Under the dim light, Han Gang was flipping through a volume of the storage account of the weapons, grain and grass that had arrived at Fort Kono in the past two days.

As the core town supporting the 20,000 troops on the front line, Fort Keno is getting more and more, but Han Gang's eyes are wandering, and the focus is not on the paper at all.

The news of today's decisive battle reached his ears shortly after the battle began. There was a decisive battle in front, and in the rear, it was impossible for Han Gang to let go of his worries about the war and handle business calmly. He didn't delay political affairs today, but even when he ate and drank, he was generally absent-minded. Just like Xie An, even after the battle of Weishui, no matter how calmly he said, 'The children have won't', when he goes out, he will still be agitated and don't look at his feet.

From the city of Hezhou, the news came back one after another:

First, a new type of thunderbolt cannon arrived under the city of Hezhou;

Then the long-silent Tubo people fought back desperately;

Then there were two Tibetan armies, which stormed the flanks of the Song army, but in front of the Great Song Dynasty arrow array, they all returned in vain;

followed by a vague sentence of small setbacks for the officers and soldiers, which made Han Gang worried;

But soon, Yao Ji led the Jingyuan army to exert great might, and the battle report of defeating the enemy army in front of him in one fell swoop came over;

And before nightfall, Han Gang got the latest news, just after the time passed, the thunderbolt cannon opened the way for the army, and smashed the east gate of Hezhou City, and the advance of the official army rushed up, although it failed to gain a foothold, but the city was close at hand.

The news that came back was more exciting than the other. It's just that Han Gang has seen the sand table under Hezhou City that he has made privately in the past two days, if Wang Shao continues to attack Hezhou City, the army that goes out of battle will be disconnected from the main camp located in the tributary river valley, and if the Tubo people attack the back road of the official army at this time, it is very likely that they will suffer a big loss.

Thinking of this, Han Gang suddenly shook his head and laughed at himself, he was worried in vain. The generals who followed Wang Shao were all famous generals with outstanding talents in the Western Army, where would they make such a mistake. Even if something goes wrong, there are plenty of means to make up for it.

On the contrary, on his side, maybe Xiangzi City, maybe Keno Castle, at least one of the two places should be moving. Otherwise, when Wang Shao's handsome flag flutters in Hezhou City, and then comes to sneak attack the back road, he will face a morale-boosting army, and there will be no chance at all.

Even Yu Zang Huama has fought hard to attack Lintao Fort, under such pressure, Mu Zheng will not put his hope on the road of hard fighting. It can be determined that as long as it can be of some use, Mu Zheng will inevitably choose to use it.

Just when Han Gang thought so. Outside the city of Xiangzi, the rangers scattered in all directions, as well as the secret posts standing on the high ground everywhere, found a large number of enemy troops attacking from the small road, either in front of or behind. But when they found out, the attacking Tubo cavalry was only more than ten miles away from Xiangzi City, and at this time, it was too late to come up with an ambush on the road. According to the pre-planned plan, Wang Sunsin immediately took over the defense of Xiangzi City, and immediately sent people to report to Wang Shao and Han Gang.

And Kenuo Fort, downstream of Xiangzi City, also sounded inside and outside the sound of * a moment after the arrival of the urgent arrival of Xiangzi City. Three short, three long, and three short, such a trumpet is not a means for Han Gang to gather generals, but a code for the enemy to attack in the predetermined situation.

Hearing the horn of the alarm, Han Gang frowned slightly, and unhurriedly put away the urgent report that had just arrived in his hand, as well as the account books and files spread on the table. He stood up and gently blew out the oil lamp.

The small tent melted into the darkness, and Han Gang walked out of the door. At this time, the night is thick, the stars are brilliant, and the half-round waning moon hangs in the sky, dyeing the mountains near and far with a layer of silver glow.

There was a commotion in the city, and the soldiers alarmed by the police posts left the warm beddings one after another. More than a dozen officers who were in the city hurried over, their steps hurried, from far to near, and stood in front of Han Gang.

Han Gangzheng looked up at the half moon on the top of the mountain, sighed, turned back to the generals and said, "The evil guest is coming!" ”

The slightly relaxed words calmed down the somewhat flustered generals. At this time, a slight footstep came behind him, Han Gang turned his head sideways, and it was Liu Yuan who rushed over.

Han Gang smiled, the position that Liu Yuan was standing in could be regarded as a promise, but he was thinking a little too much.

"Tian Qiong!"

Han Gang did not give the order of the general, but stood under the stars and moon and ordered the only commander of the horse army in the city.

Tian Qiong, who was in his forties and became a commander, although he was not a famous general, let alone Wang Sunchen, Zhao Longna and other shocking martial arts. But he himself has been in the army for many years, everything is ordered, everything is done in a proper manner, victory is a small victory, defeat is a small defeat, although inconspicuous, but reliable enough, is the backbone of the Xihe Army, which has been invincible for several years.

