"Boom!"
"Boom!"
"..."
Amid the roar of artillery and muskets, Yang Wenguang and Liu Heng from Inner Yunzhou and Waiyunzhou fought on both sides, strangling the last culprit at the foot of a mountain called Yangchang Mountain in Waiyunzhou.
The two gathered together on horses, seeing the soldiers and horses under their command driving the murderers to one place, and they were doing the final annihilation.
Liu Heng turned his head to Yang Wenguang and said, "The trouble you and Wang Sui caused has finally been completely resolved."
Yang Wenguang looked a little ugly and said, "No one expected that the prisoners of Xingqing Mansion would make such a big noise after they rushed out of Weifu Mansion, Black Mountain."
Liu Heng heard a hint of grievance in Yang Wenguang's tone and laughed: "Life is always full of accidents, as long as the ending is good."
Yang Wenguang was not comforted by Liu Heng's words. He hesitated and asked Liu Heng, "I heard that when Privy Council Kou first knew about this, he reacted very strongly, and even ordered Fan Zhongyan of the Shaanxi Prefecture to gather elites in the Shaanxi Prefecture."
Liu Heng nodded, "If it hadn’t been for the birth of the nine Khitan tribes, a large number of murderers had been separated, which relieved a lot of pressure for us, and then driven out millions of people, mixed with the murderers, and weakened the murderers. We may not be able to take down all the murderers so easily.
So the fourth brother's reaction was not excessive.
His reaction was normal.
It's just that he didn't expect such a big change in things. "
Yang Wenguang argued: "I didn't say that Priscilla Kou was overreacted. I think that fortunately, Priscilla Kou acted in time and put on defense in time to prevent the perpetrators from entering the Song Dynasty and causing chaos."
Liu Heng stared at Yang Wenguang and saw that Yang Wenguang looked serious, pretending to be exaggerated: "Oh... Really... That's what I think is bad..."
Just as Yang Wenguang and Liu Heng were talking, their soldiers had wiped out all the diehards among the murderers, leaving only the prisoners who knelt down and asked for surrender.
"General, the war is over, how will the captives be arranged?"
A school lieutenant went to Yang Wenguang to report.
Yang Wenguang did not answer, but looked at Liu Heng, "Where to send it to Priscilla Kou?"
Liu Heng curled his mouth and shook his head and said, "Nothing... There are millions of prisoners gathered on the fourth brother's side, and now the fourth brother is worrying about the rations of those prisoners.
Isn't it close to Wula Mountain Mansion
How about sending people to Wang Sui for temporary placement
I remember that in Xingqing Mansion and Weifu Mansion in Heishan, all of them are used by prisoners of crime. The crops they grow, except for their own food, belong to the imperial court.
You should have enough food to feed them. "
Yang Wenguang hesitated for a moment, "Yes, but there are. I am mainly afraid that they will be bullied in the past."
Liu Heng raised his brows and looked puzzled.
Yang Wenguang explained: "Almost all the prisoners in Xingqing Mansion and other places have escaped from their nationalities. What they like most now is to bully those prisoners in Xingqing Mansion and other places who have not yet escaped their nationality.
They are far more cruel to those prisoners than we are to those prisoners.
Since the first group of them quit their nationality, they have killed a lot of people until now.
After the captives were sent over, they were at the bottom, and they would definitely be bullied by all of them. "
Liu Heng said suspiciously: "Is it so serious?"
Yang Wenguang smiled bitterly and said: "There are more serious ones. Those who have just left their nationality have already tasted the sweetness of military merit. I am afraid that they will force the captives in time, and then they will kill the captives for military merit."
Liu Heng said incredulously: "So wild?"
Yang Wenguang was bitter.
The situation in Xingqing Mansion and other places is very special today.
For non-Song people, there is no way to enter Xingqing Mansion and other places at present.
Once the local people find out that you are a non-Song native and do not have Da Song's household registration, they will try their best to make you make mistakes, and then take off your head and change your military merits.
When the murderers in Liao were the most vicious before, some people in Liao flee to the Song Dynasty with their families in order to avoid disaster.
From the first dozens of accounts, to the last thousands of accounts.
