Pirate Song

The officers in the city and the government officials were also surprised to see that in just over half a day, Jiang Fang suddenly seemed to be a different person, and the arrangements began to become more orderly. After thinking about it for a moment, Jiang Fang suddenly seemed to be a different person.

Then they knew that it seemed that the newly arrived Daye County Lieutenant Gao Huaiyuan was really not simple, so they no longer underestimated this Gao County Lieutenant. They all came out to receive orders and began to prepare separately according to Jiang Fang's arrangement.

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After allocating the soldiers and horses in the city, Gao Huaiyuan also asked Jiang Fang to designate special personnel to take charge of each city wall. All soldiers were divided into two groups and took turns to climb the city to garrison, ready to welcome the Jin army's attack at any time.

Originally, he wanted to be responsible for guarding the east city wall, but Jiang Fang refused to agree to anything and insisted that Gao Huaiyuan stay by his side and make suggestions for him. After thinking about it, Gao Huaiyuan had no choice but to give up and put the guard on the east wall.

The matter was left to Zhou Hao.

After these orders were issued, the entire Huangzhou City took full action overnight. Jiang Fang personally took the lead in mobilizing government officials from house to house, ordering the men in the city to leave their homes to assist the government troops in guarding the city, and at the same time posted a message in the city.

The notice indicates that the government will lead the soldiers and civilians in the city to coexist and perish together with the city!

This attitude also made the people in the city begin to stabilize. They walked out of their homes one after another and joined the ranks of assisting the defense. Suddenly, more than 3,000 people were added to the city, which greatly enriched the defense force of Huangzhou City.

Although Jiang Fang was not good at commanding the army, he was a good hand in civil affairs. He was very good at inspiring people's hearts and kept preaching to the people gathered outside the government office, which played a very good role in inspiring people.

, this was of great help to the defense of Huangzhou City, and Gao Huaiyuan finally no longer had to worry about this matter.

From the moment Gao Huaiyuan entered Huangzhou City, for two days in a row, he basically didn't even blink. He kept patrolling with Jiang Fang in the city and checked the defense status of various city walls. After two days, he felt a little dizzy from exhaustion.

However, the efforts were finally in vain, and the defense of Huangzhou City was finally put on track. Then he found a bed in a wing of the government office and took a nap.

But not long after he slept, Gao Huaiyuan was woken up again. After he opened his eyes drowsily, he saw Jiang Fang's anxious face, shouting at him.

"Gao County Lieutenant, wake up quickly, the Jin soldiers have arrived outside the city!" Jiang Fang pushed Gao Huaiyuan's shoulders nervously and shouted to Gao Huaiyuan.

Gao Huaiyuan climbed up from the bed in one fell swoop. He thought to himself that the golden soldiers had come so quickly. It seemed like the fight was really going to start this time! So he did not dare to neglect, and immediately tidied up his armor, and followed Jiang Fang out immediately.

After arriving at the government office, he mounted his horse and ran towards the north gate.

When they climbed onto the city tower, they looked up and saw a large black army on the road to the north of the city, heading towards Huangzhou.

"Block the city gate! Destroy the suspension bridge! Prepare for the defense!" Gao Huaiyuan said to Jiang Fang without even thinking about it. At this time, it seemed that Gao Huaiyuan had become the garrison commander of Huangzhou City!

Jiang Fang didn't care about Gao Huaiyuan's tone at this moment, and immediately shouted to the soldiers and civilians on the top of the city like a messenger, conveying Gao Huaiyuan's instructions, and repeatedly shouted not to panic, but this time

It looks like he is more nervous than anyone else!

"Jiang Qianjia, please don't be too nervous. The Jin army has just arrived and has not yet taken up a position. It will not attack the city immediately until it is ready. We still have time to prepare. If Jiang Qianjia trusts Gao, Gao is willing to come here."

Take charge of the defense on behalf of Jiang Qian!" Seeing Jiang Fang's nervous expression, Gao Huaiyuan quickly comforted him, and couldn't help but suggest to him that he wanted to take charge of the defense for him.

Jiang Fang looked at Gao Huaiyuan's calmness and felt ashamed in his heart. After taking a deep breath, he calmed down his nervousness and said awkwardly: "It seems that Gao Xianwei is really a battle-hardened man."

, I don’t feel nervous at all at this moment. I really have the air of a general, but I made Lieutenant Gao laugh! I also know that I am not good at this. If this is the case, then I will be more helpful to Lieutenant Gao!"

