Time passes by the minute, have passed noon, the weather is more and more gloomy, the wind is also more and more big, the temperature is also more and more low, a burst after a burst of cold wind whistling attack, wet and cold piercing the bones, freezing to the bone marrow.
In front of the Cherry Orchard, in front of the deep ditch, the Ming army waiting in the cold wind has been waiting for half a day.
Not a drop of water!
Not swallowed a grain of rice!
Hungry and cold!
Ancient saying: “a drum, and then decline, three and exhaustion”. This is the case at this time, wait and wait, more than 1,300 Ming army generals morale also with this half a day of hunger and cold waiting and gradually exhausted.
From the morning they received the news that the Japanese invaders had captured Jiangning, they came over to wait and wait for their turn.
As a result, by now, most of the day had passed and the Japanese had not yet come!And the Ming army in order to come at any time with the attack on Yingtian Japanese fighting, armour does not leave the body, soldiers do not leave the hand, always ready, this half a day is not into the water, grain of rice has not been eaten, has long been hungry stomach rumbling chest to back.
Really hungry and cold!
Because they are all heavily armed, body are draped in heavy iron armour, usually do not feel, now hungry for half a day, feel the body iron armour is really heavy excessive, physical strength began to be unsupportable.
Not only heavy, but also cold!
Old iron this word believe that we are no strangers to it, in the northeast there is a paragraph said old iron this call is because of good relations with the people have licked the iron railing together, in the northeast winter cold, iron columns, iron railing and other metal in winter temperature is very low, if you lick the iron, then the tongue will be frozen in the iron railing pulled down to help each other to help ha ha hot air in order to rescue, the old iron symbols licked the iron, together with the blood, the relationship between the proximity of the notGeneral.
This passage fully illustrates how cold iron, copper and other metals are outdoors in winter.
The Ming army fully appreciated this at the moment, wearing iron armour like wearing ice, the iron armour’s piercing coldness was seeping into their muscles and bones through their clothes all the time, giving them goosebumps all over their bodies!
“Mard, this armour is too icy, this iron crotch guard icy my children and grandchildren belt have no feeling, cool my stomach leaps thin, no, I have to go to facilitate a bit ……”
“Oh, you don’t want to do the stupid thing of taking off your trousers and farting. I’m not sure if you’re going to be able to do this, but I’m sure you’re going to be able to do it,” he said.It’s just a fart, just let it go here. Didn’t see the upper peak nose is not nose eyes are not eyes, you still dare to slip to squatting pit?!”
“Well, it makes sense ……Crap, Hu Laoqi, I believe in your evil, you compensate me for my trousers ……”
“You fucking really pull your trouser pockets? Ha ha ha ha ha ……”
In the midst of hunger and cold, a few brown men in the military formation let out a burst of laughter.
This is also a microcosm of the military formation, the generals are starving and cold for most of the day, the morale obtained from the heavy reward has long been deflated for the most part, the soldiers are full of complaints, exchanging words, cursing and swearing, and for the sake of the cold and rubbing their hands, stomping their feet, and the formation is beginning to mess up ……Some even began to sit on the ground, but of course they were stopped by the officers with curses, but the formation was no longer as tight as it had been at the beginning.
Moreover, as time passes, the chaos is also getting more and more serious.
Hu Zongxian strictly order officers at all levels to strictly control the military discipline, but as time passes, the officer also some of the bullet can not be suppressed.
Cold and hunger, cold and hungry, most of the day have not eaten, and frozen leaps thin, the imminent food and clothing can not be solved, the soldiers can live in peace is strange, forced to suppress, indeed, some of the force.
As for killing Japanese reward silver two hundred taels, this is still a little far, under the starvation and cold, food and clothing is the first demand of soldiers.
The first demand can not meet, who cares about your second demand ah.
“This ghost weather is creepy, I don’t know why, I have an ominous feeling in my heart.”
“Bullshit, just like today, it’s only weird if it’s detailed!This ghost weather is cold and evil, my bones are almost frozen, and I haven’t eaten for most of the day, I’m cold and hungry, my eyes are starving, I reckon that after another hour or so, if the Japanese don’t come, the black and white impermanent brothers should come to pick me up and take me on my way.”
“Why do you think this Japanese invaders haven’t come yet?Didn’t they capture Jiangning in the morning and come towards Yingtian? At this point in the journey, they should have come long ago, why haven’t they come yet? My heart is a little unsure, alas, you see, my right eye has also begun to jump, as the saying goes, the left eye jumps wealth, the right eye jumps disaster, it will not be an accident, right ……”
“Pooh pooh pooh, your broken crow’s mouth, blindly say what, listen to the old man goosebumps are up. How can something happen, we more than 1,300 people, and well prepared, the rickets only more than 50 people, what can happen ah!Besides, ahem, we have waited for so long, even the shadow of the Japanese son of a bitch did not see, maybe ah, this group of hunchbacks to detect that we are so many here, scared away. ”
“Well, it makes sense, the Japanese should have come a long time ago, if they don’t come now, maybe they are scared away. Also, it’s hard to tell if the Japanese won’t use this road. There are so many city gates in Yingtian, it’s not possible for them to make a half-circle and attack the city from the north direction.”
“Don’t go, these Japanese pirates are walking gold bars, one Japanese pirate can exchange for one gold bar. I still want to make a fortune.”
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In the midst of hunger and cold, a group of generals rubbed their hands and stamped their feet, and the entire Cherry Orchard seemed to be noisy and chaotic.
After waiting for another half an hour or so, there was still no sign of the Japanese invaders, Hu Zongxian sent scouts to scout the area, and there was no sign of the Japanese invaders.
Finally the soldiers couldn’t help themselves.
“It’s been cold and hungry since morning, if this continues, we will freeze and starve to death without waiting for the Japanese to come.”
“We need to eat! If we don’t eat again, I’m going to starve to death.”
“Even if we die, we can’t be a starving ghost! We have to eat! We want to eat!”
“Quickly let me have a mouthful of hot soup, I’m about to freeze, if I don’t eat or drink something, I won’t even be able to hold my weapon here.”
“If you’re not even allowed to eat, what’s the point of fighting if you don’t have the strength!”
“Sir, honestly, are you colluding with the Japanese, wanting to freeze and starve us to death here, cheapening the Japanese?”
“If you don’t give us food, I’ll quit!”
A crowd of Ming troops clamoured and clamoured for food, and for a while the situation was somewhat out of control.
The situation was a bit out of control.
Zhenwei battalion commander Zhang Daren saw the situation can not control, found Hu Zongxian suggested: “Hu adults, the weather is really too cold, this is the middle of the morning, we are dripping water has not been in, this body also has no strength, this state of how to fight, the following big head of the soldiers are also fast out of control, you see is not to build a fire to build a meal, so that everyone eat some rice and drink some hot water, eat a full body to have strength to fight the Japanese invasion..”
Hu Zongxian frowned and scanned the whole scene, saw a crowd of generals in the cold wind cowering under the body, emotional drumming to eat and drink, really hungry and cold can not be, the scene is really fast out of control, thinking for a moment, slowly nodded his head, “Well, burying pots and pans to make fire to make rice, so that everyone pads the stomach. Remember, let everyone divided into two sets, a set of dinner, a set of vigilance, can not be Japanese pirates take advantage of!”
