Zhang Lame said that Tang Hong's mother was just a maidservant girl with a humble status, although her mother later became a concubine by virtue of her son, but among the many wives and concubines in the family, she was also ranked last. Therefore, Tang Hong's status in the Tang clan is not high. With his sixth-grade combat strength, it stands to reason that it is more than enough to be an officer at the rank of lieutenant general in the division headquarters, but now, he is only a lieutenant of the 15th Division.

Chen Mu praised the lame man for being a good ear and knowing everything.

But the lame man said, "This is learning."

The cripple is pretentious, everything in his mouth is a science, even is a science.

He once said, "If you don't well, your life will be gone." When I was beating the male Jia people in Hebei, the five of them squatted together, but three of them stood up, and the other two were nailed to the ground by the male Jiaren's bone arrows. Hu people shoot arrows accurately, and sometimes they are accurate. ”

Chen Mu half listened to these words of the cripple as a joke, but he also remembered the key point, when a person is on the battlefield, he may lose his life at any time.

So Chen Mu looked for iron and cotton everywhere to make a helmet that was the outside and soft on the inside.

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At about midnight that night, Tang Hong led his troops to Jiuquan, and the soldiers of the Seventh Regiment went out of the city to greet them, and took out some of the only musical instruments, the drums, and knocked them out to set off the atmosphere.

That Tang Hong was really a capable person, he didn't talk much, he led the troops into the city, quickly arranged the city defenses, personally climbed the four city walls to check, and felt that there was no problem, so he went back to the lounge to sleep.

"It seems that he is also advocating a defensive battle." Chen Mu frowned.

At this time, Zhang Cripple came over: "How is it, I'm not wrong, right?" Tang Hong is a resolute person who doesn't like to play false. It's useless to slap him on the back. ”

Chen Mu stretched out his hand and dusted his sleeves: "Although Tang Hong is the son of the gate valve, he is a person who can do things. No wonder the Tang clan gate lord is so powerful, with the support of these soldiers, he naturally speaks much harder. However, I think Tang Hong's personality is a little too rigid, and he is not a big person. You say that he doesn't eat sycophants, this sentence is not true, as long as he is a person, there is no one who doesn't eat sycophants, it's just that the rank is different. ”

As soon as it was dawn the next day, someone came to Chen Mu and said, Captain Tang Hong wants to see you.

Chen Mu hurriedly cleaned up and strode towards the captain's lounge.

Tang Hong was sitting in a chair, and someone next to him was trimming his beard, his beard was thick, thick, and a little curly.

"I heard you're very good at fighting." Tang Hong spoke straightforwardly, his tone was also very impulsive, and when he trimmed his beard, he tilted his head, giving people a sense of condescending.

"Luckily defeated the enemy's five-rank general Baturu." Chen Mu is neither humble nor arrogant.

Tang Hong waved his hand, signaling that his beard was not repaired for the time being, and looked at Chen Mu: "You are seventeen years old?" ”

"Yes."

"Came here from Luoyang alone to look for relatives?"

"Yes."

"I heard that you fell off the walls and forgot about the past?"

"Yes."

At this time, Hu Cong, who had shaved Tang Hong, packed up his tools and left, leaving only Tang Hong and Chen Mu in the house.

"I don't want to hear anything like that." Tang Hong leaned forward and widened his eyes: "I want to listen to the truth." ”

Chen Mu: "I'm telling the truth. ”

Tang Hong: "Kong Xiao is thirsty for talent first, hoping to bring you into the gate valve so as to reuse you." But I think there's something wrong with that. I'll tell you bluntly, I suspect that you are a fine work sent by the Ximen family or the Meng family. ”

Chen Mu: "I don't know any Meng and Ximen at all. ”

Tang Hong spoke quickly: "Why should I believe you." ”

Chen Mu thought slightly: "If you don't believe it, I can't help it." When the battle is over, I will ask for restoration. ”

Tang Hong sneered: "Joining the gate valve system, or not joining the gate valve system, will have a great impact on you." ”

Chen Mu smiled bitterly: "But I can't prove that I have nothing to do with the Meng clan and the Simon clan." Since I am not trusted, I do not force it. Besides, there's another faction that is trying to woo me right now. If the Tang family doesn't keep me, I can consider trying my luck at another house. In short, the tree moves the dead and the person moves. ”

Tang Hong couldn't laugh anymore: "You young man speaks more than me?" ”

Chen Mu shook his head: "I don't think talking to the chief is exchanging feelings. ”

"And what do you think it is?"

