"Seventy percent of what was captured on the battlefield was returned to the imperial court."
Chen Lin stared at Kou Ji and said seriously.
Kou Ji said calmly: "That's also from the imperial court, not from the official family."
Chen Lin said seriously: "What belongs to the imperial court belongs to the official family."
Kou Ji curled his lips and said, "Then you take someone to dig it out. After digging it out, 30% will be sent to me and 70% will be sent back to Bianjing City."
Hearing this, Chen Lin nodded and said, "Our family happens to be free."
Kou Ji rolled his eyes.
Chen Lin waved her sleeves and left the tent.
Kou Ji had a headache and rubbed his eyebrows.
"It's not a good thing for an official to be surrounded by a group of money fans. We should talk to the official later."
Kou Ji muttered, lowered his head and continued to verify military achievements.
Once verified, it was verified until midnight.
In the middle of the night, the cold wind howled outside the tent, like a ghost crying or a wolf howling.
After verifying his military achievements, Kou Ji was ready to go out and stretch his muscles.
I walked to the tent entrance, opened the tent curtain, and a cold wind rushed in.
Kou Ji shivered all over, looked up and looked outside, and saw scattered snowflakes drifting from the torch outside the tent, flashing a little light.
Kou Ji murmured: "Is it snowing?"
The snow was very small at first, dancing wildly in the air with the cold wind.
After the wind subsided, heavy snowflakes began to fall, and soon a layer of snow fell on the ground.
Zhong Shiheng, Di Qing, and Chen Lin were all awakened, and one by one they appeared in Kou Ji's tent despite the wind and snow.
After they arrived, Koji invited them to sit by the brazier in the tent, warming themselves by the fire and talking.
"Hiss... the sky in Liao Kingdom changes at any time, and the snow falls at any time, without any warning..."
Chen Lin rubbed her hands, shivering, and whispered.
Kou Ji spread his hands, placed them over the brazier, and said calmly: "There's something wrong with what you said."
Chen Lin was stunned and looked at Kou Ji.
Kou Ji said quietly: "You should say that in the north, there are some signs of snow falling in Bianjing City, but there are no signs of snow falling here."
Chen Lin looked at Kou Ji as if he were a fool, "Is there any difference?"
Kou Ji was speechless. He glanced at Zhong Shiheng and motioned for Zhong Shiheng to explain.
Zhong Shiheng said with a smile: "Of course there is a difference. Before Luoxue, there was still a risk in the ownership of this place. After Luoxue, this place belongs to me, the Song Dynasty."
Di Qing nodded at the side and said: "As soon as the heavy snow fell, roads were closed everywhere, and all the enemies were blocked to the north of here. There was no way they could travel long distances to fight with us.
Even the seven coalition forces that we have just repulsed will find it difficult to attack us again after the snow falls."
Seeing that Chen Lin was still a little confused, Zhong Shiheng continued with a smile: "The heavy snow has blocked the road, which not only blocks the road, but also the speed of the horses. The thicker the snow falls, the more difficult it is for the horses to run.
As far as I know, in previous years, the first snowfall in Liao Kingdom was very heavy when it fell.
It is common for people north of Shangjing to be covered with three feet of snow.
South of Shangjing City, there is usually about two feet of snow cover.
Two feet of snow is enough to slow down a horse.
In front of our muskets, if you can't run fast, everyone will be a living target.
The only way to come here is to die."
Kou Ji made a summary and said: "So, we have won this battle without a fight. From now on, this place will belong to me, the Song Dynasty."
Chen Lin stared at Kou Ji blankly and said, "But after next spring, the enemy will come back again."
Kou Ji laughed loudly, "Next spring, when they see us, they will have no choice but to run away."
In the spring of next year, troops led by Yang Wenguang and Liu Heng, and troops led by Zhu Neng and Gao Chugong, will arrive here one after another.
The firearms produced by the two major equipment workshops will also be shipped one after another.
At that time, not only will the number of enemy soldiers and horses increase exponentially, but the combat effectiveness of the soldiers and horses will also increase a lot.
At that time, the enemy will only be suppressed and beaten, and will not have much power to fight back.
Unless Zhao Zhen is stupid enough to change generals on the spot, replace Kou Ji and his party, and replace them with a group of civil servants who do not understand military affairs to command the battle.
Otherwise, there is really no way for Song Dynasty to lose.
The troops and equipment are in a state of overpowering.
