People. The family problem has always been difficult to solve.

If the people. The clan issue is also mixed with the clan. Teaching problems, it is even more difficult.

Fortunately, the barbarians in the area of the Great Xiaoice Mountain do not have any stubborn religious beliefs.

The reason why the big and Xiaoice mountain area has always been the territory of the barbarians, to put it bluntly, is that it is poor, most of the barbarians are half agricultural and half pastoral, livestock is most important to sheep, especially sheep, cattle and horses are more, crops are originally buckwheat, oats, potatoes and so on. The mountains are high and the forests are dense, and the barbarians do not have much interaction with the Han people, so the cultural backwardness is greater than the economic gap with the Han land, and now the barbarians do not even have their own writing.

Xie Niancheng believes that this kind of place, to put it bluntly, is not suitable for human habitation, but if you want to completely move these barbarians out of the Xiaoice Mountain area, it is not so realistic. The barbarians are poor and bitter, but they are accustomed to this kind of casual life rhythm that has lasted for thousands of years. You want to carry out economic reforms so that the barbarians will increase the intensity of labor, but the barbarians may not be willing.

But Xie Niancheng didn't want to watch the barbarians remain in a primitive state like this. Xie Niancheng is not a "human rights activist", but he cannot tolerate the existence of a slave society.

Big and Xiaoice mountains, it must change.

But how? How much? It is still necessary to take one step at a time.

The officers and soldiers from Sichuan were a little curious about fighting in the barbarian territory and about the customs and customs that were very different from the Han land. Ann to Shi. Cotton thread went around the mountains to get in touch with the barbarians here.

Big. These barbarians who crossed the river north had some dealings with the Han Chinese, and they saw the revolutionary army ascending the mountains. At the beginning, he didn't take the revolutionary army seriously, thinking that the soldiers of the revolutionary army had little combat effectiveness like the Jiuchuan army, and many leaders even let their subordinates take the initiative to attack. I want to take advantage of the revolutionary army.

After defeating the barbarian armed forces, the revolutionary army entered the cottage and strictly abided by the discipline of the revolutionary army, and did not burn, kill, and plunder.

The soldiers of the revolutionary army came from poor backgrounds, even if they were after arriving in the high mountains and cottages. Still shocked by the poverty of the barbarian poor, the slaves.

In the thatched huts where many barbarians lived, there was nothing empty!

Furniture, beds, clothes, covers...... Nothing.

People are not like people, ghosts are not like ghosts, clothes do not cover their bodies, and their faces are yellow and thin!

The men are fine. There are more or less robes, and many poor families and slave women are directly open and breasts, even bare-chested.

in every cottage. There are slave babies of the Han nationality. These babies are at the bottom of the cottage, doing the hardest and most tiring work, eating the worst, and being in the same circle as the livestock.

The cries of these Han people who were betrayed or captured in barbarian cottages after being rescued by the revolutionary army ignited everyone's anger.

After a female slave committed suicide in shame after crying about her inhuman experience, the revolutionary officers and soldiers were completely angry!

The revolutionary army was strictly disciplined, and there were no orders from above. No one dares to kill indiscriminately.

However, this time it was with the revolutionary army. There are also thousands of "volunteers" from all over the province.

After the economic reform began in Sichuan, the revolutionary army and the police were very tight on public security, cracking down on pornography, gambling, and drugs throughout Sichuan, which made the robe buddies have no income, and the robe buddies are unwilling to do hard work, and under the secret work of Huaxing for half a month, the most courageous "robe brothers" formed a volunteer army to come to Ya'an.

These robes were not soldiers, and with the acquiescence of the revolutionary army, they became the sharpest knives.

The volunteers dispersed, and every time they followed the revolutionary army to a stockade, they slaughtered the leaders and nobles in the local stockade.

Without the headmen and nobles, the revolutionary officers and soldiers and the robes divided the property of the heads and nobles among the commoners and slaves. Many poor people and slave children respected the revolutionary army as heavenly beings and enlisted in the army one after another. The whole large. The nobles and chieftains north of the river fled when they heard the news, or fled to the Great . Either cross the river to the south or flee further west to the higher and more majestic mountains.

The Revolutionary Army and the Volunteer Army formed small detachments to deal with the "equal wealth and poverty" of this area.

In just half a month, the front line from Ya'an to Asbestos was full of people, and according to the statistics of the staff of the political department, a total of more than 7,000 barbarians who were originally in the ruling class were killed, and hundreds of casualties were inflicted on the revolutionary army and the volunteer army.

During this time, the combat troops of Tongguò learned more or less about the living customs of some barbarians, and also recruited thousands of barbarian youths to enlist in the army.

In late September, the ministries regrouped and prepared to the west. Chang direction advances.

For thousands of years, the Han and barbarians probably took the Dadu River as the dividing line, and after crossing the Dadu River, it was the world of the barbarians.

According to the escapees of the "road construction pioneers", the pioneers were attacked in a valley after crossing the Dadu River from asbestos and about 50 miles south.

The Dadu River is turbulent and there is no bridge over the river, but it is not difficult for the engineering units of the Sichuan Revolutionary Army to build a pontoon bridge over the river.

