Chapter 0895 Fight as soon as you say it, without procrastination at all
The civil servant smiled dryly and said, "Perhaps the mountains are high and the roads are long, which delayed us for some days."
Kou Ji's face turned slightly cold, "If you go to the Yalu River and take a look at the Jingguan built by Goryeo using the corpses of Sui and Tang soldiers, you won't think that Goryeo Mountain is too far away."
The smile on the civil servant's face froze.
Kou Ji asked coldly: "But the King of Korea came to visit in person?"
The civil servant hurriedly said: "The chief envoy is Jiang Hanzan, the minister of Pingzhang, Tongzhongshu of Goryeo, and the deputy envoy is Cui Donghao, the minister of Honglu Temple in Goryeo."
Kou Ji's face turned even colder, "We didn't even send a royal family member, we only sent a minister from Honglu Temple. The King of Goryeo, Wang Qin, looks down on me."
The civil servant said with an embarrassed look: "I heard that the King of Goryeo is seriously ill. Many government affairs are handled by the ministers of the court, so it is inevitable that things will be handled inappropriately."
Kou Ji frowned, stared at the civil servant and said, "You are helping the King of Goryeo. What benefits are you taking from the other party?"
The civil servant was startled and said hurriedly: "I didn't get any benefit from it. I just discussed the matter. If you don't like to hear it, I don't have to say anything."
Kou Ji narrowed his eyes, "Then don't say it."
The civil servant quickly lowered his head.
Kou Ji said coldly: "Bring them to see me."
The civil servant quickly agreed and left the main hall of the city lord's palace.
Not long after, a civil servant led a group of people to the main hall of the city lord's mansion.
The leader was an old man in his eighties. He walked unsteadily, as if he could be knocked over by a gust of wind.
Next to the old man, followed by a middle-aged man in his thirties, with a square face and a goatee, who looked slightly thinner.
Behind them, followed a large group of followers, carrying many boxes.
Kou Ji glanced at them from a distance and knew their identities.
The old man must be Jiang Hanzan, a disciple of Tongzhongshu of Goryeo, and the middle-aged man must be Cui Donghao, the minister of Honglu Temple in Goryeo.
The reason why Kou Ji could easily identify the two men was because he had some knowledge of Jiang Hanzan.
When he was middle-aged, this man once defeated the Liao army in Guizhou, Goryeo, and was hailed as a national hero by the Goryeo people. He was praised very mysteriously.
The kind that will still be played thousands of years later.
The Koreans regarded him as a national hero, but it was difficult for Koji to look down upon him.
Because of people like this, the Song Dynasty was able to gather a full camp.
Among them are generals like Zhong Shiheng and Di Qing.
He just defeated a small-scale attack by the Liao Kingdom.
The price paid was that Emperor Yelu Longxu of the Liao Dynasty sent people to take revenge on Goryeo more than once. Each time, more than 10,000 people were beheaded. In one of them, Goryeo was killed all the way to Kaicheng, the capital of Goryeo.
In the historical data, the Koryo people boasted about this person's achievements, and they were unable to fight back against the Koryo who were killed several times by the Liao Kingdom, and there was no mention at all.
Kou Ji watched calmly as Jiang Hanzan led the Koreans step by step into the main hall of the city lord's mansion.
After Jiang Handan entered the main hall, he threw away the person who was supporting him and walked towards Kou Ji step by step.
The same is true for Cui Donghao.
On the other hand, the Korean women they brought with them covered their faces with their sleeves and followed them with small steps.
After Jiang Hanzan and his party entered the main hall, they bowed to Kou Ji according to etiquette.
"Korean envoy Jiang Hanzan, see the Privy Envoy of the Song Dynasty."
"Cui Donghao, the envoy of Goryeo, meets the Privy Envoy of the Song Dynasty."
"..."
Kou Ji said calmly: "Get up."
After Jiang Handan stood up, he stared at Kou Ji, took a deep breath, and said in a deep voice: "Privy Minister Kou is not wearing official uniform. Isn't it a bit rude?"
Kou Ji narrowed his eyes, stared at Jiang Han and praised, "Are you questioning me?"
Jiang Hanzan said in a deep voice: "I don't dare!"
Kou Ji snorted coldly, "I sent people to recruit King Wang Qin of Goryeo to surrender, why didn't he come in person?"
Jiang Hanzan stared instantly, "My king will only meet His Majesty the Emperor of the Song Dynasty. If His Majesty the Emperor of the Song Dynasty comes in person, my king will naturally come in person."
Kou Jili was happy, "Does that mean I'm not qualified to meet Wang Qin?"
