What does it mean when deserters start appearing in a military camp?
Man is a very strange animal. When faced with danger, if one person cheers up a hundred people, even if he shouts hoarse, it may be difficult to make these hundred people accept death. Old masters always see evil happening.
Sometimes we shake our heads and say that people's hearts are not as good as the times. It would be difficult for them to go up and fight to the death with the gangsters. In other words, when facing danger, there is one person who can cheer up a hundred people without shouting until they become hoarse.
You should be able to turn around and run with these 100 people. No one lacks courage, but sometimes they hide it subconsciously.
The same is true on the battlefield. When victory is in sight, the bloodthirsty and madness in people's hearts will explode to the fullest. A battle with the wind will go more smoothly, and the pursuit will be overwhelming. But when encountering difficulties,
Especially when psychological panic begins to spread, fleeing has become the main theme in the minds of the recruits.
Their purpose of joining the army is not simply to expel foreign enemies. From ancient times to the present, there have been as many people with such lofty ideals as scalpers, but there are even more people who want to survive no matter what. In this chaotic era,
In fact, the understanding of foreign enemies is different from that of modern people. Especially since the Han people are also Han people, and the Zhou people are also Han people, the Zhou army's resistance to the Han army was not that high in the first place. And the reason why they joined the army was that they were coerced to join.
Yes, some just want to make a living, and there are also those who want fame but want to go immediately, and there are very few of them.
If it were the Khitans or Dangxiang people who invaded the Great Zhou Dynasty, perhaps the resistance of the Zhou army would be stronger out of the sense of national mission. However, now, the chaos of the Great Zhou Dynasty has reached a terrible situation. Generals from all over the country
None of them want to take the initiative to provoke the Han army, because now the soldiers and generals in their hands no longer belong to the Zhou Dynasty, but belong to them privately. What they want to do is to rely on the strength in their hands to settle down, rather than to use up all their troops and horses to replace them.
False name. This is a very strange historical period. Both officials and civilians adapt quickly to the frequent changes in dynasties. Whether they are emperors, they actually only care about their own interests.
What officials consider is their status, rights, and financial prospects after joining the new master. If they can be improved compared to before, or if they can retain their own interests and rights, they don't mind who is the person sitting on the throne.
Of course, if their interests are touched and they feel a crisis, then they will resist desperately. The same is true for the people. They are accustomed to the emperor taking turns. What they care about is that after the new dynasty comes,
Will taxes and corvee be reduced? If the new regime treats the people well, then they will recognize this regime. This is an eternal truth that the officials force the people to rebel. If the officials do not force them, the people will not take them.
Pick up the sword and gun, put down the hoe and fight for your life.
Now, it was not the Han army that was forcing them to breathe, but Xie Jun, who had been dominating Yongzhou for several years!
Over the years that Xie Jun was in Yongzhou, he tripled the taxes of the people. The people of Yongzhou were already miserable, and now they had to work hard for Xie Jun. Their hearts were full of unwillingness. In fact, Xie Jun did this too.
As a last resort, the 200,000 troops under his command were originally maintained by the imperial court, and all the money and food expenses were allocated from the national treasury. However, since Chai Rong became seriously ill and ignored political affairs, the power of the young men in the imperial court was cut off and handed over to the Yongxing Army.
Supplies. If Xie Jun wanted to feed an army of 200,000 people, he could not get money from the court, so he had to plunder the people.
Fortunately, there is still a Huazhou warehouse, otherwise the lives of the people of Yongzhou would be even more miserable!
But to feed an army of 200,000, food alone is not enough. Without money, what will happen to the soldiers' pay? Where do the war horses come from? How to buy weapons and armor? Repair cities, pave roads and build bridges. Xie Jun also needs to build the fortress for his future ascension to the throne.
The main halls and palaces used, and the enfeoffment of civil and military officials all require a lot of money! Where does this money come from? Naturally, it comes from the people in Yongzhou and Shangzhou!
Those wealthy families with huge wealth, they have a lot of money, but Xie Jun does not dare to touch these families unless he has to. For the sake of future great undertakings, these wealthy families must maintain relationships. With the support of the family or without the support of the family, it is different for them.
In the future, the impact will be great. With the corruption of the Great Zhou Dynasty, some of these aristocratic families have completely transformed into aristocrats! With money, food and an army, Xie Jun does not want to go to war just to raise money. These aristocratic families,
A single move can affect the whole body. For example, the Pei family in Yongzhou and the Pei family in Kaifeng are basically the same family. The Pei family in Kaifeng has a powerful Huangmen servant Pei Yan, who can be said to be unrivaled in the court. But the Pei family in Yongzhou has a family.
An envoy of the Ding'an Army!
There were only three Jiedu envoys in the Great Zhou Dynasty. Which of them did not command hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses? Xie Jun was the Jiedu envoy of the Yongxing Army and had 200,000 men and horses under his command. Although it is known as the most powerful army in the Great Zhou Dynasty,
How can the other two military governors be just ordinary people? Zhao Tieguai, the military governor of the Chengde Army, had an army of 160,000. Pei Zhan, the military commander of the Ding'an Army, had an army of 150,000. They were all great princes who stood proudly.
