Di Qing was comforted by Kou Ji and regained his strength.

He's not the kind of person who likes to drill into the horns, and he's not the kind of person who is kind.

There is a way to be merciful, not to be in charge of soldiers.

As a man in charge of the army, Di Qing has won many battles before and after, and the total number of enemies killed may exceed 100,000.

How can a person who has killed more than 100,000 people be a merciful person?

The reason why he was in the wrong mood after returning from the Black Khan prisoner camp was wrong.

Not because of kindness, but because of sadness.

As a person who cares about the country and the people, seeing that the Black Khan people are ruthless to other clansmen in order to please themselves, it is easy to associate with their own clansmen, and when they think about it, they will feel sad and worried.

After Di Qing regained his strength, he said to Kou Ji: "Brother, I will go to the city to inspect the city to prevent the Liao people from sneaking up at night." ”

Kou Ji nodded and let Di Qing leave.

Di Qing walked out of the door, Li Di appeared beside Kou Ji in a swaying manner, looking at Di Qing's back, Li Di asked curiously, "What's wrong with that kid?" ”

At the time of questioning, Li Di had already sat in front of Kou Ji, took a pot of fruit wine, poured himself a glass, and pushed the wine jug in front of Kou Ji.

Kou Ji picked up the fruit wine, smelled it, gave up the idea of drinking fruit wine with Li Di, and sighed: "He just went to the prisoner camp of the Black Khan people and promoted some small leaders. ”

Li Di was slightly stunned, and laughed, "I must have seen the Black Sweat people brutalize their comrades, and I felt sad in my heart." ”

Koji nodded.

Li Di exclaimed: "The old man has to admit that your kid's vision of people is really accurate. casually rescued a person who was about to be assassinated from prison, and he was a person who cherished his family and country.

Such a person, even if he can't be a great minister in the future, he can still be famous in history. ”

"A very good minister?"

Kou Ji muttered, shook his head, and said, "It's unlikely." ”

Li Dihu said suspiciously: "With you promoted, why is it impossible?" ”

Kou Ji rolled his eyes and said, "He's a very powerful minister, so where am I sitting?" ”

Li Di was speechless all of a sudden.

In the case of Kou Ji's immortal family, if Di Qing is a supreme minister, then Kou Ji can only be crowned king, or sit on the only throne in the vertical arch hall.

Whether it is to be crowned king or to sit on that throne, it is not what Li Di wants to see.

It's not what everyone in the government and the opposition wants to see.

Li Di was silent for a long time, and suddenly sighed, "It's really sad that he was born in the same dynasty as you." ”

Implication.

With Kou Ji in the court, it is difficult for others to sit in the position of the supreme minister.

When Kou Ji heard this, he rolled his eyes again, "He has to be glad that he was born in the same dynasty as me, otherwise he can be bullied to death by your gang of Zi Wenchen." ”

Li Di was stunned for a moment, shook his head with a wry smile, "You are right, before you appeared in the court, those people in the court did not give the martial artists a chance to stand out at all." Even if they were given the chance, they would be roasted on the fire. ”

Kou Ji pouted, "You seem to be one of those people too." ”

Li Di's eyes widened, "How can you compare the old man with that group of pedantic people?" ”

Kou Ji smiled coldly and did not speak.

Li Di lifted the wine jug, put it heavily in front of Kou Ji, stared at him, and said angrily: "Drink!" ”

Kou Ji pushed the flask away with some disgust, "Don't drink it, it's sour." ”

Li Di snatched the flask, "Do you like to drink it......

Kou Ji and Li Di fought for a while, Li Di drank a pot of fruit wine, and the two went back to their rooms to rest.

Di Qing walked around the city in the night, and finally ordered someone to move a few quilts and simply live in the city gate building.

Following.

After dawn.

Xiao Pidi led the Liao army and once again forced to the city of Yangguan Pass.

Di Qing immediately mobilized the Black Khan people to go to the city wall to defend the city.

The war entered its most tragic stage.

The Liao soldiers rushed to the city like crazy.

Di Qing's side only sent the Black Khan people to defend the city, so he was attacked by the Liao soldiers several times.

10,000 Black Khan people, after a fierce battle for half a day, were defeated, nearly 3,000 dead and more than 6,000 wounded.

Di Qing once again mobilized 10,000 Black Khans to climb the city wall and continue to defend the city.

The battle continued until dark, and the 10,000 newly dispatched Black Khans were lost.

