Rise From the Humble

The Cherry Orchard is located outside Nanguo in Yingtian. It is not a pass, and there are no natural dangers such as mountains, rivers, cliffs, etc. It is just an open space outside Nanguo in Yingtian, guarding the only passage from Jiangning to Yingtian. There are several large cherry groves nearby, so the locals call this area a cherry orchard.

The Japanese pirates from Shangyu attacked Yingtian from Jiangning Town. They first had to pass through the cherry orchard before entering Yingtian!

It was already the middle of winter, and it was noon. The weather was gloomy, with no dark clouds, but no sun either. The biting north wind swept up dead branches and leaves from time to time, roaring and roaring in the wilderness.

The winter in the south of the Yangtze River is also very cold, especially when the north wind blows, which pierces the bone marrow with dampness.

At this moment, in front of the cherry orchard outside Yingtiannanguo, more than 1,300 Ming troops gathered here to prepare for the Japanese pirates.

These Ming soldiers were all strong and well-equipped with weapons and equipment. They were all wearing armor, equipped with swords, spears and crossbows, as well as two hundred gunmen, and even a cannon placed in the array.

These soldiers are the 800 elites carefully selected by Hu Zongxian from the Zhenwei Battalion that supervises the formation, and the 500 elites from each Beijing camp who were ordered by Zhang Jing, the Minister of War, to form the Cherry Orchard Blockade Army. .

After Hu Zongxian selected 800 elites from the Zhenwei Battalion, he gathered all the armor and weapons of the entire battalion and fully armed them. After receiving the news that the Japanese pirates had captured Jiangning, he sent a letter to Zhang Jing, the Minister of War, asking for a fight, and he had already brought the Eight hundred elites rushed to the cherry orchard outside Yingtian Nanguo - the only place that must pass from Jiangning to Yingtian.

Wait for work with ease, and wait for Japanese pirates with strict formation!

After the 500 elite soldiers drawn from various Beijing camps arrived, Hu Zongxian immediately integrated them into the team.

After the formation was completed, Hu Zongxian, wearing armor and holding a long sword, stood at the front of the soldiers and made an impassioned speech filled with righteous indignation:

"My fellow officers and men, the Japanese pirates are crazy and crazy. Since they landed in Shangyu, they have caused harm to thousands of miles. They have burned, killed, looted, and committed all kinds of evil. Their methods are cruel, they have destroyed human nature, they have lost human ethics, and they have committed so many crimes that it is difficult to describe them! Not to mention the distance, Jiangning, which is right in front of us, is bleeding for ten miles. , tens of thousands of corpses were laid down, and the entire city was burned to the ground by the Japanese pirates. This hatred is irreconcilable! If the Japanese pirates are not killed, it will not be enough to repay the Holy Majesty. If the Japanese pirates are not killed, it will not be enough to pay tribute to the fathers, fellow villagers, and brothers killed by the Japanese pirates. Sisters’ souls in heaven!”

Hu Zongxian's words were full of anger and true feelings. He sternly accused the Japanese pirates of Shangyu of their numerous crimes and called on all the soldiers to kill the Japanese pirates.

However, human beings' joys and sorrows are not the same, and the reaction of the soldiers was not very strong. Less than half of the soldiers were infected by Hu Zongxian's words of indignation and shouted to kill the Japanese pirates. But most of the remaining soldiers felt that they were a little unlucky. There were so many people in the battalion, why were they chosen to stop the Japanese pirates? You must know that this group of Japanese pirates are not ordinary Japanese pirates. They are all highly skilled in martial arts and murderers. The unblinking evil spirits! Since they landed, they have fought thousands of miles and killed countless officers, soldiers and civilians!

Hu Zongxian glanced at all the soldiers, took their expressions into his eyes, then raised his right hand vigorously, and announced loudly: "All soldiers, I promise you that in this battle, I will live and die with you! Every time you kill one Japanese pirates, reward one hundred taels of silver! If there are casualties in this battle, the amount of silver taels should be tripled! Regardless of the silver reward or pension, they will all be distributed in full, and not a single copper will be missing!"

Hearing this, all the soldiers suddenly breathed as hard as an old cow! Their eyes seemed to be filled with blood!

Their military pay is only a few taels of silver in a year! Now for every Japanese pirate killed, they are actually rewarded with a hundred taels of silver!!! And Mr. Hu also guarantees that the full amount will be paid!

"Master Hu, is it inappropriate to reward one hundred taels of silver for every Japanese pirate killed? This year, in the special reward issued by the Holy Emperor, the head of a true Japanese pirate is worth only fifty taels of silver."

Master Zhang, the coach of the Zhenwei Battalion, approached Hu Zongxian and reminded him softly that he felt that the silver 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 Spirit will pass through the series of yamen that distribute the silver reward. Only forty taels will be left on top of their military camp. Then their generals will exploit them layer by layer and fall to the soldiers. If you can have twenty taels of silver in your hand, it will be as high as the sky. Now Hu Zongxian actually wants to pay the full amount of one hundred taels? ! Mr. Zhang couldn't help but feel distressed that he was about to have a heart attack, and couldn't help but remind Hu Zongxian.

"Well, one hundred taels of silver is indeed inappropriate." Hu Zongxian nodded lightly.

There is no greater good than correcting a mistake when you know it. Mr. Zhang smiled slightly and just breathed a sigh of relief when he heard Hu Zongxian shouting to the soldiers: "Everyone, Mr. Zhang is right. For every Japanese pirate killed, you will be rewarded with a hundred taels of silver. It is indeed a bit inappropriate. I would like to correct the amount of the silver reward. For every Japanese pirate killed, the reward will be two hundred taels of silver!"

When Mr. Zhang heard this, his eyes suddenly darkened. He was so nervous that he almost fainted! Two hundred taels, two hundred taels, you wasteful thing! I can’t do it anymore, I can’t do it anymore, my heart hurts so much, it hurts so much, it hurts me to death. .

What?! Every time a Japanese pirate is killed, he is rewarded with two hundred taels of silver!!!! Pay attention, pay attention, it is not one hundred taels, but two hundred taels!!!!"

Sure enough, all the brave men were rewarded. The soldiers couldn't bear it any longer and shouted excitedly at the top of their lungs:

"Kill the Japanese pirates!"

"Kill the Japanese pirates!"

All the soldiers were excited by the huge reward announced by Hu Zongxian, and their voices were like a roaring mountain and a tsunami, resounding through the sky.

Although the Japanese pirates are fierce and murderous, they are worth a lot of money! And there are many of us!

good!

Military spirit is available!

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

Taking advantage of the military's morale, Hu Zongxian ordered his soldiers to dig a deep pit across the road three meters behind him. The pit was four meters wide and eight meters deep, running across the backs of the soldiers.

Hu Zongxian stood in front of the ditch and shouted to everyone: "The ancients said: If you fight with your back against the water, you will die and survive! Today, it is the same! Soldiers, this deep ditch is four meters wide and eight meters deep. It is difficult to cross easily. Today , we fight at the back of the ditch! In this battle, we can only advance but not retreat! In this battle, I am 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 spirits of the murdered fathers and fellow countrymen are in heaven!"

"Fight in the trenches and swear to destroy the Japanese pirates!"

"Fight in the trenches and swear to destroy the Japanese pirates!"

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