"Hahaha...Kou Ji, when you heard that the enemy was coming, were you so scared that your pants fell off?"
Just as Kou Ji was talking to himself, Chen Lin's mocking voice sounded outside the tent.
"I knew..."
Kou Ji put his hand on his forehead, feeling unspeakably depressed.
Chen Lin laughed heartily and entered Kou Ji's tent.
Staring at Kou Ji who was sitting in the tent, he said mockingly: "We remember that you have been on many battlefields and faced countless powerful enemies. How could you be so frightened that your pants fell off?"
Kou Ji put down his hand, glared at Chen Lin, and said angrily: "The pants were accidentally pulled off when they lifted me down, not because they were scared."
Chen Lin said with a smile: "Anyway, word has spread throughout the army that your pants were frightened when the enemy came close. It's useless no matter how you explain it."
Kou Ji said angrily: "What I said is the truth."
Chen Lin laughed loudly and said: "Is it important? Anyway, it won't be long before everyone in the world will know that you are the first Privy Councilor in the Song Dynasty who was scared off his pants on the battlefield.
You are also a civil servant, so you should understand that people are more willing to believe this than the truth."
Kou Ji was angry, "Whoever spread the rumor, I will kill him."
Chen Lin smiled and said: "The generals and officers in the army are spreading rumors, can you still kill them all?"
Kou Ji glared at Chen Lin fiercely, "You must be behind this too, right?"
Chen Lin said innocently: "Our family didn't do anything..."
Kou Ji didn't believe it at all, but there was nothing he could do about it.
Less than half a quarter of an hour after Chen Lin entered, Zhong Shiheng and Di Qing entered the tent together.
As soon as he entered the tent, Zhong Shiheng said to Kou Ji in a very firm tone: "Privy Envoy, we have won..."
Di Qing echoed from the side: "Not only did we win, we also captured many prisoners. A total of 150,000 prisoners were captured in the ravine and on the hilltop. One enemy soldier bypassed the hilltop and ran behind us.
, I made arrangements behind our backs, they can't escape.
When the war is over, we will probably be able to capture some more prisoners."
Kou Ji took two deep breaths, calmed down, and said, "Where has the enemy retreated to now?"
Di Qing said in a deep voice: "The enemy has now retreated fifteen miles away. Our scouts have been keeping an eye on it. If there is any sign of trouble, they will inform us as soon as possible."
Kou Ji nodded, "Clean the battlefield as soon as possible and let the soldiers who should rest go down and rest. When the enemy comes again next time, we will not be so hasty."
Zhong Shiheng nodded in agreement, "I already gave the order before I came here."
Kou Ji nodded and said: "That's good..."
Zhong Shiheng said: "How to deal with the prisoners?"
Kou Ji pondered for a moment and said: "Tie them up with ropes for the time being and use them as civilians."
When Zhong Shiheng heard this, he stopped talking.
After Kou Ji finished chatting with them about official matters, the expression on his face changed instantly, "I heard that there have been some rumors in the army recently. Is there someone behind it?"
When Zhong Shiheng and Di Qing heard Kou Ji's words, their expressions instantly became strange.
Zhong Shiheng suppressed a laugh and shook his shoulders.
Di Qing was honest and honest. He said to Kou Ji: "Brother, some rumors have just arisen in the army related to you. However, the soldiers all know the truth, and they also know that you are not the kind of person who is greedy for life and afraid of death.
The soldiers just treated the matter as a joke, and no one took it seriously.
There’s no one behind it, either.”
Kou Ji snorted, "Is my identity something they can discuss behind my back?!"
Di Qing looked embarrassed.
Zhong Shiheng suppressed a smile and said: "Privy Envoy, you have experienced a lot of wars, large and small, and you have even been assassinated by the enemy. All the officers and soldiers in the army know this.
They are spreading the news about you losing your pants now because they just find it interesting and they do not deliberately want to smear you.
There is no need for you to be angry."
Kou Ji glared at Zhong Shiheng and said: "They can not take it seriously, but the people in the country can also not take it seriously? Rumors stop at wise men, but how many wise men can there be in this kind of thing?"
