It's just a matter of talking about killing good people and risking merit, after all, it's not today's topic.

When Han Gang arrived in Didao City and arranged for Qin Fengjun, he didn't rest for a moment, so he rushed to Kangle Village, not to discuss how to put an end to the problem of killing good and risking merit.

"After a while, the army has crossed the water and brought a few days' rations." Han Gang asked Wang Shao, the supply of military food was the key to making him so tireless.

Since crossing the water, the Song army has conquered two walled forts and rushed out of sixty miles in one go. This is no different from the adventure of the original planting to set out from Suide City and attack Luowu City. Although the current supply line seems to be stable, once Mu Zheng counterattacks, the safety of this grain route will be a big problem - not just a headache.

"Nine days." Wang Shao's words proved that under his command, the actual situation did not deviate from the plan discussed with Han Gang before.

But Han Gang was puzzled: "Then why did the lower officials arrive at Di Dao, Wang Duzhi said that Jinglu, you are urging you to transport the grain and straw faster." ”

"It's true that Di Dao has been asked to bring grain. Isn't it necessary to use Kangle Village as a military station in the plan? Gao Zunyu frowned slightly, "I don't know how Wang Zhongzheng's eunuch heard it, and he will make a fuss." ”

Wang Zhongzheng received a lot of rewards for the credit he received in Xizhou and Weiyuan last time, and even with Gao Zunyu, he had an additional title with imperial equipment. This valuable title, which is equivalent to the guard of the Son of Heaven, originally represents the favor of the Son of Heaven, but it was awarded at the same time as a eunuch, so that Gao Zunyu did not have any good words about Wang Zhongzheng in private.

Although Wang Zhongzheng has no talent in military affairs, he at least abides by his duty here in Xihe, which is much better than those prison troops in history. Han Gang felt that Gao Zunyu had gone a little too far.

But when he heard Wang Zhongzheng's words this time, he hurriedly ran over, and it was indeed a little wronged. smiled self-deprecatingly, and said: "When Chuanbao and Kangle Village are going to be converted into military stations, but I don't know if the current troops are enough?" ”

Judging from Wang Shao's current troops, if the two newly captured forts were converted into military stations, it might not be enough to leave enough allocated troops. At least before the Jingyuan army arrived, it was not enough to rely on the strength of the Qin Feng army and the Xihe army.

Xihe sent a total of 7,000 troops this time, Qin Feng's first batch was 10,000 people, and then there were 4,000 more, and they wanted to come over with Jingyuan's 10,000 horses. With a total of 30,000 troops, it is still very tight to resist Yu Zang Huama and even the party members from Lanzhou while capturing Hezhou, and to hold the military stations on various roads. Compared with the attack on Xizhou a few months ago, the distance to Hezhou is two or three hundred miles away, and to make up for the gap in this section, the consumption of manpower and material resources is by no means a small amount.

"The Tibetan troops in this area of Taoxi have been cleaned up by Mu Zheng and us in the past few months, and there is not much left, so you can put fewer defenders, and you don't have to worry about someone robbing the road in the middle."

"But Kangle Village to Dangchuan Fort, Dangchuan Fort to Kenuo Fort, these two sections of the road, the defenders and the people are indispensable." Wang Sunchen didn't know when he came in, he was also a head and a face, and his right to speak in the military council was only slightly lower than that of Miao Zhi. I only heard him interject: "The general has already heard from the people who have come back from this journey, and the carriage will definitely not be able to get up." You can only use a wheelbarrow, and it can only be done by two people pushing and pulling, or you want livestock. ”

Han Gang said: "It's better to plan according to the plan, go down to Kenuo Fort first, and turn around and walk from the river valley." ”

Keno Fort and Xiangzi City are actually on the side of the Taoshui tributary. Taoshui flows into the Yellow River from south to north, and if you walk 50 miles downstream from Didao to Taoshui, it is the place where the tributaries that flow through Kenuobao and Xiangzicheng join Taoshui. Heading west from the junction, you'll soon arrive at Kono Castle.

But neither Wang Shao nor Han Gang would choose to walk on this river valley road. Just like when they attacked Xizhou last year, they did not choose the southern route of Mobang Mountain and Zhuniuling, but took the northern route of Bird and Mouse Mountain.

Judging from the map or sand table, if you ignore the inevitable winding windings on the river and road, only take the direction of the main line. The valley road and the mountain road to be controlled by the officers and troops at present roughly form an isosceles right triangle. The valley road turns from the main stream of Taoshui to the tributary, forming two triangular waists, and the mountain road is the bottom edge.

The origin and destination are the same, but the itinerary is nearly twice as different. The smooth and long valley road is the most convenient transportation route in peacetime, but in wartime, it is full of dangers, and it can be cut off at any time by enemy forces lying in ambush on both sides of the valley. On the contrary, the shorter and more dangerous mountain roads are the more secure strategic passages that must be controlled in the hands of the first step.

Therefore, if you want to smoothly use horse-drawn carts to transport grain and grass, it is not too late to wait until you capture Kono Fort, and then turn back to open up the river valley road.

"Then who is going to attack Konoburg?" Wang Shao asked, looking at Han Gang.

