"What if you take it, take it back!" Han Gang crossed his waist and waved his hand, saying proudly, Wang Hou and Wang Sunchen applauded on the side.

"Lanzhou is a pass, to the west can lead to the Western Regions, to the south to suppress the Qingtang Dynasty, to the east to shield Qinzhou, to the north can directly smash the party's soft underbelly! This is a battleground for soldiers. Once there is possession of this place, if the western thieves do not let 350,000 people come to defend it, the Empress Dowager Liang is afraid that she will not even be able to sleep well! But how many soldiers are there in total? Han Gang said this, but did not continue the topic, but turned to a look of fascination, and said: "Lanzhou is on the shore of the Yellow River, that section of the river ups and downs, the canyon is deep and continuous, it is said that its magnificent scenery is not under the Hukou and Longmen, which is almost comparable to the Three Gorges. ”

Wang Hou nodded again and again, letting Han Gang fly the topic around. His mind was so caught up in Han Gang's words that he had forgotten the purpose of coming here. kept praising Han Gang: "Xiucai is really knowledgeable." ”

Han Gang said with a smile: "Scholars don't go out, they can know the world." Knowing one and knowing two, drawing inferences from one another, this is also obtained by reading. Han is not a dead student, a young man left home to study, walked from Qinzhou to Jingzhao Mansion, and walked back to Weizhou in order to follow Mr. Hengqu. You can't boast about it anywhere else, at least Kansai Han still knows it well. ”

Wang Houzheng changed his face and said respectfully: "It is worthy of being under the Hengqu Gate." ”

Han Gang nodded solemnly: "If there was no careful teaching by Mr. Zihou, there would be no Han Gang today." ”

Han Gang's words were sincere and heartfelt. He inherited from the old master's full stomach of scriptures and articles, as well as the familiar military books and geography, all of which came from Zhang Zai's teachings.

Under the Hengqu Gate, he learned not only Confucian classics, but also astronomy and geography, the art of war and water conservancy - if you think that Song Confucianism only knows 'Zhihu Ye', it is a big mistake - especially the art of war and geography, which is the focus of Zhang Zai's lectures.

When Zhang Zai was young, he once wrote to Fan Zhongyan, and he was willing to go with the heroes in the township to recover the old land of the Qing and Tang Dynasty. More than ten years later, Zhang Zai was admitted to the Jinshi and began to teach apprentices at the same time. But even so, Zhang Zai's understanding of military affairs was still valued by Cai Ting, the pacification envoy of Jingyuan Road, and the governor of Weizhou [Note 1] -

When Han Gang thought of this, he suddenly had a flash of inspiration, and finally remembered where he had heard of Wang Shao's name!

Zhang Zai once served as a military judge in Weizhou, and Cai Ting was the most important. He was in Weizhou, teaching students while helping Cai Ting to rectify the army establishment and check the vacancies. Just last year, I heard that Zhang Zaizheng helped Cai Ting revise and standardize the art of war founded by Fan Zhongyan. Before Han Gang returned, he heard that Cai Xianggong's implementation of the art of war was very effective, and it was valued by the imperial court, especially the young officials who wanted to enrich the country and strengthen the army, and Wang Xianggong, who assisted him in the revival of the Great Song Dynasty, were very optimistic about this new rule of reorganizing the local army and improving combat effectiveness and command efficiency.

At that time, beside Cai Ting, there was another doorman who was deeply valued. He was also a Jinshi, and he was the same as Zhang Zai in the second year of Jiayou Ding Youke [1057] - that is, the same year as it is commonly known - but unlike Zhang Zai, he gave up his official position because he failed to participate in the examination of the system that was one level higher than the Jinshi imperial examination, and instead followed Cai Ting to Shaanxi, and traveled to the Kansai states, and also discussed with Zhang Zai his plan to recover the Qingtang Dynasty that year. Zhang Zai once told the students that he had the ambition of Ban Ma, and wanted to follow Ban Dingyuan [Ban Chao] and Ma Fubo [Ma Yuan], travel thousands of miles, and promote the Tianwei of the Han family. His name is Wang Shao!

