Because Kaifeng Prefecture City and Wudinghe Front Line were far away, the battle of Yinzhou and the battle of Saimen Village-Ansaibao, which completely ended in the middle of the twelfth lunar month, were not revealed until a few days before the end of the year and sent it to Kaifeng Prefecture, the most prosperous place in the Song Dynasty.

This is really the best New Year gift, and it is unexpected. Winter was originally a day for the quit on the battlefield in the northwest. Although the northern Shaanxi Plateau is relatively dry, there will be no situation of heavy snow and blocking mountains and roads. However, the climate is severely cold and will not benefit both sides of the war.

However, this Kaifeng Imperial Army was obviously enduring the bitter cold under the leadership of Tiankhan Zhao Ji. In winter, it actually captured the entire Yinzhou territory, pulled out three strong cities, Yinzhou, Shizhou and Amitabha Cave, and beheaded and captured nearly 6,000 alive prisoners! It also swept through the Anqingze Oasis north of Xiazhou, and eliminated the Dangxiang Pochao tribe that had been entrenched there for many years!

In addition, on the Yan'an battlefield south of Hengshan, the Taiwei Gao Qiu still performed well. In Ansai Fort, Semen Village won two battles, and with only 20,000 Western troops, he defeated tens of thousands of Dangxiang troops and beheaded 2,000 or more. If Gao Qiu had not spent all his money with big hands, the number of beheading could at least double!

When the news reached Kaifeng Prefecture, it immediately immersed in excitement inside and outside the government.

Since the Battle of Haoya River, the Western thieves have obviously become weaker. They have cut and killed, killed, and surrendered, and lost more than 30,000 yuan, and the losses caused to the Song army have not yet been 3,000 yuan. A ten-to-one exchange!

For Western thieves with a population of only a few million and a national (Dangxiang) at most one million, such exchange ratio is absolutely unbearable.

In other words, the time to destroy the Western thieves must have been ripe.

In Chongzheng Hall, Cai Jing, the left prime minister who insisted on using troops, was proudly telling his plan to attack Xia.

"… Judging from the situation of the Battle of Yinzhou, there is no need for the Hexi army to attack Zhuoluo City. Qin Wangchuan divided the Western thieves' forces, and the three armies of Fuyan, Huanqing, Hedong plus the three straight troops in front of the hall are enough to capture the land of Xia, You and Yan. Therefore, I suggest changing the plan and after the Eastern Army seized Xia, You and Yan, then advancing at the same time with the Eastern Army. From the Eastern Army to the west of Yanzhou to Lingzhou, the Western Army advances to Qin Wangchuan. As long as the two armies succeed, the Western Army will be ready to fall."

Zhao Ji nodded with a smile, and then turned his eyes to Su Dongpo, the right prime minister sitting on the stern. Su Dongpo seemed to want to get up, and Zhao Ji smiled and said, "Su Qing sits and talk."

Su Dongpo did not show off his strength, so he coughed a few times and said in a hoarse voice: "Your Majesty, the military affairs in the northwest should be discussed and decided after Lu Huiqing, Tao Jiefu, Zhong Fu and other commanders entered the court. And we cannot only consider the Western thieves, not the Khitan. If the Western thieves are about to perish, will the Khitan go south to attack Hebei and Hedong?"

Zhao Ji looked at Cai Bian, the head of the Zhishumi Court, and Cai Bian said: "Hedong has always been strict in defense. Your Majesty only needs to send the military officials to the town, so there is no need to worry about the Khitan. The defense of the two routes in Hebei is a little negligent and should be rectified."

"So who is the military official who can guard Hedong?"

Cai Bian said: "Han Zhongyan, the judge of the Daming Mansion, has always known the army and can go out to seize Hedong."

Cai Bian recommended Han Zhongyan as the strategic appeasement envoy of Hedong Road, of course he was not kind. Now Su Dongpo may fall at any time, so his successor is naturally the focus of the struggle between the old and new parties.

