Zhu Neng was stopped by Kou Ji and Zhao Zhen in unison, and he could only lie on the couch with an aggrieved expression to recuperate.
He lost a lot of blood, and after lying on the couch for a while, he fell asleep.
Zhao Zhen and Kou Ji withdrew from the tent, leaving the eunuch to wait on him carefully.
The entrance of the tent.
Zhao Zhen said to Kou Ji: "The follow-up in Xingqing Mansion will be handed over to the fourth elder brother. I will give the Manchu civil and military orders to rush them to Xingqing Mansion to celebrate the New Year. I promised the soldiers to give rewards in Xingqing Mansion. They, and praised them in front of the civil and military presence of the Manchu dynasty, and I will definitely do it."
Kou Ji nodded slowly.
Zhao Zhen rushed to the Great Account of the Chinese Army.
Kou Ji rode his horse into Xingqing Mansion.
The shouts of killing in Xingqing Mansion did not stop, even when Kou Ji entered the stage, it had already entered the night, the shouts of killing still did not stop, but more violent.
When Kou Ji rode his horse into Xingqing Mansion, he saw a large number of wounded being carried out of Xingqing Mansion.
Kou Ji rushed all the way to where Liu Heng was, and saw Liu Heng frowning as he led his army to attack the inner city.
Kou Ji rushed to Liu Heng's side and asked, "How is the situation?"
Liu Heng frowned and asked Kou Ji in a low voice, "Can the people in the city be killed?"
Kou Ji knew the inside story, so when Liu Heng asked this sentence, he was not moved, but asked in a deep voice: "Many soldiers have been damaged in the hands of the people?"
Liu Heng nodded slowly, and said, "I have more than a thousand people here, I'm afraid there will be more on Chang Shiheng."
Kou Ji said solemnly: "Temporarily suspend the offensive, the officials intend to surrender Li Deming again."
Liu Heng frowned and said: "The battle has been fought to this point, so what else can you surrender? Just kill it in one breath. I can guarantee that we will be able to enter the Xixia Palace when it is bright tomorrow."
Kou Ji glanced at Liu Heng and said, "I also know that Li Deming's stubborn resistance will not last long. But the officials want to surrender Li Deming, and naturally they have intentions."
Liu Heng whispered: "What is the intention? It can't be to invite Li Deming to Bianjing to enjoy wealth, right?"
Kou Ji glanced at Liu Heng and said, "It's to appease the people of Xixia."
"Appease? People's hearts?"
Liu Heng looked puzzled.
Kou Ji nodded slowly.
Liu Heng frowned again.
Seeing this, Kou Ji explained: "Since I have taken back three places on Dongping Road, Xiping Road, and Hexi Road from Xixia and Western Regions, most of the poor, prisoners and others in the Song Dynasty have moved. To these places.
Now we have taken the Land of Five States from the hands of the Liao people, and we have taken the entire Xixia.
These places need people to cultivate.
Right now the court has no more people to move out, so we must appease the people of Xixia and let the people of Xixia help us farm and graze.
The officials recruited Li Deming for this purpose. "
Liu Heng suddenly realized, and questioned: "What if Li Deming doesn't agree?"
Kou Ji said solemnly: "If Li Deming doesn't agree, then he can only use his knife."
Liu Heng curled his lips and said, "Li Deming definitely wants to fight to the end. In the end, we will have to use the knife. Now to persuade Li Deming to surrender, it is just a waste of time."
Kou Ji rolled his eyes and said, "So you plan to be the master of the official family?"
Liu Heng smiled dryly without speaking.
Kou Ji glared at Liu Heng, and said, "Send someone to shout and ask if Li Deming will surrender."
Liu Heng obeyed Kou Ji's instructions and selected a few loud voices to speak out.
Not long after, the caller returned and told Liu Heng and Kou Ji that Li Deming would rather die.
After Kou Ji heard this, he sneered and said: "Quickly pass this news to all the people in Xingqing Mansion. Tell the people in Xingqing Mansion that Li Deming only cares about his own situation, not the life and death of the people in Xingqing Mansion. ."
Liu Heng questioned: "Will the people believe it?"
Kou Ji coldly snorted: "The people believe it or not, that is their business. We have done what we should do. Anyone who attacks me Da Song soldiers can be treated as thieves and killed on the spot."
