Chapter 229: Martial Arts Camp
Gao Huaiyuan bid farewell to Zhao Yun, turned over and got on his horse, and gave an order, leading the 20,000 elite soldiers with banners and bright armor, and marched towards the north like a long dragon. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Zhao Yun stood on the high platform of the school field and stared for a long time, watching Gao Huaiyuan lead the army to disappear in the field of vision, before leading the hundred officials back to the city, he was a little stunned in his heart, and felt that Gao Huaiyuan left, a little empty, but when he sat on the vertical arch hall and looked down at these civil and military officials below, he felt a lot better, after all, now that the power has returned to his hands, he will no longer live like before, and he will live by the snort of the thief, this feeling is really wonderful, Zhao Yun recovered a lot from Gao Huai's abruptness away from Beijing, and began to discuss government affairs with the ministers.
Gao Huaiyuan brought out a lot of heavy materials from Beijing this time, in addition to the money and food of the army, there were also a large number of weapons, armor, siege equipment and other materials, which can be said to be fully prepared.
Fighting this kind of thing can be said to involve the whole body, not only directly involving the military, but also involving the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of War and other departments, and in the past, the Song army always lost the war, and the internal friction cannot be said to be a reason, but this time because Gao Huaiyuan's identity is very different in Beijing, and he has won the full support of the saint Zhao Yun, plus the support of Zhen Dexiu, and the supervision of Ji Xiancheng's group of officials, so the departments involved dare not slack off, and all affairs are quite cooperative, so that Gao Huaiyuan can be in such a short period of time, completed all the preparations for the expedition.
20,000 soldiers and horses are not much, but after adding a large number of heavy materials and vehicles, walking on the road still stretches for more than 20 miles, plus the vast majority of them are infantry, the speed of action is not fast, after leaving Lin'an City in the morning, until the sky is about to arrive in Anji County, Gao Huaiyuan ordered the army to stop, camped in Anji County to rest.
Knowing that the army had crossed, the magistrate of Anji County had already prepared the things of the labor army, and waited outside the city early, and as soon as he saw the arrival of the army, he hurriedly sent the slaughtered pigs, sheep, wine and other things to the army.
It's a pity that they didn't do the right thing this time, and the magistrate had just brought people to the front of the army, and they were immediately stopped by the soldiers and told them to go back with these things immediately.
Anji Zhixian was very puzzled, so he hurriedly said: I am a person from the Anji County government, I heard that the army is going to pass through this county, specially prepare a little wine and meat, reward the three armies, and hope to give a general gift! At least take these things!
One of the leaders immediately replied: Thank you for your love, but I don't dare to accept it! This time we sent troops differently, but the army led by Master Gao personally went out, General Gao had a strict order before he set off, we have just sent troops, and we have not yet made an inch, no one is allowed to accept gifts from the states and counties along the way, and the local people are not allowed to be harassed along the way, no drinking and fun in the army, and no women are allowed to be carried! Therefore, I dare not take the things of the adults, and I hope that the adults will not be embarrassed! Otherwise, if we go back, our gang of soldiers will definitely be beaten! Now our army is different! Ladies and gentlemen, please come back quickly!
In this way, these officials and gentry in Anji County were quite surprised, the Song army had not passed through Anji County before, often the army passed, here as if it had suffered a locust plague, it was made by the army that had not been peaceful, but today I looked carefully, but I saw that the whole army came from the direction of Lin'an, in an orderly manner, marching on the main road, even the rice fields on the side of the road were not trampled on the half, although now they have been camped, but the selected places are also some idle places, and the good fields and the surrounding people can be said to be autumn without committing any crimes, Military discipline is very strict.
This made these officials and gentry in Anji County breathe a long sigh of relief, and said in their hearts that this newly appointed tall man is really extraordinary! In such a short period of time, it is really not easy to rectify the army of the former palace division that had collapsed military discipline so peacefully!
After looking at the situation of the army, these officials and gentry were relieved, although they couldn't see Gao Huaiyuan, but thinking about the army passing by this time, they didn't want to go, since the army was not allowed to drink, then they simply took away the wine they brought, leaving some slaughtered pigs and sheep, left on the side of the road, and ran back to Anji County.
The officers and soldiers who blocked the road couldn't cry and laugh, and they couldn't catch up, so they had to report it to Gao Huaiyuan.
Gao Huaiyuan knew that if an army wanted to have strong combat effectiveness, strict military discipline was the top priority, so in the army under his control, the constraints on military discipline were very strict, so the army would change the atmosphere of the past and dare not act recklessly.
The reason why the Song army has low combat effectiveness, there is another important reason, that is, when the army moves, it often carries its family members with it, originally 10,000 soldiers and horses, when they move around, it becomes a moving house with a family, but it has suffered a lot of defeats for this reason before, and even some generals still openly carry camp prostitutes in the army, while marching, while serving them to be humiliated, if such an army can win the battle, it is really hell!
