Chapter 84
Hebei is fighting fiercely, and Beijing is also concerned about it.
The battle reports were transmitted from the front line to the capital, touching the hearts of the court.
In recent days, the capital has kept the magistrate on duty every night, and brought the officials on duty on duty to handle various emergency affairs, sorted the war reports into briefings, and handed them over to the other magistrates for review the next day.
Han Gang arrived at the capital very early today and asked for a briefing to watch. The more he looked, the tighter his brows became, and soon there was a erect wrinkle on his brows.
There was actually no bad news in today's briefing, but Han Zhong's name appeared twice, and the five words "Baozhou Railway Bureau" appeared many times. As long as you have some understanding of the battle situation in Hebei and have a better understanding of the geographical situation of Dingzhou Road, and when you see this briefing, Han Zhong's jumping and downward actions will be vivid in your mind.
Lu Jia asked about being on duty last night, and the briefing was basically compiled by him. When Han Gang picked up the briefing, he held tea and quietly observed Han Gang's reaction in the heat of the tea soup.
Seeing Han Gang's expression inadvertently, as if he was indifferent to his anger, Lu Jia asked, as if he was passing by Han Gang, and asked casually, "Mr. Yu Kun, are you worried about your son?"
Han Gang raised his head, his deep eyes nailed Lu Jiawen like a spear.
He kept looking at the briefing quietly, only when he turned the page, he could make a little noise. He eliminated this action and looked like a statue. At this moment, he looked up and was still quiet, but there were rolling waves hidden in his calm eyes.
Han Gang only moved a little, and the atmosphere in the hall suddenly became depressed.
Not only Zeng Xiaokuan, who was already paying attention to Lu Jiawen and Han Gang, but Shen Kuo and You Shixiong who were talking in a low voice, and Zhang Qi, who was sleeping in their own position, were alarmed and turned their eyes toward each other for a while.
Han Gang didn't say anything, Lu Jia asked and felt so angry that he was staring at him, and said with a dry smile, "Yu Kun looks..."
"I hope you know," Han Gang interrupted Lu Jia and asked, "There are 300,000 children in the Hebei army, all of whom are sons. Gang is in the world, how can he only worry about his own family?"
Lu Jiawen was a little confused, and just asked a question. Han Gang's reaction was too intense.
Han Lu was angry, Zeng Xiaokuan hurriedly came out to relieve his cheeks, "If you have to worry, you should not worry about Brother Zhong." He smiled and said to Han Gang, "Everyone is saying that Brother Zhong in your family is a tit-hearted tiger. He is not afraid of danger, loyal to his duties, and does not humiliate his family tradition."
With Zeng Xiaokuan coming forward first, Zhang Qi and Shen Kuo all came forward to speak, eased the atmosphere. You Shixiong did not dare to say much. He had not passed the recommendation of the Political Consultative Conference and became a member of the Capital Hall, but he had already taken on the work of the General Railway Administration and began to attend the Capital Hall meeting.
When Zhang Dun arrived, the regular meeting officially began and everything returned to peace.
As time passed and the wars in the north, the city of Tokyo gradually calmed down.
The scholars and people in the capital no longer felt the inconvenience caused by floods, and their attention gradually shifted from floods to military disasters in the north.
Previously, the Honglu Temple was entrusted by the capital hall to go to the Bian Riverside to preside over the water and land dipping, and worshipped the dead of floods in the capital. Some of the patients in the Xinsheng Hospital gradually recovered from the illness and were discharged from the hospital.
The reconstruction of the Lifang, which was damaged by floods in the capital, has made arrangements for the reconstruction of the capital. The people who lost their homes have received certain subsidies and can rent new houses.
Because of the poor drainage during the flood, the motion to renovate the Bian River channel was put on the agenda. Dredging the river channel and lowering the riverbed is also a major project.
Of course, because the war in the north is in full swing, other proposals that have nothing to do with the war are at the end of the agenda. Today, the regular meeting of the Tutang was spent almost on the war in the north.
