Chapter 0819 Master, are you sitting in the country?
Di Qing nodded and smiled: "They were too confident. After leaving Shazhou, they drove all the way here. I didn't do much fighting. I just set up a pocket formation, and they took the initiative to get in."
Kou Ji nodded and said: "The number is quite large. It's enough to make the Black Khan King Yu Sufu feel distressed for a while when he competes with Xiao."
Kou Jice immediately stepped forward, and the Yongxing Army officers and local soldiers took the initiative to move out of the way, allowing Kou Ji to pass by.
Although Kou Ji did not reveal his identity, Yongxing Army officers and local soldiers had already guessed who he was.
As everyone knows, Di Qing has two elder brothers.
One of them is now a wealthy local man in Baozhou, and the other is the number one person in the military of the Song Dynasty.
In Yangguan, among thousands of troops, the only person who could induce Di Qing to take the initiative to dismount and approach was the number one person in the army of the Song Dynasty.
But among the generals in the army, who dares to say no in front of this big boss, and who dares to block his way.
Kou Ji rode his horse until he arrived in front of the captured soldiers, looked at the prisoners carefully, and said calmly: "All the Liao soldiers were killed, and the head sent people to Xiao to fight, and the corpses were dragged out to the fertile ground.
Keep all the Black Khan soldiers until someone comes from Xiliang City and take them all to mine."
Di Qing looked stunned, wondering why Kou Ji only ordered to kill the Liao soldiers but not the Black Khan soldiers.
But he didn't ask any more questions, but ordered the soldiers in the army to decisively carry out Kou Ji's order.
Tens of thousands of Liao soldiers were killed because of Kou Ji's casual words.
The soldiers of the Song Dynasty in Yangguan finally saw the demonic and ferocious nature of this demon king.
Since Kou Ji regained Hexi, Kou Ji's evil reputation has been widely circulated both inside and outside the Song Dynasty, and Kou Ji is said to be the devil king.
But most people don't believe this.
Because Kou Ji had a good reputation in the Song Dynasty.
So not many people believe that Kou Ji is a murderous devil.
Therefore, some new soldiers who joined the army did not believe that Kou Ji was a murderous devil.
But now that they saw Kou Ji sending tens of thousands of Liao soldiers to the guillotine without blinking an eye, they finally believed him.
Not only did they believe that Kou Ji was a devil, they also saw the power of the Privy Envoy of the Song Dynasty.
After Kou Ji ordered Di Qing to deal with the Liao soldiers in the appendix, he did not stay on the streets of Guancheng for too long, but went to the place where he lived in Guancheng first.
After Di Qing settled the prisoners properly, he appeared in Kou Ji's room with a table of modest food and wine.
Di Qing put the food and wine on the table and said with some embarrassment: "It's winter now, and I'm in the army, so there's nothing good to entertain my brother..."
Kou Ji interrupted Di Qing before he could finish what he said, "Okay. Your brother and I are not a difficult master to serve. A truly difficult master will not be here because of my face."
Showing prestige.
You don’t need to do this kind of thing to please people in the future, and you don’t need to please anyone.
As long as I live, no one will make things difficult for you on trivial matters, just fight your battles down-to-earth."
Di Qing also knew that he was not suitable for currying favor with others, so he smiled bitterly.
Although he has now shown his prominence on the battlefield, he is not yet the mature and steady general Di Hanchen in the history books.
Some thoughts are easily revealed on the face and can be easily seen through.
Kou Ji asked Di Qing to sit down and said calmly: "I will send a man to your army later. You can help me sharpen it. I will use it later."
Di Qing asked: "Who is he and how to grind him?"
Kou Ji glanced at Di Qing and said: "How can you be tortured if you are sent to the army? Of course you will be thrown into the army to endure hardship. If it doesn't work, you can hang him up and whip him."
Di Qing hesitated for a moment and said: "The person my brother wants to use must be extraordinary. Isn't it inappropriate to hang him up and beat him?"
Kou Ji said calmly: "There is nothing inappropriate. He owes you and all the warriors of the Song Dynasty."
Di Qing looked confused.
Kou Ji didn't explain much. He picked up his chopsticks and asked, "Tell me about the war in Hexi while eating the food brought by Di Qing."
Upon hearing this, Di Qing hurriedly explained the recent war in Hexi to Kou Ji.
