Chapter 668

Seeing the appearance of the Son of Heaven, Meng Shi thought about it and had an idea. "Your Majesty, the concubine let someone stew a soup today, how about the concubine personally send some to the imperial grandmother in a while?"

The Son of Heaven stretched out his big hand and held Meng's soft hand, the family has virtuous help, it is really good, the so-called husband and wife work together, Qi Li breaks the gold.

Gao Taotao no longer listened to politics, and finally relaxed, watering flowers every day, reading book stickers, copying book stickers, and occasionally wandering in the garden in the company of Queen Meng.

Because he no longer has to worry about so many major national social affairs, his body, which was originally tired and a little weak, seems to be getting better.

It had only been three or four days, and Zhao Xu was stunned to find that the complexion on the face of the Empress Dowager had already improved a lot.

"The old body doesn't need to work so hard, the natural mental head is much better, and when I rest at night, I won't have those annoying dreams anymore." The Empress Dowager smiled and put down the brush in her hand, beckoning the emperor and the empress to come and sit down.

"It's you, the official, you should pay attention to your body, look at you, you look a lot haggard."

After Queen Meng met Gao Taotao, she personally presented the stewed soup, and after Gao Taotao took it with a kind face, she drank most of the bowl before stopping. "The queen's soup is really boiled at a very good level, but the official family shouldn't be just to accompany the queen to visit the mourning family, right?"

Zhao Xu rubbed his tense face and smiled helplessly. "Actually, my grandson received another good news from Shaanxi Road, and I was a little worried, so I came over to ask the imperial grandmother for advice."

"Good news again?" Gao Taotao also looked at Zhao Xu, who was smiling helplessly, with a stunned face.

"Shouldn't it have something to do with that kid from Wang Wushan this time?"

"It's still the emperor's grandmother, you are clever, in a word, it does have something to do with Wang Wushan, you see...... Previously, the 50,000 Xixia men and horses who evacuated Hongzhou and retreated to the ancient city of Wuyan on the bank of the Wuding River were captured by nearly 20,000 enemies and killed more than 5,000 enemies, and more than 41,800 war horses were obtained. ”

"......" The corners of Gao Tao's mouth couldn't help twitching, picked up the good news, and carefully examined it. After watching it, his face also showed an expression that was almost the same as Zhao Xu's, and he seemed to be a little helpless, and he couldn't cry or laugh.

"He is really enough to stop, he actually won again, in the past, but whenever I heard that my Great Song Dynasty border army fought against the Western Xia, a slight victory, the mood of the mourning family will be very happy, but why now, there is a sense of habituality?"

"It's like a great victory in this battle, but the mourning family doesn't care too much about how many prisoners of war he captured, but the large number of war horses obtained in this battle......"

"This Yuanyou stone thrower made of wood and iron can actually throw stones weighing more than 100 catties nearly a hundred zhang away, well, no matter how many novel things he Wang Wushan can make, the mourning family does not feel strange."

Maybe it's because after several days of leisure, now that he finally has the opportunity, Gao Tao spit out a few words, and it seems that he feels more comfortable, especially when he sees the slightly haggard face of the Son of Heaven.

Gao Tao even has a trace of schadenfreude, how about letting you, a kid, shout all day long to be pro-government? I'm tired.

However, this thought was only fleeting, and Gao Taotao began to think carefully. "Before, the battle of Hongdezhai has ended, but the battle of You, Hongerzhou, and Yanzhou have not been completed, right?"

Seeing that Zhao Xu, the Son of Heaven, nodded, Gao Tao smashed his mouth. "Now, in the battle of this ancient city of Wuyan, more than 5,000 enemies were killed, 20,000 enemies were captured, and more than 40,000 horses were obtained......

Zhao Xu was not polite to his grandmother, nodded, got up and paced in the room. "After all, these feats are so great that both the government and the opposition know that if they can't be properly discussed, they will inevitably cause dissatisfaction among the government and the opposition, but ......"

Zhao Xu glanced at the Empress Dowager, whose eyes were full of encouragement, and decided to tell the truth after a little hesitation. "In fact, my grandson is very worried that some people in the court will not be able to see Wang Wushan continue to make meritorious contributions on Shaanxi Road, and will use the reward for meritorious service to move him to other places."

"What do you think about the official?" Gao Taotao narrowed his eyebrows slightly, and at this moment, Queen Meng was obediently cleaning up the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone on the desk for Gao Taotao. A pair of bright eyes that are beautiful and moving raise slightly from time to time, sweeping over the Son of Heaven and the Queen Mother.

After the battle of Hongdezhai, Sun Er was eager to let Wang Wushan return to the dynasty as soon as possible, and give advice to Sun Er by Sun Er's side. I only feel that this is the way to play his best role. ”

"However, he was left in the land of Huanqing by the ministers of the court, and Sun Er was thinking at the time, it would be good to let Wang Wushan have more experience in local governance first."

"I never thought that he, the governor of Huanzhou, in just less than two months, first offered a proposal to say that the Western Xia Xiangguo would be surrendered, causing Liang Yikui to lead 100,000 people to return to the Great Song Dynasty with You and Hongzhou."

"It is even more with the fold of the light riding of Jane, and the night attack on Yanzhou was successful, so that I was thousands of miles away from the Great Song Dynasty and restored the old land lost more than 100 years ago......"

“…… Now, under the ancient city of Wuyan, the Yuanyou stone throwing machine has been developed, which is not inferior to the bed crossbow. defeated the last remaining enemy in Youyou and Hongzhou, captured more than 20,000 enemies, and obtained more than 40,000 war horses. ”

"Just talking about war horses, the battle of Hongdezhai, my Great Song Dynasty got more than 65,000 war horses, Liang Yikui dedicated the city, the night attack on Yanzhou, my Great Song Dynasty not only got 100,000 soldiers, but also obtained more than 50,000 war horses, plus the ancient city of Wuyan, just the war horses obtained, so that my Great Song Dynasty can be equipped with a cavalry of more than 100,000."

"I lack the land of grazing horses in the Great Song Dynasty, and the war horses are even more scarce, when the first emperor, there are still nearly 100,000 horses, and now I have standing cavalry, only 10,000 in Beijing, and the border lands, more than five or six thousand, as little as two or three thousand. Together, it's less than 50,000 ......" Speaking of this, Zhao Xu's expression was very emotional.

"Since the Western Xia Dynasty seized the land and established itself, I have lost the land of Hetao to raise horses, which makes my Great Song Dynasty war horses extremely scarce, and I need to rely on the purchase of horses every year, and there are few good horses......"

Gao Tao listened to Zhao Xu's words, and bowed his head slightly, and was both surprised and relieved in his heart. What is surprising is that he never thought that what the young emperor said would not only point to the victory or failure of the war, but also focus his attention on the gains and losses of the war.

Moreover, it is directly related to the military strength of the Great Song Dynasty, and has a deep understanding of the important military forces of the Great Song Dynasty, otherwise, it would not have come with an open mouth.

It also shows that after this series of victories, the strength between the Great Song Dynasty and the Western Xia has been reduced by one another, and the Western Xia has lost a large number of elite soldiers under the successive defeats, not only losing a large number of elite soldiers, but also losing a large area of land, and the country's strength has declined to an extremely dangerous point.