After the treasurer saw Zhao Fang, he was already so frightened that he was about to faint, just now he was fine, he was thinking about how to get out the armor in the warehouse and sell it, and exchange it for a lot of silver, but when he didn't think about it, his top boss rushed into his room, and without saying a word, he raised his hand and knocked him out with a big mouth.

Then, before he could figure out what was happening, his boss came up and kicked him so loudly that he screamed, and was then tied up by some of the soldiers who rushed in.

This guy still didn't understand why this boss, who usually called him a brother, suddenly went crazy, shouting and asking what was going on, only to be kicked again.

"It's all your doing! I ask you! Last night, which warehouse did the armor you distribute to the Daye County Township Barracks come from? Why do you want to do so much to them? The logistics officer angrily questioned the treasurer.

This time, the treasurer knew what the problem was, so he replied with a look of grievance in his eyes: "Yesterday, the guy didn't understand the rules, so he waited for him for a day, and he didn't come to pick up the goods until the afternoon, and he didn't know what the rules were, so the lower official gave him the things in the north library, and the guy was very happy!" ”

"Whew! You bastard, you don't know how to die until you die, what bullshit rules do you mention! Do you know that that guy has already stabbed this matter to Lord Zhao, the envoy of the system! Lord Zhao personally led the battalion lieutenant general to the Daye County Township Barracks today to review the township bravery, but what he saw was the scrapped armor that you issued to them! Lord Zhao was already furious and ordered the official to come back to inquire about the matter! This time, even Lao Tzu will be unlucky with you! Come on, tie up all the people who delivered the goods last night, and take them to the Daye County Township Soldier Garrison together! Only then did the logistics officer inform the treasurer of what had happened.

The treasurer immediately collapsed to the ground when he heard this, of course he knew what he gave Gao Huaiyuan, those things could only be used as garbage if they were thrown on the street, and they could not be used on the battlefield at all, but he only thought about pitting Gao Huaiyuan's buns, but he didn't expect that Zhao Fang would go to the school to parade the township soldiers on a whim, so could he not show his stuffing?

So the case was revealed, the culprit was brought to justice, and the new armor was transported to the township barracks in Daye County, and the treasurer was naturally beheaded by Zhao Fang because of the crime of greedy ink, and the people under him were also punished.

And Gao Huaiyuan's goal was naturally achieved, not only relieved, but also got the first-class armor, when all the township soldiers lined up on the school field again after being equipped with new armor, everyone was dazzled.

People are dressed in horses and saddles, these township soldiers equipped with standard armor immediately put on a new look, each majestic, as if a hundred times more energetic, and in the morning when Zhao Fang brought people to form a sharp contrast, the township soldiers after changing guns and guns to wear these lines, morale suddenly rose a lot, standing in the school field is really a bit of a regular garrison posture, no longer like a rabble!

However, Gao Huaiyuan also knew that this time because of this incident, he offended the individual officers of the Ezhou battalion to death, but he didn't care about this matter, because the first thing he had to face now was how to come back from Jiangbei alive, and good equipment was the minimum guarantee, offending a few people, it was worth the last insurance.

After Zhao Fang saw the morale of these villagers, he couldn't help but personally encourage them, and explained the punishment of corrupt officials to the villagers, and asked these people to dare to fight for the first time after they went into battle.

When Zhao Fang went back from the camp, Gao Huaiyuan also put on a brand new armor and sent Zhao Fang out of the camp, Zhao Fang waved his hand to let the rest of the generals leave for the time being, and then scolded Gao Huaiyuan with a smile: "You kid, you have a lot of ghost ideas, but you actually went to the official to complain without knowing it, and made such a farce for the official, which almost made the official unable to step down!"

This official will be thinking about your life for the sake of Xiangyong, and will no longer care about this matter with you, but this time you go to Huangzhou, you must behave well for the old man, otherwise, the old man will not spare you! ”

Gao Huaiyuan hurriedly bowed down and replied with an embarrassed smile: "Xiaguan is really helpless, if you don't invite the adults to see it with your own eyes, I'm afraid the adults won't believe in such things, Xiaguan thank you for making decisions for us!" Guarantee that after arriving in Huangzhou, you will fight bravely to kill the enemy, and never disappoint the high expectations of the adults! ”

After Zhao Fang patted Gao Huaiyuan on the shoulder, he nodded and instructed: "The situation in Jiangbei is sinister, I hope you can be more careful!" The sailor has already transferred you to the boat, so you will board the boat and cross the river early tomorrow morning!" ”

"The subordinate obeys!" Gao Huaiyuan bowed to receive the order, then got up and looked at Zhao Fang gradually moving away, shaking his head slightly, Zhao Fang's face is not as good as day by day, and the tossing of the morning makes him look very tired, I don't know how long this old man can support Da Song! Gao Huaiyuan was quite worried about Zhao Fang's body.

The river water continues to beat the stones on the wharf by the river, a trestle bridge goes deep into the river, several huge vehicles and ships in the operation of the sailors, slowly leaned on the trestle, there are soldiers on the trestle bridge quickly put down the cable on the boat firmly tied to the pile, the stone anchor also fell into the water with a thick cable, the car and ship were firmly docked next to the trestle, and a wide wooden springboard was built on the trestle.

