When the old lieutenant arrived at the camp, he gave his name and issued a waist tag, and was soon led to the tent where Kou Ji was.

As soon as the old lieutenant reached the entrance of the tent, took a deep breath, and was about to shout, he heard Kou Ji's voice coming from inside the tent.

"You mean, after you passed my word on to those Tanguts, they refused to leave?"

"Yes, young master!"

"There are so many faces that the dogs feel like wolves. Since they don't know whether to live or die, don't blame me for being ruthless. Tomorrow, I will take the soldiers of the Hengshan Army to divide the area east of Dejing Town. You rushed back to Yinzhou overnight, and sent a thousand Liao prisoners from Yinzhou, and brought a thousand knives with you by the way. ”

"The young master is planning to ......"

"Let those Liao people enter Dejing Town, and tell them that whether they can escape back to Liao and survive depends on their creation. And guess what they're going to do? ”

"A thousand...... I'm afraid it's not enough ......."

"That's two thousand, if not, ten thousand...... The Liao people have taken prisoners, we have 30,000 of them, if we neglect supervision and are escaped by them, it has little to do with us who they go to harm......

The Tangut people can let the Liao people into the Western Xia, why can't I let the Liao people into the Western Xia.

If the Tangut people do the first year of junior high school, I can do fifteen. ”

“……”

The conversation between Koji and the guards is understated.

The old lieutenant standing at the door of the tent could listen to the cold sweat.

Did I hear some military secrets that I shouldn't have heard?

Have I discovered the true face of Kou Jinglu's hypocrisy?

Will Kou Jingluo kill me?

With Kou Jingluo's current power, killing me is no different from killing a chicken.

Is it too late to run?

Cold sweat broke out on the old lieutenant's forehead, and he was thinking crankily in his heart.

Just as he was thinking of escaping, Koji's guards came out of the tent.

After seeing the old lieutenant, he coughed lightly.

The old lieutenant was like a bee sting, and he stood upright suddenly, and shouted loudly: "Guo Shoude, the captain of Hengshan Pass, asks to see him!" ”

After the old lieutenant finished shouting, he found that a man in armor and a guard was staring at him strangely.

The old lieutenant blushed suddenly.

Without waiting for the two to speak.

Inside the tent, Koji's voice could be heard.

"Hengshan Guanguan Captain Guo Shoude?"

Guo Shoude hurriedly said: "It's a humble position!" ”

"Come in!"

Guo Shoude wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and hurried into the tent.

As soon as he entered the tent, he saw Kou Ji holding a military book upside down, lazily lying on a couch.

Kou Ji casually dropped the military book, pointed to the stool not far away, and said, "Sit down and talk." ”

"Whoa!"

Guo Shoude saluted respectfully, walked over and sat on the stool, sitting flat and steady, staring straight ahead with his eyes straight ahead, without blinking.

Seeing this, Kou Ji groaned slightly, and said, "Don't be restrained......"

Guo Shoude replied again, "......"

Kou Ji glanced at his lips and did not speak again.

When you meet a subordinate who does things in a straightforward way, it is impossible for you to expect him to be able to let go in front of you.

Kou Ji slowly brewed himself a cup of tea, took a sip, and then asked, "You are not guarding Hengshan Pass, why did you come here to see me?" ”

Guo Shoude was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said: "I heard that Kou Jing has arrived outside Hengshan Pass, so I naturally want to come to visit, this is a courtesy." ”

Kou Ji nodded slowly, "Since you've seen it, let's go back." ”

"Huh?!"

Guo Shoude was stunned.

Kou Ji glanced at him and said lightly, "Is there something wrong?" ”

Guo Shoude hesitated for a long time and shook his head slowly.

Kou Ji waved his hand and said, "Go down, I'm tired of ......"

Guo Shoude got up, walked out, took two steps, and couldn't move his feet.

Guo Shoude gritted his teeth, turned around, saluted Kou Ji, and said in a deep voice: "Kou Jingluo, humble and courageous, I want to ask Kou Jingluo for one thing." ”

Kou Ji put down the teacup he had just picked up and glanced at the old captain, "What's the matter?" ”

Guo Shoude said in a deep voice: "Kou Jinglue wants to provoke a war between my Great Song Dynasty and Western Xia? ”

Kou Ji said lightly: "It has something to do with you?" ”

Guo Shoude opened his mouth, stunned and speechless.

He was a guard captain, and in Kou Ji's eyes, he was just a bigger soldier.

What decisions and thoughts Kou Ji has, there is no need to explain to him at all.

Guo Shoude was silent for a long time, gritted his teeth and said: "I'm just worried that Kou Jingluo started a war in the northwest and would affect Cao Shuai's war in the land of Yanyun. ”

Kou Ji stared at the old lieutenant and said, "How long have you been outside the tent?" ”

Guo Shoude said in a deep voice: "Half a burnt incense ......"

