Chapter 182 Yuan Bing's second sudden attack
"Oh my God~What evil has this old man done~"

Old man Zhang stood by the river, looking up to the sky and crying bitterly. When he was about to jump into the river, a group of soldiers ran over and the first one stopped him and hugged him.

"Uncle, why are you here?"

"I want the old man to do his duty honestly, but I don't want the Tatars to come. If the family is ruined and only one person is left, what's the fun in living?"

Under the stage, most of the soldiers had tearful eyes, especially the recruits from Jiangnan and Huainan who cried loudly.

They had just been ravaged by the Yuan army, and they were particularly vulnerable to infection at a time when they were suffering from great hatred.

Beside the stage, the military law team became nervous. They all pulled down their masks and raised their shields to prevent the troops from rushing up and surrounding the Yuan Bing actor.

This is all a summary of experience. Thinking back to when the whole army was performing, those performers of Yuan soldiers were beaten badly, and the military law team was also involved in maintaining order, so they had to prepare heavy armor and shields.

However, today, with the emperor present, everyone can exercise restraint.

Today is New Year's Eve. In order to build momentum for Xing Zai's move to the north, the emperor specially went to Yangzhou to celebrate the New Year, which made Yang very angry.

No matter how long a play is, it will eventually end. Old man Zhang bowed to the audience and said: "Brothers, the old man has lost his arm and cannot avenge himself. Please give me a helping hand."

"Kill the Tartars~Revenge~"

"Kill the Tartars~Revenge~"

The soldiers stood up, raised their arms and shouted.

"Your Majesty, morale is available." Wen Daosheng said.

Zhao Shi nodded and said: "Most of them are new troops. They can defend the city but not enough to attack."

"In time, he will become an elite. Your Majesty, there is no need to worry." Wen Daosheng said.

After the actors left the stage, Zhang Shenghu came on stage and said, "Brothers, please give me a lecture from your majesty."

"Your Majesty, please." All the troops bowed down and shouted in unison.

Zhao Shi walked up to the stage and said: "Everyone is safe."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

"At the beginning, when I left Lin'an in a hurry, loyal ministers and good generals were martyred one after another on the way, and I was lucky enough to enter Wenzhou.

After ascending to Dabao, the soldiers were able to return to Lin'an after enduring bloody battles without fear of life and death.

Here, I thank you. "Zhao saluted with his hands in front of the audience.

All the troops hurriedly bowed down.

"The Tartars are brutal, and the people are displaced at first, and at worst, their families are destroyed. Such deep hatred and hatred cannot be washed away without blood. Please bear this in mind..." The emperor intensified his brainwashing, which only made the whole army so excited that they wanted to go out of the camp to fight immediately.

This is of course impossible.

The elites are all on the front line, and behind them are new troops composed of [-]% veterans and [-]% recruits. They have the courage to go into battle, but they don't have the corresponding skills.

After the opera performance ended, everyone had New Year's Eve dinner together.

Not much meat, just enough salted fish and rice, and one or two pieces of wine and ten pieces of candy for each person.

Huang Xiaohu put the candy into his mouth, chewed it in two mouths, and said, "This candy is good."

"When the world is peaceful, I will take my mother and father to live on Zhendong Road and eat enough every day." Li Sanlang tasted it slowly.

Huang Xiaohu stuffed another piece of candy into his mouth and said, "Why don't you get a title and get a fief to grow sugar cane to make sugar and eat it."

"That's a good relationship." Li Sanlang said, "It's called Sugar Country." In three years, the candy on Zhendong Road has become famous all over the world. If you don't buy some during the holidays, you can't live a good life.

In addition, wine is not only popular in the North, but also very popular in the South.

Nowadays, sugarcane bagasse is used to make wine in Guangdong and Guangxi. In the context of grain wine becoming more and more expensive, cheap sugarcane wine has brought considerable returns.

Compared with the rich New Year's Eve dinner of the Song army, the Yuan army on the opposite side was much shabby, with only a little meat, no fish, and no wine or sugar. It was similar to ordinary people's New Year's Eve dinner.

"Straight bitch, you don't even have to give me too much meat, so why fight!"

"Each person was rewarded with two coins. I thought it was cash, but I didn't expect it to be treasure banknotes. Bah!"

