Chapter 294: Release
"Dashuai, what should I do when I meet the herdsmen of the Qiyan Department?" As soon as the order to march into the net was reached, Luo Hanhuai was the first to ask a question.
"From the Prairie Practice." After Yan Kang confessed without thinking, he immediately led a battalion alone and ran straight to the west.
It was customary in the steppes to cut off the heads of men above the height of the tribe's chariot if they did not surrender when they conquered other tribes.
When Wan Yan Kang led his troops to meet the first settlement of the beggar Yan tribe, the herdsmen who had discovered the enemy's traces had already jumped on horseback and picked up scimitars and bows and arrows.
The steppe people dismounted for the people and mounted for the soldiers, and hundreds of people gathered together, which can be regarded as a small military force. But how are the hundreds of stragglers who have temporarily gathered are the opponents of the elite soldiers of the White Horse City.
What's more, the soldiers of this battalion are still led by Wan Yankang himself.
With a stick of incense, this resistance force has been wiped out.
The women and children in the camp huddled in tents one by one, and the children cried in horror, and their mothers immediately covered their mouths.
According to the rules of the grassland, teenagers and elderly men above the height of the chariot were pulled out of the tents, lined up in several rows, and were pressed to their knees.
Most of the old people were blind, and they didn't even want to waste too much strength to struggle, ready to accept the impending death. There were only a few old men, with their hands folded, and they kept kowtowing to Wan Yankang's side.
The teenagers were scolding and struggling as they tried to escape from the butcher's knives above their heads. But the boy who could barely become a warrior had already gotten on his horse to fight, and fell in the wave of slaughter just now. The remaining teenagers are still young and weak, and in the hands of the sturdy warriors of White Horse City, they are like little chickens.
As the teenagers struggled powerlessly, their younger siblings seemed to understand something. Most of the children wept in front of the tent curtains, and then their mothers dragged them back into their tents, covering their eyes to prevent them from witnessing the impending tragedy.
Mothers, mostly sobbing silently.
Suddenly, a woman rushed towards Wan Yankang frantically. This woman was like a female leopard, unusually vigorous, and evaded the interception of several warriors before being captured.
The soldiers pushed her to the ground and pulled her to the first row of the man to be beheaded, ready to execute the woman along with her.
"Tengri, Tengri, please, please!"
Wan Yankang listened to the woman's cry, his heart moved, and he ordered her to be brought over: "I can spare women and children, it is already a great mercy, what more do you want?" ”
The woman made a five-body bow first, and then sobbed: "Tengger, my children and I are also your people, please, please, spare him." ”
After careful questioning, it turned out that this woman was originally a member of the Hongji Thorn Division, but last winter, she was kidnapped along with her three children. Her eldest son, who was already twelve years old, was placed in the second row to be beheaded.
"Bring her son out!" Wan Yan Kang commanded.
An unkempt teenager was pulled over and fell to his knees with the woman.
"And my people?" Wan Yankang asked.
The woman shook her head, her face full of joy.
That's when her son spoke up. The young man made a big salute to Yan Kang, stretched out his hand to the back, and said tremblingly: "Tengger, they are all your people!" ”
Wan Yankang sighed: "They are people from the beggar department, how can they be my people?" ”
"My father is a Han Chinese, and he taught me a sentence, the whole world, it is not the king's land, and the shore of the land is not the king's minister." After saying this, the young man lowered his head to the ground and said no more.
Wan Yankang pondered for a while, and praised leisurely: "I don't want to be a teenager, but I have such knowledge." ”
After saying that, he issued a military order to release all those who were to be beheaded.
The teenagers fled back to their homes and into their mother's arms. Most of the old people knelt on the ground and kept kowtowing, thanking Changshengtian and Wan Yankang for his kindness.
Looking at these originally hateful eyes, turned into gratitude, Wan Yankang's heart was relieved.
On the battlefield, he killed countless enemies, but when he wanted to wave the butcher's knife at the old and weak, he felt particularly panicked in his heart.
"Dashuai, aren't you right?" After following Yan Kang, the battalion commander Dalata came over to express his confusion after he had carried out the order in good condition.
"Darata, do you know what that young man meant by what he said just now?"