After listening to Di Qing's explanation, Kou Ji put down his chopsticks and sighed: "The Black Khan King Yu Sufu is really brave. If he fights like this, in the end, he will either be played to death by Zhong Shiheng or beaten to death by you."
If there are a large number of soldiers and horses, they can run rampant on the battlefield.
The Song Dynasty had already crushed the Liao Kingdom decades ago.
The number of soldiers and horses plays a role in the Eastern battlefield, but it is not absolute.
There is a big difference between the war in the East and the war in the West.
The Black Khan King Yu Sufu led a heavy army to the East and still followed the Western combat methods, which were almost the same as seeking death.
Di Qing didn't understand Kou Ji's thoughts. After hearing Kou Ji's words, he asked, "Wouldn't this be a good idea? The Black Khan soldiers' fighting method is to feed on the enemy, as long as we keep the walls clear and keep dragging them.
It won't take more than a month to defeat them.
By then we will be able to defeat them easily.
No more than two months at most.
After beating them, we can just rush to Yanmen Pass to fight some Liao people."
Kou Ji smiled and said to Di Qing: "The war in Hexi is far from as simple as you see. The Black Khan Dynasty is just a stupid wolf on the surface, but secretly, there are countless smart wolves quietly
Waiting time.
Now that we have started to hunt wolves, we should kill all the wolves in one go. There is no reason to kill half and leave half.
After we kill all the wolves, it won’t be too late to go fight against the Liao Kingdom.”
Di Qing heard Kou Ji's words and thought suspiciously, "Brother, do you mean that the people in Qingtang are wolves hiding in the dark?"
Kou Ji asked back: "Can't you see it?"
Di Qing muttered: "You can tell by looking at it, but if we quickly defeat the troops of the Black Khan Dynasty, the Qingtang people may not dare to take action."
Kou Ji smiled and said: "So we have to slow down the speed of beating the wolves. It is best to wait until all the wolves emerge before we strike hard."
Di Qing hesitated and said: "Qingtang has been peeping at our Song Dynasty for a long time and has been reluctant to reveal it because he is afraid of our Song Dynasty's strength. If we want to lure them to take action, I'm afraid we have to wait until next March when the Liao soldiers go south.
I conclude that if the Liao soldiers do not move south, they will never take action."
Kou Ji nodded and smiled: "You are right."
Di Qing frowned slightly and said, "But when the Liao people move south and form a pincer attack from the east and west, the situation will be very unfavorable for our Song Dynasty."
Kou Ji said with a smile: "The premise is that they can form a pincer attack from east to west. If they press us to fight, that's called momentum. If we press them to fight, it's not called momentum."
Di Qing hesitated and said: "Brother is sure to keep the people of the Black Khan Dynasty until the Liao people go south, and then suppress them."
Kou Ji stared at Di Qing and reminded: "The troops of the Black Khan Dynasty are accustomed to fighting to support fighting. When we do not obtain huge captures from the battlefield, the longer we wait, the more disadvantageous it will be to them.
Therefore, by the time it is delayed until the spring of next year, the troops of the Black Khan Dynasty will no longer be fearful.
What we are really guarding against are the Qingtang people.
Don't look at how Qingtang treats me, the Song Dynasty, respectfully on the surface, but in fact, Qingtang secretly has accumulated enough power to be able to arm-wrestle with me, the Song Dynasty."
Although the Black Khan Dynasty had a large number of soldiers and horses, its shortcomings were very obvious.
As long as you catch the shortcomings of the Black Khan Dynasty's soldiers and horses and poke them to death, the Black Khan Dynasty's soldiers and horses will be poked to death sooner or later.
Qingtang soldiers and horses are different.
Qingtang was born out of Tubo. As early as the heyday of Tubo, it had learned how to fight the Central Plains and how to fight with wisdom.
Passed down from generation to generation, the soldiers and horses of Qingtang naturally knew how to fight against the soldiers and horses of the Song Dynasty.
The soldiers and horses of Qingtang are not like the soldiers and horses of the Black Khan Dynasty. They become half disabled when they get off the horse.
Qingtang soldiers and horses, both on horseback and under horse, are fierce soldiers.
Therefore, Qingtang soldiers and horses are difficult to deal with.
Di Qing pondered: "So then we have to drag the troops of the Black Khan Dynasty and wait for the Qingtang people to take action?"
