The more you walked north, the stronger the smell of war. When Zhao Rong and his party went north to Qingzhou, the various city gates and checkpoints in Qingzhou were even more martial law everywhere, and Song soldiers were patrolling everywhere. In less than a day, Zhao Rong and his party were stopped and interrogated five or six times.

Fortunately, because he was holding the official document of the security issued by the Tokyo Palace Commander's Office and the seal of the general of the Xuanjie Captain in his arms, Zhao Rong and his group were not embarrassed or blocked. They came to Qingzhou City smoothly and went straight to the city of Qingzhou. They were lucky enough to see that the main force of the Liu Zhongwu headquarters of the Song Army stationed outside the city had already made preparations to set off and could set off to the front line at any time. Zhao Rong did not dare to be negligent and quickly came to the gate of the Song Army camp to express his identity and requested to enter the camp, and also made a request to meet Liu Zhongwu.

The money was still talking. Seeing the few Jiaozi handed over by Zhao Rong, Zhao Rong was holding a letter of introduction from the Tokyo Palace Commander's Mansion in his hand. The camp officer immediately sent someone to the camp and reported Zhao Rong's request to Liu Zhongwu's personal soldiers in front of Liu Zhongwu's personal soldiers in the guard camp. Unfortunately, when the personal soldiers reported Zhao Rong's request to Liu Zhongwu, Liu Zhongwu was angry that the news that his friendly army Wang Dehou's troops had not sent him to the battlefield on schedule. He was in a very bad mood.

"What is this Wang Dehou doing for? He agreed that he must arrive at Shunning Village before the ninth day of the ninth month and make preparations for the attack on Zangdihe City. Why is it on September 1st? He hasn't sent the news yet? Can he arrive at Shunning Village on schedule? Without his news, can I send troops on schedule?"

He slapped the table and shouted loudly. Liu Zhongwu's overwhelming anger almost overturned the central army's tent. All the generals of the Song army in the tent also looked angry on their faces. They were very dissatisfied with the unwillingness of friendly forces to send news of movement in time. Liu Zhongwu's fourth son, Liu Qi, who was only seventeen years old, also spoke: "Father, you can't wait any longer. The military situation is like fire. Anyway, the troops, money and food have been in place. We should follow the agreement and set off to Zangdihe City the day after tomorrow."

"What if Wang Dehou hasn't arrived yet?" Liu Zhongwu scolded angrily: "Do we have to go head-on with the pseudo-Xia Hugo first, and he will follow up and pick up the cheap?"

"What the commander said is very true." A general quickly echoed: "Wang Dehou has always been this kind of virtue. Last time he fought against Qingyuan Military City, he was deliberately late. He first let others fight with the pseudo-Xia Hugou and both sides were injured before he took the lead."

When Liu Zhongwu nodded, the personal soldiers who reportedly entered the tent, knelt down on one knee and clasped their fists and said, "Report to the Grand Commander, the Tokyo Palace Commander's Office sent a Xuanjie Captain named Zhao Rong, who said he was serving in front of the army, and he also said that he wanted to see you."

"Sent from the Tokyo Palace General's Mansion?" Liu Zhongwu was stunned for a moment, then quickly turned to his military supervisor Gao Qiu, and asked with a smile: "Deputy Chief, you are also from the Palace General's Mansion. Have you ever heard of this Zhao Rong? Do you know what his origin is?"

After recalling it, Gao Qiu replied: "I have never heard of it, I don't know what it is."

"Did Zhao Rong bring any letters from anyone besides official documents?" Liu Zhongwu turned to his personal soldiers and asked.

"Report to the general, no." The personal soldiers answered truthfully.

"It's easy to do if there isn't." Liu Zhongwu was relieved and said with a grin: "It seems that 80% of people have offended someone in Tokyo. He was deliberately sent to the northwest to eat and drink sand. This way, things will be easy to do. Pier, go and send him a hand for me, arrange him into the front army, and let him lead the dead soldiers when siege."

Liu Zhongwu's second son Liu Di agreed with a grim smile. Then Liu Di was too lazy to go out of the camp to greet Zhao Rong. He ordered Zhao Rong to come to the guest account and then came to the guest account to wait for Zhao Rong to arrive. He also knocked his legs together early and asked someone to bring him tea soup. While drinking tea soup, he waited for Zhao Rong to arrive.

