Therefore, if the Zhe family stays in Fuzhou, it will be good for the Zhe family and the court."

Kou Jidao: "The current court is different from the previous court."

Zhong Shiheng nodded and said: "Of course I know this, otherwise I wouldn't have entered the capital to be a Tongzhi Privy Councilor."

Kou Ji asked: "Then after you conquered and destroyed the Liao Kingdom, do you still want to stay in the Liao Kingdom?"

Zhong Shiheng said bluntly: "Now is now, and the future will be later. The matter of killing donkeys has been done in every dynasty. Who knows whether the court's favor to my military minister is just to let my military minister contribute.

Who knows whether the imperial court will kill the donkey after my military ministers have wiped out the enemy invaders."

Kou Ji opened his mouth, thinking about answering Zhong Shiheng's doubts.

Just when he was about to speak out, he gave up the idea.

Zhong Shiheng had completely different styles in dealing with the court and dealing with war.

When facing the court, Zhong Shiheng was as cautious as possible.

When fighting, Zhong Shiheng is certainly cautious, but he occasionally makes unexpected moves and is not overly cautious.

Kou Ji could probably guess why Zhong Shiheng was so cautious when facing the court.

It's just that the imperial court had previously emphasized civility and suppressed military force, and suppressed military officials too harshly.

You say that once bitten by a snake, you will be afraid of well ropes for ten years.

Although Zhong Shiheng has never been bitten by a snake, he has seen countless people bitten by snakes.

In order to protect himself, he can only act cautiously.

Kou Ji said a lot of taboo words, but he couldn't make Zhong Shiheng completely give up his caution.

It can be seen that Zhong Shiheng was always wary of the imperial court.

If it were in the past, Kou Ji would definitely give Zhong Shiheng a beating.

Now, Kou Ji has no idea of ​​beating Zhong Shiheng.

It's not that Kou Ji had anything else on his mind.

But Kou Ji felt that Zhong Shiheng had fought many battles in the south and north for the Song Dynasty in recent years, and had outstanding military exploits against the Song Dynasty and deserved to be respected.

So he was unwilling to knock Zhong Shiheng.

Since Zhong Shiheng is wary of the imperial court, he can only use time to prove everything.

Kou Ji firmly believed that Zhao Zhen would not kill the donkey, so Zhong Shiheng must see a perfect ending.

After the two of them finished speaking, they stopped talking.

Instead, he ate some mutton in silence.

After eating.

Zhong Shiheng arranged for someone to take Kou Ji to a tent to rest, and he rode his horse to inspect the battlefield.

Kou Ji rested peacefully in the tent for two days.

On the third day, there was finally some movement.

The scouts under Zhong Shiheng encountered the Tuoba tribe's scouts ten miles away from the ravine, and the two sides fought.

The scouts under Zhong Shiheng lifted the head of the Tuoba scout back and told Zhong Shiheng a piece of news.

"Seven tribes, including the Ayan tribe and the Tuoba tribe, have announced that they have officially left the alliance of the nine new Khitan tribes and are preparing to march south?"

In Zhong Shiheng's tent, Kou Ji asked with a puzzled look.

Zhong Shiheng nodded and said solemnly: "That's what my scouts said."

Kou Ji pondered and said: "How many soldiers and horses does the opponent have?"

Zhong Shiheng opened his palms and said: "It is five times as many as ours. Only 30% of them are regular troops, and the rest are just a bunch of rabble."

Kou Ji asked: "Can we win?"

Zhong Shiheng said frankly: "We can win, but I can't guarantee that we can stop all their soldiers and horses. If they run south in a swarm, even if we lead our soldiers and horses to kill day and night, we will not be able to stop them in a moment."

Endless killing.

There will definitely be some fish that slip through the net and escape."

Kou Ji frowned slightly, "Nowadays, most of our soldiers and horses are on the battlefield, and the places we conquered are basically in a state of emptiness.

