Chapter 4 Soldiers Sent to Xiangyang
After Gao Huaiyuan arrived at Wang County's tent, he saw that Wang County's face was sick, his face seemed to be waxed, showing a waxy yellow, lying on the bed and coughing violently, and there were really some blood stains in front of the bed.
As soon as he saw Gao Huaiyuan walk into his military tent, County Lieutenant Wang hurriedly struggled to get up and said, "Young Master Gao came just in time!" ”
Gao Huaiyuan hurriedly walked to the bed and hugged Wang County Lieutenant and said, "County Lieutenant Wang is not going to get up, just ask for something!" ”
County Lieutenant Wang lay down again, and said to Gao Huaiyuan apologetically and said: "People don't become old when they are old, I occasionally felt cold a few days ago, but I didn't expect my condition to be so fierce, it seems that my old bones are not done!" ”
Gao Huaiyuan hurriedly reassured him a few words, but he was thinking in his heart whether this was true or false! No matter how you look at it, County Lieutenant Wang doesn't look like a person who is about to hang up! But I can't say it, and I just want to hear what he has to say.
"This time my illness is very violent, I'm afraid I can't take you to fight with the army anymore, I know, Young Master Gao is a capable person, this ability to control the army is much stronger than this officer, this time Wang will hand over these township warriors in Daye County to Young Master Gao, you are born to lead soldiers, I believe you can bring these people in our county well, please leave the matter here to you!" After County Lieutenant Wang and Gao Huaiyuan said a few words, he explained the reason why he invited Gao Huaiyuan to come, it turned out that he wanted to hand over the matter of leading troops in Daye County to Gao Huaiyuan, and go back to Daye to recuperate.
Gao Huaiyuan scolded in his heart, this old fox is really cunning to the extreme, he saw that he could clean up this group of Xiangyong, so he wanted to take advantage of his illness, smear oil on the soles of his feet, sneak back to Daye and not participate in the war with the army, throw these people to himself, and come to a golden cicada shell, no matter whether he is really sick or fake sick, at this time he has already indicated that he can't continue to participate in the war with his gang of people with the army, no wonder he refused to accept those Xiangyong a few days ago, it turned out that he had been fighting this idea for a long time, so he secretly despised him in his heart, Calling him a coward.
But although he scolded so much in his heart, he couldn't say it in his mouth, so he excused himself: "Lord Wang! That's unacceptable! Gao is still young, how can he convince the public! How can you take on such a big responsibility? I think Lord Wang should choose someone else! Just take the accompanying Zhuang Ding with you!
When County Lieutenant Wang heard this, he was anxious, and hurriedly said, "No, no! Young Master Gao is not to refuse, I have also seen it these days, Young Master Gao was born to lead soldiers, even Wang Mou and I are not as good as you, among the hundreds of people in Daye County, there is no one who can be stronger than you, as the saying goes, ambition is not high age! This age is not a problem, now I see that these villagers have been cleaned up by you, how can you take them over? This matter is so decided, Young Master Gao will take this matter for the sake of Wang's face! ”
Gao Huaiyuan secretly laughed that this Wang County Lieutenant is really good at finding a stand-in, he has been observing himself all the time, knowing that he can't shirk today, he is determined to hand over this gang of rabble to himself, and then run back to Daye County, thinking in his heart, instead of following others to do things here, it is better to be the master himself, and look at the people in Daye County, there is really no one who can be stronger than himself, so he nodded and agreed, and the province got someone else to come over, and he was at the mercy of others.
Seeing that Gao Huaiyuan had agreed, County Lieutenant Wang was relieved, so he quickly took out the documents and rosters and other things in hand and handed them to Gao Huaiyuan.
In addition to these things, County Lieutenant Wang also "struggled", called Zhang Qing, the leader of the archers, and told Zhang Qing in a fake way to listen to Gao Huaiyuan's dispatch in the future, be Gao Huaiyuan's deputy, and try to bring these people back, which can be regarded as a meritorious thing for the people of Daye County.
