Chapter 49: Snatching

Guo Qinglin and the others carried Liang Laosi out of the water, and then put his feet high and his head low on the bow of the boat to let this guy vomit, and finally picked up a life. Unexpectedly, the first sentence of Liang Laosi, who had just come over, opened his eyes made the captain so angry that he almost kicked him into the river again: "Are you thieves?" ”

Guo Qinglin is so angry: Lao Tzu saved you, you & don't say thank you, just scold when you open your mouth? Just as he was about to round his arm and give this thing a big mouth and then kick it back into the river, the ignorant Liang Laosi understood a little bit in his mind, looked at the outfits of the people around him, and the second sentence came out immediately: "I want to go to you!" ”

The angry and funny captain of the country forcibly accepted his slap and replied with a smile: "We are thieves!" Are you fucking tired? ”

Hearing that these people were really the thieves they were looking for, Liang Laosi cried. Intermittently, with a preface and a preface, he told his own experience. When Guo Qinglin listened to Liang Laosi talk about what happened in the cabin, several of his subordinates cast nets and caught a lot of fish, and everyone went ashore and returned to the camp to grill fish to eat.

Today it is the turn of Gu Baihua to guard the queen of the palace. The guy who was born as a horse thief had a very bright move, and when he saw Guo Qinglin rowing a small boat upstream, he guessed that he was going to fish, so he called Shanggu Baisong to run to the auxiliary camp together, set up a pile of firewood, and waited for this guy to come back and eat.

It was impossible for Gu Baihua to know everyone in the auxiliary barracks, but he could still see at a glance that this guy dressed as a chicken in soup called Hanako had just been fished up from the river by Guo Qinglin. The current troops are strong and strong, even robbing and extortion, for most of the year, even the auxiliary soldiers' clothes are very good, and it is impossible to be a person on the team when they are wet and rows close-fitting, and they are not able to be the people on the team if they dry the rags that are displayed in the wind, especially since the two are still arguing - if they are other auxiliary soldiers, the national team will already greet them with a big mouth! The moment came interest.

Guo Qinglin waved his hand and wanted to send Liang Laosi to Tusi, the team responsible for civil engineering, the latter did not do it, and followed the begging all the way, insisting on being a soldier who could kill the officers and soldiers. Guo Qinglin, who can open the door lock and lock the box but will not be happy, of course, cannot say that "although the division of labor is different, they are all contributing to the cause of revolution & life", one mind determines that your dog's life is saved by Lao Tzu, you are Lao Tzu's person, what Lao Tzu tells you to do, you have to do something for Lao Tzu, Liang Laosi is bent on killing officers and soldiers with a knife, and no longer wants to pick a hoe and plow the ground. After hearing what happened to him and looking at his miserable appearance, the captain of the country couldn't bear to really do it, and the two sides quarreled all the way over this.

When Guo Qinglin's subordinates cleaned up the fish and skewered them and roasted them, Gu Baihua asked the reason, and patted his chest: "The private baby wants to kill the dog officers and soldiers?" It's easy to do, go with Lao Tzu! ”

Liang Laosi looked at Guo Qinglin, who was dressed in cloth and had a long dagger pinned to his waist, and then looked at Gu Baihua, who was wearing a half-body leather armor and carrying a pair of knives on his left and right, and kowtowed to his feet, the meaning couldn't be clearer. Gu Baihua laughed, Guo Qinglin's face was a little unbearable, and he was anxious: "You fucking want to rob Lao Tzu and still want to eat Lao Tzu's fish?" Roll on! Lao Tzu fish is not eaten by turtle grandchildren! ”

Gu Baihua scolded with a smile: "Your conscience is really eaten by dogs!" I don't want to think about who got all your men for you? He sat down on the ground, grabbed a branch with grilled fish on it, pinched a pinch of salt from the salt bag tied around his waist and sprinkled it, opened his mouth to bite it, and said inflatably while inhaling: "People, Lao Tzu will take it away later, and the fish will be eaten!" If you want someone to do it, you will go back and catch your baby, it's not how much you want! ”

Guo Qinglin thought that this was indeed the case, so he was angry, smiled, and scolded to reach out for the fish.

Liang Laosi, who was lying on the ground, kowtowed a few more times, raised his head, suddenly felt hungry, his stomach gurgled vigorously, Gu Baihua and Guo Qinglin glanced at each other, laughed, and beckoned in unison: "Get up, come and eat fish!" ”

Everyone was taken aback for a while, and Gu Baihua asked, "Liang Si, have you ever killed someone?" ”

Liang Laosi shook his head.

