Pirate Song

As soon as the time arrived, there was a burst of footsteps outside the barracks in Daye Township, and someone far away from the camp reported loudly: "Master Zhao, a scholar of Huiyou Pavilion and ambassador of Jinghu System, led the troops stationed in Shenwu Ying Dutong and other generals are here to review the barracks of the Daye County township, and report to your county lieutenant, come to greet you immediately!"

After Gao Huaiyuan heard this, he didn't dare to be negligent, and immediately took his subordinates, strode out of the gate, and saw a clean-looking bodyguard escorting an official with white beard and a group of Song army generals in armor Against the backdrop of the waving pennants, they came outside their camp.

Zhao Fang was in a good mood today. After dealing with some government affairs in the morning, he called the officers who were stationed in the army camp and went with him to the township barracks in Daye County to review the township soldiers.

He is also very much looking forward to the appearance of the village soldiers that Gao Huaiyuan has trained over the past year, and whether they can stand up to a battle. He is still discussing with the Song general who accompanied him all the way from time to time on how to deal with the enemy. Gao Huaiyuan praised the bow and arrow club system implemented in Daye County, as well as the joint insurance measures of various townships, and his words also had the meaning of admiring Gao Huaiyuan.

But when he arrived in front of the township barracks in Daye County and saw a group of people coming out to meet them, Zhao Fang was stunned just like everyone else, even though his eyes were dim, because the Gao Huaiyuan he saw today was very different from the past. Big difference.

Because Gao Huaiyuan's attire is too shocking to borrow a term from later generations!Zhao Fang really couldn't think of where Gao Huaiyuan could pick up such an antique tattered armor, and put it on in a generous way, and look at the entourage around him, all of them were also wearing tattered armor, they were so disheveled and unseemly. .

"Gao Huaiyuan! What kind of attire are you wearing?" Zhao Fangdang became angry. In his opinion, Gao Huaiyuan looked majestic even in casual clothes. Today he finally came to review the village soldiers in his busy schedule. However, Gao Huaiyuan wore this kind of virtue. Isn't this deliberately trying to refute his face?

"Gao Huaiyuan, the captain of Daye County, is here to see Mr. Zhao, the ambassador of the system. We welcome all the generals to inspect our township soldiers! Please forgive the crime of not being able to fully salute the officers!" Gao Huaiyuan did not answer Zhao Fang's words, but Bring people forward immediately, bow to welcome Zhao Fang and all the generals.

Among the generals, they were all curious about Gao Huaiyuan after hearing what Zhao Fang said, but when they saw Gao Huaiyuan, they were immediately disappointed. He is not a guy who marches and fights, he is simply a beggar. !

Zhao Fang didn't see Gao Huaiyuan's answer to him, and now that he's here, it's not good to scold Gao Huaiyuan outside the gate, so he suppressed his anger, waved his hand to let Gao Huaiyuan get up and lead the way, and brought them into the camp to inspect Daye Township barracks.

After entering the camp, Zhao Fang looked up, and almost fell off his horse, vomiting blood on the spot, because what he saw was not a majestic soldier and horse, but a gray piece everywhere, chaotic and messy with various armors Not to mention the style of the iron armor, the rust on it will fall to the ground when shaken, almost no armor with a complete piece of armor; the leather armor is even tattered and tied On the body, 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 village warriors, which are simply impossible to see. The tips of the spears held by the spearmen are all rusty, and the barrels of the guns are even more twisted and crooked. There is no tidiness!Looking at the shields again, the leather shields were covered with mildew, and some of the skins were torn, exposing the rotten wooden lining underneath. I really don't know what use this kind of thing can be made, and it was actually assigned to Xiangyong.

The archers each had a single sword hanging from their waists. Unfortunately, many of the swords didn’t even have scabbards, and were even tied to the blades with ropes hanging from their waists. The blades were so rusted that it was almost impossible to tell what material they were made of. , not to mention the bow held in the hand, few can be hung on the string, and most of them have even peeled off the patent leather, and the cracked bow makes people doubt whether it can be pulled apart.

After seeing the miserable scene of the begging army gathered in the camp, Zhao Fang and the accompanying Song generals opened their mouths and their eyes almost fell off the ground.

"My lords and generals, the township soldiers in Daye County have been assembled. Please review them. The first 600 people will go to Huangzhou to help with the officials. I hope you can give me some advice!" Gao Huaiyuan said with a shy face. He didn't even look at Zhao Fang and the generals behind him who were about to look stupid, and reported to them loudly.

Is such a dilapidated rural barracks worthy of their inspection?Thanks to Zhao Fang, Mr. Zhao was still saying good things about Gao Huaiyuan along the way just now, but when he came here, he was really disappointed. The Song generals who followed Zhao Fang couldn't help showing contempt. They didn't know Gao Huaiyuan. The tatters were found somewhere, and they thought that these things must be the armor and equipment of the village soldiers patched together by Daye County.

