Some servants followed behind the three figures, carrying something on their backs, waiting quietly.
"father?!"
Among the three figures, there was a little girl who screamed in surprise when she saw the horses rushing over.
The little girl is Kou Hui, a daughter Kou Ji hasn't seen for half a year.
Kou Hui saw Kou Ji's figure rushing over from a distance, and the look of surprise on her face was hard to hide. She was jumping and jumping, trying to run out to meet Kou Ji, but was stopped by Xiang Yan.
When the horse is running wildly, even if the person on the horse is reined in advance, the horse will rush forward for a certain distance before stopping.
Xiang Yan was afraid that the running horse might hurt Kou Hui, so she dragged Kou Hui to prevent Kou Hui from leaving.
Kou Hui was dragged by Xiang Yan, and the dissatisfied Xiang Yan pouted, and then continued to stare at the rushing Kou Ji and shout.
"Father! Father! I am here!"
"..."
Kou Tianci stood there with a reserved face, without yelling like Kou Hui.
But his eyes were fixed on Kou Ji who rushed over.
Although when Kou Ji was at home, the two siblings were naughty and disobedient, and they didn't like to stick to Kou Ji.
But they were very concerned about Kou Ji.
Kou Ji has been away from home for half a year, they really want Kou Ji.
Knowing that Kou Ji was busy with official duties, he couldn't return to Bianjing for the time being, so Kou Tianci encouraged Xiang Yan to take him and Kou Hui to the inn to wait for Kou Ji.
Kou Tianci often went in and out of the palace, and occasionally accompanied Zhao Run to Shishitang to observe politics, so I knew that Kou Ji had already won the battle in Hexi, and now he was going to Youzhou City. He also knew that Kou Ji would pass the post here, so he was here. Waiting here for Kou Ji.
Kou Tianci felt that he had a stomach to talk to Kou Ji.
He felt it necessary for him to sit down with Kou Ji and have a good chat.
Kou Hui also had something to tell Kou Ji. When she was resting in the inn last night, she told Kou Tianci and Xiang Yan what she was going to say to Kou Ji.
Xiang Yan also wanted to tell Kou Ji some private words.
In short, the three of them have already thought about it.
They want to talk to Kou Ji in the station for one night to relieve the longing for half a year.
Seeing Kou Ji getting closer and closer, Kou Hui yelled louder, and a smile appeared on the faces of Kou Tianci and Xiang Yan.
"Father! Father! I am here!"
"Boom rumble... Boom rumble..."
Kou Ji screamed past them while Kou Hui yelled.
Kou Hui was stunned for a moment, his face was full of disbelief.
The smiles on Kou Tianci and Xiang Yan's faces also froze.
"Woo..."
Kou Hui watched Kou Ji's back look further and further away, feeling wronged in her heart and wept bitterly.
Kou Tianci's eyes turned red instantly, and tears rolled in his eyes.
Xiang Yan's heart was empty, very uncomfortable.
Kou Hui's cry was loud and spread far.
Kou Ji rode out for a long distance, still able to hear clearly.
Kou Ji's eyes were a little red, and he gritted his teeth, urging the horse to run faster.
The official caught up with Kou Ji, and he hesitated: "Private Kou, how many words do you keep telling Mrs. Kou? Seeing how Mrs. Kou and your son are expensive, they should have been waiting at the gate of the post for a long time."
Kou Ji stared at him and exclaimed, "What a mess!"
Kou Ji's red eyes glared at the official official, and he closed his mouth in shock.
Kou Ji couldn't see what he could see from the senses.
Kou Ji also wanted to stop and talk to his family, but he knew that he couldn't stop.
It's not that he insists on making this time and a half.
It was because he was afraid that he would not leave as soon as he stopped.
Youdao is the Tomb of Heroes in Daughter Township.
Heroes are greedy for beauties, and they are so greedy that even heroes do not want to do it.
Wife and children are more powerful to heat their heads.
It can make many men give up everything.
Kou Ji didn't dare to let go of everything now. If he let go of everything, then Da Song might usher in a major disaster.
The catastrophe that was big enough to sweep the entire Song Dynasty.
"drive!"
Kou Ji vigorously brandished his whip and whipped the smashed horse in order to relieve the sadness in his heart.
