The dilapidated town is not a dead place. There is still some life in the wind with a desolate temperament. There are pheasants foraging for food and crows nibbling carrion.
Ever since the Han general Wang Meng led the Hu-Han coalition to visit, this place has almost become an extinct area. Darkness and loneliness are the main colors. The rotten smell spreads throughout the interior and exterior, and the strong wind from the northwest seems to be unable to blow away.
There is no doubt that most of the corpses in the rubble are party members. They were so enthusiastic and excited when they rebelled, but they were so sad and desolate when they were reduced to withered bones.
It is obviously not true that all party members want to rebel against the Han Dynasty and go against the imperial court.
Among the common people at the bottom, except for their different beliefs, production methods and living habits, there are no essential differences between the Hu and Han people.
However, the distinction between ethnic groups is an objective implementation. When someone preaches imperial oppression and Han occupation, the party members will inevitably be deceived by them. There are only a few careerists, but those ordinary party members who are incited and those who are hostile to the rebels
Those who silently encourage and support cannot simply be described as innocent.
In their hearts, they don't want to establish an independent party regime, that is, restore the original status of the disaster-stricken army, even if most people don't know whether such a result will be beneficial to them, and how beneficial it will be.
The imperial court's counter-insurgency operations can be described as brutal and cruel. As for talking about humanity, it really doesn't make much sense for an autocratic monarchy like the Han Dynasty. Those in power in the Han Dynasty preferred to talk about the way of heaven, but for the court, what is the way of heaven?
, Those who obey me will prosper, those who go against me will perish, that’s all.
In fact, the party members in Yulin were already feeling guilty even after the imperial court took such a severe stance and launched such a large-scale military operation. But when Yuan Ke and Li Jiqian were defeated successively, it completely turned into panic, and even
There was a division in ideology, and it was difficult for rebels and parties in various places to unite.
At that time, many people felt that it was time to "just give up". The imperial court was so powerful that rebellion would not end well. This understanding became particularly clear.
However, such reflection was too late. It was different from the attitude of previous dynasties in facing the Hu people's rebellion. They did not send troops to attack, defeat the rebels, and then have a few years of peace, waiting for the next rebellion to break out.
Under the will of Emperor Liu, when dealing with such rebellions, the Han Dynasty always adhered to the principle of eradicating all evil and eradicating the roots. If there was any possibility of being tolerant to ordinary Han people, it left little room for the barbarians.
In the past twenty years or so, there have been countless rebellions and turmoils in the Han Dynasty from south to north and from the inside out. Without exception, all those who participated in the rebellion were either killed or thrown into some death penalty.
There is no possibility of exemption for the prison camp project.
After such a high-pressure policy lasted for more than twenty years, most of the barbarians began to gradually tame and were in a state of naturalization. After all, most of the rebels and those suspected of rebellion were killed or put into prison camps for reform.
For many party members in Yulin, they sympathize with the rebels and support the rebellion, but as long as they do not personally participate in it like the Yeli and other tribes, there is room for it. …
If the rebels succeed, they can take advantage of the opportunity to gain benefits. If the rebels fail, they will not suffer much loss. At most, they can return to the days of the past twenty years, and they will not be able to get used to it.
However, nothing is so easy in the world, especially the special ethnic, political, and military conditions in Yulin and even the northwest, which made the court's attitude extremely resolute and its actions extremely ruthless, giving no chance to those who wanted to play both sides of the situation.
It's complicated, it's hard to distinguish between friend and foe, loyal and traitor, so we'll eliminate them all.
At this point, many party members woke up and regretted endlessly. However, it was too late, the life-threatening rope had already been put around their necks, and the beheading knife had been sharpened.
As far as the imperial court was concerned, in order to set up this formation, hundreds of thousands of troops were mobilized and countless people, money and material resources were spent. After paying such a heavy price, there was no room for anything. There was no possibility of braking, and the only choice was to follow the established strategic plan.
Keep doing it until it's done.
The most significant result was that the entire Yulin area turned blood-red. Within a thousand miles, there were no human beings, and even if there were any, they were just corpses.
