The Ezhou battalion is stationed in the south of Ezhou City, and the garrison army here has basically been drawn to Jiangbei after the war, and has gone to the battlefield of anti-Jin, only a small number of old and weak soldiers remain here, and the whole camp is empty, and there is no popularity.

When Gao Huaiyuan led these three hundred Daye Township Yong to arrive here, it happened to be dark and there was still some distance from the camp, so he was ordered by the left-behind soldiers on the arrow tower to stop advancing and ask about their identities.

Gao Huaiyuan, as the main general of this group, immediately took out the road slip issued by Daye County and stepped forward and replied: "We are the township soldiers of Daye County, and we are destined to send grain and straw to serve!" I hope you will let me wait for the handover of the camp! ”

After hearing Gao Huaiyuan's report, a group of Song troops walked out of Yuanmen, and under the leadership of a low-level officer, they came to Gao Huaiyuan and stopped in front of them.

The officer of the Song Army stretched out his hand and took the road strip in Gao Huaiyuan's hand, and after checking it, he looked at the team of these township warriors behind Gao Huaiyuan, and was slightly surprised, they had seen a lot of township warrior teams, but they really didn't see much of the neat township warrior team like Daye County, most of them were sparse rabble, and there were no rules, but the team led by Gao Huaiyuan, although it looked messy, but it maintained a relatively decent formation, The entire three hundred people also remained silent all the time, and no one was out of shape.

So the officer turned his gaze to Gao Huaiyuan, the leader of the team, nodded slightly and said, "Dare to ask this little brother's name?" Are all these countrymen under your control? ”

Gao Huaiyuan hugged his fists and replied: "The people in Gaojiazhuang in Daye County, surnamed Gao Huaiyuan, are the elders of Gaojiazhuang!" The magistrate of the county is very important, so let these neighbors temporarily lead them and come to serve with the army! ”

After listening to Gao Huaiyuan's words, this officer was quite surprised, he had already seen that Gao Huaiyuan was not very old, he didn't expect him to be so young, so he became a senior, and he was also responsible for leading these township soldiers, and he put these township soldiers in order, and immediately had a good impression and told Gao Huaiyuan: "Very good!" You came at the right time, the county lieutenant of Daye County has already arrived here, I thought you would come over tomorrow, but I didn't expect to be here tonight, the county lieutenant Wang is waiting for you in the camp, you can enter the camp to report to the county lieutenant Wang first! However, it is forbidden to make noise in the camp, and after you enter the camp, rest as soon as possible, and do not move around, otherwise you will be dealt with according to military law! Be careful! ”

After saying that, the officer waved his hand to let the Song army behind him get out of the way, and let Gao Huaiyuan enter the camp.

After Gao Huaiyuan thanked him, he turned to the group behind him and shouted, "All of them, the whole team!" Don't make a noise, follow me into the camp! ”

So under the command of each team, 300 people immediately formed a team of 50 people, and after arranging neatly, they escorted those vehicles into the Ezhou garrison camp with Gao Huaiyuan, and a soldier led them to the open space where they were temporarily placed in the outer camp, and handed them over to the county lieutenant Wang of Daye County, who arrived here in advance.

After watching them enter the camp in a neat and orderly manner, these Song soldiers nodded one after another and said, "These townsmen in Daye County are not bad!" ”

"Hmmm! Yes, this should be the credit of the elder who is Gao Huaiyuan, which shows that this person should have a hand in commanding the army, otherwise he will not be able to control these rabble of village soldiers! I didn't expect him to have this ability at such a young age, it's a pity not to be a soldier! Alright, let's go back too! It's time for us to get busy in the future! The Song Army officer also nodded and sighed.

County Lieutenant Wang was a little surprised by the speed at which Gao Huaiyuan led the team over, he thought that no matter how fast Gao Huaiyuan was, he would not arrive until tomorrow afternoon, but he didn't expect Gao Huaiyuan to arrive here so quickly, so after hearing about it, he hurriedly came over to meet Gao Huaiyuan.