In the end, Di Qing did not send the third group of Black Khans to defend the city, but ordered the local soldiers of Shaanxi Prefecture to take over the Black Khan to defend the city.

The artillery was pushed out when the local soldiers of Shaanxi Province were defending the city.

As soon as the artillery came out.

Liao Bing immediately felt the pressure.

Xiao Pidi decisively ordered the troops to retreat.

The battlefield calmed down after dark, and only the corpses remained, lying quietly in the cold wind.

Xiao Pi's purpose in attacking Yangguan this time was to spy on the reality in Yangguan.

Now, the elite forbidden army of the Great Song Dynasty has not come out, and it is just some local soldiers, with the help of artillery, they are pressed to the ground to fight, which makes Xiao Pidi feel some pressure.

After dark.

Inside the big tent of the Chinese army in the Liao camp.

Everything is the same as last night.

Xiao Pidi sat in the big tent, eating the mutton with a knife, and asked in a deep voice, "How about the battle damage?" ”

Cong General said solemnly: "The battle damage has exceeded 10,000." ”

Xiao Pidi threw down the knife, frowned and said, "The battle losses are more than 10,000, and I still haven't found out the strength of the Song soldiers in Yangguan." Whether the elite Song soldiers in Yangguan are 20,000 or 50,000, we still don't know.

If there were only 20,000 of them and the other 30,000 went elsewhere, it would inevitably have an impact on the outcome of the war. ”

Cong General said in a deep voice: "Or, another strong attack tomorrow and strive to force out all the opponent's troops." ”

Xiao Pidi shook his head slowly, "It's not appropriate...... After we entered the Hexi of the Song Kingdom, the number of soldiers and horses lost in the battles before and after had exceeded 20,000, which was already more than one-fifth of our total strength, and we could not afford to spend it any longer.

In the ensuing war, we can only outwit, not fight.

In today's battle, although we failed to test the reality of the Song soldiers in Yangguan, we smashed through the city gate of Yangguan and saw the stone wall built high at the city gate.

The Song people blocked the entrance of Yangguan with a stone wall, which means that they chose to defend to the end.

In this way, it just conformed to our wishes.

We just need to push the boat down the river and accompany the Song people to consume it.

I have sent to the Uighurs in Western Prefecture to escort the people of the Western Uighurs.

When the Uighur people of Western China arrive, we will use the Uighur people of Western China to fight against them. ”

Cong General groaned: "On this side of Yangguan, Song Bing decided to defend to the death. But over there is the Jade Gate, I'm afraid it won't be guarded. At the moment, we have not heard clearly the movements of the elite of the Song Kingdom sitting in Yangguan, if they quietly go to Yumen Pass, it is very likely that they will have a big battle with the Black Khan King Yusufu.

If the Black Khan King Yusufu is defeated, it will be very unfavorable for us.

Shall we send someone to remind the Black Khan King Yusufu? ”

Xiao Pidi thought about it for a while, nodded and said, "It's time to send someone to give the Black Khan King Yu Sufu a wake-up." But don't worry too much. The elite of the Song Kingdom, who was sitting in Yangguan, really went to the aid of Yumen Pass, and if they really wanted to fight with the Black Khan King Yusufu, it would be impossible to choose outside Yumen Pass.

The last thing that the Black Khan King Yu Sufu was afraid of was to confront the Song soldiers outside the Yumen Pass.

His hundreds of thousands of cavalry ran together, and they could trample the Song soldiers to death.

Unless the Song soldiers came up with no less than 300,000 soldiers and horses, it would be impossible to defeat the Black Khan King Yusufu head-on.

Therefore, if the Song soldiers wanted to defeat the Black Khan King Yu Sufu, they could only lead the Black Khan King Yu Sufu elsewhere.

We sent someone to remind the Black Khan King Yu Sufu that the Song soldiers might reinforce Yumen Pass, and at the same time reminded him to be careful of the Song soldiers' plan to invite the king into the urn.

Black Khan Wang Yu Sufu suffered a loss in Yangguan before, and he would not easily fall for the Song soldiers. ”

After listening to Xiao Pi's words, the general nodded slowly.

Nothing was said all night.

Following.

Xiao Pidi did not lead the troops and horses to attack the city, but sent people to remind the Black Khan King Yu Sufu.

Liao Bing Chen Bing was outside Yangguan, and there was no movement at all, which made Di Qing a little suspicious.

Di Qing couldn't guess what Liao Bing was selling, so he went to consult Li Di and Kou Ji.

Yangguan.

Inside the compound.

