Northwest, Lingzhou.

The cold winter has finally arrived.

With two cold currents, auspicious snow fell in Lingzhou, which lasted for three days and three nights. The snow accumulated in the streets of Lingzhou City was as thick as three or four feet. The Yellow River outside Lingzhou City had also been frozen, and it was frozen for several feet, so it was difficult to smash it with a large hammer.

But no matter how thick the snow is and how cold the weather is, it cannot stop waves of military envoys from Liangzhou to Lingzhou. In front of the Xuanfu Envoy of the Northwest Third Road, which was rebuilt from the original Xixia Palace, the envoy of the Hexi Army who entered the city yesterday evening was waiting for the door to open in the snow.

In the back garden of Xuanfu Envoy, the pond was frozen so much that it was frozen. Gao Qiu asked the servants in the mansion to sew a ball with cowhide and threw it to the children in the mansion to play. Today was just sunny after the snow. The sun was shining and the temperature also rose. In the back garden, the women and maids in Gao Qiu's family came out to play with the children.

Gao Qiu's three older sons, Gao Yaokang, Gao Yaofu, Gao Yaoqing and his original wife, are now staying in Kaifeng Prefecture. The group of little guys who play in the back garden of Xuanshuo Mansion in the northwest were all wives and concubines that Gao Qiu took to give birth to him after he arrived in the northwest.

This time was so fast! In a blink of an eye, Gao Qiu stayed in the northwest for more than four years. Even children born in the northwest would build snowmen, play snowball fights, and run around with a ball.

A few little guys were having fun, their faces were red with cold. They ran and jumped, laughed and screamed, and they didn't know at all what the pain of homesickness was...

Gao Qiu, the owner of the Xuan Shuai Mansion, looked sick and wearing thick fur, stood in an octagonal pavilion with a stove, watching the children play carefreely.

Gao Qiu shook his head and murmured: "The north wind blew again and again. When will Qionglin shine on me?"

He had a sick day ago. Gao Qiu, who had recovered a little in recent days, became homesick again. In fact, he did not completely miss his hometown Kaifeng Prefecture, and wanted to leave Lingzhou, a place of right and wrong as soon as possible.

Recently, the civil servants in the court have a new enemy, the Dujun Ji, led by Wu Haogu, so they naturally put Gao Qiu, who was respectful and had ulterior motives, and no longer criticized and fought.

Gao Qiu, who was already preparing to die in the northwest, also ignited the hope of being "released military power with a glass of wine". In his opinion, he had nothing to lack. The rank of the rank of the rank of the Grand Marshal, and he would not be promoted any further. He also became the Xuanshou in the third northwest line, almost a military minister. He did not have the ambition to be a master of the Privy Council, and even the military commander of Wu Haogu did not want to be the military power with a glass of wine... His ideal was to be "released military power with a glass of wine" by Zhao Ji, and to be a rich man in the second half of his life, just eat, drink and have fun.

For this reason, he reported to Zhao Ji that "I can't afford to be ill and can't be in charge of the director" a few days ago, which was equivalent to handing over the handle of releasing military power to Zhao Ji. He also recommended Zhao Ji a candidate who is most suitable to take over as the Xuanfu of Lingzhou!

But what was disappointing was that Zhao Ji just sent a doctor from the Imperial Medicine Academy to Lingzhou to see Gao Qiu, and gave him a decree to let him recover with peace of mind and to entrust all the military affairs to the General Military Computer Room for cooking... until his illness is cured!

Obviously, Zhao Ji was determined to let him die of old age in the northwest!

If it were other leaders of the border who were respectful, they might have been reluctant to seek this matter, but Gao Qiu had no intention of becoming a warlord at all. He became a warlord and was completely framed by a traitor! He couldn't do it now and he couldn't make any corrections. He was probably the most tragic warlord in the world.

Gao Qiu's brother Gao Lian quickly walked into the garden and walked all the way to the octagonal pavilion where Gao Qiu was located. "The envoy of the Hexi Army is here again."

"No!" Gao Qiu said two words in annoyance.

Gao Qiu is in his current situation, but isn't it all caused by these Western thieves? He couldn't help but fight, but he refused to calm down. Now he's okay, he's getting into the Western Turkic Kingdom. Do you know you're scared?

Gao Lian, who was recruited by Gao Qiu to be the head of the Xuanmai Mansion, did not move forward, but took a step forward and said to Gao Qiu: "Brother, this time we are here are Xiao Heda and Master Zhishen."

Xiao Heda was the Hexi Army General Army Machinery Machinery Machinery Machinery Machinery Machinery Machinery Machinery Machinery Machinery Machinery Machinery Machinery Machinery Machinery Machinery Machinery Machinery Machinery Machinery Machinery Machinery Machinery Machinery Machinery Machinery Machinery Machinery Machinery Machinery Machinery Machinery Machinery Xiao Heda, the confidant general of Zhao Ganshun brothers, was appointed as the general army.

Monk Zhishen is one of the seven major tutors of the Great Education and Reform Group, and his status is also extraordinary. Even if Gao Qiu can reject Xiao Heda, he cannot help but give Master Zhishen face.

"Second brother, you can deal with it first." Gao Qiu breathed, "You go to the General Military Computer Room first and find Li Yongqi for me."

Li Yongqi was Gao Qiu's general military aircraft. Gao Qiu was actually a hand-off manager. The government affairs of the Xuanfu Department were handed over to his younger brother Gao Lian, while the military affairs were thrown to Li Yongqi, the general military aircraft, Wu Song, the general manager of the infantry, and Yang Keshi, the general manager of the horse army.

