Shi Zhiyuan stood up and straightened his clothes. The attendants took out the brocade box from the inner tent and presented the holy decree. Shi Zhiyuan took it with both hands, raised it high, and shouted: "Han Gang took the order!" ”

Han Gang knelt on the ground and shouted loudly: "Minister Han Gang took the order!" ”

Shi Zhiyuan unfolded the holy decree and recited it aloud: "Han Gang, the commander of the Cha'an Su Army and the commander of the Ma Army of the former Northern Expeditionary Army, disregarded the will of the imperial court, disobeyed the decree, sent troops privately, attacked friendly cities, and sabotaged the imperial court peace conference, which is tantamount to rebellion and a heinous crime. The court was condemned, and everyone was shocked and angry. This decree ordered Shi Zhiyuan to lead a large army to crusade and arrest, to destroy the rebels, capture Han Gang, and execute him on the spot, so as to maintain the alliance between the Great Zhou and the Great Liao Friendly States, and safeguard the faith of the Great Zhou Heavenly Dynasty. Chin this! ”

Han Gang was stunned, opened his mouth wide and looked up at Shi Zhiyuan's indifferent face, unable to speak for a long time.

This is actually not the will of Han Gang, this will is actually the will of the imperial court to Shi Zhiyuan. Shi Zhiyuan asked Han Gang to accept the order, but he actually told Han Gang that he was acting on orders, and he was helpless.

"General Han, you ...... Got it? This will is clearly stated, the imperial court wants me to lead an army of 80,000 to Xijin Mansion, that is not to fight with you against the Liao, but to take your head. Although Shi admired General Han very much, he ...... The holy decree is difficult to disobey, and Shi is powerless. General Han, you don't blame me. Shi Zhiyuan put down the holy decree and said softly.

Han Gang's throat was dry and he couldn't speak. He was cold from head to toe. No wonder Shi Zhiyuan did not lead his army into the city, but camped outside the city. In fact, this is a posture of combat. He has come to destroy himself and take his own head. Not only was the imperial court not happy that it had captured Xijin Mansion, but now it seems that the imperial court blamed itself for making peace with the Liao. The imperial court should have been frightened, so it wanted to take its own head to ask the Liao people for their guilt and ask for forgiveness from the Liao people.

Han Gang's mind instantly flashed the words that Lin Jue and Ma Changqing had said when they left not long ago. Lin Jue bitterly persuaded himself not to believe that the imperial court would be happy because he occupied Xijin Mansion, and not to have any illusions, because the imperial court had long lost its backbone, and it was already a court that was struggling to survive, and only wanted to be safe without any retribution. He persuaded himself to go with him to establish a new Great Zhou, and to abandon this dull and inactive court. At that time, he thought that Lin Jueyan was exaggerated, and thought that he said these words in order to let him join the Luoyan Army. Obviously, Lin Jue saw much more clearly than himself, he went out of the court, and without hesitation, he embarked on the road of breaking the throne, bearing the charge of betraying the court, and enduring the accusations of rebels, because he completely understood the essence of the court. Ma Changqing also understood, so he went with Lin Jue without hesitation. The two men tried to convince themselves, but they didn't figure it out.

When the two of them left, he still felt sorry in his heart. But in fact, he is the object of regret. Lin Jue and Ma Changqing are the ones who should express their regrets.

"General Han, don't blame me. Shi is actually very entangled, I could have deceived you, and then. Enter the Xijin Mansion and take advantage of the chaos to kill you by surprise. But I didn't do that. I didn't even plan to tell you the purpose of Shi's coming here so soon, I plan to invite you to my barracks to have a showdown with you in a few days, I want to make General Han happy for a few days, so that you can be happier in the last time. However, you came on your own initiative. To tell you the truth, the official of the imperial court is still in our army, and he is an official of the political affairs hall, and he is here to deliver the decree and supervise my behavior as a prisoner. If you come, I can't

Let you go, I can't protect you. Shi Zhiyuan looked at Han Gang, who was kneeling on the ground, and said in a deep voice.

Han Gang nodded and slowly stood up. As soon as his hand was on the hilt of the knife at his waist, more than a dozen guards in the tent suddenly drew their blades and glared at him with fierce eyes.

Shi Zhiyuan said in a deep voice: "General Han, don't resist, you can't escape." It is useless to resist at this time. ”

Han Gang shook his head and smiled: "General Shi, don't worry, I can't blame you, I can't escape, and I won't escape." I was too stupid to think that the court would change its mind. Who would have thought that the imperial court would be so timid. The imperial court has completely surrendered to the Liao. Someone told me before that there were people in the DPRK who were pro-Liao and controlled the government and harmed Yang Shumi. I was still skeptical, but now I understand it thoroughly. The old thief Lu Zhongtian refused to let us go after all, he was going to surrender to the Liao. It's too late to say these things now, I, Han Gang, am not a person who is afraid of death, and I won't do it to my brothers and soldiers in order to survive at this time, I can't do it. General Shi, I have only one request, I hope you can grant me. ”

Shi Zhiyuan nodded and said, "General Han said yes." ”

Han Gang said: "I did the dispatch of troops, and the generals and soldiers under my command just obeyed the order, and they were not at fault." I hope you don't go down against them. I will order them to disarm and leave them at your disposal. I only hope that you don't want to kill them because they defeated the Xijin Mansion of the Liao State with me, they are the bloody soldiers in my Great Zhou army, is it wrong to kill the Liao people and attack the Liao City? I hope that General Shi will not chill the soldiers of the Great Zhou. ”

Shi Zhiyuan frowned and pondered for a moment, and said in a deep voice: "General Han, the original will of the imperial court was to exterminate you and all those who follow you, if I don't act, the imperial court is afraid that it will punish me." If that is the case, you will dismiss these people. They ran away, and the court couldn't blame me. What do you think? ”

Han Gang bowed to the ground and said in a deep voice: "Thank you General Shi, I still have a general like you General Shi in Da Zhou, there should still be hope." Listen to you, I'll arrange it, and I'll give me my head when I turn around. ”

Shi Zhiyuan stretched out his hand and said, "General Han, please take care of yourself." ”

Han Gang thanked him, turned around and walked to the door of the big tent, Shi Zhiyuan turned his back to him, and did not order anyone to stop him. Han Gang stood at the door of the big tent, looked at the gray sky and sighed, and stretched out his hand to summon the two accompanying pro-military captains who were standing not far away.

