Chapter 1492 Reward the brave man, fight back

The Cherry Orchard is located outside the South Gate of Yingtian. It is not a pass, nor does it have any natural dangers such as mountains, rivers, cliffs, etc. It is just an open space outside the South Gate of Yingtian, guarding the only passage from Jiangning to Yingtian. On the road, there are several large cherry groves nearby, so this area is called the cherry orchard locally.

The Japanese pirates from Shangyu attacked Yingtian from Jiangning Town, they had to pass through the Cherry Orchard before entering Yingtian!

At this time, it was mid-winter season. At noon, the weather was gloomy. There were no dark clouds, but there was no sun either. The biting north wind swept up dead branches and fallen leaves from time to time, roaring and raging in the wilderness.

The winter in the south of the Yangtze River is also very cold, especially under the blowing of the north wind, the damp and cold pierces the bone marrow.

At this moment, in front of the cherry orchard outside Guowai in Yingtiannan, more than 1,300 Ming troops gathered here, waiting for the Japanese pirates.

These soldiers of the Ming army were all strong and equipped with excellent weapons and equipment. They were all wearing armor, equipped with knives, spears, bows and crossbows, as well as two hundred gunners, and even a cannon was placed in the array.

These soldiers are the 800 elite soldiers Hu Zongxian carefully selected from the Zhenwei Battalion in the supervising formation, and the 500 elite soldiers who were ordered by the Ministry of War Minister Zhang Jing from each Beijing battalion to form the Cherry Orchard Blocking Army. .

After Hu Zongxian selected 800 elites in Zhenwei Camp, he gathered all the armor and weapons of the whole battalion, and armed them fully. Eight hundred elites rushed to Yingtian Nanguowai Cherry Orchard - the only place to pass from Jiangning to Yingtian.

Wait for work with leisure, and wait for Japanese pirates!

After the arrival of the five hundred elite soldiers drawn from the various Beijing battalions, Hu Zongxian organized them into the team as soon as possible.

After finishing the formation, Hu Zongxian stood in front of the sergeants in armor and holding a long sword, and made a passionate statement filled with righteous indignation:

"Gentlemen and soldiers, the Japanese pirates are insane. Since they landed in Shangyu, they have caused thousands of miles of damage, burned, killed, looted, committed all kinds of crimes, cruel methods, devoid of humanity, lost human relations, numerous crimes, countless crimes! Let alone Jiangning, which is close to our eyes, blood flowed for ten miles , with tens of thousands of corpses, and the whole city was burned by the Japanese pirates. This feud cannot be shared! If the Japanese pirates are not killed, it will never be enough to serve the Holy One. Sister's spirit in heaven!"

Hu Zongxian's speech was full of anger and sincerity. He sternly accused Shangyu of the Japanese pirates' numerous crimes and called on all soldiers to kill the Japanese pirates.

However, the joys and sorrows of human beings are not interlinked. The reaction of the soldiers was not very strong. Less than half of the soldiers were infected by Hu Zongxian's indignant words and shouted to kill the Japanese pirates. But most of the remaining soldiers felt that they were a bit unlucky. With so many people in the camp, how could they have been selected here to stop the Japanese pirates? You must know that these Japanese pirates are not ordinary Japanese pirates. Unblinking evil spirits! Since they landed, they have traveled thousands of miles and killed countless officers, soldiers and civilians!

Hu Zongxian glanced at all the soldiers, took their expressions into his eyes, then vigorously raised his right hand, and announced loudly: "All soldiers, I assure you that I will survive and die with you in this battle! Every time you kill one Japanese pirates, reward one hundred taels of silver! If there are casualties in this battle, the compensation silver will be doubled and tripled! Regardless of the reward silver or pension silver, all will be distributed in full, and there will be no less copper!"

Hearing this, all the soldiers were breathing like an old cow! Their eyes seemed to be congested with blood!

Their military salary is only a few taels of silver for a year! Now every time a Japanese pirate is killed, they are rewarded with a hundred taels of silver!!! And Master Hu also promises to pay the full amount!

"Lord Hu, is it a bit inappropriate to reward one hundred taels of silver for every Japanese pirate killed? This year, in the special reward awarded by the Holy Majesty, the head of the real Japanese is only fifty taels of silver."

Master Zhang, the coach of Zhenwei Camp, approached Hu Zongxian and reminded him softly that he felt that the reward announced by Hu Zongxian was too high!

In normal times, when a soldier kills a Japanese pirate, the fifty taels of silver rewarded by the Holy Majesty, after passing through the series of government offices that distribute the silver, falls to the top of their barracks, leaving only forty taels, and then their generals continue to exploit them layer by layer, and fall to the soldiers. If you can have twenty taels of silver in your hand, you will be able to reach the sky. Now Hu Zongxian wants to pay out one hundred taels in full? ! Mr. Zhang couldn't help feeling distressed that he was about to have a heart attack, so he couldn't help reminding Hu Zongxian.

"Well, one hundred taels of silver is indeed not appropriate." Hu Zongxian nodded slightly.

If you know a mistake, correct it. There is nothing good about it. Master Zhang smiled slightly, and just after he breathed a sigh of relief, he heard Hu Zongxian shouting to the soldiers: "Everyone, Master Zhang is right. Every time you kill a Japanese pirate, you will be rewarded with one hundred taels of silver. It is indeed a bit inappropriate. This officer corrects the amount of silver reward, and rewards two hundred taels of silver for every Japanese pirate killed!".

When Mr. Zhang heard this, his eyes went dark, Hao Xuan almost fainted! Two hundred taels, two hundred taels, you prodigal bastard! No, no, my heart hurts so much, it hurts so bad up.

What?! Every time a Japanese pirate is killed, there is a reward of two hundred taels of silver!!!! Attention, attention, not one hundred taels, but two hundred taels!!!!"

Sure enough, under the heavy rewards were all brave men, the soldiers couldn't bear it anymore, and shouted excitedly:

"Kill the pirates!"

"Kill the pirates!"

A group of soldiers were excited by the huge reward announced by Hu Zongxian, and the voice was like a mountain roaring and a tsunami, resounding through the sky.

Although the Japanese pirates are fierce and murderous without blinking an eye, they are worth a lot of money! And there are so many of us!

Good!

Military spirit is available!

Hu Zongxian saw the crowd yelling to kill the Japanese pirates, nodded his head slightly, and looked towards Jiangning in the south, full of confidence. Japanese pirates, today I want you to be buried under this cherry orchard!

Taking advantage of the army's enthusiasm, Hu Zongxian ordered the soldiers to dig a deep pit across the road three meters behind them. This deep pit was four meters wide and eight meters deep, running across the back of the soldiers.

Standing in front of the ditch, Hu Zongxian shouted to everyone: "The ancients said: If you fight against the water, you will die and live again! Today is the same! All soldiers, this deep ditch is four meters wide and eight meters deep. It is difficult to cross easily. Today In this battle, we are only allowed to advance but not to retreat! In this battle, I will be with you! In this battle, we swear to destroy the Japanese pirates here! In this battle, we will use the heads of the Japanese pirates to commemorate The souls of the murdered fathers and folks are in heaven!"

"Fight to the back, vow to destroy the Japanese pirates!"

"Fight to the back, vow to destroy the Japanese pirates!"

A group of soldiers shouted, the momentum was earth-shattering, and their morale was very majestic.

(end of this chapter)