After the meeting, Zhang Dun and Zeng Xiaokuan left side by side, pulled him and asked, "What's going on with Yukun and Wangzhi?"
Although he didn't see it, he could still feel the hidden tit-for-tat between Han Gang and Lu Jiawen at the meeting.
Zeng Xiaokuan did not hide it and sued Zhang Dun the previous conflict between Han Gang and Lu Jia.
"Haha," Zhang Dun laughed gloatingly, "It's rare that Yukun is so unsustainable. It seems that he is really angry at home. But Wangzhi is also asking for it. Even if Yukun is angry with his son, it's not his turn, an outsider, to say so."
Because of Han Zhong's affairs, Han Gang and his wife were in disagreement, which is no secret among the members of the Ministry of Representatives. Even the members of the Council of Political Consultative Conference basically knew about it. Lu Jiawen deliberately provoked, and Han Gang was angry, and it would be strange if he could give him a good look.
Zeng Xiaokuan smiled, "I just want to see a joke."
"It's rare that Yukun has a grape rack when it is poured out, so it's not surprising that Wangzhi wants to watch the fun." Zhang Dun smiled slightly again and asked, "Ling Chuo, what do you think of Han Zhong?"
Zeng Xiaokuan shook his head, "I don't like it very much."
"Well, I don't like it very much."
Han Zhong wanted to stick to his post, and no one could say that he was not. From the perspective of the court, he even received great praise. But Han Zhong was not really loyal to his duties, and he wanted to strive for merit.
Han Zhong's selfishness caused the entire Hebei Road to cooperate with him. Even if Han Zhong succeeded, it was the credit of Wang Hou and other generals of Baozhou. It was because they were concerned about Han Gang that they changed the existing strategy for Han Zhong's selfishness. They were fighting hard to defeat the Liao army later, but not Han Zhong's credit.
The bosses from the capital are all clear-headed, who doesn’t know?
Even though the two of them had a gap, they did not dare to provoke Han Gang for nothing.
"It's really a lot worse than him." Zeng Xiaokuan shook his head and said.
Although he would not say it explicitly, Han Zhong’s own evaluation was actually greatly reduced in the top management. In Han Gang’s heart, he was afraid that he would have reduced his eldest son by several levels.
"Tiger father, dog and son are common." Zhang Dun frowned slightly, and obviously thought of something, sighing, "It's even more lamentable. After so many famous officials and nobles, they can't even find a dog to guard the family. Han Zhong is actually outstanding."
It’s okay for a tiger father and a dog son. A dog son who can keep a doorstep is always better than a prodigal son. But many children from the prime minister’s family are basically prodigal sons.
As for whether Han Zhong himself is a prodigal son, it is not the turn of outsiders to worry about it. That is Han Gang's business.
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Han Zhong, who is a "prodigal son", has not had a good sleep for several days.
There was no news from the Liao army. To be more precise, there was no news that Han Zhong wanted to hear.
This made him start to get anxious.
It took so much effort but no results, that would be a big joke.
"Erlang." Han Zhong was standing on the small building of the station, looking at the camp outside through the glass window. Chen Liu quietly came to his side and whispered, "The fifth general is back."
Han Zhong was shocked when he heard this, turned around and asked in surprise, "Didn't the fifth general go to assist in the defense of the Ansu army? Why did he come back?" His voice suddenly became rapid, "Did Yelu Yixin go south?!"
Chen Liu shook his head, "I heard that he was targeting a Gongwei. When he chased after him, he found that it was a team of three thousand people. He fought head-on and suffered a great loss, so he had to retreat first."
"Win, lose?" Han Zhong immediately asked.
Chen Liudao, "The fifth general brought back the remains of the wounded and the dead."
"Then there was no loss."
Han Zhong knew very well that he could clean the battlefield and gather casualties after the battle. He was a little thicker, and he could be said to have won.
