Chapter 6: The Grievance Conference
In this day and age, people and food are a dilemma. Before Liu Bei took Hanzhong, Sun Quan's general LΓΌ Meng had forcibly snatched Guiyang, Lingling, and Changsha from Liu Bei with superior forces, and Liu Bei was furious and personally led the main force to prepare for a war with Sun Quan, and the main army in Liu Bei's hands was only 50,000 at that time. Later, although Lingling was brought back through negotiations, Changsha and Guiyang still fell into the hands of Sun Quan.
So it is self-evident how much Guan Yu covets the 30,000 troops in his forbidden hands, if he is given three months to complete the reorganization training, he is confident that he will hold down Lu Meng and let him spit out the two counties again - these are two counties with large populations, with a population of more than 1.5 million, Guan Yu dreamed of fighting back, and it was best to fight down Jiangxia County together, and completely drive the forces of Eastern Wu back to Jiangdong.
Theoretically, the most scientific way now is to lead the troops back to Jiangling as soon as possible, while preparing 30,000 prisoners, while speeding up farming, and then fighting Cao Cao for 300 rounds in the coming year.
But Guan Yu is no longer young, he has been beaten by Cao Cao all his life, he finally caught an opportunity to beat Cao Cao, where is he willing to give up easily, so although he doesn't believe in Zhao Hao's ability to organize 30,000 people in one day, he still pinched his nose and gave him a chance to try.
This little cub is full of confidence, maybe he really has some skills. Well, if it can really be done, it is not negotiable for Lao Tzu to marry his precious daughter to him.
Zhao Hao was full of confidence, he rested and dressed up carefully, and appeared in the prisoner of war camp the next day.
To tell the truth, it really took a lot of effort for Guan Yu's army to rescue these 30,000 people from the flood, and one person was sleepy, so he simply handed over the work of building a prisoner of war camp to the surrendered Yu Ban Ministry, and let them build their own barracks and lock themselves up - of course, the guards were still the people of Guan Yu's army.
Zhao Hao asked people to gather all the mighty 30,000 people, and asked people to invite Yu Ban to come, and everyone knew in their hearts that the time had come to decide their fate. Although this little general is gentle and promises not to harm everyone's lives, but people's hearts are separated from their bellies, and now their lives are held in the hands of others, if he really wants to make a big tΓΊshΔ, these tens of thousands of captives really can't raise the courage to resist.
Zhao Hao first respectfully gave Yu Ban a salute, and then raised the iron horn with a smile on his face, and said to the black pressure on a high platform: "I invite everyone to come today, I want to hold a grievance conference, listen to your voices, if you say it well, you will have the qualifications to join our army, if you don't want to say it, hehe, don't worry, we won't force it." β
"Our troops are the division of justice and benevolence, all for the prosperity of the Han Dynasty, all for the people of the Han Dynasty, and will never learn from the thieves to harm the people of the Han Dynasty at will."
Yu Ban's eyelids jumped when he heard this, and he quickly closed his eyes and nose, saying that he had nothing to do with him. Guan Ping, who came to watch, listened with an incredible face, and said in his heart If these people are willing to run, do you really let them go? Whoever wants to fight in these years, if they can choose to escape, they will definitely run away.
A soldier timidly asked, "May I ask the general about this grievance meeting...... What do you want us to complain about, but there is a charter? β
Zhao Hao laughed and said: "You can do any hardship, the hardship of family life, the hardship of fighting and marching, and the hardship of your wife's disobedience can be said, everyone can speak freely." Today I just want to hear what is the most bitter thing in the world, and if you say it well, I will be rewarded! β
When he said this, everyone looked at each other and couldn't speak. The 30,000-strong troops were crowded, all secretly observing, and no one wanted to be the first bird. Zhao Hao had long expected today's situation, and he had already found a trust last night - after all, he was proficient in fraud and pyramid schemes in his previous life, and no matter what line of work he did, he needed a trust to help him open up the situation, so that the work would get twice the result with half the effort.
Seeing that everyone was not talking, a thin middle-aged man with a small mustache came out of the crowd, bowed to Zhao Hao, and before he could speak, his eyes were already full of tears, and he choked up: "I have something to complain about!" β
Zhao Hao pretended not to know this product at all, and said in his heart that this brother is really a good actor, he cries when he says, and he can't even see any flaws. He hurriedly smiled happily with an enthusiastic look: "Who is this old man's surname, why bother to complain, even if he says it." β
The man wiped the tears in his eyes and said, "My name is Zhang Kang, a native of Jizhou, and I am ...... Wei Wangshi's house. β
When he talked about the people of Jizhou, it had caused a noisy sound, and when it came to the Shijia, the noisy sound disappeared in an instant, and the prisoner of war camp of 30,000 people was quiet in an instant, everyone was silent, and many people couldn't help but shed tears.
