The news that scouts in the south, east and west directions found no trace of Japanese pirates within a radius of ten miles soon spread throughout the entire Cherry Orchard Ming Army.
"Hahaha, the Japanese pirates must have heard that we were blocking the attack in front of the cherry orchard and were scared away?!"
"Well, I estimate that the Japanese pirates in Shangyu were probably scared away, otherwise they would have come long ago. Jiangning is only so far away from the Cherry Orchard. However, it is also possible that they heard that we were waiting here, and the Japanese pirates took a detour.
They went to harass Yingtian from other directions."
"Don't worry, it's such a pity. A Japanese pirate is worth two hundred taels of silver. This is how I get a wife."
After hearing this, all the Ming soldiers in front of the cherry orchard couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief, but at the same time they felt a little pity! You must know that every Japanese pirate is walking with two hundred taels of silver. Whether they were scared away or detoured, they all felt quite good.
pity.
Of course, overall, relief still accounts for more of the emotion. After all, no matter how much money you have, you have to spend it on lives. If you lose the money, you can make more money, but you only have one life. If you lose your life, the game is over.
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You must know that all these Japanese pirates are talented killers who kill without blinking an eye! Killing one Japanese pirate may cost two or three brothers. No one can guarantee that one of them is not the casualty, and no one wants other men to sleep with him.
Wife, if you beat your own baby, you will spend your own pension and funeral expenses. So it is best not to fight this fight.
Now that the Japanese pirates are gone, this is the best result. Without the direct threat of the Japanese pirates, everyone is relaxed.
The Ming army, who had been taking turns to have meals, became even more relaxed. Not only did they take off their shoes to roast their feet, but many of them took off their heavy, cold armor and sat slumped beside the fire, warming themselves by the fire while eating cakes and meat.
Soup, one bite of cake and one bite of soup, the pores all over the body are stretched, and I hum in comfort:
"Hey, don't tell me, as soon as the armor and stomach were removed, my whole body felt comfortable. Not only was it relaxed, but it was also warm."
"Tsk, tsk, this broth is so fragrant, slurp, slurp, slurp... the pancakes filled with fat are also delicious."
The Ming army on rotation was so comfortable, and the Ming army on rotation was so envious, jealous, and hateful that they were dying.
Originally, there was an imminent threat from Japanese pirates. Under the high pressure of the generals, the Ming army on duty was still able to maintain their tenacity and stick to their posts. However, now there is no trace of Japanese pirates within ten miles. I don’t know whether the Japanese pirates ran away or took a detour.
The threat of Japanese pirates is gone, and their hearts are beginning to become unbalanced. We are all soldiers. Why are you so comfortable here roasting meat and eating meat, while we have to freeze and starve?!
This isn't fair!
As a result, the Ming army who were on duty stopped working, and began to show their talents and work as foreigners. Some brave people even imitated the Ming army's rotation, sat down, took off their armor, and mingled with the Ming army's rotation to warm themselves and eat.
Since there were no traces of Japanese pirates within a ten-mile radius, the generals became lax and simply turned a blind eye.
Under the indulgence of the generals, the rotating Ming army became more and more bold, and gradually merged with the rotating Ming army. There were only a handful of Ming troops who were able to carry weapons and be on guard in the military formation, and they were as precious as rare ones.
"What kind of decency is there to be so lax? How to deal with the Japanese pirates if they attack?! Sir Zhang, please order the generals at all levels to strictly control military discipline. At the same time, please send scouts to the south, west and east again. This time, the number of scouts will be expanded.
Double that, and the exploration range will be expanded by another five miles."
Looking at the lax Ming army, Hu Zongxian frowned and asked Lord Zhang to control military discipline and send more scouts.
Although Mr. Zhang felt that Hu Zongxian was making a fuss out of a molehill, who asked him to be the censor, he still agreed with a wry smile and made arrangements at all levels.
The generals at all levels came to rectify military discipline, which caused a lot of noise, constant curses, a strong rebellious mentality among the officers and soldiers, and the situation was a bit out of control. However, under the high pressure of generals at all levels, the military discipline situation improved a lot.
Less than half an hour later, three teams of scouts returned one after another, reporting that there was no trace of Japanese pirates within a radius of fifteen miles.
The Japanese pirates seemed to have disappeared from the world.
Hu Zongxian couldn't help but frowned, unfolded a map of Yingtian's surroundings, and thought hard.
Hearing that there was no trace of Japanese pirates within a radius of fifteen miles, the Ming army was under high-pressure control, and military discipline once again lost control.
There are no Japanese pirates within a radius of fifteen miles! We are still on alert!
The high-pressure military academies at all levels could not control the situation. The Ming army completely relaxed and began to let themselves go. They took off their armor and warmed themselves by the fire. Some Ming soldiers unloaded their quivers and played an arrow-throwing game. Some Ming soldiers even
Then we started playing a betting game, and the atmosphere suddenly became relaxed and happy.
Of course, military academies at all levels were also lax and turned a blind eye to this, and some generals even participated in throwing arrows.
The Ming army was completely relaxed.
At this time, seven or eight people who had fled came on the road. They were dressed in tatters and there were traces of being burned by the fire on their clothes. Seeing the Ming army eating and drinking around the fire, they were really hungry.
He dared to step forward and beg for food and drink from the Ming army, "Master, Master, please give me something to eat. We haven't had a bite of food since morning and we are almost starving to death."
"Gungungun, this little pancake is not enough for Grandpa and I to eat myself." Someone from the Ming army waved their hands to drive him away in disgust.
"Forget it, you can see that they are in trouble. It's not easy for everyone. Everyone has troubles. Come here. I have half a pancake here. You can eat together." Some people threw half of the pancake in their hands.
past.
"I have half a piece here to reward you." Several more Ming soldiers threw the remaining pancakes over.
"Thank you, Master, thank you, Master." After the fleeing people thanked him, they scrambled for the pancakes like vicious dogs.
Seeing them fighting for pancakes like dogs, many Ming soldiers came up to watch and laughed.
"What's going on ahead?" Hu Zongwan looked away from the map and asked with a frown.
"My lord, there are seven or eight people who have fled from Jiangning begging for food." his soldiers replied.
"Give them food and send them away so they don't get in the way." Hu Zongxian frowned.
"Yes. Your Majesty, go and drive them away right now." The soldiers under his command responded.
"Wait." As soon as the soldier turned around, Hu Zongxian stopped him again. "
"What other orders do you have, sir?" the soldier asked.
"Since they fled from Jiangning, ask them if they saw any Japanese pirates along the way?" Hu Zongxian ordered.
"As ordered." The soldiers under his command responded and left.
Soon, the soldiers came to the front, grabbed a few pancakes from the basin, and shouted to a few fleeing people, "Hey, what about you? Come here, I will ask you a question, and I will reward you with these pancakes."
Already."
"Commander, feel free to ask." The refugees looked directly at the pancakes.
"Did you see or hear any news about Japanese pirates along the way from Jiangning?" the soldiers asked.
"No, I didn't see any Japanese pirates at all."
"When the Japanese pirates of Dog Day killed people and set fires in Jiangning, we hid in the well in the yard. We didn't dare to climb out of the well until there was no movement outside. As soon as we came out, we saw a sea of fire. We escaped from the burning yard.
, I ran all the way here, and I didn’t see any Japanese pirates at all along the way.”
"There are no Japanese pirates on this road. If there were Japanese pirates, how could we still survive?"
The fleeing people talked a lot about it.
After hearing this, the Ming army relaxed even more and let themselves go even more.