Liu Heng was taken aback for a moment, and looked at Kou Ji suspiciously, "Fourth brother actually doesn't approve of surrendering Li Deming, right?"
Kou Ji glanced at Liu Heng, "Do your thing!"
Liu Heng smiled, not chasing the roots.
Liu Heng sent someone to give orders to his soldiers and let them do things without having to abide by some rules.
After the soldiers let go of their hands and feet, the number of injured soldiers really decreased.
Kou Ji ran to the place where Zhong Shiheng was again, and conveyed the same order to Zhong Shiheng.
After passing the order, Kou Ji left Xingqing Mansion.
The shouting and killing in Xingqing Mansion rang all night.
At the second shift.
Liu Heng sent someone to report that the Great Song soldiers broke through the inner city and were attacking the palace.
At the time of the third watch.
There was no news of the breach of the palace, but a message came back from the scouts lying around.
Soldiers and horses came from the northeast, seeming to have broken through the blockade of Song Dynasty soldiers and horses in the northeast, and they were rushing towards Xingqing Mansion.
After Kou Ji got the news, he immediately summoned the soldiers who were resting in the barracks, quickly rushed to the northeast of Xingqing Mansion, and laid a pocket formation.
Not long after Koujib was in his pocket, a soldier and horse rushed towards the night and lit a torch.
That is a 30,000 soldiers.
The leader is Kou Ji's old opponent Li Yuanhao.
Kou Ji also looked surprised after finding out the origin of the other party.
He didn't expect that at the critical juncture of Xixia's demise, Li Yuanhao was not in Xingqing Mansion, but instead appeared outside Xingqing Mansion.
But Kou Ji didn't have time to trace the doorway in detail.
After Li Yuanhao led the cavalry into the pocket formation, he decisively contracted the pocket formation.
Siege Li Yuanhao and his corps.
Li Yuanhao led the soldiers and horses, while rushing to kill in the heavy encirclement, while shouting to the direction of Xingqing Mansion, Father King.
Kou Ji rode a horse and stood on the side, quietly watching Li Yuanhao and the soldiers and horses he led were strangled.
The soldiers and horses led by Li Yuanhao were like trapped beasts. After being surrounded, they struggled very hard.
Seeing that Li Yuanhao led the cavalry, causing a lot of damage to the soldiers and horses of the Song Dynasty, Kou Ji summoned the students from the Wutang Hall and joined the battlefield with muskets.
Li Yuanhao, as well as the soldiers and horses led by Li Yuanhao, were besieged by Tuantuan.
The students in Jiangwutang held muskets, as if they were shooting targets.
With torches shining, they are not afraid of not being able to hit people.
With the participation of the students from Jiangwutang, Li Yuanhao's soldiers and horses reduced at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Li Yuanhao saw that the 30,000 soldiers and horses under his command were rapidly reduced under the killing of Song soldiers, and he desperately gathered the remaining soldiers and charged towards Kou Ji's position.
He probably realized that he might not be able to rush to Xingqing Mansion, so he wanted to take Kou Ji and use Kou Ji's life to make a fuss.
But he underestimated the combat effectiveness of the soldiers of the Song Dynasty.
One after another large Song soldiers and horses appeared next to his horses and soldiers, scraping part of them from his horses.
When he rushed to Kou Ji, there were less than three hundred soldiers left.
And the one who greeted him was more than three thousand muskets.
"Kou Ji!!!"
Li Yuanhao looked at Kou Ji close at hand, and roared loudly.
Xixia can have today, all originated from Kou Ji.
Kou Ji is his big enemy of Xixia.
It is also his big enemy of Li Yuanhao.
Li Yuanhao brandished a knife, wishing to break Kou Ji's body to pieces.
But when he rushed to a distance of about ten feet in front of Kou Ji, the musket went off.
"Boom, boom..."
More than three thousand volleys fired.
Li Yuanhao and the three hundred soldiers under Li Yuanhao were shot into sieves and fell from their horses.
Kou Ji put away the smoking gun after Li Yuanhao fell off his horse.
The guards beside him also put away their muskets.
Li Yuanhao was killed by Kou Ji himself.
The first shot Kou Ji fired, the gun made up by the guards of Kou Mansion.