More than 10,000 people fled to the Song Dynasty.
Then they will enter the Wula Mountain Mansion within half a month, their heads will be chopped off, and they will be exchanged for military merit in the yamen.
Because they fled to the Song Dynasty and had no identity, they were not protected by the laws of the Song Dynasty.
If someone had his head chopped off, he was chopped for nothing.
The local prisoners only need to give them a crime like a bandit or gangster, and the yamen will pinch their noses to admit it.
So what Yang Wenguang said is very likely to happen.
Seeing Yang Wenguang's bitter face, Liu Heng knew that Yang Wenguang did not lie to him.
Since Kou Ji didn't order them to exterminate the captives, they couldn't just watch the captives go to death, so they definitely couldn't send the captives to Xingqing Mansion and other places.
Liu Heng pondered for a moment, and said, "Then place them in Waiyunzhou temporarily. Although this place is close to the Ayan Tribe of the Nine Khitan tribes, most of the soldiers and horses of the Ayan Tribe are now fighting in the capital city, and they are left behind. Those soldiers and horses are far from our opponents, and there should be no way to influence us.
But to feed the captives, you'd better send someone back to bring some food. "
Yang Wenguang hesitated for a while and said, "I can only take out 600,000 catties of grain at most. If you exceed this amount, you need to ask the people of the prefectural government to ask Cao, the people of Hu Cao to ask Wang Sui, and Wang Sui to ask the court."
Liu Heng frowned and said, "Can't do special things? Need so much trouble?"
In accordance with the formal process, I am afraid that it will be one month later.
One month was enough time for Liu Heng to take his soldiers and horses out to grab a vote of food.
Yang Wenguang said frankly: "We are qualified to ask the special affairs of the imperial court. The problem is that Prisoner Kou is not in Bianjing, and Zhu Neng may not be able to get food from the three prime ministers."
Liu Heng sighed, "The military minister is still a bit weak. Only the fourth brother can compete head-on with the three prime ministers. The others... ah..."
Liu Heng sighed, including too many things.
Only the military officials of the Song Dynasty can understand.
"Send the six hundred thousand pallets of grain here first. I'll talk about it later. Anyway, the fourth brother has decided to attack the Liaotu outside the Guan, and what we lack at that time, we can grab it directly from the Liao people."
"it is good… "
"..."
Just when Liu Heng and Yang Wenguang were discussing Zhu Neng, Zhu Neng led three hundred parts and had already entered Gubeikou.
When Zhu Neng's sturdy body appeared in Gubeikou where Kou Ji was seated guarding the Yamen, Kou Ji looked surprised.
"How did you come?"
Zhu Neng stood at the door, staring, "I am allowed to eat meat, but I am not allowed to drink soup?"
Kou Ji glanced up and down at Zhu Neng, and said in a light-hearted manner: "You know... I didn't mean that."
Zhu Neng entered the door, found a place to sit down, picked up the kettle and let out a sigh of relief, and said with a long sigh of relief: "To be honest, I don't know why I came.
A few days ago, when the court learned that you were going to lead all the imperial troops to counterattack Liao, the courtiers broke out.
Many people asked the official to replace you.
For this reason, there was a big quarrel with the official family.
The officials couldn't avoid it when they were making the most violent trouble, and sent me here easily. "
Speaking of this, Zhu Neng was a little bit dumbfounded: "To be honest, I haven't figured out what the official's move is.
It stands to reason that if the officials listened to the persuasion of the courtiers, they should replace you.
If the officials hadn't listened to the courtiers' persuasion, they should do nothing. "
Kou Ji pondered for a moment, and said: "Since the official didn't say anything, we don't have to guess. The most important thing is the war. Now that you are here, go to Gao Chu Gong to be a helper for him."
Zhu Neng was taken aback and shouted loudly: "Let me help that old guy, he wants to be beautiful."
Obviously, Zhu Neng looked down on Gao Chugong, and was unwilling to help Gao Chugong.
Kou Ji rolled his eyes and let people take out the map.
Three places are marked on the map, namely the eastern end of Northwest Road, Jingnan Road, and Jingdong Road in Liao State.
