Kou Ji narrowed his eyes, stared at Lieutenant Zhejia and Wang Kai, and said with a smile: "I said why don't you pursue the victory and pick up the heads of the Liao soldiers? It turns out that you are thinking about the horses left by the Liao soldiers."
Wang Kai and Lieutenant Zhejia Military Academy smiled dryly.
Kou Ji smiled and said: "Those horses should be captured by the imperial court, right?"
Wang Kai and Lieutenant Zhejia's military commander's hearts jumped at the same time, and their faces became a little bitter.
Kou Ji continued to smile and said: "But you are fighting very bravely in this battle. It is not difficult to dispatch some of those horses to you."
Wang Kai and the Zhejia Military Academy Captain breathed a sigh of relief at the same time and looked at Kou Ji eagerly.
Kou Ji smiled and said: "Whatever can be recovered within two hours will be counted. After two hours, all horses will belong to the imperial court."
Wang Kai and the Zhejia Military Academy captain heard this and nodded as if they were being pardoned.
They had a rough guess as to why Kou Ji set two hours.
It should be to prevent them from delaying the fighter plane.
Wang Kai and Lieutenant Zhejia Military Academy immediately sent all their men to find Ma.
Kou Ji was not in a hurry, and accompanied them to wait for his men to find the horses.
Two hours later.
Wang Kai and the men under Lieutenant Zhejia Military Academy returned to the river bank with more than 30,000 horses.
After the horses escaped from the river bank, they did not run far away, but gathered together in groups and hid in the corners.
Wang Kai and the men under Lieutenant Zhejia found them easily.
If it weren't for the limited time given by Kou Ji, they might have been able to find more horses.
After Kou Ji and Wang Kai and Lieutenant Zhejia's men came back from finding their horses, Kou Ji followed them to pursue Xiao Xiaomu.
Before leaving, Kou Ji ordered Wang Yunsheng, Ming Hao and others to stay with the servants of the Kou Mansion, so that they could organize the people who had been devastated by the war in the northwest to re-establish official governance and rebuild their homes.
Wang Yunsheng and Ming Hao are quite comfortable with this.
After hearing Kou Ji's instructions, he nodded and agreed without saying a word.
After they nodded in agreement, Kou Ji left a few handwritten notes and followed Wang Kai and Lieutenant Zhejia to pursue Xiao Xiaomu.
The horses galloped all the way, and it was not until dusk that they caught up with the soldiers and horses of Liu Qi and Guo Yi who had rushed out for a long time.
They pursued the Liao people all the way, beheaded many Liao people, and captured many Liao people.
However, Kou Ji did not see Liu Qi, Guo Yi, and Gao Chugong.
I found out after asking carefully.
On the way of pursuit, Gao Chugong and other three men encountered many fleeing war horses. They rode on their war horses and took a small number of elites with them to chase Xiao Xiaomu.
It can be seen that both Gao Chugong, Liu Qi and Guo Yi are determined to win Xiao Xiaomu's head.
If they take Xiao Xiaomu's head, they will really reach the sky in one step.
Naturally they will not miss this opportunity.
Especially Gao Chugong, who once stood on the clouds and saw the scenery on the clouds, lowered his head three feet to Xiao Xiaomu.
Kou Ji was determined to lead his men in pursuit of Gao Gao Gong and the others, but considering that many Liao soldiers turned into small groups of soldiers and horses on the way to escape and dispersed to various places, he had to stop.
Led the Suide Army, the Longzhou garrison, and part of the Jinning Army, they began to sweep away the remnants of the Liao soldiers in the northwest.
In order to avoid any accidents happening to Gao Chugong and others.
Kou Ji ordered Wang Kai and two lieutenants from the Zhejia Military Academy, leading ten thousand horses, to gallop to the aid of Gao Gong Gong and his three men.
Kou Ji led his men and horses, plowing through the northwest territory previously occupied by the Liao people, just like plowing the ground, and completely wiped out the Liao people's defeated troops.
The Liao people occupied Linzhou and other places for a short time, but they did a lot of outrageous things.
Often when Kou Ji sent people to rescue the people from the Liao people, the people would swarm in and beat the captured Liao people to death.
Kou Ji spent four days raiding the area. Instead of increasing the number of prisoners, several hundred people were taken in.
Kou Ji didn't know whether to cry or laugh.
On the fifth day, Kou Ji's raids reached Linzhou City.
Corpses were everywhere outside Linzhou City, and the city walls were stained with blood.
There is not a single corpse in Linzhou City.
The reason why this happened is because the defenders of Linzhou City and the Baode Army fought a bloody battle with the Liao people in Linzhou City, fighting to the last soldier.
They did not escape, nor did they live in the city.
Instead, he stood on the city wall and died facing the Liao people.
