After a night of carnival, Yang Ge and the others had to face dripping blood.

Of the 5,000 members of the Ming Sect, 1,326 were killed and more than 2,400 were wounded.

Of the 2,000 men in the recruiting battalion, 798 were killed, and almost all of the rest were wounded.

Of the nine hundred embroidered wrestlers on the right side, seventy-nine were killed and one hundred and seven were wounded.

There were more than 1,400 good men in the chain, 257 killed and 336 wounded.

Of the 300 soldiers of the Xiang family, 34 were killed and 33 were wounded......

With less than 10,000 troops, against more than 20,000 Japanese pirates, and at the cost of 2,494 casualties, more than 20,000 Japanese were completely annihilated.

But human lives are not numbers.

It's just that Yang Ge seems to have suddenly realized that human life is not a number until this moment.

In the glimmer of the morning light, they slept quietly side by side on the soft sand, peacefully in the salty sea breeze.

It's as if when the sun is still rising, they will sit up comfortably, stretch their waists, and tell their companions with a smile what kind of dream he had last night......

Yang Ge was interspersed among them, walking back and forth without saying a word.

No one knew what he was thinking, only to feel the air pressure around him getting lower and lower, only to see his steps getting heavier and heavier, and only to see his spine slowly collapse......

Everyone wanted to persuade him to open a little.

I want to tell him that life and death are fateful.

I want to tell him that they deserved to die.

But no one could speak......

The rising sun finally leaped out of the sea, plating their calm faces with a layer of red brilliance.

It's dawn.

But they will never wake up again......

Yang Ge watched them stand in the morning sun for a long time, and finally fell to the ground heavily, kowtowed to them three times, and shouted hoarsely: "Brothers, go all the way!" ”

Suddenly, everyone sitting or standing on the beach knelt down in unison towards them, desperately pulling their throats and shouting: "Brothers, go all the way!" ”

The shouts echoed again and again in the strait, and it seemed that there were more than 2,494 people's voices.

……

After cleaning the battlefield, the leaders of the six roads met for the last time.

Yang Ge: "How many silver taels are the spoils of this battle?" ”

Wei Xin, who was in charge of the overall situation, set his eyes on Wang Kuan, and replied meaningfully: "Back to the second master, I can eat all the blades and firearms left by the Japanese Kou at the market price, and these fifty-eight ships on the shore are ......."

Wang Kuan knew what he meant, and immediately replied: "The ship is good, as long as the ship is still on the sea, my old king will buy all of them according to the price of the new ship, including the guns on the ship, and my old king will accept them!" ”

This ambush was launched after the landing of two rounds of Japanese pirates, and the ships on which the two Japanese were stationed were docked on the coast, and even if they were shelled and could no longer sail far, they were only stranded on the coast, fully equipped for repair, and less than a third of the Japanese ships were actually sunk at sea......

These pirates were engaged in the trading of sea raids, and most of the ships they took were small and medium-sized sea vessels that could accommodate 100 to 300 people.

According to the ex-factory price of the Fujian Shipyard, where the important ships of the Great Wei Dynasty are shipped, the cost of a medium-sized sea ship is 400 taels, and the cost of basic equipment is 200 taels, a total of 600 taels, if you count the artillery...... I can't beat a thousand taels!

And that's just the cost, if you count the premium of selling to pirates...... Wang Kuan wanted to get a fully armed medium-sized sea ship under the nose of the government, and it was difficult to get it without two thousand taels.

Yang Ge glanced at Wang Kuan and said lightly: "Twice as much...... You know for yourself that at this price, you will make a profit. ”

He was not referring to the premium that Wang Kuan paid for the ship.

It's the price of a veritable pirate king of the East China Sea.

As soon as these words came out, everyone present turned their eyes to Wang Kuan.

Wang Kuan hurriedly clenched his fists and arched his hands: "The price is all up to the second master...... It's just that my old king is only making up 60,000 taels of silver for smashing pots and selling iron, and the rest has to be delayed for three or five months. ”

Yang Ge nodded, and said concisely: "Three months, set up a note, I will personally ask you if it is overdue!" ”

Wang Qi hesitated for a moment, gritted his teeth and said, "Cheng, just do what the second master says!" ”

As soon as his words fell, Wei Xin immediately took the account book and went up, pointing to the various ships stranded on the seashore to discuss the price with Wang Kuan.

Soon, he settled the entire account, hugged his fist at Yang Ge and said: "Second Master, after a rough calculation of all the loot at the moment, the total price is about 150,000 taels of silver, and the error will not exceed 3,000 taels, of which 55,000 taels will be paid by the Wang Da Boss's side within three months." ”

One hundred and fifty thousand taels?

As soon as this number came out, even the leaders of all walks of life present were not short of food and clothing, and they couldn't help but breathe.

