When Kou Zhun heard Liu E's words, his heart beat wildly.

Ge Huaimin, who came with Kou Zhun on the side, almost didn't scream when he heard this.

Kou Zhun heard that something was wrong from Liu E's words, and he gritted his teeth and asked Liu E, "Where are the 150,000 soldiers and horses led by Li Zhaoliang?" ”

Liu E kept her mouth shut.

Kou Zhun and Ge Huaimin both had a bad premonition in their hearts.

Kou Zhun was just about to continue asking questions.

I heard Liu E speak: "If Zhi Weizhong and Chong Shiheng can't resist the Western Xia soldiers and horses, the imperial court can send the second route soldiers and horses to support." ”

Kou Zhun wanted to chase Liu E to get to the bottom of it, but Ge Huaimin said urgently on the side: "If the imperial court wants to send second-way soldiers and horses, it needs to be as soon as possible." The ministers are afraid that it will be too late, and the two of them, as well as the soldiers and horses under their command, will be folded on the banks of the Lingzhou River. ”

Kou Zhun gritted his teeth, stared at Liu E, and asked, "Is the Queen Mother still unwilling to tell Li Zhaoliang's whereabouts?" ”

Liu E glanced at Kou Zhun and said indifferently: "As the saying goes, when the general is outside, the military order is not subject to it." They left Bianjing City, and it was impossible for the mourning family to know their movements.

Even the mourners don't know where they are, how can they tell you? ”

Liu E was obviously lying, but Kou Zhun also took into account the lives of the two of them and did not investigate the matter with Liu E.

Immediately, he ordered someone to ring the bell on the imperial city, summoned hundreds of officials, and discussed the matter.

In the end, it was decided that Gao Chugong, the general of the right prison guard, led 100,000 soldiers and horses to the bank of the Lingzhou River to rush to the aid of the two.

To make sure nothing goes wrong.

Kou allowed Li Di, the secretary of the household department, to be the supervisor of the army, and went out with Gao Chu Gong.

With the high place Gong led the troops out of the battle.

The people of Bianjing, who have been lively for several months, seem to have been poured a basin of cold water on the heat, and they have begun to become tepid, and even have a tendency to gradually extinguish.

People are always more receptive to great joy than unwilling to accept great compassion.

In this heavy sorrow, the number of alcoholics naturally increased.

Kou Zhun hadn't returned to the house yet, and Wang Zeng, who was drunk like mud, staggered into Kou's mansion.

Kou Zhong was training Zhang Yuan in an inconspicuous room, when he heard a report from Menzi that Wang Zeng was drunk and broke into the mansion, and hurriedly threw Zhang Yuan down to see Wang Zeng.

When Kou Zhong saw Wang Zeng, Wang Zeng was staggering in the side hall of Kou Mansion, and he scolded in a low voice.

Kou Zhong walked to the door of the side hall, and when he heard a sentence or two, he was startled, and hurriedly asked people to block the door of the side hall, and hurriedly went to the courtyard where the craftsman was located to find Kou Ji.

Since Kou Ji learned that Li Yuanhao had defeated Yelu Longxu in Dingzhou, he plunged into the courtyard where the craftsman in the mansion was located and never came out.

When Kou Zhong saw Kou Ji, Kou Ji was squatting on the ground, staring at a pile of round iron in a daze.

He took three steps and two steps, stepped forward, and said urgently: "Little master, it's terrible." ”

Kou Ji was thinking about the problem, and was suddenly disturbed, a little displeased, he frowned and said, "It's nothing important, don't bother me." ”

After Kou Ji entered the courtyard where the craftsmen were and put on the aprons of the craftsmen's iron, he became different from before.

In the past, even if Kou Ji was not gentle and elegant, he was also a person with few tempers.

But after entering the courtyard where the craftsman was, Kou Ji seemed to have become an unquestionable, undisturbable, king-like, authority-like existence.

There is a little more power on the body, a little more domineering.

