"Bang!"

"Bang bang!"

“……”

In the roar of artillery and muskets, Yang Wenguang and Liu Heng of Neiyunzhou and Waiyunzhou attacked from both sides, and strangled the last murderer at the foot of a mountain called Yanggut Mountain in Waiyunzhou.

The two rode their horses and gathered in one place, seeing that the soldiers and horses under their command drove the murderers in one place, and were doing the final annihilation.

Liu Heng turned his head sideways and said to Yang Wenguang: "The trouble caused by you and Wang Sui has finally been completely solved." ”

Yang Wenguang's face was a little ugly and said: "No one expected that after the prisoners of Xingqing Mansion rushed out of the Black Mountain Weifu Mansion, they would make such a big move. ”

Liu Heng heard a trace of grievance in Yang Wenguang's tone, and said with a smile: "Life is always full of accidents, as long as the ending is good." ”

Yang Wenguang was not comforted by Liu Heng's words, he hesitated for a moment and asked Liu Heng, "I heard that when Kou Shumi first knew about this, he reacted very strongly, and even ordered Fan Zhongyan of Shaanxi Mansion to assemble in Shaanxi Mansion. ”

Liu Heng nodded, "If it weren't for the birth of the New Khitan Nine Clans, which took away a large number of murderers, relieved us of a lot of pressure, and then drove out millions of people, mixed with the murderers, and weakened the strength of the murderers, we might not be able to take down all the murderers so easily."

So the fourth brother's reaction was not excessive.

He was a normal reaction.

It's just that he didn't expect things to be so variable. ”

Yang Wenguang argued: "I didn't say that Kou Shumi overreacted. I think that thanks to Kou's timely action and timely deployment, the murderers were prevented from entering my Great Song Dynasty to cause chaos, so that they did not cause a catastrophe. ”

Liu Heng stared at Yang Wenguang for a moment, and when he saw Yang Wenguang's serious face, he pretended to exaggerate and said, "Oh...... Is it...... That's what I think is bad......"

While Yang Wenguang was talking to Liu Heng, their soldiers had already annihilated all the diehards among the murderers, leaving only the prisoners who knelt on the ground and asked for surrender.

"General, the war is over, how to arrange the prisoners?"

A lieutenant rode his horse to Yang Wenguang to report.

Yang Wenguang didn't answer, but looked at Liu Heng, "Where are you going to send it to Kou Shumi?" ”

Liu Heng pursed his lips and shook his head, "It's not appropriate...... The fourth brother has gathered millions of captives on his side, and now the fourth brother is worried about the rations of those captives.

Isn't this place quite close to Wulashan Mansion?

How about sending people over to Wang Sui for temporary resettlement?

I remember that your Xingqing Mansion, Montenegro Weifu Mansion and other prefectures were all used to work in prisons, and the crops they planted, except for their own food, the rest were all from the imperial court.

You should have enough food for them. ”

Yang Wenguang hesitated for a moment, "Yes, yes, I'm mainly afraid that they will be bullied in the past." ”

Liu Heng raised his eyebrows, looking puzzled.

Yang Wenguang explained: "Now almost all the prisoners in Xingqing Mansion and other places have left their nationality. Their favorite thing to do now is to bully those prisoners in Xingqing Mansion and other places who have not yet been released.

They are far more ruthless to those prisoners than we are to those prisoners.

From the first batch of them to leave the country, until now, they have caused a lot of lives.

After the captives are sent over, they are at the bottom and will definitely be bullied by all of them. ”

Liu Heng said suspiciously: "Is it so serious? ”

Yang Wenguang smiled bitterly: "There are more serious ones. Those who have just left their nationality have already tasted the sweetness of military merits, and I am afraid that they will force them to rebel against the prisoners when the time comes, and then kill the prisoners in turn for military merits. ”

Liu Heng said in disbelief: "So wild? ”

Yang Wenguang grimaced.

The situation in Xingqing Province and other places is now very special.

Non-Song people, there is no way to enter Xingqing Mansion and other places at present.

Once the local people find out that you are a non-Song person and do not have a household registration of the Great Song Dynasty, they will try their best to make you make mistakes, and then take off your head to exchange for military merits.

Previously, when the Liao criminals were raging at their worst, some Liao people fled to the Great Song Dynasty with their families in order to avoid trouble.

