Tian Yu took a deep breath, and the air penetrated into his body with a slight chill, calming the emotions stirring in his heart a little.

Looking at the officials in the hall, there was more or less an unconcealable excitement on their faces.

The same words, coming out of different people's mouths, give people completely different feelings.

Looking at Han Gang's side face with clear and tough lines and no anger and self-authority, Tian Yu secretly sighed to himself, and only such a character can let go of such a bold statement.

Even if he is like a king. Kechen is generally a high-ranking border marshal, and if he wants to leave all the Liao troops who have entered the Kou, he will only provoke ridicule. can be replaced by Han Gang, who was in Hedong at the beginning, holding tens of thousands of heads to decorate his military exploits, including thousands of heads of the leather room army, how many people would not believe it?

"Bring pen and ink." Han Gang ordered people to prepare the four treasures of the study, and beckoned Chen Feng to come over, "Gongman, you come to write." Jean Wang. Kechen held on to Taiyuan City for twenty days. Twenty days later, reinforcements will arrive! ”

Chen Feng unfolded his pen and paper in response, and several officials were surprised when they heard this: "Deputy Cardinal, reinforcements will arrive in twenty days?!" ”

"It's almost twenty days." Han Gang nodded. He said it so affirmatively, which made the officials feel even more at ease.

"Chengbo." Han Gang called Tian Yu again, "You came to write a document to Fenzhou and Yuci County." ”

Tian Yu nodded in agreement.

Watching the two of them sit down and write cursively, Han Gang relaxed and said to the others: "Hedong Guanshan is dangerous, easy to intercept, difficult to advance and retreat. This time, the Beiyu went deep into Hedong, but he was killing himself. ”

All the officials echoed: "There is a deputy in charge, even if Yelu Yixin comes in person, he can only lose his armor and abandon his armor." ”

"The Liao thieves went deep into the Han land, and their lives were hanging by a thread. Not to mention the old thing of killing Hu Lin in the past, when Lan Yuan was in the past, if it weren't for the true sect's thoughts, no more than half of the northern captives under the city of Dunzhou could go back. ”

It is not appropriate to directly criticize the emperor, but everyone can hear that Han Gang is complaining that Emperor Zhenzong is too weak, and no one dares to echo it now.

Han Gang smiled: "In the past few years, the northern captives have fought against our official army in the north, and the national strength and military weapons are far inferior to the emperor and the Song Dynasty, and Yelu Yixin Bing's name is not right, and his rear is unstable, and he chose to send troops in the spring, this is a return to the light, and the strength is difficult to continue."

"With the words of the cardinal deputy, people's hearts can be at ease." Zhijun smiled, "If it reaches the ears of the northern captives, maybe they will be frightened and flee north to their hometown." ”

Han Gang took the killing of Hu Lin and Liao Taizong as an example, and it would soon be rumored that it would be rumored. When more and more officials use these words to motivate and encourage the morale of the army and the people, it will not be long before they fall into the ears of the Liao people. At this juncture, it is not impossible to scare the Liao army away.

"Prepare for the worst in everything. I think I'm going to attract the North captives. Beiyu broke the Yanmen and Shiling, and the arrogance was the time of arrogance. They want to leave, one is to be satisfied, and the other is to be beaten and lose their armor and flee! Han Gang swept the hall, "If another Liao Taizong dies, after this war, the Liao people should not dare to look south again." ”

Just as Han Gang continued to stir people's hearts, Chen Feng quickly completed the task and respectfully handed a draft in front of him.

The words are not bad, there is the charm of European style, and the content is concise and clear, there is no rhetoric, and the things are explained, and if you read it, even if you don't understand the text, you can understand it. This is better than Han Gang expected. In order to show their literary talents, many officials insist on making four or six puppets and other kinds of fu in official documents, but they can't even say what they should say, especially the conceited and literary jinshi.

Han Gang nodded, Chen Feng has been an official for more than ten years, and it seems that he has not done it in vain. After slightly modifying the document, Han Gang stamped it and stamped it. After putting it in the envelope and sealing it with fire paint, he took a look at the Zhijun. Wei Sheng Jun Zhijun understood, "The lower officer will arrange it, and leave now." ”

Everything that should be ordered was ordered, and Han Gang didn't have anything to say, so the Zhijun of the Weisheng Army got up with his subordinate officers and said goodbye. Han Gang didn't leave anyone behind, sent them to the door of the hall, and asked Tian Yu and Chen Feng to send them outside the post house.

Leaving the gate of the post house, the group whispered in private, mostly praising Chen Feng's good luck.

"Blessed spirits. I don't usually see him so shrewd. “

"Mostly...... Guard, what to do next? ”

"Whatever Deputy Han Shu says, we will do." Zhijun replied. "It's just some food and soldiers, and it's good for everyone to prepare early."

