If Kou Ji knew that the soldiers guarding the pass were very eager to divide the fields and fight with the Tanguts, he would definitely not let the soldiers guarding the pass continue to guard the city wall.

Kou Ji led the soldiers of the Hengshan Army out of the Great Wall north of Yinzhou, along the Great Wall, and headed west.

On the way, Kou Ji and Liu Heng rode side by side, Kou Ji looked at Liu Heng sideways, and said with a little emotion: "You are also a prince now, and you always follow me like a personal official, isn't it a little inappropriate." ”

Kou Ji had already reported the merits of Liu Heng and others to Bianjing City.

After Zhao Zhen got Kou Ji's report, he discussed it with Wang Zeng and fulfilled Kou Ji's promise to the soldiers.

In fact, even if Kou Ji didn't promise, after the imperial court got Xiao Xiaomu's head, it would inevitably have to reward him lavishly.

The Great Song Dynasty and the Liao State fought against each other for many years, and the biggest official of the Liao State that the Great Song Dynasty had killed was Xiao Tzu Rin, the king of Lanling County of the Liao State.

It's just that the soldier who shot Xiao Tzulin, the king of Lanling County in Liao, failed to get Xiao Tzurin's head, so his military exploits were weakened by one layer and he was awarded a marquis.

Liu Heng is different from the soldier who shot Xiao Tzu Rin.

Xiao Xiaomu, whom Liu Heng shot, has a much higher status in the Liao State than Xiao Tzu Rin.

Xiao Tart-rin is only a second-class two-word king in Liao, but Xiao Xiaomu is a first-class one-word king in Liao.

In addition, Liu Heng personally cut off Xiao Xiaomu's head, and dedicated the head to Zhao Zhen, so that Zhao Zhen had something to take to the Taimiao to find his ancestors to boast about his merits, so the credit was naturally greater than that of the soldier who shot Xiao Tzu Rin.

More importantly, in the war in the northwest, Liu Heng expanded the land of a state, and he had a real contribution to expanding the land.

The position of a national prince naturally can't run.

Even those picky ministers in the court want to find a fault and press Liu Heng's credit, but they can't do it.

Therefore, after consulting with Wang Zeng, Zhao Zhen decisively issued an order to canonize Liu Heng.

Liu Heng was named the Duke of Ningguo County.

Duke of the 3rd class.

Zhao Zhen and Wang Zeng seemed to think that it was enough to produce a duke in the Northwest War, so the subsequent rewards became a lot more stingy.

Gao Chugong, Liu Qi, Guo Yi, Wang Kai and others presented the heads of Huang Pian and other Liao generals.

After Zhao Zhen and Wang Zeng discussed, they only rewarded four counts.

Gao Gong's grandson, in the name of Zuyin, was named Yongfeng Bo.

Yongfeng is a place name that belongs to Shinshu.

Gao Huaide, the father of Gao Zhigong, when he was young, was in Shinshu and served as the assassin of Shinshu.

Zhao Zhen named Gao Chugong's grandson as Yongfeng Bo, and his intention was very obvious.

That is, the grandson of the high place should learn from his great-grandfather, not from his grandfather.

Liu Qi was awarded the title of Andingbo.

Guo Yi was awarded the title of Suidebo.

It is worth mentioning that Wang Kai, I don't know whether Zhao Zhen thought about Wang Kaizu's meritorious service to the Great Song Dynasty, or took a fancy to Wang Kai's talent, and actually named Wang Kai as the uncle of Zhenbei.

The earl's title is not high.

But the word Zhenbei is definitely not something that anyone can afford casually.

Liu Heng heard Kou Ji's words and smiled indifferently: "Grandpa, that's it." When I didn't have a title before, I wanted a knighthood. Now that he has been made a duke all of a sudden, not only does he not feel happy, but he is a little unsure, and he feels like he is dreaming. ”

He easily got the achievements that others pursued in their lifetime, and naturally felt a little empty.

Hearing this, Kou Ji glanced at Liu Heng and said, "If you let Gao Di Gong hear this, I have to fight with you." ”

Liu Heng said quietly: "In the Hengshan Army, looking for me desperately, does he dare?" ”

Hearing this, Kou Ji laughed.

Gao Chu Gong really didn't dare to find Liu Heng desperately in the Hengshan Army.

After Zhao Zhen rewarded Liu Heng and others respectively, he also transferred the positions of Liu Heng, Wang Kai, Liu Qi, and Guo Yi.

Liu Heng was deposed from his official position as the official secretary of the Imperial City Division and was reappointed as the envoy of the Hengshan Military Festival.

Some of the Hengshan Army were the elite of the Zhejia Army, and their combat effectiveness was very strong, so Zhao Zhen made an exception and promoted the Hengshan Army to the forbidden army.

Liu Heng is now rightfully in charge of the Hengshan Army, so Gao Chu Gong is looking for trouble with Liu Heng in the jurisdiction of the Hengshan Army, that is, to find abuse.

