Kou Ji told Liu Heng not to rely too much on Guo Shoude's brain. It's not that Guo Shoude is stupid, but that Guo Shoude has commanded hundreds or thousands of people in battles all year round. His thinking may become rigid, and some of the suggestions he gives may only be suitable for hundreds of people. Thousands of people fight, but tens of thousands of people are not suitable for fighting.

Liu Heng had seen similar people before, so as soon as Kou Ji reminded him, he understood Kou Ji's intention.

"Fourth brother, I understand..."

"Just understand..."

"..."

Kou Ji explained some trivial matters to Liu Heng, and the two of them went to bed separately.

The next day, early morning.

After Kou Ji got up, before he had time to send people to Hengshanguan, Guo Shoude appeared outside the camp with four or five close followers.

Kou Ji ordered people to take Guo Shoude to see Liu Heng, and Liu Heng settled him. Kou Ji himself took some of the Hengshan Army officers and soldiers to an open area outside the southeast corner of Dejing Town.

Although Dejing Town is an important border area of ​​Xixia, it is not completely deserted.

The winter wheat planted last year was trampled by a small group of Liao cavalry before it was harvested, and was completely destroyed.

The grain farmers in Dejing Town had to clean up the trampled wheat with tears in their eyes and planted beans on it, hoping to make up for some losses and avoid starving in the winter due to lack of food and clothing.

When Kou Ji arrived at the southeast corner of Dejing Town, he saw the Xixia people in Dejing Town waiting for the bean sprouts.

When the people of Xixia saw soldiers and horses coming and going, they immediately fled to the dark and carefully looked at Kou Ji and his party.

The reason why they did not flee back to the town was because they had lived at the border for many years and were used to seeing soldiers and horses wreaking havoc on the border.

If they were not forced by life, they would not make a living at the border.

The people of the Song Dynasty were very poor, and the people of Xixia were even poorer.

They were also being exploited, but Xixia's attacks were many times more ruthless than those of the Song Dynasty.

The people of Xixia looked pitiful, but Kou Ji had no sympathy for them.

They deserve to be pitied.

Only Han people farmed in Xixia.

The only people who farmed on the Song-Xia border were Han people who were loyal to Xixia.

The vast majority of them took the initiative to defect to Xixia.

There are rogues, ruthless bandits, and deserters.

In order to settle down and live in Xixia, they did a lot of things to obtain certificates of approval.

Although they are ordinary people who are being oppressed now, once the Xixia soldiers and horses want to plunder the population, food, and wealth, they will carry knives, mount their horses, and become the vanguard of the Xixia soldiers and horses.

Not only did they help the tyrants to commit crimes, they would also go around telling the people of the Song Dynasty how well Xixia treated them, and tricked the people who could not survive in the Song Dynasty to flee to Xixia.

Faced with such a group of people who looked cowardly but were actually treacherous, Kou Ji would naturally not feel the slightest pity.

Kou Ji led his people to the edge of the open field, took four flags, and planted them in four directions to determine the direction.

When we were dividing the territory outside Linzhou City, some soldiers with poor sense of direction would deviate from the direction after getting on horseback and running for a while. There were enough, but not much land was enclosed, and I was so angry that I cried.

In view of this, Kou Ji ordered four special flags to help some soldiers with poor sense of direction to point them in the right direction.

The flag has been put up.

The Xixia garrison in Dejing Town got the news and appeared not far from Kou Ji and his party.

"There are enemies!"

A scout shouted loudly.

The officers and soldiers of the Hengshan Army got on their horses and rushed out.

The officers and soldiers of the Hengshan Army, who were many times more powerful than the Xixia defenders in Dejing Town, rushed toward the Xixia defenders with ferocity. The Xixia defenders were so frightened that they retreated again and again, all the way to the entrance of Dejing Town. They did not dare to follow Hengshan. The soldiers fought.

The leader of the army drove the Xixia garrison from Dejing Town into Dejing Town, and wandered on horseback at the entrance of Dejing Town. While wandering, he shouted loudly: "I advise you to withdraw from our country as soon as possible." territory, otherwise you will have to go under my sword."

The Xixia garrison in Dejing Town stood at the entrance of the town, looking at the officers and soldiers of the Hengshan Army, but they dared not speak with anger.

The officers and soldiers of the Hengshan Army laughed loudly at the angry expressions of the Xixia defenders.

After laughing.

The leader of the army ordered his soldiers to station themselves at the entrance of Dejing Town to clear the way for other soldiers to compete in the territory.

