Chapter 0824 I want to retreat (something to go out, tonight
Di Qing cheered up again with Kou Ji's comfort.
He is not the kind of person who likes to get into trouble, nor is he the kind of person who is kind.
The right way is to be kind and not to control soldiers.
As a man in charge of the army, Di Qing fought many victorious battles and killed probably more than 100,000 enemies in total.
How could someone who killed more than 100,000 people be a kind person?
The reason why he was in a bad mood after returning from the Black Khan prisoner camp.
Not out of kindness, but out of sadness.
As a person who cares about the country and the people, when he sees the Heihan people being cruel to other people in order to please him, it is easy to associate them with his own people, and he will feel sad and worried when he thinks about it.
After Di Qing regained his composure, he said to Kou Ji: "Brother, I'm going to patrol the top of the city to prevent Liao people from sneak attacks at night."
Kou Ji nodded and let Di Qing leave.
Di Qing walked out the door, and Li Di appeared beside Kou Ji. Looking at Di Qing's back, Li Di asked curiously: "What's wrong with that kid?"
While asking questions, Li Di had already sat in front of Kou Ji, took a pot of fruit wine, poured himself a glass, and pushed the jug in front of Kou Ji.
Kou Ji picked up the fruit wine, smelled it, gave up the idea of drinking fruit wine with Li Di, and sighed: "He just went to the Black Khan prisoner camp and promoted some small leaders."
Li Di was taken aback for a moment, then laughed, "I must have seen the Black Khans murdering their own comrades, and I felt sad in my heart."
Kou Ji nodded.
Li Di praised: "I have to admit that you have a really good eye for people. You casually rescued a man who was about to be assassinated from prison. He is a man who cares about his family and country."
Such a person, even if he does not become an extremely popular minister in the future, will still be able to leave his name in history."
"A highly respected minister?"
Kou Ji muttered, shook his head and said, "It's probably unlikely."
Li Di said suspiciously: "With your promotion, why is it impossible?"
Kou Ji rolled his eyes and said, "He is a very popular minister, so where should I sit?"
Li Di was stunned and speechless.
With Kou Ji's holy family still in decline, if Di Qing was an extremely popular minister, Kou Ji could only be crowned king, or sit on the only throne in the Chui Gong Hall.
Whether it is to be crowned king or to sit on that throne, Li Di is not what he wants to see.
This is not what everyone in the government and the public wants to see.
Li Di was silent for a long time, then suddenly sighed, "It's really sad that he was born in the same dynasty as you."
The implication.
With Kou Ji in charge of the court, it would be difficult for others to sit in the position of supreme minister.
When Kou Ji heard this, he rolled his eyes again, "He must be lucky to be born in the same dynasty as me, otherwise he would be bullied to death by you bunch of civil servants."
Li Di was stunned, and shook his head with a wry smile, "You are right. Before you appeared in the court, the people in the court did not give the warriors a chance to stand out. Even if they were given a chance, they would put them at risk.
Roast on the fire.”
Kou Ji curled his lips and said, "You seem to be one of those people."
Li Di stared, "How can you compare me with those pedantic people?"
Kou Ji smiled coldly and said nothing.
Li Di picked up the wine bottle, put it down hard in front of Kou Ji, stared straight in the eyes, and said angrily: "Drink!"
Kou Ji pushed the wine bottle away with some disgust, "Don't drink it, it's sour."
Li Di grabbed the wine bottle and said, "Whether you want to drink or not..."
Kou Ji and Li Di bickered for a while, and after Li Di finished drinking a bottle of fruit wine, they went back to their rooms to rest.
Di Qing walked around the city in the darkness, and finally ordered someone to move a few quilts, and simply stayed in the city gate building.
The next day.
After dawn.
Xiao Pidi led the Liao army and once again forced them to the gate of Yangguan Pass.
Di Qing immediately mobilized the Black Khan people to defend the city wall.
As soon as the war started, it entered its most brutal stage.
The Liao soldiers rushed towards the city like crazy.
Di Qing only dispatched the Black Khan people to defend the city, so the Liao soldiers attacked the city several times.
Ten thousand Black Khans fought fiercely for half a day before being defeated. Nearly three thousand were killed and more than six thousand were injured.
Di Qing once again mobilized 10,000 Black Khans to scale the city wall and continue to defend the city.
The fighting continued until dark, and the 10,000 newly mobilized Black Khans were also defeated.
