Chapter 118: Expansion of the Army

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The summer was hot, and in two days, the corpse had already had some stench, and people couldn't help frowning. But at this time, Gu Zhenhua personally took the civil and military officials of Juzhou, none of them bad, and personally went outside the city to greet the remains of the soldiers who died in battle.

As early as when he got the battle report, Gu Zhenhua had already ordered to make the coffin overnight, and at the same time selected a large piece of feng shui treasure land in the south of the city and designated it as the An** Soldiers Cemetery. Thousands of laborers excavated hundreds of large tombs, neatly arranged halfway up the mountainside. In addition, Gu Zhenhua announced the news of the victory to the whole city, and all the people were extremely excited.

After the corpses were brought back, the long crowd continued from the city gate to the cemetery, and there was a sea of people, not only the hungry people, but also almost all the people in the city came out, and everyone gathered together, and a solemn range permeated everyone.

Gu Zhenhua led all the officials in the city to the carriage full of corpses, and raised his right hand respectfully. The common people are also clear these days, this is An**'s new military salute!

A dignified grandfather and a high-ranking official actually saluted the fallen soldiers in person, and this courtesy was absolutely unprecedented. One will succeed and ten thousand bones will wither, and the famous generals in the past only care about victory, and soldiers are just consumables, but here in Gu Zhenhua, soldiers seem to be more important.

After saluting the military salute, Gu Zhenhua turned to all the people present and said in a deep voice: "Fellow villagers, two days ago, everyone already knew the news of the victory. Here I want to tell you again that the Tartars want to snatch the food, and they want to snatch the food that everyone saved their lives! It was these soldiers who fought so bravely that they sacrificed their lives to save 200,000 loads of food. ”

Gu Zhenhua said, his eyes swept over the people present, especially those hungry people who heard the figure of 200,000 quintals, they were all a little dizzy, they probably never dared to think about what the concept of so much food was.

"Relief for the victims. To appease the people, what does it depend on, that is, these grains. In other words, the food you eat is all bought by these young men, these soldiers, in exchange for their lives! Without them. These grains have been snatched away by the Tartars, and when the Tartars have eaten and drunk enough, they will come again to rob your wives and children, take away the land, rob the tombs of your ancestors, and rob you of what you have! ”

Gu Zhenhua's voice became higher and higher. The feelings of the people present became more and more passionate. The bloody men all clenched their fists and clucked. It may not be useful to say some big truths, but the simplest ones are in front of them.

Food is what they save their lives, and when the Tartars grab food, they rob their lives! And these soldiers protect food, that is, to protect them, so that they can live!

This is the cruel law of survival, and no one can escape it!

Thought of this. Looking at these corpses again, everyone suddenly had a lofty feeling, this seems to be not a simple group of people, towering like a mountain, and the mountains are standing up!

"Folks, fathers, I mention that everyone mourns in silence for these sacrificed soldiers!"

Saying that, Gu Zhenhua lowered his head, and the people around him also followed in turn. Those ordinary people also did the same, and they all bowed their heads. Tens of thousands of people were silent. The wind blew through the trees, the leaves rattled, and at this time, no one dared to make any noise. The scorching sun was shining, beads of sweat were rolling down, and no one dared to wipe them.

After about three minutes, Gu Zhenhua raised his head again. After this short moment. The feelings of the people in the audience are very different again. The rhythm of the scene seemed to have fallen into Gu Zhenhua's hands, and everyone was looking at this grandfather and wanted to hear what he had to say.

"For a long time, the Ming Dynasty has emphasized literature over military force. The devaluing of the warriors is worthless, and under this kind of public opinion, everyone is ashamed to join the army. A good man is not a soldier, and a good iron is not a nail, this has almost become a consensus! But have you ever thought about it, this is not a peaceful time, this is the last days of internal and external troubles! If you want to live, you need a group of soldiers to sacrifice, to dedicate, to sacrifice their lives and forget their lives!

