Chapter 1311 The ideal of the loyal and brave army
Fifteen hundred miles away from Chang'an, along the undulating Taihang Mountains and Luliang Mountains to the north, in the south of the Fen River Basin, a majestic city stands impressively.?
This is Taiyuan.
Since the 17th year of Jin Ping Gong (541 BC), Jin State Shangqing Xun Wu led his troops to expel Beidi who occupied this place and established cities and settlements. This place has always been an indivisible part of China.
Sacred territory.
After going through the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and witnessing the turn of the Qin and Han Dynasties, today, this city has once again become a city integrating Chinese and Yi.
In the plain valley area southwest of Taiyuan City, there are countless barracks.
One after another, the Hun soldiers who were captured in the Battle of Gaoque were broken up into tribes and corps, and were led by the officers and soldiers of the Zhongyong Army to 'reform' them with devotion.
The content of the transformation is very simple.
What the loyal and brave army did back then, they must do today.
Li Zhe strolled in his barracks.
In Taiyuan in summer, the sun is blazing and the weather is extremely hot.
But the entire military camp was in order. More than a thousand prisoners of war, led by veterans, lined up in an orderly manner, sat cross-legged in the school grounds, and recited the oath of transformation of the loyal and brave army.
"We are sincerely guilty, and thanks to your majesty's holiness and magnanimity, you have been given the opportunity to reform... We swear to be loyal to the Han Dynasty and to your majesty, to work hard to reform, to work conscientiously, to atone for our sins as soon as possible, and to start a new life!"
Listening to these oaths, Li Zhe also nodded with satisfaction.
Now, he has been promoted to the rank of Zhongyong Military Colonel, with 1,500 men under his command, almost all of whom were 'liberated' from the Xiongnu Chanyu's brutal rule and dire straits during the Battle of Gaoque.
Li Zhe, on the other hand, took less than five months to give them a completely new look.
Nowadays, his subordinates are like the loyal and brave soldiers in the past. Everyone firmly believes that they were indeed guilty in their previous life or their ancestors were guilty. Therefore, they were punished by the gods and reborn in the grassland. They not only had to suffer the bloody rule and cruelty of the Xiongnu Chanyu
They were exploited, had to endure hunger, and even endured the tragic fate of being separated from their wives and children, and separated from their flesh and blood.
Fortunately, the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, His Majesty the Holy Emperor, has spread his virtue all over the world, benefiting birds and beasts. He thought of the hardship and miserable life of the people who led the bow, and could not bear that they continued to be tortured and oppressed, so he sent out the king's master and the divine cavalry to kill them with great righteousness.
Rescued from the brutal rule of the Huns and their tragic fate.
However, although they were liberated, they were still burdened with sins and needed to atone for their sins before they could be like Li Zhe, an upright and straight-backed Han citizen.
This brainwashing method is simple and crude, but the effect is surprisingly amazing.
So far, not only the Huns who surrendered in Gaoque have also accepted this setting.
Even those stubborn people were influenced.
Even the former Qushuai and Guduhou of the tribe were converted.
Li Zhe had a former Guduhou under his command, but now, this person has become the most fanatical reform activist.
After reciting the oath of transformation three times, Li Zhe climbed up to the high platform of the school field and said to the fifteen hundred soldiers in the audience: "Just now, our captain received news that the Han Cavalry General, Dongcheng
The Han cavalry, commanded by Hou Yi Zongyi Gong, encircled and annihilated the invading Huns' headquarters in Shanggu County. King Yougu Li ordered the Xiongnu cavalry to be defeated..."
"Long live!" Li Zhe raised his arms and shouted loudly, like some sales elites of later generations, shouting at the top of his lungs: "Long live the great Holy Emperor! Long live Master Wang!"
"Long live the great Holy Emperor! Long live Master Wang!" The soldiers in the audience also became excited.
Master Wang wins again?
This is great for these old Huns who have been brainwashed repeatedly for half a year!
This means that Master Wang can rescue and save a large number of poor people who were oppressed and exploited by the brutal rule of the Xiongnu Jizhu clan!
What's more important is that they will become the seniors of these people and may guide and teach them in their transformation in the future...
This is important.
The biggest feature of the loyal and brave army model is that the seniors can guide and transform the latecomers.
Just like Li Zhe and the first batch of loyal and brave soldiers.
This kind of up-and-downline relationship, which is similar to pyramid schemes, makes the Huns unable to stop.
Li Zhe said triumphantly: "In order to celebrate the victory of the King's Division, the kabuki dancers from Xuanda Division of the Shaofu came to our military camp to encourage you for your positive transformation!"
Suddenly, the entire military camp erupted in cheers like a roaring tsunami.
The transformation journey of the past six months has undoubtedly been a long and arduous time for these Huns who used to be free.
They not only have to accept mental brainwashing, but also political brainwashing.
This is also the tradition of the Zhongyong Army.
