The case of Gao Huaiyuan's good murder of the official soon spread out of Xiangyang and into the baggage camp in the Xiangyang camp, and since Gao Huaiyuan was taken away, he did not return to the baggage camp that night, which immediately made the baggage camp indignant, and almost did not blow up the camp that night, but fortunately, Zhou Hao and others restrained him, so he did not cause chaos.

But Huang Yan is a quick temper, when even if he was clamoring to take someone to the city to find Zhao Fang to avenge Gao Huaiyuan, and those Crouching Tiger Village teenagers were even more indignant, feeling that it was really unfair for the officials to treat Gao Huaiyuan like this, so they responded to Huang Yan and asked to go out of the camp to the city to cry out for Gao Huaiyuan.

But in the end, they were stopped by an old army in the battalion, this old soldier was responsible for transporting food for the baggage camp every day, and they became familiar with Gao Huaiyuan's baggage battalion when they came and went, and heard that Huang Yan and others were going out of the camp and into the city to shout for Gao Huaiyuan, so they quickly stopped them and said to Huang Yan and others: "You don't want to come here!" Listen to the old man! ”

Huang Yan and the others were about to leave the camp and were stopped by the old soldier, so they wanted to hear what he said, after all, this old soldier used to be an official before, and later because of a crime, he was assassinated into the army and became a matching army, and he has been in the Xiangyang camp for many years, and Huang Yan They know that this old soldier is a good person and knows the Tao in the officialdom very well, so they stopped and planned to listen to what the old soldier gave them some ideas.

"The old man knows your mood at this time, it's true that the high commander is a good person, but after all, he is still younger, think about it, who is an official now doesn't have a few good friends! Although the county lieutenant is a small official with the size of a sesame mung bean, it is not easy for ordinary people to be a county lieutenant, so your senior commander was angry and killed the county lieutenant Zhou, which seemed to be fine at the beginning, but it caused trouble for himself!

I also heard about your battle in Qifang Town, with such military exploits, the high commander did not receive any reward at the beginning, which shows that there is a problem here!

But at the moment, it seems that your high-ranking commander should not have to worry about his life, after all, Lord Zhao, the current Jingxi Road Envoy, is not a bastard! We'll figure out why!

But if you make such a fuss, it will be tantamount to harming your high commander! Because the most taboo thing for an official is that his subordinates are too prestigious and difficult to control, and if you make a fuss, it may make the taboo commander of the official finally sit on his arrogant name!

So now not only can you not go to shout for him, but also stay in the camp in peace and don't make trouble, presumably the reason why the matter did not happen until this time, the old man thinks that someone must have taken the above path during this time, and I want to give you a little color to see the high commander, but in the current situation, Lord Zhao will not easily move the high commander, after all, there is a war with the Jin army here, the high commander has many military achievements, and if he moves, it will damage the morale of the army, and Lord Zhao naturally knows the stakes!

Therefore, the old man thinks that the high commander will be fine this time, at most he will be reprimanded, and it will be a big deal to go home, or be transferred to another place to do things, you must not go to the city to make trouble at this time, in that case, not only will you not be able to save your high commander, I am afraid that even you will have to bear one of the following crimes, at least you will be beaten with a military stick, and you will not be able to save your head at worst!

I don't think it's better for you to leave the camp, wait here and see! "Lao Peijun is really a person who is proficient in officialdom, and he pointed out the mystery at once, and said to dissuade Huang Yan and others from making trouble.

"Then are we just going to wait? Now we don't even have any news of the high-ranking commander, and if the official is not punished for his crimes, wouldn't it be troublesome? After Huang Yan heard it, although he felt that what this old soldier said made sense, he still said that he felt that it was not a way to wait like this.

"It's not like waiting! This matter should be clearer than anyone else, you quickly send someone to the Zaoyang army, report this matter to Meng Zhan, as long as Meng Cha can personally write a letter to Lord Zhao, the old man guarantees that your high commander will be absolutely fine! And Lord Zhao didn't punish your high-level commander at first, presumably he had the intention to defend him, even if someone put pressure on him this time, Lord Zhao would not let them get their wish easily! I think I'll send someone over soon to verify what happened when you were in Qifang Town! As long as you all say a word, you insist that the county lieutenant of Zhou will escape from the battle and confuse the army's heart, and the high commander will naturally be fine! The old soldier stroked his goatee and shook his head to give Huang Yan and others ideas.