Kou Ji nodded slowly and said, "Then you should have heard all my explanations to the guards." Can't you guess what I'm thinking through those words? ”

Guo Shoude took a deep breath, stared at Kou Ji and said, "Kou Jingluo really wants to start a war in the northwest. ”

Having said that, there is no need for Kou Ji to hide it.

Kou Ji said frankly: "Not bad...... The Xixia people let the Liao people enter the country and slaughtered the people of our Great Song Dynasty, which is a blood feud and has to be avenged. When I was in the Western Regions, Cao Xianshun, the Uighur Khan of Shazhou, once sat back and watched more than 10,000 of my Great Song soldiers starve to death.

I slaughtered the city of Shazhou to avenge the soldiers.

This time, the Xixia people let the Liao people enter the country and slaughtered the people of the Great Song Dynasty, so I naturally will not let go of this blood feud and not ask for it. ”

When Guo Shoude heard this, he said solemnly: "Kou Jinglue, you have started a war in the northwest, and Cao Shuai, who is far away in the land of Yanyun, may be in a very worrying situation. ”

Kou Ji raised his eyebrows and said, "Are you teaching me to do things?" ”

Guo Shoude hurriedly said: "I don't dare to be humble." ”

Kou Ji stared at Guo Shoude and said: "From Jiayu Pass in Suzhou to Ningbian Pass in Ningbian Prefecture, on the Great Wall for thousands of miles, there are as many as 1,000 captains guarding the city. There are many who ask to see me, why don't I see anyone else, but you? ”

Guo Shoude thought of many answers in an instant, but each answer didn't seem to be ready, so he could only look at Kou Ji with a questioning face.

Kou Ji didn't sell it, and helped him solve his doubts: "Among all the captains, you are the oldest. I read your file as I came, and found that you were not only the oldest of them, but also the most conservative of them.

You have been in Rong for 34 years now.

In the past 34 years, you have experienced countless battles, big and small.

There are countless missed opportunities for meritorious service.

You're so conservative, so conservative that the credit slips out of your eyes, and you don't know how to grab it.

Previously, when my Great Song Dynasty conquered Western Xia, everyone reduced their heads and went to Western Xia to make contributions.

You are the only one who leads your subordinates, guarding your own one-third of an acre of land, and does not move.

Therefore, after the end of the war of the Great Song Dynasty against Western Xia.

Those colleagues of yours have become partial generals, and you are still a captain.

In the past, the Great Song Dynasty needed people like you to sit at the border.

Because a man like you is stable enough to hold the city.

But today's Da Song is different.

We attacked Western Xia, attacked Hexi, and attacked Liao.

We're pushing the boundaries of territory.

We need the kind of captain who dares to charge in front of the battle, not the kind of captain who leads the soldiers and horses motionless.

The reason why I met you is to give you a chance.

It's also about giving others a chance.

I've found a suitable captain for Hengshan Pass.

If you feel that you can't serve in the military, give up your position.

If you think you can still serve in the army, then take your cronies and come to the Hengshan Army, and among the ten leaders of the Hengshan Army, you will have a place.

I need to warn you, though.

What happened next was a vicious battle.

A vicious battle that is more vicious than the other. ”

When Guo Shoude heard this, his eyes widened, as if he had heard something unbelievable.

Koji wants to fire him?

But he was not guilty, so why did Koji fire him?

Kou Ji said at the end of what he said just now, the Hengshan army is going to face a fierce battle?

Koji thinks he can't face a vicious battle?

Kou Ji felt that he ...... Afraid?

Guo Shoude thought of this, stared at Kou Ji, and said without hesitation: "Humble duty is not afraid of death!" ”

Kou Ji said lightly: "Whether you are afraid of death or not, I don't care." I will give you two ways now, you will either go to the Hengshan Army to serve as a military leader, or you will be expelled from the army and return to your hometown to farm. ”

"Humble ......"

Guo Shoude hurriedly wanted to speak.

Kou Ji interrupted him and said, "Okay, you don't have to answer me now, I'll give you one night to think about it." For the sake of your hard work for the court, I will leave you some dignity.

Tomorrow, I will send the captain I have selected to Hengshan Pass to take over.

If you want to stay, take your men and your drape and come here to me.

If you don't want to stay, then you quietly leave with your cronies. ”

"Humble ......"

"Let's go down......"

Guo Shoude came out of Kou Ji's tent in a daze.

His eyes flickered blankly.

He didn't understand, he was obviously here to warn Kou Ji not to start a war in the northwest, but in the end, it became Kou Ji expelling him.

Guo Shoude walked out of the tent where Kou Ji was in a daze.

Unbeknownst to him, a man stood beside him and looked at him several times.

After Guo Shoude left, the man entered Kou Ji's tent.

