Kou Ji restrained the smile on his face and said, "Do you think they are cruel?" ”

Liu Heng furrowed his brows and said, "I don't know, on the one hand, I think they are very cruel, and on the other hand, I feel that they are doing the right thing." My Great Song Dynasty has been weak externally for a long time, so I should be tough and cruel to make people feel afraid. ”

Kou Ji was stunned for a moment, and laughed silently: "It's very good that you can understand it like this." I thought you'd come to me for a reason because they were too cruel. ”

Liu Heng cried and laughed: "To be merciful to the enemy is to be cruel to yourself." This was taught to me by you, fourth brother, how could I have forgotten it. ”

Kou Ji nodded with satisfaction and asked Liu Heng to sit down, "Tell me about the gains and losses of this trip." ”

Liu Heng Zhengse said: "On this trip, my department injured nearly 100 people, killed three people, and killed more than 4,000 enemies.

One box of gold, weighing a total of 30 catties, one and a half boxes of agate, jade, and other things, 1,000 stone of grain, 1,223 cattle, 9,631 sheep, and 4,500 horses, were seized. ”

Kou Ji nodded slowly, "It's a lot of harvest." ”

Liu Heng nodded excitedly, "I didn't expect that a horse thief leader would be so rich." ”

Kou Ji glanced at Liu Heng, "He is not an ordinary horse thief leader, he has been entrenched in Keluk Lake for more than ten years, and he has been selling salt for more than ten years, and his family may be more than that."

I suspect he's in Lake Kluk, and he has a lot of money in his cache.

It's a pity we don't have that much time to go to Lake Kluk, otherwise we would have lost all his money. ”

Liu Heng was stunned for a moment, scratched his head and said, "I didn't think about it. ”

Kou Ji smiled indifferently: "You don't like to do business, so naturally you don't know how lucrative it is to sell salt in the Western Regions." ”

Liu Heng hesitated: "I will study in the future?" ”

Kou Ji shook his head, "There's no need...... The main force of this battle is my men, they did not die, why did three people die? ”

Referring to this incident, Liu Heng was a little helpless, "There was a soldier who supported the Japanese army, and when he was galloping on his horse, he fell off his horse, hit a stone, and fell to his death.

Two other horse thieves were stabbed to death while cleaning the battlefield. ”

Kou Ji frowned slightly, "When you send someone to clean up the battlefield in the future, you will mend the knife first." ”

"No prisoners?"

"None of them will be left."

Liu Heng hesitated: "If this matter is transmitted back to the Great Song Dynasty, it will be criticized......"

Kou Ji snorted coldly, "Whoever thinks it's inappropriate, then let whoever come to the Western Regions to try." ”

When Liu Heng heard Kou Ji's words, he no longer opened his mouth to discuss this topic.

Kou Ji stared at Liu Heng and said, "Our people came out?" ”

Liu Heng nodded, "It's a clerk in Yang Wenguang's army, who was ordered to go to Xining City to spread the word." It was not easy to break through the blockade of the Yellow Head Hui, but he was caught by the horse thief leader.

The soldiers who were with him were beheaded, and he was the only one left. ”

Kou Ji snorted coldly, "The soldiers who dared to kill my Great Song Dynasty just cut him, which can be regarded as cheapening him." ”

Liu Heng nodded in agreement.

Kou Ji commanded: "Bring people up, I will interrogate them." ”

Liu Heng immediately instructed the people of the Imperial City Division to send the documents rescued from Kebi Neng's hands to Kou Ji.

The clerk is a middle-aged man.

Some are emaciated, unkempt, and have a lot of scars on their bodies.

Now when he is in the hands of Kebineng, he has been beaten many times.

The clerk saw Kou Ji and gave a decisive salute.

"Humble Yang Zongxian, I have seen the Ministry of Kou."

Kou Ji nodded slightly and asked, "No need to be polite, let me ask you to answer, why did Yang Wenguang send you to Xining City?" ”

Yang Zongxian arched his hand and said: "Ask the court for food and help." ”

"When did you break out of Shazhou City?"

"The third day of the lunar month."

"How much food is left in Shazhou City?"

"There's not much left."

"What is the situation of our army in Shazhou City?"

"Everyone regards our army as an enemy."

Kou Ji frowned and said in a deep voice, "How could the situation deteriorate to such an extent? ”

Yang Zongxian had a bitter face and sighed: "It's all about food...... The people in Shazhou City felt that there was food in our barracks, but they refused to help them, and clashed with our army repeatedly.

In order to hold the barracks, our army killed and retreated the people of Shazhou who rioted several times.

Nowadays, the people of Shazhou regard us as enemies. ”

Kou Ji narrowed his eyes slightly, "The Guiyi Army did not come forward to help our army relieve the siege?" ”

Yang Zongxian shook his head and said: "Cao Xianshun, the envoy of the Guiyi Army, has been cowering in the inner city of Shazhou City when the Western Xia and Huangtou Hui Hui allied forces have been outside Shazhou City, and they have never come out.