But some people still have concerns, "...... But can Jingying win the Liao? ”

"Don't forget, there are also soldiers and horses beyond the river. If the cardinal deputy wants to transfer troops, dare to delay for a while? A little later, the Western Army will come up. ”

"How?" After the two staff members returned, Han Gang asked.

"They all seem to have confidence in the pivotal officer." Tian Yu replied.

"Indeed!" Chen Feng immediately answered, "When I came, everyone was worried, but when I left, I was all smiling. It's all because of the deputy head sitting in Hedong! ”

"The main reason is that the Liao people failed to take advantage of Hebei." Han Gang shook his head. Hebei is a real fight of hard bridges and hard horses, and anyone with a discerning eye can see the real strength of the Liao army.

Tian Yu nodded and said, "Even the Hebei Army can't win, so what about the Western Army?" Moreover, when the Liao army entered Taiyuan, luck was the majority, but the war could not be fought by luck alone. As long as the Western Army remains, the confidence of the government and the opposition will remain. ”

"Okay, the Weisheng Army can be put aside for the time being, and the key now is Taiyuan." Han Gang pursed his lips, "There is no army that must be saved outside, and there is no city that must be defended inside." As long as there are reinforcements coming from outside the Zhilu Road, then Taiyuan will definitely be able to hold it. ”

"But isn't twenty days too tight?" Tian Yu wanted to ask, "What if the reinforcements don't arrive in twenty days?" ”

Han Gang Ha Lu smiled: "Is it possible for the Liao people to besiege Taiyuan for a month?" If Yelu Yixin really did this, this is a big gift to the door, but I am disrespectful. ”

Tian Yu frowned: "But there is no need to set twenty days." ”

Han Gang shook his head, "It has to be so." ”

Although the city defense of Taiyuan, even if it was destroyed by Zhao Guangyi, and the defense power was far inferior to that of Jinyang in the Tang Dynasty, it was not something that the Liao people could break through in ten days and half a month, but Han Gang was really afraid.

In this era, not only are there many pigs, but there are also many officials who are pigs. When dealing with military affairs, you can make any stupid move. In the face of more than 100 thieves, there were more than 100 thieves who offered cattle wine to ask them to raise their noble hands, and there were also more than a dozen soldiers who made noise and made trouble, so frightened that they fled from the city with their families - this latter person is still a famous child, but the eldest brother of the current prime minister, the most uncomfortable place in Han Gang's heart is that the name of the eldest brother of the prime minister is actually the same as him.

Not to the king. Kechen and other Taiyuan civil and military officials had confidence and a low enough goal to ensure that they would be able to lose Taiyuan Mansion to the Liao.

"It's just the cardinal vice, is it proper to rely on Kaifeng's reinforcements alone?" Tian Yan asked after him.

"And the soldiers and horses beyond the river!"

"The Linfu Army is also going to be transferred back?" Tian Yu knew that before receiving the news of the Shiling Pass, Han Gang did not plan to let the Linfu army also squeeze into Taiyuan, but made another appointment, but now the situation has changed.

"Wang. Kechen must have sent people to transfer troops from outside the river at this time, and he has to grasp the life-saving straw, not to mention the elite Linfu army in the east of the river? I'm also taking advantage of the trend. ”

The situation outside the river has been fine, but there is also news in the direction of Shengzhou that it has been attacked by the Liao army, and the troops outside the river led by the Linfu army have been pinned down, and it is difficult to transfer back in a short time. The soldiers and horses supporting Hebei will not be able to return for a while, and Han Gang hopes that they can be of greater use.

But most of the main forces of the Hedong Army were on the border. The rest are mostly concentrated in Taiyuan. Be king. After Kechen sent Taiyuan soldiers and horses to Hebei, the troops in Hedong were extremely empty. If the troops lost in Shiling Pass and Chitang Pass are included, it is unknown whether the Hedong Forbidden Army can still make up 230,000. Under such circumstances, it was impossible for Han Gang to keep the Hewai Army and the Liao people to contain the team.

Han Gang entered the hall and hurriedly wrote a few lines of big characters with the help of the pen, ink and paper used by Fang Cai Tian.

'If you lose your land, you will lose your land. If you save people and lose land, you will gain all people. ’

Chen Feng craned his neck to watch, but he couldn't understand what Han Gang meant.

Han Gang signed and stamped the picture in the same way, put it in the envelope, and ordered a cronie who had been with him for several years, "Borrow a stagecoach and send this letter to Fuzhou." ”

"This is for the Fold family? It doesn't seem to make sense. Tian Yan asked.

"I'm talking about the Liao." Han Gang smiled and turned his gaze to Chen Feng. Chen Feng was stunned, without the slightest sensitivity to answer when he heard the words.