Wang Sunchen straightened his chest, and he didn't run over for this reason.

But Gao Zunyu ignored him, "Zhao Long led Xuanfeng, and Kangle Village and Dangchuan Fort were captured by them." It's just that now the two cities have lost their sharpness. He turned to Han Gang and said, "Yukun, you have already requisitioned the generals of the Guangrui Army, right?" Are they in the city of Didau now? ”

'Have we already discussed?' Han Gang was a little suspicious, "...... The lower officer brought with him was just a village soldier archer. ”

"Yukun," Wang Shao raised his eyes, his eyes were heavy, "Don't be reluctant, use as much as you can." ”

Sure enough! ’

Han Gang knew that Wang Shao, Gao Zunyu, and even the princes of the court were all thinking about consuming the leader of their group of traitors as soon as possible, and if they died, everyone didn't have to worry about them anymore. But Han Gang and Liu Yuan have a lot of dealings, and they don't have such thoughts at all.

He deliberately pretended not to know the thoughts of Dao Wang Shao and Gao Zunyu, and chuckled: "But they have made too many contributions, and it will be troublesome to reward them." ”

"The imperial court will not spare a little land and silver silk." Gao Zunyu also glanced at Han Gang deeply, "Yukun, you can rest assured. ”

Liu Yuan's performance in Weiyuan overwhelmed every commander in the Xihe Army. But the more radiant it was, the deeper Song Ting's scruples about their group of rebel generals. If you can rebel once, you can rebel a second time, and the soldiers below may have all kinds of unavoidable reasons, but the generals above can't find much excuse.

Neither Wang Shao nor Gao Zunyu wanted anyone to think that they were too concerned about this group of rebels, and that their future was at stake.

Han Gang sighed secretly in his heart, it seemed that it would be difficult to protect Liu Yuan and them head-on. He didn't explain much about the unhappiness in Wang Shao and Gao Zunyu's hearts, and hurriedly justified that he had no intention of caring for this group of rebels, but rather a look.

"Yukun, you go back and inform Liu Yuan and ask him to come to me." Wang Shao felt that his tone in front of him hardened, and he said as if to ease the atmosphere, "You have to fight fast, and you can't stop now." After capturing Keno Fort, there was a time to rest the whole army, and then a decisive battle with Mu Zheng under Xiangzi Castle, the gateway to Hezhou City. I believe that Mu Zheng would not dare to give up Xiangzi City to the official army. ”

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When Han Gang came over, Liu Yuan and other old Guangrui generals were eating quietly in the camp.

No one dared to disturb them. After camping, they were not allowed to move between the camps unless they were ordered. Otherwise, it will be a military stick, or even a military law. But the guards patrolling the camp couldn't help but look at them curiously as they passed by.

Liu Yuan and the other two hundred and fifty people were still sitting very steadily. Eat well, sleep well, who cares what people outside think of themselves?

Before Han Gang entered, he had ordered his own soldiers below to find a camp for them to rest, and his order was completed by two hundred percent.

Han Gang's personal soldiers, it is rumored that they are all proficient in the art of first aid. The one Liu Yuan and the others actually saw, although he didn't have the opportunity to show his medical skills, he not only helped to set a location for tonight, but also prepared dinner with him by the way, and even got two jars of wine. This method of doing things is excellent.

Liu Yuan thought that after following Han Jiyi, who was famous for managing things, he had indeed learned a few points.

Tonight's meal consisted of wine and meat, and when I drove in from Longxi to Didao City, there was no shortage of hot food in several military stations. Not only them, the Guangrui generals, but also the Qin Fengjun with a full 10,000 horses, plus more than 2,000 or nearly 3,000 people, when they rested at several military stations, they all ate hot meals with meat.

It's very simple to say, and the wine is just a sip, and the meat is just that. But after all, Liu Yuan has been in the army for a long time, and he knows how rare this arrangement is. To be able to eat a hot meal with meat for tens of thousands of people, how much firewood and how many livestock need to be prepared, these are all staggering figures. But under Han Gang's pre-arrangement, it was completed without leakage.

- This 'before' is actually the most rare.

Along the way, Liu Yuan followed Han Gang's side, and he didn't see him bothering to arrange the food and accommodation of the army at all, everything was done by the people below without orders. I heard that Han Gang wrote a set of rules about the military station, just like the rules of the sanatorium that made him an official in one fell swoop, everything just needs to be handled according to the rules, but Liu Yuan didn't have the opportunity to see it.

Seeing Han Gang coming, all the people stood up in unison, even if they didn't notice it, they were all reminded or pulled directly by the people next to them.

Even when eating, unarmed and unarmed, more than 200 people standing together is a momentum when thousands of troops are approaching. Han Gang couldn't help but sigh secretly, it was really a group of bears and tigers and wolves, but they were just curling up their minions because of something, no wonder Wang Shao and Gao Zunyu were so jealous.

Han Gang motioned for them to continue eating, then walked over to Liu Yuan's side, and said to him and his deputy as if flatly, "Wang Jing omitted your name. ”

Liu Yuan's answer was simple and straightforward, just a rhetorical question: "Where are you going?" ”

"Fort Kono."