"You're nice......"

Kou Ji complimented.

Wang Kai said without humility or arrogance: "Thank you for your humble position." ”

Kou Ji nodded, "Take your people and continue to patrol." ”

Wang Kai hugged his fists and led the men and horses to continue to inspect.

After Wang Kai left, Gao Chugong pouted and said: "His great-grandfather was also a figure, and when my father was alive, he often said that if his great-grandfather died later, he might be able to teach him a lesson." ”

Kou Ji looked sideways at Gao Ji Gong and asked, "So what do you want to say?" ”

Gao Chugong said in a quiet tone: "In the past, Emperor Taizu held a suburban ceremony in Luoyang and summoned Wang Quanbin to accompany him, what a glory. Now that only a few decades have passed, his great-grandson needs to be recommended by others if he wants to join the company and make a career.

Lamentable! Alas! ”

Gao Chugong probably passed through the decline of the Wang family, and he was afraid that the Gao family would follow in the footsteps of the Wang family, so he spoke quietly.

Emperor Taizu Zhao Kuangyin held a suburban ceremony in Luoyang, which was not an ordinary suburban ceremony.

It's a conference of rewards for meritorious deeds.

In the suburban ceremony held in Luoyang, Emperor Taizu Zhao Kuangyin summoned every general who followed him to establish the Great Song Dynasty and made great achievements.

It can be said that since the establishment of the Great Song Dynasty, there has never been a suburban ritual that can compare with the weight of this suburban ritual.

It is such an important suburb that Emperor Taizu Zhao Kuangyin summoned Wang Kai's great-grandfather Wang Quanbin to accompany him, which shows the weight of Wang Kai's great-grandfather Wang Quanbin in the heart of Emperor Taizu Zhao Kuangyin.

It stands to reason that his descendants, in the Great Song Dynasty, must be among the high-ranking officials.

But only a few decades after his death, his descendants have reached the point where they need to be elected by others, which shows how quickly the Wang family has declined.

Whether there are other factors behind this, for the time being, will not be considered.

The speed of the decline of the Wang family alone is enough to make Gao Zhigong, who also belongs to Jiangmen, feel emotional.

Kou Ji knew Gao Zu Gong's thoughts, so after Gao Zu Gong's voice landed, he said lightly: "There is a way that the sword edge is sharpened from the sharpening, and the fragrance of plum blossoms comes from the bitter cold." The decline of the Wang family is not necessarily a bad thing for Wang Kai. ”

Gao Zuo Gong shook his head, not quite agreeing with Kou Ji's words.

The Wang family has now declined, and it is difficult for Wang Kai to make the Wang family rise again.

The imperial court has now implemented a decree that emphasizes literature and suppresses military force, which has reached an outrageous point.

It is impossible for Wang Kai to make the Wang family rise again under the oppression of this kind of decree.

Seeing this, Kou Ji probably guessed Gao Chugong's thoughts, but just smiled faintly and didn't explain much.

Kou Ji ordered Myeongho to lead the servants of the Kou Mansion and the students of the Lecture Hall to set up camp outside the Quye River.

Myeongho led the servants of the Kou Mansion and the students of the Martial Arts Hall, set up a tent, and after settling down, he found Kou Ji alone.

Kou Ji was sitting in his tent to review the war documents of Baode City sent by Liu Heng, and when he heard Myungho's request to see him, he asked Mingho to take him into the tent.

As soon as Myeongho entered the tent, he took the lead in giving a salute, and after the salute, he didn't speak, staring at Kou Ji with blank eyes.

After Kou Ji finished reviewing the war documents sent by Liu Heng, he put down the documents in his hand and stared at Ming Ho, who had stood in front of him for a long time and did not speak.

"Something?"

Myeongho saluted Kou Ji and replied, "Back to Shangguan, there is!" ”

Kou Ji knew that Myeongho was a talented person, and Myungho took the initiative to find him, and it was very likely that he had a plan and strategy to dedicate to him.

Kou Ji stared at Ming Ho with interest and said, "What's the matter, tell me." ”

Myeongho smiled dryly, stood still and didn't speak again.

Kou Ji was stunned for a moment, and after muttering for a long time, he roughly guessed why Myeongho didn't speak.

Koji waved to the servants in the tent and told them to go out.

As soon as the servants left, Ming Ho really spoke, "Shangguan, Xiaguan has a way to help Shangguan resist the Liao." ”

Kou Ji said lightly: "What is the method, just say it clearly." ”

Ming Ho muttered: "Shangguan and the deceased head of the Gao family went to the northwest to defend against the Liao. Now that Baode and Yinzhou are at war, Shangguan didn't go, but he went to this Qu Yechuan.

Presumably, there will be a big battle in the near future. ”

Kou Ji stared at Myeongho without saying a word, even though Myungho had already guessed that the masked man was Gao Chugong, even though Myeongho had already guessed that there was about to be a big battle with Qu Yechuan.

