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Chapter 139 Assemble
Jiawu (second day of junior high school) in May of the eighth year of Yuanfeng.

After Zhao Xu got up, he had breakfast, and went to Baoci Palace as usual, and accompanied the two palaces to review government affairs.

After entering May, the weather gradually starts to heat up.

The palace began to take out the ice cubes hidden in the ice cellar last winter and put them in special ice mirrors to cool down.

The imperial chef also began to prepare various drinks for the two palaces to cool off the heat.

Perilla drink, marinated plum water, lychee ice water...

There are dozens of styles for you to choose from!

These drinks are not special offerings for the royal family, but fast-moving consumer goods for the general public in Song Dynasty.

At least in Bianjing City.

In the city of Bianjing, at least hundreds of drink shops open every summer.

The drinks sold range from a few pennies to dozens of pennies.

Whether they are traffickers or literati officials, they are happy to buy them.

Zhao Xu prefers to drink licorice soup - a kind of drink that boils water with licorice and other Chinese medicinal materials, then cools it naturally, adds honey and other ingredients, and then chills the drink.

The taste is sweet and the aftertaste is long.

Knowing that Zhao Xu likes it, he ordered the Queen Mother to prepare a lot.

As soon as Zhao Xu came, he immediately sent someone to serve a cold licorice soup that was just right.

As soon as Zhao Xu drank it, he laughed immediately: "It's delicious!"

"As long as Sixth Brother likes it!" Xiang Queen Mother said with a smile.

"Yesterday, the officials asked Tong Jiansi to use the urgent horse delivery?" The Empress Dowager asked with a smile.

Zhao Xu nodded and replied, "Yes, Grandmother!"

"Because I heard that a great Confucianist was ill, so I thought of sending someone to deliver some imperial medicine..."

The Empress Dowager nodded and said with a smile, "What a good boy!"

"Today, many ministers have written letters praising that it is indeed a blessing for the country that officials respect their teachers!"

The Queen Mother hurriedly said: "It's all taught by the empress!"

The Empress Dowager then smiled kindly.

Zhao Xu lowered his head in 'shame' and drank his licorice soup.

The sweet ice water lingers on the taste buds.

Zhao Xu knew that from now on, the General Supervisor would slowly listen to his instructions.

And Tong Jiansi is the mouth and hand of the imperial power.

Through it, all the resources, officials, and troops in the Song Dynasty will dance with Zhao Xu's baton.

Of course, now Zhao Xu will not use it to interfere in political affairs.

……

There are not many government affairs today.

Zhao Xu also just watched, keeping quiet, besides beating the shoulders of the two palaces from time to time and bringing some drinks, he just sat obediently beside him.

First of all, Lu Huiqing played the list of rewards for meritorious officers and soldiers drawn up by Hedong Road, and begged the Privy Council to implement it.

Immediately following Lu Huiqing's report was the memorial of Zhekexing, who was also in Hedong.

Zhe Kexing's memorial reported in detail the background of the generals who Lu Huiqing planned to reward.

This is the origami's job.

The Zhejia in Fuzhou is the last remnant of the feudal town in the late Tang Dynasty, and it is also the eyes of the Zhao officials.

Because Zhejia came from a party member.

They can only rely on the trust of the officials in Bianjing to gain a firm foothold in Fuzhou and Linzhou.

There is not much difference between Zhe Kexing's report and Lu Huiqing's memorial.

After watching the two palaces, they ordered the Privy Council to approve the rewards according to the stories.

Money should be rewarded, money should be promoted, and promotion should be promoted.

After reading the side newspaper, it is the government.

The Ministry of Rites played the empress dowager's biological father Lu Wang Gao Zunfu's plan to avoid taboos: the words "fu" should be less, and then the words should be covered with yellow paper.

This is an arrangement for the upcoming imperial examination.

After all, the imperial examination room is taboo.

But a blank space is obviously not acceptable, so there is such a contingency plan.

Not only can it not offend King Gao Lu, but it can also save the examiners from having to guess what the word is?

The Empress Dowager naturally agreed.

……

After nearly ten days of trekking.

