Guazhou and Suzhou under the jurisdiction of the Shazhou Uighurs were destroyed one after another.
Li Yuanhao only captured the soldiers and horses of the Shazhou Uighurs and confiscated their cattle and sheep. However, he did not rob the people of the Shazhou Uighurs, but instead drove the people to persecute the soldiers and horses and retreat frequently.
Then it cut off the supply line of the Great Song Dynasty, forcing all the soldiers and horses in the Shazhou Uyghur territory to retreat to Shazhou and the soldiers to encircle Shazhou without advancing or retreating.
This action was obviously intended to use the mouths of the people in Shazhou to consume the food stored in Shazhou.
The Shazhou Uighurs in charge, the Returning Army’s Jiedu made Cao Xianshun out of control. He quickly moved all the food and grass in Shazhou to the inner city, vacating half of the outer city, and ordered the soldiers and horses under his command to guard against the dead and let those who were killed The expelled people lived in half of the outer city.
Zhu Neng and Yang Wenguang didn't get caught either. After discovering Li Yuanhao's conspiracy, they decisively blocked the barracks, and they were not allowed to enter or leave, let alone give out food.
Supervisor Xue Tian did not fall for it either.
It's just that he felt soft for a while and made a big mistake.
That was when I was patrolling outside the barracks, I came across a scene where Yi Zi was eating. I couldn't bear it, so I took out a portion from my ration and replaced the child who was going to become a ration.
After the matter was spread out.
Refugees from Shazhou flocked to the Song Army barracks to exchange their children for rations.
Xue Tian realized that he had made a mistake and immediately closed the camp.
However, the refugees in Shazhou were unable to exchange food, so they chose to rush camp.
Seeing this, the Xixia and Huangtou Huihe soldiers besieging Shazhou City were all ready to move.
In order to avoid the occurrence of pinching inside and outside.
After Zhu Neng and Yang Wenguang discussed secretly, they decided to bloody suppression.
Xue Tian blocked Zhu Neng and Yang Wenguang's proposal.
Xue Tian believed that the imperial court's aid to Shazhou this time was to seek fame and to be seen by other members of the family. It should not slaughter the people of Shazhou, but should be gentle.
After careful consideration, Xue Tian decided to use the grain and grass in the barracks to set up a porridge shed outside the barracks to help the people in Shazhou.
This move was met with fierce opposition from Zhu Neng and Yang Wenguang.
however.
Xue Tian used the power of the supervising army to force Zhu Neng and Yang Wenguang to act according to his proposal.
It is precisely because of this that the consumption of grain and grass in the Song Army barracks has changed.
Lv Yijian saw that Kou Ji and Li Di both looked ugly, and sighed: "Xue Tian is also to maintain the reputation of the court..."
Kou Ji said coldly: "Are you swollen and fat? The master of Shazhou, Cao Xianshun, doesn't even care about the people under his control. Why do we want to control the people under his control
Li Yuanhao led his troops to besiege instead of attacking, what his purpose was, as everyone knows.
When it is uncertain when the route for the delivery of baggage will be restored, it is uncertain whether the reinforcements can arrive before the grain and grass are exhausted.
Just pretend to pretend to be the food stored in the barracks.
This is a joke about the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers and nearly 100,000 civilians who were besieged in Shazhou. "
Wang Zeng nodded intently and said: "It is true that Xue Tian has taken into consideration the reputation of the court, but under such circumstances, the life risk of the soldiers is really not worth it."
Zhao Zhen sighed, "This is the end of the matter. It is useless to say more. We have to find a way to raise grain as soon as possible, and then deliver it to ensure that my soldiers in Dasong will not starve to death in Shazhou."
Li Di gritted his teeth and said: "It will take some time for the autumn taxes to be delivered to Beijing."
Kou Ji took a step forward and said in a deep voice: "Yizijiaozipu can temporarily lend a part of the money to the court to raise military rations. After the autumn taxes of various places are delivered to Beijing, the Yizijiaozipu will be repaid."
Li Di was taken aback for a moment, "That's OK?"
Kou Ji nodded, "Naturally..."
Li Di nodded and said, "That's the best... I'll go out and contact the grain dealer to raise rations."
After Li Di said this, he had to go outside.
Just after walking a few steps, I heard Lu Yijian sigh behind him: "Gong Li, the official is in the court today, and you have already given up your position as Ping Zhang Shi in the middle school. You are going to run around now, something is wrong."
Li Di paused for a long time, with a bit of bitterness on his face, and sighed: "I have been worrying about national affairs, but I have forgotten this stubbornness."
Li Di said slightly in decline: "It's fine... I will go back to the mansion now, and you will have to bother about the Western Regions."
Zhao Zhen got up, bowed together with Kou Ji, Wang Zeng, and Lu Yijian, and sent Li Di away from Shishitang.
After Li Di left, the four sighed together.
Wang Zeng took the initiative to ask Ying and said, "Leave me the matter of raising military rations."
