Kou Ji nodded thoughtfully after hearing what Cao Xiong said.
Since Li Yuanhao didn't have any other actions, it meant that he was performing exactly according to the plan he had planned.
The war did not appear beyond Kou Ji's control, so Kou Ji didn't need to worry too much.
A simple meal.
Kou Ji and others returned to where they were staying. Kou Ji found Li Di, who was thinking in the room and now turning the wasteland into a good field.
After Kou Ji found Li Di, he smiled straightforwardly: "Grandpa Li, I'm afraid I will trouble you to run."
Li Di grabbed his beard and froze for a moment. "You took the old man to Guazhou, are you going to let the old man run errands?"
Kou Ji smiled and nodded.
Li Di said sullenly: "The old man thought you were going to hand over Guazhou to the old man."
Kou Ji said dumbfounded: "To govern Guazhou, we have to wait until the time when Guazhou really belongs to us. Now Xixia's iron cavalry is in Yumen Pass, and more Xixia soldiers and horses are coming to Hexi.
We can drive the Xixia people out of Hexi, and Hexi is ours.
If the Xixia people drive us out of Hexi, then Hexi belongs to the Xixia people. "
Li Di stroked his beard and nodded, "The old man understands the truth, but the old man is good at governance, not military affairs. The war is about to come, what can the old man do?"
Li Di looked at Kou Ji suspiciously, "Do you want the old man to serve as the supervising army... But as far as the old man knows, your kid is the person who hates the supervising army the most."
Kou Ji confessed with a smile: "It's true that the kid has taken a fancy to the privilege of doing things cheaply given to Grandpa Li by the official family."
Li Di raised his brows again and again, staring at Kou Ji in a daze, "Do you want the old man to use the power granted by the official to mobilize the soldiers?"
Kou Ji smiled and nodded and said, "Although the officials have given me the Sword of Heaven and the power to control the affairs of the Western Regions, they have not given me the right to act cheaply.
I took the sword of the emperor to mobilize soldiers and horses, but I can also mobilize soldiers and horses.
It's just that it will inevitably attract some gossip.
Your right to do things cheap is different.
You dispatch troops and horses, and within the permission of the official, no one will gossip. "
Li Di almost laughed angrily. "You dragged the old man to Guazhou just for this? You Kou Ji is the kind of person who is afraid of gossip? If you are really afraid of gossip, you will not pass the old man and put you in the Western Regions. All the documents made will be sent back to the court."
Kou Ji said frankly: "I'm not afraid... I'm worried about Chong Shiheng..."
Li Di raised his brows, "Do you want to use Shiheng's soldiers and horses in Qingjian City?"
Kou Ji smiled and nodded.
Li Di pondered: "Poke Xixia in the eyes?"
Kou Ji shook his head and said: "This is not the time to pierce Xixia. Once we start a war in Xixia, Liao will not sit still. I am going to send Chong Shiheng soldiers out of Qingjian City to cooperate with the soldiers and horses of Xining Prefecture. The territory south of the Great Wall along the Hongshui River and east of Xiliang cut off the retreat of the Xixia soldiers and horses entering Hexi."
When Li Di heard this, he already understood Kou Ji's purpose.
If it is done according to what Kou Ji said, then regardless of the war in Guazhou, Xiliang and other places, the Song Dynasty will steadily take down the vast territory east of Xiliang, and there will be no variables.
That is the territory of three states.
Kou Ji is equivalent to giving away a great contribution to Chong Shiheng and Xining State guard.
No wonder Kou Ji confidently said that he could mobilize Zhong Shiheng's troops in Qingjian City.
As long as Chong Shiheng is not stupid, he will definitely lead his army to attack.
As for the guilt of attack without a central order, Tianzijian can help Chong Shiheng bear half.
The remaining half can be settled only by the identity of Chong Shiheng.
Zhong Shiheng was born in a Confucian school and was called a Confucian general by the scholars of the Song Dynasty.
Among the military officials of the Song Dynasty, one of the few military officials who would not be sprayed by the civilian officials, but would be praised by the civilian officials.
After learning about the great power that Chong Shiheng had established, the civil servants would definitely try their best to help Chong Shiheng get rid of the trouble.
Then, with his Confucian background, he praised Confucianism very much.
Through Chong Shiheng, ridiculed those military officials.
Now that Kou Ji asked him to do things cheaply and dispatch Zhong Shiheng, that kind of trouble with Shiheng was completely gone.
Zhong Shiheng can safely send troops, receive credit with peace of mind, and patiently wait for the ruling and the opposition to praise him.
Li Di figured out Kou Ji's plan and praised sincerely: "It's really a good calculation... No matter the success or failure of the war in Guazhou and Xiliang, I will not lose the Song...
Li Di glanced at Kou Ji and sighed: "You have given Zhong Shiheng a great contribution to the sky. With this credit, it is not a problem that Zhong Shiheng will come and go in the future."
