[Second Update.] 】

"Longtu's reputation has long been known all over the world. Hearing that Long Tu was going to be interrogated in person, most of the people panicked, and when they passed the hall, where did they have the courage to be hard-mouthed? Back then, when the servant system knew Kaifeng, many times, he asked a question, and all the people who were tried were honest answers, and no one dared to deceive them. ”

Li Xian took Bao Zheng to compare Han Gang, which was a flattery, but Huang Sheng didn't think it was inappropriate. Bao Zheng is only a straight bachelor at most, Han Gang is a serious bachelor of eight hundred, and his reputation among the people is not slightly inferior to that of Yan Luo Bao Lao.

"But this case is so finalized, when Liu Liu goes back, I don't know if Lu Dao can be raised." Huang Sheng sighed: "I'm afraid that someone will be greedy for the Liu family's industry and take risks." Children are prone to early death, and generally speaking, no one will delve into it. ”

Some wealthy families have children in their later years, and in order not to reduce the family property they can share, the adult brother often kills the younger brother as soon as possible, and such cases are not uncommon. But as long as no one makes a complaint, the government will not pursue it at all. Especially when ordinary people have children in their later years, they are often born to concubines, and there is no maiden family to rely on, and most of the time they are at the mercy of others. Because the pox method has been gradually promoted in Hedong, the high infant mortality rate will have a large reduction, but it is still impossible to say how low it is.

But Li Xianzhi said that Huang Shang's reckless move was not about Liu Liu's two brothers, but about other greedy black hands, "In case Liu Liu dies, the Liu family will not be good." Even if he is really sick, he will be said to have died of his second brother. The jackals, tigers and leopards in the province and county, if they don't dismantle the Liu family, I'm afraid they won't take a break. ”

"That's exactly what happened." Huang Sheng nodded, "Once Liu Liu dies, when the time comes, Liu Wang's family will definitely have to fight with Liu Da and Liu Si." I don't know how many fishermen have profited. ”

After talking for a long time, it was almost dusk, and Huang Sheng peeked at Han Gang from time to time, and his heart became impetuous.

Li Xian sat in the public hall for a long time, and he brought back the latest military information about Shaanxi, but Han Gang didn't even ask, and kept bowing his head and reviewing the verdict. Although Huang Shang was talking and laughing, his stomach began to hurt. I've been with the guest for too long, do you have to wait until the night? But Han Gang is still as steady as Mount Tai and will check the files one by one. And Li Xian didn't care, chatting with Huang Shang.

Han Gang would rather hang Li Xian than first review the verdicts submitted by the counties in Taiyuan, and clearly stated his attitude. However, Li Xian sat in the public hall and waited for Han Gang, and his attitude was equally clear.

Huang Shang had no experience, and he could understand the meaning of the two people's unreasonable actions, but he didn't understand very well, why Han Gang suddenly became indifferent to the battle situation in the northwest.

In the end, Han Gang finished his work before twilight, put down the file and brush in his hand, sorted it out by himself, handed it over to a small official, bound it, and sent it to the capital.

"Lao Du knows how long it has been." Han Gang walked over and apologized to Li Xian first.

Li Xian said with a smile: "Long Tu is for state affairs, Li Xian should wait." ”

Han Gang and Li Xian finally answered, and Huang Sheng was relieved and relieved.

The news that Li Xian brought back can be regarded as bad news, and the reinforcement of Western Xia is determined to be a diviner. And this proof was that the price paid was that the two cavalry commanders were severely damaged, more than 200 officers and soldiers below Chongpu were killed and wounded, and the road from Xiazhou to Youzhou and Yanzhou was interrupted.

"Chongpu was raided by the diviners when he was out on patrol." Li Xian told Han Gang in detail about the information he had - Hedong and Shaanxi are not under each other's control, and what happened in Shaanxi must go around the capital from the regular channels. Although Li Xian came late, it was earlier than the letter in the capital, "At that time, the strength of the Divination Blocker was said to be three times that of the official army under the command of Chong Pu, and it was the wind and sand that obstructed the line of sight, so it was not detected early, so it was raided." ”

The enemy situation reported below, especially when the news of the defeat came at the same time, it was necessary to listen to it with a discount. From this, it can be inferred that Chong Pu's opponents should be equal to or slightly more than his men. However, it was raided by this number of cavalry, and it was still a blocker, and the whole army was not dispersed, which can also be regarded as a great achievement, and the credit of Chongpu at that time.

Li Xian's account coincided with Han Gang's thoughts, "Fortunately, Chong Pu dealt with it well and let the whole army dismount and line up." When Li Xian said this, he sighed softly, "After all, the officers and soldiers are still not good at cavalry warfare, and they are more accustomed to dismounting and arranging in formation than changing horses to charge." ”

Han Gang shook his head as he listened. The cavalry actually dismounted to fight, and it was not dragoons. What does it do with one person and two horses? But then again, there was nothing wrong with Chong Pu choosing to dismount. What is wrong is the combat effectiveness of the cavalry of the Song army, which is still a tragedy.

"After the officers and soldiers lined up, although they only had bows and arrows, waist knives, and even divine arm bows, they still made the divination people suffer a lot. When the diviners saw that the battle was unfavorable, they immediately retreated. However, before they left, they snatched half of the horses that the officers and soldiers had gathered in the rear. And it was at this time that Chong Pu was seriously injured. ”

If they find that the resistance is too fierce and the price to pay to achieve their goals is too great, they will withdraw directly. This can be confirmed in the village where Linzhou was attacked but not breached. But Chong Pu's serious injury was really bad luck, and Han Gang only hoped that he would not be left with any disabilities.