Kou Ji nodded slowly.
Di Qing hesitated for a moment, "I still don't understand something."
Kou Ji smiled and said, "You ask..."
Di Qing asked in confusion: "In the city just now, why did my brother only kill the Liao people and not the Heihan people?"
Kou Ji said frankly: "We don't kill the Black Khans because they are still useful."
Seeing that Di Qing still looked confused, Kou Ji explained: "Once the people in Qingtang attack our Song Dynasty, then our Song Dynasty will definitely give Qingtang a head-on blow. After defeating Qingtang, the people in Qingtang will definitely attack
I, Da Song, am hostile.
We want to incorporate Qingtang into the territory of the Song Dynasty, which is very difficult.
But if we first send the Black Khan soldiers into Qingtang to plow the land, and then lead heavy troops into Qingtang and drive away the Black Khan soldiers, we can easily win over the hearts of the people in Qingtang."
"Are the people in Qingtang that stupid?"
"It's not that the Qingtang people are stupid, it's because facing the brutal Black Khans and the gentle Song people, the Qingtang people are more willing to be ruled by us."
"..."
Di Qing stared at Kou Ji and said: "We haven't defeated the troops of the Black Khan Dynasty yet, and my brother has already begun to think about how to regain Qingtang. Isn't it too fast?"
Kou Ji shook his head and said: "If you don't want to, I'm not afraid... I'm not afraid that Qingtang will take action, but I'm afraid that Qingtang won't take action. If Qingtang does, I will definitely let them see how powerful I am."
If Qingtang does not take action, if we want to enter Qingtang, I am afraid we will have to wait until the war between the Song Dynasty and the Liao Kingdom is over.
The Liao Kingdom has a vast territory. Once the Song Dynasty invades the Liao Kingdom, it will not be satisfied just because it takes back the sixteen states of Yanyun.
At that time, they will inevitably attack the capital of Liao Kingdom.
Although our Song Dynasty has strong troops and horses, if we want to conquer the Liao Kingdom and reach the capital, we may not be able to do so within two or three years.
Therefore, if Qingtang does not show up this time, we may not be able to enter Qingtang until two or three years later.
At that time, we will inevitably have to argue with some old guys in the court."
After listening to Kou Ji's words, Di Qing completely understood Kou Ji's intention.
Immediately.
Di Qing said: "Since my brother intends to lure the Qingtang people into taking the bait, then we can slow down the pace of destroying the troops of the Black Khan Dynasty."
Kou Ji nodded and said: "Send someone back to Guazhou and tell Zhong Shiheng that he can consume the Black Khan Dynasty's troops and horses at will. But when the food is appropriate, he can leave a little for the Black Khan Dynasty's troops and horses.
You can't let them eat enough, but you can't let them starve to death either.
As long as one person can drink one bowl of porridge a day.
The troops and horses of the Black Khan Dynasty are still of great use if we keep them, we can't scare people away, let alone kill them all."
Di Qing laughed and said: "The Black Khan Dynasty has hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses. In the eyes of others, they are just savage beasts. How come in the eyes of my brother, they are like sheep raised at home."
Kou Ji followed and laughed, "Go and ask Jiao Siluo, and then ask Xiao Pidi, and see what they think of the soldiers and horses of the Black Khan Dynasty."
"Probably...it's also a sheep."
Di Qing hesitated and said.
Kou Ji nodded and said: "They gathered together to form an unstoppable charging formation. They did look a bit like wolves. But apart from the charging formation, they were no different from sheep.
When we reach the territory of our Song Dynasty, if we don’t know how to fight in our Song Dynasty’s way, we are just like a bunch of lambs waiting to be slaughtered.”
Di Qing chatted with Kou Ji for a while, then exited the room and sent someone to convey Kou Ji's order to Zhong Shiheng.
Inside Guazhou City.
After once again weakening the troops of the Black Khan Dynasty, Zhong Shiheng led his troops to retreat to Guazhou City.
Just took a break.
The battle report from Yangguan was delivered together with Kou Ji's order.
After reading the battle report of Yangguan, Zhong Shiheng's evaluation was simple, "Such a stupid black soldier is not enough to kill."
He casually threw Yangguan's battle report aside.
Zhong Shiheng looked at the order sent by Kou Ji. After reading Kou Ji's order, Zhong Shiheng frowned.
