As soon as the time arrived, there was a burst of footsteps outside the Daye Township barracks, and far away from the camp, someone said loudly: "Lord Zhao, the bachelor of Huiyouge and the ambassador of the Jinghu system, led the generals of the Shenwu Battalion of the garrison army to review the Daye County Township Barracks, and I would like to greet you immediately!" ”

After Gao Huaiyuan heard this, he didn't dare to slack off, and immediately took his subordinates, strode out of the gate, and saw a neat guard escorting an official with white hair and a group of Song army generals with helmets and armor to the outside of their camp under the background of the pennant display.

Zhao Fang was in a good mood today, and after handling some government affairs in the morning, he called the officers who stayed behind in the garrison military camp to come to the Daye County Township Barracks to parade the township soldiers with him.

He is also looking forward to Gao Huaiyuan's township soldiers who have been trained in the past year, how the army looks, whether it can withstand a battle, along the way he is still discussing with the Song generals who accompany him from time to time to discuss the enemy's strategy, and Gao Huaiyuan's implementation of the bow and arrow society system in Daye County, as well as the methods of the township joint protection, and Gao Huaiyuan is also quite respectful in his words.

But when he arrived in front of the Daye County Township Barracks and saw a group of people coming out to greet them, Zhao Fang, even if he was old and dizzy, was stunned for a moment like everyone else, because the Gao Huaiyuan he saw today was very different from the past.

Because Gao Huaiyuan's dress borrowed a term from later generations, it is really too thunderous! Zhao Fang really couldn't think of where Gao Huaiyuan could pick up such an antique tattered armor, and put it on his body generously, and then look at these entourages around him, each of them was also wearing tattered armor, and his face was simply unseemly.

"Gao Huaiyuan! What kind of dress are you? Even if Zhao Fangdang was angry, in his opinion, Gao Huaiyuan was a tiger with a bear's waist, even if he was dressed in civilian clothes, he looked tiger and tiger, today he finally came to the school to parade the township soldiers in his busy schedule, but Gao Huaiyuan wore this virtue, isn't this deliberately refuting his face?

"Daye County Lieutenant Gao Huaiyuan saw Lord Zhao, the ambassador of the system, and welcomed all the generals to come to review our township soldiers! Please forgive the sin of not being able to pay full salutes with the official armor on his body! Gao Huaiyuan did not answer Zhao Fang's words, but led people to immediately step forward and bow down to greet Zhao Fang and the generals.

Among the generals, they were originally curious about Gao Huaiyuan when they heard what Zhao Fang said, but when they saw Gao Huaiyuan, they were immediately disappointed, where is this guy who is marching and fighting, he is simply asking for food!

Zhao Fang didn't see Gao Huaiyuan answer his words, and he was already here at this time, so it was not good to scold Gao Huaiyuan outside the gate, so he suppressed his anger and waved his hand to let Gao Huaiyuan get up and lead the way, and take them into the camp to inspect the Daye Township barracks.

When he entered the camp, Zhao Fang raised his eyes, but almost vomited blood on the spot and fell off his horse, because what he saw was not a majestic army and horses, but a gray patch everywhere, the chaotic armor of all kinds was messy, and the dilapidated ones were simply unsightly, not to mention the style of the iron armor, the rust on it alone would fall to the ground if it was shaken, and there was almost no armor with complete armor; The leather armor is even more tattered and tied to the body, and the helmet is also rusty, and there are all kinds of styles.

What's even more ridiculous is the weapons in the hands of these villagers, it is simply impossible to see, the tips of the spears held by the spearmen are rusty, and the barrels of the guns are twisted and crooked, and they are arranged in several rows, but there is no neatness at all! Looking at the shield again, the skin shield was covered with mildew, and some of the skin had been torn, revealing the rotten wooden lining underneath, I really didn't know what to do with such a thing, and it was actually distributed to Xiang Yong.