From the first dozens of tents to the last thousands.

More than 10,000 people fled to the Great Song Dynasty.

Then they will enter the Wulashan Mansion for less than half a month, and their heads will be cut off and taken to the yamen for military merits.

Since they fled to the Great Song Dynasty and had no identity, they were not protected by the laws of the Great Song Dynasty.

If someone's head is cut off, it will be cut off in vain.

The local prisoners only need to give them a random charge of banditry and other crimes, and the yamen will pinch their noses and admit it.

So what Yang Wenguang said is very likely to happen.

When Liu Heng saw Yang Wenguang's bitter face, he knew that Yang Wenguang did not lie to him.

Since Kou Ji did not order them to execute the captives, then they could not watch the captives go to death, so they absolutely could not send the captives to Xingqing Mansion and other places.

Liu Heng thought for a moment and said, "Then temporarily place them in Waiyun Prefecture." Although this place is close to the Ayan tribe of the New Khitan Nine Clans, most of the soldiers and horses of the Ayan tribe are now fighting fiercely in Shangjing, and the soldiers and horses left behind are far from our opponents, so they should not be able to affect us.

However, for the food to feed the captives, you had better send someone back to bring some over. ”

Yang Wenguang hesitated for a moment and said, "I can only take out 600,000 quintals of grain at most." If this number is exceeded, it is necessary to consult the people of the prefect's government and the people of Cao, the people of Hucao must ask Wang Sui, and Wang Sui must consult the imperial court. ”

Liu Heng frowned and said, "Can't you do something special?" Need to be so troublesome? ”

According to the regular process, a set of instructions will be sent down in a month.

One month is enough time for Liu Heng to take his soldiers and horses out to grab a vote of grain.

Yang Wenguang said frankly: "We are qualified to ask the imperial court for special affairs, but the problem is that Kou's privy adviser is not in Bianjing, and Zhu Neng may not be able to get food from the three prime ministers." ”

Liu Heng sighed, "Wuchen is still a little weak, only the fourth brother alone can compete head-on with the three prime ministers, and the others ...... Hey......"

Liu Heng let out a long sigh, containing too many things.

Only the military ministers of the Great Song Dynasty could understand.

"Let's send the 600,000 loads of grain first. More on that later. Anyway, the fourth brother has already decided to attack the Liao land outside the Guan, and if we lack anything at that time, we will just grab it directly from the Liao people. ”

"Good ......"

“……”

Just when Liu Heng and Yang Wenguang were talking about Zhu Neng, Zhu Neng led three hundred parts and had already entered Gubeikou.

When Zhu Neng's sturdy body appeared in the Gubeikou town guarding the yamen where Kou Ji was sitting, Kou Ji looked surprised.

"Why are you here?"

Zhu Neng stood at the door, glared and said, "If you are allowed to eat meat, you are not allowed to drink soup?" ”

Kou Ji glanced at Zhu Neng up and down, and said lightly: "You know...... I didn't mean that. ”

Zhu Neng entered the door, found a place to sit down, picked up the kettle and took a breath, and said with a long sigh of relief: "To be honest, I don't know why I came."

A few days ago, when the imperial court learned that you were going to lead all the forbidden troops to counterattack the Liao Kingdom, the courtiers made a fuss.

Many people have asked the government to change you.

For this reason, he also had a big quarrel with the officials.

When they were making the most trouble, the official family avoided it and sent me over. ”

Speaking of this, Zhu Neng said with some tears and laughter: "To be honest, I still haven't figured out what the official family's intentions are.

It stands to reason that if the officials listened to the courtiers' persuasion, they should replace you.

If the officials had not listened to the advice of the courtiers, they should have done nothing. ”

Kou Ji pondered for a moment and said, "Since the official family didn't say it, we don't have to guess." The most important thing at the moment is the war. Now that you've arrived, go to Gao Jigong's side and be a helper for him. ”

Zhu Neng was stunned for a moment, and shouted loudly: "Let me go and be a helper for that old guy, he wants to be beautiful." ”

Obviously, Zhu Neng looked down on Gao Zugong and was unwilling to help Gao Zugong.

Kou Ji rolled his eyes and asked him to take out the map.

Three places were drawn on the map, namely the east end of Northwest Road, Jingnan Road, and Jingdong Road in Liaoguo.