Of course, some people will say that eating food and becoming a soldier is a matter of course! But I want you to ask yourself, are you willing to give up your lives for the sake of food, just for that little money and food, when it comes to life and death, can such soldiers still fight to the death? Back then, the Yuejia army loved the people like sons and praised them through the ages, and at present, please put this respect on the soldiers who sacrificed their lives for you, do you think it's right? ”

"Yes, that's right!"

"An ** is the Yue family army in the world."

"That's right, if the people of Juzhou want to live and work in peace and contentment, they have to rely on An**!"

Gu Zhenhua also played a small trick and installed a few leaders among the people. Now that they are agitating, the emotions of the audience are boiling.

"Fellow villagers, every soldier of An ** is also from ordinary people. I am afraid that everyone has already suffered too much, in order to be able to live and work in peace and contentment, in order to be able to resist the invasion of the Tartars, more aspiring young people are needed to join in the peace **, their relatives, to rely on their own hands to protect! ”

Improving the status of military personnel is to encourage more people to join the army, and it is obvious that some people have begun to be tempted. At this time, Gu Zhenhua strode to the front of a carriage and picked up a human head with a big gun.

"Let's take a look, this is the so-called money rat tail, what do you think it looks like?"

Everyone's eyes fell on this human head, and in the braided dramas of later generations, all of them were half-shaved yin and yang heads, and it didn't seem so awkward to see too much. But that was only the situation at the end of the Qing Dynasty, in the early Qing Dynasty, the yin and yang heads had to be cut off, and the standard formula had to be shaved before and after, leaving only a small handful on the top of the head, braided into a braid, to be able to pass through the copper coin eye.

This style can still be seen in later operas, such as the clown in the double reed, with a small pigtail on his head. In other words, in the early Qing Dynasty, the Manchu Qing Dynasty implemented the style of making all Chinese people clowns, and the humiliation was too strong.

"Pig tail!" Some people shouted out.

"It is said that the Manchu Tartars are beasts, and sure enough, how can a good person see a person with such a thing."

"Not only can't I see people, I'm afraid that I won't have the face to see my ancestors after death!"

This time it was not the person arranged by Gu Zhenhua, just the people themselves were talking about it, and the people who believed in the parents of the body had a strong resistance to shaving and dressing.

"This is the head that was shaved after the Tartar invasion. In Beijing and Tianjin and other places, keep your head or don't keep your head! The Manchus had already raised their butcher's knives and either bent to them. Or they will be killed. They do this like taming everybody and making everybody their slave, are you willing? ”

"Unwilling, unwilling!"

"So what to do?"

"Listen to Grandpa Guo, kill all the Tartars, kill all the Tartars!"

"Good. I have never been short of hot-blooded athletes in China, An ** cut off 3,000 heads this time, and next time you can cut 5,000, 10,000, as long as everyone actively joins the army, you will become the most powerful warriors. Don't worry about the Tartars bullying you again! Starting tomorrow, new recruits will be officially recruited in Juzhou, hoping that a young man with ambition can join the army to serve the country and defend his homeland! ”

Gu Zhenhua's words were both intimidation, encouragement, and temptation. Put the facts in front of all the people, and there is no worry that they will not enthusiastically join the army.

After speaking, Gu Zhenhua took the lead, carried the coffin with others, and when he arrived at the soldier's body, he helped the soldier sort out his remains, wrapped his body in the red flag of An **, and put it in the coffin. Then it was carried by Gu Zhenhua himself. Go to the cemetery and be buried.

Guogong carried the coffin, this great honor made the young people present enthusiastic, no wonder these soldiers dared to fight with the Tartars! If you can follow such a person who cherishes soldiers, no one will be a coward!

In addition to Gu Zhenhua, the big and small leaders of An**, a well-known gentry in Juzhou. All of them took action, everyone was responsible for a corpse, and everyone didn't care about the smell or the dirt. Before the sun sets. All the 283 soldiers who died were buried in the cemetery.

