Kou Ji told Liu Heng not to rely too much on Guo Shoude's brain, it was not that Guo Shoude was stupid, but that Guo Shoude commanded hundreds of thousands of people to fight all year round, and his thinking may be rigid, and some of the suggestions given may only be suitable for hundreds or thousands of people to fight, but not for tens of thousands of people to fight.

Liu Heng had seen similar people, so as soon as Kou Ji reminded him, he understood Kou Ji's intentions.

"Fourth brother, I understand ......"

"It's good to understand......"

“……”

Kou Ji explained some trivial things to Liu Heng, and the two of them slept separately.

The next day, early in the morning.

After Kou Ji got up, before he had time to send people to Hengshan Pass, Guo Shoude appeared outside the camp with four or five cronies.

Kou Ji ordered someone to take Guo Shoude to meet Liu Heng, and Liu Heng placed him, while Kou Ji himself took a part of the soldiers of the Hengshan Army and rushed to an open field outside the southeast corner of Dejing Town.

Although Dejing Town is an important border area in Western Xia, it is not a barren place.

The winter wheat planted last year was trampled by a small group of cavalry of the Liao people before it was harvested, and it was cleanly wasted.

The grain farmers in Dejing Town had to tearfully clean up the trampled wheat and plant beans on it, hoping to make up for some of the losses and not starve without food and clothing in the winter.

When Kou Ji arrived at the southeast corner of Dejing Town, he saw the Western Xia people in Dejing Town serving bean seedlings.

When the people of Western Xia saw that there were soldiers and horses, they immediately fled to the dark place to take a closer look at Kou Ji and his party.

The reason why they did not flee back to the town was because they had lived in the border pass for many years and were used to seeing soldiers and horses wreaking havoc in the border pass.

If they were not forced by life, they would not beg for a living at the border.

The people of the Great Song Dynasty were very poor, and the people of Western Xia were even poorer.

is also being exploited, and the Western Xia is far more ruthless than the Great Song Dynasty.

The people of Western Xia looked pitiful, but Kou Ji did not have the slightest pity for them.

They are pitiful and deserve it.

Only the Han Chinese cultivated the land in Western Xia.

The only people who farmed on the border of the Song and Xia Dynasty were the Han people who were loyal to the Western Xia.

The vast majority of them took refuge in Western Xia on their own initiative.

There are rogues, bandits, and fugitives.

In order to establish their lives in Xixia, they did a lot of things to make a name for themselves.

Don't look at them as ordinary people who are oppressed now, but once the Western Xia soldiers and horses want to take down and plunder the population, food, and wealth, they will carry knives, step on the horses, and become the pawns of the Western Xia soldiers and horses.

In addition to aiding the abuse, they would also go around preaching to the people of the Great Song Dynasty how well the Western Xia treated them, and tricked the people who could not survive in the Great Song Dynasty to flee to the Western Xia.

In the face of such a group of seemingly cowardly, but actually treacherous people, Kou Ji naturally did not have the slightest pity.

Kou Ji led the people to the open field, took four flags, and planted them in the four directions to determine the direction.

Previously, when the land was divided outside the city of Linzhou, a soldier with a poor sense of direction, after stepping on horseback, ran for a period of time, he would deviate from the direction, run around, and in the end, he ran to enough places, but he didn't circle much, and he cried angrily.

In view of this, Kou Ji specially ordered people to set up four banners to help some soldiers with a poor sense of direction point in the right direction.

The flag was tied.

The Western Xia defenders of Dejing Town got the news and appeared not far from Kou Ji and his party.

"There are enemies!"

One of the scouts shouted loudly.

The soldiers of the Hengshan Army turned over their horses and rushed out.

Far more than the Western Xia defenders of Dejing Town, the soldiers of the Hengshan Army rushed to the Western Xia defenders fiercely, and the Western Xia defenders retreated again and again, all the way to the entrance of the town of Dejing Town, and they did not dare to fight with the soldiers of the Hengshan Army.

The leader of the army drove the Western Xia defenders of Dejing Town into Dejing Town, and wandered around the entrance of Dejing Town on horseback, shouting loudly while wandering: "I advise you to withdraw from the territory of my Great Song Dynasty as soon as possible, otherwise you will have to go under my sword." ”

The Western Xia defenders in Dejing Town stood at the entrance of the town, looking at the soldiers of the Hengshan Army, who dared to be angry and did not dare to speak.

The soldiers of the Hengshan Army laughed loudly in the angry expressions of the Western Xia defenders.

After laughing.

The commander of the army ordered his soldiers to be stationed at the entrance of Dejing Town, clearing the obstacles for the other soldiers to stake their horses.

The Western Xia defenders in Dejing Town watched the soldiers of the Hengshan Army outside the town carve up the land of Dejing Town.

The soldiers of the Hengshan Army in this enclosure did not have any military exploits, so the time of the enclosure was not long, only a quarter of the time of incense.

