Chen Dong is not afraid of offending Yang Zhi, he is very familiar with the officialdom of the Great Song Dynasty, and in an era that emphasizes the status of scholars, the worst result of offending Yang Zhi is to be driven back to the camp of Zhao Gou, King Kang of Chuzhou.

Chen Dong looked at Li Gang, a relaxed smile appeared on his face, and he didn't dare to delay at all and said, "Lord Li, we must at least find out what happened before we can explain to the Holy Lord and King Kang. ”

"I don't need to explain to King Kang. Li Gang directly refuted Chen Dong, but Chen Dong was not angry, you can not explain to King Kang Zhao Gou, but you must give an explanation to the court in Runzhou, otherwise Yang Zhi will come to Bianliang Hulai, and it will affect the entire imperial court. Liang Juewu had been silent on the side, and he was not interested in the argument between the two, but he thought of a certain news he had heard, and suddenly reminded the two: "What if something goes wrong with Zhao Kai?"

"What's wrong?" Chen Dong's tone aggravated a little, obviously he didn't believe what Liang Juewu said, but he knew that Liang Juewu would never be untargeted; Li Gang felt that something was wrong, Liang Xun could say that he didn't care about Runzhou's opinion at all, otherwise he wouldn't have stumbled on Zhao Kai's issue, if these people arrested finally proved to be related to the materials that Zhao Kai had taken away, no matter how much pressure he exerted, it would be impossible to save Zhao Kai's life.

Li Gang decided to go to Yang Zhi and ask about the matter, so that he could go back and write a recital and report the whole situation to Runzhou; however, Li Gang did not expect that there would be a lot of noise inside and outside the left-behind department, and outside were the families of the arrested people and some scholars who were indignantly accusing the government of being unreasonable, and inside the left-behind department were more than 30 officers who had stayed in Bianliang, waiting for Yang Zhi to meet them one by one. Yang Zhongwu saw Li Gang and hurriedly ran over to give a salute: "The last general will see your lordship, Lord Li, Lord Yang is handling official business, if you are not in a hurry, go to the side hall to sit down first, it just so happens that Lord Yang has an official document to ask you to see." ”

"What an official document. Li Gang knew that Yang Zhi was cultivating the ability of the people below, Li Yanxian, Yang Zhongwu, Shao Xing, Wang Gang, and Li Gui were on duty in the left-behind division in turn, not to defend the work, but to learn government affairs and deal with miscellaneous matters; Yang Zhongwu said in a low voice: "Du Yong's men and horses are about to arrive in Bianliang, and more than 2,000 people under him are all van troops, and their combat effectiveness is insufficient. ”

Escorting grain is Li Gang's power that he is unwilling to let go, but Yang Zhi does not allow the army that does not obey orders to enter the Gyeonggi Road, so it is inevitable to give Li Gang a team, it turns out that Yang Zhi wants Du to be in charge; Li Gang and Yang Zhongwu went to the side hall, and he also wanted to see what reason Yang Zhi gave.

Yang Zhongwu didn't lie, Yang Zhi was very busy in the hall, this was already the fifteenth general, Yang Zhi was a little helpless; Zhang Jun and the others left, leaving a large number of officers in Bianliang, on the one hand, Zhang Jun couldn't look down on it, on the other hand, many people took more or less troops, because of the reasons of his subordinates.

Sang Zhong recommended by Chong Bin in front of him is one of them, Sang Zhong turned out to be a small colonel next to Zhong Shidao, and has been in contact with Chong Bin; Sang Zhong led a forbidden army of more than 300 people, expanded to more than 1,000 people, and King Kang Zhao Gou also gave Sang Zhong a good official position, but Sang Zhong's two friends Xu Yan and Li Heng dissuaded Sang Zhong, and Xu Yan and Xu Yan thought that because of the relationship between Chong Bin, defecting to the Dingbei Army was more promising.

Yang Zhi for the generals stranded in Beijing, the first criterion for employing people is that he is willing to join the Dingbei Army, and then hire according to his personal ability, but unfortunately Zhang Qing was killed in the battle with the Jin army, and the golden gunner Xu Ning moved his family to Runzhou. Yang Zhi had already talked to Li Heng, and he was very clear about Sang Zhong's current situation, so he asked Sang Zhong: "You have more than 2,000 people, but they are all capable of fighting?"

Sang Zhong said confidently: "Don't worry, my lord, after all, we are from the Western Army, and we dare not ruin the name of the commander at will." It's a pity that when the adults swept Youyan, the last general was still in Weizhou. ”

Among the three, only Li Heng was a subordinate of the master at that time, and he had seen Yang Zhi many times in the army, which was also the reason why Yang Zhi talked to Li Heng first today; Yang Zhi smiled and said: "There will be an opportunity in the future, and we will definitely fight under Youzhou City again in the future, Chong Bin also said, he thinks you are a general, so he directly recommends you to me; the original forbidden army needs to be reorganized, and I am ready to follow the practice of the Western Army in Bianliang, you are the first general, you go to the forbidden army to select people, and make up for 3,000 people." ”

Sang Zhong was overjoyed, and hurriedly thanked him, he didn't care about making up for the three thousand soldiers, what he cared about was that Yang Zhi let him serve as the first general of Bianliang, no matter what Sang Zhong had to think about, Yang Zhi is now famous, and Yang Zhi's recognition is an honor in itself. After Sang Zhong left, Yang Zhi saw more than 20 generals, and only then did he value the original Mizhou Banqiao Left Ten General Xu Wen, Mizhou Banqiao Left Ten General is actually a Bai Chang, and the first general of the Western Army is at least the county-level Zhizhai is different, Yang Zhi values Xu Wen's momentum as a fierce general, at least not under Yang Zhongwu.

When Xu Wen said that the big knife he used weighed fifty catties, Yang Zhi couldn't help but feel a trace of joy, if this was the case, he would really have picked up a treasure today; Yang Zhi asked Xu Wen to perform a knife technique with Yang Zhongwu's big knife, and he was very satisfied, and immediately appointed Xu Wen as the second general of Bianliang, and asked Xu Wen to also select three thousand elite soldiers.

Ma Zhong, Zhang Chang, and Xue Guang, who were sitting on the side, all smiled bitterly, now the original forbidden army and the Xiang army are under their command, and the people Sang Zhong and Xu Wen want to choose must be their own subordinates;

Yang Zhi looked at all the officers, and there were no outstanding talents left, only one named Yan Zhongli was good, although he was not as prominent as Sang Zhong and Xu Wen, but he had been a commander, with two thousand veterans under his command, and had fought in the Daimyo's Mansion and the Jin Army, and was appointed by Yang Zhi as the third general of Bianliang.

After handling the official business, Yang Zhicai asked Ma Zhong and the others: "What do the generals think?"

Xue Guang had been dealing with Yang Zhi for the longest time, and he knew that Yang Zhi was a person who did practical things, so he stood up and said, "Let the adults arrange it." ”

Ma Zhong and Zhang Chang glanced at each other, Ma Zhong gritted his teeth and said, "My lord, the two of us want to change places and go to King Kang." ”