In fact, with Zhao Rong's background, he could have directly asked Liu Zhongwu to present the sketch of the pointed wooden donkey to Liu Zhongwu for credit. However, after carefully weighing the pros and cons, Zhao Rong still chose to give the sketch to Gao Qiu first, so that Gao Qiu could take it to Liu Zhongwu to show off.

The reason why Zhao Rong chose this is very simple, that is, Zhao Rong was assigned to the military law team. Gao Qiu, as the military supervisor, was Zhao Rong's immediate superior. Reporting over the level is a taboo in the workplace. What kind of future will Gao Qiu have in the future have been written clearly in history books, so Zhao Rong repeatedly planned and chose to offer pictures to Gao Qiu to seek merit so that Gao Qiu could show his face in front of Liu Zhongwu.

Zhao Rong's wise choice really won Gao Qiu's favor. After returning from the Central Army's tent to Zhao Rong, Gao Qiu happily patted Zhao Rong on the shoulder and said, "I did a good job. After seeing the pointed wooden donkey you offered to attack the city, General Liu not only asserted that this kind of siege weapon would definitely come in handy, but also decisively agreed to be responsible for siege and attacking aid with Wang Dehou, avoiding a conflict within our army. This is your credit."

"The deputy commander was too rewarded, and this should be the deputy commander's credit." Zhao Rong quickly pushed and said, "If the deputy commander had not seen the practicality of the pointed wooden donkey at a glance and tried his best to advise the general to adopt it, no matter how many methods of attacking the city were thought of, it would have no effect. If our soldiers could really use the pointed wooden donkey to break through Zangdihe City, the deputy commander would be the first to be credited with the credit book."

No one doesn't like Zhao Rong's subordinates who don't take credit and try their best to give credit to his superiors. So after hearing Zhao Rong's words, Gao Qiu naturally laughed. Then, in order to commend Zhao Rong's behavior, Gao Qiu even thought about it and said: "General Zhao, I heard that although you did a good job in the military law team, you are too soft-hearted, which makes Qiu Ba not afraid of you. Otherwise, you don't do the military law team. You can temporarily take charge of the business affairs of our Palace Front Office, act as a staff member of my official, and specifically help me give advice and manage military affairs."

"The official business in front of the palace? What kind of official is this? What rank?" Zhao Rong had never heard of such an official position.

"The official who specializes in the inspection and planning is still helping to verify military merits in the army. He is also an eighth rank." Gao Qiu replied casually, and said with a smile: "It's just a civil service. Our dynasty emphasizes civil service. What does it mean to be from a military general to a civil service? I believe General Zhao, you should be very clear? Help me manage military affairs well. When this battle is over, I will submit a letter to the court and ask you to remove your word "Agent", change your military service to a civil service, and enter the civil service train."

No matter how poor Zhao Rong's history is, of course, he knew that the power of the civil servants of the Song Dynasty was far higher than that of the military generals, so Zhao Rong did not hesitate and immediately bowed to Gao Qiu and said respectfully: "The last general thanked the deputy general for his support and sweared to repay the deputy general's great kindness to the death."

"Go and get the job done, and then come back and take office." Gao Qiu smiled and waved his hand, saying, "You can read the military Chinese documents of me in the future. If you have good suggestions and tactics, just tell me."

In this way, less than ten days after reaching the Northwest Front, Zhao Rong got a civil servant position, stepped into the ranks of civil servants with half his foot, and became a celebrity around Gao Qiu in one fell swoop, and was able to participate in the military aircraft, which naturally attracted the jealousy of many colleagues. Fortunately, the news that Tong Guan was standing behind Zhao Rong had already spread secretly in Liu Zhongwu's army, so everyone was not too surprised - with Tong Guan's support, it was of course very normal for Zhao Rong to be looked up to by Gao Qiu.

In the next few days, Zhao Rong devoted his main energy to read the Chinese language books and mastered the military situation. In addition, he understood and learned on the spot how to arrange camps and mobilize the army. After a little free time, he led Zhao Xiaoyi and Wu Song to the outside of Zangdihe City to watch the Song army soldiers transported earth and stones to fill the moats in Zangdihe City with toad chariots. He saw the spectacular scene of the soldiers of the Song and Xia arm arches shooting at each other across the trenches. He also saw the bloody scene of the Divine Arm bows piercing through armor and shooting a famous cart Song Zhu, and personally experienced the cruelty and ruthlessness of the war.

The Xixia army is worthy of being able to compete with the Song army for hundreds of years. Although its troops were at an absolute disadvantage, during the trenches, the Xixia defenders in Zangdihe City organized suicide squads to attack the city twice, killing the Song army soldiers who were carrying the carts and fleeing, trying to delay the Song army's progress in filling the trenches. Fortunately, Liu Zhongwu was prepared for this. The Xixia army was quickly attacked by the Song army's troop two times. The soldiers of the two armies fought outside the city, and the sky was dark and the earth was dark. The final result was that both sides threw dozens of corpses and retreated.

