After the sergeants took their leave, Kang Lisi blushed and put on the robe for Wu Yingying, although she did not deliberately compete with Wu Yingying's other wives for favor, she would not let any palace maid touch her husband.

The army of the Xia State stayed in the area of the river until August, Wu Yingying on the one hand to the Baiyi Dynasty and the Ghaznavid Dynasty in the south to release the message of peaceful coexistence, on the other hand, in the new control area firmly implemented the sergeant shadow household system, the people in this area are still martial, so they selected and trained 15,000 warriors in the river, part of the original army, and from the original army to draw the backbone sergeants, and the warriors in the river mixed two new cavalry armies, respectively named the Zhige Army, the Aconitum Army, by Cai Debao, Kang Leqin served as the commander respectively, and set up an infantry army, named the Horizontal Array Army, with Shi Yuanguang as the commander. Among them, the Aconitum Army was stationed in Dawan City, which was under the jurisdiction of the Anxi Military Division, and planned to control the oases around Samarkand and Bukhara in response to the Huamao Army. The Hengzhen Army and the Zhige Army were stationed in the area of Baishui City and Hengluo, which not only maintained the main road leading to the river from the north to south of the Tianshan Mountains, but also gradually developed to Mobei.

"This is your time, glory and praise belong to you, great and holy Your Majesty!" In the praise of the major towns along the way, Wu Yingying led the army to cross the green ridge again, and returned to the Western Regions, many newly recruited Hu soldiers returned with their families, and the mountains and snowy plateaus seen along the way could not help but be amazed.

"According to legend, the Altai Mountains are inhabited by the ancient cyclops, who live in a bitter cold place that people cannot reach, and snow-white feathers fly in the sky. Wu Yingying pointed to the continuous mountain road. Could this be the Cyclops mentioned by the Greek historian Herodotus, who speculated that the white feathers were describing snowflakes. Princess Sangludro replied curiously, and she and Kang Lisi rode their horses in thick cloaks in the middle of the mountain path, while Wu Yingying and Cai Lang were on either side. "I'm afraid this is really a feather, as mentioned in "The Biography of Mu Tianzi", Mu Tianzi picked up hundreds of carts of this precious feather and brought it back to the Central Plains. Cai Lang added next to him, "This cyclops country is also mentioned in the Classic of Mountains and Seas. ”

Cornise quietly watched the back of Wu Yingying, who was looking at the giant-like Altai Mountains from afar, as if there really was a group of demon-like cyclops living behind the mountains. Cai Lang and Princess Sang Luzhuo were also infected by the momentum on Wu Yingying's body, "Even if they are ancient giants, Your Majesty will defeat them with his own hands like heroes in the epic." "The night is quiet, Song Emperor Zhao Jiong looked at the twists and turns with a gloomy face in the Chongwen Pavilion, the Xia King Wu Yingying led his troops to the west, annexed Khotan, Gaochang and destroyed the Black Khan, Samani, all took the Western Regions, and expanded thousands of miles in the river, martial arts chased the Tang Dynasty Xionghan, the Xia State was in a big voice, even the Northwest Zhufan Department that was annexed by the Xia State earlier, also celebrated with the crown, the Xia State did not pay much attention to the difference between Han and Yi, these Tibetans, Dangxiang and Uighur tribesmen have achieved high officials, and they are also proud of the prosperity of the country.

"Wu Yingying has been leading troops for a year and a half, Lingzhou and Yinzhou must be empty, how did Cao Han do it? He actually made no achievements?" Zhao Jiong angrily put the fold on the table, although the arrow wound on Zhao Jiong's leg was very good, but his mood has always been dark and obscure, even the most delicate palace maid and the most obedient courtier could not satisfy him. He no longer has the same anger as he did when he first ascended the throne a few years ago, and his courtiers gradually cannot guess his true scheming.