The generals thought that if they relied on these beggars to support Huangzhou, not only would they not be able to support Huangzhou's soldiers and civilians in resisting the enemy, but their morale would plummet when they arrived.Where is the reinforcement sent here!It's like chasing a bunch of beggars to eat food!

After Zhao Fang looked at the faces of the soldiers in the camp, his lips trembled angrily, and he pointed at Gao Huaiyuan standing in front of him and scolded angrily: "Thief! You bastard! Could this be what you brought?" Is it a bunch of ragtags that you asked the old man to review? You...you...you..." After Zhao Fanglian said a few words about you, he didn't know what to say. It was a mistake to see Gao Huaiyuan, and to think that he was a talent!

Although Gao Huaiyuan was scolded by Zhao Fang, he was not annoyed at all, but bowed and said loudly to Zhao Fang: "Your Excellency calm down, how about listening to the official to explain?"

Zhao Fang held back his anger and didn't even get off the horse. He pointed at Gao Huaiyuan and said angrily, "Okay! I'll just listen to how you explain to the old man! Tell me!"

Gao Huaiyuan immediately stood up straight, and said loudly: "Lord Zhao, generals, you must be furious when you see the appearance of the Daye soldiers under your command today, but this is not the responsibility of your subordinates!

After hearing Mr. Zhao's order, the subordinate officials immediately sent out all the young men from Daye to serve in Ezhou. They were originally passionate and wanted to serve the country!

After arriving here, he was even ordered to go to Huangzhou for help, so he selected [-] strong men from the village soldiers to prepare for the expedition. There was nothing wrong with it, even if he fought against the golden soldiers with flesh and blood. I don't hesitate.

Today, the reason why my lords saw our desolate military appearance is not the fault of the subordinate officials. Although the subordinate officials dare not flaunt the bravery of Daye soldiers, they are definitely not a gang of mobs!

Since we are rural soldiers, our equipment will naturally be inferior. For this reason, Master Zhao specially ordered the subordinates to draw armor from the arsenal of the garrison army to arm the peasants. With gratitude, He Nai Xiaguan only received this kind of equipment, so it makes you adults laugh!

But Xiaguan is definitely not an incompetent person who is greedy for life and afraid of death. Even with such equipment, Xiaguan and the villagers will never shrink back!That's why I invite you adults to come here to see our determination to serve our country to the death!Your lords have also seen that the heads of those people hanging above our gate, because these people were greedy for life and fear of death, they did not want to go out with the army, and they have already been executed by the lower officials on the spot. This action is the determination of the lower officials!

If you adults do not believe what the next official said, then please read it! "Gao Huaiyuan blushed with excitement, and suddenly turned around to face the peasant soldiers who were lining up in the school grounds.

"My folks from Daye County! I am here to ask you a question today, do you dare to go to Huangzhou with me to fight to the death with the Jin soldiers?" Gao Huaiyuan shouted to these brave men almost at the top of his voice. .

At this time, the villagers began to understand Gao Huaiyuan's painstaking efforts. They knew that Gao Huaiyuan was complaining for them and fighting for their interests. They also understood the reason why the armor they received this time was so broken. The anger accumulated for a long time, when they heard Gao Huaiyuan questioning them so loudly, they finally found a way to vent.

As soon as the voice of Gao Huaiyuan's question fell to the ground, all the village warriors in the school yard suddenly shouted together: "The little ones are willing to fight to the death with the adults and the Jin army!"

Thousands of people roared in unison, their voices went straight to Xiaohan, and echoed over the garrison camp for a long time, all the villagers looked at Gao Huaiyuan eagerly, feeling that they had shouted out a lot of depression in their hearts.

After Zhao Fang and the generals heard the majestic roar of these beggar soldiers, they couldn't help but immediately looked at the beggar soldiers in front of them again. , but their mental outlook is not decadent, and although their queue looks chaotic because of the clothes and armor, but if you look carefully, you can see that the queues of the soldiers are standing horizontally and vertically. It's a shy chest and belly, and the body stands upright.

"Since you adults look down on your armor, now obey my order, all of you take off your armor, put down your weapons, and let the adults see your courage! Even with bare hands, we will never back down Half a step!" Gao Huaiyuan yelled at them again after hearing the roar of the villagers.

"Remove the armor!" A series of orders suddenly sounded in the team.

Under the orders of their leaders and captains, the Liudu Township warriors who were in the front row threw the tattered weapons in their hands on the ground together, and raised their hands to take off the tattered armor on their bodies They fell down and fell to the ground together. Immediately after a series of orders, the township warriors lined up and stood up straight again, each standing upright like a pine, looking at Gao Huaiyuan, Zhao Fang and other officials with piercing eyes.

At this time, Zhao Fang and the generals saw that the tattered local soldiers had faded away, and immediately their momentum was lifted. They no longer looked like a mob, but instead faintly produced a kind of power that rushed to the sky, so they understood It turns out that these town soldiers are not weak, even if they can't be called elite soldiers, at least they are town soldiers who have received serious drills.

Zhao Fang finally understood at this time. It turned out that Gao Huaiyuan staged a good show for him today that the whole army sued. When he ordered Gao Huaiyuan to send troops to help Huangzhou, he asked Gao Huaiyuan to go to the armory to receive Equip the village soldiers with the required armor.

