Chapter 181 Win!
The doctor of the Ministry of War stood in front of Zhao Xu, raised his hand, and said in a stern manner: "The official family, the Xia people seem to have withdrawn the Xihe Road, but they have strengthened their attacks around Huanqing Road. This may be good news, which shows that the main force of the Xia army has encountered setbacks and needs to find solutions from other aspects."
Zhao Xu glanced at him, nodded slightly, and said, "That's true. But we can't take it lightly. The 300,000 army, even if the real one is only tens of thousands, is enough to be under pressure from Huanqing Road."
Although Zhao Xu assigned more than 200,000 troops to Zhang Xi, he had to defend various cities and villages and scattered on the border between Xihe Road and Fuyan Road. Perhaps less than 80,000 people could be dispatched flexibly.
The doctor of the Ministry of War looked at Zhao Xu and then bowed and stood.
Zhao Xu saw it and said, "If you have anything, just say it."
The doctor of the Ministry of War bowed more and more, raised his hand, trying to calm his tone, and said, "Official family, can the Huwei Army outside the city be dispatched to support? Even if you don't really participate in the war, it will be good to boost morale."
Zhao Xu looked at him with a calm expression for a moment, and said slowly: "The Huwei Army has just been formed not long ago, so you can't move lightly."
"I understand." said the doctor of the Ministry of War.
Zhao Xu observed him for a while and said, "Go."
"Yes." The Lang of War was a little shocked and forced to hold his restlessness.
The Huwei Army is currently the only army that can suppress the abnormal movements of Kaifeng City and is definitely obeying Zhao Xu. The 20,000 people in the palace commander Chu You's hands are not so trusted by Zhao Xu.
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 had no intention of caring about anything else, so he asked Chen Pi to move the memorial book to a confidential room, sitting in a small room, staring at it while doing things.
Zhang Dun, Cai Bian and others came back and were still stable. After reporting on some situations, they continued to be busy.
After two consecutive days, Zhao Xu and many court officials were waiting anxiously, they finally waited for the report on Huanqing Road.
——This is the joint good news between General Xu and Zhang Yue!
Zhao Xu held it and looked at it, his hands trembling. Su Song, Zhang Feng, and Cai Bian squeezed behind him, tried hard to come over, staring at him with wide eyes.
Zhao Xu looked at him with a glance and looked at him quickly. After reading it in a hurry, he was immediately overjoyed and shouted: "Okay, okay! Issuing the order, commendation! A heavy reward! Anything can be rewarded!"
Zhao Xu was excited and breathing rapidly and speechless.
Su Song is over seventy years old and has dizzy eyes. Seeing Zhao Xu so excited and unbearable, he actually took action and 'snatched' from Zhao Xu's hand.
Zhang Dun and Cai Bian were both impatient, so they walked around Zhao Xu, stood beside Su Song, and looked up with their heads.
Zhao Xu didn't think it was offensive, and he rubbed his hands against his thighs, and he was still very excited.
Not long after, Cai Bian finished watching, showed excitement, and raised his hand to Zhao Xu, "The official family, Zhang Jingluo defeated the Xia army in Huanzhou, recovered the old land, conquered dozens of villages in a row, and almost captured the Empress Dowager Xia alive. It was a great victory! Great achievements!"
Zhao Xu nodded repeatedly, smiling, not knowing what to say for a moment.
Zhang Feng did not disappoint his expectations, defeated the Xia army in Huanzhou, killed countless enemies, drove the Xia people out of the border, and even entered the Xia Kingdom, occupying many important places!
Su Songzai finished reading carefully, and his tense old face breathed a sigh of relief. He threw the report to Zhang Dun, raised his hand to bow deeply to Zhao Xu, and said in a deep voice: "Congratulations to the official family!"
Before Zhang Dun finished reading it, he took it, opened his eyes wide, and carefully saw the last word, and the worries on his face disappeared. His eyes were bright and his heart was surging. He was not only excited that Zhang Feng lived up to expectations and defeated the Xia army, but also that after the victory of this battle, he would be more capable of promoting the restoration of the "Xining Law"!
Zhao Xu still felt a little uncomfortable, so he waved his hand to the three of them, took the joint report of Xu Jiang and Zhang Yu again, and was excited and carefully reviewed it again.
The report said that Zhe Keshi led his troops to ambush in Hong Decheng, and a general pretended to retreat and led the Xia army to Mubo Town. At the same time, Zhang Qi ordered people to station in Suyuan Village and quietly blocked the Xia army's way back.
