Pirate Song

With the help of these thunderbolts and rockets, the morale of the Jin army plummeted. Meng Zongzheng finally sent his troops to repel Wanyan Saibu's army that had been surrounding Zaoyang County for several months. Gao Huaiyuan and his party also

During this battle, I once again experienced the cruelty of the battlefield. Everyone was covered in blood and they were pursued until dark. They let Meng Gong go and contained the pursuers.

In this battle, the Song army achieved an unprecedented victory since the beginning of the war, annihilating more than 5,000 Jin troops, and Wanyan, who was pursuing them, escaped without losing, and completely won the Battle of Zaoyang.

But what Gao Huaiyuan was really concerned about was the Song Army's use of gunpowder in this battle. From this battle, Gao Huaiyuan could see that there were still many imperfections in the Song Army's technology and tactics for utilizing gunpowder.

, Relatively speaking, although the Song Army fired a lot of rockets, they did not have the advantage of really wielding a long range, let alone forming a comprehensive suppression. The tens of thousands of rockets sent from the Xiangyang Camp this time were enough to defeat them in one battle.

It was completely consumed, which shows that the logistics pressure to form a crossbow army is also quite high. Only a wealthy country like the Southern Song Dynasty can withstand such consumption.

As for those thunder cannons and thunderbolts, the results were indeed the same as Gao Huaiyuan's original experiment. They were more frightening. The number of Jin troops who were actually killed was not too many, even if they were used in such a dense battle formation.

, the number of people killed by the explosion may not be much greater than the number of people killed by the stone. Such power is really disappointing!

However, for the things that have just been used on the battlefield, they are more used to shock people's psychology, but they can't force their power too much. At least the more than 200 thunderbolt cannons fired in this battle,

It played a vital role in the development of the battle and completely destroyed Wanyan Saibu's Jin Army mentally, so it cannot be underestimated.

After the war, when the Song Army was cleaning the battlefield, they obtained a lot of supplies when cleaning the Jin Army's camp, which greatly boosted the morale of the Song Army, and the whole army was filled with a joyful atmosphere.

Many people in the army have made some military exploits in this battle. Naturally, Meng Gong will not forget to ask for credit for Gao Huaiyuan and others. However, Meng Zongzheng, Meng Gong and others did not appreciate Gao Huaiyuan's contribution to Qifang Town last time.

, but there was no reward in the army, they were quite indignant and felt that it was really unfair to Gao Huaiyuan, so Meng Zongzheng personally wrote a letter to ask for credit for Gao Huaiyuan again, but Gao Huaiyuan smiled lightly after hearing this and stopped.

Meng Zongzheng.

"It is Gao's duty to serve the country, not to mention that it was just to save his life at the time. Huaiyuan didn't care too much about this matter. Thank you Mr. Meng for your support. It's just a matter of course. Huaiyuan is still young and there will be opportunities in the future. Just

Don't bother Mr. Meng to worry about Huaiyuan!" Gao Huaiyuan stood in front of the Meng Zongzheng case and said to Meng Zongzheng with his hands raised.

After listening to Gao Huaiyuan's words, Meng Zongzheng was quite emotional, so he gave up the idea of ​​asking for credit for Gao Huaiyuan again, nodded repeatedly and said: "Although Huaiyuan is still young, his magnanimity makes me admire him!

He is not arrogant when he wins, and he is not discouraged when he loses. He has the style of a general! Well said! Since you can think so, I won't do anything more. But as long as I am still in the army, Huaiyuan will surrender if he wants to.

Just come to me, I will never treat you badly!"

After Gao Huaiyuan thanked Meng Zongzheng, he walked out of the commander's tent and returned to his baggage camp. However, when he passed by Hu Zaixing's camp, a pair of eyes stared at him fiercely.

A low-level officer wearing Song Army uniform looked at Gao Huaiyuan's back fiercely, then spat on the ground and cursed in a low voice: "What are you pulling! Don't fall into my hands, otherwise, I won't be able to kill you!"

Let's wait and see!" Then the man turned around and walked back to Hu Zaixing's military camp.

His subordinates beside him asked quietly: "Du Dutou, why do you seem to have some beef with this boy from the supply camp? Tell me, the boys will help you vent your anger later!"

