Chapter 396: Iron Riders Embrace Dust Red (Middle

In the besieged camp under the Dantu City, Li Shicheng, the envoy from the defenders in the city, was also trembling and looking at the scene all the way to the left and right. The undisguised array is tight, cascading on the left side of the old and new earthen ramparts and high platforms; It was surrounded and enclosed by all kinds of cobweb-like trenches, walkways, breastwork, and horsebacks.

And just the queue of people and miscellaneous servants who shouted the trumpet and carried the tools in the whole line, and the back of the head and sideburns were shaved and bald, made him still frightened; If these thieves are driven by such strong spirits, then how fierce should the real Taiping thieves be?

He's also a kind of queen. The great-ancestor was a cool official and famous poet of the generation of Wu Zongchao, who served as the envoy, position and prime minister of Huainan Festival, and also made three poems of "Compassion for Nong" and heard the son of heaven - Li Shen; But also because of the "Wu Xiang" case, which was not guaranteed in the late season, he was punished by "cutting the three officials of the gentry, and the descendants are not allowed to be officials".

Therefore, as his descendants, his family soon weakened and became an ordinary local family. Then his generation could only enter the scene as a scholar in his hometown, and was supported by the former Zhenhai Jiedu envoy Gao Yu, and became a Confucian official who was in charge of the case for several years. When Gao Biao was transferred to Huainan, he was left behind for some reason.

However, the Zhou Linggong he served was nearly seventy years old, and since he took office, he has often "indulged in sex and does not get close to political affairs." Everything was handed over to his son-in-law Yang Maoshi, Xue Lang, Cui Nengzhi and other cronies; He also used his son Zhou Yu to take charge of the tooth soldiers and recruit and train the new army "Houloudu".

He just couldn't help but give a few more words of advice, but as a result, he was sent out by the "expectations of the people" to "spy on the reality of the thieves", that is, it is easy to give the thief his head. Despite this, driven by a certain reason, he still came without hesitation.

He was also mentally prepared, just like the imaginary famous minister in history, Yan (Zhenqing) Changshan (Taishou), who was full of heroic martyrs, was escorted to Luoyang City to scold the head of the An thief, and was dismembered and died tragically by hooking his tongue; Or it is like guarding Suiyang Zhang (patrol) Zhongcheng and being sawed alive by the thieves.

With this uneasy mood, Li Shicheng was taken to the high platform where the armor soldiers were lined up but not released; I also saw many generals who were either rough in helmets and armor, or strong, or heroic, or resolute, or broad, or shrewd and capable; The head of the Taiping thief who is known as the "Demon Monk Who Entered the World" and "The Demon Law is Versatile".

Then he was completely stunned, not only because the other party was too young; It's not just the other party's peaceful but majestic eyes, but also his posture and appearance that are outstanding and outstanding.

It's the kind of detachment that no matter when and where you are, it's like the bright moon is above the stars. In other words, there is an illusion that he is strategizing and directing the country.

However, it was such a character who made the court uneasy and almost uneasy; However, the army was forced to make the following envoys, and many officials and soldiers could only sit in the city and could not think about it for a while.

"Whoever comes, and what."

A young general shouted without squinting.

"Li Shicheng, the Confucian official of a certain family and a certain Zhenhai Festival, dared to come for the people of this closed city; I would like to ask your family to give up a little bit of land, thinking that it is convenient for the city to collect the corpses and avoid the harm of the epidemic in the future. ”

Then, Li Shicheng came back to his senses and stammered a little.

"Nowadays, the two armies are fighting each other, and the casualties are discussed. Once the corpses are corrupted and the epidemic is born, it will not be a city or a place that will suffer from it, but it will be returned. ”

"Yes, in the land of a stone's throw, Xu Yi is self-contained in the city; An arrow away, our army has its own cleanup. ”

The other party at the top did not hesitate to respond.

What, so that's fine? , Li Shicheng couldn't help but be stunned. What about the expected threat of the sword? The insults and ridicule, coercion and temptation under the group of thieves, the unyielding verbal battle with themselves, and the scolding of the thief leader, and then the process of righteousness on the spot? ; How is there nothing. Have I met a fake thief?