Having a very pleasant conversation with Wang Houyan, Han Gang realized that it was time to explore the bottom, so he asked: "I don't know how to ...... Wang Jiyi of the Economic Strategy Division?"

Before Han Gang finished speaking, Wang Hou said: "It's Jia Yan!" ”

With a faint smile on his face, Han Gang said, "It is reported that Ling Zun intends to annex Qingtang and open the border river, speaking of which, this is the wish of my generation, and it is also the lifelong wish of the family teacher." If Ling Zun can really succeed, not only will the merit not let Ban and Ma Zhuan Mei go ahead, but it can be the first merit after the pacification of the Northern Han Dynasty for the dynasty; Only hundreds of thousands of people in Qinzhou should also deeply feel the kindness of Ling Zun. ”

"The western thief is eyeing the tiger, and the Tibetan is rebellious and strong, and it is difficult to succeed without the help of heroes and wise men...... Brother Han is a genius, and his vision is far better than that of ordinary people, and he doesn't know if he can help Jia Yan to solve the suffering in the township. In the future, he will have a wife and a son, and he will no longer be bullied by villains. Wang Hou stared at Han Gang with burning eyes, just waiting for him to respond.

Han Gang smiled but didn't answer, and he didn't want to answer. Of course he is willing, but Wang Hou is only a member of the Yanei, not Wang Shao himself, and his invitation is meaningless if Wang Shao agrees. What Han Gang wanted was Wang Shao's courtesy, not his son's invitation.

Wang Hou was stunned for a moment, and was about to persuade again, but looking at the shallow smile on Han Gang's face, he suddenly realized. He finally understood that it was up to his father to say this. He changed his words and said: "If Brother Han is free tomorrow, can he go to the city and make a trip, Wang Hou will look forward to it." ”

"The city government?" Han Gang shook his head and smiled, "I've already been there once today, and I'll go again tomorrow, I don't know if I'll be kicked out." ”

"Is it asking to see my father?!"

"No, it's Han who has an urgent military situation to report, but no one cares about it." Han Gang sighed lightly after speaking, as if he was heartbroken.

"What military intelligence?" Wang Hou asked.

"Han was ordered to escort military funds from Qinzhou to Gangu. In the afternoon of today, in Pei Xia, he was intercepted by nearly 100 thieves. Although they were killed and dispersed by us, there were thieves blocking the road on the main road to Qinzhou. That's not a good sign! Han Gang pointed to Wang Sunchen's slightly raised left shoulder under his robe, "General Wang was hit by an arrow on the shoulder, but even if he was hit by an arrow, General Wang still shot eleven people with a bow, and one-third of the thirty-one heads on the car outside the door were the results of General Wang's battle." ”

"Shoot eleven?" Wang Hou glanced at Wang Sunchen in surprise, but he didn't expect him to be so brave. He hurriedly asked: "The beheadings are thirty-one in total, what about the seizures?!" ”

"Thirty-four bows, forty-one swords and spears, and one collar of armor." Han Gang is like a few treasures, if he wants to win the trust of others, the details cannot be bad at all.

There have been seizures and beheadings, and Han Gang's words are absolutely true. "A hundred thieves died in the battle and were defeated before retreating, and it was really a vicious battle." Wang Hou nodded, with Wang Shao's father, Wang Hou still knew something about the war, and knew what the casualty rate of a battle was, so he asked again: "I don't know what the casualties are on Brother Han's side?" ”

"Even the upper and lower and the general of the king, a total of forty-one people. Eight people were wounded, no one was killed. ”

"Ah......" Wang Hou exclaimed, "there is no one who is damaged!" ”

Han Gang shook his head: "I still lost two!" He explained to Wang Hou: "These two people wanted to escape from the battle, and they made remarks to shake the morale of the army, and killed Han with his own hands, which should not be regarded as a death in battle." ”

Wang Hou was even more shocked than Fang Cai now, there are few scholars who can kill people with their own hands, and Han Gang said it as easily as eating and drinking. But thinking of Han Gang's arrow shooting at Ronggui in the market, it will not be fake.