This guy looked around and saw that there was no one around, and then whispered to his trusted subordinate: "You guys, don't talk nonsense. When we retreated from Xinyang to Xiangyang, I led you to try to steal a rural soldier's life."

Do you still remember the convoy?"

The subordinate nodded and said: "Remember, remember! The leader of the local soldiers seemed to be a very young boy. Later, General Hu came over and incorporated us into his army!"

"That's right, that guy just now is the guy who was trying to refute our reputation outside Xiangyang City. I've inquired about it and found out that this guy has become very prosperous now. He actually became the commander of the newly established supply camp, and he has also accumulated merits.

Being named the Ninth Rank Hoyoshiro! Damn it, you are so stupid that you actually met this guy here!" The guy said through gritted teeth.

"Oh...!" The subordinate suddenly realized.

Gao Huaiyuan didn't see that Du Hu, whom he had offended before, was also in the army now. After returning to the camp and arranging for the village warriors to rest, Meng Gong soon brought the food and wine to Gao Huaiyuan to drink with him.

After the siege of Zaoyang was resolved, the Jin army retreated all the way to Xinyang before they stood still and camped. After more than half a year of fighting, the Song army officers and soldiers including Meng Zongzheng and others also all

He was quite tired, and seeing that the New Year was coming, Meng Zongzheng knew that if he raised his troops to continue attacking the Jin army at this time, the chance of victory was obviously not high, so he ordered the troops to rest in Zaoyang for a while.

Gao Huaiyuan's supply camp was supposed to continue to be busy transporting supplies for the army, but Meng Zongzheng considered that after the battle in Qifang Town, the supply camp had not been able to breathe for a few days at all, and Gao Huaiyuan had made great achievements in battle, but he did not receive any awards.

, so he was not allowed to continue returning to Xiangyang City to escort grain, fodder and other supplies for the army, and was allowed to rest for a while in Zaoyang County. Otherwise, Gao Huaiyuan would not have time to drink with Meng Gong.

In this way, Gao Huaiyuan completely relaxed and led a group of young brothers to spend a strange Spring Festival in the army. Little did he know that there was already a big commotion in the Gao family in Shaoxing.

Gao Jian was very unhappy about Gao Huaiyuan's expedition with the army. He was always worried about whether something would happen to Gao Huaiyuan. He didn't find out until the servant sent to Xiangyang came back two days ago.

Part of Gao Huaiyuan’s situation was revealed.

The servant told everything he had learned about Gao Huaiyuan in the army. Gao Jian was happy and a little worried. He was happy that nothing serious happened to Gao Huaiyuan, and he was still making contributions to the enemy.

Baoyi Lang was promoted to the ninth rank. Although he was a military rank, he at least got rid of his white body and finally entered the ranks of officials. Compared with his other two unsatisfactory sons, Gao Huaiyuan

Such a performance was beyond his expectation. Gao Huaiyuan had previously told him in a vague way about his martial arts practice, but Gao Jian didn't pay much attention to it. Now it seems that Gao Huaiyuan is quite capable!

At least Gao Jian felt that although Gao Huaiyuan could not take the path of studying and becoming an official, it was not bad to take the path of becoming a military general. For Gao Huaiyuan, at least it was a good choice!

But at the same time, he became more worried. He also knew that once Gao Huaiyuan entered the military rank and had the title of Baoyi Lang, it would be even more difficult for him to leave the army. If he was allowed to continue to fight with the army, God knows what would happen if Gao Huaiyuan continued to fight with the army.

Can the Kingdom of Jin win the war with the Kingdom of Jin this time? How long will this battle last? It is common for people to die in battles. On the battlefield, people without weapons or eyesight can lose their lives at any time. Naturally, Gao Jian knows this better than anyone else.

Finally, Gao Huaiyuan became more promising, and he couldn't bear to let Gao Huaiyuan die on the battlefield like this.

So Gao Jian once again began to think about how to get Gao Huaiyuan back to his hometown in Daye County. After thinking about it, he felt that this matter still required him to operate behind the scenes. Although Gao Huaiyuan was ambitious, it seemed very promising now.

He probably wouldn't listen to his orders, so he had to use force from behind to get Gao Huaiyuan back. So after making up his mind, he took advantage of the holiday to get busy.

