For Wang Zhongzheng to come to Hehuang to supervise the army, Han Gang couldn't say that he welcomed it much--it was not because of Wenchen's natural discrimination against eunuchs--he just thought that if there was one more person to share the credit, the weight of the others would always be a little less.

But this position fell to Wang Zhongzheng, which can barely be said to be a blessing in misfortune, and it is better than other eunuchs to supervise the army. At least Wang Zhongzheng did a good job when Luo Wu withdrew his troops. Although he didn't take the initiative to come to Luo Wu, he didn't interfere in military affairs like Bian Lingcheng in Tongguan and Yu Chaoenzhi in Beipi and did bad things - if Han Gang wants to evaluate it, it can be said that it is his duty.

As for Wang Zhongzheng's greed for money and bribery when he came to Qinzhou to proclaim the edict, it was a small problem, and with the huge profits of the current Longxi Yanchang, how could he fill his appetite.

Although it is not the best result, it is barely acceptable, this is what Han Gang, Wang Shao, and Gao Zunyu think about Wang Zhongzheng's coming to supervise the army.

However, when Wang Hou first heard this, he was still a little indignant when he favored the eunuchs and did not trust the local guards, and complained repeatedly.

Han Gang said with a smile: "Just take it as if he was a horse...... In the future, it will be changed to the pacification department, and there will still be eunuchs here, which is inevitable. ”

Wang Houhui let out a long sigh and smiled bitterly, after all, there was nothing he could do about it.

Fighting horses passed in front of the camp of the Jingyuan reinforcements, and the shouts of the troops shook inside and outside, and the commander of the battalion was still in the drill.

Wang Houchao pouted: "Yao Wuzhi is here, Yukun, do you know the Dao?" ”

Han Gang smiled: "The location of Jingyuan Xuanfeng is still arranged by me, you say that I know the way but I don't know the way." ”

Wang Hou also smiled, he was confused. Han Gang is the assistant to appease the driver Yi, Wang Shao, and Gao Zunyu, and these trivial details should have been handled by him. He looked back at the gate that had been left behind, and Yao Yu was probably already in the camp now. "In Yukun's opinion, how about Yao Dabi's seed five?" He asked Han Gang.

"Yao Yu and the seed man?!"

Han Gang turned his head in surprise, only to see Wang Hou nodding, "Even if you have seen Yao Wuzhi, and you are familiar with the seed, you are the only one here...... Don't ask, who do you ask? ”

“…… In the past, they may have been compatible, but now the two are incomparable. Han Gang frowned, and pondered the words, "In terms of using troops, the seed has already looked at the overall situation, and its attack on Suide and the construction of Luowu are all aimed at capturing Hengshan and then destroying Western Xia." And Yao Wuzhi is just relieved to be his capital eunuch, he has always acted according to orders, and he has never heard of any aggressive moves. Xiang Chongge didn't wait for his life back then, so he went out to take Suide, but Yao Wuzhi couldn't do it. ”

"The seed is a secret order!" Wang Hou immediately pointed out Han Gang's mistake, "And it was passed on by Gao Gong in the middle." ”

Han Gang snorted coldly: "It's not an order from the Privy Council!" ”

Wang Hou was speechless - Han Gang was not wrong.

When a border general sends troops to attack the enemy city, either there is a letter signed by the privy envoy or an order from the envoy, otherwise he is arrogant in raising troops. Even if there is a secret decree of the Son of Heaven, it is not lawful in the absence of a counter-signature from the Privy Council. Any civil official, as long as he is a little bolder, can be thrown aside.

Therefore, after he captured Suide, he was almost killed by the Privy Council for the crime of life, and the Suide City he captured had to be returned to Western Xia. If Guo Kui hadn't endorsed Suide City for the sake of him, the Son of Heaven would not have been able to protect him. But he was still punished after all, and Gao Zunyu, who delivered the news in the middle, was also punished. He was troubled for two years because of this matter, and it was not until Han Jiang Xuanfu Shaanxi that he was fished out of the place under his administration. And next, with the support of Han Jiang, he presided over the strategy of entering Luowu and capturing Hengshan.

Compared with the seed, Yao is much worse. Judging from past experience, Yao Jidang is a qualified general, but his ability as a marshal has not been shown once.

That's the gap.

Wang Hou was silent, and the sound of horses' hooves rang all the way. After a while, he suddenly said again: "I didn't expect Yukun to have such a high evaluation of Seed Zheng. ”

"It's a little higher, but the younger brother doesn't want to plant five to go far. Yao Da who came can obey orders, if he comes to plant five, even if he doesn't care about his current identity and his temperament, who can suppress him? ”

"Hehe......" Wang Houwan smiled, "That's right!" Even if he brought Xuan Feng over, Yao Ji was afraid that he would still not be as good as a cultivator. ”

Wang Hou's words made Han Gang suddenly have a flash of inspiration, and he thought of something inexplicably, "Speaking of which, Tongyuan is not short of good generals and elite soldiers, and it is time to make up a selection of commanders to command." It is much more convenient to appease a team of trustworthy elites in hand. ”

Wang Hou got serious: "Yukun...... Did you tell Jia Yan? ”

"I just thought of it, I don't know what Brother Dao wants?"

"This should be done!" Wang Hou said categorically.

As soon as Han Gang had a flash of inspiration, he asked the two of them to whip quickly, and they returned to the yamen in one fell swoop.

In the main hall, Wang Shao was still sitting alone, reviewing documents—Gao Zunyu was now in Beijing, and he was in Tokyo—several officials were waiting around, and a low-ranking civil official was in front of him, reporting his official affairs respectfully.

