Since the Shangdang Incident, the Shangdang armies have suffered successive blows, and there has been no news of reinforcements from the imperial court for a long time. Their morale has already been extremely low.

General Guan, who arrived in Hedong first, made adjustments to the defense in Hedong and rushed to the aid of Shangdang, but did not mention Shangdang at all.

The main reason is precisely because of Wei Yan.

Since even the Central Protector could not suppress Wei Yan, General Guan knew that with his own status, it was even more impossible to make Wei Yan obey.

Otherwise, even if he holds the Emperor's Scepter and he really wants to force an order, and Wei Yan does not obey, it will only lead to more chaos among the Shangdang armies.

So under this premise, she could only acquiesce that the situation in Shangdang was irreversibly corrupted, and just wanted to save Hedong and Taiyuan first.

Wang Han's arrangement is also based on his inability to solve the current deadlock:

To save Wei Yan, I'm afraid he will fall into the trap of the bandit army.

If Wei Yan is not rescued, the morale of the army will be unstable, and it will be difficult to defend Gaoping Pass.

In this case, it is better to let the people from the engineering camp return to Hedong first.

As for the impact this move would have on the army, he had no way to take it into consideration.

After all, Wang Han's first priority is to protect the engineering camp.

As for Gaoping Pass, you can follow the rules.

If you can't defend it, you may die for your country at worst.

For Wang Hanwenshi and Wang Hanwen, the engineering camp is more important than Gaopingguan.

What he didn't expect was that he was sent back to Wenshi and transferred back not long after:

"General Wang!"

"Captain Wen, why are you..."

Wenshi dismounted from his horse, walked forward quickly, walked to Wang Han, held Wang Han's arms tightly, with a look of joy on his face:

"The Central Protector, the Central Protector has sent people, the reinforcements from the imperial court have arrived!"

"I know I know!"

Wang Han was also a little incoherent.

It's not easy.

He almost gave up, but unexpectedly, Zhongduhu sent someone to arrive at the last moment.

Wang Han raised his head and looked behind Wenshi, and saw a man, surrounded by several guards, looking towards him calmly with a smile.

Shi Bao was already very handsome, but at this moment, when Wang Han saw this man, he felt that he was simply the most beautiful man in the world.

But Wang Han crossed Wenshi, walked up to Shi Bao, and saluted excitedly:

"Ham pays homage to General Zhonglang."

As for Shi Bao, Wang Han had not only heard of his name but had also seen him before.

When General Guan swept through Bingzhou, Shi Bao contributed a lot of force.

Zhongduhu was able to clear Hedong in a short period of time, and he also relied on this person.

After the First World War in Guanzhong, Shi Bao was granted the title of Nong Zhonglang General due to his meritorious service, and was responsible for farming in Hedong, redividing the fields, clearing acres, etc.

At the same time, he is also responsible for patrolling the Hedong Salt Lake and cracking down on salt smuggling in Hedong.

Because of his cruel methods, he was called the "Stone Evil Dog" by many aristocratic families in Hedong.

Until Wei Yan attacked Shangdang, Feng Duhu asked Shi Bao to serve as the deputy general Zhonglang and also to join the army as the general to conquer the east - at this time, the general to conquer the east was Jiang Wei.

Feng Duhu sent Shi Bao to Jiang Wei, with the obvious intention of asking Shi Bao to report the Shangdang's war situation at any time.

This is a normal thing. After all, the Central Protector, who oversees the internal and external military affairs, has the right to know the battle on the frontline at any time.

Moreover, no one could have imagined that the attack on Gaodu would end up like this.

It's a pity that Wei Yan was probably really jealous of Feng Duhu.

When he decided to change his original plan and intensify his efforts to attack Gaodu, he sent Shi Bao back to Hedong to collect and supervise the transportation of grain and grass on the grounds that Shi Bao was familiar with Hedong.

The official level is overwhelming, let alone the fact that Wei Yan is the supreme commander in this battle.

Shi Bao could only obey the military order and return to the east of the river.

Unexpectedly, Wei Yan asked Jiang Wei to lead his troops back to Tongguan before he could collect enough food and grass in Hedong.

Shi Bao joined the army as the general who conquered the east. Logically speaking, he wanted to follow Jiang Wei to Tongguan.

However, Wei Yan did not send anyone to replace Shi Bao, so Jiang Wei naturally did not dare to take him away easily.