Yang Ge glanced left and right, and said softly: "My brother will settle the accounts, and one person from each family will participate in the accounting." ”

"After the five families have completed the accounting of the accounts, half of the money will be taken and distributed to the widows of all the fallen brothers as a pension."

"No matter which way you go, no matter whether you will have other pensions, they will all be treated equally!"

"The remaining half was divided into five, two to the wounded brothers, and the remaining two equally to all the brothers who went to war."

"That is to say, all the disabled and wounded brothers are to be paid twice, once for the disabled and wounded, and once for the war."

"What do you have to add to this discussion, take advantage of the moment to make it clear in front of the gong and the drum."

As soon as his words fell, Zhou Fu hurriedly hugged his fists and said: "Second master, we are waiting for the soldiers to be paid, fighting against the Japanese and guarding Sang Zi is within my bounds, and the heroes have generously helped, and the subordinates and their sons and daughters have been grateful in their hearts, and they really have no shame to take the spoils of war, and we are disabled and killed, and there are ......pensions in the capital."

Before he finished speaking, Yang Ge interrupted impatiently: "You are transferred from the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Metropolitan Divisions by my Yang Erlang, and the money is also distributed to you by my Yang Erlang, no matter who the others are, it has nothing to do with you, if the imperial court and the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Divisions want to pursue it, although they push it on my Yang Erlang alone, as long as I Yang Erlang does not die, I will definitely keep you safe, if you are afraid that my Yang Erlang will affect your future, even if you don't take a penny, the brothers follow me to fight this bloody battle, I can't let them shed blood and tears!" ”

Zhou Fu's face turned red suddenly, and he clenched his fists to the end: "What do you want to mention again, what is the future, you are a bright and upright hero, but Xia Guan is not the villain of the fly camp dog, the second master's heart, Xia Guan will be ashamed to accept it on behalf of the brothers!" ”

Yang Ge gave him a thumbs up: "I don't mean to look down on you, you are all good, Jiangsu and Zhejiang should be proud of you!" ”

After a pause, he glanced at the rest of the people around him, and shouted impatiently: "They are all dignified seven-foot men, all be happy, if you have something to say, if you have a fart, let it go!" ”

Yang Tiansheng crooked his mouth, and said angrily: "After you finish speaking, what else can the master say?" As you say, the master has no opinion. ”

Xiang Wushu exhaled softly, and said with a look of admiration: "I am ashamed that you can do this job." ”

Li Jincheng smiled and gave Yang Ge a thumbs up: "You don't have to pick what you do, the brothers have to be grateful to you." ”

Fang Ke clenched his fists without hesitation: "It's all up to adults!" ”

"Good!"

Yang Ge slowed down his tone and tried to calm himself down: "Since everyone agrees on my distribution method, then let's talk about it first, and then we won't mess up." ”

"I don't care what my status is, what background I have, whoever this money belongs to, it must be who's it, if there is no one in the brother's family, no one receives this money, this money will be used to find him a good cemetery so that he can sleep well."

"You call me a dog and a mouse, or I am nosy, anyway...... But if you let me know that there is a brother who died here, and his widow has been reduced to begging for food, selling children and daughters, then please don't blame me Yang Erlang for turning his face and not recognizing people! ”

"As for the favor of the rank, I Yang Erlang keep it in mind, and in the future, if I Yang Erlang can help me, even if I speak, as long as it does not violate my principles of being a man, I will never say anything!"

Yang Tiansheng looked at him with a frown: "Why are you so busy when you're full?" Do you think that the young master's family has a big business, and he will be greedy for this money that loses his conscience? ”

He always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't say what was wrong.

Li Jincheng also smiled and said: "You can't say that, Erlang is undoubtedly chivalrous, but he takes the weight of the four words of morality in the rivers and lakes lightly, this kind of life money will be spurned by the entire rivers and lakes, and don't think about raising his head to be a man again......"

He felt that Yang Erlang's words were aimed at him, after all, Yang Erlang had always had some opinions about some people in their Lianhuanwu, and Yang Erlang had never concealed his opinions about those people.

Xiang Wushu also said solemnly: "Brother Yang is indeed kind, and he is indeed too worried!" ”

He didn't think much about it, but felt that Yang Erlang couldn't help but take them too lightly.

Zhou Fu squeezed his palms and shook his hands: "Second master, rest assured, this money is guaranteed by the head of the lower official, and no one will stretch out his hand, if there is, the second master will not do it, and the lower official will be inseparable from him first." ”

He didn't think much about it, from his point of view, what Yang Erlang said was the truth...... If there is no external interference, it is indeed impossible for the money to be completely distributed to the widows of the fallen soldiers, or half or even one-third, of the money can be distributed to their widows.

