Chapter 181: Victory!

Bingbu Langzhong stood in front of Zhao Xu, raised his hand, and said solemnly: "Official, the Xia people seem to have withdrawn all the way to Xihe Road, but they have strengthened their attack around Huanqing Road, which may be good news, indicating that the main force of the Xia army has suffered a setback and needs to find a way from other aspects." ”

Zhao Xu glanced at him, nodded slightly, and said, "Look at it this way, it's true." But we can't take it lightly, an army of 300,000, even if there are only a few hundred thousand, is enough for Huanqing Road to bear the pressure. ”

Although Zhao Xu deployed more than 200,000 troops to Zhang Qi, to defend various walled cities and scatter them on the border from Xihe Road to Yanyan Road, Zhang Qi could flexibly deploy less than 80,000.

Bingbu Langzhong looked at Zhao Xu, and then bowed and stood.

Zhao Xu saw it and said, "If you have anything to say, just say it." ”

Bingbu Langzhong bowed more and more, raised his hand, tried his best to make his tone appear calm, and said: "Official, can the Tiger Fear Army outside the city send support, even if it doesn't really participate in the battle, it is good to boost morale." ”

Zhao Xu looked at him for a moment with an impassive face, and said slowly: "The Tiger Fear Army has just been formed, so it can't be moved lightly. ”

"I understand." Bingbu Lang Nakamichi.

Zhao Xu observed him for a while and said, "Go ahead." ”

"Yes." There was some panic in the center of the Bingbu Lang, and he was forced to press uneasy.

The Tiger Fear Army is currently the only army that can suppress the movement of the city and absolutely obey Zhao Xu's orders. There are 20,000 people in the palace in Chu You's hands, and Zhao Xu doesn't trust him so much.

After all, there are too many people in it, and Chu You can barely control it, but it is not absolutely foolproof.

Seeing that Huanqing Road was about to have a result, Zhao Xu didn't bother to care about anything else, so he directly asked Chen Pi to move the notebook to the confidential room, sitting in a small room, and staring at it while doing things.

Zhang Dan, Cai Bian and the others came back, they were quite stable, reported some situations, and continued to be busy.

After two days in a row, in the anxious waiting of Zhao Xu and many courtiers, they finally waited for the report from Huanqing Road.

β€”β€”This is the joint good news of Xu Jiang and Zhang Qi!

Zhao Xu took it and looked at it, his hands were trembling, Su Song, Zhang Qi, and Cai Bian squeezed behind him, trying to come over, staring with wide eyes.

Zhao Xu glanced at ten lines, looked at it quickly, hurriedly finished reading, and was immediately overjoyed, and shouted: "Okay, good!" Preaching, rewarding! Jackpot! Prizes are anything goes! ”

Zhao Xu was short of breath with excitement and spoke incoherently.

Su Song was more than seventy years old, his old eyes were dizzy, and when he saw Zhao Xu so excited, his heart was itching, so he actually took action and 'snatched' the report from Zhao Xu's hand.

Zhang Dian and Cai Bian were just as impatient, bypassing Zhao Xu, standing beside Su Song, and looking at it with their heads stretched out.

Zhao Xu didn't think it was wrong, rubbing his thighs with both hands, still excited.

It didn't take long for Cai Bian to finish reading, his face was excited, and he raised his hand to Zhao Xu and said: "Official, Zhang Jingluo defeated the Xia army in Huanzhou, recovered the old land, and even connected dozens of villages, and almost captured the Xia Empress Dowager, which is a great victory!" Great work! ”

Zhao Xu nodded again and again, with a smile on his face, and he didn't know what to say for a while.

Zhang Ji did not live up to his expectations, defeated the Xia army in Huanzhou, killed countless enemies, drove the Xia people out of the border, and even penetrated into the territory of the Xia Kingdom and occupied many important places!

Su Songzai read it carefully, his tense old face breathed a sigh of relief, threw the report to Zhang Xuan, raised his hand to bow deeply to Zhao Xu, and said in a deep voice: "Congratulations to the official family!" ”

Zhang Dian hadn't finished reading it yet, so he took it, opened his eyes wide, and carefully saw the last word, and the worry on his face was gone. His eyes are shining, and his heart is surging. He is not only excited that Zhang Qi lived up to expectations and defeated the Xia army, but also that after the victory of this battle, he will be more capable of promoting the restoration of the 'Xining Law'!

Zhao Xu was still a little difficult to calm down, waved his hand to the three of them, and took the joint report of Xu Jiang and Zhang Ji again, and read it seriously again.

According to the report, Zhe Keshi led his troops to ambush in Hong Decheng, and some generals pretended to be defeated and retreated, leading the Xia army all the way to Mubo Town, and at the same time, Zhang Ji ordered people to be stationed in Suyuan Village, quietly blocking the return of the Xia army.

