Zhang Yuan said embarrassedly: "The villain didn't even think about taking down Danshan City. He just wanted to scare him. Who knew he was so infrequent..."
Kou Ji's mouth twitched when he heard this. Although Zhang Yuan had already known the process of Zhang Yuan's attack on Danshan City through the fish swim, Kou Ji still felt a bit ridiculous when he heard Zhang Yuan personally tell him at this moment.
"So... you forcibly occupied Danshan City and became the lord of Danshan City?"
Kou Ji asked coldly.
Zhang Yuan hurriedly waved his hand, "It was not the villain who wanted to take over Danshan City, it was the leader of the Huangtou Huihe. After learning that the villain had taken Danshan City, he approached the villain and asked for money.
He sent someone to tell the villain.
It is said that if the villain can give him enough benefits, he will not care about the smaller ones attacking Danshan City, and let the villain occupy Danshan City and become the master of the city.
If the villain refuses to give it to him, he will make it difficult for our caravan to move in the territory of Huangtouhuihe.
Seeing that he didn't ask for much benefit, the villain agreed to him.
The villain does this to help you get more horses as soon as possible. "
Listening to the conversation between the two, Liu Heng was already speechless in consternation.
Kou Ji has a city in the Western Regions, and it is still on the territory of the enemy they are about to face? !
Whoever tells this matter will find it ridiculous.
But this is precisely possible in the Western Regions.
Most of the forces in the Western Regions are mainly nomads.
People from the Western Regions like to live in tents and stay on the vast grasslands.
Only a few poor people would choose to live in a city, to help others herding horses and sheep, or to grow highland barley.
There are also past merchants, or some big nobles, who lived in the city.
Therefore, there are two types of cities in the Western Regions.
One is the big city inhabited by great nobles, which is very prosperous with numerous merchants.
The other is that the people get together, looking for some ancient city ruins, and the city where they live in.
The former city was guarded by private soldiers of the great nobles.
The major forces also value this kind of city very seriously.
Once attacked, they will send heavy troops to retake it.
In the latter type of city, there are only scattered small tribes and people under protection similar to the village soldiers and horses.
This type of city is very small and mostly located in barren places. The combat effectiveness of soldiers and horses is not strong, and they are often patronized by various horse thieves.
The major forces don't pay much attention to this type of city.
As long as the people in the city are willing to pay taxes to them, or the horse thieves who patronize them, are willing to give them a portion of the spoils, they will not care too much about its gains and losses.
The Danshan City in Zhang Yuankou is this kind of city.
Liu Heng heard a little bit when he was in Qingtang.
Danshan City is at the foot of Daxue Mountain, in the northeast of Huangtouhuihe territory, close to the northwest corner of Qingtang territory.
It belongs to the junction of the two powers.
There are horse thieves rampant, and there are thieves rampant.
It is too small for Qingtang, Qingtang can't stand it.
After occupying it, Qingtang would have to expend a lot of manpower to clean up the horse thieves entrenched around it.
however.
There is a steady stream of horse thieves in the Western Regions.
In fact, Qingtang can kill if he wants to kill
Instead of letting the Qingtang warrior fall into that quagmire, it is better to throw it to the horse thieves to shelter.
For the Huangtou Huihe who occupied it, it was also a tasteless one.
There are too many horse thieves to kill, just like leeks, they kill one batch and grow a batch.
It is better to leave the horse thieves to shelter.
Huangtou Huihe can borrow the power of the horse thief to help them do some things that are difficult for them to do.
Occasionally, you can collect money from the horse thief.
Why not do it.
It can be said that Danshan City is a shelter set aside by Qingtang and Huangtouhuihe for the horse thieves at the junction of the two forces.
In short, it was the most stupid move to clear the horse thief in the Western Regions.
Harvesting and controlling is the smartest way.
Liu Heng can understand Zhang Yuan's occupation of Danshan City, but he still feels frightened.
There are countless horse thieves around Danshan City, and there are only two kinds of people who can sit in the seat of Danshan City's lord.
One is a puppet launched by other horse thieves.
The other is the person who can really conquer all the horse thieves around Danshan City.
Zhang Yuan is obviously the latter.
Is it an ordinary person who can control the horse thieves who are both troubled by the two major forces in their own hands
Kou Ji heard Zhang Yuan’s explanation and snorted coldly: “Get a horse for me? You’re so pretty. Do you know that, in order to keep that broken city, my guard patrolling the horse has died this year. A hundred people.
When did I let you trade your life for a horse? "
Zhang Yuan said with a bitter face: "The villain naturally knows... It's just that occupying Danshan City is not the mind of a villain. The leader of the fish is also in this mind. The two brigade of the guards are also in this mind.
After the villains occupied Danshan City, the loss was a bit larger.