Kou Zhong didn't have the heart to pay attention to Kou Ji's mood now, he still roared urgently: "Wang Zeng has arrived, he is drunk, and all he says is rebellious words.

It's a terrible sentence.

The old servant didn't dare to stop him, so he let people leave him in the side hall for the time being.

Go check it out. ”

Hearing this, Kou Ji's frowning brow relaxed a lot.

He dropped the iron in his hand, uncovered the apron on his body, covered the drill hole on the side, and said in a deep voice: "I'll go and see ......"

Kou Ji didn't change his clothes, but wore the clothes stained with iron foam and entered the side hall.

"Liu E! You enchantress! ”

As soon as he entered the side hall, he heard Wang Zeng drunken swearing.

Hearing this, Kou Ji frowned and ordered Kou Zhong behind him, "Shut ......"

Kou Zhong hurriedly nodded.

In fact, even if Kou Ji didn't give orders, Kou Zhong would make the servants in the palace who heard Wang Zeng's nonsense obediently shut up.

Kou Ji entered the side hall, met the staggering Wang Zeng, and said in a low voice: "Uncle Shi, you drank too much." The little nephew helps you down to rest. ”

"Drink too much?"

Wang Zeng sneered, "Will I drink too much?" Why do I still remember what happened in the court after drinking too much? I still remember what happened in the court, which shows that I haven't drunk too much, and I haven't drunk enough. ”

Wang Zeng's words are like tongue twisters, and others may not understand what they mean.

But Koji could hear what he meant.

Since Ge Huaimin entered Beijing to ask for help, the movement of the 150,000 soldiers and horses led by Li Zhaoliang has become a matter of continuous concern to the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty.

But today, ten days have passed.

Liu E still gritted her teeth and did not let go.

So far, except for Liu E and Cao Yong, no one knows where the 150,000 soldiers and horses led by Li Zhaoliang have gone.

However, the 150,000 soldiers and horses led by Li Zhaoliang played a vital role in the battlefield of the Great Song Dynasty against Western Xia.

I don't know the movement of the 150,000 soldiers and horses led by Li Zhaoliang, and the war of the Great Song Dynasty against the Western Xia will be variable at any time.

Li Deming defeated Yelu Longxu, although the Liao army did not withdraw from Western Xia, and was still entangled with Western Xia's soldiers and horses, but the large-scale war between the two sides did not fight again.

Although the small-scale friction continued, it was clear that the two sides were testing each other.

When the two sides have tried to understand the details of the other side, they will choose whether to continue the war or make peace.

This cycle won't be too long.

If the two sides decide to continue to fight again, then the Great Song Dynasty will have time to continue to entangle.

But once the two sides reach peace.

Then Li Deming, the king of Western Xia who had just defeated the Liao, would pounce on the Great Song Dynasty in the most ferocious way.

At that time, even if Da Song can block Li Deming's counterattack, it will hurt his muscles and bones.

Even the territories of Western Xia that have just been seized will be taken back.

I don't know if the Great Song Dynasty will lose one or two states because of this.

The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty saw this, so they frequently asked Liu E about the whereabouts of the soldiers and horses led by Li Zhaoliang.

But Liu E refused to say a word.

The military power is in Liu E's hands, Liu E wants to go her own way, and no one can do anything about her.

Wang Zeng hated that he was powerless in this matter, so he used wine to kill his sorrows.

Kou Ji helped Wang Zeng out of the side hall and went to a side room in the house to rest.

He stayed by Wang Zeng's side, listened to Wang Zeng scold Liu E, and waited until Wang Zeng was tired of scolding and fell asleep, and then he left the wing.

He found Kou Zhong, who was telling the servants in the palace to shut up, and asked, "My grandfather hasn't come back from the palace yet?" ”

Kou Zhong shook his head.

Kou Ji returned to the courtyard, changed his clothes, and went out of the house.

He circled around in front of a pharmacy.

This is this place, he didn't plan to come to in the first place.

