Chen Mu took the token and went to the brigade general.

As a result, as soon as I walked into the general's room, I saw Li Xiu sitting in the main seat of the general, with several deputy staff generals and secretaries beside him, busy with desk work.

Li Xiu pulled Chen Mu aside and said that he was promoted by Tang Hong to become a brigade general, and the original general was driven to the city by Tang Hong. After inquiring, I found out that the general's surname was Kong. The relationship with Kong Xiaoxian is a cousin, and he is also the nephew of the patriarch Tang Qiong, and the cousin of the nine-rank general Kong Tuo.

Although the counselor surnamed Kong was dismissed from the post of general, he still maintained the rank of captain, and now he is nominally Tang Hong's deputy general, so that he can replace Tang Hong and personally supervise the defense of the North City Gate.

This is a dangerous job, and it is also a common means of "rising and descending".

Li Xiu said in a low voice: "Tang Hong also transferred Kong Xiaoxian to the north gate, and now the entire seventh regiment has less than two hundred people, all on the north city wall. Tang Hong demanded that every officer guarding the gate should make a military order, and once the city gate was lost, there was only one way to die. ”

Chen Mu was silent.

Li Xiu lowered his voice again: "Tang Hong asked me to give you a hundred people, always keeping an eye on the movement of the North City Gate." Can you understand what Tang School means? ”

Chen Mu shook his head.

In fact, Chen Mu generally understood what Tang Hong meant in his heart, Tang Hong wanted to use this opportunity to eradicate dissidents, no matter whether Kong Xiaoxian could withstand it or not, he would have to die in this battle in the end.

However, people can't be too confident, being too confident is actually conceited, after a long time, sooner or later they will dig a pit and find trouble, so Chen Mu still hopes to get a clear order.

Li Xiu shook his head regretfully: "I thought you could understand." But I don't blame you, you're only seventeen years old after all. Well, I'll tell you directly, if the enemy does come tonight, and the attack is fierce. When the pressure at the North City Gate was at its highest, you rushed up to kill Kong Xiaoxian in the name of defending the city, and directly took over the Seventh Regiment. And that Kong Xiaodong, there is no need for him to live. ”

"The Seventh Regiment is full of Kong Xiaoxian's soldiers, and when they see this scene, they will spread the word in the future, which is not good for Captain Tang." Chen Mu said in a low voice.

"You don't have to worry about the internal affairs of the gate valve." Li Xiu had a cold face.

Chen Mu nodded: "I understand." ”

Li Xiu picked up the pen: "I gave you Tang Hong's personal guards?" Or do you yourself go to the various units and pick people and rebuild a new team? ”

Chen Mu thought for a while: "I want to rebuild a team. Not a single officer either. ”

Li Xiu finished writing the paperwork bit by bit and handed it to Chen Mu.

Chen Mu came back in a bad mood, handed over the token and the troop transfer document to Zhang Han, and asked Zhang Han to order troops.

Leaving the lame man, there are some things I want to talk to the cripple.

But the cripple spoke first: "Why don't you let me go to order troops, even if I show my face." ”

Chen Mu instantly understood the meaning of the cripple - people always have preconceived ideas, whoever goes to order soldiers, those soldiers will be more willing to listen to them in the future. When they went to the city, they mainly fought in small teams, and a captain with thirty men dealt with a ladder. More senior officers were responsible for directing and coordinating these teams.

It is absolutely no problem to let an experienced veteran like the cripple lead thirty people to deal with a cloud ladder, and at this time Chen Mu has another idea, if it really comes to the step of killing Kong Xiaoxian, Chen Mu needs a few right-hand men. And the lame man is naturally his most effective stopper. The cripple can't fight, but he's smart. Sometimes, cleverness is more important than combat power.

So Chen Mu waved his hand and said: "Then you go quickly, select thirty strong ones for your control, and pick the rest and hand them over to Zhang Han." ”

"Then I'm the first captain of the temporary first team, right?" Zhang said with a smile.

"Hehe, you old thing, purely an official fan, go ahead."

The lame man was quick to do things, and soon selected thirty strong people to come back, and he also assisted Zhang Han in selecting some more, and pulled these 100 people to the door of the "Chen Patrol Inspection" to select the ten masters.

After the cripple returned, his spirit was not the same as before. He discussed with Zhang Han, and selected a captain from among the hundred people, brought it to Chen Mu, and waited for Chen Mu's approval.

Chen Mu believed in the vision of the lame, and the person they selected was also a person with qigong, according to him, the combat power of the second grade. used to be just a ten-division commander, but because he didn't get along with the captain, he was never promoted. The man's name was Ruhan.

Chen Mu nodded in agreement, and Lu Han went out happily.

Chen Mu said in a low voice: "I have one thing I have to tell you two, I want to hear your opinions." Tang Hong had the heart to kill Kong Xiaoxian and Kong Xiaodong. And I, or rather our newly formed unit, have two missions. First, to assist in the defense of the North City Gate, and second, to kill Kong Xiaoxian and Kong Xiaodong. Would you like to do it with me? ”

The cripple immediately said, "I do." ”

Zhang Han paused slightly: "Kong Xiaoxian used to be my captain, let me attack him, I ......"

Chen Mu said: "You go to deal with Kong Xiaodong." ”

"That's fine." Zhang Han straightened up.

Chen Mu stood up: "There is another order that needs to be conveyed, if there is a scout returning, order the four gates to directly detain the scout and escort it to Tang Hong." This was the first order Tang Hong gave me, but now I feel that this order is no longer important. ”

Zhang lame smiled: "It's just a gimmick to give you military power." ”

Chen Mu turned around and smiled: "I can't hide anything from you, an old slippery head." ”

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In the first year of heaven, on March 15, when it was ugly, it was the dark moon and the wind was high.

Before the scouts could come back, Arando's soldiers had already killed them, so it was clear that the scouts might never return.

Thousands of enemy troops set up catapults, carried ladders, pushed carts, and held bows and crossbows and shields, and attacked the south, west, and north sides of Jiuquan City, leaving only the east gate without fighting.

With Arlando's shrewdness, it must be meaningful for him to keep the east gate unbeaten.

From Arlando's tactical design, Chen Mu drew three conclusions:

First: In order to prevent the Liang army's "last battle" from breaking out into an amazing combat force, Allando set aside a door to allow the Liang army to escape at any time. Doing so can shake the determination of the Liang army commander to defend the city, and he will not fight to the death.

Second: Alandor arranged an ambush in the east of the city, and if the Liang army escaped from the east gate, it would be in Alando's arms.

Third: There was no Elandor in the Liang army, because Alantor did not know that the four gates of Jiuquan had been blocked by the Liang army with big stones. Otherwise, he wouldn't have sent a rushing car to hit the gates.

After watching the city for a while, Chen Mu walked down the city wall and completely handed over the defense of the city head to the Kong brothers.

When I went down the city wall, I also met an old acquaintance Dian Allegiance, and Dian Allegiance said with a smile: "Xiao Chen, we are really fateful, and we are going to guard the same city gate again." ”

Chen Mu smiled bitterly and nodded.