"One boat for both, start boarding now!" Gao Huaiyuan stood on the Ezhou Sailor Wharf, and after seeing that the ship had docked steadily, he immediately turned around and shouted loudly to the villagers behind him.

As soon as the sound of his shouting reached everyone's ears, the villagers who were waiting for their feet immediately began to step onto the wooden trestle bridge, and then Yuguan stepped onto the gangplank and boarded the huge cars and boats.

And Gao Huaiyuan watched all his subordinates on the expedition board the ship, and then finally boarded the big ship in the center, stood at the stern and looked back at Ezhou City.

Like him, the accompanying township soldiers also turned their eyes to Ezhou City on the north bank of the river, Gao Huaiyuan sighed slightly in his heart, this time he crossed the Yangtze River north, I really don't know when he will be able to return here, and he turned his head to look at the villagers on the boat behind him, how many can six hundred people come back?

As soon as the morning dawned, Gao Huaiyuan said goodbye to the villagers who stayed in Ezhou, took the six hundred villagers, and rushed to the Ezhou Sailor Wharf early to wait for boarding, because yesterday there was a scene, no one came to see them off, when they boarded the boat, the wharf was already empty, only the officers and soldiers who were still busy on the wharf, such a scene looked a little desolate, everyone could not help but have a feeling of nostalgia for here, as if the crossing of the river was like a kind of farewell.

"Untie the cable! Weigh! The shouts of the sailors rang out on the ship.

Immediately, a sailor retrieved the gangplank from the trestle, and the stone anchor also pushed the thick winch to the sound of the sailors' horns, slowly lifted the water, and one by one the cables were untied and pulled back to the ship.

The hull of the car and boat shook slightly, and began to ripple up and down with the ups and downs of the river, Gao Huaiyuan retracted his gaze from the shore to the car and boat again, he couldn't predict what would happen in the future, what he could do was to bring these people under his command well, and bring back as many people as possible, which was what he wanted to do now.

However, compared to the first time he led the team to the expedition, this time his situation seems to be much better, these six hundred township warriors compared to the previous township soldiers, at least in terms of quality, has been greatly improved, basically received basic training, and can complete the orders he issued relatively smoothly, especially he has a group of low-level officers who have been tempered by the battle array to help him control this team, so Gao Huaiyuan is not too worried, as long as he does not encounter too much disparity in the enemy, he still has the confidence to fight with the Jin army!

After collecting his mood, Gao Huaiyuan's attention quickly fell on this kind of car and boat at his feet, this kind of car and ship he had only seen from a distance a few times before, and it was the first time for him to board this kind of boat like today.

He had always been very curious about this famous warship of the Song Dynasty, and wanted to board it to take a peek, but now that he finally had this opportunity, how could he give up so easily?

"Order to rest on the spot and not trespass! Do what the Sailor Brothers ask! Gao Huaiyuan looked at the villagers who began to disband after boarding the ship, and instructed them.

These villagers were as curious as him, so they quickly packed up their feelings of leaving their homeland, paid attention to this kind of car and boat they had never ridden, and began to lie on the side of the boat and look around, and after hearing Gao Huaiyuan's order, they hurriedly sat down on the spot as requested, and did not dare to move around anymore.

According to Gao Huaiyuan's knowledge, the Ezhou Metropolitan Commander's Navy was also built in the early years under the command of Yue Fei, from Yue Fei to eliminate the Yang Mo Rebel Army in the Dongting Lake area, the Righteous Army and the Righteous Army's ships were initially built, once had more than 1,000 warships, which can be called the crown along the river, but when it developed to the present, the scale is far less powerful than when Yue Fei ruled it, but it is still a water force that cannot be ignored in the naval army along the river, and it plays a vital role in ensuring the safety of the Southern Song River defense.

And the car and boat is a kind of powerful warship that the navy relies on, and this time Gao Huaiyuan and they can cross the river by this kind of car and boat, which can be regarded as a good luck.

Because Gao Huaiyuan is the commander of the township soldiers, he has the right to walk around the ship to visit, and the soldiers on the naval ships are also quite polite to him, who is an official, and there is no restriction on his own, so taking advantage of this rare opportunity, Gao Huaiyuan also thoroughly understands the structure of this kind of car and ship.

This time they took a kind of 22-car ship, although it is nothing compared to the 40-car car ship, but it is also the main warship of a kind of naval army, the length of the whole ship is about 20 zhang, the width is up to two or three zhang, the height of four or five zhang, there are as many as one or two hundred sailors who operate the boat, and they do not feel crowded at all when they are equipped with 200 townsmen, which shows the size of this kind of car and ship!

It is a pity that later generations because of the ban on the sea after Zheng He of the Ming Dynasty, the very glorious shipbuilding skills in Chinese history were gradually lost, so that later generations will never see such a majestic wooden ship again.

The two sides of the vehicle and ship are each equipped with eleven paddling wheel pulp, each wheel pulp has eight slurry wings, relying on the sailors on the ship to step on, drive the wheel paddle to rotate, and the paddle wing paddling provides power for the boat, so the whole ship is not equipped with tall sails and masts, so that the ship appears relatively low, and it is very suitable for combat use in rivers and lakes.

