Chapter 38 Show your hand

He was speechless all night. After dawn, Xu Jinghong rushed to Zheng Tong's barracks to inquire about the news. But the result disappointed him. Although these teams have used all their relationships, the news of the two old dogs did not find out at all.

In fact, it is understandable that there is now an army of more than 100,000 troops stationed in Dingxi, and so many soldiers go in and out every day. It is impossible for anyone to deliberately pay attention to the situation of two soldiers coming from outside. In this way, Xu Jinghong had to place his hopes on Wang Junqing, who has greater power and ability.

After waiting for a morning, Wang Junqing came to Xu Jinghong's station in person again. He came to invite Xu Jinghong to go to the marshal's mansion with him. Xu Jinghong did not refuse. He left the barracks with him alone and then went to the commander's mansion. On the way, Xu Jinghong finally said what was on his mind: "General Wang, I don't know if you have heard anything?" He looked at each other full of hope.

Wang Junqing smiled: "No wonder you ordered the generals to use weapons at those people in front of the gate yesterday. It's really rare that you can take your brother's life so seriously! I already have a clue. Four days ago, someone did see their traces, and they were detained at the east gate of your entry into the city.

Although Xu Jinghong had already guessed that this was the case, he was still shocked when he heard this: "Is it Ye Hao's people?"

"That's right, that's them. However, because the East Gate is their defense, they have the right to detain all suspicious people, so my people did not interfere at that time..."

"I know, thank you for your help, General Wang!" Xu Jinghong smiled and said.

"What, don't you want me to help you get people back from their hands?" Wang Junqing asked curiously.

"I don't think you can do this, General?" Xu Jinghong smiled and said, "Although Ye Hao has been demoted to the capital, his prestige in the Yunzhou army is still there. If you want to hide two people, it is impossible to find them unless you search them all over the camp. And once you really do this, I'm afraid there will be a conflict with the Yunzhou army, which must not be what the general and the general want to see. For the sake of the two soldiers, causing the Yunzhou army to be centrifugated, I don't think the general will allow it.

"Hey, you see, things are still very thorough, so what are you going to do? You won't give up like this, will you?" Wang Junqing was a little surprised by the other party's calmness, but still asked casually.

"I haven't thought about this yet, but they are my brothers, but if there is a little chance, I won't give up!" Xu Jinghong's answer was resolute. Speaking of this, the two found that there was nothing to say, so they had to head on their way. In a short time, they had come to the commander's mansion of the three armies of the Southwest Army.

Although this marshal's mansion is called a mansion, it is very ordinary. Not to mention the loyal and brave marquis mansion where Xu Jinghong lived before, it is much worse than the Yunzhou governor's mansion of Liumo. However, when he saw the team of guards standing in front of the door, Xu Jinghong still had a different feeling in his heart. They were all strong and sharp-eyed, and they knew at a glance that they were good at war.

Seeing Xu Jinghong looking at the layout of the mansion, Wang Junqing explained: "The general likes simplicity, and always tells us that generals must practice thrift, so as to maintain his vitality. If the marshal's mansion had not been built by the court, I'm afraid the general would have lived in the barracks.

When Xu Jinghong heard this, he sincerely felt respect in his heart. With this alone, Wang Chong can make many generals in ancient and modern times ashamed. This also makes Xu Jinghong's waist more straight, and he can't lose face in front of such a person.

After only entering two doors, he came to the lobby of the council. At this time, there were still many generals listening to the instructions of the old man, while Xu Jinghong and Wang Junqing stayed outside and waited quietly. About half an hour later, the generals came out of the hall one after another. Seeing Wang Junqing, they all nodded to him and left separately. No one looked at Xu Jinghong. They didn't know that the teenager in uniform was the food officer who made a scene at the gate yesterday.

It was not until the generals in the hall left that Wang Junqing took Xu Jinghong over and reported to the door: "General, Xu's team has been brought by me."

"Oh? Come in!" Wang Chong was still staring at a sheepskin map hanging on the wall at this time, and did not look back, but said casually.

Xu Jinghong followed Wang Junqing into the hall and began to observe the old general carefully. Although he only turned his back to himself and his hair was half white, Xu Jinghong still felt a strong oppressive force. This is the oppression created by mixing in the army and battlefield for a long time with iron and blood.

The map Wang Chong saw is a very detailed topographic map, including the whole three states in the southwest and the barbarian region in the southwest. From one city to one place to every river and mountain forest, it is on this seemingly simple topographic map. Xu Jinghong only looked at it and could think of how much effort it took to make this map. Because there is no scientific and technological means in this era, every terrain must be seen by someone in person to understand it. This is really a huge project.