As soon as everyone heard that what the old guy said was reasonable, they all honestly turned back to the camp, restrained his subordinates not to make trouble, and temporarily settled down, while Huang Yan was anxious, and personally rode out of the camp, and rushed all the way to the Zaoyang army to find Meng Zongzheng to report the news.

Sure enough, there was news in the city, saying that Gao Huaiyuan was temporarily stranded in the city because he killed the official in front of the army, and he would be dealt with after being investigated, but in private, Liu Xian sent a message to the baggage camp, so that everyone did not have to worry too much, and Lord Zhao would clarify the matter.

And immediately a group of people came from the marshal's mansion in the city, and interrogated a large number of township soldiers who had participated in the first battle of Qifang Town in the baggage camp on the spot, and conducted detailed inquiries.

The result is naturally not any disadvantage to Gao Huaiyuan, everyone can see the danger of Qifang Town clearly, and the hearts of the people also understand, fortunately, Gao Huaiyuan led the troops at the beginning, if he is replaced by an incompetent person, maybe everyone will die under the butcher's knife of the golden soldiers, so everyone has proved what Gao Huaiyuan said.

Although the civil official surnamed Qian who led the team tried every means to coerce and entic, trying to obtain some testimony that was unfavorable to Gao Huaiyuan, proving that Gao Huaiyuan was arrogant in the army, but in the end it all failed, because although Gao Huaiyuan governed the army strictly, he was very good to these villagers on weekdays, and after everyone got acquainted with him, they all knew that he was a good person, so no one wanted to fall into the well at this time and harm Gao Huaiyuan, and the civil official surnamed Qian could only leave the baggage camp in anger.

Although the whole of the baggage battalion testified for Gao Huaiyuan, saying that Gao Huaiyuan was not wrong in killing the county lieutenant of Zhou at the beginning, this person surnamed Qian still collected some so-called criminal evidence about Gao Huaiyuan in the township barracks of several other counties, and submitted it to Zhao Fang, who insisted that Zhao Fang punish Gao Huaiyuan.

This matter is actually very simple to say, Zhao Fang had already determined that Gao Huaiyuan would not be wrong at the beginning, and the killing of Zhou County Lieutenant was purely self-inflicted, but he felt a little embarrassed because of this Lord Qian who came from Lin'an.

Because although this Lord Qian is not of high grade, he is a subordinate of Shi Miyuan in the court, and he is a superintendent of the imperial history, and he is in charge of the words of the court for Shi Miyuan, and he is a figure who cannot be offended too much, although Zhao Fang has a relatively upright temperament, but he also knows that Shi Miyuan is a person who cannot afford to offend at the moment, so he hesitated again and again and did not make a decision on this matter.

It wasn't until a few days later that Zaoyang sent back a handwritten letter to Meng Zongzheng and presented it to Zhao Fang, who sent someone to bring Gao Huaiyuan to his study.

Although Gao Huaiyuan was stranded in the Shuai Mansion for many days, he did not suffer any crime because of Zhao Fang's protection, and Liu Xian took his money, which was not bad for him, and let people send him to the room with good food and drink, so it was okay to live a small life in the past few days.

Just taking advantage of the free time in the past few days, Gao Huaiyuan sorted out what he had seen and heard in the army in the past year, as well as the various experiences he had accumulated, and felt that the trip was finally worthwhile, and he really learned a lot on the battlefield.

Hearing that Zhao Fang summoned him, Gao Huaiyuan followed the guards to Zhao Fang's study, the two of them didn't know what to talk about, and the next day they finally came to a conclusion about Gao Huaiyuan's killing of the imperial court officials in front of the battle.

Although Gao Huaiyuan made great contributions to the first battle of Qifang Town, he was too arrogant and good at killing the officials of the imperial court, and he could not help but punish him, so he removed Gao Huaiyuan from the post of commander of the heavy battalion, and the merits of the first battle of Qifang Town were no longer rewarded, and at the same time, he was punished with twenty military sticks, expelled from the army, and returned to the original place of Daye County, but the strange thing is that Zhao Fang seemed to ignore one thing, that is, he deprived Gao Huaiyuan of the post of Bao Yilang, although he was expelled back to Daye County, but he was still a nine-grade official, but he did not attract the attention of others.