Zhong Shiheng, Di Qing, Yang Wenguang, Zhu Neng and others are all veteran generals who are good at conquering and fighting. There is no way they can give the enemy an opportunity to take advantage of them during a war.
Therefore, after the spring of next year, it will be the time when the Liao Kingdom will be destroyed, and the territory of the Song Dynasty will expand rapidly again.
Seeing that Kou Ji was so sure, Chen Lin didn't ask in detail.
Zhong Shiheng and Di Qing did not question Kou Ji's statement, which means that what Kou Ji said was a fact.
"From today until the spring of next year, we don't have to worry about it. Everyone hasn't had a good rest in recent days, so now you can go down and have a good sleep.
But we can't let down our guard. Scouts and spies are sent out to keep an eye on the enemy's movements.
If the enemy comes in the snow, give me a fierce greeting."
Kou Ji gave an order.
Zhong Shiheng and Di Qing nodded, stood up, cupped their hands, and left the tent.
Chen Lin also got up and left the tent.
Kou Ji stretched out, wrapped himself in a bearskin, lay comfortably on the bed, and fell asleep peacefully.
Kou Ji slept peacefully, but people in Bianjing thousands of miles away did not sleep peacefully.
Late at night.
Xiang Yan sat in a carriage, holding the sign of the Kou Mansion, and knocked on the gate of Bianjing City, waking up everyone in Bianjing City.
With Kou Ji's current identity, status and achievements.
Everything about him is closely watched by everyone in Bianjing City.
Xiang Yan broke into Bianjing City late at night, which naturally attracted people's attention.
After Xiang Yan entered Bianjing City in a carriage, she rushed all the way to the palace, opened the gate of the palace, and hurried into the palace.
Inside the palace.
Zhao Zhen was awakened from his deep sleep. He looked at Empress Cao lying on the dragon bed and a young figure lying next to her. He rubbed his eyebrows slightly, got up and changed his clothes, and rushed to the side hall.
Just before Echizen, Empress Cao and several concubines in the palace gave birth to dragon sons and daughters one after another.
Empress Cao worked hard and gave Zhao Zhen another prince.
The little Zhang family was also very happy and gave birth to a prince for Zhao Zhen.
The other two are both princesses.
In addition, He, who entered the palace not long ago, was also pregnant with a dragon seed.
The imperial doctor confidently concluded that He was carrying a prince.
Zhao Zhen couldn't be more happy.
Suddenly there were two more sons, two daughters, and a potential prince (prince daughter).
How could he be unhappy.
When his father was in the imperial court, his heirs were not prosperous, which really worried everyone in the Song Dynasty.
When he first came to the throne, it was difficult to produce heirs. He once suspected that he would follow in his father's footsteps.
It wasn't until Zhao Run was born that he felt a lot more relieved.
Now that the princes and daughters are out in pairs, he can say that his heirs are prosperous, how can he not be happy.
In order to reward him for giving birth to princes, princesses, and several concubines who were pregnant with dragon seeds.
In recent days, Zhao Zhen took turns sleeping in their palace.
I won’t even go to the palaces of other concubines.
I happened to be lying in bed in Queen Cao's bedroom tonight.
If Xiang Yan hadn't rushed into the palace as something big had happened, he would have probably been able to sleep until dawn.
Zhao Zhen entered the side hall, and without waiting to salute Yan, he hurriedly said: "Sister-in-law came into the palace late at night, but what important thing happened?"
Kou Ji is now out fighting for him. There is something going on in the Kou Mansion and Xiang Yan comes to visit, so Zhao Zhen cannot neglect it.
"My wife cannot afford to be so loved by officials."
Xiang Yan bowed and took out a letter from her sleeve.
"Guan family, something big happened."
Zhao Zhen hurriedly ordered someone to take the letter from Xiang Yan, quickly opened it, and after carefully reviewing it, his face darkened.
"Nonsense!"
Xiang Yan said with a bitter face: "My wife didn't investigate for a while and made such a big mistake. I still ask the officials to punish her."
Zhao Zhen had a gloomy face, waved his hands and said, "This matter has nothing to do with my sister-in-law. It's just Xu'er and Tianci'er who are messing around."
"Here comes someone!"
Zhao Zhen didn't wait for Xiang Yan to speak again and shouted outside the hall.
"The slave is here!"
