Section XV
According to the edict of the Han Dynasty, the current war between the Han Dynasty and Junggar is a national war, a war to resist aggression, and an ideological war between agricultural civilization and nomadic civilization.
Before the start of the war, the Han military propaganda team that accompanied the army had repeatedly brainwashed the officers and soldiers of the Han Dynasty according to their own concepts, and there were many specific slogans, such as "those who commit crimes against me and strong men, although they are far away, they will be punished" or "resist Mongolia and aid Jin, protect the home and defend the country" and so on, in short, there are many murderous spirits, under the instruction of the Han King, the Han military has always attached great importance to the investment of this kind of "military soft facilities", in fact, just before the start of the operation, the pamphlet compiled by Colonel Gao Shiqi of the General Staff was regarded as the most important kind of combat material, and gunpowder and bulletsThe military propaganda team must be divided into three shifts in the morning, noon, and evening under the supervision of the military police unit, and officers and soldiers at all levels must unconditionally and conscientiously study and comprehend it.
Although this pamphlet is not a lot of words, but the content is extremely rich, and it is very sensational, starting from the Mongolian founding Khan Temujin, until the current Geldan wrote, counting the heinous crimes committed by the Mongolian army against the people of the Central Plains in the past years, and very vividly portraying the harsh rule of the Han people by the Great Yuan Dynasty in the past. That is, the Junggar army is an evil enemy, and the purpose of their attack on the Central Plains is to kill the Han people to avenge the Yuan Dynasty, and at the same time let "the places covered by the sky become the pastures of Jungar", so our Han royal division must resolutely eliminate them and not let them plague our hometown.
The article is full of the brutality and inhumanity of the Mongolian army, and it is clearly pointed out that if Shanxi does not defeat them today, they will harm our hometown tomorrow, so going to Shanxi to fight is actually to protect their wives and children, otherwise it will be too late for them to kill the Han, so it is very glorious for the soldiers to fight bravely for the Han and the hometown fathers, even if they die, it is also the act of heroes and heroes, and the people of the Han Dynasty and the hometown fathers will never forget you, of course, In the end, Lin Feng was raved up according to the old routine, in short, His Royal Highness the wise and martial King of Han was invincible, and the clown who jumped over the beam was self-defeating, and Xuan Ye's arrogance was unstoppable, and His Royal Highness the King stabbed him with a finger, and now it is of course not a problem to clean up the thief of Geerdan, so my Han officers and soldiers must maintain confidence, unite under the command of the great Han King, and fight bravely with one heart, and will definitely achieve a great victory in the future.
Judging from the implementation, this set of things is obviously very effective, after several years of political work training, now a large number of experienced political workers have emerged within the Han army, so it is not half a point difficult to do this, in fact, this propaganda is also very popular with the majority of officers and soldiers, because the life in the barracks is really boring, it is difficult to say what other topics there are besides gambling money and finding women, and if a person lives in an environment of no faith and extreme emptiness, it is very painful. Relatively speaking, most of the grassroots soldiers in this era are not very afraid of death - this is also a helpless thing, under the conditions of cold weapons of war, the two armies fight against each other with knives and guns, and the medical conditions are extremely backward, and the soldiers say that they are dead, and there is no trouble, if they are afraid, they are afraid of the kind of unclear death, so although this "glorious" way of death sounds very tragic, it is still very able to give people a kind of sustenance, from the perspective of human nature, sacrifice for a noble purpose, most people are still acceptable.
What is even happier is that this kind of activity is similar to a kind of religious ceremony, the scene is generally very lively, usually a certain preaching team "Xiucai" agitation, and then a certain "Tartar bullying and abuse" and kind-faced old man comes to the stage to complain, tearfully accusing the enemy of the cruelty and inhumanity, and when the emotions of the group are mobilized, the preaching team takes the opportunity to chant slogans such as "kill all the Tartars" or "capture Geldan alive" to release their passion, after doing it, it is really blood-pumping and comfortable.
It is conceivable that in the eyes of such a fanatical army, some "traitorous behaviors" are of course absolutely intolerable, so Zhao Liangdong gave an order, and a large number of cottages were declared guilty of "traitor" by the Han army, and the Fifth Army of the Han Infantry immediately launched a fierce attack on the cottages in Wuniu Mountain.