"Leave some food for the Black Khan soldiers? Aren't you afraid of raising tigers?"
"Go find Mr. Li and tell him that I have something important to discuss with you."
Zhong Shiheng gave an order, and some soldiers left the temporary Chinese army tent in Guazhou City, went to the Yamen of Guazhou City, and invited Li Di.
Li Di arrived at the temporary Chinese army tent.
Zhong Shiheng immediately handed the order in his hand to Li Di.
While Li Di was reading the order, Zhong Shiheng asked: "What does Mr. Li think?"
After Li Di read Kou Ji's order, he did not answer Zhong Shiheng, but asked instead: "What do you think of Zhong Tongzhi?"
Zhong Shiheng did not hide anything and slowly expressed his reasoning.
"Privy Councilor Kou probably wants to go fishing."
"Qingtang?"
"Yes, Qingtang.
It's just that the risk of fishing is a bit high. First, Qingtang is not a small fish, but a big fish. Once the fish is caught, if it cannot be killed, it will bite back on itself.
Secondly, it is easy to raise tigers and cause trouble.
Although the Black Khan soldiers are not powerful, they are huge in number.
If we don't weaken them to a very weak point, it will be difficult to annihilate them in one fell swoop."
After Zhong Shiheng finished speaking, Li Di began to think carefully. After thinking for a long time, he said: "I have lived in Hexi all year round, so I know the old neighbor King Qingtang.
He has far more soldiers and horses than what appears on the surface.
And its strength is impressive.
At present, almost all the troops and horses in the Western Region of the Song Dynasty have been dispatched to Hexi, and there are not many troops and horses guarding Qingtang.
Once King Qingtang takes action, the situation will be very bad for us.
However, I also understand Kou Ji.
Kou Ji never fights an uncertain battle, let alone does anything he is unsure of.
Since he dares to do this, he must have something to rely on.
Therefore, we should discuss this matter after we find out who Kou Ji is relying on."
Zhong Shiheng shook his head and said: "If Privy Kou was willing to talk, he would have told me everything. Now he has said nothing. It is obvious that he is unwilling to tell me the details."
Li Dis thought for a while and said: "Now all the people and food in Guazhou have been transported to the back of Yumen Pass. There is not much use for me to stay here. I will go to Yangguan to help you ask and see Kou Ji.
What kind of medicine is sold in the gourd?"
Zhong Shiheng bowed to Li Di and said, "Then I will help Mr. Li."
Li Di chuckled and said, "You're welcome, I just have a hard life."
After discussing the matter, Li Di did not stay in Guazhou any longer. He called a few men to protect him, and drove to Yangguan in an ox cart.
Shortly after Li Di left Guazhou.
The Black Khan King Yusufu and Xiao fought against the two men and led their troops to the gates of Guazhou City.
In the battle at Jijitaizi Mountain outside Guazhou City, Zhong Shiheng severely tricked the Black Khan King Yu Sufu again.
The Black Khan soldiers were in Jijitaizi Mountain, but there were not many casualties, no more than tens of thousands.
But more than 40,000 people were injured.
In the three battles before and after, more than 100,000 wounded soldiers were added to the Black Khan camp.
The Black Khan Cavalry are all light cavalry and are very mobile.
However, after more than 100,000 wounded soldiers were held back, the speed slowed down.
Of the more than 100,000 wounded soldiers, most of them had temporarily lost their ability to fight.
Apart from recovering from their injuries, they can do nothing else.
If it weren't for some rumors that had recently surfaced in the army, claiming that Kou Ji, the privy envoy of the Song Dynasty, was an envoy left by God in the East, the Black Khan King Yusufu was afraid that abandoning the wounded soldiers would cause changes in the army, causing the troops to mutiny and surrender.
The enemy, he had already followed his previous fighting style, throwing aside the wounded soldiers and leaving them to fend for themselves.
The Black Khan King Yu Sufu could not leave his wounded soldiers behind, so he could only go to the battlefield with these burdens.
The feeling of being dragged down by the burden really made him feel uncomfortable.
So after he led his army to Guazhou City, he launched a fierce attack on Guazhou City.
He blamed all his mistakes on the people of Song Dynasty.
He wanted the Song people to bear all his anger.
The battle at Guazhou City lasted for a full day.
It ended with Zhong Shiheng retreating with his troops.
Then there are Shuzhutantan, Qidaogou and Suoyang City.
