Chapter 19: Slapping
Next, Gao Huaiyuan arranged all the original subordinates to the battalion to act as officers, and the worst one also arranged a corps commander to be the officer, and the township soldiers in Daye County were all dragged up.
The 800 people were divided into several arms, shield soldiers, spearmen, archers, and coachmen, respectively, led by special personnel, while Huang Yan and Zhou Hao each led a battalion, and the rest of the teenagers were also assigned to be the head of the capital, the team leader, the flag head and other official positions under them, and the original Daye County township warriors were under them as the chief and the captain, and the reorganization of this new group of baggage battalions was initially completed.
The reason why they were so ruthless on the first day was for no other reason, that is, to let these villagers who don't understand the rules first understand who has the final say here, and if they go out in the future, they will not listen to orders and cause big trouble, which can be regarded as killing chickens and monkeys, and completely killing their prestige.
And then there is Gao Huaiyuan who knows that now that the war is in full swing, it is estimated that he will prepare in a few days, and if he wants to train them slowly, he doesn't have that time at all, so his requirements are not high, as long as he lets these people obey the command first, as for the drill, you can take your time.
And the effect of this is obvious, although they were not less scolded by these guys, but they received an immediate effect, and the discipline in the army immediately became serious, in order to hold their butts and stop being beaten, these guys began to be cautious.
And the rules in the battalion also inherited the previous rules of the Daye Township Barracks, from the big ones to the drills, to the small ones where to pee, they were all taught by the commanders and captains, so it only took two days, under the leadership of these veterans, when the eight hundred new soldiers stood on the school field again, the team was much more tidy.
In the past two days, these veterans also told the recruits about how Gao Huaiyuan dealt with them one by one, and described the two battles with the Jin Army, so that these guys who were not very convinced had a new understanding of Gao Huaiyuan, although they didn't dare to say that they were convinced, but they all understood that Gao Huaiyuan was really not harming them by doing this.
According to the veterans, if it weren't for Gao Huaiyuan taking them, if they had let so many people meet the golden soldiers in the past, let alone win and receive the reward, I'm afraid that none of the veterans here would survive, so they repeatedly told their recruits to listen to Gao Huaiyuan's words no matter what, this is the first move to save their lives in battle, otherwise, when they meet the golden soldiers, there is only a dead end!
As for the drill, Gao Huaiyuan let go and handed it over to Huang Yan and Zhou Hao to be responsible, according to the different types of troops, each has its own focus, and the requirements are very simple, everyone only needs to understand the order, and be proficient in a few of the most basic movements, as long as they are neat, they are qualified.
And he ran to the army, found the rear army commander who was responsible for managing them, and took the opportunity to pull some guys over from him, these recruits were poorly equipped, although they had been divided into troops, many of them were still empty-handed, and they didn't even have the minimum weapons, Gao Huaiyuan, the commander of the baggage battalion, naturally wouldn't let them go to escort grain and grass with a stick empty-handed.
And this rear army commander, also because of Gao Huaiyuan's prestige in the first battle of the tiger's mouth, has a blue eye for him, and has tried to pull him under his own hands many times, although he has not succeeded, but it is not difficult for him, with a stroke of the pen, a batch of weapons from the treasury was transferred to the baggage battalion.
And Gao Huaiyuan because of the battle of the tiger's mouth, the removal of the car wall was too sudden, the two-stone strong bow that the master gave him at the beginning, could not be brought down, was burned by the fire, so he took the opportunity to run to the armory, and wanted to find a big bow in it to make up for the regret.
The strongest of the Song army's standard bow is the nine-bucket hard bow, like the two-stone bow he used, which is generally not included in the inventory, only a small number of senior officers can be customized in the weapons supervision, and the reason why there is such a bow in the warehouse, part of it is something captured in the war, and a small number of foreign objects after the death of the general, which are not included in the inventory, so Gao Huaiyuan made some money and was taken to the treasury by the military officials.
