Rise From the Humble

Time passed by, and it was already past noon. The weather became increasingly gloomy, the wind became stronger and stronger, and the temperature became lower and lower. The cold wind howled one after another, and it was bitingly damp. Freeze to the bone.

In front of the cherry orchard and in front of the deep ditch, the Ming army, who was waiting in full formation, had been waiting in the cold wind for most of the day.

Not a drop of water has entered!

Not a grain of rice swallowed!

suffer hunger and cold!

The ancients said: "One burst of momentum will lead to failure, and three times it will be exhausted." This was it at this time, waiting and waiting. The morale of the more than 1,300 Ming army soldiers gradually declined as they waited for most of the day, suffering from hunger and cold.

Since they received the news that the Japanese pirates had captured Jiangning in the morning, they had come here to prepare themselves and wait for work.

As a result, up to now, most of the day has passed, and the Japanese pirates have not come yet! In order to fight the Japanese pirates who come to attack Yingtian at any time, the Ming army always keeps their armor and soldiers ready, and there is no water for most of the day. Jin and I haven't eaten a grain of rice, and we are already so hungry that our stomachs are growling and our chests are pressing against our backs.

It’s so hungry and cold!

Since they were all fully armed and covered with heavy armor, they usually didn't feel it, but now that they had been hungry for a long time, they felt that the armor on their bodies was too heavy, and they began to lose their physical strength.

Not only is it heavy, but it’s also cold!

I believe everyone is familiar with the word Lao Tie. There is a joke in the Northeast that says that Lao Tie is called Lao Tie because people who are close to each other lick the iron railings together. Winter in the Northeast is extremely cold, and metals such as iron pillars and railings are very cold in winter. The temperature is very low. If you lick the iron, your tongue will be frozen on the iron railing and cannot be pulled out. You have to help each other to release the heat. The old iron symbolizes that we have licked the iron together and shed blood together. The relationship is unusually close.

This paragraph fully illustrates how cold iron, copper and other metals are outdoors in winter.

The Ming army fully realized this at this moment. Wearing iron armor on their bodies was like wearing ice cubes. The biting coldness of the iron armor penetrated into the muscles and bones through the clothes all the time. Goosebumps appeared one after another on the ice-covered people!

"Mard, this armor is too cold. This iron crotch is so icy that I can't even feel it. It's so cold that my stomach feels dizzy. No, I have to go and get some relief."

"Haha, don't do the stupid thing of taking off your pants and farting. You have to have something in your stomach to do it. From morning to now, we haven't had any water, so what are you doing?! It's just a fart, let it go here That’s it. If you don’t notice that Shangfeng’s nose is not a nose or an eye, how dare you sneak out and go squat?!”

"Well, that makes sense. Damn it, Hu Laoqi, I believed your lies, so you have to pay for my pants."

"Did you really poop your pants?! Hahahaha"

In the midst of hunger and cold, several rough men in the military formation burst into laughter.

This is also a microcosm of the military formation. The soldiers have been hungry and cold for most of the day, and most of the morale gained from the heavy rewards has been exhausted. The soldiers are full of complaints, whispering, cursing, and cursing one after another, and rubbing their hands to keep out the cold. , stamping their feet, and the formation began to become chaotic. Some people even began to sit on the ground. Of course, they were stopped by the officers with curses, but the formation was no longer as strict as it was at the beginning.

And, as time went on, the confusion grew.

Hu Zongxian strictly ordered officers at all levels to strictly observe military discipline, but as time passed, the officers became somewhat unable to restrain themselves.

They were hungry and cold. They hadn't eaten for most of the day and were so cold that they couldn't even solve the urgent problems of food and clothing. It was strange that the soldiers could live in peace. It was indeed too much to force them to suppress them.

As for the reward of two hundred taels of silver for killing a Japanese, this is still a bit far away. In times of hunger and cold, food and clothing are the first needs of soldiers.

If the first need cannot be met, who will bother you with the second need?

"The weather is so scary. I don't know why, but I have an ominous premonition in my heart."

"Bullshit, it's just like today, it's weird to know anything about it! It's so damn cold here, my bones are almost frozen, and I haven't eaten for most of the day. I'm cold and hungry. My eyes are probably starry. If the Japanese pirates don't come in another hour, it's time for Brother Black and White to pick me up and go on my way."

"Why don't these Japanese pirates come yet? Didn't they capture Jiangning this morning and head towards Yingtian?! They should have come a long time ago, why haven't they come yet?! Why am I feeling a little uneasy? , Oh, look, my right eye has also started to twitch. As the saying goes, if the left eye twitches, you will make money, and if the right eye twitches, something will happen."

"Bah, bah, bah, what nonsense are you talking about? I'm getting goosebumps. How could something happen? There are more than 1,300 of us, and we are well prepared. There are only about fifty bandits." , what could happen? Besides, ahem, we have been waiting for so long, and we haven’t even seen the shadow of the son-of-a-bitch Japanese pirates. Maybe, these Japanese pirates will find so many of us here and scare them away. ”

"Well, it makes sense. The Japanese pirates should have come a long time ago. If they don't come now, they might be scared away. Also, there's no guarantee that the Japanese pirates won't take this road. We have so many city gates in Yingtian. Even if the Japanese pirates make a semicircle and attack the city from the north, they won't be able to tell."

"Don't leave. These Japanese pirates are walking gold bars. One Japanese pirate can be exchanged for a gold bar. I still want to make a fortune."

Hungry and cold, all the soldiers rubbed their hands and stamped their feet, and the whole cherry orchard seemed to be noisy and chaotic.

After waiting for another half an hour, there was still no sign of the Japanese pirates. Hu Zongxian sent scouts to investigate, but no trace of the Japanese pirates was found.

Finally the soldiers couldn't bear it anymore.

"We have been cold and hungry from morning to now. If we continue like this, we will freeze and starve to death before the Japanese pirates come."

"We need to eat! If we don't eat, I will starve to death."

"You can't die because you're starving! We want to eat! We want to eat!"

"Hurry up and let me drink the hot soup. I'm almost freezing. If I don't eat something and drink something, I won't even be able to hold a weapon."

"You're not even allowed to eat, and you don't have the strength to fight, so why fight!"

"Sir, honestly, are you colluding with the Japanese pirates and trying to freeze us to death and starve us here to take advantage of the Japanese pirates?!"

"If you don't give me food, I'll quit!"

A group of Ming soldiers started to make a noise, clamoring for food, and for a while the situation was out of control.

The camp was about to be blown up.

Seeing that the situation was uncontrollable, Mr. Zhang, the coach of Zhenwei Camp, went to Hu Zongxian and suggested: "Sir Hu, the weather is really too cold. It has been half an hour. We have not had any water, and we have no strength left. How can we fight in this state? The big soldiers below can hardly control themselves. Can you light a fire and make food? Let everyone eat some food and drink some hot water. Only when they are full can they have the strength to fight the Japanese pirates."

Hu Zongxian frowned and glanced at the audience. He saw a group of soldiers shivering in the cold wind, excitedly clamoring for food and drink. They were indeed hungry and cold, and the situation was indeed out of control. After thinking for a moment, he calmed down. He nodded and said, "Okay, let's bury the pot and make a fire to make rice for everyone. Remember, divide everyone into two groups, one group will eat, and the other group will be on guard. Don't let the Japanese pirates take advantage of you!"