During this period, a team of envoys was sent to Gaochang. ”

Kou Ji snorted coldly: "Cao Xianshun felt that my Great Song Dynasty couldn't save him, so he left my Great Song soldiers and horses, let them fend for themselves, and chose to hug Gao Chang's thigh."

It's really a white-eyed wolf that can't be raised. ”‘

Kou Ji's eyes fell on Yang Zongxian and asked, "How much food and grass is left in our army?" ”

Yang Zongxian said in a deep voice: "When I left, there were still three thousand quintals left. I've probably finished eating it now. ”

Kou Ji got up slowly and said loudly, "Where is Liu Heng?" ”

Liu Heng was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly hugged his fists and said, "The subordinates are here." ”

Kou Ji commanded: "Go down and give me orders, and today the cattle and sheep are captured, all of them are slaughtered, and they are distributed to every car." From today onwards, all the people and soldiers will be divided into two classes.

Hurried day and night to rush to Shazhou. ”

Liu Heng's eyes widened in astonishment, "Don't wait for the Qingtang soldiers and horses to start a war in the southeast region of Huangtou Huifu?" ”

Kou Ji said coldly: "We can afford to wait, but the soldiers in Shazhou can't afford to wait." ”

Liu Heng hesitated: "But the Qingtang soldiers and horses do not force the soldiers and horses of the Huangtou Hui to withdraw from Shazhou, once we invade the territory of the Huangtou Hui, it is very likely that we will bump into the elite soldiers and horses of the Huangtou Hui."

With this little bit of soldiers and horses in our hands, it is impossible to defeat the elite soldiers and horses of Huangtou Huifu and deliver food security to Shazhou. ”

"If you can't beat it, you have to fight it to know."

"Fourth brother, you can't risk ......"

"Execute the order!"

"......"

Liu Heng withdrew from the tent where Kou Ji was and immediately began to lead people to slaughter cattle and sheep.

There was a lot of movement, which caught An Ziluo's attention.

An Ziluo understood a little and knew that when Kou Ji was about to march quickly, he immediately found Kou Ji.

"Brother Kou Xian, what are you doing?"

"According to the plan set by both of us, it will take us three days to reach the territory of Huangtou Huifu. If you step up your march, we may reach the territory of Huangtou Hui before the Jishi army.

It is very likely that he will collide with them when the Yellow Head returns to the army to help. ”

"Our soldiers and horses are not the opponents of the yellow-headed Hui army at all."

An Ziluo entered Koji's tent and hurriedly talked a lot.

Kou Ji wrote down the recital of the Ming court, put it in an envelope, and smiled at An Ziluo: "My soldiers and horses of the Great Song Dynasty are the first to encounter the Huangtou Hui army, and their strength will be extremely beneficial to your Qingtang's war in the southeast region of the Huangtou Hui Hui.

It can be said that the collision between the soldiers and horses of our Great Song Dynasty and the Huangtou Hui army is very beneficial to your Qingtang attack on the Huangtou Hui army.

Shouldn't Brother An be happy to arrive?

Why did you persuade me? ”

An Ziluo heard Kou Ji's words and stood in place in a daze.

In recent days, in order to curry favor with Kou Ji and the men who patrol the horse guards, he has taken great pains.

Unconsciously, everything began to think about Kou Ji and his party.

Now after being reminded by Kou Ji, he realized that he was a Qingtang person.

Kou Ji's approach is of great benefit to Qingtang.

It can be said that it is the same as Qingtang's original plan.

As the general of Qingtang, he should approve of Kou Ji's approach, rather than exhorting Kou Ji to give up his own approach.

But now that the words have been spoken, how can they be recovered?

Moreover, if the soldiers and horses led by Kou Ji suffered heavy casualties because of the encounter with the Huangtou Hui army, they might be angry with Qingtang.

The muskets and heavy armor that Qingtang wanted to plan became far away.

An Ziluo thought a lot in his heart.

He stared at Kou Ji and said solemnly: "I, Qingtang, am a subordinate of the Celestial Empire, so I naturally have to consider the Celestial Empire. ”

Kou Ji knew An Ziluo's thoughts, and said with a smile: "Brother An doesn't need to say much, I have made up my mind." ”

An Ziluo wanted to speak and stopped.

Kou Ji said again: "After entering the territory of Huangtou Huifu, we will pass through Danshan City. It is said that Danshan Castle is occupied by horse thieves and has good strength. When the time comes, a fierce battle will be indispensable.

At that time, Brother An will also need to lead his subordinates to help.

I also hope that Brother An will prepare as soon as possible. ”

An Ziluo said in a deep voice: "The horse thieves in Danshan City are extraordinary. The city lord of Danshan City is a heroic man who has risen in the Western Regions in recent years, and there are more than 30,000 people under him.

