The secret letter from the Liao Kingdom was soon spread to Tokyo, and Chong Huichang also set out from Xiongzhou immediately after, and he arrived in Tokyo in only three days.

He was dusty and tired, the skin between his thighs was frayed, and his pants were glued to the flesh, but he still couldn't take a break, and he had to go to the Privy Council to see Xue Kui first.

He came to the Privy Council to hand over the greeting post to the doorman, and said to him politely: "If you pass it on, you will say that the commander of the battalion under the command of the Hebei Road Defense Envoy Chong Shiheng will visit the Privy Envoy Lord Xue, and the junior general has a major urgent military situation to report. ”

Then he glanced at him, then he picked up the post, looked at it, and then threw it aside.

I heard him say lazily: "Now there are many military attaches who have visited Lord Xue, and they need to line up, so you can go back and wait for the time being, and I will inform you when the time comes." ”

This official's name is Mo Shouchang, although he is only a petty official of the nine grades, but he is in charge of the power of entering the palace, and without his report, even if you go down to earth with the God of Wealth, it is also "a gable hanging curtain - no door".

In fact, the military attaches from all over the country who came to see, report on their work, and were selected also respected Mo Shouchang, a janitor, and did not even call him by his name, but respectfully called him "adult".

Therefore, he has formed a temperament of being a fox and a tiger, and is accustomed to taking advantage of tricks and grabbing money for profit.

As the saying goes: "Hades is easy to see, but the little ghosts are difficult", it is better than that.

Although he was young, he was also somewhat familiar with the thick black curtain in the government, so he walked forward with a smile, and then took the opportunity to give him a hundred yuan bill (ten yuan).

He said in a low voice: "The adults often run up and down, and it is also a hard work, and the lower officials offer some tea and wine to show condolences and respect, and I hope that the adults will smile." ”

Seeing that Mo Shouchang quickly peeked at the denomination of the banknote, he immediately smiled, and then nodded to him with satisfaction.

He said politely: "The little general has worked hard all the way, I will give you a good idea when I go in, and the little general will wait for a while." ”

And when he had finished speaking, he went into the Privy Council and went to preach it.

At this time, the privy deputy envoy Zhang Dexiang was on duty, and the privy envoy Xue Kui went to the Royal Military Academy and the New Army camp to inspect.

saw Mo Shouchang cautiously entering the duty room, and at this time, Zhang De seemed to be dealing with official business, and saw that the case files and documents on the copywriting were piled up.

He bowed down with his eyebrows lowered and said, "Lord Zhang, the junior general under the command of the Hebei Road Defense Envoy Chong Shiheng got up to pay a visit, saying that there is a major and urgent military situation to report. ”

Zhang Dexiang raised his head from the copy, glanced at Mo Shouchang, and showed a hint of disgust in his eyes, he had also heard about Mo Shouchang's arrogance and extortion of money from military generals on weekdays.

Originally, he and Xue Kui wanted to punish and dismiss him, but after thinking about it, they felt that it would be good to let him be a lackey in front of the door and grind these fierce and domineering temperaments, and finally learned that he was a distant relative of the Queen Mother, so they turned a blind eye.

Zhang Dexiang said in a deep voice: "This official knows, you hurry up and go back, bring someone to me to meet, and let him report to the military affairs." ”

After he got the order, he hurriedly brought Chong Huichang to Zhang Dexiang's case, and on the way, he introduced to Chong Huichang that he was the privy deputy envoy Zhang Dexiang.

At this time, he saw that Huichang bowed forward and gave a military salute, and then said in a voice like a bell: "The commander of the battalion under the command of the Hebei Road Defense Envoy Huichang visited Lord Zhang, and he had a major emergency military report. ”

When Zhang Dexiang heard the sound, he saw a young general standing in front of him, and saw him wearing a phoenix-winged helmet and a black hammer armor; A slanted sword eyebrows, slender and subtle black eyes, thin and lightly pursed lips, angular outlines, slender and tall but not rugged figure, like a young tiger descending the mountain, majestic, full of heroic and vigorous atmosphere.

