Chapter 0874 Victory is easy to fight, and the prisoners are uneasy (make up tonight and tomorrow!)
Kou Ji and Zhao Zhen decided early on that Kou Ji would be appointed as Ping Zhangshi under Tong Zhongshu.
Zhao Zhen's original idea was to establish another position above the two palaces, ranking above the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty.
Zhao Zhen has already thought of the job title.
Prime Minister, Minister of State, Zhengyipin.
However, Kou Ji felt that it was too ostentatious, and since it had set a precedent, there was no guarantee that sycophants would not emerge in future generations, who would use this position to dominate the government and evade the emperor.
All Kou Ji rejected Zhao Zhen's proposal.
The two finally agreed that Kou Ji would serve as Tong Zhongshu's subordinate Ping Zhangshi and preside over the reform of the cultural system, while Zhao Zhen would be in charge of the military power of the Privy Council and take charge of the killing expedition.
To put it simply, one does things and the other kills.
The division of labor is clear and mutually reinforcing.
After Chen Lin learned that Zhao Zhen and Kou Ji had a plan, she stopped talking.
If Zhao Zhen needs to be reminded, he won't hide even a word. If Zhao Zhen doesn't need to be reminded, he won't say a word.
Zhao Zhen ordered Chen Lin to take Lu Yijian and three others out and fined them three years' salary.
Lu Yijian and the other three didn't learn a lesson at all.
After Lu Yijian and the others left the palace angrily, they summoned hundreds of officials and prepared to use the method Kou Ji had used before to demonstrate at the entrance of Zhao Zhen's palace.
It was just that Lu Yijian and the others had just entered the palace with the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, when they bumped into Empress Dowager Li's Luan Jia.
When Empress Dowager Li met them, she started shouting curses.
As Queen Mother Li, she doesn't care who you are or how big your official position is.
Lu Yijian and others were scolded so hard that they couldn't hold their heads up and had no excuse to talk back.
Because Queen Mother Li's reasons were so big that they couldn't refute them.
Several nobles in the harem, headed by Queen Cao, were about to give birth and could not bear any disturbance.
If the officials were noisy in the palace and disturbed them, causing problems for the official's dragon heir, it would be a grave sin.
Empress Dowager Li caught Lu Yijian and others and scolded them for half an hour before letting them go.
They fled the palace in despair and never dared to protest at the entrance of Zhao Zhen's palace.
But Lu Yijian and others did not give up easily.
Some people proposed a sit-in demonstration at the gate of Donghua, while others proposed a boycott in protest.
In short, the court officials came up with countless ways to force Zhao Zhen to surrender and exchange Kou Ji, Zhong Shiheng and others back to Bianjing City.
Kou Ji, Zhong Shiheng and others who were far away in Gubeikou had no idea that the officials in Bianjing City were looking for trouble for Zhao Zhen because of them.
After the murderers outside the pass were mixed with multiple civilians, many dramatic scenes occurred in various places guarding the pass.
The murderers carried the people and rushed to the front of Guancheng in a fierce manner, pretending to fight to the death with the Song Dynasty.
Then, they rushed to the city head and before the Song Dynasty could fight back, some people knelt down and asked to surrender.
At the end of the riot, the murderer, who was enslaved by the people to cause rebellion, was enslaved by the people and surrendered to the Song Dynasty.
The common people gathered at the foot of Guancheng and knelt down to beg for surrender. The murderer standing alone was particularly eye-catching.
The musketeers and crossbowmen guarding the city spotted them and fired fiercely.
The murderers were afraid of being killed, so they rushed to the gate of Guancheng with the people in their arms. After seeing the people surrender, they also decisively surrendered.
For a time, countless enemies were killed and surrendered at each pass.
When the battle report was delivered to Kou Ji, his head hurt when he saw it.
The main reason is that the results are too exaggerated.
Take the record of the guerrilla generals assigned to Juyongguan.
The guerrilla general guarding Juyongguan was called Cao Ren. He was a veteran general who had been in the military examination during the Taizong period. He led five thousand soldiers and horses.
From the time the murderers appeared in front of Juyongguan to the time they were all eliminated, it took one and a half months.
Cao Ren left two thousand soldiers and horses to guard Juyong Pass, and he led two thousand soldiers and horses to attack frequently.
