The news that Gao Qiu's troops were at the Lingzhou city had not yet reached Kaifeng Prefecture. History joked with Zhao Ji, who was suffering from hereditary timidity. The first thing that came was that Zhong Fu, who was unlucky in Hexi Road, had another defeat! This was an expected defeat, and the defeated troops led by Gao Yongnian and Zhong Shiji.

Less than 40,000 troops fled south from Qin Wangchuan. Before they could join the reinforcements led by Wang Shunchen and Liu Fa, they were attacked by tens of thousands of cavalry led by Wei Mingcha Ge. Naturally, they lost a big loss! Tens of thousands of people were lost, and the fleeing troops also collided with Wang Shunchen. Liu Fa's new force was exhausted, and the latter retreated inexplicably. Although the personnel had no losses, they lost a large amount of supplies.

At the same time, Renshou Mountain City, Zhuoluo City, Gaizhu City, and Shuibo City, which were originally controlled by the Song army, were all recaptured by the Western Xia. The Song army retreated to the original defense Zhong Fu before the war last year and worked for a long time, but he found nothing except for losing troops and losing generals.

The news was quickly passed to Kaifeng Prefecture, and in the court, two waves of civil servants began to blame...

‘Gao Qiu is going to take the blame again this time.’ Wu Haogu thought, and observed the expressions of the two waves of people in Chongzheng Hall from the corner of his eyes.

His current status is a bit special. Not only is he not a member of the two prefectures, he is not even an official in Beijing, but a local official. However, Zhao Ji was left in Kaifeng Prefecture and went to Chongzheng Hall to participate in political discussions every day. The reason for this is two reasons. One is that the peace and stability in Hebei; the other is that Wu Haogu was the former Duke of the Three Directs, and he knew very well about military affairs in the northwest. He could ask questions at any time if he stayed in the court.

However, if the officials and the minister didn't ask, he was not qualified to speak in the Chongzheng Hall.

"This defeat was caused by Xingling Xuanfu, and Gao Qiu, the general general of the Sixth Route, was inadequately arranged!" Cai Jing pushed the blame to Gao Qiu as soon as he spoke, and then looked at Su Dongpo provocatively.

This is very far-fetched, but it is also very skillful!

The far-fetched reason is that Gao Qiu took over is a mess, and Gao Yongnian and Zong Shiji were also saved, and they brought out 30,000 officers and soldiers. How could they not be considered a failure to rescue them?

The level is that Cai Jing knew that Gao Qiu was wronged and threw it into pieces, which was to lead Su Dongpo to defend Gao Qiu.

Everyone knows that Gao Qiu was born under Su Dongpo's school, and he and Su Dongpo's disciple Wu Haogu were also a good friend. So Gao Qiu was regarded as Su Dongpo's party... and the prime minister and Xuan Shuai, who was in charge of the army, were in the same party. Haha, what would the government think and what would it think?

"Gao Qiu has crossed the desert to attack Xingzhou. The outcome is unknown now, so there is no need to discuss the responsibility for defeat." Su Dongpo knew Cai Jing's thoughts, but he still had to speak to Gao Qiu and the party was fighting against each other. Since Gao Qiu was under Su Dongpo's disciple, he could not kick him.

Zhao Ji frowned. He was not in the mood to watch the two prime ministers take the blame. The most important thing now is how to deal with the peace talks. Now the Dangxiang people and the Khitans have become a group, and the price is quite high! Before the Hexi Road was defeated, they wanted to return to Yanzhou and Shuozhou, and they also wanted the Song Dynasty to admit that the Western thieves were vassals of the Khitans!

Now, the Western Pirates won another game, but I am afraid that the price will be in the peace talks soon.

Zhang Kangguo, the official of the Privy Council, came out and said: "Hexi Road is not a decay and hard to save. As long as he can firmly defend Lanzhou, Huangzhou and Shanzhou, the situation will not be too bad. Gao Qiu and Zhe Keshi always have some gains from one road, so during the peace talks, we should still be careful to stick to the bottom line. In any case, we cannot admit that the Western thieves are a vassal of the Khitan."

Zhang Kangguo actually advocated concessions, but he just wanted to defend the line of not recognizing that Dangxiang was a vassal of the Khitan. As for Yanzhou and Shuozhou, it should be possible to be given up.

He then said, "It's summer now, and in a few months it will be the winter boundary river, and the Yellow River will be frozen. By then, hundreds of thousands of Khitan tiger and wolf troops will not be able to resist the soldiers of Hebei. Therefore, I suggest that peace should be negotiated as soon as possible to avoid delaying the time."

Zhao Ji felt heavy after saying this.

On the northern border of the Song Dynasty, autumn and winter were the most tense times of the year. Because the Yellow River, Border River, and Juma River were frozen, they would not be able to block the Khitan cavalry from moving south! At that time, it was the time when Khitan war horses were fat and strong, and they were invading the south in large numbers.

Jiehe Market seems to be the first target of the Khitan's invasion in the south!

"Dalang, does Jiehe Commercial City need to send more troops and strengthen defense?" Zhao Ji's question made Wu Haogu a little depressed.

Jiehe Shang City is now a free city. If the imperial court soldiers are allowed to enter, it will become a prefecture and county in the court...

More than a dozen eyes suddenly turned to Wu Haogu. The ministers in the hall actually felt that Jiehe Market was getting fatter and stronger, and they also had considerable autonomy. This time the tension between Song and Liao dynasties was an opportunity to solve the Jiehe issue. If you missed it, you would be afraid that you would have to worry about the attitude of the Khitans again.

