Chapter 114: Take Anqing
After digging, Fan Jiu felt that it was not enough, and then we had this, and there was anyone else who could do it? The common people said, "Yes!" Yes! it! Whole!
Well, dig again! Dig another one. What kind of work is this? But Fan Jiu is done digging, and what price does he pay? As I said, he brought rice to everyone to eat.
Is he taking good rice? No! The eldest brother took out 1,000 loads of moldy old rice. But that's it, the common people don't have it, the hungry people don't have it, do they eat or not? Don't eat the dead, some people eat.
Why did Fan Jiu pick out these two big ditches, why did he deduct two? The first one is called the inner moat, and its usefulness is to cut down the rebel army in the city. The second one, called the outer trench, is used to block the reinforcements from outside.
Fan Jiu is stationed between these two trenches, about two miles wide in such a distance, eat and drink with this every day, of course, I don't mean to eat, drink, prostitute and gamble here, anyway, there is food, it is stronger than the city, that taste, every day after cooking, I take a big fan to fan in.
So we can see that Fan Jiu's war is completely different from Fan Jiu's war, Fan Jiu just doesn't have any routines, so the eldest brother can do whatever he wants, and it's really a loss. You see that his trick really makes people hate, and his teeth are itchy, but there is no way.
Fan Jiu is very simple, the requirement when fighting is that all the soldiers will fight hard for me, those who refuse to contribute, those who are greedy for life and afraid of death, I will give my middle-level officials under me, you have the right to die on the spot, and you will be killed when you see you!
This really helped the soldiers to fight with all their heart and soul when they were fighting, but it also bred a series of corruption, because when you were fighting, you see, if there is such a small battalion officer, or a small young officer is following you, then don't you feel abrupt? After this battle is over, you turn back, and you must not give people filial piety and filial piety? Don't you have to get the relationship right? What if he stands behind you and gives you a knife with a click, he will say that you are greedy for life and afraid of death, and you say that you are unjustly dead?
So it's easy to breed corruption, but in retrospect, where does the money come from? This also talks about another characteristic of Fan Jiu's war, after winning the battle, he enjoys himself wantonly.
What kind of hedonism? In the field, as long as you win, okay, you can clean up the battlefield casually, and I don't care about the gold and silver treasures on the enemy's corpses, any gold rings, big gold teeth, or picking up clothes.
And after taking the city, I let the soldiers live happily for three days. What is the concept of three days of jolly? Within three days, adultery, adultery, and plunder, murder, and goods, all of them were not asked.
When I got here, I really felt that it made me feel very uncomfortable, so I knew that the common people must be the most hurt in the war, but despite this, I still felt a chill in my back when I imagined that scene. Therefore, looking forward to peace is the simplest and most bottom-line wish in the hearts of ordinary people.
Then he said that after Fan Jiu captured the city, he didn't care about it for three days, and after three days, I strictly forbade it, and it was only 0:00-0:00 for these three days. But don't think that Fan Jiu is going too far to fight, basically all wars in history have similar incentives and methods. It's just that some you know, some you don't know, and some later, you don't need to fight like this.
These are the two characteristics of Fan Jiu leading the troops, not as ethical as his brother, where is the lack of integrity? Speaking of this baoju, what about other battalions, it's a big deal that I didn't fight this battle, and I wrote that I fought, or I didn't exert so much effort, and I wrote so much strength.
And what's Fan Jiu like here? I'll go to yours, I don't care if you fight or not, come and come, come and come, as long as you win the battle, all the small leaders and petty officials under me, you can write whoever you want, and he also encouraged, saying that there are no uncles and uncles in your family who farm, isn't this all heads, count some money, the emperor will give it, and if you don't give it, you can talk about it.
As soon as Fan Jiu said this, do you say that the brothers under his hands can still get used to Fan Jiu? Write, if you know words, write quickly, and if you don't know words, you can ask someone to write them.
You see, this trick is very earthy, especially speculative, and especially takes advantage of the public, but this trick is too real for a brave soldier from a peasant family.
Why do you help you? Do I really feel that I have an obligation to the emperor? Not everyone thinks so, including Fan Jiu himself, isn't it just for fame and fortune.
Therefore, the brave soldiers under Fan Jiu, everyone is not afraid of death when fighting, and they are a particularly effective force among all the brave soldiers of Fan Li. Of course, Fan Li was very dissatisfied with this three-day reward, and persuaded him many times, but Fan Jiu didn't listen! I won't listen! What's the matter, big brother, you are awesome, you get me down! Fan Li can't get it yet, because Fan Jiu is indeed a younger brother, and second, he really has military exploits.
So he surrounded it until Fan Liang withdrew from Qimen, and then the brothers worked together to deal with Anqing. This is from April to mid-July, the rebel army's King Ying, King Fu, King Zhang, and the general of Dingnan, led the claim of 100,000 people to fight Anqing in four ways.
What is the state in Anqing City at this time? The city has been completely starved of food for a long time, and the troops are no longer capable of fighting. Fan Jiu didn't need to think about who would come to attack him in the city, he just dealt with the reinforcements from outside.
Then how to deal with it, I'll stand up, you see you can't get in, I have that big trench that is 15 meters long and seven or eight meters wide, you just can't get in.
But the more than 100,000 people of the rebel army did not eat dry food when they came, so on the one hand, they were like crazy to save and relieve the siege. On the other hand, it has been around for such a long time, and I can't give up all my efforts, so I will fight you desperately.
The two sides launched a very tragic fierce battle under the city of Anqing, this battle lasted for a month, and later, the rebel army was repulsed, and the rebel army who came to help was repulsed, which is equivalent to saying that Anqing City has been captured, you don't have a thought, what is the use of you still guarding!
Fan Jiu led the brave soldiers into the city, what did he do after entering the city? Didn't I say just now, what are the characteristics of Fan Jiu leading the troops? After taking Anqing, the brave army was ready to march into Jinzhou, and Fan Li still let Fan Jiu serve as the main attacker, but compared to Anqing, this Jinzhou is too difficult to attack, it is still big, and it is not easy to fight.
So Fan Li sent Fan Jiu back to his hometown first, why did he do it? Recruiting soldiers is considered to be preparation, and this is a rare time for Fan Li or Fan Jiu to relax a little. Of course, among them, how did Fan Liang say about his younger brother, saying that you shouldn't kill so ruthlessly, or Fan Jiu was not convinced, there must be an exchange in between, all in all, Anqing City has no fewer dead people.