The old lieutenant arrived in front of the camp, gave his name, and was soon led to the tent where Kou Ji was located.
As soon as the old captain walked to the entrance of the tent, he took a deep breath and prepared to speak, when he heard Kou Ji's voice coming from the tent.
"You mean, after you passed my words to those Xixia people, they wouldn't leave?"
"Yes, Master!"
"The face is too much, and the dogs think they are wolves. Since they don't know how to live or die, don't blame me for being cruel. Tomorrow I will take the soldiers of the Hengshan Army and divide the area east of Dejing Town first. You rush back overnight. Yinzhou, send a thousand Liao people captives from Yinzhou, and bring a thousand knives by the way."
"Master is planning to..."
"Release those Liao people into Dejing Town and tell them whether they can escape back to Liao and whether they can survive depends on their good fortune. Guess what they will do?"
"One thousand... I'm afraid it's not enough..."
"Then two thousand, or ten thousand if it doesn't work... Liao people are captives, we have thirty thousand. If we neglect supervision and are escaped by them, it has nothing to do with who they are going to harm...
Xixia people can let Liao people into Xixia, why can't I let Liao people into Xixia
Xixia people can do the fifteenth in the first year of junior high school. "
"..."
The conversation between Kou Ji and the guard is an understatement.
The old school lieutenant standing at the door of the tent could hear the cold sweat.
Did I hear military secrets that I shouldn’t hear
Have I discovered the true face of Kou Jinglue's hypocrisy
Will Kou Jinglue kill me
With Kou Jinglue's current power, killing me is no different from killing chickens.
Is it too late to run now
With cold sweat on his forehead, the old captain was thinking wildly.
Just when he was thinking of running away, Kou Ji's guard walked out of the tent.
After seeing the old captain, he coughed slightly.
The old school lieutenant stung like a bee. He stood upright and shouted loudly: "Guo Shoude, the school lieutenant of Hengshan Pass, please see you!"
After the old captain shouted, he discovered that a man dressed in armor and dressed as a guard stared at him strangely.
The old captain blushed at once.
Not waiting for the two to speak.
Kou Ji's voice came from the tent.
"Guo Shoude, the guardian of Hengshan Pass?"
Guo Shoude hurriedly said: "It's just a humble job!"
"come in!"
Guo Shoude wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and hurried into the tent.
As soon as he entered the tent, he saw Kou Ji holding a military book upside down, lying lazily on a couch.
Kou Ji dropped the book of war casually, pointed to Hu stool not far away, and said, "Sit down and talk."
"Here!"
Guo Shoude gave a respectful salute and walked over to sit on the Hu stool, sitting calmly, his eyes staring straight ahead, without blinking.
Seeing this, Kou Ji groaned a little, and said, "Don't be cautious..."
Guo Shoude replied again, "Here..."
Kou Ji glanced at his mouth and did not speak any more.
When you meet a subordinate who does everything in a straightforward manner, it is impossible for you to expect him to let go in front of you.
Kou Ji slowly boiled a cup of tea for himself, took a sip, and then asked, "You are not guarding at Hengshan Pass. You came here to see me, why?"
Guo Shoude was taken aback, and hurriedly said: "The humble post heard that Kou Jinglue had arrived outside Hengshan Pass, so he naturally wanted to come to see him. This is a courtesy."
Kou Ji nodded slowly, "Since I have seen it, let's go back."
"Ok?!"
Guo Shoude looked stunned.
Kou Ji glanced at him and said faintly: "Is there something wrong?"
Guo Shoude hesitated for a long time, then slowly shook his head.
Kou Ji waved his hand and said, "Go on, I'm tired..."
Guo Shoude got up and walked out. After two steps, he couldn't move his feet.
Guo Shoude gritted his teeth, turned around, gave Kou Ji a salute, and said in a deep voice: "Kou Jinglue, courageous, I want to ask Kou Jinglue about one thing."
Kou Ji put down the teacup he had just picked up and glanced at the old captain, "What's the matter?"
Guo Shoude said solemnly: "Kou Jinglue is going to provoke my battle between Da Song and Xixia?"
Kou Ji said lightly: "It has something to do with you?"
Guo Shoude opened his mouth and was speechless.
He is a guard guard, in the eyes of Kou Ji, that is just a bigger soldier.
There is no need to explain Kou Ji's decision and thoughts.
Guo Shoude was silent for a long time, gritted his teeth and said: "The humble post is just worried that Kou Jinglue's war in the northwest will affect Cao Shuai's war in the land of Yanyun."
Kou Ji stared at the old captain and said, "How long have you been outside the tent?"
Guo Shoude said solemnly: "Half a stick of incense..."
Kou Ji nodded slowly and said, "Then you should have heard all the explanations from my guards. Through those words, can't you still guess what I was thinking?"
