Chapter 0875 I also have officials in the Song Dynasty when there are not enough officials
"Bang!"
"Bang bang!"
"..."
Amidst the roar of artillery and muskets, Yang Wenguang and Liu Heng's troops from Neiyun Prefecture and Outer Yun Prefecture attacked from both sides and strangled the last murderer at the foot of a mountain called Yangchang Mountain in Outer Yun Prefecture.
The two of them rode their horses and gathered together. They saw the soldiers and horses under their command driving the murderers to one place, and they were in the process of annihilating them for the final time.
Liu Heng turned to Yang Wenguang and said, "The trouble you and Wang Sui caused has finally been completely resolved."
Yang Wenguang said with an ugly face: "No one expected that the prisoners in Xingqing Mansion would make such a big fuss after they broke out of Weifu Mansion in Heishan."
Liu Heng heard the hint of grievance in Yang Wenguang's tone, and laughed and said: "Life is always full of surprises, as long as the ending is good."
Yang Wenguang was not comforted by Liu Heng's words. He hesitated and asked Liu Heng, "I heard that when Privy Kou first learned about this, he reacted very strongly and even ordered Fan Zhongyan of Shaanxi Prefecture to gather the best troops in Shaanxi Prefecture."
Liu Heng nodded, "If it weren't for the birth of the nine new Khitan clans, a large number of thugs were separated, which relieved us a lot of pressure, and then millions of people were driven away, mixed in with the thugs, and weakened the thugs
With our strength, we may not be able to take down all the murderers so easily.
So the fourth brother's reaction was not too extreme.
That was his normal reaction.
It’s just that he didn’t expect that things would change in such a big way.”
Yang Wenguang defended: "I didn't say that Privy Kou overreacted. I think that thanks to Privy Kou's timely action and timely deployment of defenses, the murderers were prevented from entering the Song Dynasty and causing chaos, and it did not cause a catastrophe."
Liu Heng stared at Yang Wenguang and saw that Yang Wenguang had a serious look on his face. He pretended to be exaggerated and said: "Oh...is that right...that's because I was wrong..."
While Yang Wenguang and Liu Heng were talking, their soldiers had already wiped out all the die-hard elements among the murderers, leaving only the prisoners kneeling on the ground asking to surrender.
"General, the war is over. How will the prisoners be arranged?"
A school captain rode up to Yang Wenguang to report.
Yang Wenguang did not answer, but looked at Liu Heng, "Where should I send it to Privy Councilor Kou?"
Liu Heng curled his lips, shook his head and said, "That's not right... There are now millions of prisoners gathered over Fourth Brother's side, and now Fourth Brother is worrying about the food rations for those prisoners.
Isn't this place quite close to Wulashan Mansion?
How about sending the person over to Wang Sui for temporary placement?
I remember that in your Xingqing Prefecture, Heishan Weifu Prefecture and other prefectures, the prisoners were working hard. Except for the crops they grew, they ate them themselves, and the rest belonged to the imperial court.
You should have enough food to feed them."
Yang Wenguang hesitated for a moment, "Yes, there is. I'm mainly afraid that they will be bullied in the past."
Liu Heng raised his eyebrows, looking puzzled.
Yang Wenguang explained: "Nowadays, almost all the prisoners in Xingqing Mansion and other places have left their citizenship. What they like to do most now is to bully the prisoners in Xingqing Mansion and other places who have not yet released their citizenship.
They treat those criminal prisoners far more harshly than we treat those criminal prisoners.
From the time when the first group of them deregistered until now, they have caused a lot of deaths.
After the prisoners are sent over, they will be at the bottom and will definitely be bullied by all of them."
Liu Heng said doubtfully: "Is it that serious?"
Yang Wenguang smiled bitterly and said: "There are more serious things. Those who have just quit their citizenship have already tasted the benefits of military merit. I am afraid that they will force the prisoners to rebel, and then in turn kill the prisoners in exchange for military merit."
Liu Heng said in disbelief: "So wild?"
Yang Wenguang grimaced.
The situation in Xingqing Mansion and other places is very special now.
People who are not from the Song Dynasty currently have no way to enter Xingqing Mansion and other places.
Once the local people find out that you are not from the Song Dynasty and do not have a household registration in the Song Dynasty, they will try their best to make you make mistakes, and then take your head off in exchange for military honors.