Who would have expected that the Shangdang situation would suddenly change, as if just overnight, the host and the guest would have changed sides.

At that time, Wei Yan was only focused on trying to restore the situation, so how could he still remember who Shi Bao was?

With no military orders coming, few troops on hand, and the situation in Hedong becoming equally tense, Shi Bao could do nothing but stare.

Then the Dahan Joint Reserve Bureau expanded its seats. Every family in Hedong had money to contribute, grain to produce, and strength to contribute.

After the military order from Chang'an came through, Shi Bao, who was familiar with Hedong, finally didn't have to contradict him this time.

Because he wanted to assist Jiang Bin, the governor of Hedong, and Zhang Bao, the general of Anhan, to prepare food and fodder for the army coming from Chang'an.

General Guan rushed to Taiyuan and did not have to worry about food and grass, precisely because Hedong had made preparations in advance.

It wasn't until Feng Duhu came to Tongguan and took over the entire battle that Shi Bao truly regained his organization.

Feng Duhu was still waiting for Li Qiugufu to arrive with his army. When he learned that Gaoping Pass had not been lost and he had no extra troops on hand.

So he ordered Shi Bao and Hu Zun to lead the Tuchen Army, one of the Chinese troops left in Hedong by General Guan, to go to Gaoping Pass first.

Although the Storm Army is a new army, it also has some veterans who have served as its foundation.

Facing elite rebel soldiers, it may not be feasible to fight in the field, but if you defend according to danger, there shouldn't be much of a problem.

The most important thing is that in these days, the Shangdang armies have been scattered and defeated.

The life and death of the coach Wei Yan is unknown, and Wei Chang, who was supposed to stay at Gaoping Pass, is isolated and helpless outside the city.

The soldiers in Guancheng and the whole army were in a state of confusion and low morale.

The arrival of reinforcements led by Shi Bao and Hu Zun was like a shot in the arm, allowing them to finally see hope.

But Shi Bao helped Wang Han up:

"General Wang, thank you for your hard work!"

While he helped Wang Han up, he patted Wang Han's arm hard.

Turning around and looking around, Shi Bao said to Wang Han:

"General Wang, the war is the most important thing, so there is no need for false courtesy. Please tell me first what is the current situation of the war."

Wang Han did not dare to neglect and hurriedly explained the battle situation in detail.

After hearing this, Shi Bao walked to the heights of Guancheng and looked down at the Wei army below Guancheng.

After confirming that the Wei army had not made preparations to attack the city, Shi Bao turned around and said to Wang Han:

"General Wang, please invite all the generals and commanders above in the army to come over."

When Wang Han heard this, he quickly agreed.

At the same time, he couldn't help but secretly thought that General Shi was quite ruthless in his actions.

When all the generals and captains arrived, Shi Bao stood on a high place and said straight to the point:

"Gentlemen, I am the deputy commander of the army. I have been ordered by the Central Protector to come to reinforce Gaoping Pass!"

Although it was rumored that the imperial court had sent reinforcements, when they saw the leader of the reinforcements with their own eyes, everyone still started a commotion.

Shi Bao held the tiger talisman in front of the public and continued:

"In the face of a powerful enemy, all the officers and men ignored the danger and suffered heavy casualties without retreating. The imperial court knows the bravery of all the officers and men!"

"The Central Protector sent me here with a special saying: The fault of the Shangdang was not that the officers and men were not spared their lives, but that the thieves were too cunning."

"The officers and soldiers of the Hedong Dudu Mansion faced several times more powerful enemies and defended Gaoping Pass in times of danger. Their loyalty and bravery set an example."

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These words showed that the imperial court had not given up on them, and the Central Protector did not blame them, and even meant to commend them.

The eyes of the generals, almost everyone, showed a light that had not been seen for a long time, and the commotion became even greater.

Seeing this, Shi Bao drew out his long sword and swore:

"A certain incompetent person has been entrusted by the Central Protector to come and guard Gaoping Pass with you. I only hope that I can work together with all the officers and men to defeat the traitors and make new achievements!"

"If the thief does not retreat, I will not retreat either. If the thief retreats, then I will finally be able to drink the wine of triumph with you!"

The morale of the officers and soldiers of the Hedong Dudu Mansion, which had reached rock bottom, finally began to rebound.

Triumph?

Do they still have hope of triumph?
To be continued...