On July 10th, the clipper ship sailing from Zhenjiang arrived in Xinjin and brought us news from Liaodong.

"Annihilated one hundred and eighty-seven people of the Dudu Department of the Red Banner and captured twelve people; annihilated 1,040 Uzhen Chaoha and captured 827; Rescued 970 people. Lu Daopei raised the briefing in Yang's hand, "Du Du was only spared. The small cities around Salhu have all been captured, and due to the excessive consumption of explosives, the expeditionary force chose to surround Salhu and wait for a good plan to break the city. ”

"Well fought, Comrade Lieutenant Colonel. I didn't expect the co-conscripts to have such good combat effectiveness. ”

"The training manuals of our two armies are the same." I picked up a bowl of tea from the table, raised my head and drank it down, then my face wrinkled, "Why is it so bitter?" ”

"I drank the rest of the tea yesterday and made it all night." Lu Daopei turned around and took a teapot and handed it to me, "This is freshly brewed, and it's a little hot." ”

I thanked myself, poured myself a new bowl, put the tea on the table to cool, and took the briefing from Lu Daopei. "Mao Dashuai is a bit risky, Du Du is not worth it. If the Korean vassal army did not block Wuzhenchaoha, something happened to General Mao, which would be a big blow to the morale of our army. ”

"There is nothing that cannot be sacrificed, just to see if it is worth it."

I raised my eyebrows, my gaze passed over the briefing, and I looked into Lu Daopei's eyes: "I didn't expect you to know this." ”

"Of course, in addition to writing news these days, I just read military books."

"And how is your news written? These days it's all about defensive battles like meat grinders, and it's just a bit of content to write about, can readers stand it? ”

Lu Daopei obviously misunderstood what I meant, and he shrugged: "Of course I deleted the text and photos that were too bloody, and it is impossible for the editor to let these contents pass the review." ”

"Hmm... I mean the battle process these days is so close that it is written as a narrative of elementary school students' accounts, and the reader will get tired of reading it. ”

Lu Daopei shook his head with a smile: "It's okay to focus differently every day, when we were still interning in this matter, the old reporter taught us." ”

"Oh, by the way, there is news from Taiwan, the Governor's Office has entrusted our newspaper to lead a group of people over to get close to the battlefield in Liaodong. Governor Qin has already told me that he wants you to take charge of the reception. ”

"Okay, when I'm not that busy, I can take them around." I grabbed the tea bowl and drank it, casually took the hat on the table and buckled it on my head, greeted Lu Daopei, and walked out of the officer's lounge.

After pushing open the door of the lounge, the Shura battlefield in the bright sunlight came into view.

I took a deep breath, and the sweet smell of blood was inhaled into my nostrils, making it a strange and uncomfortable feeling. In the past ten days, the main forces of Houjin, which were blocked in the Liaonan Peninsula, attacked Xinjin like crazy. The hundreds of holes blasted by the sappers were filled by dead Jiannu and broken shield carts in the fierce offensive and defensive battles.

The fertile black soil was scorched black under the scorching flames of war, and melted by the blood gushing out. In the transformation of blood and fire, the earth gradually emitted a disgusting smell of decay. Even if the new gold city was only under the position of Jiannu for a short time, people could step into the ground with one foot, and when they pulled it out, the bottom of their boots was stained with a dark red unknown liquid.

Ten miles of bloody new battlefield, there are really ten miles of fishy. It is hastily estimated that the position of a few kilometers has shattered the bodies of nearly 10,000 Jiannu. How many of them are there? We don't know, and the Jurchen slave owners may not be able to count. Before the complete crushing of the Later Jin slave regime, the confrontation between the two armies, most of the deaths were always Han Chinese. For thousands of years, this has been the norm in the wars between the Han Empire and the northern barbarians.

Lu Daopei asked me a question a few days ago, what will I do after the war is over.

"The war will not end. If there is peace, it is only a truce in two wars. ”

"Then I'll change the way I asked, and after beating Jiannu... What do you want to do after this battle? ”

"I want to rest, Comrade Lu. Since I returned to Taiwan, I have been fighting in Japan and Liaodong, and I have fought without rest. I've been on the battlefield for a few months now, and I need to go to a peaceful place to rest for a while. ”

"I thought you didn't have to rest."

"During this time, I have seen you energetically planning and executing actions, staying up for days and nights without sleep and no complaints. I thought you were an animal who naturally loved war and adapted to it. ”

I turned my head to look into Lu Daopei's eyes, and he slowly closed his mouth to avoid my gaze.

"No one loves war, and no one adapts to it." I turned my head to look at the battlefield glowing golden in the setting sun. There, the Houjin army, which had failed in another attack, was retreating, and the Wehrmacht and Changsheng Island troops had once again taken over the positions abandoned by Jiannu, as they had done for the past ten days.

"When I was studying at university, many of my classmates were attracted by the literature of war romanticism, and their minds were full of single-handedness, taking the head of the enemy general in the army; Or thousands of warriors charging together, using bayonets to destroy the recalcitrant enemy who dared to resist. Oh, what a good imagination. ”

"When they go to the battlefield and fight real enemies for a few months, they will realize their own naivety and innocence."