The man entered the tent and hurriedly asked Kou Ji, "Fourth brother, that Guo Shoude is really afraid of death, so he didn't dare to go out to meet the enemy, and he has been surviving in the army?" ”

Kou Ji glanced at Liu Heng, "He's afraid of death?" He was not afraid of death at all. He just gave birth to a bodhisattva's heart, afraid of the death of his subordinates. ”

Liu Heng said unexpectedly: "Did he mention it in the file?" ”

Kou Ji nodded slowly, "I glanced at it occasionally, and I saw that when this person was enlisted, he killed many enemies, and he became the head of the battalion because of his merits." In the fourth year of Yongxi, Taizong marched north, this person led his troops to escort the grain and grass to the north, and encountered a group of Liao soldiers and horses, this person led the soldiers under his command, and fought out the Liao soldiers and horses. He led the troops and horses, and there were less than ten men left.

He was also promoted to lieutenant because of that battle exploit.

However, after that battle, he never led his soldiers to rush to kill.

So over the years, most of the soldiers under his command, except for the scouts used to find out the enemy's situation, and the old and weak who died of illness in the camp, most of the others have been alive and well. ”

Liu Heng was stunned and said, "Then isn't he useless." ”

A school captain, without the heart of leading the soldiers to tear apart, is no different from being abolished.

Kou Ji heard Liu Heng's words and nodded slowly, "Almost." ”

Liu Heng asked, "Then you still stuff him into our army?" ”

Kou Ji rolled his eyes and said, "He is useless in leading troops to fight." You can rectify military discipline, train soldiers, arrange troops, build cities and assist in defense, etc., all of which are stronger than you.

From his promotion to lieutenant to the present, I can't count the big and small battles he has experienced.

In such a situation, he can also protect his soldiers from major damage, that is, a person with special skills.

There are countless lieutenants in my Great Song Dynasty, and he is the only one who can do this.

Those lieutenants who sit in the hinterland of the Central Plains, occasionally suppress bandits, and they will also suffer countless casualties.

He sits on the border, and it is commendable that he can protect his soldiers from damage. ”

Liu Heng said with a wry smile: "What special skills does he have, it's nothing more than hiding in a turtle shell and not daring to go out." ”

Liu Heng is the kind of person who likes to cross horses and rush to kill on the battlefield, so he doesn't like people who shrink in turtle shells very much.

Kou Ji glared at Liu Heng and scolded in a low voice: "You can't see talent in front of you, your eyes should really be pulled out." If he really shrunk in the turtle's shell and didn't get out, then his position would have been cut to the end a long time ago. ”

When Liu Heng heard this, he was completely stunned.

Kou Ji is right, if Guo Shoude really blindly shrunk in the turtle shell, then he would have been cut into a pawn, and he might even be beheaded.

It must be known that whenever there is a war, when the Lord gives the order to charge, but if they stand still, or shrink away, the warlords led by the civil officials will cut off their heads.

Therefore, Guo Shoude can keep his position while keeping his subordinates, which must be outstanding.

Kou Ji saw that Liu Heng realized Guo Shoude's power, so he babbled: "To do this, he must have a sense of smell far beyond ordinary people, be able to smell every crisis on the battlefield, and firmly grasp the battle situation, quickly pass through the chaos on the battlefield, deduce the direction of the war, and follow the trend."

More importantly, understand the military law and laws of the imperial court.

Know the loopholes in the military law and law of the imperial court.

Know under what circumstances to protect yourself and not be considered by the imperial court to delay the fighter. ”

Guo Shoude is actually a very qualified staff member and military advisor.

He is too merciful to be in charge of a soldier, let alone a heavy soldier.

He is suitable for helping the master behind the scenes to give advice and take care of trivial matters.

Liu Heng's subordinates are now lacking such a person.

Kou Ji read a lot of files on the way out of Beijing, and found a lot of useful talents, but he didn't remember some lowly official positions.

His mind was all about the chaos in the northwest and on the issue of conquering Western Xia, and how could he have the leisure to deliberately pay attention to a person whose official position was so low that he was not qualified to write his name in the notebook he handed to Bianjing.

If Guo Shoude hadn't taken the initiative to meet him today, Kou Ji wouldn't have remembered him.

Now that Guo Shoude took the initiative to send it to the door, Liu Heng's subordinates happened to lack such a person, so Kou Ji naturally wanted to help Liu Heng get his subordinates.

After Liu Heng realized the preciousness of Guo Shoude, his eyes were shining: "Then he is really a talent......

Liu Heng looked at Kou Ji and hesitated: "But just now, Fourth Brother, you gave him two options, what if he chooses to leave?" ”

Kou Ji said lightly: "He is fifty years old, and he has been in the military camp for most of his life, can he really leave the military camp happily?" ”

Liu Heng smiled: "That's good......"

Kou Ji told Liu Heng: "It's true that he is a talent, but you shouldn't rely on him too much." Although he has a keen sense of smell and knows how to observe the battle situation, he has never led a large number of soldiers and horses, so you don't need to listen to all of his advice.

You can use his eyes, use his nose, but don't rely too much on his brain. ”