The three figures were followed by some servants, carrying something on their backs, waiting quietly somewhere.

"Daddy?!"

Among the three figures, there was a little girl who screamed in surprise when she saw the horses rushing towards her.

The little girl is Kou Hui, the girl Kou Ji hasn't seen for more than half a year.

Kou Hui saw Kou Ji's figure rushing over from afar, the look of surprise on her face was difficult to hide, she jumped and jumped, wanting to run out to meet Kou Ji, but was stopped by Xiang Yan.

When the horse is galloping, even if the person on horseback reins in advance, the horse will rush forward for a distance before stopping.

Xiang Yan was afraid that the galloping horse would hurt Kou Hui, so she dragged Kou Hui and didn't let Kou Hui leave.

Kou Hui was dragged by Xiang Yan, pouted at Xiang Yan dissatisfiedly, and then continued to stare at Kou Ji who rushed over and yelled.

"Daddy! Father! I'm here! ”

“……”

Kou Tianci stood there with a reserved face, not yelling like Kou Hui.

But his eyes were firmly fixed on Kou Ji who rushed over.

Although when Kou Ji was at home, the two brothers and sisters were naughty and disobedient, and they didn't like to stick to Kou Ji.

But they cared a lot about Koji.

Kou Ji has been away from home for half a year, and they really miss Kou Ji.

Knowing that Kou Ji was busy with official business, he couldn't return to Bianjing City for the time being, so Kou Tianci encouraged Xiang Yan and took him and Kou Hui to the post station to wait for Kou Ji.

Kou Tianci often goes in and out of the palace, and occasionally accompanies Zhao Run to the Shishitang to watch the government, so he knows that Kou Ji has won the battle in Hexi, and now he is going to Youzhou City, and he also knows that Kou Ji will pass by the post station here, so he specially waits for Kou Ji here.

Kou Tianci felt that he had a belly to say to Kou Ji.

He felt the need for him to sit down with Koji and have a good talk.

Kou Hui also has a stomach full of things to say to Kou Ji, when she was resting in the post station last night, she told Kou Tianci and Xiang Yan what she wanted to say to Kou Ji.

Xiang Yan also has some private things to say to Kou Ji.

In a word, the three of them had already thought it through.

They were going to talk to Kou Ji in the post station for the rest of the night, so as to relieve half a year's thoughts.

Seeing that Kou Ji was getting closer and closer, Kou Hui screamed louder, and a smile appeared on Kou Tianci and Xiang Yan's faces.

"Daddy! Father! I'm here! ”

"Boom...... Rumble ......"

Amid Kou Hui's shouting, Kou Ji rode past them.

Kou Hui was instantly stunned in place, her face full of disbelief.

The smiles on Kou Tianci and Xiang Yan's faces also froze.

"Woo ......"

Kou Hui saw Kou Ji's back getting farther and farther away, felt aggrieved in her heart, and cried bitterly.

Kou Tianci's eyes instantly turned red, and tears swirled in his eyes.

Xiang Yan's heart was empty and very uncomfortable.

Kou Hui's cry was loud and spread far and wide.

Koji rode his horse for a long distance, and he could still hear it clearly.

Kou Ji's eyes were a little red, and he gritted his teeth, urging the horses under his crotch to run faster.

The personal servant caught up with Kou Ji and hesitated: "Kou Shumi, don't you stop to say a few words to Mrs. Kou?" Looking at the appearance of Mrs. Kou and your son's daughter, they should have been waiting at the gate of the post station for a long time. ”

Kou Ji glared and scolded, "Eventful! ”

The official was glared at by Kou Ji's red eyes, and hurriedly closed his mouth in fright.

What can be seen by the pro-senses, Kou Ji can't see it.

Kou Ji also wanted to stop and talk to his family, but he knew that he couldn't stop.

It's not that he has to rush for a while.

It's that he's afraid that as soon as he stops, he won't want to leave.

There is a way to be a daughter of the hometown hero mound.

Heroes are greedy for beauties, and they will be greedy to the point that even heroes don't want to do it.

The power of the hot kang head of the wife and children is even greater.

It can make a lot of men give up everything.

