Fold one step and two steps bigger, and stride the meteor to the city.

Zhang Jian carried the corner of his official robe and followed closely behind him. But his physical strength was insufficient, and when he stepped up to the last step, he was already wheezing. Before he could take a step, the wood-soled boots slipped on the moss-covered masonry, and the man fell backwards. His arms were raised in the air, and as soon as the screams were about to exit, his back was firmly supported.

Zhang Jian, who had regained his footing and almost fell back from the city to the city, turned back with palpitations, and a military academy in his thirties with a tattoo on his cheek reached out to help him.

"Thank you very much." Zhang Jian nodded at the military academy and thanked him.

"Han Bao didn't dare to be, he just stretched out his hand." The military academy spoke in a flat tone, and was not excited about the sale of a favor from the scripture to make the text of the machine. Seeing that Zhang Jian was standing firmly, he withdrew his hand, and his gaze also crossed Zhang Jian, and threw himself on the back of the big man who was already standing behind the pheasant.

Zhang Jian was reminded, and hurriedly turned around and went to Zhe Keda's side, and Han Bao also followed.

When he came to Zhe Keda's side, the pheasant holding the city wall looked out, and an obvious fact appeared in front of Zhang Jian.

There is no more hustle and bustle outside Taiyuan City, although the activities of the Khitan cavalry can still be seen, but the number has decreased significantly.

Even if they went to the countryside to fight grass valleys separately before, they didn't see less than 10,000 Liao troops outside the city. But now, like a field of wheat that has been harvested, it has become sparse and falling.

"Liao Bing really retreated!" Zhang Jian, who was still panting, straightened his waist, so surprised that he forgot to close his open mouth, and he didn't expect that it was really not a false alarm.

It's just that Zhang Jian's joy was not passed on to his companions, and there was no joy on his face, and he squinted towards a place outside the city, and his voice was still low: "I didn't go clean!" ”

Outside a few city gates, there were still a large number of Khitan cavalry staring. It can be said that Taiyuan City is still under blockade. With the number of troops in the city, it is still difficult to break through such a blockade without paying a big price.

"It's a little less." Zhang Jian said with a smile. The army besieging the city is less, and since the main force of the Liao army has left, these troops under the city are just the army behind the palace, and they will not stay for long.

But he still had a calm face, locked his eyebrows, and was preoccupied. He looked back left and right, and the faces of the officers and soldiers around him all had a relieved expression, exactly the same as Zhang Jian. He sighed softly, after all, few people could think about it more.

"The prefect of the king can recite a few words of Amitabha Buddha less." Zhang Jian clasped his hands together, but said with a smile without any piety.

Zhe Keshi wrinkled his nose and wanted to laugh, but he couldn't, and the lines pulled out of the corners of his mouth were filled with bitter taste.

During the more than ten days of the siege of the city in the north, the royal palace of Taiyuan Mansion only chanted Amitabha Buddha all day long, begging the Buddha to bless the reinforcements to arrive on time, but did not play much role in the city defense.

In the eyes of Zhe Keda, the king of these two years. Kechen's governance in Taiyuan Mansion can actually be regarded as an upper-middle level, but it is only because of Han Gang in front of him that his reputation is insufficient. However, as soon as the Liao army came, he exposed his shortcomings of not being good at dealing with military affairs, and he made many mistakes, and he was even more unable to calm people's hearts.

"Let's ask Wang Fuzun to read a few more words of tofu." Han Bao, who had been silent, suddenly spoke, "The Liao thief went to the reinforcements. ”

"What?!" Zhang Jian's expression changed suddenly, and he froze.

Han Bao looked out of the city: "The direction of the Liao thief's movement is the south, if it is just to fight the grass valley, so many people will not be dispatched." It will not be concentrated in one direction. It could only be for reinforcements. ”

Zhang Jian finally reacted, and looked at Zhe Keda with a pale face.

Zhe Ke nodded: "Commander Han is right!" ”

Zhang Jian is like falling from heaven to hell. With his intelligence, he should actually be able to see it, but the departure of the main force of the Liao army seems to have removed a boulder that is pressing on his heart, and there is only a ecstasy left after relaxing.