Kou Ji pointed to the map and said, "Yang Wenguang and Liu Heng will then lead the Zhenbei Army and the Japanese Army, totaling 100,000 soldiers and horses, to the north along Waiyunzhou and attack the eastern end of the northwest road of the Liao State.

The Yongxing Army led by Di Qing and the Jiaozhi Army led by Li Si turned around and went out of Shanhaiguan to attack Jingdong Road in Liao.

Gao Chugong led the Jingsai army and the Baosai army, and the target was Jingnan Province in the Liao State.

My request is to get these three as fast as possible.

Gao Zugong is old, and it is inevitable that commanding troops and horses is not as easy as before, and many times he seems a little powerless.

And if he goes out on the way, then the two forbidden armies he leads will stop.

That's why I've sent you to the high places to make up for this shortcoming. ”

Zhu Neng stared at Kou Ji stunned and asked, "Are you afraid that Gao Ji Gong will die suddenly, so you sent me to wipe his buttocks?" ”

Kou Ji sighed: "If you have to think so, then think so." ”

When Zhu Neng heard this, the resistance in his heart disappeared in an instant, "Then I'll go." ”

Kou Ji nodded and said, "That's good...... In a few moments, I will order someone to prepare a table of wine and food, and after you have eaten, go to the high place as soon as possible. ”

"Don't worry......

Zhu Neng raised his hand to stop Kou Ji, he stretched out his finger and pointed to the location of the corner between Jingnan Road and Northwest Road in Liaoguo on the map, and asked: "There is half of Shangjing Road sandwiched between Jingnan Road and Northwest Road in Liaoguo, if we occupy Jingnan Road and Northwest Road, then this place is like an awl stabbing us."

You're not going to keep it, are you? ”

Kou Ji shook his head and said, "Naturally, it won't ...... When your troops leave the Great Wall, Chong Shiheng will also lead his troops out of the Great Wall, run thousands of miles, and rush to Shangjing Road and Shangjing City, cutting off the connection between Shangjing Road and Shangjing.

When you take the Northwest Road of Liaoguo and Jingnan Road, you can join forces and swallow Shangjing Road together. ”

Zhu Neng said in a deep voice: "In this way, the pressure on Chong Shiheng will be great. ”

Running thousands of miles and going deep into the hinterland of the Liao State is a very dangerous move.

Not only are they surrounded by enemies, but they are also in danger of being harassed along long supply lines.

If one is not done well, it is easy to cut off the supply line and then be trapped to death.

Yang Wenguang's grandfather, Yang Ye, died in such a predicament.

Cao Wei's father, Cao Wei, almost died in such a predicament.

Koji also knows the dangers.

"This matter was asked by Shiheng on his own initiative. According to my original plan, after swallowing the three roads of Liaoguo, I took advantage of the heavy snow to close the road and slowly clean up the Shangjing Road.

But Chong Shiheng felt that my plan was a bit conservative.

He felt that we had the ability and strength to annex the territory of the four provinces of Liao in one fell swoop, so there was no need to spend any more time slowly cleaning it up. ”

Kou Ji said frankly to Zhu Neng.

After Zhu Neng heard this, he muttered: "I have worked with Chong Shiheng for many years, if he is not sure, he will definitely not make this suggestion."

Since you agreed, it means that you also think that the feasibility of Chong Shiheng's move is very high.

Even so, then I have no doubts. ”

Kou Ji advised: "You have plenty of firearms in your hands, so use firearms more to fight, and don't rely too much on personal bravery." ”

When Zhu Neng heard this, he smiled bitterly and said, "You don't give us old guys who rely on martial arts to live at all." ”

Kou Ji said bluntly: "Martial arts are still somewhat useful on the battlefield, but they are not as useful as before. And as a great general, you should fight with your brain, not charge yourself. ”

In Kou Ji's opinion, as the commander of the first army and the commander of the first army, it is definitely a very stupid thing to take the lead in the charge.

This should not be done unless absolutely necessary.

The soldiers died in the charge, and another group was requisitioned, which could immediately fill the vacancies in the army.

However, the commander and the general were killed, and there was no suitable person to replace him for a while.

It's not that someone's life is worth more than whom.

But in terms of military affairs, the responsibilities of the commanders and generals are heavier, and they naturally cannot die easily.