Lima seemed to feel Kou Ji's emotions and ran faster.
Kou Ji can suppress his emotions, but Kou Hui can't.
In front of the post.
Kou Hui cried a long time ago and became a tearful person.
Kou Tianci secretly hid away and wiped his tears.
Xiang Yan was very sad, but she still had to pretend that nothing had happened, squatting down, with a smile on her face, comforting Kou Hui.
"Don't cry, your father should have important government affairs to deal with, so he had to leave in a hurry."
Kou Hui choked and said, "He obviously doesn't want us anymore... Uuuuu..."
Xiang Yan smiled and said: "Why... Your father loves you the most. Even if he doesn't want anyone in the world, he can't want you."
"Then why doesn't he stop and look at me? Even if he doesn't talk to me, he can hug me."
"..."
Kou Hui was crying, and counted on Kou Ji.
Xiang Yan comforted her patiently.
Kou Tianci wiped his tears on the side for a long time, barely stopping the sadness in his heart, and squatted down with Xiang Yan to comfort his sister.
Kou Tianci joined.
Kou Hui stopped crying soon, but kept his mouth feeling and his face was full of dissatisfaction.
It's evening.
Kou Tianci took Kou Hui out to catch some bugs and made Kou Hui amused.
Kou Hui took the bug and happily played in the yard of the inn.
Kou Hui was young, and the sadness in her heart came quickly and went quickly.
No matter how great the sorrow, her pain will pass.
However, the grief in Kou Tianci and Xiang Yan's hearts cannot be solved by a pain.
There was a smile on their faces, but their hearts were so painful that they twitched.
This is the difference between adults and children.
however.
Kou Ji's family is not the only thing to take care of the national disaster.
Following Kou Ji's transfer order, it was sent to the political affairs hall.
The two prime ministers of the Zhengshitang knew the seriousness of the matter after hearing the threat from Kou Ji.
They hardly hesitated to stamp Kou Ji's transfer order, and rushed to the Ministry of War personally, urging the Ministry of War to stamp the Ministry of War as soon as possible, and issue the transfer order to the local area as soon as possible.
For a time, the local soldiers and horses of the Song Dynasty were mobilized again.
Some local soldiers and horses who have just returned home have not been able to tell their families well, have not checked their son’s schoolwork, have not taken their wives and children to the market, and have not knelt down in front of their parents. Xiao was recruited again and rushed to the Great Wall.
Some local soldiers and horses in remote places, after leaving Hexi, have not yet returned to their hometowns, so they were recruited again and rushed to the Great Wall.
The crying children are more than Kou Tianci and Kou Hui.
A sad wife, He Zhi Xiang Yan alone.
…
Fifteen days later.
Kou Ji first planted Shiheng and Di Qing and rushed to Youzhou City.
After Zhao Zhen and Cao Wei learned that Kou Ji had arrived in Youzhou City non-stop, they immediately came out to meet each other.
When Kou Ji saw Zhao Zhen and Cao Wei appear, he did not give a salute, but with red eyes and a hoarse voice.
"Within half a month, we must take down the Great Wall... Otherwise, we can only run away..."
Having said this.
Kou Ji's eyelids drooped, and he staggered down on the horse's back.
When Zhao Zhen and Cao Wei saw this, their faces were shocked.
Chen Lin, who followed Zhao Zhen's side, was almost shocked.
If Kou Ji fell to his death under Zhao Zhen's eyelids, then Zhao Zhen probably exploded on the spot.
Chen Lin was shocked, but the steps under her feet were not slow. He rushed to Kou Ji at the fastest speed in his life. When Kou Ji half of his body appeared on the side of the horse, he firmly hugged Kou Ji. .
Zhao Zhen and Cao Wei let go of their hearts in an instant, and the two let out a sigh of relief and wiped the fine sweat from their foreheads together.
Although there were only a few breaths, Zhao Zhen and Cao Wei were shocked and sweated.
"Boom, boom..."
The pro-subordination officials, family officials, and tribes behind Kou Ji also fell off their horses.
It's just that most of them are from the professional ranks, their physical fitness is much stronger than Kou Ji, and the spirit is slightly stronger than Kou Ji.