In Yulin, there is no doubt that those who are killed are "rebels", but the murderer is not necessarily so. The reason for this lies in the policy issued at the beginning, which stipulates that those who take the heads of rebels and present them to the government can
Avoid death.
In Yulin, where massacres were rampant, the only policy of forgiveness for traitors was inevitably misunderstood. Of course, it might have been within the expectations of the court.
As early as the formation of the Yulin blockade and the severe shortage of supplies at the border, there were already some rebels who had nothing to grab or invade and felt threatened.
In the severe cold of ice and snow, wealth and honor were not the goal of the rebels long ago. Survival was the first priority. At that time, some rebels had already begun to attack the "rebels" and snatch survival supplies. Later, they simply
The leader took the risk to surrender to the government.
Regarding these "anyway" behaviors, under the auspices of King Zhao Liu Fang, he did not break his promise, but strictly followed Emperor Liu's wishes, accepted them all, and granted him a certificate of immunity from guilt and death.
Of course, for these people, they could avoid the death penalty but could not escape the living crime. They were all shunted to all over the world. Anxi, Anton, Annan, and Nanyang were all their destinations for exile. But no matter what, at least their lives were saved.
With these examples, the remaining rebels have a practical reference for how to choose. The internal killings of fellow rebels began from this. At first, it was just a small-scale conflict and food fight, but later it evolved into a full-scale fight.
The battle for survival.
When Yuan and Li were defeated by the official army and various rebel forces, there was no reason to persist. A large-scale elimination match was officially launched. The imperial court's reward was only targeted at the official army, Han people and servants, but
The rebels just wanted to survive, and they attacked the surrounding rebel teams without mercy.
At the same time, in addition to the government and military organizations, those who pursued the rebels also included party members in Yulin. Among them were members of their own race, but they also had to pick up steel knives in order to survive. In the same way, the party members
Carrying the head of a "traitor" can also avoid death.
As a result, the Colosseum in Yulin reached its climax, with everyone killing people and being killed...
In the entire chess game, only the officers and soldiers were the most relaxed, and the rest were just trying to survive. In contrast, the ordinary party members were in the most difficult situation and had the most miserable end.
When they had to pick up knives, mount horses, and target the rebels in order to survive, the rebels also discovered that it was easier to deal with ordinary party members than those who were organized, and after taking their heads, they
If you can survive, the government doesn't care whether you are a rebel or not, so why should they care?
By March of the 22nd year of Kaibao, the number of people "surrendered" accepted by Yulin government offices totaled no more than 7,000, which meant that at least 7,000 rebel heads had been sacrificed.
Yulin is far from having such a large number of people. As for the remaining people, most of them have become rewards for the officers and soldiers.
After entering March, the great calamity seems to have passed quietly, and the sounds of fighting no longer occur one after another, and the ghosts and gods are shocked and weeping. After the carnival, there is silence. Huang Yangping is a standard example.
Huang Yangping, which had fallen into deathly silence, welcomed another group of visitors yesterday. There were not many people, less than a hundred people. They were in ragged clothes and in embarrassed shapes. Everyone had a knife, and there were more than a dozen horses that were as fleshy as firewood.
In Yulin these days, no one can survive, let alone animals. But just this morning, a civil war occurred not so unexpectedly. Nearly a hundred people fought and killed each other, and in the end more than 40 people survived.
Then, under suspicion, they tried their best again, and only about twenty people were left.
Finally, all the heads were cut off, pulled by more than a dozen horses, and silently rushed to Xiazhou in the south.
However, on the way, they were discovered by a group of officers and cavalry. In a sudden attack, all the remaining 20 people were killed and nearly a hundred heads were awarded. This group of officers and soldiers were able to share nearly a hundred dollars.
It is a true policy that those who hold the heads of rebels and present them to the government can survive. The government never breaks its promise, but the premise is that it can reach the town and meet the responsible officials. And for such a small team, a team of officials
It can be easily destroyed by riding a horse. In such a cruel environment in Yulin, unless one is very lucky, there is almost no chance of survival.
The silence in Yulin in the past few months has almost been silence here. The government, officers and soldiers were silent, and the court was also silent.