Gao Lian responded and turned around and left. After a while, Li Yongqi walked into the octagonal pavilion with a thick earth-yellow envelope.

Gao Qiu glanced at the envelope, frowned and asked, "What? The order from Dujun Pilot is here again?"

Now the military order system of the Song Dynasty is in the process of alternation between the old and the new. All the armies that established the General Military Machine Room, the Xuanmao Mansion, the General Administration, etc., accepted orders were issued by the military system.

The formal procedure is that the official Zhao Ji issued the order to the Dujunji Department through the form of a ministerial or a ministerial order, and then the Dujunji Department turned the emperor's order into a well-organized military order. To issue the next level military aircraft together with the original edict, generally only need to act according to the Dujunji Department's military order, as long as the Dujunji Department's military order does not have a clear conflict with the original edict.

The military orders of the Dujunjimaster are often very cumbersome, so they are encapsulated in a large envelope.

"Report to the Commander Xuan," Li Yongqi bowed, "It was the notice from the Dujun Mailing Department."

The so-called "Notice" is actually a situation report, and sometimes the Dujun Pilot's advice is attached to the notice.

"Have you seen it?" Gao Qiu asked.

"I've seen it," said Li Yongqi, "I informed the situation of the Western Turkic Kingdom and the Great Food Kingdom... It turned out that the Western Turkic Kingdom and the Great Food Kingdom were connected to us by sea and land. The Dujun Magistrate had long been collecting their intelligence through Baifan merchants."

"Oh." Gao Qiu asked, "Why is there a big country?"

"Because the Great Food Kingdom and the Turkic Kingdom are one."

"One? How can two countries be one?"

"Shisan Xuan, their Tianfang Sect is a bit like our Spring and Autumn Period and Warring States Period. All countries regard the Great Food Kingdom as their sect leader. Their caliphs are equivalent to the Emperor of Zhou. They have an empty name and do not leave the capital. They just eat, drink and have fun.

Below the Caliph is the sultan, similar to the overlord who commands the princes with the emperor, the Turkic state is a bunch of sultan states.”

"A bunch?" Gao Qiu frowned, "What's going on?"

Li Yongqi said: "The report said that the Turkic country was named Seljuk. It was originally a small country, but because it produced a heroic lord, conquered Persian king, entered Baghdad, and used the Caliphate to make the heroes. However, this Seljuk had long been weak and now it was split into a bunch of small states. One of the largest ones, known as the Great Seljuk, was probably the one that the Black Khan Uighurs surrendered to."

"Really or false?" Gao Qiu was skeptical, "They broke themselves into pieces and still came to care about our affairs? The news that Du Junmaster found out was outdated, right?"

Li Yongqi frowned. He knew that Gao Qiu was not interested in the Western Expedition to Anxi, and his contribution was enough.

"Supervisor Xuan," Li Yongqi said again, "The Dujun Command asked us to hand over the notice to the Hexi Army, and then suggested that the Hexi Army send troops as soon as possible next spring to seize Kashgar and Khotan in one fell swoop before the reinforcements of the Seljuk Turks arrived..."

"Okay..." Gao Qiu waved his hand impatiently, "I will see Xiao Heda later, go and talk to him."

"Here!" Li Yongqi was a little helpless and had to bow.

...

"Dalang, you really don't go to Lingzhou?"

Qionglin Palace, Chongzheng Hall.

The official Zhao Ji was in a little embarrassed and asked Wu Haogu if he could go to Lingzhou to replace Gao Qiu.

The answer is of course no.

The seat of Xuanfu on the third road in Northwest China is easy to get up, but difficult to get down! If you really go, Jiehe Commercial City and Jingdong Commercial City will not take into account.

"But the two governments agreed that the battle in the northwest can only be guaranteed by your going." Zhao Ji said again, "If others go, they are afraid that there will be a chance of winning."

Wu Haogu thought to himself: Didn’t the people in the two mansions feel that they are annoying in Kaifeng Mansion and want to get rid of the matter?

"Your Majesty," Wu Hao's ancient road, "I only know how to govern the army and can't fight. How can I replace Brother Gao? Besides, the Hexi army is afraid of Gao Qiu like a tiger, but I am not afraid of me! If I go to Lingzhou, I am afraid that the Hexi army will not be able to drive the tiger."

Wu Haogu paused and said, "But I can also go northwest to help Gao Qiu."

"Is that?" Zhao Ji's frowning brows spread out, "Dalang, what official do you want to be in the northwest? What about the transfer commander of the third northwest route? Or you can pick up Tong Guan's Shuofang Road Pacification Strategic Controller."

"Your Majesty," Wu Haogu smiled, "I don't want to be a transshipment officer, nor do I go to Shuofang Road."

Zhao Ji asked: "Then what official do you want to be?"

Wu Haogu reported: "I want to use the name of the military envoy of the Ministry of the Ministry to create another elite cavalry from the Western Army for His Majesty. With this cavalry, Gao Qiu's three-way Xuanfu will be able to be a good player. Whether it is driving a tiger or taking a wolf or taking action himself, it can be ensured that there is no harm."

"Carry out a cavalry from the Western Army?" Zhao Ji suddenly thought of something, "Darang, do you want to use this to rectify the Western Army?"

Wu Haogudao: "It is not a rectification, but to give the elite Western Army more opportunities to train, so as not to waste the art of fighting formations."
Chapter completed!