Wu Haogu said: "Your Majesty, how could it be delayed until winter? Gao Qiu, Zhe Keshi should be successful soon, and the peace will definitely succeed at that time."

Wu Haogu is still very confident about Gao Qiu and Zhe Keshi, and he is unwilling to hand over Jiehe Market!

Hearing Wu Haogu's statement, Cai Jing felt secretly happy again. This is not the position that a minister should have!

"But most of the Khitan soldiers are in the direction of Xingzhou..." Deputy Prime Minister Wen Yi spoke for Cai Jing, "No matter how brave Gao Qiu is, can he defeat tens of thousands of Khitan soldiers?"

‘I have defeated it, and I have beaten more than 10,000 people with only a few hundred heavy cavalry…’ Wu Haogu thought so in his heart, but he didn’t dare to say it.

"There will always be news within a few days," Wu Haogudao, "Jun Wen is just waiting, why bother to hurry up?"

Zhao Ji sighed, it would be a bad time to wait for news! But there was nothing we could do, we could only wait!

Thinking of this, he was no longer interested in continuing to discuss, so he gave Cai Jing a wink, and the latter immediately suggested that he scatter the court.

"Stay Wu Qing." It's no surprise that Zhao Ji spoke and left Wu Haogu! Because these days, Wu Haogu had lunch with Zhao Ji almost every day in Chongzheng Palace.

Seeing the important officials leaving one by one, Zhao Ji shook his head gently, stood up and stomped in the hall: "Dalang, do you really think Gao Qiu can defeat the Khitans and the Western thieves?"

Wu Haogu smiled and said, "That depends on what wins."

Zhao Ji was stunned and looked at Wu Haogu. Wu Haogu explained: "The army led by Gao Qiu is mainly based on the government soldiers and the three emperors in the front line as the auxiliary. Whether it can fight and whether it can win is the key to these 20,000 government soldiers and combat soldiers."

“How to say it?”

Wu Hao Gu’s Ancient Dao: “The government soldiers are easier to obtain than the Khitan soldiers, and millions can be collected. If one can exchange a government soldiers for a Khitan soldiers on the battlefield, no matter who evacuates the battlefield first, the Khitans will lose. After all, there are only one or two million Khitan countries, and only one or two hundred and twenty million are suitable for being a regular soldier. They cannot afford to die!”

As for ethnic minorities! There are always small numbers...

"That's right!" Zhao Ji thought for a while, "Can Gao Qiu's mansion fight with the Khitan soldiers one-to-one?"

"Yes!" Wu Haogu said.

"Gao Qiu is that powerful?"

Wu Hao Gu's ancient saying: "It's not that Gao Qiu is powerful, but that Gao Qiu has military officers and military opportunities available from the Military Academy... These people are the best military officers in the Song Dynasty!"

"Is that true?" Zhao Ji nodded, still a little skeptical.

At this time, Liang Shicheng trotted all the way from outside Chongzheng Hall, and was still shouting: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Lu Bu will report the victory, and Lu Bu will report the victory on Shuofang Road! Gao Qiu defeated tens of thousands of Khitan Western thieves in the Xingzhou Desert and killed 50,000 Western thieves!"

What!?

This time, not only Zhao Ji was shocked, but even Wu Hao Gu was stunned. He killed 50,000 Western thieves in one battle! This battle was even more powerful than the Battle of Tongwan. Gao Qiu was used to hold thunder. The real commander Zhao Zhong, Murong Tuo, and Wanyan Xie were also such a big bull, so it was normal to beat Brother Cha.

But this time, Brother Zhao Zhong and Murong Tu have already returned to Jiehe Shang Market with Wu Haogu's dash and utility knights. Wanyan Xie has also eaten and drunk in the Qionglin Palace and received a lot of rewards. Now he has gone back to Lao Linzi who has been out of the tiger water. There are not many great people around Gao Qiu, and he has actually won such a great victory. Is Gao Qiu really capable?

"Hurry, show it to me!" Zhao Ji stretched out his hand, and Liang Shicheng quickly handed the good news sent by Tong Guan to the Emperor of Song Dynasty with both hands.

Zhao Ji took the report, looked it out carefully, and then said, "Okay! OK! OK... Gao Qiu really does not disappoint me! Dalang, please take a look."

As he said that, he reported the report to Wu Haogu on the side. Wu Haogu took it over and took it. It was indeed an unprecedented victory! The night battle in the desert, the water cut off the death, defeating the 80,000 army commanded by the Western Xia Wuzhe. If the opponent was Cha Ge, Gao Qiu would not have won so easily and killed 20,000 to 30,000, and arrested nearly 20,000 alive prisoners! Gao Qiu, who won, led his troops to Dalingzhou along the Yellow River, and he would probably be able to meet with the Jingyuan Army led by Zhe Keshi soon.

"Your Majesty, the Western thief is over!" Wu Hao Gu's ancient saying, "I congratulate you! The Northwest Rebellion can finally be pacified!"

Zhao Ji laughed: "I finally didn't read the wrong person! Dalang, how do you think I should reward Gao Qiu?"

Wu Haogu thought about it, "Your Majesty should let Brother Gao be the prime minister."

When Gao Qiu heard Wu Haogu’s suggestion, he would definitely shout: “Da Lang misled me!”

Moreover, Zhao Ji also felt that it was a bit inappropriate. He originally wanted to promote Gao Qiu to become a Taiwei (a real Taiwei, a second-rank military officer).
Chapter completed!