"I have no worries, please send someone to take me back. I am always following you, delaying you from doing great things."
The old lady of the Yang family said to Kou Ji with a faint smile.
Kou Ji nodded slowly, "Tomorrow I will select a team of guards to send you back."
The old lady of the Yang family shook her head and said: "Three or five old soldiers are enough, who can do anything to an old woman who is in her dying years?"
Kou Ji smiled lightly and said nothing.
Kou Ji left the tent of the old lady of the Yang family, selected twenty soldiers, and escorted the old lady of the Yang family back to Bianjing City.
The old lady of the Yang family was still accompanied by members of the Yang family, and Kou Ji did not send many people to escort her.
After Kou Ji sent away the old lady of the Yang family, he led the Zhe family army reorganized by Liu Heng and their family members to leave Fuzhou and headed for Yinzhou.
Just when Kou Ji led his troops to Yinzhou.
Inside Tongtai Pass.
Cao Wei and Lu Yijian received the news that he had defeated the Liao people.
"Hahaha……"
After Cao Wei finished reading the battle report that was urgently sent from Babaili, the frost that had been hanging on his face for more than a month dissipated in an instant, and was replaced by a bright smile.
Cao Wei's laughter was hearty and spread throughout the city gate and inside.
Lu Yijian, who was sitting next to Cao Wei, also laughed after reading the battle report handed over by Cao Wei, "The Liao people really stole the chicken but lost the rice this time."
Cao Wei nodded with a smile and said: "The 150,000 elite Liao soldiers, the two armies of Heqing and Jinsu, were all destroyed in the northwest. Emperor Yelu Longxu of the Liao Dynasty will probably vomit blood after knowing this."
Lu Yijian nodded and said with a smile: "The Relic Army is one of the few powerful armies in the Liao Kingdom. Now they are all buried in the northwest. It's like the Liao Emperor has broken an arm. It would be strange if he doesn't vomit blood."
Cao Wei suppressed the smile on his face slightly and said with emotion: "Kou Ji is also ruthless. After he captured Xiao Xiaomu, Huang Pian and others, he did not even mention escorting them here to be redeemed by the Liao people. Instead, he caught them on the spot.
Cut off.
This will end the possibility of peace talks between the Song Dynasty and the Liao Kingdom."
When Lu Yijian heard this, the smile on his face also dissipated a little, and he said in a neutral tone: "That kid Kou Ji is not familiar with military affairs. The Liao people's 150,000 elites suddenly appeared in the northwest, and the northwest is in danger.
Zhe Weizhong, who the imperial court could rely on, was plotted by the Liao and Xixia people together and died.
Many people in the northwest were massacred.
After Kou Ji defeated the Liao people, he killed them in order to appease people's hearts."
Cao Wei glanced at Lu Yijian and said in a confused tone: "I have no intention of blaming Kou Ji. I, the Song Dynasty, sent hundreds of thousands of troops to conquer the Liao Kingdom in order to take back the sixteen states of Yanyun. Now Yanyun has not recovered.
Even if someone wanted to talk to the Liao people, I would not agree.
I just think that boy Kou Ji is decisive in killing, unlike you civil servants.
It's more like us military ministers."
Lu Yijian rolled his eyes, "Who said we civil servants can't kill decisively?"
After saying this, Lu Yijian stared at Cao Wei warily and said: "Don't look at that kid Kou Ji's ability, so he just joins the ranks of your military ministers. He is destined to enter the inner court, not the Privy Council."
Cao Wei said calmly: "Right now, there are vacancies in our Privy Council, but there are no vacancies in your inner court."
Lu Yijian snorted coldly and said: "If you really drag Kou Ji into the ranks of military officials, Kou Gong, Li Gong, Wang Zeng, and even the officials will not let you go."
Cao Wei curled his lips and did not speak again.
He really wanted to bring Kou Ji into the ranks of military ministers.
Nowadays, the civil servants are strong and the military ministers are weak.
If after this battle, he retires and returns home, there will be no one among the military officials who can carry the cauldron.
Li Zhaoliang and Zhu Neng were unable to suppress the other military ministers in the court, nor were they able to protect everything that a military minister should have under the pressure of civil servants.
Yang Wenguang and Di Qing were too young, with insufficient qualifications and insufficient merit. They did not even have the chance to enter the Privy Council, let alone carry the cauldron.
Cao Wei carefully calculated that after he retired, the only person in the court who could restrain military officials and lead military officials to fight with civil servants was Kou Ji.
Kou Ji had two major military exploits and had a good relationship with various generals in Bianjing City.
Zhu Neng, Yang Wenguang, Li Zhaoliang, Di Qing and others all received favors from Kou Ji.
If he sat in the Privy Council, he would definitely be able to intimidate everyone.
The most important thing is that he was born as a civil servant, and there are many old disciples in the civil servant class.