Ren Duo Baozhong's army led by Ren Duo Baozhong finally arrived at Shuangshan Fort in Mingtang River.

This place is the administrative office of Daxia Zuoxiang Shenyongsi.

It is also a strategic location directly facing Nanman Yanyan Road and Hedong Road.

The Jialu River meanders through the valley on the left side of the Mingtang River, and the downstream is the Jialuzhai fortress that was taken away by Shen Kuo of the Nanman a few years ago.

Ren Duo Bao Zhong rode his horse on the Shuangshan Fort, condescendingly looking down at the front.

"Call this rabbit who sells ass!" He spat, and cursed viciously: "I said a long time ago that he is unreliable, and the Queen Mother still doesn't believe it! Now it's all right, let's be captured alive by the Southern Barbarians!"

"What should we do now?" Ren Duo Baozhong's younger brother Ren Duo Xizhong asked.

Pulling the well-known Youzhou soldiers and horses, originally planned to cooperate with Ren Duo Baozhong's action, mobilizing the main forces of Nanman Huanqing Road and Jingyuan Road on the flanks, and at the same time attracting some soldiers and horses from Yanyan Road.

Well now, the Great Xia army didn't even cross the border.

Yan Juewei was captured alive by Song people in the hinterland of Daxia!
You can't count on the soldiers and horses of Youzhou.

The Jingzhai Army and the Suizhou Supervision Army Division can't count on it either-it's good for them to keep themselves and not be killed by the Nanmanzi's army.

"What else can we do?" Ren Duo Baozhong said, "The army has already been dispatched!"

"If we can't break Nanman's stronghold, we have to go back to Lingzhou hungry!"

"Can Liang Yifu let us go?"

Renjia is not a party member.

They are Tibetans!

He was already suspected, but now the old superintendent died in battle, and the uncle Xiangguo Liang Yibu, who supported the Ren family the most, also died.

If they can no longer make military exploits, those party aristocrats will swallow Renjia's land, pastures and slaves.

Especially that bastard Liang Yifu!

He has long been eyeing Renjia's territory.

"Send scouts to investigate around Jialu Village, and find out the strength and deployment of Nanman troops!" Ren Duobaozhong raised his whip and made the deployment.

"In addition, send someone to inform the Qiang tribes in Toudaochuan..."

"The Great Xia Wuzu has an order, ordering each of them to donate five hundred stones of grain and grass, and three hundred for the young and strong, to help the Wuzu army!"

"If you dare to refuse, once the master Wang arrives, the whole clan will be slaughtered!"

"Yes!" Ren Duo Xizhong took the order and left.

Daxia has never trusted the Qiang people in the two thousand miles of Hengshan.

Because these Qiang people hiding in the mountains and forests have no loyalty to the Great Xia Wuzu.

No matter how kind Wu Zu is to them, they will betray Daxia in front of Nanman's coercion and temptation!
From Li Shibin's father and son to Yu Longke's brothers more than ten years ago, no matter how favorably Wuzu met, Nanman still immediately turned his back on Wuzu with a wave of his hand!
Therefore, Daxia is no longer polite to them!

Every time there is a big battle, people are directly sent to these tribes to collect food, grass, and young people.

Who dares to be disobedient and kill the matter directly!

Of course, Wuzu is benevolent, and there is still a way out. As long as you obey Wuzu's military orders, you will be rewarded after victory!

……

Fuzhou city.

Lu Huiqing's handsome camp arrived here today.

Following him, there were also three thousand archers from the East Camp field transferred from the Baode Army and other places.

It is no exaggeration to say that these archers are Lu Huiqing's greatest achievement and harvest in the past few years in Hedong!

Therefore, whenever Lu Huiqing fights or mobilizes the army, he will recruit a large number of troops as a supplement for the generals in Hedong!

After entering Fucheng Prefecture Yafu Prefecture Zhizhou Jianhe Road No. 12 General Zhe Kexing immediately led Zhejia generals out to welcome him.

