Rise From the Humble

  Chapter 1719 Desperate and Regretful Zhao Wenhua

When Zhu Ping'an and his party wore Japanese pirate night clothes and swaggered towards the Chinese army camp, the Chinese army camp had already been engulfed in flames. Most of the tents were burning with raging fire. Only the most handsome tent in the center, there were still five The personal guard camp guarding the commander's tent is still alive, like an isolated island in a sea of ​​flames, but it is also in danger, and there is a danger of being burned and destroyed by flames at any time.

  Koji Nakamura led more than a hundred Japanese pirates and surrounded the isolated island like a wolf, launching wave after wave of conspiracy.

   Surrounded by Japanese pirates, there are more than a hundred panic-stricken Ming soldiers. They are the personal guard battalion, and they are now the only organized unit in the Chinese army camp.

  Zhao Wenhua huddled behind a group of guards with disheveled hair, wearing white pajamas, his belt hadn't been tied in time, and his feet were barefoot. He didn't know whether he lost his shoes or didn't have time to wear them.

  Hu Zongxian was also with Zhao Wenhua, also in pajamas, apparently awakened by Japanese pirates in his sleep.

  However, compared to Zhao Wenhua's embarrassment and panic, Hu Zongxian was much calmer. While protecting Zhao Wenhua with a shield, he commanded a small number of personal guards to withstand waves of Japanese pirates' onslaught.

  The situation is very dangerous.

  The Japanese pirates were fierce and good at fighting, and they came prepared, not only holding sharp Japanese swords, but also equipped with hidden weapons such as sleeve arrows and poison darts. While attacking from the front, he also used cold shots from time to time to shoot hidden arrows and poison darts, taking the lives of one Ming army after another.

   Originally there were more than 200 personal guard camps, but in less than a cup of tea, there were only more than 100 people left.

   "Damn it, have these Japanese pirates lost their minds and gone mad, or have they got the time wrong? I didn't come when I presided over the sea sacrifice ceremony. The sea sacrifice ceremony is over. Is there any point in coming to the sacrificial place to kill people and set fire?"

  Zhao Wenhua, who was in the protection center of the Ming army, shrank his head and stared at the ferocious Japanese pirates attacking outside, cursing angrily.

"Hold on, hold on, don't try to kill the enemy, just hold on. We have 10,000 troops here, and tens of thousands of troops are rushing to help them ten miles away. As long as we hold on for a while, tens of thousands of reinforcements will come to support us. Victory It must belong to us. At that time, everyone will reward fifty taels of silver, no, one hundred taels."

Hu Zongxian loudly commanded the guards to resist the onslaught of the Japanese pirates. Seeing that the battalion of the personal guards was on the verge of collapse under the onslaught of the Japanese pirates, many of the guards were terrified of being killed by the Japanese pirates. After fleeing for his life, he had no choice but to use the trick of a brave man under a heavy reward, and let the guards work hard.

   Sure enough, under the heavy reward of one hundred taels of silver, the guard camp showed a burst of courage again, and once again withstood the Japanese pirates' offensive.

Only then did Hu Zongxian have the time to answer Zhao Wenhua's words, "My lord, I only understand what Zihou said now. Whether the official ceremony of offering sacrifices to the sea is held or not has an impact on us. We have to complete the mission of the Holy Majesty, but it has no impact on the Japanese pirates. They don't care." Whether the sea sacrifice ceremony is completed or not, they only need to kill people and set fire to the sea sacrifice site to achieve their goal, and they can also embarrass the court and raise their reputation."

   "Oh, I regret not listening to Zihou's words." Zhao Wenhua couldn't help but let out a long sigh, full of regret.

  If you had listened to Zhu Ping'an's suggestion and raised your vigilance to guard against night raids by Japanese pirates, why would you be here today?

  Hu Zongxian couldn't help but feel regretful. When Zhu Pingan came to warn Zhao Wenhua last night, he drank too much and didn't think carefully about Zhu Pingan's words, and seeing that Zhao Wenhua dismissed Zhu Pingan with disapproval, he didn't say anything more

   Lift.

  Now that I think about it, I really regret it. If there is regret medicine in this world, it would be great, I would like to take it as a meal.

   When the two were regretting, the Japanese pirates' offensive became more violent. In addition to direct and hidden arrows, they also insidiously threw torches at Zhao Wenhua's side, not only throwing people, but also throwing tents.

