Chen Lin's abnormal behavior naturally attracted the attention of people with a heart.

Some people thought that Chen Lin was representing the official family and was going to Kou Mansion to be held accountable, so they sent someone to follow behind Chen Lin, intending to see how Kou Ji reacted after being held accountable by Zhao Zhen.

After Chen Lin arrived at Koufu, he passed through Tongyu, entered Koufu, and walked all the way to the side courtyard of Koufu.

Kou Ji sat at the door of the mourning hall in the side courtyard, and after seeing Chen Lin, he asked suspiciously, "Why are you here?" Come and see my jokes? ”

Seeing that Chen Lin was wearing an official uniform known to the Inner Servant Province for the first time, he added, "Look at my jokes, you don't have to be so grand, right?" ”

Chen Lin didn't say anything, after he walked in front of Kou Ji, he tidied up his clothes and saluted Kou Ji respectfully.

Seeing this, Kou Ji was slightly stunned.

Kou Ji thought about it for a while, guessed Chen Lin's intention, and pouted slightly: "You don't have to be so polite to me. After you die, I will definitely not lay a mourning hall for you. ”

Chen Lin stared at Kou Ji and said, "But when you celebrate the New Year's holiday, you will go to our family's grave and give our family a pillar of incense." ”

Kou Ji said disdainfully: "Don't say that I won't go to incense for you, even if I really go to give you incense, it will be pitiful to you, no one will care after you die, I am afraid that you will become a lonely ghost." ”

Chen Lin said lightly: "As long as you give incense to our family, as for whether you pity our family, or run to our family's grave to count our family, our family doesn't care." ”

Speaking of this, Chen Lin handed Zhao Zhen's imperial pen to Kou Ji.

"The official family gave it to Kou Zhong."

Kou Ji took Zhao Zhen's imperial pen, took a closer look, and said with a wry smile: "What kind of excitement is the official family making up." ”

Chen Lin said frankly: "The official family is also afraid that you will be scolded too badly by others. ”

Kou Ji glanced back at the mourning hall, "If I'm afraid of being scolded, I won't set up this mourning hall." ”

Chen Lin asked rhetorically: "The official family is afraid of being scolded?" ”

Kou Ji pouted: "It's not that he's not afraid of being scolded, it's that no one dares to scold him." Scolding me Kou Ji will not hurt in any way, scolding him, will lose his head. ”

Chen Lin said frankly: "So the official family has a lot of fun, as long as it is good for you, there is no harm." ”

Kou Ji smiled bitterly and said no more.

Chen Lin didn't speak again, he stepped into the mourning hall and gave Kou Zhong a few sticks of incense.

After leaving the mourning hall, Chen Lin asked, "The one in the hall is the son you found for Kou Zhong?" ”

Kou Ji said bluntly: "It's the heir he found himself to inherit the incense." I thought of choosing one of my younger brothers and wearing filial piety for him. But he seemed frightened, so he decided to find one himself. ”

Chen Lin stared at Kou Ji with a shocked expression.

Kou Ji asked, "Got a problem?" ”

Chen Lin said suspiciously: "If he hadn't been scared, he hadn't found one himself." Will you choose one of your younger brothers to wear linen and filial piety for him? ”

Kou Ji said frankly: "I, Kou Ji, am also a person who wants to be faced, since I have made a promise, I will definitely fulfill it." ”

Chen Lin thought for a moment and said, "After our family dies, can you also choose one of your younger brothers to wear filial piety for our family?" ”

Kou Ji rolled his eyes and said angrily: "I asked Kou Tianci to go and wear filial piety for you, do you dare to accept it?" ”

Chen Lin was startled and hurriedly said, "When our family didn't say it." ”

After Chen Lin died, if Kou Ji really asked Kou Tianci to give Chen Lin a hemp and filial piety, Chen Lin would be able to come back to life in fright.

Kou Tianci is Zhao Zhen's godson, Princess Baoqing's concubine, and Chen Lin's main family.