In one and a half months, more than 40,000 enemies were killed and more than 280,000 prisoners were taken.
Such a record, in the past, would have been a great victory. It was worth spending 800 miles to rush and sing praises all the way to Bianjing City to deliver good news.
However.
Such achievements are nothing at all at the various passes of the Great Wall.
Not to mention other places, taking Gubeikou, where Zhong Shiheng was based, as an example, the number of prisoners captured exceeded one million.
"I have fought in wars all my life, and I have never captured so many people."
Looking at the bare-butt Liao captives who timidly looked at everything in Gubei Mouth, Zhong Shiheng sighed sincerely.
Kou Ji glanced at Zhong Shiheng and said, "You can't get them a pair of trousers... It doesn't matter how young the men and women are. At least get a pair of trousers for those old people."
Zhong Shiheng said speechlessly: "I have plundered all the extra trousers of the soldiers in the camp. If I want to get the trousers again, I have to strip them from the soldiers."
Kou Ji rubbed his brows, sighed and said: "The people from the Changsheng Cult are quite evil. They just took away their cattle, sheep, horses and tents, and they didn't even leave anyone with a pair of pants."
Zhong Shiheng's eyes wandered in the crowd for a moment and then said: "It may not be that the people from the Changsheng Cult took off their pants. Maybe some of them have no pants to wear."
Kou Ji knew what Zhong Shiheng's words meant and sighed.
Zhong Shiheng took a deep breath and said: "When I went out to Qingjian City, there were 136 households in Qingjian City. There were more than 280 people and only 40 pairs of trousers. They were still from
Picked off the body of a dead person.
There are almost no belts or drawstrings, and they use straw ropes made from weeds to tie their trousers.”
Kou Ji said in a deep voice: "The Liao Kingdom still has some wealth..."
Zhong Shiheng sneered, "So what if it's bigger than me in the Song Dynasty?"
Kou Ji glanced at Zhong Shiheng and said dissatisfied: "Of course you are not as rich as I am in the Song Dynasty."
Zhong Shiheng snorted and said: "The Song Dynasty is several times richer than the Liao country, but there are still people who can't afford to wear trousers. It's very common for people in the Liao Dynasty to have people who can't wear trousers.
During the reign of Emperor Yelu Longxu of Liao Dynasty, he had nothing good to say about the eight Khitan tribes.
But it is very cruel to other small tribes.
If you can't squeeze it to death, squeeze it hard.
In the past, we only saw the nobles among the Liao people, so we could not see the poor side of the Liao people.
Now that the Liao Kingdom is in turmoil, the Liao people have been driven together to the Song Dynasty, and some of their poorer sides have naturally been exposed to us."
"Why……"
Kou Ji sighed, "I have already written to the textile workshop in Baozhou. They will send a batch of sewn trousers soon."
Zhong Shiheng hesitated for a moment, then looked at Kou Jidao: "You have sent sixteen letters to the textile workshop in Baozhou, and you have requested more than one million pieces of clothing.
There are also many thick clothes among them, which are of great value."
Kou Ji turned his head to look at Zhong Shiheng and asked, "Is there a problem?"
Zhong Shiheng gritted his teeth and said: "If you continue like this, you will empty out the wealth of Baozhou Textile Workshop. This matter should be reported to the imperial court and let the imperial court take action."
Kou Ji said solemnly: "This matter was reported to the imperial court, and then the imperial court gave an approval. Then it took two months to transport the fabrics here and process them into ready-made clothes.
Winter will come in just two months, and they will freeze to death."
Zhong Shiheng frowned and said nothing.
A young general behind Zhong Shiheng suddenly whispered, "I'm just from Liao..."
Kou Ji was immediately annoyed, "Liao people?! Take a closer look!"
Kou Ji rushed in front of the young general, grabbed the young general's collar, pointed at an old woman among the prisoners, and asked sternly: "Do you think she looks like a Liao person? Look at her appearance in the Liao people."
Does the situation there look like the situation a Liao girl should be in?"
The young general stared at Kou Ji in astonishment, and then at the old woman. He didn't see anything unusual at all. He didn't understand why Kou Ji was so angry.
