Scattered towards the court.

The news that Kou Ji defeated the 140,000 soldiers and horses of Huangtou Hui with thousands of elite soldiers in Deshengchuan was like a gust of wind, blowing all over Bianjing.

For a while, Bianjing City was boiling.

The people wore red and hung colors and competed to celebrate.

As soon as the eunuchs left the palace with the holy decree of rewarding Koufu, the people gathered around them, and one by one they rushed to follow behind the eunuchs and went to Koufu together.

When the news reached Kou Mansion, Kou Zhun was carefully holding the little man in his arms and looking at it vigorously.

His cautious expression was as if he was holding some rare treasure, and the smile on his face couldn't be dissolved.

Wen Po wanted to step forward and say a few auspicious words, but was stopped by Kou Zhong.

"Go to the account room to get your reward, don't bother the master to hold his great-grandson."

"Thank you, Archsteward...... Thank you, Archsteward......"

Kou Zhong quietly drove away those who came to Kou Zhun and were ready to ask for money.

Then he stood cautiously behind Kou Zhun, looking at Kou Zhun nervously holding the little man in his arms, with a smile on his face.

"Hurry up and show the old man ...... too"

Xiang Minzhong, who was sitting in Kou Zhun's bus and was pushed into the backyard, stretched out his old arms excitedly after seeing the little swaddling clothes in Kou Zhun's arms.

Kou Zhun hugged the little man in his arms, glanced at Xiang Minzhong, and said dissatisfiedly: "The old man's great-grandson, why do you want to show you?" ”

Xiang Minzhong hurriedly asked someone to push Kou Zhun's bus to Kou Zhun's side, and said angrily: "That's also the old man's great-grandson!" ”

Kou Zhun said arrogantly: "If there is one more foreign word, that is an outsider." Outsiders are not qualified to see it. ”

When Xiang Minzhong heard this, he was glared at by the angry blowing beard.

After staring at it for a long time, he seemed to realize that it was hard to work, so he begged softly, "Old man...... The old man just took a look......"

Kou Zhun stared at Xiang Minzhong vigilantly, "Just a glance? ”

Xiang Minzhong nodded hurriedly.

Kou Zhun reluctantly lifted the corner of the swaddling clothes.

Xiang Minzhong glanced inside, and his eyes became bright by the way.

"Good...... Good...... Good ......"

Xiang Min Center was satisfied and lay on the Kou bus, applauding vigorously.

Kou Zhun didn't bother to deal with him anymore and continued to tease his little great-grandson.

Just as Xiang Minzhong was about to leave, there was a commotion outside the mansion, which disturbed the little man in Kou Zhun's arms.

The little man cried loudly.

Kou Zhun and Xiang Minzhong were furious.

"Who's out there?!"

Kou Zhun asked angrily, while carefully coaxing the little man in his arms, he couldn't coax it for a long time, so he could only reluctantly hand it over to the nurse who was waiting on the side.

Then he rushed out in a rage.

Xiang Minzhong also asked the servant to push the Kou bus and walked out.

As soon as I arrived at the main hall, I saw two eunuchs, holding yellow scrolls, standing at the door of the main hall.

And when they went out at the outer gate, a large number of people were gathered.

The two eunuchs saw Kou Zhun and Xiang Minzhong, and hurriedly gave a salute, and after the salute, they took out the holy decree and prepared to read it.

But I heard Kou Zhun stretch out his hand arrogantly, "Bring it ......"

Seeing this, the two eunuchs hesitated.

Xiang Minzhong snorted coldly: "Put down the holy decree and things, and then hurry up, disturb the old man's great-grandson, that is, disturb the old man." If the old man is disturbed and dies in front of you, see if you can live. ”

When the two eunuchs heard this, they smiled bitterly, put down the holy decree and other rewards, and immediately withdrew from the Kou Mansion.

After the two eunuchs left, Kou Zhun asked Kou Zhong to block the door and not see outsiders.

Kou Zhun casually took the holy decree, glanced at it a few times, and threw it aside.

Xiang Minzhong asked curiously, "What does the holy decree say?" ”

Kou Zhun said casually: "The old man's grandson fought a great victory outside the territory, defeating the enemy with thousands of elite soldiers. The court can't reward the old man's grandson, so it can only reward the old man's great-grandson. ”

"With thousands of elite soldiers, defeat the enemy 140,000?"

Xiang Minzhong repeated in astonishment, "That's really at stake...... The old man's grandson-in-law, when did he learn the art of war? ”

Kou Zhun said very calmly: "Some people are born to know everything, nothing strange. ”

Xiang Minzhong looked at Kou Zhun with a stunned expression.

Kou Zhun didn't explain much, but said reluctantly: "The official family gave the old man's great-grandson a name. ”

"What's the name?"

"Kou Tianci ......"

Xiang Minzhong was stunned for a moment, and said with a disgusted face: "Vulgar...... It's hard to stand ......"

