[I'm really embarrassed to be two hours late.] 】

Han Gang was summoned to the palace. But he followed the eunuch who led the way in front of him, but found that the place leading him was not in the Chongzheng Palace, but leading to the Wuying Palace.

"Is the Son of Heaven in the Wuying Palace?" Han Gang asked in the back.

Although it was not proper to speak when leading the way, but Han Gang's question, the leading Xiao Huang did not dare not answer, "Back to Zhixue, the officials and ministers are now in the palace. ”

'Wuying Palace. ’

Han Gang nodded, feeling that the place was just right. The side hall of Wuying Hall is now an important place to place the map and sand table of Kyushu in the world. It is also the favorite place for today's Song Dynasty to stay and rest in his spare time. To discuss the military affairs, of course, it is indispensable to talk about how to use the troops, and the strategy for using the troops that he and Zhang Dian discussed is also the most appropriate to refer to the map.

Outside the hall, when the hall was called, Han Gang strode into the Wuying Palace.

More than a dozen eyes looked at the door together, and a tall figure first blocked the sunlight shining in from the temple gate, and then the figure swayed, and the long-lost figure stepped into the hall of Zaifuluo.

Wu Chong's eyes narrowed.

However, in more than half a year, Han Gang's temperament has changed a lot. Although he is still tall with shoulders and back, at most, the whole person has become a little thinner, and his complexion has become a little tanned. But the power brought by leading the army to break the enemy made him feel like a different person. His eyes and demeanor are as calm as a mountain, which makes people completely ignore his too young appearance.

Wu Chong even had a feeling that Han Gang, who entered the hall in a three-grade uniform and bowed to the Son of Heaven in the hall, was no longer a newcomer who had been repeatedly promoted by his ingenious merits, but was already an important minister who could discuss state affairs with them - a twenty-five-year-old minister!

"Han Qing, please get up." Seeing the courtiers who shared their worries and solved problems every time, Zhao Ji was very happy in his heart, "In the battle of Yongzhou, the Qing family cannot have such a great achievement." ”

"I dare not be ashamed. This is the blessing of His Majesty's Holy Virtue, and it is also the soldier's life, and Su Mian has been able to curb the thieves for two months, so that the thieves are tired, and the most difficult is broken by the officers and soldiers. Han Gang sighed, "Failing to save Yongzhou is worthy of His Majesty." ”

"The Qing family went all the way south, and the speed of the journey is well known to the world. The city of Yongzhou is broken, and the number of fortunes is not the responsibility of the Qing family, so why should the Qing family feel guilty. Zhao Ji was relieved. As soon as the conversation turned, he asked Han Gang about the question he was most concerned about, "Jiaozhi will raise an army in vain and enter our country." poisoned the three states, causing the people to die. I don't know if the Qing family can attack Jiaozhi and punish the thieves? ”

"The toes can be broken!" Han Gang raised his head suddenly, looked at Zhao Ji with burning eyes, and gave a clear answer: "It must also be broken!" ”

"Why?" Zhao Ji was surprised.

Han Gang said in a deep voice: "Presumably, His Majesty has already learned that before the ministers returned to Beijing, they were sent by His Majesty to drive the troops to break through the two barbarian thieves of Zuozhou and Zhongzhou, and thus drove the barbarian troops of the Zuojiang Thirty-six Mountains to attack the territory of Jiaozhi. ”

Zhao Ji smiled and nodded, he had already received the news, and because the speed of the rush was much faster than Han Gang's entry into Beijing, he learned that the results of the battle were even more than Han Gang.

Han Gang's approach was completely in accordance with his instructions, and now that he has succeeded, of course, it is his credit," I have learned about this. Since Zuozhou and Zhongzhou refused to obey, Han Qing killed just right! Otherwise, where can the Thirty-six Barbarian Department know the thunderous means of our Emperor Song! ”

Wu Chong secretly sneered, he now knew what Han Gang wanted to say.

