When the shouting stopped, Gao Muqing continued to say loudly: "Listen to the soldiers, I am very touched by your determination to see death as home, and my soldiers of the Luoyan Army have never been afraid of death. But your commanders often say that senseless death is not bravery, and what we want here is a triumphant return, and that is our goal. When we die, the enemy will wreak havoc on our homeland, and we must defeat them. But in terms of taking 10,000 steps back, if we are defeated and die on the battlefield, as long as we do our best and shed the last drop of blood and sweat, we will die without regrets. Don't be afraid, if you get to that point, I, Gao Muqing, and your Lin Dashuai's wife, our Lin family, will accompany you. You have all seen it, and they are all ready to go with you on the march, to kill the enemy together, to live together, and to die together. ”

Gao Muqing spoke, pointing his hand to the women in military uniforms behind him. The goddesses of the Lin family bowed their hands to the soldiers in the audience with solemn expressions.

The soldiers in the audience were stunned, they originally thought that Lord Lin's wives standing on the stage in armor at the moment was just a ritual. It is a move to support the scene before the expedition and to see off the generals. They never expected that they would actually go out with the army and go with them to defend against the enemy. The soldiers were extremely moved in their hearts, and the wives of Lin Dashuai were well aware of the righteousness, and they were inspiring the soldiers of the Luoyan Army with practical actions, which had shown their determination and courage. is worthy of being the woman next to Lin Dashuai, all of them are not allowed to shave their eyebrows.

"General Gao, we all know the determination and intentions of the ladies, but we still don't have to go to the battlefield. Our Luoyan army has not yet been reduced to the point of letting Marshal Lin's wives go to war on the battlefield. Please rest assured that General Gao and your ladies will fight to the death and will not let the enemy step into Funiu Mountain. Please also ask the ladies to stay in the cottage and not to risk on the battlefield. A general in the audience shouted.

"yes, there's no need to take any chances, it's enough to have us. Please stay in the mountains, ladies and gentlemen. All the soldiers shouted loudly.

Gao Muqing looked at Guo Caiwei and the others to ask for their opinions. Guo Caiwei walked quickly to the front of the stage, bowed her hand to the soldiers shouting in the audience, and said crisply: "We have received the hearts of the soldiers." Everyone in my Lin family is part of the Luoyan Army. Our husband is the commander of the Falling Goose Army, and as his wife, we should lead by example. The stakes in this battle are very important, not only because of the safety of Funiu Mountain, but also about the operational pattern outside the mountain. That's why our sisters decided to go with the army. One more person means more strength, we may not be able to kill the enemy as bloodied as you, but we can do our thing, we can cook soup for you, we can bandage your wounds, do everything we can. You don't have to worry about us. If we fail to resist the enemy and you die on the battlefield, even if we stay in the mountains, we will only have to stay in peace for a while, and in the end we will be abused by the Jurchens, and we will eventually die. Rather than this, it is better to go into battle with you and do your part to kill the enemy. We are not afraid at all, if we die, we have our husband, and your Lin Dashuai will avenge our blood hatred. So, you don't have to worry about us, we've all figured it out. ”

Guo Caiwei's words came out, and everyone was moved and appreciated. The reason is also clear. Everyone only sighed and sighed, although they still felt that they should not be allowed to take risks, but they had nothing to say.

Gao Muqing smiled and said to Guo Caiwei: "The county lord is eloquent, and he is worthy of knowledge." ”

Guo Caiwei smiled: "You are the same, eloquence." I suspect that the husband taught you these eloquence in private. You speak in a tone like a husband. ”

Gao Muqing pursed her lips and smiled, turned her head to look at the sky, and said softly: "It's not too early, we have to start as soon as possible." ”

Guo Caiwei smiled and said: "Everything is under your commands from the tall general." Our sisters will be your minions from now on. ”

Gao Muqing didn't say anything more, and announced loudly at the moment that the army was going to be drawn, and the 40,000 soldiers and horses were divided into four teams of soldiers and horses, with Lin Hu as the vanguard officer of the former army, and led 10,000 elite soldiers to take the lead and camp in advance. The 10,000 men each of the left and right armies were served by the generals Gao Songlin and Li Muzhu, who were from the original Guishan Island and were brothers who had followed Gao Muqing for many years and were trustworthy. The Chinese army was led by Gao Muqing, Bai Bing and the women of the Lin family, together with Bai Yushuang and others.

