Chapter 279: The Sword of the Brave
Song Qi unhurriedly took out one of the wooden frames from Yin Tie's hand, held it in his hand, and read it out loud in his mouth as if holding a holy decree: "General Lai Ming, who was bravely wounded during the surprise attack on Tiema Pass, was later unfortunately and heroically died in the battle of Liuyun County. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć info recorded special merits, rewarded with a pension of 5,000 taels, and the unit was named the Brave Army. ā
Everyone listened intently, for fear of missing a word. After listening to it, I couldn't help but be a little disappointed at first, then surprised, then admired, and finally burst into thunderous applause.
Song Qi took out another wooden frame and read: "General Qu Yining, in the battle of Tiema Pass, fought fiercely with the enemy generals, and unfortunately died heroically. Recorded special merits, rewarded with a pension of 5,000 taels, and the unit was named the Brave Force. ā
Thunderous applause.
Song Qi took out the third wooden frame and read: "General Miao Feng, in the battle of Iron Horse Pass to defend the city, he was unfortunately bravely wounded, and then he refused to be provoked by the rebel general, and was unfortunately killed by the rebel general. Recorded special merits, rewarded with a pension of 5,000 taels, and the unit was named the Brave Force. ā
When he said this, Song Qi simply roared.
The applause came and went like a raging wave, one wave overpowering another.
Everyone whispered to each other: "Those who died in battle are rewarded, and we who are alive are worried about something." ā
This is a hundred times more effective than what was just said. Because, it is inevitable that there will be contrived exaggeration and deception in what is said, but the reward is real and visible to the naked eye. What is called equal treatment, this is called equal treatment! No explanation is needed, and any explanation is superfluous.
Song Qi's voice really couldn't speak anymore. The following words were announced by Yin Tie, who was like a tiger just coming down from the mountain, and his voice was loud and long: "Next, please ask the three adjutant generals of the late general to come to the stage to receive the certificate of merit!" Presented by General Mingyu! As for the prize money, we will arrange for it to be delivered to the families of the three generals. ā
Lai Ming's deputy general Kuang Ye, Qu Yining's deputy general Qin Cai, and Miao Feng's deputy general Ji Shen, with joy and excitement on their faces, under the gaze of 200,000 pairs of eyes, and under the encouragement of applause and applause, they boarded the military platform and took over the wooden frame with the words of commendation and another slightly smaller wooden frame from the beautiful Mingyu. The wooden frame was about one foot five long and one foot wide, and there were four big characters written on it: "Brave Troops".
What a great honour! The three of them held the wooden frame in their hands and rotated it in all directions so that everyone could read the words on the certificate.
At this moment, when the soldiers in the audience looked at Song Qi, they completely looked up and worshipped.
When Mingyu looked at Song Qi, he seemed to have a feeling of looking up to him, looking at him in front and suddenly in the back.
Yin Tie smiled at the corner of his mouth and continued to read:
"Deputy General Diandian, in the battle of the Iron Horse Pass to defend the city, braved the enemy's stone rain, successfully suppressed the enemy's ballista, and established an indelible contribution to the victory of our army. Record special merits, a bonus of 1,000 taels of silver, and a sword of the brave. The unit is named the Brave Force. ā
Diandian was already on the stage, and he didn't need to walk a few steps to Mingyu, and happily took over the silver ticket representing the bonus and the wooden frame of the "Brave Army" from the latter.
"The following six people were awarded first-class merits: Bagan, Mao Yong, Ao Bao, Solo, Li Su, and Shu Fu. The prize is 500 taels of silver, and the sword of the brave is given. ā
The award for the first class merit was presented by Fu Haowei. Fu Haowei's face was full of red light, patted the shoulders of each awardee in turn, and encouraged: "Not bad! Attaboy! ā
"There are the following one hundred and eight people who have been awarded second-class merits: Cha Nenggui, Yi Fan, Hao Peng, Chao Hu, Wu Biao, Ma Dai... The prize is one hundred taels of silver. ā
The award of second-class merit was presented by Yu Man. Yu was full of calmness, and also shook hands with the awardees one by one, encouraging: "Do it well!" ā
"There are the following two thousand and sixteen people who have been awarded third-class merits: Kuang Ye, Qin Cai, Ji Shen, Dou Qing, and Zhan Nian... Twenty taels of silver. ā
The award of the third class merit was awarded by Seal Iron. Yin Tie was even more jubilant and encouraged: "Keep up the good work!" ā
"There are nine thousand nine hundred and eighty-one people who have been honored with fourth-class meritorious service... The prize money is ten taels of silver. ā
The fourth-class meritorious service award was jointly presented by Song Qiming, Yu Fu, Fu Haowei, Yu Manyin, Tiediandian, Mao Yong, and Shufu on the stage.
At this time, the winners of the award came to the stage in turn to receive the award, you came to the stage and I got off the stage, the stage was like a marquee constantly changing people's heads, and the eyes of the people below were spent.
Although those who did not receive the award were disappointed, this disappointment was only fleeting. They know in their hearts that they have not done much. Who told himself to retreat from the battle and lack the spirit of bravery?
They stared at the certificate in the recipient's hand, and thought to themselves: I must make a merit next time. Thinking of this, the non-awardees are also full of passion and high morale. For a time, the army's heart was like iron, and the morale was like a rainbow...
When there were eight of them left on the stage again, Yin Tie's face was full of red light, and he announced to the audience: "The following is the sword donation ceremony, please honor the people of special merit and first-class merit to come to the stage and accept the sword gift from General Song." ā
A sword-giving ceremony? What is this ritual? When everyone listened, they couldn't help but be interested, and their eyes were once again focused on the point.
Diandian Mao Yong was already on the stage, so he took a few steps forward to receive the award. Bagan, Ao Bao, Li Su, Shu Fu and other four people walked from the stage to the stage again, lined up with a spring breeze on their faces.
Yin Tie held seven short swords in his hand and followed behind Song Qi.
These seven short swords, about a foot long, are more daggers than swords. The scabbard is made of gray-green crocodile leather, and the hilt is decorated in bronze in the shape of a colorful tiger representing the brave spirit of the sword.
Song Qi walked quickly to Diandian, picked up a sword from Yin Tie's hand, and handed it to Diandian with both hands. Diandian respectfully took the short sword.
Then Song Qi gave the sword to the hands of the six people in turn, and the six people all held the sword and looked up and down left and right.
The soldiers in the audience all looked at these six people, and shouted: "Pull it out and show us what kind of sword it is!" ā
The six people all looked at Song Qi, and Song Qi smiled.
Diandian holds the scabbard in one hand and the hilt in the other. He felt that the sword body and the hilt were running in tightly, so he used a little force to pull out the sword from the scabbard, only to see the sword body shining cold, extremely sharp, and after the sword body was all drawn, the sword body let out a long roar. One side of the sword body is engraved with "The brave wins when they meet on the narrow road", and the other side is engraved with "The sword of the brave, given by Song Qi." ā
At this time, the other five people also showed their swords one after another. The six swords swung in the air together, emitting dazzling rays of light, and these six rays of light seemed to cover the entire school field.
The people below were dazzled, itchy and envious.
"Sword of the Brave!" The six people on the stage excitedly waved the sword of the brave together, cheering loudly, "The brave wins when they meet on the narrow road!" (To be continued.) )