Kou Zhun nodded in agreement.

Xiang Minzhong muttered: "Why don't the old man send the holy decree back?" ”

Kou Zhun thought for a moment, "Forget it, the official family has finally accumulated some prestige, and it can't be destroyed in the hands of the two of us." Kou Tianci will be Kou Tianci, let's live and call. ”

Xiang Minzhong nodded slowly and proposed, "Let the old man take another look?" ”

Kou Zhun glared and said angrily, "Haven't you seen it?" ”

Xiang Minzhong said embarrassedly: "I want to take another look, the old man is afraid of losing it." ”

Kou Zhun said angrily: "That thing grows on the body, can you lose it?" ”

Xiang Minzhong said with a straight face: "That's not accurate. ”

Kou Zhun glared angrily.

The two old men scolded and walked to the backyard.

In their hearts, Kou Ji defeated 140,000 enemies with thousands of elite soldiers outside the territory, which seemed to be far less important than the little man in the backyard.

They have left the center.

They didn't care at all about what happened in the court.

As long as the enemy didn't kill the Great Song Dynasty, they didn't want to look at the things in the court.

With a son, Kou Ji is truly qualified to go out on adventures.

They have all experienced strong winds and waves, and they know that every important minister in the court has to go through a lot of wind and rain in order to really gain a firm foothold in the court.

So they didn't want to ask about what Kou Ji was doing in the Western Regions, and they didn't want to pay more attention to it.

However.

Just because they don't care doesn't mean others don't care.

Li Di, who lived not far from Kou Mansion, learned that Kou Ji's wife had given birth to Lin'er, and immediately asked the old servant to prepare a thin gift and prepare to go to the door to congratulate.

He has a very deep friendship with Kou Zhun, and knows what it means to Kou Zhun that Kou Mansion has an extra bloodline.

It's just that he went out of the mansion, and after walking a few steps, he heard the whispers of the people around the courtyard of the Kou Mansion, and he didn't have the intention of going to the Kou Mansion.

With thousands of elite soldiers in the Western Regions, Kou Ji defeated 140,000 enemies and captured countless people?!

Countless seized?!

The simple four words entered Li Di's mind and kept echoing in Li Di's mind.

Li Di threw the thin gift in his hand to the old servant who followed him, and hurried to the palace.

ran to the palace and arrived at Zhao Zhen's bedroom.

I saw Zhao Zhen change into civilian clothes, and seemed to be ready to leave the palace.

Li Di didn't care about giving a salute to Zhao Zhen, nor did he care about asking where Zhao Zhen was going, and after seeing Zhao Zhen, he asked anxiously: "Official, the minister heard that the Ministry of Kou has seized countless in the Western Regions?" ”

Zhao Zhen was stunned for a moment, and muttered: "The specific amount, Kou Ji did not report, but according to the previous report, their seizure should be very rich."

Previously, they encountered horse thieves in the Western Regions and seized thousands of horses and a lot of money.

Kou Ji said in the report that there was a small gain.

Later, Kou Ji used the armor forging method of heavy cavalry to help the imperial court exchange more than 10,000 horses, and also claimed to have made a small gain.

Now in the report, it is said that countless seizures have been made.

I think that the horses, cattle, sheep, money, and other things they seized should be many times more than before. ”

When Li Di heard this, he hurriedly asked, "Kou Ji has the Ming Imperial Court, when will the seizure be sent to my Great Song Dynasty?" ”

Zhao Zhen thought about it for a moment and shook his head slightly.

Seeing this, Li Di resolutely saluted and said: "The minister implores the official family to allow the minister to go to the Western Regions." ”

Zhao Zhen was taken aback, "What does Aiqing mean by this?" ”

Li Di said loudly: "The number of horses that Kou Ji has obtained for the imperial court has exceeded 10,000. Now that the yellow-headed Hui has been defeated, there are definitely not a few captured yellow-headed Hui horses.

The minister guessed that the number of horses should exceed thirty or forty thousand horses.

Thirty or forty thousand horses, that's millions of dollars.

That's the money of the imperial court.

The minister was willing to go west to help the official get the money back. ”

Zhao Zhen said in a deep voice: "Aiqing...... As for the matter of fetching horses, I can just send someone to do it, so why should you run it yourself. ”

Li Di said in a deep voice: "Others can't be calmed down. I can't suppress those Xiaoxiao outside the territory who covet my Great Song Dynasty money, I can't suppress Kou Ji, and I can't suppress the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty. The horse that Kou Ji got back from the Liao State before just entered my Great Song Dynasty, and he was remembered by many people, and he also made a fuss about it.

A lesson from the previous car, a teacher from the back.

Only when the minister personally goes to the Western Regions can he transport the horse back safely. ”

Zhao Zhen sighed, "Aiqing really did her best for my Great Song." ”

"I'm ...... right"

"This is going to the Western Regions, and I have the right to do things cheaply......