He used Hedong Road to hold Han Zhongyan, then trap Lu Huiqing in the northwest military affairs, and then promoted Zhao Ting and Xuanma to be Cai Jing and Cai Bian's way.

Zhao Ji looked at Su Dongpo again, and Su Dongpo said: "Han Zhongyan is from Xiangzhou, and the Han family in Xiangzhou is quite famous in Hebei. Since Cai Bian believes that Han Zhongyan knows the military, why not let him serve as the strategic appeasement envoy of the two routes in Hebei?"

Zhao Ji also thought Su Dongpo's words made sense. The Han family is a famous family in Xiangzhou and has a very complicated local power in Hebei. Using Han Zhongyan Town and Hebei's two routes, you can definitely mobilize the manpower and material resources of Hebei's wealthy families, and the recruitment and training of Hebei's government soldiers can also be carried out smoothly.

"Han Zhongyan can appease Hebei," Zhao Ji asked again. "So who will go to Hedong Road?"

"Fan Chuncui can appease Hedong." Su Dongpo recommended Fan Chuncui, a rare soldier-knowing person in the old party.

Fan Chuncui is now the pacifier of Yongxing Army Road. Although he is also at the forefront of Shaanxi, he has no military merits. Su Dongpo pushed him onto Hedong Road just to make some contributions and to find opportunities to enter the center again in the future.

Zhao Ji thought about it and asked again: "Fan Chuncui went to Hedong and Han Zhongyan went to Hebei, so should Su Che, the current Hebei two-way comfort minister, be changed to any position?"

It is hard to say about Su Dongpo. He is Su Che's brother and should be avoided. Cai Jing said: "I suggest that Su Che be appointed as the Minister of Rites to Liao."

It's another pitfall!

What are you talking about now? Isn’t it that the Liao Kingdom is still trying to be neutral in the battle between Song and Xia? Is it possible? Even if it is possible, it is inevitable to add annual monies to cut off the land. When Xixia is defeated, it is a sin.

Zhao Ji nodded, "There is someone to negotiate in the Khitan, and Su Che is indeed the most suitable."

"Your Majesty," Su Dongpo's disciple Li Gefei reported at this time, "I suggest sending a living servant, Hanlin scholar Lin Fu as deputy envoy, accompanied Su Che to the Liao Dynasty."

Lin Rong was an official promoted by Cai Jing. When he was serving as the military farmer, he visited Hebei and put forward three suggestions: "The great government should choose commander, the border prefecture should choose guards, and the arrogant soldiers should be more garrison." He was valued by Zhao Ji, and was awarded the title of Jinshi and promoted to his current status.

"Then let Su Zhe take the opportunity to envoy Liao." Zhao Ji slapped the board, and then turned the topic to rewarding merits. "The recovery of Yinzhou depends entirely on the lives of the soldiers. I should reward you very much. What do you think?"

"Your Majesty's wiseness."

The important officials in the hall answered in unison.

Then Cai Bian, the official of the Privy Council, reported separately: "Your Majesty, the battle of Yinzhou depends entirely on the three-zhi capital Yuhou Wu Haogu's good command and command, and he should be the first to be the best. Please give your Majesty a promotion and reward Wu Haogu with fierce soldiers."

The left prime minister Su Dongpo also reported: "Your Majesty, Wu Haogu did not know about military force, and was able to make achievements because the knights in front of the palace and the dragon warriors were good at fighting bravely. This was the result of Your Majesty's achievements and the labor of Gao Qiu. Moreover, during the battle of Yinzhou, Gao Qiu was also in the Sanzhi army. Wu Haogu was mostly enjoying his achievements, so he should not be moved."

Zhao Ji was stunned and stunned, thinking: Did you two take the wrong tablet (a handboard used to record the words you say)?

