Although Cao Wei has the upper hand most of the time.

But the more the Liao's troops are consumed, the more they are consumed.

The more the strength of the Great Song Dynasty is consumed, the less it is.

As the orders of the Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu continued to be conveyed to the small tribes, the small tribes also led their soldiers and horses to the outside of Tongtai Pass.

The strength of the Liao State is being consumed and replenished at the same time, so there are more and more.

On the other hand, in the Great Song Dynasty, the troops have been depleted and have not been replenished, so the more soldiers and horses are consumed, the less they are consumed.

Cao Wei and Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu fought for more than a month.

Tens of thousands of people were buried under the Tongtai Pass, and the two sides had no intention of stopping.

There is no meaning of a happy battle to determine the winner or loser.

The news was transmitted back to the Great Song Dynasty, and the Great Song Dynasty looked stunned up and down, and few people knew what Cao Wei and Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu were doing.

The news spread to the northwest and reached Kou Ji's ears, and Kou Ji was also confused.

Kou Ji held the war report in the land of Yanyun in his hand, and said suspiciously: "Isn't it over with a happy fight?" If it goes on like this, it will not benefit anyone. Why would they do it? ”

Fighting a war, on the one hand, is a competition for wisdom, strategy, and the strength of soldiers and horses, and on the other hand, a competition is for financial resources.

Hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses are hoarded in one place, and the daily consumption of food is a huge number.

The longer it takes, the more it consumes.

What's more, the longer the baggage supply line, the greater the cost.

Often, when the granary in one place is empty, the grain in the granary in another place has to be dispatched.

In the process of escorting the grain, the people consumed even more food than the soldiers in the army.

For example, 100,000 stone of grain was transported out of Bianjing City and transported to Tongtai Pass, and the people might have to eat half of it along the way.

If it is the rainy season, the people will eat more food.

Even if the Great Song Dynasty had a full treasury, it could not withstand such consumption.

"You think they don't want to have a good fight? Don't want to fight to decide the winner? The reason why they didn't have a good fight was because they didn't dare. ”

Gao Di Gong sat at the bottom of Kou Ji, looked at the soldiers and horses sent from all over the northwest, pouted and said.

Kou Ji listened to Gao Chugong's words, obviously knowing the inside story, so naturally he would not let him go.

Immediately, Kou Ji chased after Gao Di Gong and asked, "What do you mean?" ”

Gao Zu Gong said frankly: "Neither side is sure of winning, and they don't dare to lose this game, so they don't dare to do it without permission." Therefore, the winner can only be determined by attrition, only by competing with national strength.

In the past, my Great Song Dynasty conquest of Yanyun was pressed step by step, and there were countless people who were greedy for merit.

The Liao people naturally took the opportunity to plan one or two and win the war.

But this time, Cao Wei conquered Yanyun, steadily and steadily, moving forward step by step.

The Liao people could not find any opportunity to take advantage of.

So I can only choose to fight Cao Wei hard. ”

Kou Ji knew the joints, snorted coldly, and said, "The national strength of my Great Song Dynasty is several times higher than that of the Liao State. Liao is competing with us for national strength, which is looking for death. ”

Gao Chugong dropped the paperwork in his hand, pouted and said: "The national strength of my Great Song Dynasty is higher than that of Liao, and I may not be able to win, but it is difficult to say." ”

Kou Ji frowned, looked at the height and said, "What do you mean by this?" ”

Gao Jun sighed and said, "I'm Da Song, and I'm not anyone's word." When something happened, it needed to be discussed by the Manchu civil and military. There are many of them, and their minds are mixed.

Some people will support Cao Wei and the Liao people to consume, and some people will naturally not support it.

As Cao Wei expended more money from the treasury, the more opposition grew.

When the opposition completely overshadows the support.

Cao Wei is afraid that he will not be able to continue to consume with the Liao.

On the other hand, the Liao State, although the national strength is not as good as my Great Song Dynasty.

But Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu can decide all the affairs of Liao.

As long as it is something he believes, no one can refute it.

As long as he is dedicated to consuming with Cao Wei, then even if the Liao State smashes the pot and sells iron, they have to support him. ”

Kou Ji heard Gao Ji's words, and his brows tightened.

He knew that Takashi was not alarmist.

He has been in the court for all these years, and he knows more or less the virtues of the officials in the court.

There are always some people in the court who like to be mavericks and like to go against others.

Some people like to do some eye-catching things in order to gain fame and merit, and they just like to do something different from others.

For example, when everyone in the government and the opposition felt that a decisive battle with the Liao State to the end could make the Great Song Dynasty rich and strong.

There will be people who think differently.

