Pirate Song

After the treasurer saw Zhao Fang, he was so frightened that he almost fainted. Just now, he was fine, and he was in the warehouse thinking about how to get out and sell the weapons and armor that had been dropped in the warehouse, and exchange them for a lot of them.

money, but unexpectedly, when he was having a sweet dream, his immediate boss rushed into his room, and without saying a word, he raised his hand and slapped him out with a big mouth.

Then before he could figure out what was going on, his superior kicked him so hard that he screamed, and then he was pushed down and tied up by several soldiers who rushed in.

This guy still didn't understand why his boss, who was usually a brother-in-law, suddenly went crazy, yelling and asking what happened, only to be kicked hard again.

"It's all your fault! I'm asking you! Which warehouse did the weapons and armor you gave to the Daye County Township barracks last night come from? Why did you want to harm them like this?" The logistics officer said angrily.

The treasurer asked.

Only then did the treasurer realize what the problem was, so he rolled his eyes and replied with an aggrieved look: "Yesterday, the guy didn't understand the rules. He made me wait for him all day, and he didn't come to pick up the goods until the afternoon, and he didn't even try.

He knew what the rules were, so the official gave him the things from Beiku, and he moved them happily!"

"Bah! You bastard, you don't know how to die when you are about to die, why are you talking about these bullshit rules! Do you know that guy has already brought this matter to the commander of the system, Mr. Zhao! Mr. Zhao personally led the battalion Lieutenant General today

When officials went to the township barracks in Daye County to review the township braves, what they saw was the report you gave them.

Wasted weapon! Mr. Zhao has already been furious and ordered me to come back to investigate the matter! This time even I will be unlucky with you! Come here, tie up all the people who committed the goods last night and bring them to the big house together.

Go to the township soldiers stationed in Ye County!" The logistics officer then told the treasurer the whole story.

When the treasurer heard this, he immediately collapsed to the ground. Of course he knew what he gave Gao Huaiyuan. Those things could only be treated as garbage if thrown on the street and could not be used on the battlefield. But he just wanted to trick Gao Huaiyuan.

Huaiyuan was a bunch of country bumpkins, but they didn't expect that Zhao Fang would go to review the rural soldiers on a whim. How could he not reveal his secret?

As a result, the case was revealed, the culprit was brought to justice, and the new armor was delivered to the military camp in Daye County. Naturally, the treasurer was executed by Zhao Fang for the crime of corruption, and everyone under him was also ordered to be executed.

There were punishments, including military sticks and military sticks, and exile. Even the officer in charge of logistics was fined for one year and transferred to another place for appointment. This was the end.

Gao Huaiyuan's goal was naturally achieved. He not only relieved his anger, but also obtained high-quality armor. When all the village soldiers, who had been equipped with new armor, lined up on the school field again, everyone was excited.

His eyes lit up.

A man is like a horse and a saddle. These rural soldiers, equipped with standard armor, immediately put on a new look. They were all majestic and seemed to be a hundred times more energetic. This was in stark contrast to when Zhao Fang brought his people here in the morning.

In contrast, after the rural soldiers exchanged their guns for guns and put on these outfits, their morale immediately increased a lot. Standing in the school grounds, they really looked like a regular garrison army, and they no longer looked like a ragtag group of people!

However, Gao Huaiyuan also knew that this incident had offended individual officers in the Ezhou Camp to death, but he didn't care about it, because what he had to face now was how to come back from Jiangbei alive, and how to survive

The equipment is the minimum protection. If you offend a few people, it is worth buying insurance.

After Zhao Fang saw the morale of these rural soldiers, he couldn't help but encourage them personally, and explained the punishment of corrupt officials to the rural warriors, and earnestly asked these people to dare to take the lead after going into battle.

Kill the enemy, and you will definitely be rewarded with rewards after you come back.

When Zhao Fang left the camp and returned, Gao Huaiyuan also put on a brand-new armor and sent Zhao Fang out of the camp. Zhao Fang waved the other generals to leave first, and then smiled and cursed at Gao Huaiyuan: "You are so stupid

Boy, you have a lot of clever ideas. You actually went to complain to me without knowing it, causing me such a farce that it almost made me unable to step down!

