After Gao Huaiyuan heard Zhao Fang's words, his heart suddenly jumped a few times, and the old guy really looked down on me! I've just arrived in Ezhou, and you're going to send me to the other side of the river, which will kill me!"

Gao Huaiyuan didn't expect that as soon as Zhao Fang saw him, he wanted to send him to Huangzhou, but he didn't think of this before he came, he just thought that as a township army, they would at most help defend along the river in Ezhou, so there was basically no psychological preparation for a tough battle, Zhao Fang suddenly proposed that he cross the river to defend against the enemy, which was beyond his plan, and he couldn't help but hesitate.

It's not that Gao Huaiyuan is afraid of death, because after listening to what Zhao Fang said, Gao Huaiyuan only then knew the sinister extent of the battle situation in Jiangbei, and things were not as simple as he expected, the Jin army went south this time, and Anzhen could be said to have planned and prepared in advance, and the main force was led by him to attack Huangqi Erzhou, while the other Jin troops were in the Tang and Deng areas to contain the attack, which made the scheduling of the Song army have problems.

If he crosses the river to Huangzhou now, he is likely to encounter the main force of the Jin army, a fierce battle is inevitable, and the more than 1,000 soldiers and horses he has at hand, although it cannot be said that it is still a rabble, but it cannot be regarded as a hundred battles of heroes, it is okay to be an auxiliary army, but if it is a bad battle, how much effect it can play, he himself has no bottom in his heart, not to mention their equipment situation In addition to weapons, only a very few people have armor to defend themselves, and if they are on the well-equipped flower hat army, it is not good that the whole army will be wiped out.

Gao Huaiyuan is not afraid of death, but worried about these villagers, it can be said that when he came to Ezhou this time, most of the strong men in Daye County were requisitioned, these people are all strong laborers in Daye County, if they are buried in Jiangbei, how can he explain to the families of so many people!

couldn't help but he began to hesitate, but when he hesitated, Zhao Fang suddenly became a little displeased, so his face immediately sank, and he said dishappily: "The old man thought that the boy should be a man who stands up to the sky, but I didn't expect you to hesitate so much today, is it possible that you are afraid of death?" ”

Gao Huaiyuan was slightly startled, and hurriedly bowed down and replied, "My lord, forgive me!" Let's listen to Huaiyuan's explanation! Although Huaiyuan didn't dare to say that he was a man who stood up to the sky, he had never been afraid of going into battle!

But Huaiyuan didn't dare to deceive the adults, this time when Huaiyuan came, it can be said that most of the Jingzhuang villagers in Daye County were recruited, and although these people have been trained last year, they are initially familiar with archery and foot warfare, but in addition to Niangzi Lake to exterminate the lake thieves, they have never seen a real battle, and the level of equipment is very poor, no one has less than twenty bows and arrows, and there is no way to talk about armor.

Huaiyuan is not afraid of death, but if he crosses the river to Huangzhou this time, judging from the current situation, there will be a bloody battle, although these small subordinates have no problem in assisting in the defense of Ezhou, but there are not many people who can fight, once they cross Huangzhou in the north, I am afraid that there will be riots immediately!

Therefore, the small ones will hesitate, not because they are afraid of death, if Huangzhou really needs to be rescued, then the small ones are willing to go even if they are willing to give up their lives, but the small ones are thinking, even if they go, the small ones can only send hundreds of capable people to go, and I hope that the adults will understand the small ones! ”

When Gao Huaiyuan said this, he actually took a big risk, because Zhao Fang, as the ambassador of Jingxi Road, can be said to be in charge of the military and political power of Jingxi Road, and when they go to serve in the army, they are equivalent to handing themselves over to Zhao Fang.

And if Zhao Fang wants to send them to Huangzhou, he has no choice at all, and Zhao Fang doesn't have to discuss with him at all, it is already very face-saving to be able to ask him for his opinion like this, so Gao Huaiyuan dares to take the risk of explaining his situation to Zhao Fang, and if he is someone else, disobeying the order and not respecting one is enough for his head to move!