More than 30 guns hit Li Yuanhao, and Li Yuanhao was really beaten into a sieve.
When Li Yuanhao died, the Xixia soldiers and horses separated by the soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty showed two extremes.
Some soldiers and horses surrendered quickly without any hesitation.
Some soldiers fought to the end, and they didn't mean to shrink at all.
It's four hours later.
Li Yuanhao and the soldiers and horses led by Li Yuanhao were annihilated by Kou Ji, beheading more than 10,000 people and capturing more than 10,000 people.
Kou Ji asked Li Yuanhao's body to be carried back to the barracks.
After returning to the camp.
Kou Ji ordered someone to tell the news to Liu Heng and Chong Shiheng who were attacking the palace.
After Liu Heng and Chong Shiheng told the news to Li Deming who was resisting, Li Deming unexpectedly surrendered.
Li Deming's actions exceeded everyone's expectations.
Inside the Great Account of the Chinese Army.
Zhao Zhen said in disbelief: "Li Deming actually surrendered? Then what is the point of his stubborn resistance before?"
Kou Ji pondered: "Li Deming should have the mind to live and die together with Xixia. After he learned that Li Yuanhao was dead, he chose to surrender, and 80% came to me."
Zhao Zhen was taken aback, and said in a deep voice, "He wants to kill you and avenge his son?"
Kou Ji thought about it: "80%..."
Zhao Zhen asked, "How about 20%?"
Kou Ji looked at Zhao Zhen and smiled and said, "There is still a possibility that 20% is to avenge Xixia."
Zhao Zhen nodded slowly, "In that case, Li Deming surrendered to Da Song. The real intention is you."
Kou Ji nodded and said: "He may follow us to visit the capital, and then quietly hibernate, and when he has the opportunity to deal with me, he will take action."
"Huh..."
Zhao Zhen exhaled, and sighed: "So, then you won't be able to keep him. I thought he was a person of interest and wanted to see him, but since he had sinister intentions, then I could only kill him. "
Kou Ji looked at Zhao Zhen and said seriously: "Li Deming is the lord of a country after all. If the officials kill him, not only will the people in Xixia be uncomfortable, but the civil and military courts will also be quite criticized."
Zhao Zhen said indifferently: "Since Li Deming has already descended, I told the people of Xixia that I took Li Deming back to Bianjing. Can they still chase to Bianjing
Besides, those civil servants in the court are not eating rice, they have some ways to help me conquer the hearts of the people in Xixia.
I don't care about the criticism of Chaotang's military affairs.
I captured the five states of Yanyun and conquered the entire Xixia region. Even in the Taimiao, facing the ancestors, I could speak loudly.
Domineering in front of civil and military officials, what can they do with me
For those who are wise, I will serve them with delicious food and drink. For those who are ignorant, I will let them come to the herdsmen in Xixia and let them feel the suffering of the border. "
At this point, Zhao Zhen looked at Kou Ji and asked very seriously: "You tell me, with my current achievements, do you have the right to be domineering?"
Kou Ji was happy when he heard this.
"The official martial arts, all have achievements, naturally can order the officials to do everything they want to do."
Zhao Zhen smiled and nodded, "It's so good..."
Zhao Zhen's voice just fell.
Liu Heng's voice came from outside the Chinese army's tent.
"Open to the official, the subordinate Li Deming has been taken!"
Zhao Zhen said very calmly: "Find a place where there is no one, chop it off, put my head away, and I will take it back to pay tribute to the ancestor."
Zhao Zhen said this.
Everyone outside the Chinese army's big account was taken aback.
Zhong Shiheng and Liu Heng looked at each other with a blank face.
The same is true for the other generals.
Because of emotion and reason, Zhao Zhen should see Li Deming before making a decision.
But now Zhao Zhen didn't even look at Li Deming, so he ordered the beheaded.
Suddenly, Zhong Shiheng, Liu Heng and others did not understand the intention of Zhao Zhen's move.
Li Deming, who was kneeling on the ground, was tied with a rope. Hearing Zhao Zhen's words, he felt a little in his heart. He had originally wanted to live and die with Xixia, but he was about to lead the soldiers and soldiers under his hand to make the last battle with the soldiers and horses of Song Dynasty. While fighting, I suddenly got news that Li Yuanhao was beheaded.