If they divide into small groups and cause trouble behind, it will be a trouble for us."

With the current strength of the Song Dynasty's soldiers and horses, they are not afraid of a head-on battle with the opponent, but are afraid that the opponent will engage in guerrilla warfare with them.

It is a very unwise choice to fight guerrillas on the grassland with a group of people who grew up on horses.

There will be some damage in the early stage and it will take a lot of time.

Kou Ji was not afraid of damage, but was mainly afraid of wasting time.

Zhong Shiheng said in a deep voice: "Di Qing will arrive in half a day. After he arrives, the soldiers and horses under his command will have to rest for at least a day.

Only after the soldiers and horses under his command have rested can they cooperate with the soldiers and horses under my command in combat.

I'm afraid the enemy won't give him time to rest."

Di Qing could fight hard for days and nights without sleep, but the soldiers and horses under his command could not.

After a long and fierce battle, soldiers and horses must rest and recuperate.

Kou Ji pondered and said: "Can you send some people out and set up some obstacles for them to stop them for a day or two?"

Zhong Shiheng frowned and said: "Beyond the ravine is a vast plain. Unless we send all our troops and horses out, there is no way to stop them."

Kou Ji suggested: "Send people to place some mine cannons to see if they can throw rat weapons and slow down the march."

Zhong Shiheng thought for a moment and said, "This is something you can try."

"Then send someone to do it quickly."

"Um……"

Zhong Shiheng nodded, walked out of the tent, and ordered his scouts to take some cavalry and go out to plant mines and cannons on the path that Ayan and the other seven tribes must pass through.

Not long after Zhong Shiheng left the tent.

Kou Ji's personal officer hurriedly entered the tent and shouted: "Privy Minister, Di Qing and his troops have arrived."

When Kou Ji heard the news, he quickly got out of the tent and ran down the mountain.

After running all the way to the south side of the ravine at the foot of the mountain, they saw Di Qing leading his troops and galloping over the grass.

More than 80,000 people galloped on horseback with great momentum.

Behind them was a billowing cloud of smoke.

Di Qing and others rushed to the ravine, reined in their horses and exhaled a white breath.

Di Qing saw Kou Ji from afar, and when he got close to Kou Ji, he jumped off his horse.

"Brother!"

Di Qing ran to Kou Ji and bowed solemnly.

Kou Ji looked Di Qing up and down and said, "I heard you were injured?"

Di Qing opened his shoulder armor with a bright smile, revealing a bandaged wound, and said: "While destroying a mature stronghold, I was bitten by a eagle shooter. It's not a problem."

Kou Ji nodded and said: "You are lucky. As far as I know, the archery skills of the vulture shooter are three points better than the average marksman.

Not many people can escape from the hands of the vulture shooter."

Di Qing smiled and said: "I'm not a vegetarian either. The eagle shooter is certainly very good, but I saw him when he opened his bow.

I dodged just in time, so his arrow only grazed my shoulder."

Kou Ji smiled and said: "As long as it doesn't get in the way. Take your troops down quickly to rest. The enemy will arrive in the next two days, and you don't have much time to rest."

When Di Qing heard that there was a war, his face immediately straightened, "Okay!"

Kou Ji waved his hand, indicating that Di Qing could go down, but Di Qing did not move. Instead, he smiled at Kou Ji and said, "Brother, I met a man on the way here. He came to see you, so I took him with me."

Coming over."

Kou Ji looked suspicious.

Di Qing looked towards where the soldiers gathered not far behind him.

Kou Ji also took advantage of the situation and looked over.

Then he saw an old figure, slowly riding his horse away from the soldiers.

Kou Ji was slightly startled when he saw that figure, "Chen Lin?!"

Chen Lin rode up to Kou Ji and said, "It's our family!"

Kou Ji asked suspiciously: "What are you doing here?"

Chen Lin didn't say anything, but got off the horse and straightened her clothes.
To be continued...