Jiang Hanzan gritted his teeth and said, "Please, Privy Kou, please be careful with your words. My king's name is taboo and must not be spoken lightly."
Kou Ji said with a half-smile, "Really?"
Jiang Hanzan stared at Kou Ji without saying anything.
Seeing this, Kou Ji lost interest in arguing with Jiang Hanzan.
There's really no point in trying to show off.
Before the Song Dynasty, when facing the Liao Kingdom, they would only show off their words.
Although he takes advantage in words, in deeds he always obediently gives out New Year coins to others.
So there's really no point in trying to show off.
Let your actions speak directly.
When you can explode a hammer, you will never quarrel.
Kou Ji stared at Jiang Hanzan and said calmly: "Tell me, is the King of Goryeo willing to surrender to me, the Song Dynasty?"
Jiang Hanzan said in a deep voice: "I, Goryeo, are willing to make the Song Dynasty our suzerain state."
Kou Ji nodded and said: "Since Goryeo is willing to surrender to me, the Song Dynasty, let's talk about Sui coins."
Jiang Hanzan was stunned for a moment, then said in a deep voice: "Every year when I, Goryeo, I send people to send tributes to the Song Dynasty."
Kou Ji smiled calmly and said: "I'm talking about New Year's coins, not tributes. In addition to tributes, you, Goryeo, also want to offer New Year's coins to me, the Song Dynasty."
Jiang Hanzan hesitated for a moment and said nothing. Instead, he looked at Cui Donghao, the minister of Goryeo Honglu Temple.
Cui Donghao slowly stepped forward, stared at Kou Ji and said: "Privilege Kou, our country, Goryeo, is located in a remote area, and its territory is far less than one ten thousandth of that of the Song Dynasty, let alone its citizens.
Every year he could collect enough tribute to pay tribute to His Majesty the Emperor of the Song Dynasty, he would have exhausted everything in the country.
If there are more Sui coins, I'm afraid I, Korea, won't be able to get them."
When Kou Ji heard this, he instantly showed a bright smile, "That means there is no need to talk about it? There is no need to talk about it, because I don't like to talk about it."
When Jiang Hanzan and Cui Donghao heard this, their hearts trembled.
The two of them are not ignorant people.
They knew Kou Ji's evil reputation very well.
Because he was afraid of Kou Ji's bad reputation, King Wang Qin of Goryeo immediately sent someone over to negotiate after receiving Kou Ji's surrender document.
"It's not like we have nothing to talk about..."
Seeing that Kou Ji was about to speak again, Cui Donghao hurriedly spoke.
When Kou Ji heard this, the smile on his face froze, and he said somewhat boringly: "That means you, Goryeo, are willing to pay me the Song Dynasty coins?"
Cui Donghao gritted his teeth and said: "Yes..."
"How many?"
Kou Ji asked.
Cui Donghao slowly stretched out a hand, "Fifty thousand strings!"
Kou Ji's face turned cold for a moment, "Fifty thousand guan? Are you sending beggars away?"
Cui Donghao was about to speak.
Kou Ji said coldly: "I can consider five million dollars."
Jiang Hanzan and Cui Donghao stared in horror.
Five million strings?!
You really dare to say that.
Do you know that my annual tax revenue in Korea is not five million yuan?!
The Song Dynasty had a vast territory and rich resources. When you paid the Liao Dynasty coins, it was only a few hundred thousand guan.
Jiang Hanzan said without hesitation, "Privy Councilor Kou, this is a difficult thing to do. You know that I, Gao Li, can't afford that much money. You just want to fight with me, Gao Li."
A smile appeared on Kou Ji's face again, "So what? I never like peace talks before war. Even if we want to talk, we have to wait until after the war."
Jiang Hanzan's eyes widened, he stared at Kou Ji and gritted his teeth and said: "Privy Minister Kou, our country, Goryeo, is not that easy to bully. In the past, Emperor Yelu Longxu of the Liao Dynasty sent heavy troops to invade our country, Goryeo.
I led my troops to defeat them in Guizhou, killing tens of thousands of them.
If the Song Dynasty invades my country, Goryeo, I will definitely lead the army in person.
The soldiers and horses of the Song Dynasty will definitely follow in the footsteps of the Liao soldiers."
Kou Ji smiled sarcastically and said, "Are you talking about the battle when the Liao soldiers reached Kaicheng?"
Jiang Hanzan's face changed instantly and turned into the color of pig liver.
Jiang Hanzan stared at Kou Ji and said angrily: "My Goryeo can not only stop the Liao people, but also you Central Plains people. When the Sui Dynasty Emperor Yang Guang led his army to conquer our Goryeo, he was defeated by my Goryeo.