"Go and convey my instructions, and ask five hundred troops from the Five Cities Military and Horse Division, and five hundred troops from each of the Peng Japanese Army and Tianwu Army to go north immediately and capture Zhao Xu, Kou Tianci and others."
"Here..."
"Remember to tell them not to hurt my imperial sister and emperor..."
"Here..."
The eunuch in charge agreed and took a few small Huangmen out to deliver Zhao Zhen's oral instructions.
Xiang Yan heard Zhao Zhen's words, hesitated for a moment, and said: "A few children were bored at home and wanted to go to the North to find the husband of the married woman, but they did not inform the married woman. It is indeed inappropriate.
It’s just that the officials are mobilizing troops and horses. Isn’t it too much to mobilize troops and crowds?”
Zhao Zhen sighed, "My imperial sister and my imperial son are well-behaved in front of my sister-in-law, but in front of me, they are completely different.
All of them are naughty and noisy.
If we don’t use troops and horses to frighten them, they will definitely not come back obediently.”
When Xiang Yan heard this, she sighed inwardly.
Zhao Xu and Kou Tianci left the house quietly, leaving only a letter behind, and went to Liaodi.
She almost died of fright.
Zhao Xu is Zhao Zhen's younger sister. If something happens to her, big trouble will happen.
Kou Tianci was her heartthrob, and if something happened to him, she would definitely be sad to death.
Xiang Yan sighed and said: "If they have to go to the Northland, they can tell their fateful wife, and she won't agree. It's just that they left so recklessly now, without bringing any gold, silver, or bodyguards with them.
, the fateful woman is really worried."
When Zhao Zhen heard this, he hurriedly said: "Sister-in-law, don't worry, you don't have to worry about their safety. Xu'er is surrounded by secret guards sent by me, Tianci'er is surrounded by secret guards left by his fourth brother, and there are also secret guards sent by me.
, not dangerous.
They didn't bring any gold or silver, but they would suffer a lot.
But they act so recklessly, and they should learn a lesson through some hardships."
When Xiang Yan heard this, she immediately felt relieved.
Given the importance Zhao Zhen attached to Zhao Xu, the person he sent to Zhao Xu must be the equipment supervisor.
The people in charge of equipment are all good at fighting one against a hundred.
Ordinary little thieves are no match for them.
The big thief is now almost invisible in the Song Dynasty.
So no one can threaten their lives.
After the Song Dynasty successively captured places such as Hexi and Xingqing Mansion, there were almost no large groups of bandits in the Song Dynasty.
There are also fewer petty thieves.
Not even a single beggar could be seen.
The imperial court has relevant decrees in this regard.
Governments in various places provided prisoners and beggars to the imperial court, which had certain political achievements.
The imperial court needed prisoners and beggars mainly to enrich the population of the border areas and digest them as quickly as possible.
Therefore, when people in government offices in various places see bandits, beggars, etc., they see walking political achievements.
Due to the reform of the military system, the armed forces in various places have been further upgraded, and local governments have enough power to clean up the large and small bandits under their control.
So they cleaned up their administration and converted it into political achievements.
Those who commit crimes ordinarily have almost no chance of becoming bandits.
As soon as a crime is committed, the local government immediately organizes personnel to arrest it.
If you catch them, give them to the court in exchange for political achievements.
Therefore, there are almost no large-scale bandits or bandits in the Song Dynasty today.
There are almost none on a small scale.
There are only some criminals who are on the run after being hunted by the government.
Even this kind of sinners dare not show their faces in front of others.
Once discovered, they will be targeted immediately.
Officials from various places have made a lot of political achievements in the process of catching criminals. Now when they see these criminals, every one of them has red eyes.
Under such circumstances, Zhao Xu and Kou Tianci were accompanied by experts, so there was almost no danger.
Just after Xiang Yan felt relieved.
A eunuch entered the side hall with small steps.
"Reporting to the official family, a man from the Kou Mansion came outside the palace, claiming that something happened in the Kou Mansion."
"What happened again?!"
Zhao Zhen asked with a look of astonishment.
Xiang Yan stared at the eunuch eagerly, waiting for his next words.
The eunuch hurriedly said: "The daughter of the Kou family and the young master of the Liu family, on the pretext of looking for Her Royal Highness the Princess and Kou Shidu, ordered the two hundred songs of the Kou family and rode their horses to the north."
Zhao Zhen was stunned.
Xiang Yan's eyes widened with disbelief on her face.
"This...this...this...what's wrong with this girl?"