It's not that Kou Ji doesn't have extra land to distribute to them, but they don't have military exploits, and the circle is a good land, if the time is equal to the time of those soldiers who enclosed the land before, then the soldiers who enclosed the land before will definitely be dissatisfied.

Do not suffer from few, but suffer from unevenness.

The soldiers of the Hengshan Army made a fuss outside Dejing Town for a day, and divided the land outside Dejing Town cleanly.

Kou Ji did not lead the soldiers back to the camp, but ordered the soldiers to camp on the spot outside Dejing Town and stay.

Kou Ji made a small fuss in Dejing Town, but it caused an uproar in the northwest.

Many people in the northwest almost didn't lose their big teeth after learning that Kou Ji led his army to carve up a large area outside Dejing Town.

Dejing Town, that is the territory of the Tangut people, Kou Ji, a Great Song Dynasty official, said that he would divide it, and he didn't say hello to the Xixia, it was too domineering and arrogant.

But domineering is domineering, arrogant is arrogant, but no one accuses Kou Ji of doing something wrong.

Some of them even began to deduce Kou Ji's intentions through this move.

The final result was that Kou Ji was going to use troops against Western Xia.

If Kou Ji wanted to use troops against Western Xia, the soldiers and horses in the entire northwest would not be idle.

As a result, the soldiers and horses of the entire northwest invariably began to quietly prepare for war, and when the time was ripe, Kou Ji gave an order, and they went into Western Xia and turned him upside down.

The movements of the soldiers and horses in the northwest naturally can't be hidden from Kou Ji's ears and eyes.

Kou Ji smiled heartily after learning that the soldiers and horses in the northwest were preparing for war.

"The soldiers and horses in the northwest are good, and they are a little aggressive...... My Great Song also has some of the appearance of a strong country......"

What should a strong country look like?

Every time there is a battle, they do not show their timidity, and the soldiers rush to be the first to go into battle.

This is what a strong country should look like.

With the vast land and wealth of the Central Plains, and the wealth of the Central Plains, in terms of manpower and financial resources, they will not lose to any enemy.

As long as the soldiers are not afraid of death, it is inevitable to be strong.

"The enterprising spirit of the Northwest soldiers and horses is all brought to them by you."

Liu Heng said with a smile beside Kou Ji.

Kou Ji smiled and didn't say much.

Liu Heng continued to laugh and said: "In just two days, the land around Dejing Town has been occupied by us, and now there is only Dejing Town left, when are you going to do it." ”

Kou Ji was stunned for a moment, pouted and said, "I thought that the commander of the Western Xia garrison in Dejing Town was a smart man, and when he saw such a situation, he should take the initiative to withdraw from Dejing Town."

But he didn't expect that he was so ignorant of life and death.

Since he was not afraid of losing his life, he would send them on the road together. ”

Kou Ji looked at Liu Heng and ordered, "My retinue guards have escorted the Liao captives here. Tonight you will select a thousand men, and give each of them a knife, and let them go out of the camp. ”

Liu Heng groaned: "With a thousand people, there is no problem in taking Dejing Town. But it can attack other places, I'm afraid it's not enough. ”

Kou Ji was slightly stunned, looked at Liu Heng, and said, "Are you referring to Qiliping not far from Dejing Town?" ”

Liu Heng nodded slowly, "There are heavy troops stationed in Qiliping, no less than 5,000 people, all the blades and horses, and 1,000 Liao prisoners, I am afraid that if you rush into Qiliping, you will be exterminated by the Western Xia people." ”

"So what do you mean?"

"Let more Liao prisoners go over."

"How much?"

"How about releasing 10,000 of them?"

Kou Ji rolled his eyes, "Ten thousand? You can say it. We let dogs out to bite, not to be bitten by dogs. A thousand Liao people, with blades and horses, do not pose much of a threat to us.

But 10,000 Liao people, who have grabbed enough horses and blades in the territory of Western Xia, is a huge threat to us.

If they devour the Lord in turn, will we not be shooting ourselves in the foot? ”

"But I heard that you said that you would let a large number of Liao people go to harm Western Xia."

Liu Heng asked seriously.

Kou Ji glanced at Liu Heng and asked, "What did Guo Shoude tell you?" ”

Liu Heng did not hide it and nodded slowly.

Kou Ji rolled his eyes, "I'll just say it casually, are you still serious?" ”

Liu Heng suddenly couldn't laugh or cry.

Liu Heng said: "But a thousand Liao people can't pose much of a threat to Western Xia at all. ”

Kou Ji smiled and said, "So we have to send some more people to them." ”

Liu Heng's mind was a little confused for a moment.