Gu Baihua said: "Killing people is not like slaughtering chickens, and they will be killed by others." ”

Liang Laosi's eyes were red again: "Fight with the dog officers and soldiers!" ”

This answer made Gu Baihua very satisfied, and he was arrogant, and said in a loud voice: "Okay! Lao Tzu's people, dog officers and soldiers want to kill, but it's not so easy! ”

At that time, the surest guarantee of the combat effectiveness of the troops was hatred. Although there is no communication with each other, each general likes to form a team of soldiers with a deep blood feud as the ace seed unit they focus on cultivating - after several battle baptisms and accumulation of rich battlefield experience, those who survive these people will be divided into battalions to become fruit commanders, generals and other grass-roots non-commissioned officers. With their words and deeds, over time, the squad under their command will have a strong combat force far beyond that of other ordinary battalions. Then, they will be promoted to team officer, thousand presidents. Finally, when they are promoted to guerrilla and general, they will bring out a bloodthirsty army of tigers and wolves that will make the enemy, oh well, not only the enemy, but also terrify everyone. Of course, this situation is rare, and the vast majority of them do not live to that time.

The second means of guaranteeing combat effectiveness is the desire to rob. This is also the reward for the blood and life of the soldiers. In ancient times, whether it was Chinese or foreign, whether it was an official or a soldier, it was the same.

In the Chinese military tent, Guan Shengyun and Luo Yonghao were also discussing the same topic while eating: robbery.

Ganquan belongs to Yan'an Prefecture, the county seat of northern Shaanxi, and there are almost no riches. However, according to the order of the Third Division of Shaanxi Province, the meals prepared in advance by Ganquan Zhixian County for the army were really good: nearly half of the steamed buns were mixed with fifty percent white flour, and the other half was also full of miscellaneous grains. What's more, there's the sauce! Even the regular border army of the Ming Dynasty eats multigrain cakes mixed with rice and wheat bran and salted wild vegetable soup for most of the day. The soldiers used steamed buns dipped in salty sauce and ate with smiles, and many people habitually secretly carried the buns into their arms. At the beginning, the team officers were still kicking and blocking, and the battalion officers who knew it in their hearts such as Takato Dou You Fukuda laughed and scolded a few words: "Look at your starving ghosts!" Don't worry, along the way, where you can eat, the front is better! The soldiers laughed, but no one under them stopped, and continued to hide...... This habit was not changed until the central part (now Huangling).

The officers ate better and had meat. Not only chickens, dogs, pigs, sheep, and even cows!

Ganquan is the first stop for these anti-thieves to leave Shaanxi Province, and they must not cause trouble or go wrong. This is a verbal order from the Third Division to Ganquan Zhixian County. Of course, even if it is a verbal order, the word "anti-thief" must not be mentioned, the adults are talking about the "big army" - no matter how stupid the magistrate is, he is also a person in the officialdom, even if he didn't understand why the adults were so concerned about this group of people called Huazi Jun, when they saw this group of people, they immediately understood: there are two roads in front of them. One is to make a fuss, so that this group of powerful characters who can't be provoked by the provincial government can break through the county seat and slaughter themselves, and at the same time pit all the leaders one by one (well, this means that even if the court really admits its its loyalty and gives his own son and nephew a shade of the official, this baby will be confused and will not die well in the future), and the other is to pretend to be deaf and dumb to act on orders, and find the superior to reimburse him afterwards, and he can also get the superiors because of this good work, and the superiors of the superiors, and the superiors of the superiors...... Appreciation of adults! Zhixian is the seventh grade, and the top is from the sixth grade, and then the sixth grade...... The political envoy is a positive second grade, how many levels are in between, you can calculate it yourself!

So Ganquan is very well prepared.

When Guan Shengyun and Luo Yonghao negotiated with the representatives of the provincial government earlier, in line with the principle of not wanting nothing in vain, and at the same time, in order to achieve the best deterrent effect, they falsely doubled the size of the troops—well, in fact, they reported twice as much at the beginning, and they were pressed down to the current number by the adults on the spot. But as it turned out, they were conservative: after two delays, the number of troops was really almost enough!

Rao is like this, and the materials prepared by Ganquan are enough!