Once he sits in the Privy Council, his old disciples will have to give him some face, so that they will not embarrass the military officials too much when encountering Taoist problems.
Kou Ji also had close friendship with the officials.
If he sits in the Privy Council, even if he cannot lead the military ministers to dominate the court, he can still lead the military ministers to fight against the civil servants' chamber without falling behind.
In this way, the status of the military ministers in the court will not be shaken by his departure, but will become more stable.
It can be said that Kou Ji's entry into the Privy Council will definitely bring many benefits to the military officials.
But Lu Yijian clearly saw what he was thinking, so after he let out a little bit of air, he decisively blocked his words.
When Lu Yijian saw that Cao Wei had stopped talking, he knew that some bad thoughts that had just arisen in Cao Wei's heart had been strangled by him. He asked Cao Wei with a bright smile, "Now all the soldiers and horses sent by the Liao Emperor to the northwest have been killed." After extermination, you no longer have to worry about fires in our backyard. What are your next plans?"
Cao Wei opened his mouth and was about to speak when he heard Lu Yijian continue: "We have been sitting in Tongtaiguan for two or three months. Now there are many rumors in Bianjing city, saying that we delayed the war and wasted the court's time. Money and food.
While they blame you, Cao Wei, they also blame me."
Cao Wei snorted coldly, "They don't know anything... They all just hide behind their backs and gossip... If you have the guts, just impeach me..."
Lu Yijian's mouth twitched and he glanced at Cao Wei.
It’s not that no one impeached Cao Wei.
Many officials impeached Cao Wei.
It's just that the official Zhao Zhen was determined to support Cao Wei, so all those who impeached Cao Wei have been sent to the sixteen states of Yanyun to join the army.
They impeached Cao Wei on the front foot, and then the back foot was sent to Cao Wei's hands. Cao Wei naturally let go of his control.
In the past, he had lost his temper with these people who gossiped behind his back.
Every time he was stabbed in the back while leading troops on an expedition, he could only blow his beard and stare in anger at the distant border.
It was different now. The official Zhao Zhen sent the people to him thoughtfully, and he naturally sent those people to the most painful, tiring and dangerous place even more thoughtfully.
The military camp is no different than other places.
In the military camp, the commander's order is destiny.
Everyone must comply.
Otherwise, military law will be engaged.
So Cao Wei punished those people openly and honestly, but they did not dare to resist.
The official Zhao Zhen sent more than ten officials one after another.
Three of them were sent to the scout camp by Cao Wei, but they came back with missing arms and legs within three days.
The remaining ones were so frightened that they did not dare to go out and cried for mercy.
Now they are all sent by Cao Wei to clean up Ye Xiang.
"The officials trust you, so they sent those who impeached you to your hands. But you can't betray the trust of the officials."
Lu Yijian solemnly reminded.
Cao Wei said sternly: "Of course I will not let down the trust of the officials, but now is not the time to send troops. We are anxious, and the Liao people are more anxious than us. If my prediction is correct, within three or two days, Emperor Yelu of Liao will
Longxu will definitely lead the army south.
If we attack now, we are very likely to run into Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu in the wild.
Most of our troops are infantry, while the Liao Emperor's troops are mostly cavalry.
Fighting in the wild, we don't have much advantage.
Therefore, if we attack now, we will inevitably lose more than we gain.
It is better to defend the city and wait for the Liao people to attack."
After a pause, Cao Wei said with some emotion: "Kou Ji, that guy has so many good things in his hands that he insists on hiding them. If he gives me all those firearms, I can take the initiative to attack
, go to the wild and meet the Liao people for a while."
Lu Yijian rolled his eyes and said, "Just be satisfied. The muskets and artillery in your hands were the result of a few of us sacrificing our old faces and asking for them from Kou Ji. Otherwise, you would have nothing."
Cao Wei curled his lips and said nothing.
Lu Yijian continued: "You have to be lucky, that guy always leaves something to be desired. Otherwise, it would not be so easy for the Liao people to invade from the northwest this time. Even if you take over the entire Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, what can you do?
?”
Cao Wei sighed and said: "That guy just can't get out the oil without squeezing it. I always feel that if you squeeze it, you can squeeze out a lot of good things."
When Lu Yijian heard this, he did not object. Instead, he nodded seriously and said: "You are right, that boy can't get out the oil without squeezing it out."
Cao Wei suggested: "You write a letter back to Bianjing City to the officials. Let the officials send someone to have a good chat with Kou Ji to see if Kou Ji has any good things in his hand, and if so, ask for some more."
Lu Yijian thought for a moment and nodded.
Cao Wei continued: "You write a letter here, and I will go out to arrange the troops and wait for Emperor Yelu Longxu of the Liao Dynasty to send his troops."
After saying this, Cao Wei left the city gate building and went to arrange his troops.
Lu Yixian's bamboo slips were left in the city gate tower with blood letters.