Zhang Qing was not very convinced by Gao Huaiyuan, but he was also a civilian, and when Lieutenant Wang said so, he was not good at refuting anything, so he nodded and agreed, but he did not salute Gao Huaiyuan, so he turned around and walked out.
County Lieutenant Wang said with some embarrassment: "This Zhang Qing has such a stinky temper, Young Master Gao should not be like him, I can't drag it out anymore, I'll leave it to you here!" Please also ask Young Master Gao to bother a lot! ”
Gao Huaiyuan saw that Zhang Qing was not convinced, and he did not have the same knowledge as him, he also knew that Zhang Qing was a famous shooter in Daye County, and he had some real kung fu in his hands, as long as he was a person with some ability, he would have a little temper, and he didn't mind, so he agreed.
In the next half a day, Wang County Lieutenant took Gao Huaiyuan to the signing officer in the camp to explain the matter of the replacement of the commander of Daye County, and found a commander surnamed Song who was in charge of managing their township Yong dispatch to take leave.
At this time, Gao Huaiyuan became a member of the Daye County Township Yong Escort Team (an official position in the Song Army), and immediately took office, wrote two letters, handed them to Wang County Lieutenant and asked him to take them back to the Gao family's old house in Daye County, and told Xue Yan and others about the things there, and Gao Huaiyuan sent Wang County Lieutenant away.
Sitting in the military tent, Gao Huaiyuan felt a little incredible, he, a fourteen-year-old boy, actually became an important position in this escort team and became the boss of five hundred people! It's a bit too!
But it happened like this, no matter whether he was happy or not, he became the Daye County Township Brave Escort Team, and he had already been registered in the army, and it became a matter of not being able to run, according to the behavior of County Lieutenant Wang, Gao Huaiyuan guessed that it was estimated that there should be action in the next two days!
When this matter spread among these people in Daye County, everyone was in an uproar, and privately scolded Wang County Lieutenant for not being authentic, and actually escaped from the battle, and threw this mess to Gao Huaiyuan, a young man, to carry, so everyone felt a little sympathetic to Gao Huaiyuan, and felt that Gao Huaiyuan had now become the scapegoat of Wang County Lieutenant, and their fate was tied together, except for Zhang Qing's fifty archers who were not very convinced of him, the other people all expressed their willingness to obey his dispatch.
As for Zhang Qing, although he was not convinced, he had no choice, on the surface, he still dealt with Gao Huaiyuan, and expressed his willingness to do a good job for him.
The official didn't know that after taking over the matter of County Lieutenant Wang, Gao Huaiyuan found that this escort team was really not good, he had to take care of the food, drink, and sleep of 500 people, and he had to go to the designated place of the camp early every morning to order and accept the arrangements in the army, he was really a little busy alone, so he had to hand over some things to Zhang Qing*, after all, Zhang Qing had been with County Lieutenant Wang for a longer time and knew how to do some things, Gao Huaiyuan really couldn't do without this Zhang Qing.
In order to smoothly lead these people in the future and not cause any trouble, Gao Huaiyuan had to lower his posture, invited Zhang Qing to his tent, and held a banquet to drink with him.
Although it is forbidden to drink alcohol in the army, but for them, the township soldiers, the control is not strict, so Gao Huaiyuan also violated the ban once, and made some special cases to make some wine and food, and drank with Zhang Qing.
After drinking this, Zhang Qing finally poured out all the complaints: "This county lieutenant Wang is too cunning!" As soon as he saw that this time the troops might have to go into battle, he ran away with oil on the soles of his feet first, leaving us here in the top tank! Damn! I feel aggrieved when I think about it! ”
Gao Huaiyuan made a wine for him and said: "I see that Lord Wang is indeed not lightly ill, just leave, we don't have to talk about him, but Gao is young after all, and I hope that Brother Zhang will help him more in the future!" Although we are just village soldiers, but once we go into battle, people can't control our identity, if we want to come back alive, we must first not be infighting, Brother Zhang is older, I know that I will disobey Gao, but I take over this matter, it is also helpless, and I hope that Brother Zhang will bear with me! ”
Gao Huaiyuan saw that although this Zhang Qing was not convinced by himself, he was also a straightforward person, as long as Shun Mao appeased him, he could still get along, so he took the initiative to lower his posture and said to him.
