During the entire month of May in the thirty-eighth year of the First Emperor of Qin, the black man, whom Liu Ji regarded as an evil leader, was preparing for the battle to enter the Pass.
Everyone in the Northern Expedition knows that Heifu is famous for attaching great importance to logistics when fighting. Whether he is conquering the Huns or conquering Baiyue, the troops and horses are not moved, and the food and grass go first.
After capturing Nanyang County and approaching Wuguan, Heifu did not rush to attack. Instead, he asked the army to repair roads, set up warehouses in the Danyang area to stock up on grain and grass, and also asked Nanjun in the rear to mobilize to the maximum extent.
Support the war with all possible forces!
War is fought by people, not just the soldiers fighting on the front line. The food transportation and arrows used by these people all need to be transported by manpower. Therefore, when a hundred thousand troops are lifted, there must be at least the same number of people behind them.
Civilian husband...
In Heifu's plan, the number of troops to carry out entry operations in Wuguan was about 100,000, while the number of civilians was about 15.
Among them, 50,000 are prisoners, 50,000 from Nanyang, and 50,000 from Nanjun. The reason why Nanjun, which has a smaller population, has to bear the same service force is because Nanyang was initially determined. The power of the Northern Expedition has not yet reached the grassroots, and can only be through surrendered officials or
The local clans are recruiting, but the efficiency is too low. Fifty thousand is already the amount of forced recruitment. If it is more, something will happen.
Nanjun is different. This place is Heifu's hometown. The Northern Expeditionary Army has been in charge of the place for more than a year, and its control over the grassroots is almost back to the time when the world was not divided, and even worse.
But Heifu frowned when he looked at the news fed back from the rear and said to himself:
"It seems that even among the people in the old revolutionary base areas, not everyone has a high level of ideological consciousness..."
This is a thick report with neat handwriting. The diction is not as gorgeous as Lu Jia and other Confucian scholars. It quotes from classics, but from the inside out, it reveals the rigor and sophistication of an old Qin official!
According to the summary of the report, the people in Nanjun are not very willing to serve in the military, mainly for the following three reasons:
First, military service delays the busy farming schedule. For example, there are people who serve in the military all year round in Jingling County. As a result, their own land is barren and they starve in the spring. Near Jiangling, a township called Ximen Township has 36 horses in the spring, but it encounters heavy rains.
, 7 horses died, 6 were sick, and 8 were injured, the loss was too great.
However, these losses were not compensated in time. Therefore, when officials mobilized to support the front again in summer, in many places, there was a phenomenon of who was asked to go and who was not.
Not only farmers, but also small merchants and hawkers in the cities were reluctant to serve because once they went out to serve, their family life could not be maintained. At that time, some people were in debt because of their service, and some people ate up all their savings because of their service.
People think that going to war is a serious matter.
Secondly, the head of Guizhou went to war but no officials came out, which also caused widespread dissatisfaction.
No regime can guarantee that it will always be clean. In just one year, corruption and depravity are also growing within the Northern Expeditionary Army.
In order to maintain order in various places, all officials, big and small, can be exempted from service, and even if they go, only a small number will be redeployed.
At the same time, because these grassroots officials have the power to control the people's military service, their relatives and friends have the opportunity to avoid working.
The magistrate of Yundu County reported a common phenomenon at the grassroots level: "Those who are related to officials and are rich and noble in the countryside should go to war, so they bring wine and money to the officials to find a way, and the officials collect the wine and money.
So he postponed it and asked someone else to do the work on his behalf."
The head of Guizhou naturally hated this kind of favoritism, so he was even more resistant to military service.
Reason 3: The treatment of migrant workers in front of the branch is poor. After all, this is not the information age. Communication basically relies on shouting and transportation basically relies on walking. Because communication is not timely, migrant workers often arrive at a place, but the pavilion and post station do not provide food in time, resulting in insufficient food.
There was no food or even boiled water to drink, and he had to sleep on a haystack at night. He was bitten by mosquitoes, which made him miserable.
In addition to food and accommodation, there are also serious problems with clothing. Heifu knows this very well. During the Battle of Xiangyang last year, when many civilians went north, the weather was not too cold and they did not bring many winter clothes. As a result, they all fell ill from the cold. In the end, they
The problem was solved by seizing the clothing of the Northern Army.