When the Liao Kingdom's murderers were wreaking havoc, some people in the Liao Kingdom fled to the Song Dynasty with their families in order to avoid disaster.
From dozens of accounts at the beginning to thousands of accounts at the end.
More than 10,000 people fled to the Song Dynasty.
After that, their heads would be chopped off after entering Wulashan Mansion for less than half a month and taken to the Yamen in exchange for military merit.
Since they fled to the Song Dynasty and had no identity, they were not protected by the laws of the Song Dynasty.
If someone cuts off your head, it will be in vain.
The local prisoners only had to accuse them of being bandits and gangsters, and the Yamen would hold their noses and admit it.
So what Yang Wenguang said is very likely to happen.
When Liu Heng saw Yang Wenguang's sad face, he knew that Yang Wenguang had not lied to him.
Since Kou Ji did not order them to kill the prisoners, they could not just watch the prisoners die, so they absolutely could not send the prisoners to Xingqing Mansion and other places.
Liu Heng thought for a while and said: "Then temporarily place them in Waiyunzhou. Although this place is close to the Ayan tribe of the nine new Khitan tribes, most of the Ayan tribe's soldiers and horses are currently fighting fiercely in Shangjing City, and those who are left behind
Those soldiers and horses are far from our opponents and should not be able to affect us.
But to feed the captives, you’d better send someone back to deliver some.”
Yang Wenguang hesitated for a moment and said: "I can only come up with 600,000 dans of grain at most. If it exceeds this amount, the people in the magistrate's office must be consulted, and the people in the household must be consulted by the Wang Sui, and the Wang Sui must be consulted by the imperial court."
Liu Heng frowned and said, "Can't we do something special? Do we need to go to such trouble?"
According to the formal procedures, it may take a month for a set of instructions to be issued.
One month was enough for Liu Heng to take his soldiers and horses out to grab a load of grain.
Yang Wenguang said frankly: "We are qualified to ask the imperial court to handle special matters. The problem is that Privy Councilor Kou is not in Bianjing, and Zhu Neng may not be able to get food from the three prime ministers."
Liu Heng sighed, "The military ministers are still a bit weak. Only the fourth brother can compete head-on with the three prime ministers. The others... hey..."
Liu Heng let out a long sigh, which contained too many things.
Only the military officials of the Song Dynasty could understand.
"Let's dispatch the 600,000 tons of grain first. We'll talk about it later. Anyway, Fourth Brother has decided to attack the Liao territory outside the Pass. If we are short of anything then, we can just grab it from the Liao people."
"good……"
"..."
While Liu Heng and Yang Wenguang were discussing Zhu Neng, Zhu Neng led Three Hundred Buqu and entered Gubeikou.
When Zhu Neng's strong body appeared at the Gubeikou Guarding Office where Kou Ji was stationed, Kou Ji looked surprised.
"Why are you here?"
Zhu Neng stood at the door, staring and said: "You are allowed to eat meat, but I am not allowed to drink soup?"
Kou Ji glanced at Zhu Neng up and down, and said in a neutral tone: "You know... I didn't mean that."
Zhu Neng entered the door, found a place to sit down on his own, picked up the kettle, took a deep breath, and said with a long sigh of relief: "To be honest, I don't know why I came here.
A few days ago, when the imperial court learned that you were going to lead all the imperial troops to counterattack the Liao Kingdom, the courtiers got into trouble.
Many people petitioned the officials to replace you.
There was a big fight with the officials over this.
When they were at their worst, the officials refused to leave, and even dispatched me here conveniently."
Speaking of this, Zhu Neng said with some laughter and tears: "To be honest, I still haven't figured out what the official's intention is.
Logically speaking, if the officials listen to the persuasion of the courtiers, they should replace you.
If the officials did not listen to the persuasion of the courtiers, they should do nothing."
Kou Ji pondered for a moment and said: "Since the officials haven't said anything, we don't have to guess. The most important thing right now is the war. Now that you've arrived, go to Gao Chuanggong and be his helper."
Zhu Neng was stunned and shouted loudly: "Let me be that old guy's helper. He has a great idea."
Obviously, Zhu Neng looked down on Gao Chugong and was unwilling to give Gao Chugong a helping hand.
Kou Ji rolled his eyes and asked someone to take out the map.