After the military officer got the money, he was not stingy, anyway, what Gao Huaiyuan wanted, it was useless to put it here for him, so he directly led him to rummage through it, and in a corner of the warehouse full of weapons, he pointed to a pile of horn bows without strings and said to him: "Commander Gao, here are some hard bows, you see if there are any to take advantage of, just take it, put it here, it's useless!" ”
Gao Huaiyuan was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately picked it up in it, he took each bow in his hand and weighed it, and then wrenched it hard, trying the hardness, but unfortunately some bows were put for too long, and no one maintained them, so most of them have been scrapped, only three bows are in good condition, he simply asked for them all with a cheeky face, and also made more than a dozen bowstrings by the way, this time he doesn't have to worry about running out of bows.
And the last time Zhao Fang rewarded him, he also sent someone to reward him with a delicate mountain armor, so he didn't have to worry about the armor, but he still made money, got dozens of sets of high-grade leather armor from the library, pulled it back to the camp, and distributed it to his teenagers to wear. Can't afford to lose any more!
The township soldiers originally brought their own weapons, and it was not easy for him to get so many weapons and arm everyone, so the villagers were very satisfied when they got the guy who took advantage of them, and even the gang was given a waist knife for self-defense, so no one asked for anything, after unifying the equipment, this baggage battalion initially formed a certain combat effectiveness, so that Gao Huaiyuan began to feel at ease.
As he expected, he had just started training these recruits for a few days before he received an order to immediately escort a batch of grain and straw armor to Zaoyang.
This time not only his baggage battalion set off, but also several township battalions from all over the country set off together, and because of the tight war on the front line, Xiangyang's troops were really limited, this time they set off, and even the escort army was not sent to them, only asked Gao Huaiyuan as the leader to be responsible for the escort of this batch of goods, so that Gao Huaiyuan felt a lot of pressure.
With a large number of materials loaded on the car, a group of more than 2,000 people left Xiangyang towards Zaoyang direction, this time it is said that Meng Zongzheng and Hu Zaixing and other troops are fighting fiercely in Zaoyang and the Jin army, the amount of material consumption is huge, so it will organize so many materials to rush to the front enemy, it can be said that this time of transportation, related to the victory or defeat of Zaoyang, when Gao Huaiyuan set off, Zhao Fang even personally sent someone to him to advise, to him must be cautious on the road, to ensure the safety of this batch of materials.
After Gao Huaiyuan had this thousand people as a foundation, he had a certain amount of confidence, so he nodded and agreed, and asked Zhao Fang to rest assured that as long as others were there, he would ensure that this batch of materials would not be lost.
Although he agreed, Gao Huaiyuan was still a little uneasy in his heart, after all, from Xiangyang to Zaoyang, there were still more than 200 miles on the way, and although the Song army repelled the Jin army in the north of Xiangyang, it could not completely guarantee the safety on the road, and there were still traces of the Jin army between the two places.
So for the sake of safety, as soon as they set off from Xiangyang, Gao Huaiyuan sent Huang Yan, took five of the most capable men, rode horses to explore the road in front, and kept in touch with the brigade at all times, and Gao Huaiyuan also thought to himself that he had gone back and forth on this road many times, and met the Jin army twice, and this time it would not be so good that he would meet a large number of Jin soldiers!
Originally, he wanted to send more scouts to explore the way in front, but after some rowing, he only got so many war horses, so he couldn't send someone to ride a mule to be a scout! So he had to do that.
As for the route of this march, he thought about it again and again and chose the normal path, after all, the front-line armies were in a tight war, and although it was safe to take a long detour, it was very delayed, so he could only choose this way.
In order to hurry, he personally led the team to walk in the front, and urged the trailing township barracks to keep up with their speed in order to ensure their safety.
There was nothing to say all the way, from the beginning of Xiangyang, it was very calm, until after passing Qifang Town, Gao Huaiyuan was a lot more relieved, and when he arrived here, he had basically walked most of the way, and the military academy with the army told them that Meng Zongzheng's army was now stationed in the area of Xiaoyizhuang in the southwest of Zaoyang, where the attack on the Jin army surrounding Zaoyang County was arranged, and it was only about twenty miles away from them, so everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
Twenty miles of road in the future may not be nothing, but in the Southern Song Dynasty, the transport of vehicles walking very slowly, even if they hurry up slowly, an hour can only walk about ten miles, seeing that the sky is late, Gao Huaiyuan is anxious, so he ordered to go down, overnight, be sure to rush to Xiaoyizhuang at night, and then spend the night on the road, what accidents.