I just want you to ask for your life for Xiang Yong, so I won’t argue with you about this matter anymore, but this time when you go to Huangzhou, you must behave well for me, otherwise, I won’t let you go!”

Gao Huaiyuan quickly bowed and replied with an awkward smile: "I am really helpless. If I don't ask you to see it with your own eyes, I'm afraid you won't believe this kind of thing. I would like to thank you for making the decision for us! Guaranteed to reach Huang

After the state, I will fight bravely to kill the enemy, and I will never let down your high hopes for me!"

After Zhao Fang patted Gao Huaiyuan on the shoulder, he nodded and said: "The situation in the north of the Yangtze River is dangerous. I hope you can be more careful! The Navy's ship officer has been transferred to you. You will board the ship to cross the river early tomorrow morning!"

"I obey!" Gao Huaiyuan bowed to receive the order, then stood up and watched Zhao Fang go away, shaking his head slightly. Zhao Fang's face was getting worse day by day. He looked very tired after a whole morning's tossing.

I don’t know how long this old man can support the Song Dynasty! Gao Huaiyuan was quite worried about Zhao Fang’s health.

The river water was constantly lapping at the stones on the riverside pier, and the trestle bridges went deep into the river. Several large vehicles and boats, under the control of the navy officers and soldiers, slowly moved onto the trestle bridges. There were soldiers on the trestle bridges quickly.

will be on board

The thrown cables were firmly tied to the piles, and the stone anchors plopped into the water with the thick cables. The cars and ships were firmly docked next to the trestle, and wide wooden springboards were set up.

On top of the trestle.

"Both cities have one ship, start boarding now!" Gao Huaiyuan stood on the Ezhou Navy Pier. After seeing that the ship had docked securely, he immediately turned around and shouted loudly to the fellow villagers behind him.

As his orders reached everyone's ears, these eager country soldiers immediately began to step onto the wooden trestle, then stepped onto the springboard one after another, and boarded these huge cars and boats.

Gao Huaiyuan watched all the expedition men board the ships before finally boarding the big ship in the middle, standing at the stern and looking back towards Ezhou City.

Like him, the accompanying rural soldiers also cast their sights on Ezhou City on the north bank of the river. Gao Huaiyuan sighed slightly in his heart. This time he crossed the Yangtze River north, he really didn't know when he would be able to return here again, and he would

He turned around and looked at the local heroes on the boat behind him. How many of the six hundred people could come back?

At daybreak, Gao Huaiyuan said goodbye to the rural warriors who stayed in Ezhou, took the 600 rural soldiers with him, and rushed to the Ezhou Navy Pier early to wait to board the ship, because no one came to help with the incident yesterday.

They saw them off, and as they boarded the ship, the dock

The toilet was completely empty, with only the officers and soldiers still busy on the pier. This scene looked a bit desolate, and everyone could not help but feel nostalgic for this place, as if they were crossing the river this time.

It's like a farewell.

"Unmooring! Weigh anchor!" At this time, the sailors shouted on the car and ship.

Immediately, some sailors retracted the gangplank from the trestle, and the stone anchor also pushed the thick winch to the sound of sailors' trumpets, slowly lifting it out of the water, and the cables were untied again and pulled back to the ship.

The hull of the car and ship shook slightly, and began to ripple up and down with the ups and downs of the river. Gao Huaiyuan returned his gaze from the shore to the car and ship. He could not predict what would happen in the future. All he could do was to move his men

Bringing back these people and bringing back as many people as possible is what he wants to do now.

However, compared to the first time he led a team on an expedition, his situation seemed to be much better this time. Compared with the previous rural soldiers, these six hundred rural soldiers have at least greatly improved in quality. Basically,

He has received basic training and can complete the orders he issued relatively smoothly, especially since he has a group of low-level officers who have been tempered in battles to help him control the team, so Gao Huaiyuan is not too worried, as long as he does not

Encountering an enemy army that was too disparate, he still had the confidence to fight against the Jin army!