"The price of treasure notes is falling, I'm afraid it won't just wipe your butt."

"Send it back quickly. At least I can buy two buckets of rice."

Yuan Bing all complained.

Due to the tense war, Yuan Ting issued a lot of additional treasure banknotes. In addition to those transported by Song Ting, the actual value of the treasure banknotes is now only [-]% of the previous value, and the depreciation rate is comparable to jumping off a building.

Gao Yuanchang noticed the details of the low morale of the soldiers, but was unable to change it.

Should he be asked to pay for the [-]-strong army from his own pocket?
He could take it out even if he gritted his teeth, but after the army was laid off, an impeachment officer who was raising a private army would be handed over immediately.

So Gao Yuanchang and others worked hard to collect [-] yuan as a bounty for the raid on the Song Dynasty troops.

Six thousand horse soldiers, each with five guan coins, are not Zhongtong treasure notes, but genuine copper coins.

"Brothers." Gao Yuanchang said as he was mobilizing before the war: "This time we go south, we are not about attacking cities and territories, we are not killing people and setting fires, but we are about capturing the young emperor of Song Dynasty!
Whoever captures and kills the young emperor of the Song Dynasty will be promoted to the third level, rewarded with a thousand taels of silver, and be honored with a noble title. Now, let’s go! "

Immediately, the entire army mounted their horses and set off.

Wang Chen, who was seeing him off, took Zheng Zhiyi's horse rein and said, "Before Zheng Yi left the capital, the Holy Sage Jinkou Yue said, 'My father has died, and I am the only son, so I will not go out in battle.' If it is unfortunate for you to go out in person today, I will How can I meet the Holy Spirit?"

"This is my younger brother's plan, how can I sit in the city?" Zheng Zhiyi looked at the army, and said: "And the whole army has two horses, coming and going like the wind, and the rivers are so frozen, even if you can't go here, it's not difficult to get out. Don’t worry, brother.”

The year before the year before last, his father Zheng Ding was fighting in Hunan and accidentally fell into the water and drowned. Zheng Zhiyi inherited his father's duties and was responsible for thousands of households in Taiyuan and Pingyang. Then he settled in Shandong due to the uncertainty in the south.

"Be careful in everything." Wang Chen warned and watched the army leave.

Zheng Zhiyi lightly kicked the horse's belly, rushed to the front, and said to Gao Yuanchang: "Marshal, the army is so slow, do you want to speed up?"

"Don't be anxious. If the young emperor of Song Dynasty still stays in Yangzhou, we will definitely capture him. If he has crossed the river, we must speed up and leave. At this time, we must conserve our horsepower." Gao Yuanchang said.

Like Zheng Zhiyi, Gao Yuanchang was also a second-generation official, but unlike Zheng Zhiyi who was just starting out, Gao Yuanchang was already a veteran general.

His father, Gao Nao'er, initially followed Temujin in the Western Regions, and later followed Prince Kuochei and Chahanna to conquer the Song Dynasty. He made outstanding contributions and was awarded the title of Golden Talisman. , Pity him for his old age, and order Gao Yuanchang to take over his post.

At that time, it coincided with Meng Ge's large-scale southern invasion. Gao Yuanchang followed Kublai Khan to besiege Ezhou, and returned to Suizhou, Jiyang and other places. He was originally in charge of Huainan West Road, but because he was afraid of Song's invasion from the sea, he returned north to take charge of Shandong.

But he didn't want the situation to change too quickly, and Huai'an fell quickly. He had to station troops on the front line to prevent the Song army from crossing the border.

The reason why he decided to send troops was mainly because the cavalry was fast. Even if he missed the attack on the little emperor, he could turn around and leave.

"One person and two horses, as long as they are not greedy for merit and love for war, Song Bing can only watch and wait for me to come and go.

As a general, the first thing is to be calm. We are deep into the enemy's territory. We are surrounded by enemies on all sides. Don't panic, don't waver, and don't be merciful. "Gao Yuanchang pointed at his little brother.

"Thank you, Marshal, for your advice." Zheng Zhiyi accepted the advice with an open mind.

When the biting cold wind hits my face, I feel not cold, but my heart beats - it's the longing for merit.

(End of this chapter)

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