If you can achieve your wish so easily, then when you come out, write a thousand-word suicide note, say goodbye to your crying family, and ask your old family to take care of and take care of your family's actions, wouldn't it become some kind of futile joke? , his heart became empty and overwhelmed for a moment.

"I can also allow you to take a hundred people, wearing only white clothes and white hats, and holding white flags as the guide, and carry the chariots and horses to the outside of the city to collect and treat the wounded who are not dead."

But the head of the false thief continued unmoved.

"Of course, it is not allowed to hold a single sword soldier, and it will be done under the supervision of our own army. If you dare to act rashly, then don't say next time, don't even expect to go back safely this time. ”

Hearing this increasingly harsh condition, Li Shicheng slowly settled down in his heart; In any case, his purpose on the surface has been achieved; As for how many thieves can be spied on through this, it can only be left to fate; He didn't have much hope anyway.

Subsequently, looking at the figure sent out by the other party, Zhou Huaian seemed to have gained something and dictated a paragraph in front of his personal secretary. It is the basic principle and policy of the so-called "besieged city, attacking the heart first".

In other words, all military means and acts of war are for political purposes and serve the object; Any act or fact that deviates from this purpose and principle will only end up with a result that is completely different from the original intention. Even in this day and age, it will be no different.

As for being like Neon Gold, who only cares about immediate gains and losses, will only use military means to dig holes and stab Louzi, and then use more military means to make up for it, and once as the purpose and direction of guiding the country's major policies, the brainless gambling on national fortune and the wave of flow to the black like Neon Gold are a short-lived wonder in history after all.

In fact, this is also a nation that has always been whipped by foreign civilizations to move forward. In ancient times, after being taught a lesson by his father in the Tang Dynasty, he relied on copying the Dahua reform of the Tang system, from a semi-primitive clan and a semi-slave society, to a feudal society in a big stride; and relied on the Meiji Restoration after the lesson of the American father's black ship, and was suddenly transferred from feudal society to modern capitalist society;

It is not surprising that the normal evolution of human society has been distorted into a hodgepodge of raw rice by means of top-down imposition, ignoring the actual productive forces and stages of development, and leaving behind all kinds of primitive customs and feudal remnants that have been inherited until modern times.

Of course, the vast majority of military expansion and occupation must also be supported by a series of follow-up political and economic measures. For example, the establishment of political power organizations and the personnel structure that goes deep into the grassroots level bring about the basic administrative execution ability; Another example is the gradual increase in the value of commercial circulation, from the collection of taxes and levies on new sites, to the development of property resources, etc. a stable source of finance;

and even in terms of cultural influence, publicity, and education, from the change of customs and the transformation of beliefs, the sense of identity and cohesion brought about by the addition; Even more extreme targeted massacres and exterminations (such as the brutal and brutal locust tactics of the Mongols), or persistent intermarriage and integration of generations to dilute the differences between ethnic groups.

It is possible in terms of the military expenditure required to send troops, the maintenance cost of subsequent occupations, the output ratio to the use of resources in the new territory, and the efficiency of population mobilization; Only by achieving a certain dynamic balance or even making some gains can it be possible to achieve the goal of snowballing oneself. Otherwise, no matter how many victories and defeats many enemies we have, we will only repeat the mistakes of history again and again.

It is clear that the country has achieved victories and strategic advantages again and again; But the newly expanded territories often end up in the process of becoming a major burden on the national finances and a source of deficit in the national treasury, and have to be abandoned by the growing opposition from within the regime in the dilemma of financial difficulties and weakening the borders.

Such were the natural limitations of the agrarian state in traditional feudal societies. It is also the root cause of the huge disparity and difference between them and modern industrialized countries in terms of development vision, potential, and prospects. As a modern person, Zhou Huai'an is naturally more familiar with and good at the latter.

At the very least, mosquitoes shave their legs and dig three feet into the ground to maximize their profits, and he asked himself that no one in the entire era could match it. After all, when it comes to the evolution and evolution of exploitation, who can compare with him as a modern man.