Unexpectedly, because Ganquan Zhixian was so well prepared, he almost caused a monstrous disaster for himself. At this time, Guan Shengyun had not yet completed the ideological transformation from the leader of the thieves to the commander of the unified army, and when he saw these many materials, he actually had a little bit of the idea of robbery - fortunately, he was killed in time by Luo Yonghao's words: "Big handsome!" This sweet spring was an empty city at this time. If we mobilize troops at this moment, not only will it be in vain, but our army will lose its trust first, and Shaanxi Province will inevitably mobilize troops and horses from Shaanxi Province to surround it, and we will all die here! ”

Guan Shengyun was a little confused: "Empty city? What do you mean by this? They have even sent cattle, and they must be rich and oily, how can it be an empty city? ”

Luo Yonghao said with a straight face: "It is precisely because of this cow that Luo dares to make such a conclusion!" This is the first stop of our army's stop, in order to blame others, the three divisions of Shaanxi Province wish we left quickly, there is no doubt about this. I think the provincial government has given Ganquan a strict order, be sure to be fully prepared, and maybe even stipulate the number of each item. The pigs and sheep were not ready, so the county forcibly requisitioned the cattle to make up the number. Don't do what the marshal thinks, this way, until the Tong Pass, our army not only has no want, but also will have a great harvest, and must not be quick for a while! ”

Guan Shengyun understood it as if he was empowered, and after saying that he was ashamed, he couldn't help but sigh again: "Alas, all these grains, meat, and silver are looted from the people. Although it was sent by the dog officials, in the end, it was because of us that the people were tired of suffering. ”

Luo Yonghao smiled slightly: "Dashuai, I have an early break today, I'll tell you a few stories to pass the time." ”

Guan Shengyun said: "Great, great!" ”

Luo Yonghao asked, "Dashuai, what do you think of Emperor Zhaolie of the Shu Han Dynasty?" ”

Luo Yonghao is talking about Liu Bei. The ancients' respect for the Son of Heaven was in their bones, except for a limited number of people such as the tyrannical Qin and the usurper of the Han Dynasty, most of them were called by the name of the temple.

Guan Shengyun raised his fingers and praised: "Do you still need to say? Hongyi is generous, and the hero of benevolence is also! ”

Luo Yonghao smiled faintly and said: "After Mr. Zhuge said that the unparalleled ancestor (Liu Bei) captured Chengdu, he did not restrain the soldiers!" When the army entered the city, they began to rob, and the soldiers only hated that they had lost two hands, and they did not even need weapons, so they threw away their swords and guns and began to rob property. Where is benevolence and generosity? ”

Guan Shengyun didn't expect this question, hesitated, and argued: "It's no wonder that Emperor Zhaolie is this, right?" The brothers live a life of licking blood from the knife, and it is difficult to restrain anyone. ”

Luo Yonghao said unhurriedly: "What the big marshal said is right. I'm not done yet, though. Although Shu has the reputation of Tianfu, the number of people and territory are limited after all. The soldiers grabbed it again, so how did Emperor Zhaolie resist Sun Wu in the east and Cao Wei in the north, and launch major battles again and again? ”

When it comes to fighting, Guan Shengyun is an expert, and he knows very well in his heart that war is a gold-swallowing beast. As long as the war starts, a huge amount of money, food and materials will be consumed every day. Liu Bei has been fighting since he built Shu Han, where does the money and food come from, but he has never thought about this question before.

Luo Yonghao saw Guan Shengyun's confusion and directly revealed the mystery: "Of course, the money and food were taken from the people, and even from their own soldiers. Emperor Zhaolie only used two methods. First, the opening of the official market. That is to say, all transactions, as long as they are profitable, will be operated by the government and compete with the people! Dashuai thinks that what should be the situation of those small people who have been cut off from making a living? Second, mint 100 coins. The so-called 100 coins are not 100 kinds, but a kind: the kind that is 'worth 100'! For the same weight of copper, the new money is a hundred pieces of old money. ”

Speaking of this, Guan Shengyun was a little puzzled, so he asked: "Military advisor, competing with the people for profit is not right, I understand this." However, I don't quite understand: no matter how much copper is used, a hundred dollars is a hundred dollars, and it is just a hundred dollars. What do the people have to lose? ”

Luo Yonghao said: "The harm of 100 dollars is far worse than that of the official market!" Let me give you an example. Let's say you're one of the Shu Han people and you have a hundred old coins in your hand. I am Prime Minister Zhuge Cheng, and I am now exchanging a new dollar worth 100 with you. You also have to change, otherwise it's a big sin! Then, I sent merchants to buy grain and cloth from merchants in Eastern Wu or Cao Wei, and used the old money I had summoned to buy them! If the old money is universal, I can buy a whole hundred yuan of supplies, and even if it is not universal, I can buy at least eighty yuan of materials - after all, it is copper, and the same is true for the money that is melted to make over there. Right? You say, "How much did it cost me to buy these goods?" It's just a penny! And where does this hundredfold profit come from? Is it Soochow or Cao Wei? They've got a hundred dollars! Is it me? I only spent a new penny! Then it can only be the people who come out! ”

Guan Shengyun was a little enlightened.