Han Gang sighed secretly, and then listened to Tian Zhen say, "Tian Yan understands. After annihilating the Liao army that entered the Kou, the lost land can be recovered, and a few more points can be spared. If you only think about recovering the lost land, but you don't want to fight with Liaokou, the future troubles will be endless. ”

Han Gang nodded: "That's basically the truth. ”

In order to achieve its goal, it is not enough for the Linfu army to only deploy mobile forces that can be used, and what Han Gang needs is to pay without reservation. It's just that the Zhejia and the Linfu army who took out all their family resources may even be threatened and plundered by the core of the three states of Linfu and Feng. It depends on whether the folded family can take care of the overall situation.

Han Gang regards the Zhe family as his help in the Hedong Army, but if the Zhe family can't make a satisfactory decision on the major rights and wrongs, the past friendship will be blown away by the rain and wind.

Sitting down again, Han Gang suddenly asked suddenly, "Gongman, have you been instructed by your guests before?" ”

Only then did Han Gang confirm Chen Feng's insight, he could only say that it was unsatisfactory, the only sharp reaction and judgment before was not even the luck of Fu Lingxin, intuitively Han Gang thought that it was just a paraphrase. Now, judging by Chen Feng's reaction, it seems that it is not an illusion.

The person who gives Chen Feng guidance is by no means simple. From Chen Feng receiving an urgent report to going out and coming to the post house, at most he can change his clothes. In such a short period of time, without any further details, he judged the movements of the Liao people on his own, and his vision and insight were stronger than the officials Han Gang saw today.

And that one is not an official, it can only be a person from Chen Feng's family, a guest or a relative, otherwise someone should have made him a stumbling block just now - throwing a look full of jealousy at Chen Feng, Han Gang had already seen several.

Chen Feng was stared at by Han Gang so that the blood on his face faded, and his body froze. The secret hidden in my heart was suddenly exposed.

"Gongman?" Han Gang's gentle voice was in Chen Feng's ears, but it was like a cold knife slashing across his back.

Han Gang's eyes are poisonous, and he is young and ambitious, in Chen Feng's opinion, it is a character that cannot be deceived by people below. If you want to get away with it and evil Han Gang, you will have no hope in the officialdom in this life. And to tell the truth, although I can't expect to be reused, I still have a favor, not to mention that he is also his own family:

"Don't dare to deceive the deputy cardinal, that's the nephew of the lower official. He traveled the world to study, and recently happened to be in Hedong. A few days ago, I was discussing the situation in Hedong with the lower officials, and I had discussed with the lower officials what the situation might be if the northern captives broke through Taiyuan City, and how to deal with it. ”

Han Gang raised his eyebrows, a little surprised.

It is better to travel thousands of miles than to read thousands of books, and many of the scholars' insights and connections started from study tours. However, it is strange to go to Hedong instead of going to the capital for study.

Listening to the tone, it was not Chen Fengmen, but a young scholar, and he began to discuss the situation of the Liao army entering Taiyuan before the fall of Shiling Pass, which is even more rare - I really don't know whether to say it is a crow's mouth, or prescient. I guessed wrong.

"Call him along, your nephew, I would like to see him." Han Gang listened to the drums outside, it was already past midnight, and said with a smile, "I don't need to sleep tonight, just see a few more people." ”

"Pivotal ...... This is a bit unfortunate. Chen Feng became slumped, "The nephew of Xia Guan left two days ago, saying that he was going to the capital. ”

Han Gang had already prepared to send someone to Chen Feng's house to entertain him, but he didn't expect to leave, but he didn't dare to lie if he wanted to come, but he felt a little regretful: "...... It's a coincidence. Are you going to study in the country? ”

"It's just a study tour. It is not easy to enter the country, and it is even more rare to pay tribute to the two Zhejiang townships, so the nephew of the lower official is ready to study for a few years first, and then recommend it to the township. ”

"It's really not easy to solve two Zhejiang and one solution." Han Gang remembered that he had participated in the Jinshi Department back then, and he had obtained the qualification to go to Beijing to take the exam from the lock hall exam, if not, he would have to break through from his fellow villagers who were ten times the number of township tributes. Shaanxi's solution to the test is one out of ten, not to mention the Jiangnan with a single-plank bridge, "sharpening knives and cutting wood, and spending a few more years to study in all directions is not a delay in time." ”

"The cardinal deputy wants to recover the man." Tian Yu asked.

"Forget it, there will be no mobilization of teachers." Han Gang shook his head. It's not Han Xin, he is not ready to be Xiao He, and Chen Feng also disappointed him, and he is not in the mood. What's more, most of this chase has to be chased to the capital, just write a letter back to let people pay attention, "The name of the nephew is ......"

"The surname is Ze, and the word is Rulin."