The morning mist was kind, and not long after the gate of the inner city was opened, the soldiers guarding the gate were yawning against the huge iron-clad wooden gate, and three cavalrymen brushed his body and rushed out of the Suzaku Gate like a whirlwind.

The violent sound of hooves echoed through the doorway, and the soldiers who were almost knocked down held on to the wide open gates, swearing at the backs of the three riders in horror, but they did not dare to amplify their voices. In just a glance, the clothes of the chamberlain and Ban Zhi passed in front of him, and he had been guarding the inner city gate for seven or eight years, of course, he knew that this was an envoy who went out with an urgent edict.

'Isn't it going to be another big deal?' He looked at his back in the distance and thought.

In Han Gang's sour eyes, the bright red morning light was particularly dazzling. In order to send troops, he actually stayed in Miyagi for a whole night. The Son of Heaven can find an excuse to drop out of the dynasty for a day, and then recruit the ministers into the palace after he sleeps, and Zhang Dun's Hanlin appointment can also be replaced by several people. But Han Gang didn't have such good luck, so he could only go to the government office in the early morning light.

In the blink of an eye, when Han Gang turned his gaze back from the eastern glow back to due south, the rider who had just taken the edict all the way south had already passed through the Suzaku Gate and crossed the state bridge, leaving only a small back.

"I hope Yukun, your cousin's actions after receiving the order can be faster." Zhang Dian withdrew his gaze from the messenger and looked back at Han Gang, "If we arrive in Tanzhou, he hasn't put the reinforcements in order, then it's a big problem. ”

"Don't you know what your cousin is doing and what he does?" Han Gang smiled. Now the general who is named to lead the Jingnan Army to the south is his cousin Li Xin, which can be regarded as a quid pro quo, "It will take a certain amount of time to rectify the troops and horses, but there are not many troops, and the mobilization should not be too slow." Even if we were to go south on a part-time basis, we would only be able to stay in Beijing for two more days at most, and we would have to leave in two days. The key is whether the troops that can be brought out are enough. ”

The Son of Heaven had approved the transfer of 2,000 soldiers as reinforcements to the south, and at the same time, 2,000 men were also the core strength of the Guangxi army that Zhang Dian used to transform the Guangxi army. At the beginning, he also arrived in Jingnan with a team of Guanxi elites, and in a short period of time, the Jingnan army became an elite soldier in the south who crossed mountains and mountains and waded through water. It's just that these two thousand soldiers are just numbers in the military register, and the vacancies that have been eaten up are certainly not excluded.

"But Yukun, don't worry, the few commanders selected by Brother Yu are all elites of Jinghu South Road, and at least the number of people can be guaranteed to be around fifteen hundred." Zhang Dian made a guarantee to Han Gang.

"Fifteen hundred? That's seventy and a half. Han Gang nodded, "It can be regarded as an elite." ”

It is actually very simple to distinguish whether the elite of today's Great Song Dynasty official army is actually very simple, it is enough to see how much empty salary is eaten. The more vacancies, the worse the combat power of course. The garrison of Tanzhou is also divided into different military numbers, among which the elite, the proportion of empty pay is about two and a half to three percent, and the remaining number is five or six percent. Zhang Dian and Han Gang have been in the army for a long time, and they are also well aware of the disadvantages of this situation.

After a few steps forward, the breakfast stalls on both sides of the corridor had already been set up at this time, and the popularity was very strong. Zhang Dian and Han Gang looked at it, there were too many suspects, and they accepted the idea of having breakfast here.

"If it weren't for the command of these three or five elites, where would I have won Tian Yuanmeng in Yuanzhou, let alone the Su Fang in Meishan and Yang Guangqian in Feishan. At the beginning, Liu Zhongwu and his cousin Ling brought out the soldiers from Guanxi, as long as they remained in Jingnan, Tai Ban was among them, and they could be regarded as a part of the Western Army. Zhang Dian smiled, "It's just that it can't be compared with the real Kansai powerhouse." ”

"It's already pretty good." Han Gang sighed, "In the Western Army, only a very small number of elite soldiers can reach ninety percent, and even higher ones are the selected vanguard armies from all walks of life. The rest is basically seventy out of eighty. He laughed again, "Do you know which of the Western Army has no vacancies?" ”

Zhang Dian thought for a moment and asked rhetorically, "But the Fan Army?" ”

Han Gang sneered twice, nodded and said, "Exactly!" It's hard to give up good money, and the top and bottom are the strictest in checking the Tibetan army. ”

Zhang Dian let out a long sigh, "It would be nice if the discipline in the army could be as strict as it was for the Tibetan army." ”

"The art of war has not been able to be done, so this matter is not easy to say." It's ridiculous, but that's the reality. Even if Wang Anshi and Cai Ting promote the art of war, there is no way to change the reality, "In the past two years of disarmament training, there have indeed been many vacancies, but they have not gone deeper. And the art of war is only to strengthen training and unify orders. If you want to investigate as strictly as the Fan army, all the soldiers in the world will be offended. ”

The art of war was changed only to the establishment above the command level, and there was not much adjustment at all to the establishment below the command level, which was equivalent to the battalion level in later generations. As long as there is no change in the military system at all, the malpractice of eating empty salaries and drinking the blood of soldiers will not disappear.