In the end, Di Qing did not dispatch the third group of Black Khans to defend the city. Instead, he ordered local soldiers from Shaanxi Prefecture to take over the defense of the city from the Black Khans.
The artillery was pushed out when the local soldiers of Shaanxi Prefecture were defending the city.
As soon as the artillery came out.
The Liao soldiers immediately felt the pressure.
Xiao Pidi decisively ordered his troops to retreat.
The battlefield became peaceful after nightfall, with only corpses lying on the ground lying quietly in the cold wind.
The purpose of Xiao Pidi's attack on Yangguan this time is to explore the reality inside Yangguan.
Nowadays, the elite imperial troops of the Song Dynasty did not come out. Only some local soldiers pushed them to the ground with the help of artillery. This made Xiao Pidi feel some pressure.
After nightfall.
Inside the large tent of the Chinese army in the Liao camp.
Everything is just like last night.
Xiao Pidi was sitting in the big tent, cutting the mutton with a knife to eat, and asked in a deep voice: "How was the battle damage?"
The general said solemnly: "The battle damage has exceeded 10,000."
Xiao Pidi dropped the knife, frowned and said: "We have suffered over 10,000 battle losses, but we still haven't found out the strength of the Song soldiers in Yangguan. We still haven't figured out whether the elite Song soldiers in Yangguan are 20,000 or 50,000."
have no idea.
If there are only 20,000 of them and the other 30,000 have gone elsewhere, it will definitely have an impact on the war situation."
The general said solemnly: "How about another strong attack tomorrow and try to force out all the opponent's troops."
Xiao Pidi shook his head slowly, "That's inappropriate... After we entered Hexi of the Song Dynasty, we have lost more than 20,000 soldiers and horses in successive battles, which is more than one-fifth of our total strength. We cannot continue to waste it.
In the subsequent war, we can only fight wisely, not forcefully.
In today's battle, although we were not able to test the strength of the Song soldiers in Yangguan, we did break through the city gate of Yangguan and saw the high stone wall at the gate.
The people of the Song Dynasty blocked the entrance to Yangguan with a stone wall, which shows that they chose to defend it to the end.
In this way, it just complies with our wishes.
We just need to go with the flow and accompany the people of Song Dynasty.
I have sent people to Xizhou Uighurs to escort the people of Xizhou Uighurs.
When the Uighur people from Xizhou arrive, we will use the Uighur people from Xizhou to fight against them."
The general muttered: "On the Yangguan side, the Song soldiers have decided to defend. But on the Yumenguan side, I'm afraid they won't defend it. At the moment, we haven't heard clearly about the movements of the elite Song troops stationed at Yangguan. If they quietly go to Yumenguan,
It is very likely that he will have a battle with the Black Khan King Yusufu.
If the Black Khan King Yusufu were defeated, it would be very disadvantageous for us.
Should we send someone to warn the Black Khan King Yusufu?"
Xiao Pidi thought for a moment, nodded and said: "It is time to send someone to give the Black Khan King Yusufu a warning. But there is no need to worry too much. The elite of the Song Dynasty sitting in Yangguan really go to rescue Yumenguan, really want to follow
If the Black Khan King Yu Sufu fights, it is impossible to choose outside the Yumen Pass.
What the Black Khan King Yu Sufu was not afraid of the most was confronting the Song soldiers outside Yumen Pass.
His hundreds of thousands of cavalrymen could run together and crush Song soldiers to death.
Unless the Song soldiers deployed no less than 300,000 troops and horses, it would be impossible to defeat the Black Khan King Yu Sufu head-on.
Therefore, if the Song soldiers wanted to defeat the Black Khan King Yusufu, they could only lead the Black Khan King Yusufu elsewhere.
We sent people to remind the Black Khan King Yusufu that the Song soldiers might reinforce Yumen Pass. At the same time, we also reminded him to be careful of the Song soldiers' plan to invite the king into a trap.
The Black Khan King Yu Sufu had suffered a loss in Yangguan before, so he would not easily be fooled by the Song soldiers."
After listening to Xiao Pidi's words, the general nodded slowly.
A night of silence.
The next day.
Xiao Pidi did not lead his troops to attack the city, but sent people to remind the Black Khan King Yu Sufu.
Liao soldiers and Chen Bing were outside Yangguan, but there was no movement at all, which made Di Qing feel a little suspicious.
Di Qing couldn't guess what the Liao soldiers were trying to do, so he went to ask Li Di and Kou Ji for advice.
Yangguan.
Inside the courtyard.