Unbeatable. ”

Kou Ji stared at An Ziluo and said, "Brother An wants to say that our more than 13,000 regular soldiers can't defeat a group of rabble. ”

An Ziluo shook his head and said: "I can beat it, but it will definitely lose a lot of manpower." Most of the horse thieves in Danshan City are rabble. But in the hands of the city lord of Danshan City, there are thousands of elites.

Its combat effectiveness is no worse than that of my Qingtang's elite.

It is said that the city lord of Danshan City and the Black Cloud Rider are still in touch.

The Black Cloud Rider is an extremely powerful force in the Western Regions, invincible in the Western Regions.

I, Qingtang and Huangtou Huifu, have sent soldiers and horses, exterminated the Black Cloud Cavalry, and have been defeated in the hands of the Black Cloud Cavalry.

By the time we sent a large army to exterminate the Black Cloud Rider, the Black Cloud Rider disappeared without a trace.

It can be said that the black clouds ride in the Western Regions, elusive and elusive.

Its combat effectiveness is much stronger than most of my Qingtang soldiers and horses.

If the city lord of Danshan City and the Black Cloud Cavalry join forces, then I am afraid that most of the soldiers and horses in our hands will be lost in half before we can defeat Danshan City. ”

Kou Ji said indifferently: "The city lord of Danshan City, the leader of the horse thieves, why be afraid. If he was interested, he shouldn't have come to me for trouble. If he troubles me, I will surely slaughter them. ”

An Ziluo smiled bitterly: "Although the iron armor in Brother Kou Xian's hand is strong, there are not many of them. Brother Kou Xian should think twice. ”

Kou Ji waved his hand, "Brother An, you don't need to say much, I have made up my mind." If Brother An is willing to help me create a method of heavy armor riding, I can offer it with both hands. If Brother An refuses to help me, then I will go by myself. ”

An Ziluo's eyes widened for a moment, and he couldn't help himself with excitement.

Kojken gave them a way to ride in heavy armor?!

The kind that Koji's men are wearing?

"Really...... It's true? ”

An Ziluo asked uncertainly.

Kou Ji nodded slowly, "I can write a document to you in the name of the official family." ”

Hearing Kou Ji's words, An Ziluo knew that Kou Ji was not joking.

Because An Ziluo knew that in the eyes of the Song people, the name of Zhao Zhen was very important.

An Ziluo solemnly bowed his hand to Kou Ji and said, "There is no need for paperwork, I can trust Brother Kou Xian." I will go down and tell my men to prepare. ”

Kou Ji nodded slowly.

After An Ziluo left, Kou Ji shook his head.

Heavy cavalry is so easy to build?

The method of building heavy armored cavalry is not a rare thing.

Liao and Western Xia have both.

But on the battlefields of the three major forces of Song, Xia, and Liao, why are there so few heavy armored cavalry?

The reason is that it is very expensive to build heavy armored cavalry.

Western Xia had almost exhausted everything before he could barely scrape together the money to build three thousand heavily armored cavalry.

Qingtang wants to build a heavy armored cavalry, and it will cost more money.

The Western Xia recruited a lot of talents from the Great Song Dynasty, so the Western Xia had a fairly mature iron-smelting process and weapon-building technology.

But Qingtang didn't.

If Qingtang wants to forge qualified heavy armor, it must be supported by the iron-smelting process and disease-building process of the Great Song Dynasty.

These two items alone.

Kou Ji can let Qingtang spend more money and more time when building heavy armor.

After Qingtang builds the heavy armor, it will be found that the heavy armor can no longer dominate on the battlefield.

The only thing that can really dominate the battlefield is the musket.

When the time comes, Qingtang will spend more money to study the musket.

One ring after another.

Qingtang is destined to be hollowed out by Kou Ji.

The moment they remembered the muskets and heavy armor, they fell into Kou Ji's plan.

Kou Ji naturally wouldn't tell Qingtang about his plan.

After dark.

The camp where Kou Ji and his party were stationed was filled with the smell of meat.

The captured cattle and sheep were slaughtered en masse, and after they were roasted, they were cut into strips and hung on the wilderness, where they were frozen and hardened in a few moments.

The men loaded pieces of meat onto the empty wagons.

Then tighten it with a cowhide rope.

One by one, the tents had been dismantled and reloaded into wagons.

The soldiers and men who were in charge of the daytime were already sitting on the wheels or strapped themselves to their horses and fell asleep.

The soldiers and men who were in charge of the night rush began to drive the carriages, lead the horses, and embark on the journey under the starlight in the sky.

At this moment, everyone can't wait to incarnate as Qingtang people.

Because those Qingtang people can fall asleep on horseback, and after falling asleep, they will sway around, but they will not fall off.

Koji sat in a carriage with a box in his arms and yawned.

The leader of the patrol guards held a pure gold scimitar and approached Kou Ji, who looked up and down and said, "Only the scabbard and handle are gold, and the price is three thousand yuan, and the ones you are carrying in your arms will be taken out together."

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