In the barracks converted from a shack in Nanshi, hundreds of floor shops are lined up in five vertical rows.

Although the barracks is rudimentary, it is much more neat than the others. The weather in Quang Nam was hot, and the soldiers did not give them a quilt, so the clothes were rolled into a small bag and placed in the place where the pillow was originally placed, so that they could sleep on the pillow at night. Wooden pole guns are all erected against the wall, and from a distance, everything is placed in a neat straight line. Although the barracks had no walls, ordinary soldiers walked along the various black and white lines drawn on the ground, and there was no such disorder as other regimental training barracks.

"All of them, stand up," shouted an officer at the door, "and get to work!" Let's get to work! ”

After a short period of confusion, the regimental training soldiers each took their spears, ten people in a group, a hundred people in a group, lined up in the aisle between the beds, everyone looked calm, there was no round of head-to-ear, under the leadership of the head and the chief of the army, honestly walked out of the barracks. The five hundred soldiers lined up in formation, and it only took a short while, and the battalion commander Zhou Ruilan still frowned and looked at these soldiers, all of them with dull faces and blank eyes, just like the workers who were trapped to work next to the loom, and there was no "fierce ambition" and "everyone was excited" as mentioned in the book. It's time to go into battle to kill the enemy.

Zhou Ruilan originally thought for a long time of impassioned words, but when he looked at these guys, he suddenly lost interest.

"It's really mud that can't hold up the wall." Zhou Rui sneered, he was about to go into battle to see the real chapter.

They were originally apprentices, and when Zhou Ruilin first took over this camp composed entirely of workers and apprentices, he felt that these people were very easy to manage, at least much neater than the displaced people from all over the world, but after a long time of contact, he began to feel that these guys were simply rotten wood. For the soldiers who were born as apprentices, they were forced to serve as soldiers to eat food, and it was the same thing as working in the workshop to get paid. Therefore, Zhou Ruilan had to follow the method of Mr. Zhao of Zhibing Zhai, and manipulated these workers in the advance queue for a period of time, and they were unwilling to rush to the front, so everyone would go hand in hand, and no one would be able to escape.

Because of the neat queue, the Guangzhou regimental training yamen regarded this battalion, which was composed entirely of workers and apprentices, as an elite who was "worthy of battle".

Therefore, the state school spent "a large sum" of silver money to match the regimental training battalion that was "worthy of war" with two dangjia, and each soldier also had a monthly salary of 1,500 yuan. The military department has a forbidden army and a military camp, and only then does the head of the military camp have the iron armor distributed by the imperial court. In line with the attitude of being able to save provinces, the state schools in various places believe that there is no need for armor behind them, so there is a thick iron plate in front of Liangdangjia, and there is only a bamboo plate in the back. Therefore, this kind of "Liangdang" armor worn with thin ropes is locally made in the Guangzhou workshop, and it only costs three times for a collar, which is less than one-tenth of the price of the infantry armor of the military department. Of course, regimental training officers can also buy armor for the battalion head at their own expense, just like Luo Huan, the commander of the Qingyuan battalion, but there are few people like Luo Huan who are willing to break the family and serve the country, so the two armors of the front iron and the back bamboo have also become the "elite" characteristics of Guangzhou regimental training.

"This is not a drill," Zhou Ruilan circled the team with a stick and shouted loudly: "But, when you get to the battlefield, take out the spirit of drill!" Ears only listen to military orders, don't panic, don't run around! If you have the ability to fight against the thieves, just leave the team and run by yourself! He shouted at the top of his voice, "Do you hear it all?" ”

The labourers had already developed the habit of obedience, and almost immediately replied in a loud voice: "Clear! ”

"Okay," Zhou Ruilin nodded, "Very good!" ”

Looking at the faces of the soldiers, he hesitated for a moment, and said in a deep voice, "I know that most of you have wives and children to support, and none of you are similar, remember, the more calm and chaotic you are on the battlefield, the more likely you are to come back alive!" He raised his voice and yelled, "Now, turn right and go forward!" His voice was a little astringent, he had never been on the battlefield, and Zhou Ruilan himself didn't know if he could or come back, but on the day the eldest husband was ordained, he forgot his home, and more than 180 members of the Zhou family lived in Guangzhou City, and Zhou Ruilin died and had his own people to continue the clan. But if the city of Guangzhou is broken, and there is no egg under the overthrow of the dynasty, the Zhou clan will be defeated immediately. From this point of view, Zhou Ruilan should work for the court more than his soldiers, in fact, this is also the case.

A standard-bearer held the battalion flag high, and the 500 regiment training soldiers carried spears neatly through the ruins and ruins of Nanyan.

The regimental trainers are all apprentices in the Nanyan area, this neighborhood is too familiar to them, and many of them even participated in the construction of Hanhai City, however, the battle situation in front is only clear to the commander Zhou Ruilan, Zhou Ruilan walked next to the battalion flag with a knife on his shoulder, and his face was solemn. In the afternoon, the thieves captured Hanhai City again, and the prefect Yamen dispatched more than a dozen battalions to counterattack the past, but they were killed by the thieves and collapsed, and there were countless corpses in the north of the city, and the military spirit of the Song army was also greatly depressed.

After the thieves captured the city wall of Hanhai, they unabashedly mobilized heavy troops, to see the situation sweeping the south and rushing straight to the city of Guangzhou.