, Xie Jun didn’t dare to really offend these two people.
Therefore, he cannot bully wealthy families, he can only bully ordinary people.
When the secret agents of the Overwatch Council are being trained, they will be told to make full use of your five senses. Your eyes should be able to see the smallest clues. Your nose should be able to smell the faintest smell. Your mouth,
They must be able to ask for the most secret information, and their ears must be able to hear the most useful words. Of course, this is not just a literal meaning, it means that they must discover and invent all favorable factors, and then use them.
The resentment among the recruits in the Zhou army camp can break out at any time. If the secret agents of the Supervisory Council cannot take advantage of such a huge opportunity, then they will really be sorry for the hard work of Luo Jia, the head stall of the third division. Although Luo Jia is now
They have been martyred, but the foundation of the three spies is still there. They are like pests lurking in the dark. Once they find an opportunity, they will pounce on them and bite them hard.
On the frontal battlefield, the Han army's defenses were airtight, but the war behind the scenes was completely led by the spies of the Overwatch Council. A huge spy organization would definitely play a huge role on the battlefield.
The secret agents of the Overwatch Council infiltrated into every corner of the recruit camp, teasing the fragile souls of the recruits. They were like a group of devils with horns, constantly tempting people to make mistakes. Of course, maybe this is not a
mistake.
The recruits began to get impatient, and the conflicts with the patrolling law enforcement teams gradually escalated. They now looked at the arrogant law enforcement teams as if they were sworn enemies, and they wanted to drink their blood and eat their flesh. Finally, as a few recruits,
After the recruits who were about to escape were caught by the law enforcement team, the conflict completely intensified.
Countless recruits poured out from their respective camps and surrounded the arresting law enforcement team. No matter how the low-level officers tried to dissuade them, they refused to leave. When a brigade leader of the law enforcement team drew a knife and threatened them, they resisted in their hearts.
Desire was completely aroused.
Thousands of recruits surrounded more than fifty law enforcement team soldiers and beat them violently. The recruits, who could not control themselves, trampled the fifty or so law enforcement team soldiers alive into a pulp. Their heads were cut off and kicked back and forth, and their internal organs were destroyed by them.
It has been stepped on for a long time and the original shape can no longer be seen.
Dongfang Liang, who came after hearing the news, could not stop the riots of the recruits, so he had to send someone to ask Xie Jun for instructions. Xie Jun did not dare to show his iron-blooded tactics this time because there were too many people participating in the riots. Tens of thousands of people gathered.
Together, they brought their own weapons this time and were ready for a bloody battle. Although Xie Jun was extremely angry, he did not dare to order the massacre of tens of thousands of recruits. In order to appease the morale of the army, he could only pretend to be generous to the recruits.
Let bygones be bygones. And those law enforcement soldiers who were killed were unjustly put on a hat by Xie Jun that disturbed the morale of the military. Their deaths were all in vain.
After finally calming down the gathered recruits, Xie Jun returned to his tent with a cold face.
"Dongfang Liang! Do you know your guilt?"
Xie Jun slammed the table and shouted.
Dongfang Liang's brows twitched, Ana suppressed the anger in his heart and knelt down on one knee and said: "I'm humble and lax in my duties. Please punish me, General."
Xie Jun roared: "I am not strict with my subordinates? You make it easy for me. You have ruined the lives of more than fifty of my soldiers in vain, and you just get away with saying that your subordinates are not strict with you!" Seventy percent of the recruits who caused trouble today were from
Your Shangzhou soldiers! Tell me, are you lax in your command, or do you have other agendas?"
Dongfang Liang suddenly raised his head and said: "General, I have followed the general for ten years. Is it possible that the general still has doubts about the general? Five years ago, during the decisive battle with the Shu army, it was the general who carried the injured general and fought all the way out.
, and in the end, Beizhi led three thousand dead soldiers to break through the Shu army's central army. If Beizhi had other intentions, do we still have to wait until today?"
Xie Jun raised the corner of his mouth and said with a ferocious face: "Dongfang Liang, you are so brave! No wonder people below say you are arrogant and domineering. It turns out that you only relied on the kindness of saving my life in the first place, right? In the Yongxing Army, this
Do you think I don’t know how many of your confidants you have planted over the years? It turns out that you saved me because you relied on me and begged me to give you a chance to prosper. Now you have ulterior motives and want to replace me! Dongfang Liang,
I said that right!"
He interrupted Dongfang Liang's explanation, pointed at Dongfang Liang's face and cursed: "Those assassins are hiding in your Shangzhou barracks. I think they are the assassins you sent! When I found out that day, I was suspicious and searched hard.
I couldn’t find those assassins for so many days, so it turned out that you were the one who hid those assassins. Dongfang Liang, you are so scheming!"
"General! Why bother to accuse me? Since the general suspects me, I will resign my position as the general of the Right Army and leave today!"
"You want to just walk away when things are revealed? It's easy to think!"
Xie Jun shouted loudly: "Where is the Tiger Guard? Capture this man!" (To be continued)