If there is a problem with food and accommodation, people will easily get sick. During the Battle of Xiangyang last year, 23 out of 10 civilians got sick, including gastrointestinal diarrhea, cold and heat, and cold. Although the Northern Expeditionary Army had a medical corps system, there were not enough doctors and medicines for even the soldiers.
Even fewer civilians died outside. Many people died outside, and their bodies were buried on the spot. News of their deaths came back through the postal system, and their relatives cried and screamed. The locals regarded military service as a dangerous journey.
What's more, the motivation to defend one's home in Nanjun is completely different from that of traveling thousands of miles north to an unfamiliar area.
As for the situation where Qian Shou is unwilling to serve, different counties have different handling methods.
For example, in the spring, Heifu launched the Nanyang Campaign, and Nanjun ordered civilians to transport grain to the front line, a thousand people from each county.
In order to fulfill the amount arranged by the county, the Zhijiang county lieutenant resorted to deception. He first talked about the county's three-to-five-day mission and deceived thousands of people on the road. Then he talked about the county town and the Han River. Everywhere,
Among a group of people who fled, less than 30% made it to the front.
This case caused a sensation in Nan County. According to the "Corporate Laws", failure to meet the deadline will not lead to death, but it will still be severely punished. However, there are too many people involved, seven or eight hundred people. Improper handling will arouse the anger of the people of the county.
In the end, Jun Chengle ruled that the consequences of the Zhijiang County Lieutenant's conscription were deceitful. Since the government broke its trust first, those who were deceived and fled should not be punished, and instead the Zhijiang County Lieutenant was imprisoned!
"I have led horses for you!"
"I went to Lingnan and bled!"
"I have made great contributions in Anlu!"
It is said that when the county captain who was born in the military was put in shackles, he cried out that he was wronged and opened his clothes, revealing scars all over his body.
After all, he was the captain of a county, or Heifu's old subordinate. Nanjun sent a letter to the front line, asking Heifu how to deal with it.
"I remember this man. What he said is true. I am hiding in Yunmeng. He is one of my personal guards. In the battle of Anlu, he was a hundred soldiers. He charged forward and was hit by several blades. Jiangling
During the battle, there were already five hundred warriors, and they thrust their spears across the military chariots and charged into the enemy's formation, one against ten."
Heifu was very helpless. If he had not made great contributions and gained his trust, how could he have become a dignified county captain?
But Heifu knows better that the law is ruthless. This is the bottom line and must not be violated! Although he carried the red flag to oppose the red flag, Heifu has never abolished the Qin laws and regulations, let alone made any "three chapters of the law".
The way to relieve heavy pressure is to gradually relax rather than suddenly cancel it. Without the protection of laws and regulations, society will fall into more terrible turmoil. In history, the Han Dynasty did this, although it was praised at first, but in the end it faced an out-of-control society.
Order, you can only cover your swollen face, pick up Qin's law again, change it casually, or continue to use it without changing it.
Therefore, Heifu regarded "the legal construction of armed struggle" as the two most important weapons of the Northern Expedition, and only made slight gains and losses on those unkind terms.
Heifu has always believed that there is no big problem with the Qin Law itself. The real problem that caused the world to be doomed was His Majesty the First Emperor, who had endless desires and could not distinguish between what was public and what was private, what was urgent and what was slow.
, he really thought that everyone could 996,997...
Of course, the ones who are at fault are also the executors who have a crooked upper beam and a crooked lower beam! The cadres’ thinking must be strengthened!
So Heifu sent Nanjun's love letter back unchanged, meaning clearly: "This is something Nanjun can handle according to the law. You don't need to ask me!"
The love letter was sent back, but Hei Fu couldn't sleep at night. The Zhijiang County Captain was also the son of a poor Guizhou leader. He was a strong-willed man a year ago, but he was corrupted in just one year.
Hei Fu shuddered, as if he saw the warriors of the Qin Dynasty who conquered the Six Kingdoms in the past, and began to grow fat and fall after becoming officials in the Six Kingdoms. Will that scene be repeated in the Northern Expedition?