Of course, Kou Ji also has a little selfishness.

Nowadays, there are too few generals in the Great Song Dynasty, and any death in battle is a major loss for the Great Song Dynasty.

Kou Ji felt that famous generals like Cao Wei, Di Qing, and Chong Shiheng were hard to find.

Especially a famous general like Di Qing, who was born at the grassroots, is even more difficult to find.

This kind of name will be born and cannot be cultivated.

So once it is damaged, there is no replacement for it.

Zhu Neng didn't understand Kou Ji's thoughts, he felt that as a general, if he didn't fight on the battlefield, what kind of general was that.

Although he had his own thoughts in his heart, he still firmly remembered Koji's words.

Zhu Neng deeply understands that his own opinions belong to his own opinions, and he has to listen to Kou Ji at a critical time.

Because Kou Ji can not only save his life, but also allow him to win battles and make great contributions.

Although Ko Ji doesn't know how to lead troops, he doesn't know how to command a war.

However, Kou Ji has participated in many wars over the years, and the tactics and strategies he proposed are almost always winn.

Anyway, so far, it seems that Kou Ji has not lost much of the war he has participated in.

What people are most afraid of is that they have no self-knowledge and are self-righteous.

Over the years, Zhu Neng has seen too many people who are not self-aware and self-righteous.

After those people went to the battlefield, they were pretentious, and they always felt that they were soldiers and saints, and after they went to the battlefield, the enemy would fall in front of them like wheat that had been harvested.

But the truth is that those people have not yet harvested the enemy, but they have been harvested by the enemy first.

It is precisely because of this that Zhu Neng rarely pretends to be big and rarely reckless on the battlefield.

When he should be obedient and make Xian, he is not ambiguous at all.

Let's take their previous battle in Dali.

When he, Chong Shiheng, and Di Qing attacked Tengchong Mansion.

Chong Shiheng's original idea was to let Zhu Neng lead 30,000 people to attack the opponent's camp.

But Di Qing took the initiative to ask Ying, saying that he could take the opponent's camp with a few thousand people.

Zhu Neng did not rely on his status to be higher than Di Qing to suppress Di Qing.

did not rely on his identity to compete with Di Qing, but gave the opportunity to Di Qing.

Then Di Qing fought a beautiful sneak attack.

Zhu Neng knew very well at the time that if it were him, he would definitely not be able to fight such a beautiful sneak attack.

So he admired Di Qing's ability and admired Di Qing's talent.

So when Kou Ji sent Di Qing into Hexi and put him behind to guard Xining Prefecture, he didn't complain at all.

After Kou Ji assigned a task to Zhu Neng, he ordered someone to serve a table of wine and wash the dust for Zhu Neng.

During the banquet, Kou Ji discussed some details with Zhu Neng.

Until he was full of wine and food, Kou Ji did not leave Zhu Neng to stay overnight, but sent Zhu Neng to find Gao Zugong.

Zhu Neng was not ambiguous, took his own people, and rode away from Gubeikou.

Because Zhu Neng is a veteran general on the battlefield, he knows what it means to be a soldier and a nobleman.

A few days later.

Yang Wenguang and Liu Heng sent the war report of the last group of murderers to Kou Ji.

The moment Kou Ji got the battle report, he gave the order to leave the Great Wall.

Inside the Gubei Mouth.

Dozens of iron horsemen rushed out and rushed in all directions, conveying Kou Ji's orders.

For a time, hundreds of thousands of forbidden troops, with more than 60,000 Japanese troops and 50,000 Jiaozhi soldiers, rushed out of the Great Wall together.

After the soldiers and horses of the Great Song Dynasty left the Great Wall, the most dazzling belonged to Di Qing.

Di Qing belonged to the representative of the Shaozhuang faction of the Great Song Dynasty military, and he was good at using strange tricks.

Therefore, those who are close to him and are willing to mix with him are mostly generals of the Shaozhuang faction.

The generals of the Shaozhuang faction are very strong.

This is not difficult to see from the fact that they chased and killed Yelu Zongzhen for a hundred miles before.

If it were replaced by Shiheng and others, even if they sent people to chase and kill, at most they would only chase and kill for more than fifty miles.

Because beyond fifty miles, the pressure of baggage transportation will increase exponentially.