Liu Zhongwu's military style was also quite stable. During the pre-war preparations, the Song army soldiers commanded by Liu Zhongwu did not only fill the trench outside the south gate of Zangdihe City, but chose to divide their troops and advance together, and at the same time fill the two trenches in Zangdihe City. They also clearly planned to attack the two gates of Zangdihe City at the same time, forcing the defenders in the city to divide their troops to fight. In addition, Liu Zhongwu also asked the Song army soldiers to build a large number of siege weapons, intending to sharpen the knife and chop firewood, and take Zangdihe City in one fell swoop.

After more than six days of preliminary preparations, on the afternoon of September 17, Liu Zhongwu first ordered the three armies to reward the soldiers, and then ordered the summoning of generals in the central army's tent. When the news reached Gao Qiu, Zhao Rong, who was helping Gao Qiu to handle the military Chinese documents, also came to the conclusion and immediately said to Gao Qiu: "Deputy Commander, if nothing unexpected happens, General Liu should officially launch an siege tomorrow. This meeting should be to arrange the order of siege and those troops participating in the siege."

Gao Qiu nodded and ordered: "Let's go, you can go with me, and see how Marshal Liu arranges to attack the city."

Zhao Rong agreed and hurried to the central army tent with Gao Qiu. When he arrived at the scene, all the generals of the Song army had arrived. When Liu Zhongwu, who was sitting in the middle of Gao, saw Gao Qiu coming, he hurriedly asked someone to arrange a seat for Gao Qiu on his right head. Gao Qiu sat down in a big manner. Zhao Rong quickly stood behind Gao Qiu, and participated in the pre-military meeting for the first time as the acting official in the front office of the Palace Office. He also took the time to nod to Liu Qi, who was standing in the lower head, expressing his greetings.

After Gao Qiu sat down, the meeting officially began, exactly the same as Zhao Rong expected. After Liu Zhongwu spoke, he announced that he would launch a full-scale siege the next day. However, just when Liu Zhongwu arranged a specific team to participate in the war, a personal soldier of Liu Zhongwu suddenly rushed in outside the tent, presented a military information report with chicken feathers to Liu Zhongwu, and said loudly: "Report to the general, the military information documents sent by General Wang Dehou just sent, and is anxious!"

Liu Zhongwu didn't say anything, but just took the military newspaper and opened the content to check it out. As a result, Liu Zhongwu's face changed, and his fists were still clenched subconsciously. Gao Qiu saw something was wrong and asked, "Master, what happened?"

After hesitating for a while, Liu Zhongwu said in a low tone: "The reinforcements of the pseudo-Xia bandit army are coming, and the main force is still coming, with almost 60,000 troops. The commander is Wei Ming Cha Ge, the younger brother of the Hongxia pseudo-Emperor Wei Ming Ganshun."

"So quickly?" All the generals present were shocked and shouted: "We have just arrived in Zangdihe City for seven days. Why has the main force of the pseudo-Xia thief army arrived? Could it be that the pseudo-Xia thief army has been ready for a long time?"

"Fortunately, we asked Wang Dehou to set up a camp in the north first to intercept it, otherwise we would be in trouble!" Liu Qi said loudly: "If General Wang's army had not stopped us, we would not have been caught off guard by the pseudo-Xia thief army?"

Hearing this, Gao Qiu looked back at Zhao Rong with satisfaction, nodded in praise. However, Liu Zhongwu's face was still extremely gloomy, and he said, "Even if Wang Dehou stops him, it may not be of much use, because Wei Mingcha also brought the three thousand Iron Harrier Scouts of the pseudo-Xia thief army."

"Iron Harrier is here too?" There was another uproar in the tent. Zhao Rong, who was not very good at history, suddenly changed his face. He never expected that he would encounter the number one elite Iron Harrier Scouts of the Western Xia army for the first time when he went to the front line to gilt.

"Master General, you can't rush to attack the city." A Song army general from Huanqing Road quickly proposed: "Although General Wang set up a battalion in the key points north to intercept the puppet Xia thief army, not only his troops were at a disadvantage, but the puppet Xia thief army also helped. During our siege, if General Wang makes any mistakes, he is broken through his interception by the puppet Xia thief army and suddenly kills us. Then we will be in a big deal!"

"General Feng said very well." Several generals of the Song army agreed, saying: "The best way is to give priority to aiding aid. Join forces with General Wang to repel the reinforcements of the pseudo-Xia bandit army, and then consider launching an attack on the city!"

The Song generals who agreed with this opinion accounted for the majority, but Liu Zhongwu had a gloomy face and refused to express his opinion. He kept thinking quickly. Liu Qi stood up and opposed: "Preferring to the reinforcements of the pseudo-Xia bandit army, how to kill? General Wang's camp is twelve miles north. Should we ask our main force to go north to cooperate with him in the battle and leave the camp for the bandit army in Zangdihe City to attack?"

"What the four generals said is very true." Liu Yanqing, the general manager of Fuyan Road, also stood up to oppose it and said: "The reinforcements of the pseudo-Xia bandit army are powerful. If we want to kill them, it will definitely not be a overnight success. After our main force headed north, the bandit army in Zangdihe City may indeed take advantage of the situation and sneak attack our camp!"

