Section 10: Post-War Summary II

Long Qian waved his hand, "Deputy Commander Zhou and Company Commander Feng's worries are not unreasonable. That's why I'm keeping everyone on their toes. To use an inappropriate analogy, let's defeat the enemy country. The common people must be staring at us with hatred. To be honest, we really don't have any experience in dealing with ordinary people, let alone me, even an old Jianghu like Deputy Commander Zhou. Originally, we used the method of robbery to survive, but in the future, this trick will not work, and we must use new methods to learn to let the people take the initiative to give us food and money. Everyone's eyes are very strange, they must laugh at me for being too pedantic, yes, is there an army in history that treats the people as their own parents and brothers? I don't dare to say no, but rarely, and even if there is, it's for the sake of pretending to be needed. I've repeatedly told you this truth in Mengshan, this world is fucking bastard, and there are too many unreasonable things! For example, this township soldier was not forced out by bandits? What did Zheng Jing and the old thief spend a lot of money to buy guns, bullets, and even copper cannons? There may be other thoughts, but they do have the idea of guarding against the robbery of the horses. They did fight the calve-hugging men three years ago. Let me ask you, if the official army can protect the villagers, will these Zhuangzi form village soldiers? Let me ask you again, if the government does things well, and the people under its rule live and work in peace and contentment, will there be so many people who will take risks and go up the mountain to become bandits? The same none. Ever since the beginning of history, the government has not taken the people seriously, lack of food and drink, so they ask the people, and the people are in trouble, they hide and disappear, so they make things like this. The people are the most miserable, there has never been an army to really protect them, and when what we do makes the people feel safe, there is no reason why the people should not welcome and support us. As for the worries of Deputy Commander Zhou and Company Commander Feng, they are also my worries. If someone wants to avenge their deaths, we can't just take them together, we are an army, and we all have weapons in our hands. ”

Long Qian said this, and no one raised any objections.

There were two themes of the meeting, which were communicated to the participating officers in advance, the first was the arrangement of the current tasks, and the second was the post-war summary. Long Qian asked everyone to think carefully about the shortcomings of last night's battle.

For last night's battle, Long Qian first made a detailed summary.

"Last night's battle was a big win, but it exceeded my greatest expectations. But when you think about it, it's chaotic and thrilling. The biggest feature is that there is almost no row left. I think everyone has made a serious summary, who will say first? Well, let's do it, Feng Lun, you come first, the battle started from you. ”

"It's all about me." Feng Lun stood up and walked to the big map on the wall, this map was drawn by Ning Shijun's staff team in the morning, Feng Lun compared the map for a while, and felt that he didn't need the map, "Ji Lu plans to stipulate that the third company is a feint, and blockade Bai Wei to attract reinforcements from Zhengjiazhuang." The commander said that this is called encirclement and reinforcement. However, I found that Bai Wei is really good to fight. So I discussed with Erlian and simply laid down Bai Wei. Feng Lun scratched his head, "Now that I think about it, it's easy to think about the consequences." If Bai Wei can't be beaten, I'm afraid this battle will be dangerous, and the second company general will not be able to take time out to go to the main battlefield, yes, the main battlefield. Therefore, my problem is mainly that I temporarily changed the hexagram but did not report to the commander__" After Feng Lun finished speaking, he looked at Long Qian's face, and saw that he was expressionless, and he couldn't see joy or anger.

"Well, Mingyuan, you can talk about it." Long Qian continued to roll call.

Wang Mingyuan stood up, "I was really scared afterwards. Feng Lun's purpose in proposing that the two companies work together to open Bai Wei is not to grab merit, "Wang Mingyuan used the word merit grabbing, which made Zhou Yi frown, before this meeting, Feng Lun heard out of nowhere that Long Qian was very unhappy about the mess last night, and told Zhou Yi, Zhou Yi thought that although he didn't follow the routine set in Mengshan, the result was not quite good?