Zhao Zhen nodded, picked up a pen, wrote down a document, and handed it to Wang Zeng.
The document clarified the matter of borrowing money from Yizijiaozipu.
Wang Zeng only needs to take the documents to Yizi Jiaozipu, and Cao Tong will cooperate with Wang Zeng to complete the relevant loan matters.
It didn't take long for Wang Zeng to leave.
The eunuch, who had invited Gao Chu Gong, hurriedly returned to the palace, and after seeing Zhao Zhen, he hurriedly reported.
"Officials, the secret envoy Gao said that he was seriously ill, and he was going to rest in the palace for a few days, and he could not enter the palace to meet the official."
"Boom!"
When Zhao Zhen heard this, he slapped the table with an angry expression on his face.
Zhao Zhen, Kou Ji, and Lu Yijian know what Gao Chugong's words mean.
Gao Chugong is obviously dissatisfied with the imperial court's reduction of his false position.
The imperial court wanted to invite him out of the mountain and ask him to lead the troops on the expedition, so he had to return what he had taken from him, and give him generously.
Otherwise, he would not be able to lead troops out.
Even if Zhao Zhen was forced by Zhao Zhen to lead troops to the Western Regions, he could still work without effort.
This incident is not unusual in the Song Dynasty.
Both Taizu and Taizong did this.
Whenever there is a war, before going on the expedition, the leader will always be given a large sum of money, or beauties and the like, as a show of grace.
Of course, the emperors of other dynasties used generals, and they did the same.
It's just that the habit of openly asking the court for benefits, only Da Song has.
This is also one of the sequelae of Taizu Cup Jiu's release of military power.
Taizu used a cup of wine to release his military power and successfully seized the power from the generals.
In order to appease, win over, and make up for the generals, he also successfully turned the master-servant relationship between the two into an employment relationship.
One is good.
One contribution.
That's it.
Zhao Zhen gritted his teeth and said: "If I now return to him the reduction of his vacant job, and then reward him with a lot of money. Then everything that Li Aiqing did before will be in vain."
Lu Yijian frowned and said, "Could it be that Cao Wei can only be asked to take action?"
Neither Zhao Zhen nor Lu Yijian wanted to see the situation that Li Di had just opened up and was ruined.
Kou Ji didn't want to either.
Not only did he not want to see the situation that Li Di just opened up was ruined, but he also didn't want to see Cao Wei being driven to ruin because of his merits.
Kou Ji pondered for a long time, and sighed: "Let me go there..."
Upon hearing this, Zhao Zhen and Lu Yijian looked at Kou Ji together.
Kou Ji sighed and said, "Li Zhaoliang, the Shangshu of the Dispatch Department, leads the army. I am the supervising army."
Zhao Zhen's first reaction was to refuse.
Lu Yijian frowned and said, "I'm afraid that Li Zhaoliang, like Gao Chu Gong, will not get sick."
Kou Ji said solemnly: "I'll persuade Li Zhaoliang."
Zhao Zhen gritted his teeth and said: "Kou Aiqing, you don't know martial arts, let alone the art of war. Now the situation in the Western Regions is chaotic. If you go to the Western Regions, I am afraid that you will have life concerns... adventure."
Since Kou Ji took the initiative to stop the matter, it means that he has considered it again and again, and will not shrink back because of his life concerns.
Kou Ji solemnly said: "The officials don't need to worry. The ministers go to the Western Regions, just to supervise the army, not to lead the soldiers in the war. With the army led by Li Zhaoliang protecting me, who can hurt the minister's life?"
Lu Yi briefly opened his mouth.
Kou Ji took the lead and said: "Although Li Zhaoliang is difficult to entrust with important tasks, but I am staring at it, so I can barely use it. You and I don't want to see the situation that Li Gonggang opened up, and it is ruined."
Lu Yijian hesitated and nodded slowly.
Zhao Zhen opened his mouth several times to refuse, but after all he did not speak.
This is the end of the matter, and everything should be focused on the overall situation, not the benevolence of women, let alone arrogance.
Kou Ji arched his hands and said, "The minister will first persuade Li Zhaoliang..."
Zhao Zhen nodded heavily, "I will give you the sword of the emperor, and you will decide everything about the Western Regions."
Kou Ji handed over again, "Thank you, Long En, the official."
Immediately.
Kou Ji left the Hanging Arch Hall, got on the carriage, and ran all the way to the Li Mansion.
After seeing Kou Ji, the door of Li's house hurriedly went into the house to report.
Li Zhaoliang soon appeared outside the house.
Li Zhaoliang looked at Kou Ji with a complicated expression, "Has the war in the Northwest changed?"
Kou Ji nodded slowly.
Jiangmen's sense of smell for war is far more acute than others.
When Babaili rushed straight to the palace, the generals had already guessed that the war in the Northwest had changed.
This is also the reason why Gao Chu Gong has chosen to pretend to be sick before the news reaches the palace.
Li Zhaoliang sighed, "I heard that the palace sent someone to Gaofu, but Gao Chugong did not leave."
