Episode 41 From Legion to Gang

Fourteen Gege's strategy of "the first to enter the customs is the Hou" was applauded by many people on the spot. Because this strategy is not only vicious, not only immediate, but also difficult to crack, it does not belong to a "conspiracy", but a "conspiracy". The intention is very simple, it is a person who can see through it. The Zhengzhou Corps can also understand it at a glance, but it will definitely still be willing to break into it. Chen Wangwu knew that there was no way at all. His best way is to also pull the team of descendants and join this "Raiders of the Lost Ark" as soon as possible, maybe there is still hope of grabbing Hangu Pass.

Because it was about canonization, Tang Yunsheng went to report to Zhu Yourong and asked His Majesty to decide.

Zhu Yourong had fallen asleep, but when he heard the emergency report related to the battle situation, he got dressed again and got up to meet Tang Yunsheng. She listened to Tang Yunsheng talk about it back and forth, and immediately felt that Fourteen Gege was a very good idea, and immediately approved it. However, the title name has been changed, not called "Guanzhong Marquis", but "Zhenguan Marquis". The place in Guanzhong is too big, equivalent to half a province, and cannot be used to name "Hou". Generally, the title in front of the title of "Hou" can only be the name of the county. The meaning of "Zhenguan Hou" is that the "fiefdom" of this Hou is in the area of Hangu Pass, which takes the meaning of "Zhenguan" of the Son of Heaven.

Zhu Yourong personally demarcated that the fief of the Marquis of Zhenguan will include Hanguguan Town and Tongguan County, that is, from Hanguguan in the east to Tongguan in the west, and a narrow area of more than 50 kilometers in the middle, all of which belong to the fief of the "Marquis of Zhenguan". In terms of area, it has also reached the scale of a county.

Of course, the concept of "fiefdom" in the Ming Dynasty today is just a symbol. This nobleman will not be given all the taxes in the fief as before. Today's nobles in the Ming Dynasty all adopt the annuity system, and the annuity of each title is fixed when it was canonized. For example, Princess Liaoyang's nominal fief is in Liaoyang in the northeast, but she only has a fixed annuity of 700,000. Xiang Xiaoqiang's nominal fief is in Jiangxinzhou, and the fixed annuity is 500,000.

Zhu Yourong set the annuity of "Zhenguan Hou" at 500,000 Mingyang. That's pretty generous. Catch up with Xiang Xiaoqiang. Although Xiang Xiaoqiang is only an earl, he belongs to the close ministers of the Son of Heaven, and he has made great contributions. His actual annuity was considered high among the marquises. The title of Princess Liaoyang is a princess, and in Daming, the princess is the highest level of female titles, which is equivalent to the prince in the male title. Her annuity is only 700,000.

The annuity is 500,000 Ming Yang, which is unparalleled for the attraction of the officers of the Zhengzhou Legion. 500,000 Ming Yang, equivalent to 350,000 US dollars, equivalent to 1.15 million pieces of Qing Yinyang, equivalent to 6,220 taels of gold, a full 311 kilograms.

In the Ming Army's "Uprising Bonus Order", it is stipulated that if a whole army surrenders, the army commander will only reward 500,000 Ming Yang at one time. And once you get the title of "Marquis of Zhenguan", you can get 500,000 Mingyang every year.

After all, there are very few people who have the opportunity and ability to pull an entire army to surrender. First of all, you must be at least the commander of the army, and secondly, you must have good control over the army under your command. Moreover, on the eve of planning to surrender, it could not be detected by the spies of the sticky pole in the army. In short, it is very difficult.

However, the opportunity of "Zhenguanhou" is completely open. Even if you are a regiment commander and battalion commander, as long as you have the ability to grab Hangu Pass and not let people rob it, Zhenguan Hou is yours......

Moreover, this kind of thing is the ultimate dream of the Chinese military generals in the past dynasties, and it is the highest affirmation of a person's merits and achievements by the Son of Heaven, and it is the supreme glory. "Three thousand miles away to find the marquis", how many famous generals, generals, and veterans in the past dynasties, their beards have turned gray and they have abandoned their comfortable lives, and they have been born and died on the battlefield again and again, just to pursue the highest dream of "feudal marquis". At that time, Li Guang, a famous general of the first generation, fought all his life and made great achievements, but in the end, because he was never allowed to be a marquis, he killed himself on the battlefield in despair and hatred, leaving behind the eternal regret of "Li Guang is difficult to seal".

Therefore, the high command unanimously believed that none of the Northern Qing officers in the Zhengzhou Army could resist this temptation. As long as you have a little strength, you will take risks and participate in this bloody game.

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The old organization of the Ming Dynasty's propaganda of the Qing Dynasty - the first bureau of the East Factory, the following writing team worked overtime urgently, a few veterans who wrote leaflets closed the door, drank a few taels of whiskey, and the pen was like a god, and the kung fu of playing the pen for half a lifetime was all displayed, and the sentence written by the leaflet was more attractive than a sentence, and a sentence was more tempting than a sentence. Finally, after writing, the factory supervisor read it, gave it to the command on the phone, and read it out on the phone.