In the cheers of the asbestos people, the first bridge over the Dadu River was officially put into use. Downstream of this bridge, two other pontoons, will also be erected soon.

Xie Niancheng led the officers across the pontoon bridge and officially set foot on the territory of the barbarians.

"Commander-in-chief, we don't quite understand, if you want to defeat the West. Chang's words, do you need so many troops in two armies? Two divisions are almost enough......"

Crossing the Big. After crossing the river, camping at noon, several division commanders expressed puzzlement that Xie Niancheng was so aggressive.

Xie Niancheng said: "What you said is right, if it is just to lay down the West. Chang, two divisions are enough; But what I want is not the land, but the people of the land. ”

"Have you read the iceberg public opinion report that was sent?"

Under Xie Niancheng's order, and on the basis of the collection of political workers from various units during this period, the headquarters of the front army made a surprise compilation of a circular on the situation of the people, and after this circular was issued, Xie Niancheng demanded that the troops, from division commanders to company commanders, must study in a complete way.

"Commander, I've read it all."

The things that the senior officers explained to Xie Niancheng have always been completed to the letter.

"After reading the public report, you should know that the Han and barbarians in the entire iceberg area do not actually live together. The Han Chinese are mainly in An. In the area of the Ning River Valley, most of the barbarians are deep in the mountains. Suppose our army just wants to take the West. Chang, that's just a matter of advancing along the river valley. ”

"Such a big move, and let everyone understand the situation of the barbarians, is to permanently solve the problem of the Great Xiaoice Mountain. At the same time, solving the barbarian problem in the Great and Xiaoice Mountains will solve the problem of the people in the future for our army. family problems, accumulate experience. ”

"The iceberg area has a population of more than 3 million, including 1 million Han people and 2 million barbarians. I Xie Niancheng thinks that the Han people are our compatriots in China and need the revolutionary army to liberate them, and the barbarians are also our compatriots. ”

"Our goal is to liberate the people of the entire iceberg region, not only the Han Chinese, but also the barbarians. On the way to the march, I asked officers and men at all levels to get to know the barbarians. Lay down the West. After Chang, I was going to divide my troops into regiments and go to liberate more than a dozen counties in the iceberg. Specific policies to the West. Chang decided again, but from now on, our team, everyone has to think, how to solve the best problem of the barbarians? To the west. After Changhou, everyone has to submit a written report. ”

"Lay down the West. It is easy to prosper, and it is not difficult to lead the Han people in the iceberg area to carry out land reform, but it is not easy to bring about fundamental changes in the barbarian society. Remember, this time, we are going to divide the political and military into eight and two military, do you understand? ”

None of the officers understood, but they all expressed their willingness to go back and think about it.

After crossing the river, Xie Niancheng did not order the troops to advance rapidly, and under Xie Niancheng's orders, dozens of "task forces" were set up in each unit.

Each team had about fifty people, including five barbarian soldiers.

The task of these task forces is to go to the barbarian villages along the route of the army to find out the situation and gather intelligence for the future reform of the barbarian society.

There were barbarian soldiers in the team, and the efficiency of the team was very high, and the day after crossing the Dadu River, it was learned that it was the "Guoluo Family Branch" that attacked the road construction vanguard.

There are 16 major villages in the "Guoluojia Branch", with a population of tens of thousands and 700 guns. The "Guoluo Family Branch" is now defending against danger, preparing to wrestle with the revolutionary army.

How to deal with the "Guoluo Family Branch"? It became the first problem that the troops needed to deal with after entering the barbarian area.

With the strength of the revolutionary army, not to mention capturing those mountains and destroying the hundreds of guns in that area, even if these mountains are surrounded, it is not difficult to kill all the clansmen of the entire "Guoluo Family Branch". However, this will not play a role in completely solving the problem of the barbarians being unable to integrate into modern society.

Big. The combat experience of crossing the north bank of the river made Xie Niancheng think more deeply about this issue.

Big. The operation on the north bank of the river, the revolutionary army and the volunteer army, all up and down, regarded it as a success, but Xie Niancheng did not agree.

These villages are rich and poor, but has the life of the barbarians changed completely?

No.

Big. In the stockade north of the river, everyone is now given a small amount of land and livestock, but what can be done?

Overall, everyone is still very poor. With the passage of time, the gap between the rich and the poor will reappear, and the entire barbarian society will be so primitive.

The root cause is still a problem of the natural environment.

In the alpine and dense forest areas, if the population is small, you can engage in high-end industries such as cash crop cultivation and wildlife breeding, and it is not too difficult for the people living here to live a good life. But if the population is large, then it can only grow food crops, pigs and sheep, and at most people can only have enough food and clothing.

If you want to fundamentally change the barbarian society, you can only rely on immigrants in the end to move most of the barbarians out of the mountains.

But most of the barbarians don't know Chinese and have no labor skills, so how to settle them?

Therefore, Xie Niancheng wants to deal with the matter of the "Guoluo Family Branch" and strive to find the key to solving the problem. (To be continued......)