After calming down, Gao Huaiyuan quickly focused his attention on the car and boat at his feet. He had only seen this kind of car and boat from a distance a few times before. Boarding this kind of boat like this today was very important to him.

It's the first time for me.

He has always been very curious about this famous warship of the Song Dynasty and wanted to board it to have a closer look. Now that he finally had this opportunity, how could he give up so easily?

"Instructions are given to rest on the spot, and no unauthorized entry is allowed! Follow the requirements of the navy brothers!" Gao Huaiyuan looked at the rural soldiers who started to disperse after boarding the ship, and ordered them.

These country soldiers were as curious as him, so they quickly put away their feelings of leaving their homeland, and focused on this kind of vehicle and boat that they had never been on before, and began to lie on the side of the boat and look around.

, after hearing Gao Huaiyuan's order, he quickly sat down on the spot as required and did not dare to move around anymore.

As far as Gao Huaiyuan knew, the Ezhou Dutongsi Navy was also built in the early years under the command of Yue Fei. After Yue Fei wiped out Yang Mo's rebel army in the Dongting Lake area, it was first built by recruiting the rebel army and its ships. It once owned thousands of warships.

Yutiao can be called the best along the river.

Crown, but now that it has developed, its scale is far less powerful than when Yue Fei was in charge, but it is still a water force that cannot be ignored in the navy along the river. It plays a vital role in ensuring the safety of the river defense in the Southern Song Dynasty.

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Cars and ships are powerful warships that the navy relies on. It is good luck for Gao Huaiyuan and the others to take such a car and ship to cross the river this time.

Because Gao Huaiyuan was the commander of the local soldiers, he had the right to walk around the ship and have a look around. Moreover, the soldiers on the navy ship were also very polite to him as an official and did not restrict his own possessions, so he took advantage of this rare opportunity.

Gao Huaiyuan also had the opportunity to thoroughly understand the structure of this kind of vehicle and ship.

The vehicle and ship they took this time was a large ship with 22 vehicles. Although it was nothing compared to the vehicle and ship with 40 vehicles, it was still the main warship of the navy. The whole ship was about 20 years in length.

It is about two to three feet wide and four to five feet high. There are one or two hundred sailors operating the boat alone. With two hundred warriors on board, they don't feel crowded at all. This shows that this kind of vehicle and boat is very popular.

It’s so big!

It is rare to be able to build such a ship in this era. Unfortunately, due to the ban on seas after Zheng He in the Ming Dynasty, the very brilliant shipbuilding skills in Chinese history were gradually lost, so that it is rare for future generations to see such a majestic ship.

of wooden ships.

There are eleven paddles on each side of the vehicle and ship, and each paddle has eight paddles. The paddles are driven to rotate by stepping on them, and the paddles provide power for the ship.

The ship is not equipped with tall sails and masts, making the ship appear relatively low, making it suitable for combat use in rivers and lakes.

The propellers on both sides are wrapped in wooden boards within the hull. In this way, the sailors operating the boat are also well protected. The sailors operating the boat cannot be seen or injured from the outside, making them

Safety has been greatly improved. It is also recorded in history books that there are car guards on both sides. There are no cars, but the boat can be seen moving like a dragon.

Moreover, in addition to the crossbows, hook guns and other items in the hands of the soldiers and generals they carry, the main combat weapons of this kind of vehicle and ship also have a very powerful weapon, which is the racket pole installed on both sides of the ship. It is a pity that it is high

The carriages and ships that Huaiyuan and his companions took were specially designed to transport soldiers.

Therefore, Gao Huaiyuan was not able to see a water warfare weapon such as a racket, but he was not sorry. He finally saw this kind of vehicle and ship thoroughly from beginning to end, and he even visited the bottom cabin.

, I thoroughly saw the high level of shipbuilding technology in the Song Dynasty.

Under the control of the navy sailors who were operating the boats, the vehicles and boats soon left the Ezhou Pier, sailed diagonally upstream, and slowly headed towards Huangzhou in the north of the Yangtze River. Although they could not be called flying, the boats were compared to

It is much faster for a sailboat to sail upstream.