So everyone didn't stop, all the way to the direction of Xiaoyizhuang.
After walking like this until midnight, the baggage battalion escorted a large number of supplies to Xiaoyizhuang, but Gao Huaiyuan felt a little wrong the more he walked, because since Meng Zongzheng led the army to be stationed in Xiaoyizhuang, then he should at least scatter some scout sentry posts around the camp, but they still didn't see anyone from the Song army appear after they reached Xiaoyizhuang.
"Tell the herald to stop advancing!" Gao Huaiyuan raised his hand to stop the march of the team.
"Commander Gao, why don't we go? It should be Xiaoyizhuang in front of us, hurry up and send the supplies to the camp, let's make a good deal! A county lieutenant surnamed Zhou ran to the front of the team and found Gao Huaiyuan.
"County Lieutenant Zhou, don't be in a hurry! Things seem to be a little wrong today, we are not far from Xiaoyizhuang, but we still haven't met a Song army here, wait until I send someone to the front to check the situation, you let the brothers be on guard first, and take a rest by the way! After all, Gao Huaiyuan is young, and it is not good for these township soldiers to shout and drink, so he politely said to this Zhou County Lieutenant.
"Commander Gao, you are too careful, this is the territory of my Great Song Dynasty, and there is our army stationed in front, what can happen? We have been walking for the past few days, and the brothers are tired enough, so let's hurry up to Xiaoyizhuang and talk about resting! This county lieutenant Zhou still looked down on Gao Huaiyuan a little, and felt that he was too young, but it was a bit unreasonable to ask others to listen to his orders, so he muttered dissatisfiedly.
"Zhou County's words are wrong, although we are hard, but this time we transported the materials, but it is related to the victory or defeat of the former enemy, although Gao is young, but he does not dare to be careless, after all, once this batch of materials is lost, the first to lose his head is Gao, since Lord Zhao has an order, let him lead the team, then please Zhou County Lieutenant be patient, wait for me to find out the situation! County Lieutenant Zhou, please return to your team for the time being, restrain the brothers to strengthen their vigilance, and Gao will naturally notify County Lieutenant Zhou if there is something! Gao Huaiyuan saw that the surname Zhou didn't know how to lift, so he began to harden his speech.
The fat county lieutenant surnamed Zhou saw that Gao Huaiyuan didn't listen to him, and he stubbornly pushed him back, asking him to go back honestly, so he stomped his feet and said: "Don't use chicken feathers as arrows, tell you, no matter what you say, you are a little hairy child!" Lao Tzu has walked more roads than you have crossed the bridge, if you dare not go forward, then get out of the way, Lao Tzu will take people over first, this black rumbling, you let us crowd on the road, what is the matter? ”
This guy watched Gao Huaiyuan pointing fingers along the way, directing so many people to stop and go, eating and drinking Lazar to listen to his orders, he had long held his breath, and wanted to embarrass Gao Huaiyuan, but at this time, when he saw that Gao Huaiyuan didn't dare to move forward, he immediately became furious and scolded Gao Huaiyuan in a disrespectful manner.
Gao Huaiyuan was not happy when he heard it, now he is the commander of the baggage battalion, and he is also Bao Yilang, in terms of rank, he is not lower than this county lieutenant, and when he set off this time, the army clearly said that he was responsible for leading the team, this Zhou county lieutenant was a little awkward along the way, but at this time he was mad at him because of this matter, so his face suddenly became gloomy: "County Lieutenant Zhou is too much!" Although Gao is young, but the order to lead the team to set off this time is a requirement from above, I don't want to care about you, you are so disrespectful, do you want to disobey the official's order? If you dare to speak disrespectfully to this official again, you will be polite to repair Gao! ”
This county lieutenant of Zhou is a little bit old and old, and feels that his grade is not lower than Gao Huaiyuan, not to mention that he is also much older and Gao Huaiyuan is far away, so there is no need to be afraid of Gao Huaiyuan or anything, so he jumped to his feet and said: "I'm bah!" Give me less self-proclaimed officials, which green onion are you! You're just a temporary commander, and I'm a serious county lieutenant, so what can you do with me? ”
This can make Gao Huaiyuan angry, this old guy is simply unreasonable! actually relied on the old man to play tricks with himself, and used his official position to pressure himself, to be honest, they have no affiliation, Gao Huaiyuan led this group of people, it was really a bit unjustifiable, this old shameless man took a fancy to this, and felt that he had no way to take him, so he would embarrass himself in public, so his face turned pale with anger.