Therefore, after he took office, in addition to implementing the newly drafted military discipline among the front division of the palace and the infantry division, he also ordered the garrisons all over the country to eliminate the malpractice system and implement the new military discipline, so no matter what the situation in other places was, the military discipline of the front division of the palace and the infantry division under his nose first underwent earth-shaking changes.
Gao Huaiyuan, who had just stopped, heard that the soldiers came to report that the officials and gentry of Anji County had come to labor and were blocked, so they dropped the meat and ran back, Gao Huaiyuan laughed, looking at the situation of the soldiers and horses he led, he was particularly complacent, but he was not an unreasonable person, and he would not do too much in this matter, so he waved his hand and said: Since they have a heart, then you can accept it! Send it to the army and distribute it to the fire head, so that everyone can eat it!
After Hua Yue heard Gao Huaiyuan's words, he laughed, stepped forward and said to Gao Huaiyuan: Can it be considered that an adult has violated military discipline?
Gao Huaiyuan replied with a smile: Correction cannot be excessive! Since the local gentry were grateful that we would not disturb the people, and were willing to give us meat, why should I let the brothers not eat it?
After that, Gao Huaiyuan and Hua Yue together with the horse to inspect the camp, this time Hua Yue did not have to participate in the war with the army, he is now awarded as a doctor of martial arts, should have stayed in Beijing, the selection of talents to give the book of soldiers, bow horses, martial arts, but speaking of the Southern Song Dynasty has martial arts, but in essence, it has long been abandoned, because the martial arts are not valued, the status of the soldier is low, so there are basically few students in martial arts, after Hua Yue served as a doctor of martial arts, in fact, there are few students to teach, although after the award, He selected hundreds of clever teenagers from the local and military areas to teach them, but this was only a temporary method for the moment, so Hua Yue spent most of his time working in the front division of the palace.
This time, Gao Huaiyuan was going to send troops to attack Li Quan, how could a person like Hua Yue sit idly by, so Hua Yue wanted to go out with Gao Huaiyuan, so he could set off with Gao Huaiyuan this time.
However, Gao Huaiyuan was not happy at first, thinking that Hua Yue should stay in Beijing to teach martial arts students, he has always wanted to establish a regular military school, change the bad habit of no regular military school in Chinese history, and focus on cultivating a group of good generals for the Southern Song Dynasty, so as to avoid the situation that there is no successor in the army, and systematically teach them the art of war and tactics, so that they will gradually be placed in the army as generals in the future, and slowly become the backbone of the army.
His idea was strongly supported by people like Hua Yue, who made suggestions one after another, and sent some children of poor families who were clever and studious to learn martial arts, which initially established a martial arts of several hundred students, which was just a bit of an eyebrow, Hua Yue was going to follow the troops to fight, Gao Huaiyuan was afraid that it would be difficult to implement a little bit of the matter, so he was not willing to let Hua Yue go out with him at first.
In the end, it was Hua Yue's words that moved him, and Hua Yue said to Gao Huaiyuan: The reason why the generals of our Song Army lost more and won less on the battlefield was not only because of the incompetence of the generals, but also because of the collapse of the atmosphere in the army! But we must admit that most of the main generals of the Song army have not had the experience of going to the battlefield in person, and they rashly went into battle against the enemy, and many of them panicked, so how can they not be defeated?
If martial arts students only study and practice martial arts behind closed doors, how can they accumulate experience in marching and fighting, and how can they serve the public after being awarded an officer? Therefore, the humble position thinks that when the martial arts students have a military situation, they can only achieve great things by going out with the army to experience the experience, so the humble position wants to go out this time and bring all the newly accepted students of martial arts to the battlefield for training, and I hope that the adults will approve it!
Hua Yue's words completely moved Gao Huaiyuan, and he thought about it as soon as he thought about it, since the establishment of martial arts, it is necessary to let these future officers know what the battlefield is, and after they have achieved success in learning and art in the future, they can be configured into the army as generals in order to play a role, otherwise at most they will be a group of people who can only talk on paper, and when the time comes, they may be used in a big way.
So he nodded and agreed to Hua Yue's request, and ordered the martial arts students to form a separate martial arts battalion, which was actually an officer corps similar to later generations, and placed in the army for training.
Although most of these martial arts students are not very old, they are all carefully selected strong and resolute teenagers, and most of them have not been contaminated with bad habits in the army, and military discipline is the strictest among the armies, plus there are powerful generals specially assigned to them, once this martial arts battalion is established, it immediately stands out among the armies.
Gao Huaiyuan was relieved at this time, and used this martial arts battalion as the last assault force in his Chinese army and placed it by his side, and Hua Yue finally got his wish and stayed by Gao Huaiyuan's side.