Guo Shoude took a deep breath and stared at Kou Ji, "Kou Jinglue is really going to start a war in the northwest."
For this reason, Kou Ji didn't need to hide it.
Kou Ji said frankly: "Yes... The Xixia people let the Liao people enter the country and slaughtered the people of the Song Dynasty. This is a blood feud, and I have to report it. When I was in the Western Regions, the Shazhou Uighur Khan Cao Xianshun once sat and watched my Song Dynasty soldiers starve to death. It's more than ten thousand.
I slaughtered Shazhou City to avenge the soldiers.
This time the Xixia people let the Liao people enter the country and slaughtered the people of Song Dynasty. Naturally, I will not let this blood feud go without asking. "
Guo Shoude heard the words and solemnly said: "Kou Jinglue, you have started a war in the northwest. Cao Shuai, who is far away in the land of Yanyun, may be in a very worrying situation."
Kou Ji raised his eyebrows and said, "Are you teaching me to do things?"
Guo Shoude hurriedly said: "Don't dare to be a humble job."
Kou Ji stared at Guo Shoude and said, "From Jiayuguan in Suzhou to Ningbianguan in Ningbian Prefecture, on the Great Wall thousands of miles away, there are as many as a thousand lieutenants guarding the city. Many people have asked to see me, why didn’t I see others? People, only see you?"
Guo Shoude thought of many answers in a flash, but he didn't seem to be prepared for each one, so he could only look at Kou Ji with doubts.
Kou Ji didn't sell the pass, and helped him clarify: "Among these many school lieutenants, you are the oldest one. When I came here, I read your file and found that you are not only the oldest among them. It is also the most conservative among them.
You have been in Rong for thirty-four years.
In the thirty-four years, you have experienced countless wars of all sizes.
The missed opportunities for meritorious service are also countless.
You are too conservative, so conservative that the credit slips away from you, and you don't know how to catch it.
Before that, when I conquered Xixia, everyone cut their heads and went to Xixia to make meritorious deeds.
You are the only one who leads the people under your command, guarding your one-acre three-point land, without moving.
Therefore, after the end of my Great Song's conquest of Xixia.
Those of your colleagues have become partial generals, and you are still a captain.
In the past, the Song Dynasty needed people like you to sit on the border.
Because a person like you is stable enough to hold the city.
But today's Da Song is different.
We attacked Xixia, Hexi, and Liao.
We are expanding our territory.
We need the kind of school lieutenant who dared to rush to kill in front of the battle, not the kind of school lieutenant who leads the soldiers and horses motionlessly.
The reason to see you is to give you a chance.
It is also to give others a chance.
I have found a suitable guard guard at Hengshan Pass.
If you feel that you cannot serve in the military, then take the initiative to give up your position.
If you feel that you can still serve in the army, then bring your cronies to the Hengshan Army. Among the ten heads of the Hengshan Army, you must have a place.
But I need to remind you.
Next, the Hengshan Army faced fierce combat.
A fierce battle. "
Upon hearing this, Guo Shoude's eyes stared round, as if he had heard something unbelievable.
Kou Ji is going to kick him
But he hasn't sinned, why did Kou Ji kick him
At the end of what Kou Ji said just now, the Hengshan Army will face a fierce battle
Kou Ji thinks he can't face the fierce battle
Kou Ji thinks he... is afraid of death
Guo Shoude thought of this, staring at Kou Ji, and said without hesitation: "Humble duty is not afraid of death!"
Kou Ji said faintly: "You are afraid of death, I don't care. I will give you two paths now. You can either go to the Hengshan Army to serve as the head of the army, or be expelled from the army and return to your hometown to farm."
"Humble job..."
Guo Shoude hurriedly wanted to speak.
Kou Ji interrupted him and said: "Okay, you don't need to answer me now, I will give you one night to think about it. For the sake of your hard work to the court, I will leave you some dignity.
Tomorrow, I will send my chosen guard guard to rush to Hengshan Pass to take over.
If you want to stay, take your people, take your clothes, and rush here to see me.
If you don't want to stay, then you will leave with your cronies quietly. "
"Humble job..."
"Go down..."
Guo Shoude came out of Kou Ji's tent dazedly.
His eyes dangled blankly.
He didn't understand that he had come to admonish Kou Ji not to start a war in the northwest. How did Kou Ji expel him in the end
Guo Shoude walked dazedly and left the tent where Kou Ji was.
Without knowing it at all, a person stood beside him and looked at him several times.
After Guo Shoude left, the man entered Kou Ji's tent.
The man entered the tent and hurriedly asked Kou Ji, "Fourth brother, that Guo Shoude is really afraid of death, so he dare not go out to meet the enemy and has been living in the army?"