The Sui Dynasty also perished because of its defeat at the hands of Goryeo and the loss of its troops and generals.
Emperor Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty, who is known as the emperor of the ages in your Central Plains, also led an army to conquer our country, Goryeo, but was also defeated by our country and returned home with a disastrous defeat.
The soldiers and horses under his command are still lying in our country of Goryeo.
If I, Goryeo, can defeat the Sui and Tang Dynasties, I can defeat you, the Song Dynasty.
The Song Dynasty dares to attack our country, Korea, and we, Korea, will definitely fight to the bitter end."
Kou Ji stared at Jiang Hanzan coldly and said, "Why don't you tell me that there is a widespread rumor in Goryeo that when Tang Taizong Li Shimin attacked Goryeo, he was blinded in one eye by your Goryeo general?"
Jiang Hanzan heard the sarcasm in Kou Ji's tone, and he snorted coldly without saying anything.
He naturally knows the rumors among the people of Goryeo.
The vilification of Li Shimin in the rumors was also intended to arouse the ambitions of the Korean people.
At this time, Cui Donghao hurriedly said: "How can we believe folk rumors? Privy Council Kou does not need to be angry. Jiang Hanzan was just a joke.
Goryeo and Song Dynasty have always been on good terms.
There has never been a fight of swords.
My king also admires the Song Dynasty very much.
Willing to surrender.
It's just that Privy Kou's requirements are too harsh.
I, Korea, really cannot afford that much money.
I, Goryeo, can only afford 200,000 guansui coins at most.
If Privy Kou feels dissatisfied, we will go back immediately to inform the king and see if he can add more."
Kou Ji said coldly: "Two hundred thousand is not enough!"
Cui Donghao heard this and hurriedly said: "Then we will return to Goryeo immediately and report to my king."
"Go slowly, don't send me away!"
Kou Ji snorted coldly.
Cui Donghao quickly dragged Jiang Hanzan out of the city lord's mansion.
The gifts they brought to Kou Ji were already given to the beauty that Kou Ji bribed, but they were thrown away in such a hurry.
After they left the city lord's palace, Kou Ji decisively ordered the guards beside him: "Go tell Di Qing that the troops are entering Goryeo! Don't hold back!"
The guard was stunned for a moment.
The civil servant standing not far from the guard was also stunned for a moment, and said hurriedly, "Privy Minister Kou, didn't the Korean envoy say..."
Before the civil servant could finish what he said, Kou Ji snorted coldly: "What did you say? Talk about going back to discuss? Do you believe this? They are clearly preparing to go back and deploy their troops to deal with the front of our Song Dynasty."
The civil servant hesitated for a moment and said, "But isn't it inappropriate to rush to use troops against Goryeo? Should we report it to the officials and wait until they issue an order before sending troops?"
Kou Ji said displeasedly: "Soldiers are so fast that we can't afford to waste even a moment. We will wait until we capture Goryeo to report to the court."
Speaking of which.
Kou Ji once again ordered the guards, "Send someone to give orders to Gao Chuanggong, Liu Heng, Zhong Shiheng, and Zhu Neng, telling them not to waste time fighting guerrillas for me.
I don’t want any more prisoners.
Let them give up capturing prisoners and let me beat them freely.
I want to see their troops arrive at the Yalu River in a month."
The civil servant stared at Kou Ji in horror, "Hundreds of thousands of forbidden troops entered Goryeo together?!"
Kou Ji said in a cold tone: "If they dare to show off their deceased soldiers in front of me, I will kill them until they are left alone. If they can build a temple, I will build a mass grave."
Kou Ji's words were filled with murderous intent and blood.
If Jiang Hanzan and Cui Donghao talk softly to each other, Kou Ji may consider using softer methods to deal with Goryeo.
But Jiang Hanzan shouldn't make excuses for the late Sui and Tang soldiers in front of Kou Ji.
The ones that Kou Ji pitied the most were those soldiers whose bones were buried in a foreign land, and the ones he admired the most were those soldiers whose bones were buried in a foreign country.
Whoever dares to talk about the bones of those soldiers, Kou Ji will dare to fight them to the death.
Following Kou Ji's military orders, he was sent to Di Qing's army.
Without any hesitation, Di Qing led his soldiers and horses across the Yalu River on the bridge built by the Koreans and the Liao people.
After the Liao people attacked the Koreans for the first time, they asked the Koreans to build a bridge across the Yalu River in order to facilitate their subsequent attacks on the Koreans.
The Koreans knew clearly what the Liao people wanted them to do by building the bridge, but they still built it obediently.