In Youzhou City, not far from them.
Emperor Yelu Longxu of the Liao Dynasty was so angry that he wanted to vomit blood, as Cao Wei had expected.
Xiao Xiaomu, the uncle of the country and the king of Yan, has never been defeated since he joined the army.
Everyone in Daliao felt that he might never lose a battle in this life.
Even Emperor Yelu Longxu of Liao felt the same way.
But now Xiao Xiaomu was defeated.
Not only was he defeated, but he also lost 150,000 elite Liao soldiers.
Not only did he lose, he also lost his own head.
The defeat was unprecedented and complete.
Xiao Xiaomu was defeated and died, but Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu didn't feel any distress at all.
But the 12th Squadron Army on the Northwest Road and the Relic Army disappeared with them.
Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu was really distressed.
It was painful and bleeding.
"The Relic Army has been passed down from generation to generation since the founding of the Liao Dynasty. Although it has suffered defeats, it has never suffered annihilation. Now, it was lost in the hands of a Song Dynasty who was not skilled in military affairs, and the entire army was wiped out!
Xiao Xiaomu, stupid! Damn it!
He is my sinner in Daliao!"
The angry roar of Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu resounded inside and outside the palace.
The civil and military officers of Daliao inside and outside the palace all lowered their heads and did not dare to say a word.
Emperor Yelu Longxu of the Liao Dynasty angrily scolded Xiao Xiaomu for a long time, and finally said angrily: "Call the leaders of the small tribes to see me!"
The leaders of each small tribe hurried to the palace after receiving the summons from Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu.
Emperor Yelu Longxu of the Liao Dynasty was very rude to the leaders of various small tribes. After he waited for the leader of the last small tribe to enter the palace, he said in a deep voice: "I want to attack Tongtai Pass and have a showdown with the Song people.
You are all vassals of Daliao, and have enjoyed the protection of Daliao for more than a hundred years.
Now we in Daliao are recruiting people, so I am going to recruit your tribe to be the vanguard and open the door to the south for our Daliao.
I wonder what you think?"
As soon as Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu said these words, the leaders of the small tribes in the palace were angry but dared not speak out.
Emperor Yelu Longxu of the Liao Dynasty obviously wanted his tribesmen to serve as cannon fodder and die. How could they not be angry?
But he was angry, but no one dared to speak out to object, and no one showed an angry face.
Emperor Yelu Longxu of the Liao Dynasty was used to acting domineeringly, and anyone who went against him would not end well.
From the time Emperor Yelu Longxu of the Liao Dynasty took office to the present day, the clarion call of war has never stopped.
Since he took charge, he was either engaged in foreign wars or sending troops to conquer the various small tribes in the Liao Kingdom.
Any small tribe that disobeyed the Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu would label them as rebels and send heavy troops to exterminate them.
If the leaders of each small tribe do not want to be exterminated, they must act according to the wishes of Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu.
Emperor Yelu Longxu of the Liao Dynasty looked around at the leaders of each small tribe and began to name them, "Huosu Hall... there are three thousand warriors from your tribe. Come to my tent and listen to me."
Hesu Guan is the name of the tribe.
One of the three parts of Wanyan.
The three departments of Wanyan are respectively Wanyan Department, Yelan Department and Hesu Hall.
The Wanyan tribe and the Yelan tribe lived among the white mountains and black waters. Although they lived in the territory controlled by the Liao people, they refused to obey the Liao people's rule and kept fighting with the Liao people in the white mountains and black waters.
Huosuguan is a branch of the Wanyan tribe that was moved there after Taizu of the Liao Dynasty conquered the Hanhai Kingdom and belonged to the Wanyan tribe ruled by the Liao people.
Therefore, the first two are often called the birth of girls.
The latter is called a mature woman.
After hearing the order from Emperor Yelu Longxu of the Liao Dynasty, the leader of the Hesuguan tribe solemnly agreed.
Even though he felt a thousand grievances in his heart, he did not dare to speak out, let alone show it on his face.
Emperor Yelu Longxu of the Liao Dynasty called the names one by one. Not long after, he named more than twenty tribes. The bigger tribes had the most people, and the smaller tribes had the least people.
Those with few people must not only provide people, but also bear part of the food and grass supply.
Emperor Yelu Longxu of the Liao Dynasty squeezed the small tribes hard at the bottom line that they could accept.
After some squeezing, Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu collected more than 50,000 cannon fodder and the food and fodder needed for more than 50,000 cannon fodder.
After squeezing all the small tribes.
Emperor Yelu Longxu of the Liao Dynasty declared to everyone in the palace, "At this point, any plans will no longer have any effect. The only way is to fight the Song people head-on, beat the Song people in pain, and make them pay the price with blood.
Only then can they continue to surrender under my feet, Daliao.
We will break camp tomorrow and all the soldiers and horses will follow me all the way south and reach Tongtai Pass."