In addition, they are often busy running around, so they can carry it a little bit more than Koj.
So when he fell off the horseback, he chose to fall off the horseback and did not fall asleep, so there was no damage.
After falling off their horses, some people lay on the ground, still staring.
They just got out of their power, and no longer had the strength to dismount.
So I had to dismount in this way.
"Doctor!"
"Help!"
Zhao Zhen and Cao Wei exclaimed at the same time.
The people following them all rushed out.
In the tense expressions of Zhao Zhen and Cao Wei, the imperial doctor diagnosed Kou Ji’s pulse, took a breath, and said to Zhao Zhen and Cao Wei: "The official, Cao Gong, Kou Shumi is not a major problem, it's just a long-term problem. He didn't rest, and he was overworked by running around, so he fell asleep temporarily.
After a good rest for a few days, it came over.
When the time comes, the minister is prescribing a few nourishing and nourishing medicines, and Kou Shumi will be able to recover from the beginning after taking a few days. "
Zhao Zhen and Cao Wei let out a sigh of relief.
"Quickly, take Brother Si back to rest."
Zhao Zhen gave an order, and Chen Lin immediately greeted the eunuch and carried Kou Ji down to rest.
Just a few steps away.
A heavy fall sounded.
The horses that Kou Ji and others were riding fell to the ground one by one, and never got up again, not even neighing.
Seeing this, Zhao Zhen's heart was shocked, and he ordered in a deep voice: "Thick burial!"
As Zhao Zhen's order was passed on, officials immediately came out, brought a group of soldiers, and carried their horses to a thick burial.
Zhao Zhen said that a thick burial is a thick burial.
There must be a tomb and a coffin.
A monument must be erected when necessary.
The emperor murmured Tianxian, it was a real spit and a nail.
Not to mention the burial of a few horses.
Even if someone writes articles to these horses and praises them, the officials below must do the same.
Zhao Zhen and Cao Wei sent Kou Ji to live in the wing room of the temple where Zhao Zhen temporarily stayed.
After the two confirmed that Kou Ji was not worried about his life, they ordered the people to close the door.
Standing at the door of the room.
The two looked at each other, their faces full of solemnity.
Zhao Zhen said solemnly: "Fourth brother rarely loses his temper. In order to rush to see us this time, he almost took his life, which shows that the matter is beyond our imagination."
Cao Wei nodded and said: "The minister can be regarded as Kou Ji stepping into the court step by step. The minister knows that Kou Ji has everything in his chest and rarely loses his mind.
If he loses his attitude, it means that the matter may be beyond his grasp.
He is now the secret envoy of my Dasong Secret Envoy, and things beyond my Da Song's secret envoy's control are equivalent to beyond my Da Song's control. "
Zhao Zhen pondered and said, "Does Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu have any other players?"
Cao Wei seriously shook his head and said: "The Liao Kingdom is now embarrassed on all sides. What the Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu now needs to consider is how to keep the Liao Kingdom as much as possible in the immediate crisis, instead of continuing to fight with the Song Dynasty.
If he fights with me in the Song Dynasty again, not only Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures will be lost, but the entire Liao State will also be lost.
Wang Sui and Yang Wenguang sent prisoners from Xingqing Mansion and other places to raging in the territory of Liao, so that the small tribes who had been oppressed by the Liao emperor saw hope.
They have now mixed into the criminals in Xingqing Mansion and other places, attacking cities and plundering the land, massacring, and slaughtering the Liao State.
If Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu does not care, the Liao Kingdom will most likely be destroyed in their hands. "
Zhao Zhen pondered for a moment, and said in a deep voice, "So what the fourth brother is worried about are those prisoners who come out of Xingqing Mansion and other places?"
Cao Wei nodded and said: "The official handed this matter to him before, and he rushed to this place regardless of his own safety, and let us take down Yanyun as soon as possible and control the Great Wall. This shows that the danger comes from those crimes. Prisoners."
When Zhao Zhen heard this, he said with some uncertainty: "Those convicts... can they really harm me?"
After Zhao Zhen and Cao Wei learned that the prisoners had left Xingqing Mansion and other places, and took the Southwest Road and Northwest Road of Liao State, they realized that the prisoners had a lot of energy, and they guessed that they had engulfed some of them. The people of the Liao Kingdom made chaos together.