Kou Tianci wears linen and filial piety, and Chen Lin can't stand it.

After Kou Ji frightened Chen Lin, he said, "Don't think about my younger brothers. For the sake of our friendship for many years, after you die, I can pick an orphan for you, pass it to your name, give you linen and filial piety, and help your Chen family inherit the incense. ”

Chen Lin glanced at Kou Ji and said, "I'll talk about this matter when our family is dying." ”

Chen Lin was a loyal servant of Zhao Zhen, and he was afraid that Kou Ji would blackmail him by helping him pass on his stepchildren, so he didn't agree to this.

Kou Ji guessed Chen Lin's thoughts, but he didn't break the matter.

Kou Ji accompanied Chen Lin and said some unnutritious words, and asked Chen Lin to leave Kou Mansion.

After Chen Lin left, there was something about Zhao Zhen giving Kou Zhong the word 'loyal servant', which also spread like a gust of wind.

Overnight, those rumors criticizing and accusing Kou Ji disappeared one after another.

Instead, he praised Kou Ji's love and righteousness, and praised Zhao Zhen's reputation for admiring loyalty.

A few days after Kou Zhong stopped in Koufu, Kou Ji instructed his servants to carry Kou Zhong's bones out of Bianjing City and bury Kou Zhong on a high mountain outside Bianjing City.

That mountain, Kou Ji specially found someone to see, is a treasure of feng shui.

After the ancestral graves of the ancestors of the Kou Zhun lineage were migrated, they would be buried on the mountain.

After Kou Zhun dies, he will also be buried on the mountain.

That high mountain will become the new ancestral tomb of the Kou clan in the future.

The reason why it was chosen on the mountain instead of on the flat ground was to prevent the Yellow River from bursting its banks and soaking the graves.

After Kou Zhong was buried, the turmoil caused by Kou Zhong in Bianjing City gradually dissipated.

It didn't take a few days.

Kou Zhun, Kou Li, and Kou Ji left Bianjing City together, went to Huazhou, and after worshipping the ancestors of the Kou family, they moved all their corpses outside Bianjing City.

Lu Ming made a point in advance, and after Kou Zhun and Kou Ji arrived, they just simply worshipped, and then returned to Bianjing City with the corpses containing their ancestors.

During this period, those clan elders in Huazhou also stopped Kou Zhun and Kou Ji and asked for benefits again.

Kou Zhun didn't bother to deal with them, so he handed over the matter to Kou Ji.

Kou Ji's request to those clan elders was answered.

As long as those clan elders can bring it up, Kou Ji will do almost everything.

Including their excessive request to let a very promising middle-aged man in the clan hold an important position in Shaanxi Mansion, Kou Ji also agreed.

After Kou Ji transported the bones of the ancestors of the Kou clan back to Bianjing City and buried them in peace.

Kou Ji decisively transferred Bao Zheng, the governor of Duanzhou, to Huazhou to serve as the governor.

Before Bao Zheng rushed to take office, Kou Ji also specially sent someone to tell Bao Zheng that Bao Zheng should let go of his hands and feet to do things and not care about anyone's attitude.

Bao Zheng is not a stupid person, so he naturally understands the meaning of Kou Ji's words.

With Kou Ji's advice, once the people of the Kou clan in Huazhou make a mistake, he will definitely not be soft.

After the private affairs of the Kou Mansion are properly handled.

It's the end of the year.

The war between the Black Han Dynasty and the Liao State against the Uighurs in Western Prefecture was coming to an end.

Reports about the Uighur war in Xizhou frequently entered Bianjing.

Inside the Shikudo.

Zhao Zhen handed a report to Chen Lin, and after instructing Chen Lin to hand it to Lu Yijian, he said in a deep voice: "The war between the Black Khan Dynasty and the Liao State against the Uighurs in Xizhou is similar to what we expected.

