Turbulent Times Chapter 1643: There are only two kinds of people in this world
Bai Xiaobo and the others just want to establish a base here, and then welcome Huang Shaoqiu to lead the main force of the 50,000 seal battalion, relying on the topographical stronghold here to attack the three counties in the south of Sichuan and Shu occupied by Liang Guo. Guerrilla warfare in the jungle.
Bai Xiaobo's order was quickly spread to the fifty warships, and the fifty captains were ordered to divide into two teams to attack the Wumans, but the three councilors next to him were hesitant to speak...
Bai Xiaobo immediately guessed that these three councilors who had just graduated from Fan Yang College, although they had experienced battles, had no idea what the sinister world was thinking because all the battles of the Far East Army had gone so smoothly in the past few years.
"Do the three of you think that our Far East Army is a division of benevolence and righteousness? Are you disdainful of the order the general gave just now and what the soldiers are going to do?"
"I don't dare." The three councilors clasped their fists and bowed quickly, but one councilor gritted his teeth and said, "The humble officer just thinks that we just need to kill the young and strong of the Wumans and capture those old and weak women and children who resisted. There is really no need... to kill the old, the weak, women and children."
The three counselors who graduated from Fan Yang College were indeed a bit hesitant. They had only been in the seal battalion for a year or two, and they only fought the battle in Yangzhou. Cut down, not too much killing.
But right now, Bai Xiaobo is undisguisedly asking the soldiers to do things similar to robbers and water bandits. The three young councilors find it hard to accept for a while, thinking that this is not the "teacher of justice" and "teacher of civilization" "Things to do.
Bai Xiaobo has always been more patient with the students who graduated from Fanyang College, but he has always been stricter, so his image in the hearts of several councilors is actually not very good.
But Bai Xiaobo didn't care what these councilors thought of him at all, so he sneered and said, "You should know the story of Duke Xiang of Song, right?"
"At the time of the Spring and Autumn War, Song Xianggong refused to take advantage of the Chu army's crossing of Hongshui to attack, saying, We are known as the division of benevolence and righteousness, how can we attack while others are crossing the river. Then, he let the Chu army line up and deploy troops. The two sides fought head-on, but Song Xianggong was defeated and was shot by the Chu army and injured his leg, but he said, I am a gentleman, I am not seriously injured, and I do not capture Ermao. This is a teacher of benevolence and righteousness. How can I do this? Is it a dangerous move?"
Speaking of this, the sneer on Bai Xiaobo's face became even more sarcastic, and he sneered: "Did you forget what the instructor said in the military class of Fanyang Academy?"
The faces of the three counselors were suddenly covered with cold sweat, they bowed down together, and said in unison: "At that time, it was taught that Xi said that victory is the merit of the army, and both sides will use everything to their advantage, and they must not pay attention to the way of a gentleman..."
"Since you still remember the teaching and learning." Bai Xiaobo snorted coldly: "Do you still think that Song Xianggong or the instructor is right?"
The expressions of dissatisfaction on the faces of the three councilors have long since disappeared, and one of the councilors said: "Naturally, the teacher is right. Soldiers are deceitful, and victory is the result of victory." , as a general, you can't bear it..."
Bai Xiaobo said solemnly: "Nowadays is in troubled times, the prince is raising troops to unify the world, to end the troubled times, the north has not yet been unified, and our Far Eastern Army still needs to fight a lot of battles. It's not that the general didn't want to be a gentleman, let my Far Eastern Army be a hero of benevolence and righteousness." Division, but because, this is war.”
"The Wumans are different from the Han people. According to the information provided by the Military Intelligence Office, the Wumans actually do not have an organized army, only warriors and warriors in the clan, but it can also be said that the whole people are soldiers. When our fleet starts, the war between our two sides has already started, and when we drive the warship to their Dazhai, we are the invaders to the Wubarians, and they will not be limited to young soldiers
Strong, those old and weak women and children will become extremely fierce and brave. Even half-grown children can use bows, knives, and wooden sticks to resist the soldiers of our Far East Army. , Going deep into the dense forest will inevitably lead to endless troubles. "
The three councilors bowed down again, feeling ashamed to death, and said in unison: "I have been educated for my humble position."
While looking at the battles near and far with a telescope, Bai Xiaobo laughed when he heard the shouts and screams, "Besides, the general didn't give Dag an order to kill the clan. As long as they put down their weapons and stop resisting, We can save their lives, after all, we need a lot of labor to gain a foothold here, and as long as they are obedient, they can become princes and rule the people in a short time."
One of the councilors suddenly asked: "General, can these Wumans also become the people of our Far East Army?"
Bai Xiaobo patiently said: "Although the whole Far East Army has never respected Confucianism as the king's way, it is still very reasonable for Confucianism to emphasize that there is no distinction between teaching and learning, and the prince also does this to the people under his rule. of."
But the counselor still hesitated, and said: "Those Wuman..."
The councilor pointed to the shore, was hunted down by the soldiers of the seal battalion, forced to kneel down and surrender, and then tied to a rope, the Wuman people with strange tattoos: "General, can they also be educated?"
Bai Xiaobo thought for a while, and said: "Since there were barbarians who changed Xia in ancient times, there were also some sages among the barbarians, so they should be able to be educated."
Another councilor hesitated for a moment and said, "The general means that these barbarians can be converted into Chinese people?"