Several old men and Zhu Yourong in the central command hall listened to it in the speaker, and they all felt very satisfied. Stomach ache jokingly:

"The last general now can't wait to be a battalion commander in the Zhengzhou Corps."

Several old men looked at him, a little puzzled.

My stomach hurts and then I laughs:

"It's good to go and rob Hanguguan before anyone else."

Everyone laughed, knowing that the stomach hurt This is a disguised compliment that the leaflet is well written and has strong "lethality".

So the clap was made.

Leaflets were sent in series to the Left Wing Command of the People's Guard. Propaganda against the enemy during the war is mainly carried out by the political work team of the People's Guard. The political work corps has printing carts at all airports and in all military units, and the machines in the vehicles are fully equipped with ink and paper, and once they receive a telegram, they can immediately print a large number of leaflets. Moreover, every city and county seat captured by the Ming army in the Northern Qing Dynasty, the political work team would be stationed in the local radio station, so that it could broadcast and publicize the Northern Qing Dynasty at any time with clear medium waves. The shortwave covers a long distance, but the sound is very unclear. The medium wave coverage is close, but very clear.

From the late night of the 24th to the early morning of the 25th, in several front-line airfields of the Ming army in the Western Theater, printing trucks began to roar, and stacks of new leaflets were printed. The newly occupied Kaifeng Radio Station, one of the transmission towers closest to the Zhengzhou Corps, also began broadcasting to the Zhengzhou Corps in medium waves, and the policy of "those who enter the border first is the Hou" was transmitted over and over again on the radios of the headquarters at all levels of the Zhengzhou Corps.

But in the Zhengzhou Corps, and in the night battle, the people who can hear the radio are very limited after all, just some high-ranking officials. And the "target audience" of the Ming army's propaganda offensive this time is mainly the regiment commanders and battalion commanders below, that is, the Zhengzhou Corps will start to mess up from the middle level. Therefore, it is mainly necessary to rely on leaflets.

Bonfires were also lit at several front-line airfields, and Ming reconnaissance planes took off between two strings of bonfires and rose into the dark sky. Soon, on the more than 100-kilometer-long front from Zhengzhou to Luoyang, leaflets were falling everywhere with the words "the first to enter the customs is the Hou".

At the same time, the firepower of the Ming army was thinned out, and the troops were no longer fighting for their lives, and the troops temporarily retreated and repaired.

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The offensive of the Ming army weakened, and all levels of the Qing army on the front line breathed a sigh of relief, and finally had a chance to breathe.

However, in less than half an hour, the atmosphere was clearly not right.

Whether it is on the front line of the Luoyang Mountains or the front line of the Zhengzhou Plain, in those trenches, behind sandbag bunkers, and in observation shacks, no matter the officers and soldiers, they all pick up the leaflets falling from the sky, stare at them, and look at them with expressions that are not right. The soldiers looked at their commander jealously and muttered in a low voice:

"Thief, your mother, isn't it......"

“…… Really? ”

"Marquis, ......"

"Look, look, I said it above, regardless of level......"

"Then we can go and rush the customs too?"

"You still want to be a marquis, Ran's is the same as ......"

"It's not a matter of not being ranran, you have to have soldiers in your hands...... We can't be small soldiers, at least we have to be our commanders......"

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And those commanders, all who have a few soldiers in their hands, are all red in their eyes at the moment, swallowing saliva, holding leaflets in their hands, and their faces are red and white.

"Battalion Commander!"

In a bunker shack, a battalion deputy suddenly shouted loudly. Frightened a large circle of junior officers.

These junior officers, each holding a leaflet in their hands, all had their own ghosts, and their faces were red and white.

"Battalion Commander!" The battalion deputy shouted impassionedly, "You usually treat your brothers like brothers, but you don't say anything about it!" Our brothers in the whole camp are out of the way, and we will keep you going to the Hangu Pass! Our grandfathers were born and died here, just for Chen Wangwu's few taels of gold! It's better to pull it to the west now, and the battalion commander will be the town marquis! Battalion commander, you have made a marquis, as long as you don't forget the brethren when the time comes! ”

The battalion commander was also so excited that his face flushed, he clutched the leaflet tightly, walked around the spot a few times, "snapped" the table, and shouted:

"Good!! The brothers have this heart, as long as the surname Liu Di grabs the Zhenguan Hou, he will never treat the brothers badly! In the fiefdom of the forehead, the big and small officials are indispensable to the brothers! At that time, the marquis and below, the earl, the viscount, the baron, and the whole camp of brothers will be indispensable! If the brothers thought that the emperor of the Southern Ming Dynasty was not generous, he would pay the money from himself and give the brothers an annuity! ”

"Whew!!"