After Zhao Zhen was stunned for a long time, he laughed angrily and said, "Sister-in-law, you fell into that bad boy's trick."
Xiang Yan didn't understand what he meant and looked at Zhao Zhen.
Zhao Zhen gritted his teeth and said, "That bad boy left a letter to leave the mansion before, so he must not have left the area outside Bianjing City. He used a trick to trick you into leaving the Kou Mansion.
Then he asked Kou Hui and Liu Boxu to bring gold, silver, soft goods, and guards to find them.
Then they went to the Northland together.
If my prediction is correct, someone will definitely come to your house soon.
That bad boy must have sent someone back to tell you, to reassure you and not to look for him."
Xiang Yan didn't believe it.
But after half an hour, someone from the Kou Mansion was spreading the message outside the palace.
What he said was exactly what Zhao Zhen had guessed.
After Xiang Yan found out about this, she didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
Zhao Zhen sighed: "This boy is quite sensible. He knows that I and my sister-in-law are worried about their safety, so I tricked two hundred guards into going out to make me and my sister-in-law feel at ease.
After the soldiers and horses I sent out catch them, I will give them a lighter punishment."
Speaking of this, Zhao Zhen said to Xiang Yan: "I will send someone to arrange a side hall in the palace. Sister-in-law, please rest first. After the people I sent capture them, I will send someone to inform my sister-in-law.
"
Xiang Yan sighed and agreed with a grimace.
Afterwards, Zhao Zhen returned to the dormitory, and Xiang Yan was led by Gong E to a side hall.
The two of them just waited for the news.
From dusk to dawn, from dawn to noon.
During this period, Princess Baoqing found Zhao Zhen and said that she had learned the news that Kou Tianci had left Bianjing City. She was worried about Kou Tianci's safety and wanted to go to the temple to pray for Kou Tianci.
Zhao Zhen didn't think much and sent someone to escort her out of the palace.
In a flash, it was evening.
The people who sent Baoqing out of the palace and the people who captured Kou Tianci returned to the palace together.
Princess Baoqing was lost, and Kou Tianci didn't catch it either.
"What's going on?"
Zhao Zhen stared coldly at those who escorted the princess to pray.
"Back at the official residence, Beizhi and others escorted the princess to pray for blessings. On the way, they met the bandit's consort. Her princess insisted on leaving with the bandit's consort, but Beizhi and others did not dare to stop her, so she came back immediately to report to you."
The guards escorting the princess stood in front of Zhao Zhen and said tremblingly.
When Zhao Zhen heard this, his eyes widened.
"Serial plan?!"
Zhao Zhen shouted, stared at the people who went to arrest Kou Tianci and Zhao Xu, and asked, "Did you not catch them?"
Those people lowered their heads and whispered: "Biji and others only caught the guards of the Kou Mansion, but did not encounter Kou Shidu and Her Royal Highness the Princess."
After Zhao Zhen finished listening to what they said, the whole matter was basically settled.
"What a chain plan!"
Zhao Zhen praised in a cold voice, "God-given son, God-given son, you really impress me. It's just the crime of kidnapping a princess. I don't know what you will bear."
After Zhao Zhen praised him, he ordered coldly.
"Don't tell Mrs. Yong Guo about this for now. Send people to go to the water transport yamen quickly and ask them to bring the person back to me."
"Water Transport Yamen?"
The eunuchs looked stunned.
Zhao Zhen snorted coldly and said: "Last night there was a fuss about Kou Tianci going to Beidi, and the soldiers of Peng Japanese Army and Tianwu Army also knew about it. They were guarding the four gates, and Kou Tianci wanted to go out through the four gates.
It must be impossible to hide it from them.
Therefore, when Kou Tianci wanted to leave Bianjing City, he could only leave through the water gate, which was not very strict in interrogation.
Shuimen usually transports a lot of goods.
As long as Kou Tianci hides in the cargo and finds an identity person to help fool him, he can easily get out.
What's more important is that among the three troops that captured Kou Tianci, only the people from the Wucheng Army and Horses Division have returned, while the people who support the Japanese Army and the Tianwu Army are still outside.
If he takes the land route, he will easily encounter people who support the Japanese Army and the Tianwu Army.
It will be safer if you take the waterway.
After all, after Shangxiahuyi left Bianjing City, Bianjing City currently does not have many usable naval forces."
"Slave, go and deliver the order now!"
"I will go to the water to arrest people immediately!"
"..."