Li Di saluted Zhao Zhen and said solemnly: "The minister will go back and pack some bags and rush to the Western Regions immediately......"

After Li Di got Zhao Zhen's permission, he returned to the house to pack his bags, took some guards, and rushed to the Western Regions.

Meanwhile.

Kou Ji had been out of Huangtou and returned to the territory of Su for a few days, and rushed to the territory of Shazhou.

The environment in Shazhou is far worse than that in Huangtou Huifu.

Yellow sand fills the sky.

The cold wind howled.

The strong cold wind blew people who couldn't sit still on horseback, so they could only get off the horse and rush to Shazhou on foot.

In the huge number of troops, the only people who can still use animals to travel are Kou Ji and the men who patrol the horse guards.

After returning to the territory of Huangtou, the men who patrolled the horse guards went out to wander around and got a batch of camels.

Kou Ji and the guards rode slowly on the camels.

Zhang Yuan, Liu Heng and others also shared some camels.

"Phew......"

The leader of the patrol guards nested on the back of the camel, spat a mouthful of saliva, spit out the sand that the wind blew into his mouth, and looked sideways at Zhang Yuan, who was riding a camel, climbed to Kou Ji's side, and spoke in a low voice.

Zhang Yuan sat on the back of a camel, covered his face with gauze, blocked the wind and sand, and said to Kou Ji in a low voice: "Little young master, there are far more horse thieves in Shazhou than in Huangtou Huifu. It has only been three days since leaving the territory of Huangtou Huifu to today, and the villain has already recruited 6,000 people. ”

Kou Ji stared at the yellow sand in the distance, and said quietly: "More than 30,000?" ”

Zhang Yuan nodded and said: "Actually, the villain can recruit more, but after those horse thieves in Danshan City escaped from Danshan City, they ruined the villain's reputation everywhere in the Western Regions."

When many horse thieves heard the villain's name, they left decisively and did not talk to the villain at all. ”

Kou Ji muttered, "You fought a big victory in Deshengchuan, and it wasn't enough to wash away your reputation?" ”

Zhang Yuan smiled bitterly: "If it weren't for the villain who fought a big victory in Deshengchuan, I'm afraid he wouldn't have been able to recruit 30,000 horse thieves." ”

Kou Ji nodded slowly, and advised, "Digest those horse thieves as soon as possible, and let them follow you sincerely." In the future, it is very likely that you will have to split the territory in the Western Regions, so whether they are loyal or not, and whether they recognize themselves as people from the Yuanshan Tribe, is very important.

The ordnance you need, I'll find a way to get it delivered to you when I get back.

Until you have gained their loyalty, it is better not to give them the right weapons. ”

Zhang Yuan nodded decisively.

"The villain understands ......"

has achieved his goal, Zhang Yuan did not stay by Kou Ji's side for long, and after giving the salute, he left Kou Ji's side and went to talk to those horse thieves.

Zhang Yuan seems to have collected 30,000 horse thieves, but in fact, he can really be regarded as a horse thief, but only 10,000.

Of the 30,000 horse thieves, only 10,000 had armor.

There are more than 20,000 people, most of whom do not even have a weapon at hand.

Kou Ji had learned that most of them had been herders wandering in the Western Regions in the past.

Because the Western Xia, the Great Song Dynasty, the Shazhou Uighurs, and the Huangtou Uighurs fought fiercely in Shazhou, forcing them to live a normal life, so they could only become horse thieves.

Zhang Yuan felt that these herdsmen were the Yuanshan tribesmen who were gifted to him by God.

Compared with those real horse thieves, the herdsmen are very easy to control, and they are also very easy to be bought by Zhang Yuan.

Although they had no blades, many of them were covered only with a thin garment.

But their combat effectiveness is not weak.

Living in a bitter cold place all year round, fighting with jackals, tigers and leopards all year round, they have a strong physique and combat effectiveness far beyond ordinary people.

What they lack now is blades and armor.

With blades, armor, and a little practice, they are qualified warriors.

Kou Ji saw Zhang Yuan's thoughts, and he and Zhang Yuan's thoughts were similar.

So when Zhang Yuan came to the door, he was not embarrassed, and agreed in one bite.

If Zhang Yuan wants to truly gain a foothold in the Western Regions, he must rely on these herdsmen.

Because he doesn't have that much time to win the hearts of those horse thieves one by one.

Zhang Yuangang left.

Liu Heng rode a camel to Kou Ji's side with difficulty, and said to Kou Ji in a deep voice: "Fourth brother, in four days, we will arrive at Shazhou City." The men I sent out, thirty miles away, ran into the Western Xia rangers.

Li Yuanhao should have calculated that we had arrived in Shazhou, otherwise he would not have been able to send his rangers to such a long distance.

Do you think Li Yuanhao will send someone to set up an ambush in front? ”

Speaking of the last sentence, Liu Heng looked worried.