They may feel that stopping the war, seeking peace, and putting the horses in Nanshan will make the Great Song Dynasty richer and stronger.

As long as someone stands up and raises their arms, some people who want to pursue fame and fortune will follow him closely.

This is where the four words of political disagreement come from.

Most of the partisanship is also because of this.

Some people feel that the old system cannot be changed, some people feel that the new system must be implemented, some people feel that only by safeguarding the interests of a few people can the rule of the Great Song Dynasty be strengthened, and naturally some people will feel that only by safeguarding the interests of the majority of people can the rule of the Great Song Dynasty be strengthened.

The reason why they do this is to compete for fame and fortune.

Seeing that Kou Ji was frowning and falling into silence, Gao Di Gong asked: "After you arrived in Yinzhou, you continued to transfer troops and send generals, obviously planning against Western Xia.

You have been in Yinzhou for more than a month, and you have been standing still, you should be waiting for a result of Yanyun's war.

Now that the Yanyun war has reached a stalemate, what are you going to do?

Continue to plot the Western Xia here, or return to the dynasty to help Cao Wei suppress those different voices. ”

Hearing this, Kou Ji glanced at Gao Ji Gong and did not speak.

Takashi was right.

After he arrived in Yinzhou, he stayed still, just to wait for a result on the battlefield of Yanyun.

He set off a big war in Yinzhou, which will definitely have an impact on the Yanyun battlefield.

If Cao Wei led people to achieve great results on the Yanyun battlefield, then he set off a big war in Yinzhou, even if it had an impact, the impact would not be too great.

But if Cao Wei loses the battle on the battlefield of Yanyun, then he will have a huge impression when he starts a big war in Yinzhou, and he will have to re-plan.

The Yanyun war is very important.

Kou Ji didn't want to affect the Yanyun battlefield because he started a big war in Yinzhou.

If the battle on the battlefield of Yanyun is unfavorable, and Kou Ji sets off a big war with Western Xia in Yinzhou, then the hundred officials in the court will fall into a panic.

The hundreds of officials in the court will definitely write a letter asking the court to stop the war on one side.

The battle on the battlefield of Yanyun is likely to stop at the request of the hundred officials.

Kou Ji won the battle in the northwest and Cao Wei lost the battle in the land of Yanyun, and the hundred officials would definitely ask the imperial court to temporarily stop the war in Yanyun and negotiate peace with the Liao State.

The chances of the court agreeing will be high.

Because Cao Wei is constantly spending money and consuming the treasury in the land of Yanyun, but Kou Ji is not in the northwest.

Not only did it not consume the treasury, but it helped the imperial court achieve huge war dividends.

"Cao Shuai's war in the land of Yanyun can't be affected, I'm in the northwest, and I can't easily let go of Western Xia."

Kou Ji said in a deep voice.

Gao Di Gong stared at Kou Ji and said very seriously: "You should understand that once you start a big war in the northwest, it is impossible for Cao Wei's side not to be affected. ”

Kou Ji lowered his head and thought for a long time, gritted his teeth and said, "Since I can't take the initiative to start a war, then force Xixia to take the initiative to start a war." The Western Xia took the initiative to set off a war against our Great Song Dynasty, and I, as the Northwest Economic Strategy, have no reason not to defend the territory of the Great Song Dynasty, right?

We are passive defensive, not proactive offensive.

Even if the war started, those officials in the court had nothing to say.

They can't let me hold heavy troops in my hands, and let the Tanguts hang up and fight, right? ”

Gao Di Gong was stunned for a moment, stared at Kou Ji in amazement, and said: "Since you led the army to defeat the 150,000 elites of the Liao State, Western Xia immediately shrank the soldiers and horses on the border, and sent people to Bianjing City to find the officials to cry, as if they didn't fight us, if you don't take the initiative to provoke a war, how can they take the initiative to provoke a war." ”

Xixia is now in front of the Great Song Dynasty, looking like he is cowardly to the end.

The envoys sent by the Western Xia to Bianjing City couldn't fight back or scold, so those officials in Honglu Temple couldn't bully him.

The same was true of the borders of Western Xia and the Great Song Dynasty.

When the Western Xia soldiers and horses were patrolling the border, they met the Song soldiers, and they took a detour.

Many Song soldiers in the northwest frontier often ran to see the wonders in their spare time, and they also showed off their might on the Song and Xia borders.

In the past, on the border of Song and Xia, it was the Song soldiers who saw the Western Xia soldiers and horses taking a detour, and people dared to take the initiative to provoke the Song soldiers, but the Song soldiers did not dare to take the initiative to provoke others.

Now that it is finally the other way around, Song Bing naturally wants to go to the Xixia people, find a good place, and show off his might.