In Han Gang's view, it is not necessary to break up the establishment from scratch and set up a new army. If the officers and soldiers want to maintain a certain level of combat strength, they can only rely on war to sharpen themselves. If there is no war, although I can't remember how many years later, the performance of the Hebei army in the face of the southbound Jin soldiers, Han Gang is like thunder.

Both of them were a little depressed for a while, and walked in silence for a while.

Turning around West Cross Street, there are more and more pedestrians on the street. Although it is not like the ghost market in the east of the city, the vendors in it are all three watches and five watches, but further west of West Cross Street, there is also a morning market, which is not worse than the ghost market.

When he went home, he went west. And if Han Gang wants to go to the Ordnance Prison, he is going north.

Just as he was about to part ways, Zhang Dian suddenly asked: "I finally achieved something in the ordnance prison, and now I want to go to Guangxi to serve as an official, I wonder if Yu Kundan is worried about the matter in prison?" ”

Han Gang laughed again. After all, there are not many people in the world who can follow the rules, and the successor is indispensable to get along with the predecessor. Lu Huiqing took over the appointment of Zeng Businong Temple, and directly issued a document asking the subordinates below to write 'unfinished business'. And Han Gang took over Lu Huiqing's appointment, and he was just as polite, saying that Xiao Gui Cao followed, but in a blink of an eye, he used one invention after another to completely take the military weapons supervisor in his hands. But it is not so easy to take over the next appointment of the ordnance supervisor and find his fault with Han Gang:

"The Ordnance Warden's accounts are clean, and I haven't poked my hands in them once. Most of the rules in it are in accordance with Lu Jifu, and it is difficult to make it easier. Besides, the current production of the Plate Armor Bureau is four hundred and fifty a day. It's 13,000 a month, and just maintaining the current output is enough for people to work for a while. And it is even more impossible to surpass me in the invention of weapons. Otherwise, Han Gang, I don't dare to be proud, but in the military weapon, I will never lose. ”

"Yukun, explain too much." Zhang Dian glanced at Han Gang with a smile in his eyes.

“…… Well. Han Gang was silent for a moment, and suddenly laughed at himself, "Because I'm unwilling." ”

Han Gang was indeed a little unwilling, not because he was going to Guangxi to serve as an official, but because the matter in Yongzhou was unexpected. If it weren't for Yongzhou's affairs, he would still want to work in the ordnance prison for another year, at least to push the steel smelting process as far further as possible. Whoever takes over the Weapons Warden will never invest more in smelting than he did when he was in his hands.

It's a pity that Jiaozhi invaded south, and Hangang naturally needed to go south. Compared with the ordnance supervisor who can find a certain level of suitable candidates to take care of him, Han Gang's role in the medical treatment of the army, especially the confidence of the officers and men in the army, is difficult to replace.

"The ordnance supervisor may be in charge of Zeng Lingxuan [Zeng Xiaokuan] back, Yukun, you can rest assured......"

Han Gang nodded, he was a little relieved, at least Zeng Xiaokuan would not be stupid enough to want to be in the weapons prison.

"The matter in Beijing is going to be put down. This time, you and I will go to Guangxi, but we want to return a peace to southern Xinjiang! Zhang Duan paused, "In addition, there is another sentence. ”

"What?"

"On the side of the couch, how can you allow others to snore!"

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'On the side of the couch, let others snore. ’

Back in the ordnance prison, Han Gang informed his subordinates that he was going to be transferred to Guangxi. After causing a bit of confusion, he told him to hurry up and prepare for the handover. The eunuchs and Ling Shi below were all in a hurry, while Han Gang was sitting in the public hall, thinking about Zhang Dian's words.

Zhang Dian was appointed as the governor of Guizhou, Han Gang was appointed as the deputy envoy of Guangxi, and the two cadres of the New Party all went out, and they were appointed as prefectures and counties, and they were not temporary assignments. From a personnel point of view, the New Party seems to have suffered a big loss. And once the Pingnan camp is established, under the suppression of the commander of the army, Zhang Dian and Han Gang will not have too many opportunities to make meritorious contributions.

But then again, as long as Zhang Dian and Han Gang performed well enough, they would have enough results before the Pingnan Xing Camp was officially established. The Son of Heaven and the court could only form a camp for the Southern Expedition around the two of them.

Listening to Zhang's tone, that's what he thought.

If he can really do it, then from then on, he will have the qualifications to enter the Privy Palace.

And look at yourself in reverse. Speaking of positions, the deputy envoy of the transfer is actually two to three levels lower than the transfer envoy - this is to highlight the authority of the chief official and not to spoil the political affairs due to disputes - that is, the seniority of the governor of Zhongzhou. This appointment is not a high promotion for Han Gang, and if the problems of the capital and the local area are included, he will actually suffer a big loss. The positions that can earn merit are like the shortage of salt in the coastal pipes, and how many people would rather have a high position and a low allocation, but also want to grab it. As long as this time he can smoothly pacify Jiaozhi, relying on the scheduled position of transporting with the army, it is indispensable to turn into a full-time transporter.

From the chief officer of the Beijing Central Supervision Department to the promotion to the Cao Division, it is definitely a big stride. Although Feng Jing and the others had a different idea for recommending them, Han Gang still had to 'thank' them for giving him this opportunity.

As for trying to keep him out of the capital in the future, it is not so easy.