After welcoming Lu Huiqing to the government office, Zhe Kexing reported to Lu Huiqing: "After receiving the order of the general, the last general has sent a large number of scouts to the various fortresses of the left wing of the Western Thieves. Investigation, no relevant information has been obtained yet..."

Lu Huiqing nodded and said: "Increase the number of scouts and tell the scouts below that as long as they are willing to enter the territory of the Western Bandits to investigate, they will give you ten thousand rewards!"

"Anyone who has meritorious service will be generously rewarded!"

This is the characteristic of Lu Huiqing's rule of the army in Hedong.

If you don't BB, just throw money at it!

Therefore, everyone from top to bottom is willing to obey the command, and they are all willing to work for him!

Zhe Kexing had already gotten used to Lu Huiqing's style of work, and immediately bowed to him: "Mr. Xianggong will definitely pass on the orders to the following at the end!"

Zhejia operates in the triangular area of ​​Fuzhou and Linzhou, intersecting with northern captives and western thieves.

Naturally, there are countless scouts who are familiar with the geography and topography.

As long as the money is enough, there are warriors who are willing to take risks!

Lu Huiqing nodded in satisfaction, and said to Zheke: "But if there is a spy report, let me know immediately!"

"The end will know!"

Lu Huiqing nodded, and then sat on the government office surrounded by Zhe Kexing.

Looking at the archer commanders wearing armor and following him here, Lu Huiqing said to them: "This time I am patrolling the border, I am following the order of the emperor to guard against the invasion of western thieves!"

"You all go back and tell the local archers: He Dong has money left over from last year, and there are hundreds of thousands of guan!"

"If the western bandits really plan to invade the bandits, whoever can get the leader of the western bandits will be rewarded by the Imperial Army!"

The commanders immediately blushed when they heard this.

Lu Huiqing didn't think it was enough, and added fuel to the fire to stimulate these people: "In addition, I have a hundred empty official letters in my hand!"

"It depends on whether you have the ability to let me write down your name on one of the lines!"

The conductors suddenly became short of breath.

An official letter with an empty name means that the official seal has been affixed, and the dispatch has been written, but it is an official letter for rewarding merit without a name.

As long as you write your name and send it to Bianjing, you can immediately enter the order of military officials on the spot.

In the Song Dynasty, there are two kinds of people with official status and those without official status!
"Go down!" Lu Huiqing waved and said, "Tell the archers below what I have said!"

"I want money and money, and officials and officials. I only need warriors who can get them!"

"Promise!" The archers commanded, and they promised!

Seeing these people leaving excitedly, Lu Huiqing also laughed.

And as Lu Huiqing entered the prefecture, reports from all parties were also delivered in horses and steps.

Zi Hu, the first general on the Hedong Road, reported that he had assembled from the Kelan Army to Jingqiang Village.

The eighth general of Hedong Road, who is also in charge of Goulin, and Xing Kechen, the government army and horse official, reported that he had gone down from Linzhou along the Kuye River.

Plus his 12 archers in Fuzhou and the No. [-] generals that Zhe Kexing had assembled and mobilized.

The army of Hedong will be assembled in the center along the three main points of the east frontier defense.

As long as you find out the movement of soldiers and horses in the hinterland of the left wing of the West Thieves, then these three generals plus [-] archers will be like three sharp knives, straight into its hinterland!

Lu Huiqing has now learned from the mansion newspaper that Zhao Xie has captured the western thief and false son-in-law alive!
Can this be tolerated?

"If you really can't find the soldiers and horses of the Western Bandits..."

Lu Huiqing looked at the hinterland of the Shenyongsi on the left side of the West Thieves, the Mingtang River on the bank of the Jialu River.

That is an important town for western thieves, and it is also a rare and fertile place.

If you can find an opening, go to Mingtang River and set a fire, and burn down the pastures and granaries of the thieves.

With this credit, he should be able to surpass Zhao Xie!

　I stopped writing this chapter. I originally wanted to introduce the archer, but I forgot it and deleted it.

　　Well, wait for me to introduce it later in the article.

　　After all, this thing is very troublesome, and it would be too long-winded to explain it clearly in the text

　　
　
(End of this chapter)