Cao Wei chuckled softly and patted Kou Ji on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, the old man has left you two powerful helpers. With their help, you will be able to hold Baozhou City."
Before Kou Ji could ask questions, Cao Wei gently stroked his palm and looked behind a map hanging in the city gate.
"Come out!"
The voice fell to the ground.
Two figures slowly walked out from behind the map.
Kou Ji glanced intently, with a look of stunned expression, "Di Qing?"
After a year of training in the army, Di Qing has matured a lot, with a lot less immature and more vicissitudes of life.
His handsome face, after the baptism of wind and frost, has a little bit more fortitude, and looks even more attractive.
Judging from his physical appearance alone, it is difficult to think of him as a young man.
Beside Di Qing, stood a middle-aged man who was 40 years old, with a beard and a long scar on his face. His eyes were very sharp. He was wearing a coarse linen clothes and a pair of leather boots on his feet. , It looks a bit nondescript.
In his hand, holding a broken knife, the knife was stained with blood, but it was never cleaned.
Di Qing saw Kou Ji, took the initiative to greet him, clasped his fists and saluteed, "Di Qing has seen his brother..."
Kou Ji looked up and down Di Qing, nodded in satisfaction, "It has grown a lot taller, and has grown a lot stronger..."
After a pause, Kou Ji stared at Di Qing's face and said: "You look a lot more handsome, you are easy to lose on the battlefield. Be careful to be looked at by the Liao girl, and tied up to do the oppressor."
Di Qing patted his chest, and there was a sound of gold and iron. He laughed in a low voice: "Qing always remembers his brother's instructions, so whenever there is war, he wears the faceplate given by his brother.
When the Liao girl saw Qing, she would only be scared to death by Qing, and would not have the idea of catching Qing back. "
Kou Ji nodded in satisfaction when seeing Di Qing remember his instructions.
His gaze fell on the middle-aged man in a nondescript costume, and he asked Cao Wei suspiciously, "This is?"
When this person saw him, not only did he not salute him, he even had a posture of waiting for him to salute in the past, and Kou Ji guessed that his identity was unusual.
Cao Wei glanced at the middle-aged man and sighed.
"Do you say it yourself, or the old man to help you?"
The middle-aged man shook his head, staring at Kou Ji and said solemnly: "Li Zhaoliang, commander of the Yongxing Road Horse Infantry Army!"
Kou Ji was shocked when he heard what he said, and almost jumped up in surprise.
"Are you Li Zhaoliang?"
Kou Ji exclaimed.
Li Zhaoliang groaned for a while and nodded helplessly.
Kou Ji stared at Li Zhaoliang in disbelief, looked up and down for a long time, and said, "Aren't you dead?"
When Li Zhaoliang heard this, a dark cloud flashed in his eyes, and his voice was low and he said, "I almost died, I was lucky enough to escape."
Kou Ji hurriedly said: "Since you are alive, why not go back to Beijing?"
A hideous look appeared on Li Zhaoliang's face, and he said, "I want to go back too, and I want to go back to clean up my innocence, but I can't go back."
Kou Ji heard something in Li Zhaoliang's words, and hurriedly asked: "What is the matter with your war in Xixia? Why can't you return to Beijing?"
Li Zhaoliang said angrily: "I was ordered to lead nearly 200,000 soldiers and horses to Xixia (please note that the 200,000 soldiers referred to here are not only the soldiers of the Datong Army, the Yongxing Army, and the Gande Army, but also the soldiers from all over the country. Fan soldiers), after taking the Longzhou, I took the Yinzhou and the Great Wall one after another. Just when I was going to lead the army to go with Zhe Weizhong and Chong Shiheng for a round.
Ding Wei suddenly jumped out, robbed me of my military power, and forced my soldiers to leave the Great Wall, ready to surprise Huaizhou, and wanted to take Xixia's territory south of the Great Wall in one fell swoop.
But when he led his army to Huaizhou, he just hit the Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu, who was leading the Liao army to attack Huaizhou City. "
Having said this, Li Zhaoliang clenched his fists tightly and roared: "That idiot, seeing the Liao army attacking Huaizhou City, did not order the soldiers and horses to retreat, but ordered the whole army to attack the Liao army.
He actually wanted to lead three weak Xiang forces to break through the guards of the Liao imperial family's leather army to capture the Liao emperor Yelulongxu alive. "
In the past, Kou Ji would not have much feeling when he heard Li Zhaoliang's words.
After all, the Pishi Army only had one hundred thousand, while the soldiers led by Li Zhaoliang had a total of two hundred thousand.
Two hundred thousand against one hundred thousand may not necessarily lose.
But when he arrived in Baozhou, he had seen the combat effectiveness of the Serbian army and the armaments of the Serbian army, and he knew how weak the combat effectiveness of the Xiang army was.
