Cherry Orchard is located outside of Yingtian’s Nanguo, it is not a pass, nor does it have any natural dangers such as mountains, rivers, cliffs and so on, it is just a piece of open land outside of Yingtian’s Nanguo, choking on the necessary passage from Jiangning to Yingtian, there are several large and large cherry forests nearby, so the local area is called Cherry Orchard.
Shangyu’s Japanese invaders attacked Yingtian from Jiangning town, first of all must pass through the cherry orchard here, in order to enter Yingtian!
At this time is already in the mid-winter, by noon, the weather is gloomy, no clouds, but also no sun, the bitter north wind from time to time swept up the dead branches and leaves, whimpering roar, in the wilderness wreak havoc whistling.
The winter of Jiangnan is also cold, especially under the north wind, piercing through the bone marrow of the wet cold.
At this moment, Yingtian Nanguo outside the Cherry Orchard, more than 1,300 Ming troops gathered here, waiting for the Japanese invaders.
These Ming soldiers are all strong, well armed, all wearing armour, equipped with swords, spears and crossbows, and two hundred cannons, and even a cannon was placed in the array.
These soldiers are Hu Zongxian from the supervisor of the Zhenwei battalion in the carefully selected eight hundred elite, as well as the Beijing battalion by the order of the Secretary of the Ministry of war, Zhang Jing, each draw one hundred elite into the 500 elite, composed of Cherry Orchard blocking army.
Hu Zongxian in Zhenwei battalion selected eight hundred elite, gathered the whole battalion of armour, weapons, they are fully armed, after receiving the news of the Japanese invaders captured Jiangning, while the Secretary of the Ministry of the Army Zhang Jing sent a letter to ask for war, at the same time, has taken eight hundred elite rushed to Yingtian Nanguo outside the Cherry Orchard – this from the Jiangning to the Yingtian must be passed through the place.
They were waiting for the Japanese to take advantage of the situation and were waiting for the Japanese!
Upon the arrival of the 500 elite soldiers drawn from the various Beijing camps, Hu Zongxian united them into the ranks at the first opportunity.
After the formation was completed, Hu Zongxian, clad in armour and holding a long sword, stood at the forefront of the soldiers, and made an impassioned speech with righteous indignation.
“Generals, Japanese heartlessness, since the landing of Shangyu, harm thousands of miles, burning, killing, looting, no evil, cruel, inhumane, loss of human nature, crimes are numerous, countless!Let’s not talk about the far away, near our eyes Jiangning, blood flow ten miles, tens of thousands of corpses, the whole city was torched by the Japanese invaders, this revenge is not shared by heaven and earth!This is not enough to repay the emperor, this is not enough to pay tribute to the souls of the parents, brothers and sisters killed by the Japanese invaders!”
Hu Zongxian’s words, full of anger and true feelings, a stern accusation of the Japanese invaders of Shangyu’s repeated crimes, called on the generals to kill the Japanese invaders.
However, human grief and joy are not connected, a group of soldiers did not react very strongly, only less than half of the soldiers were infected by Hu Zongxian’s words of righteousness and indignation, shouting to kill the Japanese invaders. On the other hand, the remaining half of the soldiers felt that they were a bit unlucky, the whole battalion of so many people, how could they be selected to come here to stop the Japanese invaders!It must be known that this group of Japanese invaders are not ordinary Japanese invaders, they are all highly skilled martial arts and murderous evil spirits!Since they landed, they have moved thousands of miles and killed countless officials, soldiers and people!
Hu Zongxian swept a glance at the generals, taking in their expressions, then raised his right hand with force and loudly announced, ”All generals, this officer assures you that in this battle, this officer will live and die with you!For every Japanese pirate killed, a reward of one hundred taels of silver will be given!If there are casualties in this battle, the pension will be tripled!Whether it’s reward silver or pension silver, all of them will be paid in full, not a single copper will be missing!”
Upon hearing this, all the generals suddenly breathed as thick as an old bull!Their eyes looked like they were filled with blood!
They were only paid a few taels of silver a year!Now, for every Japanese pirate they killed, they were rewarded with a hundred taels of silver!!!!And Lord Hu even guaranteed to pay out the full amount!
“Lord Hu, isn’t it a bit wrong to reward a hundred taels of silver for every Japanese pirate killed?This year, in the special reward issued by His Holiness, the head of a true Japanese is only 50 taels of silver at the top.”
Zhenwei Battalion Master Commander Zhang Daren came to Hu Zongxian’s side and reminded gently, he felt that the bounty announced by Hu Zongxian was too high!
Put aside the usual, soldiers kill a Japanese invader, the saint rewarded the reward of fifty taels of silver, through the hands of the series of Yamen issued bounty, fell in their barracks on the top day left forty taels, and then their generals and then exploited layer by layer, fell into the hands of the soldiers can have twenty taels of silver on the top day. Now Hu Zongxian even want to issue the full amount of one hundred taels? Lord Zhang could not help but be heartbroken with a heart attack and could not help but remind Hu Zongxian.
“Well, one hundred taels of silver is indeed not proper.”Hu Zongxian gently nodded.
Knowing one’s mistake and changing it, there is no greater good, Lord Zhang smiled faintly, and just as he breathed a sigh of relief, he heard Hu Zongxian shouting to the soldiers, “Gentlemen, Lord Zhang is right, a hundred taels of silver bounty for every Japanese pirate killed is indeed a bit improper. This official corrects the amount of silver reward, two hundred taels of silver for every Japanese pirate killed!”.
When Elder Zhang heard this, his eyes immediately went black, so much so that he almost didn’t faint!Two hundred taels ah, two hundred taels ah, you loser!I can’t, I can’t, my heart hurts, it hurts, my heart hurts me.
What?For every Japanese you kill, you’ll be rewarded with two hundred taels of silver !!!!Attention, attention, not one hundred taels, but two hundred taels ah !!!!”
Sure enough, all brave men are brave under heavy rewards, a crowd of generals could no longer hold back, excitedly pulling out their voices and wailing out:.
“Kill the Japanese!”
“Kill the Japanese!”
All the generals were stimulated by the heavy reward announced by Hu Zongxian, and their voices were as loud as the mountain and the sea.
Although the Japanese are fierce and murderous, they are worth more silver!And there are many of us!
Good!
The heart of the army is available!
Hu Zongxian saw the crowd wailing and shouting to kill the Japanese pirates, slightly nodded his head, his eyes looking to the south in the direction of Jiangning, full of confidence. Japanese, today I want to let you buried under this cherry orchard!
While the military heart is available, Hu Zongxian also made the generals, three metres behind the road, dug a deep pit across the road, which is four metres wide and eight metres deep, across the back of a group of soldiers.
Hu Zongxian stood in front of the ditch and shouted to the crowd: ”The ancients said:Backwater battle, put to death to survive!Today, the same is true!Generals, this a deep ditch, four metres wide and eight metres deep, it is difficult to cross easily, today, we back ditch a battle! In this battle, we can only advance but not retreat!In this battle, I’ll be with you!In this battle, we vow to destroy the Japanese here!In this battle, we’ll use the heads of the Japanese to pay homage to the souls of the people we killed and maimed!”
“At the battle of the back ditch, we vow to exterminate the Japanese!”
“We’ll fight the Japanese in the ditch!”
A crowd of generals followed and shouted, their voices shaking the heavens and the earth, and their morale was very strong.