Each archer has a single knife hanging from his waist, but unfortunately many knives don't even have scabbards, and even hang on their waists with ropes, and the blades are so rusted that it is almost impossible to see what material they are made of, not to mention the bows in their hands, there are few that can be hung on the string, and most of them even have fallen off the patent leather, and the broken bow makes people wonder if they can still pull it apart.

After seeing the tragic scene of the begging army assembled in the camp, Zhao Fang and the Song generals who accompanied him suddenly opened their mouths, and their eyes almost fell to the ground.

"Qi Qi lords, generals, Daye County township soldiers have been assembled, please read it, the first six hundred people will go to Huangzhou with the lower officials to help, and I hope you will give you some advice!" Gao Huaiyuan didn't look at Zhao Fang and the generals behind him who were about to be stupid, and reported to them loudly.

Is such a dilapidated village barracks worth their review? Thanks to Zhao Fang, Lord Zhao was still saying this good thing about Gao Huaiyuan along the way just now, but when he came here, it was really disappointing, and these Song generals who followed Zhao Fang couldn't help but show a look of disdain, they didn't know where Gao Huaiyuan's tattered things were found, thinking that these things must be the armor and equipment of Daye County's own weapons.

The generals said in their hearts that if they relied on these begging people to support Huangzhou, I am afraid that not only would they not be able to support the resistance of the Huangzhou army and people, but once they arrived, the morale of the Huangzhou soldiers and civilians would plummet, and Lima would be scattered! Where are the reinforcements sent! It's like rushing a bunch of people who want food to eat food!

After Zhao Fang saw the dignity of these villagers in the camp, his angry lips trembled, and he pointed at Gao Huaiyuan standing in front of him and scolded angrily: "Thief! Darn! Is this the country soldier you brought? Could it be that you let the old man come to the school to read such a rabble? You...... You...... You ......" After Zhao Fanglian said a few of you, he didn't know what to say, he just felt that he had misjudged the wrong person, and he actually misjudged Gao Huaiyuan, and he thought he was a talent!

Although Gao Huaiyuan was scolded by Zhao Fang, he was not annoyed at all, but bowed down and said loudly to Zhao Fang: "My lord, how about listening to the explanation?" ”

Zhao Fangqiang held back his anger, didn't even get off the horse, pointed at Gao Huaiyuan and said angrily: "Okay! I'll just listen to how you explain it to the old man! You said! ”

Gao Huaiyuan immediately stood up straight and said loudly: "Lord Zhao, generals, everyone must be furious in their hearts when they see the Daye Township soldiers led by Xia today, but this is not the responsibility of the lower officials!"

After hearing the order of Lord Zhao, the lower official immediately did his best to come to Ezhou to serve his life, originally because he was enthusiastic and wanted to serve the country!

After going down here, he was ordered to go to Huangzhou to help, so he selected 600 strong men from the township soldiers to prepare for the expedition.

The reason why you see us so down-and-out today is not the fault of the lower officials, although the lower officials do not dare to flaunt the courage of the soldiers of Daye Township, but they are by no means a rabble!

Since it is a township soldier, our equipment will naturally be worse, so Lord Zhao specially ordered the subordinate to draw armor from the garrison army armory to arm the township brave, the subordinate and his subordinates are naturally grateful for Lord Zhao's compassion, but the subordinate only received this kind of equipment, so it will make you laugh!

But the lower officials are by no means incompetent people who are greedy for life and afraid of death, even with such equipment, the lower officials and the village warriors will never retreat! That's why I invite you to come here to see our determination to serve the country to the death! Your Excellency has also seen that the heads hanging above our gate, these people are unwilling to go out with the army because they are greedy for life and afraid of death, and they have been punished on the spot, and this move is the determination of the lower officials!

If you don't believe what your lord says, then please look! Gao Huaiyuan's face was red with excitement, and he suddenly turned to face these villagers who were lining up in the school yard and did not dare to come out.