After the two exchanged a few words, Gao Huaiyuan turned to the three hundred people who were still standing behind him and ordered: "Immediately set up a tent, bury the pot and make rice, no one is allowed to make noise, no one is allowed to move around, and rest immediately after eating!" Disband! ”

With his orders, these three hundred people dared to disband, unloaded the tent from the car, and as their respective chiefs got busy, no one dared not listen to Gao Huaiyuan, no one dared to make a loud noise, wandering around, and soon set up the tent according to the designated position, and the fire head army set up a cauldron, and followed the soldiers who were in charge of guarding their garrison to fetch water and make a fire to cook, and everything was carried out in an orderly manner.

Looking at the movements of these three hundred people, County Lieutenant Wang was greatly moved, and said to Gao Huaiyuan: "Young Master Gao is really amazing, these guys have been cleaned up by you in more than a day, Wang really admires it!" I kind of know what kind of virtue these villagers are, and I was worried that if they didn't listen to you, something would happen, but now it seems that I am worried in vain! ”

Gao Huaiyuan smiled slightly and said: "Lord Wang has praised it falsely, how can it be a trivial matter!" I just don't know how the battle ahead is going! ”

After seeing that this place had basically been arranged, County Lieutenant Wang took Gao Huaiyuan into the tent, made a small folding stool for Gao Huaiyuan to sit down, and ordered someone to bring some food, and the two of them talked while eating.

"The battle is not good! I arrived here at noon today, and asked someone to inquire, this time the Jin army invaded the south, and mobilized a total of more than 200,000 troops to attack our Great Song Dynasty in two ways!

On the grounds of the Song Dynasty's ageless coins, Jin ordered Marshal Zuodu Supervisor Wugu to discuss the celebration of his birthday, and to sign the Privy Council, and Yan Sai not to lead the troops to cross the Huainan invasion. Attack Zhongdu Town in Song Guangzhou (now Huangchuan, Henan) and kill Sheng Yunsheng, the official of the field. Qingshou divided his troops to attack Fancheng (now Xiangfan, Hubei), besieged Zaoyang (now Hubei), Guanghua Army (now Guanghuabei, Hubei), and now the Jianghuai area is in an emergency.

And Wanyan Sai did not lead the troops, defeated the Song soldiers in Xinyang, Longshan, Qili Mountain, crossed Huai, and the soldiers pointed directly at Guangshan, Luoshan, Dingcheng and other counties, and the Jiangbei area is now fighting inextricably!

There is also the gold lord ordered Pingzhang political affairs Xu Ding to send troops from Shaanxi to attack Sichuan, enter Dasanguan (now southwest of Baoji, Shaanxi), and attack Xihe (now Gansu), Jiejie (now Wudu, Gansu), Cheng (now Gansu County) and other prefectures.

Now it seems that the Jin Kingdom wants to cross the river to destroy my Great Song Dynasty this time, and now the imperial court has ordered Lord Zhao to preside over the great cause of resisting Jin in the area of Jinghu Road, I heard that Lord Zhao will rush to Xiangyang in the next two days, I am afraid that this time we will come, it is likely to follow Lord Zhao to Xiangyang to fight against Jin, this time I am afraid that I will really touch the Jin army! ”

Wang County Lieutenant whispered to Gao Huaiyuan, his news is really very well-informed, and he actually inquired about the battle situation in front so clearly, and even inquired about the whereabouts of Zhao Fang, the Jinghu Road system, it seems that this Wang County Lieutenant really has some way, but when talking about these things, Wang County Lieutenant was worried, his face was worried, and he coughed from time to time, as if he was suffering from the wind cold.

Although Gao Huaiyuan knew that the Jin Kingdom had launched this war, but the specific situation was not clear at all, after listening to the words of Wang County Lieutenant, he was also a little worried in his heart, if he said so, then his idea of training troops nearby may be in vain, Xiangyang is hundreds of miles away from Ezhou, and if you get there, it will be difficult to come back in a short time! In this way, if the news of his own initiative to join the army to resist gold reaches Shaoxing, his father Gao Jianhui will be furious, saying that he is not doing his job, and it will not be good to send someone to take over the old mansion!

