Episode 06 Summary of Gongsun Gong's Memoirs (6)
I have to say~
The eighth day of August in the ninth year is really a memorable day.
First of all, at around 4 o'clock in the morning, I ate the first bite of canned luncheon meat in my life; Secondly, I drank my first sip of Coke;
Finally, for the first time in my life, I saw phonetic characters and characters-
That is, English.
Of course!
Now, my familiarity with English is quite good compared to my peers. At least let me write a small essay in English, and I can still write it.
If you are chasing dramas or something, you don't need to read subtitles.
BUT~
At that time, I looked at the strings of chicken intestine-like symbols, which were simply dazzling! I was confused, and I was mistaken for a "curse rune"!
Fortunately, I am young and vigorous, and I have a problem with greed. Staring at the strings of chicken intestine symbols, I opened a can again...
Staring at the can, I remembered.
Yes.
The group of defectors, led by Guo Jinming, mentioned many, many things that I was not interested in at the time. Like this can.
In order to loot this "warehouse of abundant secret treasure materials", the defectors told us all kinds of stories... So that when we arrive at our destination, we can clearly know what is worth and what is not.
Although the defectors have no physical objects in their hands.
But they used pitch-black wooden boards and white stone pens to draw a lot of new things. By the way, I also introduce the functions of various objects.
That's why I waited for the fools to know... Or I can barely remember how to open a can, how to twist a Coke bottle, where to tear the plastic packaging from...
Similarly!
The defectors also have the same symbols in the text they introduce as in English. Such as commas, question marks, periods, exclamation marks, etc... So while eating the can, I stared at the strings of symbols attached to the black box.
Sure enough, I found a comma and a full stop.
I don't know what is written above, but at least I can comfort myself with the certainty... I guess this is still a notice of surrender.
I was thinking at the time, I guess there was some kind of demon, and when I saw that the previous persuasion book didn't work, I thought I couldn't understand it, so I changed the writing mode.
That's why this delicacy and chicken intestine text appeared in front of us.
…
At that time, I gave up on the study of chicken intestine symbols, and only wanted to use canned luncheon meat and cola to relieve my stress by satisfying my cravings.
Because I'm thinking: if there really is any demon that exists in that "warehouse of abundance of secret treasure materials"? So, how much magic power do they have to use this spell of "repelling birds and insects"?
If only people could throw food on top of our heads in the dark morning... Isn't that the ability to throw other things away more accurately during the day!?
Shaking his head, he didn't dare to think about it anymore.
If I think about it again, I guess I didn't bomb the camp, my brain exploded first!
OK!
I'm still forcibly forbidding myself to think here, but over there, in the formation of the Chinese army, the loud military song has been sung... My attention was distracted all at once.
Walking out of my frame, Li Sanyan came to tell me that he was from the new military camp, and he came to teach the soldiers to sing, and after learning for a while, the effect was not bad.
As for what he was singing, Li Sanyan said that he couldn't understand it.
Actually~
At that time, I was in a state of wait-and-see and curiosity about all kinds of new things brought by the defectors. Practical enough things that I quickly accept and use.
As for the flashy or "useful" new knowledge that is not clear for the time being, I will choose to turn a blind eye.
Well~
Yes!
After I was fortunate enough to live in Xindu, the old man defined me as a person who couldn't be a scholar because of my thoughts... I don't dare to contradict him! After all, when people labeled me, he Guan Ning was already the "vice president of the Aboriginal Language College"!
At that time, I was just a "fart"...
Get back to business.
For things like military songs, I only thought it was a little useful at the time.
At least the morale-boosting effect is good. In addition, it can also adjust the pace of marching, stabilize the morale of the army after camping, and it can also be regarded as a pastime.
But I have a little bit of an aversion to military songs.
Isn't this Yale after all?
And the ghost cries and howls like a wolf, and howls, which cannot be called singing.
I can't understand the lyrics, I can't hear the pitch... For a class of scholars like me, who have been trained by ritual music since childhood... Still a young and frivolous warrior... How could I possibly accept the military song!
Therefore, at the dawn of the eighth day of the eighth month of August, I forcibly endured my disgust, and for the first time, let the military princes of the new army teach military songs in my "Captain's Department of Liaodong Dependent States".
And don't let the officers learn.
It is to let ordinary soldiers experience a sense of freshness, soothe and soothe homesickness, and fear of war. But at that time, how did I know that this military song was actually very infectious?!
From the time I ordered it to be pulled out, all the way to the birth of the first sun...
On the way to the march... Except for the new barracks on the left and right hills, I don't know and can't hear ... I heard very clearly that almost all the soldiers in the front, middle and rear armies opened their throats and howled!
At that time, I was in the frame, and even if I covered my ears, I couldn't stop the high-pitched and agitated voice... It seems that in the entire river valley, only these stupid melons who sing military songs are left!
In the chaos, I could still vaguely hear Li San's voice howling next to the frame... What one, two, three, four... One two three four...
Yes!
It's funny to think about it now!
The original version of "One, Two, Three, and Four Songs", I listened to it after that. That's a good sound!
But I still can't understand why those defectors taught us the version we sang so badly!?
And I'm sure!
Defectors, such as Wang Xiaobo and Guo Jinming, they must remember the melody of the original ... The people they taught by themselves are singing out of tune, can't they hear it?
The answer to this question is really unknown.
Wang Xiaobo died as early as the ninth year of Jian'an. No need to ask.
And Guo Jinming, an old boy, later, I had the opportunity to ask him, but he was busy at that time.
At first, I didn't have time to visit him; He came to the new plane on parole to work with me, but I couldn't even think about it at the time.
God is merciful!
Although God hated this old boy very much, he was still good to him. The relationship between us at work is also relatively close...
And then later~
He was transferred to his original plane ahead of schedule.
Long before the Battle of the Gate, he was killed.
So... So now...
Ay!
What kind of do you call this!
…
Let's say.
Our fools, before the sun fully rises, have marched to the new capital... No, no, no... At the time, I called it the "Treasure Warehouse"... It is about ten miles away.
If converted to metric, it should be about 4 kilometers.
So I ordered to stop, the whole army to organize the array, and put on a posture of battle.
After that, I got out of the car and changed horses, inspected the front and rear military formations, and sent people to coordinate with the two new armies in the mountains and forests on the left and right, so that the overall military formation presented an inverted layout.
Of course!
I thought to myself that the "enemy" could not see or guess the new army deployed on the left and right. After all, they are all disguised and hidden, and they are integrated with the mountains and forests!
To ensure that the "enemy" is invisible ... I also asked Li Sanyan to personally hold the binoculars and run out to carefully inspect them from the perspective of the "enemy".
After Li Sanyan came back, he said, "I really can't see it"...
At this point, I took a closer look at the towering wall in the telescope... Yes! Before that, I thought that this "warehouse of abundant secret treasure materials" was just a low city!
But when I saw it with my own eyes, I realized how lacking my imagination was.
At this time, the "warehouse of abundant secret treasure materials" has a wide open front, and there is no city tower and no city gate can be seen. Although the left and right walls are several feet high, they seem to me to be no threat.
So, I ordered the whole army to rest on the spot.
It's time to let go of eating and drinking.
In addition, for safety, I also asked the former army to raise a hot air balloon. He also ordered the front army, regardless of whether there was any change or not, to use the flag language to contact the Chinese army after each hourglass.
Put a bucket of sand into a small wooden hourglass, wait for it to drain completely, and calculate it as standard time, which takes about 23 to 4 minutes.
This timekeeping method can be regarded as the "military stopwatch" of our aborigines in Liaodong at that time...
To be continued