"Fellow villagers of Daye County! This official is here to ask you a word today, do you dare to go to Huangzhou with this official to fight to the death with the Jin soldiers? Gao Huaiyuan shouted to these villagers almost hoarsely.

At this time, the villagers began to understand Gao Huaiyuan's hard work, knew that Gao Huaiyuan was fighting for their grievances, fighting for their interests, and also understood the reason why the armor they received this time was so broken, and they had been accumulating anger in their chests for a long time, and when they heard Gao Huaiyuan asking them so loudly, they finally found a way to vent.

As soon as Gao Huaiyuan's words of questioning landed, these villagers in the school field suddenly burst into a loud roar together: "The little ones are willing to fight to the death with the adults and the Jin Army!" ”

Such a thousand people roared in unison, the voice went straight to Xiao Han, echoing in the sky above the garrison army camp for a long time, and all the villagers looked at Gao Huaiyuan with eager eyes, feeling that the depression in their hearts was shouted out a lot.

Zhao Fang and the generals heard the majestic roar of these beggar soldiers, and then they couldn't help but immediately re-look at the beggar soldiers in front of them, and after looking carefully, they found that although these township soldiers were dressed in tatters, their mental outlook was not decadent, and although their queue looked chaotic because of their clothing and armor, but after a closer look, they saw that the queue where the township soldiers were standing was horizontal and vertical, and the township soldiers were even more shy and folded, and their bodies were standing straight.

"Since you don't think you have this armor of yours, now obey my command, take off your armor and put down your weapons, and let the adults see your courage! Even with our bare hands, we will not back down even half a step! Gao Huaiyuan listened to the roars of the villagers and shouted.

"Remove your armor!" Suddenly, a series of orders rang out in the ranks.

The six township warriors who were in the front row immediately threw these tattered weapons in their hands on the ground under the orders of their heads and team leaders, and raised their hands to take off the tattered armor on their bodies, and fell to the ground together, and then in a series of orders, the villagers stood up straight again, each standing tall like a pine, looking at Gao Huaiyuan and Zhao Fang and other officials with blazing eyes.

Zhao Fang and the generals saw that the tattered township soldiers had faded at this time, and then their momentum was shocked, and they no longer looked like a rabble, but faintly produced a kind of prestige of the arrogant Xiaohan, so they realized that these township soldiers were not weak, even if they were not elites, at least they were township soldiers who had received serious training.

Zhao Fang finally understood at this time, it turned out that Gao Huaiyuan staged a good show of the whole army for him today, when he ordered Gao Huaiyuan to send troops to help Huangzhou, he asked Gao Huaiyuan to go to the armory to receive the required weapons and armor to equip the township soldiers to use.

But what he didn't expect was that the people below disobeyed the yang and the yin, and actually sent such a tattered armor to Gao Huaiyuan, which was simply fooling Gao Huaiyuan, fooling him, the court member who was in charge of a side of the soldiers and horses, and fooling these villagers who were about to go to the battlefield to kill the enemy!

Zhao Fang also came up as an official step by step from below, and he can be said to have heard of all kinds of ** phenomena in the Song army, and he also knew that there were many unwritten unspoken rules in the Song army, so he had been an official on Jingxi Road all these years, and he had vigorously rectified the style of the garrison army and local officials.

But he didn't expect that there would be such an embarrassing and indignant thing today, and now he finally understood why Gao Huaiyuan sang such a play for him, because he understood Gao Huaiyuan's anger when he received these armors, so he would risk his life here to ask for the lives of his villagers.

"Who is in charge of the armory?" Zhao Fang suddenly turned his head and asked loudly at the generals who were stationed in the garrison behind him.

At this time, the generals of the Song Army who accompanied him also understood the taste, it turned out that this Daye County Lieutenant was really not simple, and he dared to sue in front of so many people!