Kou Ji smiled calmly: "Everything I do is for the great Song. As for who gets the credit, I don't really care."
Li Di nodded slowly.
He knew that Kou Ji was not telling lies.
Because Kou Ji not only said that, but also did it.
"Forget it... I'll run to Qingjian City..."
Li Di sighed long.
It is not a trivial matter to dispatch troops, especially heavy troops, without going through the center.
It's not that whoever sends a handwritten letter over, the general leader has to obey it.
Even if Zhao Zhen wanted to dispatch soldiers and horses outside the city of Bianjing, he had to find a jade amulet.
The Song Dynasty had a very strict system for dispatching troops and horses.
Li Di can only use his power to act cheaply and mobilize Shiheng soldiers out of Qingjian City by going to Qingjian City in person.
Kou Ji bowed his hand to Li Di, "Then there will be Grandpa Lao Li..."
Li Di slowly nodded, and hesitated: "The old man has trouble with his legs and feet. If he is delayed on the road, will he miss you?"
Kou Ji smiled and shook his head and said: "The dispatch of the soldiers and horses of Zhong Shiheng is just to put pressure on the soldiers and horses of Xixia. As long as our soldiers and horses in the Western Regions are not exhausted, it will not be too late.
Besides, I also invited a support army to wait at the east entrance of Daxue..."
Li Di pondered: "Qingtang soldiers and horses?"
Kou Ji nodded and said: "Yes, Qingtang soldiers and horses. Qingtang and Xixia have been grieving for a long time. When Zongge monk Li Lizun secretly took charge of Qingtang, he often disgusted with Xixia people.
Now that Jiao Si Luo holds Qingtang in his hand, he will naturally not miss the opportunity to get sick of Xixia. "
Li Di nodded thoughtfully and reminded Kou Ji: "Now that you have a heavy soldier in your hand, don't have too much friendship with foreign soldiers and horses..."
Kou Ji smiled and said, "I naturally know the rules of the court."
Li Di nodded again without saying more.
Kou Ji and his party rested for a day in Guazhou City.
The next day.
Li Di held the Emperor Sword in his hand, escorted by the Japanese soldiers, rushed to Yangguan, ready to enter Yangguan, and rushed to Qingjian City.
Kou Ji rushed to Yumen Pass with the remaining Japanese soldiers and guards.
After arriving at Yumen Pass, an atmosphere of the battlefield rushed over his face.
The scenes mentioned in frontier fortress poems about the Western Regions can be seen at Yumen Pass.
Several miles even camp.
Xiongguan towers.
Beacon Terrace.
Wolf smoke.
Flags.
Soldiers and horses galloped horizontally and horizontally.
Li Yuanhao led his army to shrink in Yumen Pass.
Zhu Neng led an army to besiege the city.
Both inside and outside the pass are soldiers and horses.
Zhu Neng's army camp was three miles outside Yumen Pass.
After the news of Kou Ji's arrival reached the barracks, Zhu Neng laughed and greeted him out of the gate.
When I saw Kou Ji, I gave Kou Ji a bear hug, and then he dragged Kou Ji into the camp, and said with a smile: "Boy, I recently learned from a few Hu businessmen who are in the Western Regions. A craft of cooking eggs, you kid will love it after you eat it."
"Hushang? Cooking eggs?"
Kou Ji was taken aback for a moment.
Zhu Neng didn't mention it, Kou Ji almost forgot that he had been in the Western Regions for so long and had never met a Hu Shang.
It stands to reason that the Western Regions are a place where husky merchants are rampant, and he has not encountered a husky merchant. That is a very strange thing.
Now that I heard Zhu Neng mentioned Hu Shang, Kou Ji would like to see it.
As for the craftsmanship of cooking eggs mentioned by Zhu Neng, Kou Ji would like to see it too.
As Zhu Neng entered the camp, Kou Ji saw a few people with yellow hairs and beards, wrapped in clothes, supporting a huge grill, constantly turning.
There is a huge camel on the grill.
Kou Ji was slightly taken aback when he saw this, "Can this be cooked?"
Kou Ji asked Zhu Neng suspiciously.
Kou Ji vaguely remembered that the roasting of camels and other large animals in later generations used ovens, very large ovens.
Zhu Neng smiled and said, "Yes, why can't it... it will be cooked after a while..."
Kou Ji looked at the camel that was still whitish, and said in deep thought, "I'm afraid it will take a long time to roast, right?"
Zhu Neng nodded and said: "Um..."
Kou Ji retracted his gaze and said to Zhu Neng: "Then let's talk about business first?"
Speaking of business affairs, Zhu Neng immediately got rid of the giggling look and led Kou Ji into the Chinese Army's account.
After being settled in the Great Tent of the Chinese Army.
