[I forgot the time when I wrote it, and I almost forgot to update, sorry, sorry. 】

Li Yu was dripping with cold sweat, his back was wet, and several of his companions Ma Zhu, Zhou Yu, and Chen Zhen were also sweating.

Although the restaurant box where they are located does not have the luxury of splendor, the elegant and pleasant layout reflects the four words of ingenuity everywhere, and the furnishings and wall hangings are all of the highest quality. In terms of style, it is far above the restaurant that makes people drunk.

The faint scent of sandalwood wafts out from the chic, although it is not strong, it can be matched with the layout in the room, but it is just right. Even if you don't order prostitutes to accompany you and sing and dance, just the indoor and outdoor environment, plus the identity of the host of the banquet, can definitely be regarded as excellent hospitality.

But a few Guan Xue disciples who were recommended to Han Gang to serve as staff members had long lost the mood to enjoy themselves - although what Han Gang gave them was not a stern question, nor a-for-tat examination, but just a few casual questions in small talk.

The customs of Guangxi and Jiaozhi, they asked all the Guangxi people they could find in the capital; In the war of the imperial court in Guangxi in the old years, they found generals who had been to Guanxi; Han Gang's past writings, they also found them to read in detail; In order to prepare for this, they mobilized all the connections they could influence. However, the question Han Gang asked had nothing to do with the homework Li Yu and the others had done beforehand. A few questions to put it mildly are spoken, as if they were commonplace.

No matter which answer he answered, he could only see Han Gang frown for a moment, and then quickly stretched out again, making people think that he was dazzled. But Li Yu and the others would not think so, although they did their best, it was obvious that they could not satisfy Han Gang.

Several people were a little anxious in their hearts. They are one of the heirs of the mantle of Guanxue, and the future is promising, and they will inevitably carry forward the lineage of Guanxue. If you can't pass his assessment, you will lose this rare opportunity in front of you.

The three staff members who once worked together with Han Gang to bring to the capital from Hebei are now all officials. Wei Pingzhen and Fang Xing had no intention of being in the field, and went directly to the local prefecture and county to serve as officials. And the other one named You Alcohol is a disciple of Ercheng. It is said that he was going to be admitted to the Jinshi exam, but relying on his official position, he successfully passed the lock hall exam. It's just that I still fell off the list this year and didn't get admitted to the Jinshi. Now it seems that he has returned to Luoyang and listened to Ercheng's teachings in Songyang Academy again.

After only a year by Han Gang's side, all three staff members got official positions. Among the disciples of Guan Xue's lineage, there are quite a few people who want to mix in Han Gang's curtain, and such good things that fall from the sky can't be cheap outsiders, but there are only a few of them who can get Zhang Zai's recommendation in the future, and each of Li Fu and the four is willing to give up.

"You also know that except for the class straight, there will be no shortage of vacancies in the army. Fighting in battle is not that there are 3,000 people who say 3,000 in the soldier's register. Some have two thousand, some have two thousand five, and if they are unlucky, they are only fifteen hundred, or even a thousand. Therefore, before going into battle, the most important thing is to count the number of people first, so that the task can be assigned. It's just that if you want to count the vacancies in the army, you will commit the taboo below," Han Gang said with a smile, "At the beginning, I had a lot of trouble trying to find out how many soldiers and horses there were in the various families who came to aid Xihe Road. ”

Han Gang paused for a moment and swept his eyes around, but several people were all stammering. This is not too difficult a question, but unfortunately Li Yu and the four of them can't answer.

sighed in my heart, I still lack experience. His examination questions are not about strategy, but about every detail of the march and battle, which is his practical need.

Han Gang, as the number two person in charge of logistics and staff in the General Annan Economic and Strategic Recruitment Division, must grasp the accurate figures first-hand, whether it is his own side or the enemy's side. This requires the staff to analyze and choose from the huge amount of information they have obtained, and at the same time, they must also focus on the interior, so that the commanders of Zhang Dian and Han Gang can understand the actual situation inside the army - knowing themselves and knowing that the other side can win all battles.