To tell the truth, Zhang Qing is really dissatisfied with Gao Huaiyuan, feeling that he is a big man who has to listen to the orders of a hairy boy, and his face is a little unbearable, but in fact, in his heart, he has already heard about Gao Huaiyuan from Wang County Lieutenant and Xing Zhutou, and knows that Gao Huaiyuan is indeed a capable person, and once took Zhuang Ke to help Xing Zhutou take down Yang Tong's gang of bandits who were in the place of Daye, and his kung fu is very powerful, and he doesn't dare to underestimate him!
And I also heard that Gao Huaiyuan takes care of the tenants in his family very much, unlike the ordinary landlord's family, and is so mean to the tenants, so his impression of him is not too bad, plus these days, he has nothing to do and watch Gao Huaiyuan clean up the villagers, and in a few days he will clean up a group of rabble, in fact, he still admires Gao Huaiyuan in his heart, and the reason why he ignores Gao Huaiyuan is just that he feels a little unbearable on his face.
Today, Gao Huaiyuan took the initiative to show favor to him, which showed that Gao Huaiyuan was not a guy who didn't know the times, so the grievances in his heart immediately dissipated a lot, and he felt that he was a flat-headed archer, and he couldn't compete with Gao Huaiyuan, so he sighed and said: "The high escort team is polite, Zhang Qing doesn't dare!" Since the high-ranking team can afford to look down on our Zhang Qing, then I won't say anything else, if there is anything in the future, the high-ranking team will just give orders, Zhang will do his best, and he will never make a stumbling block for the high-ranking team! ”
Wine is sometimes a good thing, as a medium, it can quickly close the relationship between people, Gao Huaiyuan was honest with Zhang Qing, Zhang Qing was not good to continue to make trouble with him, after this wine was drunk, the two began to call each other brothers, Gao Huaiyuan also reluctantly gave Zhang Qing a Liuyun knife made in his Zhuangzi.
Zhang Qing, as a martial artist, couldn't dislike this thing, took out the knife and looked at it, and immediately saw that this knife was extraordinary, and he was overjoyed in his heart, and the last bit of mustard for Gao Huaiyuan in his heart was thrown out of the clouds, and the hands of people were short! This time, he also attached himself to Gao Huaiyuan.
What methods are used to deal with anyone, to deal with people like Zhang Qing who have a little ability and a little face, it is not possible to fight, Gao Huaiyuan's soft policy has finally solved this trouble, and finally achieved the goal! It also paves the way for future actions, otherwise, you will be wringing with someone around you, and you really have to be wary of the days to come! In that case, it's too hard! Gao Huaiyuan knows very well the importance of uniting around him if he wants to survive on the battlefield.
As Gao Huaiyuan expected, when they arrived at the Ezhou camp on the sixth day, the townsmen from all counties also rushed to the camp, so an officer immediately came to give an order, ordering them to pack up and set off early the next morning, escort the supplies from each county, and rush to Xiangyang to help the battle.
Gao Huaiyuan said in his heart, Wang Xianwei really has some ability, and he really expected that he might go to Xiangyang this time! After inquiring, I learned that Lord Zhao Fangzhao, the envoy of Jinghu Road, had already rushed to Xiangyang a few days ago, where he dispatched and commanded the anti-Jin matter, and he wanted to meet this court official, and it was estimated that there was no fun!
So Gao Huaiyuan gathered these newly appointed team members together overnight, set up a temporary grass platform team, and conveyed the order, as soon as he heard that he was not in Ezhou this time to help the war, and was going to Xiangyang, everyone's faces fell, and they muttered unhappily, they were not even regular village soldiers, but a group of ordinary people who were temporarily put together, but they were so far away from home, and everyone was unhappy.