Zhong Shiheng said with a smile: "The soldiers have spread the word, and there is nothing that can be done to stop it now. You should also understand that the mouths of the people are better than the rivers. The mouths of the soldiers cannot be blocked."
Kou Ji shouted: "Then find a way to block it for me."
Zhong Shiheng spread his hands and said decisively: "I can't help it."
Kou Ji snorted coldly and said: "If you have no other choice, just give it to me. If you can't think of anything, the next time the enemy attacks, I will pull off your pants and throw them on the battlefield."
The smile on Zhong Shiheng's face froze instantly.
"Ahem..."
Just when Kou Ji was about to continue threatening Zhong Shiheng, Chen Lin suddenly coughed.
Kou Ji suddenly looked at Chen Lin and shouted: "You also want to have your pants pulled off and thrown into the battlefield?"
Chen Lin changed her playful smile just now and said solemnly: "Our family has something serious to say."
Kou Ji, Zhong Shiheng, and Di Qing immediately changed their attitudes and looked at Chen Lin seriously.
Public is public, private is private, they make a clear distinction.
Chen Lin also looked serious, "Just now, our family finally got in touch with the spies from the upper capital. The spies from the upper capital sent back the news, saying that after the Ayan tribe and other seven tribes left,
The Wulie tribe and the Xiwang tribe joined hands to storm the capital.
Seeing that Shangjing was about to fall.
A strange force came out from the northeast of Shangjing City.
Not only did he help Yelu Zongzhen defeat the Wu Lie Tribe and the Xi King Tribe, but he also drove them out ten miles away from Shangjing City."
When Kou Ji and the other three heard this, they were all stunned.
Kou Ji couldn't help but said: "Does Yelu Zong really have such a back-up plan?"
Zhong Shiheng muttered: "The fact that he can endure it until this moment before attacking from behind is far beyond that of ordinary people. At his age, if he can have this kind of endurance, if he grows up, he will definitely be a great person."
Lost to Yelu Longxu’s hero.”
Di Qing said in a deep voice: "I am more curious about what kind of soldiers and horses they are, which can easily defeat the soldiers and horses of the Wu Lie Tribe and the Xi King Tribe.
Although the soldiers and horses of the Wulie tribe have only been established recently, they can firmly occupy the first place among the nine new Khitan tribes and can suppress King Xi's tribe, which means that their troops and horses are not weak.
Not to mention King Xi’s tribe. In the past, most of the Liao Kingdom’s foreign wars involved members of King Xi’s tribe, so their combat effectiveness was not weak.
With the combined forces of the Wu Lie Tribe and the Xi Wang Tribe, even if we were to deal with them, it would still take some effort.
How strong are the soldiers and horses that can easily defeat them?"
Before Kou Ji and the others could speak, Di Qing continued: "When Shangjing City was in danger, a strong reinforcement suddenly appeared. Could it be that Yelu Longxu left Yelu Zong as a real backup plan? If so, Yelu Longxu left another backup plan.
How many?
Everyone should know that before the rise of the Song Dynasty, the Liao Kingdom was the overlord of the world.
The Liao Kingdom has been hegemonic for many years, and there may be more to it than what we see.
If Yelu Longxu really leaves a lot of backup for Yelu Zong, then we may have to be more careful when dealing with it later."
As soon as Di Qing finished speaking, Chen Lin slowly said: "General Di, don't worry too much. The soldiers and horses that rushed to the aid of Yelu Zongzhen and defeated the soldiers and horses of the Wu Lie tribe and the Xi Wang tribe were not that easy. On the contrary, it was a waste of money." A lot of effort, almost half of them were killed or injured.
Our family feels that this should be Yelu Longxu’s only real backup plan for Yelv Zong.
If there were other back-ups, Yelu Zong really would not have watched such a powerful army lose more than half of its troops."
When Kou Ji heard this, he asked, "What is the origin of that army?"
Chen Lin smiled bitterly and said: "You may not believe it, but that army is not from any of the eight Khitan tribes, but from a Jurchen army.
There are only 20,000 people in total, some are virgins and some are mature.
The leader is the Jurchen general Zhu Guli who was promoted by Yelu Longxu."
Kou Ji and Zhong Shiheng were a little surprised when they heard this.
