Qiming 1158

Chapter 1096 Military can never exist independently of politics

Wen Anzhi was also very emotional about the people's remarks.

This is not surprising. He was the same at the beginning. He felt the difference between Su Yonglin and his subordinates.

Now these people are just walking the road he once walked. He looks at these people as if he saw himself.

So he said something.

"The kingdom of Daming is a country that supports and decides for the people, and the Daming army is also the sons and daughters of our people. The purpose of fighting is not for merit, glory and wealth, but for our people to live a good life and have enough to eat.

You are willing to become the people of Daming and join the army of Daming. Of course, that is a good thing, but Daming wants you to live. Unless it is absolutely necessary, you must live well, and only by living can you do more things.

Don't beg for death at every turn, don't cherish your own life, only when you live can you have everything, and only when you live can you move forward. Who knows that you can't make greater achievements in the future? "

After this conversation, a considerable number of young and strong men in the Xiangfan land applied to join the Ming army, and a considerable number of women who had recovered from their bodies collectively petitioned to go to the factories in the Ming mainland to work.

For whatever purpose, they don't want to stay here.

It has brought them too much pain and suffering here, and they really don't want to reminisce if they continue to stay here in addition to pain or pain.

Zhang Yuejing and Wen Anzhi took some time to organize the work here, and began to arrange for the people in Xiangfan to go where they wanted to go and do what they wanted to do.

The men who signed up for the army were admitted by each unit according to the number of vacancies, and then collectively entered the recruit battalion for training.

As a result, their families will also become family members and enjoy a series of preferential tax policies and political rights in accordance with the "Military Family Preferential Treatment Law" in the Ming law.

As for those women who were eager to leave and start a new life, Wen Anzhi also complied with their demands. After asking their family members, quite a few were willing to leave Xiangfan with them and go to their new home to start a new life.

So these people were arranged by Wen Anzhi to go to the handicraft workshops in Henan, and asked the local government and workshops to settle them properly.

As for those who are still willing to stay in the local area, they will naturally be given proper resettlement according to the consistent policies of the Ming Dynasty, and there will be no less land and housing allocation and preferential tax policies in the future.

Xiangfan area gradually stabilized.

The Xiangfan area is stable, and there will be no turmoil in other places, and the Ming army's actions will proceed smoothly.

What happened in Xiangfan Second City quickly spread to the Central Capital.

This time, Su Yonglin was not as happy as when he learned that Li Xianzhong was annihilated before.

He looked at Zhang Yuejing's description of the entire battle process and the specific situation in Xiangfan Second City, as well as the collective request for punishment from the cadres of the Henan Corps Revival Association, and was silent for a long time.

At the same time, the senior cadres at the headquarters of the Revival Society also learned of these things, and they were silent for a long time.

"I thought I would be happy after this war was over, but it doesn't seem to be the case."

Su Yonglin put down the battle report in his hand: "Xiangfan has been won, the Lin'an reinforcements have been wiped out, the land of Jinghu is within easy reach, and the Southern Song Dynasty can be destroyed with a finger, but I am not so happy, everyone, the battle in Xiangfan has given us a wake-up call. .

We are facing a group of scum, beasts, things that can't be considered human at all. They only see results, not processes. If possible, they will even drag everyone to die with them. They will never give up anything that can be done. The possibility of living and continuing to do whatever you want.

We don't need to have any tenderness or preferential treatment towards this group of people. We should adjust our strategy and treat such a group of people without accepting their surrender and annihilating them on the spot.

We fought all the way so that the people could live a good life, get rid of cruel exploitation and oppression, and get enough food and warm clothes, but if they can't even save their lives, everything else is just a joke. "

Su Yonglin decided to do something and make some changes. He didn't want to see the second time what happened in Xiangfan Second City.

But the good news is that there are not many cities where this may happen next time.

In the Southern Song Dynasty, there were not many strong defensive cities comparable to the Second City of Xiangfan, and most of the cities did not have that resistance.

This battle fully demonstrated the powerful combat effectiveness of Ming artillery.

During this war, the powerful long-range strike firepower of the Ming army greatly suppressed the Song army, causing huge damage to the Song army and greatly reducing the damage of the Ming army.

According to the actual battle damage and the analysis of the General Staff Headquarters, it is true that the Ming army relied on artillery to gain a huge advantage in this battle. Army casualties.