Kou Ji pointed to the map and said: "Yang Wenguang and Liu Heng will then lead the Zhenbei Army and the Japanese Army, with a total of 100,000 soldiers and horses, marching north along Waiyunzhou and attacking the eastern end of the Northwest Road in Liao.
The Yongxing Army led by Di Qing and the Jiaozhi Army led by Li Si turned around and sent troops out of Shanhaiguan to attack the Jingdong Road in Liao.
Gao Chugong led the Jingsei Army and the Baosei Army, with the goal of Jingnan Road in Liao State.
My request is to win these three as quickly as possible.
Gao Chugong is very old, and it is inevitable that he will not be as smooth in commanding troops and horses as before. In many cases, he seems a little powerless.
Moreover, if he had some excursions during the march, the two imprisoned troops he led would stop moving forward.
So I send you to the High Place Gongjun to make up for this shortcoming. "
Zhu Neng stared at Kou Ji in a daze, and asked, "Are you afraid of Gao Chu Gong's sudden death, so you sent me to wipe his butt?"
Kou Ji said with emotion: "If you have to think so, then think so."
When Zhu Neng heard this, the resistance in his heart instantly disappeared cleanly, "Then I will go."
Kou Ji nodded and said: "That's good... I'll ask someone to prepare a table of wine and food. After you have eaten it, go to Gongjunzhong on the high place as soon as possible."
"Don't worry..."
Zhu Neng raised his hand to stop Kou Ji. He stretched out his finger to the corner between Liaoning Jingnan Road and Northwest Road on the map, and asked: "There is half of Shangjing Road between Liaoning Jingnan Road and Northwest Road. If we occupy Jingnan Road and Northwest Road, this area will pierce us like an awl.
You don’t plan to keep it, do you? "
Kou Ji shook his head and said, "Naturally not... When your troops leave the Great Wall, Chong Shiheng will also lead his troops out of the Great Wall, rushing for thousands of miles, rushing to the only way to Shangjing Road and Shangjing, cutting off Shangjing Road from The link to the capital.
When you have taken Northwest Road and Jingnan Road in Liao State, you can join forces and swallow Shangjing Road together. "
Zhu Neng said in a deep voice, "In this way, the pressure on Chong Shiheng will be greater."
It is a very dangerous move to run for thousands of miles and deep into the hinterland of Liao.
Not only are enemies all around, but they also face the danger of being harassed by a long supply line.
If one fails, it is easy to be cut off the supply line, and then get trapped to death.
Yang Wenguang's grandfather, Yang Ye, died in such a predicament.
Cao Wei, Cao Wei's father, almost died in such a predicament.
Kou Ji also knew the danger.
"This matter was initiated by Chong Shiheng. According to my original plan, after I had swallowed the Three Roads of Liao, I took advantage of the heavy snow and closed the roads and slowly cleared up the roads.
But Chong Shiheng felt that my plan was a bit conservative.
He feels that we have the ability and strength to annex the territories of the Four Paths of the Liao Kingdom in one fell swoop, so there is no need to spend time to slowly clean up. "
Kou Ji said frankly to Zhu Neng.
After Zhu Neng listened to this, he groaned: "I have worked with Chong Shiheng for many years. If he is not sure, he will never make this suggestion.
Since you have agreed, it means that you also think that the feasibility of Chong Shiheng's move is very high.
Even so, then I have no doubts. "
Kou Ji urged: "You have plenty of firearms in your hands, so use firearms to fight, and don't rely too much on personal bravery."
When Zhu Neng heard this, he smiled bitterly and said, "You are not giving us these old guys who eat with martial arts to survive."
Kou Ji bluntly said: "Martial arts are still useful on the battlefield, but they are not as useful as before. And as a general, you should use your brain to fight battles, rather than charge yourself."
In Kou Ji's view, it is absolutely stupid to take the lead as the commander of the first army and the commander of the first army.
It is not a last resort and should not be done.
The soldiers died in a charge, and another group was recruited to immediately fill the vacancies in the army.
But the coach and general died in the charge, and there was no suitable person to replace them for a while.
It's not that someone's life is worth more than someone's life.
