The Song army was not considered defeated, but the number of personnel was severely reduced and the strategic goal was not achieved. They were demoted to Gao Zunyu, Liu Changzuo, Wang Zhongzheng and others.

Although Li Xian was promoted to Jingyuan Road Jingliu Pacification and Control Command for his military achievements, he was given 300 guards and was given the honor of being envoy of Jingfu Palace, and Wu Xin's army's descendants.

But these five battles against Xia were ultimately failed!

No matter how brilliant the local victory is, it is just a fig leaf.

But the army is a weapon for the country after all. Even if it is defeated, it still needs to be comforted. Otherwise, these soldiers will be ugly and may make the Song Dynasty court unable to bear it, especially Zhao Xu himself.

This time, no one helped Zhao Xu carry it.

Wang Anshi had already retired, Han Qi was forced to retire, and Ouyang Bian was excluded from the decision-making circle.

Now in the Political Affairs Hall, Zhang Fangping, Su Song, Han Jiang, Zeng Bu and others are just puppets placed in front of Zhao Xu.

Therefore, Ouyang Bian was instructed to represent Zhao Xu to comfort Huanqing's army who returned from the defeat.

Huan Qing army lost more than one-fifth of its loss and its morale was extremely low. Under Gao Zunyu's extremely stupid command, he not only cheated his teammates, but also made the Xixia people plot against him, which made Huan Qing army feel extremely disappointed.

The reason why Gao Zunyu was demoted made Huanqing's army relieved. If Gao Zunyu was punished, they would not have to be punished, but after losing the battle, they were still embarrassed.

Ouyang Bian comforted Huan Qing's army and brought the rewards and various wines that the emperor agreed to at the beginning, which made the entire army excited and it was a bit lively.

But the next day, Huan Qingjun fell into panic again.

Because the next day, Ouyang Bian Laojun was robbed by a group of thieves on his way back!

It would be fine if it was just kidnapping, but the key is that the guards followed closely to chase the thieves. When the thief saw that they could not get rid of them, they fled to Hengshan and killed Ouyang Bian and threw them into Guidechuan and disappeared.\u0001.

This had nothing to do with Huan Qing Army, but Ouyang Bian came to comfort Huan Qing Army, and then he was in trouble on the way back, for fear that the emperor would put the charge on them!

The generals of Huanqing Army quickly submitted a memorial and sent the information back to Bianjing by urgently handing over the message. The memorial naturally eliminated the responsibility of Huanqing Army.

...

The weather this year is particularly cold, and the city of Bianjing is also full of snow. Next year will probably be a good year, but Zhao Xu's mood is not good.

In fact, her mood was not just unhappy, it was simply terrible, just like the muddy path inside the palace wall, with snow mixed with mud and water, and it looked terrible.

This failure in the Western Expedition was not only a military failure, but also a family fortune accumulated over the years and his own prestige.

Although Ouyang Bian has been struggling for many years, the Song Dynasty was full of loopholes and money was used to repair it everywhere, and even if it was too much money, it would not be able to withstand the creation.

Wang Anshi's reforms have ruined a lot of his family's assets, and the severe drought last year even caused the northern border of the Song Dynasty. This time it was already very amazing to be able to supply 600,000 people to the war.

But the last little financial resources have been scrambled into it, and the treasury is also empty.

Of course, next year, the scenery will be good and it will be cured in just one year, but the key is not just an economic issue, but also a political issue.

Although he is arbitrary now, because of this, he has to take on the responsibility this time.

The ministers have already written letters to impeach him, believing that this time, "lightly launching border quarrels" was not done by the wise ruler, and asked him to admit his mistake this time.

Well, the main force is still Sima Guang and his group of people.

Sima Guang and others have been promoted to higher positions and are no longer censors, but their censors are not destined to be swearing, and they scold them when they should be scolded and never tolerated them.

During this period, he made Sima Guang and others scold him. The key is that he could not really deal with this group of people, so he was extremely depressed.

But this is not the worst reason for his mood.

There were no emperors of the Song Dynasty who were not scolded. He was used to it. Just scold him, but he knew in his heart that the most important thing was to destroy his prestige.

The prestige accumulated by cleaning up the Han family, Cui family, and Ouyang Bian teams has been greatly damaged in this battle. It is not so easy for him to start a war again in the future.

After processing the documents, Zhao Xu opened the window. A wintersweet bloomed in the corner of the wall. It was so shockingly beautiful in the snow-white environment.

Zhao Xu suddenly remembered Ouyang Bian, and the song "Ode to Plum Bian" written by Ouyang Bian.

——The wind and rain send back spring, and the flying snow welcomes spring.

It is already a cliff with ice a hundred feet, and there are still beautiful flowers and branches.

I don’t compete for spring, I only repay the spring.

When the mountains are blooming, she smiles in the bushes.

Zhao Xu couldn't help but smile and couldn't help but whisper: "This kid, I don't know how he is doing now. With his lazy nature, he probably stays at home... Well, no, I guess he's on the way to comfort the army, and I can't say he's still scolding me, haha."

But when he thought about it, he felt a little guilty again, saying that he was unrighteous to Ouyang Bian. Ouyang Bian worked hard to help him, but he was worried that Ouyang Bian's power would also expand and threaten him, so he sent Ouyang Bian to Yongxing Jun Road, which was really a bit unrighteous.

However, Zhao Xu didn't think there was any problem. First, the thunder and rain were all kindness of the king, and second, it was also for Ouyang's defense. What if he didn't strengthen supervision of him and went to the evil path in the future? Also, the powerful generals came from the army and the prime minister came from the prefectures and counties. It would not be a bad thing to go to the prefectures and counties to exercise more.

Thinking of this, some guilt disappeared again, but I became a little proud - don't blame me, I value you so much, so I think about you, and I won't make such arrangements for ordinary people.

There were impatient footsteps outside, and Zhao Xu frowned. He usually did not allow too many noises when working. The eunuchs knew that they would take the initiative to slow down when they walked around, but the footsteps were so anxious that something big could happen.

Sure enough, Huang Huaiyi stumbled in and cried as soon as he came in: "Official family, Grand Secretary Ouyang... has returned to heaven!"

Zhao Xu couldn't react at once: "Who is dead?"

Huang Huaiyi cried and said, "The official family is Ouyang Bian Ouyang Jimo. He went to comfort the army and was killed by the vicious bandits on his way back!"

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The bronze chime that Zhao Xu often played with fell from the ground and made a loud noise. His face looked a little strange: "Ouyang Bian... is dead?"

Huang Huaiyi cried and said, "Yes, Your Majesty, Mr. Ouyang... has returned to heaven!"
Chapter completed!