"Your Majesty is angry, Wu Yingying is accustomed to criticizing and making trouble, although he personally attacked far away, but he could not be defenseless at all. According to the information of the fine work, he left more than 30,000 defenders in Hexi, and he could recruit the attached Fanbu soldiers to recruit at any time, and the art of war was said to be doubled to attack it, and there were only 50,000 forbidden troops on the Shaanxi front, which was more than enough for self-preservation, but it was not enough to drive deep into the army. Moreover, Yinzhou and Lingzhou are both Xiongcheng in the northwest, located in the desert, if you want to conquer, you have to afford to transfer grain and wages, and all kinds of raising, it is not a day or two months to be able to travel. This is also to blame the old minister, the Shaanxi garrison forbidden army repeatedly asked the court for food and salary, and asked to levy the people from Huanqing Zhulu, after the old minister and Cao Shu's envoy discussed, because the northwest has been tired for a long time and needs to recuperate, this matter has been dragged down. Prime Minister Zhao Pu said slowly, he is getting more and more stupid, but he still has a very thorough understanding of Zhao Jiong's thoughts on guarding against border generals, except for the important Heshuo front, the forbidden army stationed in other places to ask for food and salary is dragged first, and it is really not possible to hand it over to Zhao Jiong for decision.

"Cao Qing, if you want to crusade against Hexi, how many men and horses do you need?" Zhao Jiong turned to Cao Bin with a gloomy face, the privy envoy who had always advocated crusading against Hexi.

After thinking for a while, Cao Bin said: "According to the detailed news, the elite soldiers of the Xia thief have been nearly 100,000, and he has received more troops to be attached, and the number of troops is not inferior to the Northern Han Dynasty and the Southern Tang Dynasty of the year. Although he has a grudge with Wu Yingying, he does not dare to boast about the major events of the expedition, if the said troops and people are less, and the official believes that he really wants to lead the troops to fight, it will be his own humiliation.

The green tendons on Zhao Jiong's forehead are even more powerful, 200,000 troops, the imperial court forbidden army is only more than 300,000, the army is going west, do you want the Heshuo front line? He can't help but secretly regret that he stopped Zhao Kuangyin from moving the capital, Luoyang's mountains and rivers are dangerous, and tens of thousands of male soldiers can defend themselves, unlike now, the heart of the country is under the Khitan soldiers, and the so-called "soldiers are dangerous", which means that as long as Yanyun's strong enemy is not destroyed, the elite forbidden army trained by spending money on food and salary will always have to stay in the Central Plains to deal with the situation.

He waved his hand weakly and sighed: "Let's discuss this matter again, since Wu Yingying has recently returned to Hexi, maybe he will intrude on the roads of Shaanxi, the next document of the Privy Council, I will also give Cao Han a decree, let him be careful to take precautions, don't open the border provocation if there is nothing to do, and wait for the war between the imperial court and the Liao State to win, and then deal with the Xia thieves in the northwest." "The privy envoy Cao Bin, the privy envoy Wang Yu, and Zhang Qixian, who had recently moved to the left and was a scholar of Hanlin and a member of the imperial system, bowed down to receive the decree together.

After the ministers retreated, Zhao Jiong rubbed his forehead quite tiredly, the candle flame was clearly extinguished, reflecting his face like an old man in his fifties, he raised the tea cup, drank a sip of ginseng tea, the price of ginseng in the Central Plains has risen recently, under the impetus of people with a heart, the folk will introduce it as fairy grass, and more doctors pointed out that ginseng has the effect of refreshing and replenishing qi, Chongyi's deputy envoy Hou Mowu used to immediately buy a number of high-quality ginseng tea, especially for the official family to take, Zhao Jiong liked it after trying, and often used ginseng tea to refresh the mind when reviewing the folds.

"What is the recent trend of Yanmei and Dezhao?"

Cai Shenfu, a confidant eunuch standing on the side, an official of the Imperial City, said: "Jingzhao Yin's mansion is still a city, and the king of Wugong County has been in contact with some Taoist monks recently, and he also asked Hou Mowu, the deputy envoy of Chongyi, for a few pills to prolong life. ”

"Has he lived that long?" a scornful smile flashed across Zhao Jiong's face, "Remind Hou Mowu and Dezhao to go farther." Cai Shenfu bowed down and replied, a look of jealousy flashed in his eyes, he easily caught the evidence of Hou Mowu's use, His Majesty still has to defend him, it seems that this Jianghu Taoist priest is really very favored, and he should be more open.