Li Yuanhao was secretly dispatched to the borders of Xixia and Liao, and not many people knew about it.
Only he and his close eunuch Mulle knew.
Mulle is loyal to him, will not betray him, and it is impossible to reveal the news of Li Yuanhao.
Ninety-nine percent of the news that Li Yuanhao was beheaded from the Song Dynasty was true.
Li Deming originally thought that when Li Yuanhao knew that Xingqing Mansion had been attacked, he would guess his intentions, led the soldiers and horses to hibernate, then secretly grew stronger, rose again, and recovered Xixia.
Unexpectedly, Li Yuanhao actually returned to Xingqing Mansion with his soldiers and horses, or returned to Xingqing Mansion after the Song Dynasty soldiers and horses had already breached the outer and inner cities of Xingqing Mansion.
Hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses of the Song Dynasty were surrounded by Xingqing Mansion.
That is hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses, not hundreds of thousands of trees.
He led 300,000 soldiers and horses, yet he did not dare to fight directly.
Li Yuanhao led 30,000 horses and dared to rush inside.
Li Deming was cried stupidly by Li Yuanhao.
I complained that Li Yuanhao was useless in my heart. I could only ask Song Da Song to surrender while I was in grief, hoping to get a life, and then slowly figure it out to see if there is a possibility of recovering Xixia.
Even if Xixia can't be restored, some methods can be used in Bianjing, which will destroy Xixia and kill Kou Ji, who killed his son.
Although the lord of the vassals who had surrendered to the Song Dynasty before, none of them ended well.
But at the beginning of their surrender to the Song Dynasty, they received a very good treatment.
Da Song advertised himself as a nation of etiquette, and treated those who surrendered with courtesy.
As long as he is willing to surrender, he can live for a while.
Most of the princes who surrendered to the Song Dynasty were already dead, but their descendants were very moisturized in the Song Dynasty, and some even entered the ranks of important officials.
For example, Wu Yue Qian's family.
It was with this kind of thought that Li Deming chose to surrender at a critical time.
But what he didn't expect was that Zhao Zhen didn't play cards according to the routine at all. He heard that he was escorted out of the Chinese army's big account.
Li Deming gritted his teeth and shouted loudly: "The criminal minister has come down, the criminal minister has come down, I beg the officials for mercy...
Didn’t the officials say that as long as the criminal minister is willing to surrender, he will let the criminal minister a way out? "
Inside the Great Account of the Chinese Army.
Zhao Zhen heard Li Deming's words and said coldly: "I have said this. I always do what I say and never change. But would you be wrong about my intentions
I said this when my great Song soldiers attacked the inner city of Xingqing Mansion.
If you were to surrender at that time, I can leave it alone.
But you did not surrender, so I gave an order to kill without mercy. "
"Officials!"
"enough!"
Li Deming still wanted to speak, but Zhao Zhen stopped him.
Zhao Zhen coldly snorted: "You are still not following my orders, what are you waiting for? Is it because I feel that the credit for destroying Xixia is too great, and I am afraid that my reward will be too rich, so I want to take the opportunity to disobey my intentions and let me cut back. Your credit for waiting?"
Chung Shiheng and Liu Heng were shocked when they heard this.
The two looked at each other, and both saw the consternation in each other's eyes.
Zhao Zhen is different from before.
He became more domineering, more like a domineering king.
Zhao Zhen couldn't say such a tough, and quite awe-inspiring words.
"Official..."
Li Deming still has to fight for himself.
However, Liu Heng quickly went up and covered Li Deming's mouth.
Zhong Shiheng also followed forward, and the two of them did it themselves, dragging Li Deming before leaving the Chinese Army's Great Account.
Inside the Great Account of the Chinese Army.
Kou Ji sighed: "The officials have become more and more majestic..."
"Are I majestic?"
Zhao Zhen sighed, and smiled bitterly: "This is not to blame me, I also want to talk to everyone in a pleasant way. But when I talk to them in a pleasant way, they think I am a bully, bargain with me, and fight against me.
How can there be so much room for bargaining between the ruling and the opposition
If I let them three points, they can scrape three layers of oil on the people.
There is a flaw in my words, and they can extract a bit of bone marrow from the bones of the people.
