Hundreds of enemy warships covered the Qiantang River, and it was still very far away, and the guns on the pirate warships began to shoot, and the continuous sound of cannons roared on the river, and bursts of gunpowder smoke filled the entire river, and whistling shells flew out of the gunsmoke, and huge water columns rose up in the waters in front of the tide gate.

Such a momentum made those signatories tremble, and every sharp whistling sound came here, and some signatories involuntarily lay on the city wall, holding their heads tightly with both hands, hoping to avoid the cannonball death.

Li Huanzhang held the waist knife in his hand, walked on the city wall as if no one was around, looking at how high a signer held his head and pouted his buttocks, lying on the city wall and shivering, so he took a step forward and kicked him directly against the high cocked ass, but scolded him with a smile in his mouth: "You stupid goose, the enemy's shells don't have eyes, and it only God's will to hit somewhere, what's the use of you holding your head?" You can't live if you hit it on the head, can you live if it hits your ass? ”

The reason was simple and clear, and this signer let go of his arm in shame, and faced this boss tremblingly, for fear that he would cut himself. Because before the war, the garrison had already issued a five-kill order, and the cowardly ones were killed, and now his performance is exactly like this, if this general directly kills himself before the war, he is really unjustly killed.

Li Huanzhang didn't think about it at all, and said to this new Ding, "As the old saying goes, you can't die in the well and in the river, and if you want to live with your head, you may not be able to live, hold your chest against the enemy's cannon, maybe the other party is still a squib, in this case, what's the use of you pouting your ass here?" It's better to be like a gentleman, just use your chest against the enemy's cannon, not to mention that you have such bravery, at least before you die, you should look at the situation of the enemy on the other side, or it will be too wronged. ”

The reason is very simple and very acceptable, rather than dying inexplicably, it is better to watch the enemy's shells fly over what kind of result it is.

Seeing this trembling guy walking towards the city wall, Li Huanzhang smiled again and said: "I can stipulate that anyone who dies on his stomach will not be given posthumous pensions." As long as you die standing up, I don't miss you a penny. If you die standing up, you will leave a fortune for your family, although it is not much, and it is no problem for your family to live a good life for three or five years, what do you think of such a decision? ”

When this newcomer heard Li Huanzhang's words, he wanted his family to get a pension for his death in the war, so that the family could live a good life for three or five years, so let's fight.

"General, what you always say is true, from now on, even if the enemy breaks my leg, I will definitely die standing and let my wife live a good life for 10 years."

Li Huanzhang gave him a punch: "This is the man, by the way, what's your name?" ”

"Report to the general, my name is Da Niu, I only have one mother, he has received 5 yuan of silver to settle down, received 10 liters of rice, if I want to die in this battle, the government promised a pension of ten taels of silver to ask the general to help me receive, and then send it to my mother's hands, of course, you only need to send five taels, I will be satisfied."

This time, in order to ensure that the city of Hangzhou was not broken, the reward issued by the Qiantang County Order at that time was one tael of silver for settling in and 20 liters of rice at the same time, but he only got half of it in the mouth of this big cow.

But Li Huanzhang didn't want to say such a thing. Because as soon as it is spoken, the morale of the entire army will be completely damaged. Originally, the people's resentment against the corruption of officials was already boiling, and if it was said at this critical time, those corrupt officials and cool officials would be greedy for his life money, and if they didn't wait for the pirates to call, these people would directly destroy the yamen.

"I remember the brother's name. I have memorized the home addresses and names of all of you, and I swear to heaven that as long as you die in battle, I will give your family a penny, and if you break this oath, my ancestors will not forgive me in the grave. ”

I swear that this thing is like this, what day is five thunders, what the future will not be good to die, for everyone has become accustomed to it, thinking that it is pure. But if you swear by your ancestors, within the cultural area of the Han people, this is the heaviest oath and commitment. Because all people know that the soul of the ancestors is immortal, and they are the guardians of this one family. This is the heaviest oath, and no one dares to joke with their ancestors.

"But let's not talk about life and death now, because it's not yet that point, let's hold the city now, let's see how we can easily defeat those pirates."

When he said this, Li Huanzhang stood at the head of the city easily, pointing to the overwhelming pirate warships: "Let's watch a good show first." I'll tell you, it's just a bunch of pirates on the other side, and it's nothing to blame. Let's rely on the tall city walls, hundreds of cannons on the city walls, defeat them, it's like playing, let's see the excitement. ”

It will be the courage of the soldiers, the relaxed emotions above, the most easily contagious and touching the soldiers below. The newcomers around saw that when the big war was about to start, the coach was so relaxed and calm, and the original fear was reduced a little. So everyone fell on the battlements one after another, looking at the pirate fleet that was getting closer and closer.

Boom, a loud bang suddenly broke out in the middle of the pirate's fleet in the Qiantang River, and a column of water mixed with broken wooden planks rushed straight into Xiaohan, and then just as everyone was stunned, the head of a medium-sized warship of the pirates suddenly disappeared, and then the battleship staggered and sank into the Qiantang River in a blink of an eye.

Before his soldiers could cheer, Li Huanzhang first cheered loudly: "One is sunk, one is sunk, come on, set off firecrackers immediately to celebrate the victory of our first battle." ”

When arranging the defense, in addition to asking the Ordnance Department for a lot of weapons and equipment, Li Huanzhang specially ordered his subordinates to buy several large whips in the firecracker shop on the street. At this time, everyone knew that this General Li Huanzhang was for such a purpose.

Li Huanzhang's own soldiers immediately took out a 1,000-shot firecracker and lit it on the top of the city.

In the midst of this festivities, another enemy warship crashed into a mine hidden under the river, this time to better effect. This was a mid-level mine, and the enemy's bow pressed him, and as a result, this mine was in the middle of the enemy battleship, directly arching the wooden battleship, and then the entire battleship was completely broken from the middle, and in the screams and exclamations of a group of pirates above, it sank to the bottom of the river in a blink of an eye.

The enemy battleship was sunk, and the firecrackers on the city once again rang out. Those newcomers were immediately excited, waving their hands, jumping and cheering, and their will to fight rose to the sky for a while. The legs of the big bull standing beside Li Huanzhang no longer trembled, but excitedly beat his boss again and again: "Two are sunk, two are sunk, we are victorious, we are victorious." ”

For such rudeness, Li Huanzhang was not angry, but turned his head to the brothers who followed him and said: "Take a look, this is the effect of killing the enemy in the first battle, what are we afraid of such military morale?" Why can't we hold this wall? ”

The brothers under his command had to admire Li Huanzhang's theory, and they also had to admit that in fact, the battle was so simple.

One pirate warship after another struck a thunderbolt, and each time it struck a burst of firecrackers and cheers on the city walls. And the drum band that was also invited to the head of the city also began to play cheerful music, the city wall was relaxed, and a war that should have been brutal was played by this Li Huanzhang as a joke.

Looking at the cheerful newcomers, Li Huanzhang, who was smiling relaxedly, was thinking seriously in his heart: "The cruel battle is still to come, I hope you people can die happily." ”

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