But what I didn't expect was that the people below gave such dilapidated armor to Gao Huaiyuan. Villagers who killed the enemy on the battlefield!

Zhao Fang also came up from the bottom step by step to become an official. It can be said that he has heard about all kinds of corruption in the Song Army, and he also knows that there are many unwritten unwritten rules in the Song Army, so he has been an official on Jingxi Road these years. , once vigorously rectified the style of the garrison troops and local officials.

But he didn't expect such embarrassing and indignant things to happen today, and now he finally understands why Gao Huaiyuan sang such a play for him, because he understands that when Gao Huaiyuan received these armors, He was so angry that he risked his life here to plead for the lives of his fellow countrymen.

"Who is in charge of the armory?" Zhao Fang suddenly turned his head and asked the generals stationed behind him glaringly.

At this time, the generals of the Song Army who accompanied him also understood the taste. It turned out that the Daye county lieutenant was really not simple. He dared to sue in front of so many people!

When he saw Zhao Fang shouting at them furiously, one of the generals quickly got off his horse with a complexion like paper, walked quickly to Zhao Fang, turned over and knelt down on the ground and replied: "My lord, the armory is in the hands of the last general." It seems that there is a misunderstanding in this matter, and I hope that the adults will calm down, and the younger one will immediately send someone down to investigate! If the younger one's subordinates did it on purpose, the younger one will never tolerate it!"

Zhao Fang was really angry. He got off his horse and pointed at the outraged townspeople in the schoolyard, and asked the general Song who was kneeling on the ground, "Open your eyes and see, these townspeople are about to go to battle to kill the enemy. Is it okay to go now?" It’s still unknown if you can come back! But your subordinates regard their lives as worthless, and actually give them such broken armor, how can you bear it, how can you feel it?”

The officer in charge of the arsenal knelt on the ground and didn't dare to lift his head, didn't dare to vent his breath. He had already greeted all eight generations of his ancestors in charge of the armory. He also did this, knowing that What's tricky about it, he already guessed at this moment that it must be the county lieutenant surnamed Gao who didn't make a confession to the treasurer when he went to the arsenal to collect the armor yesterday, which caused the treasurer to entrap him like this, otherwise If so, things wouldn't come to such an extent.

But he didn't dare to hate Gao Huaiyuan now, he only scolded the treasury officer as a bastard in his heart, even if he cheated people, he didn't use such a wicked way of cheating people, this is life and death!What's more, it was approved by Zhao Fang himself, and his subordinates dared to play tricks on it, so it seems that he is going to be unlucky!

"The general is guilty! It's because the general is not strict with his subordinates that this happened. The subordinate immediately put the armor back on the villagers to ensure that there will be no more problems! If this matter is small, it will definitely happen." Severe punishment will never be punished, and this kind of thing will never happen again next time!" The song general kowtowed to Zhao Fang repeatedly.

"I am waiting for you here! I want to see how you can give me an answer! I will give you half a day to investigate this matter and send new armor here. If you dare to delay military affairs because of this, If it makes it impossible to send troops, then you will cut off your head yourself!" Zhao Fang was really angry, and pointed at General Song to give the order.

This time the general in charge of this matter was frightened. It is a big taboo in the army to delay the military plane. Killing him is a light one. If not, his whole family will be implicated. Then, without daring to let out a fart, he turned around and rushed out of the Daye Township Barracks.

Zhao Fang was not interested in continuing to inspect the soldiers, so he strode into Gao Huaiyuan's tent, and the rest of the Song generals hurriedly followed, because they all pleaded guilty to Zhao Fang again and again.

Gao Huaiyuan did not follow immediately, but turned his head and shouted to the brave men standing in the school yard: "Pack up your things, gather all the armors you have received, sit down and rest, and wait for the new ones to be used." Armor!"

Today's incident can be regarded as a relief to these township braves in Daye County, and they are also very grateful for Gao Huaiyuan's standing up for them. For their benefit, Gao Huaiyuan is risking his life to speak up for them today, so Doing this has offended many people!Therefore, in the eyes of the villagers, Gao Huaiyuan's image is much taller.

As expected, as long as you have the heart to deal with the matter, it will be resolved easily. Before noon, the carts of brand-new armors were escorted by the Song general who was in charge of weapons, and were quickly sent to the township barracks in Daye County. In front of the township soldiers sitting neatly on the school field.

And soon a group of disheveled criminals were escorted to Zhao Fang's big tent, because one of them was the treasury officer who was in charge of releasing the armor yesterday, but at this time he was no longer the same as yesterday. He was so arrogant that he was shaking like a sieve, and he couldn't even walk. He had to rely on two sergeants to support him before he walked into the big tent.

Sitting in the tent, Zhao Fang watched coldly the people who were in charge of storing weapons and weapons being escorted in one by one, until the general in charge of this matter also entered the tent, and then he snorted angrily.

"Which one of you will explain to me the whole story of this matter?"

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