Luo Yonghao continued: "Another example is that you are a weaver, and the cloth you weave every day can be sold for 100 yuan, and then you go to buy raw materials and grain. I exchanged one new coin for your 100 coins, and then minted 100 new coins with 100 old coins, and continued to exchange with you, with the farmer who farmed, with the hoop bucket, with the shoe for the shoe, with the umbrella ......"

Guan Shengyun intercepted: "Strategist, I understand. ”

Luo Yonghao continued: "Another example is Tang Taizong. The battle of Baekam Fortress in Goryeo, which could not be attacked for a long time, was made an appointment with the soldiers, and the city was broken for three days. The morale of the Tang army skyrocketed, and the offensive was like a tide, and Baiyan City surrendered. Taizong was happy, and when he was to be surrendered, Li Tao argued: "The soldiers are so fighting for arrows and stones, ignoring their dead, and greedy for ears." Now, the city is uprooted, why is it even more surrendered, and the heart of the warrior is not good? Taizong said, "The general's words are yes." However, I can't bear to set up arson and kill people and capture their wives and children. Those who have meritorious service under the command of the general will be rewarded with treasury goods, and the general will redeem this city. 'Do you understand, big man?' Those who are as virtuous as Taizong also want to rob it - the ransom fee is said to be paid by the Holy Monarch out of his own pocket, where did it actually come from? It's not the people of White Rock City yet! Another example is the Anshi Rebellion. Su Zong had few soldiers, so he found the Falcon to 'borrow troops' to quell the rebellion. What about the conditions? 'On the day of Kecheng, the land and the land will return to the Tang, and the gold and silk and children will return to the Hu! 'Where did the golden silk come from?' Where does the food come from? Will the thieves be able to farm, or will the officials be able to weave? Wouldn't it? Then it will all come from the people! 'Shishu returned to Tang', that was their own people, 'children returned to the Hu', you see, even the people themselves could be used to make transactions! ”

Guan Shengyun said in a cold sweat.

I only heard Luo Yonghao Fu say coldly: "I heard that Emperor Zhaolie set a field endowment of up to sixty percent for the people of Shu, but I don't know if it's true or not." But I do know that the people of Shu are so poor, every family has children and corpses on Qishan Road, and I still miss the kind-hearted Uncle Liu Huang and the scheming Prime Minister Zhuge Cheng, but I never thought about what all this was for. Even if Uncle Liu Huang really revived his Han family and ruled the world, what could he do with himself? Your field is a conscription, you have to pay it back, and you have to pay it back, right? Can a dead child come back alive? ”

Guan Shengyun left his seat happily and convincingly, and bowed his hand to Luo Yonghao: "The military advisor spoke so well! Guan has been taught! ”

Luo Yonghao hurriedly replied with a salute and replied: "The handsome man praises it, I really don't dare to take it." On this road in Shaanxi Province, unless we have to do so, we must not act recklessly. The people are pitied, but so is their fate. It's just that don't push them into a hurry, isn't what happened to you and me because of this? ”

While the two were talking, Gu Baihua, Guoqinglin and the others were already full of food and drink, and the Gu brothers took Liang Laosi and left.

After that, the army arrived at Central County (now Huangling) along the city, where Luo Yonghao and his son, accompanied by Zhao Daren, the political envoy of Shaanxi, broke up with Guan Shengyun and went to Weinan along the line of Yijun, Tongguan, Yaozhou, and Fuping; The army continued to flow down the Luoshui River and marched towards Tongzhou and Tongguan on the outskirts of Baishui and Pucheng.

Before leaving, Luo Yonghao was still not at ease, and was thinking about how to tell Guan Shengyun a few words not to make trouble, but he didn't expect that before he could speak, Guan Shengyun said first: "Don't worry, the military advisor." The life of the military advisor is all in the hands of the enemy, Guan Mou will not do what he thinks again, and put Mr. in danger! ”

Luo Yonghao smiled gratefully, and was about to talk, Guan Shengyun's eyes had already aimed at Wang Ziyu, the deputy envoy of the inspection, and Bao Zhicai, the commander of the capital, viciously. The two couldn't help but shudder with fear from the fierce light in Guan Shengyun's eyes, and seeing this, Senator Zhao hurriedly snorted: "Don't worry, the marshal of your army, the safety of Mr. Luo's father and son is on Zhao!" Even if it's short and hairy," he said, pointing to the two, "you just stew them alive!" ”

Hearing this, everyone laughed, only the two of them, who greeted the eighteenth generation ancestor of Lord Zhao in their hearts without smiling.