As of today, the brutal killing lasted for six whole days, and all the cottages on the marching route of the Han army were breached, although many of them strictly followed the military requirements, chose to build walled walls in steep places, and also built a lot of traps, ditches and other ancillary fortifications, but they were still vulnerable in front of the Han army, and the defense standards here are simply a joke compared to big cities such as Liaoyang and Tianjin, and the earthen walls mixed with mud and stone certainly cannot withstand the bombardment of artillery, From the moment Zhao Liangdong issued the order, no cottage can stop the Fifth Army for more than two hours, out of the heart of extreme hatred for the "traitors", the Han soldiers are extremely cruel to the "defenders" in the cottage, often after the village is destroyed, many villages with a long history and a population of thousands are often killed by the Han army after a big war, and then the fire is overwhelming, razing all human buildings to the ground.
The strong smell of blood made Wuniu Mountain and Jixian shiver, when the Han army advanced to the sixth day, several "township officials" temporarily appointed by Zhungar did not wait for the Han army to attack, so they called the Qi family to move their families, and then the cottage Xi scattered and fled, all the patriarchs and heads of the cottage within a radius of hundreds of miles came to the Han army's big tent to "reward the king's division" with wine, fat cattle, lambs, grain, and cloth, and the "new attached army" stationed in Jing County immediately mutinied, and dozens of Junggar officers who served as "supervising the army" were killed. Their heads have become the gift of their subordinates to "revert to the Han anyway".
Zhao Liangdong is not likely to do these "civil" things, according to the usual practice, the pacification of the localities, the pacification of the people's hearts, the civilian officers of the army are generally handled, so the one who came forward was the newly promoted chief of staff of the Fifth Military Power, Cui Weiya.
Cui Weiya is a native of the Daimyo Mansion of Zhili, and the history of his entry into the Han Army is still quite interesting, he is a Jinshi of the Qing court Shunzhi for three years, and has been living in his old home to enjoy the life of a corrupt landlord, but later because of the lack of official relations in the imperial court, Kangxi issued an edict to select some of the officials, so he tried his best, up and down to beat the point and finally passed the pass, but at the moment when he was about to be vacant, Lin Feng led the army to come in, so he became a prisoner in the pile of officials in a daze, In the end, he had to surrender to the Han army with the big stream, but at this time, Li Guangdi's official Cao was examined and screened, and his identity was suddenly stuck again, saying that he was an official of the Qing court, and he did not officially seal it, saying that he was not an official of the Qing court, and he filed a case in the official department of the pseudo-Qing Dynasty, in short, it was quite difficult to deal with. It is undoubtedly against the policy to return to his hometown, but it is not in accordance with the rules to be directly appointed, so he was hung up and became the "three nos" in Beijing - for a scholar, this is a huge insult, this insult is not because he feels guilty about his surrender, but because of the neglect of the Han army, the surrender is heartache enough, and after the surrender, people suddenly look down on it, isn't this humiliating out of thin air?
Fortunately, when the Han Dynasty opened the examination, Cui Weiya immediately went to the meeting in a fit of anger, and sure enough, he went to high school in one fell swoop, because he had great opinions on the Li Guangdi government, so he became an officer, and after graduating from Mazhuang Martial Arts School, he was assigned to the Fifth Army under Zhao Liangdong as a staff officer.
Because of his involvement in the planning of the offensive line, he almost lost his head this time, but fate is always moody, and his head full of "miscellaneous studies" not only saved him from this disaster of learning, but also made him prosperous because of misfortune, and became the second person in the Fifth Army. His strength in miscellaneous studies is to repair water conservancy bridges, and when he was in his hometown, he was a local river expert, this time the Han army encountered a lot of trouble on the road, but there was no professional branch of the engineering army, so Zhao Liangdong ordered him to make meritorious service and serve as the technical supervisor of the Han army's engineering troops, and he performed very well in this position, so Zhao Liangdong simply made a mistake and recommended him as his chief of staff.
After the troops were stationed in Jing County this time, Zhao Liangdong didn't even bother to do the routine "visit to the local gentry", and just settled the old camp, and took people to inspect the newly surrendered "new annexed army" with a swing of his ass, so Cui Weiya had to pick up this burden independently.
In order to show the importance and courtesy of the Han Dynasty to the squires at all levels, Cui Weiya held a large-scale cocktail party in the Yamen of Jing County, of course, this thing has nothing to do with the buffet and the like, in fact, the conditions are also quite simple, Jing County is a poor place, the consumption level is very underground, and it is easy to walk the whole city, Cui Weiya did not find a suitable place for banquets, so this grade had to be pulled down, although it was an official banquet, in fact, it was opened along the street of the Yamen of Zhixian County, lined up with hundreds of tables, Put three or five dishes on the table, and a pot of wine will be done.