In this way, Gao Huaiyuan essentially took over the command of Huangzhou from Jiang Fang. At this time, he had no choice but to do so. If a war broke out and Jiang Fang failed to command properly, Huangzhou might be plunged into irreversible danger.

In this situation, he did not dare to take such a risk, so he made an overstepping move and took over the command of Huangzhou's defensive battle.

In the past two days or so, Gao Huaiyuan's ability has been basically recognized by the Huangzhou garrison. Most of them feel that Gao Huaiyuan is calm and has a unique vision. He is indeed a capable person.

Fang Naifang did not raise any objections when he took over the command, so Gao Huaiyuan took over the command smoothly without any commotion.

Although Jiang Fang was still in charge of the army in name only, he entered the city and was only responsible for commanding the people in the city to coordinate with the defense, and no longer interfered with the affairs on the city wall, which saved Gao Huaiyuan a lot of trouble.

Standing on the tower of the north gate of Huangzhou, Gao Huaiyuan took the monocular telescope from Li Ruohu, raised it and looked at the Jin army that was gradually arriving outside the city.

When he saw groups of Jin army soldiers and horses with neat military appearance starting to line up outside the city, he sighed secretly in his heart. Pusan ​​Anzhen was really a famous general of the Jin Kingdom. The division under his command was quite powerful and the overall advance was very fast.

Moreover, the formations were arranged according to the order, and the formations advanced and retreated in a controlled manner. Compared with the Jin army he encountered in Zaoyang two years ago, their quality was obviously higher.

What surprised Gao Huaiyuan even more was that among the Jin army, there was actually a team composed of Song troops, numbering at least a thousand people, and they actually stopped outside the city with the Jin army.

"Why are there Song soldiers and horses among the Jin army outside the city?" Gao Huaiyuan immediately put down the monocular telescope in his hand and asked a Song soldier standing not far away from him.

The head of the capital had also seen the Song army soldiers and horses among the Jin soldiers outside the city, so he immediately showed an angry face and said: "This is not surprising! This time after the Jin army left Xizhou and went south, they defeated the Song army one after another.

The defeated soldiers who fled into Huangzhou in a few days said that this time the Jin army's general servant San Anzhen won every battle.

After that, they never killed the captured heroes of the Song army, but always released or treated them favorably, so that after some of the Song army were captured, they turned to the Jin army and helped the Jin army attack us Song people. They really deserved to die! If it hadn't been like this

, Macheng will definitely not fall into the hands of the Jin army in just a few days!"

Gao Huaiyuan felt horrified in his heart. He only knew that Pusan ​​Anzhen was a famous general of the Jin Dynasty, but he never thought that this man would be so good at winning over the military and would release the prisoners of war of the Song army in order to gain the support of the Song people and win over them.

He recruited a group of Song people to work for him, so the next battle in Huangzhou seems to be really difficult!

While Gao Huaiyuan was still busy commanding and dispatching the defenders to climb the city and guard the city, the leading troops of the Jin Army had already set up a formation outside the city. Looking up, they saw a dense darkness, with at least seven or eight thousand people in total.

The above numbers have completely exceeded the number of Huangzhou defenders.

Looking at the Song troops on the city wall, many of them had looks of horror on their faces, and they were so frightened that their faces turned pale. Even Gao Huaiyuan himself felt a little uneasy. From the first time he went out to fight with the army until now,

It can be said that except for the battle of Tiger Cliff, he has never encountered such a tense situation. Whether he can lead his army to stop the Jin soldiers in Huangzhou this time, he asked himself that he really didn't have much confidence.

But at this point, he had no way out. He had no choice but to fight hard, so he immediately ordered the drums to be beaten to boost the morale of the garrison in the city. Otherwise, just

This coercive momentum was enough to make the morale of the defenders fall to the bottom.

So under his order, the war drums on the city tower were beaten. Under the beating of the sergeants, the war drums made a dull and deep sound, as if they were beating on people's hearts. The rumbling drums were rolling.

As he left, the news spread throughout Huangzhou City and beyond.

Amidst the sound of war drums, Gao Huaiyuan suddenly pulled out his sword, raised his arms, and shouted: "God bless the Song Dynasty! Our army will win!"

Maybe he was inspired by the sound of war drums, or maybe he had a new understanding of life and death. When Gao Huaiyuan shouted God bless the Song Dynasty and our army would win, the soldiers on the city gradually also

They began to calm down. After listening to Gao Huaiyuan's shouts, some of them imitated Gao Huaiyuan and raised their arms and shouted, "God bless the Song Dynasty, our army will win!"