Zhong Shiheng exclaimed: "Twenty thousand Jurchens can defeat the hundreds of thousands of joint forces of the Wu Lie tribe and the Xi Wang tribe that attacked the capital. Their strength is not ordinary."
Kou Ji's focus was different from Zhong Shiheng's. After he heard Zhu Guli's name, he muttered: "If I remember correctly, Zhu Guli was a general in the Pishi Army before and was later He was sent to Beijing North Road in the Liao Kingdom and served as a garrison general. He led a group of soldiers and horses composed of pure Liao people.
Now he has transformed into the commander-in-chief of a powerful Jurchen tribe.
Are Yelu Longxu's many previous arrangements for him a cover-up?
Also, although there were a large number of Jurchens in the Liao Kingdom, most of them were scattered throughout the Liao Kingdom.
The largest Jurchen tribe among them is the Jurchen tribe located in the Bohai Sea.
There are barely 20,000 to 30,000 clan members.
When Yelv Zongzhen returned to Shangjing City from a sniper attack, they came out with more than 3,000 people and gave Yelv Zongzhen a hard blow.
Some of the remaining ones have become our prisoners, and some are hanging out among the murderers.
Where did you get the 20,000 Jurchen tribe soldiers and horses in the bones?"
Kou Ji finished speaking.
Chen Lin, Zhong Shiheng, and Di Qing looked at each other in confusion. The question Kou Ji asked was also what they wanted to know.
When Kou Ji saw Chen Lin, Zhong Shiheng and Di Qing, he stared at Chen Lin and asked, "Don't you know?"
Chen Lin smiled bitterly and said, "If our family knew about it, we would have told it and we wouldn't have hidden it at all."
Zhong Shiheng speculated: "Yelu Longxu's arrangement for Bones should be a cover-up. As for the 20,000 Jurchens who suddenly appeared, they should have been secretly recruited by Yelu Longxu while he was still alive.
They defeated the more than 100,000 coalition troops of the Wulie tribe and the Xiwang tribe with 20,000 troops, which shows that they are elites who can conquer and fight well.
They should have been in the army for a long time, and they should have participated in many battles."
Kou Ji frowned and said: "As far as I know, the Liao people have not used any unknown soldiers and horses in recent wars, nor have they used Jurchens in large numbers."
Di Qing thought about it and said: "With Yelu Longxu's previous power, it shouldn't be difficult to arrange a troop of soldiers and horses to a place we don't know for training, right?
He may not be able to use Jurchens in large quantities to fight, nor can he recruit Jurchens in large quantities.
But he can recruit and train quietly.
There were quite a lot of Jurchens in the Liao Kingdom.
He selects a few people from one tribe, and he can select many people in a circle.
If you select a little bit a year, you can select an army of 20,000 soldiers and horses in a few years."
Kou Ji, Zhong Shiheng and Chen Lin heard Di Qing's words and nodded together.
They felt that what Di Qing said was reasonable and should be very close to the truth.
Otherwise, there is no way to explain why there was no news about the 20,000 Jurchen troops before.
After Zhong Shiheng nodded, he said in a deep voice: "We actually don't need to care about how they came. Although they defeated the soldiers and horses of the Wulie Tribe and the King Xi Tribe, they only defeated the soldiers and horses of the Wulie Tribe and the King Xi Tribe.
The horses were driven away for a certain distance, but the two soldiers and horses were not completely annihilated.
Then the soldiers and horses of the Wu Lie Tribe and the Xi Wang Tribe will most likely attack the capital again after reorganizing.
Winter is coming soon.
In winter, the roads were blocked by heavy snow, making it impossible to march.
But it does not prevent the soldiers and horses of the Wulie tribe and the Xiwang tribe from attacking the capital."
The soldiers and horses of the Wu Lie Tribe and King Xi Tribe are near Shangjing City and do not need to march long distances at all, so even if the road is blocked by heavy snow, it will not have a great impact on them.
They just need to spend some troops to clear the snow.
Kou Ji and Di Qing both nodded in agreement.
Zhong Shiheng continued: "If the people of the Wulie Tribe and the King Xi Tribe attack Shangjing City again, they will definitely fight to the bitter end. Because the war has come to them, they have no choice but to take Shangjing City.