If you want to truly reform and cleanse your sins, you must serve sincerely and make contributions.
Just like the Zhongyong Army in those days, they were selected from the laborers in the Yangchi Project.
Now, these soldiers who have been selected to join the Zhongyong Army have all sweated in the Han family's road and channel projects before they officially set foot in this military camp.
In the Battle of Gaoque, the Han army only captured and accommodated the surrendered tribes, and the total number was as high as 200,000 to 300,000!
Among them, nearly one hundred thousand were slaves from Daxia, Dawan and Kangju.
These people are not part of the Zhongyong Army's plan.
Even the loyal and brave soldiers had reason to laugh at and despise them.
After all, in the propaganda of the Zhongyong Army, they, the ancestors of the people who lead the bow, are all pure people of the Xia Dynasty, even the descendants of the three kings and five emperors. They were expelled just because they did something wrong and sinned against heaven.
and exiled to the grasslands, where they will be punished and tortured for generations.
Naturally, they are objects that can be transformed and saved.
The people of Daxia, Kangju and Dawan belong to the "unsavable" Yi Di.
It is a beast that walks on two legs, has no human rights, and naturally has no value in rescuing or rescuing it.
This is also the conclusion reached by the top brass of the Zhongyong Army after deliberations and discussions.
Because the top brass of the Zhongyong Army, including Li Zhe, knew very well that they wanted to brainwash and make these Hun prisoners of war recognize and accept their identity.
Then they need to compare.
What kind of comparison?
Of course there is a group whose status is lower than them.
Only in this way can the sensitive and fragile nerves of these prisoners of war be stimulated and stimulated, and give them a real sense of belonging to the Han Dynasty.
As a result, those poor people from far away were ruthlessly excluded from the scope of the loyal army and those who could be transformed.
They became a group with a lower status than the Huns.
If it was a female slave or something, that would be fine.
They could improve their status by marrying Han Chinese or reform activists of the Zhongyong Army.
Those newly born babies were also very lucky. They were all picked up by the Han government and sent to the Shaofu. The Shaofu needed a large number of free skilled workers who could be trained from an early age.
But the fate of those men was very tragic.
Even the Zhongyong Army was unwilling to accept them. Naturally, they could only work in road and channel projects forever under the organization of the Han Dynasty government.
If a miracle had not happened, their status would never have been liberated.
But on the contrary, the Huns who were captured and surrendered, and the people who led the way, all received an opportunity to reform and atone for their sins.
Under such propaganda, the self-esteem of both prisoners of war and surrendered people was satisfied.
It becomes more energetic when it is ‘reformed’.
However, even so, the long-term heavy labor "reform" and the constant dangerous work have left many people physically and mentally exhausted.
At this time, Xuanda Si from the Shaofu appeared.
These performing artists, including singers, acrobats and Chiyou operas, became indispensable spiritual food for the Xiongnu prisoners of war and surrendered people during the long and arduous transformation process in the past.
It can even be said that it was Xuandasi's singers and opera performances that supported these people through the long and arduous journey of transformation.
And let these people among them have the opportunity to join the loyal and brave army, sublimate ‘themselves’ and further ‘transform’.
Naturally, these singers and artists are very popular.
Moreover, not only prisoners of war and surrendered people like it, but even senior officers like Li Zhe, who are already in high positions, also like it very much.
Li Zhe walked off the stage, found an open space among the soldiers, sat down cross-legged, and quietly prepared to enjoy the upcoming performance.
And Xuandasi did not disappoint them.
On the high platform of the school ground, the curtain opened, revealing several familiar figures. The appearance of these people immediately plunged the entire military camp into cheers and fanaticism.
"It's "Desert Elegy"..." Li Zhe laughed immediately when he saw this scene.
This is now the most popular Chi You play among the Zhongyong Army.
It is said to be a Chi You play, but in fact it has completely broken away from the framework of a Chi You play.
Even the tradition of Chi You does not appear in this opera.
In Li Zhe's view, this has become a new direction for the development of opera art, and it may become popular all over the world in the future!
At this moment, the first actor to appear on the stage also started his performance.
This is a very graceful woman. Judging from her appearance, she looks like a beauty in the eyes of the Huns or all the bow-hunting people.
She has a slender figure but slender limbs, and her face is smeared with red rouge, which is the favorite and most commonly used red pigment from Rouge Mountain by Hun women.
Although it may seem a bit strange to the Han nobles and scholar-bureaucrats, to the Huns, this is how a beautiful woman should dress.
And this woman is indeed a Huns.
She was also a Hun noblewoman. She was a Hun noblewoman captured by the Han army in Nanchi during the Battle of Mayi. Legend has it that she was even one of Yin Zhixie’s wives!
But now, she has become a die-hard loyalist of the Han Dynasty.
In fact, the origin of the story "Desert Elegy" is also her.
On the stage, this beauty kissed her lips and slowly began a self-narration in a tone that is very familiar to the people who lead the bow.
