That night, the team transporting materials arrived, but fortunately, Liu Zhiyuan, the prefect of Jiezhou, collected more than 100 carts, so that Su Jin relieved his urgent need, and the four hundred Xixia war horses could only be temporarily reduced to inferior horses that pulled carts.

In the early morning of the next day, Su Jin first wrote a joint excerpt with Fan Zhongyan, and then counted the dead soldiers and made a book, and arranged for the bereavement matters, these soldiers were all from the vicinity of Bianliang, and the corpses were transported back too far away, Fan Zhongyan was the master of cremation on the spot, and sent fifty soldiers to send the ashes and the list back to the capital.

Since Fan Zhongyan is here, the grain and grass materials will naturally be delivered on the spot, but the military salary will not be issued for the time being, Su Jin will explain to Fan Zhongyan about the opening of a silver village in Weizhou, Fan Zhongyan was very surprised, he did not expect that the emperor actually agreed to exchange the money of the general's salary from the private silver village opened by the Su family, but this move is very convenient, and it is also a worry about being robbed on the way, but there is nothing to say.

As soon as everything was settled, Su Jin and Fan Zhongyan each led their troops and horses to leave Jiezhou, and went east to Qinfeng Road and north to Yanzhou, and went their separate ways.

After four days of slow marching, the brigade finally arrived at the territory of Qinfeng Road, Qinfeng Road's place of governance is Qinzhou, and the road envoy and governor of the state is the famous Han Qi, Han Qi and Fan Zhongyan are the two pillars of the northwest, and the two are sitting on Qinfeng Road and the original Yongxing military road respectively, which is the guarantee that the situation in the northwest will not collapse.

Su Jin is also deeply honored, to be able to meet the famous ministers of this era, it is also like a dream for Su Jin; Han Qi is tall, with a long face, and a dignified appearance, but he is sometimes angry, sometimes he speaks ruthlessly, and he also has a lot of complaints about all the affairs of the imperial court, and he looks like an 'angry old man', even if Yan Shu wrote to him and asked him to take care of Su Jin, Han Qi still has a lot of complaints about the imperial court sending a young man who is not yet a weak crown to serve as the governor of Weizhou, even in front of Su Jin, he does not hide his contempt.

"What about the champion? The imperial examination is one thing, being an official is another, and being an official in the northwest border is even more another. ”

Su Jin had already had selective immunity to this kind of look that looked down on him, and Yan Shu had talked to him about some of Han Qi and Fan Zhongyan's tempers before coming, so he was also a little mentally prepared; However, Han Qi praised Su Jin's battle in the Battle of Eagle's Beak Cliff, and did not hide his praise at all, but he did not forget to hit the stick when he praised it, and warned Su Jin Mo to be complacent because of this, after all, this was meeting Li Ningming, a rookie who was not well-informed.

Opposite Weizhou, there are two military divisions of the Western Xia stationed troops, there is the right wing Chaoshun military division in the front, and there is the Baotai military division stationed in Huizhou, there are more than 50,000 people, a total of more than 100,000 troops. The total number of troops on Jingyuan Road, where Weizhou is located, is less than 50,000, and the armament is not to be discussed.

The commanders of the Chaoshun Military Division and the Baotai Military Division are both veteran and cunning people who have been in battle for a long time, and Su Jin has just left the door of the study, and he will face the joint clamping of the two major military divisions, and the critical situation can be seen.

Su Jin was poured a scoop of cold water from Fan Zhongyan and Han Qi, and finally became cautious, Han Fan and the two are the souls of the Northwest Army, both of them have seen the situation in the Northwest very thoroughly, and what they said is by no means sensational exaggeration, Su Jin naturally understands the seriousness of the problem.

However, Su Jin is not a person who surrenders defeat, after his stubborn temper comes up, he is extremely looking forward to the upcoming challenge, when handling food affairs, he also feels like this, as if he has no way to start, and at that time there is a danger of life, and he is just a bird envoy with no official or position, if it is not for the emperor's royal gold medal fox fake tiger might, many things will not be able to start at all; Now as a dignified four-grade prefect, it has shrunk and stagnated, how can it be justified?

After staying in Qinzhou for half a day, Su Jin took the five hundred horse army guards and Su Ji's men, as well as Xiao Sui'er and Xia Siling, all the way north to Weizhou.

The further north you go, the more desolate and desolate the scene becomes, the vast land on both sides of the official road is scorched by the sun, there are few trees and grass, and even if there is, it is a half-dead look, and the villages along the way are already in ruins, and it is clear that the war has swept here; As far as the eye can see, the bare loess is blowing, and the dust is flying, which is charming to the eye.