Or before dying, he jumped off the city wall and made a last-ditch effort with his own body.
After the Liao people captured Linzhou City, they did not collect corpses for them, nor did they send troops to occupy Linzhou City.
Therefore, the corpses in Linzhou City were left there for a long time under the blue sky and white sun.
When Kou Ji led people into Linzhou City.
Wang Kai, two lieutenants of the Zhejia Military Academy, were leading the soldiers to collect the bodies of the dead loyal souls.
Kou Ji looked at the city gate for a long time, took out a prepared head from the servant's backpack, and sighed faintly: "Originally, I wanted to keep you as a stepping stone, but after meeting the loyal soul of Linzhou City, I found that you are not worthy.
I step on my feet.
You should be buried under the main road at the city gate, ridden by thousands of people, trampled by thousands of people, for tens of thousands of years."
Kou Ji casually handed the head to the servant and ordered: "Take it, dig a deep hole in the middle of the road at the city gate, and bury it."
Without any hesitation, the servant took the head and buried it.
After the servant left, Kou Ji ordered the marriage officer beside him: "Go and tell Wang Kai, Lieutenant of the Zhejia Military Academy, and ask them to send some people to help the soldiers collect the bones. Everyone else should evacuate Linzhou City.
Ask them to cover their mouths and noses with cloth when they send people to collect the bones.
Finally, dust Linzhou City with lime.
Those who helped collect the bones of the soldiers had to soak them in lime water after burying them and live alone for seven or eight days, and then released them after confirming that they were not sick."
Often after a major disaster, there will be a major epidemic.
There were many casualties in this military disaster.
Among them, there are countless corpses in the wilderness.
The possibility of causing a plague is extremely high.
Kou Ji had to guard against it.
It is true that Kou Ji is a time traveler, but time travelers are not omnipotent.
At least in the face of the plague, he was powerless.
Kou Ji knew how terrible the plague was.
Once the plague broke out, it would be a huge disaster for the Song Dynasty, and the same for the people.
When Kou Ji was on the edge of the Yellow River, he specially gave Wang Yunsheng a handwritten letter and asked him to spread it along the way and return it to Bianjing City.
The handwriting states that there was a great battle in the upper reaches of the Yellow River, with numerous casualties.
All the governments downstream must send people to the Yellow River to salvage the corpses floating on the banks of the Yellow River.
At the same time, people on the banks of the Yellow River are prohibited from eating raw fish (sashimi) for three months, and people on the banks of the Yellow River are also prohibited from drinking raw water for three months.
The plague was mentioned in Kou Ji's handwriting, so after the handwriting reached Bianjing City, Zhao Zhen and Wang Zeng would definitely cooperate and issue corresponding orders.
Although after such a decree is issued, some corrupt officials will take advantage of the opportunity to make money.
But in order to avoid the plague, we can only give those corrupt officials a break.
Wait until July or August.
If there is no illness or disaster, then Kou Ji can ask Zhao Zhen to send Zhang Zhibai to inspect the lower reaches of the Yellow River.
After Zhang Zhibai inspected the lower reaches of the Yellow River and returned to Bianjing City, he could serve as a counselor for political affairs.
After Kou Ji sent someone to pass the order to Wang Kai and Lieutenant Zhejia Military Academy, they didn't say anything and just followed it.
Some things, if no one reminds them, naturally no one cares.
If someone reminds you, you can naturally think of it.
Wang Kai was born as a general, and he was a military captain of the Zhe family who had been fighting all year round. He had more or less seen the plague after military disasters, so they could more or less guess the purpose of Kou Ji's actions.
After the plague broke out, the court's solutions to the plague were always simple and crude.
If a plague is discovered in a city, the city is sealed off.
If a plague is found in a place, the land will be sealed off.
In the absence of treatment, people in places where the plague appears can only be allowed to fend for themselves.
It is worth mentioning that most civilians rarely go out.
Some ordinary people may never leave the area under Fucheng's rule in their entire lives.
So there are very few people running around.
Plagues often occur in one place and can quickly subside after the roads are blocked.
As for how many people will die in the blocked place.
No one dares to count, no one dares to count.
Often when a plague occurs, after the city is closed, that place will become a dead land, and no one will set foot there for more than ten years.
Neither Wang Kai nor Lieutenant Zhejia Military Academy are murderous people, and they also have benevolence and righteousness in their hearts.
So when he understood that Kou Ji was defending against the plague, he cooperated decisively.
They didn't want people to catch the plague because of their negligence.
Nor do they want their soldiers to contract the plague due to their negligence.
They just wore cloth masks and were locked up for a few days.
Under military orders, there is no possibility for soldiers to chirp.
Just do it.