The last counselor also interjected: "Since ancient times, the beauty of clothing is called Hua, and the beauty of etiquette is called Xia... This may be a bit difficult."
Bai Xiaobo obviously didn't want to discuss this issue with the three councilors here, so he directly ordered: "You three councilors listen to the order. I will order you to wait for the three of you to educate the Wubarbarians. Give us It will take a year to see if there is any change, if it is effective, I will ask General Huang and even the prince for credit for the three."
The three of them looked serious, although there were still some disagreements, but this was a military order, and they had the opportunity to make great contributions, so they immediately accepted the order with some excitement.
"You have to tell the Wuman people that we will not turn their children into slaves, nor will we exploit them like the previous Sui Dynasty and today's Liang State, and regard them as pigs and dogs..."
The three councilors were thoughtful, and Bai Xiaobo continued to laugh and said: "You must educate them, so that these Wuman children can understand Chinese when they grow up. In ten or twenty years, one generation, two Generations, and finally let them become no different from us!"
Bai Xiaobo's words are very noble, but in his heart he thinks of the witch chief instructor on Snake Island who said, "The so-called civilization is nothing but a thin coat to cover up the blood-stained barbarism."
At that time, the chief witch instructor said with a blank face: "There are two eras in history: the era when you want to be a slave but you can't, and the era when you are temporarily a slave."
Bai Xiaobo doesn't know which kind it belongs to now, and he is not sure whether in the future, with the efforts of the prince leading the Far East Army, this world will be sublimated into an era where adults can be human...
But he is the proud student of the chief witch instructor, and his thinking is actually somewhat similar to Nie Xiaoyu's, very realistic and practical, so Bai Xiaobo knows that there are two types of slaves.
One is a slave who will not obey.
While Bai Xiaobo was thinking this way, he looked indifferently at a woman from Wuman who was pushed down on the bank and continued to resist, trying to bite off the ear of a soldier of the Far East Army.
"There is another kind of obedient slave!" Bai Xiaobo thought to himself.
……
……
Wuman had a population of 50,000 to 60,000, but was defeated by Xiao Ju's Liang army, and several village tribes were wiped out directly, causing heavy casualties. Now there are only more than 20,000 people left, and only 3,000 young and strong warriors are left. people.
This time Liang Guo sent envoys to force them to attack a 1,000-strong Far East Army navy.
Of course the Wuman people don't want to go, because fighting itself will kill people, not to mention the prestige and vicious reputation of the Qin An Poison King and the Far East Army, even the Wuman people have heard of it.
But the envoy of the Liang State brought the order of the Emperor Xiao Ju of the Liang State: If you don't send troops, the Liang State army will come and wipe out the Wuman people directly.
After weighing the pros and cons, the Wumans were ready to send troops, thinking that two thousand people would fight one thousand people, and fighting on the rivers and rivers they were best at. The samurai will definitely suffer casualties, but they will definitely be able to kill the Far East Army.
Unexpectedly, early the next morning, fifty warships moved along the river, crowding the channel beside their stockade.
The patriarch Wuji and the barbarian Wugui never expected that their two thousand warriors would be easily defeated, causing only minimal casualties to the enemy, and even one thousand of their warriors would become captives.
And, immediately after, they suddenly appeared in front of their village and blocked the two branched rivers near the village!
Although the Wuman were the defeated generals of the Sui army and the current Liang army, it was mainly because of their limited strength. At least now that the enemy is coming, they are very brave and even desperate.
Amidst the sound of strange horns, the remaining thousand or so warriors had rushed out of the village.
Wuji, the patriarch of the Wuman clan, had no time to settle accounts with the old barbarian witch Wu Gui who miscalculated good and bad luck, because the huge building boat of the Far Eastern Army, driven by the blades, was pressing towards them like a mountain!
Bai Xiaobo stood on the main ship, watching this spectacular scene intently, although it seemed that the ending was already doomed.
"Whoever predicts the enemy, there are eight people who fight against him without knowing it. You are right. In this battle, we have the intelligence of the military intelligence office and the intelligence of the previous captives. We know ourselves and the enemy, so we are fighting..."
Bai Xiaobo saw that under the rapid attack of the Far Eastern Army, nearly a thousand Wuman warriors organized into a panic, broke out like a frying pan, and rushed into Dazhai, and the soldiers of the Far Eastern Army followed suit. Entering Dazhai, he smiled and said, "It's as easy as catching a turtle in a jar!"
………
………
The battle lasted for half a day. Most of the remaining young and strong Wuman people were killed or injured, and the rest were captured by the Far East Army. They were finally **** with vines and lined up in a long line. All of them gathered on the flat ground in the middle of Dazhai superior.
It took Bai Xiaobo a few days to preliminarily control the Wuman tribe by means of differentiation, appeasement, intimidation, etc. Reported by Huang Shaoqiu.
Their original plan was to go to the White Barbarians who had already been in contact with the Far Eastern Army, but Bai Xiaobo temporarily changed his mind. A little too remote.
Next, as long as the 50,000 people in their Seal Battalion survive the siege that will soon come from Liang, they will use the Wuman tribe as their base to gradually capture the three counties in the south of Sichuan and Shu, and even the Far East Army will attack in an all-round way later. Liang Guo, here will also be a very good springboard.
………
………