The monk and the Taoist are reciting the scriptures of the past together. Tang Ruowang, these foreign monks, also joined in, Gu Zhenhua's enlightenment may have had an effect, Tang Ruowang worked extra hard and did his best. Holding the cross in his hand, he prayed for the blessing of each deceased, sowed pure water, and played Western musical instruments. The requiem music, low and tactful, and the sound of grumbling and mourning, heard everyone's heart, and they couldn't help but feel sad.

John Tong's show turned out quite well. Many soldiers, and even ordinary people, have a good opinion of these foreign monks.

The solemn burial ceremony was over, and Gu Zhenhua also made arrangements to recruit new soldiers. This battle had to let the recruit battalion go up, which also highlighted the shortcomings of the lack of security ** troops.

With the excellent performance of the first battalion of recruits, the recruits recruited from Tianjin are not far from entering the battle sequence. Ten battalions of men and horses can greatly supplement the combat power of An**. Of course, this is not enough. Gu Zhenhua planned to recruit seven battalions of recruits in Xuzhou and ten battalions in the Guide area. In addition, three battalions of soldiers were to be recruited in Shandong.

Gu Zhenhua was personally responsible for the recruitment of troops in Germany, while those in Xuzhou were handed over to Sun Cheng and 6 Yong, and those in Shandong were handed over to Li Xu.

Fang Jianming personally took Gu Zhenhua's order and came all the way to Yucheng. As soon as he met Li Xu, Fang Jianming told Gu Zhenhua about presiding over the burial ceremony.

Li Xu was also extremely moved when he heard this, and tears rolled in his eyes. couldn't help but say: "Throughout the ages, it is said that he loves soldiers like sons, but what famous general can really think about soldiers and fight for honor and dignity for ordinary soldiers!" Grandpa Guo is the first person, and it is also our blessing to be able to follow Guogong! ”

Fang Jianming also smiled: "That's right, Grandpa Guo did things unexpectedly, which seems to be out of order, but after thinking about it carefully, it is reasonable." The brothers threw their heads, spilled their blood, and exchanged their lives for peace for the common people, why should anyone still look down on them, it is simply unreasonable! ”

Fang Jianming said and sent an order to Li Xu's hand.

"Grandpa Guo let the general enter the territory of Shandong, firstly, to expand the results of the war, and secondly, to monitor the Manchus and prevent retaliation. There is no need to occupy too many places, and we don't have enough people, as long as we control Cao County, Shanxian County and other areas bordering Henan. After arriving in these areas, the most important thing is to recruit troops and rob people and send ordinary people to Henan. ”

"Well, I know in my heart, when the grandfather of the country came to order the previous time, I had already sent soldiers, and Kang Lesheng had already seized Cao County with two hundred new troops!"

"Good!" Fang Jianming smiled: "I heard that this kid is very good in battle?" ”

"Indeed, he has the opinion, has the determination, and dares to start, he is a good seedling, that is, he has scuttled more than a dozen ships in order to prevent the grain from falling into the hands of the Manchu Qing!"

Yue Poyu suddenly laughed beside him: "He also praised him, but he caused us to fish up the grain little by little, move the boat away, and restore the route, how much it took to do it!" ”

Fang Jianming smiled: "It's different, this time, that time." Guogong himself said that his approach was worthy of praise, and the commander of the first battalion of recruits fell on his head. ”

Kang Lesheng didn't know that he had been quietly promoted and became an example of An's cutting-edge generation. At this time, Kang Lesheng was searching the Cao County Office.

The Qing army's attack on the grain ships came from here, and there were still many letters and official documents left in the county government. Kang Lesheng's cultural level is much stronger than that of ordinary recruits, he took a few copies and immediately frowned.

"Bastard, no wonder the dog Tartar can be found so accurately, it turns out that there has already been a traitor, quickly, send a letter to the grandfather of the country, send all this evidence over, arrest people one by one, and avenge the sacrificed brothers!"