The young general looked at Zhong Shiheng blankly.
Zhong Shiheng slowly closed his eyes and whispered: "You have been following me for a long time. You have seen Xixia's capture army, and you have also seen Xixia's capture army capture the people of Song Dynasty.
You have also seen what happened to the women of the Song Dynasty who were captured by the Xixia people."
The young general's expression changed instantly. He looked at the old woman who was driven away from the crowd, covered in dirt and with dull eyes, and could no longer say a word.
Kou Ji grabbed the young general's collar tightly and gritted his teeth and said, "If it weren't for the incompetence of our Song Dynasty men, they wouldn't have to suffer like this. Every bit of suffering they suffer, we will be guilty of.
I still dare not meet any of them because I don't have that face.
Among the prisoners who entered the city a few days ago, there was one who was not tortured crazy. She dragged me and asked me if she was worth half a pancake one night."
The young general's eyes turned red in an instant.
Kou Ji's eyes also turned red, "Do you think it's worth it?"
The young general's tears rolled down instantly.
Kou Ji pointed at the group of people inside Gubeikou, "They are staying among that group of people now and refuse to come out, and I don't have the shame to use force.
I can only do my best to keep them fed and clothed.
If there were not their descendants among the captives, I would have killed all the captives from the moment I saw them.
I, Kou Ji, am not afraid of committing murderous crimes.
I'm afraid that if I kill all those prisoners, they will die with them."
The young general lowered his head with a cry in his voice.
Seeing this, Kou Ji took a few deep breaths, calmed down, and reminded the young general: "Not many people know about this matter at present. Most of the soldiers in the army don't know about it. Don't spread it."
Xiaojiang choked and nodded.
Kou Ji patted him on the shoulder and asked him to go down and rest.
After the young general left, Kou Ji put away his emotions and asked Zhong Shiheng: "Why haven't the people from Shuntian Mansion and Datong Mansion who placed the prisoners arrived yet?"
Zhong Shiheng said in a deep voice: "At each pass, we captured more than three million prisoners. Among them, there were only about 800,000 murderers, and the rest were almost all common people of the Liao Kingdom.
Three million people are more than Shuntian Prefecture and Datong Prefecture can absorb.
After they digested 800,000 prisoners together, they could no longer digest any more prisoners.
Now they will temporarily put the extra prisoners they brought back together and give them a bowl of gruel every day to barely survive."
After a pause, Zhong Shiheng added: "The gruel that the prisoners drank was what we freed up from the army rations."
Kou Ji pondered and said: "The murderers and the common people outside the pass have been dealt with almost, and the remaining ones can no longer make a big splash. Instruct people to count the number of local soldiers and horses, and report their military exploits to me. I will
The money captured will be used to distribute rewards to them.
After they get their rewards, arrange for them to return home.
The food provided by the imperial court is enough for them to eat until March next year.
After they return home, they should be able to free up a lot of food."
Zhong Shiheng said in a deep voice: "If this matter is reported back to the imperial court, people from the Ministry of Household Affairs will probably complain."
Kou Ji glanced at Zhong Shiheng, "So what if I have complaints? I have already written a memorial and sent it to the officials. If they have complaints, they have to go through the official test first."
Zhong Shiheng nodded and said, "Then I will send someone to do what you asked."
Kou Ji didn't wait for Zhong Shiheng to leave, and continued: "Send someone to tell the Shuntian Prefecture and Datong Prefecture magistrates, and let them investigate secretly when they place the prisoners.
Those who are suffering, let them find out as soon as possible.
Then I will find a way to reinstate them and share their land and labor with them so that they can enjoy their old age in peace."
Zhong Shiheng was stunned for a moment and said hesitantly: "The prefects of Datong Prefecture and Shuntian Prefecture will at least listen to what you say, but they may not listen to what I say."
Kou Ji sighed and said: "The magistrates of Shuntian Prefecture and Datong Prefecture are also rare officials. In order to absorb the 800,000 prisoners we allocated to them, they even donated their own property to buy food.
I can't see them again. If I see them again, there's no guarantee that they won't say anything certain in front of me.
When the time comes, they will have to break their teeth and swallow it.
We don't have many good officials in the Song Dynasty. We finally met two of them, so we can't use them to our death.
