629 Expansion of selfish desires
After the bombing of Loulan City. Some of the Loulan people fled from the exit of the collapsed city wall. But these men were immediately subjected to machine-gun fire that had already been waiting on the perimeter. Even if it's a fluke. It was also immediately intercepted by the cavalry troops.
After fifteen minutes of cessation of shelling. The Allies immediately poured into the city in no particular order.
Qin Jun is very shrewd. Proceed directly to the palace of King Loulan. As soon as Zhao Jun entered the city, he immediately dispersed. They began to search from house to house. Usually a squad, a platoon conducts a search. The blood stains of the shattered corpses had not yet dried up. The people of Loulan have not yet woken up from the shelling just now. He was caught in a panic.
Gold, jade is preferred. The rest was all kinds of supplies, leather, livestock, and some blankets or something. All were snatched away. Those who resist are killed. The weapon in his hand became a murder weapon.
The same is true for the Han army. They are the same as Zhao Jun. Take everything you can take away. The inhabitants became new slaves and were bound up and taken away.
The city was in shambles. Burning houses after the bombing were burning with raging fires. But no one will pay attention to all this. Allied soldiers looted everything they could. For this. Zhao Jun and Han Jun got into a fight over looting common property. It was not pulled away until the gendarmes appeared. But snatching behavior everywhere. The gendarmes simply don't care. And I don't want to care. Even. Some are still involved.
In this way, such a city experienced a catastrophe that she had never experienced before.
Li Zuoche entered the city as the vanguard of the paratroopers. He witnessed everything. The situation was even crazier than he had imagined. All the armies are out of control. Officers were also involved. In particular, the low-level officers became the leaders. They led their men to rob like a bunch of robbers.
Li Zuoche tried to stop this crazy move. But he was hindered by others and pushed away. Even his subordinates entered the city and saw that their commander had not acted, so they left under the pretext of participating in the city's looting.
Li Zuoche watched these things happen like a spectator. to everything that is happening in front of you. I could only shake my head. Sighing. And what surprised Li Zuoche was. Qin war correspondents actually made such a film for domestic propaganda. There were still several planes in the sky for aerial photography.
Night falls. Everything that could be looted in the city was looted. Even so. A large number of soldiers still entered the city as if they were hunting for treasure. The barracks were full of soldiers, officers. They exchanged loot with each other. Others robbed large numbers of women. Among them, Zhao Jun has the most. Most of them are poor. Loulan women became the object of their venting. The barracks outside the city are just as lively as they are inside.
Li Zuoche could only express his dissatisfaction with the matter by writing a diary.
"I don't know how to express my feelings today. Anger, annoyance or helplessness. Our army is made up of a bunch of bandits. Good military discipline is gone at this moment. ”
"Before, I thought we were fighting against those few nomadic tribes. But now. I don't think we're weakling. Instead, it was the nomadic tribes that became cattle and sheep to be slaughtered. Grandpa told me about the brutality of the Huns before. But now. What do I see? It's a group with advanced weapons. infinitely magnifies the ambitions and desires of our individual hearts. ”
"Perhaps my condemnation is powerless. Everybody is doing that. A Zhao soldier searched a slightly preserved house, and their companions saw it and immediately stepped forward to help. The weapons in their hands became the reason for their arrogance. After killing the male population of this house. The soldiers insulted the woman. While the other soldiers rummaged through what they could find as if they couldn't see it. Gold, jade, woolen blankets, and donkeys were no longer able to fit them, so they packed them on their bodies. Or just carry it in your pocket. The pockets of the uniform are so full now. ”
"I tried to stop them. I want to use military honor to redeem such a situation. But all is nothing. A corporal gave me a punch. Let me get out of the way and don't get in their way. ”
"The corporal contemptuously told me the reason."
"You officers are paid. And we don't. We can only eat enough to be good. You know? My younger brother died in the coal mine of Zhao State. Why? Because there is no money at home. We have to pay taxes. Many, many taxes. You rulers don't have to pay taxes. Don't get in the way of our fortune. We just want to make life better for our family. I don't care about you! ”
It seems that the people above also acquiesced in this behavior. Our commander listened to my report and just told me not to interfere. Or find a clean place to drink tea, or find a woman from the Western Regions to vent the fire."
"And this is one of the rank-and-file officers who have sent abundant trophies to our superiors. The sir's interest in the loot is higher than I have to report. I think. Our chiefs know about it. And they all acquiesced in this behavior. Just like if it weren't. They wouldn't have such an abundance of loot".
"What's the point of this war? I do not know. At least one thing. The desires of our hearts are inflated by the violence of weapons. He's out of control! Li Zuoche really couldn't believe that he was involved in such a war operation. In a good military family, he could not accept all this with the honor of a soldier.
As everyone knows, this is an important period of great social change. It is also an era when human selfish desires are extremely inflated. There are too many poor people in the Zhao country. His neighbors, on the other hand, completed the initial primitive accumulation of capital through various conquests. The myth of getting rich overnight is enduring. It's always the brilliance of the newspaper's inspirational story. As long as there is desire. There are many such opportunities in the Qin State.
The bottom of the Zhao people is really poor. People are living so miserably at home. The correspondence allowed them to understand everything that was happening in the state of Zhao. Many people get rich, and many people die and do not return to a happy life. Those officials don't have to pay taxes and still live well. The huge gap between rich and poor. and the impact of the rapid flow of wealth in society. Stimulate these soldiers to do everything they can to get what they want. Satisfy their heart's desires. Wealth, status, only in this way can a woman basically meet the definition of happiness. Li Zuoche still can't feel the meaning behind this huge change for the time being.
This era is an era of extremely inflated individual desires. For the satisfaction of personal desires. None of this is trivial. The gap between the rich and the poor is widening. People will try to seize it whenever they have the opportunity. That's wealth, it's status. It is also the expansion of desires in the period of primitive capital accumulation. It is a necessary part of the evolution of human nature. Can't be suppressed.