Han Gang sighed: "Before the minister's return to the north, the Thirty-six Mountains had already broken dozens of enemies, and more than 2,000 Chinese people had been rescued. In the border land alone, 2,000 people were taken into slavery. How many should there be in Thang Long Mansion? They are all subjects of the Emperor and Song Dynasty, how can they be allowed to fall into the hands of thieves for a long time? ”

"Your Majesty." Wang Shao first came out to support Han Gang, "Han Gang's words are right, the thieves must be eliminated, and the Chinese people must not be saved." ”

Feng Jing asked rhetorically: "How can Fengzhou be left in the hands of the Western Thieves?" ”

"Fengzhou is peaceful, but it is not the tens of thousands of people who have been taken captive to Jiaozhi." Lu Huiqing sighed.

Wang Qi said: "There are still two thousand prisoners in Yongzhou, which can be exchanged. ”

"Jiaozhi dares to offend Tianwei, and he should be suppressed, but the strength of the Western Army cannot be transferred for a while, so it can be waited for a while." Cai Ting said.

Wu Chong followed up with a sentence: "The Western Army cannot be moved, but the Hebei Army can be used." There are 20,000 officers and soldiers, supplemented by barbarians, and they can be pacified and cochinized. ”

Just listening to a few words of dialogue between the two mansions, Han Gang also understood that although there were more than six people in the two mansions at the moment, none of them had the same thoughts.

Except for the common desire to recapture Toyoshu, the other issues are completely different. whether to give up attacking Jiaozhi; whether it is a punishment or a destruction of the country; the timing of the attack on the cochines; Even the number and source of troops and horses mobilized for this purpose are all different.

Just like Wu Chong, he also said that he wanted to capture Jiaozhi. But his proposal made Han Gang can't help but doubt his purpose. Mobilize Hebei soldiers? And it's only 20,000! As a privy envoy, it is impossible not to know the situation of the Hebei army in Ludao, and to transfer troops from Hebei to the south, does he plan to level the toe, or does he want to see the defeat of the imperial army?

Before Han Gang entered the palace city, he had already predicted the situation in the palace today. In the case that Wang Anshi was unable to be present, he would definitely not get much support among the Zaifu in the palace, except for Wang Shao, even Lu Huiqing was most likely to have a ghost in his heart.

Zhao Ji had already heard enough of the dispute between the two mansions, and there was a little anger in his eyes. But he didn't have a good seizure, so he could only ask Han Gang instead: "I don't know what Han Qing's strategy is for this?" ”

Han Gang nodded, "The minister does have a strategy, but he needs a sand table to explain it." ”

As soon as Zhao Ji heard this, he immediately became interested, and hurriedly took the ministers to get up and move from the main hall to the side hall.

Wu Chong half-squinted his eyes, wondering in his heart how Han Gang would convince the Son of Heaven. However, he could not succeed, as long as the problem of Fengzhou was still there, the troops in Guanxi would not be able to move, and even if Han Gang wanted to send troops, he could only use the army from Hebei.

Feng Jing, who followed in the footsteps of the Son of Heaven, sneered in his heart, at the moment, the problem of Fengzhou was more important, and Jiaozhi had to be placed second. If Zhang Dian and Han Gang wanted to make meritorious contributions, they had to make concessions on the issue of troop transfer. As the prime minister, Feng Jing knows the inside story of the Yongzhou War better than the world, and he never believes that Han Gang can replicate the 'miracle' created in Yongzhou.

When I came to the side hall, it was still full of sand tables as in the old days. Nowadays, there are several sand tables placed in the center, one is a topographic map of Kyushu, the other is the topography of Kansai, and the remaining two are related to Guangxi.

Zhao Ji stood on top of one of the eight-foot square sand tables, while the Zai Fu stood on either side of the train according to the train. The eyes of the monarchs and ministers converged on Han Gang's body, waiting for him to tell him his strategy.

Han Gang, who was in the lower position, glanced at the sand table twice, and did not open his mouth to get down to business, but looked up in surprise and asked, "What is this?" ”

"This is the topographic sand table of the two Guangzhous, and it is also the most delicate one of the sand tables of the map of the two Guangzhous in the palace."