As for the matter of the war horse, Han Gang was very reasonable: "If the war horse was robbed, there is really no way." More than 400 people lined up, and it was almost impossible to hold 800 horses. Only half of them were robbed, which can be regarded as luck. ”

"But that's a war horse after all!" Li Xian emphatically emphasized that the Great Song Dynasty did not lack people, only horses, and "the crime of ineffective fighting in Chongpu will definitely not be able to escape." ”

Han Gang didn't like this point of view very much, people are more important than horses, and veterans who have been in battle are even more so. Chong Pu's subordinates can resist the cavalry with a foot bow, which is the elite that can be used very well.

"What about the other conductor?" Han Gang turned around and asked.

"Another command is reported to be a head-on confrontation with enemy troops. Of the total of more than 200 casualties, 70 percent belonged to them. ”

Han Gang sighed when he heard this, the cavalry of the official army was still used as scouts. It's no problem to fight with the party's iron harrier, but it's still far from meeting a real strong enemy. If you want to break the cavalry of the north, tap the potential of the infantry.

"The number of troops sent to aid Western Xia should be around 10,000." The so-called people of insight see the same thing, Li Xian's opinion is similar to Han Gang's, "There can't be more, the party can't support too many reinforcements." Too much will cause chaos. If you want to prove to the imperial court that Liao supported Western Xia, 10,000 obstructors would be enough. And what appeared was only the words of the diviner, and in the future, Yelu Yixin pushed it cleanly, and the court could not do anything. ”

Han Gang shook his head and smiled, "Yelu Yixin didn't intend to hide anything. As long as there is an excuse, no one in the court on our side will dare to take the initiative to tear up the Yuanyuan Alliance. ”

Yelu Yixin is indeed not simple, the Liao people have always been good at taking advantage of fire to rob, and he has done a particularly good job. The dispute over the border between Daibei in the past few years has already shown his extraordinary vision and means. is currently intervening in the national fortune dispute between the Song and Xia countries, in his eyes, in addition to the reason for the cold lips and teeth, he still wants to use the fruits of the Great Song Dynasty to consolidate his position in the country. If he really succeeds, in a year or two, most of the Liao Kingdom will be replaced with a new monarch - it will not be Yelu Yanxi, who has two generations of parents and four people, all of whom died in the hands of Yelu Yixin.

If the Western Xia army is defeated, the official army occupies Yinxia, and Yelu Yixin must be prevented from directly sending troops to occupy Xingling. If the official army is defeated, he will most likely be forced by him to give up the north side of Hengshan, or even more land.

Such a situation was given to him by the Son of Heaven and Zaifu.

After a gambler loses a bet, he will always want to turn it over. Han Gang couldn't understand their thoughts, but he had seen a lot. Since the Son of Heaven chose to continue his gambling, it was not surprising that the bet he pressed was eaten by the opponent.

"Long Tu doesn't seem to care at all."

After Li Xian said goodbye and left, Huang Sheng couldn't help but say something to test Han Gang. He felt that Han Gang's qi cultivation kung fu was really admirable, and the divination people had already cut off the reinforcement channel in Yanzhou, why was the anxiety before gone at all?

Han Gang took a cup of tea and drank it unhurriedly, "The matter has come to this, is it necessary to be anxious?" ”

Huang Shang's face turned pale, and he couldn't imagine that Han Gang had already accepted his fate.

Han Gang said slowly: "The result that Xu Xi can't hold Yanzhou is just the prestige of the Khitans. Back then, it was Yuan Hao who led the army to attack, and the whole army was wiped out three times in a row, but it only gave the Khitans 200,000 coins. Now it's just attacking Xia Buke, which is far stronger than the situation back then, how much advantage can you give the Khitan to go? ”

If the officers and troops can hold Yanzhou, that is the best. For Han Gang, it doesn't matter if Lu Huiqing and Xu Xi go proudly, at least the demise of Western Xia is certain. But if you can't hold Yanzhou, as long as you can surrender Yinzhou and Xiazhou, the next thing is just to temporarily change back to the defensive, and you don't have to be afraid of the war blackmail of Liao, at most it is just some border conflicts, and the whole is still in the category of diplomacy.

In Han Gang's understanding, isn't the so-called diplomacy just a roff? The two sides bargained over their own interests.

"I don't believe it, Yelu Yixin really dares to tear up the Abyss Alliance! Back then, the Empress Dowager Chengtian was able to hit the Yellow River, and this time, I let him lose all his Xijing Road! ”

Huang Shang listened to Han Gang say so strongly. But on Han Gang's face, he found deep regret.

Huang Shang couldn't help but sigh in his heart, Jin Yu's good words were put behind by the Son of Heaven, like abandoned earth and stones, and the radical policy of doing a disaster to the country and the people became the Son of Heaven.

It's no wonder that Han Gang regrets it. Huang Shang thought. If you were yourself, you would have been disheartened for a long time, and you would have asked the county to go to a good place in the south to recuperate. I won't come to Hedong to worry about it, and clean up the mess for the Son of Heaven and a cadre of national beetles.

Han Gang drank tea quietly, he was indeed very sorry in his heart.

It's a pity that I was sitting in Taiyuan Mansion and couldn't see with my own eyes Zhao Ji and Lu Huiqing's reaction when they heard the news, which is really a pity!