"Bai Wei is really easy to fight. The main reason is that the Zhuang Ding has little will to resist. It's easy to lay down. The problem is that he didn't have time to wait for the commander's order to do it. However, I think that since the commander said not to stick to the plan and do not know how to be flexible, I think that if Bai Wei is solved in a short time, our army will be completely free. As for not being able to open it, I really didn't think about it at the time. I felt scared afterwards. ”

Long Qian still didn't comment, "This battle victory has a lot to do with the Fifth Company. Lu Shan, you can tell me. ”

Lu Shan scratched his head and stood up, "There's nothing to say." I did what I planned. The task of the fifth company is to make a bottom line and close the door for the enemy to retreat to Zhengjiazhuang. However, I didn't expect them to split up and rescue, and I didn't know what to do for a while. Later, when I heard the gunshots on the path, I concluded that the second company was fighting with the township soldiers, and I felt that we should eat this one first, because they were the number one hundred and ten__ Later, the commander let us follow the enemy into Zhengjiazhuang, this trick is really clever__"

"Well, what about a lian? What does Yan Bing have to say? ”

Ye Yanbing stood up, "It's not out of shape for a while." With Deputy Commander Zhou in charge, our task is to block the enemy, and we can't let the dogs rush over no matter what."

"Deputy Commander Zhou, what do you have to say?"

Zhou Yi smiled and shook his head.

"What about the staff group? Shi Jun must have something to say, right? ”

"I think the results are perfect. The biggest worry before was how to open the soil fence of Zhengjiazhuang, because the commander repeatedly said that Zhengjiazhuang was strong and difficult to fight. So I hope Zheng Jing will send as many reinforcements as possible. Now the result is beautiful. If you want to talk about the shortcomings of this battle, I think it is that we are not in good contact, and the teams scattered in several places do not know each other's respective situations, and this situation needs to be solved. Ning Shijun said a few words.

"Brethren, I want to thank you. Everyone did their best in this battle, everyone played their best enthusiasm, and it was very good to be flexible. If we want to talk about problems, the biggest problem is that when I presided over the formulation of the battle plan, I still considered it simply, and I did not consider the scale of Zhengjiazhuang's reinforcements and the route of reinforcements. led to later dangers. Although we have solicited everyone's opinions on this plan, the main content is still determined by me. So, I am primarily responsible for the dangers that arose in last night's fighting. If I lose last night's battle, then I will be the first sinner of the Mengshan Army. ”

Everyone looked at each other. No one thought that Long Qian would come up and criticize himself first.

"Brethren, last night was indeed dangerous. Fortunately, we encountered village soldiers who lacked training and had a serious lack of will to fight. If it is Yuan Shikai's new army, we will be deflated. Some people may think that the battle is won. Why do you want to say these uncomfortable words? I see this in this matter, the seeds of defeat are buried in victory, and if an army cannot be accustomed to looking for problems in victory, and cannot be accustomed to seeing hope in defeat, then this army cannot be called a truly strong army. Therefore, I would like to remind you that your summary just now is not so in place. I will assign a topic to everyone, and everyone will carefully write a summary of the post-war period, and I will read this summary. The company commanders' summaries should be taken out and read in the whole company to see if the soldiers approve of it. My summary will be read out at the all-army conference. Don't hide the problems that exist in battle, and you will not damage your prestige by frankly admitting that you have problems with your command. On the contrary, if you hide and be self-righteous, you will suffer a loss one day, and that is to lose face and lose face together. ”

Everyone's demeanor became serious.

Specifically, as Feng Lun and Mingyuan said, the changes in Bai Wei can lead to changes in the plan, but the difficulties seem to be underconsidered. It's still what the two of them said just now, if they can't beat Bai Wei, this battle will definitely be lost. But I don't criticize you, after all, the battle was won. It has been said that the victor is not to blame. But, brethren, we must remember that our strength is too weak for any more danger. Winning battles must be based on the premise of surpassing the opponent in strength. In the future, we have to do a lot of things, but the first thing is to replenish the troops and be ready for war at all times. As for the contact that Shi Jun said, it is indeed a big problem, and he has to come up with a few ways, how to contact during the day and how to contact at night. If the staff group wants to think about it, and others must also think about it, if this problem is not solved, sooner or later it will suffer a big loss. ”

"This time we seized a lot of supplies, and as far as we were concerned, we were rich. I am ready to reward all the officers and soldiers who participated in the battle, including those who held the Mengshan Mountain. You can think about how to reward it. Zheng Jing's greatest wealth was not the gold and silver in the cellar and the grain and cloth in the warehouse, but thousands of acres of land. ”

"Land? What can the land do? Zhou Yi asked in surprise.