But now, in order to understand the whereabouts of the soldiers and horses led by Li Zhaoliang as soon as possible, he had to come.

entered the pharmacy and flashed the waist card.

The guy at the pharmacy took Kou Ji to the backyard of the pharmacy and saw the gray-haired old man.

"Boy...... You're here again......"

The old man spoke in his sharp voice, and his eyes were full of banter as he looked at Kou Ji.

Kou Ji stared at him, and there was no extra nonsense, and asked straight to the point: "Where did the soldiers and horses led by Li Zhaoliang go?" ”

The old man chuckled in a low voice while pounding the medicine: "We guessed that you would come." ”

Kou Ji frowned and said, "I'm not here to catch up with you. ”

The old man dropped the hammer and stared at Kou Ji with a smile: "How can our family know the news that the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty don't know?" ”

Kou Ji said coldly: "Don't pretend to be confused with me. I reminded Chen Lin to send someone to keep an eye on Yelu Longxu's movements, although he didn't give me any news. But I am sure that your people must be in Western Xia. You must also know the movements of the 150,000 soldiers and horses led by Li Zhaoliang.

Tell me! ”

The old man stared at Kou Ji, the smile on his face suddenly disappeared, and he said lightly: "This business has always had to come and go." If we tell you the news we know, what can you give us? ”

Kou Ji raised his eyebrows, "What do you want?" ”

The old man's gaze moved away from Kou Ji, fell on the courtyard wall not far from Kou Ji, and said faintly: "The old man wants him!" ”

Kou Ji narrowed his eyes slightly, and said in a low voice, "You want a dumb tiger?" It seems that your people have lost a lot in Western Xia, otherwise you would not be able to worry about the dumb tiger. ”

The old man retracted his gaze, fell on Kou Ji, and reminded coldly: "We don't need you to take care of our affairs, and you are not qualified to take care of them. ”

Kou Ji stared at him and asked, "It seems that you have sold a lot of news, otherwise you would not have taken the opportunity to blackmail people." ”

"Humph!"

The old man snorted coldly and did not speak.

Kou Ji said disdainfully: "But why was I blackmailed by you? I asked Li Zhaoliang where he went, also for the sake of your master, and for the sake of maintaining your master's country.

Since you regard the safety of your master's country and society as a business.

So what do I care about?

Even if the Tangut people defeated the two families, even if the Tangut people came to Bianjing at that time, what would they have to do with me. ”

Kou Ji dropped this sentence and walked away.

Wanting to take the opportunity to fight his autumn wind, these people are probably miscalculated.

Seeing that Kou Ji saw through his thoughts, the old man gritted his teeth and said in a low voice, "Xiazhou...... Wan Jingkou ...... White Pond City ......"

When Kou Ji heard the names of these three places, he paused, turned around, stared at the old man and said coldly: "Even if you still know a little bit of severity." Don't hit me with your calculations in the future, my people are my people, and if I don't open my mouth, no one can take them away.

Others are afraid of you, but I'm not afraid of you, I'm alone, will I be afraid of you guys who can't get on the stage? ”

The old man's face changed, and he said coldly: "Ghosts can eat people." ”

Kou Ji sneered: "Then we have to wait until you grow a good pair of teeth." ”

Dropping these words, Kou Ji stopped paying attention to the old man and left the pharmacy with his sleeves flicked up.

The old man stared at Kou Ji's departing back, his face gloomy.

I don't know what to think about anymore.

Kou Ji returned to the mansion, spread out the map of Western Xia, searched carefully on the map, and found the three places in the old man's mouth.

"Xiazhou...... Wan Jingkou ...... White Pond City ......"