Kou Ji doesn't dare to let go of everything now, if he lets go of everything, then Da Song may usher in a big disaster.

A disaster big enough to engulf the entire Great Song Dynasty.

"Drive!"

Koji waved his whip and whipped the horse under his crotch in order to ease the sadness in his heart.

The horse seemed to sense Koji's emotions and ran faster.

Kou Ji can suppress his emotions, but Kou Hui can't.

In front of the station.

Kou Hui had already cried into tears.

Kou Tianci secretly hid aside and wiped his tears.

Xiang Yan was very sad in her heart, but she still had to pretend that nothing happened, squatting down, with a smile on her face, and 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 up and said, "He obviously doesn't want us anymore...... Woowoo woo ......"

Xiang Yan smiled and said, "How could it be...... 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 coming down to see me, even if he doesn't talk to me, just hug me."

“……”

Kou Hui cried and counted Kou Ji.

Xiang Yan patiently comforted her on the side.

Kou Tianci wiped his tears on the side for a long time, barely stopped the sadness in his heart, and squatted down with Xiang Yan to comfort his sister.

Kou Tianci joined.

Kou Hui soon stopped crying, but her mouth kept feeling it, and her face was full of dissatisfaction.

It's late afternoon.

Kou Tianci took Kou Hui out to catch some small insects and made Kou Hui laugh.

Kou Hui took the worm and played happily in the courtyard of the post station.

Kou Hui is young, and the sadness in her heart comes and goes quickly.

No matter how sad she is, her pain will pass.

But the sadness in Kou Tianci and Xiang Yan's hearts cannot be solved by pain.

They had a smile on their faces, but their hearts twitched.

That's the difference between an adult and a child.

However.

When the national crisis is at the head, giving up a small family for everyone's business, it is not only Kou Ji's family.

With Kou Ji's order, it was sent to the political affairs hall.

The two prime ministers of the political hall knew the seriousness of the matter after hearing Kou Ji's threat.

With almost no hesitation, they stamped Kou Ji's appointment order, and personally rushed to the military headquarters, urging the military department to stamp the military department's seal as soon as possible, and issue the transfer order to the local government as soon as possible.

For a time, the local soldiers and horses of the Great Song Dynasty were mobilized again.

Some soldiers and horses who had just returned home had not yet caught up with their families, had not properly checked their sons' schoolwork, had not taken their wives and children to the market for a spin, and had not yet knelt in front of their parents to fulfill their filial piety, so they were requisitioned and rushed to the Great Wall.

After leaving Hexi, some local soldiers and horses in remote places have not returned to their hometowns, so they were requisitioned and rushed to the Great Wall.

The children who wept bitterly, not to mention Kou Tianci and Kou Hui.

The wife full of grief, not to mention Xiang Yan alone.

……

Fifteen days later.

Kou Ji took Shi Heng and Di Qing first and ran to Youzhou City.

After Zhao Zhen and Cao Wei learned that Kou Ji rushed to Youzhou City non-stop, they immediately came out to meet each other.

After Kou Ji saw Zhao Zhen and Cao Wei appear, he did not give a salute, but shouted in a hoarse voice with red eyes.

"In half a month, we have to take the Great Wall...... Otherwise, we'll have to run for our lives......"

Having said that.

Kou Ji's eyelids drooped, and he staggered under the horse.

Zhao Zhen and Cao Wei were shocked when they saw this.

Chen Lin, who followed Zhao Zhen's side, was almost frightened.

If Kou Ji fell from his horse and died under Zhao Zhen's nose, then Zhao Zhen would probably blow up on the spot.

Chen Lin was shocked, but the steps under his feet were not slow, he ran to Kou Ji's side at the fastest speed in his life, and when Kou Ji's half body had appeared on the side of the horse, he hugged Kou Ji steadily.

Zhao Zhen and Cao Wei's hearts were instantly put down, and the two of them let out a sigh of relief, wiping a handful of fine sweat on their foreheads in unison.

Although there were only a few breaths of time, Zhao Zhen and Cao Wei were still shocked into a cold sweat.

"Bang ......"

The pro-servants, pro-officials, and subordinates who followed behind Kou Ji also fell off their horses.