When Liu Zhongwu's face became even more gloomy, a strange voice suddenly sounded, and he asked carefully: "Master, General Wang Dehou's courage to ask, what is his opinion? Does he want to defend or retreat?"

Hearing this, everyone looked at the person who was talking strangely, but saw that the person who raised this question was a weak young man standing behind Gao Qiu. Then the generals of the Song army must not inquire about the origin of this person in a low voice. Only then did they realize that the person who asked about this was Zhao Rong, the acting official of the Hall Front Office under Gao Qiu.

Fortunately, for the sake of Tong Guan and Gao Qiu, Liu Zhongwu did not scold Zhao Rong for his casual speech, and replied: "He wants to retreat, and wants to transfer the camp to the south of Zangdihe City, and join forces with us to meet the enemy."

"You must not agree!" Zhao Rong said quickly: "In front of the two armies, morale is the most important. Now the reinforcements of the pseudo-Xia bandit army have just approached the vicinity of Zangdihe City. They have not fought a battle and have not fired a single arrow. If we let him retreat directly, then our morale will not fall to the bottom?"

"General Zhao is right!" Liu Qi, who obviously has a good impression of Zhao Rong, also said quickly: "He finally built a solid camp in the north of Zangdihe City, guarding the key points of the road. If he just asked him to retreat, it would not only be a pity to give up the camp, but it would also affect our morale. In addition, he had just withdrawn, and it would not be possible to build a solid camp in a short time, so that the puppet Xia thief army had time to get into."

When Liu Zhongwu nodded slightly, Gao Qiu also spoke: "Yes, you can't let Wang Dehou retreat. He proposed to set up a camp to fight aid himself. Now that he saw that the reinforcements of the pseudo-Xia bandit army are powerful, he wants to retreat and flee south immediately. Is there such a cheap thing in the world?"

Recalling that Wang Dehou was determined to join forces with him to attack the city, Liu Zhongwu inevitably nodded vigorously, and Zhao Rong bowed to Gao Qiu and said, "Deputy Commander, I have a few words at the end. I wonder if I can say it?"

"Tell me." Gao Qiu said in a big way: "If you help me counsel on military affairs, of course you can say it if you have any opinions."

"Then the general will dare to make a statement." Zhao Rong bowed and thanked him, and then said loudly: "Mr. Liu, General Liu believes that there is no need to worry about the reinforcements of the pseudo-Xia bandit army. General Wang has 30,000 troops and has seized the favorable terrain in advance to establish a camp. If the pseudo-Xia bandit army wants to reinforce Zangdihe City, it must first take General Wang's camp before advancing."

"So the last general dared to suggest that our army might as well give General Wang a bold task of intercepting the reinforcements of the pseudo-Xia bandit army to General Wang. Our army is focused on siege and only focuses on siege. After breaking through Zangdihe City, it is not too late. In addition, even if General Wang cannot resist the enemy and the camp is broken by the pseudo-Xia bandit army, we can also use the scouts to find the news first and respond in time!"

Zhao Rong was not alone with a unique military talent and a clear tactics. After listening to Zhao Rong's suggestion, Liu Qi and Liu Yanqing also took the lead and said, "Master General Zhao said very well. General Wang has as many as 30,000 troops and a strong camp can support him. Even if he can't resist the more than 50,000 reinforcements from the pseudo-Xia bandit army, it is definitely no problem to resist for a period of time. We might as well use this period to attack the city with all our might. Then as long as we take Zangdihe City first, everything will be easy!"

At this time, Zhao Rong, who is very good at being a human, quickly attached himself to Gao Qiu's ear, muttered a few words in a low voice, Gao Qiu said: "There is another advantage to do this, that is, to force the reinforcements of the puppet Xia thief army to attack Wang Dehou's camp with all their might. Seeing that Zangdihe City is in a hurry, the puppet Xia thief army will inevitably jump over the wall and attack Wang Dehou's camp with all their might. Wang Dehou can also take the opportunity to take advantage of the camp's advantages to kill and kill the soldiers of the puppet Xia thief army in large quantities, consume the strength of the puppet Xia thief army, which is conducive to our army's next battle with the enemy."

Needless to say, seeing Gao Qiu, a military supervisor who was a football player, finally expressed a few insightful opinions, the generals of the Song army naturally nodded, including many Song army generals who had previously opposed continuing to attack the city. After Liu Zhongwu repeatedly weighed the pros and cons, he still slapped the face and shouted: "Just do it like this, fight each other! Let Wang Dehou do his best to stop the pseudo-Xia bandit army from reinforcements, and we will attack Zangdihe City with all our strength! Take down the city first!"

After the Song army generals clasped their fists and sang their promises, Liu Zhongwu turned to Gao Qiu again and said, "The deputy commander, Wang Dehou, I have to ask you to come forward and suppress it. No matter how much the price he paid, he must do his best to block the reinforcements of the pseudo-Xia bandit army and buy us time."

"No problem, I will cover it with me." Gao Qiu replied confidently: "He proposed to set up a camp to fight aid himself. If he dared to give up the camp and go south without authorization, I will submit his opinion immediately!"
Chapter completed!