Chapter 24: The War Is Not Peaceful (5)
As a subordinate officer of the Marginal Pacification Division, Han Gang is very busy now.
Although he has the ability to lead the army into battle and face the enemy's sword on the battlefield, Han Gang's status as a civilian official determines that his main job is still to be solved on the desk.
In this battle, from the time Miao Zhu led the army to raid the Xingluo Jiebu, to the withdrawal of Yu Zang Huama, and the return of Miao Zhu and Han Gang to Weiyuan Fort, the span added up to only seven days, which was much shorter than the maximum period of one month in the earliest plan. But these seven days, the consumption of materials is not small. In particular, the bows, crossbows, arrows and other objects in the ordnance were almost swept away. And Wang Shao, in order to defend Weiyuan Fort, in the days when Yu Zang Huama besieged the city, he spent a lot of money to boost morale. The account books of these money, grain and materials must be handled, inspected, inspected, and revised by Han Gang, and the reasons should be indicated.
In addition, the construction of Weiyuan Fort was presided over by Wang Junwan, and Miao Zhu and Wang Hou supervised the work. But after the First World War, there would be no more enemy attacks in Weiyuan in the short term, in order to save the stockpile, Miao Zhu and Wang Shao discussed and led the army back to the division, taking away most of the troops back to Guwei. And Wang Hou was also sent back to Guwei by Wang Shao to inform Gao Zunyu of the battle. And the work that the two left behind, Han Gang was inconvenient for Wang Shao, the coach, to dispose of it, so he could only be the supervisor himself.
Han Gang's 'supervisors' did not patrol the construction site with a leather whip and go up and smoke a few times when they saw something that was not working hard - this is the job of his subordinates - but to monitor the progress and quality of the work, and from this point of view, there was not much difference from the project supervisors of later generations.
When Miao Zhu and Wang Hou were supervisors, they divided more than 1,000 people into a team for every 100 people, and selected capable people from the army to be supervisors in the people's team. After Han Gang took over, he recalled all the supervisors and asked the people to elect a high-ranking team leader to contract a section of work with a considerable workload. After the end of work every day, calculate the completion of the project, reward and punish laziness.
The top three teams have meat dishes and meals, and the first place has wine. For the first place for two consecutive days, Han Gang will give out a red ribbon and let each member of the team tie it to his arm as a reward, and he will also give him a reward. The three teams that are at the bottom of the line every day will be reprimanded, and even the dishes served are the most pitiful salted tempeh, and if there is one team that falls to the bottom of the team for two consecutive days, the team leader will be replaced and all of them will be punished.
The rammed earth building was built at an astonishing speed, and the progress of the project was accelerated several times by the dual effects of spirit and material. Several competing teams made up for the seven days that had been delayed by the war. Moreover, from the leaders who led these people, Han Gang even found a few people with good abilities, and after preparing for this matter, he recruited them.
Using the pure spirit of competition, and a little insignificant overhead, the progress of the project is more than doubled, and this account can be worth it. Han Gang even had spare time and sent someone to transform the former camp at the mouth of the Dalai Valley into a large beacon. With this beacon watchman, if there is a foreign enemy who wants to pass through Dalai Valley in the future, Weiyuan Fort will be able to get a warning as soon as possible.
After Wang Shao inspected the construction site, he was full of praise and understanding of the rules set by Han Gang. And the officials, who were accustomed to driving away the people without whips in the old days, saw the changes on the construction site, and they were even more in awe of Han Gang's wrist, and no one would doubt Han Gang's future in the officialdom.
These two major events, as well as some trivial chores, Han Gang did it with ease, without any effort. That is, it is a little cumbersome, so that he is busy and difficult to rest. Fortunately, the more troublesome credit is not for him, but for Wang Shao. Han Gang is the party who personally leads the army to the battle, and if he calculates the credit, there will always be people who are worried that he is biased towards his subordinates and will not be able to satisfy everyone. In order to compete for a piece of credit, friends turn their faces and expose each other's shortcomings from time to time, and only Wang Shao, as the coach, can hold down the position.
Wang Shao personally held the credit book, and Han Gang inevitably interceded with Wang Shao for his people, not others, but blind medicine.
From the great victory of Tuo Shuo in March, to the middle of September now, in just half a year, Wang Shao has led the army to complete three battles around the matter of Hehuang. And it's all fierce battles with hundreds of beheadings. This is also a rare achievement in the history of Qin Fenglu in the past 100 years.
However, it is different from the previous two one-sided victories. In this battle, although more than 600 people were beheaded, the damage on the side of the officers and soldiers, if the casualties of the blind medicine department are included, also reached more than 600.
Wang Shao didn't care much about his own casualties, and in his opinion, the shortage of the Guweizhai garrison could be replenished at any time. As long as there is merit, any loss can be compensated.
But the blind medicine is bitter, and it is because of his greed for merit that the number of casualties has nearly doubled. And what he lost was the elite under his account, and he might not be able to replenish it in one or two decades. Originally, Han Gang promised him half of the remnants of the Xingluo Jie, but he was absorbed by Yu Zang Huama, and when he attacked the Xingluo Jiecheng, he almost died completely - whether it was blind medicine or Zhang Xiang'er, he couldn't get this bargain. Compared with Zhang Xiang'er, who has always been guarding Weiyuan, the blind medicine that lost the soldiers and generals obviously suffered much more.
