"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?"
To be continued...