This is the work that Li Fu and the others will have to do after they take over, but at the moment, they are obviously not qualified enough, and they are asked so much that they are stammered.

Han Gang didn't intend to give them a slap in the face, so it was too obvious that he didn't need to take action himself, and if he did, he would seem to be too small. After arriving in Guangxi, they will naturally see the reality, and now they are just waking up in advance with good intentions.

Li Fu and the others are all newcomers in their studies, and their experience and ability must not be compared with Wei Pingzhen and Fang Xing, who have been staff members for many years. However, it is all in the same vein as Guan Xue, and Han Gang doesn't mind taking a little time to cultivate his team from scratch. It's just that before that, it is necessary to make them have a clear understanding that their task is not to wear cranes and shake feather fans, but to carry a series of heavy and busy chores.

As for the mastermind, strategist or something, of course Han Gang needs it, of course it is a good thing that someone can give him guidance to gain a firm foothold in the chaotic court, but with the few people who are stammering at the moment, it will not bring him a surprise.

"Marching and fighting are two things, it is not easy to command on the battlefield, and it is equally difficult to lead the army on the road." Giving up the previous topic, Han Gang personally poured wine for several classmates and changed a simple question: "Do you know how far an ordinary foot can go in a day?" ”

Most of them are from Kansai, and they can still answer this simple question. Li Fu said, "If you fight for profit for fifty miles, you will jump on the general, and generally only thirty or forty miles at most." ”

The three sentences do not deviate from the art of war, which makes Han Gang laugh. But he immediately hid his smile and nodded, "That's right. Generally speaking, ordinary forbidden troops march on relatively flat official roads, which look like about thirty or forty miles a day, while elite forbidden troops can walk fifty or sixty miles a day. If it is a rapid march before the battle, it is okay for the elite soldiers to travel more than 100 miles a day, for two or three days in a row. However, in the case of an unknown enemy, it is only twenty or thirty miles, and any more will be dangerous. ”

Ma Zhu said: "I heard that Longxue walked faster when he went south from Guizhou. ”

"The days before arriving in Pennsylvania were indeed more than 100 miles a day. One is because it is in the territory, so you can let go and walk if you encounter an ambush by thieves. Another reason is that the number of troops I bring with me is small, only more than 800 people, which is easy to control. Han Gang sighed, "If you can make tens of thousands of foot soldiers do a hundred miles a day on one road, this ability is worthy of the word famous general." ”

"That is, you want to be a good soldier?" Zhou Bi, who hadn't spoken much, asked.

"Indeed, if you want to do a hundred miles a day, soldiers must be good and good. It's not just a matter of the best soldiers. How can the soldiers not be demoralized when they are on a long march, and they can engage in battle at any time, and it is not enough for a popular general to say a word-"

Li Fu immediately said: "Good at soothing the soldiers? ”

Han Gang smiled, the four words of empty vernacular can be written on a book. But without specific terms, there is no practical meaning, and the real chapter can only be seen in the details.

Chen Zhen said in a deep voice: "With the lowest soldiers, they have the same food and clothing, they don't have a seat, they don't ride, they win food with their own hands, and they share the labor with the soldiers." ”

Han Gang's face still maintained an indifferent smile, "This is Wu Qi!" ”

Still didn't get to the point. In this era, it is impossible to let the generals and commanders of the army learn from Wu Qi's practice. In fact, if you really read the medical and health system and understand it, even if it doesn't say anything about it, if you have the heart, you can do it.

Li Fu scratched his ears, while Chen Zhen tilted his head a little, and looked at Han Gang with his classmates with puzzled eyes, waiting for him to give the answer.

