"The Shazhou Uighurs are gone, and there are still ...... Huangtou Uighurs, Guazhou, Suzhou, and Ganzhou."

Kou Ji said with a smile.

Li Zhaoliang was stunned for a moment, his eyes moved, and he was thinking about the deep meaning of Kou Ji's words.

After a long time, he raised his eyebrows, glanced at Kou Ji, and muttered: "The order given to us by the imperial court is to rush to the aid of the Shazhou Uighurs and rescue the Great Song soldiers trapped in the territory of the Shazhou Uighurs, but it did not let us do anything else......

Kou Ji and Zhu Neng glanced at each other, and they both saw a smile in each other's eyes.

Li Zhaoliang obviously heard the deep meaning of Kou Ji's words, and he was obviously a little moved, so he didn't refuse, but asked Kou Ji to solve the obstacles set by the imperial court now.

Li Zhaoliang will move, and it is also expected by Kou Ji and Zhu Neng.

Li Zhaoliang led the elite of the 100,000 forbidden army, day and night, and traveled for more than a full month before rushing to the Shazhou Uighurs.

The battle was not big, and he didn't get any benefits, how could he be willing to go back?

Kou Ji raised his eyebrows at Li Zhaoliang, sighed exaggeratedly, and said, "If you don't mention this, I almost forgot." As soon as you mentioned this matter, I remembered that there were thousands of soldiers in my Great Song Dynasty, who were captured by the Western Xia, and are now imprisoned in Guazhou.

There are still hundreds of soldiers in our Great Song Dynasty, who were captured by the Huangtou Hui and have been escorted back to the territory of the Huangtou Hui Hui.

They shed blood and tears for my Great Song, and now they will remain in the hands of the enemy and be tortured.

Every time I think about it, I can't sleep all night. ”

When Li Zhaoliang heard this, he was shocked and said exaggeratedly: "There is such a thing? My soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty were actually captured by thousands of people, and they were tortured day and night, is this worth it?!

Since the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, successive officials have valued the lives of the people more heavily than themselves.

If you let the officials know that my Great Song Dynasty still has soldiers suffering at the hands of the enemy.

It's going to be heartbreaking, and I'm going to be sleepless all night.

If we let the officials know that we have the strength to save those soldiers, but we are indifferent, they will definitely reprimand us fiercely. ”

Kou Ji nodded solemnly, "So we must point to Huangtou Hui and Guazhou to rescue those suffering soldiers." ”

Li Zhaoliang said with a straight face: "For the sake of the lives of my Great Song soldiers, Liang is willing to be driven by the Qin Mission." ”

Kou Ji and Li Zhaoliang acted one by one.

In the process of acting, Kou Ji had already persuaded Li Zhaoliang to attack Hexi together.

It stands to reason.

The hall is full of their own people, there is no need to act, everything can be talked about openly and honestly.

But Li Zhaoliang and Kou Ji still chose to act.

and is ready to report the process of acting to the court and show it to Zhao Zhen.

Its purpose is to use this to block the mouths of some people in the court.

Once the Manchu civil and military forces impeached them because they privately sent troops, they could also shirk one or two in the name of implementing Zhao Zhen's order to save the Great Song Dynasty soldiers.

Kou Ji had a lot of lice on his body, so he didn't need to worry about the impeachment of the Manchu civil and military forces.

But Li Zhaoliang is different, he needs an excuse to get out of the quagmire, he needs an excuse to make himself famous.

After the two finished the play, they immediately ordered the clerk of the army to write the dialogue between the two into a transcript and send it back to Bianjing.

As for the reaction of the imperial court after seeing their transcript, they did not care at all.

From Shazhou to Bianjing, even if the horse gallops, it will take more than half a month, to say the least.

By the time the documents replied by the imperial court were delivered to Shazhou, it had already been more than a month later.

More than a month, enough for them to toss around in the Western Regions.

The biggest advantage of Kou Ji's entourage rushing to the Western Regions this time is that because of Kou Ji's existence, the imperial court did not implement the method of having a center to guide the front-line army to fight.

Kou Ji and his party have a great deal of autonomy.

That's why they dared to toss around in the Western Regions.

If the method of guiding the front-line army used by Emperor Taizong during the Northern Expedition to the Liao State was adopted, it is estimated that they are still in the territory of Huangtou Huifu.

Emperor Taizong Zhao Guangyi was a person with 'great talent'.

After he ascended the throne, in order to better control the army, in order to better show his military talent.