"This time, under the order of the King of Han, he and General Zhao went to the north of Jin, and the king of Meng, Hongfu, and the king won consecutive battles, which is really a celebration of the whole world," Cui Weiya held a wine glass, stood on the steps of the yamen, and shouted hoarsely, "I am really grateful for the love of all fathers and elders, and I wish my king a success!" ”
"Where, where ......", "Cui Juncheng is too polite......", and a large number of landlords and old fortunes all burst out together, all humble.
An old man stood up tremblingly, the scene immediately quieted down, it can be seen that this old man seems to have great prestige in Jing County, "Wang Shi came to the west, expelled the Tartars, saved the people from fire and water, Jijing County was in danger, the county went up to the gentry, down to the head of Qian, all of them were full of gratitude, and today is a blessing for the Han Dynasty, which is really deserved!" ……”
Cui Weiya looked at the old man with interest, this old guy was wearing a set of green cloth robes, the pulp was washed hard and hard, and there were large patches in many places, and he really didn't see any fame. However, he also knew that Shanxi people had strange tempers, and the richer they were, the more they often looked like beggars. ……”
"General Lao's noble teeth!" The old man smiled proudly, "Little Lao'er is a local school teacher, no land, no property, no job, no children and no daughters, but he has been teaching for more than 60 years, and most of the juniors here have taught them to write......
Cui Weiya was in awe, as far as tradition is concerned, the prestige of rural teachers in the local area is extremely high, even if it is a landlord and an old man, he can't help but give face, and this old man has obviously achieved extraordinary achievements in this position, no wonder so many leaders here are convinced - the so-called respect for teachers, Gang Ji Lun Chang, in the face of his own enlightenment teacher, who dares to talk nonsense? !
"Oh...... What a disrespect, disrespect! Cui Weiya solemnly saluted the old man again, "This time, my Han is stationed in Jing County, and I hope that the old man will not hesitate to teach!" ”
"I don't dare to teach you," the old man sat down, and suddenly sighed and said, "We are all sinners, when the Tartars came, everyone didn't dare to use swords and soldiers for the sake of their family business—according to your Han army, they weren't called 'traitors', were they?!" ”
"Ahem...... Cough...... Well...... this" Cui Weiya was a little embarrassed, and coughed dryly, "This so-called knowing mistakes can be corrected, and it is very good, everyone can get lost and know how to return, and our big man will definitely be forgiving!" ……”
"It's so good, King Han can have this mercy, and it's also a blessing for our Jing County!" The old man sighed with emotion, and then said with a wry smile, "Although the old man is a rotten Confucian in the countryside, he also knows that the Tartars are powerful now, and although my Han Wang Division has a sharp army and is invincible, if you want to end the war here, I'm afraid it won't happen overnight?!" ”
Cui Weiya was slightly stunned, vigilant in his heart, arched his hand towards the east, and replied slowly, "The old gentleman's words are wrong, my Han King is wise and powerful, he will win the attack and win the battle, and he will only be Mengtar, but it is also a disease of ringworm," he turned around and said loudly, "Don't worry, when my lord and father-in-law are together, this generation of barbarians will be swept away!" ”
"At that time, at that time, please forgive the old man for the sin of false words!" The old man bowed deeply, but after Cui Weiya thanked him, he asked, "Everyone is responsible for guarding the foreign court, I don't know where the Han can use the people of Jing County?!" ”
Cui Weiya groaned slightly, and then smiled, "The old gentleman really deserves to be the great sage of Jing County, he will report to the lord in the future, and ask for a reward for the gentleman - as for the affairs of the people of Jing County, this official thinks that all the fathers and villagers just need to support our army a lot, and other things to kill the enemy, of course, we Han officers and soldiers will do it!" ”
The old man's eyebrows were furrowed, the wrinkles on his face seemed to be more and more profound, he showed a helpless smile, nodded and said, "The general is reasonable, his words are reasonable—it's just that Jing County is barren and produces meagre production, and I don't know how much grain the Han needs is enough?!" ”
Cui Weiya was stunned for a while, looked at the old man for a long time, slowly looked away, swept away the kindness and warmth just now, and said coldly, "It is the duty of my Han people to defend the land and resist the enemy, and our Han officers and soldiers are bloodied and desperate, and it is precisely for the ......peace of the people of Jing County" He sat down slowly, raised his wine glass and drank it all in one gulp, turned his head and smiled, "For the sake of the glorious livelihood of the Han people, we don't even care about our lives, do the people of Jing County still care about the money and food of this district?!" ”