Su Jin smacked his tongue secretly, it was really a difficult condition, it seemed that this trip was really hard; The flat loess land did not last long, a day later, after turning over several upward mountains, Su Jin was suddenly pleasantly surprised to find that a majestic and continuous mountain range could be seen in the distance, and the snow on the top of the mountain was clearly visible, and the accompanying people were here for the first time, and they didn't know which mountain it was, but it was summer, but there was snow on the top of the mountain, and the height would not be low.

Looking at the mountain and running a dead horse, although looking at the mountain is not far away, but after walking for a long time, the mountain is still in the distance, but it has encountered several large rivers, presumably the snow on the mountain melts and converges.

Su Jin's heart is a little calm, where there are mountains and rivers, it is not too bad, if the war is over, agricultural production can be carried out, maybe he will lead people to dig canals and build roads in the future to build water conservancy.

In the evening, Su Jin and others finally rushed to the south gate of Weizhou City, under the sunset in the evening, the city wall of Weizhou City appeared unusually tall and strong, the city gate was closed, and the soldiers on the head of the city kept coming and going, looking heavily guarded.

In the distance, soldiers shot arrows to warn, and at first sight a team of horses of hundreds of people alerted the soldiers at the head of the city.

"Who's coming? Do not go near the city gates, or the arrows will have no eyes. Someone shouted.

Wang Chaoce immediately stepped forward and shouted: "The new Weizhou prefect Lord Su is coming to take office, and you will open the door as soon as possible to greet you." ”

The soldiers at the head of the city were startled, and someone immediately reported to the general who defended the city, and after a while, a bearded man went up to the city tower and shouted: "You can't open the city gate without the consent of the king's envoy, and you should stay for a while, someone has already gone to report to the king." ”

Ma Han jumped to his feet and shouted: "You are not small, the new prefect has actually refused to leave the door when he arrives, and you will suffer in the future." ”

Su Jin hurriedly stopped and said, "What are these words?" Weizhou is the frontier city at the forefront, so it is natural to be careful, and these soldiers are just obeying orders. ”

Ma Han said: "Don't look at our dress, can the Xixia dog be dressed like this?" ”

Su Jin reprimanded: "Isn't it easy to dress up? Tuoba Feng and others who assassinated the Liao envoy were disguised as Han Chinese and infiltrated the capital, if you hadn't caught them, you would never have recognized them as party members even if you looked at them, and now you are also the head of the Ma army, you have to act with your brain, don't talk nonsense. ”

Ma Han sighed, and suddenly reached out and took out a cloth towel from his arms to tie it on his face, Su Jin was stunned and said, "What are you doing?" ”

Ma Han said: "Follow the orders of the prince, act with your brains, after my appearance entered the city, it must have scared the big girls and little daughters-in-law, so I tied it up with a cloth so as not to scare others." ”

Everyone burst into laughter, and Su Jin scolded with a smile: "There's really no way, it's not easy to think of this section, but didn't you think that when you put on a cloth towel, it will look like we have sneaky intentions?" ”

Ma Han was stunned, and quickly stretched out his hand to pull the towel and said, "It's also, it's like a strongman who robs a house." ”

After about a stick of incense, there was movement at the city gate, the tall suspension bridge was put down, the city gate was slowly opened, and a team of Song soldiers rode out and came to Su Jin and others.

Ma Han couldn't help but shout: "You can be steady, it's not good to shoot an arrow and hurt someone." ”

At this moment, another group of infantry came out of the city gate with a person in a cluster, that person's white beard fluttered and looked like an old man and a strong man, looking Su Jin and the others up and down with his eyes, and an accompanying official said in a loud voice: "May I ask which one is the new Zhizhou Master Su?" ”

Su Jin arched his hand and said, "It's me." ”

The official looked at Su Jin and said suspiciously, "It's you?" Are you the new Lord of the Mansion? ”

Su Jin smiled: "Isn't it like it? Dynasty, show him the papers. ”

Wang Chao handed over the appointment documents, the man took a glance, and hurriedly handed it to the old man beside him, the old man looked at it carefully, and suddenly a smile appeared on his face, and he cleared his throat and said: "If it is really Lord Su who came from afar, the old decay Wang Yan, it is too late to greet him, and it is rude." ”

Su Jin hurriedly stepped forward and said, "If it is really the Wang Road Envoy, the lower official Su Jin has seen the Wang Road Envoy." ”

That Wang Yanhe smiled and said: "You are finally here, and the old man can also go back to the capital to enjoy Qingfu, please hurry up." ”

The group marched into the city, the heavy gates were closed again, the drawbridge was pulled high, and in a short time the city gates were restored to peace.

After the sun set, the twilight quickly enveloped the earth, the temperature difference between day and night was huge, and the sun suddenly became cold when the sun set, but Su Jin's heart ignited a fire, which was the fire of hope inspired by everything unknown in the future; What kind of future awaits him in the Xiongguan here?