In the Great Song Dynasty, where the means of communication were still passed on by word of mouth and letters, a set of command methods were implemented in which the central center remotely commanded the soldiers who were thousands of miles away to fight.

After the army left Beijing, the dispatch of troops and horses of more than 10,000 people and the operational planning of more than 10,000 people had to be dispatched in advance to rush to Bianjing City, and the central center could be carried out only after the central task was invited.

Zhao Zhen is a very self-aware emperor, so when Kou Ji led his soldiers and horses to leave Beijing, he decisively gave Kou Ji the Sword of the Son of Heaven and asked Kou Ji to replace him and take full authority to deal with many matters in the Western Regions.

The reason why Kou Ji dared to plot against Hexi and Huangtou was also because Zhao Zhen gave him great autonomy.

Kou Ji accompanied Li Zhaoliang to finish the play and write the recital, and several people went to the dinner table directly north of the side hall and sat down.

After sitting down, Li Zhaoliang picked up the wine jug on the table without any image, poured Zhang Yuan a glass of grape wine, made a gesture of please, and then held the wine jug himself and took a few sips.

Among the people sitting at the table.

Kou Ji and Zhu Neng both knew Zhang Yuan's identity, so there was no need to be polite to Zhang Yuan.

Li Zhaoliang and Yang Wenguang didn't know Zhang Yuan's true identity, they only regarded him as an outsider, so they were very polite and polite to him.

After Li Zhaoliang got used to a few sips of grape wine, he grabbed a piece of mutton from the table, and while stuffing it into his mouth, he glanced at Kou Ji and Zhu Neng: "Did you two have a plan?" Ready to plot against Guazhou and Huangtou? ”

After Kou Ji entered the hall, he was hinting at him in and out of his words that he wanted to continue fighting.

Li Zhaoliang is not stupid, so he naturally guessed that Kou Ji had already had a mind.

Kou Ji picked up the wine glass in front of him, poured a glass of wine for himself, Zhu Neng, and Yang Wenguang, and said with a smile while tasting the wine: "Aren't you the same?" ”

Li Zhaoliang dropped a piece of sheep bone, glared and shouted, "Am I the kind of person who ignores the orders of the imperial court? ”

Kou Ji raised his eyebrows and glanced at Li Zhaoliang, "There are no outsiders here, are you still pretending?" If you didn't have the heart to continue fighting, why did you want to act with me just now? ”

Li Zhaoliang didn't speak, and glanced at Zhang Yuan without a trace.

Seeing this, Kou Ji grinned and said, "Yuanshan is also his own person...... The Motoyamabu has no shelter now, and even if we don't fight, they will continue to fight.

Therefore, Yuanshan's desire to continue fighting is far stronger than that of you and me.

You don't have to worry about him betraying us. ”

Li Zhaoliang nodded suspiciously, looked at Zhang Yuandao, and said, "Brother Yuanshan has taken a fancy to that place in the Western Regions?" ”

Zhang Yuan said decisively: "Qingtang is attacking the southeast region of Huangtou Hui, and I am ready to fight from the north of Huangtou Huifu and get a piece of the pie from Huangtou Huifu." It's just that there are not many people in my tribe, and I still need to rely on the help of the heavenly army of the Heavenly Empire. ”

"Oh?!"

Li Zhaoliang exclaimed, and said tentatively: "My soldiers and horses of the Great Song Dynasty help you, is it a reward?" ”

This time, Kou Ji and his entourage rushed to the Western Regions, and the Yuanshan Department was deadly.

Da Song had the spare strength to help Yuanshanbu, so he naturally had to repay this favor.

It's just that Da Song owes a favor, and it has nothing to do with Li Zhaoliang.

When he asked Zhang Yuan like this, he was asking Zhang Yuan if there were any other oil and water fishing.

Zhang Yuan naturally understood Li Zhaoliang's thoughts, and he said in a deep voice: "Huangtou has returned to the territory of Su, but there are a lot of minerals. Our people are good at herding horses and sheep, not good at mining minerals, and they have to rely on the help of the Heavenly Empire.

In addition, the horses, cattle and sheep herded by our people also need to be exchanged for goods through the hands of the heavenly kingdoms. ”

When Li Zhaoliang heard this, his eyes lit up.

If you help the Yuanshan Department control the territory of the Yellow Head Huifu, let the Yuanshan Department gain a firm foothold.

Then those merchants in his mansion don't need to make a fuss in Xining City.

It is completely possible to move to the territory controlled by the Yuanshan Ministry and buy and sell with everyone in the Western Regions.

The annual income in the Western Regions should increase exponentially.