After they had captured Gaochang with their combined forces, they rushed to Guigukou together, preparing to attack the Uighur king of Xizhou from both sides.

The 10,000 soldiers and horses sent by the Great Song Dynasty played a major role in blocking the Black Khan Dynasty and the Liao State from attacking the Uighurs in Xizhou. ”

After carefully reviewing the report, Lu Yijian nodded and said: "The guerrilla general Gao Yi and the supervising army Zhang Fangping can rely on 10,000 people and some firearms to block nearly 800,000 soldiers and horses for half a month.

It can be seen that both of them are rare talents. ”

Zhao Zhen nodded and said: "I know Gao Yi, in the previous battle in Yangguan in Hexi, Gao Yi came to prominence, and I remembered him. Who is Zhang Fangping? This time, they were able to resist the 800,000 Black Khan and the Liao State coalition army, thanks to Zhang Fangping who designed a trap in advance, leading the former army of the Black Han Dynasty and the Liao State into Guigukou, killing more than 30,000 people, shocking the Black Khan Dynasty and the Liao State Alliance, making them delay in Guigukou for half a month.

It can be said that Zhang Fangping played an important role in the battle of Guigukou.

Such a talent, how come I have never heard of it before. ”

After Zhao Zhen finished speaking, Wang Zeng slowly bowed his hand and said: "Zhang Fangping, this person, is a Maocai of the special class in the eighth year of the Heavenly Sage, and he previously served as a judge in Muzhou.

The minister heard Song Shou, the prefect of Tianfu, mention this person, and had the heart to give it a try, so he discussed it with Kou Shumi.

He was placed in the Uighur army that went to Xizhou to come to the aid of the Uighurs, and put him to the test. ”

Zhao Zhen nodded and said, "In this way, this person can withstand the test and can be regarded as a good talent." After he returned to the court, he was given a Zhizhou, and then honed and honed.

Wang Aiqing and Song Shou, the prefect of Yingtianfu, gave 100,000 yuan for their meritorious work. ”

Wang Zeng arched his hand and said, "Thank you for the official reward." ”

Zhao Zhen said again: "Gao Yi was not lightly injured in this battle of Guigukou. After he returned to the court, he was awarded the general of the town government of Shaanxi Prefecture and let him stay in the place for a few years. ”

Lu Yijian and Kou Ji all agreed.

"......"

Gao Yi belonged to the forbidden army, and when he was transferred to the local government to serve as a military attaché, he needed the Privy Council and the Inner Court together.

Zhao Zhen decided the matter and didn't give Lu Yijian and Kou Ji a chance to discuss, so the two of them could only agree.

After Zhao Zhen's voice landed, Zhang Zhibai said in a deep voice: "The Uighur Khan of Xizhou is really an idiot. My Da Song almost sacrificed the lives of 10,000 soldiers to buy him time to escape.

He didn't flee directly to my Great Song Dynasty, but stayed in Yizhou halfway through the escape, ready to fight again. ”

Lu Yijian snorted coldly: "He didn't give up until he reached the Yellow River, but he wasted the hard work and lives of nearly 10,000 soldiers of my Great Song Dynasty. ”

Zhao Zhen frowned and did not speak.

Kou Ji said in a deep voice: "He is the master of one side anyway, and he will definitely not be willing to be a slave of the country before he is completely defeated." He was halfway through the fugitive, staying in Illinois, ready to make another last ditch, understandably.

But nearly 10,000 of my soldiers paid the price of blood and bought him the opportunity to escape, but he didn't cherish it, so it was necessary for him to give me an explanation. ”

Zhao Zhen stared at Kou Ji and asked, "What are you going to do?" ”

Kou Ji said bluntly: "I will then order Chong Shiheng to lead 50,000 Zhenxi troops to Yizhou to ask the Uighur Khan of Xizhou." ”

Lu Yijian frowned and said, "Wouldn't this move be a little dangerous?" What if Chong Shiheng led the Zhenxi Army to Yizhou, and the Liao soldiers just happened to kill the city of Yizhou? ”

Kou Ji analyzed: "The Uighur Khan of Xizhou, since he wants to make a last ditch fight in Yizhou, then he will definitely deploy troops in Nazhan and Yidu, which the Liao army must pass.