Three places were drawn on the map, namely the eastern end of Northwest Road in Liao Kingdom, Jingnan Road, and Jingdong Road.
Kou Ji pointed at the map and said: "Yang Wenguang and Liu Heng will then lead the Zhenbei Army and the Japanese Army, totaling 100,000 troops, to go north along Waiyunzhou and attack the east end of the northwest road of the Liao Kingdom.
The Yongxing Army led by Di Qing and the Jiaozhi Army led by Li Si turned around and left Shanhaiguan to attack the Jingdong Road of the Liao Kingdom.
Gao Chugong led the Jingsai Army and the Baosai Army, and their target was Jingnan Road in the Liao Kingdom.
My requirement is to win these three tasks as quickly as possible.
Gao Chugong is already old, and it is inevitable that he is not as good at commanding troops as he used to be. He often seems a little out of his depth.
Moreover, if he strays a little during the march, the two forbidden armies he leads will stop moving forward.
So I sent you to Gaogao Gongjun to make up for this shortcoming."
Zhu Neng stared at Kou Ji blankly and asked, "Are you afraid that Gao Chugong will die suddenly, so you sent me to wipe his butt?"
Kou Ji sighed: "If you must think so, then just think so."
When Zhu Neng heard this, the resistance in his heart disappeared instantly, "Then I'll go."
Kou Ji nodded and said: "That's good... I will instruct people to prepare a table of wine and food in a moment. After you eat, go to Gaogang Gongjun as soon as possible."
"Don't worry..."
Zhu Neng raised his hand to stop Kou Ji. He pointed to the angle between Jingnan Road and Northwest Road in Liao State on the map, and asked: "There is half of Shangjing Road between Jingnan Road and Northwest Road in Liao State.
If we occupy Jingnan Road and Northwest Road, then this area will pierce us like an awl.
You’re not going to keep it, are you?”
Kou Ji shook his head and said: "Of course not... When your troops leave the Great Wall, Zhong Shiheng will also lead his troops out of the Great Wall, rush thousands of miles, rush to the only way to Shangjing Road and Shangjing City, and cut off Shangjing Road and Shangjing City.
Contact with Beijing.
When you capture the Northwest Road of Liao Kingdom and the South Jing Road, you can join forces and take down the Shangjing Road together."
Zhu Neng said in a deep voice: "In this case, the pressure on Zhong Shiheng will be great."
Running thousands of miles and going deep into the hinterland of the Liao Kingdom is a very dangerous move.
Not only are there enemies all around, but we also face the danger of being harassed along our long supply lines.
If one doesn't do it right, the supply line can easily be cut off and the person will be trapped to death.
Yang Wenguang's grandfather Yang Ye died in such a predicament.
Cao Wei's father, Cao Wei, almost died in such a predicament.
Kou Ji also knew the dangers involved.
"Zhong Shiheng took the initiative to ask for this matter. According to my original plan, after swallowing up the three roads of Liao Kingdom, I took advantage of the heavy snow to block the roads and slowly cleared up the upper road to Beijing.
But Zhong Shiheng felt that my plan was a bit conservative.
He feels that we have the ability and strength to annex the four territories of the Liao Kingdom in one fell swoop, so there is no need to spend time slowly clearing it up."
Kou Ji said frankly to Zhu Neng.
After Zhu Neng heard this, he pondered: "I have worked with Zhong Shiheng for many years. If he was not sure, he would never make this suggestion.
Since you agreed, it means that you also think that Zhong Shiheng's move is very feasible.
Even so, I have no doubts."
Kou Ji warned: "You have enough firearms in your hands, so use more firearms in combat and don't rely too much on personal bravery."
When Zhu Neng heard this, he smiled bitterly and said: "You are not giving us old guys who rely on martial arts a way to survive at all."
Kou Ji said bluntly: "Martial arts are still useful on the battlefield, but they are not as useful as before. And as a general, you should fight with your brain instead of charging into battle yourself."
In Kou Ji's view, as the commander-in-chief and general of an army, it is definitely a very stupid thing to take the lead in charging.
You shouldn't do this unless absolutely necessary.
The soldiers died in the charge, and another group can be recruited to fill the vacancies in the army immediately.
But the commander, the commander died in the charge, and for a while there was no suitable person to replace him.