Boss Cao should have created a precedent for Chinese nuèdà i soldiers, in his concept, soldiers just can't enjoy good treatment, and only those who are bitter can go into battle to kill the enemy and strengthen their combat effectiveness. After he conquered Yecheng, in addition to handing out 70,000 troops, he also invented a hostage recruitment method of Shijia, which ensured the supply of his own soldiers.
The so-called scholar family is the combination of soldiers and families, the status is slightly higher than livestock, much lower than the civilians, soldiers have to carry their heads to fight for the Cao family for generations, and the soldiers' families have to be serfs for the Cao family, farming for generations. Although this powerful system was criticized, it was actively promoted in the following eras, until the iron-blooded Song Dynasty carried it forward, and the soldiers were completely reduced to thieves.
Zhang Dare wiped his tears, he had calmed down a lot, he stood in the position where Zhao Hao was standing just now, and said loudly in a calm tone: "I am forty years old this year, more than ten years ago, Cao Cao broke through Jizhou, since then my family and I have become his family, for more than ten years, I have been following him to fight in the south and the north, my two sons were also forcibly pulled to the battlefield by his men, in Chang'an, they all died under the knife of General Pang. β
The crowd sighed for a while, and Yu Ban knew that he was talking about Cao Cao's battle against Ma Chao back then, and he couldn't help but sigh softly.
"My sons are dead, and it stands to reason that I don't have any interest in living. But I can't die, if I do, what will happen to my wife and little daughter? I still have my mother in the hall, she is 70 years old this year, they are all farming in Yecheng as slaves, providing Cao Cao with military salaries, making clothes, and if you don't comply, you will add up your fists and feet......"
Speaking of this, Zhang Kang, who was already calm, suddenly burst into tears again, the stout man choked up, and roared angrily: "I don't want to die, I haven't seen them for ten years, I don't know the news of my son's death in battle, my mother knows, and I don't know that they are still alive now. β
The audience was silent, Zhao Hao didn't speak, Guan Ping's eyes widened, Yu Ban showed shame, hung his head lower, Zhang dared to stand on a high mound, suddenly squatted down and cried loudly, the cry shook people's hearts, and the tears of tens of thousands of men in the audience were rolling in their eyes.
"The Jizhou sergeants are all good." Zhao Hao roared angrily, "General Zhao Yun and Zhao Zilong of our army are from Changshan, Jizhou, and my King of Hanzhong also fought against Cao thieves with Hebei Haojie, and we know the hardships of Jizhou sergeants best!" β
"What is the suffering of Jizhou people!" A middle-aged man with unkempt hair came out of the crowd and shouted: "You guys are still alive, you ask the people of Xuzhou here, which family and which family has no one died under Cao Cao's knife!" The father of the Cao thief was killed by the bandits, and he killed our Xuzhou father to vent his hatred, killing our Xuzhou corpses like a mountain of blood, and he was embarrassed to write what 'The white bones are exposed in the wild, and there is no rooster crying for thousands of miles!' 'Our Xuzhou talents are the most bitter! β
"You are bitter in Xuzhou, aren't we bitter in Yanzhou? That Cao thief was rampant in Yanzhou, and when he and Lu Bu competed, Yihu Valley asked for 500,000 yuan! That year, Yanzhou was thousands of miles away, and Cao Cao's strategists actually killed us Yanzhou people as military rations! Is this human-made! β
Human emotions are contagious. In his previous life, Zhao Hao was the best at engaging in pyramid schemes and mobilizing people's emotions. The 30,000 captives were already nervous, one complained of bitterness, and everyone followed the catharsis, and this sad emotion was like a flame of gasoline, which instantly spread to the sky, and in the blink of an eye, the flames were on fire, and the crowd in the prisoner of war camp was full of emotion, and everyone could not wait to tell about their suffering and bitterness, and they wanted everyone in the world to know their misfortune.
In this situation, no one is strong, these battle-hardened sergeants are like soaking in a boiling flood, and the catharsis of anger is the only way to save them.
Guan Ping had never seen this kind of scene, he clearly saw that everyone's faces were full of tears, but the expression on their faces was already extremely angry, if Cao Cao appeared in front of them at this moment, these angry men could rush up and eat Cao Cao clean with their teeth.
Zhao Hao looked at this scene full of despair and knew that it was time for him to close the net. With so many people crying out, there must always be an outlet for venting, and it's time to vent this monstrous anger on a powerful target.
He clenched his fists lightly and couldn't help muttering, "This damn chaotic world. β
Listening to the bloody words in front of him, Rao is Zhao Hao's heart was like an iron stone, and he still felt a wave of anger from the heart. In the previous era, despite many injustices and darkness, civilization had become the mainstream of society. And under this great era, which is most well-known to the Chinese, there is so much blood and tears, and all kinds of strange things have happened in this land that gave birth to a great civilization after a thousand years.
In his previous life, he dreamed back at midnight, and vowed to be a good person in the next life if he had the opportunity. Since God has brought me here, let me put an end to this chaotic era, and let this famous era shed a little less blood of the common people!
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