"Negotiation." Chen Mu hugged his fists: "Lord Captain Hugh is going to be surprised, please listen to me carefully." Between people, it is nothing more than a relationship between using and being used, and the so-called friends are just gathered together to use each other because of the same interests. However, those who gather for profit will sooner or later disperse because of profit, and even turn against each other. And the relationship between superiors and subordinates, in fact, cannot escape this law. The Captain wants to use my combat power, and I want to use the Captain's connections to get what I need. But if I don't get the Captain's connections, I don't need to use them anymore. ”

Tang Hong nodded, and shook his head again: "I am impressed that a seventeen-year-old boy can say such a thing. But I am very disappointed by what you said. I think you're an unfamiliar dog. ”

"Lord Captain, if you scold me today, I don't dare to speak back. But don't be too rampant. You are just a young master, and compared to the Tang Clan's son, you are still far behind. ”

"You dare to scold me?"

"I'm not scolding you, I'm reminding you. If you want to soar, what you need around you is not sycophants, but people who can wake you up at all times. ”

"Then tell me, where am I confused now? Need you to wake up? If you don't understand, I'll ask you! ”

"The enemy's army of 2,300 is stationed outside the city, and we have 1,000 men in our hands and are alone in the city, which in itself is a foolish practice."

Tang Hong sneered: "I am outnumbered by the enemy, I defend the city, what's wrong?" ”

Chen Mu also sneered: "Can you still keep it for another thirty-eight days?" ”

Tang Hong was unexpectedly stuck on this issue, and then he looked a little angry, sat in the chair, pinched his beard, and was silent. After a long time, he said in a deep voice: "Then what do you think?" ”

"This Hungarian army has just taken Dunhuang, and they rushed to Jiuquan non-stop, why is this? From what I know about the Huns, they don't have much to offer, and they must be in a hurry to attack the city. However, when they learned that the reinforcements from Jiuquan had arrived, their first action was not to attack the city, but to garrison troops fifty miles away, and I felt that this was abnormal. I suspect that they may also have reinforcements, and we can't wait for their reinforcements to come. ”

"You're trying to get out?"

"Not only to kill it, but also to recapture Dunhuang."

"What a big appetite."

"A general can't do it if you're timid."

"If I give six hundred men, do you dare to attack the enemy camp at night?"

"It's only six hundred, and I don't fight."

"And how much do you want?"

"There are now nearly 1,200 soldiers in Jiuquan City, all of whom are dispatched. I led a part of the troops to attack the enemy camp at night, and whether it was smooth or not, I would lead the troops to run to the horsehair mountain. With the fierceness of the Hu people, they will definitely chase. Then you will lead six hundred men to lie in ambush at the mouth of the valley of horsehair. Surprise soldiers can annihilate the enemy army in one fell swoop. ”

Hearing this, Tang Hong lowered his head and fell into contemplation, and after a long time, he raised his head: "You are only seventeen years old?" ”

Chen Mu clenched his fists: "This is all a general's strategy, what does it have to do with my age?" ”

Chen Mu wanted to give this credit to Tang Hong completely.

Tang Hong sneered and looked at Chen Mu playfully.

After a long while, Tang Hong said: "I, Tang Hong, am also the son of the Tang family, although I am a concubine as you said, but I don't despise the merits of my subordinates." I haven't done that yet. Actually, what you thought of, I also thought about it, it's just that I don't have people under me who can fight so well. Although Kong Xiaoxian's combat power is not low, he is still the nephew of the patriarch, and I can't let him go deep into the enemy camp. In case of a mishap, I can't explain it to the gatekeeper. But you are different, you dare to think, you dare to do, and you can sweep away my worries. No wonder Kong Xiao was optimistic about you first, and now I am also optimistic about you. If this battle can really be fought so beautifully, I, Tang Hong, will be famous in the Shence Army. I think the big Sima Tang Qiong will also look up to me. Hehe, now the third division lieutenant general has just died, if I can make a miraculous achievement at this time and prepare for the third division, maybe it will fall on my head. ”

Chen Mu felt that Tang Hong was not simple, he seemed to be a tough person, but he also had a cunning side, which can be seen with the speed of his attitude change. Moreover, he also has the idea of snatching love with a sword, if the situation in the future is really as he said, then Chen Mu will become the right-hand man of the 15th Division, and Kong Xiaoxian can only be behind.

However, Kong Xiaoxian was not simple, when Tang Hong began to prepare to fight out of the city, Kong Xiaoxian was the first to stand up and said that he would attack the enemy camp with Chen Mu.

Kong Xiao was the one who could write directly to the patriarch, and if he was allowed to attack the camp, he would have to share half of the credit.

One is the son of the second master of the gate valve, and the other is the nephew of the patriarch Tang Qiong, the difference in status is not very great, if the patriarch Tang Qiong and the second master of the gate valve are a little discordant, the nephew is actually more popular than the distant nephew.

And Tang Hong said, "I can't let him go deep into the enemy camp", but he just didn't want Kong Xiao to steal military merit with him first. - With Chen Mu here, what else do you need Kong Xiaozhen to do?