It’s not that whose life is more valuable than whose life.
But in terms of military affairs, commanders and generals have heavier responsibilities, so naturally they cannot die easily.
Of course, Kou Ji also has some selfish motives.
Nowadays, there are too few generals in the Song Dynasty. Any one who dies in battle will be a huge loss to the Song Dynasty.
Kou Ji felt that famous generals like Cao Wei, Di Qing, Zhong Shiheng, etc. were rare.
Especially for a famous general like Di Qing who came from a grassroots background, it is even more difficult to come by.
This kind of famous generals are born and cannot be cultivated.
So once it is damaged, there will no longer be a replacement.
Zhu Neng didn't understand Kou Ji's thoughts. He felt that a general was nothing but a general if he didn't fight on the battlefield.
Although he had his own thoughts in his heart, he still firmly remembered Kou Ji's words.
Zhu Neng deeply understood that his own opinions were his own, and he had to listen to Kou Ji at critical moments.
Because Kou Ji not only allowed him to save his life, but also allowed him to win battles and achieve great achievements.
Although Kou Ji did not know how to lead troops, he did not know how to command and fight.
But Kou Ji has participated in many wars over the years, and the tactics and strategies he proposed are almost always a sure win.
Anyway, so far, it seems that Kou Ji has not lost much of the battles he has participated in.
What people fear most is not being self-aware and being self-righteous.
Over the years that Zhu Neng has been in office, he has seen too many people who are ignorant and self-righteous.
After those people go to the battlefield, they are pretentious and always feel that they are soldiers and saints who have come to the world. After they go to the battlefield, the enemy will fall in front of them like wheat being harvested.
But the fact is that those people were harvested by the enemy before they could harvest them.
It is precisely because of this that Zhu Neng rarely pretends to be grand and rarely shows off on the battlefield.
When it was time to be obedient and when it was time to give way, he was not ambiguous at all.
Take their previous war in Dali as an example.
When he, Zhong Shiheng, and Di Qing attacked Tengchong Mansion.
Zhong Shiheng's initial idea was to let Zhu Neng lead 30,000 people to sneak attack the opponent's camp.
But Di Qing took the initiative to ask for help, saying that he could capture the opponent's camp with a few thousand men.
Zhu Neng did not rely on his higher status than Di Qing to suppress Di Qing.
He did not rely on his status to compete with Di Qing for credit, but instead gave the opportunity to Di Qing.
Then Di Qing fought a beautiful sneak attack.
Zhu Neng knew very well at that time that if it were him, he would never be able to fight such a beautiful sneak attack.
So he admired Di Qing's ability and also admired Di Qing's talent.
So when Kou Ji dispatched Di Qing to Hexi and put him behind to guard Xining Prefecture, he didn't complain at all.
After Kou Ji assigned Zhu Neng a task, he ordered a banquet to be held for Zhu Neng.
During the dinner, Kou Ji discussed some details with Zhu Neng.
After they had had enough wine and food, Kou Ji did not keep Zhu Neng to stay overnight, but sent Zhu Neng to find Gao Chugong.
Zhu Neng did not hesitate, and with his men, he rode out of Gubeikou.
Because Zhu Neng is a veteran on the battlefield, he knows what it means to be quick and powerful.
A few days later.
Yang Wenguang and Liu Heng sent the battle report on the elimination of the last batch of murderers to Kou Ji.
The moment Kou Ji received the battle report, he issued the order to leave the Great Wall.
Inside Gubeikou.
Dozens of cavalry rushed out and rushed in all directions to convey Kou Ji's order.
At one time, hundreds of thousands of imperial troops, together with more than 60,000 Japanese troops and 50,000 Jiaozhi troops, rushed out of the Great Wall.
After the soldiers and horses of the Song Dynasty left the Great Wall, the most dazzling one belonged to Di Qing's group.
Di Qing was a representative of the young military faction of the Song Dynasty and was good at using strange moves.
Therefore, those who are close to him and willing to hang out with him are mostly young generals.
The generals of the Young Zhuang faction are very energetic.
This is easy to see from the fact that they chased Yelu Zong for hundreds of miles before.
If it were Zhong Shiheng and others, even if they sent people to chase them, they would only be able to pursue them for more than fifty miles at most.
Because beyond fifty miles, the pressure of baggage transportation will increase exponentially.