But the horse you get for the little master is 30% more. "
Kou Ji said coldly: "Did they agree in the first place? It's not the result of your lobbying. If you don't lobby them, they will agree to occupy the broken city
Put away your pitiful expression.
I know exactly who you Zhang Yuan is.
If it weren't for the team of Yuyou and the two guards, both felt that you had more work than you had done, and your head would have been dried out. "
Under the urge of Kou Ji.
Zhang Yuan put away the bitter expression on his face and stood blankly in front of Kou Ji.
His appearance just now was obviously pretended.
Kou Ji coldly snorted: "Who are you? I belong to Kou Mansion. Before you became the lord of the city, did you consider how this matter will affect me when it reaches the Song Dynasty
If it is known that the people of our Kou Mansion are outside the territory and claim the land, how would the Manchu civil and military society treat me? "
Zhang Yuan lowered his head and said in a deep voice, "The villain deserves a million death!"
Kou Ji ordered: "From today, fish swim is the main one, and you are the deputy."
Zhang Yuan raised his head and stared at Kou Ji with wide eyes.
Kou Ji squinted slightly and said, "Are you not satisfied?!"
Huh...
Two scimitars unsheathed.
Kou San and Chen Sheng, standing behind Zhang Yuan, took out the scimitars from their waists.
As long as Kou Ji gave an order, they could chop off Zhang Yuan's head.
The two of them followed Zhang Yuan, but they were Kou Ji's people.
Kou San is the grandson of Kou Mansion Ma Hu, and he is loyal to Kou Mansion.
Chen Sheng is Chen Juntou's nephew and loyal to Kou Ji.
His two guards named Zhang Yuan were actually one of the methods Kou Ji sent to restrain Zhang Yuan.
Kou Ji knew the danger of this person well, so he put a layer of shackles on him.
Rao is so, Zhang Yuan has already landed a city in the Western Regions.
This shows how powerful Zhang Yuan is.
Under the threat of Kou Ji, Zhang Yuan gritted his teeth and said: "The villain... dare not..."
Kou Ji sneered: "I don't think you dare, but you are unwilling. I know you are very unhappy... You remember this unhappy feeling...
In the future, you can do whatever I ask you to do.
I didn't let you do anything. If you dare to move, I won't forgive you. "
Zhang Yuan raised his hand and said, "Thank you, Young Master, for not killing."
Kou Ji patted the table in front of him.
"Sit down and talk..."
Zhang Yuan sat down slowly.
Kou Ji's expression eased a little, and he asked, "How many people do I control in the Western Regions in Kou Mansion?"
Zhang Yuan said solemnly: "83,000 people... Among them, there are more than 30,000 people who can fight on horses, and only 5,000 are really elite, and the rest are all foxes.
The remaining people are all people who are attached to Danshan City.
Now he is helping us herding horses and sheep. "
Kou Ji stared at Zhang Yuan and said, "Zhu Neng was trapped in Shazhou, why didn't you bring your soldiers and horses to help?"
Zhang Yuan gritted his teeth and said: "It's not the villain who doesn't want to bring troops to help. It's that since General Zhu entered the Western Regions, he has never shown the jade medal you gave him, and he has never recruited a villain.
Even if the villain took the initiative to send someone to contact him, he was reluctant to meet. "
Kou Ji frowned and said, "Zhu Neng is unwilling to expose you and prevent my Kou Mansion from getting into trouble."
Zhang Yuan didn't say a word when he heard this.
Kou Ji groaned: "After I go back, I will mobilize five thousand elites and rush to Shazhou with me."
Zhang Yuan arched his hands: "Hey..."
Kou Ji said again: "After I bring people to Danshan City, you will send some trash fish to die. By then, I will fight all the way down to Danshan City. Please take the initiative to surrender.
Through this battle, the five thousand elites turned from darkness to light.
Also, when I look back, I will erase all traces of you in the Song Dynasty.
From today, you are no longer a member of our Kou Mansion, nor are you a member of Da Song.
It was the city lord of Danshan City.
A city lord of Danshan who is close to my Da Song and is willing to help me with Da Song. "
Zhang Yuan opened his eyes and gritted his teeth when he heard this, "Do you want me to be a lonely ghost in the Western Regions forever?!"
Kou Ji felt very awkward when he said this from a famous thief from a great power in history books.
Kou Ji reached out and took out a kit from his arms and threw it to Zhang Yuan.
"Kou Zhong said, if you are disobedient, let you see this thing."
Zhang Yuan opened the kit, glanced inside, shaking his whole body, he carefully put away the kit, stared at Kou Ji, and said with a astringent mouth: "Is there any chance in my life to change back to the Song people." ?"
Kou Ji stared at Zhang Yuan and said, "Maybe soon... Maybe it will take a long time..."
Zhang Yuan got up and said to Kou Ji, "The villain will do what you ordered..."