When he heard Han Gang's order, he immediately stepped out of the ranks, bowed down and said, "Please give me orders." ”

"You quickly lead the headquarters to Xiangzi City to help defend it. Let Wang Sunsin hold on all night, and tomorrow when I solve the enemy forces harassing Fort Kono, I will definitely lead the troops to the rescue! ”

Tian Qiong received Han Gang's order, and a personal soldier was ordered to hand Han Gang's order arrow into his hand. Putting the arrow in his arms, Tian Qiong left in a hurry after saluting.

Han Gang was not worried about the guards of Keno Fort, although the importance of Keno Fort was far greater than that of Xiangzi City, since the Tubo people divided their troops to attack the two castles, one of them must be the main direction of attack.

And Han Gang's judgment ...... The main direction of attack was Xiangzi Castle, so Tian Qiong was ordered to set off quickly before the enemy forces harassing Keno Fort arrived at the castle. Even if he guessed wrong, with the current guarding ability of Fort Kono, it was enough to withstand the attack of more than 10,000 people.

Tian Qiong is gone. Before he rushed over, he had ordered his own soldiers who were with him to inform his soldiers. Not long after he left, before Han Gang had assigned the task of defending the city, a sound of hooves had suddenly sounded, and he rushed through the squeaky open gate to Xiangzi City in the south.

"I hope Tian Qiong won't be too impatient." Liu Yuan lowered his voice and said to Han Gang amid the sound of hooves that gradually became smaller, "As long as the defenders in Xiangzi City can know that they have arrived, there will be nothing in the city, and you don't have to enter the city." ”

"Don't worry about Tian Qiong, Wang Jingluo will value him, just because he has always been steady in his work." Han Gang paused, and said in a voice that only he could hear, "Even if he loses, he can delay for a while." ”

Han Gang assigned the tasks one by one, who should do what, he already had a case. And before that, these officers had also been prepared—being prepared had always been one of Han Gang's many mottos—and now the order was just a matter of going to the procedure, and by the way, it would motivate and reassure people's hearts.

More than a dozen officers, after receiving Han Gang's order, rushed to their posts one by one.

After the officials in front of him were gone, Han Gang looked back at Liu Yuan, and then ordered a few of his own soldiers standing outside, and instructed them one by one:

"Let the group of civilians living in the second battalion in the south get ready and go to the armory to get the war equipment."

"Take my arrows, go to the armory, and ask Di Si to open the door of the arsenal and distribute war equipment to the people. As in the case of the forbidden army, the Divine Arm Bow is included in it. ”

"Go to the sanatorium, call up the group of people who occupy the fifth or sixth wards, and let them go to the armory to find their old subordinates...... If someone wants to ask, just say that this is my Han Gang's strict order, and those who violate it will be killed! ”

Han Gang turned his head and smiled at Liu Yuan, "Both sides know their roots, so they don't need me to assign who should be in charge of whom!" ”

Liu Yuan was more and more frightened the more he listened, the moonlight shone on his face, but it was pale, and he turned into an exclamation after the most, "Opportunity!" Please think twice about this! ”

The use of rebels and the use of rebel generals is not a crime now. But let the general Guangrui re-lead his group of civilians from the Guangrui army, and reunite with their men; Let the team that has disappeared from the military register of the Privy Council and the Sanya appear in the world again, this crime is not something that Han Gang and the court officials can afford.

"It's okay, it's urgent. As long as you can repel the thief, you can talk about the past. ”

Han Gang had been prepared for this matter for a long time, and he had already had such an idea when he had previously mobilized the township soldiers and civilians composed of Guangrui's rebels to come to Kenuo Fort. Although Shen Kuo deducted half of it in the middle, it happened that Liu Yuan's group of generals and colonels also lost nearly half of them for some reason, and they would not become more officers and fewer soldiers when they were in command.

Even if it is an elite soldier, only under the leadership of an excellent general can he exert 120 percent of his strength. How can Guangrui Army be an exception? Before that, don't look at the invincibility of Liu Yuan's team composed of generals and colonels, and don't look at the Guangrui soldiers who can also easily overwhelm the enemy army. However, the combat effectiveness they have displayed is less than seventy percent of their due combat effectiveness.

If you want to survive the current predicament, you must use all means. What can the reorganized Guangrui rebels do, as long as they can win at the end, and then they will be fine......

With the battle situation on the front line still undecided, Han Gang would never let Wang Shao be distracted in the slightest. This decisive battle is also related to his fate, and Han Gang doesn't mind doing something that others dare not do. It's a bit taboo, as long as there are military exploits to fill it, the big basket can make up for it.

Han Gang was confident about this matter.

No matter how you say it, he is a civilian official, not a military general who is despised and wary of.

The military generals did this, and the heavy ones were to take their posts, and the light ones were also to be demoted to the far evil military state, but no one would believe that a civilian official who had repeatedly made military exploits would be rebellious, let alone jealous of him. It will only be said that he has the ability to control the rebels.

patted Liu Yuan's shoulder as if soothingly, Han Gang smiled and said, "Go to the city and have a look!" …… Let's see which of the heroes among the Tibetans came to attack my Keno Fort, and then waited for your soldiers to come! ”