And when the Liao people subsequently attacked the Koreans, the Koreans only dared to tamper with the bridge, but did not dare to demolish it.
Di Qing suddenly launched an attack on Gao Li, and Gao Li had no time to react.
On the first day Di Qing marched into Goryeo, he captured the three cities of Goryeo.
Same day.
Two Goryeo envoys, Jiang Hanzan and Cui Donghao, were escorted to Kou Ji.
The two of them no longer behaved as they did when they first met Kou Ji.
Jiang Hanzan stared at Kou Ji and cursed.
Cui Donghao stared at Kou Ji and shouted, "The two armies are fighting, don't kill the envoy."
Kou Ji didn't care at all.
He ordered people to pull the two men out and chop them down.
The head was sent to Di Qing, who asked Di Qing to take it to express his condolences to the Sui and Tang soldiers on the banks of the Yalu River.
Emperor Yang Guang of Sui Dynasty conquered Goryeo three times and killed hundreds of thousands of Sui soldiers.
The Koreans used the bones of hundreds of thousands of Sui soldiers to build the Jingguan.
Emperor Taizong Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty was ashamed of this, so after the Tang Dynasty was stabilized, he led his army to conquer Goryeo.
After conquering Goryeo, they destroyed the Jingguan built by the Goryeo people using the bones of Sui soldiers.
However, due to the weather, the grass dried up and the water froze, making it difficult for soldiers and horses to stay. Coupled with the problem of food and grass, Li Shimin conquered Goryeo twice, but both ended in retreating.
The Korean people recovered the bones of soldiers from the Sui Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty and rebuilt the temples one after another.
And he regarded it as a unique honor and showed it off for thousands of years.
Not only that, but there were also rumors about Li Shimin being shot out of his eyes, and Li Shimin's army being defeated and kneeling down to beg for mercy, and ceding territory to beg for peace.
But is this really the case?
According to historical records, Li Shimin defeated Goryeo's new city, Jian'an, and garrisoned three cities. He beheaded more than 40,000 soldiers and only spared the lives of a few thousand soldiers.
Due to weather conditions and food shortages, the troops had to retreat in the end.
So there was no such thing as Li Shimin being shot blind and kneeling down to beg for peace.
At best, Li Shimin made a strategic retreat.
If Li Shimin knew that the Koreans would arrange him in this way, 90% of the time he would take the risk and kill all the Koreans.
However, after Li Shimin conquered Goryeo twice, the Tang Dynasty did not give up the conquest of Goryeo.
In 666 AD, Li Zhi, Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty, sent veteran general Li Ji as commander to lead troops to conquer Goguryeo. It took a total of two years and swept across the entire territory of Goguryeo.
Later, the Andong Protectorate was established in Goryeo.
The first Protector-General of the Andong Protectorate was Xue Rengui, a famous general of the Tang Dynasty.
The Koreans boasted about their achievements tenfold and a hundredfold, but they did not mention a word about the beatings they received.
What's more important is that they even believe it themselves.
And he still believes it deeply.
Kou Ji really didn't like the Koreans.
In addition, the Koreans made excuses for the deceased Sui and Tang soldiers in front of him.
Then Kou Ji must be cruel to Gao Li.
The general Kou Ji gave to Di Qing was, "Don't hold back."
Any general of the Song Dynasty who had fought with Kou Ji knew what Kou Ji meant by the words "no need to hold back".
Not having to hold back means letting go and killing as many as you can.
Just land, not people.
In fact, Kou Ji rarely let the soldiers of the Song Dynasty do such desperate things.
He generally likes to drive others to do things.
Try your best not to bear the bad name yourself, and don't let the Song Dynasty soldiers bear the bad name.
But the Koreans really disgusted Kou Ji.
Kou Ji can only be a villain once.
After Li Zhi, Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty, conquered Goryeo, he did not demolish those Beijing temples.
Probably to warn future generations.
Let future generations remember this place.
Let future generations guard this place forever and guard the bones of the deceased soldiers.
It's just that he didn't expect that the younger generation would not live up to expectations.
Not only did he fail to defend this place, but he was also treated as a shameful achievement by people who left him as a warning to future generations.
Kou Ji's original idea was to destroy Jingguan.
But after thinking about it carefully, we decided to collect the bones and bury them on the spot to build a huge cemetery of hundreds of thousands of bones to serve as a warning to future generations.
As for whether this place would be taken away later and whether it would be shown off as a successful achievement, Kou Ji was not worried at all.
Because others who want to stand up and show off must survive his knife.
On the third day after Di Qing led his army into Goryeo, Kou Ji led a group of people to the place where Jingguan was.