Di Qing accompanied Li Di and Kou Ji to sit on the kang and expressed the doubts in his heart, "The Liao soldiers have been attacking for two days in a row, and it stands to reason that they should also attack today."

But I have been guarding the city for most of the day, and I have not seen any movement of the Liao soldiers.

What kind of calculation did the Liao soldiers play? ”

Li Di groaned and shook his head.

He couldn't guess what the Liao soldiers were going to do.

Kou Ji pondered for a moment and said, "If you can't guess it, let's take a look, as long as the Liao soldiers are calculating, they will definitely leak out." You just have to keep your men on guard. ”

Di Qing nodded and said, "That's the only way to go......"

After that, it lasted for three days.

The Liao soldiers were all stationed outside Yangguan and did not move.

On the contrary, on the side of Yumen Pass, there are big battles every day.

Kou Ji and the three of them thought about it for three days, and finally thought about the purpose of the Liao soldiers.

The three of them gathered again on the kang in the compound.

Kou Ji sat cross-legged and muttered, "The purpose of the Liao soldiers should be similar to ours, and they are also dragging their feet. ”

Li Di stroked his beard and nodded: "The final battlefield of the Liao Kingdom is on the side of Zhending Mansion, even if they have a big advantage in Hexi, it is useless." Because once the Qingtang people make a move, it is very likely that the Black Khan Dynasty and Qingtang will eventually divide the interests of Hexi, and the Liao State will not share much of the benefits.

The purpose of the Liao State sending troops and horses to aid the Black Khan Dynasty was also to allow the Black Khan Dynasty to open up the situation in Hexi, contain most of the troops of our Great Song Dynasty, and strive for some favorable conditions for the Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu to march south.

Therefore, it does not matter whether the Liao soldiers won the war in Hexi or not.

As long as they contain the forces of our Great Song Dynasty, they will be held back until the Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu leads his troops south, and their task will be completed. ”

Di Qing hesitated: "In this way, wouldn't the Black Khan King Yu Sufu be put in?" ”

Kou Ji glanced at Li Di and motioned for Li Di to explain the matter.

Li Di glared at Kou Ji, and said nonchalantly: "Between countries, there are no pure allies. Between countries, there are only interests. It is very common to betray allies in order to win the war.

Previously, after the Great Song Dynasty and the Liao State made an alliance, didn't the Liao people frequently violate the border? ”

Di Qing nodded and said, "I know this." I'm just wondering, will the Black Khan King Yu Sufu turn his face after he knows that he has been put in? ”

Kou Ji and Li Di were stunned.

Kou Ji pondered, "Probably not. Xiao Pidi should have a way to gain the trust of the Black Khan King Yu Sufu. Unless we defeat the soldiers and horses of the Black Khan King Yu Sufu in one fell swoop, so that the Black Khan King Yu Sufu really feels that he is being put into it, he will turn his face with the Liao State. ”

Li Di pinched his beard and smiled: "It's better not to turn your face, after all, what the Liao Kingdom wants now is also what you Kou Shumi want now." ”

Xiao Pi wanted to drag it out, and Kou Ji also wanted to drag it down, and the two had the same purpose.

It's just a different idea.

Kou Ji smiled and said, "Then we'll push the boat down the river." ”

Li Di smiled and nodded.

Di Qing also nodded.

After nodding, Li Di smiled: "In a few days, it will be the New Year's Festival." The Liao soldiers dragged on and did not attack the city, and we just happened to have a good New Year's Festival. ”

Di Qing said with emotion: "If you want to celebrate the New Year at Yumen Pass, I'm afraid it's not so easy. ”

Kou Ji pondered: "That's not necessarily, the local soldiers from all over the country have rushed to Hexi, and are now rushing to Yumen Pass and Yangguan." Then I dispatched all of them to Yumen Pass, and let Chong Shiheng lead them to give the Black Khan soldiers a head-on blow.

The Black Khan should be able to stop for two days.

They can also have a good New Year. ”

Li Di nodded with satisfaction and smiled: "In this way, the cattle and sheep raised in Guazhou and Shazhou don't have to rush to Xiliang City to sell." ”

Speaking of this, Li Di stared at Kou Ji with a smile and said: "During the New Year's Festival in the army, we used our cattle and sheep from Guazhou and Shazhou, so we won't give money, right?" ”

Kou Ji muttered: "I will ask the official family to reduce taxes for three years in Guazhou and Shazhou." ”

Li Di glared and shouted, "You think beautifully." ”

According to the practice of the imperial court, after the war, Guazhou and Shazhou will inevitably meet to pay taxes for three years, so that Guazhou and Shazhou can recuperate.