Seeing that Kou Ji was speechless, Ming Ho continued: "When Xia Guan set up camp just now, he carefully looked at the terrain near Qu Yechuan. I found that there were several places outside the Quye River, where I could set up a camp.

If we can set up camp in these places, once the Liao people come to attack, we will send a small number of soldiers and horses to stay in the village to contain a large number of Liao people's troops. The momentum of the Liao offensive will also be greatly weakened as a result. ”

"Set up camp?"

Kou Ji muttered, stared at Ming Ho and said in a deep voice: "When the Liao people will arrive at Quye River, none of us can say. We don't have enough time to set up camp. ”

Hearing this, Ming Ho said solemnly: "Yes, we have enough time to set up camp." Shangguan gave me 1,000 men, and within three days, I will definitely help Shangguan set up two stockades. ”

Kou Ji narrowed his eyes and said, "Three days, two?" Are you giving me a military warrant? ”

Myeongho nodded solemnly.

Kou Ji stared at Ming Hao and said faintly: "Did you see that I reused Wang Kai, and saw that Wang Kai had become the chief general of the first army from a palace, so you wanted to give me advice and take the opportunity to win a chance to be promoted for meritorious service?" ”

There was no joy or anger on Kou Ji's face, and Myeongho didn't know whether Kou Ji liked or disliked his advice, but Kou Ji had already broken the words, and Myungho didn't dare to hide it, so he nodded decisively.

Kou Ji said in a deep voice: "I like to see my subordinates motivated, but the military is different from others, and there is no room for child's play. Since you dare to make a military order, then I will give you a chance.

Three days later, if Qu Yechuan has two more stockades, after the war is over, you will go to Linzhou to take office.

If not, then in three days, you can pack your bags and go back to your hometown.

I will go to the inner court and ask the inner court to reduce you to the people. ”

When Ming Ho heard this, he respectfully saluted Kou Ji, "Thank you Shangguan for giving Xiaguan this opportunity." ”

Kou Ji waved his hand and said, "You go down to pick a place, and a thousand people will come to your hands in a while, and I will also send someone to send you some simple equipment for building the village." ”

"Thank you, Shangguan!"

Myeongho looked excited, and after giving the salute, he prepared to leave the tent.

Before he left, Kou Ji opened his mouth to remind: "Whether it is the existence of Gao Ji Gong or the imminent war in Qu Yechuan, you don't want to spread the word. Once I hear something, don't think about it anymore. ”

"The lower officials dare not ......"

Myeongho said yes and left Koji's tent.

As soon as Ming Ho left, he swayed into the tent from a high place, and when he saw Kou Ji, he was not polite, and asked decisively: "How is the Baode army?" ”

Kou Ji picked up the documents sent by Liu Heng from the table and handed them to Gao Chu Gong, and when Gao Chu Gong reviewed the documents, Kou Ji said in a deep voice: "Baode is going to lose eighty percent...... When Liu Heng led people to Baode, the city of Baode was already besieged by the Liao army. The Liao army numbered as many as 50,000, all of whom were the elite of the Liao State. Liu Heng led people to rush three times, but he did not break through the blockade of the Liao army.

What's more critical is that the Qingshan Army in Baode City did not send people out to answer during this period. ”

When Gao Di Gong heard this, he immediately heard the crux of the problem, he stared at Kou Ji and said in a deep voice: "I'm afraid that the Qingshan army has suffered a lot of damage, and it is unable to send soldiers and horses to meet Liu Heng." ”

Kou Ji nodded, and said in a deep voice: "The Qingshan Army is a combination of the Qingbian Army and the Volcano Army. In the past, the Qing Border Army was only a miscellaneous army, and it was the place where the imperial court distributed prisoners, and the number of prisoners was maintained at about 20,000. When the imperial court checked the Qing border army, it found that the Qing border army was eaten up to 12,000 soldiers, and the Qing border army actually had less than 8,000 people.

Among them, there are many old men who are dying.

When the imperial court integrated the Qing border army, it transferred the old soldiers to Dongping Road and Xiping Road to serve as small officials and officials, and after the integration of the Qing border army, there were less than 5,000 people left.

The situation of the Volcano Army was much the same as that of the Qingbian Army.

Since the death of General Yang, the Volcano Army has been transferred from Daixian to the north of Baode, and has been reduced to a miscellaneous army, with a lot of troops being embezzled in the middle.

Although after the integration, there are still 12,000 men and horses, the combat effectiveness is not as good as that of the Qingbian Army, which only has 5,000 men.

The two armies were integrated into the Qingshan Army, with a total strength of 17,000 men.

17,000 people, under the onslaught of 50,000 Liao troops, withstood for more than ten days

It's been the limit. ”

There is one more thing that Koji did not say, and that is the issue of armaments.

As a box army, the armament of the Qingshan Army is not half a star worse than that of the forbidden army.