Now that I came to my senses and my mind was running again, I finally realized that the situation was not getting better, and even more sinister. Since the Liao people must have gone for reinforcements, as long as they can defeat the reinforcements going north, Taiyuan will naturally not be able to escape. Even the situation will be worse than before, the reinforcements failed miserably + Taiyuan City, which lost confidence, did not need the Liao army to attack with great effort.

"Don't worry." The pupils of Zhe Ke's big eyes flashed with a light as steel, "This is what Han Shumi deliberately lured them away." ”

"Why?" Zhang Jian hurriedly asked.

Zhi Ke laughed loudly: "Knowing soldiers like Han Shumi, why would Lu openly claim that reinforcements will arrive on the 20th?" It's just to let the Liao people remember the reinforcements! ”

With the clues, it can almost be confirmed that the Liao people went south. It was completely Han Gang who used himself as bait to attract the Liao army away.

Zhang Jian's mood calmed down a little, but another sentence made him uncomfortable again: "But when it comes to the war, no one can say whether there will be accidents, so I still be prepared." ”

Zhang Jian had a bitter face, only to hear that Han Bao was also helping from the side, "The Mansion Zun wants to read the tofu, and there is not much time, so please ask Ji Yi and Tong Ju to hurry up and prepare the city defense." ”

Zhe Keda looked at Han Bao with admiration in his eyes.

This is a new friend he met during this time, although he is only a low-level military attache who has not yet entered the stream, but a real commander with more than 300 soldiers, in the current Taiyuan, the status is not low. And his vision and mind are not bad, he is a rare talent, if he has another experience, it is not impossible to become an excellent general.

Zhang Jian had already cleaned up his mood at this time, and he was no longer surprised, there was still a necessary city government. The worst-case scenario is just a return to the previous situation, and it is not a big deal. What's more, with the two martial artists in front, he didn't want to lose the face of the civil official too much.

"Commander Han doesn't seem to like Buddhism very much." Zhang Jian asked in a low voice, he deliberately diverted the topic, so that he could leave a face, "Is it a channel?" ”

From Han Bao's tone, Zhang Jian could clearly hear his disdain for Buddhism. It is rare to see officers who are so disgusted with Buddhism, which makes Zhang Jian a little curious.

Zhi Keda also whispered: "The Hun family that he has not passed through the door has been occupied by a thief, how can he like a monk?" ”

Han Bao saw that the two of them began to talk privately, so he immediately moved away and walked more than a dozen steps away to wait.

Zhang Jian relaxed a little: "He joined the army because he broke the law in this matter?" ”

Zhe Ke raised his eyebrows: "How can you see it?" ”

"Of course, you can see that the gold seal on the face is different." Zhang Jian smiled slightly, "With his temper, he won't be able to bear it." ”

"I see." Zhe Keda nodded.

Except for a small number of specially recruited utility soldiers, the vast majority of soldiers will be tattooed when they enlist in the army. There are tattoos on the sideburns, there are also tattoos on the forehead, and there are also some country archers who tattoo on the back of the hand, of course, there are many cheeks. This is not only a sign of status, but also a title of the book.

Prisoners in the army who committed crimes were also tattooed, but the shape, writing, and position of the gold seal were different from those of ordinary soldiers. Fortunately, the misdemeanors are the same as the soldiers, and they are tattooed in small letters, trying to be on the edge of the cheeks, so as not to ruin the appearance. But the prisoner of a felony - the flow of thousands of miles is basically on both cheeks. The word robber was directly tattooed on the forehead, and there were exactly a few in the battalion. These are all robbers who were lucky enough to be pardoned for capital crimes after being caught by the government, and they were indispensable for dirty work in the barracks.

The tattoo on Han Bao's face is the most typical golden seal that only has a prisoner of stabbing, unlike the tattoo of some soldiers, from a distance, it looks a little like a tattoo pattern.

In fact, tattoos are a common thing in the world, and if you walk around the market in the summer, you can easily find that there are many men with different tattoos on their bodies. Zhou Taizu Guo Wei had a finch stabbed on his neck, so he was called Guo Que'er. Zhe Keda actually has it on his body, just on his arm, but only a rough outline.