"It's very simple, you can wash your feet with hot water when you go to the place where you stay, you can eat hot food, you can drink hot soup, and there is no better treatment for soldiers who obey orders to fight." Han Gang's expression was serious, "But these things must be done quickly, and we can't wait until the soldiers' bodies are cold." Once a person rests, the sweaty body will soon become cold, and if you eat some cold food, both internally and externally, it is easy to fall ill. And without hot water to wash your feet, you can't let the blood flow of your feet after walking for a day be active, and don't want to go further the next day. ”

This is common sense in the army, and it is also common sense for travelers who are away from home, even the coolies who resist the bag on the dock know a little, but in Li Fu and other scholars, as long as they have not experienced it, they can't think of it, so they can only nod and be taught.

Han Gang stared carefully at the expressions on their faces, but he didn't see any of them disapproving expressions.

That's good. Han Gang was satisfied, and continued, "The morale of the army cannot be maintained by dry food and pickles, and a hot meal with meat and soup is more effective than a silver silk reward that has not yet arrived. The hot water for washing the feet allowed the soldiers to walk ten miles more the next day. It's just that these things are easy to say, but it's not easy to arrange......"

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The western army from Qinfeng and Jingyuan had just moved south, Luo Wucheng had just caught a few scouts who were spying on the military situation, Han Gang was still in the capital to test his staff, and Hedong had already kicked off the war.

Unlike Guangxi, where the war is still brewing, and unlike Kansai, where there is no movement, the war drums in Hedong have been sounded at this time.

Daizhou, Ninghua, Qilan, Huoshan, and the military states on the northeastern border of Hebei Province face the passes of Xijing Road in Liaoguo, all of which are heavily guarded.

When the Yanmen Gate was closed, a pair of vigilant eyes stared at the north, preventing the Khitan iron cavalry in the Xijing Road from taking advantage of the gap to raid Hedong when the war in Fengzhou was in full swing.

The army is massing.

In the course of a month, the elite forces from the prefectures of Hedong crossed the Yellow River in batches and gradually gathered on the only piece of land on Hedong Road located on the west bank of the Yellow River.

And the Hedong Road passed through the pacification envoy, the Taiyuan prefect, and the Xiongwu Army to stay behind Guo Kui, the general flag of the first general in the Great Song Army, and now it is fluttering on the city of Fuzhou.

Under the banner of Guo Kui, the 60,000 horse-foot forbidden troops gathered in Linzhou and Fuzhou bowed down and obeyed orders and were ready to go. Behind them, there were nearly 200,000 people, tens of thousands of horses, mules and livestock, rushing back and forth for the army's grain.

Before that, the Song army, which wanted to recover the lost land, had already sent its eyes and ears to the other side of the mountains.

A Song scout lurks in the mountains and forests of Fengzhou. In front of the saddle of the war horse not far behind him, there was a bloodstained head, which was the lone Western Xia sentinel he met on the road.

Preventing the Western Xia sentinel from returning to Fengzhou with the collected information, the young scout thought of further collecting the information of the party members, and with one of the two credits, he could move up a step higher.

Time passed little by little, and the scout's war horse quietly gnawed on the tender grass on the ground, and the scout remained motionless. The mountain road below him is the road that the Toyoshu garrison must take every day, and as long as he is patient, he will definitely get the information he needs.

A cavalryman suddenly emerged from the road blocked by the mountain wall, and the scout's spirits lifted and his eyes immediately widened. After such cavalry, there were more cavalry. A name, a pair, the most reluctant, is a team of more than 300 riders. In terms of numbers, it is about equivalent to one commander of the cavalry of the Song army.

The cavalry was getting closer and closer, and the flag bearer at the front had already walked directly in front of him, and after more than forty paces, the scout crouched in the forest narrowed his eyes as sharp as falcons: 'What is that......?'

Although this group of more than 300 cavalry held high the banner of Western Xia, most of their attire was somewhat different from the party cavalry no matter how you look at it......

No! The scout shook his head slowly with a solemn expression, his eyes locked on the cavalry team that was fading away in front of him.

Not 'some', but 'big'

It's a big difference!!

"How is that possible?" The low voice was like moaning in a nightmare, "How is this possible?!" ”