Kou Ji never saw Jingguan in later generations, but after arriving in the Song Dynasty, he did see Jingguan several times.
It's just that the scale is not large.
The largest one is the Jingguan built by Yelv Xiuge, the Song king of Liao Kingdom, using the corpses of Song soldiers.
After the Song Dynasty regained the sixteen states of Yanyun, Zhao Zhen personally presided over the relocation and burial, so that the soldiers could rest in peace.
However, even the Jingguan built by Yelu Xiuge, King of the Liao Kingdom and Song Dynasty, was far less than the scale of the Jingguan on the Yalu River in Goryeo.
The sight of hundreds of thousands of bones piled up in Jingguan was very shocking.
It will probably be difficult for future generations to see it.
On a huge square platform made of masonry, there are four masonry pillars. The ends of the four pillars that reach the sky are connected together to form a sharp angle.
A huge four-sided pyramid.
It's just that it's not filled with bricks and stones, but with bones.
Put the foot bones on one layer, the leg bones on one layer, the hand bones on one layer, the cross arm bones on one layer, and the skull bones on one layer.
Repeat this way until the top.
This is Jingguan.
Looking at the capital like this, there are dozens of them in front of Kou Ji.
"Qingshan is lucky enough to bury loyal bones... Qingshan is lucky enough to bury loyal bones... I didn't see Qingshan, I only saw Jingguan..."
Kou Ji stared at those people in Beijing, feeling a little jealous.
"Li Zhi! You should have let them be buried in peace back then! If you had let them be buried in peace! They wouldn't have been regarded as achievements and shown off for thousands of years!
You want to warn future generations, but they fail to live up to expectations!"
Kou Ji stood in front of the Beijing Palace, muttering to himself.
"Demolish these temples, collect the bones, and let them rest in their graves!"
Kou Ji stood in front of the capital for a long time and gave orders in a deep voice.
The person following Kou Ji agreed and set off immediately.
Kou Ji just stood there quietly and watched.
I watched it for more than half a month.
His heart was filled with sorrow.
His soul returned to the Song Dynasty by mistake, and he led the Song Dynasty to rise. He led the Song Dynasty to this place, and then he had the opportunity to demolish these Beijing temples.
If he returned to the Song Dynasty without his soul, these bones would never have time to be laid to rest.
Not only were they unable to rest in peace, but even their existence was slowly forgotten.
Some people in later generations may not even go to pay their respects to the martyrs buried in their own country, let alone those buried abroad.
The saddest thing about a hero is not that they are buried in a foreign land. The saddest thing about a hero is that they are forgotten by the people they protect.
Kou Ji stood in front of the Jingguan Temple for more than half a month, and the most that came to his mind were two words.
Li Zhi!
Li Zhi looked too high on future generations, so he let these loyal bones be exposed to the sun for thousands of years and still did not rest in peace.
Many people in later generations felt that the Tang Dynasty was at its peak when Emperor Taizong Li Shimin was in power.
Actually it is not.
When Li Zhi first came to the throne, the Tang Dynasty was at its peak.
When Li Zhi was in power, no one could stop the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty.
He not only accomplished the feat of killing an entire group of barbarians for a citizen.
I can really hit whoever I want.
It wasn't someone who screamed at Datang that made him take action.
But he can fight whoever he wants, and no one is his opponent.
During his reign, he actually did many great things.
For example, Goryeo was destroyed and the Andong Protectorate was established.
Although all his achievements are based on the huge family fortune left to him by his father Li Shimin.
But even so, you have to admit that Li Zhi is actually a wise king.
It's just that his father's achievements are too high. No matter how much he does, he can't compare with his father.
Of course, Kou Ji was thinking about Li Zhi in his heart, not because Li Zhi was a wise king.
The reason why he talked about Li Zhi was because he complained that Li Zhi did not let these loyal bones be buried in peace.
Kou Ji originally wanted to watch all the loyalists buried in their graves before leaving.
But he failed in the end.
After Di Qing defeated Goryeo's Jian'an City, he fell into an embarrassing situation.
Di Qing had too few soldiers and horses to stop the constant harassment from Goryeo soldiers and horses.
In the past, Goryeo used nuisance methods to force back the Liao soldiers. After confronting the Song Dynasty soldiers and horses, they were unable to compete head-on, so they chose to use the same tactics again.
Although Di Qing defeated the Goryeo soldiers and horses, they were unable to fight back.
However, faced with the harassment of Goryeo soldiers and horses, he could only temporarily slow down his offensive.
After Kou Ji learned about this, he could only leave the place where Jingguan was and rushed back to Liaoyang Mansion to urge Zhong Shiheng and others.