Zhong Shiheng took full advantage of the complex terrain in Guazhou.
In this way, the troops of the Black Khan Dynasty were consumed crazily.
Just when Zhong Shiheng was frantically consuming the troops of the Black Khan Dynasty.
Kou Ji in Yangguan suddenly received a letter.
There was no signature on the letter, but Kou Ji knew the person who sent it.
Kou Ji asked the messenger to sit on one side of the room and pour himself some tea. He opened the letter and read it roughly.
Then he put down the letter with a weird look on his face and sighed sincerely.
"Jiao Siluo is really smart."
"Master, are you making fun of Jiao Siluo?"
The man who was pouring himself a drink put down his tea cup and stared at Kou Ji with a smile and asked.
Kou Ji glanced at him, "Do you know the content of the letter?"
The man chuckled and said, "Jiao Siluo sent people to enter our Yuanshan City with great fanfare and presented many things to the leader of Yuanshan. Among them were sixteen beauties.
The leader of Yuanshan gave one to the villain.
When the villain was tossing the little beauty, he asked her casually, and she told her everything."
Kou Ji glared at the man and said thoughtfully: "A woman who was given as a gift knows the news. It seems that Jiao Siluo has no intention of hiding it."
The man smiled slyly, "Jiao Si Luo actually invited our brothers to deal with you, young master. I don't know what he thought. He was not afraid that our brothers would agree to him first, and then do cruel things behind his back when he sent out troops.
Stab him hard?"
Kou Ji said calmly: "He doesn't know the relationship between us, that's why he invited Yuan Shan to deal with the Song Dynasty together. After all, the Song Dynasty is facing enemies from both sides now. If there are two more powerful enemies, it is very likely that it will fall into catastrophe."
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If Yuan Shan is really a pure Westerner, he will definitely not let go of this opportunity to become rich."
The man was stunned when he heard this, and said suspiciously: "Master, according to your statement, if Yuanshan really joins hands with Jiao Siluo to deal with the Song Dynasty, the Song Dynasty will probably lose."
Kou Ji glanced at the man, "Do you think someone can make a big splash in my hands?"
The man smiled dryly, "What if, young master, you don't interfere?"
Kou Ji sighed: "The Song Dynasty might lose half of its country."
The man rolled his eyes, glanced left and right, and said in a low voice: "How about you, Master, take over half of the country?"
At this point, the man's face straightened, he patted his chest and said, "Brothers will recognize you, Master. As long as you speak, Master, even if all the brothers die in battle, they will help you take over half of the country."
Kou Ji narrowed his eyes slightly, "Is this what you mean, or what all of you mean?"
The man said with a smile: "Brothers, everyone means it."
Kou Ji glared at the man and said, "Don't say such nonsense in front of me again, or I'll beat you to death. Go back and tell the other brothers to stop this idea."
If you really want me to sit in a kingdom, then you should go out and grab a kingdom for me to sit in.
Rather than being in a nest."
The man was stunned.
Kou Ji continued: "What you just said is a good idea. Go back and tell Zhang Yuan and ask him to agree to Jiao Siluo. When you all send troops together, go behind your back and give Jiao Siluo a hard blow.
I will tell you exactly where to hit when the time comes."
"I understand! Master!"
"Go away!"
"Okay, Master!"
The man exited the room with a smile.
Kou Ji casually threw the letter sent by Zhang Yuan into the brazier and narrowed his eyes slightly.
"Everyone has been outside for a long time and is used to making their own decisions. They are no longer afraid of the imperial power. They dare to speak out if they want to persuade me to take the throne. I am afraid that the day when I will wear the yellow robe is not far away.
After Qingtang was destroyed this time, they had to find another place.
Otherwise, if they really put the yellow robe on me, it would be great fun."
Kou Ji rubbed his eyebrows and felt a little headache.
Kou Ji was not surprised that the man said this.
Only when you have been under the imperial power for a long time will you be frightened by the imperial power and be cautious in your words and deeds.
Having broken away from the imperial power, each one occupied the top of the mountain by himself and was the master of his own country.
Naturally, I didn’t have much respect for the imperial power.
In their minds, asking their boss to take the position of king is no different from asking their boss to take the position of king.
"I'm afraid it's the same with Cao Lili... Cao Liang has had close contact with the imperial power, and he knows that the imperial power is just like that..."