At the beginning of the hour, all the soldiers of the Falling Wild Goose Army sang the military song of the Falling Wild Goose Army, and the high-spirited teams drove out of the mountain in batches. Mighty and unstoppable.

In the afternoon, Gao Muqing and the daughters of the Lin family led the Chinese army and horses, escorting grain, grass, baggage and other things to slowly and finally pull out. When they stepped out of the trees around the school grounds, they were surprised by a scene.

But when I saw the slopes of Dongshan up and down, it was densely packed with people. They were all dressed as ordinary people, holding clubs, flat poles, iron forks, axes, simple bows and arrows, and other things in their hands, standing on the hillside, not knowing what to do. Obviously, these are ordinary people in the mountains.

Gao Muqing and the others were surprised, and hurriedly ordered people to ask. Soon they knew the reason, it turned out that the reorganization of the army on the school field this morning had already spread, and the news of the attack of the Jurchen army had spread all over the villages in the mountains. The news that Gao Muqing, Guo Caiwei and other women of the Lin family went to the battlefield to kill the enemy also spread throughout the mountains. Many people spontaneously organized themselves from noon onward, gathered on the side of the hillside, and volunteered to join the army in this battle against the enemy.

Hearing the news, Gao Muqing, Guo Caiwei and others were greatly moved. Most of the people in the mountains came to take refuge in the mountains, and they did not have a strong sense of belonging to the cottage at first, but they came here because the cottage was better than the outside. But everything has changed dramatically, and now the people in the mountains have made Funiu Mountain their home, and they also have to do their part for the cottage.

But Gao Muqing, of course, they don't want to make trouble for ordinary people to go to the battlefield, they know the cruelty of the battlefield, ordinary people are incompetent, and going to the battlefield is basically sending them to death. So Gao Muqing walked down the mountain with Guo Caiwei and others to persuade the people on the hillside to go back. But the people refused to leave, and no matter how much they persuaded them, they could not persuade them. Gao Muqing had no choice but to order the soldiers to intercept the shooting card at the bottom of the valley, and forbade any civilians to follow the army to leave.

When the women walked into the valley and were about to enter the Dongshan Canyon and exit the mountain, the bustling people had already filled one end of the canyon. The soldiers set up cards to intercept them, and the people pushed and crowded, and the noise was very noisy.

When Gao Muqing and the others walked through the bayonet, some people shouted loudly: "Gao Da Zhai Lord, Gao Da Zhai Lord, please wait, I will wait for the people to have something to say." ”

Gao Muqing frowned and looked at a white-haired old man who was shouting. Qin Chuncao beside him said softly: "That's the old man Zheng Jixian, the head of our Luoyan Valley, who is highly respected and has some prestige among the people. The old man is also a warm-hearted person, and many things can be carried out through his help. ”

Gao Muqing nodded, she knew this old man. There are now hundreds of large and small villages in Funiu Mountain, and each village has a lizheng, and each valley has a position of chief lizheng, which is the head of the lizheng. Because they are aimed at ordinary people, most of them are appointed by people of high moral standing to serve the public. This old man Zheng is the head of Luoyan Valley, and he has dealt with Gao Muqing, Qin Chuncao and others a lot on weekdays, and he is anxious and righteous, and he is a highly respected person. Seeing that it was Zheng Jixian who shouted, Gao Muqing also had to go to see him. So he and Qin Chuncao went to the bayonet.

"I've seen the tall village master." Zheng Jixian saw Gao Muqing leading people over, and hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed, and the people behind him also knelt down and saluted.