"This is to go along the outside of the Great Wall, around the rear of Lingzhou. I want to follow the soldiers and horses of the two families, come to Lingzhou to attack back and forth, take Lingzhou in one fell swoop, and completely drive the Xixia people out of the Great Wall. ”

"Good idea, good layout. If it does, it will be a great achievement. No wonder Liu E kept silent. She's holding back the bad. Now how ruthless the Manchu civil and military impeachment is to impeach her, and how ruthless her counterattack will be after Lingzhou is taken down. ”

“……”

Kou Ji figured out the whereabouts of the soldiers and horses led by Li Zhaoliang, and after thinking about Li Zhaoliang's purpose, he felt a lot more relaxed.

He was really afraid that Liu E, Ding Wei, and Cao would use these three people to make some kind of moth at this juncture.

If Liu E, Ding Wei, and Cao used the three of them to see that the soldiers and horses of the Great Song Dynasty frequently profited in Western Xia, and then inflated their self-confidence to recover the sixteen states of Yanyun, and then start a war with the Liao, then the fun would be great.

Simply, these three guys are not so stupid, they know how much appetite they have, how much they eat, and they are not greedy.

After figuring out Liu E's purpose, Kou Ji wrote a letter and asked Kou Zhong to send someone to the palace to Kou Zhun.

Kou Zhun has never come out since he accompanied Ge Huaimin into the palace.

He has been asking Liu E about the whereabouts of Li Zhaoliang's soldiers and horses.

Liu E refused to say, he refused to leave the palace, and now he is in a stalemate.

Kou Ji sent his guess to the palace to make Kou Zhun feel at ease.

Facts have proved that Kou Zhun, the great housekeeper of the Great Song Dynasty, although he is a little domineering, can be regarded as doing his best to the Great Song Dynasty.

After figuring out Liu E's purpose, Kou Ji didn't bother to go to the courtyard where the craftsman was located to continue to suffer.

However.

He did not go to the courtyard where the craftsmen were, but the craftsmen came to the door.

They dragged Kou Ji, and they wanted Kou Ji to take them and finish the few things that Kou Ji had designed.

Kou Ji couldn't resist those craftsmen, so he could only accompany them and continue to toss around in the workshop in the mansion.

A toss is seven or eight days.

Seven or eight nights later.

A remnant horseman, protecting the gray-faced Ding Wei, broke into Bianjing City.

The originally quiet Bianjing City boiled over with the appearance of Ding Wei and others.

When Ding Wei appeared in Bianjing City, the bell in the palace was ringed, and the Manchu Dynasty civil and military forces stepped on the moonlight and appeared in the vertical arch hall in unison.

Hanging arch on the temple.

The unkempt Ding Wei wailed loudly, "The official family, the mother, something is wrong!" Li Zhaoliang's house, greedy for merit, he led the troops privately, wanted to raid Huaizhou, wanted to use Huaizhou as the foundation, took Xingzhou, Jingzhou, Shunzhou, and Lingzhou in Western Xia, and eradicated Western Xia in one fell swoop.

But as soon as the soldiers and horses led by him arrived at the city of Huaizhou, they bumped into the Liao army that was going to attack Huaizhou City.

The two sides fought a big battle outside the city of Huaizhou.

Li Zhaoliang's house was beheaded in front of the horse by the Liao people, and the 150,000 troops were killed and captured by the Liao, all of them were gone.

Under the escort of 2,000 elite horsemen, the minister barely escaped from Huaizhou. ”

The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were stunned when they heard this.

The 150,000 soldiers and horses led by Li Zhaoliang fought with the Liao people on the territory of the Western Xia people?

150,000 soldiers and horses, gone?

Li Zhaoliang was also killed?

No matter how the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty listened, they all felt that they were listening to the Book of Heaven.

However, these words came out of the mouth of Ding Wei, the prison army, and they couldn't believe it if they didn't believe it.

When Cao Wei heard this, he stared at him and shouted: "Li Zhaoliang is a general, he has been fighting for many years, and he has always been in order, how can he be greedy for merit?" How could it be possible to fight with the Liao people on the territory of Western Xia?

You're talking nonsense! ”

When those martial artists heard Cao Wei's words, they questioned Ding Wei one after another.

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