At this point, it can be regarded as blocking the mouth of the supervisor surnamed Qian, so that the family of the county lieutenant of Zhou has nothing to say, after all, all kinds of evidence are unfavorable to the county lieutenant of Zhou, and it is okay to give Gao Huaiyuan such a rectification, and Zhao Fang can be regarded as selling a big face to the surname Qian, so this matter has come to an end.

In the eyes of many people, Gao Huaiyuan's treatment this time was really unfair, so that many people almost stood in the Xiangyang camp and scolded their mothers.

Fortunately, with the suppression of Zhou Hao and others, these township soldiers finally didn't make any big trouble, because Zhou Hao received an order from Gao Huaiyuan in advance, so that they would not make trouble because of this, and save any trouble.

When Gao Huaiyuan was sent back to the baggage camp with blood stains on his back, Zhou Hao and others learned that Gao Huaiyuan had been beaten with twenty military sticks, and they almost went crazy.

"No need! There's nothing wrong with me! When he saw the people who sent him back leaving, Gao Huaiyuan immediately jumped out of bed, stopped Zhou Hao, who was about to give him medicine, and said to the teenagers around him.

"This Lord Zhao is really a bastard, the young master was born and died for the Great Song Dynasty every day, but not only did he not give a reward, but he also scolded the young master, people also said that he was a clean official, I think he is a faint official at all......" Looking at Gao Huaiyuan's bloodstained back, Zhou Jun stood in the tent and puffed out angrily, and couldn't help but scold.

Gao Huaiyuan immediately stretched out his hand to stop his brothers who were about to echo Zhou Jun's scolding, shook his head and said, "No wonder Lord Zhao is in this matter!" Don't blame him anymore! It's just that I killed the county lieutenant of Zhou this time, offended the villain in the court, and Lord Zhao also had to make concessions, there are many reasons, and it is inconvenient to tell you now, my injuries are fine, you go down and start packing up your things, and after turning back and handing over, it is estimated that after I leave, the baggage battalion will also be disbanded on the spot, and you should also prepare in advance! ”

Although Gao Huaiyuan said this, Zhou Hao was still not worried about Gao Huaiyuan's injury, and he had to check his back that had been scolded by the cane, Gao Huaiyuan helplessly lifted his clothes, and everyone saw that Gao Huaiyuan's thick back was only slightly red and swollen, and it didn't look like he was injured, so they were relieved.

None of them are fools, although the number of twenty military sticks is not much, but if it is solid, Gao Huaiyuan will not be able to carry the twenty military sticks even if he has rough skin and thick meat, and he will definitely be beaten to the flesh.

And now it seems that Gao Huaiyuan has nothing to do with him, which means that the executioner must have deliberately released water during the execution, so Gao Huaiyuan was able to get beaten and there was nothing at all, so everyone was a little deflated.

But for the dismissal of Gao Huaiyuan's baggage battalion commander, everyone still couldn't figure it out, and refused to do Gao Huaiyuan's instructions, after all, they had been born and died together for a long time, and everyone couldn't accept it emotionally when they left the baggage camp so suddenly.

Gao Huaiyuan had no choice but to sit down, let people guard the door, and said to everyone: "This matter actually can't complain about Lord Zhao, it can be said that I am grateful to Lord Zhao, if it weren't for Lord Zhao's maintenance of me, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to get through this matter so easily!"

I didn't expect that Zhou County Lieutenant's family actually had a relative who was an official in the court, and it seemed to be a subordinate of Shi Miyuan, the minister of power, and now people have to punish me, if someone else is changing, to me like a small commander like a sesame mung bean, Lord Zhao doesn't care, hand me over to the surname Qian to dispose of, in the end, it is estimated that I will definitely be unable to escape death, and now Lord Zhao is under pressure, just to put it lightly, it is already regarded as a care for me!