A group of soldiers who lacked food, clothing and food, carrying broken swords and soldiers, went to fight a group of tiger and wolf divisions armed to the teeth and fighting in the north and south for many years, purely looking for death.
The Pishi Army is the most elite soldiers and horses in the Liao State.
Otherwise, they would not be pro-army of the royal family of Liao.
Their status in the Liao Kingdom is like that of the Upper Fourth Army in the Forbidden Army of the Song Dynasty.
Let the two hundred thousand Xiang army fight against the hundred thousand imperial army.
The end result is that a hundred thousand forbidden army crushes two hundred thousand xiang army.
Faced with the various weapons of the Forbidden Army, it is difficult for the 200,000 Xiangs to rush to the Forbidden Army. Even if they reluctantly rush to the Forbidden Army by virtue of their number advantage, they are helpless with the Forbidden Army, which is covered in steel. .
If you slash others, they may not even react.
But if someone slashes you, it can kill you.
In the same way, the 200,000 chamber army will be crushed against the 100,000 leather chamber army armed to the teeth.
Although the Pishi Army did not have the luxurious step armor of the Imperial Forbidden Army of the Song Dynasty, they were also equipped with armor, even with horses and men.
Although the armor of the Leather Army did not reach the level of heavy cavalry, the level of armor equipped by others was not far from the level of heavy cavalry.
It's not that the Liao Kingdom can't turn the Leather Army into a heavy cavalry.
But the Liao emperors of the past dynasties did not have the idea of turning the Leather Army into a heavy cavalry.
When they built the leather army, in addition to the full range of armor for the leather army, they also retained the mobility that the cavalry should have.
If you have to give the Leather Army a position, they are between the light cavalry and the heavy cavalry.
Although not as swift as the light cavalry and not as arrogant as the heavy cavalry, they possess the characteristics of both cavalry.
More importantly, the soldiers of the Pishi Army were all elites drawn from various races by the Liao emperors of the past dynasties, and each of them was a warrior who could be ten.
Far from being comparable to a group of hungry, yellow-faced, thin-faced soldiers and soldiers carrying broken blades.
Kou Ji thought of a group of thin-faced people carrying broken blades into the scene of the Liao Kingdom armed to the teeth of the Leather Chamber Army, and the corners of his mouth twitched involuntarily.
"So, you lost?"
Li Zhaoliang gritted his teeth and said angrily: "If it were under my command, even if it was defeated, it would not be too miserable. It can be said that he is the servant, he is commanding the soldiers and horses, and he is simply delivering meat to the Liao army.
Two hundred thousand soldiers attacked for the first time. Although they did not break through the guards of the Leather Army, they also caused a lot of trouble to the Leather Army.
But in the second attack, the soldiers charged halfway, but couldn't go down anymore. "
Kou Ji stunned: "Why?"
Li Zhaoliang almost bit his teeth, and he said in pain: "Ding Wei led the soldiers halfway through, and saw the Pishi Army rushing forward. He was afraid of the power of the Pishi Army and was actually on the spot... on the spot..."
When Cao Wei, Di Qing, and Cao Xu heard this, they closed their eyes in pain.
Kou Ji stunned and said, "Ding Wei ran away?"
Li Zhaoliang smiled sadly: "Ding Wei ran away... In front of the 200,000 army, he just ran away on horseback in such a grand manner."
Kou Ji was silent when he heard this.
Although he doesn't understand military affairs, he also knows how the commanding general will run away when the army is fighting, and how it will affect the army.
Kou Ji clenched his fists angrily and shouted: "Ding Wei damn it!"
Li Zhaoliang smiled sadly: "Yes! Ding Wei damn it! He ran away but saved his life. But there were two hundred thousand soldiers left on the battlefield without a leader. Under the impact of the Pishi army, they were like headless flies. Running around.
Divided and strangled by the Pishi Army, then divided and strangled again.
Two hundred thousand soldiers, more than 30,000 people were beheaded on the spot.
Seventy to eighty thousand people were in grief and indignation, and voted for the Liao people on the spot.
The remaining soldiers were either caught and taken prisoners, or they ran away.
When I led the trilogy to kill, there were only less than 3,000 people left by my side. "
Kou Ji said angrily: "Since you are still alive, you should return to Bianjing City, expose Ding's hypocrisy, and avenge those soldiers who have been wronged and humiliated on the battlefield."
Li Zhaoliang said miserably: "I also want to go back, and I also think of confronting Ding Wei at the Chui Gong Hall, and exposing Ding Wei's hypocrisy, but I can't go back."
Kou Ji questioned: "Why can't you go back? Is there someone who stops you and prevents you from returning to Beijing?"
