As the routs approached the grain cart again, there was a creak of the bowstring opening everywhere, and after listening to Gao Huaiyuan's command, the Xiangyong archers pulled the bowstring one after another, and saw that the arrows were aimed at the soldiers who were approaching the rout.

And Gao Huaiyuan's strong bow was also aimed at the throat of the leader, and the corners of his mouth continued with a mocking sneer, and he said: "The general of the defeated army also dares to speak bravely!" You just have to take another step forward, I don't mind removing a scumbag for the Great Song Dynasty and saving you a scourge! ”

The guy was suddenly angry, but he didn't dare to take another step forward, he is also a person who knows the goods, and he can see at a glance that Gao Huaiyuan's bow is definitely a strong bow, at least more than two stones, and the person who can make such a strong bow is definitely not weak, and he also saw that Gao Huaiyuan was by no means joking to scare himself, as long as he stepped forward again, Gao Huaiyuan would definitely release the arrow, such a close distance, being hit by such a strong bow, even if he was wearing armor, it was still no problem to be shot through the heart, and there was no chance to hide.

Huang Yan began to say in a strange voice at this time: "Don't scare us, military masters, we haven't seen the market, this hand is shaking so much, I can't guarantee who is afraid to let go, I don't know who is going to be unlucky!" Ah! Don't tremble! Tighten and tighten, if you let go, won't the person on the other side die in vain? ”

His words suddenly made those routs who were targeted by bows and arrows break out in a cold sweat, these townsmen have not gone through a big scene, if they miss, won't they be splashed with blood on the spot? So they slowly retreated to the back.

The two sides are so deadlocked, there is a possibility of misfire at any time, the atmosphere is simply tense to the extreme, at this moment, there is a sound of horses' hooves on the official road, and someone shouts loudly from afar: "Stop it!" Death or not? It's against you! ”

As the shout came, a black-faced man in armor immediately rushed over like a whirlwind on horseback, crossed in front of the two sides of the stalemate, carried a spear in his hand, and shouted to those defeated soldiers: "I am the commander of the Shenjin Army in front of the account of Zhao Fang, the ambassador of the Jingxi system, Zhao Fang, and Lord Zhao, and I am specially ordered by Lord Zhao to come to collect you and others, and you and others will immediately follow me to Xiangyang West Camp for reorganization, and those who violate the order will be beheaded!" If you dare to make trouble here, see if Lao Tzu doesn't kill you! Don't give me back yet! ”

With his scolding, there was another rumbling of footsteps on the official road, and a team of Song troops dressed in full clothes ran neatly forward, and those routs saw this posture and immediately retreated one after another, with a frightened look on their faces.

And the low-level officer headed by him, as soon as he saw Hu Zaixing, immediately wilted, quickly put his knife into the sheath, and intervened to Hu Zaixing and said, "The little one is General Hu!" ”

Hu Zaixing glanced at him coldly, and said coldly: "I know who you are, I've seen you, your name is Du Hu, right?" I wrote down today's things for you, I won't kill you for the time being, and I won't report to Xiying immediately, if it's a step late, I want your head! Get out of here! ”

The guy named Du Hu was frightened when he heard this, and he didn't dare to be arrogant anymore, so he took the rout soldiers around him, turned around and ran in the direction of Xiangyang City, and the embarrassment of a group of people suddenly caused a laugh from the villagers under Gao Huaiyuan.

Hu Zaixing looked at Zhao Xuanzhu and Gao Huaiyuan, and then asked Zhao Xuanzhu, "Why is it that only this team has arrived?" Where is the grain and straw in the rest of the counties? ”

Zhao Xuanzhu hurriedly bowed down and replied: "General Huihu, the township warriors of other counties are walking too slowly, and the small one rushed here with the township army of Daye County first, and the rest of the people are behind, and they will arrive in the afternoon!" ”

Hu Zaixing lowered his head and looked at Gao Huaiyuan again, and snorted: "You have done a good job today, there is a kind!" Hurry up and keep going, Lord Zhao has been waiting for you! This little brother is on the list! What do you do? ”

Gao Huaiyuan saw that Hu Zaixing asked his name, so he immediately replied: "The person in Xia Daye County, whose surname is Gao Huaiyuan, is the elder of Gaojiazhuang, and this time I am fortunate to bring Daye County Township Yong to escort grain and straw to help in the war!" ”

Hu Zaixing nodded and said, "I think you are a soldier, are you interested in joining the army with me?" Your bow is a two-stone bow! If you come to my account to listen to the order, how about I give you a team to do? ”

This Hu Zaixing is knowledgeable, and he can see at a glance that Gao Huaiyuan is a capable person, so he suddenly has a good impression, and wants to recruit Gao Huaiyuan to join the army, and even gave him a position as a team general.