When he saw Zhao Fang angrily asking them, one of the generals quickly turned over and dismounted with a face like paper, walked to Zhao Fang, turned over and knelt on the ground and replied: "Back to my lordship, the armory is in the hands of the last general, this matter seems to have been misunderstood, and I hope that the adult will calm his anger, and the small one will immediately send someone down to investigate!" If it was deliberately done by the small subordinates, the little one would never tolerate it! ”

Zhao Fang was really angry, turned over and dismounted, pointed at these indignant township soldiers in the school field, and asked the Song general who was kneeling on the ground: "You come and open your eyes to see, these villagers are about to go into battle to kill the enemy, whether they can come back after this trip is still unknown!" And your men regard their lives as mustard, and actually give them such tattered armor, how can you bear it, how can you be embarrassed? ”

The officer in charge of the armory knelt on the ground and didn't dare to lift his head, and he didn't dare to come out, and he had already greeted the eight generations of the ancestors of his subordinate treasurer at this time, and he also did this, knowing the trick in it, he had already expected that yesterday it must have been when the county lieutenant surnamed Gao went to the armory to collect the armor, and he did not give an offering to the treasurer, so that the treasurer would have harmed him so much, otherwise the matter would not have reached such a point.

But he didn't dare to be jealous of Gao Huaiyuan at this time, he only scolded the treasurer bastard in his heart, even if he was a pit person, he didn't make such a lack of morality to pit people, this is a matter of human life! What's more, it is still something that Zhao Fang personally criticized, and his subordinates dare to do something from it, so it seems that he will be unlucky too!

"The last will be guilty! It was the last general's lax royal command that such a thing happened, and the lower official immediately reissued the armor to the township soldiers to ensure that there would be no more problems! If this matter is small, it will be severely punished, and there will never be such a thing next time! This Song general kowtowed to Zhao Fang again and again.

"This official is waiting for you here! I'd like to see how you give me an answer! I'll give you half a day to find out about it, and send the new armor here, and if you dare to delay the military affairs and make it impossible to send troops, then you will cut off your head yourself!" Zhao Fang was really angry, pointing at this Song General and ordering.

This time, the general in charge of this affairs was frightened, delaying the military plane is a taboo in the army, killing him is light, if it is not good, his whole family will be affected, so he hurriedly knelt down to receive the order, and then he didn't dare to let go of the fart, turned around and rushed out of the Daye Township barracks.

Zhao Fang was not interested in continuing to inspect the township soldiers, so he strode into Gao Huaiyuan's tent with his sleeves up, and the rest of the Song generals also hurriedly followed, and the one headed by him also accused Zhao Fang one after another.

Gao Huaiyuan didn't immediately follow, but turned his head and shouted to these villagers standing in the school yard: "Pack up your things, gather all the used armor together, sit down and rest on the spot, and wait for the new armor to be used!" ”

Today's incident can be regarded as relieving the anger of these villagers in Daye County, and they are also very grateful to Gao Huaiyuan for coming forward for them so much, for their interests, Gao Huaiyuan can be regarded as risking his life to speak for them today, but this has offended a lot of people! Therefore, in the eyes of the villagers, Gao Huaiyuan's image is much taller.

As long as there is a heart to do it, it will be easy to solve, and before noon, a cart of brand-new armor was escorted by the Song general who was in charge of the armament, and it was soon sent to the township barracks in Daye County, and stacked in front of the township soldiers sitting neatly on the school ground.

And soon a group of prisoners with disheveled hair were escorted to the big tent where Zhao Fang was, led by the treasurer who was in charge of distributing the armor yesterday, but at this time he no longer had the arrogance of yesterday, and at this time he was shaking like a sift and couldn't even walk, and he had to rely on two sergeants to stand up before he walked into the big tent.

Zhao Fang sat in the tent and watched coldly as these people in charge of the distribution of weapons in the treasury were escorted in one by one, until the general in charge of this matter also entered the tent, and then he snorted angrily.

"Which of you will explain to the official what this is all about?"

The Song general, who was in charge of the armory, stood up tremblingly, clenched his fists and began to report to Zhao Fang......