Now although the two armies are fighting happily in the Zaoyang area, we have little impact on the war situation, to put it mildly, we can only be regarded as a partial division now, and we can be regarded as rabbits caught in the Chinese New Year's Eve, with us for the New Year, without us for the New Year!

And for the matter of removing my commander, I also brought it up myself, just go back to avoid the limelight, and save Lord Zhao to continue to cause trouble, not to mention that we have been here for nearly a year now, even according to common sense, it is time to rotate, I want to go back to Daye County to see, after all, we still have a lot of things to do in Crouching Tiger Village!

As for leaving here, I would like to ask your opinions, if anyone wants to stay here, or would like to go back to Crouching Tiger Village with me, I can say it now, I will not force everyone or anything!

If you are willing to stay and serve in the army, I will arrange you to listen to the errand under Meng Heng, and promise not to make you angry in the army, if you don't want to stay here, then go back to Crouching Tiger Village with me! ”

As soon as Gao Huaiyuan's voice fell, Zhou Hao immediately took the lead and said without thinking about it: "I'll go back with you!" This bird place is really aggrieved, and good people are not rewarded! I'm not going to stay here! ”

"The little one will go back with the young master!" Zhou Jun immediately followed Zhou Hao and said.

"The little one will also go back with the young master......" After listening to the words of Zhou Hao and Zhou Jun, the teenagers who stood in Gao Huaiyuan's military tent replied one after another, their attitudes were quite resolute.

For a long time, they have long been accustomed to obeying Gao Huaiyuan, and have subtly formed the idea of only being loyal to Gao Huaiyuan, as for the idea of serving the country at all, there is no idea at all, not to mention that most of them are still refugees from the north, so they have no feelings for the Great Song Dynasty, and they have long regarded themselves as a member of Crouching Tiger Village, and they will go wherever Gao Huaiyuan goes.

Gao Huaiyuan actually knew that this sentence was asked in vain, but he still wanted to take the opportunity to test how loyal these people were to him, whether anyone wanted to take the opportunity to break away from Crouching Tiger Village and stand on his own, now it seems that he got a quite satisfactory answer, originally, when he took in these teenagers, he wanted to form a team that was completely loyal to himself, and he has been quietly instilling this kind of thinking in these people for a long time, these people see that he wants to go back to Crouching Tiger Village, naturally no one wants to stay here and follow others to do things!

But Gao Huaiyuan did not agree to let these people go back with him, because although he was unwilling to join the army to serve the Great Song Dynasty, it did not mean that he had to completely give up the relationship that he had established with a famous general like Meng Heng, once he brought all these people back to Daye County, it was equivalent to completely giving up the opportunity to temper them, so in the past two days, Gao Huaiyuan had already made up his mind, even if he left the army, he would leave some people behind and continue to serve under Meng Hui.

There is no other reason for this, but Gao Huaiyuan wants to leave a little strength in the army, one is to continue to let his people experience in the army, so that they can become more qualified officers, and gradually master some strength in the army, so as to facilitate their own actions in the future, and the other is to open a convenient door, so that the teenagers in Crouching Tiger Village have a chance to come to the army again to experience the experience, since he wants to do a career, his vision must be farther, so he will be so arranged.

The whole thing was dealt with quickly, three days later, Gao Huaiyuan completed the handover of various affairs at hand, and the baggage battalion was also disbanded because of Gao Huaiyuan's resignation, and more than 600 township soldiers in the battalion returned to their original places, and a well-known township soldier baggage battalion disappeared from the Xiangyang battalion.

When Gao Huaiyuan took Zhou Hao and a dozen other teenagers to leave Xiangyang, Huang Yan led the remaining nearly twenty teenagers to cry and stood outside Xiangyang City to bid farewell to Gao Huaiyuan.

This time, after Gao Huaiyuan's persuasion, Huang Yan was extremely reluctant to be left here by him, and was responsible for leading the selected dozen teenagers to go to Zaoyang Meng Heng to serve Meng Heng, because Gao Huaiyuan knew that Meng Heng would rise to prominence for a long time in the future and become a famous general in the history of the Southern Song Dynasty, leaving Huang Yan and others to him, Gao Huaiyuan was also relieved, and as long as these teenagers worked hard, they would definitely be able to gain a foothold in the army, which may become an important boost for his future development!