Such calls gradually resonated with more people, and more and more people, including the people in the city, began to join in the calls. Gradually, this slogan resounded throughout Huangzhou City, and morale also increased accordingly.

Zhen, the nervousness I felt when I first saw Jin Jun gradually calmed down.

This is something Gao Huaiyuan learned from several battles. He must first boost morale before a battle. Only with sufficient morale can the army exert its due combat effectiveness. This time he successfully used this rule again to reduce the number of defenders in the city.

Morale was mobilized.

"All the soldiers of the Song Army have listened! Outside the city is the bandit army of the Jin Kingdom! Behind us is the surging river. We have no retreat to choose. The only way to survive is to fight to the death with the Jin army here! Now!

Various Song armies are coming towards Huangzhou. As long as we block the Jin army for a few days, the Jin army will

Naturally, he will retreat in despair with his tail between his legs! I am confident that I can stop the Jin soldiers here and prevent them from taking a step beyond the thunder. Do you have the confidence to follow me and fight the Jin army to the death?" Gao Huaiyuan waited until the shouts gradually subsided and said,

He stepped forward again and shouted loudly to the soldiers at the top of the city.

"We are willing to follow you and fight the Jin army together!" The head of the Song army who had just answered Gao Huaiyuan immediately raised his arms and shouted.

Then another round of loud shouts resounded over Huangzhou City.

After hearing the shouts of the soldiers and civilians in Huangzhou City, the Jin soldiers in the distance outside the city looked sideways, but did not take any action. They just followed the flags and banners swinging and gradually began to spread towards both sides of Huangzhou.

A trend of encirclement was formed against Huangzhou.

Gao Huaiyuan looked at the actions of the Jin army outside the city and sighed secretly. It was a pity that he had limited troops at hand now. If he had an elite army at his disposal at this time, he could just open the west gate and attack the Jin army's right wing from the flank, and he would definitely be able to defeat the Jin army.

The army's formation was disrupted, making it impossible to encircle Huangzhou, but now he could only watch helplessly as the Jin soldiers surrounded Huangzhou City step by step, leaving only the southern part of the city facing the river open.

The Jin soldiers seemed to have already known about the empty defense situation of Huangzhou City, so after marching outside Huangzhou City, they did not attack the city immediately. Instead, they gradually waited until the soldiers and horses from behind arrived, and then set up camp five miles outside Huangzhou City.

Huangzhou City was closely monitored.

During this period, Gao Huaiyuan had been closely monitoring the Jin soldiers' actions in the city. He could not tell what plans they were making or the direction of their main attack, so he could only remain unchanged in response to any changes.

After the arrival of the Jin Army in the city, various war preparations were in full swing. Because it was only then that people really felt the threat of death, so the people who were recruited in the city also worked harder.

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Seeing that it was getting late, Gao Huaiyuan ordered the soldiers on each city wall to rotate as usual, rest when they should, and watch when they should be on duty, so as to prevent excessive consumption of the soldiers' physical strength in advance, and ordered the defenders on each city wall to monitor closely.

Following the movement of the Jin army, he immediately strode down the city wall and commandeered a house inside the north gate as a temporary headquarters and became his temporary residence.

Before dark, golden soldiers continued to arrive outside the city and joined the siege. They gradually surrounded the east, west and north sides of Huangzhou City. It seemed that they would not give up until they captured Huangzhou City in one fell swoop. They finally mobilized during the day.

After seeing so many golden soldiers, the soldiers and civilians in the city began to panic again.

Gao Huaiyuan immediately summoned the officers in charge of each city wall to the North Gate temporary headquarters and held a very brief mobilization meeting.

"Brothers, we have all seen the strength of Jin Bing. Today, Gao Mou has obviously gone too far in inviting everyone to come here to discuss matters! I wonder if you have any objections to Gao Mou's acting command? If so, feel free to do so immediately.

Bring it up to Gao, so as not to disturb the morale of the army by mentioning it after the war begins! As long as everyone brings it up, Gao will definitely give in!" After Gao Huaiyuan looked at everyone's faces, he suddenly asked the generals.

The reason why he raised this matter first was because he had only been here for a short time, so he replaced Jiang Fang and gave orders to the officers in the Huangzhou garrison, fearing to cause their dissatisfaction. Once the war started,

Sometimes, if there is a quarrel, it will cause great harm!

