When Zhang Bin and the Xingzhou prefect and other local officials and nobles gathered for a banquet, there was a sudden sound of running outside, Li Siwa strode in, handed Zhang Bin a scroll, and said loudly: "Qiyu supervised the army, and the spies of the pacification department sent an urgent report in Zhending Mansion, and thousands of Liao troops pretended to be horse thieves to loot villages and towns, and after wantonly burning and looting, they were divided into several shares, and they were scattered around, and the border army pursued everywhere, but with little effect. ”

"Liao thief ......" Zhang Bin's face suddenly became gloomy, and a faint chill enveloped the entire hall.

In the hall, when the officials and several nobles of Xingzhou heard this, they also had indignation on their faces, and that Huang Shicong was the most excited, and even gritted his teeth, as if he wanted to devour the Liao army alive.

Zhang Bin noticed the change in Huang Shicong's expression, and the words "things must be opposed" came to his mind, thinking that this person's acting skills were first-class, if he hadn't known in advance that the other party had colluded with the Liao people, and even might be a Liao person, just from this person's expression changed, he would only see it as a model of loyalty and patriotism.

Today, the Liao people and the Khitan people are two different concepts, because the Han people in the Liao State account for about a quarter, mainly concentrated in the Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures of Xijing Road, and for more than 100 years, they have long identified with the Liao court, and there are not a few people who are officials in the Liao court and serve in the army.

These people do not have much yearning for the Great Song Dynasty in the south, Huang Shi from this person Zhang Bin in Tokyo City sent someone to check the details, is eighteen years ago in the Renzong Dynasty when the Jinshi origin, the place of origin and birthplace are in Huainan, but after the high school Jinshi, but the idea of trying to find a relationship to spend money to Xingzhou in Zhending Mansion, Hebei Province as an official.

You must know that although Xingzhou is not bad, it is not a little worse than the rich Huainan, so this is a problem in itself.

It's just that Zhang Bin specially sent someone to repeatedly check Huang Shicong's place of origin and birthplace, but he never found any problems.

Therefore, when Zhang Bin realized that this Huang Shicong might be a big fish, he wanted to make a good fuss about this big fish.

"Prison Army, do you want to speed up your trip and go to Zhending Mansion as soon as possible!" It was Su Guo who spoke, calling Zhang Bin's official position in front of outsiders, and paying great attention to the humility of the upper and lower levels.

I don't know if I was forced to study by Su Shi since I was a child, Su Guo is different from my grandfather, father and uncle, and I am very tired of reading, I heard that Zhang Bin was given the title of supervisor by the court and the Son of Heaven, and after going north to Yuliao, he took the initiative to ask for his life and followed Zhang Bin to the battlefield to make meritorious contributions.

I don't know when it started, Su Guo was full of inexplicable confidence in Zhang Bin, although the Great Song Dynasty knew that against the Liao army, the chances of the Song army winning were very small, but Su Guo believed that Zhang Bin could create miracles, in short, he decided that it would definitely be beneficial to follow Zhang Bin, and the previous grain bidding was an example.

Su Shi naturally disagreed, but Su Guo ran out secretly, but Zhang Bin ignored Su Shi's thoughts, and happened to lack a trusted senatorial assistant who could sort out the documents, so he took Su Guo all the way north.

In fact, it was Cai Jing who Zhang Bin wanted to bring with him the most, but Cai Jing had too many ideas, and he was not very optimistic about the matter of Yuliao in the north, so he politely refused.

However, Sun Guodong and Zhang Santao were bent on preparing for next year's imperial examination, although they also wanted to follow Zhang Bin to the north, but the matter of high school jinshi was too important to literati, and even Zhang Bin went to visit his uncle Zhang Jian before leaving, who severely reprimanded him, saying that Zhang Bin was simply messing around, and persuaded him to go to the Son of Heaven to push the matter, study and study with peace of mind, and prepare for next year's imperial examination.

Zhang Bin smiled at Su Guo and shook his head: "Don't worry, uncle, with Han Xianggong in Zhending Mansion City, he can naturally control the situation." ”

For Su Guo, Zhang Bin has always felt a little guilty, because the other party was too good to him, not only sold his family's gold mine to him at a low price, but also sent him a beautiful maid when he had nothing to do.

When Zhang Bin said this, the gloom on his face was gone, his face was indifferent, and he even had a little smile, which made all the Xingzhou officials and several nobles also breathe a sigh of relief, after all, although the Liao army was pretending to be horse thieves to rob, but this matter was still a very terrifying thing for the officials and people of the Great Song Dynasty, although Xingzhou was still hundreds of miles away from the border pass, but for the Liao cavalry, it was only a few days away.

More than ten people sat in the hall, but they were silent, only Zhang Bin looked free, drank a glass of wine, and only heard him sigh leisurely: "You must have also heard that the deputy envoy of the Liao State, Yelu Shiwu, had a conflict with the envoy Xiao Xi for a woman, and killed Xiao Xi in the Fan Tower after drinking, in this case, the Liao people were unable to coerce me before sending a new ambassador, and the Great Song Dynasty ceded the land of Daibei and increased the annual coin, it stands to reason that the Liao people should stop for a while, but I don't know why they pretended to be horse thieves to do that robbery, I don't know what you think?" ”

Everyone in Xingzhou looked at each other, and no one dared to speak for a while, Zhang Bin said again: "Don't be restrained, you can talk freely if you have anything to say." ”

"This is the nature of the Liao army!" Others were still thinking, Huang Shicong suddenly responded, "The Liao army has always attached the most importance to not returning empty-handed, and now because Xiao Xi was killed by the deputy envoy Yelu Shiwu, the Liao army's coercion action at the border pass has been extended, and a lot of grain and grass has been consumed during this period, and Xiao Tianxiong, the king of the Southern Courtyard of the Liao State, may not be able to suppress the troops from various tribes below, unless Xiao Tianxiong can provide enough food and grass for the tribal army." ”

"Oh! According to you, Liao's grain and grass this year are also tight? Zhang Bin thought to himself that he really didn't guess wrong, this Huang Shi would never miss the opportunity to be on top, although he was not high, but he was powerful enough, and he was favored by the Son of Heaven, it was easy to recommend someone, if this person had the opportunity to borrow his own hand to climb to the top, he would not be silent.

"Supervising the army, Xia Guan has recently inquired through merchants who travel to and from Liao, and there have been a lot of civil strife and internal disasters in Liaoguo this year, and there is indeed a shortage of food and grass." Huang Shicong said with a serious face, looking extremely capable.

Zhang Bin's eyes narrowed, at the beginning he analyzed a large amount of information from the Liao State to pacify the division, and only then did he analyze such a result, when the palace refuted Xiao Xi to threaten the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty and the important ministers of the two provinces with the matter of Liaoxia and relatives, it achieved very good results at that time, and even made Xiao Xi and Yelu Shiwu leave a little embarrassed.

Afterwards, perhaps the officials in the palace at the time passed on the results of this analysis, but it is also possible that Xiao Xi told Huang Shicong through the Dark Eagle Hall of the Liao Kingdom, so the latter simply used this matter to show off, attract his own attention, and win his favor.

"You are Huang Shicong, the judge of Xingzhou?" Zhang Bin pretended to make further confirmation, as if he had just noticed the existence of such a person.

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