Actually, he didn't know that Wu Haogu could not be too popular now! Wu Haogu was already the "Lord of Jiehe City", the richest man in the Song Dynasty, and a great scholar in real life. It can be said that he has territory, wealth, and knowledge. If he uses troops like a god, he will be awesome.

Therefore, Su Dongpo's school has to promote Gao Qiu and suppress Wu and be good at ancient times. Cai Jing's school has to praise Wu Haogu. Wu Haogu is the more awesome he is, the faster he dies! Once Wu Haogu is finished, his "legacy" is all named Cai.

Seeing Zhao Ji hesitating, Li Gefei, the right chief of the Shangshu, quickly replied: "Wu Haogu is about to enter the court to report his duties. Your Majesty can ask him in person who is commanding the battle."

Zhao Ji actually didn't believe that Wu Haogu had any military talents. He nodded and said, "Even if Gao Qiu helped him, Wu Haogu still made great contributions. I will give him the Western Shanghe Gate envoy to be the governor of Haizhou and give him the second son of Yin to serve as an official."

The sixth rank of the Western Shanghemen envoy is the youngest among the rampant Zhengen, and the governor is the youngest among the Yaojun County. However, compared with Wu Haogu, he was only 27 years old after New Year's Eve, such an official position is really not small.

Zhao Ji then said, "Gao Qiu seems to be a genius who uses troops to fight. This time, Yinzhou has also made a contribution. In Ansai Fort, Saimen Village made another great contribution. He asked him to be the envoy of the Eastern Senghemen Gate and be the training envoy of the Bazhou regiment and transferred to Hedong Road as the deputy general officer of the military and horses, and led the Hedong Army out of Yinzhou.

In addition, Wu Haogu and Gao Qiu also jointly recommended Su Chi to govern Yinzhou and Yinzhou military farming envoy. What do you think?"

Su Chi also participated in the Battle of Yinzhou, so he naturally had his contribution, so it was certain that he was transferred to two officials. Moreover, he was the only civil servant on the front line of Yinzhou and an old local official. He must have done the affairs of the prefecture. Even Cai Jing and Cai Bian could not express any objection, so he could only pinch his nose and watch the children of the Su family one step closer to the Political Affairs Hall.

...

While the court was fighting openly and secretly, Wu Haogu had already lived in a luxurious manor outside Xiangzhou City. This was Han Zhongyan's property in Xiangzhou, and now he lived in his daughter and son-in-law Wu Haowen. Wu Haogu and his party who entered Beijing from Hedong also passed by Xiangzhou to meet their brother Wu Haowen and his brother Han Zhi.

"Brother, what's going on in the Battle of Yinzhou? Is it your commander?"

After the two brothers met and chatted for a few words, Wu Haowen asked Wu Haogu, who had arrived in full swing, about the truth about the Battle of Yinzhou.

"Oh," Wu Haogu waved his hand, "How could I do it? It's all...it's all the credit of Brother Gao."

He originally thought that it was all Zhao Zhong Ge and Murong Mu who were helping, but when he thought it was wrong, these two were both talents from the Wu family! They can't be pulled over by the court, otherwise he would still go to the battlefield like this in the future? Who will rely on to recover Yan Yun?

And... they know too much! If they can't stay in Jiehe Commercial City, the secrets of the Commercial City and the Fake Legion may be leaked.

Therefore, the limelight of the Battle of Yinzhou must be Gao Qiu!

"Brother Gao? Is it the Gao Qiu who knows how to use Cuju?"

The question was Han Zhi, a middle-aged scholar in his forties. He used to be an official in Kaifeng Prefecture and recognized Gao Qiu, a master of Cuju.

"Yes, yes." Wu Haogu nodded repeatedly and said with a smile, "He is not only good at Cuju, but also good at using troops. He is a rare general!"

Han Zhi touched his well-maintained beard and frowned, "I really didn't expect that he was a general... I would have such a general in Xiangzhou."
Chapter completed!