Fang Ke pursed his lower lip and looked left and right, suddenly felt a little sad, and said in a choked low voice: "My lord, you can't take everything on your own head, I can guarantee that even if we wake up the brothers who are lying down, they will definitely say that they will not regret it...... You have done enough, and you have done well enough, how can there be immortals in war? We have won a big victory, the enemy is dead, Jiangsu and Zhejiang are safe, and their wives and children are still here, and this life is not in vain! ”

After he finished speaking, everyone present was stunned.

They suddenly understood why Yang Erlang said those words......

Yang Ge pursed the corners of his lips vigorously, turned around, and carried them on his back, looking at the bones that could not be seen at a glance...... Under the fiery red morning sun, it looks like a flower blooming everywhere.

He suppressed the surging emotions in his heart, and tried to whisper: "Whose life is not life, your own life is valuable, and other people's lives are priceless......"

After a pause, he suddenly turned his head and smiled: "I'm really not an official!" ”

Everyone looked at him in amazement, only to think that his laughter was more ugly than crying.

Fang Ke took a step forward: "My lord, you ......"

"Okay, don't comfort me, I'm not a child!"

After Yang Ge waved his hand, he tried to lift his spirits, waved his hand in the direction of the mouth of the strait, and said loudly with his true spirit: "Brothers, bring the brothers who are lying in bed, bring those Japanese utensils, and return to Hangzhou with great fanfare, they are all heroes who fight against foreign invaders and defend their homes and defend the country, and heroes should not go to another world in obscurity......"

All the good boys on the beach heard the sound and said yes.

The figures with their heads held high and their faces flushed were strange even when their family members saw them.

How can so many people be willing to follow a man who has lived an extraordinarily screwed life himself? Even a short follower seems to have become something to be proud of?

The crowd moved, and the trees were cut to make a stretcher.

Those who were not injured carried their sleeping and seriously wounded siblings.

The wounded, shoulder-to-shoulder, supported each other and followed the rear of the brigade.

They laughed and said goodbye to the people of the Wufeng fleet, and walked on the official road through the state and set off for Hangzhou......

The tattered flags of the would-be pirates were draped over the donkeys transporting the baggage, and no matter how unscrupulously they whipped the industrious donkeys with the strange cries of "woo-ah" and "woo-ah", they followed the donkeys and laughed "ho-ho-ho", and they never got tired of it.

When the people along the way heard the news, they timidly looked at it from a distance of several miles, wanting to come up to see the real thing, but they didn't dare to come up.

Thieves come like combs, soldiers come like grates, and officials come like shavings.

Countless bloody lessons have long been taught to them, but whenever a large group of men and horses cross, whether it is a soldier or a bandit, as long as they stay away, they will not go wrong.

The brigade of people walking on the official road noticed the local people watching from afar, they neither explained nor drove away, let them look at them, and some of them even made grimaces to scare those bare-assed little hairy children, and then pointed to their appearance of running away and laughed......

When I came, I wore the stars and the moon, a trip to the mountains and a trip to the water, and rushed from Hangzhou to Zhoushan in three or two days.

On the way back, I walked and stopped, lived and died, and walked for five or six days before finally arriving in Hangzhou.

Along the way, more and more people from Jiangsu and Zhejiang rushed to watch after hearing the news, from timidly watching from a distance of several miles, to looking at them suspiciously after confirming that they were indeed harmless to humans and animals, and then to the news of the Japanese mass grave in the Zhoushan Strait arrived faster than them......

When they arrived in Hangzhou, they were greeted by a tsunami of people.

Yang Tiansheng was still mixing in the crowd at first, smiling like a blooming chrysanthemum.

But soon, he laughed more ugly than crying, and when he turned around and grabbed Yang Ge's neck, he shook it: "Yang Er, you really deserve to die!" ”

Because I don't know which know-it-all is well-fed, the name of the five heroes of Zhoushan was spread.

Boss, Yang Erlang.

The second, Yang Tiansheng.

The third child, Xiang is invincible.

Fourth, Li Jincheng.

The fifth, Zhou Fu.

As soon as this ranking came out, it was unanimously praised and recognized by the people of Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

They don't know what the heroes are.

I don't understand the dispute between the new and old gunners of the Lianwu and the Jiangdong Xiang family.

I don't understand how anti-Tiangang it is to line up the people of Mingjiao and the officers and soldiers of the imperial court.

Anyway......

As long as they are ranked first.

"Then we're going to help!"

What about Mr. Storyteller? Add to the second master!

What about the opera troupe? Chartered for the second master!

When Wang Kuan, who was wandering on the sea, heard the news, his intestines were green with regret, and he couldn't wait to travel back to the day of the coastal battle, and pinched himself at that time and roared: "Open the cannon!" ”

I haven't recovered from my cold today, and I can't eat anything from vomiting and diarrhea, so there's only this chapter...... I'll wait until I'm in a better state, please forgive me, I'm very sorry.

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