The surrounding villagers also heard their words, so they looked over, some of them even had a sense of schadenfreude, these days they were cleaned up by Gao Huaiyuan, at this time to see someone dare to speak disrespectfully to Gao Huaiyuan, feel a little relieved, so some people want to watch the idea of watching the play.
Gao Huaiyuan held back his anger, nodded and said, "Okay!" Zhou County Lieutenant has good skills! In this case, Gao said that he was sorry, and asked County Lieutenant Zhou to go back first, and then talk about it after I find out the situation in front? At this time, he still didn't want to clash with this guy, after all, if he made trouble, this was not the time, so he took the initiative to give in first, trying to make this Zhou County Lieutenant shut up and go back first.
Who knew that this guy actually had to ignore people, seeing Gao Huaiyuan's softness, he got up even more, pinched his waist and held his huge belly and shouted: "Get out of the way for me, Lao Tzu will take people to go first, if you don't dare to go, let Lao Tzu go, at this time Lao Tzu is already hungry and his heart is close to his back, Lao Tzu wants to go to the army to rest and eat first!" ”
Gao Huaiyuan was really stunned, he was thinking about the lives of more than 2,000 people, but this guy couldn't get along with his sincerity because he couldn't get used to his youth, and he was messing around here.
"Order Huang Yan, immediately go to Xiaoyizhuang to find out the situation there and report back to me immediately! And first extinguish the torches in the ranks, and do not light them! Come on, please go back and rest first! Gao Huaiyuan didn't bother to take care of this guy, and for some reason at this time, he had an ominous premonition in his heart, and he always felt that something might happen at night, so he ordered Zhou Hao.
Zhou Hao immediately arranged for the fast-legged people to run to the front to inform Huang Yan and others who were exploring the road in front, and let people pass it all the way, extinguish the torches, and the province could be found far away at night, and brought a few people over, and made a posture of asking Zhou County Lieutenant to go back, at this time, the fat man this week has already annoyed them, in their eyes, Gao Huaiyuan is their day, and it is the emperor Lao Tzu in time, and Gao Huaiyuan is not important in their minds, if it weren't for Gao Huaiyuan's anger, they dare to immediately come up and beat this dead fat man.
"Who dares to touch me? Can't find death? You, a yellow-mouthed child, are so timid as a mouse, and you dare to hold up in front of the official, I think you are just a vain name, and you actually dare to hold up in front of the old man, get out of the way, and let the old man lead people to go first! Zhou Fatzi saw that Gao Huaiyuan didn't dare to do anything to him, so he became more and more arrogant, stretched out his hand to push Zhou Hao away, walked towards Gao Huaiyuan, and stretched out his hand to push Gao Huaiyuan away.
Gao Huaiyuan really couldn't figure out which tendon was twisted in this old thing, and he was like a menopausal* discordant old woman who was mad like a menopausal* discordant old woman, so he couldn't get along with himself, and what he cared about now was the matter ahead, where was the spare time to entangle this guy here, seeing him reach out and push himself, he couldn't help it anymore, and slapped it!
After only listening to a crisp sound, how strong Gao Huaiyuan was! That week, the fat man didn't expect Gao Huaiyuan to dare to hit him at this time, the fat face was hit on the spot, spun on the spot, shook his head and hit the tree on the side of the road, bang, he rolled his eyes on the spot, and slipped to the ground and fainted while holding the tree.