Wu Shu's army marched south this time. It was obvious that the march was extremely concealed and could only take small roads, but never the main roads.

The strategic purpose of Wu Shu was not Jinzhou. Jinzhou was only captured temporarily by the Song Army. In the absence of backup, it was almost impossible for the Song Army to occupy Jinzhou for a long time.

The real purpose of Wu Shu was to restore the state of Liaodong.

However, in his opinion, it wouldn't take too long to get back to the state. There was no need to personally supervise the battle, just let Li Cheng do it.

Wu Shu quickly advanced towards Jinzhou.

Zhang Rong did not stop in Jinzhou.

The reason is not that he detected Jin Wushu.

But because winter has entered, Zhang Rong is worried about ice forming on the shore near the mouth of the Xiaoling River.

The sea breeze in this area is extremely strong, and after winter, the temperature is very low. Once it freezes, it will be very difficult for the Song Army to retreat.

In Zhang Rong's view, his capture of Jinzhou was not to block Zong Wang and Zong Han's retreat, but to forcibly separate reinforcements from Liaoyang to Gaizhou.

After Zhang Rong divided the reinforcements that originally supported Gaizhou in half, Dong Tan defeated the Jin army during this period.

It's the season when the port is about to freeze. If he doesn't retreat, won't he be cutting off his own escape route?

Therefore, Zhang Rong withdrew resolutely.

How did he know that if he had been a little later, he would have been blocked by the Wushu army.

On October 14, after Zhang Rong searched all kinds of materials in Jinzhou City, he took the prisoners to Xiaoling River and took a boat to go south.

When Wu Shu's army arrived in Jinzhou, Jinzhou was almost empty.

On October 15th, Zhao Ning arrived at Zhaozhou Palace.

"The official family." Gao Qiu hurriedly walked in and whispered in Zhao Ning's ear, "That official Wang has a clue."

"oh?"

"It's still not possible to determine his true identity, but the relevant person has been found, and he is related to the people in the capital."

"Capital Master?"

This range is getting smaller and smaller.

But logically speaking, besides the power center like the capital, who else can have such an influence in Hebei?

Surnamed Wang?

Could it be that Qin Hui's wife is from the Wang family?

Zhao Ning guessed this.

But he was not in a hurry to say it.

Gao Qiu continued: "This person has extraordinary skills and can open up all links, making it impossible for officials from all walks of life to avoid him."

"What does it mean to avoid it?"

"I don't agree with it, but I don't object either. I avoid it and pretend I didn't see it, so as not to offend him." Gao Qiu squinted his eyes and smiled, "This is the way of survival for some officials."

"Is this also your way of survival, Gao Qiu?"

"No, no, no, officials, we have already offended half of the people in the court."

Zhao Ning laughed: "Then can we start arresting this Wang Guanren?"

What Gao Qiu read from Zhao Guanjia's smile is as follows:

Gao Qiu, look, so many people died on the Eastern Front, and the Shenwu Army on the Western Front resisted the heavy cavalry, and quite a few died.

Is it necessary to give a pension?

Now that banknotes are gradually being put into the market, and the money printing machines are about to produce sparks, under inflation, the soldiers' pensions will have to increase a little, right?

After the war, three towns in Hebei had to be allocated funds for reconstruction, so the imperial court had to pay for it, right?

Gao Qiu immediately understood and said: "We have sent people to arrest him, and he will be brought to you within a month."

At this time, a voice came from outside: "Your Majesty, Zhang Jun, the deputy military commander of Zhaozhou, wants to see you."

"Xuan come in."

After Zhang Jun handed over his weapon, he rushed in excitedly.

"Your Majesty, Zhang Jun, long live my emperor!"

"Excuse me, sir." Zhao Ning said politely.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Zhang Jun saw that Gao Qiu was there and said, "I have met Captain Gao."

"Deputy General Zhang is very proud of the spring breeze, seems to be happy?" Gao Qiu asked.

"It has been several years since I last said goodbye to Your Majesty in Xingzhou. I have missed Your Majesty day and night. Whenever I heard about something happening in the court, I remembered that Your Majesty worked hard day and night on state affairs and neglected food and sleep for the people of the world. I am heartbroken, and I also think of not being able to do it in time.

Your Majesty shares your worries, and I feel ashamed and unbearably guilty."

As he talked, Zhang Jun was moved to tears.

When Gao Qiu saw this posture, he wanted to kick him over: Damn! You are so shameless! Disgusting! So damn disgusting!

"I see Zhang Qing's loyalty to me and remember it in my heart!" Zhao Ning said with a kind face.

"I dare not, and I am ashamed of Your Majesty. When Zong Han was retreating to the north, I led the troops to intercept him, but failed to capture him. It was my fault! Your Majesty, please punish me!"

"Hey, victory or defeat is a common thing for military officers. You don't have to blame yourself."

Seeing how easy it was to fool Zhao Guan's family, Zhang Jun was even happier.

But he continued to shed tears: "Your Majesty is truly a saintly and benevolent monarch. The recovery of the lost land in Hebei this time is a blessing to the people of Hebei and a blessing to all people in the world!"

Gao Qiu: You little puppy has no end in sight!

Zhao Ning smiled and seemed very happy.

Zhang Jun suddenly said again: "Your Majesty, I have something I don't know whether to say or not?"

"But it doesn't matter."

Zhang Jun glanced at Gao Qiu, and Zhao Ning said: "Gao Qiu, please retreat first."

"Your Majesty, minister..."

"Um?"

"I excuse myself."

Gao Qiu reluctantly walked out.

After walking out, Gao Qiu cursed in his heart: This Zhang Jun is really a little bitch! He is not a good guy at first glance! No, no, no! Your Majesty must not be deceived by him!

Only Zhao Ning and Zhang Jun were left here. Zhao Ning said, "Please tell me."

"Your Majesty, when I came here today, I heard that Zong Han was deliberately let go when he withdrew his troops that night."

When Zhang Jun said this, he had an innocent look on his face, and every hair on his body exuded the light of justice.

"Oh, this happened?" Zhao Ning also looked surprised, "Who did you hear that?"

"It was said by a Dutou who participated in the pursuit of Zong Han that night."

"What's his name? Where is he?"

"My name is Zhou Feng, he is a centurion of the first battalion of the Third Army of the Shenwu Army." Zhang Jun quickly added, "I don't know why he told me, he said it was a very important matter.

, discover it on your own conscience.”

"Oh..." Zhao Ning pretended to know nothing, "What do you think I should do about this matter?"

"I feel that your Majesty should investigate it strictly because the matter is very involved."

"How do you say this?"

"When I first arrived in Zhaozhou, I heard that some military leaders on the border had private trade with the north. Zong Han must have bribed some people to escape. I don't know who they were."

Zhang Jun almost pointed at Yue Fei's nose and said that Yue Fei and Zong Han had private business dealings.

It’s really the thief’s cry to catch the thief!

Zhang Jun in history was also famous for being chewy in front of Zhao Gou.
Chapter completed!