Kou Ji told Liu Heng not to rely too much on Guo Shoude’s brain. It was not that Guo Shoude was stupid, but that Guo Shoude commanded hundreds of thousands of people to fight. Thousands of people fight, but it is not suitable for tens of thousands of people.
Liu Heng had seen similar people, so as soon as Kou Ji reminded him, he understood Kou Ji's intentions.
"Four brother, I understand..."
"As long as you know… "
"..."
Kou Ji confessed some trivial matters to Liu Heng, and the two went to sleep separately.
The next day, early morning.
After Kou Ji got up, before he had time to send people to Hengshan Pass, Guo Shoude appeared outside the camp with four or five cronies.
Kou Ji ordered Guo Shoude to see Liu Heng, who was placed by Liu Heng. Kou Ji himself took part of the Hengshan army and rushed to an open field outside the southeast corner of Dejing Town.
Although Dejing Town is a border important place in Xixia, it is not deserted.
The winter wheat planted last year, before being confiscated, was trampled on by a small group of Liao cavalry and was ruined.
The grain farmers in Dejing Town had to clean up the trampled wheat with tears, and planted beans on it, hoping to make up for some losses, so as not to go hungry in the winter.
When Kou Ji arrived at the southeast corner of Dejing Town, he saw the Xixia people in Dejing Town serving bean sprouts.
Seeing the presence of soldiers and horses in Xixia, the people immediately fled to the dark and looked closely at Kou Ji and his party.
The reason why they did not escape back to the town was because they had lived in the border for many years and were used to seeing soldiers and horses raging at the border.
If it were not for life, they would not discuss life at the border.
The people of Song Dynasty are very poor, and the people of Xixia are even poorer.
Also accepting exploitation, Xi Xia's attack was several times more fierce than Da Song.
The people of Xixia looked pitiful, but Kou Ji showed no mercy to them.
Their pity is deserved.
Only Han people are farming in Xixia.
Only the Han people who were loyal to Xixia were the only people who farmed on the border of Song Xia.
Most of them took the initiative to seek refuge in Xixia.
There are bandits, bandits, and fugitives.
In order to settle their lives in Xixia, they did a lot of things to get a reputation.
Even though they are ordinary people under oppression now, but once Xixia soldiers and horses want to plunder population, food, and wealth, they will carry knives, step on their horses, and become the pawns of Xixia soldiers and horses.
In addition to helping Zhou to be tortured, they would go around to preach to the people of the Song Dynasty how well Xixia had treated them, and tricked the people who could not survive in the Song Dynasty to flee to Xixia.
Facing such a group of seemingly cowardly but treacherous people, Kou Ji naturally did not show any sympathy.
Kou Ji took the people to the open ground, took four flags, and inserted them in the four directions to determine the direction.
Earlier, when dividing the land outside Linzhou City, there were soldiers with poor sense of direction. After stepping on horseback, after running for a period of time, they would deviate from the direction and ran around. At the last measure, he ran to the right place. Enough, but not much land, crying angrily.
In view of this, Kou Ji specially ordered a four-stroke flag to help some soldiers with poor sense of direction correct the direction.
The flag is tied up.
The Xixia garrison in Dejing Town received the news and appeared not far from Kou Ji and his party.
"There are enemies!"
A scout yelled loudly.
The soldiers of the Hengshan Army turned on their horses and rushed out.
The soldiers of the Hengshan Army, far more than the majority of the Xixia garrison in Dejing Town, rushed to the Xixia garrison fiercely. The soldiers of the Hengshan Army fought.
The leader of the army drove the Xixia garrison from Dejing Town into Dejing Town, and crossed the horse to swim at the Zikou of Dejing Town. While swimming, he shouted loudly: "I persuade you to keep the same speed. Withdraw from the territory of my Da Song, or you will inevitably walk under my sword."
The Xixia garrison in Dejing Town stood at the entrance of the town, looking at the soldiers of the Hengshan Army, it was daring not to speak.
The soldiers of the Hengshan Army laughed loudly in the angry expression of the Xixia defenders.
After laughing.
The leader of the army ordered his soldiers to be stationed at the entrance of the town of Dejing Town, to clear the obstacles for the other soldiers.
The Xixia garrison in Dejing Town watched the soldiers of Hengshan Army outside the town and carve up the land in Dejing Town.
The soldiers of the Hengshan army who enclosed the land did not have any military exploits, so the time of enclosing the land was not long, only a quarter of the time to burn incense.
It’s not that Kou Ji didn’t have any extra land allocated to them, but they didn’t have the merits of battle, and they circled good land. If the time is equal to the time of the soldiers who had enclosed the land before, the soldiers who had enclosed the land will definitely be. Give birth to dissatisfaction.