The Xixia garrison in Dejing Town watched helplessly as the officers and soldiers of the Hengshan Army outside the town divided up the land in Dejing Town.

The officers and soldiers of the Hengshan Army who were enclosing the territory this time did not have any military exploits, so the enclosure time was not long, only a quarter of the time for burning incense.

It's not that Kou Ji didn't have extra land to give them, but that they had no military exploits and the land they were encircling was good. If the time was equal to the time of the soldiers who had enclosed the land before, then the soldiers who had enclosed the land before would definitely Gives birth to dissatisfaction.

Don’t worry about scarcity, but worry about inequality.

The soldiers of the Hengshan Army made a fuss outside Dejing Town for a whole day and completely divided the land outside Dejing Town.

Kou Ji did not lead the soldiers back to the camp, but ordered the soldiers to camp on the spot outside Dejing Town and live there.

Kou Ji made a small fuss in Dejing Town, but caused an uproar in the northwest.

Many people in the northwest were almost shocked when they learned that Kou Ji led his army to carve up a large area of ​​land outside Dejing Town.

Dejing Town was the territory of the Xixia people. Kou Ji, an official of the Song Dynasty, divided it as he pleased without even saying hello to the Xixia people. It was too overbearing and arrogant.

But domineering is domineering and arrogant is arrogant, but no one accused Kou Ji of doing something wrong.

Some quick-thinking people even began to infer Kou Ji's intentions through this move.

The final result was that Kou Ji would almost certainly use troops against Xixia.

If Kou Ji wants to use troops against Xixia, the entire northwest army will not be idle.

As a result, all the soldiers and horses in the northwest began to quietly prepare for war. When the time was right, Kou Ji gave the order and rushed into Xixia, turning him upside down.

The movements of soldiers and horses in the northwest could not be hidden from Kou Ji's eyes and ears.

After Kou Ji learned that the soldiers and horses in the northwest were preparing for war, he smiled knowingly.

"The soldiers and horses in the northwest are all good, and they are somewhat enterprising... Our Song Dynasty also has some features that a powerful country should have..."

What should a strong country look like?

Whenever there is a battle, without showing any cowardice, the soldiers rush to the battlefield first.

This is what a strong country should look like.

With the vast land and abundant resources of the Central Plains, and with the wealth of the Central Plains, in terms of human and financial resources, we cannot lose to any enemy.

As long as the soldiers are brave and not afraid of death, prosperity is inevitable.

"The enterprising spirit of the Northwest soldiers and horses is all brought to them by you."

Liu Heng said with a smile beside Kou Ji.

Kou Ji smiled and said nothing.

Liu Heng continued to smile and said: "In just two days, we have occupied all the land around Dejing Town. Now only Dejing Town is left. When are you going to take action?"

Kou Ji was stunned for a moment, curled his lips and said: "I originally thought that the commander of the Xixia garrison in Dejing Town was a smart man, and when he saw such a situation, he should take the initiative to withdraw from Dejing Town.

But I didn't expect that he would be so careless about life and death.

Since he is not afraid of losing his life, he can send them on the road together."

Kou Ji looked at Liu Heng and ordered: "My accompanying guards have escorted the Liao prisoners here. Tonight you select a thousand people, give each of them a sword, and let them leave the camp."

Liu Heng pondered and said: "With one thousand people, there is no problem in taking Dejing Town. But attacking other places may not be enough."

Kou Ji was stunned for a moment, looked at Liu Heng, and said, "Are you referring to Qiliping not far from Dejing Town?"

Liu Heng nodded slowly, "There are heavy troops stationed in Qiliping, no less than five thousand people, equipped with weapons and horses, and a thousand Liao prisoners. If they rush into Qiliping, they will be wiped out by the Xixia people."

"So what do you mean?"

"Let more Liao prisoners go."

"How much?"

"How about letting him go for 10,000 people?"

Kou Ji rolled his eyes, "Ten thousand people? You can say it clearly. We let the dogs out to bite people, not to be bitten by dogs. A thousand Liao people, equipped with weapons and horses, can't do any harm to us."

What a threat.

But the 10,000 Liao people, who have seized enough horses and weapons in Xixia, are a huge threat to us.

If they turn around and devour the Lord, then wouldn’t we be shooting ourselves in the foot?”

"But I heard that you previously said boldly that you would release a large number of Liao people to harm Xixia."

Liu Heng asked seriously.

Kou Ji glanced at Liu Heng and asked, "Did Guo Shoude tell you?"

Liu Heng did not hide anything and nodded slowly.

Kou Ji rolled his eyes, "I just said it casually, do you still take it seriously?"
To be continued...