the war is over before it appears.

Why have you become so positive now?

When Liu Heng heard Kou Ji's question, he sighed and said, "This is thanks to Zhe Jixuan. After those small tribes took refuge with me in the Song Dynasty, they have been wandering around Fuzhou and were controlled by the imperial court and the Zhe family."

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Zhe Jixuan, that boy, has never had a good impression of people from small tribes and would always go to the place where they live to act arrogantly.

Now that Zhe Weizhong is dead and Zhe Jixuan has taken over the power of the Zhe family, the people of the small tribes are naturally in a panic.

They know that you have a close relationship with the officials, so they want to use this war to exchange the imperial court for an opportunity to move to another place."
To be continued...