"You are now ordered to be the commander-in-chief of the South Route Army. You will lead four thousand soldiers and horses of the South Route to guard the city of Zhending Mansion. You must ensure that the city is impregnable and the people in the city can recuperate and live. You must not be oppressed or framed by thieves or thieves. If there are any lawbreakers, be sure to As soon as your right to act for convenience is found out, you will be killed on the street immediately, can you accept the order?"
Gao Kan looked at Xu Sheng and asked seriously.
After hearing this, Xu Sheng was a little confused and hesitated, and said slowly: "Mo, finally..."
"Why, General Xu is not confident? Are you afraid that the gold thieves will attack and be unable to defeat the Tatars, or are you afraid that the thieves will wreak havoc in the city and you don't dare to be so ruthless as to chop them off when necessary?"
Narrowing his eyes, Gao Kan stared at Xu Sheng and asked.
"If the young master appreciates the gift and carries such an important responsibility, the general will be willing to die to fulfill the mission. I will not dare to kill anyone who is ordered by the young master."
Xu Sheng said, he raised his head and still hesitated: "It's just stationed in Zhending Mansion. It's an important task. There are many capable people in the army. How can a person who has betrayed the last general and committed a crime be worthy of such a big task?"
"Just don't be afraid. Since you are guilty, you must make meritorious deeds."
Gao Kan waved his hand: "As long as you take these four thousand soldiers and horses to defend the Zhending Mansion, in the future the army will win a victory and return an identical Zhending Mansion to me. From you on, the original eight people of the Zhending Mansion will Those who have no choice but to surrender to the Jinren will be spared."
"But I want to say it first. Zhending Mansion is left to you. If you can't hold it, you don't have to wait for my army to return. You can find an inconspicuous place to apologize. Don't dirty the eyes of the brave fighting brothers. You Do you know?"
Hearing Gao Kan's words, Xu Sheng, a big man, had red eyes, clasped his fists and knelt down, saying, "I will serve you to the death!"
"good."
Gao Kan nodded slightly, stepped forward to help Xu Sheng up in person, and continued in a low voice: "General Xu, it's all up to you whether you can hold on to the city this time and wash away the stigma of surrendering without a fight. , I hope you won’t disappoint me.”
"Please rest assured, young master, even if the general dies, I won't let every piece of brick in Zhending Mansion fall into the hands of the golden dog!" Xu Sheng replied in a deep voice.
"That's good."
Letting go of Xu Sheng, he turned around and swept towards everyone, and continued: "Among the five armies, the horse army, the four armies of the east, west and south routes are all arranged. The only ones left are the north route army and the north route army." There are 6,000 horses, and I will personally lead them. After my death, I will go to Cigu Town to reinforce General Cao. He has already led 2,000 North Route Army troops there first, and is now stationed in the city to resist the Jin army from going south."
"Gentlemen, this march will be successful in one battle and benefit for a long time. We must make those foreign Tatars understand clearly the power of our heroic soldiers and horses of the Great Song Dynasty."
"In this battle, we will drive all the Golden Dog Tatars out of our territory of the Song Dynasty."
"Let me ask you, who is too timid to fight?"
"Fight, fight, fight!"
The audience immediately roared "war" three times in a row.
Gao Kan glanced again: "Let me ask you, who dare not pick up a knife and chop off the head of a golden dog?"
"Kill, kill, kill!"
He let out three more "kill" roars.
Seeing this, Gao Kan finally nodded and said: "Okay, in that case, let's go back and clean up the army. When the military order is issued, all ministries should send it out with the commander without delay!"
"Yes." All the commanders stood up and bowed in response.
When everyone was about to disperse, Gaokan stayed behind again, including Lin Chong, Yang Zhi, Lu Zhishen and Xu Sheng.
Sitting in the hall, Gaokan said again: "Everyone, when we send troops this time, we must force the main force of the Jin Army to withdraw from Xingtang for the first time. At the worst, we must drive them out of the central part of Zhending and rush to Jiayou."