The soldiers and horses of the Western Uighurs were less than the millions of soldiers and horses of the Black Khan Dynasty for decades, and they still had some ability.

Both the post and the benefits were given to the Liao State by the Black Khan King Yu Sufu.

Therefore, the soldiers and horses that attacked Nazhi and Yidu should all be the soldiers and horses of the Liao State.

The Uighur soldiers and horses of Xizhou certainly did not have the strength to defeat the soldiers and horses of the Liao State, but it was still possible to block the Liao soldiers for ten days and half a month.

Chong Shiheng led the Zhenxi Army to Yizhou, but it didn't take so long. ”

Lu Yijian said in a deep voice: "But it will take a lot of time for us to pass the news to Chong Shiheng. ”

Kou Ji frowned and said, "The official road in Hexi has been repaired. Starting from Bianjing, it is urgent to use 800 miles, day and night, and the shortest should be five days. There are five days left, and if Chong Shiheng leads the army to Yizhou in a light car, he should be able to make a round trip. ”

Wang Zeng asked, "What if Shiheng meets the Liao soldiers in Yizhou?" ”

Kou Ji muttered, "Then don't be afraid. The Liao State sent 200,000 soldiers and horses to the Uighurs in Western State. In the process of taking the Western Uighurs, there should have been a lot of damage. and assign a few to guard the Uighur cities they had conquered. The soldiers and horses that can be sent to the battlefield in Yizhou should not exceed 60,000.

50,000 Zhenxi Army, against 60,000 Liao soldiers, can stand and win. ”

When Lu Yijian and Wang Zeng heard this, they both frowned.

Seeing this, Kou Ji added, "Half of the soldiers of the Zhenxi Army have been replaced with firearms. ”

Lu Yijian and Wang Zeng were stunned for a moment, glanced at each other, and stared at Kou Ji to ask.

"Can be equipped with artillery?"

Kou Ji nodded and said, "The artillery in each army is the first to be fully equipped, and the same is true for the Zhenxi Army. The Zhenxi Army has 3,000 artillery, of which 1,000 are in charge of general cannons, and every fifth person is in charge of one general cannon; Two thousand people are in charge of the sky-shaking cannon, and ten people have a sky-shaking cannon.

Each of the general's guns was also equipped with ten auxiliaries.

At present, among the forbidden army, there are only artillery in charge of general artillery, equipped with auxiliaries. ”

The general cannon in Kou Ji's mouth is the Hongyi cannon that has been further optimized, and the sky-shaking cannon is a conscienceless cannon.

After Zhao Zhen saw the power of artillery, he decisively gave new names to the two types of artillery.

Therefore, the artillery in the army has now changed its name to a new name.

Although the Hongyi cannon was equipped with wheels in order to facilitate transportation, the Hongyi cannon was very heavy and it was still inconvenient to transport, so when Kou Ji set up the artillery, he specially equipped them with auxiliaries.

Lü Yijian and Wang Zeng did not care about the transportation of artillery, nor did they care about the name of the artillery.

They only cared about whether the Zhenxi army was equipped with artillery and whether the number of artillery pieces was sufficient.

Hearing Kou Ji's answer, they also breathed a sigh of relief.

The power of artillery, they have seen.

They know that artillery has the power to change the battlefield pattern and win more with less.

Therefore, after hearing that Kou Ji had equipped the Zhenxi army with more than 100 artillery, they were no longer worried that Chong Shiheng led the Zhenxi army to Yizhou and would lose the battle after encountering the Liao soldiers.

"Since the Zhenxi army is equipped with enough artillery, let Chong Shiheng go to Yizhou."