After Zhao Fang listened to Gao Huaiyuan's words, he lowered his head and pondered for a while, he was also a civil official, he had been the magistrate of Qingyang County before, and he also knew the difficulty of being a magistrate, what Gao Huaiyuan said was also the truth, this time he could do his best to bring more than 1,000 strong villagers from Daye County, it can be said that he has transferred most of the local strength of Daye County, if they are sent to Huangzhou, once Huangzhou is lost, Daye County will have a thousand families mourning this time, for local officials, this kind of thing is very tricky.

And he also knows the crisis in Huangzhou, once he sends Gao Huaiyuan over, it can be said that he will take a lot of risks, but he currently has limited strength at hand, except for sending Gao Huaiyuan to cross the river as soon as possible to support the defense of Huangzhou, he has no better way, so after thinking for a while, he looked up at Gao Huaiyuan and asked in a deep voice: "Then I'll ask you!" Do you really have the courage to go to Huangzhou? ”

Gao Huaiyuan wants to scold people a little at this time, you old guy, you can't force me to jump into the fire pit because I have some ability! I still have very lofty ambitions, how can you force me to go to Huangzhou because I have a little errand! But at this time, he couldn't say that he didn't dare.

So Gao Huaiyuan could only put his heart sideways, gritted his teeth and replied: "I don't have talent, dare to go to Huangzhou!" ”

After Zhao Fang listened to Gao Huaiyuan's words, his face softened a little, so he spoke: "This official also knows that Huangzhou and his party are in great danger, but when the country is in danger, it is also the time to employ people, you and I are court officials, there is no room for looping in this matter, since you have this courage, you should make contributions in front of the army!"

The old man also understands what you are worried about, so he will give you an arrow today, and allow you to transfer manpower among the Yong people in Daye Township, and at least ensure that 500 strong men accompany you and go to Huangzhou on the other side of the river to help! In addition, this official allows you to use weapons and armor to equip you to cross the river in the armory warehouse of the Ezhou camp, and two days later, the old man will arrange a boat to transport you across the river, and you can go down and prepare! ”

When Gao Huaiyuan heard this, he said in his heart! The sentence that the outcropping rafters rot first is really reasonable, he should be this outcropping rafters, who made Daye County the closest to here, and he was the first to run over to help? This is good, the gun is a bird, and he is about to jump into the fire pit.

However, at this time, he couldn't say a word, Gao Huaiyuan had to bow down and answer: "The lower official receives the order, and the lower official will go and start preparing!" ”

When Zhao Fang's big tent came out, Gao Huaiyuan was angry, he was not annoyed by Zhao Fang, he also knew that Zhao Fang was all about the Song Kingdom, and did not deliberately treat him anything, but the military situation was urgent, and he had to make a decision, annoyed that the Jin army came at a bad time, he has not been able to train out a warlike army now, and he is going to go into battle to fight, this time according to his guess, it is estimated that after crossing the river, I am afraid that he will die in Huangzhou!

But the matter has come to this, it is useless for him to regret it, unless he leaves his subordinates now, runs away regardless of the wilderness, learns from Yao Pingzhong of the Northern Song Dynasty, runs thousands of miles and escapes to a place where no one is there to hide for the rest of his life, and does not care about the rest of the things, but if he does this, he is not reconciled, after all, he has done so many things, because it is really not worth it to be a turtle with a shrunken head, so he can only bite the bullet.

After returning to the station, Gao Huaiyuan immediately beat the drum and raised the tent, and summoned the group of people under him to start the discussion, when everyone listened to what Gao Huaiyuan said, they suddenly scratched their heads, and the people in the tent could be said to have different looks, some were excited, some were worried, in short, there were any expressions.

Most of the excited people are the people of Crouching Tiger Village who were cultivated by Gao Huaiyuan, these people practice martial arts all day long, and they are all instilled with a belligerent factor, and they want to go into battle all day long, and they have a good time fighting with real knives.