After Kou Ji asked this sentence, Li Zhaoliang fell into silence again.
The insider Cao Wei sighed.
Kou Ji watched their reaction and said solemnly: "Is there someone blocking it?"
Li Zhaoliang nodded helplessly: "Yes, and there is more than one wave."
Kou Ji said solemnly: "Who is so bold and reckless."
Li Zhaoliang shook his head, "I don't know what their identities are, but I know that their martial arts are powerful."
Li Zhaoliang stared at Kou Ji and said, "After I withdrew from Huaizhou, I planned to return to Yinzhou, and then return to Bianjing from Yinzhou to tell the court about this matter.
But before I got to the Great Wall, I killed a group of people and made decisive and fierce moves.
The three thousand soldiers I led died tragically in the hands of thieves in order to protect me.
Under the protection of the soldiers, I rushed all the way to Yaode City, sheltering in the high altitude Gongjun.
Originally planned to go back to Beijing with him when Gong led his army class to return to the imperial court.
But I sheltered in the high place Gongjun, and there were still people assassinating me.
At the moment the battle in Xixia was very tight, and Gao Chu Gong could not protect me comprehensively, so he sent someone to send me here. "
With Li Zhaoliang's words here, everyone can guess who the assassin was and who sent it out without saying anything.
He was able to force Li Zhaoliang and his three thousand soldiers to escape in Xixia. Except for the soldiers and horses in Xixia, there was only one force left.
Imperial City Division.
When Ding Wei left Beijing, the staff of the Imperial City Division left Beijing with Ding Wei.
At the same time the imperial city Stephen Liu Mei also left the capital.
This marked that a large number of Imperial City Secretary also left Beijing with Liu Mei.
Since Ding Wei returned to Bianjing, Liu Mei and his staff have not returned to Beijing.
In name, Liu Mei and his manpower are helping Gao Fang Gong to fight, but in reality
The battle in Xixia has become clear, and there is no need to spy on much information anymore. The scouts in the army are sufficient to deal with the battle in Xixia. The staff of the Imperial City Division stayed in Xixia, which was of no use at all.
They are indeed still in Xixia.
When Kou Ji was in Bianjing, some people speculated that the staff of the Imperial City Division stayed in Xixia to wait for the high-level class master to show his glory and make some great contributions when he returned to the court.
But through Li Zhaoliang's experience, Huang Chengsi's staff stayed in Xixia, obviously for him.
Moreover, it is obvious that the assassination of Li Zhaoliang is not the only one from the Imperial City Division.
No matter how powerful the manpower of the Imperial City Division was, he couldn't presume in a barracks with hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses.
The only ones who dared to assassinate in the barracks were the equipment supervisors.
Only this group of talented and bold guys would ignore the majesty of the military.
Only one person can mobilize the Imperial City Division and the Equipment Supervisor to assassinate Li Zhaoliang at the same time.
Liu E.
Kou Ji can roughly guess what Liu E's move meant.
Liu E chose to kill his mouth to protect Ding Wei.
Kou Ji frowned and said to Li Zhaoliang: "You were in the high commander army, didn't you write a letter to Bianjing City to declare the matter to the court?"
Li Zhaoliang gritted his teeth and said: "Who said I didn't write to Bianjingcheng
I sent hundreds of letters to Bianjing.
But after they left Xixia, they became silent. "
Cao Wei solemnly said: "Someone robbed the messenger..."
Kou Ji slightly narrowed his eyes and said bitterly: "They are too unscrupulous."
Kou Ji's eyes fell on Li Zhaoliang and said: "Don't worry, I will help you send the letter back to Bianjing. I want to see, my messenger, who dares to kill."
Li Zhaoliang heard this and gave a deep salute to Kou Ji, "If I can show the snow, I will never forget your kindness."
Kou Ji waved his hand and said, "I also have friendship with Li Weixian. He calls me my elder brother. You are his father and naturally my uncle.
My family helps my family, nothing kind of kindness can be said. "
Li Zhaoliang nodded heavily when he heard the words.
Cao Wei's expression eased a little, and said to Li Zhaoliang: "I said this kid will help you, now you believe it."
Li Zhaoliang nodded again.
Cao Wei said earnestly: "It will take some time for you to settle your grievances. But the battle ahead can't be delayed.
If the old man wants to solve the battle in front of him as soon as possible, he must win by surprise.
Therefore, the old man planned to attack the Liao army by surprise and caught the Liao people by surprise.
After the old man is gone, you will have to balance the military affairs in Baozhou.
The old man doesn't ask you to make any great contributions, as long as you stick to Baozhou City. "
Kou Ji and Li Zhaoliang nodded slowly after hearing the words.
With Li Zhaoliang's help, Kou Ji has more confidence in defending Baozhou City.