But the two of them are just a mob, and they can't get over any big waves.
As long as a soldier defeats them head-on once, they will fall apart by the way.
So although they pay attention to those people, they don't pay too much attention to them.
After all, the way the prisoners rise up is too familiar to them.
It is precisely because they are familiar with and have solved many similar troubles that they will relax their vigilance.
The way the prisoners rise is the rebellion pattern commonly used by the people of the Song Dynasty.
Since the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, more than dozens of similar cases of rebellion have been eliminated.
One of the most famous is the Wang Xiaobo Uprising in Sichuan Prefecture.
In 993 AD, the fourth year of Song Chunhua, the Sichuan government suffered a severe drought. Corrupt officials in the government still squeezed the people in the Sichuan government, and the people were forced to survive.
Wang Xiaobo, a tea vendor, led more than a hundred people. Under the name "I am sick, rich and poor, today is Ru Junzhi", he gathered a crowd to revolt. In just ten days, the number of people has skyrocketed dozens of times, and the number of rebels has reached Tens of thousands.
First hit Qingcheng, then Pengshan.
Both battles are won.
The corrupt officials and the rich and powerful in the two places were killed cleanly.
Had it not been for Wang Xiaobo's death of illness after taking down Pengshan, the rebel army would have no leader, I am afraid it would be even worse.
Similar incidents of rebellion occurred quite a bit after the establishment of the Great Song Dynasty.
So Da Song is also very experienced in dealing with similar incidents.
At first, Zhao Zhen and Cao Wei knew that the people of various tribes in Liao were posing as prisoners in Xingqing Mansion and other places. When they were involved in rebellion in Liao, they felt that the Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu should be forced to return to aid, and then talk to the rebels. A big battle.
Even if the rebels cannot be eliminated, at least the strength of the rebels can be greatly damaged.
When the time comes, they can take advantage of their opportunities and soldiers to take down the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun, and maybe they can also use the remaining power of the rebels to march out of the Great Wall and attack the city and land outside the Great Wall.
However, through Kou Ji's reaction, they judged that things were probably not as simple as they thought.
In fact, the two of them didn't miss the side that Kou Ji thought of.
The essence is that they subconsciously avoided the worst situation and didn't dare to think about it.
Because the worst situation is really going to happen, then everything is not man-made and can be controlled.
Now Kurt has brought back the worst situation they had avoided back to their minds, and they must not face the worst situation.
Cao Wei heard Zhao Zhen's question and sighed for a long time, saying: "Water can carry a boat, and it can also overturn it. This is not a casual comment."
When Zhao Zhen heard this, he was silent.
When Xunzi said that'water can carry a boat, and it can also overturn the boat', he has never seen a real situation where water can overturn the boat.
When people of all dynasties and dynasties said this, they only regarded it as a cautionary gossip, and few people took it seriously.
Now, this sentence will probably come true.
Before the Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu relied on violence to squeeze the people of various tribes. The people of various tribes dared not say anything, and if they resisted a little bit, they would be exterminated.
Today, the forces in the hands of Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu were restrained by the Song Dynasty.
In the territory of the Liao Kingdom, there were the soldiers and horses of the Song Dynasty who were arguing wantonly, and they have not been destroyed.
The people of the various tribes of the Liao Kingdom passed this time and saw hope and hope of rebelling against the Liao Emperor.
So they raised the flag decisively.
How ruthless the Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu treated them before, they will retaliate against the entire Liao Kingdom in a more ruthless manner.
If they had swallowed the Liao Kingdom and had not fallen apart, they would have poured into the Song Dynasty without hesitation.
Because they are retaliating against Liao State by locusts crossing the border.
Wherever they go, everything they eat and drink will be eaten clean by them.
If the Liao Kingdom has not gnawed, they will enter the Song Dynasty and eat the Song Dynasty.
Before they fall apart, their chaotic footsteps will not stop.
Cao Wei saw Zhao Zhen standing next to him with a cold expression and no words, so he continued to speak: "Kou Ji should use the Great Wall to keep them out of my Song Dynasty.