Li Zhaoliang's eyes subconsciously fell on Kou Ji and Zhu Neng.

Kou Ji and Zhu Neng were willing to tie the Yuanshan Department to the chariot when the Great Song Dynasty had an absolute advantage in the Western Regions, probably in order to use the Yuanshan Department to do business in the Western Regions.

Li Zhaoliang never thought that after discovering the treasure land, he would occupy it alone.

As a person who has been cultivated in the field of interests since he was a child, he even eats alone, what will happen.

Li Zhaoliang thought of this, stared at Kou Ji and Zhu Neng and muttered, "You think the same as mine, right?" ”

Kou Ji and Zhu Neng laughed and did not speak, which can be regarded as acquiescing to Li Zhaoliang's words.

Seeing this, Li Zhaoliang smiled heartily, "Since we all have a common purpose, let's discuss and discuss together, how to act in the Western Regions?" ”

Seeing that Li Zhaoliang had no doubts, Kou Ji said with a smile: "You also know that I don't understand the things of the war, so the things of the war still depend on the three of you." I'll take care of the rest, and I'll take care of it for you. ”

Zhu Neng, Li Zhaoliang, and Yang Wenguang listened to Kou Ji's words, and their faces were very strange.

If Kou Ji had never been to the Western Regions, if he said this, Zhu Neng, Li Zhaoliang, and Yang Wenguang would definitely nod their heads in agreement.

But Kou Ji is now in the Western Regions, and has planned the Battle of Victorious River, the Battle of Defeating the Iron Harrier outside Shazhou City, and the battle of destroying the city in Shazhou City.

In every battle, the number of enemies killed, and the exploits created are enough to surprise everyone's eyes.

If Kou Ji doesn't fight, he will make such a record as soon as he fights.

He said that he didn't understand military affairs, and Zhu Neng and the three didn't believe it.

Kou Ji saw the faces of the three of them, and roughly guessed what the three were thinking.

He didn't want to admit that he was inferior to others, so he could only say quietly: "You also know that I am a civilian official, and it is useless to have so many military merits." ”

Zhu Neng and the three of them were stunned.

Li Zhaoliang took the lead in holding his fists and said: "I have written down your favor!" ”

In Li Zhaoliang's view, the subsequent wars were one war after another to grab credit.

Kou Ji was reluctant to intervene, but gave them the credit, and they naturally owed Kou Ji a favor.

After Zhu Neng and Yang Wenguang heard Li Zhaoliang's words, they also reacted and saluted Kou Ji one after another.

Kou Ji smiled and waved his hand, "Okay, there is no need to say more polite words." Let's discuss how to fight the rest of the war. ”

Li Zhaoliang glanced at Kou Ji and Zhu Neng, and asked, "I just arrived, and I don't know the situation in the Western Regions as thoroughly as you two. Tell me what you think. ”

Kou Ji was the first to speak: "I mean, Yang Wenguang will lead 40,000 horses, together with more than 10,000 horses from the Yuanshan Department, to go south to the territory of Huangtou Hui and attack Huangtou Hui.

Previously, the soldiers and horses of Huangtou Huifu suffered a big loss in Deshengchuan, and their vitality had been reduced by thirty percent, and their strength had decreased a lot.

In addition, Qingtang is attacking the southeast region of the Huangtou Hui and has contained most of the elite of the Huangtou Hui, so there should not be too many elite soldiers left in the northern region of the Huangtou Hui.

Yang Wenguang and Yuanshan led more than 50,000 people, which was enough to cope with all difficulties.

After entering the territory of Huangtou Huifu, I will not say how to fight.

After Yang Wenguang and Yuanshan entered the territory of Huangtou Huifu, they made their own decisions.

The remaining 120,000 soldiers and horses were divided into three parts.

I will lead 20,000 to sweep away the remnants in Shazhou, sit in Shazhou City, and provide you with enough baggage protection.

Zhu Neng led 50,000 elite soldiers out of the north of Shazhou City, along the northeast line, and killed Guazhou.

Li Zhaoliang led 50,000 elite soldiers out of the south of Shazhou City, along the southeast line, to Guazhou.

It is a north-south attack, forcing towards Guazhou.

As far as I know.

This time, the Western Xia sent not many soldiers and horses to attack the Uighurs in Ganzhou and Shazhou.

There were only 3,000 Iron Harriers and tens of thousands of servants.

Now the Iron Harrier has been beaten and crippled, and the servant army has also suffered many casualties.

As long as our troops press the border and threaten a little, Li Yuanhao is very likely to give up Guazhou and retreat to Yumen Pass.