Huangzhou is not far from Ezhou, and it only took more than an hour to board the ship from Gao Huaiyuan before sailing to the other side of the river and slowly docking at the Huangzhou Pier.

After satiating his eyes, Gao Huaiyuan waited until the ship docked and immediately led the country soldiers to the north bank. This would become their battlefield for some time to come.

The Huangzhou garrison had been informed of the arrival of the reinforcements in advance, so they left personnel at the dock to receive Gao Huaiyuan and his party. However, after hearing that the reinforcements were only 600 people, and they were rural soldiers, the Huangzhou officers and soldiers did not respond.

Gao Huaiyuan paid too much attention to the rural soldiers. He only arranged for people to catch them and then ordered Gao Huaiyuan to bring 600 rural soldiers to the barracks in the city to garrison them.

Gao Huaiyuan had already anticipated this situation. Under such circumstances, a group of hundreds of rural soldiers would have a limited impact on the current war, and it was impossible to attract others' attention, so he decided

They didn't care about the neglect of Huangzhou defenders and immediately led their troops into Huangzhou city.

Huangzhou is also known as Huanggang in later generations. Although it has a long history and culture, it was not a big city in this era. Moreover, this time Pusan ​​Anzhen led his army south, so the Song people did not expect to directly point their troops at Huangzhou.

, so the number of defenders here is very limited. Except for Gao Huaiyuan's 600 rural soldiers, the total number of troops in the city is only less than 2,000. Among them, there is also a group of rural warriors who have just been recruited in Huangzhou, and their combat effectiveness is very high.

weak.

The arrival of Gao Huaiyuan strengthened Huangzhou's military strength to a certain extent and played a certain role in boosting the morale of Huangzhou's soldiers and civilians.

Therefore, when Gao Huaiyuan led his army into Huangzhou City, he was still greeted by many people in the city. After seeing the neat equipment of their soldiers and horses, they cheered loudly.

Gao Huaiyuan was riding on horseback and repeatedly saluted the people on both sides of the street. His majestic appearance also attracted cheers from many people.

At this moment, a team of about dozens of people came from a distance, and a neatly dressed Song general came trotting up to Gao Huaiyuan on horseback.

"The Huangzhou garrison troops and horses are under the command of Chiang Kai-shek for arriving late. I hope Sir Gao will forgive me!" This man, who was about forty years old, immediately raised his hands and said loudly to Gao Huaiyuan as soon as he arrived in front of Gao Huaiyuan.

Gao Huaiyuan looked Jiang Fang up and down, and saw the tired look on his face. He knew that he was having a hard time these days, so he quickly dismounted and said: "Gao Huaiyuan, the lieutenant of Daye County, came to Huangzhou to help on the orders of Mr. Zhao."

, How dare you ask Jiang Qianha to personally come to greet you? It’s really a shame to kill Gao!"

After the two met, Jiang Fang took Gao Huaiyuan's team to the camp in the east of the city and temporarily settled it here. He immediately brought Gao Huaiyuan to the government office, which has become the military command post of Huangzhou.

Gao Huaiyuan, a newcomer, naturally had to sign in here first and get acquainted with the garrison officials in the city.

Since Gao Huaiyuan entered Huangzhou City, he noticed the tense atmosphere in Huangzhou City. After entering the government office, Jiang Fang only introduced him to the officers of the garrison in the city, and then immediately said to them: "Everyone, be quiet, Jiang

I just received the scout's report that the Jin army has taken Macheng the day before yesterday and is reorganizing its army. It may attack Huangzhou at any time. Do you have any strategies to retreat from the enemy?"

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone in the room immediately looked shocked, took a breath of cold air, and began to discuss among themselves in whispers.

Hearing this news, even Gao Huaiyuan couldn't help but feel worried. When he came out of Ezhou, he heard that the Jin army had not captured Macheng yet, but in just half a day, the situation had changed so much, and Macheng had already fallen.

, then there is no need to think about the next stop for the Jin Army, it is Huangzhou!

No wonder Jiang Fang was so preoccupied after receiving him just now that he immediately brought him here without even saying a few words. It turned out that the situation had become so tense that Gao Huaiyuan also felt that his head was a little big.dd