Not to mention Jian's plan to find a way to get Gao Huaiyuan back, let's just say that after Gao Huaiyuan spent a peaceful Spring Festival in Zaoyang, he became busy again. After the Spring Festival, the scouts who came back from Xinyang reported to Meng Zong

After Zheng Zheng and Wanyan Sai left Xinyang to rest, they mobilized the Jin army from Luoshan, Guangshan and other places, and once again assembled tens of thousands of Jin troops. The Jin army mobilized quite frequently in the Xinyang area, and they had the intention of continuing to go south to attack Zaoyang.

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Therefore, Meng Zongzheng, Hu Zaixing and others prepared the Song army after the festival, strengthened the defense of Zaoyang County, built city walls, and built various fortifications to defend against the enemy. Naturally, Gao Huaiyuan had to travel between Xiangyang and Zaoyang County to transport various kinds of things.

supplies, and after being tempered in several battles, these rural soldiers had already become self-conscious about joining the army, became easy to command, and were well organized, so Gao Huaiyuan spent a lot less time and the work became easier.

It's a lot easier. He doesn't have to worry too much about whether to walk or rest on the road!

Since arriving in Xiangyang, although Gao Huaiyuan has been involved in it and is only a low-level officer, he has not lost his way because of this. Even on the bloody battlefield, he can still maintain a cold-looking attitude and continue to fight in the war.

He draws various nutrients from it to enrich himself, so he can be said to be observing this war as if he were staying out of it, so many things can be seen more clearly.

From the past few months of fighting hand in hand with Meng Zongzheng and the others, he has integrated a lot of knowledge from military books and strategies. Compared with the knowledge gained from just reading, it is much more practical. No wonder the ancients said that reading thousands of books

It is better to travel thousands of miles than to write a book. This is the truth. There is no success without reason. All successful people have accumulated experience in real life. People who have never been on the battlefield want to become a famous general.

Basically the probability is about the same as the probability of falling down and picking up 10,000 taels of silver.

Gao Huaiyuan read a lot of novels in his previous life. None of those famous generals who have gone down in history have experienced hundreds of battles and learned from actual combat experience. Semi-immortal people like Zhuge Liang are probably made up! Gao Huaiyuan is now

Quite a bit skeptical.

From this battle of Zaoyang, Gao Huaiyuan has seen that neither side of the Song and Jin armies is capable of defeating the other in terms of quality or quantity. This war has actually become a stalemate.

, the Song Army has contained the Jin Army's offensive at the beginning of the war and stabilized the front. Then what follows is a protracted battle. What will be the final outcome? It is understandable that others would not think of it, but he felt like it in his heart.

As a clear mirror, in the end, the two countries wasted their national power, and neither could do anything about the other, and it was in vain that they took advantage of Genghis Khan and his gang of barbarians in Mongolia.

But as a Han in the Song Dynasty, he naturally hopes that this war will end as soon as possible, and sincerely hopes that the winner will be the Song people. Unfortunately, at the moment, he is only a small supply camp commander with no soldiers.

There are only seven or eight hundred people, which can help a little in small ways, but he has no way to control the situation of the battle. Rural soldiers are rural soldiers after all, and even the young and strong ones selected among them are mixed.

Moreover, training them all into qualified warriors is not something that can be accomplished in such a short time!

Unless he is lucky enough to shoot to death Golden Army coach Wanyan Saibu without warning, otherwise, Gao Huaiyuan can only be a bystander in this period of history! A small butterfly is still a small butterfly after all, and cannot make big waves.

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Therefore, Gao Huaiyuan is very content and can do as much as he can. As for whether he can influence the situation of the battle, he doesn't have much expectation. Now is the time to learn, just seize the rare opportunity in front of him, not to mention that he already has more than 30 qualified people.

An officer, he must be able to do something for this era one day!

Although Meng Zongzheng defeated the Jin Army in Zaoyang this time, it did not actually weaken the Jin Army. Therefore, the Jin Army may make a comeback soon, and the Song Army intelligence system is really

It's not flattering, and they often realize it after the fact. They could have fully anticipated the Jin Kingdom's attack this time, and had prepared in advance, but even so, the Jin Army still captured a large number of cities in the initial stage.

, which shows how poorly this kind of intelligence work is done!