It's just that most of them are from the army, their physical fitness is much harder than Kou Ji's, and their spirit is slightly stronger than Kou Ji's.

In addition, they are often busy and busy, and they can carry a little more than Koji.

So when he fell off the horse, he chose to fall off the horse, and he didn't fall asleep, so he wasn't injured.

Some of them were lying on the ground after falling off their horses, still staring.

They just lost their strength and didn't have the strength to dismount.

So had to dismount in this way.

"Imperial Doctor!"

"Help!"

Zhao Zhen and Cao Wei exclaimed at the same time.

Those who followed them rushed out in unison.

In the nervous expressions of Zhao Zhen and Cao Wei, the imperial doctor diagnosed Kou Ji's pulse, let out a sigh of relief, and said to Zhao Zhen and Cao Wei: "The official family, Cao Gong, Kou Shumi is fine, but he has not rested for a long time, and he has been running around all the way and is overworked, so he temporarily fell asleep."

After a few days of rest, it will be relieved.

At that time, the minister is prescribing a few pairs of nourishing and nourishing medicines, and Kou Shumi will be able to recover after taking them for a few days. ”

Zhao Zhen and Cao Wei breathed a sigh of relief.

"Quick, carry the fourth brother back to rest."

Zhao Zhen commanded, and Chen Lin immediately beckoned the eunuch and carried Kou Ji down to rest.

I just walked a few steps.

A heavy fall sounded.

The war horses ridden by Kou Ji and the others fell to the ground one by one, never getting 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 conveyed, an official immediately came out, with a group of soldiers and soldiers, carrying the war horse down to the burial.

Zhao Zhen said that a thick burial is a thick burial.

There must be a tomb, there must be a coffin.

When necessary, a monument must be erected.

The emperor has Tianxian in his mouth, which is a real spit and a nail.

Not to mention burying a few horses.

Even if someone writes an article for these horses and sings praises for 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 was temporarily sleeping.

After confirming that Kou Ji was not worried about his life, the two ordered the door to be closed.

Stand at the door.

The two glanced at each other, their faces full of solemnity.

Zhao Zhen said in a deep voice: "The fourth brother rarely loses his temper, and this time he almost took his life in order to come to see us, which shows that the matter is more serious than we imagined." ”

Cao Wei nodded and said, "The minister can be regarded as Kou Ji stepping into the court step by step, and the minister knows that Kou Ji has everything in his chest, and he rarely loses his temper."

If he loses his temper, it means that things may be beyond his control.

He is now my Great Song Privy Envoy, and what is beyond the grasp of my Great Song Privy Envoy is equivalent to beyond the grasp of my Great Song Dynasty. ”

Zhao Zhen groaned and said, "Could it be that the Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu has any backhand?" ”

Cao Wei shook his head seriously and said: "The Liao State is now embattled, and what the Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu needs to consider now is how to keep the Liao State as much as possible in the current crisis, instead of continuing to fight with my Great Song Dynasty."

If he continues to fight with my Great Song Dynasty, not only the sixteen states of Yanyun will be lost, but I am afraid that the entire Liao Kingdom will also be lost.

Wang Sui and Yang Wenguang let the prisoners of Xingqing Mansion and other places go to wreak havoc in the territory of the Liao State, giving hope to the small tribes who were oppressed by the Liao Emperor.

They are now mixed into the prisoners in Xingqing Mansion and other places, attacking cities and plundering land, massacring on a large scale, and having the posture of slaughtering the Liao State.

If the Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu didn't care, the Liao Kingdom would probably be destroyed in their hands. ”

Zhao Zhen pondered for a moment and said in a deep voice: "So the fourth brother is worried about those prisoners who came out of Xingqing Mansion and other places?" ”

Cao Wei nodded and said: "The official family handed over this matter to him before, and he rushed here regardless of his own safety, let us take Yanyun as soon as possible and control the Great Wall, which means that the danger comes from those prisoners." ”

When Zhao Zhen heard this, he said with some uncertainty: "Those prisoners ...... Can it really endanger my Great Song Jiangshan Sheji? ”

After Zhao Zhen and Cao Wei learned that the prisoners had left Xingqing Mansion and other places and took the southwest and northwest roads of Liaoguo, they realized that the energy of the prisoners was not small, and they also guessed that they had coerced some people of Liaoguo to make a rebellion together.