But as far as military matters are concerned, the responsibilities of the coaches and generals are heavier, and they naturally cannot die easily.
Of course, Kou Ji also has a little selfishness.
Now there are too few generals in Song Dynasty, and any death in battle is a great loss for Song Dynasty.
Kou Ji feels that famous players like Cao Wei, Di Qing, and Chong Shiheng are hard to come by.
In particular, a famous player like Di Qing with a grass-roots background is even more likely to be met.
This type of celebrity is born and cannot be cultivated.
So once it breaks down, there will be no one to replace it.
Zhu Neng didn't understand Kou Ji's thoughts. He felt that he was a general and would not fight on the battlefield. That was a general.
Although he had his own thoughts in his heart, he still firmly remembered what Kou Ji had said.
Zhu Neng deeply understood that his own opinions belonged to his own opinions, and he had to listen to Kou Ji's when it was critical.
Because Kou Ji can not only keep him alive, but also allow him to win battles and make great contributions.
Although Kou Ji didn't lead soldiers, he didn't know how to command wars.
But Kou Ji has participated in a lot of wars over the years, and almost all of his tactics and strategies have been won.
Anyway, so far, Kou Ji has participated in the war, it seems that he has not lost much.
What people are most afraid of is not knowing and righteous.
In the past few years, Zhu Neng has met too many people who are not self-aware and self-righteous.
After those people went on the battlefield, they were pretentious and always felt that they were soldiers who came to the world. After on the battlefield, the enemy would fall in front of them like harvested wheat.
But in fact, those people were reaped by the enemy before they reaped the enemy.
It is precisely because of this that Zhu Neng seldom pretends to be big and seldom succeeds on the battlefield.
When he should be obedient, he is not at all ambiguous when he should be good.
Take their previous battle in Dali.
When he attacked Tengchong Mansion with Chong Shiheng and Di Qing.
The original idea of Zhong Shiheng was to let Zhu Neng lead 30,000 people to attack the other side's camp.
But Di Qing took the initiative to ask Ying, saying that with a few thousand people, he could win the opponent's camp.
Zhu Neng did not rely on his status to be higher than Di Qing, to suppress Di Qing.
He didn't rely on his identity to grab merit from Di Qing, but instead gave up the opportunity to Di Qing.
Then Di Qing fought a beautiful sneak attack.
Zhu Neng knew very well at the time that if it was him, he would definitely not be able to fight such a beautiful sneak attack.
So he admired Di Qing's ability and his talent.
So when Kou Ji dispatched Di Qing to Hexi and put him behind to guard Xining Prefecture, he didn't complain at all.
After Kou Ji assigned a task to Zhu Neng, he ordered a banquet for Zhu Neng.
During the dinner, Kou Ji discussed some details with Zhu Neng.
Kou Ji did not leave Zhu Neng to stay overnight, but sent Zhu Neng to Gao Chu Gong.
Zhu Neng was not ambiguous either, and took his own people, riding a horse and leaving Gubeikou.
Because Zhu Neng is a veteran on the battlefield and knows what is called a battalion.
A few days later.
Yang Wenguang and Liu Heng sent the battle report that the last group of murderers were wiped out to Kou Ji.
The moment Kou Ji got the battle report, he gave the order to leave the Great Wall.
Gubeikou.
Dozens of iron knights rushed out and rushed to the four directions, conveying Kou Ji's order.
For a time, hundreds of thousands of forbidden troops, with more than 60,000 Japanese troops and 50,000 Jiaozhi soldiers, rushed out of the Great Wall together.
After the Great Song soldiers left the Great Wall, the most dazzling one belonged to Di Qing.
Di Qing belonged to the representative of the young and strong faction of the Song army, and he was good at using strange tricks.
So those who are close to him and willing to mix with him are mostly young and strong generals.
The young and strong generals are very vigorous.
This is not difficult to see since they chased and killed Yelv Zong Zhen and went out for a hundred miles.
If you change to Chong Shiheng and others, even if you send someone to chase and kill, at most, it will only chase and kill for more than fifty miles.
Because more than fifty miles, the pressure of baggage transportation will increase exponentially.