The Xia army attacked Mubo Town for a long time, and could only retreat, and the army led by the master Dao followed, and the fold was suitable for Hong Decheng to lead the army to kill, and after the Xia people ordered tens of thousands of iron cavalry to break off, the Song army of 60,000 people fought to the death and did not retreat, and the Xia army was broken outside the city of Hongde.

The Xia army suffered countless casualties, trampled on them, fell off the cliff I don't know how much, and even the Empress Dowager Xia almost couldn't get away.

Zhang Qi led the army to chase and kill, drove all the Xia people out all the way, and quickly occupied dozens of fortresses!

Even if Zhao Xu saw it once, he was still excited, took a deep breath, smiled and said to Su Song, Zhang Dian, and Cai Bian: "The three Qing families, what do you say, how should I reward them?" ”

Su Song's expression was relaxed, listening to Zhao Xu's words, he glanced at Zhang Xuan, and said: "Official, Zhang Qi's great achievement is something that I have not done in the Great Song Dynasty for decades, and I should be rewarded." The minister suggested that the Jixian Hall should be repaired and known to the heavens. ”

Zhao Xu was stunned, what is this?

Cai Bian reacted quickly, and when he saw Zhao Xu's doubts, he quietly glanced at Zhang Xuan.

Zhang Dan's face was expressionless, and there seemed to be a look of thought in his serious eyes.

Zhao Xu received Cai Bian's hint and reacted.

Zhang Dian and Zhang Qi are cousins, Zhang Dian is already the de facto ruler, Zhang Dian has a heavy army in the northwest, and after the war, he can neither continue to stay in the northwest nor be transferred back to Beijing.

Not to mention that the two brothers entering the center together are too eye-catching, just saying that such a text and one martial arts, who can feel at ease?

Zhao Xu glanced at Zhang Xuan, pondered for a moment, and said: "The specific reward is listed by the Political Affairs Hall, no matter what you think, the credit you deserve cannot be erased at all!" To Zhang Qi, Xu will wait for the play to be clear. In addition, Zhang Kai was ordered to clean up the mess as soon as possible and take the generals back to Beijing to receive the reward! ”

Zhang Xuan didn't know it, but Su Song knew Zhao Xu better, and he could guess one or two from Zhao Xu's deep groan, and said: "Official, Zhang Qi should be rewarded, but he can't stay in Beijing!" If he stays, this is not a reward for Zhang Qi or Zhang Dian. ”

Su Song said very clearly, once Zhang Qi returned to Beijing to take up important positions, the two brothers were in the center, and with the 'caution' that the Great Song Dynasty had always been 'cautious', it was bound to be an uproar, and it might hurt these two brothers in the future!

Zhang Dian continued to be expressionless, he couldn't open his mouth about this matter.

Cai Bian opened his mouth and didn't say anything.

Zhang Kai's ability is undoubted, even if there is no such victory, Zhang Kai's talent has already proved that he is fully qualified to enter the center to worship the prime minister.

It's just that with the 'de facto ruler' of Zhang Dan, Zhang Kai has led more than 200,000 troops in the northwest, and such two brothers worship each other together, which is really frightening and unsettling.

Zhao Xu naturally knew their thoughts, his eyes searched the faces of the three people, his heart slowly turned, and then said in a deep voice: "I, don't doubt people, don't use suspicious people!" My Great Song Dynasty is a dignified Heavenly Dynasty, how can I abandon my virtuous ability because of a little suspicion? You don't need to say much about this! When Zhang Qi returned to Beijing, Zhang Dian was relieved to be the deputy envoy of the Privy Council, and Zhang Kai was appointed as the privy envoy! I can't say more, I am the king of the Heavenly Empire, and I should have the courage of the Son of Heaven! You are important ministers of the Heavenly Empire, and you should also have the mind of important ministers! If you are careful and take precautions everywhere, you will know that if you are fierce and fierce in the nest, you will grovel to the outside world, how much can you produce? There will be no ambitions! Look your eyes farther and bigger! ”

Su Song, Zhang Dan, and Cai Bian looked shocked.

The emperor's words were not generous and fierce, but it was as if a grand picture was unfolding before their eyes, highlighting their narrow-mindedness and selfishness.

Some scribes not far away listened to this, stunned, and suddenly sat up straight, their faces were awe-inspiring, and their hearts were full of pride.

Su Song opened his mouth and wanted to refute, but he didn't know what to say for a while.

Zhangdun's eyes were scorching, and his serious expression like a teacher craftsman suddenly straightened up like iron, and he raised his hand violently and bowed, his voice was as firm as a rock, and said: "Minister, thank you!" ”

Cai Bian looked at Zhao Xu, his heart was one after another, and countless thoughts were surging.