That's why I urgently urged me to fight against Liao Emperor Yelulongxu as soon as possible and take back the Great Wall. "
Zhao Zhen sighed and said, "I thought that the Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu would retreat and leave after knowing that there was a chaos in the territory of Liao.
He returned with his soldiers and horses, and he should be able to wipe out the prisoners.
But now it seems that I thought it was too simple. "
Cao Wei smiled bitterly and said: "The minister originally thought that after a certain number of people entrapped by criminals reached a certain number, they would fall apart because it was difficult to control.
Now it seems that the minister is also thinking simple. "
Zhao Zhen said solemnly: "I want to know what scale those people have reached..."
When Zhao Zhen said this, Chen Lin hurried to Zhao Zhen's side and whispered in Zhao Zhen's ear: "Officials, the spies who went to investigate the information on the South and North Beijing Roads of Liao Kingdom have returned. "
Zhao Zhen's heart was shocked, and he urged anxiously: "Quick pass!"
Chen Lin responded, beckoning to the distance, and immediately a man in black clothes appeared in front of Zhao Zhen.
After seeing the man in black, Zhao Zhen hurriedly asked, "How many people are making trouble in the territory of Liao?"
The man in black clothes was taken aback, and he said in a deep voice: "Uncountable!"
Zhao Zhen's brows condensed together for an instant, and he shouted, "How come I can't count them?!"
The black-clothed man with a bitter expression on his face gritted his teeth and said: "The villain also wants to count clearly. For this reason, many subordinates are sent to investigate this time.
As a result, as soon as they left, there was no news. "
Zhao Zhen's brows constricted tighter. As soon as he was about to speak, he heard Cao Wei preemptively say: "What do you see and say..."
Zhao Zhen glanced at Cao Wei, then slowly closed his mouth.
The man in black did not answer.
Chen Lin gave a dry cough and reminded: "I am anxious to follow the right, and I can't take care of the rest for the time being."
The man in black clothes responded with a solemn voice: "After the villain took the people to the southern Jingnan Road of Liao State, he saw the mountains and plains, and they were all messy people.
Wherever they went, it could be said that they were digging three feet of ground.
Eat up everything you can eat, and take away everything you can take.
After they left, the little people checked again and found that there were almost no living things where they had passed. "
At this point, there was a hint of fear in the voice of the man in black.
He can become the person of Wu Desi, and can be dispatched to Da Song to perform tasks, and he can also be regarded as the person who has built a sea of corpses.
It can make him feel fear, and it can be seen how scary the scenes left by those who made trouble after crossing the border.
Zhao Zhen and Cao Wei had no words, staring at the man in black clothes and listening to him.
The man in black clothes continued with a slightly horrified tone: "It is not only the Jingnan Road in the Liao Kingdom, but also the Jingbei Road in the Liao Kingdom, as well as other roads.
People who came from Xingqing Mansion were rioting in the territory of Liao State, and the people of Liao State were also rioting.
Nowadays, in places such as Jingnan Road in Liao State, as long as people are not wearing official uniforms of Liao State, or people who are special costumes of Liao State soldiers and horses, they are almost all troublemakers.
Even if they don't cause chaos now, they will become chaos in the next moment.
The entire Shangjing Road to the west is full of chaos.
So the villain can't be counted at all. "
When Zhao Zhen and Cao Wei heard this, they took a breath.
How big is the territory of the Liao Kingdom that includes the Shangjing Road to the west of the Liao Kingdom
The entire territory of the Liao State, which is heading west of the Shangjing Road, occupies a third of the Liao State.
Equivalent to four-fifths of the Song Dynasty.
Equivalent to the previous five Xixia.
Although the area is vast, it is not rich.
Therefore, almost all the people living in the small tribes, only a part of the nobles of the eight Khitan tribes live on Shangjing Road.
The nobles of the eight Khitan tribes, as the upper echelons of the Liao Kingdom, could not cause chaos, let alone rebel against the Liao emperor Yelulongxu.
Then the main people involved in the chaos must be members of the various tribes.
And they are all over the upper Jingdao, and the places west of Shangjingdao.
The number is naturally too large to imagine.
The man in black clothes said that he couldn't count, because he really couldn't count clearly, and couldn't count.