Kou Ji waved his hand.
Zhang Yuan bowed and exited the tent.
Zhang Yuan left.
Liu Heng’s chat box was opened, “Four brother, you actually arranged such a back player in the Western Regions. When did you arrange it? Did you expect the dramatic changes in Shazhou a long time ago, so you set the game early?”
Kou Ji rolled his eyes and said quietly: "I am not a god, how can I know the changes in the Western Regions?!"
"Then why did you arrange such a big back player in the Western Regions?"
"In the beginning, I was just to get some money, some horses..."
"Impossible! That Zhang Yuan has 30,000 daring warriors. Do you know what 30,000 daring warriors mean in the Western Regions? Thirty thousand daring warriors are enough to conquer cities in the Western Regions and build a country. "
Liu Heng said seriously.
Kou Ji said calmly: "Thirty thousand people who dare to fight can build a country? The Ganzhou Uighurs have more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, how can they be? The Shazhou Uighurs have nearly 150,000 soldiers and horses, and how is it now
We have nearly 60,000 soldiers and horses arriving in the Western Regions, and 100,000 will arrive in the region.
All belong to the Forbidden Army.
Wouldn't it be able to take down the entire Western Regions? "
Liu Heng was a little speechless by Kou Jizha.
After pondering for a while, he solemnly said: "Even if you can't establish a country, you can occupy several cities and become a large tribe under the command of many forces such as Qingtang and Huangtouhuihe."
"Among the 30,000 people, there are only 5,000 elite. The remaining 25,000 are just a mob formed by a group of horse thieves. When they take advantage of the situation, they are naturally powerful.
When the trend is reversible, they will surely rush into it.
Not advisable.
Nor can it be relied upon. "
Kou Ji analyzed a few sentences.
Liu Heng nodded thoughtfully.
Subsequently.
He stared at Kou Ji with a solemn expression, and said: "Four brothers, Kou Mansion controls a city in the Western Regions, don't let others know..."
Kou Ji raised his eyebrows and stared at Liu Heng in amazement, "When did my Kou Mansion control a city in the Western Regions? The one who controlled a city was the fugitive servant of Kou Mansion, and now the Western Regions native, Zhang Yuan.
This person has nothing to do with my Kou Mansion now.
On this westward journey, this person was able to help us with his men and horses, which is just because of the old master-servant relationship. "
Liu Heng rolled his eyes when he heard Kou Ji's words.
He despised Kou Ji's shameless act of telling lies with his eyes open.
"If you say this, someone has to believe it!"
Kou Ji hummed: "Why don't you believe it? Now, among the many important officials in the Liao Kingdom and Xixia Dynasty, how many escaped from my Da Song? How many were my Da Song ministers before
They can get along well outside of the Song Dynasty.
Can't the servant who defected from our Kou Mansion
If anyone doesn't believe it, just go to the Western Regions to arrest Zhang Yuan and take him to the Suigong Hall to confront me. "
Liu Heng really couldn't refute Kou Ji's words.
Some of the important ministers in the Liao Dynasty court were really ministers of the Song Dynasty before.
Some of them defected actively.
Some have been sent out.
Emperor Taizong conquered the Liao Kingdom three times and sent out dozens of generals.
Some of them have been among the most important officials in the south of the Liao Dynasty court.
The courtiers in the Liao Dynasty court were divided into northern officials and southern officials.
The officials in the north are all nobles among the eight Khitan tribes.
The southern officials are held by a group of Han people.
Therefore, before many official titles in Liao, there will always be the words north and south.
Liu Heng pondered slightly: "In short, it is better for the fourth brother to have less contact with Zhang Yuan in the future. Otherwise, it will be easy to be noticed."
Kou Ji knew that Liu Heng was doing him well, so he nodded slowly.
After Liu Heng nodded in Kou Ji, he smiled and said, "I think fourth brother, you seem to be very defensive against Zhang Yuan, I don't know why?"
Kou Ji glanced at Liu Heng and said in a deep voice, "This person is very dangerous and needs to be guarded strictly."
Liu Heng raised his brows slightly, and said in a low voice, "Then how about I help the fourth brother to add another defense for you?"
"Oh?!"
"Let's tell the fourth brother, I have been in Qingtang for a long time, and many people have been favored by me and are close to me. The leaders of Qingtang's tribes are very dissatisfied with this and often exclude them.
Now some of them are squeezed out and can't live anymore.
They deliberately cling to my Da Song.
But he was guarded strictly by people and couldn't get out of the Qingtang boundary.
How about letting them go to Danshan City? "
After hearing what Liu Heng said, Kou Ji was stunned and stunned.
After a long time, he pointed to Liu Heng and smiled: "You kid...not honest..."
Liu Heng laughed in a low voice, "It's the fourth brother that you taught well."