So what Kou Ji said was equal to not saying it.

Li Di naturally can't do a loss-making business.

Kou Ji smiled and said, "Okay, okay, I'll just say casually, you don't have to be angry." After this war, how much grain, grass, cattle and sheep the army used in Guazhou and Shazhou, you report a number to the imperial court, and the imperial court will calculate the money for you according to the market price. ”

Li Di was stunned for a moment and asked: "What is the market price of Bianjing City......?"

Kou Ji shook his head and said, "Impossible! The market price of Xining Prefecture or Xiliang City, you choose one. ”

Li Di said without thinking about it: "Xining Prefecture, the market price of Xining Prefecture is higher. ”

Kou Ji laughed.

Li Di hesitated and asked, "Is the imperial court really so generous?" ”

Kou Ji sighed: "The imperial court has accumulated a lot of floating wealth in recent years, and the purpose is to use it for war. If the imperial court wants to win the war, how can it be less generous? ”

Li Di sighed: "Today's imperial court, the treasury is full, and the soldiers are strong, which is really good. ”

Back then, the treasury of the Great Song Dynasty was empty and could run rats, and Li Di offended many people in order to make money for the treasury.

The soldiers and horses on the four sides are also very erosive, and they have been pressed and beaten by others.

Today, the treasury of the Great Song Dynasty is full, and the soldiers and horses on the four sides are no longer pressed and beaten, but pressed by others.

Today's Great Song Dynasty is qualified to be called the Celestial Empire.

Seeing Li Di's expression of emotion, Kou Ji smiled and said, "It will be better in the future." ”

Li Di laughed, "There is an old man's credit in it." ”

Kou Ji nodded: "Of course, no one can erase your credit." ”

Afterwards, the three of them laughed together.

Nothing was said all night.

Following.

The three of them did their job.

Kou Ji wrote orders to other soldiers in the courtyard, Di Qing inspected the city defense, and Li Di took people to get busy for the New Year.

Kou Ji promised that the court would settle money with Li Di afterwards, and Li Di also happily asked the people of Guazhou and Shazhou to send their grain, cattle and sheep, and dried fruits to the barracks.

Not only the soldiers and horses of Yangguan, but also the soldiers and horses of Yumen Pass.

Seeing the truckloads of grain, cattle, sheep, and dried fruits transported into Guancheng, the soldiers were also happy.

Because they know that even if they are at the border, they can have a rich New Year.

Of course, there are some unpleasant hiccups as well.

After some local soldiers rushed to Yumen Pass, they saw that there were cattle and sheep all over Yumen Pass, and they felt that the soldiers of Yumen Pass had been eating wine and meat all day long, and they marched all the way, gnawing dry food and cold water, which was very unfair.

They drank some of the wine they had brought with them, and led a hundred and ten people into a fight.

Broke into the pen where the cattle and sheep were held and stole some sheep.

Then, they were surrounded.

If it weren't for the timely appearance of Chong Shiheng, they would probably have been beaten to death.

Chong Shiheng did not dispose of them, but only explained the origin and purpose of cattle and sheep to the other soldiers.

Then someone sent a document to Kou Ji.

After Kou Ji got the paperwork, he didn't say a word, sent his own guards, took an arrow, and hurried to Yumen Pass, hanging the heads of those people on the flagpole.

At the same time, he sent a document to the imperial court, and asked Zhao Zhen to dismiss the elders and juniors who held official positions in the families of those troublesome soldiers.

The incident was just a small episode.

It didn't attract too many people's attention.

On the contrary, the battle on the 28th of the lunar month is more worthy of people's attention.

On the twenty-eighth day of the lunar month, according to Kou Ji's order, Chong Shiheng sent a group of soldiers and horses, sneaked out of the city by night, and made a big fuss in the Black Khan military camp.

He burned a portion of the grain and grass that the Black Khan King Yusufu had ordered to be looted from the Uighurs in Western China.

The Black Khan King Yu Sufu was furious, and after dawn, he led all the soldiers and horses to fight with Chong Shiheng at Yumen Pass for a day and a night.

The entire Yumen Pass, together with the city wall under the jurisdiction of the Yumen Pass, which is more than ten miles long, has soldiers and horses fighting fiercely.

The number of dead and wounded on both sides was as high as 80,000.

Among them, more than 20,000 Song soldiers were killed and wounded.

The number of dead and wounded of the Black Khan soldiers reached 60,000.