   Zhao Wenhua and others who threw the torch were in a panic. People could hide while they were alive, but the tent was dead and could not move. Soon, the guard camp outside was set alight by Japanese pirates.

  The scorching fire once again compressed the space for activities of Zhao Wenhua and others, making the situation even more dangerous.

   "Insidious! Shameless!"

  Zhao Wenhua couldn't help cursing, his pajamas were burned, and a hole was exposed in his thigh.

  Hu Zongxian was also forced to frown by the Japanese pirates. The Japanese pirates are too insidious.

   Seeing that the pirates were going to repeat their tricks again and attack the candle tent, Zhao Wenhua couldn't stand it anymore. Inside the candle tent were the banknotes he had recently accepted, worth tens of thousands of taels of silver.

  Money is still second, the most important thing is that he still has the imperial decree for the sacrifice to the sea in his tent, which cannot be missed.

  If the imperial decree is destroyed by Japanese pirates, then he will be in trouble.

   "Hurry up, hurry up, separate out a few people to protect the commander's tent, there is an imperial decree in it, and there is no room for loss."

   Zhao Wenhua shouted hastily.

   "Tear it down, tear down the marshal's tent, so that it won't be easy to ignite." Hu Zongxian added hastily.

   "Yes, that's right, the handsome tent has been dismantled." Zhao Wenhua suddenly realized.

   Originally, the troops were at a loss and there were dangers everywhere. Now that a few people were assigned to dismantle the commander's tent, the strength of the army was even more insufficient.

  Before the candle tent was dismantled, the Japanese pirates almost broke through the defense line of the guards. It was Hu Zongxian who had a sharp eye and commanded in time to block the gap.

   But even so, the human defense line of the Guards Battalion is still in jeopardy, and it is normal to overturn in the next second.

   "No, you can't sit still and wait for death. It's better to concentrate your forces and break out in one direction."

Zhao Wenhua grabbed Hu Zongxian and muttered, now he doesn't care about the imperial decree and money, and his life is more important. If the green hills are left, he will not worry about no firewood, and if the money is gone, he can ask for it again. There are a lot of people who intercede; if the imperial decree is gone, the foster father can help cover it up, even if it cannot be covered up, he can also help intercede, so that there is no hope for salvation: but there is only one life, if it is lost here, then it will be lost. It's all over.

   It will be a matter of time before the Japanese pirates break through the defense line of the soldiers and meat shields. It may not last for a second, or at most two or three quarters.

  So, he wanted to break out and survive.

   "Your Excellency, no." Hu Zongxian shook his head decisively and rejected Zhao Wenhua's proposal to break through.

   "Why not?! This is a dead end, these wastes are not the opponents of Japanese pirates at all."

   Zhao Wenhua stared.

"My lord, not to mention that under the siege of the Japanese pirates, it is as difficult to break through as the sky; even if we escape by chance, it is the way to die. Under the siege of the Japanese pirates, we can still gather soldiers to use our lives, but if we break out , These soldiers will scatter and run for their lives, how will you and I escape the Japanese pirates?!" Hu Zongxian explained in a low voice.

   "Then wait here to die?" Zhao Wenhua asked anxiously.

"My lord, not to mention that the garrison ten miles away saw the fire in the sacrificial place, and they will come here to rescue; we have more than 10,000 soldiers and horses in the sacrificial place, He, Shen and others may not be able to count on it, but Yu Dayou, a veteran of the battlefield , After a long battle, there is a team of veterans who have seen blood under the devil. They will not be easily defeated by Japanese pirates. As long as they have a little time, they can clean up the chaos and send troops to support the Chinese army; , and will not be completely defeated by the Japanese pirates' raid, he will also clean up the chaos in time and support the Chinese army; and Zihou, he warned the adults last night that the Zhejiang army camp must have been prepared for a long time, and will not be easily taken by the Japanese pirates If you succeed, maybe he is leading an army to support the Central Army right now, I believe that if you hold on for a cup of tea at most, the reinforcements will come, and this problem will be solved by itself."

   Hu Zongxian said quickly, pointing out Yu Dayou, Tang Kekuan, and Zhu Pingan to help Zhao Wenhua increase his confidence.

  (end of this chapter)