Kou Ji said with a smile: "The Liao people have been sent out, and they are worried about devouring the lord, but our own people have sent them out, so it is impossible to deal with us in turn, right?" ”

Liu Heng stared at Kou Ji in amazement and said, "Are you going to send someone to pretend to be a Liao?" ”

Kou Ji smiled and nodded, "The difference between the Liao people and us is their hair accessories and clothes. Now the armaments of the Liao people have been pulled clean by me, and my head has been shaved by me.

Most of the blades and clothes I issued to the Liao people were eliminated from our army.

As long as we send another army of men and horses, shaved heads, and dressed in the same clothes as theirs, it is easy to be fooled. ”

Liu Heng glared and pointed to his face in a daze, "But the face is ......"

Kou Ji smiled indifferently: "Among the Liao people, only a few people look different from us, and most of the others are no different from us. As long as the people we send out do things with the temperament of the Liao people, who knows if they are really Liao people.

What if it is known?

We don't admit it, they don't admit it, what can the Tangut people do with us? ”

Liu Heng said with a smile: "As the saying goes, the body is skinny, and the parents are affected." I, the common people of the Song Dynasty, look at hair very seriously, and I will not shave it easily. Where do we find a group of people who are willing to shave their heads? ”

Kou Ji said with a smile: "That group of people in the Iron Gate Pass are training. ”

Liu Heng was stunned and said, "That group of scourges? ”

Kou Ji nodded slowly and smiled: "They violated the military order and went out of the customs to burn and loot without permission, I punished them by shaving their heads, and they have no reason to refuse." I asked them to pretend to be Liao people and go to burn, kill and loot, and they had no reason to refuse. ”

Liu Heng opened his mouth and was speechless.

The group of scourges in the Iron Gate Pass, violating the military order, went out of the pass to burn, kill and loot without permission, even if Kou Ji cut them all, no one dared to cry out for injustice.

Now they just cut off their hair as a punishment, and they were willing.

They used to be illegal robberies and had a lot of worries.

Now Kou Ji instructed the yamen to rob, which can be regarded as a legal robbery.

Then they will definitely let go of their hands and feet and make trouble in the territory of Western Xia recklessly.

Since Kou Ji has thought about everything properly, Liu Heng doesn't need to worry about this matter.

Liu Heng withdrew from Kou Ji's tent and went to the place where the captives were held, carefully selecting a thousand people.

When night came, he led them out of the camp.

When they arrived outside the camp, they were given weapons, and then they were driven into the town of Dejing.

The Liao people are not stupid, and they can roughly guess that the Song people let them into Western Xia at this time because they wanted to use them.

But they are willing to be used.

If you stay in the Song Kingdom as a prisoner, you will most likely be tortured to death.

However, when they went to Western Xia to make trouble, they could use this to plunder horses, grain, and armor.

As long as they had horses, armor, and food in hand, they had the possibility of recovering the Liao State.

Therefore, after the Liao people rushed into Dejing Town, they did not need Kou Ji and Liu Heng to send people to deliberately guide them, so they decisively killed the Western Xia defenders in Dejing Town.

The Liao people knew very well that after taking the Western Xia defenders in Dejing Town, with their armaments and horses, their combat effectiveness could be quickly doubled.

The Liao people who have horses and the Liao people who don't have horses are completely two kinds of people.

Soon after the Liao people entered Dejing Town.

Shouts of killing rang out in Dejing Town.

Then fires broke out everywhere, and the flames illuminated half of Dejing Town.

Kou Ji and Liu Heng watched from the outside, watching the Liao people tear apart the Western Xia defenders in Dejing Town.

After a tragic hand-to-hand fight, the Liao people won.

After the Liao defeated the Western Xia defenders in Dejing Town and plundered their horses, blades, grain and grass, they immediately transformed into a small group of cavalry straddling horses.

Rushing out from the other side of Dejing Town, he disappeared from the sight of Kou Ji and Liu Heng.

As soon as the Liao people left, Kou Ji almost did not hesitate to give orders to the guards beside him.

"I sent a letter to Li Deming and asked him why he sent someone to collude with the Liao people to rescue the Liao people from the place where my Great Song Dynasty held prisoners! Within half a month, I need Li Deming to give me an explanation.

He must seize this Liao and deliver it to me.

I must also repay all the injuries of my Da Song this time.

If he doesn't agree, then we'll see you on the battlefield. ”

As soon as Kou Ji said this, everyone around him was shocked.

The scene in front of you is obviously planned by you, and this can also be blamed on the Xixia people?

Seeing that no one answered, Kou Ji raised his eyebrows and said, "Something?" ”

The people around him shook their heads with laughter and tears.

You are clearly trying to find fault with the Tangut people, and you will plant blame on the Tangut people for everything, what problems can we have.

The clerk in Kou Ji's tent bowed his hand to Kou Ji, and returned to the tent to draft a long letter.

After Kou Ji led the people back to the tent, the clerk handed the long letter to Kou Ji.

Kou Ji reviewed it, and after finding that there were no omissions, he stamped his seal and ordered someone to send it to the Tangut people.