Then give Wu Shengjun to him. ’
Uneven rewards and punishments will only hurt the heart of others, after Han Gang said something about the blind medicine, Wang Shao was very generous to draw a big pie, and a blank check was handed to the blind medicine: "The inspection is well aware of the righteousness and loyal to the imperial court." Resist the temptation of the western thief, and use his life for the king's affairs. In the future, the Wusheng army will have to rely on loyal ministers like patrol to defend it. ”
For Wang Shao's empty mouth and white teeth, the blind medicine had no choice but to bow his head and thank him. He is now like a fool who lends his belongings to a liar, knowing that this scammer has come to borrow money again and again, but he is just a white wolf with empty gloves, and the probability of recovering the capital is unpredictable, but if he doesn't continue to follow up, everything he has paid will be wasted. The blind medicine is reluctant to pay in front of him, it has reached this point, and he can't stop it, and now he can only hope that Wang Shao can speak.
After sending the blind medicine out of the city, Han Gang came back and advised Wang Shao: "Pacify, you can't just send the blind medicine away, Yu Longke is still there watching!" ”
"Of course I know about it. The court's bereavement and rewards will not be missing a penny from him. "For the treatment of blind medicine, Wang Shao has already had a stomach case, "I will ask the Son of Heaven for a surname for him again, I don't believe that Yu Longke is not blushing." ”
Han Gang was quite satisfied with Wang Shao's treatment, but the last sentence made him a little confused: "As a blind drug, you shouldn't be able to get a national surname, right?" ”
"If Mu Zheng or Dong Yu come to vote, most of them will have a chance." Wang Shao said with a smile: "It's better to let the Privy Council find him a better surname casually." ”
By the time everything in Weiyuan was processed, it was already mid-September. The newly expanded Weiyuan Fort is naturally much larger than the previous shape, and the attached fort across the Wei River is also larger than the old Weiyuan Fort in the north of the river. The main fort is close to the size of a walled city of 600 paces, and the annex fort is also 300 paces, and it is more than enough to garrison tens of thousands of troops in the middle.
The disposal of the two forts was left to Wang Junwan, and a team of men and horses were sent to garrison the Weiyuan Attached Fort and the Dalai Valley Fortress. When Han Gang followed Wang Shao back to Guwei, before he had time to catch his breath, he realized that Guo Kui asked him by name to inform Qinzhou of the ins and outs of this battle.
Before he could sit down in the public hall, he heard the news, Han Gang sighed, and his complaint overflowed: "Taiwei Guo is really compassionate......
"Be careful." Wang Shao reminded Han Gang, "Don't mention the credit, speak honestly." ”
"Xia Guan understands."
However, compared to Han Gang, who will only leave tomorrow, the first thing to come is the military intelligence report on the war in the north, Wang Hou took a piece of paper and walked into Han Gang and his official hall: "Dong Yu actually copied the back road!" Liang Yi's army attacking the Five Roads retreated. He praised, "This Dong Yu is really helpful." ”
"For Mu Zheng, we are the biggest enemy, but for Dong Yu, who has no pain, the party is his opponent. It is not normal to take advantage of the emptiness in the Western Xia Kingdom and the opportunity for the main force of the Yu Zang family to get some cheapness. ”
Seeing that Han Gang didn't look up when he spoke, Wang Hou asked curiously, "Yukun, what are you writing?" ”
Han Gang had a great friendship with Wang Hou, and he didn't hide it from him: "It's a summary of the experience of this war." ”
Wang Hou picked up a few pages of paper, and then looked at the stack of words pressed underneath, "These are?" He flipped through his hands and immediately frowned, "Why don't you have a good word?" ”
Han Gang shook his head with a smile: "It's not a performance to ask for merit from Lu Shang, it's very good to say so many obedient words." This is to learn from the lessons learned in order not to make the same mistakes again in the future. It's only three things, and I've broken off the back road twice in a row, and I want to draw a gourd this time. He sighed, poured a cup of hot tea from the teapot and handed it to Wang Hou, "Now that I think about it, it's still too risky to use the plan, and the more you want to get, the greater the risk." What if you go to Weiyuan to meet ...... first? ”
"That Xingluo Yucheng will definitely not be able to keep it!"
"What if after meeting Wang Sunchen, we will make a detour back to Shiweiyuan?"
Wang Hou immediately said: "Yu Zanghua Ma Ke is about to run away." ”
"Didn't he run now?" Han Gang smiled, disappreciated, and lowered his head to write his summary.
Two days later, Han Gang appeared in the Qinzhou Prefecture and was waiting for Guo Kui's reception. It's just that he looked up and counted the rafters for a long time, but he didn't see Guo Kui come out. With Han Gang's identity, as well as the position he held, as well as the task he undertook this time, he would be hung out in the outer hall, which showed that the anger in Guo Kui's heart was really not small.
Han Gang didn't mind this, Guo Kui was indeed hidden, and no one told him the real ins and outs. And he didn't mind defending himself against Guo Kui.