Kou Ji asked: "Li Yuanhao in Yumen Pass, is there any special movement lately?"
Zhu Neng thought for a moment and said, "Recently, I always hear the sound of heavy horseshoes coming from Yumen Pass..."
Kou Ji asked: "How heavy is it?"
Zhu Neng groaned: "It's like when your patrol guard puts on heavy armor and makes an attack."
Kou Ji stared at Zhu Neng and said, "Are you suspicious, Li Yuanhao has made up the iron Harrier under his command?"
Zhu Neng nodded and said, "When the Iron Harrier strikes, there will be a lot of servants around him. Those servants were born to help the Iron Harrier fight.
In addition to helping the iron harrier fight, they also have the duty to replace the iron harrier after the iron harrier is killed.
Although you maimed the Iron Harrier outside of Shazhou City, you did not seize the Iron Harrier's armor.
As long as Li Yuanhao takes back those armors, finds the soldiers in the servant army to put on them, and a little training, he will become a new iron harrier. "
Kou Ji squinted his eyes and said: "It seems that Xixia has lost money on the iron harrier. Not only did he spend a lot of money to build the iron harrier, but he also made sufficient preparations for the iron harrier to continue fighting on the battlefield.
This incident was unexpected to me, but there is no need to worry too much. "
Zhu Neng raised his eyebrows, and said with some sparkling eyes: "Your artillery can be used again?"
Kou Ji smiled and nodded: "Not only artillery, I have also made a lot of invincible mines."
Zhu Neng said excitedly: "How many? Can you blast Yumen to the sky? If you can blast Yumen to the sky, we won't have to accompany Li Yuanhao in acting here.
Kou Ji rolled his eyes.
He couldn't help but remembered that in Shazhou City, Zhu Neng shot a million arrows in one breath in order to resist Li Yuanhao.
Extremely extravagant.
Even if he was a man who was not very proficient in military affairs, he would not do such a frenzied thing on the battlefield.
Zhu Neng, a veteran on the battlefield, can actually do such a frenzied thing on the battlefield, which is really puzzling.
"Don't roll your eyes! You are talking!"
Seeing Kou Ji rolled his eyes, Zhu Neng couldn't help but urge.
Kou Ji glanced at Zhu Neng, and said in an angry tone: "You think gunpowder is the sand of the Western Regions? You can blow a piece of it with your mouth? The main purpose of my visit to the Western Regions this time is to save your lives, so He didn't bring too much baggage.
I didn’t bring too much gunpowder, and I only brought a little of the tools for making shells and invincible mines.
The Western Regions are extremely short of materials.
I searched out the entire Shazhou and asked the servants of the mansion to make it day and night. Only then did I make a little bit.
Barely able to cope with the war at Yumen Pass.
If you want to blow Yumen into the sky, you are dreaming. "
Zhu Neng heard the dissatisfaction in Kou Ji's tone, scratched his head and smiled, "I just said casually, don't take it to heart."
After a pause, Zhu Neng hurriedly changed the subject and said: "By the way, how are the arrangements in Xiliang?"
Kou Ji said frankly: "Gong Li is already on his way to Qingjian City, and Liu Heng's people have rushed to Qingtang three days ago."
Zhu Neng groaned: "I don't worry about the reinforcements from Qingjian City, but Qingtang, will you agree to help us deal with Xixia?"
Kou Ji confidently said: "I can't help but they don't agree."
"Oh?!"
Zhu Neng was slightly surprised, got close to Kou Ji, and asked in a deep voice, "How do you tell?"
Kou Ji smiled and said, "Qingtang and Xixia have a deep grievance, you know."
Zhu Neng nodded and said, "I know. When I was stationed on Qinfeng Road, I did not hear about Xixia and Qingtang's bullshit things. Li Lizun really deceived people too much, relying on his own power and bullying. Corner Si Luo.
It wasn't enough to oppress Jiao Siluo by himself, and he took the Xixia people to oppress Jiao Siluo with him.
Jiao Si Luo hated Xixia for a long time.
During the period when Jiao Si Luo was oppressed by Xi Xia, many people were sent to my Da Song Dynasty, and the first emperor sent troops to help him get rid of Li Lizun.
It's just that Jiao Si Luo is now the owner of the right one.
What he wants to do must be considered from the perspective of one section.
To help us deal with Xixia, Qingtang is not profitable.
He could not bet on the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers for his own benefit. "
Kou Ji smiled and said, "Who said it is unprofitable?"
Zhu Neng raised his brows and made an expression willing to hear the details.
Kou Ji smiled and said: "Xixia still oppresses Qingtang. If Qingtang can use this to rub Xixia's vigor. Will it be shaken up and down Qingtang? Some face surrendered to Jiao Si Luo, behind the scenes. After experiencing this incident, the head of the small tribe who engages in small actions will truly surrender to Jiao Si Luo?"