But Gao Huaiyuan didn't want to be a soldier, the Song Army is a lifelong system, being a soldier is equivalent to a lifelong soldier, then he doesn't want to go back to Daye County, this time he just came to feel the atmosphere of the battlefield, exercise his own group of teenagers, didn't think about being a soldier to eat food, this is not in line with his ideals, so he hurriedly thanked him: "Thank you for the general's love, the little one came to help the war this time, my father didn't know, he came out privately, and he didn't dare to join the army privately, and I hope General Hu will forgive me, if his father agrees, The little one is now coming to serve the general! ”

"Oh? And who is your father? Hu Zaixing didn't like it in his heart, he felt that Gao Huaiyuan was perfunctory to him, and thought that since Gao Huaiyuan was young enough to be the local elder, he should be a person with some status in the family, so he asked casually.

"Back to the general's words, my father is the general judge of Shaoxing Mansion Gao Jian!" Gao Huaiyuan didn't hide Hu Zaixing, and moved out of his father's name.

Hu Zaixing suddenly felt frustrated, so without saying a word, he turned his horse and left, muttering in his heart: "It's really a fucking outlier, this father surnamed Gao is actually a big official, but he was born so powerful, it's a pity not to be a soldier, it's really strange that a civil official can have such a son!" ”

As soon as he heard Gao Huaiyuan's report on his family history, Zhao Xuanzhu didn't dare to underestimate Gao Huaiyuan, he didn't expect Gao Huaiyuan to be so big, he was still a son of a general judge, plus Gao Huaiyuan's performance just now, he also admired him, and whispered: "I don't know if the Gao Huaiyuan team is still a Yanei!" If you really have the courage, you can admire it! ”

Gao Huaiyuan waved his hand and said: "Don't mention this, I'm me, my father is my father, this time I ran out secretly, Brother Zhao don't want to mention this matter to others again!" ”

Under Gao Huaiyuan's order, everyone formed a team again and drove towards Xiangyang City, the group suddenly felt a little weak in their hands and feet at this time, and they were a little too nervous just now, and they were a little scared when they thought about it at this time, and their hands trembled a little, but they didn't expect to see Jin Jun yet, but they almost had a fight with their own Song Jun, and many of their clothes behind their backs were soaked in cold sweat, and they all muttered quietly, secretly praising Gao Huaiyuan for his young age, if there is really a kind, even the soldier dares to order to kill, this guy is not small!

When they arrived at Xiangyang City, Gao Huaiyuan looked at the tall city wall of Xiangyang City, and felt quite emotional, this place is surrounded by mountains and rivers, the terrain is quite dangerous, it is very easy to defend and difficult to attack, called Xiangyang, in fact, it is divided into two cities, Xiangcheng and Fancheng, there are convenient bridges between each other, can form mutual support, no wonder it is called the gateway to Jingxiang, in the case of no reinforcements in the later generations, there is no grain and grass in the case, it is actually stunned to repel the Mongolian army several times, and the Mongolian army has been dragged here for several years, so that it can not cross the Han River in the south, and then the food in the city is exhausted, and could not get any support, in desperation, Lu Wenhuan had to open the city and surrender, from beginning to end stunned was not broken by the Mongols, which has both human reasons, I am afraid that it is not unrelated to the peculiar terrain here!

Because of the frequent movement of the army, a large number of soldiers and horses were stationed here, and the city was already full, so they were not allowed to enter the city, but only according to the instructions, they went to Dongying outside the city to deliver, and then were placed outside Dongying to listen to the dispatch, so that Gao Huaiyuan did not have the opportunity to enter the city for sightseeing, which was quite a pity.