But since they are here, it is impossible to go back, and now that their roster has been handed over to the signing officer, it is equivalent to being a soldier, and returning without permission is a deserter, and he is wanted by the government, so it is absolutely impossible to stop at this time.

If you come to it, you will be safe, anyway, this battle will not be able to run and fight with the Jin people, and shrinking here in Ezhou, it is impossible to see what today's war is like, as for going to Xiangyang, it is good to go to Xiangyang, by the way, also take a look at Xiangyang, a famous city of resistance to Mongolia in later generations, and it is not a bad thing to take a walk! Whatever!

After chatting with County Lieutenant Wang for a while, Gao Huaiyuan ate and returned to his camp tent, after all, he is now a well-known figure in the township soldiers of Daye County, so he was fortunate to get a separate small military tent, but he didn't have to squeeze together with those big-headed soldiers and end up clean.

It may be because of the urgency of the war situation, after they arrived here, no one came to receive the grain and straw they transported from Daye County, so they hung them here for more than two days, just to inform them that they would no longer be taken care of by the orders here, which made Gao Huaiyuan a little confused, so he asked the county lieutenant Wang to inquire about this matter, and wanted to know where they would be transferred next.

Wang Xianwei seems to be in poor health, coughing more and more severely, people in their forties look like they are seventy or eighty, as soon as they cough, they are heartbreaking, and they seem to be out of breath at any time, but no matter how Gao Huaiyuan looks at it, he feels that this old guy is a bit like pretending, and his face has not changed much.

"Ahem...... Young Master Gao is not in a hurry, cough cough...... This is waiting for the townsmen of some nearby counties! Ahem...... When all the assembly is done, there will be news naturally! Fighting a war will kill people, so Young Master Gao doesn't need to be in such a hurry to go to the battlefield! County Lieutenant Wang coughed and persuaded Gao Huaiyuan.

What he said is also true, there are not many people in this world who are really in a hurry to go into battle, especially people like the Great Song Dynasty, which are even rarer, Gao Huaiyuan really can't show the idea of being too anxious to go to the battlefield, so he had to stay in the camp patiently.

After arriving here, it stands to reason that Gao Huaiyuan should return Guo Liang and other 200 people to the commander of Wang County, but for some reason, Wang County Lieutenant does not seem to be in a hurry to take over these people, but instead gives Gao Huaiyuan a hundred Xiangyong under him, saying that he is not in good health, and now he has no spirit to control these people, so there is Lao Gao Huaiyuan to help him lead these people, only the fifty archers with formal establishment under his command did not let Gao Huaiyuan lead them, and now Gao Huaiyuan became the actual ruler of the township soldiers in Daye County, Gao Huaiyuan didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in Wang County's gourd.

Since Lieutenant Wang didn't care, he simply accepted this matter, and took over the remaining 100 township soldiers, and these 100 people were also a rabble, all of them were some young people drawn out of the townships, and they looked like they were hanging out, and no one cared about them all day long, so they were idle and couldn't find trouble.

This time, Gao Huaiyuan didn't come forward anymore, only let Huang Yan and others come forward, and beat up the leaders of these guys, and let them know who was in charge here, and these people immediately became honest and obediently reorganized according to Gao Huaiyuan's instructions.

Guo Liang and others only knew that their Daye County was not only high and powerful, but even these Zhuang Ding under him could not afford to provoke, a group of teenagers were strong in kung fu, and they were quite ruthless, and what made them even more worried was that these teenagers advanced and retreated together, and when they fought, they hated the same enemy, although they did not go together, but the rest of the people lined up to watch the battle, just that kind of morale, so that the morale of the people who fought was high, and the opponent was frightened.

On weekdays, they are still very arrogant, don't look at their identities are mostly just servants of the Gao family, but everyone writes a good hand, and they practice on the ground when they have nothing to do, or they are silent and find a place to work hard, and no one does something boring at all, which makes them very envious, and the master can still read, this kind of thing is rare.

As a result, these teenagers gradually influenced the other villagers to become conscious, and they no longer dared to make loud noises in the camp or go around.

And Gao Huaiyuan thought that if these people went to the battlefield, with their current style, they would be lost on the battlefield if they didn't do well, so after Wang County Lieutenant handed over the management of them to himself, he was idle, so he gathered these people together during the day and practiced.