Han Gang's brows furrowed tightly, "This sand table looks fine, but it can't help but deviate too far. Qiongya is just an island, and it is too big, why is the Pearl Sea between Leizhou, Qiongzhou and the west of Jiaozhi so small? There are also roads between Yongzhou, Qinzhou, and Lianzhou, all of which are wrong, and most of the locations of the left and right Jiangjiang Thirty-six Mountains are also wrong. ”

The two wide sand tables that Han Gang saw in the hall were not as exaggerated as he said, but there were indeed some problems. It's not that the carvers are bad. There will be no shortage of high-quality craftsmen in the court. The whole sand table is very finely carved, the mountains and rivers are clearly distinguishable, and even the cities are finely carved out of hard wood. But this sand table is a little different from Han Gang's memories from later generations, and even the thousand-mile coastline of Guangdong, Guangxi, and then to Jiaozhi has also been deformed.

There is also a Guangxi topographic sand table next to it, which is newly made, combined with many maps and records. However, in Han Gang's eyes, it can only be said that there is nothing wrong with the general east, west, north and south, and the location of the rivers and mountain ranges is not reversed, and other details are full of mistakes and omissions. However, Han Gang's intention was not to point out the mistakes.

"These two sand tables are built according to the map of Quang Nam and Nan Road, how can there be many mistakes?"

"Dare to ask Xianggong, how much is the water distance from Guangzhou to Qiongzhou? How much is it from Qiongzhou to Qinzhou? From Leizhou to Qiongya, how far is the waterway. After the confluence of the left and right rivers, it is Yushui, why not enter the sea from the nearest Qinzhou Lianzhou, and go straight to Guangzhou, thousands of miles away? And why can the Jiaozhi army march in two ways? ”

Han Gang's series of questions made Feng Jing's face gloomy. Where could he not see that Han Gang was taking the lead. Showing the attitude of an expert, as long as this image is established in the heart of the Son of Heaven, he can instill his own views into the Son of Heaven.

Han Gang is exactly this plan.

So as soon as he opened his mouth, he directly pointed out the mistakes in the sand table, although this set of tricks is old-fashioned, but it is very effective to use. After he raised an objection, Zhao Ji immediately recruited the official in charge of the production of the sand table, and a familiar face soon appeared in front of Han Gang's eyes.

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Two chamberlains carried a wooden box full of beeswax and walked into the side hall of the Wuying Palace.

When they were outside the hall, the two little yellow doors were still humming and panting, but as soon as they entered the hall, they immediately became afraid to even come out of the atmosphere, and lightly put down the beeswax that was still steaming.

"Sent?" One of the people in the center of the main hall turned around, saw the hot beeswax, and immediately ordered the people around him: "Hurry up and carry it up." ”

Today's Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, the prime minister, the political officer, the privy envoy, and the youngest envoy are all in the side hall at this time. But it was not them who were in the center of the hall, but the officials in green robes who had just spoken out, as well as several of his capable subordinates.

Although he was wearing an official uniform, his hands were full of thick calluses, his short fingers and knuckles were thick, and his dark face was wrinkled, and he looked like a craftsman. He is directing his craftsmen to build a topographic sand table on a six-foot-square table, stacked and carved a topographical sand table with beeswax mixed with wood chips.

"Leizhou is surrounded by the sea on three sides, dragged straight to the south, is a peninsula, slightly longer from north to south, and not wide from east to west. Qiongya Island is shaped like a palm, with a mountain in the center and a gentle land along the coast. Zhuya is the southernmost, while Qiongzhou is at the northern end. ”

Han Gang stood next to the sand table, pointing from time to time, telling the craftsmen which side is the mountain and which side is the sea. There was confidence in his loud voice, and the grandeur of a geographer was so imposing that even if his narrative was wrong, no one could point it out.

"I didn't expect Han Qing to even know the geography of Guangdong." Zhao Ji said on the side.

Han Gang bowed his waist and said with a smile: "Since you want to use troops against Jiaozhi, the geography of Liangguang, Haizhong and Jiaozhi, the minister does not dare not inquire carefully. However, there is a lack of famous artists in Guangxi, and it is impossible to make a suitable sand table. Thanks to Tian Jiangzuo, he was able to simulate the geographical terrain that the minister had learned. ”