And most of the people who are worried are family and family people, most of them are archers, although after the battle formation, but compared to the people of Crouching Tiger Village, they are more worried, don't look at the time when they came over this time they were in good spirits, but that was because when they came, they all thought that they would be stationed in Ezhou to assist in the defense of the garrison, and they did not expect to be sent to Huangzhou, Jiangbei to defend the enemy, and it is unlikely that the Jin army will cross to the south, but it is very possible to hit Huangzhou!

Gao Huaiyuan immediately saw their thoughts from everyone's faces, and said in a deep voice: "The matter has come to this point, you and I have no room to retreat, but this time to cross the river to Huangzhou, not everyone has to go, I know that many of you are worried, but since you are here, I am afraid that it is useless, those who are soldiers should take military orders as the priority, and those who disobey orders are not respected, only lose their heads!"

Each of you will now go down to your people and start mobilizing, and I will send forty brave men to Huangzhou with my own officials to help! Before dinner, the personnel statistics will be reported, and tomorrow's Japanese officials will organize them separately! Make no mistake! ”

So everyone immediately obeyed the order and began to get busy, as soon as the news came out, it immediately caused an uproar in the camp, Gao Huaiyuan still thought that the matter was too simple, if this time they were all out of the army, and crossed the river together, it would be easy to do, but this time he found a big trouble for himself, that is, five hundred strong men were selected to go to Huangzhou, and the remaining eight hundred people could stay in Ezhou to garrison.

In this way, people have a choice between coming and going, and if you understand it, you will know that Ezhou is much safer than Huangzhou, and if you can stay in a safe place, why go to Huangzhou to take risks! There are still more people in this world who are afraid of death than those who are bold, so when the townships first asked for registration, there was trouble.

No matter how the heads of the townships and the new leaders persuaded and agitated, tossed until the afternoon, there were still not a few people in each township who signed up, except for those who were bold and belligerent, and those who had confidence in their own kung fu, basically chose to remain silent and refused to stand up and sign up to go to Huangzhou.

After the news reached Gao Huaiyuan's account, Gao Huaiyuan hadn't spoken, but Dong Qiang, who followed him, jumped up first and said angrily: "These cowardly bastards who are afraid of death are actually shrinking turtles!" Adults, let the little ones bring some people down, and the little ones don't believe they dare to agree! ”

As soon as he shouted like this, several teenagers from Crouching Tiger Village who followed Gao Huaiyuan also became angry and wanted to go down to beat people.

"Wait! Stand down! Gao Huaiyuan immediately scolded them.

Only then did these people quiet down, looked at Gao Huaiyuan, and waited for Gao Huaiyuan to speak and come up with a solution.

"Let the heads of all the capitals and the heads of the society come to me to discuss matters! This matter must be properly handled, otherwise, everyone will be unlucky if it makes a big fuss and causes Xiaoying! Gao Huaiyuan also had a big headache, this time he found it himself, he couldn't complain about others, he had to deal with it properly, otherwise, if it caused chaos, he didn't wait for Huangzhou, this head would move first.

When the heads of each capital and the heads of the society arrived at the big tent, it was crowded again, and twenty or thirty people stood there with a depressed face, Gao Huaiyuan saw that except for Gaojiazhuang, the rest were not able to complete the registration task, and there was still a lot of difference from the actual needs.

"What? Don't you have enough people to recruit what you need? Gao Huaiyuan suppressed his anger and asked the people in the account.

"Your Excellency, we have already signed up! And there are seventy people who are willing to go to Huangzhou with the adults to serve! Zhou Jun stood up and reported to Gao Huaiyuan.

Gao Huaiyuan nodded and asked Zhou Jun to retreat, Zhou Jun led the township barracks in Gaojiazhuang, half of which were his strong men, plus the villagers in Gaojiazhuang, seventy people were not strange.

After listening to Zhou Jun's answer, the heads of the townships were ashamed, why are there so many martial arts people in Gaojiazhuang? Why aren't there so many bold people in their township, and in this comparison, the rest of the township leaders are quite disgraced.