Di Qing sat on the fire bed with Li Di and Kou Ji, and expressed the doubts in his heart, "The Liao soldiers have been attacking fiercely for two days. Logically speaking, they should also attack fiercely today.
But I stayed on top of the city for most of the day and didn't see any movement from the Liao soldiers.
What exactly is the plan of the Liao soldiers?"
Li Di pondered and shook his head.
He couldn't guess what the Liao soldiers were going to do.
Kou Ji thought for a while and said: "If you can't guess, then take another look. As long as the Liao soldiers have a plan, they will definitely reveal something. Just let the people under you continue to be on guard."
Di Qing nodded and said: "That can only be like this..."
After that, it lasted for three days.
All the Liao soldiers were stationed outside Yangguan and remained motionless.
On the other hand, over at Yumen Pass, there were wars happening every day.
Kou Ji and the others thought about it for three days, and finally figured out the purpose of the Liao soldiers.
The three of them gathered again on the fire kang in the courtyard.
Kou Ji sat cross-legged and muttered: "The purpose of the Liao soldiers should be similar to ours, they are also stalling for time."
Li Di stroked his beard and nodded: "The final battlefield of the Liao Kingdom is over at Zhending Mansion. No matter how much advantage they gain in Hexi, it will be useless. Because once the Qingtang people take action, they will eventually divide the interests of Hexi.
It is possible that it was the Black Khan Dynasty and Qingtang, and the Liao Kingdom did not get much benefit.
The purpose of the Liao State sending troops and horses to assist the Black Khan Dynasty was also to allow the Black Khan Dynasty to open up a situation in Hexi, contain most of the troops of the Song Dynasty, and strive for some favorable conditions for Emperor Yelu Longxu of the Liao Dynasty to march south.
Therefore, it does not matter whether the Liao soldiers can win the war in Hexi.
As long as they contain our Song forces until Emperor Yelu Longxu of Liao leads his troops south, their mission will be accomplished."
Di Qing hesitated and said: "In this case, wouldn't the Black Khan King Yu Sufu be put in?"
Kou Ji glanced at Li Di and motioned for Li Di to explain the matter.
Li Di glared at Kou Ji and said neither salty nor coldly: "There are no pure allies between countries. There are only interests between countries. It is very common to betray allies in order to win the war.
matter.
After the Song Dynasty and the Liao Kingdom made an alliance before, didn't the Liao people frequently invade the border?"
Di Qing nodded and said: "I know that. I'm just wondering if the Black Khan King Yu Sufu will fall out after knowing that he was put in?"
Kou Ji and Li Di were stunned.
Kou Ji thought about it and said: "Probably not. Xiao Pidi should have a way to gain the trust of the Black Khan King Yusufu. Unless we defeat the Black Khan King Yusufu's troops in one fell swoop and let the Black Khan King Yusufu truly feel that he is being faked.
Only if he goes in will he fall out with the Liao Kingdom."
Li Di pinched his beard and smiled: "It's better not to fall out. After all, what the Liao Kingdom wants now is also what you, Privy Councilor Kou, want now."
Xiao Pidi wants to drag it out, and Kou Ji also wants to drag it out. The two have the same purpose.
Just different ideas.
Kou Ji smiled and said, "Then let's just go with the flow."
Li Di smiled and nodded.
Di Qing also nodded.
After nodding, Li Di smiled and said: "In a few days, it will be the New Year's Eve. The Liao soldiers are holding off from attacking the city, so we can just have a good New Year's Eve."
Di Qing sighed: "I'm afraid it won't be so easy over there at Yumen Pass to celebrate the New Year."
Kou Ji thought: "That's not necessarily the case. The local soldiers from all over the country have arrived in Hexi and are now rushing to Yumen Pass and Yangguan. Then I will dispatch them all to Yumen Pass and let Zhong Shiheng lead them to Hei Khan.
The soldiers attack head-on.
The black sweat soldiers should be able to calm down for two days.
They can also have a good New Year."
Li Di nodded with satisfaction and said with a smile: "In this way, the cattle and sheep I raise in Guazhou and Shazhou will not have to rush to Xiliang City to sell them."
Speaking of this, Li Di stared at Kou Ji with a smile and said: "The army celebrates the New Year and uses our cattle and sheep from Guazhou and Shazhou, so they won't not pay for it, right?"
Kou Ji pondered and said, "How about I ask the officials to reduce taxes for Guazhou and Shazhou for three years."
Li Di stared and shouted: "You have a beautiful idea."