Zhong Shiheng and others will not take risks.
But Di Qing dared to take risks, and Di Qing's people also dared to take risks.
It was precisely because Di Qing and his people dared to take risks, dared to rush and fight, so after they rushed out of the Great Wall, their results were very gratifying.
Within a day, even defeated six cities.
Gao Chu Gong and Yang Wenguang both had good results.
Although not as against the sky as Di Qing, they have successively taken the places they attacked three or four cities.
Zhong Shiheng was the first to receive the offensive order, but he launched the offense last.
Because he needs to attack the longest distance and the baggage line is also long, so he needs to arrange everything properly.
After Zhong Shiheng put everything in order, he led his troops out of Gubeikou.
The four soldiers and horses, like a comb, combed them together.
All four soldiers and horses are as powerful as a broken bamboo.
The good news drifted into Gubeikou like snowflakes.
Kou Ji didn't feel any joy at all when he looked at the crushed victory.
Because in his eyes, there are so many good news, it is reasonable.
There are only a few people in Liao and only ten million people.
After the Liao State lost Yanyun, it lost three million people in Yanyun.
The assailant rioted in the territory of Liao, and killed many people.
The nine Khitan tribes recruited several million and drove three million to the Song Dynasty.
Jingnan Road, Jingdong Road, and Northwest Road in Liao State are almost ten rooms and nine empty spaces.
After Di Qing and others invaded the Liao State, what they had to deal with was only the small groups of left-behind soldiers and horses of the Nine New Khitan tribes who remained in the Jingnan Road and other places of the Liao State.
The Great Song Forbidden Army led by Di Qing and others were able to crush them in the face of the elite soldiers of the Liao Kingdom.
Faced with the left-behind soldiers and horses temporarily formed by small groups of murderers, it is like an awl stabbing a piece of paper, effortlessly.
Therefore, it is reasonable for Di Qing and others to be like breaking bamboos, siege the city and grab the land.
If it is blocked by others, it is the least ought to be.
Seven days later.
Di Qing took half of the territory of Jingdong Road in Liao, and Gao Chugong and others had their own achievements.
Zhu Neng sent people to tell Kou Ji that they had taken Tanshan, and found many cattle, sheep, horses and grains looted by the Ayan tribe from the people of Liao.
Kou Ji rushed to Tanshan with Xingye.
After counting the number of cattle, sheep, horses, and grain, immediately ordered the people to take the captives of the Liao State and gradually bring them back to the Liao soil occupied by Song Dynasty.
At the same time, a memo was sent to Bianjing by Kou Ji.
Zhao Zhen looked sad after getting the memorial.
The three of Lu Yijian glanced at each other, looking puzzled.
Lu Yijian hesitated for a while, and said: "Officials, you have been unable to leave the court for half a month. Now the Shishitang suddenly appeared, and the ministers and the other three were summoned, but have you figured it out?"
Zhao Zhen glanced at Lu Yijian, and threw the memorial in his hand in front of the three of them.
"Let me change Kou Ji back. You can help me solve this problem first."
Lu Yijian stepped forward suspiciously, picked up the memorial, and after reading the ten lines at a glance, he looked confused.
Seeing this, Wang Zeng and Zhang Zhibai leaned forward together and stared at the memorial in Lu Yijian's hand. After reading them, they were also confused.
The content of the memorial is very simple.
Zou asked the court to send officials to the newly conquered land.
Kou Ji said in a nonchalant tone, asking the court to send 10,000 officials, and then prepare 20,000, and then after taking the entire territory of Liao, a huge number of officials would be needed.
The 20,000 prepared may not be enough.
But something is better than nothing.
"Send ten thousand first?! Kou Ji really dare to say! Where are we going to find him ten thousand officials out?!"
Wang Zeng muttered to himself.
Zhao Zhen said a little displeased: "Not for the fourth brother, but for me in the Song Dynasty. Since those places were acquired by my Song Dynasty, they are the land of my Song Dynasty.
Since it is the land of my great Song Dynasty, then we and the three of us are duty-bound. "
"One subject is Jinshi, and only two hundred people are taken. Ten thousand people, how many subjects do you have to open?!"