Seeing that Kou Ji was smiling and silent, Liu Heng said in a low voice: "Out of the Imperial City Division, I suddenly don't know what to do. ”

When Kou Ji heard this, he was slightly stunned, looked at Liu Heng and said: "Although you have been yearning for military affairs since you were a child, and your martial arts are not weak, you have never really controlled a single soldier or horse, so it is normal that you don't know what to do."

Controlling a team of soldiers and horses does not mean leading soldiers and horses to fight all the time, and always fighting in the south and north.

Daily exercises, daily firewood, rice, oil and salt, also have to worry about.

Although the Hengshan Army has now been unusually promoted to the forbidden army, the armament has not been replaced, and the drill is also the same as the previous Xiang Army, all of which you need to worry about. ”

Liu Heng nodded slowly.

Kou Ji continued: "When you have your leisure, you can go to a high place and ask for advice. Although Kyoshi Takachi has a bad mouth, he has something real in his stomach. In terms of controlling the soldiers and horses, the Gao family's family learning is very originated.

Don't give up this opportunity to study because you will be harmed by the high ground. ”

When Liu Heng heard this, he hesitated a little and said, "Is it a little too late to learn these now?" ”

Kou Ji almost opened his mouth and said something like 'Su Laoquan, twenty-seven, starting to work hard', but when the words came to his mouth, he realized that something was wrong, and hurriedly changed his words: "In the past, Lu Meng, the general of Eastern Wu, only started to study at the age of thirty, and after some hard study, his talent and strategy have reached a higher level. There is a saying that 'Shibei three days, you should be impressed'.

You are less than thirty now, how can it be too late to learn the way to govern the army? ”

Liu Heng opened his mouth, and just as he was about to speak, Kou Ji continued: "I have also been studying the military book recently......

Liu Heng stared at Kou Ji in amazement and said, "Fourth brother also wants to learn the art of war?" ”

Kou Ji said lightly: "Of course, although I can't lead the troops to fight, when I can live in the center, I have to deal with a lot of military affairs, and when the time comes, my eyes will be black, how can I do it?"

I'm not one of those shameless mallets in the court, I don't know anything, so I should meddle in military affairs at will.

They don't think others will poke my backbone, but I'm afraid that others will poke my backbone. ”

Liu Heng heard Kou Ji's words, stared at Kou Ji and said seriously: "Even the fourth brother, you have begun to learn the art of war, then I naturally can't lag behind." ”

After a pause, Liu Heng asked, "Do we want to study the military book together, and we can also find a high place together to ask for advice in our spare time." ”

Kou Ji decisively refused: "No need, you just go and ask for advice." ”

Kou Ji was really embarrassed to tell Liu Heng that he lacked a string in the art of war, and he had read a lot of books on the art of war and strategy, and he still didn't understand many things in military affairs.

It can be said that the art of war has little to do with him.

Liu Heng didn't know what Kou Ji was thinking, and when he saw that Kou Ji decisively refused, he didn't delve into it.

Seeing that Liu Heng didn't ask why he didn't go to a high place to ask for the art of war, Kou Ji hurriedly changed the topic and said: "You are now in charge of the first army, and you are also the last feudal official, so don't always follow me like a personal official."

You have your own majesty and imposingness. ”

Liu Heng heard Kou Ji's words, pursed his lips and did not speak.

Kou Ji obviously didn't have a backache when he stood and talked.

Zhao Zhen handed over the military and political power in the northwest to Kou Ji, Kou Ji is the largest in the northwest, not to mention a small fiefdom in the northwest, even if the prince arrives in the northwest, he has to do things according to Kou Ji's orders.

Unless Zhao Zhen comes in person, no matter who goes to the northwest, they have to listen to Kou Ji.

Kou Ji said these words to Liu Heng.

It's roughly like Zhao Zhen said to the inner court and several important ministers of the six departments, you are now considered important ministers of the imperial court, don't want to follow me like a servant, you have to have your own majesty and momentum.

Zhao Zhen can say it so magnificently, but the three rulers of the inner court, as well as several important ministers of the six departments, who dares to take this seriously?

ran to Zhao Zhen and said, I am the secretary of the household department, and if you want the officials of the user department to do things, you have to ask me first if I agree?

Believe it or not, Zhao Zhen let people bury you alive.

Liu Heng's mind was not explained to Kou Ji, and Kou Ji did not delve into it.

The two led the Hengshan Army, ran for a day and a night, and arrived at Dejing Town, outside the Great Wall where Shizhou is located.

When the Tangut people gave way and allowed the Liao people to enter the country, they only ceded some territory to the east of the Mingtang River to the Liao people to cross the border.

To the west of the Mingtang River, he did not let it out.

However, when the Liao people were attacking Yinzhou, they sent people to wander in Dejing Town and Qili on an equal footing in the west of the Mingtang River.

When Kou Ji sent people to rob the territory of Western Xia occupied by the Liao, he decisively crossed the Mingtang River, but did not invade Dejing Town and Qili Equality.