"What does he mean is that this land is already the territory of the great marshal, and these people are also the people of the great marshal?"
"That's right, Dalata, the martial arts hall is still not in vain. Since this grassland is already my territory, why should we continue to deepen our hatred! ”
"Dashuai, leave these men, I'm afraid that there will be trouble...... Dalata hesitated for a moment, expressing his concern.
Wan Yankang nodded: "Ben Shuai knows that mountain people have their own tricks. ”
After saying that, he issued another military order: all the horses, bows and arrows, and scimitars that could be ridden in the camp were handed over.
A quarter of an hour later, Yan Kang's order was perfectly executed.
At the same time, Wanyan Kang ordered Dalata to pick out two platoons and scatter them to convey the release order.
As long as the horses and weapons can be handed over, all personnel, including adult men, will be spared as long as they can hand over their horses and weapons along the way.
Don't talk about these young men and old men, even if they are original tribal warriors, without horses and weapons, what kind of storms can they turn over.
As long as Temujin is solved, these herdsmen are all good soldiers!
To kill, all it takes is a knife and a shot.
If you release the animals, you need to take a greater risk.
Releasing life is more long-term than killing them all.
With the implementation of the release order, the speed of the army's march was further affected.
The cavalry could travel 300 miles a day on the steppe, and 200 miles a day at the speed of the previous scattered march.
When there were more miscellaneous things such as collecting horses and weapons, the army could only march a hundred miles a day.
A day later, Wan Yankang realized that the speed of such a march was too slow, so he would mobilize half of the men and horses to regroup, and he would lead the team directly to the royal court of the Qiyan Tribe.
The remaining 30,000 horses were led by Wu Shiman, who continued to implement the release order and marched slowly.
After Wu Shiman listened to the order, he rode his horse and galloped to find Yan Kang, and he was angry: "Dashuai, you won't let me go to the south, and you won't let me fight here, just take my hat, I will open a restaurant to sell meat in the second of my country, and I will save such idleness!" ”
It is the duty of a soldier to obey orders. If others are like this, Wan Yankang will inevitably be punished heavily. But firstly, Wu Shiman's hob meat is still an elder, and secondly, he has such an attack because he is eager to fight.
At this time, the war is about to start, and Wu Shiman's intention to fight is still to be encouraged. Wan Yankang was patient and explained to Wu Shiman the importance of implementing the release order.
The attack on the Qiyan Department is by no means aimed at slaughtering all the millions of herdsmen in the Qiyan Department. As long as Temujin is killed, the herdsmen of the Qiyan Department will retain one more point, which is equivalent to the strength of White Horse City in the future.
And when the victory of the two sides is undecided, the herdsmen of the Qiyan Department may get on their horses and wield knives at any time and become the enemies of White Horse City.
Only when the release order is implemented well can the fundamental contradiction between weakening the enemy and killing less evil be perfectly resolved.
"If this happens, our army's vanguard only needs to maintain an undefeated situation for the time being, and the final victory will definitely belong to our side. Your mission, Lord Marshal, is the cornerstone of our army's victory! Wan Yankang knew that Wu Shi was quite good-looking, and specially raised the importance of the release order to an unspeakable level.
Wu Shiman was reluctantly convinced, but he was still a little unwilling: "Dashuai, why don't we change the two of us, and I will be the pioneer?" ”
Wan Yankang smiled: "Second Uncle Wu, if you can take my three moves, no... Two moves, I'll let you lead the way first, how about it? ”
Wu Shiman rolled his eyes widely, turned around and left.
Wan Yan Kang laughed, and threw a few more words: "If you live as an adult male, you will be cut by half, and if you kill someone, you will be deducted by two levels!" ”
Wu Shiman was stunned for a moment on the horse, smashed his mouth twice, and suddenly became happy.
Although he Wu Shiman is a rough man, he is not a murderer, and he is in such a hurry to attack, just to fight for some opportunities to make meritorious contributions. You don't have to charge into battle to make meritorious contributions, how can you explain to the screaming cubs below.
One adult male will be killed by half, and if one person is killed, two levels will be deducted. When this order was communicated to the whole army, the way in which the release order was implemented immediately changed dramatically.