After Gao Huaiyuan took a breath, he said lightly: "You don't have to be embarrassed, Gao has already expected this kind of thing, ants still spare their lives, let alone people?" Everyone knows that it is very dangerous to go to Huangzhou to help, and it is normal for people to want to stay here in Ezhou.

However, since this is the case, it is impossible not to select more than 500 people to cross the river with this official.

You go down and prepare some chopsticks dyed red at one end, except for those who have signed up, the rest of the people will draw lots, and those who win the red chopsticks will cross the river with their own officials, and the rest of the people will stay here to assist the Ezhou defenders to set up defenses, and tell everyone that this is the mandate of heaven, please let them settle the destiny of heaven!

Those who win the lottery must not have any opinions, and immediately go out in line and wait for departure! Go down and do it now, and there is no mistake in doing so! ”

After Gao Huaiyuan's words, everyone could only do this when they heard it, and now this is also their best way, it is very fair, there is nothing to complain about, so they immediately bowed down and went down to start preparing.

And Gao Huaiyuan sat in the tent with a wry smile on his face, he didn't expect that he had been busy for a year, it was really time to employ people, but there were still so few people who were willing to fight for the country, could it be that the Han people were born without blood? He still doesn't believe in this matter, he prefers to believe that this situation will change sooner or later, there is no nation, when it is really in danger, no one stands up to serve the country.

At least he also saw the good side this time, after all, there were still some people in the townships who stood up more or less and were willing to go to Huangzhou with him to help, which also made Gao Huaiyuan feel a little comforted.

When Gao Huaiyuan adopted this lottery method, things will be much easier, the ancients believed in fate, more believe in God and Buddha, since they don't want to go, then leave it to God to decide where they go or stay, the vast majority of people have acquiesced to this method, and began to line up to draw lots, as for the lottery, it is God's arrangement, if the lottery fails, that is, their luck is a little better!

So after a lottery, the townships finally counted the number of people, although the people in the lottery were worried, but also content with the mandate of heaven, only a very few people were a little frightened, disobeyed the mandate of heaven, crying and grabbing the land and refused to cross the river.

At this time, Gao Huaiyuan will not take care of them anymore, if they continue to make trouble, it will be a big blow to morale, he is not a good man and a woman, he has already taken care of the places that should be taken into account, for such people who are greedy for life and afraid of death, even if they are forcibly brought there, it will be a disaster.

Therefore, Gao Huaiyuan waited until the draw was completed, and immediately gathered the people who accompanied the expedition in the open space, and those who failed to win the lottery lined up around them.

Gao Huaiyuan slowly walked onto a platform made of wood with a sinking face, coldly glanced at these people below, and raised his eyes to see a few cowards standing in front of the team crying a handful of snot and tears, these people are probably not bad people, I am afraid that they have not even killed a few chickens in this life, but here, they are standard black sheep.

"Fellow villagers, warriors! Everyone also knows that this time you will go to Huangzhou on the other side of the river with your official to help the Huangzhou army and people to conquer the city, whether you want to or not, this is an unchangeable thing!

Now is the time when the country is in danger, the Jin army wants to encroach on our land, seize our land, bully our children, and slaughter our people! Although you were still unarmed ordinary people a few days ago, after standing here today, you are my soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty!

Regardless of whether you are a regular army or not, but you are first and foremost the people of the Great Song Dynasty, protecting the family and defending the country is not only a matter of garrisoning the army, when foreign enemies come to attack, they will not have any military and civilian differences in their eyes, they will still wave the butcher's knife to our neck, you are not only fighting for the country, but also not for the Huangzhou army and people, more for yourself!

Only by defeating the invaders can you cultivate the fields at home with peace of mind, and can you support your young and old, if we are all afraid of death, then sooner or later, you will become slaves of the Tartars! Everything will be lost!

At that time, no matter what you want to do, it will be too late, rather than waiting for death, it is better to burn your blood and let the enemy see the backbone of our Song people!

I will ask you again, are you willing to go to Huangzhou with this official to go to the national disaster together? Gao Huaiyuan stood on the stage and asked angrily to everyone standing below.