During the whole battle of Xiangfan, the Ming army had almost no battle losses in the early stage, and the biggest battle losses occurred in the final battle of storming the city of Xiangyang.

After storming Xiangyang for seven days, 790 and six soldiers of the Ming army died in battle, and thousands of people were slightly or seriously injured, with serious losses.

But in exchange, more people survived, and more people survived without being humiliated and beaten by Song Jun.

And then a series of actions won the hearts of the people in Xiangfan.

In response to this situation, Su Yonglin presided over a joint meeting of the Privy Council, the General Staff Headquarters, and the Military Affairs Department of the Renaissance Society, and discussed Zhang Yuejing's self-imposed punishment.

Some people suggested that Zhang Yuejing's behavior caused relatively large casualties in the army, and these casualties did not need to appear, at least not so many.

The use of new weapons has greatly reduced the losses of the Ming army. He could have continued to surround Xiangyang. After the Chuanshu Song army came to help, he would besiege the Chuanshu Song army, and forced the Xiangyang Song army to a desperate situation. At that time, it may be possible to obtain it with smaller losses. victory.

Some people also think that what Song Jun has done is too bad, completely beyond the scope of all their deductions before the war. Zhang Yuejing stormed Xiangyang and rescued tens of thousands of people, and did not let them continue to be tortured to death by Song Jun, which is the correct behavior.

And he attacked Xiangyang under the premise of sufficient confidence, not without a rational decision, and on the premise that the basic results have been obtained, what Zhang Yuejing did is not a mistake and should not be punished.

Few hold the former view, and for good reason.

There are many people who hold the latter view, and there are good reasons.

Everyone discussed and discussed, and gradually reached a consensus on the basic conditions of Zhang Yuejing's victory in the war. The strategic goal of the Ming army was successfully achieved, and the fall of the Southern Song Dynasty was inevitable.

The only point of discussion is whether Zhang Yuejing should storm Xiangyang.

After intense discussions, the final decision rests with Su Yonglin.

Su Yonglin patiently listened to the heated debate among the participants, and then spoke slowly.

"From a purely military point of view, Zhang Yuejing does have a better choice to make. He can continue to surround Xiangyang, squeeze out the last mobile force of the Southern Song Dynasty, and maximize the benefits for the victory of our army. There is no doubt about this. …”

As he spoke, he saw that someone raised their hand to speak, and waved his hand to tell him not to be in a hurry.

"I haven't finished my words yet, don't worry, I am analyzing this matter from a purely military perspective, but as we all know, the military is the continuation of politics, and for the overall situation of the country, the military can never exist independently of politics.

The military goal we want to achieve in this battle is to eliminate the main mobile forces of the Southern Song Dynasty, destroy their ability to launch offensives, occupy Xiangfan, and cut the Southern Song Dynasty in two. "

The people looked at each other.

Kong Maojie raised his hand.

"Killing the heart to kill, completely destroying the courage of the Southern Song Dynasty to resist Daming, making it self-chaotic, the internal power of the main peace faction has greatly increased, the main war faction has greatly declined, and he has trapped himself to death."

Xin Qiji also raised his hand.

"The First World War destroyed the hearts and minds of the Southern Song Dynasty's army and the people, so that everyone in the Southern Song Dynasty accepted the fact that Daming was about to destroy the Southern Song Dynasty. In the future, when Daming goes south, the resistance of the Southern Song Dynasty will be minimal and meaningless."

Su Yonglin nodded slowly.

"These are all political goals, but not all of them. We have destroyed the popularity of the Southern Song Dynasty. Did we increase the popularity of our own? I think this is very important. The officials of the Southern Song Dynasty regarded us as the enemy, and the folk landlords naturally regarded us as our own. enemy.

Affected by them, not to mention all of them, a considerable part of the people of the Southern Song Dynasty regarded us as an enemy. We marched, they fled, we attacked, and they were afraid. Is this our goal?
Of course not. The people of the Southern Song Dynasty were never our enemies. The officials, troops, and landlords of the Southern Song Dynasty were our enemies. How can we let the people know that we are not their enemies?Do you just speak with your mouth?
Of course not, of course we need to express ourselves that we do not regard them as enemies, but as our own people. We need to treat the people of the Southern Song Dynasty in a completely different way from the people of the Southern Song Dynasty, and even save our own lives. "

(End of this chapter)