The reason why Dejing Town and Qiliping were not touched was because there was an iron smelting business not far from Dejing Town and Qiliping.

It was one of the few places in Western Xia where iron was smelted, and one of the few military important places.

Kou Ji speculated that if he threatened the iron smelting business, Western Xia would definitely not sit idly by, and would definitely fight with the Great Song Dynasty, both diplomatically and in terms of military strength.

Previously, Kou Ji had been waiting for Cao Wei's battle in the land of Yanyun to have a result, so he didn't take matters into his own hands.

Now if you want to force the Tangut people to take the initiative to provoke war, then starting with iron smelting is undoubtedly the best choice.

can poke the sore spot of Western Xia at once, and force Western Xia to have to fight with them at once.

There are a lot of places where the Great Song Dynasty smelts iron, so I don't care if there are one or two less.

But the place where the iron was smelted in Xixia could be counted on both hands, so each place was very important.

Kou Ji led the Hengshan Army to Dejing Town, and really took down the forces around Dejing Town.

The more than 1,000 Xixia soldiers and horses who stayed in Dejing Town saw Kou Ji leading 50,000 strong troops, and they were immediately frightened.

They had more than 1,000 soldiers and horses, and they faced the 50,000 strong army led by Kou Ji, which was not enough for people to stuff their teeth.

Although the Western Xia soldiers and horses who stayed in Dejing Town wanted to run, they did not flee immediately. Because according to the military law of Western Xia, if you flee without a fight, you will be punished.

Nine out of nine people who lead the troops will be beheaded.

Therefore, the Western Xia soldiers and horses who stayed in Dejing Town immediately sent people to negotiate with Kou Ji when Kou Ji was about to arrive in Dejing Town.

Ask Kou Ji about his intentions.

After the people sent out from Dejing Town found Kou Ji, Kou Ji ordered someone to bring them up.

The middle-aged man sent by Dejing Town was a middle-aged man in his thirties, and after seeing Kou Ji, he first gave a salute, and then asked tremblingly: "Not only General Shangbang, but also led a heavy army to harass my Great Xia border, what do you want?" ”

"The Western Xia Frontier?"

Kou Ji pretended to be stunned for a moment, staring at the middle-aged man: "Are you telling me a joke?" ”

The middle-aged man looked at Kou Ji with an ugly face.

"General Shangbang is as majestic as a torch, and when the foreign official sees General Shangbang, he doesn't dare to take a breath in the atmosphere, how dare he play with the general."

Kou Ji snorted coldly: "My Great Song Dynasty soldiers fought bloodily, and the territory taken from the Liao people became the border of your Western Xia. ”

The middle-aged man looked at Kou Ji in astonishment, "Hasn't General Shangbang already taken back all the territories that he got from the Liao people?" ”

Kou Ji said coldly: "Originally, I also thought so, but it wasn't until I counted and captured two days ago that I found out that Dejing Town and Qiliping were also occupied by the Liao people before.

It's just that my Great Song soldiers didn't have time to seize it when they attacked the Liao, and you Western Xia took advantage of it and seized it. ”

The middle-aged man stared at Kou Ji dumbfounded.

After being stunned for a moment, the middle-aged man said with some anger: "Is General Shangbang deceiving me in Great Xia?" Is it preparing to provoke a war between the two states? Dejing Town and Qiliping have always been owned by my Western Xia, how could they have been occupied by the Liao, and when did they become the territory that Shangbang took back from the Liao? ”

Kou Ji squinted his eyes and stared coldly at the middle-aged man, "Do you dare to say that during the Great Song War and the Liao War, the cavalry of the Liao State never went to Dejing Town and Qiliping?" ”

Middle-aged people naturally dare not say it.

When the Liao people attacked Yinzhou, they did send a small force of soldiers and horses to appear in Dejing Town and Qili Pingdi.

The purpose was to see if there was any breakthrough in the Great Wall defended by Shizhou, south of Dejing Town.

The middle-aged man's cheeks were flushed by Kou Jiqi, and his eyes were slightly red as he stared at Kou Ji and said, "The Liao people have invaded the territory of my Great Xia, but my Great Xia has not lost Dejing Town and Qiliping. ”

"Nonsense!"

Kou Ji snorted without hesitation and said, "The Liao people did not encounter any resistance when they entered Dejing Town and Qiliping, which shows that the Liao people have taken control of Dejing Town and Qiliping.

If you have never lost Dejing Town and Qiliping in Western Xia, then when the Liao people entered Dejing Town and Qiliping, why didn't they see your Western Xia soldiers and horses resisting? ”

When Kou Ji said this, he shouted and asked, "Could it be that the Liao people were deliberately put in by your Western Xia, in order to plunge my Great Song into endless wars?"

The reason why the people in the northwest of the Great Song Dynasty were slaughtered by the Liao people was all caused by the Western Xia? ”

The middle-aged man trembled, and his eyes became redder, but he didn't say another word.