Therefore, he wrote in an open letter to the old troops of Nanjun: "There may be some Northern Expeditionary officers who have not been defeated by daggers or poisons. They are worthy of being called a man when they go into battle. However, they cannot withstand the sugar-coated arrows of local nobles.
Fall under it..."
"Officials know the law and violate it, accept bribes, use deception, and set up difficulties for themselves. This will destroy the victory on the front line and the foundation of the Northern Expeditionary Army!"
Marquis Wu Zhong also made an analogy: "The elders of Nanjun are the foundation of the Northern Expeditionary Army, just like water and boats. Xunzi once said, water can carry a boat, and water can capsize a boat!"
Isn't it because of the current northern court's breach of trust and heavy military service that the people of the country were alienated and rebelled against their relatives? The Northern Expeditionary Army keeps saying that it wants to bring order to the chaos, but is it going to make the same mistake again?
"The mistakes made by those who have gone before us will serve as lessons for those behind us!"
So Nanjun began to impose sentences confidently and boldly. It was found out that the Zhijiang county captain had accepted a huge amount of bribes, and was exempted from serving in the county center and right, and instead distributed them to the poor in the left. Now he was completely hopeless.
, several old Nanjun officials who interceded for him also shut up.
Finally, the county captain was beheaded in Zhijiang County, and his head was circulated to all counties. The people of Zhijiang County clapped their hands and applauded, and county officials everywhere also took warning.
After this incident, Heifu also decided to study the last magic weapon, while the scholar studied laws and regulations to overcome the ban!
"Learning makes me happy."
After muttering such an incomprehensible word, Heifu sent an order to Xiao He, the governor of Nan County, to lead the county officials to re-study Ye Teng's masterpiece, "The Way of Being an Official," a compulsory textbook for the Northern Expedition officer examination, and to understand what is good.
Officials, what is a bad official and what are the five virtues of an official?
Heifu also named this event: "Learning to Strengthen the Army"!
The intensive study activities ordered to all counties in Nanjun and the vigorous crackdown on corruption and maladministration may make officials more honest, but they cannot solve the reality that the people are unwilling to serve.
All the people of Anlu, who have put all their wealth and lives on Hei Fu, are soldiers. Even the younger or older men, when it is their turn to serve, throw down their hoes, raise their heads and say: "It's time for us to go, we can't be cowardly."
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But in the eyes of more ordinary people, serving in the military is definitely a trade-off.
"I would rather work locally for an extra month than serve on the front line."
"The work has been missed and the burden is heavy. It would be better not to reduce the rent at all!"
These voices reached Heifu's ears through various channels. At this time, we could not just blame the masses for their low consciousness. The official work of the Northern Expeditionary Army also had shortcomings.
"This battle is not easy."
After reading the thick stack of documents, Heifu sighed with emotion.
"Although I have to face the enemies of Hu Hai and the Six Kingdoms at the front, for example, the conflict with outsiders is simple and violent, involving battles on the battlefield and scheming, but I will win anyway."
"But what we are facing later are more complicated situations, such as problems in the human body, either in the body, or in the skin. Sometimes even a piece of good meat suddenly rots from the inside. A little carelessness can affect the health of the whole body.
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But no matter how the fellow villagers complain, they still have to serve. Heifu needs the power of the people to help him win this civil war that should end long ago!
"Even if you tighten your belt, you still have to finish the battle!"
"Fortunately, for the subsequent battle, just give me some guidance. I don't need to go back to direct it myself..."
"There is a person who is more suitable to be the coach of that battle than me."
Heifu flicked the signature on the document in his hand:
"Xiao He, Governor of South County!"
Heifu is now extremely grateful for his wise decision to go to Peixian County many years ago.
He destroyed one person and gained two more.
Xiao He's petition is divided into upper and lower parts. The first part talks about the problem. Turning to the next part, it is the solution that he has already started to implement...
Scanning those measures one by one, Heifu's worries disappeared, and he gradually smiled and said sincerely:
"To govern the country, to care for the people, to provide wages and gifts, and to never cut off the food supply, I am not as good as Xiao He!"