Before the imperial court integrated them, their situation was similar to that of the Baosai army, all of them were wearing thin clothes and rags, and in their hands were sharpened sabers.

After the imperial court integrated them, they were reequipped with iron armor, leather armor, and blades.

However, the number of iron armor is not large, and only some of the generals can use it.

Most of the soldiers wore leather armor.

In terms of other armaments, the imperial court also equipped them with some.

For example, bows, crossbows.

But there are not many of them, and there are no bed crossbows, heavy crossbows, etc., that can only be controlled by the forbidden army.

is different from the Liao soldiers against the enemy, those Liao soldiers are all soldiers who have been killed on the battlefield for many years, and the ordnance in their hands is a little worse than the Great Song Forbidden Army, but compared to the Qingshan Army, it is more than a star and a half stronger.

The difference in strength between the two sides can be said to be very large.

Under such circumstances, the Qingshan Army can still hold the Liao soldiers for more than ten days, and it will definitely not work without paying a big price.

Gao Jun pursed his lips and did not speak.

Before the integration of the Qingshan Army, there would be such a big vacancy in terms of troops, which was inseparable from the martial arts.

As one of the martial artists, he naturally did not comment on this matter.

After all, the Gao family did not eat less soldiers and drink soldiers' blood.

Seeing that Gao Di Gong didn't speak, Kou Ji continued: "This time, the Liao people were able to be dragged back, thanks to the defenders in Linzhou City and the Qingshan Army who fought bravely to kill the enemy, and bought time for us.

Later, I will write to the imperial court, and ask the imperial court to give the defenders of Linzhou City and the Qingshan army. ”

Eighty percent of the Qingshan Army will follow in the footsteps of the defenders of Linzhou City, and if Kou Ji doesn't stare at them, then no one will help them.

Koji didn't want them to shed blood and tears.

Gao Chu Gong seemed reluctant to talk to Kou Ji about the Qingshan Army, as if he was afraid that Kou Ji would use this matter to count him and Wuxun and make him lose his face, so he decisively changed the topic.

"Once Baode is breached, it is very likely that the Liao people will appear on the banks of the Quye River. We don't have much time left, and we have to prepare early. Just now I accompanied Wang Kai to inspect the surrounding terrain and found that there are several places that are very suitable for Lizhai ......"

Before Gao Chugong finished speaking, he was interrupted by Kou Ji, who stared at him and said, "Do you want to say that if you set up a village in those places, you can use a small number of soldiers and horses to contain a large number of Liao people's troops?" ”

Gao Jun Gong was stunned for a moment, stared at Kou Ji and said with a surprised expression: "You see it?" ”

Without waiting for Kou Ji to speak, Gao Zhi Gong clicked his mouth again, and said in surprise: "I thought you didn't know anything about military affairs, but I didn't expect you to know some military affairs, and your eyes are still very vicious." ”

Kou Ji rolled his eyes and said, "I didn't even go out to inspect, how can I see the problem?" It was Ming Ho who saw the problem. I have sent him to take people to Lizhai. ”

Gao Ji was even more surprised, but he didn't open his mouth to praise Myeongho.

Why?

Because of the system of the imperial court.

But as long as the civil servants can be recognized by the military generals, the court will definitely reuse them, and reuse them in military affairs.

Some people are really talented, while others are just talking about it and just talking about it.

Gao Chu Gong doesn't know if Myeongho is really capable, so he won't take the liberty of judging him.

Gao Jun Gong groaned for a moment, "I'll go back to the place where he set up a village to see if he can really set up a village." ”

Gao Chu Gong is not at ease with Ming Ho, a civil official.

Kou Ji didn't say much, and muttered: "Whether Qu Yechuan will start a war or not depends on the outcome of the war on the side of the Wuding River and the Henggu Valley crossing. ”

Gao Di Gong pursed his lips and said: "They have tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, ambushed at the valley crossing in advance, and there are artillery to help, if they can't take a partial division of the Liao, then they should all be beheaded."

What you have to do now is to mobilize troops and horses to Qu Yechuan as soon as possible to resist the Liao army. ”

Kou Ji glanced at Gao Chugong and said, "I have already sent a letter to the old lady of the Yang family, I believe that in the near future, the Zhejia army left in Fuzhou, as well as the Zhejia army in other places, will rush over." ”

Gao Di Gong said in a deep voice: "You still have to send people to keep an eye on it, so as to prevent any of them from delaying the hour and delaying the fighter plane during the march." ”

Now in the northwest where the Zhe family lives, all the troops that can be mobilized have been mobilized by Kou Ji.

Except for the Jinning Army, which was still on patrol, only the Zhejia Army that remained in Fuzhou did not join the battlefield.

The Zhejia army is the main force that is about to resist the Liao army, so there is no room for error.

Kou Ji said: "I don't need you to remind you about this matter, I have already sent someone to keep an eye on it." ”