"When troops are sent to each unit, they must send messages to each other and adhere to the speed of the march. They must not blindly greedy for success and advance rashly. They must advance and retreat as a whole."
"In addition, General Xu, you are the top priority in leading the troops to guard Zhending Mansion. The former army's food, grass and baggage supplies all rely on you to dispatch and drive."
"I will give you an order to recruit envoys to control all the ministries in the city. In addition to the food and grass expenditures, in addition to the ones issued first, they will be distributed and mobilized according to the order. In addition, we must try to raise food, grass and baggage from various places. The money in the treasury , feel free to use it when you need it, don’t skimp on it, I won’t settle the score with you when I come back.”
"Yes, I will thank you for your gift and promotion." Xu Sheng said with tears in his eyes.
Gao Kan's arrangement not only gave him soldiers, but also gave him unimaginable trust.
As the rear area where the army is dispatched, Zhending Mansion not only holds money, food, supplies, and various lifeline passes for the front army, but it is also the retreat route for Gaokan.
Generally speaking, unless you are an absolute confidant of such an important and critical position, you won't even think about it.
Even if he is a close confidant, he will not be completely trusted, and will definitely be restrained and even monitored closely.
But Gao Kan's attitude made it clear that he completely gave his back.
Not to mention that Xu Sheng was just a surrendered general who had just deserted the secrets and turned over to the bright side and came to surrender to the bandits. Even those who had followed him to fight in many places early in the morning would have shed tears of gratitude to have such trust and were willing to shed their blood.
Gao Kan nodded slightly, and then said to Lin Chong and Yang Zhi: "Lin Dutong, Yang Dutong, you two are the most familiar with the soldiers and horses in the city. This time the troops are divided into four groups. How to distribute the manpower? Come down and discuss a charter and decide it." Then just present it to me."
"Yes, General, take your orders." The two men responded at the same time.
Then Gao Kan looked at Lu Zhishen again and said: "Lu Dutong, this time you lead the troops, horses and infantry, and you have to rush to the Tang Dynasty first. The journey is long and the march is not easy. After the troops and horses are calculated, you will send out first. You must be careful in everything you do when marching, don't advance in a hurry, and wait until all the troops and horses have arrived at their positions so that we can act together."
"The Sa family knows it, sir, please rest assured." Lu Zhishen responded with his fists clasped in his hands.
This time when troops were sent to march to the Tang Dynasty, there were more than 20,000 troops in Gaokan, not including those stationed by Cao Qi in Cigu Town.
Lin Chong, Yang Zhi, and Lu Zhishen alone have 18,000 troops under their command.
Moreover, the three armies were sent out almost at the same time, as long as the marching speed was strictly controlled.
Then the three armies are almost at the same progress, and the distance between the three will not exceed tens of miles. Even if the Jin army in Xingtang senses the movement, they suddenly rush out of the city and rush to attack.
No matter which route we attack, as long as all the soldiers and horses on this route are not eaten up in an instant, then the other two routes will have time to rush to support and surround them.
What's more, Gaokan himself has to bring 4,000 troops and horses. If he sends them out later, they can also be regarded as backup reinforcements.
Once the Jin army jumps over the wall and takes the initiative to fight in advance, it will easily fall into the dilemma of being surrounded on three sides. At that time, Gaokan will lead the troops from behind and order Cao Qi to lead the troops out of Cigu Town to cut off the Jin army's retreat.
The Jin army leaving the city was left with only one dead end.
Therefore, Gaokan is not afraid of a surprise attack by the Jin army. What he is afraid of is that one of the soldiers and horses rushes in greedily and runs too fast, cutting off the connection with the other two armies, causing the lone army to go ahead and causing others to collide head-on. Then That's bad.
Among the three people who led the troops, Gao Kan was of course the most worried about Lu Zhishen. Master Lu was a great general when charging into battle, but he was a little too reckless.