Following Zhao Zhen's order, many people moved to capture Kou Tianci.
According to Zhao Zhen's speculation, the people in the palace first investigated several water gates in Bianjing City.
Sure enough, they found something.
In the morning, the young masters of the Zhu family and the young master of the Yang family took a grain boat out of Dongshui Gate.
The two young masters from Zhu Mansion and Yang Mansion were both good friends with Kou Tianci.
They are not yet qualified to get involved in the deputy business. Even if they want to go out for fun, they will not take a grain boat, so there must be something fishy in the grain boat.
Finding this point can be regarded as verifying Zhao Zhen's speculation.
So they followed this clue to investigate.
Finally, they reached a ferry near the boundary monument of Kaifeng Prefecture, captured Kou Hui and others, and sent them to Bianjing City.
A group of little guys were sent to the palace and presented to Zhao Zhen.
Zhao Zhen looked at them with a dark face.
Five of them, Zhao Xu, Kou Hui, Bao Qing, Liu Boxu, and Zhu Neng's grandson, were all there.
Only Kou Tianci and Yang Huaiyu were missing.
Kou Tianci and Yang Huaiyu obviously ran away.
Ninety-nine percent of them escaped by water.
Zhao Xu, Kou Hui, Princess Baoqing and others are just smoke bombs thrown by them.
Kou Tianci and Yang Huaiyu must be sitting on the boat not far from Zhao Xu and others.
Seeing that Zhao Xu and others were arrested and sent back to Bianjing City.
The person responsible for arresting them would definitely send someone to send them back respectfully after catching Zhao Xu and others.
Even if others are left to continue the hunt, it won't be too many.
Before Zhao Zhenxin's decree was conveyed, it was the perfect opportunity for Kou Tianci and Yang Huaiyu to escape.
Because this is a slack period for hunting.
By the time Zhao Zhen got the news and conveyed the new decree, Kou Tianci and Yang Huaiyu would have disappeared long ago.
After all, it will take some time to go back and forth from the boundary monument of Kaifeng Prefecture to Bianjing City.
"Kou Tianci! You are very smart! Until you run away, you can't get out of my hands, so you deliberately used so many tricks to confuse people and confuse me.
But do you think you can escape my grasp?!"
Zhao Zhen snorted coldly.
He held a trump card in his hand, which he had not used before.
Because he felt that Kou Tianci was playing a game with him, so he wanted to be fair.
Now, he no longer intends to uphold fairness.
Because in order to achieve his goal, Kou Tianci actually used his daughter as a pawn.
"Fang Jing, go to the equipment supervisor to pass the order. Let the equipment supervisor pass the order to Zhang Hu and ask Zhang Hu to bring the person back to me."
Zhao Zhen ordered coldly.
The Zhang Hu that Zhao Zhen mentioned was the secret guard following Kou Tianci.
The equipment supervisor has a unique method to convey orders to Zhang Hu's ears as quickly as possible.
After Zhang Hu got Zhao Zhen's order, he would definitely sneak Kou Tianci back soon.
"Father, please don't arrest the consort, please..."
Without waiting for the eunuch named Fang Jing to respond, Princess Baoqing hurriedly opened her mouth for Kou Tianci.
Zhao Zhen said angrily: "That brat uses you as a pawn, and you still protect him?!"
Princess Baoqing was a little angry when she saw Zhao Zhen, and lowered her head in fear.
Zhao Xu raised his head and said, "Brother, why don't you ask us why we are willing to be his pawns?"
Zhao Zhen was stunned.
If Zhao Xu hadn't reminded him, he wouldn't have thought of this.
With Zhao Xu, Bao Qing's status, and Kou Hui's temperament.
What if that kid Kou Tianci was used as a pawn in his game?
That would definitely lead to a lot of yelling.
But today when the three women came in front of him, they didn't say a bad word about Kou Tianci.
Zhao Zhen frowned and said, "Why?"
Zhao Xu said seriously: "The reason why Kou Tianci and Yang Huaiyu left Bianjing City was mainly for the old lady of the Yang family."
Zhao Zhen raised his eyebrows.
Zhao Xu lamented: "It has been several months since the Song Dynasty regained Yanyun. The old lady of the Yang family has been sitting in a tea shed outside the city for several months. The Yang family looked at each other heartbroken, but did not dare to persuade. We watched
I also feel uncomfortable.
We generally know what the old lady of the Yang family has in mind.