Seeing that Wang Chong only looked at the map after letting himself in, Xu Jinghong couldn't help but feel a little unhappy. After all, he was just a young man and didn't have such a deep city government, so he said, "Marshal, this topographic map is dead, and the talent is alive. Why should he care more than death?"

"Hmm?" After Xu Jinghong said this, Wang Chong pulled out of his thoughts, and then turned around and said, "That's good. With the elegant demeanor of the family at the beginning, it seems that you are indeed extraordinary..." At this point, his eyes fell on Xu Jinghong's face and then stunned.

Xu Jinghong is also looking at the appearance of the first person in the Southwest Army. He is an old general in his sixties, with knife-like wrinkles on his face, showing the wind and frost he has experienced in his life. But the pair embedded in this face still flashed with wise and sharp eyes, but it made people quickly ignore the age of the other party and treat him as a commander. Sincerely, Xu Jinghong bent down with his fist: "The fifth team of the Xuanzi Camp under Yunzhou is the right, and Xu Jinghong has seen the general!"

"Elephant, it's really like. Almost carved in the same mold as when he was young..." Wang Chong's heart was greatly shocked, because Xu Jinghong's appearance was really like a deceased person he used to be.

However, Wang Chong was a general who had experienced many storms after all. After his initial astonishment, he quickly calmed down and held him with his hand and said, "Get up. You have made such a great contribution that I haven't rewarded you well. Tell me, what kind of reward do you want?

"I don't want any rewards. I just want the general to give the opportunity to serve the country to my hard-working brothers." Xu Jinghong's answer was very straightforward, but Wang Chong nodded with joy: "Well said, men should work for the country. I called you here today just for this matter. Speaking of this, a smile appeared between his eyebrows: "Look at what you are saying now, what do you think of this topographic map? Can you understand this topographic map?

"You can have a try." Xu Jinghong said without alofty or humbly. In fact, it is not difficult for a modern-educated person to understand some simple topographic maps, but for the situation that most people in ancient times could not even recognize words, this is indeed a little big. Therefore, Xu Jinghong's answer made Wang Chong and Wang Junqing stunned. Finally, Wang Chong pointed to the map and said, "Then go over and tell us what is painted on this map."

"Yes!" Xu Jinghong knew that this was not the time to hide, so he walked generously to the map and pointed to the figure on it and talked little by little. He said without hesitation about the city, where the mountain, Songjing, or the territory of the barbarians.

Seeing that Xu Jinghong came out without any stagnation, Wang Chong and his son were so shocked that they could not speak for a long time. They looked at each other and saw the shock in each other's eyes.

"It seems that you are indeed a good material for military service. How can you see this?"

"This... I just understand it after reading it, but I don't know why I read it." Xu Jinghong will not tell them the truth, otherwise they will only be regarded as crazy or evil, and they will have to talk nonsense.

"This may be Su Hui, God's will." Wang Junqing sighed. Wang Chong shook his head slightly and said in his heart, "Maybe he is really the reincarnation of that man, otherwise how could he have such a ability?"

"Let's talk about business. You can explain in detail the situation of the previous battle with the barbarians, and let's analyze it." After a long time, Wang Chong suppressed some thoughts in his heart and turned his words to other aspects.

Xu Jinghong told everything after he took people from Yunzhou and pointed out on the map where he and others were attacked by the enemy.

"From the perspective of orientation and terrain, it should be impossible for the barbarians to go deep into my Song Dynasty after being frustrated, so they should have gone back now, right?" Wang Junqing muttered.

"That's not necessarily the same." Xu Jinghong shook his head: "It's not easy for them to break into our Song Dynasty, and it's even more difficult to go out again. Therefore, they thought that they might still hide in the mountains and forests of our Song Dynasty.

"Xiao Xu's opinion is similar to what I thought. When they came in, they entered in batches, but after this failure, they had to guard against the encirclement of our Song army, and naturally it was impossible to disperse the limited forces. And they still have one or two hundred remnants. It is impossible to retreat without our people's awareness, so they must still be in this area!" Wang Chong said that he crossed a large area with his hand.

This shocked Wang Junqing beside him. It was not because Xu Jinghong and Wang Chong's judgment was consistent, but because Wang Chong's name was changed to such a name in such a short time. It can be seen that Wang Chong has regarded Xu Jinghong as a close person. In Wang Junqing's experience, his father doesn't seem to have treated any general like this, let alone that the other party is just a team.