Gao Muqing hurriedly stepped forward, ordered someone to help Zheng Jixian get up, smiled and said loudly: "Old man Zheng, fellow villagers, what are you doing here?" ”

Zheng Jixian arched his hand and said: "The tall village master, the people have to go to help kill the enemy." Why don't you let them go? The strong enemy in Luoyan Valley is coming, and the wives of the Lin army division are going to the battlefield, how can the people not be moved when they hear such news? Everyone spontaneously came to help, but the owner of the village did not allow everyone to help, what is the reason? ”

Gao Muqing arched his hand and said: "Old Man Zheng, we all understand everyone's intentions, and we are all very moved. But this is going to war, not child's play. The people can't go to war, isn't that death? Let the villagers go to death, how can I agree? In the war, we have a wild goose army. Raising soldiers for a thousand days and using soldiers for a while, at this time, let the villagers fight, what do you want us to do with the soldiers and horses of the wild goose? ”

Zheng Jixian shook his head and said: "Tall village master, don't bully my uncle for not knowing the inside story, this time the enemy army is large, extraordinary, and you need to share the same enemy." Lin Dashuai led the main force of the Luoyan army outside, and this little soldier and horse in the mountains may not be enough to resist the enemy, otherwise why would the handsome wives have to contribute? They are not afraid, and of course we ordinary people are not afraid, and we must also contribute. If they were attacked by the Jurchens, everyone would have to die. This truth is clearer than the old decay. ”

Gao Muqing sighed and said, "In front of Old Man Zheng, how can you hide it, it is true that this time is a little dangerous, but ...... In any case, the people cannot be allowed to fight, this is absolutely impossible. ”

Zheng Jixian was about to speak, when a middle-aged man beside him raised the axe in his hand and said loudly: "Ask General Gao to allow us to kill the enemy, we fled from the north, if it weren't for Marshal Lin of Luoyan Valley to take us in, we would have starved to death and froze to death." Our families all died at the hands of the Jurchens, who went all the way south to destroy our homes and kill our loved ones. Now that they are coming to attack me again, how can we fight with them? I ask General Gao for permission to kill the enemy. ”

"Please allow General Gao, otherwise we won't go back, just stand here and wait." A group of men with northern border town accents shouted excitedly.

Gao Muqing frowned and was silent. Zheng Jixian said in a deep voice: "Gao Dazhai master, you see, everyone is a heart to kill the enemy, and they are definitely not deliberately making trouble. Although we may not be able to go to the battlefield to kill the enemy, as the county lord said, even if it is to help carry things, build fortifications, and fight to fight, it is good. I also did my part. Please also do not refuse as well. ”

Qin Chuncao also said softly on the side: "Miss, or just agree to them, it is always beneficial for multiple people to share their efforts." ”

Gao Muqing glared at her and shouted in a deep voice, "What do you know? Haven't you seen anything on the battlefield? These are the young and strong among the people, and they are all the pillars of the family, and if there are three fields and two shortages, a family will be ruined. Now it is the spring ploughing season, so many people go to war, and it is amazing to miss the time of farming in the mountains. This battle ...... It is not necessarily a must-lose, but now that it is a must-lose, don't you have to think about anything? ”

Qin Chuncao nodded hurriedly and agreed, not daring to say more.

Old Man Zheng heard Gao Muqing's words, frowned and thought for a while: "Otherwise, what the master of the big village said is the same, you can't rush to help fight the war." Let's make a difference. I will select some people to help with the army, and the rest will go back to spring ploughing with peace of mind, so as to take care of everyone's urgency and not miss the agricultural time. The best of both worlds, what do you think? ”

Gao Muqing smiled bitterly: "The old man said so, what else can I say." In this way, this matter is left to Chuncao, and the old man is responsible for assisting Chuncao in organizing a 3,000-man army. But tell them that they are not allowed to go to the battlefield without obeying orders, and only help to do some assistance in carrying and digging and transporting materials. In fact, this is also good, so that my Chinese soldiers and horses can free up manpower to go to the battlefield to kill the enemy. The rest of the people are waiting for our good news with peace of mind. That's it. ”

Zheng Jixian nodded again and again: "Okay, okay, just do it." ”

Gao Muqing arched his hand and smiled: "Then I'll leave it to you, and after organizing the manpower, I will follow the army." Old man Zheng, we're leaving. There is no time to lose. ”

Zheng Jixian nodded again and again and said: "Congratulations to the master of the village, I wish the master of the village a triumphant return, we are all waiting for your good news." ”

Gao Muqing arched his hand, flicked his cloak, and strode away. Although she was calm on the outside, she was very moved in her heart. She finally understood the true meaning of some of the things that Lin Jue had repeatedly emphasized in the mountains. The so-called popular will, but that's it. In times of crisis, the spontaneous actions of the people are an attitude. They did not choose to ignore it. The people in the mountains and the people outside the mountains are already two types of people.