After Lu Yijian and Wang Zeng knew that Chong Shiheng had enough strength to fight with the Liao soldiers, they all spoke out in favor of Kou Ji's idea.

Zhang Zhibai muttered on the side: "The old man is not worried that Chong Shiheng will run into Liao soldiers after he leads the soldiers and horses to Yizhou. After combing through several times, the combat effectiveness of our Song soldiers and horses has been greatly improved.

In the case that the difference in the number of soldiers and horses is not too large, even without the help of artillery.

My Great Song Forbidden Army can also fight against the Liao soldiers.

What the old man is worried about is that the Uighur Khan of Xizhou is unwilling to give in to my Great Song Dynasty easily. ”

Kou Ji said coldly: "Since I sent Chong Shiheng over with soldiers and horses, I didn't plan to talk to him well. If he is interested, after seeing my Great Song Dynasty soldiers and horses, he will bring money and people back with my Great Song Dynasty soldiers and horses.

If he is not interested, then I will let Chong Shiheng destroy him and his people, and bring back the money. ”

Lu Yijian and Wang Zeng glanced at each other and did not speak.

Zhang Zhibai smiled bitterly in his heart and sighed: "You Kou Ji will always be so ruthless to outsiders. ”

Kou Ji said nonchalantly: "We are not good people, and my sons of the Great Song Dynasty are not born and raised. We paid the price, and we deserve to be rewarded.

If the other party does not give anything in return, then we can only smash their bowl and snatch it from their bowl. ”

Zhang Zhibai smiled bitterly and shook his head, but did not say anything against it.

The Uighur Khan of Xizhou wasted the opportunity for the Great Song Dynasty to fight for him to escape, and he had to die once.

Then it would not be a pity for him to die.

Kou Ji sent Chong Shiheng to deal with him in the past, Zhang Zhibai felt that it should be.

The reason why Zhang Zhibai smiled bitterly was because he felt that Kou Ji was too arrogant and domineering.

Acting with such a temperament, sooner or later Da Song will have no friends.

Zhao Zhen said decisively: "Then pass the order to Chong Shiheng." ”

Kou Ji arched his hand and said, "......"

After agreeing on this matter, Zhao Zhen ordered everyone to disperse.

When Kou Ji left the palace, he rushed to the Privy Council, wrote a document, stamped half of the military seal, and then sent someone to send the document to the palace and asked Zhao Zhen to stamp the other half of the military seal.

After the military seals were complete, Kou Ji ordered the documents to be sent to Hexi.

It is on the border of Shazhou under the rule of Hexi Prefecture, thousands of miles away from Bianjing.

Chong Shiheng instructed the general of the Zhenxi Army to gather 50,000 soldiers and horses of the Zhenxi Army, and Chen soldiers were on the border and ready for battle.

Battle flags hunt in the cold wind.

Tents stuck to the ground like nails.

The soldiers at the gate of the gate were tightly guarded at the door one by one.

Like an old peasant, Li Di stabbed his hands into his cuffs, held a shepherd whip in his arms, drove a flock of sheep, and walked towards the gate.

Behind Li Di, Du Yan led a group of servants and soldiers to push wheelbarrows, which were filled with sheepskin bags and dried fruits.

Li Di drove the sheep to the gate of the Yuan, but was stopped by the soldiers guarding the gate.

Li Di did not rely on his identity to break in.

He just ordered the soldiers guarding the door to go in and say goodbye.

It didn't take long.

Chong Shiheng was dressed in a big hat, led his own soldiers, and hurried to the gate of the Yuan.

After seeing Li Di, he hurriedly stepped forward and said, "It's a cold day, you don't lie on the kang in the house, what are you doing here?" ”

Li Di put the shepherd whip into his waist, stroked his snow-white beard, and muttered: "The old man hasn't asked you yet, but you asked the old man first." It's a cold day, you didn't take it with you in the camp of the Zhenxi Army, what did you do with the Zhenxi Army to Shazhou? ”

Chong Shiheng smiled bitterly and said frankly: "The reason why I let the Zhenxi army gather here is to prevent the soldiers and horses of the Black Khan Dynasty and the soldiers and horses of the Liao State from offending my Great Song border after defeating the Xizhou Uighurs.