On the first day of the no-kill order, it was a simple and brutal one.
A vote of people killed at the door of the people's house and shouted: surrender to avoid death, surrender the gun and not kill, dismount and not kill.
A camp with few people, looking at this posture, want to fight?
These dozens and hundreds of people are just delivering food, so they just give it a go. Anyway, sticking out the head must be a knife, and shrinking the head may still be able to survive.
As for the medium and large camps that can have more than a few hundred soldiers, in the face of the forced surrender of White Horse City with knives and guns, they are all the first to resist.
Surrender to avoid death?
Lao Tzu has just returned from the battle in White Horse City, and the smell of blood has not yet dissipated, so you are here, and you still want to trick Lao Tzu into surrendering and dying?
There are no doors!
For the warriors of White Horse City, fighting is inevitable, although it is inevitable that there will be some damage. But the people who are facing are enemies, and this winter, the big guy is holding back the fire in his belly!
As a result, killing after killing is inevitable.
After the new order was issued, each battalion commander gathered his brain-wielding subordinates to discuss how to deal with it.
No matter how simple and crude it is, where can you still get credit, and if you don't get it right, you have to deduct the merits of war.
Why did the big guy work so hard to run out, killing people for fun?
We're here to fight and make meritorious contributions!
Soon, this method of persuasion to surrender changed from the naked intimidation of the army to the appearance of the compatriots, saluting first and then soldiering.
Where do compatriots come from?
From the previous camp, take two frightened men and let them go to the next camp to have a good talk.
Don't want to go?
On one side is the knife on the neck, and on the other side is a wonderful promise: when the deed is done, a horse and a scimitar will be returned.
People are under the eaves and have to bow their heads.
Moreover, hearing that they could get back the horses and scimitars, these local lobbyists still had a little bit of joy in their hearts.
Surrender a camp, put the people from the previous camp back, then pick two people from the new camp, move on, and take in the next camp.
With the presence of his compatriots, the resistance encountered by White Horse City gradually decreased.
On the horse, he was a brave warrior, but when he returned to his hometown and returned to the camp, these brave men of the Qiyan Department were first and foremost a herdsman, the husband of his own woman, and the father of his children.
For the people on the grassland, survival is engraved in their bones, and loyalty is only relative. The annexation and change of tribes, and the submission of women to their new husbands, have become commonplace.
For them, in the face of the enemy's army, it is already a great luck to be able to save their lives and their cattle and sheep. In this case, there are very few people who still have to take up a knife and a gun to fight.
In the Qiyan Division, most of the soldiers with superior combat power and high loyalty were selected into the Cowardly Xue Army.
And among these stragglers, a few die-hard people, when they found out that something was wrong, jumped on their horses in advance and rushed to the royal court.
found that these herdsmen who ran away in advance, Wu Shiman and they also ignored them. This person who ran away, without deducting our credit, just run, maybe he will run into the army led by the marshal!
There was less killing, less resistance, and even the collection of horses and weapons was getting much faster.
Wu Shiman was pleasantly surprised to find that his marching speed could be mentioned as one hundred and fifty miles a day.
"You're polite, you say it's not weird. According to Lao Tzu's idea, wouldn't it be much cleaner to go down with a knife than to persuade him to surrender or something, but how can he do it faster now. Strange! Strange! After setting up camp at night, Wu Shiman pulled Gao Youli and began to chatter.
Gao Youli thought for a while: "Quotations from the big handsome, a good system is combat effectiveness, that is, productivity, a good system is more reliable than a good person." This release order, coupled with the merit system, is also a good system. ”
Wu Shiman slapped Gao Youyou's head politely: "Little rabbit cub, the handsome man is not here, what kind of sycophant." I look at you, now you have memorized all the quotations of this handsome man! ”
Gao Youli grinned: "This handsome quotation, if you can't recite it, I can't be the deputy head of the regiment." I just don't know, you can be promoted without memorizing this quotation, but you have gone through the back door of the handsome......"
