Back to the end of Ming Dynasty to be a warlord

Chapter 223 The Last Battle?
Morale can be affected for many reasons.

Some soldiers are homesick. It has been almost April since they left home at the end of last year. It has lasted nearly half a year.

But when they were in Nanjing, these soldiers often had the opportunity to go home only at the end of the year. It is reasonable to say that half a year would not make them homesick.

Some soldiers were worried that they would not be able to return home alive. Although Yang Chao had more than 600 soldiers, the casualties in the battle with the captive soldiers were less than [-], which was less than [-]%, but no one wanted to be that one.

There is a very cruel punishment in the West, called the Eleven Killing Order. For the entire army that made a mistake, it is decided by lottery that one out of ten people will be killed. This kind of punishment is considered the most cruel. Extremely afraid.

Therefore, it is a very terrifying thing for an army to be able to withstand [-]% of casualties, and it is generally only able to bear it under extremely special circumstances.

Nearly [-]% of Yang Chao's troops were killed or injured, and it is understandable for the soldiers to worry that they will die.

There are also soldiers who are worried that if they die, they will live in embarrassment at home in the future, and their parents will have no one to support them.

Yang Chao's military pay has always been the most satisfying thing for soldiers. He has never been in arrears and is paid in full every time. Therefore, these people come to serve in the army for the purpose of military pay. Any patriotic spirit and sentiment of serving the country are false. No one would believe it.

After Yang Chao learned about the soldiers' worries, he finally understood that all the problems were still worries about the future.

Worried about not being able to survive, I do have a fear of death, but I also worry that my relatives will not be supported in the future.

To sum up, the root cause of morale problems is that soldiers can't see hope, feel confused about the future, and fear of death.

Thinking of this, Yang Chao felt that the soldiers should be relieved of stress so that they would not have any worries.

Tell the soldiers that dead soldiers can get generous pensions, 100 taels for small soldiers, 500 taels for team leaders, [-] taels for banner chiefs, and [-] taels for those who are over hundred. This money is enough to support their parents.

Yang Chao quickly informed the officers of these pension standards and asked them to convey them to the soldiers.

The most important thing is to let the soldiers clearly see the hope that they can go back alive.

These soldiers should be told clearly that they can go home, at least most of them can go home, and they will go home soon.

Therefore, Yang Chao immediately summoned all the soldiers to give lectures.

"Brothers! I know that everyone is homesick, and I, Yang Chao, are also homesick. But why did we come here? Because of the Eastern captives, they came to our Daming on horseback. They burned, killed, looted and did all kinds of evil. They killed Our Daming people robbed our Daming’s gold and silver property, and also captured our Daming men and took our women back as slaves. If we don’t come to Haizhou, they will go to Nanjing to rob and kill us, so the imperial court sent Let's come to King Qin."

Yang Chaoxiao is righteous, but the effect is not good. Half a year has already worn down the spirit of the soldiers. It is true that they were still enthusiastic and dared to charge the captive soldiers two days ago, but this does not prevent them from being depressed today. Even scholars who have read poetry and books have no national righteousness, let alone these military households from the bottom of society. If the country treats them badly, don't expect them to be loyal to the country. Power and obligation are mutual. When the country is ruined and the family is destroyed, the vast majority will surrender, not to mention these military households who are usually just struggling to survive.

Seeing this situation, Yang Chao immediately shouted: "Brothers, are you afraid of Tartars? Are you cowards?"

After asking, looking at Zhao Kang and other soldiers, Zhao Kang immediately shouted: "Don't be afraid, we are not cowards."

Yang Chao continued: "Yes, you are not cowards, you are all good men. Just the day before yesterday, I saw you, it was you, who dared to charge towards the captive cavalry with a broken spear. There is still such a thing in this world. Are you a hero? Only you!"

The praise finally made the soldiers have a little sense of honor. Thinking of their brave behavior three days ago, their blood slowly stirred up.

But suddenly Yang Chao's tone changed: "I know you are all heroes, and you are not afraid of tartars. It's just that you are homesick, and you miss your parents. I also miss my home, and I miss my parents. But it's not that I don't want to take you back home now." home, but a group of bandits in the north, and they won't let us go home!"

Yang Chao changed his tone again and became agitated: "They won't let us go home! Brothers, they are cavalry and we are infantry. Now they are hanging by our side like vicious dogs. As soon as we leave, they will immediately They will follow and bite us, and they will not stop until they take a piece of our flesh."

After a pause, Yang Chao asked: "Brothers, you said, these Tartars are here, how do we go?"

"Kill them!"

Zhao Kang took the lead in shouting.

"Kill them all!"

Others followed suit.

"Yes, kill all the Tartars, and only then can you go home after killing all the Tartars!"

Yang Chao shouted loudly.

"Kill the Tartars, go home! Kill the Tartars, go home!"

Yang Chao chanted slogans, and the entire army was chanting, their emotions were agitated, and their morale was completely mobilized.

You can't let go of your anger, take this opportunity and attack immediately!

Yang Chao made a decisive decision.