Therefore, it is difficult to say whether that Jurchen army can survive the attack by the combined forces of the Wu Lie Tribe and the Xi King Tribe."
Kou Ji nodded and said: "Let them bite it. When they get the results, it will probably be next spring. We will just go there and take advantage."
Zhong Shiheng and Di Qing smiled and nodded.
Kou Ji waved his hand and said: "Okay, you two go down and do your work. Don't forget that we still have a group of thugs to deal with."
Zhong Shiheng and Di Qing cupped their hands and exited the tent.
Chen Lin took a step forward and was about to leave, but was stopped by Kou Ji.
"stop!"
Kou Ji shouted at Chen Lin.
Chen Lin heard that Kou Ji's tone was unkind, glanced at Kou Ji and said, "What are your orders, Privy Councilor Kou?"
Kou Ji glared at Chen Lin and said, "Tell your spies who go back and forth between Bianjing City and here to stop talking nonsense to me. If there are any rumors coming from Bianjing City, I will find officials to join you."
Chen Lin rolled her eyes and said, "Our family doesn't have that much time!"
Koji snorted.
Chen Lin shook her sleeves and left the tent.
Outside the tent.
The soldiers were cleaning the battlefield, counting the prisoners, and rearming their defenses.
The soldiers were busy until night before they finished their work.
Just when Kou Ji lit the candles and was about to verify the merits of the soldiers according to the official military merit documents sent by the soldiers.
Di Qing appeared in the tent.
"Brother, Li Si and others captured more than 30,000 prisoners on the mountainside, and the leader of them is the leader of the Immortality Sect."
Kou Ji paused slightly when he picked up the pen, and said with some surprise: "You also arrested someone with identity?"
Di Qing nodded and said: "Li Si and the others have made a great contribution this time. It's a pity that they are Jiaozhi soldiers. They have made great contributions. The court can't do it directly, and it can't give them promotions or titles."
Kou Ji put down his pen and said: "You don't need to worry about their merits. The officials asked Jiaozhi to send troops. Jiaozhi's soldiers and horses have made achievements here, and the officials will naturally give an explanation to the King of Jiaozhi.
At that time, they will get their due reward from the King of Cochin."
At this point, Kou Ji groped his chin and said, "Bring the leader of the Immortality Sect up here and let me see him."
Hearing this, Di Qing hurriedly said: "That person painted herself in colorful colors, and she is a woman. It is really not elegant. I handed the person over to Chen Lin, and asked Chen Lin to wash her up, and then give it to you.
Send it over."
When Kou Ji heard this, he felt bad.
"I met her to interrogate the prisoner, not to favor her."
Di Qing explained in a dumbfounded way: "Of course I know that my brother is not a womanizer. I asked Chen Lin to wash her mainly because she has too many things on her body and the smell is too strong, and I'm afraid you won't be able to bear it."
Kou Ji rolled his eyes and said, "How big of a flavor can it have?"
Di Qing smiled bitterly and said: "The two Jiaozhi soldiers responsible for capturing her almost fainted..."
Kou Ji was stunned and couldn't help but said: "That's really big..."
Soldiers in the army spend their days in military camps filled with all kinds of sweat odors, and are used to the smelly environment.
Being able to smoke them to the point of fainting means that the smell on the other person's body is really not that strong.
"Bring it here after someone has cleaned it up. I have something to ask."
Kou Ji gave an order.
Di Qing agreed, bowed and exited the tent.
Kou Ji mentioned that he should start to verify the merits of the soldiers, and he did so for a while.
Chen Lin and others appeared at Kou Ji's tent.
Chen Lin was accompanied by four strong eunuchs. They held a thirty-year-old woman in their hands. The woman's cheeks were red and her face was full of panic and timidity.
The woman is none other than Tuktudu Doi, the leader of the Immortality Sect.
The reason why she was panicked and timid was because Chen Lin was too cruel.
In order to wipe away the dirt and some paint on the woman's body, Chen Lin took a hard-bristled brush and brushed her hard.
Her skin turned red.
If she hadn't been thick-skinned, Chen Lin could have brushed off a layer of skin from her body.
She is not afraid of death, but she is afraid of torture.
Some people may question that she is not even afraid of death, so why is she afraid of torture?