I'm different from those black-hearted guys in the court. I won't use the excuse of training people to trick them into death."
Zhong Shiheng sighed and said: "I'll try..."
"Don't leave in a hurry yet..."
Zhong Shiheng was about to leave, but Kou Ji stopped him.
Kou Ji stared at Zhong Shiheng and asked, "Where is Liu Heng?"
Zhong Shiheng said solemnly: "Liu Heng's people have already met Yang Wenguang. Li Si has also arrived at Shanhaiguan."
"How is the war outside the customs?"
"The nine New Khitan clans have been besieging the capital for more than half a month. Yelu Zongzhen is leading the remaining troops of the Yelu and Xiao clans to still resist.
Among the other six Khitan tribes, four rebelled from Shangjing City and went north to break up the soil in other parts of the Liao Kingdom to become kings.
The other two tribes voted for the nine new Khitan tribes.
It is said that we are negotiating with the Nine New Khitan Clans to replace one of them and become one of the Nine New Khitan Clans."
"..."
Kou Ji coldly snorted, "They all have good plans, and they didn't even ask me if I would agree."
Zhong Shiheng hesitated for a moment and said: "They may think that with the help of the common people and the murderers, they can still stop us for a while."
Kou Ji said coldly: "We don't have that much time to let them get what they want. Send the order, and the entire army will take the initiative to clean up the criminals and people outside the pass.
A month later, the soldiers left the customs.
I need to capture the entire Northwest Road, the entire Jingnan Road, and the entire Jingdong Road of the Liao Kingdom before winter comes to place the captives."
Zhong Shiheng pondered and said: "You must think clearly. Once we get out of the customs, our battle will not be easy. There are many opponents. This time we can successfully survive the disaster of the murderers outside the customs.
It was all because of the birth of the nine new Khitan clans, which absorbed a large part of the murderers.
If we get out of the pass, we will probably face a group of soldiers from the nine new Khitan tribes who are gradually transforming from thugs into official soldiers.
The leader of the nine new Khitan clans is surrounded by many counselors who are proficient in our Song Dynasty military force.
They have advisers and are very large in number, making them difficult to deal with."
Kou Ji stared at Zhong Shiheng and asked coldly: "I just want to know if I can win?"
Hearing this, Zhong Shiheng said in a deep voice: "We can win, but we have to pay a certain price."
Kou Ji asked again, "How much does it cost?"
Zhong Shiheng solemnly said: "Twenty percent!"
What Zhong Shiheng means is that the battle damage may reach 20%.
Kou Ji heard Zhong Shiheng's answer and said thoughtfully: "If they can't take Shangjing within a month, and when winter comes and the roads are blocked by heavy snow, they won't be able to threaten us in the slightest.
We'd better attack quickly in half a month and capture the three lands of Liao Kingdom in half a month.
After the Three Roads Land is taken down, the road should be closed due to heavy snowfall.
They won't be able to appear in front of us until next spring.
Before this, we can quickly replace the armaments.
From the middle of last year until now, Bianjingcheng Equipment Workshop and Xiazhou Iron and Steel Works have forged many muskets and artillery.
There are also other firearms armaments.
It should barely be able to equip 100,000 people.
When the time comes, I will mobilize all these firearms here and equip them with all the armies.
Can the battle damage be reduced to 10%?”
Zhong Shiheng was stunned for a moment and immediately asked: "How many general cannons and earthquake cannons are there?"
Kou Ji said solemnly: "Since we captured Dali, we have mined a lot of copper mines. With the supply of copper mines opened up, more artillery pieces were naturally built.
The number currently reported to me is 3,000 doors.
When winter comes, there should be more."
Zhong Shiheng was shocked and asked hurriedly: "How many gunpowder bags are there? If there are enough gunpowder bags, I can lead my troops and horses to push them across."
Kou Ji frowned and said, "How much is enough?"
Zhong Shiheng said: "A gunpowder pack that is enough to blow up all the cities in the Liao Kingdom."
Kou Ji's face darkened, "No!"
Zhong Shiheng's face looked a little stiff.
Kou Ji said with a dark face: "What do you think the gunpowder is, the rocks in the mountains? You can take as much as you want?"
