Chapter 119: Zhou Kai's helplessness

Le Yi's proposal, Liu Ji was very much in favor, if it wasn't for the expansion of the strength of the cavalry under his command, not to mention the ordinary cavalry of the 13 Wuheng tribes, even those captured war slaves, Liu Ji didn't want to stay. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

On the way to Qianzhou, Liu Ji saw countless villages and towns destroyed by the Hu cavalry, and even encountered two destroyed county seats, and the crimes committed by the grassland nomads against Qianzhou were simply innumerable.

Thinking of the tragic scenes he saw on the road, Liu Ji couldn't wait to directly order the heads of all the captured Wuheng cavalry of more than 1,300 people.

However, Liu Ji had thought about it before, if he wanted to gain a foothold in the border of the Great Jin Dynasty, it was very necessary to govern Hu with Hu, after all, there were many ethnic groups on the grassland, and some of the grassland ethnic groups were hundreds of thousands of cavalry at every turn.

As for the officers and nobles in the captured Wuheng cavalry, Liu Ji would never spare their lives, and Liu Ji was not ready to let the 13 Wuheng tribes ransom these officers and nobles.

The pastures of the 13 Wuheng tribes are close to the boundaries of Chengyin County, so that Liu Ji will definitely not be friends in the future, and letting the 13 tribes redeem these captured cavalry officers and nobles is equivalent to letting the enemy return to the mountain, Liu Ji is not stupid!

Redeeming prisoners of war with money is not only a rule on the grassland, but even between the Great Jin Dynasty and the nomads of the grassland has always existed in secret, of course, no one will spend money to redeem ordinary soldiers.

Although it has been decided to slaughter the officers and nobles in the captured Wuheng cavalry, Liu Ji did not immediately give the order to do it, and there is one more important thing that Liu Ji needs to do, that is, to enter the county seat of Chengyin County and receive all the military affairs of Chengyin County.

In addition, Liu Ji also needed these officers and nobles to make some articles to solve the problem of the loyalty of war slaves, and Liu Ji started the idea of these officers and nobles.

There were too many seizures in the first battle last night, there were more than 8,000 war horses alone, and Liu Ji's border army itself also had a lot of property, so many things were not easy to transport into Chengyin County.

As a border military fortress, Chengyin City is not large, only a little more than two square kilometers, just the nearly 10,000 war horses in Liu Ji's hands, Chengyin City is a little unable to fit, and must find another way.

So Liu Ji discussed with Su Lie, Le Yi, Hua Xiong, Wei Xiaokuan, and Zhao Ben, and decided to lead Su Lie's nearly 300 cavalry, as well as nearly 1,000 infantry under Le Yi's department, to enter Chengyin County to see the situation.

When Liu Ji came to the north gate of Chengyin County with nearly 300 cavalry and nearly 1,000 infantry, the city gate did not open immediately, and Zhou Kai, the highest-ranking guard general in Chengyin City at this time, stood on the city wall, looking at the Jin army under the banner of the word "Liu" under the city, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but show a wry smile.

Seeing the border army from Yongzhou under the city, Zhou Kai has affirmed that this army is definitely not dressed up as a Hu person, although the scale of this border army is much more than that on the official document, but now the situation in the Great Jin Dynasty is becoming more and more chaotic, no one will care whether a border team will be overnumbered, even if the number of people in the border team is small, in fact, it doesn't matter much.

Standing on the city wall, looking at the border army under the city, Zhou Kai was a little unwilling in his heart, you must know that after Zhou Kai's father Zhao Hong died last year, Zhou Kai hoped to take over his father's military position as a general, and succeeded to the position of the guard general of Chengyin City, for nearly 200 years, the post of the guard general of Chengyin County has been held by the children of the Chengyin Zhou family.

It's a pity that his father Zhao Hong, in order to support the border soldiers in Chengyin City, has used the Zhou family's money and property over the years, and there is not much left, so that Zhou Kai can't even take out the money he operates in the imperial court, and as a result, the position of the partial general of Chengyin City has not fallen on Zhou Kai, and he can only temporarily act as a lieutenant to temporarily act as the military affairs of the entire Chengyin County.