But the two of them are just a rabble, and they can't make any big waves.

It only takes one time for a soldier to crush them head-on, and 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 those prisoners rose up, they were all too familiar.

It is precisely because they are familiar with and have solved many similar troubles that they will let their guard down.

The way the prisoners rose was the rebellion mode commonly used by the common people of the Great Song Dynasty.

Since the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, there have been more than dozens of similar rebellions.

The most famous of these was the Wang Xiaobo Uprising in Sichuan.

In 993 AD, in the fourth year of Song Chunhua, there was a great drought in Sichuan, and the corrupt officials in the government were still oppressing the people in Sichuan, and the people were forced to live.

Wang Xiaobo, who was born as a tea seller, led more than 100 people to gather a crowd to revolt under the slogan of 'I am sick and rich and uneven, and now I am the one of you', and in just ten days, the number of people has skyrocketed dozens of times, and the number of rebels has reached tens of thousands.

Attack Qingcheng first, and then attack Pengshan.

Won both battles.

The corrupt officials and wealthy families in the two places were killed cleanly.

If it weren't for Wang Xiaobo's death due to illness after conquering Pengshan, and the rebel army had no leader, I am afraid it would have made even more trouble.

Similar rebellions occurred after the founding of the Great Song Dynasty.

Therefore, Da Song can be regarded as experienced when dealing with similar incidents.

Zhao Zhen and Cao Yi initially knew that the people of various tribes in the Liao State were pretending to be prisoners of Xingqing Mansion and other places, and when they were causing chaos in the Liao State, they all felt that the Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu should be forced to return to help, and then fight with those rebels.

Even if you can't destroy those rebels, at least you can make them lose their strength.

At that time, they can take the opportunity to take the sixteen states of Yanyun without bloodshed, and maybe they can also take advantage of the residual power of the rebels to go out of the Great Wall and attack the city and plunder the land outside the Great Wall.

It's just that, through Kou Ji's reaction, they judged that things might not be as simple as they thought.

In fact, the two of them didn't think of the side that Kou Ji thought of.

The reason is that they subconsciously avoided the worst-case situation and didn't dare to think about it in any way.

Because if the worst happens, then everything is not man-made and can be controlled.

Now Kodge had brought back to their minds the worst-case scenario they had avoided, and they had to face the worst-case scenario.

Cao Wei heard Zhao Zhen's question, sighed, and said, "Water can carry a boat, and it can also capsize a boat." This is not something that is said casually. ”

When Zhao Zhen heard this, he was silent.

When Xunzi said that 'water can carry a boat, it can also overturn a boat', he has never seen a real situation of water sinking a boat.

People in all dynasties and dynasties, when they said this, only regarded this as a warning gossip, and few people took it seriously.

Now, I'm afraid that this sentence is coming true.

Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu used to rely on violence to oppress the people of various tribes, and the people of all tribes dared to be angry but did not dare to speak, and if they resisted a little, they would be exterminated.

Now, the forces in the hands of Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu are contained by the Great Song Dynasty.

In the territory of Liao, there are soldiers and horses of the Great Song Dynasty wantonly making trouble, and they have not been destroyed so far.

Through this time, the people of the various tribes of the Liao State saw hope and the hope of rebelling against the Liao Emperor.

So they decisively raised the anti-flag.

How ruthless the Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu was to them before, they would retaliate against the entire Liao State in an even more ruthless way.

If they swallowed the Liao Kingdom and did not fall apart, then they would not hesitate to pour into the Great Song Dynasty.

Because they were taking revenge on the Liao State by means of locust crossing.

Everywhere they passed, what they ate and drank, they would gnaw clean.

If the Liao State is not gnawed, they will enter the Great Song Dynasty and gnaw on the Great Song Dynasty.

Until they fall apart, their pace of rebellion will not stop.

Cao Wei saw Zhao Zhen standing beside him, his face was grim and speechless, so he continued to speak: "Kou Ji should want to use the Great Wall to keep them out of my Great Song Dynasty.