Don't suffer from lack and unevenness.
The soldiers of the Hengshan Army rioted outside Dejing Town for a day, dividing the area outside Dejing Town into a clean place.
Kou Ji did not lead the soldiers back to the camp, but instructed the soldiers to set up camp outside Dejing Town and live there.
Kou Ji made a small disturbance in Dejing Town, but caused an uproar in the northwest.
Many people in the northwestern territory nearly lost their teeth after learning that Kou Ji led his army to carve up a large area outside Dejing Town.
Dejing Town, that is the territory of the Xixia people, Kou Ji, a Da Song official, said that he divided him, and he didn't say hello to Xixia. It was too domineering and arrogant.
But hegemony goes to hegemony, arrogant goes to arrogant, but no one accuses Kou Ji of doing wrong.
Some active minds even began to infer Kou Ji's intentions through this move.
The final result is that Kou Ji Bacheng will use troops against Xixia.
If Kou Ji wanted to use troops against Xixia, the entire northwestern army would not be idle.
As a result, the entire northwestern army unanimously began to quietly prepare for the war, and only when the time was right, Kou Ji gave an order and rushed into Xixia, stirring him upside down.
Naturally, the movements of the soldiers and horses in the northwest could not hide from the eyes and ears of Kou Ji.
Kou Ji smiled knowingly after learning that the soldiers in the northwest were preparing for the war.
"The soldiers and horses in the Northwest are good, so enterprising... My Song Dynasty also has some appearances that a powerful country should have..."
What should a powerful country look like
In every battle, the soldiers vie for the first battle without showing their timidity.
This is what a powerful country should look like.
With the vast land and resources of the Central Plains and the wealth of the Central Plains, in terms of human and financial resources, they are not lost to any enemy.
As long as soldiers are not afraid of death, prosperity is inevitable.
"The aggressiveness of the Northwest Soldiers and Horses was brought to them by you."
Liu Heng said with a smile beside Kou Ji.
Kou Ji smiled and said nothing.
Liu Heng continued to smile and said, "In just two days, the land around Dejing Town has been completely occupied by us. Now the town of Dejing Town is left. When are you going to do it?"
Kou Ji was stunned for a moment and curled his lips and said: "I originally thought that the commander of the Xixia garrison in Dejing Town was a smart man. Seeing this situation, he should take the initiative to withdraw from Dejing Town.
Unexpectedly, he was so reckless.
Since he is not afraid of losing his life, let them go on the road together. "
Kou Ji looked at Liu Heng and said, "My entourage has already escorted the Liao people prisoners here. Tonight you will pick a thousand people, give them each a knife, and let them leave the camp."
Liu Heng groaned: "With a thousand people, it is not a problem to win Dejing Town. It may not be enough to attack other places."
Kou Ji was taken aback for a moment, looked at Liu Heng, and said, "You mean Qiliping not far from Dejing Town?"
Liu Heng nodded slowly, "Qiliping has heavy troops stationed there, no fewer than 5,000 people, equipped with weapons and horses, and a thousand Liao people captured, I am afraid that if they rush into Qiliping, they will be wiped out by the Xixia people."
"So what do you mean?"
"Release more Liao people as prisoners."
"How much?"
"How about letting him get 10,000 people?"
Kou Ji rolled his eyes and said, "Ten thousand people? Thank you for speaking out. We let the dogs go out to bite people, not to be bitten by dogs. A thousand people, armed with weapons and horses, can't be formed for us. How much threat.
But 10,000 people from Liao, who have robbed enough horses and weapons in Xixia, are a huge threat to us.
If they were to bite the Lord in turn, wouldn't we smash ourselves in the foot? "
"But I heard that you made a bold statement before that you want to send a large number of Liao people to harm Xixia."
Liu Heng asked seriously.
Kou Ji glanced at Liu Heng and asked, "Guo Shoude told you?"
Liu Heng nodded slowly without concealing it.
Kou Ji rolled his eyes, "I just said casually, are you serious?"
Liu Heng suddenly felt a little dumbfounded.
Liu Heng said: "But with a thousand people from Liaoning, there is not much threat to Xixia at all."
Kou Ji smiled and said, "So we have to send some more people to them."
Liu Heng's mind was momentarily confused.
Kou Ji smiled and said: "The Liao people have been sent out, and we are worried about the Lord, but we have sent out our own people, it is impossible to deal with us in reverse, right?"
Liu Heng stared at Kou Ji in amazement, "Are you going to send someone to pretend to be from Liao?"