Chong Shiheng and the others will not take risks.

But Di Qing dared to take risks, and Di Qing's people also dared to take risks.

It was precisely because Di Qing and his people dared to take risks, dare to rush and fight, so after they broke out of the Great Wall, the results were very gratifying.

In one day, six cities were conquered.

Gao Chu Gong and Yang Wenguang two troops and horses, the results are also good.

Although it was not as rebellious as Di Qing, they also successively took the places they attacked, three or four cities.

Chong Shiheng was the first to receive the order to attack, but he was the last to attack.

Because he has the longest distance to shoot and a long baggage line, he needs to get everything in order.

After Chong Shiheng cleaned everything up, he led the soldiers and horses out of Gubeikou.

The four soldiers and horses, like combs, combed them together.

The soldiers and horses of the four roads are all like bamboos.

The good news drifted into the Gubeikou like snowflakes.

Kou Ji looked at the good news that was pressed into a stack, and there was no joy at all.

Because in his eyes, there are so many good news, which is reasonable.

There are only 10 million people in Liao, and there are only 10 million accounts.

After the Liao State lost Yanyun, it left three million people in Yanyun.

The murderers caused chaos in the territory of Liao and killed an unknown number of people.

The New Khitan Nine Clans recruited millions and drove another three million to the Great Song Dynasty.

Liaoguo Jingnan Road, Jingdong Road, and Northwest Road can almost be said to be ten rooms and nine emptiness.

After Di Qing and the others invaded the Liao State, they only had to deal with the small groups of soldiers and horses left by the New Khitan Nine Clans in the Liao State, Jingnan Province and other places.

The Great Song Forbidden Army led by Di Qing and others was able to crush the elite soldiers of the Liao State.

In the face of the left-behind soldiers and horses temporarily formed by a small group of murderers, it is like an awl poking paper, effortlessly.

Therefore, it is reasonable for Di Qing and others to break through the bamboos and attack the city and seize the land.

If it is blocked by others, it is the last thing you should do.

Seven days later.

Di Qing took half of the territory of Jingdong Road in Liaoguo, and Gao Chu Gong and others also made their own achievements.

Zhu Neng sent someone to tell Kou Ji that they had taken Tanshan, and found many cattle, sheep, horses, and grain that the Ayan tribe had looted from the Liao people.

Kou Ji rushed to Tanshan with the people in the starry night.

After counting the number of cattle, sheep, horses and grain, he immediately ordered that those Liao captives be gradually brought back to the Liao land occupied by the Great Song Dynasty.

At the same time, a letter was sent to Bianjing by Kou Ji.

Zhao Zhen's face was full of sadness after he got the song.

Lu Yijian and the three of them glanced at each other, looking puzzled.

Lu Yijian hesitated for a moment and said, "Official, you haven't been able to leave the dynasty for half a month. Now that the Shishitang suddenly appeared, and summoned the ministers and the other three, but they figured it out? ”

Zhao Zhen glanced at Lu Yijian and threw the song in his hand in front of the three of them.

"It's okay for me to exchange Kou Ji back. You guys help me solve this problem first. ”

Lu Yijian stepped forward suspiciously, picked up the note, and after reading the ten lines at a glance, he looked confused.

Seeing this, Wang Zeng and Zhang Zhibai stepped forward together, staring at the recital in Lu Yijian's hand, and after reading it, they were also confused.

The content of the note is simple.

He asked the imperial court to send officials to the newly conquered land.

Kou Ji said in a nonchalant tone, asking the imperial court to send 10,000 officials first, and then prepare 20,000, and then after taking the entire territory of Liao, a huge number of officials will be needed.

The 20,000 that have been prepared may not be enough.

But something is better than nothing.

"Send 10,000 first?! Kou Ji really dares to say it! Where are we going to find 10,000 officials for him to come out?! ”

Wang Zeng muttered to himself.

Zhao Zhen said with some displeasure: "It's not for the fourth brother, it's for the Great Song Dynasty." Since those places were acquired by my Great Song Dynasty, they are the land of my Great Song Dynasty.

Since it is the land of my Great Song Dynasty, then I and the three of us are duty-bound. ”

"A branch of Jinshi, only 200 people are taken when they are full. 10,000 people, how many courses do you have to open?! ”