A howl of excitement erupted in the shack, and then a gunshot rang out, and the battalion commander covered his waist, stared at the battalion deputy next to him, and slowly fell, with a pool of blood under him.

The battalion deputy carried a smoking pistol and shouted:

"Brethren! This surnamed Liu's military academy has been wooden, and his family bought a battalion commander, who usually flatters and bullies, drinks everyone's soldiers' blood, and the brothers in the whole battalion dare not speak out. Ball! ”

This battalion deputy is obviously more popular with the military than the battalion commander. There was a louder cheer below, and they all immediately called him "battalion commander".

"Battalion Commander!" A junior officer shouted, "More than 200 miles from here to Hangu Pass!" Where are we going? ”

"Where are you going? By train! The fastest train! The new battalion commander waved his pistol, pointed and ordered, "Immediately start arranging, let the brothers in front of you withdraw from their positions and go north to grab the train!" Fast! Fast! One step slower and let others take the lead! ”

At the sound of the order, there was a mess in the headquarters, and every officer picked up the field phone, shouted to the front, told the troops to withdraw, and marched quickly towards the northern railway.

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For a time, a similar scene was staged in the entire Zhengzhou Corps and almost every front-line command center. The command system and control structure of the entire group army collapsed in an instant. And this collapse began in the middle with the battalions as the main force. The battalion and regimental level reacted the fastest, and within an hour of the leaflets being dropped, all battalions and regiments were busy moving back troops. And the division and brigade levels can't sit still, and they are trying their best to control their own teams. However, these division commanders and brigade commanders did not continue to resist the Ming army like a stable team, but wanted to pull up their own team and also go west to grab Hangu Pass.

But divisions and brigades are also made up of battalions and regiments. The battalion commanders and regiment commanders below all felt that the troops in their hands were enough to seize and defend the pass. The division commander, the brigade commander, can no longer command the battalion commander and regiment commander below. They watched their armies fall apart and were helpless. The lower companies, platoons, and squads were basically not in chaos, and they still obeyed the command of the battalion commander and regiment commander. Because they all know that the strength of the platoon level is not enough to take Hangu Pass. If you want to get a share of the wealth, it's best to keep your boss and grab it.

The spies at the sticky pole in the Qing army were also dumbfounded at this time. They simply did not dare to come out and take control of the situation. His identity as a spy is usually quite awesome, and that is based on the fact that the imperial court can control the army. Now not to mention that the imperial court can't control the army, even the commanders, army commanders, and division commanders of the group army can't control the army. In front of him was a group of "bandit army" with loaded guns, red eyes, and crazy who wanted to be a marquis, and a small spy jumped out to fight horizontally, wasn't that looking for death.

These officers decided to jump into the game and take part in Raiders of the Lost Ark, and the reason why they were so easily determined was because it was not an all-or-nothing gamble. In normal times, this kind of behavior is no different from killing officials and rebelling, which is to lose your head once you fail. Because there is no way back, it is difficult to make up your mind. But at this moment, it is obvious that there is only the benefit of killing officials and rebelling, but there is no risk of killing officials and rebelling. It is true that everyone is happy to grab Hangu Pass and seal the town pass, even if they fail and don't grab it, it is not that there is no way out.

The way out is simple: it's a big deal to surrender the Ming army again. Even if you can't grab the Marquis of Zhenguan, as long as you can surrender to the Ming army with your brothers, the Ming army will at least have a bonus.

Therefore, under this stimulus where there are only interests and no risks, whoever still holds his ground is a fool.

Within an hour, almost all regimental commanders and battalion commanders withdrew their ranks from the front line and rushed westward. The Zhengzhou Corps disintegrated violently and dissolved into a group of ** bandits.

And, just as the fourteen squares calculated, the rush soon began.

These gangs are all hundreds, thousands of people, and the best way to quickly retreat west on such a large scale is to take a train. But there is only one railway line, which is the Qinqi Railway. So, a few dozen miles south of the railway line, a "civil war" began.

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The "bandits" who were the first to grab the train were a battalion, and moreover, a logistics unit. This is not surprising either. Logistics troops have the most at their disposal the means of transport. They untied their wagons and rode only the horses and mules. There were also a small number of cars, and they also threw down all the ammunition and baggage on the trucks, and the brothers sat on the trucks.

In this way, a copycat version of the "motorized battalion" appeared. The headlights shook on the mountain road, and the horns of cars and the cries of mules and horses roared, and they first ran to the railway line to the north.

The most immoral thing is that in order to ensure that they reach Hangu Pass first and prevent other troops from getting transportation, they set fire to all the surplus cars, tanks, carriages, and bicycles in the division before leaving.

The "brother troops" who ran only on these two legs were all left behind. They scolded their mothers, and while opening their legs and rushing forward, they cursed: Feng Shui takes turns, grab the group of crumbs in front of them, and they must be skinned alive.