The second is to wait for the official soldiers to arrive in Yizhou, so that they can quickly rush to Yizhou. ”

Li Di asked: "Why did you expect that the official family would issue an order to let you send troops to Yizhou." ”

Chong Shiheng said with a smile: "I don't dare to guess the thoughts of the official family. But I can still guess a thing or two about Kou's secret thoughts. Kou Shumi is the kind of person who doesn't like to suffer.

This time, our Great Song Dynasty sent nearly 10,000 soldiers to the aid of the Western Uighurs, in order to buy time for the Western Uighur Khans to escape.

But the old boy escaped halfway and stopped.

He also plans to make a last fight with the Liao soldiers in Yizhou.

As soon as he was defeated, all the money and people in his hands belonged to the Liao people.

My Great Song Dynasty lost nearly 10,000 soldiers, but I didn't get anything.

Can Kou be willing?

With Kou's secretive temperament, I will definitely be able to kill the Liao soldiers in Yizhou before they arrive in Yizhou, and ask for the money and people in the hands of the Uighur Khan of Xizhou. ”

Li Di pinched his chin and nodded, and said, "What you said is right, that pair of ancestors and grandchildren are masters who do not suffer." One is harder to serve than the other. ”

When Chong Shiheng heard this, he laughed and said, "I'm afraid you also guessed how Bianjing City would react after the actions of the Uighur Khan of Xizhou reached Bianjing."

So when I gathered my troops, you didn't say anything. ”

Li Di pursed his lips and did not speak.

Chong Shiheng continued: "It's just that you sent these sheep over to reward the soldiers, isn't it a little inappropriate? ”

"Phew......"

Li Di spat unceremoniously and said, "Reward the soldiers? That's something that only officials can do. The old man has been an official for many years, how can he do taboo things.

The old man sent sheep and some dried fruits, purely to pity the dolls who were about to go on the expedition.

I want them to eat a meal of mutton and drink a bowl of mutton soup before they go on the expedition.

Then bring some dried fruit to eat on the road. ”

Chong Shiheng asked, "What's the difference between that and rewarding soldiers?" ”

Li Di glared, "Old man's things, you can't eat them for nothing." When you get to Yizhou, you have reaped the benefits, you have to leave some for Hexi. ”

Chong Shiheng frowned slightly, "Now the military discipline of the forbidden army is extremely strict, and it is a felony to distribute and seize them privately without the permission of the Privy Council. ”

Li Di said disdainfully: "The old man doesn't want the money and cattle, sheep and horses of the Uighurs in Xizhou. ”

Chong Shiheng said suspiciously: "Then what do you want?" ”

Li Di pouted and said, "The old man is thinking that after the fall of the Uighurs in Xizhou, the women of the Uighurs in Xizhou will definitely become homeless and pitiful. The old man has no other strengths, that is, he is kind-hearted and can't see the poor man.

If you have the means, bring them all back.

The old man found a man for them in Hexi and helped them warm their bed, so that they would not freeze to death outside. ”

When Chong Shiheng heard this, the corners of his mouth twitched.

Seeing this, Li Di glared at Chong Shiheng and said, "What, you also want to be kind?" ”

Chong Shiheng shook his head decisively and said, "I heard that those people in Shazhou are now married to three wives and concubines. Isn't it inappropriate to find a wife and concubine for them again? ”

Li Di rolled his eyes and said, "Those men in Shazhou are not short of mothers-in-law. But the men who emigrated from Guazhou, Suzhou, Xiliang and other places are short of mothers-in-law.

If they don't find a mother-in-law, they will probably have to rent a wife.

If the trend of renting a wife is prevalent in Hexi, Kou Ji's kid must not be sarcastic about the old man. ”