In the past, the arrogant and domineering Western Xia has been low-key to this point, I am afraid that Kou Ji will take the initiative to provoke, and the Western Xia will avoid it, let alone let them take the initiative to start a war.

After Gao Ji Gong groaned, he said to Kou Ji: "If you send someone over and take the initiative to ask them to go to war now, they will not go to war." It is simply impossible to get them to take the initiative to start a war. ”

Kou Ji sneered, "I already have a way, I can't help them not start a war with us. ”

Gao Ji looked at Kou Ji and said suspiciously, "What way?" ”

Kou Ji narrowed his eyes, "Aren't those newly formed Hengshan Army soldiers very envious of those soldiers of the Hengshan Army who were the first to follow us to make meritorious contributions?" ”

Gao Di was stunned for a moment, frowned, and said, "You want to divide the land for them?" But we don't have any land to divide it into. The land inside and outside the walls is now divided by you. ”

Kou Ji stared at the high place and smiled: "Who said we don't have land?" ”

Gao Ji stared at Kou Ji suspiciously.

Kou Ji said with a smile: "The great Western Xia is our land. ”

Gao Jun was stunned and said, "Didn't you take the initiative to provoke a war?" ”

Kou Ji shook his head and said with a smile: "It's different, it's very different...... When the Tangut people let the Liao people into the country, there was no clear statement that that the land belonged to the Liao people.

Now that the Liao people have been driven away, we go to recover our booty, isn't that how it should be?

As for the territory of Western Xia, which piece of land was occupied by the Liao, and that piece was not, was it his Western Xia who had the final say? ”

Gao Zhi stared at Kou Ji in a daze, as if he had heard something unbelievable.

Kou Ji continued: "The Tangut people have a nest of snakes and rats with the Liao people, and we naturally can't believe their words. Therefore, the Liao people occupied those places in Western Xia, and we have the final say. Those places are our trophies, and we have the final say. ”

The corners of Gao Chugong's mouth twitched and said: "You said that Xingqing Mansion is yours, can Li Deming still give you Xingqing Mansion?" ”

After a pause, Gao Di Gong cried and laughed: "Aren't you a scoundrel?" ”

Kou Ji smiled indifferently: "He won't let it, that's better, come and beat me." ”

Takachi really didn't know what to say.

Kou Ji had an idea in his heart and immediately put it into action.

Kou Ji left the Yinzhou City Mansion and instructed Liu Heng to gather the Hengshan army.

Two hours later, the 50,000-strong Hengshan army appeared in front of Kou Ji's eyes.

Kou Ji stood on the platform and said to all the generals of the Hengshan Army: "I heard that many of you have been complaining about me recently. ”

The soldiers of the Hengshan Army stood quietly, and none of them dared to speak.

Seeing this, Kou Ji continued: "You don't have to admit it, the rumors have reached my ears, so it must be true. You complained that I gave the old soldiers of the Hengshan Army a land, but did not give you a land, saying that I Kou Ji was unfair and unworthy of being the Northwest Economic Strategy. ”

When the soldiers of the Hengshan Army heard this, they were dumbfounded.

They talk too much in private.

But they didn't complain.

The soldiers of the Hengshan Army, who were the first to follow Kou Ji, were able to divide the land because of the enemy's head, which was exchanged for real combat exploits, not a reward from Kou Ji for no reason.

Every moment the enemy's head, it was they who risked their lives to fight.

It didn't fall out of thin air.

People have exchanged their lives for the credit of land, what right do they have to complain?

As for complaining that Kou Ji is unfair and unworthy of being the Northwest Economic Strategy, that is even more nonsense.

Now most of the officers and men in the Hengshan Army, all the officers and soldiers of the Zhenbei Army sitting outside the city of Linzhou, and all the officers and soldiers of the Yongbian Army sitting in Yongbian Prefecture all regard Kou Ji as a Buddha of all families.

They all regard Kou Ji as a benefactor and a Buddha, and whoever dares to complain about Kou Ji is making enemies of these people.

If someone really said something to complain about Koji, he would definitely be dragged out in the middle of the night and beaten violently, and everyone would be isolated.

When I returned home, I might have been beaten by my parents.

Before leaving home, the parents and elders of some soldiers who were assigned to the land and settled their families told them to listen to Kou Ji's words and not hesitate to sacrifice their lives for Kou Ji when necessary.

Koji gave them wealth, gave them wealth that they could enjoy for generations, and they had nothing to repay but their lives.

So no one in the army dared to complain about Kou Ji.

Even if there is a complaint, it is also a complaint to yourself, not catching up with the good time, not catching up with the battle between Kou Ji and the Liao, and missing the opportunity to become rich.