Zhong Shiheng and others will not take risks.
But Di Qing dared to take risks, and Di Qing's people also dared to take risks.
Precisely because Di Qing and his men dared to take risks, rush and fight, the results after they broke out of the Great Wall were very gratifying.
In one day, six cities were conquered.
The two troops of Gao Chugong and Yang Wenguang achieved good results.
Although not as defiant as Di Qing, they also successively captured three or four cities in the places they attacked.
Zhong Shiheng was the first to receive the order to attack, but he was the last to launch the attack.
Because the distance he needs to attack is the longest and the baggage line is also long, he needs to arrange everything properly.
After Zhong Shiheng packed everything up, he led his troops out of Gubeikou.
The four groups of soldiers and horses combed past like a comb.
The troops and horses on all four sides were as powerful as a broken bamboo.
The good news drifted into Gubeikou like snowflakes.
Kou Ji looked at the pile of good news and felt no joy at all.
Because in his eyes, it is reasonable to have so many good results.
The Liao Kingdom only had a population of ten million people.
After the Liao Kingdom lost Yanyun, they lost three million people to Yanyun.
The thugs caused chaos in the Liao Kingdom and killed countless people.
The nine new Khitan tribes recruited several million people and drove another three million to the Song Dynasty.
Jingnan Road, Jingdong Road, and Northwest Road in the Liao Kingdom can almost be said to have ten rooms and nine empty spaces.
After Di Qing and others invaded the Liao Kingdom, they only had to deal with the small groups of soldiers and horses left behind by the nine new Khitan tribes in Jingnan Road and other places in the Liao Kingdom.
The imperial army of the Song Dynasty led by Di Qing and others were able to crush the elite soldiers of the Liao Kingdom.
Facing a small group of thugs who temporarily formed a left-behind force, it was like piercing paper with an awl, effortlessly.
Therefore, it is reasonable for Di Qing and others to attack the city and seize the territory with overwhelming force.
It is the worst thing to do if you are blocked by others.
Seven days later.
Di Qing took over half of the territory of Jingdong Road in the Liao Kingdom, and Gao Chugong and others also made their own achievements.
Zhu Neng sent people to tell Kou Ji that they had captured Tan Mountain and found many cattle, sheep, horses and grains that the Ayan tribe had plundered from the people of Liao State.
Kou Ji and his men traveled through the starry night and arrived at Tanshan Mountain.
After counting the number of cattle, sheep, horses and grain, he immediately ordered people to take the captives of the Liao Kingdom and gradually bring them back to the Liao land occupied by the Song Dynasty.
At the same time, a memorial was sent to Bianjing by Kou Ji.
After receiving the memorial, Zhao Zhen looked sad.
Lu Yijian and the other two looked at each other with confusion on their faces.
Lu Yijian hesitated for a moment and then said: "Guan Jia, you have been absent from court for half a month. Now Zishi Hall suddenly appears and summons the three ministers and others. Have you figured it out?"
Zhao Zhen glanced at Lu Yijian and threw the memorial in his hand in front of the three of them.
"You can also let me change Kou Ji back. You guys can help me solve this problem first."
Lu Yijian stepped forward suspiciously, picked up the memorial, and after reading it at a glance, he looked confused.
Seeing this, Wang Zeng and Zhang Zhibai came forward and stared at the memorial in Lu Yijian's hand. After reading it, they were also confused.
The content of the memorial is very simple.
The imperial court was asked to send officials to the newly conquered areas.
Kou Ji had a nonchalant tone in his memorial and asked the court to send 10,000 officials first, and then prepare 20,000 more. After taking over the entire Liao Kingdom, a huge number of officials would be needed.
The twenty thousand prepared may not be enough.
But something is better than nothing.
"Send 10,000 first?! Kou Ji really dares to say that! Where can we find 10,000 officials for him?!"
Wang Zeng murmured to himself.
Zhao Zhen said with some displeasure: "It's not for Fourth Brother, it's for me, the Song Dynasty. Since those places are acquired by my Song Dynasty, they are the land of my Song Dynasty.
Since it is our land of the Song Dynasty, then I and the three of us have no shirk of responsibility."
"If you take a Jinshi in one subject, only 200 people will be admitted. How many subjects will be required for 10,000 people?!"