After the First World War, the Black Khan King Yu Sufu never led his troops and horses to attack Yumen Pass.

Apparently it hurts.

Postwar.

Yumen Pass and Yangguan have officially entered the New Year's Festival.

On the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, the lights in the two gates were bright.

The aroma of beef and mutton fills the castle and beyond.

Inside the Yangguan.

Li Di ordered someone to set up a flowing water seat.

From one end of Yangguan City to the other.

There is enough meat and steamed buns, and the wine is only two taels per person.

Even the Black Khan people took some of the light, got some broth, and naan.

Kou Ji, Li Di, and Di Qing sat on the crossroads in the city, enjoying themselves with the soldiers.

The soldiers were noisy and having fun all night.

The noise also rang out all night.

Whether it was the Black Khan King Yu Sufu outside the Yumen Pass, or Xiao Pi outside the Yang Pass, they did not take the opportunity to sneak attack.

Because they all know that the Song people in the city will not give them loopholes.

Taking advantage of the Song people's celebration of the New Year's Festival to attack the city, it is very likely that all the Song people in the city will be hated, and even suffer serious revenge.

Of course, the more important thing is that they are not in the mood for revenge.

The Black Khan King Yu Sufu led 700,000 soldiers and horses into the Great Song Dynasty, and in less than a month, he lost nearly 300,000 troops and suffered heavy losses.

suffered a fiasco on the 28th of the lunar month, and most of the grain and grass were burned, and the black sweat king Yu Sufu had a retreat.

Because he felt that if he continued to consume with the Song soldiers, before the Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu led his troops south to form a momentum of east-west attack with him, his soldiers and horses would be consumed by the Song soldiers first.

He promised the Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu to attack the Great Song Dynasty together, in order to take advantage, not to suffer losses.

Now that three-sevenths of the soldiers and horses have been consumed, which has exceeded the expectations he can bear, he is naturally unwilling to stay any longer.

He felt that he could go back first, digest the Western Uighurs, and then lead a million soldiers and horses to kill them next autumn.

He will definitely be well prepared when the time comes.

It's like fighting the Uighurs in Xizhou before, if you can't beat it, you can go back and rest, and you can go back and fight again when you have time.

Play slowly, not in a hurry.

There's no need to stumble.

After the Black Khan King Yu Sufu had the intention of retreating, he sent someone to tell Xiao Pidi about this idea.

After Xiao Pidi knew about this, he didn't say a word, took a few people, hurried to Yumen Pass, and met Yu Sufu, the king of black sweat.

When Xiao Pidi saw the Black Khan King Yu Sufu, the high-spirited Black Khan King Yu Sufu in the past was gone, and was replaced by a black Khan King Yu Sufu with a deep face.

"King Khan!"

Xiao Pidi entered the big tent of the Chinese army of the Black Khan King, and after seeing the Black Khan King Yu Sufu, he walked quickly to the Black Khan King Yu Sufu and shouted urgently.

Black Khan Wang Yu Sufu seemed to have drunk some wine, and there were two clusters of red on his face, and after hearing Xiao Pidi's shout, he was slightly stunned and looked at Xiao Pidi.

"General Xiao......"

After Xiao Pidi saluted the Black Khan King Yu Sufu, he said in a deep voice: "The Khan King wants to withdraw his troops? ”

Black Khan Wang Yu Sufu frowned, and said unhappily: "Ben Khan just led the soldiers and horses back to rest. When Ben Khan is well rested, he will make a comeback. ”

Xiao Pidi said solemnly: "King Khan, this is the only opportunity to attack the Song State, once this opportunity is missed, in the future, we, the dynasties around the Song State, will only be beaten."

If you withdraw now, then the war of our Liao State to invade the Song State in the south will be defeated.

You can also see how strong the soldiers of the Song Kingdom are.

Once the Song State destroys our Liao State, there will be a threat from the Black Khan Dynasty left by his side.

When the time comes, they will definitely not let go of the Black Khan Dynasty. ”

After a pause, Xiao Pidi said again: "The people in power in the Song Kingdom, as well as the people in charge of the army, are all people who will repay them. Previously, the rulers of the Song State promised in front of the people of the Song State that if a foreign enemy hurt the Song State, the Song State would punish him.

Dali, which is adjacent to Qingtang, has just been exterminated by the Song State.

The reason why Dali was destroyed was because the Dali people hurt several Song people.

King Khan, think about it, after entering the Song Kingdom, the Song people who were harmed were not few, but tens of thousands. ”