"Land is the most valuable thing at the moment. Isn't it? ”

"I mean, we occupy three villages including Zhengjiazhuang, who would dare to come here to buy land?"

"Why sell to people? My idea is that part of the land of the old thief Zheng will be taken out and distributed to the poor people, and the other part will be distributed to our officers and soldiers. ”

"What? Commander, what did you say? "This time it was everyone's surprise.

"What, you don't want to?" Long Qian smiled.

Almost all of them are peasant children, so how can they not know the meaning of land? Even a child of a family like Ning Shijun has bought land at home. In an agrarian society under the feudal system, land was undoubtedly the most valuable means of production, and in the eyes of many people, the value of land exceeded that of circulating resources such as shops.

"Commander, we are going to march and fight, you just said, we must maintain vigilance against the officers and soldiers, and have thousands of acres of land in our hands, who has time to do business?" Wang Mingyuan asked.

"Why do you want to farm the land yourself? Well? Did Zheng Jing farm the land himself? Did he grow it on a dog day? Long Qian asked rhetorically.

Cheng Erhu became excited, "Commander, you, you want to divide and land for the poor people in my village?" ”

"That's right. But first do a survey. It is necessary to find out who has land in Zhuangzi, who does not have land, and how there is no land. It's a big thing, and I'll be personally involved. The staff team had to be added to do this. Of course, you are the second tiger, you are the head snake. ”

Everyone laughed, and almost understood what Long Qian meant, "Erhu, you, the head snake, have to be a good staff officer for the commander." Give the land of the old thief Zheng to those who are willing to support us. It was Ye Yanbing who spoke.

"No, no problem. As long as you give, divide the land to the poor brothers, and everyone will follow us, let's go. Cheng Erhu's eyes lit up with excitement.

"Okay, I'll see if what you say is accurate." Long Qian announced the dismissal of the meeting, leaving Feng Guozhu and Chi Chunxian, who were ready to return to Mengshan to meet Song Jinguo, "Fortunately, it's best to leave immediately." The sooner the better. ”

"Ha Luha, I slept on the big bed of Zheng Lao Thief for one night, and I was a little reluctant." Feng Guozhu said with a smile.

"Yes, once life is comfortable, I don't want to suffer anymore. We are not qualified to sleep on Zheng Jing's sandalwood bed now, so we don't have to sleep in a daze and lose our heads. Long Qian smiled and said, "The back and forth on the road is in charge of Guozhu." Chunxian, you have to be a good assistant to Guozhu. ”

"Okay, Commander, don't worry." Chi Chun grinned first, "Just try my black spine kicking snow." ”

This time to open Zhengjiazhuang, Chi Chun, who loves war horses, first changed to a good horse, black all over, four hooves of snow white, it is said to be Zheng Jing's mount, originally left to Long Qian, but Long Qian gave it to the cavalry.

"You can go on horseback. The fourth company will not stay on horseback, and choose a few from the second company to go. Long Qian admonished.

"Okay, we'll leave in a while, and we'll be back in three or five days." Feng Guozhu said lightly.

"Mengshanzhai houses, don't burn down, especially the Guangming Temple, it should be cultural relics. We withdrew, and those things that could not be taken away were left behind, and the surrounding people could take them and use them. ”

"Yes. Maybe we'll have to go back to Mengshan. Chi Chun smiled first.

"That's going to be the climate for us. If you can't stay here and be chased back, it's over__" Long Qian's expression became solemn.