"Coming back?" Hearing the movement, Wang Shao raised his head, waved his hand to let a few officials step aside, and asked, "What's going on at the winery?" ”

Han Gang glanced at a few officials first, and several of them immediately retired with interest.

When there were only three people left in the hall, Han Gang explained the matter with a few words with a wry smile.

Wang Shao frowned, no wonder Han Gang didn't want to say it in front of outsiders. Fu Qing and Wang Sunchen are too embarrassing to steal chickens and dogs, all of them are officials who live in good bodies and are surrounded by personal guards, how can they still do such things as chickens and dogs. It can be dozens of catties of wine, and it is not convenient to punish them. He was about to say something, but Wang Hou, who couldn't bear it, stood up and told his father about Han Gang's proposal.

Wang Hou said in a deep voice, "There are not many other people in the Tongyuan Army, but there are many elite soldiers and strong generals. Even if they are not in the military, they are all elites who can go into battle. When it comes to choosing a front, compared to other roads, you will only think that there is too much room for selection, and you are not afraid that you will not be able to pick out people! ”

Wang Hou looked at his father expectantly, but Wang Shao shook his head.

"My lord! Choose an army and prepare for all roads. It can be seen that it is really useful when going into battle. Why not?! ”

"It's not that I disagree." Wang Shao smiled peacefully, "If you don't say it, I'm also going to do it." It's just that the candidate for the leader is difficult to decide, and Gao Gongxuan is not there, so I don't discuss with him at this time to order the selection of the striker, so as to ensure that he will have a mustard in his heart. ”

Wang Hou wanted to speak and stopped, but Han Gang persuaded beside him, "Gao Anfu has been gone for a month and a half, counting the time, it is time to come back with Wang Zhongzheng." Just wait a minute, and it's not going to be a few days. ”

After appeasing Wang Hou, Han Gang turned around again, "Pacify, Gao Anfu is not here, it is indeed inconvenient to select the generals and presiding officers, but it should be no problem for the soldiers below to choose." The soldiers decided first, and when Gao was appeased, they decided who would lead the army. In this way, the division can choose the forward to catch up with the time to send troops. ”

Wang Shao thought for a moment and nodded in agreement: "It's okay...... I'll leave this matter to Miao Zhu to do, and I'll inform him tomorrow, so you don't care. ”

Han Gang said goodbye from the main hall, and Wang Hou was left inside.

Yao Yi has recently arrived in Tongyuan, and it stands to reason that a reception banquet should be held for him. But in the next ten days, reinforcements will arrive one after another, and if one comes, a reception banquet will be held, and the thousands of ministers' money in Wang Shao's pocket will be turned upside down in a blink of an eye. Therefore, it is to hold a simple family banquet first, and when the whole army gathers and swears to send troops, the generals will be gathered together and the matter of picking up the wind and washing the dust will be done together - since it is a family banquet, of course, it will be handed over to Wang Hou to take measures, and Han Gang will not need to interfere.

Walking in Han Gang, he was thinking about Wang Shao's decision. It seems that Wang Shao still respects Gao Zunyu very much, and he is afraid that he will secretly have a mustard in his heart, and even the selection of the soldiers will be handed over to the Miao of Gao Zunyu's faction.

But Wang Shao did the right thing, and he would do the same thing.

A few officials who came towards him saw Han Gang coming, and hurriedly retreated to the side to salute. Han Gang nodded at them absentmindedly, still secretly praising Wang Shao's old age in his heart:

Now hand over the right to select the Feng soldiers to Miao Zhu, and wait for Gao Zunyu to come back, so he has to repay the favor and not compete with Wang Shao for the selection of the generals who will lead the selection of the Feng. This kind of means of taking the initiative in his hands with an understatement still appeared in a blink of an eye after Han Gang's proposal, and now that I think about it, it is really admirable.

When he returned to his public hall, several subordinate officials hurriedly greeted him and served him to sit down. Han Gang took the hot tea they served, and casually flipped through the official documents on the desk, which was nothing serious. All matters related to the dispatch of troops have been planned, and there will be no panic. And now that Yao's family has come, there is no need to worry about some sudden chaos and catching people off guard.

With nothing to do, Han Gang sipped the snow-white tea soup in one gulp, thinking about the upcoming battle in the slowly rising water vapor.

Speaking of which, the scale of this troop dispatch is indeed not small. The original 5,000 soldiers and horses of the Tongyuan Army, excluding the garrisons left behind, still had to dispatch more than 3,000, plus about 6,000 reinforcements sent from the two routes, the total number was close to 10,000 - all of them were teams that went into battle to fight, not the number of people who were usually counted together.

With such military strength, it should not be difficult to defeat the Tubo people of Wusheng's army. But just like Luo Wucheng, it is very troublesome to hold Lintao for a long time. If you want to keep Lintao, control the Taoshui Basin. In the Wusheng army, four or five thousand soldiers must be stationed, and at the same time, several key strategic locations must be placed under the walled city. This required the requisition of a large number of people to transport grain and grass and build city defenses. However, the matter of Tuntian is related to the future development of the Tongyuan Army, and it cannot be delayed here, and it is necessary to organize and open up channels this winter, and manpower cannot be arbitrarily transferred.

Manpower and food, two things plagued the development of the Tongyuan Army, relatively speaking, the war is not so troublesome.

Holding the warm tea cup in his hand, he sighed to himself: It is easier said than done, and it is not easy to do one thing well.