As she sang a cappella, Li Zhe also closed his eyes and began to sing along: "I am a slave...below the Qilian Mountains...the grass is green...there are flocks of cattle and sheep..."
And her singing tone, soft and melodious, full of emotion, easily painted that beautiful scene in the hearts of all the soldiers of the Zhongyong Army.
The towering Qilian Mountains, the capped Gaolan Mountains, the glaciers, and the ripples of the snow-capped mountains.
The gurgling river water flows down from the mountains, nourishing all things and nurturing the people who lead the bow.
Many people even burst into tears while listening.
The Qilian Mountains and the Gaolan Mountains are now the paradise of all nomads and their dreamland.
However, the beauty's singing tone suddenly changed and became sharp at this moment.
As her vocals changed, a new performer joined.
This person is wearing a mink felt hat that symbolizes the nobles of the Xiongnu Chan Yuting. He holds a whip in his hand, has a huge copper ring in his nostril, and has several babies' heads hanging around his neck (of course they are props).
As soon as this person appeared on the scene, he was extremely arrogant.
The whips flew around and bad words were uttered.
In the beauty's singing, all the savings of the beauty tribe were taken away without mercy.
Including the furs and cheese that her father had worked so hard to save, he even didn't let go of the little lamb that the beauty's brother loved.
The two extras who played the role of the beauty's relatives burst into tears on the stage at the right time.
The hard life of a small tribe facing heavy taxes and expropriation by the Shanyu Court is vividly presented.
It even made countless soldiers present shed tears.
Isn't that what they were like in the past?
Shan Yuting and the nobles of the tribe never pity or care about their lives.
If something goes wrong, the whip will be whipped and the big feet will be kicked.
At this time, the style of painting on the stage changed again, and a majestic nobleman riding a horse appeared.
This nobleman stopped the envoy from Shan Yuting in front of him and made the decision for the beauty's family.
This also makes the style of the stage suddenly become softer and warmer.
Everything seemed to be getting better, and the beauty was moved by the nobleman and married him...
But in the audience, the soldiers who had already known what was going to happen clenched their fists and were very nervous.
Some people even couldn't help but stand up and shouted loudly: "Don't marry, don't marry! Lan Ruo! He is the devil!"
Lan Ruo is the name of the character played by this actress, and is also her stage name.
Others were also so worried that their veins were exposed, they closed their eyes and did not dare to look at the stage again.
Sure enough, the music changed next and became sad and melodious.
It turns out that the Hun nobleman deliberately designed it to trick Lan Ruo into marrying him.
To implement his ulterior and sinister plan.
After Lan Ruo married him, it didn't take long for this person's true colors to be revealed.
It turned out that he wanted to marry Lan Ruo just because he wanted Lan Ruo to give him a child, and the purpose of having a child was to take the poor child's skull and offer it to the Xiongnu Chanyu as a ritual weapon.
Although this plot is a bit exaggerated.
But it is one of the nightmares that countless people, especially slave herders, have had since childhood.
It is no secret that shamanism uses human skin, bones and even human internal organs as tools for casting spells.
Many tribes will specially select some poor people and sacrifice them to the shamans to satisfy their evil tastes.
At this point in the story, the people of Yinggong had fully aroused their hatred towards the Xiongnu nobles, especially Shan Yuting and the shamans.
Almost everyone was gnashing their teeth, even the former Qu Shuai and Gu Duhou couldn't bear to see it.
In the Huns and the grasslands, even nobles like them were expendable.
Sometimes, senior officials will even designate their own flesh and blood or brothers and sisters as victims.
And no one can say no!
In the past, they could only accept the situation.
But now, these things have become the reason for their hatred of the Huns!
And the story has come to an end at this time.
Like all operas, the hero always appears at the end.
A brave and handsome Han cavalry officer led his men to the grassland, killed the evil Hun noble, and dug out hundreds of infant bones from his tent.
Although Zhongyongjun has read this story countless times, people are still excited at this time.
Hundreds of babies!
Among them, there may be some of their descendants or brothers and sisters!
Everyone's anger was burning brightly.
Fortunately, the ending of the story makes people smile.
Poor Lanruo was finally rescued, and her poor child also survived because of the timely arrival of the Han army.
At the end of the story, Lan Ruo met a kind-hearted man inside the Great Wall. Through active transformation, he had atoned for his sins and became a glorious, loyal and brave officer. From then on, the two lived a simple but happy life inside the Great Wall.
A good and fulfilling life.
As the curtain slowly fell, the loyal and brave troops came up and down with thunderous applause.
This drama moved them and filled them with expectations.
Who doesn’t want to marry a brave, strong, kind and beautiful woman like Lan Ruo in the future?
"Actively reform, work hard to atone, and marry Lan Ruo!" This is the ideal of many loyal and brave soldiers now!
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Continue to pay off the debt tomorrow~(To be continued.) 8