At this time, he didn't expect to improve the personal kung fu of these people, but just let these people stand under the sun every day to bask in the sun, stand in a military posture, and constantly preach military discipline to them, using this fatigue tactic to bombard these guys, just hoping that these people can remember military discipline and form an instinctive reflection of orders, so as not to go into battle, as soon as something happens, they will scatter in a hurry, and be chased behind by others to chop them one by one.

At the beginning, some people were very unaccustomed to this method, writhing around in the team from time to time, like fleas on their bodies, either looking around, or staggering, and had no feeling or reaction to Gao Huaiyuan's orders, but they were soon pulled out of the team by the teenagers who supervised them, standing alone in front of the team and standing on the top of the bricks, or directly pressing down to a few boards, the guys who cleaned up were miserable, and they were afraid of Gao Huaiyuan's pressure, and they didn't dare to resist, so they were honest.

Then Gao Huaiyuan asked them to obey the order, turn left or right, or turn back in the camp and circle in place, what they want is that they are used to obeying the order, and those who do the wrong will be immediately pulled out of the ranks, and they will do push-ups or squatting on the spot, and it only took two days to train these people when they lined up again, they had the appearance of being soldiers, and the team was much more neat.

At this time, the township warrior teams of the surrounding counties also began to arrive at the Ezhou camp, and the comparison between the township warriors in these counties and Daye County immediately saw their gap, but the township warriors in Daye County practiced all day long, while some of the township warriors in neighboring counties had no one to manage, so they wandered around the camp, had nothing to do, gambled all day long, talked nonsense, had nothing to do, and secretly drank alcohol, and fights in the camp happened from time to time.

This situation made the left-behind officers in the battalion very unhappy, how to look at how to think that the township warriors of Daye County should have rules, so they came forward and began to clean up the township warriors of these neighboring counties, every day people were tied to the stakes at the gate and whipped because they violated the camp rules, which can be regarded as somewhat curbing this chaotic scene.

And Gao Huaiyuan didn't bother to ask about things outside of this place, and continued to practice the four hundred townsmen, and with the weapons they configured and their respective strengths, the team was disorganized, and they were grouped together, and among the four hundred people, three hundred people were selected, and the responsibilities of swordsmen, gunners, and archers were divided, and they were reorganized according to the common establishment of the Song army.

As for the remaining 100 men, they were considered not to join the team, and were used exclusively to drive cars and serve as auxiliaries for the fireman, and only for general training, as long as they obeyed orders.

The soldiers of Sandu Township just performed their duties, spearmen, knife soldiers, and archers each had one, and the training was simpler, and Gao Huaiyuan did not pass on any too many tricks to them, he now knew that when he went into battle, he paid attention to collective strength, and individual bravery was not of much use.

Therefore, the gunmen remember to obey the order, raise the gun, drop the gun, assassinate and stop the gun, these simple actions are okay, all day long is to listen to the order to do these simple actions, the requirement is just to achieve the action uniformity, when the assassination is supposed to be assassinated, when the gun should be stationed, Gao Huaiyuan is satisfied.

The movements of the sword soldiers are simpler, that is, the two actions of raising the shield and chopping, they are used to cooperate with the spearmen to resist the enemy's attacks, and they are mainly responsible for defense, knowing that it is okay to listen to the order to raise the shield to resist the enemy's arrows, and they are no longer required to do anything else.

And the archers are simple, that is, they pull the bow and aim every day, and they don't even need to release arrows, just let them practice aiming, boil the strength of their arms, and open the bow more times, hoping to train them into marksmen in three days and two days, Gao Huaiyuan asked himself if he had this ability.

And his fifty boys' team was not incorporated into these people, they were still in a separate team, used as his own soldiers, and served as an assault force when necessary, only these fifty teenagers could he really trust.

At this time, Wang County Lieutenant finally "fell ill", according to the archer who came to find Gao Huaiyuan, Wang County Lieutenant suddenly coughed up blood last night and couldn't move, and said that Gao Huaiyuan was invited to go over.