Destroy Jin and conquer Song, and carry the Northern Expedition through to the end

Chapter 306: The Han Army Returned with a Victory Song

Duke Luo fled back to the camp in fear, but did not take his horse with him.

In such a chaotic scene, the power of a single person is too small. If you want to save your life, you have to gather a lot of soldiers.

It would be so frustrating if I died inexplicably in the chaos of war.

"Someone is causing trouble! Gather the troops! Gather the troops!" Grand Duke Luo shouted loudly while running towards his own Mouke base, constantly directing his confidants to organize troops everywhere, and beating the drum to gather the troops.

By this time, the Jin army had actually reacted and began to prepare for battle under the command of their respective squad leaders and marching marshals.

But everyone suddenly realized that Gao Pingchang was nowhere to be found, and the marching Mouke and Puliyan immediately became a little panicked.

Everyone knows that the current situation is not good, but the disappearance of the temporary commander of 500 soldiers is shocking enough.

"General Gao didn't escape, he's dead!" Grand Duke Luo shouted, no longer caring about the morale of the army. "He was ambushed by Li Jinyan while patrolling the camp and died instantly. Now the Han people are rebelling, so follow me and kill the enemy!"

"Bullshit!" an officer immediately cursed: "How could General Gao go to Han Nu alone? And how did you know General Gao was dead?!"

"Exactly, why do you know?"

Those who could be here were basically people close to Gao Shi, and naturally closer to Gao Pingchang. When they suddenly heard that Gao Pingchang was dead and another faction in the army wanted to seize command, their first reaction was definitely disbelief.

Just as Grand Duke Luo was about to argue, he heard the sound of a warning gong from the watchtower.

"At this point, what the hell are you still talking about?" Grand Duke Luo pointed at the watchtower and shouted, "Didn't you see...huh?"

Halfway through his speech, Grand Duke Luo suddenly reacted and turned back to look at the watchtower.

That's not the direction of the pier, but the watchtower looking at the south coastline.

Grand Duke Luo took a big step and rushed to the top of the watchtower in two steps. Looking carefully, he saw stars dotted on the sea, all of which were the light of torches.

"At sea..." Grand Duke Luo felt as if he had fallen into an icy cave, and his tone quickly became extremely weak: "At sea... thieves... thieves are coming from the sea..."

Li Gongzuo rowed the boat himself, and ten soldiers were riding in the small boat, looking at the vast ocean nervously.

Although the Jin army camp was brightly lit and the distant dock was also filled with torches and fire basins, the sea was pitch black. Even though the waves today were not as huge as in the past few days, they were still turbulent at night and small boats would capsize if they were not careful.

If a soldier wearing heavy armor falls into the sea, he will not even have the chance to call for help.

Li Gongzuo, noticing the tense atmosphere on the boat, couldn't help but burst out laughing. "You've been with my father, so you've seen all sorts of storms and waves. Why are you so scared of a bathtub now?"

A soldier responded, "Third Master, a bathtub can also drown people!"

Another soldier immediately laughed and cursed: "What do you mean by drowning? If you can't talk, just shut up!"

"Wang Laoqi is right," a third voice said. "You've been in the army for so long, and you've been on the ship for so long, yet you don't know the slightest bit of taboo. You deserve to be scolded."

The first person who spoke muttered something, but ultimately did not dare to contradict the veterans on the boat, so he immediately shut up.

"I know why Wang Hu'er is so afraid of water," someone said with a smile. "When he was in Guan'ao, he tried to flirt with a pearl divers and was dragged under the water, where he nearly drowned."

A burst of laughter rang out, and the soldier named Wang Huer immediately said with some pride: "Azhu and I are acquainted through fighting. When I return this time, I will ask her parents for marriage. She even embroidered a purse for me, which contains the peach wood talisman she asked for and several large pearls."

Everyone burst into laughter.

Although the boats around could not hear what Li Gongzuo was saying, they could hear some laughter and immediately responded with cheers.

Seeing that the atmosphere was somewhat lively, Li Gongzuo struck while the iron was hot: "Since we are about to return to the court in triumph, why not sing a triumphant song today and let the Jin thieves see the courage of the men of the Song Dynasty."

"Okay!" "The Third Young Master will sing first."

Li Gongzuo was not afraid of the stage, and sang loudly:
"First, take the twelve prefectures of Shanxi,

Other elements will beat the yamen head,
Looking back at Qin Sai as low as a horse,
Gradually, the Yellow River flows straight north! "

This was the victory song sung by the Western Army of the former Song Dynasty when they were fighting against the Western Xia. Han Shizhong was from the Western Army. During the Jing Kang period, he gathered the defeated soldiers of the Western Army and formed the Han Family Army. Some customs and sayings were also passed down.

Li Bao had also served under Han Shizhong, so the army he formed would naturally sing the victory song of the Western Army.

The first time, only Li Gongzuo started the song, the second time, ten soldiers on the boat sang it, and the third time, the song resounded throughout the sea.

After doing this three times, Li Gongzuo changed his tune and sang the second verse again:

"Bianliang's reputation does not need to be surrounded,

The Han people are always ready to accept the royal army.

Half of the people in the city are of Han ethnicity.
It’s still as good as eating it back then.”

This is the outlook for the Northern Expedition. It means that the Han people still have an absolute numerical advantage in the north. They were still in their infancy when the army was occupied, but now they have grown up. As long as the Northern Expedition army arrives, someone will rise up.

This was exactly the scene that Li Bao's troops saw as they marched northward. The bloody battles fought by the Zhongyi Army and the Dongping Army against the Jin bandits demonstrated to the Song Army a fact: we are not fighting alone.

So when it came to the second paragraph, the morale of the Song army was even higher.

Seeing that the momentum had been mobilized, Li Gongzuo sang the third stanza again: "The flags and troops are mixed like a pile of brocade,

Silver-clad and beheading gold thieves,
First teach them to clean Jingdong Road,

Let’s go to Huanglong to water our horses!”

The singing became more passionate and the voices became louder and louder. For a moment, the singing of three hundred people drowned out the sound of the waves.

The victory songs were loud and clear, and the waves were accompanying them. Soon, dozens of small boats carrying soldiers rushed to the flat road. Li Gongzuo jumped off the boat and stood at the forefront of the battle formation like his father.

Without any excessive speeches or deployment of troops, after the three hundred soldiers hastily formed a square formation, Li Gongzuo roared and launched a determined attack on the Jin army camp.

"Pacify Jingdong, kill the Jin thieves, and destroy Huanglong!"

"Destroy Huanglong!" The Song army cheered and rushed towards the camp with ropes and other simple siege equipment.

On the watchtower, Duke Luo watched the Song army attack and muttered to himself, "Crazy, all crazy."

The man took two steps back, looked at the marching marshals who were still arguing, and then looked at the navy commander who was already a little panicked, and couldn't help but laugh miserably.

How can we fight this battle?

"Let's go." Grand Duke Luo sighed and then said to several of his confidants, "Let the men scatter and flee. At night, as long as they escape, there is still a way to survive."

Some of the confidants left immediately, but two soldiers frowned and asked, "Brother, where are you going?"

As Grand Duke Luo walked down the watchtower, he shook his head and said, "I'm going to find my brother. Although things have reached a point where they are irreversible, I still want to live and die with my brother."

The two trusted aides exchanged a glance and simultaneously bowed, "Then let us live and die together with Big Brother."

Grand Duke Luo nodded, and the three of them each led a horse. Without saying hello to anyone, they simply ordered the soldiers to open the camp gate and rode away on horseback.

(End of this chapter)