So after Gao Huaiyuan secretly noted this, he wondered if he should establish his own intelligence system so that it could play some role in the future?

However, this can only be a plan at the moment. Whether it can be put into practice depends on the actual situation. After all, in intelligence work, the selection of personnel is very important. At the moment, he does not have the right people to do this work, not to mention

To lay out a huge intelligence network, the amount of money required would probably be astronomical. With his current financial resources, he might not be able to meet this requirement.

Sure enough, when Meng Zongzheng had just made preparations in Zaoyang, Wanyan Saibu once again led more than 50,000 Jin troops, commanded his troops to kill from Xinyang, and soon arrived in Zaoyang County. After hearing the news, Meng Zongzheng

Immediately ordered Hu Zaixing's troops outside the city and Chen Xiang's troops to attack the flanks of the Jin army in two ways, delaying the Jin army's movement. The Song troops who were in the province were surrounded in the city, and he led his own soldiers, and the original

Three thousand defenders of Zaoyang County joined together to guard Zaoyang County.

After more than two months of preparations in Xinyang, the Jin army once again regained its strength. Wanyan Saibu once again mobilized a large number of new troops from Luoshan Guangshan and the hinterland of Henan Province in the Jin Kingdom, and rushed towards Zaoyang County with great momentum.

, he was eager to avenge his previous humiliation. The defeat in Zaoyang years ago made Wanyan Saibu very unhappy. But this time, he was determined to defeat Meng Zongzheng's Song army in Zaoyang and give the Southern Song Dynasty an opportunity.

The power of the Kingdom of Jin.

Therefore, when Wanyan did not make a comeback this time, the preparations were quite complete. He brought a large number of siege equipment with the army and made a posture of not giving up until Zaoyang County was conquered. However, in this way, it slowed down.

The pace of their actions meant that the army meandered for more than ten miles on the road, moving forward slowly like a reptile, which greatly reduced the suddenness of their battle and gave Meng Zongzheng and other Song troops ample preparation time.

Gao Huaiyuan learned the news on his way back to Zaoyang from Xiangyang. Meng Zongzheng sent someone to inform him that the materials needed by the general should be transported to Zaoyang County as soon as possible. There were still things to be asked to do, so Gao Huaiyuan did not dare

He neglected to do so, and immediately mobilized the baggage camp to escort the large amount of materials transported this time, and rushed towards Zaoyang County at a high speed.

However, after his transport battalion transported the goods to Zaoyang County, he still did not see a single Jin soldier arriving outside Zaoyang County. It can be seen how slow the Jin army's actions were this time, but Gao Huaiyuan was not surprised.

I ran dangerously back and forth several times between Xiangyang and Zaoyang County.

"Huaiyuan came back so quickly. I was worried that you would meet the vanguard of the Jin Army on the road! Now I am relieved. The Jin Army did not come quickly this time, so we are fully prepared!" Meng Zongzheng General Gao Huaiyuan

He was summoned to his temporary commander's residence in the city and said to him with a smile.

"Thank you for your concern, sir. The young general thinks this is not surprising. The Jin army came to attack this time with a large number of soldiers and horses, and the road from Xinyang to Zaoyang is mountainous. Even if you want to go fast, you can't move fast, not to mention that the soldiers and horses have not used food and grass to go ahead.

It is impossible to move fast on the mountain road with tens of thousands of people's food and drink baggage! It seems that the Jin army has lost the opportunity this time. In this battle, our army will definitely be able to repel the Jin army again under the leadership of Lord Meng.

!" Gao Huaiyuan lost no time in flattering Meng Zongzheng, and by the way, he expressed his opinion on the slow movement of the Jin Army this time. Anyway, anyone can listen to good words!

"Yes, I didn't expect that Huaiyuan is not only brave and good at fighting, but also knows so many things. Yes, yes! You came back just in time this time. I just received news from General Hu. He is preparing to lead his army to attack Wuyang Pass. As long as he takes back

Wuyang Pass, then you can guard the gate of Ezhou and prevent the Jin army from advancing towards Xiangyang! This time I want to send you to transport a batch of supplies to Yingshan to support General Hu. I wonder if Huaiyuan is willing?" Meng Zongzheng

Only then did he express his thoughts.dd