When the Son of Heaven Zhao Ji and the ministers of the two prefectures saw that Zhang Bin took the initiative to ask for orders to go north to Yuliao, they were all in awe.

You must know that dealing with the Liao people is a thankless task, the possibility of victory is very small, and someone will always take the blame if they lose.

Wen Yanbo was stunned for a moment, his eyes flashed, and he said: "Your Majesty, the great victory of Dashun City, Zhang Bin has contributed a lot, and even all of it was planned by Zhang Bin, it can be seen that he is good at military affairs, good at battlefield strategy, and now he is also responsible for the military participation of An Wusi, and is in charge of military investigation, so the minister thinks that it is more appropriate to send Zhang Bin to Zhending Mansion to assist Han Jiang in resisting the Liao army." ”

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It's already cold in the north in September, not to mention the autumn rain that has just fallen.

Two mountains and a valley, there is a small river murmuring in the valley, and it is an official road along the small river.

On the official road, a team of 100 horsemen surrounded a carriage and walked along the riverside.

The carriage looked very ordinary, but the hundred cavalry were a little special.

The rhythm of the hundred horsemen naturally maintained a synchronized rhythm as they marched, even the rhythm of the undulating body of the horseman on horseback.

And the demeanor of the cavalry on the horse gives people a very strong meaning, and when they get closer, they can even faintly feel a bad breath rushing towards their faces.

That's right, Zhang Bin was riding in the carriage, and it had been seven days since he left the city of Tokyo, and before leaving, he sent a fast horse to Guanzhong, and asked Wang Sunchen to select a hundred elite soldiers for him to go directly to Hebei, and meet him on the way yesterday.

As soon as Zhang Bin met yesterday, he announced in public that the 100 soldiers belonged to the military camp of the pacification division, and each person's salary was three times that of the border army, and there was a family and a room.

In addition, although Zhang Bin has been away from Dashun City for more than half a year, his deeds are still widely spread in the Western Army, and his current official character is big enough, from this point of view, his prestige is there, and the other half of the hearts of the hundred elite soldiers have been subdued.

Of course, this is only a preliminary acceptance.

When today's son Zhao Ji was already quite fond of Zhang Bin, so this time before Zhang Bin took the initiative to ask for orders to go north to Yuliao, the Son of Heaven gave Zhang Bin the title of a superintendent, which is similar to the role of Wu Pei, the superintendent in Dashun City, and the authority is not too heavy, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is the second person in Zhending Mansion second only to Han Jiang.

But Zhang Bin knows that behind authority often represents responsibility, and if there is responsibility, there will be accountability, which is indispensable in ancient and modern China and abroad.

This can be seen from the fact that when Zhao Ji gave Zhang Bin the title of supervising the army, Wen Yanbo did not object a word.

Although Zhang Bin made some arrangements in the early stage, and now even the snake slaves have followed Li Hanguang to lurk inside the Liao army, but as he approached Zhending Mansion, Zhang Bin still felt that the pressure on his body was getting heavier and heavier.

This kind of pressure is not only because the Song army has always had little chance of winning in front of the Liao army, but also because once the Song and Liao countries go to war, the things involved will be too complicated, and it is conceivable that Zhang Bin's life may be very difficult and even helpless for at least a long time in the future.

For example, Zhang Bin knew that if the Liao people were only for the purpose of coercing the army and then increasing the annual coin, then there would only be a certain amount of harassment and small-scale warfare.

If this is the case, how to grasp the degree of him and Han Jiang on the front line is a very uncomfortable thing.

If he loses too much and the Song army loses more, Wen Yanbo, Sima Guang and others will never let go of the opportunity to impeach him, and then detain some black pots or pots on him.

On the contrary, if the Liao people are killed ruthlessly and a full-scale war is caused, some people will also talk about it.

And Zhang Bin is not by Zhao Ji's side, it is difficult to exert influence on him, and Zhao Ji is a person who is easy to be swayed by others, which is what Zhang Bin is most worried about.

Near the end of the evening, Zhang Bin and his entourage entered the boundary of Xingzhou, and he is now the supervisor of Zhending Mansion, and Xingzhou is also subordinate to Zhending Mansion, so his itinerary has already been passed to Xingzhou City in advance, and the people who greeted the supervisor army have been waiting on the side of the road for a long time.

The official character of the prefect of Xingzhou is actually two levels higher than Zhang Bin at this time, but whether it is the post of supervising the army or the post of appeasing the secretary and participating in the military, it is too special and too powerful, even the prefect of a state cannot afford to offend.

In addition, Zhang Bin's deeds in the northwest and the capital have been widely spread, not only have he made great achievements, but even bigwigs like Sima Guang have been pulled off by him, and Deputy Prime Minister Wen Yanbo has been often slapped in the face, and the most important thing is that he is very favored by today's son.

At the gate of Xingzhou City, Zhang Bin and the officials of Xingzhou politely greeted each other, and then continued to walk into the city accompanied by the prefect of Xingzhou, but Zhang Bin's eyes swept to the officials of Xingzhou on the side of the road.

Inadvertently, it fell on an official in his forties with a horse's face standing at the front of the officials.

But just a glance, he continued to laugh and talk with the slightly flattering prefect of Xingzhou.

The horse-faced official and other Xingzhou officials lined up on both sides, bowed and saluted, and only after the carriage and horses passed, the horse-faced official raised his head, a cold light flashed in his eyes, and he secretly said in his heart: "This person is that Zhang Bin, so young, at most in his twenties, but he is already a government supervisor, and he is deeply favored by the Son of Heaven, and has made great achievements, no wonder there is news from the Liao State, let me focus on exploring this person's intelligence." ”

That's right, this horse-faced official is none other than Xingzhou Judge Huang Shicong.

After Zhang Bin learned from Ma Liang and Yu Sanshou that this Huang Shicong had colluded with the Liao people, he did not let the people of the pacification division arrest him immediately, because this might expose the identity of the snake slave lurking on Li Hanguang's side.

But now that he already knows that such a person exists, it would be too wasteful for Zhang Bin not to come and see for himself and make good use of it.

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That night, the prefect of Xingzhou entertained Zhang Bin in the mansion, who held great power and seemed to have a promising young man, the prefect of Xingzhou led the state officials and several local nobles to accompany the guests, the wine and food were naturally very rich, the dishes and all kinds of food were more than 50 dishes, the dancing girl in the hall was the most beautiful selected from the Xingzhou prefect's house, and the best dance, listening to the prefect's words, there were four groups of such dancing girls in his family.

Zhang Bin witnessed such a luxurious scene, and immediately understood that there was a reason why this Xingzhou prefect put down his body and flattered himself so much - this person is weak-hearted!

As the night deepened, in the banquet hall of the prefect of Xingzhou, the young maids carried the food boxes and fish into the room, and distributed food for everyone, and the female music also played the piano and played the sheng, singing and dancing.

Zhang Bin was an official in two lifetimes, and there were too many big scenes experienced in the past half a year, and he often went in and out of the palace and the prime minister's mansion, and the emperor and the prime minister got along face-to-face.

And everyone's attention and mind are on Zhang Bin, every word he says, everyone will rush to echo and laugh, and even every strange change in his expression will make Xingzhou officials and nobles tremble, and although Zhang Bin came for that Huang Shicong, he didn't deliberately look at Huang Shicong, let alone say a word to him too much.

It's just that a well-thought-out conspiracy plan against this Huang Shicong has begun.

Of course, in this plan, Huang Shicong's role will never be the protagonist, but it is the most important line.

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