In fact, people who are afraid of death do not mean they are not afraid of torture.
Many prisoners had the courage to commit suicide, but did not have the courage to face torture.
Because most torture makes life worse than death.
Kou Ji looked up and down at Tuktu Duduoyi, who looked ordinary and panicked, and slowly said, "What's your name?"
Tuktududuoyi heard Koji speak, trembled, and said hurriedly: "Tuktududuoyi!"
Kou Ji continued to ask: "Are you the leader of the Immortality Sect?"
"yes!"
Tuktududuoyi answered quickly.
Kou Ji nodded and said in a deep voice: "I am Kou Ji, the Privy Councilor of the Song Dynasty!"
Tuktududuoyi was stunned, her knees softened, and she fell to the ground with a thud.
Kou Ji looked stunned, "Am I that scary?"
Tuktududuoyi glanced at Kou Ji and showed a smile that was uglier than crying, "I heard...I heard that you killed more people than our Immortality Sect..."
Kou Ji looked at Chen Lin and asked doubtfully: "Is this really the leader of the Immortality Sect?"
After all, the Immortality Sect is also one of the nine new Khitan tribes, and is a major force in the Liao Kingdom.
Is this what the leader is?
Just as Chen Lin was about to speak, Tuktududuoyi said first, "I am! I am!"
Kou Ji looked at Tuktu Duduoyi with some disbelief and said: "The Immortality Sect can occupy Jingdong Road in Liao Kingdom, and its power is not small.
Can someone like you control the Immortality Cult?"
Tuktu Duduo said with some embarrassment: "It is the gods who control the Immortality Religion. I only help the gods to convey the oracles."
When Kou Ji heard this, he immediately understood why someone like her could control the Immortality Cult.
If strength is insufficient, religion comes to the rescue.
As long as the people still have faith and fear in the gods, someone like her can control a force in the name of the gods.
Koji stared at Tuktududuoy and said, "I believe you are the leader of the Immortality Cult. I have some questions to ask you, and you must answer them truthfully."
Tuktududuoyi said quickly: "I must know everything and tell you everything."
Kou Ji said in a deep voice: "Tell me how many soldiers and horses each of your ministries has, and whose soldiers and horses are stronger and whose soldiers and horses are weaker."
Tuktududuoyi spoke quickly and told almost everything she knew.
The information told by Tuktu Duduoyi was almost exactly the same as the information obtained by the scouts in the army and the spies in Chen Lin's hands.
In other words, her news is of no value to Kou Ji.
Kou Ji frowned slightly and continued to ask: "My people didn't seize much money when they captured Jingnan Road, Jingdong Road and Hexi Road in the Liao Kingdom.
Your forces must have plundered a lot of money when they were wreaking havoc in the Liao Kingdom.
Now, I want to know, where did you hide all that money?"
Hearing this question, Tuktududuoy showed a trace of hesitation on his face.
Kou Ji's face turned slightly cold, "You don't have to say..."
Before Kou Ji could finish his words, Tuktu Duduoyi said quickly: "Most of them are hidden in Jingnan Road and Jingdong Road, and some of them we took with us and buried them in the Guanyin Temple outside Shangjing City."
Kou Ji raised his eyebrows and asked, "Where are they all?"
Tuktu Duduoyi said with a bitter face: "The part of the Immortality Sect is buried at the foot of a mountain in Jingdong Road. I don't know where the money of the Ayan tribe is buried."
Hearing this, Kou Ji said thoughtfully: "The reason why you are so anxious to go south is because of the money, right?"
Tuktududuoi smiled bitterly and nodded.
Kou Ji nodded and said: "It seems that there is a lot of money. The Wulie tribe is indeed quite courageous in being able to leave that money and continue to attack the capital."
After saying this, Koji stared at Tuktududuoy and said, "You can go down. For the sake of your respect, I can spare your life."
Tuktu Duduoyi quickly thanked Kou Ji for not killing him.
Kou Ji waved his hand, and Chen Lin ordered the eunuchs to escort Tuktududuoy out of the tent. Chen Lin herself did not leave.
Kou Ji glanced at Chen Lin, who was standing there silently, and said angrily: "The official family is so rich now, why are they still greedy for money?"