When Wu Shiman heard this, he raised his leg and was about to kick over, but Gao Youli had already prepared, so he jumped to the side, and then said with a smile: "It's not too early, I'll go back to sleep!" ”
After speaking, he got out of Wu Shiman's camp as soon as he finished speaking, leaving Wu Shiman to scold a few words to himself: "Little rabbit cub!" ”
Not long after Gao Youli left, Wu Shiman suddenly secretly took out a booklet and came out. Under the light, there are four big characters written on this booklet.
Quotes from the handsome:
1. The brothers of the Jin, Han and Mongolian ethnic groups are all one family;
2. Obey the command in all actions;
3. Don't take a stitch from the people;
4. All seizures must be returned to the public;
5. Do not mistreat prisoners;
6. Get promoted and make a fortune, and take credit in exchange.
7. A good system is combat effectiveness and productivity;
8. Military law is supreme, laws must be followed, and law enforcement must be strict.
After Yan Kang returned to the city this time, he specially compiled a booklet called Dashuai Quotations. These eight basic quotations are now known to the whole army. But for the officers, there are also notes on the eight basic quotations in this booklet, as well as some subsequent additions.
Just like Gao Youli and others want to be promoted, they must enter the lecture hall to receive training, and only after passing the assessment can they be officially conferred. And memorizing the quotations of the handsome is a compulsory item in the assessment of the martial arts.
Wu Shiman has never liked to read, and during the promotion assessment this time, he stumbled on the back of the quotations, and was criticized by Wan Yankang by name. I don't know who spread the news, the soldiers below don't know yet, but the senior officers know about it.
is as familiar and bold as Gao Youli, and often makes fun of Wu Shiman's jokes.
Wu Shiman scolded and scolded in front of him, he didn't take this handsome quote seriously, but he held back his stomach behind his back, and often took out the quotation and flipped it over when no one was around, for fear that he would not be able to pass the next assessment.
"A good system is combat effectiveness and productivity. Dog's day, combat effectiveness Lao Tzu understands, what kind of thing is productivity......" Wu Shiman read in a low voice while paying close attention to his scalp.
"Commander, report!"
Hearing the report outside, Wu Shiman hurriedly hid the handsome quotation back in his arms, and then replied: "Come in." ”
Sima Tan lifted the curtain, walked in front of Wu Shiman, and gave a military salute.
Wu Shiman returned the salute, and then asked, "It's so late, what's wrong?" ”
Sima Tan handed over a notebook: "Regiment Commander, this is today's battle merit statistics, please review and countersign!" ”
Wu Shiman took the notebook, flipped through it casually, and was about to take a pen to sign.
Sima Tan grabbed Wu Shiman's pen: "Regiment leader, please review it carefully!" ”
Wu Shiman shook his head and said slightly angrily: "I am most annoyed by you military judges, knowing Lao Tzu's temperament, you use this thing to bother me all day long!" ”
Sima Tan said: "Our army can have today's combat effectiveness and excellent combat merit system, which is indispensable. The duty of a military judge is to maintain the cornerstone of our army, and I hope the regiment commander will be cautious! ”
Wu Shiman glared at him, looking like he was about to have a seizure, but seeing the empty appearance under Sima Tan's right arm, he reluctantly retracted his temper, patiently read the battle merit statistics book, and then signed the name.
White Horse City attaches great importance to military law, with the company as the basic unit, and an additional military judge is assigned. Military judges are not involved in day-to-day operations, but are only responsible for recording military exploits and supervising the enforcement of military law.
Battalions, regiments, etc., each level will have an additional person. Military judges at all levels are equivalent to deputy positions at all levels, and are responsible only to the military judges at the next higher level.
As for the selection of military judges, they were mainly selected from among the disabled after the war.
Sima Tan was originally a student of the first phase of the Divine Soldiers, and he should have been promoted to battalion commander because he lost his right arm in the first battle of defending the city, and he should have withdrawn from the army.
Sima Tan likes drills, salutes, wars, and everything in the army, and he was once heartbroken.
Because of the setting of the military judge, he came back to life.
As soon as Sima Tan left, Wu Shiman scolded his mother a few words, and suddenly laughed. Although the rules in the White Horse Army are strict and there are many constraints, as long as you can fight and make meritorious contributions, you don't need to pay attention to the things on your side, compared to the various filthiness when you were in the border army, it is one in the sky and the other on the ground!