From then on, every spring and autumn, troops were dispatched to raid the area.

The Western thief took revenge and fell into his plan.

When fewer people came, Lu Huiqing set up his pocket array, then mobilized the troops from Hedong and Fuyan Road to eat the snacks delivered to his door.

There are a lot of thieves from the West, say one hundred thousand, two hundred thousand, etc.

Then he will stand firm and clear the country!

Let the army of Western thieves either rob Hengshan Dangxiang and the Qiang people of food - thus forcing Hengshan Dangxiang and the Qiang people to defect to the Song Dynasty.

Either go to Yanzhou or Lingzhou in the rear to transport grain.

But across the vast sea to transport grain, even if the Western thieves plundered all the grain stored in the country, how much would they be able to transport?

In this way, the Western bandit army will have to retreat after eating up all the food they brought.

As soon as they withdrew, Lu Huiqing chased and killed them.

Lu Huiqing is not greedy, he can just eat a few thousand at a time.

It’s just consumption!

Anyway, behind Lu Huiqing is Hedong, and the grain on Hedong Road has been piled up like a mountain.

Recently, the imperial court even issued an edict to send the war horses bought back by Jingdong Road Yangma Baojia to him.

Lu Huiqing felt that this was the court's encouragement - hurry up!

So, he sent troops again.

that is……

Looking back towards Bianjing, Lu Huiqing didn't know when he would be able to enter the three provinces and two prefectures again.

…

Zhao Xu continued to flip through the jade album.

The names of handsome ministers came into view one by one.

As he watched, he asked the Queen Mother for advice on the resumes and past of these ministers.

At the same time, I also observed the Queen Mother Xiang's attitude towards these people.

As for Empress Dowager Xiang, who had just begun to take charge of the government, she actually didn’t know much about these people. She could only follow the words in the jade book and introduce to Zhao Xu who this person was? In what year was he a Jinshi? What did he do?

So, unknowingly, in the process of explaining to the Queen Mother, she had an impression of these people's names.

This made Empress Dowager Xiang quite proud.

And Zhao Xu just asked, not directly expressing his attitude toward someone.

Mother and son watched and talked, and soon it was noon.

Zhao Xu accompanied Empress Dowager Xiang, had lunch, and then took a nap on the bed in Kunning Hall.

When he woke up, he saw Queen Mother Xiang sitting in front of him with a sullen look on her face.

"Mother, what's wrong?" Zhao Xu asked curiously.

The Queen Mother forced a smile: "It's nothing..."

Zhao Xu saw this, how could he believe it? He immediately asked Shi Deyi outside the curtain: "Shi Deyi, what happened?"

"Who made the Queen Mother unhappy?"

Shi De bowed his body and replied: "I dare not say..."

oh!

Zhao Xu understood, it was either Baoci Palace or the Prime Minister of the capital!

First of all, we can exclude the Empress Dowager of Baoci Palace, because that Empress Dowager now has a very good relationship with Empress Dowager Xiang.

Even if there were occasional frictions, they would not go so far as to make Empress Dowager Xiang sulky in the Kunning Hall.

"But there are ministers who make my mother unhappy?"

"Send someone to arrest him right now and let the censor examine him properly!" Zhao Xu said angrily immediately.

Empress Dowager Xiang immediately grabbed Zhao Xu's hand and said, "Brother Six, there's nothing wrong with Empress Dowager..."

"It's just that Mr. Sima made a blunt statement, which made the queen reflect on herself...did she really do something wrong?"

"It's better..."

Empress Dowager Xiang looked at Zhao Xu and said, "Sixth brother issued an edict to take back the imperial officer given to Xiang Zonghui... Anyway, he didn't go to Xihe Road to take office..."

Zhao Xu's eyes widened.

Sima Guang?

He actually wrote a letter discussing returning to the Queen Mother's brother Xiang Zong?

Is he crazy!?

And since he discussed Xiang Zonghui, how could he let Gao Gongji go?

So, this Sima Niu is really Sima Niu!

Note: Continuing the long record of Zi Zhi Tong Jian, in the fourth month of Gengchen, Lu Huiqing of Taiyuan Prefecture sent troops to the western border, destroyed six villages, beheaded 600 people, obtained 14 bronze seals, and tens of thousands of camels, cattle and horses.
Chapter completed!