Kou Ji smiled and nodded, "The difference between the Liao people and ours is their hair accessories and clothing. Now I have pulled out the Liao people's armaments and shaved their heads.
Most of the weapons and clothing I sent to the Liao people were eliminated by our army.
As long as we send another soldier and horse, shave their heads and wear the same clothes as them, it is easy to get confused. "
Liu Heng stared, and pointed to the face in a daze, "But the face..."
Kou Ji smiled calmly: "Among the Liao people, only a few people are different from ours. Most of the others are no different from us. As long as the people we send out to do things with the characteristics of the Liao people, who knows them? Is it really Liao people
What if someone knows it
We don't admit it, they don't admit it, what can Xixia people do with us? "
Liu Heng said in a dubious voice: "As the saying goes, the body has hair and skin, and the parents are affected by it. I, the people of Song Dynasty, have a very important look at their hair, so they don’t shave easily. Where can we find a group of people who are willing to shave their heads? people?"
Kou Ji smiled and said: "The group of group exercises in the Iron Gate Pass."
Liu Heng said in amazement, "That group of evils?"
Kou Ji slowly nodded and smiled: "They violated the military order and went out to burn, kill, loot and looting privately. I punish them by shaving their heads. They have no reason to refuse. I asked them to pretend to be Liao people to burn, kill and loot. They There is no reason for rejection."
Liu Heng opened his mouth, speechless.
The group of scourges in Tiemen Pass violated the military order and went out of the pass to burn, kill, and looting. Even if Kou Ji had cut them all down, no one would dare to call injustice.
Now they just cut off their hair to show punishment, they are naturally willing.
They used to rob illegally, and they have a lot of worries.
Now Kou Ji instructs Yamen to robbery, which is considered a legal robbery.
Then they will definitely let go of their hands and feet, and arrogantly make a fuss in Xixia territory.
Now that Kou Ji had thought about everything properly, Liu Heng didn't need to worry about it.
Liu Heng withdrew from Kou Ji's tent, went to the place where the prisoners were held, and carefully selected a thousand people.
At night, they took them out of the camp.
When they arrived outside the camp, they were given weapons, and then they were sent to drive them into Dejing Town.
The Liao people are not stupid. You can probably guess that Song people put them into Xixia at this time because they wanted to use them.
But they are willing to be used.
Staying in Song State as a prisoner is likely to be tortured to death.
But when they go to Xixia to make trouble, they can use this to plunder horses, food, and armor.
As long as they have horses, armor, and food in their hands, they have the possibility of reclaiming the Liao State.
Therefore, after the Liao people rushed into Dejing Town, they didn't need Kou Ji and Liu Heng to send people to deliberately guide them, they decisively killed the Xixia garrison in Dejing Town.
The Liao people knew well that after taking the Xixia garrison in Dejing Town, their combat effectiveness could be quickly doubled with their armaments and horses.
The Liao people with horses and the Liao people without horses are completely two kinds of people.
The Liao people entered Dejing Town not long after.
There was a shout of killing in Dejing Town.
Then there were fires everywhere, and the flames illuminated half of Dejing Town.
Kou Ji and Liu Heng were watching from outside, watching the Liao people smash with the Xixia defenders in Dejing Town.
After a brutal hand-to-hand fight, the Liao people won.
After the Liao people defeated the Xixia garrison in Dejing Town and plundered their horses, weapons, and grain, they immediately transformed into a small cavalry straddling horses.
He rushed out from the other side of Dejing Town and disappeared from the sight of Kou Ji and Liu Heng.
As soon as the Liao people left, Kou Ji almost did not hesitate to give orders to the guards around him.
"I wrote a letter to Li Deming, asking him why he had to send someone to collude with the Liao people and rescue the Liao people from the place where I held the prisoners in Song Dynasty! Within half a month, I need Li Deming to give me an explanation.
He must grab this group of Liao people and send it to me.
I must also repay all the damage I suffered this time.
If he doesn't agree, then we will see you on the battlefield. "
When Kou Ji said this, everyone around him was surprised.
The one in front of you was clearly planned by you. Can Xixia people be blamed for this
Seeing that no one responded, Kou Ji raised his brows and said, "Is there a problem?"
The people around him shook their heads dumbfounded.
You have made it clear that you want to find fault with the Xixia people, and plant everything on the Xixia people. What can we have wrong.
The documents in the account of Kou Ji bowed their hands to Kou Ji, went back to the tent and drafted a long letter.
After Kou Ji led the people back into the tent, the document handed the long letter to Kou Ji.
Kou Ji reviewed it and found that there was no omission, he stamped his seal and ordered someone to send it to the Xixia people.