Wang Houzheng was a young man, Han Gang's actions were right for his temperament, and his eyes were full of admiration when he looked at Han Gang, and he admired him so much. Standing up, Wang Hou raised the bowl with both hands and saluted Han Gang: "Brother Han is really a Kansai man!" When the float is white! ”

Han Gang drank with him boldly, put down the bowl, and smiled at each other. Turbid wine can also be intoxicating, and a sense of pride arises spontaneously from Wang Hou's heart, and he only feels that the Han Xiucai he met tonight is really a hero in the world.

Han Gang patted Wang Sunchen on the shoulder at this time: "Speaking of which, the biggest credit for this battle is still General Wang!" Han is just an insider, and Wang Jun is an outsider. At that time, we were attacked by thieves on both sides, and it was Wang Junjun who was in charge alone, and the arrows were not missed, and the oncoming thief army was shot to the soul! If it weren't for General Wang, Han wouldn't be able to sit here tonight! ”

Wang Hou Zaizai carefully looked Wang Sunchen up and down, and praised repeatedly: "Sure enough, he is a general." He raised his hand and saluted Wang Sunchen again.

Wang Sunchen was so proud that his beard was cocked, and he hurriedly picked up the wine bowl in response, and said modestly in his mouth: "Pass the prize!" Overpraise! Where! Where! ”

After saluting Wang Sunchen, Wang Hou poured another bowl of wine, turned to Zhao Long and said: "Zhao Dangyong's gains should also be a lot, and he should also drink a bowl!" ”

Zhao Long's face turned red at this moment, and he whispered, "No...... I'm just a defender of the city. ”

Han Gang helped Zhao Long resolve the embarrassment and said, "Zhao Dare to talk about martial arts, and he won't let Wang Junjun general." It's just bad luck that I offended Shangguan. He was punished for defending the city. It's a pity that the pearl is dusty. ”

Zhao Long was so moved that his eyes were red, and he almost cried, and he regarded Han Gang, who had only known him for less than half a day, as the biggest confidant in his life.

Wang Hou nodded secretly, forced Zhao Long to drink, and wrote down his name again.

Everyone sat down again, and Han Gang said again: "Peixia is the main road, just on the edge of Fuqiang City. Now there are thieves, but no one cares. Han wanted to see Vice City, but was told that he had to receive Shangguan ......"

When Wang Hou heard this, he was implicated in his own Lao Tzu, and explained with a smile: "If City Lord Liu was here, there would be no such thing." It's just that Vice Li is eager to make progress, and set up a banquet to invite Jia Yan. I was strictly rejected by my family.,I'm sulking.,Of course I don't want to be a director.。 ”

"Military affairs...... Han Gang shook his head and sighed, "If the Kansai generals are like this, when will they be able to sweep away the Western thieves." ”

"Don't talk about these troubles, drink first! Drink! Wang Sunchen raised his glass to invite a drink, and the three of them agreed to drink together.

Through the wine, Han Gang and Wang Hou continued to talk about the past and the present, while Wang Sunchen and Zhao Long were talking next to them, and they did not feel bored.

The four of them were drunk, and they didn't know that the stars were changing outside the house, until the rooster sang three times, and the sky turned white.

Note 1: Jingyuan Road is located in Weizhou, not Jingzhou and Yuanzhou, which are on the front line. Therefore, it is the governor of Weizhou who is also the envoy of Jingyuan Road. This point is different from Qinfeng Road in Qinzhou.

ps: The national policy of opening up Hehuang lasted from the early years of Shenzong to the Huizong period. Although there were repetitions during this period, it was a fast track to promotion and wealth. Just look at Tong Guan, the place where he started his career is here.

Today's third update, continue to collect red tickets, collection.