That's why I urgently urged me to fight a decisive battle with the Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu as soon as possible and take back the Great Wall. ”

Zhao Zhen let out a long sigh and said, "I thought that Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu would withdraw his troops and leave after knowing that there was a mess in the territory of Liao.

He returned with his soldiers and horses, and he should be able to exterminate those prisoners.

But now it seems that it was too simple for me to think. ”

Cao Wei smiled bitterly and said, "The minister originally thought that after the people who were convicted of crime reached a certain number, they would fall apart because they were difficult to control.

Now it seems that the minister has also thought simply. ”

Zhao Zhen said in a deep voice: "I really want to know what scale those people have reached now......

When Zhao Zhen said this, Chen Lin hurried to Zhao Zhen's side and whispered in Zhao Zhen's ear: "Official, the spies who went to investigate the news of Jingnan Province and Jingbei Province in Liaoguo have returned. ”

Zhao Zhen's heart was shocked, and he urged urgently: "Spread quickly!" ”

Chen Lin answered, beckoned to the distance, and immediately a man in black appeared in front of Zhao Zhen.

After Zhao Zhen saw the man in black clothes, he hurriedly asked, "How many people are making trouble in the territory of Liao?" ”

The man in black was stunned for a moment, and said in a deep voice: "I can't count! ”

Zhao Zhen's brows froze together for a moment, and he shouted, "How can you count them?!" ”

The black-clothed man looked slightly bitter, gritted his teeth and said, "The villain also wants to count clearly, so he sent many subordinates to investigate this time."

As soon as they went, they were not heard from. ”

Zhao Zhen's brows tightened, and just as he was about to speak, he heard Cao Wei take the first step and say: "Say what you see......

Zhao Zhen glanced at Cao Wei and slowly closed his mouth.

The man in black did not answer.

Chen Lin coughed dryly and reminded: "It's a hurry, and I can't take care of anything else for the time being." ”

The man in black responded and said in a deep voice: "After the villain rushed to Jingnan Road in Liaoguo with people, he saw all over the mountains and fields, and they were all troublemakers.

Where they passed, it could almost be said that they dug three feet into the ground.

Eat all that you can eat, and take away everything you can bring.

When they were gone, the little people went to look again, and found that there were almost no living creatures in the place where they had passed. ”

Speaking of this, there was a hint of fear in the voice of the man in black clothes.

He can become a person of Wudesi, and he can be sent out of the Great Song Dynasty to carry out tasks, and he can be regarded as a person who has established a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood.

It can make him fearful, and it can be seen how terrifying the scene left behind by those who make trouble after crossing the border.

Zhao Zhen and Cao Wei were speechless, staring at the man in black and listening to him.

The man in black continued with a slightly frightened tone: "This is not only the case in the Jingnan Province of the Liao Kingdom, but also the Jingbei Province of the Liao Kingdom, and there are also other provinces.

The people who came from Xingqing Mansion were making trouble in the territory of Liao, and Liao's own people were also making trouble.

Nowadays, in places such as Jingnan Province of Liao, as long as they are not wearing Liaoguo official uniforms, or people who are wearing Liao's soldiers and horses, they are almost all troublemakers.

Even if they don't make trouble now, they will become troublemakers the next moment.

The entire Kamikyo Road to the west is full of troublemakers.

So the villains can't be counted. ”

Zhao Zhen and Cao Wei gasped when they heard this.

How big is the territory of the Liao State, including the Liao State to the west of the Shangjing Road?

The entire Liao State Shangjing Road to the west of the Liao State territory occupies one-third of the Liao State.

It is equivalent to four-fifths of the Great Song Dynasty.

It is equivalent to the previous five Western Xia.

Although the area is vast, it is not rich.

Therefore, almost all of them live in small tribes, and only Shangjing Road lives a part of the nobles of the Khitan eight tribes.

The nobles of the eight Khitan tribes, as the upper echelons of the Liao State, could not cause chaos, let alone create a rebellion against the Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu.

Then the main people who cause rebellion must be people from various small tribes.

And they are all over Kamikyo Province, as well as to the west of Kamikyo Road.

Naturally, the number is unimaginable.

The man in black said that he couldn't count it, and that was because he really couldn't count it, and he couldn't count it.