"All officers and soldiers, immediately leave the camp and line up in a long line! In the last battle, kill all the tartars and go home immediately!"

Soon the soldiers with high morale came out of the camp one by one under the leadership of their respective officers.

The soldiers were agitated, but Yang Chao was calm. He found that his agitation ability was pretty good. He probably learned it in college debates. Sometimes logic doesn’t hold the advantage, so one has to mess around with emotion. Yang Chao is proficient in this kind of rascal. style of play.

At this time, the soldiers were very excited, looking at the captive soldiers in the north, they wished they could choose someone to devour. These Tartars had now become demons preventing them from going home.

But Yang Chao was very calm, he didn't immediately let the soldiers charge, but started to form formations.

Arranged in three square formations, the first row of thirty shield chariots, the second row of thirty bird gunners, the third row of thirty archers, the fourth row of spearmen, and fifteen sword and shield soldiers on each side.

There are 150 people in one phalanx, and more than 400 people in three phalanxes. The three phalanxes advance in a zigzag shape, supporting each other and covering each other.

"No progress!"

Everyone stepped forward.

"Shout the password!"

"One two, one two!"

Every soldier shouted the password and stepped left and right, and soon more than 400 people formed a step point, beating the ground like a drumstick.

Yang Chao's array attracted many people.

When he left the camp, the common people in the warehouse area became excited. They all knew that Master Yang was going to fight the Tartars again, so they ran out one after another, and the old and the young wanted to see it.

The soldiers and civilians in Haizhou City also raised their heads, and even the people in the city rushed to the city, wanting to see how the Ming army who came to help kill the Tartars. The reputation of Yang Chao's army is in Haizhou these days. It was rumored in the city that he was crazy, and that he had become a heavenly soldier and general.

Even the magistrate of Haizhou got the news, and under the protection of his own group of servants, he went to the city to check it himself.

Of course, the movement of Yang Chao's army could not hide from the eyes of the captive soldiers, and the captive soldiers also came out of the camp to gather at this time.

Originally, there were more than 100 captive soldiers, and the remnant soldiers from the south were gathered, and their number was still more than 100.

After seeing the Ming army leaving the camp, the captive soldiers also formed a cavalry formation accordingly, as if planning to fight to the death.

However, the captive soldiers seem to have some scruples. The lessons learned from the annihilation of the captive soldiers in the south cannot prevent them from worrying.

Therefore, they were only setting up formations in front of the camp, but they did not rush up immediately.

Yang Chao glanced coldly at the cavalry formation in front of the barracks.

I still have a lot of questions in my heart, and I can't figure out what this captive soldier is still doing here, what is the motivation to drive them to stay here, and why they are still entangled after losing so many people.

But these days, Yang Chao deliberately dragged this group of captive soldiers and secretly encouraged them to attack, with the purpose of killing more.

Therefore, Yang Chao has not fired a single cannon these past few days, otherwise the camp of the captive soldiers would not have existed at all, and it would have been flattened by cannons long ago.

As a result, Yang Chao stopped firing. The captive soldiers probably thought that Yang Chao's ammunition was exhausted, so they came to harass him from time to time. They didn't even move the tents, and kept them near Yang Chao's camp.

Although he couldn't figure out the purpose of the captive soldier, Yang Chao was very confident. After today's battle, he didn't need to think about the strange thoughts of this captive soldier, because after today's battle, the captive soldier would either escape or be beheaded. Kill them all, for dead enemies, their intentions have no meaning at all.

After walking on the same spot for a quarter of an hour, Yang Chao shouted: "Let's go together!"

His own soldiers moved first, and then the soldiers on both sides began to follow, walking slowly, adjusting slowly, and after more than ten steps, it was a neat straight line again.

After the wall array started to move forward, the captive soldiers still did not move, and there was even a faint sense of panic. Many captive soldiers neighed their war horses, and the captive soldiers tried their best to control the formation so that they did not mess up the formation.

The war horse is psychic, and the restlessness of the war horse reflects the will of the captive soldiers.

The wall array has advanced twenty steps, and the barracks of the barbarians are two hundred steps away from the warehouse. At this time, the barracks are only 180 steps away from Yang Chao's army.

The wall array had advanced thirty steps, and at a distance of 170 steps, the captive soldiers finally moved.

Slowly press the speed of the horse and move forward.

The distance between the two sides is only 150 steps in ten steps.

Yang Chao himself was not in the army, but in the camp. Yang Chao promised that the soldiers would not take risks, so he had to stay in the camp this time.

Therefore, after the army was dispatched, Yang Chao returned to the camp to sit in command, but kept an eye on the situation on the battlefield.

Seeing that the most prominent phalanx of the Pin-shaped army formation was about 150 steps away from the captive soldiers, Yang Chao suddenly ordered:

"fire!"

The order was quickly conveyed to the ears of every gunner who had been waiting for a long time. .

Five general cannons and four thousand gold Francophones ignited at the same time, a puff of white smoke came out of the muzzles, and the hot shells roared out of the cannon bores, roaring towards the camp of captive soldiers.

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