But at this time, the war was in full swing ahead, and Gao Huaiyuan dispelled the idea of entering the city to take a look, especially after the arrival of a large number of township soldiers in the follow-up, he was even more strictly guarded by these township soldiers under his command.

And Gao Huaiyuan, as an escort, had to go to meet with the rear army commander who was in charge of their township here, and gave him the local specialties he brought with him, dredge up the relationship, and at least be familiar.

He didn't go to the county lieutenants in other counties, moving around, hoping not to send them to the front line, he came here to see how powerful the Jin army was, and if he stayed in Xiangyang, he knew if he could meet the Jin army.

So he inquired about the situation of the battle ahead, and heard that the commander of the Jin army, Wan Yan Saibu, had really led the army to Zaoyang County, which was not far from here, and the situation in Xiangyang City became even more tense.

Early this morning, a group of people suddenly came to the camp of the township soldiers, and after entering the camp, they immediately inspected the camp, and the first person seemed to be a civilian official, about forty or fifty years old, but he was wearing a suit of armor and a sword hanging from his waist, and he happened to be an acquaintance with this Gao Huaiyuan, who was Hu Zaixing, the commander of the Shenjin Army.

The group inspected the township soldier station, and finally came to the outside of the Daye Township barracks, and was immediately stopped by Zhou Jun, who was leading people on duty.

"Who's coming? Barracks are not allowed to trespass! Zhou Jun took ten teenagers, and as soon as he saw that this group of people wanted to enter their Daye Township military camp, he blocked their way.

"Bold! This is Meng Xuan, inspecting the township barracks, this is a tiger talisman, don't give me a retreat! A guard immediately stepped forward and flashed the tiger talisman and reprimanded Zhou Jun.

Zhou Jun looked at the tiger talisman in his hand, and then looked at the official he called Meng Zhan, then bowed down and made way of the way, and said to this Meng Zhanzhi and Hu Zaixing and other generals: "The little one doesn't know the identity of the adult, and he is offended, please forgive the adult!" ”

This Meng Chan nodded slightly, smiled faintly and said, "Don't blame those who don't know, it's right for you to do this!" ”

Then he took Hu Zaixing and others into the Daye County Township Barracks, after entering the barracks, this Meng Cha and Hu Zaixing both felt that their eyes were bright, and compared with the township barracks of those counties they had just seen, it was simply a world of difference, Daye Township Barracks were clean and tidy everywhere, military tents, stables, and vehicles were neatly aligned, quite a bit of the taste of the regular army, and the township barracks I saw just now, the military tents were twisted and messy, and even the urine and urine in the camp were everywhere, and there was a smell of smell everywhereAs soon as I walked into here, I suddenly felt a lot fresher.

Moreover, there was no one scurrying around in the camp here, the sound of drinking and gambling was full of ears, and there was no noise in the military tent, only the sound of shouting and killing came from a clearing in the south of the camp.

"Spearman stab!" A man's roar bypassed the tent and reached everyone's ears, and then a chorus of shouts was heard, "Kill!" ”

The voice was so loud that the people nearby were a little deafening, so this Meng Cha and Hu Zaixing immediately walked around the military tent and looked in the direction of the open space, only to see a young man who looked like a leader was commanding hundreds of village soldiers to practice in the open space.

Several people showed a smile of relief, and that Meng Qihe turned to the people around him and ordered: "Don't disturb them, make a note of this Daye Township barracks, and choose them to go with me to Zaoyang this time!" I'm relieved to hand over the baggage to them! ”

Everyone immediately turned around and left Gao Huaiyuan's camp and returned to Xiangyang City, on the way, Hu Zaixing introduced to this Meng Xuan: "This Daye County Township Soldier Escort Team is surnamed Gao, named Huaiyuan, only fourteen years old, my father is the general judge of Shaoxing Mansion, I didn't expect to have such a ability, the last general originally wanted to recruit him into the army, give him a team general to do, but he refused, saying that he ran out, his father didn't know that he came to help the war this time, and refused to join the army as a soldier, it's a pity that he has this piece of material!" ”

That Meng Cha was also a little surprised, thought for a while and shook his head: "This matter should not be difficult for strong people, but it is indeed a pity!" He is still young and can have such the ability to control the army, if he is allowed to go into battle so early, it may not be a good thing, let's talk about it in two years! ”

After Gao Huaiyuan finished training these villagers, he knew that such a group of officers had arrived in his camp, but he didn't care about it, thinking that it was just a routine inspection in the army, but he didn't expect to receive a notice the next day, asking him to immediately order the township warriors in the Daye Township Barracks, and immediately go out of the camp to the grain depot to pick up the grain and weapons, and go to the Zaoyang Army with the army.