After a moment, Zhao Rong, wearing casual clothes, was led into the guest account. After the personal soldiers introduced Liu Di's identity to Zhao Rong, they learned that the young general sitting in front of him was Liu Zhongwu's second son. Zhao Rong did not dare to neglect him, so he hurriedly bowed to Liu Di and said, "The last general, Zhao Rong, the captain of Xuanjie, has seen the major general."

Shunyi glanced at Zhao Rong, and saw that Zhao Rong had red lips and white teeth and handsomeness far above him. Liu Di couldn't help but feel even more displeased. He shook his legs and said, "Your name is Zhao Rong, how old are you?"

"Report to the Major General, this year's 19th." Zhao Rong replied truthfully.

"At the age of nineteen, he became the eighth-rank Xuanjie Captain, and he climbed very quickly." Liu Di hummed and said, "Since General Zhao is so young and promising, you should understand the etiquette of being a human being, right?"

Hearing that Liu Di's words meant asking for bribes, Zhao Rong, who came to the border for gilding, was unwilling to offend people as soon as he met. He forced his heartache to take out an ingot of his own silver from his arms, held it in his hands and put it on the table in front of Liu Di, and said with a smile: "General Liu, of course, the last general understands it. Please don't think it's too mediocre."

After looking at the considerable ingot of silver, Liu Di was barely satisfied and said, "Okay, since you are serving in front of the army, then you can go to the front army to be a deputy commander. This general takes care of you and asks you to be a deputy to General Zhang Chong. He is a famous general in our army. Follow him to fight to kill the enemy, so that you will not be able to make a contribution and be promoted in no time."

"Major General, do you ask the last general to go to the battlefield to kill the enemy?" Zhao Rong's face turned pale when he heard this.

"What? Don't want to?" Liu Di is a character who turns against each other faster than flirting with books. He immediately raised his face and shouted: "It's not okay if you don't want to. You are working in front of the army. You have to take on any position you have to take on me if you have any position you have! Otherwise, you will be punished for disobeying the military order!"

Zhao Rong could not do so, so he could only take out the letter given to him by Li Yao, put it in front of Liu Di in both hands, and smiled and said with apologies: "Major General, there is a letter here, which is a letter from the Taiwei Li of the Tokyo Hall General's Office. He wrote a letter to Lingzun Liu Dashang. Please pass it to Liu Dashang. I have a hard time."

"Letter from Taiwei Li?" Liu Di's crossed his legs and finally stopped swaying, and asked in surprise: "Letter from Taiwei Li, ask you to bring his handwritten letter to my father?"

“That’s right.”

Zhao Rong nodded, Liu Di rolled his eyes, quickly put down his legs, got up and took the letter from Li Yao with both hands. Seeing that the letter was not sealed, Liu Di quickly took out the letter and opened it to read it. Then, an extremely intimate smile appeared on Liu Di's face and said with a smile: "Oh, General Zhao, you said it earlier, please sit down, come and serve tea to General Zhao. General Zhao, wait a moment, then send the letter to his father, and then come back to reply to you. By the way, please take your money back. The general came to serve in front of the army thousands of miles away. It's too late to be happy, how could he accept such a valuable meeting gift for you?"

Not to mention that Zhao Rong was waiting in the guest account, Liu Di ran away with the letter written by Li Yao to Liu Zhongwu, and soon returned to the central army tent and presented the letter to Liu Zhongwu with both hands. As a result, when Liu Zhongwu saw the content, he saw that Li Yao was asking him to take care of Zhao Rong in his heart. He was also shocked and said in surprise: "Who is this kid from Taiwei Li? How can he work for Taiwei Li's great master to write such a letter to him personally?"

"I'm afraid it's Mr. Li's body." Gao Qiu next to him came to the conclusion and quickly reminded him: "Marantor Liu, such a person cannot be neglected, otherwise Mr. Li will ask him in the future, and you may not be able to explain."

"Please." Liu Zhongwu quickly ordered his son: "Pi'er, go and invite General Zhao here to meet me."