For the position of a small general in Chengyin County, the ministers of the Great Jin Dynasty actually don't look down on it at all, but Zhou Kai can't take out the money to bribe these court ministers, and none of the ministers stand up to recommend Zhou Kai.

Chengyin County, the position of a partial general, and because Chengyin County is located in the northern border of the Great Jin Dynasty, no one else is willing to take over, at this time, there is not much difference between coming to Chengyin County to serve and sending him to death, so Zhao Hong died for more than half a year, and the position of Chengyin County, a partial general, is still vacant.

At this time, Liu Ji suddenly entered the field of vision of the ministers of the imperial court because of the battle for the position of the Taishou of Geshan County, Anhui Prefecture, and the credit of defeating tens of thousands of Liukou to rescue Cangyuan City, the key is that Liu Ji happened to be rushing to Chengyin County with a border army, and then the ministers of the imperial court pushed the boat down the river and directly rewarded Liu Ji with the name of the guard of Chengyin County.

After all, in order to balance the officialdom of Wanzhou, the imperial court confirmed Liu Ji's military exploits in defeating tens of thousands of Liukou, so how can he be rewarded for his military exploits, otherwise the face of the imperial court is not good-looking, so Liu Ji has the military position of a partial general, as well as the actual position of a general in Chengyin County.

In fact, I really can't say whether it is a reward or a punishment, after all, the situation on the northern border of the Great Jin Dynasty is quite bad at this time, if it is replaced by other people, maybe it will not be long after arriving in Chengyin City, and the small life will be gone, and the ferocity of the grassland Hu people has been taught by the Great Jin for hundreds of years.

Zhou Kai exhaled a breath of turbidity, the matter has come to this, there is nothing he can do, no matter what, Chengyin City finally has reinforcements, and it is still a strong army with considerable combat power, which is definitely exciting news for Chengyin County.

As for whether he is aggrieved or not, he can only endure it, who can't let himself take out the silver to operate in the court, the current court is no longer as good as before, and no longer takes into account the feelings of the century-old generals of the Chengyin Zhou family, the current court, can not do anything without money, I just hope that my future Shangguan can get along better.

Zhou Kai has confirmed that the army under the city is the team from Yongzhou to Chengyin County, but the procedures that should be followed still need to be followed.

Zhou Kai asked his subordinates to shout on the city wall, and he needed to ask the border team under the city to show an official document before he could open the city gate, and then a hanging basket was placed on the city wall.

Liu Ji gestured to Zhao Ben beside him, and Zhao Ben rode to the city wall, and put a piece of the imperial court decree that Liu Ji gave him before, as well as the documents issued by the county government of Qi County, all in the hanging basket, and then waved his hand at the city wall.

The hanging basket was quickly dragged onto the city wall, and Zhou Kai saw the will of the imperial court and the document issued by the county government of Qixian County, so he personally took some border soldiers to the north gate of Chengyin City.

"Open the city gate and welcome General Liu Ji and the border army of Qi County, Changping County, Yongzhou to enter the city!" Zhou Kai ordered to his subordinates in a deep voice.

Then the north gate of Chengyin City was slowly opened in the sound of "crunch-crunch-", and Zhou Kai and more than 20 border soldiers walked out of the city gate.

Seeing that the city gate of Chengyin County was opened, Liu Ji took several generals around him to the front of the team and greeted the soldiers of the Chengyin County garrison who walked out of the city gate.

Zhou Kai saw Liu Ji, who was held by the stars, and knew that this young armored general should be the partial general Liu Ji, that is, his future superior, it seems that this young partial general should be the son of a certain family or a strong family, otherwise he is so young, it is impossible to become a partial general, and if his Zhou family is not a general, he will not be able to become a captain of the border army just after joining the army.

Zhou Kai immediately took the initiative to greet Liu Ji and the others, preparing to salute his future Shangguan.

The ancestors of the Zhou family have been guarding the border of the Great Jin Dynasty in Chengyin County for nearly 200 years, and the number of people who died on the battlefield is unknown, although now the position of the guard of Chengyin County has fallen into the hands of others, but Zhou Kai has no intention of leaving Chengyin County, and the belief of guarding Chengyin County and guarding the border of the Great Jin Dynasty has penetrated into the bones of the children of the Zhou family.