This time Guazhou and Shazhou suffered from military disasters. According to the imperial court's practice, Guazhou and Shazhou will be taxed for three years after the war to allow Guazhou and Shazhou to recuperate.
So what Kou Ji said is as if he didn't say it.
Naturally, it is impossible for Li Di to make a loss-making business.
Kou Ji smiled and said: "Okay, okay, I'll just say it casually, you don't need to be angry. After this war, how much grain, grass, cattle and sheep were used by the army in Guazhou and Shazhou? Please report a figure to the court."
, then the court will calculate the money for you based on the market price."
Li Di was stunned and asked: "The market price in Bianjing..."
Kou Ji shook his head and said: "Impossible! You choose the market price in Xining Prefecture or Xiliang City."
Li Di said without thinking: "Xining Prefecture, the market price in Xining Prefecture is higher."
Kou Ji laughed.
Li Di asked hesitantly: "Will the imperial court really be so generous?"
Kou Ji sighed: "The imperial court has accumulated a lot of frivolous wealth in recent years, with the purpose of using it for war. If the imperial court wants to win the war, how can it not be generous?"
Li Di sighed: "Today's imperial court has a full treasury and strong troops and horses, which is really good."
I recall that back then, the treasury of the Song Dynasty was so empty that it was easy for rats to run away. In order to make money for the treasury, Li Di offended many people.
The soldiers and horses on all sides were also very weak, being suppressed and beaten all the time.
Nowadays, the Song Dynasty's treasury is full, and the soldiers and horses on all sides are no longer being suppressed by others, but suppressed by others.
Only today's Song Dynasty is qualified to be called the Celestial Dynasty.
Seeing Li Di's expression of emotion, Kou Ji smiled and said, "It will be better in the future."
Li Di laughed loudly, "I have contributed a lot to it."
Kou Ji nodded and said: "Of course, no one can erase your contribution."
Then, the three of them laughed loudly together.
A night of silence.
The next day.
The three people each performed their duties.
Kou Ji was writing transfer orders to other local soldiers in the yard, Di Qing was inspecting the city defense, and Li Di and his men were busy with the New Year celebrations.
Kou Ji promised that the court would pay Li Di afterwards, and Li Di happily asked the people of Guazhou and Shazhou to send their grain, cattle, sheep, and dried fruits to the military camp.
There are not only soldiers and horses from Yangguan, but also soldiers and horses from Yumenguan.
Seeing the carts of grain, cattle, sheep, and dried fruits being transported into Guancheng, the soldiers were also happy.
Because they know that they can still have a prosperous New Year even if they are at the border.
Of course, there are also some unpleasant episodes.
When some local soldiers arrived at Yumen Pass, they saw that cattle and sheep were everywhere in Yumen Pass, and they felt that the soldiers at Yumen Pass lived on wine and meat all day long. They marched along the way, gnawing dry food and cold water, which was very unfair.
They drank some of the wine they brought and led hundreds of people to make a scene.
He broke into the pen where cattle and sheep were kept and robbed some sheep.
Then, they were surrounded.
If Zhong Shiheng hadn't appeared in time, they would have been beaten to death.
Zhong Shiheng did not deal with them, but explained the origin and use of cattle and sheep to other soldiers.
Then someone sent a document to Kou Ji.
After Kou Ji got the document, without saying a word, he sent his personal guards, took a command arrow, rushed to Yumen Pass, and hung the heads of those people on the flagpole.
At the same time, a document was sent to the court, asking Zhao Zhen to expel the elders and juniors who held official positions in the families of those soldiers who made trouble.
This incident is just a small episode.
It didn't attract too many people's attention.
On the contrary, the war on the 28th of the twelfth lunar month deserves more attention.
On the twenty-eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, Zhong Shiheng, in accordance with Kou Ji's order, sent a troop of soldiers and horses, slipped out of the city at night, and caused a scene in the Black Khan's camp.
They burned part of the food and grass that the Black Khan King Yusufu ordered people to collect from the Uighurs in Xizhou.
The Black Khan King Yu Sufu was furious. After dawn, he led all his troops and fought with Zhong Shiheng at Yumen Pass for a day and a night.
The entire Yumen Pass, as well as the more than ten miles long city wall under the jurisdiction of Yumen Pass, were filled with soldiers and horses fighting fiercely.
The number of casualties on both sides was as high as 80,000.
Among them, the Song soldiers suffered more than 20,000 casualties.
The Black Khan's casualties reached 60,000.