"It is true that we are soldiers, and for the sake of the motherland and the people, we will never fear death and pain. But that doesn't mean we can get used to death and embrace pain. Comrade Lu, please understand this. We are human beings too, and we are not hard-hearted war machines. One by one, our comrades, our comrades, fell beside us, blood was spilled on our faces, and their screams reached our ears... It's not a pleasant experience. Every soldier has more or less the psychological shadow left by the battlefield. ”

Lu Daopei looked at the battlefield where the corpses were being cleaned in silence, and said slowly: "I'm sorry, Lieutenant Colonel Li." I apologize for my flippancy. ”

"Nothing, comrade." I patted him on the shoulder, "It's okay to say that to me, I'm more nervous." But don't think that way in front of most military personnel. ”

"But—" he turned to look at me, and I raised my head slightly, looked past him at the setting sun in the west, and whispered, "If you're going to report, write something about war romanticism." ”

He was silent for a moment, then finally nodded.

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Fang Hai's voice interrupted my memories. "Sir, the Governor asks you to come over."

I nodded, and walked briskly in the direction of the governor's office. Fang Hai followed behind me: "Gao Hongzhong is here again, he brought a new letter from Huang Taiji, probably he can't bear the pressure." ”

The governor's residence was located in the middle of the new Golden City. It's a small city, just over a 10-minute walk from the walls where I'm located. Soon, Fang Hai and I came to the outside of the Governor's Palace.

The guards led us into the house. In the open space in the governor's palace, several people dressed as Han scholars were standing there, and next to them, more than a dozen Zhenyi who were tied into zongzi were kneeling on the ground.

The guard stood outside the door of the governor's office, and after a briefing, he said to me, "Please come in, Your Majesty is waiting for you." ”

After I thanked him, I walked into the office with Fang Hai. The guard's laughter came from behind: "Don't wear hats a few Baoyi, show your pig's tail, don't insult this Hanfu on you." ”

Qin Xiangping himself was sitting upright on a chair, and when he saw me, he motioned for me to sit down. There were several other people in the office, namely, Comrade Zhao, the secretary of Zhu Mingxia, Major Zhong Weimin, the adjutant of Major General Qi Wu, Comrade Huang Sitong of Changsheng Island, my old acquaintance, and a clerk.

After I was done, Qin Xiangping gently pressed the bell on the table. Soon, the guard at the door shouted: "Jianzhou negotiator, Gao Hongzhong." ”

A tall middle-aged man walked in, knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Qin Xiangping: "The pseudo-guerrilla of the Jianzhou Jurchen Department, the pseudo-literary hall praises the painting of military aircraft Gao Hongzhong, I have seen the governor of the Chinese Governor-General of the Republic of Australia and the Song Dynasty, and Qin Xiangping is the crown. ”

Qin Xiangping smiled heartily: "Please get up, Gao Hongzhong." Today, you are not mistaken about who you are. ”

Gao Hongzhong kowtowed again, and then slowly got up, always keeping his head down and not daring to raise it: "If you go back to the crown, the Jianzhou army is stormy, how dare Gao call himself a person of Dajin." ”

Huang Sitong chuckled when he heard this, "When Jiannu is powerful, I am afraid that Your Excellency is just a dog of the Jurchens." ”

Gao Hongzhong turned to Huang Stone and slammed it to the ground, but did not say anything.

"Alright, Gao Hongzhong." Qin Xiangping said, "The conditions I gave to Huang Taiji last time are going to change a little now. ”

Gao Hongzhong finally raised his head and faced Qin Xiangping: "I don't know if Your Majesty wants..."

"This is Junior High School Colonel Li Ru." The Governor nodded at me, and I stood up to return the salute. "Lieutenant Colonel Li didn't come to the previous negotiations, and the conditions for this governor's change are relatively large, so I will tell you the main points again, and you can take it back to Huang Taihe to see."

"First, we will immediately announce our unconditional surrender to our country, apologize in writing for the war we have started, and hand over to our country those who are primarily responsible for the war."

"Second, the indemnity is 5 million taels of silver, and the 'two' here is the quality unit of our country. It can be paid with silver, gold, and other precious metals. ”

"Third, immediately and unconditionally transfer all Han Chinese, including but not limited to Wuzhen Chaoha, Baoyi, and other Han Chinese in your regime."

"Fourth, within ten days after the end of the war, withdraw your military forces to the north of Gaizhou. The south of Fuzhou is under our control, and the area between Fuzhou and Gaizhou is set up as a demilitarized zone, which is not allowed to enter by any non-Han people, but can be entered by our police force. Moreover, the walls of Gaizhou must be demolished. In addition, fifty miles from the coastline east of Lushun, your troops must be completely withdrawn. The Dongjiang Army can abandon Xiuyan. ”

"Fifth, your ministry must hand over all the equipment of the naval division to our country and promise never to develop surface forces."

"The above articles are the main contents, and the other articles are subject to the letter I have given you before. China will carry out the necessary supervision and review of the above-mentioned articles. ”