The means of exploitation of primitive clan societies are certainly not comparable to the efficiency of slave societies; And the oppressive means of slave society are obviously less advantageous than feudal society; However, after the capitalist society, the means and methods of exploiting surplus value are more subtle and deceptive than those of feudal society, but the efficiency is earth-shattering...

Of course, it can be expected that if it finally evolves from the socialist stage to the ** era of distribution according to demand, then it may no longer be the social unit of human subjectivity that will be exploited, but the greatly developed artificial intelligence and machine labor; This is the natural direction of the constant evolution and evolution of society.

As a traverser, you only need to intercept the relatively advanced parts of it, as a prescient guide; Just carry out social transformation and forward-looking foundation laying in a step-by-step manner.

At this time,

"Zhang Guiba, who sent the main formation of the rebel army on the southern road, led an old battalion of rebels to break through the rear team of coastal soldiers and horses to make Zhang Quan's retreat to the south, and is on the way to join with a large number of prisoners and a large number of baggage?"

Well, Zhou Huai'an couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, it seems that the last off-the-field variable does not exist for the time being.

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In Qu'a City, a hundred miles away, on the side of the county government, there is a newly established resettlement place for the wounded transformed from the courtyard of the large household.

When he walked down from the self-complaint meeting of the wounded soldiers, Wang Xianchao was still quiet in some inexplicable mood and atmosphere; Speaking of which, he has seen a lot of things and experienced many things, and should not be easily moved by the experiences and gains and losses of these individuals; In this chaotic world, the people who suffer are numbing to have many opinions.

But after listening to these various stories, he still couldn't help but think, if he hadn't been able to make a living in the township, why bother to leave his hometown with his brother to join the army, and seek a meager future and turnaround at the cost of licking blood with a knife.

Perhaps the reasoning of those Yu Hou at the private prosecution meeting, he felt and understood his opinions; Why is there no place in this world, a pure land where people can make a living diligently and steadfastly, even if they encounter a good year and collect an extra three or five buckets, it is still difficult for people to live.

This is obviously a problem with the court of the Homo erectus, and the eunuchs and big families who tried their best to take away their anointed blood, but are still poor and extravagant, are still bullied by the majority of the people.

According to what the Marquis Yu said, this is no longer a reality that can be expected to be changed and shaken by a certain person or a group of people with a conscience, who can rely on their own strength or the power of their friends, and the congestion is so congested that it makes people desperate.

Therefore, it has now come to the point where we have to overturn all the old things, including the imperial court; Let the Taiping Army create a new government that people can count on and are not so eager to fill and a good world that treats the people well, so that people who are as humble as ants can live a new time.

Then in the crowd under the shed of the temporary canteen, he saw the figure he had not seen for a long time, and he couldn't help but show a certain heartfelt smile. It was his two younger brothers, Wang Xianzhi and Wang Shengui, although they were also tightly bandaged in many places, but they looked like there was nothing big in their spirits.

"Big brother, we don't have to rush three times anymore, we are directly new pawns... I also sent a seasonal dress.,Look at this cloth is really tight.,And the iron buckle is tied up.。。。。 Half a month's salary has been newly issued.,It's six full ten sons.。。 In the supply and marketing vehicles that accompany the operation, there are a lot of good things that make people greedy. ”

His head was wrapped like a zongzi, and one arm was still wrapped, but it did not prevent Wang Xianqi, who was busy with one hand with his mouth full of food, couldn't wait to talk when he saw him.

On the small tray in front of him, there was an open canned fish and crumbs, which were dug out with a knife and dagger, and rolled into the burnt brown cake by the stove, and took a big bite and then nibbled on the yellow pickled melon strips, which was really very useful.

"What about the old talisman. Have you seen him?"

Wang Xianchao looked at him with a smile, and couldn't help but think of someone again and asked.

"I know, old Fu. It is said that he left the camp after recuperating for a while."

Wang Xianzhi, who had been unable to interject, nodded immediately.

"That's a real misfortune."

Wang Xianchao couldn't help sighing, he still wanted to persuade this person to stay; After the experience of living and dying together on the battlefield, he can be regarded as a fellow villager in this army.