Chapter 62: Difficult Paths and Divergent Paths (3)

What happened in Shangluo Chang'an, Gao Ming, who was far away in Yizhou, naturally didn't know at all, and these days, he encountered new problems.

There was a big battle with Huo Yan that day, although the other party was defeated, but the first battalion of the Yandao People's Volunteer Army on his side also killed 67 people, and 232 people were injured, of which 45 were seriously injured.

After the first battle, he lost more than one-fifth of his troops, which made Gao Ming, who watched the battle, realize the cruelty of the war, and also let him see the fierce combat effectiveness of the displaced people. In the two days that had passed since the battle, he had not slept well every night, and his mind was always filled with images of the wounded or dead.

Not only that, after this battle, although Gao Ming immediately paid condolences and gave a large amount of bonuses, he heard Gongsun Shu report that some people in the first battalion had begun to complain, saying that they should not fight this battle for Guanghan County, and some people even regretted joining the army.

"Shouldn't this battle be fought?" Gao Ming was secretly shocked when he heard it. Before leaving, Gongsun Sheng was extremely opposed to his dispatch of troops, and said that the reason why Du Chou did not oppose it was because his hometown was always facing the invasion of displaced people.

But Gao Ming always felt that he was starting from the overall situation and occupying the moral high ground. And he brushed so many slogans, washed his brain so many times, paid a considerable monthly salary that was not available elsewhere, and ordered beautiful military uniforms for the soldiers (of course, this is in his opinion. In the eyes of others, although the set of clothes designed by Gao Ming looks much more energetic when worn, it looks really strange). It was on this expedition that Gao Ming also deliberately added a wartime allowance, and each soldier had a wartime allowance of ten copper baht per month alone. He still vividly remembers the cheers that shook the sky as he announced the benefit.

How is it that the morale of this army, which was extremely high before the attack, is depressed after a victory?

"Gongsun Shu," Gao Ming stared at Gongsun Shu's eyes and asked, "You tell me what is in your heart, should I fight this battle?"

Seeing Gao Ming ask him like this, Gongsun Shu's face became obviously unnatural, and his eyes also dodged Gao Ming's gaze, "Lord, starting from the overall situation, this battle should definitely be fought." ”

Hearing Gongsun Shu's words, Gao Ming didn't understand the meaning of Gongsun Shu's words, and suddenly felt sad in his heart. I thought that I would win the hearts of the people with such a righteous deed, but I didn't want to reap such consequences.

"My lord, the big guy joins the army, in addition to receiving salary, more importantly, well, he can win the title of marquis. Gongsun Shu's last sentence completely woke up Gao Ming.

Without official promotion, why do these people fight?

As soon as I thought of this, all kinds of confusions in the past suddenly became clear.

It is no wonder that those people would rather be homeless than go to the state and county to serve in the military, and naturally no one wants to do anything that is not beneficial. If the People's Volunteers of the People's Republic of China surrounded their hometown, there would be no problem, but once they came out to fight, this problem immediately emerged.

Thinking of this, Gao Ming was irritable.

What do these selfish people do when they go up to their poles to help them? They love to resist the homeless, they love to run to other places and become homeless, and they go to become homeless.

Moreover, he is not a person from this world, and maybe one day he will travel back to his original world, and what does this have to do with him.

But in the blink of an eye, he thought about the situation he was facing again.

It suddenly occurred to him that the reason why he sent troops in the first place was not because his life in Yandao might be threatened by the exiles. Although it is not yet yet, if you really let the homeless people develop like this, when the army hits the Yandao, I am afraid that I will also become a homeless.

"It turns out that he is also a selfish person, and it turns out that his own army has nothing to do with nobility at all. Gao Ming figured this out and couldn't help but smile self-deprecatingly, but this smile was so bitter and bitter.

But in any case, Gao Ming knew in his heart that this battle could not be fought like this.

Now he can't provide anything other than paying these people some military salaries.

Official positions, honors, and even the placement of the wounded after the war.

Without these things, Gao Ming asked himself, if he was himself, unless he was forced with a knife behind his back, he would never join the army.

With these realizations, the next day, Gao Ming found Du Chou and Gongsun Sheng, and the content of the discussion was how to let himself have an official and a half-position first. After Du Chou left for CD to give credit to Luo Shang, Gao Ming had already made plans. If Luo Shang didn't give him an official position, he would immediately turn around and return to the road.

At this moment, Gao Ming really deeply understood what it means to be a poor person to hate.

At this moment, he really understood Luo Shang's difficulties.

With the system of the Great Jin, if there is a sudden rebellion like the exiles, and the state army is broken, the number of people who come up by temporary conscription is a rabble.

"God-given:

See the words as they are.

Since Yu entered Shu, what he has seen and experienced can be described as an eye-opener. The ancients said: It is better to read 10,000 books than to travel 10,000 miles.

When I was in Shangluo, I just listened to you talk about the disadvantages and improvements of the nine-product Zhongzheng system, and I also heard you say that Shen Xiu's various unbearable things, but I really found out that the disadvantages of the Great Jin Dynasty are not only the nine-product Zhongzheng system, but also the Hanmenzi who is desperate to climb up.

Officials in various places have no sense of identity with the local area, and people everywhere have no sense of identity, which is what I do not understand the most. Everyone says that it is difficult to leave the homeland. I can see that countless people would rather stay away from their homeland than take up arms to protect their land and property.

......”

Since Gao Ming left Shangluo, he has often corresponded with Wang Tianci, mostly talking about some customs along the way. But he had never been so eager to get the insights and opinions of this good friend whom he considered to be the only one he recognized in the world. In the letter, he described in detail the difficulties he was now encountering, and also described in detail the hierarchy of the army in later generations, in his own tone.

In his opinion, only relying on his status, or even Luo Shang's status, can not reform such a fundamental thing at all, and the only thing that can be reformed is to start from the central government.

The conscription system, the professional military system, is imperative.

He still had a glimmer of hope, even if it was so slim.