However, it is normal for Zhang Bin to say this, when Zhang Bin was at the city gate before, the Xingzhou officials who greeted him at the city gate all reported their homes, and under normal circumstances, Zhang Bin might have written down all of them.

Huang Shicong stood up and replied respectfully: "Xiaguan Huang Shicong, Jinxi is the judge of Xingzhou." ”

"I have been a judge for a few years." Zhang Bin asked casually.

Huang Shi showed just the right amount of surprise on his face, and said, "Xia Guan has been in the position of Xingzhou judge for four years. ”

"It's been four years, and if you can make a difference, it's time to go further." Zhang Bin stared at Huang Shicong and said with an encouraging expression.

Huang Shicong hurriedly stood up, bowed to Zhang Bin, and said respectfully: "The lower official is willing to go to Zhending Mansion with the prison army to contribute to the defense of the Liao army." ”

Zhang Bin nodded appreciatively, and after a little hesitation, he said, "What about the table?" ”

"Ugh." Huang Shi showed a look of ecstasy on his face, and said excitedly: "Don't dare to be the prisoner's question, the lower official is clear." The sons of the sons, the clear Ming. ”

Zhang Bin nodded at it, turned his head and said to the prefect of Xingzhou: "Most of the subordinates of this official are martial artists, and the civil official is the uncle of the party, after arriving in the Zhending Mansion, he shoulders the position of supervising the army of tens of thousands of troops, and he is busy with affairs and lacks arms, so he wants to transfer Ziming to his side for a period of time, of course, the position of the judge of Xingzhou is also temporarily left for Ziming, I don't know if the prefect can cut his love?" ”

"The prison army is polite, anyone in Xingzhou, the prison army can call at will."

Zhang Bin's request, the Xingzhou prefect has no reason to refuse, and with Zhang Bin's dignified Zhending Mansion supervising the army, Xingzhou is under the rule of the Zhending Mansion, and it is not easy to transfer a small judge during the war, and asking the Xingzhou prefect is just a matter of politeness.

Therefore, for the prefect of Xingzhou, how can he be shameless for Zhang Bin's face.

"Ziming, what about you?" Zhang Bin turned his head again and asked Huang Shicong gently.

How could Huang Shicong be unwilling? Not to mention his purpose of taking the opportunity to climb Zhang Bin's ascendancy, only when he goes to the front line can he give full play to his internal role, and have the opportunity to make greater contributions to the Northern Dynasty, his family in the Northern Dynasty will be more and more reused by the imperial court, and he will be in a high position after he goes back one day.

Huang Shi didn't even care about modesty at this time, so he nodded in response, bowed deeply to Zhang Bin again, and said: "Huang Shicong is willing to serve the prison army. ”

"Good." Zhang Bin nodded, "It's not early tonight, since there is a Liao army pretending to be a horse thief at the border pass, I will leave early tomorrow morning, so let's get here tonight!" Ziming, you can clean up and go north with me early tomorrow morning. ”

"The subordinate obeys." Huang Shicong praised respectfully.

"The bait is already in hand, and the next step is to see if we can find the right time to throw the bait and attract the fish." Zhang Bin was satisfied with the successful completion of the purpose of this trip to Xingzhou, but he had already raised his glass and said to everyone present: "Thank you to the prefect and all the officials for your hospitality!" ”

Zhang Bin took the initiative to toast everyone in Xingzhou, and everyone in Xingzhou hurriedly got up and said in unison: "It is our honor for the prison army to come to Xingzhou City!" ”

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The next day, Huang Shicong, with four entourages and a groom, joined Zhang Bin and his party early and went to Zhending Mansion City together.

Waiting for Xingzhou City to be left far behind, Su Guo, who was in the same car with Zhang Bin, said with a smile: "Ziyu is pressed for time, and he must go to Zhending Mansion to take office before tomorrow, but he has not forgotten to ask for capable officials and visit talents, which is really thirsty." ”

Zhang Bin knew that Su Guo had doubts about Huang Shicong in his heart, but this matter was highly confidential, it was not that he didn't believe Su Guo, but the more people who knew about it, the more people who would leak it, and he even planned to tell Han Jiang that one person knew.

Therefore, about Huang Shicong, Zhang Bin couldn't explain to Su Guo, so he thought for a while and said: "Ziyu doesn't know, although I have made a lot of great achievements, the Son of Heaven is indeed favored by me, but I am too young, too young, too young, 100,000 border troops in Zhending Mansion, there are hundreds of civil and military attachés of all sizes, many of them may have backers in the DPRK and China, or have factions in a group, if we don't want to end up being bullied by dogs in Pingyang, Longyou shallow water and shrimp play, naturally we have to find a way to gather more talents, has become a sibling help, not to mention that this Huang Shicong is a native of Zhending Mansion, and he is quite familiar with the local situation and the Liao army, which is also a help......"

After listening to Zhang Bin's words, Su Guo suddenly felt that this trip to the north was far from being as simple as he imagined, and remembered the sentence that his father often put on his lips, "The sea is up and down, and the waves are treacherous", he couldn't help frowning, he has always not liked these intrigues.

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At noon two days later, Zhang Bin and his entourage finally saw the majestic Zhending Mansion City.

When he was far away from the city of Zhendingfu, he saw a cavalry galloping towards him, but it was Han Jiang who sent him to greet Zhang Bin, led by Wang Shunchen, Zhang Bin's first friend after crossing into this era.

Wang Sunchen is now in high spirits, in just half a year, he has been promoted from a commander of 100 people and no grade to the commander of the Wupin Army who is in charge of 10,000 people, and he also has the title of the prince of Qin'an County and the rank of flying cavalry captain, the promotion speed is so fast, if there is no better Zhang Bin who has attracted most of the attention of the court on it, he would have been noticed by everyone long ago.

In fact, this is already Zhang Bin deliberately trying to suppress Wang Sunchen's official character, otherwise Wang Sunchen's military exploits will not only be promoted to the commander of the military capital.

Wang Sunchen, who was only one year older than Zhang Bin, saw Zhang Bin from a distance and waved his hand and shouted: "Ziyu, you are late, and the Liao thieves who pretended to be horse thieves and plundered the border villages and towns were driven out by us." ”

As he spoke, Wang Sunchen galloped down without waiting for the war horse to stop.

Zhang Bin was slightly surprised by what Wang Sunchen said, and said, "So fast, when did the Liao army become so easy to deal with?" ”

Wang Sunchen said with a smile: "Han Xianggong told the generals that the Liao envoy died in the capital, and now that my Great Song Dynasty has no room to turn back with the Liao army, the imperial court will never shrink back again, let the generals just kill the enemy, and set a heavy reward." The combat strength of the northern army is not weaker than that of our western army, and the generals see me every day these days, and they are stimulated by the rewards I have received for my meritorious work in the northwest, so they all desperately chase and kill the Liao thieves, and they drive the Liao thieves out, but unfortunately the Liao thieves' bow and horse skills are more than one step higher than our army, and there are only more than 200 people killed, but there are more than 500 dead and wounded. ”

Zhang Bin sighed in his heart that the northern border army had been bound by the Son of Heaven and the imperial court over the years, and it was really tied down when dealing with the Liao army.

But Han Jiang is worthy of being the vice minister of a country, and he still has this responsibility, and his means are also powerful.

Thinking of this, Zhang Bin's spirits lifted, Han Jiang was more responsible, the border army of Zhending Mansion dared to fight, and he was eager to make meritorious contributions, and he had a lot of plans, this trip was promising!

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