Kou Ji nodded again.
Li Zhaoliang continued to sigh, "The officials are unwilling to agree to the terms of Gao Fang Gong, so you came to me?"
Kou Ji continued to nod.
Li Zhaoliang frowned and said seriously: "I may not be able to control the situation in the Western Regions."
Kou Ji finally spoke, "and me!"
Li Zhaoliang was taken aback, and smiled bitterly: "If I had led the army at this time, I would be spurned by other companies."
Kou Ji said calmly: "You owe me a life. This is a rhetoric that can convince other companies."
Li Zhaoliang smiled bitterly, "It is indeed a good rhetoric."
Kou Ji continued: "It will take three or five days for the court to raise grain and grass. After three or five days, we will rush to the Western Regions together."
Li Zhaoliang nodded helplessly.
Kou Ji arched his hands and let people drive the carriage away from the door of Li Mansion.
The conversation between the two is very brief.
Kou Ji did not bitterly persuade Li Zhaoliang.
However, Li Zhaoliang was willing to risk being spurned by other companies and agreed to rush to the Western Regions with Kou Ji.
There is no other reason.
Li Zhaoliang owes Kou Ji a life.
Li Zhaoliang had to pay it back.
After Kou Ji persuaded Li Zhaoliang, he sent someone to send a letter to the palace.
Then returned to the courtyard outside the city in a carriage.
As soon as I arrived at the door of the other courtyard, I saw Xiang Yan, supported by the maid, standing at the door waiting for him.
Kou Ji hurriedly jumped out of the carriage and greeted him.
"You are pregnant... It's windy outside, what are you running out for?"
Kou Ji took Xiang Yan from the maid, and helped Xiang Yan back to the hospital.
Xiang Yan held her belly and said: "The concubine heard the servant from the mansion say that there are eight hundred li from the west in a hurry, worrying about any accident, so I wait for you at the gate of the mansion."
Kou Ji smiled faintly, did not speak, and helped Xiang Yan walk into the other courtyard.
Seeing that Kou Ji's expression was wrong, Xiang Yan muttered, "Did something really happen?"
Kou Ji hesitated and nodded, "The situation in the Western Regions is a bit bad..."
Xiang Yan was taken aback for a moment, frowned and said, "What happened?"
Kou Ji assisted Xiang Yan back to the room, and gave Xiang Yan a detailed account of what happened in the Western Regions.
After Xiang Yan finished listening, she frowned and said, "It's so serious... How does the court plan to respond?"
After saying this, without waiting for Kou Ji to speak, Xiang Yan said again: "Li Gonggang has reduced the vacancies of those martial arts, and it is not easy to invite those martial arts to take action.
Is the Miangong worried about this? "
Kou Ji shook his head and said frankly: "The court has decided to send Li Zhaoliang as the chief general, and I will rush to the Western Regions as the supervising army."
Xiang Yanjiao's body was shocked, her face turned very ugly.
Koj took her hand and said in a low voice, "Don't worry, the court has sent two imprisoned troops to the Western Regions this time. As a prison army, I will definitely be guarded by them and there will be no danger."
Xiang Yan gritted her teeth and said: "The concubine is about to be born... Can't the officials be sympathetic to the concubine and you?"
Kou Ji sighed, "National affairs are important..."
Xiang Yan shed tears for a moment.
Kou Ji slowly hugged her in his arms.
"It's a pity... When our child was born, I couldn't be by your side..."
Xiang Yan didn't speak, but lay down in Kou Ji's arms and shed tears.
Kou Ji comforted Xiang Yan for a long time.
Until the night, after coaxing Xiang Yan to fall asleep, he left the bedroom.
As soon as I got out of the bedroom, I saw Kou Zhong cautiously standing outside.
After seeing Kou Ji, Kou Zhong bowed and said, "Little Master, Master, please come over."
Kou Ji was a little surprised and said, "Grandfather is back home?"
Kou Zhong said solemnly: "Master heard that you are going to the Western Regions, so he came down from the mountain in the evening. He just ran into the eunuch who was in the palace to deliver the imperial decree and helped you to receive the imperial decree."
Kou Ji nodded and followed Kou Zhong to the main hall.
In the main hall.
Kou Zhun was tasting tea. After seeing Kou Ji entering the main hall, he put down his teacup and frowned, "Going to the Western Regions?"
Kou Ji Shili nodded, "The situation in the Western Regions is very chaotic, I need to go and see."
Kou Zhun said in a deep voice: "As a court commander, you naturally need to focus on state affairs. But you have to come back intact. If you have a good or bad one, no one will give the old man the end."
Kou Ji arched his hands and said, "Grandson obeys his orders."
Kou Zhun got up, and said, "After you go to the Western Regions, don't be kind to women."
Kou Ji was taken aback.
Kou Zhun didn't say anything, and stepped out of the main hall.
Kou Ji thought about it for a long time in the main hall, but couldn't understand the meaning of Kou Zhun's last sentence.