And the wheel slurry on both sides is wrapped in the hull of the ship, so that the sailors who operate the boat are also well protected, and the sailors who operate the boat cannot be seen or injured from the outside, so that its safety is improved a lot.

And the main combat weapons of this kind of vehicle and ship in addition to the bow and crossbow in the hands of the generals, hook guns and other things, also have a powerful weapon, that is, the two sides of the ship installed on the batter, but it is a pity that Gao Huaiyuan They are riding the car ship is a troop carrier specially designed to transport soldiers, so Gao Huaiyuan can not see the water warfare weapon of the shoot pole, but he is not a pity, he finally saw this kind of vehicle and ship from beginning to end to a thorough view, even the bilge he visited it, and thoroughly saw the high technology of shipbuilding in the Song Dynasty.

Under the control of the sailors who operated the boat, the car and ship soon left the Ezhou wharf, went up the river in an oblique line, and slowly sailed to the direction of Huangzhou, Jiangbei.

And Huangzhou is not far from Ezhou, and it only took more than an hour to board the ship from Gao Huaiyuan to the other side of the river, and slowly docked at the Huangzhou wharf.

After being addicted to it, Gao Huaiyuan waited until the ship came to a stop, and immediately took the villagers to the north shore, which would become a battlefield for them to fight for a period of time in the future.

The defenders of Huangzhou had learned of the arrival of reinforcements in advance, so there were personnel at the wharf responsible for receiving Gao Huaiyuan and his party, but because they heard that the reinforcements were only 600 people, and they were still township soldiers, the Huangzhou official army did not pay too much attention to Gao Huaiyuan's township soldiers, but arranged for people to take 600 township soldiers to the city barracks after receiving them.

And Gao Huaiyuan also expected this situation, in such a situation, a village soldier of hundreds of people can be said to have a limited impact on the current war, and it is impossible to attract the attention of others, so he didn't care about the neglect of the Huangzhou defenders, and immediately led the troops into Huangzhou City.

Huangzhou is the Huanggang of later generations, although it has a long history and culture, but in this era, it is not a big city, and this time the servant scattered An Zhen led the army south, so that the Song people did not expect to directly point the troops to Huangzhou, so the number of defenders here is very limited, the whole city in addition to Gao Huaiyuan's six hundred township soldiers, the total strength is only less than two thousand people, among which there is a group of township warriors who have just been recruited in Huangzhou, and the combat effectiveness is very weak.

The arrival of Gao Huaiyuan still strengthened the strength of Huangzhou to a certain extent, and still played a certain role in boosting the morale of the army and people in Huangzhou.

Therefore, when Gao Huaiyuan led the army into Huangzhou City, it still attracted many people in the city to welcome him, and after seeing their neat equipment of soldiers and horses, he cheered loudly.

Gao Huaiyuan rode on horseback, and repeatedly bowed to the people on both sides of the street, and his majestic style also attracted the cheers of many people.

At this moment, a team of about dozens of people came from afar, and the first one, the neatly dressed Song general, trotted to Gao Huaiyuan.

"The soldiers and horses of the Huangzhou garrison army are under the jurisdiction of Jiang Fang to welcome the late, and I hope that Lord Gao will forgive me!" This person was about forty years old, and as soon as he arrived in front of Gao Huaiyuan, he immediately threw his hand and said loudly to Gao Huaiyuan.

Gao Huaiyuan looked this Jiang Fang up and down, looked at his tired look, and knew that his life was not easy these days, so he hurriedly dismounted and said: "Daye County Lieutenant Gao Huaiyuan was ordered by Lord Zhao to come to Huangzhou to help, how dare you labor Jiang Xuan's relatives to come to greet him, it is really a torture to kill Gao!" ”

After the two met, Jiang Fang brought Gao Huaiyuan's team to the camp in the east of the city, temporarily placed here, and immediately brought Gao Huaiyuan to the palace, which has become the military command post of Huangzhou.

Since Gao Huaiyuan entered Huangzhou City, he sensed the tense atmosphere in Huangzhou City, and after entering the mansion, Jiang Fang only introduced him to the officers of the defenders in the city a little, and immediately said to them: "You are quiet, Jiang has just received the scout express, the Jin army has taken Macheng the day before yesterday, and is reorganizing the army, and may send troops to Huangzhou at any time, I don't know if you have a strategy to retreat from the enemy?" ”

As soon as his words fell, everyone in the room immediately looked shocked, gasped, and began to discuss with each other.

Hearing this news, even Gao Huaiyuan couldn't help but feel a little worried, when he came out of Ezhou, he also heard that the Jin army had not yet captured Macheng, but it was only half a day, the situation has changed so much, but Macheng has fallen, so the next stop of the Jin army does not need to be thought about, it is Huangzhou!

No wonder Jiang Fang was so worried after receiving him just now that he didn't even say a few words of greeting, so he immediately brought him here, it turned out that the situation had been tense to such an extent, and Gao Huaiyuan also felt that his head was a little big.