After he said these words, the garrison officers did not reply immediately. Instead, they communicated with each other with their eyes. They all seemed to want to see in the eyes of others whether they were convinced by Gao Huaiyuan or not.

Gao Huaiyuan was not in a hurry and just waited quietly for everyone's reply. In the end, except for Zhou Hao and a few other people brought by Gao Huaiyuan, the rest of the group all set their sights on a camper named Zheng.

As for the commander, this person was originally the defender of the Huangzhou garrison. However, because the Huangzhou garrison was small, only the district

There are less than two battalions of soldiers and horses in the district, and the number of people is less than a thousand. Therefore, the officer named Zheng who is staying here is just a battalion commander, and is nominally a district official. Most of the others are just captains, and they all have to take orders.

Jiang Fang is the leader, so he is regarded as the second-ranking figure in the Huangzhou Army after Jiang Fang.

However, although this official Zheng Tiha was a battalion commander, he was basically a low-ranking official. He could only be regarded as a low-level officer. His status was really not as good as Gao Huaiyuan, a temporary county lieutenant, not to mention that Gao Huaiyuan was still a ninth-rank security officer.

Yilang, so I am here

After Gao Huaiyuan arrived in Huangzhou, he had already surpassed Zheng Tiha in rank. Moreover, although Zheng Tiha had been an official in the army for many years, he had basically never participated in any serious battles. Therefore, Jiang Fang treated Gao Huaiyuan.

Newcomers are entrusted with important responsibilities.

When Zheng Tiha saw that everyone was looking at him and knew what he was capable of, he hurriedly stood up and replied: "What Mr. Gao said is different. Since Mr. Gao arrived in Huangzhou, everyone has seen what he has done.

Wait, how can anyone be dissatisfied with your master's order? Zheng is not talented, but I am willing to act like a tall man!"

After Zheng Tiha's statement, the other officers had nothing to hesitate, so they all nodded to express their submission to Gao Huaiyuan's deployment.

"Thank you for your praise of Gao. If that's the case, then you're welcome to Gao. The golden soldiers have arrived today. It can be said that the war is coming. We must first work together to defend the enemy from the city and prevent them from capturing Huangzhou City.

!That’s why I ask this question!

Everyone has also seen that the Jin army is powerful and has far more troops than our army. However, apart from holding on to the city, we have no room to retreat. We can only stand firm in Huangzhou and wait for the armies from all walks of life to come to support.

This is our only way out. After seeing the situation of the Jin Army today, I

, I feel that the Jin soldiers will probably not attack the city immediately tonight, but they will definitely attack in a large scale tomorrow, so I have called you here for no other reason than to unify your opinions! In case there is a battle formation, the army will

It’s a big taboo to make a general order unreasonable! It seems that Gao is overly worried!

There is only one night left for us to prepare. Whether we can win the battle tomorrow depends entirely on your preparations tonight! In order not to affect the mental and physical strength of the soldiers after the battle starts tomorrow, after you go back tonight,

Be sure to make a final inspection of all areas as soon as possible

According to the defense situation, all kinds of city defense equipment should be properly prepared. When the situation is disrupted by the war, the imperial guard soldiers should be urged to take turns to rest. As for supplies, you can rest assured that soon I will ask Jiang Qianji to personally supervise this matter.

, ensuring that there will be no shortage of supplies everywhere!

Moreover, Gao also wanted to say that the situation has not reached an irreversible point. Although the Jin Army is coming fiercely, it cannot cut off Huangzhou City's foreign aid. At least Linjiang Wharf is always an area beyond their control. We only need to hold on here.

, so that they can continuously obtain various materials and support shipped from the direction of Ezhou, but the Jin Army does not have this convenience. This is the biggest advantage of our army!

As the saying goes, it takes a thousand days to raise an army, but it takes only a moment. This place is the last line of defense in the Song Dynasty in the north of the Yangtze River. We can only hold on and not retreat. Otherwise, even if we return to the south of the Yangtze River alive, we will not be able to see the elders in the east of the Yangtze River! The soldiers will inevitably die in battle, and we will be the great generals.

The people of the Song Dynasty are even more deprived of the emperor's salary and should serve the country at this time of national calamity!

What is planned is determined by man, and accomplished by heaven. As long as we dare to use our lives, we will surely make the Jin army sink in the sand under the Huangzhou City. Even if we die on the battlefield, we are worthy of heaven and earth! I hope you can fight with me.

The enemy is here, Gao, thank you very much!"