Gao Huaiyuan became excited at this time, he knew that Zaoyang Army was playing against Jin Jun at this moment, and this time he had the opportunity to see what the real battlefield was like.

So he didn't dare to delay, immediately ordered his subordinates, pulled out the camp and set up the village, loaded the military tent and other utensils into the car, immediately drove the car into the city, and arrived in the warehouse to receive and transfer grain and weapons, and after loading dozens of carts of grain and straw and bows and arrows, he went out of the city and rushed to the direction of the north gate, where about 10,000 soldiers and horses had been gathered, and they were pulling out of Xiangyang Mansion and walking in the direction of the Zaoyang army.

Gao Huaiyuan, as an escort, naturally had to go to the army to find the main general, when he found the main general who led the troops this time, he learned that this was the Meng Zhan who patrolled his camp yesterday, and there were two generals with the army, one was his old acquaintance Hu Zaixing, and the other did not know.

So he hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Daye County Township Soldier Escort Team Gao Huaiyuan see Meng Xuanzhi and the generals!"

This Meng Zhanzhi was arranging the dispatch of troops to his generals at this time, and when he saw Gao Huaiyuan coming over, he nodded and said: "The Gao Escort Team doesn't have to be polite, this time we will go to Zaoyang to expel the Jin Army, and the grain escort will be handed over to you to be responsible, the grain and straw will affect the victory or defeat of our army, the Gao Escort Team must be cautious and follow the order, this is the army, you must not neglect the military order, and delay the fighter!" Otherwise, people are affectionate, military law is ruthless, you yourself be careful! ”

Although the voice was not loud, there was an invisible pressure in this Meng Xuan's tone, which made Gao Huaiyuan dare not underestimate it, so he hurriedly bowed down to the order and promised not to slack off.

"Gaode, we're meeting again! This time you go with my rear army, be careful on the road! I hope you won't let Meng Chan and me down! The black-faced Hu Zaixing looked at Gao Huaiyuan with a smile.

Gao Huaiyuan nodded again and agreed, how do you think this Hu Zaixing has some ill intentions towards himself, knowing that this guy has taken a fancy to himself, he must still be fighting his own ideas, and wants to recruit himself to his hands, after a chill in his heart, he quickly turned around and ran away, ran back to his baggage team, and did not meet Hu again.

Hu Zaixing touched his nose and smiled: "Am I that terrible? This guy is really! The result drew laughter from several colleagues around him.

"I don't believe it, this guy is really good material to be a soldier! I've got to leave him behind! Hu Zaixing said fiercely.

Gao Huaiyuan, who returned to the team, sneezed for no reason and muttered, "It can't be that Liu'er misses me again!" ”

With the opening of the army one by one, Gao Huaiyuan's baggage team also followed Hu Zaixing's rear army to start slowly, and pulled out of Xiangyang Mansion and walked towards the Zaoyang army in the northeast.

At this time, Gao Huaiyuan understood the sentence he had heard before, the meaning of 10,000 boundless people, although this army of soldiers and horses is more than 10,000 people, but it was winding on the road for several miles, and he couldn't see the end at a glance, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, the war is still money! With so many people, how much does it cost to just eat!

That night, the army crossed the pontoon bridge over the White River, leaving Xiangyang Mansion far behind, and these villagers are now resigned to their fate, who let them set up a belligerent escort? It seems that it will be difficult to think about it this time! Fortunately, they are still village soldiers and will not be used as the main force, compared to those main forces, they seem to be safer, and after the recent drills, everyone has begun to have a little confidence in themselves!

And everyone also began to accept Gao Huaiyuan's argument, the truth that there are eggs under the nest, if you can't return the gold, no one wants to have a good life!