Time flies quickly, in the blink of an eye, it is June, the preliminary matters of Liu E's funeral have been almost prepared, but there are still a lot of controversies, after all, Liu E is not an ordinary queen mother, whether it is before or after death, there are many transgressions, which also makes the Ministry of Rites very difficult.

But fortunately, the empress of the Great Song Dynasty, like the emperor, will be buried seven months after death, so there is enough time for the ministers to quarrel about the funeral, Li Zhang can do almost the same, and he has to do one thing recently, so he has been taking leave from Zhao Zhen for the past few days and no longer going to the palace every day.

Early this morning, Li Zhang rode a horse to the martial arts, the current weather is already very hot, if it is placed in the future generations, I am afraid that it has begun to give students summer vacation, but the era of the Great Song Dynasty does not have the concept of summer vacation, and martial arts has always paid attention to "winter practice Sanjiu, summer practice Sanfu", the hotter the weather, the more it can exercise the students' physique and perseverance, so the practice in martial arts has not decreased, but also increased.

"Are you all ready?" Li Zhang walked quickly to the dormitory area, and when he saw a familiar student, he immediately asked, this student's surname is Cao Mingyu, and it is the famous uncle Cao Guo in myths and legends, but now history has changed, Zhao Zhen's queen surname is Zhang and not Guo, and the relationship between the two is also very good, Cao Tong's sister should have no chance to marry into the palace.

"I've been ready for a long time, I said goodbye to my family yesterday, and I can leave at any time!" Cao Tong saw Li Zhang and immediately stood up straight and saluted, compared to the weak young man who only knew how to read Taoist books when he first entered the martial arts school, now Cao Tong has not only grown a head taller, but also become much calmer, in fact, Cao Tong is one of Wu Yang's outstanding students, in addition to Yang Wenguang, Di Qing and others, all of whom are rare generals.

"Very good, I heard that you were assigned to Gyeongju this time?" Li Zhang looked at Cao Tong and nodded with satisfaction, and then asked again.

"Well, most of our students are going to the northwest, and I heard that the past two years have not been peaceful over there, and there are more opportunities to participate in actual combat." Cao Tong also replied honestly that he didn't know that the imperial court was preparing to send troops to the party, and the fact was that this matter was a military secret, and except for some of the most core ministers, the others did not get any news at all.

"Well, the Northwest Party is becoming more and more dishonest, and even repeatedly violated the border, the imperial court has noticed the situation of the Party, and it is estimated that you will soon be put on the battlefield, so don't be afraid!" Li Zhang also said half-jokingly and half-seriously at this time, Zhan Cheng was not a joke, he was already scared when he just went to Zhan Cheng after the war and sang a circle, let alone fought on the battlefield.

"Don't worry, superintendent, in fact, it's not the first time we've been on the battlefield, last autumn, Wu Xian Weaving we went to the northwest for a turn, and we also fought a battle with the Tubo people in the west, although the rules are big, but we can be regarded as seeing blood." Cao Tong smiled very confidently at this time.

Don't look at Cao Yan's age, but he has already seen blood, and he has killed more than one, two of which are prisoners of war, which is also used by martial arts to ask the border army to train the courage of the students, and there is another Cao Tong who killed him on the battlefield with his own hands, because he had killed two people before, so he was not soft at all when he was on the battlefield.

When Li Zhang heard this, he also remembered that martial arts had organized students to go to the army, and he laughed at the moment, and then chatted with Cao Tong a few more words, and then went to other dormitories to go around, and finally came to Di Qing's dormitory, only to see Di Qing packing clothes and saluting at this time, and there were several other people in the dormitory, and he also saluted immediately when he saw Li Zhang.

"No need to be polite, I'll say a few words to Di Qing." Li Zhang said with a smile, Di Qing was also very aware of the opportunity, and followed Li Zhang to the outside of the dormitory at the moment, only to see Li Zhang take out two letters and say, "This is the letter I wrote to Jin Shan and Cao Mata, you can help me bring them then." ”

"No problem, the last time Brother Jin wrote to him, he said that he missed you very much, and his business over there is getting bigger and bigger, and I want to go back and see it too!" Di Qing immediately took the letter and put it in his arms and said, he was originally a student selected by the army to send to martial arts, so this time he will also return to the original army, that is, the musket army under Cao Yu, of course, the position will definitely be higher than before, and Di Qing is not short of actual combat, and he can go to the battlefield if he is familiar with it when he enters the army.

"That's good, after you go back, you can also familiarize yourself with your soldiers, there will be a big battle this year, and then it will be time for you to make contributions!" Li Zhang lowered his voice and said again, although he couldn't divulge the attack on the party, he could give Di Qing a wake-up call, so that he could prepare early.

Di Qing is an extremely smart person, and his eyes lit up immediately when he heard Li Zhang's reminder, and even he almost immediately guessed that the big war in Li Zhang's mouth must be related to the party members, and it is definitely not the kind of defensive war before, otherwise Li Zhang would not be so sure, so in this way, the imperial court is likely to take the initiative to send troops.

Thinking of the above, Di Qing also immediately showed an excited look, he is the kind of person who is a war cook, since joining the army and fighting several times, Di Qing has finally found the meaning of his life, and only when he is on the battlefield, he will have a feeling of being at home.

Seeing Di Qing's appearance, Li Zhang also knew what he had guessed, but he didn't break it, but patted him on the shoulder with a smile again and said: "Your Majesty is still young, and your heart is also very strong, as long as you fight well this time, it will definitely enhance Your Majesty's confidence, and there will definitely be more opportunities for you in the future, and then it will depend on how far you can play!" ”

Di Qing can be said to be a rare famous general in the history of the Northern Song Dynasty, but unfortunately in the original history, because of the clamping of civil officials, he was restrained everywhere, especially after becoming a privy envoy, he was restrained everywhere, and finally someone even accused him of rebellion, which made Di Qing, a general who did not change his face in the face of thousands of troops, lived in fear day and night, and finally died of depression.

Thinking of the above, Li Zhang couldn't help but sigh secretly, a military general like Di Qing should be put on the frontier, let them open up territory for the Great Song Dynasty, and resist all enemies, this is called a sentence.

After explaining Di Qing, Li Zhang turned around and left, today is the day when the first batch of students graduate and leave school, and he also has a lot of things to prepare, but just a few steps after Li Zhang, he was suddenly stopped!