When he was a teenager, he used to be a gentleman for a few days, and his sixteenth uncle Zhi Keren and more than a dozen playmates of the same age roamed the streets and villages, and even made an appointment to get tattoos. However, a better tattoo is not something that can be completed in a day, just tattooed the outline of a tiger's head, and as soon as I go back, I will take it to the ancestral hall for a good beating, and then there will naturally be no more.

"What happened to the monk?" Zhang Jian asked.

"The thief bald cut off the roots of his descendants, but he didn't have the luck to enter the palace, and he swallowed his breath that day."

Hearing where Han Bao started his hand, Zhang Jian's body twitched, and his legs were subconsciously clamped. tightened a little: "Kill?!" ”

"Kill a prostitute!" Zhi Keda corrected that after he heard the reason why Han Bao was a soldier that day, he only felt relieved.

"At that time, there should have been no decree to surrender to the second class."

Zhang Jian has a good understanding of criminal names, and even had the intention of studying law in the past - he was originally an inferior shadow supplement, and if he didn't have a few good jobs, he would not be able to mix well in the officialdom - the laws, compilations, and cases may not be able to be memorized backwards, but when the most famous law issued by the son today, it is impossible for him not to know the way.

Before the implementation of the edict of the law of surrender and reduction of the second degree, as long as it is determined that it is murder for homicide, no matter how extenuating it is, it should be hanged, unless there is an amnesty, and there may be a little possibility of avoiding death.

"Reasoning is a capital crime, but the county lord at that time saw that he was a good man, and the killing was reasonable, so he criticized a mistake and injured him by mistake."

If you accidentally injure someone to death, you will be sentenced to exile. Zhang Jian nodded: "It's a bit similar to Di Wuxiang." ”

Di Qing also violated the law by injuring people, and was admitted to the military after being punished. However, it is said that it was not Di Qing's own fault, but to help his brother take the blame, and the person did not die, and was later saved.

"There is no one in Di Wuxiang's army who can compare, but he can be regarded as a good man."

Zhe Keda is very optimistic about Han Bao and wants to pull him into his house. Fang just said a few more words, and now he is alert. I only hope that Zhang Jian can look down on Han Gang a little - after all, he is a prisoner, and civil officials usually look down on martial artists, not to mention a military man who was born as a prisoner?

Prisoners were also tattooed while working in prison cities, or simply being included in the army. Military men and prisoners have become a category in the eyes of the world. It's okay for them to be from a general's background, and it's reasonable to be able to be a commander or a leader in the army for generations, but ordinary soldiers are basically equivalent to thieves with the army.

Of course, the views on serving in the army are also divided into regions. In the impoverished frontier, eating official food and receiving official salaries is an excellent way to make a living. But in the interior, it is a bad mistake that cannot be avoided, and if a normal soldier wants to leave the army, he must even find someone from the clan to take his place.

Taiyuan is a rich land, speaking of which is the important town of the country and the core of Hedong, but it has not heard the smoke for more than 100 years, and the status of the red guy is naturally not high. Not to mention the Red Guy who was born as a prisoner.

"Not to mention the thief who has done a bad job." Zhi Keda said, "Since the main force of the Liao thieves has gone south, someone needs to go out to find out the details, whether it is victory or defeat." ”

Zhang Jian also nodded and said, "If Han Shumi wins, then it will be just right to beat the water dog." If you are unlucky, you can also get the news one step in advance and alert the city in case someone is plotting against you. ”

"Probably win." Zhi Keda corrected: "If Han Shumi can really resist the offensive of the Liao army near Taigu County in the south, and even do not seek to defeat the Liao army, as long as he can hold back this army of soldiers and horses, when reinforcements from all walks of life arrive, Xiao Shisan will definitely be defeated, and the tens of thousands of horses under his command may even be wiped out in Hedong." ”

"As long as Han Shumi can do it."

"Of course you can!" Zhe Keda has absolute confidence in Han Gang, and asserts without hesitation, "Han Shumi will definitely be able to do it!" ”