The Xia army failed to attack Mubo Town for a long time, so they could only retreat. Zhong Shidao and others led their troops to follow him. Zhe Keshi led his army out when Hong Decheng led his army out. The Xia people killed tens of thousands of iron cavalry and cut off the rear. The Song army fought to the death and refused to retreat, and defeated the Xia army outside Hongde City.
The Xia army suffered countless casualties, trampled on them, and fell off the cliff. Even the Empress Dowager of Xia almost failed to escape.
Zhang Yu led his army to chase and drove all the Xia people out along the way, and quickly occupied dozens of fortresses!
Even though Zhao Xu had read it once, he was still very excited. He took a deep breath and smiled and said to Su Song, Zhang Dun, and Cai Bian, "Three Qing families, how do you think you should reward me?"
Su Song's expression was relaxed and listening to Zhao Xu's words, he glanced at Zhang Dun and said, "Official family, Zhang Shi's great achievements have not been made in my Song Dynasty for decades, so I should reward you very much. I suggest that you add the editor of Jixian Palace and know Yingtian Prefecture."
Zhao Xu was stunned, what is this?
Cai Bian reacted quickly and saw Zhao Xu’s doubts, and quietly glanced at Zhang Dun.
Zhang Dun had no expression on his face, and there seemed to be a look of thought in his serious eyes.
Zhao Xu received a hint from Cai Bian and then reacted.
Zhang Dun and Zhang Shi were cousins, and Zhang Dun was already the actual magistrate. Zhang Shi held heavy troops in the northwest and reiterated his merits after the war. He could neither stay in the northwest nor be transferred back to Beijing.
Not to mention that the two brothers are too eye-catching to enter the center together, who can feel at ease with just talking about such literary and military affairs?
Zhao Xu glanced at Zhang Dun, pondered for a moment, and said, "The specific rewards will be listed by the Political Affairs Hall. No matter what you think, the contributions you deserve cannot be erased at all! Zhang Yu, General Xu and others must report it clearly. In addition, order Zhang Yu to clean up the mess as soon as possible and take the generals back to Beijing to receive the reward!"
Zhang Dun was unaware of anything, but Su Song knew Zhao Xu better. He could guess one or two from Zhao Xu's pondering, and said, "Officials, Zhang Yue should reward him heavily, but he cannot stay in the capital! If he stayed, this pair of Zhang Yue and Zhang Dun would not be kind to him."
Su Song made it clear that once Zhang Feng returned to Beijing to take an important position, the two brothers would be the center. With the "carefulness" that the Song Dynasty court has always been, it would be a big uproar, and may harm these two brothers in the future!
Zhang Dun continued to have a expressionless face. He couldn't speak for this matter.
Cai Bian opened his mouth and said nothing.
There is no doubt about Zhang Shi's ability. Even without this great victory, Zhang Shi's talent has long proved that he is fully qualified to enter the center and become the minister.
However, with Zhang Dun, the "factual priest", Zhang Dun had more than 200,000 troops in the northwest. It was really shocking and uneasy to be the two brothers who worshiped each other.
Zhao Xu naturally knew their thoughts, his eyes searched the faces of the three of them, and his heart slowly turned, and then he said in a deep voice: "I, don't doubt people, don't doubt people! My Song Dynasty is a great dynasty, how can you abandon the wise and capable because of a little suspicion? You don't need to say much about this matter! When Zhang Qing returns to Beijing, Zhang Dun is appointed as the privy councillor. Zhang Qing is appointed as the privy councillor! Don't say much, I am the king of the celestial dynasty, and you should have the courage of the emperor! You are important officials of the celestial dynasty, and you should also have the mind of the important officials! Be petty and guard against each other, and you will know that you will be cruel in your nest and be humble to the outside world. How much future can you have? And you will not have any great achievements! Let your eyes go farther and open up a little!"
Su Song, Zhang Dun and Cai Bian were shocked.
The emperor's words did not have any intense words, but it seemed as if a grand picture scroll was unfolding in front of them, highlighting their narrow-mindedness and selfishness.
Some civil servants not far away heard this and were stunned. Suddenly, they sat upright, with awesome expression on their faces, and felt a sense of prosperity in their hearts.
Su Song opened his mouth and wanted to refute it, but he didn't know what to say for a moment.
Zhang Dun's eyes were burning, and his serious expression as serious as a teacher suddenly became as straight as iron. He raised his hand and bowed with a firm voice as a rock, and said, "My minister Zhang Dun, I will thank you!"
Chapter completed!