"General Han, shall we go back? The horses are over there. The two lieutenants thought they were leaving, and stepped forward to say.

Han Gang nodded and said, "I want to go back, but it's just you going back." Liu Jincai, Wei Erhu, you two listen to me, you must take back what I said word for word, and tell General Zhang, General Feng, and Vice General Yuan to listen. Word for word, understand? ”

The two guards were frightened by Han Gang's serious and solemn tone, and nodded in agreement.

Han Gang said in a low voice: "You go back to the city immediately, tell a few generals, and leave Xijin Mansion immediately with your brothers." You must leave tonight, and don't leave any of them behind. ”

The two lieutenants were stunned and said, "This ...... What do you mean, sir? ”

Han Gang sighed and said, "Don't ask more, this is for your good." Tell them that I, Han Gang, don't want them to die in Xijin Mansion, and leaving is the best choice. Remember, remember. ”

Although the two lieutenants did not understand what was happening, they understood the seriousness of the matter. Okay, Liu Jincai frowned and asked, "Why don't you go back with us?" Is the court to blame? ”

Wei Erhu said in a deep voice: "Are they going to be unfavorable to us?" Bad for adults? My lord, let's go out and gather our brothers to fight with them. ”

Han Gang shouted coldly: "Shut up! If you still treat me as Han Gang as your superior, if you still have a trace of respect for me, then go back immediately to convey my orders. The rest of the matter is my Han Gang's business, and it has nothing to do with you. ”

The two lieutenants were speechless and looked at Han Gang in a daze.

Han Gang reached out and patted the two of them on the shoulder, and said softly, "Go ahead." Don't let me down. Han Mou was upright in his life, and he never wanted to drag others down, let alone his own brothers. Go back immediately, it's an order. ”

The two captains gritted their teeth and nodded, and at the same time knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Han Gang. Han Gang nodded with his hands, and the two of them got up after kowtowing, bowed back a few steps and turned around to leave.

Han Gang suddenly shouted, "Wait a minute." ”

Wei Erhu turned his head and said excitedly: "Do you want to go with us?" ”

Han Gang smiled and shook his head, took a few steps closer, pondered for a moment, and said in a very low voice: "If the brothers have nowhere to go...... You can go to ...... Funiu Mountain ...... Defected to Ma Qingshan Ma. He will take you in. Because you can't go back to your hometown, you can't go back to the Great Zhou army, there must always be a place to stay. I think that's the best place for you to stay. Of course, everything is voluntary, and that's just my suggestion. Say goodbye to my brothers on my behalf, and say that I, Han Gang, am very satisfied to have so many good brothers in this life, and I hope to be brothers in the next life. Go ahead! ”

Han Gang said, turned around quickly, took a big stride, and walked back into the big tent. The two lieutenants bowed their hands from afar, turned around and ran to the place where the guards were, turned on their horses, and galloped out of the camp and back to the city.

In the big tent, Han Gang stood quietly in front of Shi Zhiyuan with a smile on his face.

Shi Zhiyuan said in a deep voice: "Has General Han explained it?" ”

Han Gang nodded and said, "Okay, thank you General Shi for making it complete." General Shi, I had a lot of misunderstandings about you before, and I thought you were very unbearable when I listened to people's words. Today, General Shi is a benevolent and righteous man. Han was grateful. ”

Shi Zhiyuan smiled and said: "Shi is indeed not a good person, Shi loves sex, money, and merit, but Shi is very sober in righteousness and right and wrong." General Han, Shi admires you very much, and he is ashamed of himself. The court is so unfair to you that it makes people feel cold. But there is no way, Shi can't disobey the order, and asks General Han not to blame me. ”

Han Gang nodded and said, "Of course it's not strange, you already give me a lot of face." If you can let my 20,000 brothers live, you have already done what you can. However, Han is also a trustworthy person, and he will not embarrass you. Today I will give you the head of the item. ”

Han Gang reached out and pulled out the long knife at his waist, took out a soft cloth from his arms, slowly wiped the shiny blade a few times, and slowly put it on his neck.

The muscles on Shi Zhiyuan's face were distorted, and he was obviously quite conflicted and entangled in his heart.

"General Han, do you have any final words to say?" Shi Zhi is far away.

Han Gang thought for a while and said softly: "Han Mou has been loyal to the country and served the court wholeheartedly. Han was born in poverty, and he was already quite grateful for the favor of the imperial court. Han did what he wanted to do, and he was already very satisfied. If Han has any regrets in this life, it is ...... Didn't die on the battlefield where the enemy was killed. And a lot more words...... But Han didn't want to say it, so he just ...... Say nothing, so be it. ”

Han Gang's hand holding the knife only dragged quickly, and the sharp blade slashed his throat, and blood rushed out. Han Gang leaned back and fell on his back.