The fifth general is composed entirely of cavalry, with a force of only 3,000, which is comparable to the force. He even stepped into a trap. If he had known in advance that there were three thousand palace divisions waiting in front, the fifth general's chief general would not have such courage. He would really go head-on. He thought he had caught a pig's tail, but he didn't expect that what he dragged out was a wild boar with four fangs.
Over the past few days, many battles have occurred here on Dingzhou Road. Basically, they all reported that it was a great victory, a great victory, a captive enemy escaped, a Liao bandit escaped, etc., but not many beheadings. It sounds like a normal taboo to defeat it, just pour water into the military achievements.
However, there is one thing that they can bring the wounded soldiers back every time, which means they have never been defeated once, forcing the Liao people who are unwilling to fight against the official army to take the initiative to evacuate the battlefield.
Moreover, the battlefield is basically in Baozhou, Ansu Army and Guangxin Army.
According to statistics, there have been more than 100 villages in these three military prefectures that were captured by the Liao people. The casualties of the people were extremely heavy.
However, from the overall situation, the Liao army's military front was blocked from the north of Dingzhou Road and did not continue to move south. If we compare the past battle examples, this is the best start.
Han Zhong just didn't understand why the pseudo-emperor of Liao Kingdom was invincible with Tianmen Village.
Originally, the Khitan cavalry was unstable, and they were strolling thousands of miles, sweeping across the four fields, and avoiding them when they encountered a strong situation?
No matter how principle is, no wonder the combat power is getting worse and worse.
Han Zhong sighed.
He was so resentful that he could only complain in his stomach and put down the chessboard, but his opponent just didn't get into the game. He was waiting here, and he went to double land halfway.
Of course, he would not expect that the Liao army would continue to move south after the Tianmen Village was captured. Thinking of this way, he would not be worthy of being a human being.
"If the Liao people could not capture Tianmen Village for a long time, they might turn around Tianmen Village and go south." Han Zhong said to Chen Liu, "The so-called shameless knife is difficult to get into the sheath. If the emperor is the emperor, lead the army south and do not force the Song Dynasty to decide the alliance under the city. How can he go back to meet his ministers? In the end, he will definitely take a gamble."
Chen Liu is not good at this overall insight, this is the area where the Prime Minister Yanei is good at.
Chen Liu cooperated and said, "If that happens, he will go directly to Baozhou."
This is Han Zhong’s plan.
Let the Liao people see the opportunity to catch him and force him to be the prime minister's father to negotiate, and then jump into the preset trap.
Han Zhong laughed twice, suddenly felt refreshed and raised his voice, "You can't wait like this."
Chen Liu widened his eyes, wondering what the young master had to think about.
"You can't wait. Wait for the Liao people to come. According to my father, I'm too passive, so you have to be more proactive." Han Zhong said quickly.
When waiting for the rabbit, there must be a rabbit that can only run, twitch and blind. Now the rabbit is not blind, but he just refuses to move. In that case, he can only rush to the rabbit.
"Aren't the Liao army demolishing the railway?"
Chen Liu nodded. The Liao people were not stupid. There was a trunk railway from Dingzhou to Tianmen Village. Now that the main force is besieging Tianmen Village, in order to delay the reinforcements of the Song people, of course they had to start demolishing the road.
In the past few days, several sections have been destroyed. Although they are not long and are not repaired, the railway will be abandoned.
"We organize people to build roads!" Han Zhong's eyes shone with excitement, "It's best for the Liao people to attack. If we don't come, we will also have a contribution to the road."
He said excitedly to Chen Liu, "I once heard from the fourth uncle that big money needs to be made, small money needs to be made. For businessmen, the flow of money in the account is the most important. The same is true for me. How long has it been since there was no movement? Who believes that I really did it? Maybe it was robbed by bullying others. If I keep making contributions and making great contributions, everyone will give me a thumbs up and say that Han Er is indeed a capable person."
Han Zhong finally lifted his energy. Chen Liu was naturally happy, nodded quickly, and went down to prepare to go.
When Chen Liu left, the smile on Han Zhong's face disappeared. His current mood was really depressed.
If you have great achievements, why bother to make small money?
Chapter completed!