Liu Di agreed and rushed out and invited Zhao Rong to the Central Army tent to meet Liu Zhongwu. Liu Zhongwu turned to Gao Qiu again and whispered: "Deputy Chief Inspector, help me with confusing words later to see what his relationship with Taiwei Li is, so that I can arrange a position for him."

After Gao Qiu nodded and agreed, not much time passed, Zhao Rong, who was still wearing casual clothes, was invited into Liu Zhongwu's central army tent. Liu Di couldn't wait to introduce his father to Zhao Rong himself. Zhao Rong did not dare to be negligent, so he hurriedly bowed to Liu Zhongwu on one knee and said loudly: "Last general Zhao Rong, have met General Liu! The last general is ordered by the command of Li Taiwei Jun of the Tokyo Hall General Office to come to serve in the General's army and ask the General to store it!"

"General Zhao doesn't have to be too polite, please get up quickly." Liu Zhongwu waved his hand and said with a smile: "Don't worry, General Zhao, since it was arranged by Taiwei Li, then I will definitely take more care of you. From now on, you just need to regard this place as your home."

Zhao Rong thanked him, and then stood up. Liu Zhongwu quickly pointed to Gao Qiu next to him and said with a smile: "Come on, General Zhao, let me introduce you to the military supervisor sent by the court to me, and also your immediate superior, Gao Qiu, deputy commander of the Tokyo Palace Commander's Office."

Zhao Rong quickly looked at Gao Qiu. Seeing that he was quite elegant and did not look like a traitor on the TV, Zhao Rong did not dare to be negligent, so he hurriedly bowed to Gao Qiu and said loudly: "I finally general Zhao Rong, the captain of the Xuanjie school of the Tokyo Palace Commander's Office, has seen our deputy chief envoy, and the deputy envoy Jin An!"

"No need to be polite." Gao Qiu smiled quite kindly, and personally stepped forward to help Zhao Rong up and down and said, "It's true that he is young and promising. Where are the people? When did I enter the Tokyo Palace General's Mansion? Why has I never seen you before?"

"Report to the deputy chief envoy, the last general is from Runzhou, Zhenjiang Prefecture." Zhao Rong answered truthfully, and said, "It was only in June that the last general was transferred from Liangzhe Road to Tokyo Palace General's Office to serve. At that time, the deputy chief envoy had already visited the northwest to supervise the army, so the last general had no chance to meet the deputy chief envoy. "

"The Tokyo Palace Commander's Mansion transferred from Liangzhe Road?" Gao Qiu was very good at talking and asked in surprise: "I remember that Taiwei Li is from Hedong. I have never served on Liangzhe Road before? General Zhao, how did you know Taiwei Li? Can you trouble him to pick up the pen and write a letter to you for you?"

"Reported to the Deputy Chief Envoy, the letter Li wrote to the General Secretary for the sake of the teacher Mo Zheng." Zhao Rong continued to answer truthfully, saying: "When the General Secretary went to the Palace Commander's Mansion to pay homage to the General Secretary for his request to serve in the front line army, his mentor personally sent the General Secretary to the General Secretary for the sake of the teacher Mo Zheng. For the sake of the teacher, the General Secretary for the sake of the teacher, he wrote such a letter to the General Secretary for the sake of the General Secretary."

"General Zhao, who is your mentor?" Gao Qiu asked curiously again.

"Bachelor of Duanming Palace, Bachelor of Huang Shang and Huang." Zhao Rong replied.

Gao Qiu quietly exchanged a glance with Liu Zhongwu and said in his heart: "Huang Shang, a scholar in Duanming Palace, is a state affairs official who can barely speak in front of the official, but he is not favored. It seems that Li Yao should have had a personal relationship with Huang Shang, so he wrote such a letter."

After understanding the relationship between Zhao Rong and Li Yao, he found that Zhao Rong had no extraordinary background. Liu Zhongwu's kind smile also weakened and said with a reluctant smile: "Well, since there is Taiwei Li's explanation, I will naturally take care of you General Zhao. So, stay in the Central Army for service. Di'er, among the central army's camps, is there any battalion without deputy commander?"

After saying that, Liu Zhongwu also winked at his son. Liu Di knew it and hurriedly said, "Father, General Sun is missing a deputy commander."