Therefore, the Guangzhou government concentrated nearly 10,000 regiments of 25 battalions to train troops, preparing to launch a counteroffensive again while the thieves were not firmly established, so as not to let the thieves rest comfortably on the shore. Chen Gongju and others had great expectations for this counteroffensive, and almost all of the regimental training camps in the south of Guangzhou were put into it. Detachments of Song regiments were drawn from the dilapidated barracks, and they passed through the ruined walls, like small streams merging into a great river, and gradually gathered behind a camp that had been built when facing the north of the city.

All kinds of flags were raised over the Song military camp to show the enemy's strength.

The Guangzhou regimental training, which was struggling to support under the siege of thieves, did not have the capital to show weakness. Many regimental training camps stationed in the south arrived first, and when the apprentice battalion led by Zhou Ruilan arrived, the neat Liangdangjia attracted many envious eyes. "Raised by the stepmother," Liu Sanqi scolded in a low voice, "Why do they have armor and can shrink under the city, but we have to work hard." His words resonated, and many ragged regimental trainers looked at the two sides of the apprentice battalion with red eyes, and there were A and Wu on the battlefield, which was probably the difference between life and death.

"They fight less than us, and they still have 1,500 wen a month, his grandmother's!"

"Yes, we only have five hundred Wen settlement fee!"

"It's all righteous and brave, why is it so big?!"

The sound of complaining reached Zuo Nianyuan's ears, he just smiled indifferently, and now, he understands what it means to have clear water and no fish.

After this battle, I don't know how many people will survive, and if the soldiers want to complain, let them do it.

Zuo Nianyuan and Zhou Ruilan are classmates and friends of the state school, Guangzhou is in an emergency, after the two of them led the troops respectively, everything in the camp is complicated, and this is the first time they have met on the battlefield. He deliberately stood on the camp and waved his hand to Zhou Ruilan, Zhou Ruilan also smiled slightly when he saw it, his footsteps did not stop while marching, and his palm made a gesture, signaling everyone to fight to kill the enemy, Zuo Nianyuan nodded, and watched Zhou Ruilan march to the middle of the camp with his battalion and join the infantry array. Zhou Ruilan's battalion was stationed far away from Hanhai City, so soon after they arrived, the leaders of the various battalions participating in the counteroffensive of Hanhai City also gathered one after another.

According to the deployment of the government office, the "elite" 10 battalions formed a chessboard-like front formation, and the other regimental training battalions were the rear formation.

Zuo Nianyuan's battalion had just suffered a heavy setback and was placed in the rear, and the complaints of Liu Sanqi and others had only calmed down slightly. Under the scorching sun, the movement of the Song army was unobstructed by the opposite side, and the Haikou saw the officers and soldiers in formation, and they also made noise, some waved knives and arrows, and some shouted loudly. The sky above the battlefield was full of foul language, laughter and ridicule, which made Zuo Nianyuan and the others frown.

"Ready?" At the head of Zicheng City, Chen Gong raised the flag and said, "Beat the drum!" ”

"Knock knock—"

"Boom-" "Boom-" "Boom-"

The first drum was fired, and the barrel cannon placed at the head of the city fired the first round of cannonballs at the bandits.

At that time, Zhao Xingde instructed that the construction of Hanhai City must be within the range of the iron barrel cannon at the head of the city, and it must be calibrated in advance. The second drum pass, the Song army in the front slowly pressed towards the city of Hanhai, and the iron barrel cannon at the head of the city fired another round, disrupting the formation of the sea bandits, beating the drum for the third pass, the front Song army was no more than 100 steps away from Hanhai City, and the iron barrel cannon at the head of the city stopped shooting.

Zhou Ruilin pulled out his war knife and shouted: "Rush forward, don't mess up!" ”

The pace of the regimental training camp became faster and faster, and by the time it was already trotting, and the rear was also shouting loudly and cheering. Behind the city of defending the sea, the pirates were densely huddled together, the archers were bending their bows and arrows, and the sharp arrows were shining in the sun, aiming at the regimental training soldiers who were coming straight forward. To the south of the wall, many of the pirates were still gathering, and the samurai of the Great Food faced west and finished praying, each drawing his scimitar.

"Stay in line!" Zhou Ruilin shouted loudly, "Rush forward!" ”

There were still thirty steps to go before the thieves, and the regimental training soldiers in front could already see the enemy's face.

At this moment, I heard a gong sound, and the arrows from the opposite side shot like locusts.

The regimental training soldiers in the first few rows shot a piece, and a sharp arrow flew over Zhou Rui's forehead, startling him into a cold sweat.

At this time, the front of the Song army suddenly became chaotic, and some people hesitated to slow down.

"Rush forward!" Zhou Ruilan said loudly: "The vest has no iron armor, there is still a way to survive if you rush forward, and if you retreat, you will die!" ”

He swung his sword vigorously and led his men forward. After the pirate let go of a round of arrows, the archers were weak, and the arrows immediately thinned out. At this time, the front of the Song army was less than ten steps away from the thieves, and the regimental trainers shouted in unison, and rushed towards the city wall with their spears straight. There were trenches dug in the south of this wall, and instead of moats to block the counterattack in the north, many wide earthen slopes were built in advance.