Gao Huaiyuan saw the intentions of these people, coughed and said: "Now that we are here, we can't help ourselves, what the officials above want us to do, we have to do something, we can't choose, let's talk less nonsense!" The road ahead is dark, and I don't know what will happen to Xiangyang this time, but I want to warn everyone, since I have come, we must do our duty as Song people, and never allow us to escape, I will talk about the ugly words first, if someone encounters something to escape, it will involve everyone to die together, if that's the case, don't blame me for not thinking about the old neighbors, if I should kill, I won't be soft! ”
When everyone saw Gao Huaiyuan's gloomy face, their hearts were suddenly awe-inspiring, and they hurriedly bowed down, expressing their willingness to obey Gao Huaiyuan's orders and not daring to escape.
Gao Huaiyuan glanced at these people, then nodded and said with a proud face: "The reason why our Song people are bullied by the Jin people is because we ourselves are not angry, we are all gentlemen, and we are afraid that they are birds, not to mention that the Jin people are not very powerful now, aren't they still bullied to death by the Mongols?" If we work together, we may not be able to restore the old soil, we are all men, don't embarrass Daye people! Let's go down and get ready, have an early meal tomorrow morning, and then let's go! ”
Everyone was so excited by him, and they all had a kind of pride, since they didn't have a choice, then do it! So early the next morning, Daye Xiangyong's camp had an early meal, packed up his things, and was ready to go.
As a result, looking at the camps in other counties, chickens and dogs were jumping in a mess, crying and scolding, anyway, they heard that they were going to leave Ezhou and run to Xiangyang, these people were not happy, if it weren't for their escorts shouting and scolding and suppressing them, I really couldn't guarantee that this gang of villagers would disperse in a hurry.
The officer in charge of taking them to Xiangyang looked at the chaotic township soldiers who were like a hornet's nest, with a black line on the door, and bowed his head to the officers around him and gave an order, so these officers immediately rushed into the battalions like wolves, waved their whips and beat them indiscriminately, and even kicked and kicked to assist the escorts of the counties to drive their teams out, regardless of whether they ate or not, and ordered them to immediately put away their tents, load their cars and leave.
Gao Huaiyuan looked at this scene, a little crying and laughing, fortunately these are the township soldiers who help the war, if the garrison army is also this virtue, then the Great Song is really hopeless!
After the officers who were sent to urge them on the road came to the Xiangyong garrison in Daye County, they saw that they had already packed up their vehicles and lined up their teams, and suddenly showed a smile on their faces, put away their horsewhips, nodded to them, and came to Gao Huaiyuan and said, "You are the escort team of Daye County!" Not bad! Very good! It's time to go! ”
With Gao Huaiyuan's order, no matter whether these Daye County villagers were happy or not, under his prestige, with the orders of each team, they began to walk towards the outside of the camp.
The carts loaded with baggage were also driven to make a creaking sound, and they left the camp with the team, bypassed the camp, and headed in the direction of Xiangyang.
The performance of the township warrior in Daye County made the commander surnamed Song nod again and again, and said to the officers around him: "Don't underestimate the small escort team in Daye County, this person's ability is not small!" I have been observing them for many days, and when I came, most of them were a rabble, and in just a few days, they were cleaned up by this young escort team surnamed Gao, this person is not simple! Look at those villagers in other counties, it's really fucking infuriating, pass on my order, within a stick of incense, if you don't pull it out, you will be punished with a cane of twenty, and everyone will deduct this month's salary......"
After such a good toss, thousands of people were finally driven out of the Ezhou camp, slowly marching towards the direction of Xiangyang, except for the Daye County township soldiers in front of them always maintained the formation, the rest of the township warriors almost like sheep on the road stretched out for several miles, some of the Song soldiers who were responsible for taking them to Xiangyang protected the wings, constantly whipped those disobedient township warriors with guns, and rushed to the front like ducks, knowing that the township warriors went to Xiangyang to help the war, I don't know, I thought it was a group of fleeing people being escorted by the army.