Wang Kai and Lieutenant Zhejia Military Academy worked in Linzhou City for a long time before collecting the corpses in Linzhou City and burying them in one place.
After the graves were piled up, Kou Ji expressed condolences to the dead loyal souls on behalf of the court, the official family, and himself.
And in front of the heroic spirits, he wrote a memorial about their achievements and their deeds, and sent someone to deliver it back to the court.
When Linzhou City was destroyed before, Kou Ji submitted a memorial to the imperial court.
This memorial is delivered again, but it is not repeated.
Because in the new memorial, Kou Ji mentioned the issue of the placement of the family members of the deceased loyal souls.
On the battlefield, Kou Ji played no other role except providing some firearms to stabilize the battle situation.
But in terms of post-war work, Kou Ji could do a lot.
The Liao people had been wreaking havoc in the area near Linzhou for a long time, killing many people and vacating a lot of land.
Kou Ji can distribute it to Zhonghun's family members.
As for those family members who were near Linzhou City and had died, Kou Ji could only mourn for them in silence, and wrote to Zhao Zhen to grant him three generations of titles.
The imperial court was actually very inhumane to the Xiang army.
They were not given good military equipment, nor were they given too much food and salary, but they were left with a heavier responsibility than the Forbidden Army.
Especially the Xiang troops on the border.
They are really the local protectors.
Most of the Xiang troops who were sent to the border were implicated in disasters or crimes committed by members of their clan.
So when they joined the army, their whole family moved to the border.
Often, behind the pass where the Xiang army officers and soldiers were stationed were the shacks where their families lived.
Therefore, once the enemy army breaks through the city gate and massacres, the whole family will be destroyed and destroyed right before their eyes.
The defenders of Linzhou City, and even most of the loyal family members of the Baode Army, actually died in this battle.
Therefore, many loyal souls who died could not enjoy the rewards given to them by the court.
There was nothing Kou Ji could do about this.
I can only give them enough glory and revenge.
After paying homage to the loyal souls and erecting a monument recording their feats.
Kou Ji, Wang Kai, and the Zhe family military commander returned to the tent outside the city.
Before the two of them could speak, Kou Ji took the lead and asked, "Have Liu Qi and others chased them out of the Great Wall?"
Wang Kai and Lieutenant Zhejia Military Academy both nodded.
The lieutenant of the Zhejia Military Academy said in a deep voice: "There are not only Liao people outside the Great Wall, but also Xixia people."
He couldn't comment on the reckless actions of Liu Qi and others, so he could only list his enemies.
Hearing this, Kou Ji nodded slowly and said calmly: "Go out as soon as you go out. The Liao people have committed heinous crimes in our northwest. How can you just leave? If you can keep them all, naturally you have to keep them all."
Down.
I said before that if we want to build the Great Wall, then we will definitely build the Great Wall."
Wang Kai opened his mouth but said nothing.
The Lieutenant of the Zhejia Military Academy said solemnly: "Although our Song Dynasty defeated the Liao people this time, our own losses were not small. Now our Song Dynasty's heavy troops are still fighting in Yanyun. If we continue to fight in the northwest, I'm afraid
The court will not agree."
Fighting requires spending money.
The longer you beat, the more you will burn.
The longer the battle line, the more will be burned.
If there is a war on two fronts, more will be burned.
Although the Song Dynasty's treasury is now very full, if the two fronts go to war and the money is burned together, it will be burned out very quickly.
Some people in the DPRK who care about money will naturally not easily agree to a war on two fronts.
Kou Ji heard what the Lieutenant of the Zhejia Military Academy said, and said calmly: "I will continue to start a war in the northwest, and I don't need anyone's permission. When I left Beijing, the official said that as long as I can prevent the Liao people from leaving the northwest, no matter what I do,
, the court will not care.
If the court is willing to pay, that's great.
If the court is unwilling to pay, that doesn't matter.
Just don't divide the spoils.
At that time, everything we gain from the war will belong to ourselves.
As long as our enemies are rich enough, we can surely make a profit without losing any money if we start a war."
Lieutenant Zhejia Military Academy hesitated for a while and whispered: "Xixia people... are very poor..."
Kou Ji was stunned for a moment, his brows raised slightly, a little surprised.
What Lieutenant Zhejia Military Academy said is correct.
Xixia is very poor.
Xixia was very poor in the past.
Xixia is even poorer now.
How poor can you be?
So poor that the longevity horse appeared.
What is a longevity horse?
That is to say, any horse under the crotch of a regular Xixia soldier cannot die or be injured.
If someone dies or is injured, the soldiers must pay for the compensation themselves.
In other words, no matter how much the horses are damaged on the battlefield, the number of horses in the end cannot be changed unless you also die on the battlefield.
If you do not die, but the horse is injured, maimed, or dies, you must compensate the war horse.