Kou Ji glanced at Liu Heng, "He is afraid of death? He is not afraid of death at all. He just gave birth to a bodhisattva heart, afraid of his subordinates' death."
Liu Heng asked unexpectedly: "Is it mentioned in his dossier?"
Kou Ji slowly nodded, "Occasionally I glanced at this person and saw that when he was enlisted in the army, he killed a lot of enemies, and his work accumulated to become a battalion. In the fourth year of Yongxi, Emperor Taizong marched north. Going northward, he encountered a group of soldiers and horses of the Liao State. This person led his soldiers and wiped out that group of soldiers and horses of the Liao State. He led the soldiers and horses, and there were less than ten people left.
He was also promoted to lieutenant because of that battle.
However, after that battle, he never led his soldiers to rush.
Therefore, in recent years, his soldiers, except for the scouts used to detect the enemy's situation, and the old and weak who died of illness in the camp, most of the others are alive and well. "
Liu Heng said in amazement: "Then he is abolished."
A school lieutenant, without the heart of leading soldiers to kill, is no different from being abolished.
Kou Ji heard Liu Heng's words and nodded slowly, "Almost."
Liu Heng questioned: "Then you will stuff him into our army?"
Kou Ji rolled his eyes and said, "He is abolished to lead soldiers in battle. But the rectification of military discipline, training soldiers, platooning troops, building cities and assisting defense, etc., are better than you.
From his promotion to Lieutenant to the present, I can't count the big and small battles he has experienced.
In such a situation, he can also protect the soldiers under him from major damage, that is, a person with special abilities.
There are countless school lieutenants in my school, and he is the only one who can do this.
Those school lieutenants who were sitting in the hinterland of the Central Plains occasionally killed a bandit and suffered countless deaths and injuries.
He sits on the border and can protect his soldiers from injury, which is commendable. "
Liu Heng said bitterly: "What special ability does he have is nothing more than hiding in a tortoise shell and not daring to go out."
On the battlefield, Liu Heng is the kind of person who likes to rush across horses, so he doesn't like people who shrink in a tortoise shell.
Kou Ji glared at Liu Heng and cursed in a low voice: "The talent is in front of you, you can't see it. You really should be pierced out of your eyes. If he really shrinks in the tortoise shell and can't get out, then his position is early. It was cut to the end."
Liu Heng was completely stunned when he heard this.
Kou Ji was right. If Guo Shoude really shrank into the tortoise shell blindly, he would have been cut into a pawn long ago, and he might even be beheaded.
It should be understood that whenever the master commanded a charge to charge during a war, the heads of the superintendents led by the civilian officials would chop off their heads if they stopped moving, or stayed still.
Therefore, Guo Shoude's ability to keep his position while keeping his subordinates must be unique.
Seeing that Liu Heng was aware of Guo Shoude’s greatness, Kou Ji whispered: "To do this, he must have a sense of smell far beyond ordinary people, be able to smell every crisis on the battlefield, and be tightly grasped. The battle situation, quickly through the chaos on the battlefield, infer the direction of the war, and follow the trend.
More importantly, understand the military laws and laws of the imperial court.
Know the gaps in court military laws and laws.
Know under what circumstances, save yourself, and not be considered by the court as a missed opportunity. "
Guo Shoude is actually a very qualified staff and military adviser.
He is too benevolent, not suitable for holding soldiers, let alone holding heavy soldiers.
He is suitable to help the leader make suggestions and make trivial cooking behind the scenes.
Liu Heng's staff now lacks such a person.
Kou Ji read a lot of files on his way out of Beijing, and found a lot of useful talents, but he didn't remember some of the low-ranking officials.
He focused on the chaos in the northwest and the question of conquering Xixia. How can he spare time to deliberately pay attention to a person whose official position is so low that he is not qualified to write a name in the memorial book he handed over to Bianjing.
If it weren't for Guo Shoude's initiative to meet today, Kou Ji would not have missed him.
Now that Guo Shoude took the initiative to send it to the door, Liu Heng happened to be missing such a person, so Kou Ji naturally wanted to help Liu Heng get him.
After Liu Heng realized the preciousness of Guo Shoude, his eyes were bright and said: "Then he is really a talent..."
Liu Heng looked at Kou Ji and hesitated: "But you gave him two options just now. What if he chooses to leave?"
Kou Ji said lightly: "He is fifty years old and has been in the barracks for most of his life. Can he really leave the barracks happily?"
Liu Heng smiled and said, "That's good..."
Kou Ji urged Liu Heng to say: "He is a man, but you should not rely too much on him. Although he has a keen sense of smell and knows how to observe the battle, he has never led a large number of soldiers and horses, so some of his suggestions you don’t need all of them. listen to.
You can use his eyes, use his nose, but don't rely too much on his brain. "