Although Kou Ji has expanded the firearms workshop several times based on the original firearms workshop.
But there were not enough firearms to allow Zhong Shiheng to squander them.
And due to the need for strict confidentiality, almost all craftsmen involved in firearm production can be said to be carefully selected.
Only those who are three generations old, have a clean family background, and are loyal to the Song Dynasty are qualified to enter the firearms workshop.
If you quit the firearms workshop due to injury, you will be monitored by the Yamen.
It is precisely because of this that the number of craftsmen involved in firearms production is not large.
You must know that in the Song Dynasty, which was like a sieve, the manufacturing methods and firearms have not flowed out through abnormal channels.
It can be seen how much work Kou Ji and Zhao Zhen did behind the scenes to keep the work secret.
It is precisely because of this that production is subject to certain restrictions.
Kou Ji simply couldn't satisfy Zhong Shiheng's request.
Zhong Shiheng stared at Kou Ji and said with burning eyes: "If you can provide me with enough gunpowder packets, I can not only overthrow the Liao Kingdom, but also reduce the battle losses to less than 10%."
Kou Ji rolled his eyes, "If you say no, then you don't have it. If so, will I not give it to you?"
Zhong Shiheng's expression darkened slightly when he saw that Kou Ji didn't seem to be lying anymore.
Seeing this, Kou Ji said angrily: "Just be content. Don't you stop fighting without firearms?"
Zhong Shiheng smiled dryly, "That's not true."
Kou Ji ordered: "Let's do it."
Zhong Shiheng agreed.
The two of them got off the top of the city and started busy with their official duties.
Although Kou Ji left the responsibility of arranging prisoners to the prefects of Datong Prefecture and Shuntian Prefecture, he did not completely act as a hands-off treasurer.
Three million prisoners were not something the magistrates of Datong Prefecture and Shuntian Prefecture could place properly.
Even the current Song Dynasty court was unable to properly accommodate the sudden increase of three million prisoners.
The cost of eating, drinking, and defecating three million prisoners every day is a huge number.
Kou Ji is now supporting them with some food from his family and the army.
But it was impossible for Koji to keep them forever.
There is no spare place for them to settle down in other parts of the Song Dynasty.
The newly acquired northwest and southwest roads of the Liao Kingdom in the Song Dynasty were broad enough to accommodate them.
However, the northwest and southwest roads of Liao Kingdom newly acquired by the Song Dynasty were not stable, and only those guys who were more vicious than the bandits could stand firmly on them.
It was impossible for these unarmed people who came from the Liao Kingdom to stand in that place.
In addition, the distance from Gubeikou to the northwest and southwest roads of Liao Kingdom is long.
By the time Kou Ji moves the people there, it will probably be the dead of winter.
At that time, people will be short of food and clothing, and the weather will be cold.
These thinly-clad people passed by and couldn't bear it at all.
One winter has passed, and we still don’t know how many people have died.
If there weren't those special people among the prisoners, Kou Ji probably wouldn't have bothered so much.
It is precisely because there are such special people that Kou Ji cares about them very much.
We can't go to the north, and the court won't be able to take care of so many prisoners for a while.
So after much deliberation, Kou Ji could only start with the Liao Kingdom.
The nine new Khitan tribes robbed the people and drove them to the Song Dynasty, leaving all the consequences to the Song Dynasty.
Then Kou Ji would have enough reasons and motives to kill them, snatch the people's things back from their hands, and then distribute them to the people.
Come and go, the Song Dynasty will not suffer any big losses.
On the contrary, there will be three million more soldiers to control the people and a large area of territory.
What Kou Ji needs to do now is to plan as soon as possible how to properly resettle the people after seizing the three lands of the Liao Kingdom, how to reasonably distribute food, cattle, sheep and horses, and how to manage three million captives.
How can the three million captives resume production and support themselves as quickly as possible?
As for whether the Song Dynasty could capture the three lands of the Liao Kingdom, Kou Ji was not worried at all.
After the winter, the second batch of firearms were deployed to the army. The firearms in the army were almost overwhelmingly defeated by the cold weapons of the nine new Khitan tribes.
If you still lose in this situation.
That can only prove that the two famous generals Zhong Shiheng and Di Qing, who are famous in history, are parallel imports.