Criticisms and accusations in the officialdom were frequent and he had to be distracted from dealing with them.

Zhang Yue sat in the courtyard, leisurely comprehending, and the affairs of the court surged in his heart like waves.

At this time, the Seventeenth Mother came with two female envoys through the snow in the courtyard. Zhang Yue saw the Seventeenth Mother overjoyed and immediately stood up.

The Seventeenth Mother said to Zhang Yue: "The official's brows are furrowed. Are you worried about the court affairs?"

Zhang Yue said: "Mrs. I'm worried."

The Seventeenth Mother smiled and said: "You and I are husband and wife, so what should we worry about? Yes, aren't the officials looking for famous doctors recently?"

Zhang Yue nodded and said, "Yes."

Seventeenth Mother smiled and said: "If that's the case, I can help."

Zhang Yue asked: "Do you know any famous doctors, Madam?"

The Seventeenth Mother said: "I have found an official for you."

"Where is the famous doctor?" Zhang Yue asked immediately.

The Seventeenth Mother smiled and said, "My lord, please listen to me about where this person came from."

"This person's surname is Qian and his name is Yi..."

"Zhao Qian Sun Li's money?"

Seventeen Niang said with a smile: "Indeed, I heard that I have a kinship with Qian Chu, King of Wuyue. However, although this man learned medicine from a doctor named Lu, he was not a famous teacher. To tell you the truth, I

Write a book and establish your opinion."

Zhang Yue heard this and said happily: "I just want such a talent."

Seventeen Niang said with a smile: "The official has not heard what I have to say. This man is good at modifying ancient prescriptions and creating new ones. He added, subtracted and modified Cui's Bawei Pills from Zhang Zhongjing's "Synopsis of the Golden Chamber" to create

Liuwei Dihuang Pills..."

As soon as Zhang Yue heard about the Liuwei Dihuang Pills, he knew who Qian Yi was.

Who in later generations has never... never heard of this Liuwei Dihuang Pill.

It turned out that it was invented by Qian Yi of the Song Dynasty. Zhang Yue had made up his mind that such people with great merit must invite Haosheng to make offerings.

Zhang Yue happily held Qi Niang's hand and said, "Madam, you have helped me a lot this time.

…

At this moment, someone knocked on the door of the mansion and shouted: "Prime Minister, Prime Minister, Lanzhou is a great victory!"

After Zhang Yue heard this, he first took the letter and read it.

It turned out that Xixia's old tricks were repeated, and Liang Yi used the peace talks as a cover to paralyze the Song armies, while he personally led an army of 200,000 to attack Lanzhou City.

Taking advantage of the solid ice of the Yellow River, the Xixia army crossed the river to Lanzhou and surrounded the city.

Li Xian was not in Lanzhou at that time, but was garrisoned by General Li Hao.

Li Hao made great contributions to conquering the Southern Barbarians from Zhang Dun, and was later promoted to the emperor, and then transferred to Xihe Road. Zhang Kai thought highly of Zhang Dun's old general Li Hao, and Li Hao made great achievements in conquering Lanzhou this time and worshiped him as Xi.

The deputy general manager of soldiers and horses in Helu is the third most powerful person in Xihelu after Li Xian and Wang Hou.

Although Li Hao had listened to Zhang Yue early, Li Xian issued strict orders several times to build Lanzhou City as if it were made of iron. There were enough soldiers, horses, and food and grass. Seeing how many soldiers and horses there were in Xixia, he had no choice but to cage the city and defend it. At the same time, he sent troops to Xizhou to attack Li Hao.

Xian asked for help.

However, General Wang Wenyu requested to fight.

At that time, the Xixia army was at its peak, and several of the Song Army's forts built near Lanzhou were demolished. Li Hao refused to let Wang Wenyu go to war and asked, "How can we go to war if there are only a few hundred cavalry in the city?"

Wang Wenyu said, "There are so many thieves and we have so few, so we should reduce their sharpness to calm everyone's hearts, and then we can defend the city. This is Zhang Liao's strategy to defend Hefei."

Yan Renwu, the supervisor of the army, said: "I have been ordered to defend the city and not allow fighting. If anyone insists on turning it on and off, I will impeach him."

After hearing this, Wang Wenyu said: "I am going out to fight in the city at a cost of one against a thousand, and I will survive nine deaths. I am not even afraid of death, so how can I be afraid of you impeaching me?"

"There is no guarantee of victory if we defend the city now. Only by going to war can we take advantage of the opportunity."

Seeing that Wang Wenyu was determined, Li Hao agreed.