After the First World War, the Black Khan King Yusufu never led his troops to attack Yumen Pass again.
It was obviously painful from being beaten.
After the war.
Yumen Pass and Yang Pass have officially entered the New Year Festival.
On New Year's Eve, the two gates were brightly lit.
The aroma of beef and mutton fills the inside and outside of Guancheng.
Inside Yangguan.
Li Di ordered people to set up flowing water mats.
From one end of Yangguan City to the other end.
There is enough meat and steamed buns, and only two taels of wine per person.
Even the Black Khans also took up some light, got some broth, and naan.
Kou Ji, Li Di and Di Qing were sitting on the crossroads in the city, enjoying themselves with the soldiers.
The soldiers were noisy and having fun all night.
The noise continued all night.
Neither the Black Khan Wang Yusufu outside Yumen Pass nor Xiao Pidi outside Yangguan took the opportunity to make a sneak attack.
Because they all know that the Song people in the city will not give them any loopholes.
If you attack the city while the Song people are celebrating the New Year, you will most likely be hated by all the Song people in the city, and you may even suffer severe revenge.
Of course, the more important thing is that they are not in the mood for revenge.
The Black Khan King Yu Sufu led 700,000 troops into the Song Dynasty. In less than a month, he lost nearly 300,000 troops and suffered heavy losses.
After suffering a disastrous defeat on the 28th of the twelfth lunar month, and with most of the food and grass burned, the Black Khan King Yu Sufu decided to quit.
Because he felt that if he continued to fight against the Song soldiers, before Emperor Yelu Longxu of the Liao Dynasty could lead his troops south to form a pincer attack with him, his troops would be completely consumed by the Song soldiers.
He agreed to Emperor Yelu Longxu of the Liao Dynasty to attack the Song Dynasty together. He came here to take advantage, not to suffer losses.
Now that three-sevenths of the troops and horses have been lost, which has exceeded his inner expectations, he is naturally not willing to stay any longer.
He thought that he could retreat first, digest the Xizhou Uighurs, and then lead a million soldiers and horses to kill them next autumn.
He will definitely be well prepared by then.
It's like fighting the Xizhou Uighurs in the past. If you can't fight, go back and take a rest. If you can, fight again when you have time.
Play slowly, don't rush.
No need to fight to the death.
After the Black Khan King Yu Sufu had the intention to retreat, he sent someone to tell Xiao Pidi about this idea.
After Xiao Pidi learned about this, without saying a word, he took a few people and hurried to Yumen Pass to meet the Black Khan King Yusufu.
When Xiao Pidi met the Black Khan King Yusufu, the former high-spirited Black Khan King Yusufu was gone, replaced by a dark-faced Black Khan King Yusufu.
"King Khan!"
Xiao Pidi entered the central tent of the Black Khan King. After seeing the Black Khan King Yu Sufu, he quickly walked up to the Black Khan King Yu Sufu and shouted urgently.
Black Khan Wang Yusufu seemed to have drunk some wine, and there were two clusters of bright red on his face. After hearing Xiao Pidi's shouts, he was slightly stunned and looked at Xiao Pidi.
"General Xiao..."
After Xiao Pidi saluted the Black Khan King Yu Sufu, he said in a deep voice: "Does the Khan King want to withdraw his troops?"
The Black Khan King Yu Sufu frowned and said displeasedly: "This Khan is just leading his troops back to take a rest. When I have rested, I will make a comeback."
Xiao Pidi solemnly said: "King Khan, now is the only opportunity to attack the Song Dynasty. Once this opportunity is missed, we dynasties surrounding the Song Dynasty will only be beaten in the future.
If you retreat now, our Liao Kingdom's southern invasion of Song Kingdom will be defeated.
You have also seen how powerful the Song Dynasty's military front is.
Once the Song Kingdom destroys our Liao Kingdom, the Black Khan Dynasty will only be a threat.
When the time comes, they will definitely not let go of the Black Khan Dynasty."
After a pause, Xiao Pidi continued: "Those in power in the Song State and those in charge of the army are all those who must be punished. Previously, the people in power in the Song State promised in front of the people of the Song State that if a foreign enemy hurts a person in the Song State, the Song State will punish him."
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Dali, adjacent to Qingtang, had just been annihilated by the Song Dynasty.
The reason why Dali was destroyed was because the Dali people hurt several Song people.
King Khan, think about it, after entering the Song Dynasty, the number of Song people harmed is not just a few, but tens of thousands."