"Very good." Liu Zhongwu nodded with satisfaction and said to Zhao Rong again: "General Zhao, feel wronged. Let's be a deputy commander first. When you make contributions in the future, I will be promoted to you."

"Why do you still ask me to be the deputy commander to lead troops to fight? The central army is much safer than the front army, but when it comes to a big war, you may still be forced to charge with a knife!"

Zhao Rong complained in his heart, and looked embarrassed on his face. He hesitated and said, "Thank you for your support, but the last general's martial arts skills are low and he will serve as deputy commander. I am afraid that it will delay the general's major event."

"Do you still want to take care of money and food?" Liu Zhongwu snorted coldly in his heart and said with a smile: "General Zhao doesn't have to be modest. Since you can become the Xuanjie Captain, it has proved that you are skilled in archery and horse skills and extraordinary in martial arts. Letting you serve as the deputy commander will give full play to your talents."

"Damn it, there's nothing I can do." Zhao Rong, who wanted to leave a trump card for himself, was forced to do so. He could only quickly take out the introduction letter that Tong Guan wrote to him and said with a wry smile: "Military Liu, I almost forgot that Taiwei Tong also asked the general to bring you a letter, please check it out."

"Teiwei Tong?" Liu Zhongwu was very surprised and blurted out: "That Taiwei Tong?"

"Master General, how many Taiwei Tong in the court?" Zhao Rong replied with a wry smile: "Of course, Taiwei Tong, who is currently in charge of the Privy Council."

Just like lightning, Liu Zhongwu snatched the letter from Tong Guan from Zhao Rong. Gao Qiu and Liu Di rushed to Liu Zhongwu in one step and read the letter together. Then, when he saw Tong Guan asking Liu Zhongwu to take care of his younger generation Zhao Rong in the letter, Liu Di immediately said loudly: "Father forgive me, the child almost forgot that his brother (Liu Xi) is missing a commander (leader of 500 people) who escort the military supplies (leader of 500 people). The child suggests that General Zhao may be invited to take this position."

"Then why didn't you say it earlier?" Liu Zhongwu immediately shouted at his son loudly and said angrily: "How important is military supplies, food and grass? Since there is a lack of supervision and escort for generals, we should report it to my father earlier! Why did you just talk about it now? It almost ruined my big event!"

After scolding his son, Liu Zhongwu quickly smiled and said to Zhao Rong with a kind smile: "General Zhao, if you don't mind, please help me supervise the food, grass and military supplies first. How about the position of commander? "

Knowing that escorting food, grass and military supplies is a fat man, not only has oil and water to be reaped, but also basically doesn't have to go to the battlefield to charge. Zhao Rong was about to agree, but who would have thought that Gao Qiu next to him would speak first and said, "Mr. Liu, I want to grab someone with you. It just so happens that my official lacks capable people to supervise the army. General Zhao is so young and promising, so why don't General Zhao come to my military law team first (leading a hundred people) and help me supervise the army?"

After saying to Liu Zhongwu, Gao Qiu immediately turned to Zhao Rong and said with a smile: "General Zhao, how about it? Are you willing to serve under my command? Help a bunch of officials to restrain the soldiers in the army?"

After saying that, Gao Qiu added another sentence in his heart and said to himself: "Boy, it depends on whether you are greedy for money or want to be an official. The military law team is not as rich as escorts, but they are close to me and serve me as a marquis. I just want to write a pen, and it is difficult for you to not be promoted. But if you don't know how to politely, you can go to the army to slowly get through the qualifications."

Of course, Gao Qiu underestimated Zhao Rong. He knew what kind of future Gao Qiu would have in the future. He also knew that staying with Gao Qiu would definitely get the most strict protection on the battlefield. He basically would not encounter any danger. So Zhao Rong did not even blink his eyelids and immediately bowed to Gao Qiu and said loudly: "Thank you for your support from the Deputy Palace Commander. I will be the military officer of the Palace Commander's Mansion. Of course, I am willing to serve the Deputy Director."

"Very good." Gao Qiu laughed loudly, quickly helped Zhao Rong up again, patted Zhao Rong on the shoulder and smiled: "Do it well, I can't treat you badly."
Chapter completed!