So Wang Wenyu recruited 700 people as a suicide squad, lowered the city at night, and broke into the enemy camp with short knives. The Xixia troops did not know where they were, and they broke up in fear and rushed to cross the river and retreat.

When Li Xian learned that Lanzhou was besieged, he led his elite troops to rush from Xizhou overnight. Seeing the Xixia army bombing the camp, he immediately took advantage of the situation to cover up the attack. He attacked the Xixia army in two attacks and suffered nearly 10,000 casualties.

This battle achieved another great victory after the Battle of Taoshui.

Zhang Yue was overjoyed when he saw the good news. He paced for a long time and said excitedly: "The bravery of this Wang Wenyu is comparable to that of Yuchi Jingde."

The Seventeenth Mother couldn't help but laugh at Zhang Yue's childlike actions, but she was also sincerely happy with Zhang Yue.

Zhang Yue didn't frown these days, but today these emotions were completely gone.

…

At this moment, in Zhang Kai's mansion, Zhang Kai and Zhang Dun were drinking one cup at a time.

Halfway through the drink, Zhang Kai said angrily: "It's really Feng Tang Yi Lao, Li Guang can't be sealed!"

Zhang Dun raised his lamp and said: "Don't be upset if you ask me for help. The country is in trouble right now, and you will be able to use it again."

Zhang Kai said: "Now that I am the Prime Minister, why am I worried about my position? I am actually angry about the country. First, the Yanyan Road was defeated by Hanhai, then the Jingyuan Road was defeated by Lingzhou, and even the Xihe Road was defeated by Mingsha.

, Axi was seriously injured and is still bedridden."

"At this time, Prime Minister Zhang ignored him and said he should stop calmly."

"What he said in front of the emperor was to tell us not to attack, Xixia will attack on its own. As long as our army defends Lanzhou, Huizhou, Xi'an, and Huaide's front line, Xixia itself will come. What kind of strategy is this? This is not true.

Waiting for the rabbit, what is it?”

"Since ancient times, only famous generals have dispatched others, and no one else has dispatched us. How can the party members listen to him?"

"Dangxiang people take the initiative when attacking, but when we defend, we fall into passivity everywhere. Prime Minister Zhang also euphemistically called it 'fortifying the stronghold and fighting the war'. It is so naive. How could Dangxiang do what he expected?"

Hearing this, Zhang Dun poured a glass of wine and said, "I don't understand either."

"But Your Majesty said that the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager praised this person, only knowing the depth of it but not the shallowness of it."

After a pause, Zhang Dun stood up and said: "I said he has no great virtues but is good at small benefits. Everyone is destined to die, and no one can escape it, but I hope to die for Your Majesty and the Song Dynasty, instead of being so cowardly.

die."

"Pingxia is your majesty's long-cherished wish, and it is also my Zhang Dun's long-cherished wish. It's like a trick. Even if Zhang Shouyue and the others die, they will be glorious in death and alive in death. After the defeat of the two-pronged expedition to Xia, the only choice is to fight against Xixia

In the end, it can be undone. But His Majesty issued an imperial edict to punish himself, and Zhang Yue demoted himself to an official position. Doesn't this admit to the world that the attack on Xia was wrong? Does it show weakness to others? "

"This person usually talks nonsense and doesn't know what to do when doing things. At this time, we must not use the ancestral system to confuse each other with different opinions. We must overcome all difficulties, just like when Shu Guogong was punished from top to bottom for 'One Morality'

, exclude all the ministers who advocate peace talks, and practice the method of heavy rewards and heavy punishments. In this way, we can unite as one and use the power of the whole country to suppress Xixia step by step. Only then can we win! Otherwise, once the peace talks are successful, the country's prestige will be completely lost.

Not even Qingtang can be saved!"

Zhang Kai stood up from his seat and said, "Brother Dun, what you said is so good and enlightening. It would be great if you came to be the prime minister."

Zhang Dun shook his head, he was so resolute and decisive in his actions.

Therefore, between the two brothers, Zhang Kai and Zhang Dun were more congenial in temperament, but they felt that Zhang Yue was a bit inflexible and only knew how to keep defeat.

Just then, the Privy Council Office sent the news of Lanzhou's success to Zhang Kai's house.

Seeing the good news, Zhang Dun and Zhang Kai were surprised. They just wanted to ask, why did Xixia really go to attack Lanzhou?

Zhang Yue's luck is too good.

The most important thing is that this victory was a great victory, which restored the Song army's losing streak in Hanhai, Lingzhou and Mingsha.
Chapter completed!