With a look of appreciation on his face, he secretly shouted "yes" in his heart, and then raised his hands to let him get up and reply.

He said: "Little general, if there is any major emergency military situation, please tell me the truth, and then the envoy will make a decision." ”

After hearing this, Chong Huichang hurriedly said: "Master Zhang, the defense envoy has written a letter detailing the relevant situation of the military situation, and you will know it as soon as you read it. ”

Then he raised his hands and presented the letter to Zhang Dexiang, and he saw Zhang Dexiang take the letter, tear open the seal, and then read it.

I saw that the more he looked at it, the more solemn his face became, and finally his face was cloudy, revealing a shocked look, and he suddenly got up from the copywriting at this time.

I heard him shout urgently: "Someone, hurry up and find the privy envoy Lord Xue, and tell him that there is a major emergency military situation on the Song-Liao border, and let him enter the palace to discuss countermeasures." ”

I saw an official who had come in to deliver a message, and after receiving the order, he got up and went away urgently.

He shouted again: "Come on, hurry up and prepare two sedan chairs, and the official and the little general can enter the palace to face the saint." ”

In the end, Zhang Dexiang signaled to Chong Huichang and asked him to enter the palace with him, and then he couldn't wait to get on the sedan chair and walked straight towards the palace.

At this time, the privy envoy Xue Kui was inspecting the recruitment point of the new army, because the salary of the new army was twice that of the forbidden army, and only the children of good families and farmers and mountain people were collected, he saw that the recruitment point was crowded, and there were many people who came to apply.

This time, Yang Wenguang personally checked the recruitment of the new army, and the conscription also had to measure height, weight, and some also look at body shape, following the requirements of the Song Taizu period for conscription pipa legs, axle bodies, ape arms, etc. Then we will consider the physical fitness on the spot, and the general procedure is: "Talent first, reading and leaping, and then trying to see." ”

Yang Wenguang also followed Meng Ming's suggestion and recruited a group of recruits from Yiwu, Zhejiang, who were all migrant workers who came to Kaifeng, and the main force was farmers and miners from Yiwu.

He personally went to the workshops in various mining areas, and by chance, saw the magnificent scene of Yiwu miners' group fighting, he was attracted by the fierce folk customs, they went out to huddle together for warmth, very united, very brave, and very resolute.

At this time, among the Yiwu people who came to the conscription point, there were two young men who were full of interest, and they looked at the conscription notice and were very moved.

I saw one of the burly men and said: "Brother Dayong, you see that the conditions written on this conscription notice are very generous, and the salary is twice that of the forbidden army, and it also says that Dundun is full, Dundun has meat, I have a lot of food, and I have not been able to eat enough in the Cao family's mine, not to mention how uncomfortable the taste of starvation is." In order to have enough to eat, I also decided to sign up for the army."

Another person of medium stature said: "Brother Black Bull, according to the conditions mentioned in the notice, it is more suitable for the two of us to go, so let's go and sign up together." ”

The two immediately pushed aside the lively crowd and squeezed in, and then came to the registration office, where they saw a military secretary registering for conscripts.

The man called "Black Bull" stepped forward and said, "General Wuna, Brother Dayong and I are going to sign up for the army, please register." ”

I saw that the secretary in charge of the army inquired, and then asked them for their names, places of origin, and specialty information, these two burly people are called Wu Heiniu, and the medium figure is called Qi Dayong; After the clerk had registered, he gave each of them a wooden tag and asked them to go to the army for testing.

They first measured their height, weight, and eyesight, and both of them passed the test successfully.

Then I tested my physical fitness, first pulled the bow test, and saw that "Wu Heiniu" stretched the bow and pulled the string, and suddenly broke a "five-load" bow, and then pulled ten bows, he was quite relaxed, and finally pulled the bow of twelve arms, and still had spare strength.

His performance immediately attracted the attention of Yang Wenguang present, and he hurriedly looked forward.