It was they who forced me to be like this, not that I had to become like this. "
Kou Ji pondered: "Now that the Liao country is soft, Xixia is calm, and the officials' minds have shifted from war to political affairs?"
Zhao Zhen nodded slowly, "Now that the war has been settled, it's time to handle government affairs properly. In the land of Yanyun, five states have belonged to the Great Song Dynasty, and the vast territory of Xixia is now part of the Great Song Dynasty.
My Da Song has added so much territory, I can’t just leave it alone, right
The land of Yanyun is okay, there are people inherent in the land of Yanyun.
But in Xixia, the land is vast and sparsely populated, and there are many deserts. I really don't know how to manage it. "
Zhao Zhen looked at Kou Ji and said dumbfounded: "I am not afraid of the fourth brother's jokes when I say it. I used to be the poor people of Song Dynasty. I caught a lot of prisoners and there were countless prisoners in the cell.
But now, there are no poor people and prisoners in my Da Song Dynasty, who can be recruited here. "
Kou Ji said frankly: "There are indeed not many poor people on the bright side, but there are many in the back. Many people have become tenants of the wealthy families, and they have long-term contracts. Without the permission of the wealthy families, they cannot. Leave. They can only stay where they are from, and let the rich and powerful people squeeze them."
"I..."
Kou Ji saw that Zhao Zhen had the meaning of making bold words and ambitions, so he hurriedly said: "The officials understand what they are thinking, and the officials don't have to say it clearly. This matter is very involved and needs to be explained slowly, otherwise it will cause big trouble. "
Da Song Fu is not fake.
But the prosperity of the Song Dynasty originated from the foundation of commerce.
Most of Da Song's taxation was not agricultural tax, but commercial tax.
Therefore, saying that the Song Dynasty is rich does not mean that the people of Song Dynasty are very rich.
On the contrary, the people of the Song Dynasty can be said to be the poorest in all dynasties.
Otherwise, they would not be able to embark on the path of rebellion every time.
You know, the number of civil rebellions in the Song Dynasty is the highest in all dynasties.
If the people of the Song Dynasty were really rich, how could they rebel
Many dynasties had the problem of land annexation, and the land annexation of the Song Dynasty was particularly serious.
Kou Ji, Zhu Neng, Li Zhaoliang, and others have divided millions of acres of fertile fields in the river watermelon. There are so many people who know about it, but no one has ever impeached them. Why
It is because everyone has taken up a lot of fertile land by virtue of their positions.
So no one took this matter as a handle to impeach Kou Ji, Zhu Neng, and Li Zhaoliang.
Because at this point, everyone is not clean.
This shows how serious the land annexation of the Song Dynasty is.
If the issue of land annexation is not resolved, the people who are bound to the land will never be liberated.
The issue of land annexation was aimed at all the wealthy and wealthy landlords in the Song Dynasty.
The implications are very wide.
It is not easy to solve.
Raising this problem recklessly will surely cause a huge backlash.
The "Qingli New Deal" and "Wang Anshi Reform" recorded in historical books all ended in disastrous defeats, which are examples.
Zhao Zhen heard Kou Ji's words, took a deep breath, and said: "It was I who was abrupt, and this matter is really involved. Right now, I have just put down the war, and I need to cultivate one or two times, so I can't start the trouble again.
The fourth brother thinks that our top priority is what should be done? "
Kou Ji said solemnly: "Divide the land of Xixia, which can be allocated to the soldiers, to the soldiers, let them take their families and move to the territory of Xixia to enrich the population in Xixia.
If they can’t be divided, they are temporarily in charge.
At the same time, the Xixia people in Xixia are divided into several shares and supervised by them. If the people sincerely help and depend on my Da Song, the officials can naturally treat them preferentially. If it is not sincere, treat them like the Uighurs in Ganzhou, compile them into a wasteland corps and let them help the court to open up wasteland.
Now that the court has a granary in Hexi, and then build a large granary in Xixia, the court will no longer have to worry about food. "
Zhao Zhen smiled and said: "I have money now, and with more food, I can do many things I want to do, right?"
Kou Ji nodded again.
Zhao Zhen continued to laugh and said, "It's so good... I will discuss the matter later. Now that Xingqing Mansion has been laid down, my fourth brother will accompany me to Xingqing Mansion to see what the Xixia Palace is compared to the palace where I live. different."